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FOX32

— David Axelrod urges Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to declare ‘public safety emergency’ – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/david-axelrod-urges-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-to-declare-public-safety-emergency

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A Republican Party objection to an increased tax penalty on married couples is entirely right. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/10/1/22705070/republican-party-credibility-earned-income-tax-credit-marriage-penality-mona-charen

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Vietnam’s class war and our wars – DAVID PAUL KUHN (DIERSEN: What was the biggest mistake that you have made in your life? For me, it was my avoiding the draft. I got student draft deferments 1966-1971 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. I should write a book about those who have used my avoiding the draft against me the most. I would focus on the adverse actions that a) my Democrat Post Office superiors 1966-1969, b) my Democrat Firestone superior 1970-1972, c) my Democrat IRS superiors 1971-1980, and d) my Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 took against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-vietnam-class-war-college-deferments-20211001-imtjszj7wnfuze3kjxgiz5p3oy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A half-century ago, the cruelest case of legalized class privilege in modern American life was abolished. For America’s “fortunate sons” and future leaders, attending college was such a common route to avoid the Vietnam draft, though the policy’s inequity is now conveniently relegated to the footnotes of that fraught era. Unlike any war since the Civil War, Vietnam asked the least of those who came from more. The war’s unjust burden combined with how the anti-war movement manifested on college campuses — especially elite campuses — led Vietnam to play an early role forming a class and cultural fault line that severs us still. Most of the era’s youth who came to lead us had a student deferment — including Presidents Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton and Vice President Dick Cheney. Other privileged sons, such as President George W. Bush, avoided combat by attaining a coveted National Guard slot. Educational deferments were the lion’s share of the more than 15 million men who legally evaded conscription. College graduates were roughly 6.5 times less likely to serve in Vietnam than other civilians of the same generation. (High school dropouts were twice as likely.) Fewer than a fifth of those with a student deferment came from modest circumstances. By comparison, 7 of 8 protesters in this era had at least one year of higher education. A century after elites lawfully avoided the Union and Confederate drafts, there was again an understanding that only a certain sort did most of America’s fighting and dying in war. As Vietnam escalated in 1967, a majority of male collegians — and half of all students — considered themselves a war “hawk,” but two-thirds of them objected to “the same proportion of college students” being drafted as non-college youth. Rifts within that ’60s generation lingered largely ignored while, polls show, the “generation gap” was overhyped. Blue-collar whites, in particular, were not more supportive of the war than upscale whites but they were exceptionally critical of the anti-war movement. It was their kin and kind shouldering the bulk of the fighting in Vietnam. Because the wealthy were almost exclusively white, white soldiers were “actually more likely than Black veterans to be drawn disproportionately from the working class,” as one study noted. In fact, from their sense of “lost status” to most veterans’ low opinion of “draft dodgers,” veterans’ views were more divided by class than by race. Many of them resented “good boys” marred by the “bad war” and campus activists who lectured those with less status about social justice, even as their college sanctuary meant lowlier boys might die in their place. After the war, James Fallows challenged the “bright people of my generation who made a cult of their high-mindedness” but “willingly took advantage of this most brutal form of class discrimination.” At Boston’s Navy Yard in 1969, Fallows saw his fellow Harvard and MIT students “deliberately failing (their) colorblindness tests,” even as the next bus of the “white proles of Boston” arrived. “We knew now who would be killed.” Yet here we are, recently witnessing the end of another war that went on too long and asked too much of too few. The soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars disproportionately hailed from veterans’ families and, as with Vietnam, rural areas. Today’s leaders hardly bat an eye at how the coastal enclaves that steward our politics, economics and culture contribute little per capita to the military power that, whatever its mistakes, helps secure their dominance. Our small warrior class does choose to enlist. Though circumstances impact that choice. Struggling youth often still risk the worst in war to get somewhere better in life. Yet most Americans who served and died in Vietnam were also volunteers. And conscription, however divisive, lessened the class divide. The potential to be drafted also invested America in the war’s tragedy, unlike our 9/11 wars. Still, even when the affluent served, they were the least likely to see combat. Draft resistance almost always paid off for those who could pay (for college or a draft-law lawyer). Occupational deferments favored upscale fields. This overall inequity sparked an under-discussed class war that boiled beneath the real war and exacerbated America’s emerging culture war. It also portended a working-class outlook that they bore unfair stigmas and unjust burdens. “The critics are picking on us, just ‘cause we had to fight this war. Where were their sons? In fancy colleges? Where were the sons of all the big shots who supported the war,” one Vietnam veteran asked in Murray Polner’s book “No Victory Parades.” “For every guy who resists the draft one of us gotta go.” After witnessing a protest, the veteran added: “One of their signs read: ‘We’ve already given enough.’ And I thought, ‘What have they given?’” Near the war’s end, David Broder read the book and wrote that it highlighted what we “prefer not to think about … the least democratic war of our century. There was no equality of sacrifice.” Fallows later asked, “Why … especially in the atmosphere of the late sixties, people with any presumptions to character could have let it go on?” And in some sense, why do we still?)

CENTER SQUARE
— Quincy offering people up to $3,500 in incentives to move to town – Zeta Cross
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/quincy-offering-people-up-to-3-500-in-incentives-to-move-to-town/article_44a1a0aa-22e1-11ec-a53a-7724e377bc68.html

CHICAGO PATCH
— City of Chicago announced the findings of the fourth annual NAE Cities Index, a national assessment of local integration policies and socioeconomic outcomes in the largest 100 cities.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/city-chicago-city-chicago-announces-findings-ranks-city-first-nation-inclusive

WIREPOINTS
— Eriz Zorn’s Surrender To The Cancel Mob and DePaul University’s Gutless Response – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/update-eriz-zorns-surrender-to-the-cancel-mob-and-depaul-universitys-gutless-response-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate shoots down attempt to impose more vetting for Afghan evacuees – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/30/senate-shoots-down-attempt-impose-more-vetting-afg/

FOX NEWS
— Austin City Council member sounds alarm on ‘disastrous consequences’ of defunding police. The Austin Police Department will no longer respond to “non-emergencies” due to staffing shortages. – Amy Nelson (COMMENT: I should write a book about what the disastrous consequences have been because Republicans defunded GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/austin-city-council-disastrous-consequences-defunding-police-911-calls

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— What Happens When We Find Justice Isn’t Blind? American history and her institutions are built on the central political idea of equal justice for all. – Thaddeus G. McCotter (COMMENT: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, you will conclude that Democrats and RINOs believe a) that minorities should get preference over Whites, b) that females should get preference over males, c) that younger people should get preference over older people, d) that veterans should get preference over non-veterans, e) that patronage is good, f) that political affiliation discrimination is good, g) that reverse discrimination is good, h) that age discrimination is good, i) that moderates and liberals should get preference over conservatives, and j) that federal employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran should be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/01/what-happens-when-we-find-justice-isnt-blind/
— The Cult of Victimhood Will Destroy Western Civilization. In the past, the powerful exerted control over the weak overtly. Today, they exert control by masquerading as weak. – Adam Kravatz (COMMENT: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, a) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are victims of Republicans, b) moderates and liberals are victims of conservatives, c) minorities are victims of Whites, d) females are victims of males, e) younger people are victims of older people, f) veterans are victims of non-veterans, g) those who have less money are victims of those who have more money, h) criminals are victims of law enforcement officers, i) Trump-haters are victims of Trump-supporters, j) non-patriotic people are victims of patriotic people, k) citizens of foreign countries are victims of citizens of America, l) LGBTQers are victims of heterosexuals, m) non-married people are victims of married people, n) non-gun owners are victims of gun owners, o) non-Christians are victims of Christians, p) non-Protestants are victims of Protestants, q) non-Italian Americans are victims of Italian Americans, r) non-German Americans are victims of German Americans, and s) those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time are victims of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/01/the-cult-of-victimhood-will-destroy-western-civilization/
— Republicans Demand Release of Marine Lt. Col. Jailed for Criticizing Afghanistan Withdrawal – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/01/republicans-demand-release-of-marine-lt-col-jailed-for-criticizing-afghanistan-withdrawal/
— We Are Months Away From Masks Forever Our leaders want to give us permanent pacifiers. We must resist. – Sean Ross Callaghan
https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/30/we-are-months-away-from-masks-forever/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— LaBarbera: Left-wingers that cancelled me want every voice silenced – Charlie Butts
https://afn.net/science-tech/2021/10/01/labarbera-left-wingers-that-cancelled-me-want-every-voice-silenced/

BREITBART
— Democrats Can’t Complain About Capitol Riot After Confirming Alleged Terrorist to Lead BLM – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/01/pollak-democrats-cant-complain-about-capitol-riot-after-confirming-alleged-terrorist-to-lead-blm/
— GOP, Media Silent on Huge Migration Changes in $3.5 Trillion Bill – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/10/01/gop-media-silent-on-huge-migration-changes-in-3-5-trillion-bill/

DAILY WIRE
— U.S. Officials Quietly Preparing For ‘350,000 to 400,000’ Migrant Encounters At Mexico Border In October – Emily Zanotti
https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-officials-quietly-preparing-for-350000-to-400000-migrant-encounters-at-mexico-border-in-october-report

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “Advice For Parents” Protesting School Indoctrination On Dealing With The Media “Advice For Parents” Protesting School Indoctrination On Dealing With The Media. “cultivate relationships with local reporters; make their job easier. Write the articles FOR them. Give them quotes, and 800 words written” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/advice-for-parents-protesting-school-indoctrination-on-dealing-with-the-media/
— National School Boards Association Calls Protesters Against Critical Race Theory Domestic Terrorists, Requests Federal Intervention. Trying to criminalize political opposition, a sign that school board protests by parents are making in impact. – Jeff Reynolds
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/national-school-boards-association-calls-protesters-against-critical-race-theory-domestic-terrorists-requests-federal-intervention/
— House Democrats Block Bill That Would Require COVID Testing for Illegal Immigrants. “The majority chose to block this commonsense bill that would ensure the health and safety of border patrol and border communities.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/house-democrats-block-bill-that-would-require-covid-testing-for-illegal-immigrants/
— Panama Warns Up to 60,000 Migrants, Mostly Haitians, Rushing to U.S.-Mexico Border. “We all have a role to play in this issue, and the regional approach is the correct approach. It is impossible for Panama to solve it on its own.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/09/panama-warns-up-to-60000-migrants-mostly-haitians-rushing-to-u-s-mexico-border/

NEW AMERICAN
— Government Trying to “Bury” Officer Who Demanded Afghanistan Accountability – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/government-trying-to-bury-officer-who-demanded-afghanistan-accountability/

NEWSMAX
— Panamanian Official: Another 60,000 Migrants Headed to US – Brian Trusdell
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mouynes-panama-haitians-migrants/2021/10/01/id/1038790/

HOT AIR
— Sorry, Dems: There just aren’t enough college-educated voters – RUY TEIXEIRA
https://hotair.com/headlines/2021/10/01/sorry-dems-there-just-arent-enough-college-educated-voters-n419611

PATRIOT POST
— Destroying The Border Patrol – GARY BAUER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/83157-destroying-the-border-patrol-2021-10-02

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Finding Purpose In Your Work – Tim Hetzner (COMMENT: What is the purpose of your work? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The purpose of my work is to encourage Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Republican county, township, and local elected officials, Republican candidates, conservative leaders, religious leaders, etc. to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. The more of the aforesaid planks that my critics/opponents reject, the harder that they work against me. This year, they succeeded in stopping me from raising funds from Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/devotions.html

PJ MEDIA
— DHS Says Being in the U.S. Illegally ‘Should Not Alone Be the Basis’ of Detaining or Deporting Illegals – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/10/01/dhs-says-being-in-the-u-s-illegally-should-not-alone-be-the-basis-of-detaining-or-deporting-illegals-n1520949

NATIONAL REVIEW
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use “democracy” to get rid of those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-imperative-of-democracy/

EPOCH TIMES
— School Boards Ask Biden Admin to Treat Parents’ Protests as ‘Domestic Terrorism’ – GQ PAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/school-boards-ask-biden-admin-to-treat-parents-protests-as-domestic-terrorism_4027071.html

THE HILL
— Women’s March holding first post-Trump event this weekend – JULIA MANCHESTER (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs work harder to get women to hate Republicans, and especially to hate Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/574965-womens-march-holding-first-post-trump-event-this-weekend
— Democrats remaking America with taxpayer dollars – JESSICA ANDERSON (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have had the most success in making voters in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/574949-democrats-remaking-america-with-taxpayer-dollars

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use CRT, 1619, Reparations, BLM, etc. to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-critical-race-theory-became-a-political-target/2021/10/02/a98ed110-2370-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I Changed My Mind—Facebook Is a Monopoly – Mark Weinstein (COMMENT: Facebook is anti-conservative. Facebook is anti-Republican. Facebook promotes the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who promote Facebook the most. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-is-monopoly-metaverse-users-advertising-platforms-competition-mewe-big-tech-11633104247

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
— Here’s why a third political party would be disastrous – Stephen Wylder, Elkhart (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to drive conservatives out of the Republican Party in Illinois, that is, to drive platform Republicans out of the Republican Party in Illinois, that is, to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP). I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.)
https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/opinion/2021/09/30/centrist-third-party-would-hurt-only-democrats/5900547001/

OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
— SCHOOL BOARD GROUP LABELS CRT CRITICS AS TERRORISTS; OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS RESPOND – Ray Carter
https://www.ocpathink.org/post/school-board-group-labels-crt-critics-as-terrorists-oklahoma-lawmakers-respond