August 13 Morning Edition

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: ‘Winning Has Come Through Revolts’: A Black Lives Matter Activist On Why She Supports Looting – Rob Wildeboer, Chip Mitchell
https://www.wbez.org/stories/winning-has-come-through-revolts-a-black-lives-matter-activist-on-why-she-supports-looting/398d0f3f-73d0-4f2e-ae32-04cceba0d322

WTTW
— The Future of Retail: Where Do Stores Stand After Pandemic, Looting? – Blair Paddock
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/12/future-retail-where-do-stores-stand-after-pandemic-looting

WGN TV
— Chicago announces restricted access to downtown will continue at night through weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-announces-restricted-access-to-downtown-will-continue-at-night-through-weekend/

WGN RADIO
— Illinois Retail Merchants Association doesn’t want to be in the business of enforcing Gov. Pritzker’s mask mandate
https://wgnradio.com/roe-conn/illinois-retail-merchants-association-doesnt-want-to-be-in-the-business-of-enforcing-gov-pritzkers-mask-mandate/

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago looting leaves residents feeling unsafe, ready to leave city, property management company tells mayor – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/property-manager-chicago-homeowners-feel-unsafe-ready-to-leave-after-looting/6367902/
— ComEd power outage leaves 260K across Chicago area in dark ComEd says it could take several days to restore power to all customers – Jessica D’Onofrio, John Garcia, Cate Cauguiran (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my 2011 decision to have a whole-house natural-gas-fired backup electric generator installed.)
https://abc7chicago.com/weather/comed-power-outage-leaves-260k-across-chicago-area-in-dark/6365195/

NBC5
— FOP President Pens Letter to U.S. Attorney Blasting Kim Foxx, Asks for Federal Intervention
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/fop-president-pens-letter-to-u-s-attorney-blasting-kim-foxx-asks-for-federal-intervention/2321490/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage board dumps referendums on recorder office merger, cutting board size for questions on law enforcement, PPE – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-referendums-law-enforcement-ppe-st-0814-20200813-r53yqxoh6rdrdcjxmitmqp5juq-story.html
— After downtown looting, Paul Vallas calls out Mayor Lightfoot: ‘I don’t think she knows what she’s doing’ – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-lightfoot-schools-20200813-22tiwzapefd77e5lxsoeeqn7zy-story.html
— Democrats are waging war against the Constitution – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-electoral-college-constitution-victor-davis-hanson-20200812-aelvun6eizalfnxbpiyw3jtmr4-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Gov. J.B. Pritzker voices support of Black Lives Matter goals – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-black-lives-matter-20200812-5z5clueignerlariyzhel3stfq-story.html
— Mail-in ballots in plague year make sense except to GOP – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-mail-in-ballots-st-0813-20200812-gatcsti55baprcuqmd5bjfmh6e-story.html
— ‘Nine times out of 10, I was completely brushed off’: Black Chicagoans confront bias in health care, hope for change – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-health-care-racism-george-floyd-implicit-bias–20200813-nxrujltiyvg37pks2hyf6iwb7m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Demonstrators hope to shut down Dan Ryan on Saturday to protest police brutality Led by several organizations, including Tikkun Chai Inter-National and Chicago Activist Coalition for Justice, the demonstration is tentatively set to start at noon Saturday. – Madeline Kenney and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: I drove the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I bought the Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought the Oldsmobile with money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/12/21365510/demonstrators-hope-to-shut-down-dan-ryan-on-saturday-to-protest-police-brutality
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Before trying to sneak a ringer on the ballot, Trump should have consulted with a few Chicago political operatives. Don’t make it obvious, Mr. Trump. Make reporters work to establish Kanye West’s ties to your campaign.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/12/21365685/kanye-west-2020-presidential-election-political-ringers

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durbin calls for postal service funding; unsure if Madigan can lead – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200812/durbin-calls-for-postal-service-funding-unsure-if—madigan-can-lead

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State gives smaller communities the boot on aid issue – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-state-gives-smaller-communities-the-boot-on-aid-issue/article_dbaca7b3-7bf5-5c15-bde7-da8cb5b69e37.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pritzker: Virus count going wrong way – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pritzker-Virus-count-going-wrong-way-15481177.php

WGLT
— Illinois County Clerks Raise Concerns Over Running November Election – DANA VOLLMER
https://www.wglt.org/post/illinois-county-clerks-raise-concerns-over-running-november-election#stream/0

WJBC
— Local Democrats say it’s time for Madigan to go
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/08/12/local-democrats-say-its-time-for-madigan-to-go/
— Rodney Davis: Illinois is one state which is doing vote-by-mail properly – Dave Dahl
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/08/13/davis-illinois-is-one-state-which-is-doing-vote-by-mail-properly/

WSIL TV
— Duckworth “all in” for Biden-Harris ticket
https://wsiltv.com/2020/08/12/duckworth-all-in-for-biden-harris-ticket/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Organization held its August 12, 2020 meeting at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream and by Zoom. Jim Zay, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman, was the keynote speaker. Participants included Almiron, Bohn, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Corrigan, Dangelo, Felice, Formento, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Holder, Keller, Larsen, McCluskey, McGowen, McNeily, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Tatro, and Whelan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A Sign Linking Com Ed with Corrupt Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/message-of-the-day-a-sign-75/
— Lake County Right to Life Urges People to Vote by Mail
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/lake-county-right-to-life-urges-people-to-vote-by-mail/
— Grafton Township Assessor Explains Lakewood Village President’s Assessment Cut
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/grafton-township-assessor-explains-lakewood-village-presidents-assessment-cut/
— Pritzker Says His Order Includes “Even Outside”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/pritzker-says-his-order-includes-even-outside/
— Personal PAC Hostile to Allen Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/personal-pac-hostile-to-allen-skillicorn/
— Criticism of Road District Legal Fees Draws Response from Commissioner Andrew Gasser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/criticism-of-road-district-legal-fees-draws-response-from-andrew-gasser/
— Nunda Township Board Selects Leda Drain to Replace Lee Jennings as Supervisor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/nunda-township-board-selects/
— IL 14: Oberweis Ice Cream Social in Huntley Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/il-14-oberweis-ice-cream-social-in-huntley-saturday/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 53 MORE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS CALL FOR MADIGAN’S RESIGNATION – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/53-more-illinois-democrats-call-for-madigans-resignation/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago looters attacked Ronald McDonald House with sick children inside, charity says – Jessica Chasmar
https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/chicago-looters-attacked-ronald-mcdonald-house-wit/
— Pandemic gives Biden and Dems an excuse to push socialist agenda Radical elements pull Joe Biden leftward, away from the moderate platform he once championed – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/covid-19-pandemic-biden-democrats-push-socialism/
— Trump ramps up push to reopen schools Says sitting at a computer at home doesn’t cut it – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/trump-ramps-push-reopen-schools/
— Soros sees ‘revolutionary moment’ in pandemic: ‘The range of possibilities is much greater’ – Victor Morton (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are using the pandemic to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/george-soros-sees-revolutionary-moment-coronavirus/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Make Joe Biden and Kamala Harris own the Black Lives Matter chaos
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/make-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-own-the-black-lives-matter-chaos
— Banned from Twitter, bound for the House? Laura Loomer says she can win in Trump’s backyard – Katherine Doyle (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are banning me and banning my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/banned-from-twitter-bound-for-the-house-laura-loomer-says-she-can-win-in-trumps-backyard

FOX NEWS
— Tucker Carlson accuses Biden, Harris of embracing ‘the Democratic Party’s new pro-criminal agenda’ ‘When the conversation’s about race and policing, it’s not about Wall Street corruption … It is cover for them’ – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-biden-harris-democrats-pro-criminal

GOPUSA
— Fox News Crushes All Of TV In Summer Ratings
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93325

BUSINESS INSIDER
— If wanting to fire people for supporting Trump or Biden isn’t cancel culture, then nothing is – Anthony L. Fisher (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to fire their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, past or present union members, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancel-culture-firing-people-donating-major-party-candidate-trump-biden-2020-8

BREITBART
— Trump Ad: Biden’s Amnesty Will Give American Jobs to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/watch-trump-ad-bidens-amnesty-will-give-american-jobs-to-illegal-aliens/
— Kamala Harris Further Left than ‘Democratic Socialist’ Bernie Sanders – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/12/govtrack-kamala-harris-further-left-than-democratic-socialist-bernie-sanders/
— Kamala Harris Is Silicon Valley’s ‘Dream of Political Control,’ Say Critics – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-the-tech-sectors-dream-of-political-control/
— Mike Pence Hosts Cops for Trump Event: You Won’t Be Safe in Joe Biden’s America – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/mike-pence-hosts-cops-for-trump-event-you-wont-be-safe-in-joe-bidens-america/

FEDERALIST
— Media Hails Harris As ‘Moderate,’ ‘Centrist’ Although Her Voting Record Is Further Left Than Bernie Sanders’s – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/12/media-hails-harris-as-moderate-centrist-although-her-voting-record-is-further-left-than-bernie-sanderss/

TOWNHALL
— Did ‘Catholic Joe’ Pick an Anti-Catholic VP? – Reagan McCarthy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-anticatholic-bigotry-n2574212

CNS NEWS
— Progressive Media Mislabels Kamala Harris – Hans Bader
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/progressive-media-mislabels-kamala-harris

NOQ REPORT
— Destroying mainstream media’s ‘pragmatic moderate’ narrative about Kamala Harris They’re already trying to pretend she’s not a radical progressive. It’s up to us to get the truth out there. – JD Rucker
https://noqreport.com/2020/08/12/destroying-mainstream-medias-pragmatic-moderate-narrative-about-kamala-harris/

THE HILL
— Can the Fed reduce racial inequality? – SCOTT SUMNER (DIERSEN: To reduce racial inequality is a) to take opportunities away from Whites and b) to give those opportunities to minorities. My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on a) taking opportunities away from their employees who were White, Republican, conservative, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time b) giving those opportunities to their employees who were minority, Democrat, moderate, liberal, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/511687-can-the-fed-reduce-racial-inequality

CNN
— Black women with natural hairstyles are less likely to get job interviews – Jack Guy
http://www.wicz.com/story/42486958/black-women-with-natural-hairstyles-are-less-likely-to-get-job-interviews

NBC NEWS
— Experts are worried about a poll worker shortage. These students are recruiting young people to help. The project hoped to recruit 1,000 young people in its first month — after only three weeks, approximately 1,500 had signed up. – Kalhan Rosenblatt (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at young people, and at everyone else, that Republicans are 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.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/experts-are-worried-about-poll-worker-shortage-these-students-are-n1236548

MSNBC
— Trump returns to culture wars warning of suburban ‘invasion’ (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical hate-filled hypocritical Republican-haters who hypocritically flee the poverty and crime in Democrat areas and hypocritically move to Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there? How bad is the hypocritical Democrat invasion in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block?)
https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/trump-returns-to-culture-wars-warning-of-suburban-invasion-89987653938

CBS NEWS
— How “cancel culture” changed these three lives forever – TAYLOR MOONEY, JUSTIN SHERMAN (DIERSEN: Who takes/took the lead in canceling members of organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in canceling members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I should write a book about those who took the lead in canceling members of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cancel-culture-changed-lives-forever-cbsn-originals/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google, Facebook and Others Broaden Group to Secure U.S. Election More tech companies met with government agencies on Wednesday to fight disinformation on social media. – Mike Isaac and Kate Conger (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and how they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/technology/google-facebook-coalition-us-election.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want teachers to use the “pandemic and uprisings” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/13/back-school-amid-pandemic-uprisings-gives-teachers-unique-opportunity/

NEW YORK POST
— Touting Kamala Harris as a moderate is a liberal dose of deception – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-being-moderate-is-a-liberal-dose-of-deception-devine/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Asian Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement – ZHUORAN YANG
https://highschool.latimes.com/the-literacy-guild/opinion-in-response-to-eileen-huangs-letter-to-the-chinese-community/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/13/how-immigration-helps-make-american-workers-businesses-thrive-column/3317897001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cities Weigh Cutting Police Budgets and Discover How Hard That Is Officers’ pay is a large part of the spending and is often subject to collective bargaining. Pensions are locked in for years. Heather Gillers and Andrea Fuller (DIERSEN: To deal with Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-weigh-cutting-police-budgets-and-discover-how-hard-that-is-11597261079

ECONOMIST
— Smash and grab Chicago, civil unrest and inequality Is it ever legit to loot?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/15/chicago-civil-unrest-and-inequality

FORBES
— Ominous Warning In Spirit Case: Age Discrim. In Hiring May Be Legal – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2020/08/12/ominous-reminder-in-spirit-aerosystems-case-age-discrimination-in-hiring-may-be-perfectly-legal/
— Social Media Still Can’t Stop Election 2020 Misinformation – Peter Suciu (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and how they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/08/12/social-media-still-cant-stop-election-2020-misinformation/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call conservatives racists.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-biracial-heritage-has-thrown-conservatives-into-a-tailspin/
— Facebook Faces New Flashpoint With Trump Over Campaign To Push Voting By Mail – Isabel Togoh
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/08/13/facebook-faces-new-flashpoint-with-trump-over-campaign-to-push-voting-by-mail/

HARVARD POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, and Green party platforms are extremely anti-Christian.
https://harvardpolitics.com/culture/rethink-christian-vote/

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred of police.
https://newrepublic.com/article/158725/fear-black-uprising-confronting-racist-policing

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
— Facebook to limit ‘imposter’ news sites from political groups (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “imposter news sites” that falsely claim to be nonpartisan, but promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/699896-facebook-to-limit-imposter-news-sites-from-political-groups

August 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Suspects in recent Chicago looting will likely bail out of jail quickly; Kim Foxx weighs in – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-looting-suspects-likely-to-quickly-bail-out-of-jail/6367240/
— President Trump holds briefing at White House – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-holds-briefing-at-white-house-watch-live/6367438/
— Joe Biden, Kamala Harris make first joint appearance as running mates – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-harris-make-1st-joint-appearance-as-running-mates/6367005/

NBC5
— Pritzker Says Mask Mandate Applies Even While ‘Outside and Walking Around’ Across the state, health officials reported 1,645 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, along with 16 additional deaths attributed to the virus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-says-mask-mandate-applies-even-while-outside-walking-around/2321390/
— Illinois Nears Threshold for Inclusion on Chicago’s Travel Order Requiring 14-Day Quarantine The 7-day rolling average number of new coronavirus cases in Illinois, adjusted for population and calculated excluding Chicago, has increased sharply in the last three weeks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-nears-threshold-for-inclusion-on-chicagos-travel-order-requiring-14-day-quarantine/2321291/
— 5 Illinois Regions Seeing Increases in Positivity Rate, Pritzker Says Across the state, health officials reported 1,645 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, along with 16 additional deaths attributed to the virus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/5-illinois-regions-seeing-increases-in-positivity-rate-pritzker-says/2321334/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago alderman says residents, businesses now looking to leave Magnificent Mile: ‘It’s really sad’ (DIERSEN: I walked the Magnificent Mile to graduate evening business classes at Loyola from my job at IRS’s Loop office and then to my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building 1974-1976. I walked to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul from my job at IRS’s Loop office and then to my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building 1976-1978.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-alderman-says-residents-businesses-now-looking-to-leave-magnificent-mile-its-really-sad
— Black Lives Matter Chicago co-founder says looting steps on message
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/black-lives-matter-chicago-co-founder-says-looting-steps-on-message
— ‘She’s ready to do this job on day 1’: Joe Biden introduces Kamala Harris as running mate – Bill Barrow and Will Weissert
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shes-ready-to-do-this-job-on-day-1-joe-biden-introduces-kamala-harris-as-running-mate
— Blame game picks up steam among Chicago’s leaders
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/839753

WTTW
— Looting, Unrest Give Way to Another Phase of Recovery in Chicago – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/11/looting-unrest-give-way-another-phase-recovery-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Englewood residents told outside protesters to leave days after police shooting. ‘This is propped up. They’re throwing a party.’ – WILLIAM LEE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-englewood-police-station-protest-20200812-w5k4bsqbkjft3gddiawr55jopq-story.html
— Gold Coast residents push back against proposed marijuana dispensary. ‘The sheer number of people will be too much.’ – ALLY MAROTTI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-gold-coast-residents-still-oppose-dispensary-20200812-ptkvj6jelnboljdlmsybvplg34-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois is one step closer to awarding 75 marijuana dispensary licenses – ALLY MAROTTI (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-illinois-sets-marijuana-rules-20200812-6r3loxj37vdu5mvmjsim3qvqz4-story.html
— Lightfoot announces review of Chicago monuments as part of ‘a racial healing and historical reckoning project’ – GREGORY PRATT, BLAIR KAMIN and KORI RUMORE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-monuments-columbus-lightfoot-20200812-sa2bqqxa2jginpi2ommr6qscrm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Women have the power to steer this election” and asks “Can Kamala Harris drive them to the Democratic side?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-kamala-harris-women-coalition-20200812-tgm2tqjpgffkrdhfvkf2uorili-story.html
— How will Kamala Harris shape the election in the Midwest? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-kamala-harris-biden-chicago-20200812-relrme43onda7o6euv4kwfzviy-story.html
— Joe Biden, Kamala Harris assail Trump as they campaign together for the first time – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-joe-biden-kamala-harris-campaign-debut-20200812-laf2c5d5efelfhlkhiemln4fnu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kamala Harris gut-punched Joe Biden, and now she’s his running mate in a historic pick Biden phoned V.P. contender Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., on Tuesday afternoon to personally tell her he was selecting someone else. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/11/21364385/kamala-harris-gut-punched-joe-biden-vice-president-running-mate-tammy-duckworth-historic-pick
— How Trump administration assault on Postal Service is slowing the delivery of your mail During this unprecedented time — the confluence of a deadly pandemic and an election where voting by mail will be more necessary than ever — an effective Postal Service is vital to public health and our democracy. – Sen. Dick Durbin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/12/21365010/usps-postal-service-budget-cuts-louis-dejoy-mail-in-elections-dick-durbin
— Illinois at ‘make-or-break moment?’ Despite high COVID-19 caseloads, troubling positivity rates, Pritzker says, ‘We can lick this thing’ Positivity rates have only dipped slightly in two of Illinois’ 11 regions over the last week, with the state poised to eclipse 200,000 total cases by Thursday. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/12/21365353/coronavirus-cases-deaths-pritzker-mask-business-covid-august-12
— Bleaker-than-ever picture for Illinois restaurants At least 20% of the state’s 24,000 restaurants “will never reopen,” said Illinois Restaurant Association President Sam Toia. Statewide, 321,000 restaurant employees have been laid off, and 86% of restaurants are “unlikely” to turn a profit within six months. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/8/12/21365452/illinois-restaurants-covid-outdoor-dining-coronavirus
— West Side political elders condemn looting, warn it could backfire U.S. Rep. Danny Davis said “things that were burned down and torn down 50 years ago … are still down. There are vacant lots that were created after the assassination” of Dr. Martin Luther King. “They were vacant then. They’re vacant now.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/8/12/21365567/chicago-looting-businesses-activists-elected-officials-business-west-side
— Police union urges drastic action on looters: ‘Bring tow trucks in. Take all the cars. Take away their escape.’ Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara says until looters realize “they’re not going to be allowed to just roam and destroy,” they’ll keep coming back. “Until you really get serious about putting the hammer down, they’re only gonna be bolder and bolder and bolder.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/8/12/21365072/chicago-looting-police-tactics-downtown-loop-gold-coast-curfer-catanzara-lightfoot
— Lightfoot on Kamala: Trump is underestimating ‘unifying factor that she’s going to bring to this election’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot appeared on two MSNBC shows in the wake of Joe Biden picking California Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/8/12/21364958/lori-lightfoot-kamala-harris-donald-trump-joe-biden-vice-presidential-pick

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker tells local leaders to step up or state will be forced to ‘roll things back’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200812/pritzker-tells-local-leaders-to-step-up-or-state-will-be-forced-to-roll-things-back
— Chicago Police post looting videos to identify suspects – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200812/news/308129909/
— US budget deficit climbs to record $2.81 trillion – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200812/business/308129931/
— Higher costs expected for April election, DuPage clerk warns – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200812/higher-costs-expected-for-april-election-dupage-clerk-warns

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown aldermen balk at Foxx’s re-election bid Signs are growing that looting may take a political toll on the Cook County state’s attorney. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/downtown-aldermen-balk-foxxs-re-election-bid
— Message to mayor: ‘The homeowners we represent do not feel safe’ The head of a property management firm representing residents from Hyde Park to the Gold Coast blasts the Lightfoot administration: “This is not a way to live, not a way to work, and this is not the Chicago I know.” – WENDELL HUTSON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/message-mayor-homeowners-we-represent-do-not-feel-safe

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Demonstrators celebrate Black Lives Matter mural in Berwyn – JOSHUA WELGE (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/08/12/demonstrators-celebrate-black-lives-matter-mural-in-berwyn/aos66a6/

WGIL
— SEN. TRACY JOINS GOP COLLEAGUES IN OPPOSING PRITZKER MASK RULE
https://www.wgil.com/2020/08/12/sen-tracy-joins-gop-colleagues-in-opposing-pritzker-mask-rule/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Precedent for Cutting Off the Loop Cordons of entire neighborhoods have happened before, but this week’s was unusually swift and in response to comparatively small-scale disorder. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2020/Chicago-Riots-Bridges-CTA-Closed/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Police Close Down West Garfield Park Corridor After Confrontation With People Looting In The Area Businesses were looted along Madison Street, the main commercial area in West Garfield Park. – Pascal Sabino
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/12/police-close-down-west-garfield-park-corridor-after-confrontation-with-people-looting-in-the-area/
— Older Englewood Leaders To Young Protesters: Don’t ‘Disrupt Our Neighborhood’ And Leave Us With Angry Police The clash at a protest against police violence outside the Englewood police station highlighted a generational divide between activists. – Bob Chiarito
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/12/older-englewood-leaders-to-young-protesters-dont-disrupt-our-neighborhood-and-leave-us-with-pissed-off-police/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL 14: Oberweis Ice Cream Social in Huntley Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/il-14-oberweis-ice-cream-social-in-huntley-saturday/
— Nunda Township Board Selects Leda Drain to Replace Lee Jennings as Supervisor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/nunda-township-board-selects/
— Vandals in Chicago and Harvard
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/vandals-in-chicago-and-harvard/
— The Mary McClellan vs. McHenry County Blog & Cal Skinner Saga Continues
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/the-mary-mcclellan-vs-mchenry-county-blog-cal-skinner-saga-continues/
— IL-14: Kamala Harris’ Selection as Joe Biden Running Mate Draws Lauren Underwood Into Presidential Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/il-14-kamala-harris-selection-as-joe-biden-running-mate-draws-lauren-underwood-into-presidential-race/
— Navigating Medicare: Wilcox Event
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/navigating-medicare/
— Republican County Board Chairman Candidate Mike Buehler Unloads on Democrat Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/republican-county-board-candidate-mike-buehler-unloads-on-democrat-jack-franks/
— Richmond Village and Township Trucks Buy Fuel in Wisconsin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/richmond-village-and-township-trucks-fill-tanks-in-wisconsin/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES SAYS 6TH CD HAS A CHOICE: LAW AND ORDER OR MOB RULE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/ives-says-6th-cd-has-a-choice-law-and-order-or-mob-rule.html
— CHICAGO LOOTING WAS “A REPARATION,” BLM ORGANIZER SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/chicago-looting-was-a-reparation-blm-organizer-says-families-with-ill-children-frightened.html
— NY PRIMARY ‘MESS’ SEEN AS OMEN FOR BIG PROBLEMS WITH MAIL-IN VOTING IN NOVEMBER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/ny-primary-mess-seen-as-omen-for-big-problems-with-mail-in-voting-in-november.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Tie-breaker rules adopted, allowing approval of 75 new cannabis dispensary licenses
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/12/tie-breaker-rules-adopted-allowing-approval-of-75-new-cannabis-dispensary-licenses/
— 59% SAY BIDEN’S RUNNING MATE LIKELY TO BE PRESIDENT WITHIN FOUR YEARS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/59-say-bidens-running-mate-likely-to-be-president-within-four-years.html
— CITING COVID, STATE CANCELS DOWNSTATE MAJOR SHOOTING, FIELD TRIAL EVENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/citing-covid-state-cancels-downstate-major-shooting-field-trial-events-.html
— OWN A BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS? YOU’RE NOW A COVID MASK ENFORCER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/own-a-business-in-illinois-youre-now-a-covid-mask-enforcer-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP’s attempt to have its gatherings treated the same as religious services met with skepticism by federal appellate court
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/12/ilgops-attempt-to-have-its-gatherings-treated-the-same-as-religious-services-met-with-skepticism-by-federal-appellate-court/
— 1,645 new cases, 16 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/12/1645-new-cases-16-additional-deaths-41-percent-positivity-rate/
— Mask rule roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/12/mask-rule-roundup/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Looters Attack Charity – Alex Nester
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-looters-attack-charity-building/

GOPUSA
— Many Portland Rioters Will See Their Criminal Cases Dropped By Leftist DA
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93270
— Time For The Real World To Assert Itself – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93211

BREITBART
— Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested at Portland Riot Released, Will Not Face Charges – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2020/08/11/black-lives-matter-activist-arrested-at-portland-riot-released-will-not-face-charges/

DAILY CALLER
— Black Lives Matter Organizer Equates Looting In Chicago With ‘Reparations’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/12/black-lives-matter-ariel-atkins-looting-chicago-reparations/
— Democrats And Their Media Organisms Finally Admit The Riots Are Violent – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/12/democrats-media-nyt-george-floyd-riots-violence-portland-chicago-seattle/

TOWNHALL
— Looters Target Chicago Charity for Sick Children, Knew ‘There Would Be No Consequences’ – Ellie Bufkin
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elliebufkin/2020/08/12/unacceptable-many-chicago-businesses-looted-twice-this-summer-n2574048
— Chicago Alderman: We Need Federal Help If ‘Unprepared’ Mayor Lightfoot Can’t Handle the Riots – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/08/12/chicago-alderman-want-federal-help-since-mayor-lightfoot-is-unprepared-to-handle-riots-n2574217
— Chicago’s Infamous Prosecutor Has Been Letting Thousands of Felons Walk Free – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/08/12/chicagos-infamous-prosecutor-hasnt-been-doing-much-prosecuting-of-criminals-n2574129

PJ MEDIA
— What’s Happening in Chicago Isn’t a Riot. It’s a Reckoning. – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/08/12/whats-happening-in-chicago-isnt-a-riot-its-a-reckoning-n780560

NEW AMERICAN
— BLM Says “Looting Is Reparations” and Is Harmless Because “Businesses Have Insurance” – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/36699-blm-says-looting-is-reparations-and-is-harmless-because-businesses-have-insurance

CNBC
— Support for a program to pay reparations to descendants of slaves is gaining momentum, but could come with a $12 trillion price tag – Tala Hadavi (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/slavery-reparations-cost-us-government-10-to-12-trillion.html

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago store may shutter for good after looters wrecked it for second time – Lee Brown
https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/chicago-store-may-shutter-for-good-after-second-looting-attack/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters focus on uniting minorities against Whites.
https://highschool.latimes.com/the-literacy-guild/opinion-in-response-to-eileen-huangs-letter-to-the-chinese-community/
— Across L.A., Black Lives Matter murals appear like billboards for justice – Dorany Pineda (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.yahoo.com/across-l-black-lives-matter-130037823.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning law enforcement.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/12/americans-confidence-police-falls-new-low-gallup-poll-shows/3352910001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Comparing ‘Cancel Culture’ to McCarthyism We can only hope for another brave soul like Margaret Chase Smith, who stood up to the extreme element within her own party. – John M. Marmora, Spring Lake, N.J. (DIERSEN: Who takes/took the lead in canceling members of organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in canceling members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I should write a book about those who took the lead in canceling members of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/comparing-cancel-culture-to-mccarthyism-11597256559

FORBES
— $14.8 Billion In Federal Funding Flows Into Just Five Major U.S. Cities Where Civil Unrest Looms & Police Stand Down – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/08/08/148-billion-in-federal-funding-flows-into-just-five-major-us-cities-where-civil-unrest-looms–police-stand-down/
— Billionaire Robert Smith Urges Corporations To Take ‘Action’ On Reparations – Karen Robinson-Jacobs (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/08/12/billionaire-robert-smith-urges-corporations-to-take-action-on-reparations/#6f96bfad6057

NEW REPUBLIC
— The Pandemic Benefit Seems So Great Because Actual Wages Are Insanely Low It won’t be enough to simply bring back jobs when people weren’t making enough in the first place. – J.C. Pan (DIERSEN: If I had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when I was 16 and 17 years old, I would have bought a loaded new 1966 Pontiac GTO instead of a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to classes at UIC. I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline when I was 16 and 17 years old.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/158790/pandemic-benefit-seems-great-actual-wages-insanely-low

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Illegal for Federal Officials to Campaign on the Job. Trump Staffers Keep Doing It Anyway. Trump administration officials have been cited 13 times for violating the Hatch Act, a New Deal-era law prohibiting government officials from engaging in campaigning. – Andrea Bernstein (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did not campaign for candidates, but they did campaign for planks in the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2020/08/its-illegal-federal-officials-campaign-job-trump-staffers-keep-doing-it-anyway/167639/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 703 ‌Greenwood ‌Drive, ‌Wheaton – $110,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/2078273690_zpid/

August 12 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago looting could set back long-lasting CPD reform, some activists worry; Black Lives Matter protest in Englewood called off – Leah Hope (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/activists-worry-chicago-looting-could-set-back-lasting-police-reform-englewood-protest-called-off/6366172/
— Chicago looting: West Side business owner reeling after looted for 2nd time since May – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/west-side-business-owner-reeling-after-looted-again/6366286/

NBC5
— Black Lives Matter on Chicago Looting: Black Lives ‘More Important Than Downtown Corporations’ The group, which also held a solidarity rally on Monday night for those arrested, criticized the response from city leaders in wake of the unrest (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-on-chicago-looting-black-lives-more-important-than-downtown-corporations/2320685/

CBS2
— After Monday Morning Looting, Minority Business Owner Fears She Won’t Be Able To Reopen – Megan Hickey (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/11/after-monday-night-looting-minority-business-owner-fears-she-wont-be-able-to-reopen/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Fearing trouble, Englewood residents kick protesters out of their neighborhood – Tia Ewing (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fearing-trouble-englewood-residents-kick-protesters-out-of-their-neighborhood
— Democrat Chicago alderman says city is in ‘total unrest’ and ‘mayor has lost control’ – Joshua Nelson (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-alderman-city-unrest-lightfoot-lost-control

WBBM
— Mayor Lightfoot Works To Ensure Safety In Downtown Area, All Of Chicago – CRAIG DELLIMORE (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/mayor-lightfoot-works-to-ensure-safety-in-downtown-area

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville ups police presence downtown this week after Chicago looting and vandalism – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-increased-police-presence-downtown-st-20200810-shtf7673bnfgro6xnlzfwzrqsm-story.html
— One story from the night of looting in Chicago that doesn’t fit the approved narrative – JOHN KASS (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-looting-kim-foxx-20200812-bzswxewpezbi5b7ljnmdrqlz64-story.html
— There is no ‘other side’ to looting. It hurts everyone and should be condemned by all – TED SLOWIK (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-condemn-looting-violence-st-0812-20200811-jipigebipjfopozv4bjmbvchhy-story.html
— Black Lives Matter’s racial justice message vs. ‘law and order’ – ERIC ZORN (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-blm-chicago-looting-zorn-20200811-3jhcbd7xczak5bts34hegd53lq-story.html
— Protesters? Sorry, they look like thieves to me – CLARENCE PAGE (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-looters-blm-foxx-lightfoot-page-20200811-r5z4qhrg2fdtphtp4fmg2m26ca-story.html
— The high-tech Jim Crow era: How your data is being weaponized. – CHRIS REED (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want the following to give me a very low “social credit score:” the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-online-data-surveillance-20200811-qcrxivpe2ndldhwbeh6busaxuu-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2014, China announced it would set up a system to judge its citizens: on their trustworthiness, their public and social media behavior, the wisdom of their purchasing habits, how often they play video games, their interactions with law enforcement and government officials, whether they clean up after their dogs and more. Many pundits and academics saw this as an extraordinary step by an authoritarian state to enforce conformity on its 1.3 billion-plus residents. China isn’t doing this just to nudge people to be better citizens. Instead, it is punishing or rewarding them based on their “social credit score.” High rankings ensure quicker processing of government documents, better access to goods and housing, and other sorts of preferential treatment. Low rankings reduce or eliminate access to many goods, public and private services, and travel options. Beijing actively shames individuals it finds wanting. A cellphone app produces a graphic showing those nearby who are socially “deficient” and why they are considered untrustworthy. As Newsweek reported in 2018, the biggest sin of all is being a government critic. It detailed how an investigative journalist who had gone after official corruption found his daughter denied access to good schools, among many other penalties. Shades of “1984.” Yet as many publications have pointed out, the United States has a de facto equivalent — except it is overseen by private companies, not the government. These firms use artificial intelligence-driven algorithms to vacuum up a stunning variety of information points collected automatically by cellphone applications and off the internet. They use this data to make sweeping judgments about Americans — all without transparency about what goes into these judgments.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote the United States Postal Service.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-met-schmich-usps-carriers-in-a-storm-20200812-yzblgzhtunbtjdt3jv4go2yf6y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who’s to blame for looting? – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/11/21363348/chicago-looting-lori-lightfoot-kim-foxx-phil-kadner

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Aurora mayor backs civilian review board, body cameras for police – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200811/aurora-mayor-backs-civilian-review-board-body-cameras-for-police

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s at stake—for all of us—if looting flares up again Pervasive fear of crime is a sure-fire prescription for economic collapse. – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/whats-stake-all-us-if-looting-flares-again

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Millions lose health insurance because of COVID-19 shutdowns – Bethany Blankley
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/report-millions-lose-health-insurance-because-of-covid-19-shutdowns/article_607197f6-dbd7-11ea-b0a9-1b3118062f3e.html

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Protesters move the line away from civil disobedience toward anarchy – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they will harm you, if not destroy you, if you do not vote for Democrats. How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-protesters-move-the-line-away-from-civil-disobedience-toward-anarchy/article_1612211d-c4ed-5147-a4f1-4e2750a6245f.html

CWB CHICAGO
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Groups of teens rob bicyclists on Mag Mile, outside Lincoln Park Zoo Groups of teenagers battered and robbed bicyclists twice over the weekend, according to police — once on the Magnificent Mile and again outside the Lincoln Park Zoo.
https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/groups-of-teens-rob-bicyclists-on-mag-mile-outside-lincoln-park-zoo.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Madigan denies tying legislation to the employment of a ‘few individuals’ – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/madigan-denies-tying-legislation-to-the-employment-of-a-few-individuals/article_1741443e-dc1b-11ea-b889-9b545b6c8343.html

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Board Approves Three Referendum Questions for November Ballot (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will vote NO on the first referendum question and vote YES on the second referendum question.)
https://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=63256
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday to put three referendum questions on the November 2020 General Election ballot. Two questions seek the voters’ opinion on law enforcement issues: The first asks about funding for law enforcement while the second asks about law enforcement training methods. The third question asks voters about whether the County should stockpile personal protective equipment to protect against a further outbreak of COVID-19. “Residents have expressed a great deal of interest in these topics in recent months. Voters will share their opinions about public safety, weighing in on questions of public safety and actions we take to ensure the public health. Residents will provide us important feedback as we continue to work through the challenges presented by these unprecedented times,” said Chairman Dan Cronin. The referendum questions will appear on the ballot as follows: “Shall DuPage County continue to consider financial support of law enforcement and public safety its top budgeting priority?” In order to fight the spread of COVID-19, shall DuPage County obtain a stockpile of personal protective equipment for distribution to nursing homes, first responders, health care providers, and at risk communities who are not otherwise able to obtain personal protective equipment?” “Shall DuPage County continue to fund and support training methods that decrease the risk of injury to officers and suspects for local law enforcement agencies?”)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kamala Harris compared ICE officers to KKK   VP pick brings staunch defense of illegal immigrants, criticism of DHS – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/11/kamala-harris-compared-ice-officers-kkk/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New civil rights appointee Christian Adams is for racial justice, not racial spoils system – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-civil-rights-appointee-christian-adams-is-for-racial-justice-not-racial-spoils-system

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Charity Frees Accused Terrorist and Burglars The Chicago Community Bail Fund has raised millions in the wake of the George Floyd protests, which it has used to post bond for many accused of violent crimes – Kevin Daley (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-charity-frees-accused-terrorist-and-burglars/?utm_source=actengage&utm_campaign=FreedomMail&utm_medium=email

FOX NEWS
— Chicago restaurant owner on ‘disturbing’ looting and rioting: ‘Business is terrible, the streets are empty’ Chicago restricted downtown access by raising its bridges – Joshua Nelson (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-business-owner-looting-rioting

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mail-in Voting and the Future of American Democracy – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/mailin_voting_and_the_future_of_american_democracy.html

BREITBART
— Kamala Harris: 4th Most Liberal Senator; Backed Green New Deal, ‘Medicare for All’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-4th-most-liberal-senator-backed-green-new-deal-medicare-for-all/
— Donald Trump: Kamala Harris ‘Meanest, Most Horrible, Most Disrespectful’ Senator – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/11/donald-trump-kamala-harris-meanest-most-horrible-most-disrespectful-senator/

BLAZE
— Black Lives Matter justifies Chicago violence, mass looting as ‘reparations’ ‘Anything they wanted to take, they can take it’ – CHRIS ENLOE (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs? Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-lives-matter-justifies-chicago-violence-mass-looting-as-reparations

NEWSMAX
— Black Lives Matter Defends Chicago Looting as ‘Reparations’ – Brian Trusdell (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?) )
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/chicago-looting-reparations-black-lives-matter/2020/08/11/id/981675/

TOWNHALL
— BLM Activists Defend Rioting in Chicago – Cortney O’Brien (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/08/11/black-lives-matter-activists-defend-monday-night-looting-in-chicago-n2574108

PJ MEDIA
— 5 Things to Know About Biden’s VP Pick, Kamala Harris – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/election/tyler-o-neil/2020/08/11/5-things-to-know-about-bidens-vp-pick-kamala-harris-n776833

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Stooges: ‘Trailblazer’ Harris’s ‘Vibrance’ Will Face ‘Powerful Forces’ of Racism, Sexism – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/08/11/cnn-stooges-trailblazer-harriss-vibrance-will-face-powerful-forces

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— ARE TODAY’S LEFTISTS TRULY MARXISTS? – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/are-todays-leftists-truly-marxists/

PATRIOT POST
— John Stossel Video: ‘Anti-Racist’ Racists Many activists make things worse in their obsession with race. (DIERSEN: What do you say to hate-filled Trump-haters who ever-increasingly call members of the following groups racists: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, heterosexuals, married people, non-poor people, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/72655-john-stossel-video-anti-racist-racists-2020-08-12

NOQ REPORT
— Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the demise of the Democrat Party – David Ware
https://noqreport.com/2020/08/12/joe-biden-kamala-harris-and-the-demise-of-the-democrat-party/

EPOCH TIMES
— Black Lives Matter Denounces Arrests of Looters, Calls for Abolishing the Police – ZACHARY STIEBER (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/black-lives-matter-denounces-arrests-of-looters-calls-for-abolishing-the-police_3457442.html

POLITICO
— College towns fear super-spreader semester as students descend Local officials are bracing for a virus explosion triggered by young people living in tight quarters who disregard social distancing rules. – BIANCA QUILANTAN
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/college-towns-coronavirus-393881

NBC NEWS
— Trump says Kamala Harris ‘nasty’ and ‘disrespectful’ to Joe Biden, surprised by VP pick – Lauren Egan and Kristen Welker
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/phony-kamala-trump-campaign-responds-harris-vp-pick-n1236467

MERCURY NEWS
— Nearly two-thirds of California voters support Black Lives Matter movement Views about the movement are highly partisan, with few Republicans holding a favorable view (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/11/nearly-two-thirds-of-california-voters-support-black-lives-matter-movement/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Summer Jobs for Young People Are Vanishing with the Pandemic – BEN FINLEY (DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned from summer jobs? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. I used the money that I earned a) to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968, d) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and f) to pay for room and board, tuition, and books at NIU 1969-1970.)
https://businessjournaldaily.com/summer-jobs-for-young-people-are-vanishing-with-the-pandemic/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kamala Harris and the Growing Political Power of Black Women – Melanye Price (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters shout at Black women that older White Republican men are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters count on Black women to get rid of older White Republican men once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/opinion/kamala-harris-joe-biden-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/opinion/kamala-harris-biden-running-mate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled men-hating men-hater promotes hatred against men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/books/review-entitled-how-male-privilege-hurts-women-kate-manne.html
— A New Clash Over Mail Voting: The Cost of the Postage Senator Chuck Schumer assailed the Postal Service for what he said was an effort to triple the cost to states of sending out mail-in ballots. The service said it was just a suggestion to use first-class mail. – Luke Broadwater and Hailey Fuchs
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/post-office-mail-in-voting.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use George Floyd to get people to register to vote and to vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/democrats-voter-registration-george-floyd.html
— FRONT PAGE ARTICLE TITLE: Chicago: Black Area Embraces Protests But Still Has No Grocery Store – Astead W. Herndon
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/black-lives-matter-chicago-roseland.html

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago locals fight off protesters and shut down BLM rally to prevent looting – Lee Brown (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/chicago-locals-fight-off-protesters-and-shut-down-blm-rally/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/11/democrats-are-trying-appease-left-wing-revolutionaries-it-wont-work/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters shout at immigrants that older White Republican men are White supremacts, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters count on immigrants to get rid of older White Republican men once and for all.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/12/americas-immigration-system-broken-heres-how-we-can-fix-column/3317521001/

ABC HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
— 3 arrested for spray painting on ‘Back the Blue’ mural in Tampa, police say – Emily McCain (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/3-arrested-for-spray-painting-on-back-the-blue-mural-in-tampa-police-say

WTSP
— ‘Back the Blue’ mural painted outside Tampa Police Department vandalized again
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/back-the-blue-mural-vandalized/67-285be818-93c0-4c18-88db-23ba19e2a852

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— After Chicago Looting and Coronavirus, Businesses Consider Closing Shop On Jeweler’s Row, businesses saw their inventory wiped out. “Forty-two years of business—what I have is gone.” – Joe Barrett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-chicago-looting-and-coronavirus-businesses-consider-closing-shop-11597180484
— Back to School? Look Out for Covid-Tracking Surveillance Tech Coronavirus touches off a wave of school spending on tracking technology—but how will it be used when the pandemic ends? – Julie Jargon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/back-to-school-look-out-for-covid-tracking-surveillance-tech-11597150800

FORBES
— Trump Says NBA In ‘Big Trouble’ Due To Kneeling For Anthem, Calls Players ‘Nasty’ And ‘Very Dumb’ – Tommy Beer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/08/11/trump-says-nba-in-big-trouble-due-to-kneeling-for-anthem-calls-players-nasty-and-very-dumb/#2f8edea35738

NEWSWEEK
— Black Lives Matter Chicago Organizer Defends Looting: ‘That’s Reparations’ – KHALEDA RAHMAN (DIERSEN: How strong is fear of Democrat-led vandalism, Democrat-led looting, Democrat-led rioting, and other Democrat-led crimes in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? How much has the aforesaid fear discouraged homeowners and businesses from displaying Republican signs?)
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-chicago-defends-looting-reparations-1524502
— Trump Says Facebook, Google ‘100 Percent’ Want Total Control of Information Americans Receive – BENJAMIN FEARNOW (DIERSEN: Who controls you? My critics/opponents want to control everything that everyone reads in Illinois. My critics/opponents want the leaders of the following to control me and to control everything that is in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-facebook-google-100-percent-want-total-control-information-americans-receive-1524442

August 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago looting: Mayor Lori Lightfoot tells looters ‘we are coming for you,’ but won’t bring in National Guard Access to the downtown area will be restricted from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-tells-looters-we-are-coming-for-you/6364053/

NBC5
— Republican Leader Jim Durkin Urges Chicago to Bring in National Guard, Lightfoot Says No More than 100 people were arrested following looting that erupted early Monday morning
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/republican-leader-urges-chicago-to-bring-in-national-guard-lightfoot-says-no/2320036/

CBS2
‘– Anger And Frustration In Loop After Night Of Looting – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/10/anger-and-frustration-in-loop-after-night-of-looting/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois expanded mail voting is partisan ‘scheme,’ lawsuit says
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-expanded-mail-voting-is-partisan-scheme-lawsuit-says
— Lightfoot blames Foxx’s lack of criminal charges for Chicago looting – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-blames-foxxs-lack-of-criminal-charges-for-chicago-looting

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Black Lives Matter to Lightfoot: Unrest won’t end until ‘the safety and well-being of our communities is finally prioritized’ “When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not ‘our’ city and has never been meant for us,” the group said in a statement. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/10/21362612/black-lives-matter-lori-lightfoot-police-shooting-englewood-looting
— Latest looting leaves a lot to unpack: shock, anger, sadness — and heartbreak For the second time in barely two months, we are left to contemplate whether it has come to this: that criminals can act with impunity on what we have always believed to be the safest streets in Chicago. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/10/21362783/chicago-looting-shock-anger-sadness-heartbreak-downtown-foxx-obrien-lightfoot
— Chicago needs leaders, not elected officials looking for scapegoats Our city’s official response to looting and violent crime has been anything but organized. There has been a lack of teamwork, and we’re paying the price. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/10/21362022/chicago-looters-englewood-crime-lori-lightfoot-kim-foxx-tim-evans-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County GOP sues to block state’s enhanced vote-by-mail efforts – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-republican-lawsuit-mail-in-voting-20200810-4f5i6pwwnjbezkcxyntotmo65u-story.html
— Aftermath of looting in downtown Chicago: 13 cops injured, 2 people shot, more than 100 arrests, Mag Mile trashed – PAIGE FRY, JEREMY GORNER, GREGORY PRATT, MEGAN CREPEAU, STACY ST. CLAIR and CLAIRE HAO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-downtown-looting-20200810-3zwa3b7zzrc5vdyb4qjqywrjvu-story.html
— Stop comparing yourself to others – Amy Kan (DIERSEN: One could argue that those who you graduated with from high school and/or from college who shared your demographics would be the most relevant people to compare yourself to.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20200810/281814286215839
— 6 traits that will make you indispensable at work – Martin Zwilling (DIERSEN: The most important trait that my Democrat superiors in the federal government looked for was success in getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20200810/281857235888799
— ‘We had to have brick and mortar’; Black Lives Matters opens Waukegan office – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-blm-lake-office-st-0811-20200810-bxylqv7fgngn3f2vvcv3cd7xri-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,319 new known COVID-19 cases reported as renters with coronavirus-related financial difficulty can now apply for up to $5,000 state grant
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200810-ey6eo275crblfpdtyhnfyhmsla-story.html
— Candidate petitions for 2021 Naperville City Council election available next week – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-municipal-election-city-council-petitions-st-20200810-v4ggoldlnfatheqkn7rlovwefi-story.html
— ‘There’s gonna be looting going on’: Long night of unrest follows Englewood shooting – PAIGE FRY, JEREMY GORNER, PETER NICKEAS, JOHN KEILMAN and SOPHIE SHERRY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-loop-englewood-looting-ticktock-20200811-rpyojxhy5feqhculr44pcobzge-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot, Brown lay blame for last night’s looting After a South Side shooting, the mayor and the police chief say, looters headed north—emboldened because looters earlier this summer weren’t prosecuted “to the fullest extent.” – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/lightfoot-brown-lay-blame-last-nights-looting?utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200810&utm_content=hero-headline
— Enough already! Time for Foxx, Lightfoot, judges to do their jobs. After another night of looting, Chicago and particularly downtown will never recover unless the criminal justice system actually works. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/enough-already-time-foxx-lightfoot-judges-do-their-jobs
— McDonald’s: Ex-CEO Easterbrook lied and covered up wrongdoing The company sues the former chief to recover his payout, saying Steve Easterbrook’s termination last fall over a relationship with an employee shouldn’t have included severance pay because he “concealed evidence and lied about his wrongdoing.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-ex-ceo-easterbrook-lied-and-covered-wrongdoing
— Looting leaves Chicago ‘at a crossroads,’ chamber chief says “If we don’t get ahold of this right away, it’s going to have very serious consequences for our economy and jobs,” says Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce CEO Jack Lavin. “We need to get this under control as soon as possible.” – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/looting-leaves-chicago-crossroads-chamber-chief-says

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Republicans criticized for meet-and-greet without face masks Networking event draws allegations of COVID-19 safety violations – KELLI DUNCAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/08/10/mchenry-county-republicans-criticized-for-meet-and-greet-without-face-masks/a5rylxl/

CHICAGO NOW
— Anarchy clobbers Chicago. Had enough yet? – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2020/08/anarchy-clobbers-chicago-had-enough-yet/

CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker sends state police to help in fight mass looting in Chicago – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-sends-state-police-to-help-in-fight-mass-looting-in-chicago/article_0de142c4-db24-11ea-921d-a72f73709f25.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Looting, Violence Gives More Reasons to Stay Out of Chicago
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/10/chicago-looting-violence-gives-more-reasons-to-stay-out-of-chicago/
— GOP Holding Algonquin Fundraiser Tonight Featuring Ives, Oberweis, State & Local Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/10/gop-holding-algonquin-fundraiser-august-10th-featuring-ives-oberweis-state-local-candidates-copy/
— Algonquin Village Board Putting Referendum on the Ballot to Abolish Elective Village Clerk
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/10/algonquin-village-board-putting-referendum-on-the-ballot-to-abolish-elective-village-clerk/
— Crystal Lake High School Board Goes with Herd Immunity
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/10/crystal-lake-high-school-board-go-with-herd-immunity/
— Dueling Signs
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/10/message-of-the-day-signs-12/
— Is This Something Trump Is Doing that Has Gone Largely Unnoticed?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/09/is-this-something-trump-is-doing-that-has-gone-largely-unnoticed/
— Opening Remarks at Wisconsin Gathering of Illinois Conservatives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/09/opening-remarks-at-wisconsin-gathering-of-conservatives/
— ComEd Follows Decades of Practice of the “Illinois Way”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/09/comed-follows-decades-of-practice-of-the-illinois-way/
— Costs vs. Benefits of Educational Spending
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/09/costs-vs-benefits-of-educational-spending/
— Way to Lobby to Stop Pritzker’s $2,500 (Maximum) Fines for Businesses Who Do Not Force Customers to Wear Masks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/08/way-to-lobby-to-stop-pritzkers-2500-maximum-fines-for-businesses-who-do-not-force-customers-to-wear-masks/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Speaker Madigan / ComEd named as Defendants in $450 Million Racketeering (RICO) Lawsuit filed today – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/08/speaker-madigan-comed-named-as-defendants-in-450-million-racketeering-rico-lawsuit-filed-today/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP ASKS: IS PRITZKER COVERING UP MADIGAN PATRONAGE HIRING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/il-gop-asks-is-pritzker-covering-up-madigan-patronage-hiring-.html
— BUSINESS OWNERS ASK FOR SUPPORT IN STOPPING PRITZKER’S COVID MANDATE FINES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/business-owners-ask-for-support-in-stopping-pritzkers-covid-mandate-fines.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Cook County Republicans sue to stop new vote by mail law
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/10/another-day-another-lawsuit-cook-county-republicans-sue-to-stop-new-vote-by-mail-law/
— 1,319 new cases, 1 additional death, 4.1 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/10/1319-new-cases-1-additional-death-41-percent-positivity-rate/
— Civil RICO case filed against Madigan, ComEd and others
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/10/civil-rico-case-filed-against-madigan-comed-and-others/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lawsuit: Illinois expanded mail voting is partisan ‘scheme’ – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/10/lawsuit-illinois-expanded-mail-voting-is-partisan-/
— Thought control and cancel culture overtakes colleges and universities – Peter Wood and Pete Peterson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/10/thought-control-and-cancel-culture-overtakes-colle/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Black Lives Matter reached its high tide, and now it’s crashing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/black-lives-matter-reached-its-high-tide-and-now-its-crashing

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s ‘diversity,’ ‘Are you a junkie?’ gaffes ignored by Sunday morning news shows His remarks were not mentioned on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN’s weekend programs – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-diversity-junkie-gaffes-sunday-morning-news-shows

BREITBART
— Magnificent Mile Riots, Looting Hit Democrat-Run Chicago – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/10/nolte-magnificent-mile-riots-looting-hit-democrat-run-chicago/
— OUTSTANDING: South Dakota ‘Back the Blue’ Rally Sees Generous Turnout – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2020/08/09/south-dakota-back-blue-rally-sees-generous-turnout/
— Catholic League: BLM One of the ‘Greatest Threats’ to Black Americans – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2020/08/10/catholic-league-blm-one-greatest-threats-black-americans/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois school district to prioritize ‘black and brown students’ for in-person school reopening – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/10/illinois-school-district-to-prioritize-black-and-brown-students-for-in-person-school-reopening-958373

CNS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor: Rioting Was Sparked by False Twitter Info About Police Shooting an Unarmed Juvenile – Susan Jones
https://cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/chicago-mayor-rioting-was-sparked-false-twitter-info-about-police

DAILY SIGNAL
— Investigating the Prevalence of Left-Leaning ‘Fact-Checkers’ – Sharyl Attkisson (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What qualifications do I have to be a fact checker? ANSWER: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/10/investigating-the-prevalence-of-left-leaning-fact-checks/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Not Letting Covid Crisis Go to Waste – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/pelosi-schumer/2020/08/10/id/981415/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Going after the Employers of Illegal Aliens – MARK KRIKORIAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/going-after-the-employers-of-illegal-aliens/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— How the far-left Black Lives Matter movement promotes a revolution that will destroy America A deeper look into the Marxist goals of the leftists rioting across the country. – John Horvat II
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/how-the-far-left-black-lives-matter-movement-promotes-a-revolution-that-will-destroy-america

EPOCH TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds Turn Out for ‘Back the Blue’ Rally in Seattle Ahead of Defunding Vote – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/hundreds-turn-out-for-back-the-blue-rally-in-seattle-ahead-of-defunding-vote_3456303.html

THE HILL
— Jesse Jackson: Chicago looting ‘humiliating, embarrassing & morally wrong’ – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/511334-jesse-jackson-chicago-looting-humiliating-embarrassing-morally-wrong

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “It’s a Tough Time for the Left. But I’m More Optimistic Than Ever. On both sides of the Atlantic, the signs of radical possibility are everywhere.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/left-politics.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters want open borders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/migrants-border-repeat-crossings/2020/08/08/2fdbd97c-d9bf-11ea-b9b2-1ea733b97910_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— AG Barr calls lawmakers backing voting by mail ‘grossly irresponsible’ – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2020/08/10/william-barr-lawmakers-backing-vote-by-mail-grossly-irresponsible/

USA TODAY
— ‘I’m too old to find a new career’: More than half of Americans fear job losses – Jessica Menton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/08/07/unemployment-benefits-more-than-half-americans-fear-job-losses/3301149001/
— COVID-19 thrown a wrench into retirement planning? Don’t panic. – Nancy Tengler
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2020/08/09/covid-19-messed-up-retirement-planning-dont-panic/3317928001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Coronavirus Heightens Housing Insecurity for Black and Hispanic Populations With little or no savings, a loss of income leaves many families on the brink of homelessness – Gwynn Guilford and Luis Melgar
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-heightens-housing-insecurity-for-black-and-hispanic-populations-11596965400

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 59% Think Biden Unlikely to Finish A Four-Year Term in White House
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/59_think_biden_unlikely_to_finish_a_four_year_term_in_white_house

August 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— COVID-19 Illinois: Pritzker doubles down on new guidelines, faces pushback as IL reports 1,382 new coronavirus cases, 8 additional deaths Gov. JB Pritzker issued new IL coronavirus guidelines Friday – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1382-new-coronavirus-cases-8-additional-deaths-sunday/6362700/

NBC5
— Pritzker Defends New Enforcement Rules for Illinois’ Mask Mandate Amid Pandemic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-defends-new-enforcement-rules-for-illinois-mask-mandate-amid-pandemic/2319436/
— Postal Service Emerges as Flash Point Heading Into Election The Postal Service already was facing questions over how it would handle the expected spike of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic, but several operational changes imposed by its new leader have led to mail backlogs across the United States as rumors of additional cutbacks swirl, fueling worries about the November vote – Anthony Izaguirre and Matthew Daly
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/postal-service-emerges-as-flash-point-heading-into-election/2319464/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker defends proposed changes to mask rules as state sees 1,382 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths A bipartisan committee still needs to approve Pritzker’s new rules, up for consideration Tuesday in Springfield. – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/9/21361031/pritzker-stresses-importance-common-sense-masking-rules-illinois-new-covid-19-cases
— State offering $5,000 grants for tenants struggling to pay rent amid pandemic. Here’s how to apply Applicants can start applying online Monday morning. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: What about struggling homeowners who have to pay mortgage interest, real estate taxes, etc.? What percent of renters are Democrat and what percent of homeowners are Republican?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/8/9/21361020/state-offering-5000-grants-tenants-struggling-keep-up-rent-payments-amid-pandemic-heres-how-apply

CHICAGO REPORTER
— MAY 16, 2019 FLASHBACK: The U.S. White majority will soon disappear forever By 2050, the US will be a ‘majority-minority’ country, with white non-Hispanics making up less than half of the total population. – Dudley Poston and Rogelio Sáenz
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-us-white-majority-will-soon-disappear-forever/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Ohio governor’s conflicting COVID-19 tests raise backlash – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ohio-governors-conflicting-covid-19-tests-raise-backlash-08-09-2020

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Let me give the media some evidence’: Mark Levin calls journalists ‘liars’ for not reporting on vote-by-mail issues – Emma Colton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/let-me-give-the-media-some-evidence-mark-levin-calls-journalists-liars-for-not-reporting-on-vote-by-mail-issues

BREITBART
— Sen. Ron Johnson: Suppressing Breitbart News Is Part of Google’s Electioneering for Democrats – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: One could say that suppressing www.gopillinois.com is part of Google’s electioneering for Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in Illinois.)
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/08/09/sen-ron-johnson-suppressing-breitbart-news-part-googles-electioneering-democrats/
— Kevin McCarthy Hits Google for Efforts to Censor Conservative Speech — ‘They Have Totally Denigrated Breitbart’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/09/mccarthy-hits-google-for-efforts-to-censor-conservative-speech-they-have-totally-denigrated-breitbart/
— Stockton U. Student Faces Suspension for Zoom Background of President Trump – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/09/stockton-u-student-faces-suspension-for-zoom-background-of-president-trump/

BLAZE
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds gather in Beverly Hills for pro-Trump ‘Rescue America’ rally, encouraging Californians to walk away from Democratic party
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rescue-americarally–walkaway-movement-beverly-hills
— Nearly 20,000 fake US driver’s licenses from China and other countries seized at Chicago airport Another 2,000 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses were intercepted at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – Paul Sacca
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fake-drivers-licenses-seized-china-chicago
— BLM protesters intimidate diners, yell homophobic slurs and wake up liberal neighborhood in middle of the night – Paul Sacca
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-lives-matter-protests-georgetown-dc-video

LAW OFFICER
— BLM Protesters Shoot At Black Officer At Home
https://www.lawofficer.com/blm-protesters-shoot-at-black-officer-at-home/

CBS NEWS
— A historical reckoning for the global slave trade
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-historical-reckoning-for-the-global-slave-trade/

WASHINGTON POST
— Diversity isn’t a reason to consider race in hiring – Hans Bader, Arlington (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/diversity-isnt-a-reason-to-consider-race-in-hiring/2020/08/09/179a3140-d81d-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html

YAHOO NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ rally held in Fort Pierce on Saturday
https://news.yahoo.com/back-blue-rally-held-fort-223424422.html

WRAL
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue: Community rallies to show support for police officers
https://www.wral.com/back-the-blue-community-rallies-to-show-support-for-police-officers/19226116/

BLOOMBERG
— What People Fear Most About ‘Cancel Culture’ (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the sooner/stronger that hate-filled Trump-haters will try to cancel you: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that Americans are, the more firearms and ammunition that they are buying for their self-defense.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-09/what-people-fear-most-about-cancel-culture
— Biden Needs Fed’s Powell on Board to Fix Racial Wealth Gap – Saleha Mohsin and Catarina Saraiva (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Biden announce that if elected, he would use the federal government a) to take money away from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-09/biden-needs-fed-s-powell-on-board-to-fix-racial-wealth-gap

NPR
— The Only Black Pastor In Town Wasn’t Invited To A Black Lives Matter March – LAURA PALMISANO (DIERSEN: BLM is extremely anti-religious.)
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/09/900703254/the-only-black-pastor-in-town-wasnt-invited-to-a-black-lives-matter-march

August 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— COVID-19 executive orders: A breakdown of Trump’s actions on $400 weekly unemployment boost, evictions, student loans, payroll taxes – Alex Meier
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/what-to-know-about-trumps-covid-related-executive-orders/6361542/
— Gov. Pritzker to appear in Clay County court over state’s emergency order or face contempt, judge says The governor is facing an arrest warrant unless he shows up in court
https://abc7chicago.com/jb-pritzker-clay-county-appear-in-court-illinois-emergency-order/6361071/

NBC5
— Vote-By-Mail Worries: A ‘Leaky Pipeline’ in Many States Amid the coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail in a contactless and socially distant way seems like a no-brainer – Frank Bajak and Christina A. Cassidy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/vote-by-mail-worries-a-leaky-pipeline-in-many-states/2319208/
— Bikers Descend on Sturgis Rally With Few Signs of Pandemic The motorcycle rally is expected to draw up to 250,000 people – Stephen Groves
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/bikers-descend-on-sturgis-rally-with-few-signs-of-pandemic/2319190/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Statewide count of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpasses 2,000 for the second day in a row
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200808-ktjoq7n25zbt5mlber2vvwnwaq-story.html
— Trump signs executive orders for $400-a-week unemployment benefit, deferral of payroll tax and federal student loan payments – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-second-coronavirus-stimulus-check-updates-20200808-onmao3lsnne65a67q4lihtv42e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ COVID-19 rise continues with second straight 2,000-case day
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/8/21359734/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
— “I had to look at my daughters and remind them what it means to do what’s right” It will be fascinating to see what happens with Terra Costa Howard in the coming weeks after she publicly called for Mike Madigan to step down as House speaker. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/7/21359284/terra-costa-howard-mike-madigan-ethics-scandal-illinois-politics-rich-miller

WBBM
— Durbin Blasts Trump For Using Executive Powers To Extend Economic Relief After Congress Failed To Strike Deal – JIM GUDAS
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/durbin-blasts-trump-for-using-executive-powers-for-relief

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/marijuana-is-no-longer-a-dirty-little-secret-weed-sales-are-soaring-in-illinois-and/article_01cc7bb0-a309-5ab0-b99d-1a3b51fb8741.html

FOX NEWS
— Leo Terrell: Joe Biden gets pass on ‘diversity’ comment because he’s Democrat ‘If Trump made the same remark, there would be ‘riots in the streets,’ he says – Joshua Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/leo-terrell-joe-biden-diversity-democrat
— Trump says Biden is no longer worthy of the Black vote following diversity remark
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/trump-says-biden-is-no-longer-worthy-of-the-black-vote-following-diversity-remark
— ‘Cancel culture’ distorts history to portray US as evil nation that must be transformed The repercussions of this massacre of our nation’s history are real and significant ​ – Cabot Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cabot-phillips-cancel-culture-distorts-history-to-portray-us-as-evil-nation-that-must-be-transformed

BREITBART
— De Blasio to New Yorkers Wary of Public Transport over Coronavirus: ‘Do Not Buy a Car’ – NATE CHURCH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/07/de-blasio-to-new-yorkers-wary-of-public-transport-over-coronavirus-do-not-buy-a-car/
— Donald Trump: Democrats Want to Use Coronavirus Aid Bill to Steal the Election – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/08/donald-trump-democrats-want-to-use-coronavirus-aid-bill-to-steal-the-election/

TOWNHALL
— Why Don’t These Black Lives Matter? – Paul Driessen
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2020/08/08/why-dont-these-black-lives-matter-n2573964

PJ MEDIA
— How to Achieve Woke Justice – PHILIP CARL SALZMAN
https://pjmedia.com/columns/philip-carl-salzman/2020/08/08/how-to-achieve-woke-justice-n766100
— Ilhan Omar Won’t Get Prosecuted for Immigration Fraud, Showing Who Really Has the Privilege – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2020/08/08/ilhan-omar-wont-get-prosecuted-for-immigration-fraud-showing-who-really-has-the-privilege-n766805

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Tucker: Left weaponizes pandemic to turn U.S. on its head, transform country until it’s unrecognizable – Samantha Chang
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/07/tucker-left-weaponizes-pandemic-to-turn-u-s-on-its-head-transform-country-until-its-unrecognizable-956867

CCN
— 7 Companies You Should Boycott If You Truly Despise Donald Trump – Aaron Weaver
https://www.ccn.com/7-companies-you-should-boycott-if-you-truly-despise-donald-trump/

THE HILL
— Both parties need to create a pro-aging party platform – PETER KALDES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote age discrimination. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who are present and past leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/511158-both-parties-need-to-create-a-pro-aging-party-platform
— Raise a toast to alcohol reform – MICHAEL LAFAIVE AND JARRETT DIETERLE (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are heavy drinkers. The more booze that they drink, the ruder that they get. I should write a book about the rudest heavy-drinking people that I have had to deal with during the last 20 years. I would focus on present and past activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, government employees, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/510753-raise-a-toast-to-alcohol-reform

MSNBC
— Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist: Eradicating racism is every elected official’s responsibility – ALI VELSHI (DIERSEN: Eradicating racism is code for getting rid of Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/lt-governor-garlin-gilchrist-eradicating-racism-is-every-elected-official-s-responsibility-89780293885

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “Trump sent agents to quell unrest. But protest is what Portland does best.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/08/trump-sent-agents-quell-unrest-protest-is-what-portland-does-best/

STAR HERALD
— Losing trust in media, it’s easy to see why – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://starherald.com/opinion/columnists/syndicated/jonah-goldberg-losing-trust-in-media-it-s-easy-to-see-why/article_8a987610-cc43-5dfb-aa1e-69ec52beafa8.html

DANBURY NEWS OBSERVER
— OUTSTANDING: ‘All lives matter:’ Back the Blue NC gathers in downtown Raleigh to support police – VIRGINIA BRIDGES
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article244819907.html

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— OUTSTANDING: More than 100 ‘back the blue’ at rally in Fort Worth, oppose defunding police – JACK HOWLAND
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article244827747.html

KELOLAND
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Sioux Falls Area Back the Blue Rally’ sees large crowd – Lauren Soulek
https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/sioux-falls-area-back-the-blue-rally-sees-large-crowd/

DANBURY NEWS TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Danbury rallies at police station to ‘Back the Blue’ – Julia Perkins
https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Danbury-rallies-at-police-station-to-Back-the-15469396.php

WRAL
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue: Rally to support Raleigh police draws large crowd in downtown
https://www.wral.com/back-the-blue-rally-to-support-raleigh-police-draws-large-crowd-in-downtown/19226576/

TULSA WORLD
— Tulsa one of many communities grappling with implications of ‘Black Lives Matter’ street paintings – Kevin Canfield and Stetson Payne
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/tulsa-one-of-many-communities-grappling-with-implications-of-black-lives-matter-street-paintings/article_80aa3e63-c378-5f76-9635-ca4c4f05916d.html

NEWSWEEK
— Portland Mayor Says Rioters Are ‘Prop’ for Trump’s Reelection Campaign – JEFFERY MARTIN
https://www.newsweek.com/portland-mayor-says-rioters-are-prop-trumps-reelection-campaign-1523739
— Former NFL Player, GOP Congressional Candidate Burgess Owens Demands NBA, NFL Players ‘Stand Up, Man Up’ for National Anthem – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/former-nfl-player-gop-congressional-candidate-demands-nba-nfl-players-stand-man-national-1523797

August 7 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— Pritzker issues rule to penalize businesses that violate mask requirements with fines up to $2,500 – Erik Runge
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/gov-pritzker-expected-to-announce-new-covid-19-restrictions/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: For first time in more than 2 months, over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases reported; Gov. Pritzker announces new emergency rules for mask requirements
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200807-zbh6jqouwbe2hiys4nkwjl4k3u-story.html
— President Trump hates mail-in voting, until he doesn’t – CLARENCE PAGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-donald-trump-absentee-ballots-mitch-mcconnell-page-20200807-5ksiexr57bafdllsjgiy3eottm-story.html
— A lesson in contrasts: How the GOP purged its leader amid corruption allegations – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-corruption-madigan-comed-lee-daniels-20200807-3q6u23z34ncvrii6mlctw2ydwy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June 2002, then-Illinois Republican Party Chairman Lee Daniels abruptly announced his resignation from that party post as pressure mounted, including from the GOP state attorney general, to remove unwanted “distractions” in an election year. Daniels and his chief of staff had fallen under the radar of federal prosecutors who were investigating whether GOP staff members did campaign work on state time. “The party deserves to serve its purpose without unwarranted distractions,” Daniels, who as House minority leader was House Speaker Michael Madigan’s counterpart, said in announcing he would step down as party chair. “For that reason, it is best that I refocus my energy and encourage others to refocus theirs.” Not long after, the House Republican caucus voted 33-18 to install a new House leader, Rep. Tom Cross, after Daniels lost support among his colleagues in that role too. Daniels had not been charged and was only peripherally linked to a time sheet scandal, but the whiff of a federal corruption probe pushed his members to force him out of leadership. Three years later, Daniels’ chief of staff, Michael Tristano, formally was indicted and later pleaded guilty to a fraud charge as part of a probe into state workers’ diverting taxpayer resources to campaigns. Tristano also was accused of working out a deal with a real estate group to put a Republican candidate on its payroll. In exchange, the real estate group’s project received more than $1 million in state funds, prosecutors said. Other statehouse insiders, including Madigan, then-Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka and Senate President Emil Jones, also had been asked to turn over records as part of a state-resources-to-campaigns scandal. Shortly after Tristano’s indictment in 2005, Daniels announced he would retire from his remaining position as a state representative. Daniels was not implicated in Tristano’s indictment, and he was never charged with wrongdoing. But he left anyway. A top GOP party and policy leader in the state who once held three positions of power was gone, pushed out by his own members and a nudge from the previous GOP attorney general, Jim Ryan, who had forwarded corruption allegations to federal investigators. Under the lens of compare and contrast, then and now, one takeaway is this state’s breathtaking tolerance for corruption. It has settled into the system of governance and politics as its own permanent institution. Corruption is an expected byproduct of serving in public office, like wind makes waves.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A disgusting pot pusher says “Marijuana is no longer a ‘dirty little secret.’ Weed sales are soaring in Illinois, and the pandemic is helping.” To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-pandemic-drives-marijuana-demand-illinois-20200807-apayvzzapbcz7fgia2elfm7vwu-htmlstory.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville City Council expected to vote on recreational marijuana dispensaries this month – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, organization, company, government, or country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-recreational-marijuana-sales-zoning-st-20200807-hk4ygrbkxragxdq74gde6fndvi-story.html
— Who would Gov. Pritzker choose to fill Tammy Duckworth’s Senate seat if she becomes VP? – ERIC ZORN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-senate-seat-duckworth-pritzker-pick-zorn-20200807-qhxwsahfongv3pzbusniczrt3m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4 top legislators use ‘millionaire’s exemption,’ other loophole to avoid campaign cash limits House Speaker Michael Madigan, Senate President Don Harmon and top Republicans Rep. Jim Durkin, Sen. Bill Brady all have gotten around post-Blagojevich-era reforms. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/7/21358791/michael-madigan-don-harmon-jim-durkin-bill-brady-millionaires-exemption-campaign-finance-blagojevich
— OUTRAGEOUS: Black Lives Matter movement street art, murals see a surge in Chicago post-George Floyd – Clare Proctor
https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2020/8/7/21340321/chicago-murals-black-lives-matter-darius-dennis-dred-ske-wicker-park-leons-bar-b-q-sounding-boards
— Illinois’ new COVID-19 cases top 2,000 — but are Pritzker’s proposed ‘common sense’ masking rules really ‘a slap in the face?’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/8/7/21358456/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board candidate Hadiya Afzal says Democrats abandoned her when going got tough – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200807/dupage-county-board-candidate-says-democrats-abandoned-her-when-going-got-tough

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters promote Goya boycott.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/goya-boycott-gives-opening-la-preferida-will-it-capitalize
— CHICAGO’S 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN 2020 (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. One would expect that the federal government would be the best place to work for employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger because the Democrats who run the federal government get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few government employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/employment/chicagos-best-places-work-2020-list

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ohio governor’s COVID-19 results show test’s imperfections – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ohio-governors-covid-19-results-show-tests-imperfections/

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Leaders of DuPage and Kane counties unite to prevent increase of virus activity
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/08/07/leaders-of-dupage-and-kane-counties-unite-to-prevent-increase-of-virus-activity/114469

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Gov Pritzker Ordered to Appear in Clay County Court: Rule to Show Cause – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/08/gov-pritzker-ordered-to-appear-in-clay-county-court-rule-to-show-cause/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FACEBOOK SLAPS ILLINOIS REVIEW’S WRIST FOR SHARING BREITBART STORY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/facebook-slaps-illinois-reviews-wrist-for-sharing-breitbart-story-.html
— PRITZKER ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE CLAY COUNTY JUDGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/pritzker-ordered-to-appear-before-clay-county-judge-.html
— THORNER: BALLOT HARVESTING AS A SOURCE OF VOTING FRAUD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/thorner-ballot-harvesting-as-a-source-of-voting-fraud-.html
— ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ORDERS BUSINESSES TO ENFORCE COVID MASK MANDATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/illinois-governor-orders-businesses-to-enforce-covid-mask-mandate.html
— BUSINESSES ORGANIZE TO RESIST GOV PRITZKER’S PLAN MAKING THEM COVID MASK ENFORCERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/businesses-organize-to-resist-gov-pritzkers-plan-making-them-covid-mask-enforcers.html
— BIDEN’S DISASTROUS INTERVIEW PROVES CRINGEWORTHY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/bidens-disastrous-interview-proves-cringeworthy.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Governor’s office responds *** Durkin expands special session call to face-mask issue
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/07/durkin-expands-special-session-call-to-face-mask-issue/
— Governor’s office calls order “procedurally improper, violating elementary principles of fairness” *** Pritzker ordered to appear in Clay County
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/07/pritzker-ordered-to-appear-in-clay-county/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/07/covid-19-roundup-51/
— 2,084 new cases, 21 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/07/2084-new-cases-21-additional-deaths-41-percent-positivity-rate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: AG Barr stops motorcade to thank ‘Back the Blue’ demonstrators – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Organizations and companies that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and Republican candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots should buy Back the Blue yard signs in large bulk quantities and distribute them to homeowners who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/7/william-barr-stops-motorcade-to-thank-back-the-blu/

GOPUSA
— Is Covid Testing Trustworthy? 2nd, Deeper Test Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Doesn’t Have It
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93084

FOX NEWS
— Feds discover ‘most sophisticated’ cross-border tunnel with extensive ventilation, rail system – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cross-border-tunnel-sophisticated-us-history

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: Massachusetts ‘Back the Blue’ Rally Sees Record Turnout – NATE CHURCH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/07/massachusetts-back-the-blue-rally-sees-record-turnout/

BLAZE
— New York treating law-abiding Americans as criminals, while promoting criminals and illegal aliens With violent gang members and shooters being released, there’s no deterrent against crime – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-new-york-treating-law-abiding-americans-as-criminals-while-promoting-criminals-and-illegal-aliens

NEWSMAX
— Campus Dissent Felled by Resurgent Orwellian State – Ziva Dahl
https://www.newsmax.com/zivadahl/college-campus-dissent/2020/08/07/id/981019/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Black Lives Matter, Antifa Terrorist Using Nazi Tactics
https://www.oann.com/black-lives-matter-antifa-terrorist-using-nazi-tactics/

EPOCH TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS: Kansas City Council Votes in Favor of Painting Black Lives Matter Street Murals – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/kansas-city-council-votes-in-favor-of-painting-black-lives-matter-street-murals_3453561.html

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Organizer of Asheville ‘Back the Blue’ rally got no support from city, media (DIERSEN: Do the following back Back the Blue OR do they back Black Lives Matter: a) the leaders of your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, and your county; b) your state representative; c) your state senator; d) your U.S. representative; and e) the candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot for your precinct?)
https://www.worldtribune.com/organizer-of-asheville-back-the-blue-rally-got-no-support-from-city-media/

THE HILL
— Barr pulls over to thank pro-police rally in Virginia – MARINA PITOFSKY
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/511029-barr-pulls-over-to-thank-pro-police-rally-in-virginia

NEW YORK TIMES
— Leaving New York: How to Choose the Right Suburb Set your priorities — walkable town, easy commute, good schools, waterfront access or something else? Then start exploring. – Julie Lasky (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical hate-filled Republican-haters who hypocritically flee Democrat areas and come to Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there? How bad is the hypocritical Democrat invasion in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/realestate/coronavirus-escape-suburbs-new-york.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Impugning faith has long been in Trump’s playbook, but Biden won’t let it slide – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have impugned my faith. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices. They stress that unlike them, I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. They stress that on Saturday evenings or Sunday mornings, instead of attending church services like they do, I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out. I would focus on those who hate Missouri Synod Lutherans (MSL). I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a MSL. My outstanding parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with MSL.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/07/daily-202-impugning-faith-has-long-been-trumps-playbook-biden-wont-let-it-slide/

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE
— 9 Tips for Covering Election Misinformation – ANDREW ROCKWAY, JOHN HERNANDEZ, AND JOY MAYER
https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/elections/9-tips-election-misinformation/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 27% With Guns in the House Bought One in Last Six Months
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/gun_control/27_with_guns_in_the_house_bought_one_in_last_six_months

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 225 West Park Avenue, Wheaton – $350,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448245_zpid/

August 6 Evening Edition

ABC7 CHICAGO
— Coronavirus Illinois: IL reports 1,953 new COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-reports-1953-new-covid-19-cases-21-deaths/6357754/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State reports the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the end of May as lakefront restaurants are set to reopen this week
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200806-b2zp42cdm5f2lgnh4xq62oujai-story.html
— Hinsdale Black Lives Matter group creates outlet for minorities to share experiences – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-hidden-stories-tl-0813-20200806-buvf6vapqfeafie2gzsgwmvite-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mryan said she was particularly troubled by a comment made on social media about the Hinsdale Black Lives Matter group. “They said that Hinsdale is a utopia, so why would we want this here,” she said. “If it’s going to be a utopia, hearing these stories is very important.” Mryan said all submissions of experiences are anonymous, a decision the group made after consideration. “It was about weighing the possibility of someone making up a story that is told versus the possibility of someone with a story not telling it,” she said. “I have faith in the people who are sharing their stories.” The Hinsdale Black Lives Matter group attracted about 500 people to its June 6 demonstration. Mryan said the demonstration was organized in the wake of the May 25 death of George, but added that there is more to it than that incident.)

DAILY HERALD
— State legislator argues Pritzker should rescind orders or go to jail – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200806/state-legislator-argues-pritzker-should-rescind-orders-or-go-to-jail

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Leftist Effort to Revise American History – Walter E. Williams
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/08/leftist-effort-to-revise-american-history/

CAPITOL FAX
— Second member of state party central committee calls on Madigan to resign
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/06/second-member-of-state-party-central-committee-calls-on-madigan-to-resign/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Arrests of illegal border crossers have spiked 237% despite Trump effort to deter migrants – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arrests-of-illegal-border-crossers-have-spiked-237-despite-trump-effort-to-deter-migrants

GOPUSA
— Anthony Fauci Says U.S. Did Not Reach A Low Enough Coronavirus Baseline Before Reopening
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93026
— Gretchen Whitmer Declares Racism A Public Health Crisis; Orders Bias Training For All State Employees (DIERSEN: The bias training industry promotes hatred not only against Trump, but against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92994
— Los Angeles Mayor Says City May Shut Off Water, Power At Houses Hosting Large Parties
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93008
— Portland Protests Continue On Day 70 Downtown, Throughout City
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93014
— Seattle City Council Moves Ahead On Initial Police Department Layoffs, Other Changes
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93012

BREITBART
— Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR): Google Suppression of Political News Critical of Democrats Is Election Interference – KRISTINA WONG (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Google News Alerts are to non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors that promote hatred against Trump and against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/06/exclusive-cotton-google-suppression-of-political-news-critical-of-democrats-is-election-interference/
— Chicago College Students Demand Schools Cut Ties with ‘White Supremacist Cult’ Police – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/06/chicago-college-students-demand-schools-cut-ties-with-white-supremacist-cult-police/
— Joe Biden: ‘Unlike the African American Community … the Latino Community Is an Incredibly Diverse Community’ – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: How diverse does Biden see the White community as being?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/06/joe-biden-unlike-the-african-american-community-the-latino-community-is-an-incredibly-diverse-community-nabj/

CNS NEWS
— Palatine High School Teacher Unconstitutionally Fired for Facebook Post Rejecting Concept of ‘White Privilege’ – Hans Bader (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote the Democrat Party’s position on White privilege, the Democrats and the RINOs get rid of you. )
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/teacher-unconstitutionally-fired-facebook-post-rejecting-concept-white

DAILY SIGNAL
— Pence: ‘The Choice We Face Is Whether America Remains America’ – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/05/pence-the-choice-we-face-is-whether-america-remains-america/
— Barack Obama and His Race Card – Larry Elder
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/06/barack-obama-and-his-race-card/

CNS NEWS
— University Removes Director Who Mildly Criticized Affirmative Action – Hans Bader (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/university-removes-director-who-mildly-criticized-affirmative-action
— AP Opens New Front in the Social Justice Crusade – Bill Donohue
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/ap-opens-new-front-social-justice-crusade

THE HILL
— Giuliani says Black Lives Matter is ‘domestic terrorist’ group – KAELAN DEESE
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/510953-giuliani-says-black-lives-matter-is-domestic-terrorist-group
— Voters should channel the Black Lives Matter energy at the polls – MICHAEL HIGGINBOTHAM AND KIMBERLY WEHLE (DIERSEN: BLM is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/510824-voters-should-channel-the-black-lives-matter-energy-at-the-polls-in
— Duckworth: Republican coronavirus package would ‘gut’ Americans With Disabilities Act – ZACK BUDRYK (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, at one time or another, they assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees who they hired.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/510789-duckworth-republican-coronavirus-package-would-gut-americans-with

CNN
— Congressman Rodney Davis with Covid says it’s ‘terrible’ Capitol Hill has no testing program – Sruthi Palaniappan
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/rodney-davis-capitol-hill-testing-program-cnntv/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Biden wants Latinos to hate Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-racism-against-latinos-baked-trump-presidency-n1236076

NEW YORK TIMES
— After a Lull, the Number of Migrants Trying to Enter the U.S. Has Soared – Kirk Semple (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants, and especially immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger, because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants, and especially immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger, because RINOs want cheap labor. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs give immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger preference over citizens of America who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/americas/after-a-lull-the-number-of-migrants-trying-to-enter-the-us-has-soared.html

WASHINGTON POST
— New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA in suit accusing gun rights group of wide-ranging fraud and self-dealing – Carol D. Leonnig
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-lapierre-ny-attorney-general/2020/08/06/8e389794-d794-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

FORBES
— Trump Likened To ‘Violent Racists’ In Biden Ad, Aimed At Blacks – Karen Robinson-Jacobs (DIERSEN: The hate-filled Trump-hating Biden urges Backs to hate Trump.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/08/06/trump-likened-to-violent-racists-in-biden-ad-aimed-at-blacks/
— Facebook Stock Hits New All-Time High Despite A Pretty Bad News Day – Matt Perez (DIERSEN: What percent of those who promote Facebook own Facebook stock?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/08/06/facebook-stock-hits-new-all-time-high-despite-a-pretty-bad-news-day/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Says Black Lives Matter Led by ‘Killers’ Who ‘Hate White People’ – JOCELYN GRZESZCZAK
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani-says-black-lives-matter-led-killers-who-hate-white-people-1523325

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Says He’s Being Unfairly Censored by Facebook, Twitter – Mario Parker and Josh Wingrove
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/trump-says-hes-being-unfairly-censored-by-facebook-twitter

WNEP
— OUTSTANDING: Yard signs show support to ‘Back the Blue’ – Chelsea Strub
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/yard-signs-show-support-to-back-the-blue/523-328b27b6-3757-4b1b-ad51-05e5369d5753

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Politics at work: Even if you can, it’s a bad idea – Tom Temin
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2020/08/politics-at-work-even-if-you-can-its-a-bad-idea/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say Trump Sides With Police, Democrats With Protesters In Violent Protests
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_issues/most_say_trump_sides_with_police_democrats_with_protesters_in_violent_protests

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 843 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $465,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448344_zpid/

August 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Joe Biden won’t go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-wont-go-to-milwaukee-to-accept-democratic-nomination/6355425/
— Trump considering giving convention acceptance speech from White House – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-floats-giving-rnc-acceptance-speech-from-white-house/6356001/

CBS2
— Six Chicago Aldermen Urge Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan To Resign As ComEd Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Scandal – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/05/six-chicago-aldermen-urge-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-to-resign-as-comed-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-scandal/

NBC5
— Pritzker Expresses Concern Over New Coronavirus Infection Trends in Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-expresses-concern-over-new-coronavirus-infection-trends-in-illinois/2317451/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BLM-promoters promote BLM.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/colorful-black-lives-matter-mural-covers-chicago-street/2317474/
— Biden on Cognitive Test: ‘Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?’ President Trump has hailed his own mental acuity by referencing his performance on a cognitive test often given to older patients to identify early signs of dementia – Bill Barrow
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/biden-on-cognitive-test-why-the-hell-would-i-take-a-test/2317377/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns of ‘extraordinarily painful’ cuts, job losses if Washington doesn’t provide pandemic relief funding to states – RICK PEARSON and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-pritzker-20200805-2w7wojdzybc2nk4ild23v5oqzm-story.html
— ‘I am feeling that this is the end of my career.’ Millions of US jobs are gone for good. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-unemployment-job-loss-20200805-sxtnnjfr7vfwbgx5lppyqskmxu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-trump-covid-deaths-axios-chapman-20200805-lrmugkmlhvblpaxioy3nxaexku-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vote with your face? Masks one more thing voters will get to decide on Election Day Although Illinois requires face coverings in public indoor spaces, such as grocery or drug stores, mandating their use in the voting booth would raise some sticky legal issues of possible voter suppression. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/5/21356321/masks-voters-election-day-coronavirus-covid-illinois-chicago
— Chicago Public Schools staying closed due to worsening COVID-19 conditions, Lightfoot says The mayor said the decision to keep kids home had little to do with the Chicago Teachers Union’s increasing pressure and threats to strike. – Nader Issa and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/8/5/21355448/chicago-public-schools-remote-learning-coronavirus
— Coronavirus ‘rages on’ in Illinois, prompting Pritzker to warn locals to take action — or the state ‘will be forced to step in’ The Metro East and southern Illinois regions are still hovering close to the 8% positivity rate that would trigger a state intervention. “Without local action, even more stringent regulations restricting public interaction, or in the extreme, another stay-at-home order might be in your future,” Pritzker said. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/5/21356024/illinois-coronavirus-cases-deaths-pritzker-covid-increase

DAILY HERALD
— Huge fundraising gap illustrates different strategies in 10th Congressional District race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200721/huge-fundraising-gap-illustrates-different-strategies-in-10th-congressional-district-race

ELGIN PATCH
— Pritzker Shows He’s Not The Boss By Refusing To Take On Madigan Why won’t Pritzker demand House speaker be stripped of power federal amid corruption probe? Madigan is the real boss. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/elgin/s/h75ce/pritzker-shows-hes-not-the-boss-by-refusing-to-take-on-madigan

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Governor Pritzker Facing Indirect Civil Contempt Motion Seeking He Be Placed In The County Jail – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/08/illinois-governor-pritzker-facing-indirect-civil-contempt-motion-seeking-he-be-placed-in-the-county-jail/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Public School Officials Spread Disinformation – Diane O’Burns
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-public-school-officials-spread-disinformation-part-2/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW YORK CITY SETS UP “CHECKPOINTS” TO ENFORCE COVID QUARANTINE; WILL CHICAGO FOLLOW?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/new-york-city-sets-up-checkpoints-to-enforce-covid-quarantine-will-chicago-follow-.html
— THORNER: CHAOS AND MASS DISENFRANCHISEMENT PLAGUE MAIL-IN BALLOTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/thorner-chaos-and-mass-disenfranchisement-plague-mail-in-ballots-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— US Rep. Rodney Davis has tested positive for COVID-19
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/05/us-rep-rodney-davis-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19/
— 1,759 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 3.9 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/05/1759-new-cases-30-additional-deaths-39-percent-positivity-rate/
— Pritzker responds *** Will County judge says Clay County rulings “bereft of any meaningful legal analysis,” as Rep. Bailey asks Clay County judge to hold Pritzker in contempt, toss him in jail
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/05/will-county-judge-says-clay-county-rulings-bereft-of-any-meaningful-legal-analysis-as-rep-bailey-asks-clay-county-judge-to-hold-pritzker-in-contempt-toss-him-in-jail/

BREITBART
— Oprah Coaches White People on How to Navigate ‘Unconscious’ Racism on Apple TV Show – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/08/05/oprah-coaches-white-people-on-how-to-navigate-unconscious-racism/
— Donald Trump: Black Lives Matter a ‘Marxist Group’ that Is Not Good for Our Country
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/05/donald-trump-black-lives-matter-a-marxist-group-that-is-not-good-for-our-country/
— Rapper FBG Duck Shot Down in Broad Daylight in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/08/05/fbg-duck-shot-down-in-broad-daylight-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago/

CNS NEWS
— Biden: ‘I’ll Send a Bill to Congress Creating a Clear Roadmap to Citizenship for…11 Million Undocumented People’
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/cnsnewscom-staff/biden-ill-send-bill-congress-creating-clear-roadmap-citizenship
— Cuban Restaurant Owner Rejects Black Activists’ ‘Mafia Tactics,’ Quotas, Diversity Training – Bailey Duran
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/bailey-duran/cuban-restaurant-owner-rejects-black-activists-mafia-tactics-quotas

FEDERALIST
— Cuban Immigrant Faces Down Black Lives Matter Over Attempted Shakedown Of His Restaurant – Jonah Gottschalk
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/05/cuban-immigrant-faces-down-black-lives-matter-over-attempted-shakedown-of-his-restaurant/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Illinois Dem calls on colleges to ban history, compares subject to ‘poison pill’ – James Ferguson
https://campusreform.org/?id=15389

THE HILL
— Biden needs to bring religious Americans into the Democratic fold – AVI SCHICK (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/510650-biden-needs-to-bring-religious-americans-into-the-democratic-fold

NEW YORK TIMES
— 2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Will Not Go to Milwaukee for Democratic Convention Bowing to the health threats posed by the coronavirus, Democrats announced that their convention would be almost entirely virtual. Democrats dialed back their Milwaukee convention plans, and Joe Biden will accept his party’s nomination from Delaware.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook removes first post by Trump containing coronavirus misinformation The company is has faced pressure to better moderate its site amid a massive advertiser boycott. – Heather Kelly
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/05/trump-post-removed-facebook/

FORBES
— Four Things Employers Should Do To Accommodate Political Diversity In The Workplace – Ilana Redstone (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilanaredstone/2020/08/05/four-things-employers-should-do-to-accommodate-political-diversity-in-the-workplace/

WFPL
— What Louisville Has And Has Not Done To Meet Protesters’ Demands – Ryan Van Velzer (DIERSEN: What demands have the Democrats made on your mayor?)
https://wfpl.org/what-louisville-has-and-has-not-done-to-meet-protesters-demands/

ELLISVILLE LEADER
— OUTRAGEOUS: Ellisville rejects Back-the-Blue rally – Jack Hammett
https://www.leader-call.com/news/ellisville-rejects-back-the-blue-rally/article_df760a6e-d754-11ea-8dda-0382c0db312a.html

JD SUPRA
— Contrary to EEOC Pandemic Guidance, New York City Warns Employers Against Preferential Treatment of Older Workers
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/contrary-to-eeoc-pandemic-guidance-new-90164/

METRO WEEKLY
— Democrats’ 2020 platform solidifies party’s commitment to LGBTQ rights – John Riley
https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/08/democrats-2020-platform-solidifies-partys-commitment-to-lgbtq-rights/

August 4 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Suburban Districts Deal With Threats, Controversy in Debate Over How to Proceed With School Year
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-districts-deal-with-threats-controversy-in-debate-over-how-to-proceed-with-school-year/2316383/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gabriel Piemonte claims to speak for Italian Americans. Who claims to speak for those who share your demographics?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/3/21352852/italian-american-group-permanent-removal-columbus-statues-chicago-arrigo-grant-park

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rockford protesters sue Winnebago County officials, allege ‘unconstitutional detentions’ without timely hearings – SYDNEY CZYZON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-protesters-jail-lawsuit-rockford-winnebago-county-20200803-mni44uhibfc23kjc5ifvnfwtde-story.html
— Six members of Oak Park community relations commission submit resignation, feel work has been ‘devalued’ – STEVE SCHERING (DIERSEN: What do you do? Who devalues what you do? I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those who focus on devaluing that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-crc-resignations-tl-0730-20200804-jnalztk2jbalvahtef6eu3u4qe-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County facing $14 million budget shortfall – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200804/dupage-county-facing-14-million-budget-shortfall

WTTW
— Is Campaign Money From Speaker Michael Madigan ‘Dirty’? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/03/campaign-money-speaker-michael-madigan-dirty
— Chicago Fair Housing Advocates Criticize Rollback in Regulations – Marissa Nelson (DIERSEN: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.)
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/03/chicago-fair-housing-advocates-criticize-rollback-regulations

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Momence residents turn out to support city leaders – Chris Breach (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, BLM, that is, the Democrat Party, makes its demands on municipalities. How has your municipality responded? How is your municipality responding? How will your municipality respond?)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/momence-residents-turn-out-to-support-city-leaders/article_de58c29c-d5fc-11ea-9d1b-abcbcf3f2cf3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Protesters were out in full force Monday outside Momence City Hall before and during the evening’s city council meeting, but so were Momence residents. Approximately 40 residents showed their support for their community as a Black Lives Matter rally drew about 25 to 30 people who were chanting and holding signs. Momence resident Steve Gross said he was hoping to get inside the city council meeting to talk about this weekend’s upcoming community garage sales. The meeting space had reached capacity limits and members of the public were admitted in turns. “People need to be responsible and stuff, but I couldn’t even get in to address anything with all this,” Gross said. “Actually, I had somebody engage me and be aggressive toward me. … It’s super unfortunate.” The protesters were on the sidewalk just east of the City Hall entrance, while the town supporters remained on the west side of the entrance. There were a couple skirmishes. At 8 p.m. police squad cars from St. Anne, Grant Park, two from Manteno and one from Kankakee County Sheriff’s department arrived and parked on West Washington Street. Those officers joined four officers from the Momence Police department who were there for crowd control and to keep peace. “You’ve got some people who are being hotheads, and some people are reasonable,” Gross said. Mayor Chuck Steele was in attendance and presided over the council after missing the previous two meetings due to his wife’s illness. The protesters have voiced their displeasure of Steele regarding statements he made about a June 9 BLM march in Momence and his calling for Alderwoman Rebekah Cope-Evers’ resignation because she attended the event. The protesters were chanting “Black Lives Matter,” “Momma, I can’t breathe” and holding signs that read “No justice, No Peace,” and “Make Racism Wrong Again.” A couple of the residents who showed up in support of their community were holding signs that read “We Support Our Mayor & Police,” and others were carrying the American flag and “Back the Blue” signs. “We love our mayor,” one resident said. “I’m here to just support my town,” Momence resident Michael Quirk said. “I think just like everyone else, everyone is fed up with all the protests and stuff, and I think the mayor took offense when that happened. I think he took it to heart because he knows that this isn’t a racist town. There’s no bigotry or anything, and it just got spun out and everyone took their opportunity.” Several people spoke during the citizen forum portion of the meeting, including Julia McDonald, of Kankakee, who asked the mayor for a public apology. “We ask that you let go of your defensiveness and instead open your eyes and your ears,” she said in part. “Listen to people when they have something to say on these streets, whether you agree with them or not.” Normon Davis, a Black Momence resident, spoke during the forum in support of Steele, who he has known for 24 years. Davis said he grew up in the housing projects in Chicago. “In no way does he deserve the title of racist,” Davis said. “… He’s shown a lot of generosity throughout the community. Over the 24 years he’s shown without words his compassion and his love for the community. “Being reared in the housing projects, I know firsthand what true racism is, and Mayor Chuck Steele does not fit the bill.” After he addressed the council, Davis said residents support Steele. “Momence is one of the most peaceful towns that you’ll encounter in the United States,” Davis said. “We’re a small community. … The bottom line is this right here — get to know someone before you pass judgment.” During the mayor’s report during the council meeting, Steele said he and Police Chief Brian Brucato attended the NAACP law enforcement meeting in July in Kankakee. “Brian has already signed the 10 Shared Principles, and we will be getting posters of that made up,” Steele said. “We will be bringing that to the council next meeting to have the council approve it also.” The 10 Shared Principles are measures designed to build trust between law enforcement and communities of color. The Momence Police will also adopt the #8cantwait de-escalation initiatives for police. “For the most part we already do most of everything that’s on there, and I support our police department 100 percent,” said Steele, who declined to comment any further after the meeting.)

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns of deep cuts, job losses without federal aid – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article244700287.html

WREX
— Local leaders react to Facebook comment made by Rep. John Cabello
https://wrex.com/2020/08/03/local-leaders-react-to-cabello-facebook-controversy/

CHICAGO NOW
— Do you trust the post office to handle the 2020 presidential election? – Howard Moore (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Postal employees, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. What percent of Postal employees are Democrats?)
http://www.chicagonow.com/hippy-shakes/2020/08/do-you-trust-the-post-office-to-handle-the-2020-presidential-election/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Lawmakers and Activists Call for Cancellation of All History Classes – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-lawmakers-and-activists-call-for-the-cancellation-of-all-history-classes/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— November election debacle like New York’s would spark endless legal challenges, uncertainty – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/3/november-election-problems-new-york-would-spark-le/
— Boycotts, ‘cancel culture’ lose their appeal for many Americans – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: I should write a book those who focus on destroying conservative individuals, conservative organizations, conservative companies, and conservative governments in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/3/boycotts-cancel-culture-lose-their-appeal-for-many/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Major League Baseball ratings ‘fell off’ after opening day amid support for Black Lives Matter movement – Emma Colton (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will MLB require players, fans, etc. to kneel to BLMers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mlb-ratings-fell-off-after-opening-day-amid-support-for-black-lives-matter-movement

FOX NEWS
— Joe Concha on ‘cancel culture’: You will be eliminated for saying things the ‘woke mob’ doesn’t like He reacted to statements made by former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss – Talia Kaplan (DIERSEN: I should write a book those who focus on destroying conservative individuals, conservative organizations, conservative companies, and conservative governments in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-concha-cancel-culture-bari-weiss

FEDERALIST
— How The Progressive-Or-Bigot Binary Changed Culture Quickly If people are only racist or ‘antiracist,’ your ideology is easy to enforce after a certain point of proliferation because people believe it’s bad for business to be on the side of alleged racism. – Emily Jashinsky (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that if you do not share their hatred of Trump, you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/04/how-the-progressive-or-bigot-binary-changed-culture-quickly/

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Wrecking the American Dream Yes, suburbanites, Democrats plan to destroy your community. – Robert Stacy McCain (DIERSEN: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.)
https://spectator.org/wrecking-the-american-dream/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the basic tasks of the political Left, not only in contemporary America but on a worldwide basis ever since the French Revolution, is to identify those social institutions that are healthy and functional, then ruin them completely, and call this result “reform.” Sometimes millions of people die as a result of the Left’s appetite for “reform” (e.g., collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union), but always innocent people are made to suffer on behalf of the allegedly idealistic motives of the self-anointed progressive “reformers.” Scarcely half a century ago, America’s system of higher education was the envy of the world, but that was before the Left instituted the kind of “reform” that produces unemployed Gender Studies majors saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in student-loan debt for degrees that don’t qualify them for any gainful employment. If you criticize the Left’s hegemonic influence in academia, of course, you will be accused of being “anti-intellectual,” as though leftists have a natural right to define the purpose, content, and structure of intellectual endeavor; anyone who doesn’t share the Left’s values is thereby disqualified from participation in academia. Our universities now exist not to provide young people with useful knowledge and career skills, but rather to indoctrinate them with the Left’s destructive belief system and train them to become political activists. Anyone who dissents from this agenda — even such eminent scholars as University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Amy Wax — becomes persona non grata on campus. As Thomas Sowell once remarked, “The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.” Joe Biden has no clue about the Left’s agenda for America’s future because, let’s face it, the Democratic Party’s nominee has no clue about anything. Clearly in an advanced stage of senile dementia, Biden is a sock-puppet mindlessly repeating left-wing rhetoric written for him by young progressive staffers. The addled geriatric is being used as a “moderate” Trojan Horse to advance the agenda of a party whose ideological center of gravity is somewhere in a range between Nicolás Maduro and Pol Pot. Everyone can see the bait-and-switch charade Democrats are attempting to perpetrate. However, the national news media — another institution that the Left has completely ruined — are doing their darnedest to pretend not only that Joe Biden is a sentient and credible candidate for president, but that he is so overwhelmingly popular he’ll win in a landslide. The one question the media don’t want Americans to contemplate is what will happen if indeed Landslide Joe is elected. Because the Left — that is to say, the radicals who actually control the Democratic Party, and who would be empowered by Biden’s election — has some mighty ambitious plans for “reform.”)

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Joe Biden Is Not A Nice Guy A close look at his first presidential campaign demolishes the facade of decency he’s built up in recent years. – JONATHAN LEAF
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/joe-biden-is-not-a-nice-guy/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Affordable Housing in Suburbs Is a Money Grubbing Scam – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.)
https://amgreatness.com/2020/08/03/affordable-housing-in-suburbs-is-a-money-grubbing-scam/

AMERICAN PRESS
— Rule helps preserve ‘American dream’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.)
https://www.americanpress.com/opinion/editorials/rule-helps-preserve-american-dream/article_62cc1b98-00a3-5a5c-8e4f-ea206843fc7a.html

BREITBART
— 34 Shot, 9 Fatally, over Weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/03/34-shot-9-fatally-over-weekend-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago/
— Oprah Hosts White Guilt Session: ‘Whiteness Gives You an Advantage No Matter What’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: What position on White guilt do the following have: a) the candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct, b) elected and appointed officials who represent America, Illinois, your county, your county district, your township, your municipality, your municipal district, and your precinct, and c) the leaders of the organizations that you are a member of?)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/08/03/oprah-hosts-white-guilt-session-whiteness-gives-you-an-advantage-no-matter-what/
— Teachers’ Unions, Socialist Groups Demand More Funding, End to ‘Systemic Racism’ – DR. SUSAN BERRY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, because of discrimination against minorities and because of discrimination against females, I never would have accomplished what did if I had been a minority or a female. But if I had been a minority or a female, the federal government would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/03/tteachers-unions-socialist-groups-demand-more-funding-end-to-systemic-racism/
— Pressure Mounts on Joe Biden to Skip Presidential Debates – HARIS ALIC
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/03/pressure-mounts-on-joe-biden-to-skip-presidential-debates/

BLAZE
— Let’s end the absurdity surrounding anthem kneeling – AARON COLEN (DIERSEN: To kneel is to shout that you hate not only Trump and law enforcement, but that you also hate all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/commentary-lets-end-the-absurdity-surrounding-anthem-kneeling

CHRISTIAN POST
— Is the PC culture dictated by white elites? – Michael Brown (DIERSEN: Who dictates the PC culture in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about elites who dictate the PC culture in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West district, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th district, in DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/is-the-pc-culture-dictated-by-white-elites.html

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Truth Is a Casualty in Our Culture War – Joseph Loconte, Ph.D.
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/truth-casualty-our-culture-war

LIFE SITE
— Leftist ‘wokeness’ is a new religion, and it’s coming to convert you In case you hadn’t noticed, a new fundamentalist religion has been born in the streets of America. It’s the religion of Woke. – William Kilpatrick (DIERSEN: Who focuses on promoting wokeness in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your county district, in your county, and Illinois? Those who promote wokeness are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/leftist-wokeness-is-a-new-religion-and-its-coming-to-convert-you

FOX BUSINESS
— Survey finds social media habits of Americans changing as national tensions rise Many people have spent more time of social media, but others need a break – Frank Miles (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to spend 24+ hours a day on Facebook. Ever-increasingly, Facebook is anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/survey-finds-social-media-habits-of-americans-changing-as-national-tensions-rise

EPOCH TIMES
— New York Mayor Admits City Did Not Submit Application to Paint Black Lives Matter Murals – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: Does the mayor of your municipality claim authority to authorize painting messages on the streets of your municipality? If so, what messages does the mayor of your municipality want painted on the streets of your municipality?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-york-mayor-admits-city-did-not-submit-application-to-paint-black-lives-matter-murals_3448691.html

THE HILL
— Democrats’ silence on our summer of violence is a tactical blunder – ANDREW STEIN (DIERSEN: Obviously, Democrats believe that their promoting violence will elect Biden. How terrified of Democrat violence are a) the leaders of your municipality, your township, and your county; b) the leaders of your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations; c) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, and d) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/510217-democrats-silence-on-our-summer-of-violence-is-a-tactical-blunder

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters say “Trump’s assault on mail voting threatens his reelection bid. The president’s comments have made his base distrustful of mail voting ahead of an election that may hinge on turnout by mail.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trumps-assault-on-mail-voting-threatens-his-reelection-bid-390949

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— USPS considering closing post offices ahead of presidential election
https://www.kwtx.com/2020/07/30/usps-considering-closing-post-offices-ahead-of-presidential-election/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/american-dream-while-black-homeownership/
— Educators join National Day of Resistance to fight for safe and equitable schools “Nothing about being in a pandemic is normal. Nothing about dealing with racism is normal,” Chicago teacher Nina Hike told NBC News. – Ali Gostanian
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/educators-join-national-day-resistance-fight-safe-equitable-schools-n1235637

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gettysburg? The Liberty Bell? Trump Weighs R.N.C. Speech Options The president and his aides are holding out hope for ambitious convention programming, and have considered a return to Mount Rushmore or a speech by Melania Trump from Seneca Falls, N.Y. – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech.html

ABC LOS ANGELES
— 4 men sentenced for offering DTLA homeless people cash, cigarettes for voter fraud Four men have been sentenced for offering homeless people on LA’s Skid Row cash and cigarettes in exchange for signatures on election forms. (DIERSEN: How successful have Democrats been in attracting homeless people to your municipality?)
https://abc7.com/politics/4-sentenced-in-skid-row-voter-fraud-scheme/6349199/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/08/02/republicans-embrace-trump-racism-give-up-on-black-voters-column/5559249002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters welcome hate-filled Trump-hater Kasich.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/08/03/biden-democrats-welcome-kasich-never-trumpers-convention-editorials-debates/5539223002/

BLOOMBERG
— Next Steps for Companies That Pledged to Do Better on Diversity (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-04/next-steps-for-companies-that-pledged-to-do-better-on-diversity

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use housing regulations to help Democrats a) take over neighborhoods, b) take over precincts, c) take over municipal districts, d) take over municipalities, e) take over county districts, and f) take over counties.
https://www.startribune.com/trump-s-cynical-fear-peddling-save-the-suburbs-gambit-won-t-work-i-think/571997952/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— California may ban African hunting trophies. How Black Lives Matter has altered the debate – RYAN SABALOW
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article244539612.html

OKLAHOMAN
— Trump turns panic peddler to nervous NIMBY suburbs – CLARENCE PAGE (DIERSEN: What do you say to present and past municipal officials who talk and/or act like they want to fill your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, and your municipality with Democrats, that is, with members of protected groups? Protected groups include those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, non-Trump supporters, non-Christians, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, and/or have health problems.)
https://oklahoman.com/article/5668248/clarence-page-trump-turns-panic-peddler-to-nervous-nimby-suburbs

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— Black Lives Matter protesters dominate city budget hearing – Riley Johnson, Nick McConnell (DIERSEN: How will the leaders of your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the world respond to demands from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden),, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/black-lives-matter-protesters-dominate-city-budget-hearing/article_8e7d13a9-5bd6-5a56-8f12-d28c51a02381.html

RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER
— Progressives ignore how remote learning will widen the achievement gap. – J. PEDER ZANE (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article244684507.html

HUDSON VALLEY 360
— OUTSTANDING: 400 march in Cairo Back the Blue rally (DIERSEN: If a Back the Blue rally was held in your municipality, a) how many would attend, b) would the Republican leaders of your municipality speak at the rally, c) would the Republican leaders of your township speak at the rally, d) would the Republican leaders of your county speak at the rally, e) would the Republicans who represent your municipality in Springfield speak at the rally, f) would the leaders of your Republican township/ward and county party organizations speak at the rally, g) would religious leaders in your municipality speak at the rally, h) would the leaders of your chamber of commerce speak at the rally, and i) would the Republican candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots in your municipality speak at the rally?)
https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/400-march-in-cairo-back-the-blue-rally/image_0f5b4269-78a0-5aa5-aa28-2ab141ea7b2d.html

TULSA WORLD
— OUTSTANDING: Coweta’s ‘Back the Blue’ rally draws crow to show support – JOHN FERGUSON
https://tulsaworld.com/communities/wagoner/news/cowetas-back-the-blue-rally-draws-crow-to-show-support/article_4eb77b2b-d7ab-5c08-ac04-c1a357a92e53.html

KGW8
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Faith leaders gather in downtown Portland in support of Black Lives Matter protesters; demonstrators march to Southeast police precinct – Mike Benner (DIERSEN: BLM is extremely anti-religious.)
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/faith-leaders-gather-in-downtown-portland-in-support-of-black-lives-matter-protesters/283-7e4809d7-fffd-4ec8-b690-4e58c08a8ee6

WFMJ
— Early voting changes focus of presidential campaigns – Janet Rogers (DIERSEN: Have all the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot for your precinct provided your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain with campaign literature and yard sins?)
https://www.wfmj.com/story/42447048/early-voting-changes-focus-of-presidential-campaigns-youngstown-oh

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Police Vehicles Dominate The Market Thanks To Endless Innovation – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2020/08/ford-police-vehicles-dominate-the-market-thanks-to-endless-innovation-video/

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— Together, we can make a difference: A 12-step plan to address racism and unconscious bias  A time of unrest has provided an opportunity for CPAs to make an impact in their workplaces and the community. – Kimberly Ellison-Taylor (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2020/aug/kimberly-ellison-taylor-plan-to-address-racism-and-unconscious-bias.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. Conduct a ‘listen and understand’ town hall with ideas crowdsourced from team members across the organization  These are opportunities to hear from the Black and African American community and learn things that may have never been considered. Many of our colleagues are afraid of saying the wrong thing, but you should just speak from the heart. Put yourself in our shoes. How would you feel if it were you or your family?)