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August 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: Dan Ryan protest: Expressway march against police brutality planned Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/protesters-plan-to-shut-down-dan-ryan-expressway-saturday/6370506/
— Illinois COVID 19 Today: IL reports 2,264 new coronavirus cases, 25 deaths – Ravi Baichwal, Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-reports-2264-new-coronavirus-cases-25-deaths/6370694/
— Postal workers’ union endorses Biden; Obama criticizes Trump’s USPS comments Obama also took to Twitter Friday to criticized the Trump administration over the USPS changes.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/postal-workers-union-endorses-biden-after-trump-usps-comments/6370780/

NBC5
— Chicago Police Deploy 1,000 Additional Officers After Downtown Looting Chicago Police Supt. David Brown sent a blunt message to potential weekend looters, warning them that “CPD is going to arrest you” and use various strategies to prevent caravans from coming downtown, including puncturing tires.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-deploy-1000-additional-officers-after-downtown-looting/2322295/
— Chicago Mayor Has ‘Great Concerns’ About Dan Ryan Protest OEMC said roughly 2,000 protesters are currently estimated to attend
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-has-great-concerns-about-dan-ryan-protest/2322505/
— Chicago Dan Ryan Protest: Here is the Route Demonstrators Are Expected to Take OEMC said roughly 2,000 protesters are currently estimated to attend
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-dan-ryan-protest-here-is-the-route-demonstrators-are-expected-to-take/2322437/
— Chicago Protests, Preparations: A Live Blog of What to Expect This Weekend Chicago protest tomorrow aims to shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway. Meanwhile, police work to prevent looting and unrest elsewhere in the city
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-protests-preparations-a-live-blog-of-what-to-expect-this-weekend/2322299/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Driving into danger? Truck drivers warned about Dan Ryan protest The Illinois Trucking Association is warning its drivers to stay away from the Dan Ryan Saturday because of the scheduled protest. Truckers say they are facing safety issues across the country due to violent protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/840437
— Dolly Parton addresses Black Lives Matter movement: ‘Of course Black lives matter’ – Nate Day (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to dump 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.fox32chicago.com/news/dolly-parton-addresses-black-lives-matter-movement-of-course-black-lives-matter

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 3 of 4 people arrested at CPS are Black even as arrests plummet The data released Friday comes during a heated debate about the role of police officers in Chicago Public Schools. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/8/14/21369270/schools-police-officers-cops-cps-arrests-public-department
— It’s a mayor’s job to rise above Even as we root for Lori Lightfoot, we’re troubled by the mayor’s tiresome habit of publicly shaming critics. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/14/21368907/mayor-lori-lightfoot-intemperate-lashing-out-politics-kim-foxx-public-shaming

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Those charged with downtown Chicago looting a mix of college students, out-of-work parents and convicted felons. But no apparent link to earlier police shooting in Englewood. – WILLIAM LEE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-looting-court-20200814-hv7kdbzlc5hmdmjkabaebu2yeq-story.html
— GAO finds two most senior Trump Homeland Security officials are ineligible for their positions – BEN FOX (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 when I was 31 years old because GAO could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-homeland-security-chad-wolf-ken-cuccinelli-20200814-rb4k2uw2mnfebj6y7ud3q6fsiu-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces beefed-up Chicago police plan to track, prevent future looting throughout city – GREGORY PRATT and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-public-safety-plan-news-conference-20200814-uw36wzrezjeu7h4wjjccbvvupy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— New COVID-19 cases push past 2,000 again. Kane, Will counties put in ‘warning level’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200814/new-covid-19-cases-push-past-2000-again-kane-will-counties-put-in-warning-level
— Illinois sees three-month high in new confirmed virus cases – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200814/news/308149890/
— State Sen. Terry Link remains silent as more politicians call for his resignation – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200814/state-sen-terry-link-remains-silent-as-more-politicians-call-for-his-resignation
— The suburban police that arrest the most drunken drivers, and how they do it – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200814/the-suburban-police-that-arrest-the-most-drunken-drivers-and-how-they-do-it

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Metro East coach fired after calling Black Lives Matter ‘criminals and terrorists’ – MEGAN VALLEY (DIERSEN: If you criticized BLM, how severely would the following punish you: a) the leaders of your municipality, township, county, and Illinois and b) the leaders of the organizations that you are a member of?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/metro-east-coach-fired-after-calling-black-lives-matter-criminals-and-terrorists/article_a63855ee-a8ff-58a6-a27b-a058d9dd9c78.html

WGLT
— B-N Educators Back BLM Calls For Racial Equity, But Want To Keep Cops In Schools – ERIC STOCK
https://www.wglt.org/post/b-n-educators-back-blm-calls-racial-equity-want-keep-cops-schools#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— Some warn Illinois’ mail-in ballots could mean winners unknown for weeks – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/some-warn-illinois-mail-in-ballots-could-mean-winners-unknown-for-weeks/article_05bb9a46-de57-11ea-a1de-f7180f056822.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— John Monino has declared his candidacy for Milton Township Supervisor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBER DEMOCRAT TERRY LINK ACCUSED OF TAX EVASION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/senate-ethics-committee-chairman-democrat-terry-link-accused-of-tax-evasion.html
— THORNER: KAMALA HARRIS AS BIDEN’S STAND-IN FOR PRESIDENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/thorner-kamala-harris-as-bidens-stand-in-for-president.html
— LONE ILLINOIS BLACK GOP CANDIDATE ERIC WALLACE WON’T SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER HIGHWAY SHUTDOWN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/lone-illinois-black-gop-candidate-wont-support-black-lives-matter-highway-shutdown.html
— DI LEO: TRUTH, LIES AND JOURNALISM IN DECLINE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/truth-lies-and-journalism-in-decline.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? SURVEYING CHICAGO’S RIOT DAMAGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/wheres-weyermuller-surveying-chicagos-riot-damage.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,264 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rates
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/14/2264-new-cases-25-additional-deaths-41-percent-positivity-rates/
— Subscribers know more, but lots of people have been trying to reach Skillicorn lately to find out what he intends to do and when he intends to do it. I mean, there’s only like 82 days until the election is over.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/14/question-of-the-day-3119/
— Bureau, Cass, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Jefferson, Kane, LaSalle, Moultrie, Perry, Union and Will counties put on warning list
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/14/bureau-cass-clinton-franklin-greene-grundy-hancock-jefferson-kane-lasalle-moultrie-perry-union-and-will-counties-put-on-warning-list/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Free-speech lawsuits pile up as cities put brakes on conservative street messages Viewpoint discrimination alleged as cities allow ‘Black Lives Matter,’ block other messages – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Does your mayor claim authority to allow/disallow painting messages on the streets of your municipality?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/10/conservative-street-mural-rejections-amid-black-li/
— Second Amendment advocates warn of ‘gun apocalypse’ under Biden – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/13/gun-control-a-sleeper-issue-compared-to-past-elect/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump is giving schools tools to reopen, and they must do so for children’s sake – Kevin Roberts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-is-giving-schools-tools-to-reopen-and-they-must-do-so-for-childrens-sake

BREITBART
— Kamala Harris: Our Ticket Can Say ‘Black Lives Matter’ While Trump Is ‘Sowing Hate’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/14/kamala-harris-our-ticket-can-say-black-lives-matter-while-trump-is-sowing-hate/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Guilt consumed Dems and the meaning of a Gettysburg speech – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/33088-assault-america-day-590-guilt-consumed-democrats-meaning-gettysburg-speech

DAILY WIRE
— Activists Storm Neighborhood, Tell White Residents To ‘Give Black People Back Their Homes’ “Get the f*** out and give sh** back.” (DIERSEN: Do you own your home? If/when BLMers demand that you give them your home, how will your respond?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-storm-neighborhood-tell-white-residents-give-black-people-back-their-homes

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— We Should Be Terrified of What Will Happen If Democrats Win
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/08/14/we-should-be-very-afraid-of-what-will-happen-if-democrats-win/

FEDERALIST
— Governors Can’t Use Coronavirus To Indefinitely Declare A State Of Emergency In a national panic, Americans permitted executives to take power—to declare states of emergency and to implement lockdowns—and now those executives won’t give that power back. – Molly McCann
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/11/governors-cant-use-coronavirus-to-indefinitely-declare-a-state-of-emergency/

NEW AMERICAN
— The Sinister Side of the Black Lives Matter Movement – John F. McManus
https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/36726-the-sinister-side-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— It’s Time to Hire American – Marie Larson
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/08/13/its_time_to_hire_american_501792.html

EPOCH TIMES
— 86 Percent of Americans Believe News Media Is Biased, Major Poll Finds – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV (DIERSEN: The mainstream news media in Illinois provides government and political news and commentary from a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, and/or liberal point of view. GOPUSA ILLINOIS provides government and political news and commentary from a Republican and conservative point of view.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/86-percent-of-americans-believe-news-media-is-biased-major-poll-finds_3460707.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans’ concern about media bias is likely the result of overwhelmingly negative coverage of the Trump presidency. Between the beginning of the impeachment proceedings in 2019 and the exoneration vote in February, ABC, CBS, and NBC dedicated 77 times more coverage to impeachment, in terms of time spent, than to President Donald Trump’s economic successes, according to a study by the Media Research Center. The coverage was 93 percent negative when it came to Trump, another study found. The results were in line with MRC’s earlier reviews of coverage in 2017 and 2018, which found that the media was 90 percent negative when covering Trump. The Washington Post had more than 25 times more negative than positive headlines on Trump’s handling of the pandemic. Trump harshly criticized the media on the campaign trail in 2016 and has continued to do so since. The poll respondents were divided on whether these and other attacks on the media were justified. Among Republicans, 61 percent say the attacks are justified, compared to just 22 percent of Democrats. However, concern is growing about all forms of bias. A growing number of people said that more news sources are “reporting from a particular point of view,” that there is “too much bias in the selection of what stories news organizations cover or don’t cover,” and that there is “too much bias” in stories that should be covered objectively. More than 9 in 10 respondents said the bias is a “major problem.”)

THE HILL
— Postal Service warns 46 states mail ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/512086-postal-service-warns-46-states-mail-ballots-may-not-be-delivered-in-time-to

WASHINGTON POST
— Oregon police to leave downtown Portland after DA declines to prosecute most protest-related crimes – Simone Sebastian, Jessica Wolfrom and Katie Shepherd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/14/protests-live-updates-oregon-police-leave-downtown-portland-after-da-declines-prosecute-most-protest-related-crimes/

NEW YORK POST
— Seattle BLM protesters demand white people ‘give up’ their homes – Joshua Rhett Miller (DIERSEN: Do you own your home? If/when BLMers demand that you give them your home, how will your respond?)
https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-white-people-give-up-their-homes/

NORTHWEST
— How far does your constitutional right to protest go in Washington and beyond? – Editorial
https://mynorthwest.com/2091505/constitutional-protests-riots-police/

NEW HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ rally in Taylor demonstrates support for local police – Jim Kasuba
https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/back-the-blue-rally-in-taylor-demonstrates-support-for-local-police/article_108bcfb8-de43-11ea-95da-7b89a99a5095.html

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s 1855 ‘Beer Riot’ Is a Bridge to the Unrest of 2020 In a 19th century uprising, protesters and police faced off, and the city’s mayor used a downtown bridge for crowd control. Sound familiar? – Zach Mortice (DIERSEN: My Protestant ancestors on my father’s side immigrated from what is now Germany to Chicago in 1844 and worked in a brick factory. In 1854, they homesteaded a farm in Crete.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-14/in-chicago-unrest-echoes-of-a-1855-beer-riot
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the Lager Beer Riot of 1855, Chicago’s leaders also tried to use downtown bridge access to stymie dissent. This took place in the aftermath of an epidemic, after public health concerns shook up the city’s politics, when an aggrieved minority that had been discriminated against and targeted by police refused to take any more abuse. The conflict asked fundamental questions about the structure and function of law enforcement, kicked off a wave of police reform, and tested the city’s commitment to multi-ethnic diversity. If you don’t count the violence against Indigenous communities associated with Chicago’s founding, it stands as the young city’s first wide-scale organized civil unrest. As detailed in The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for Liberty, an exhaustive 2015 account by John F. Hogan and Judy Brady, the incident was born of tensions between the native-born Protestant Chicagoans who founded the city and newer German and Irish immigrants. From 1850 to 1860, the population swelled from 30,000 to 112,000; nearly 40% of the city was German or Irish. Native-born locals viewed the newcomers with suspicion: The Germans were widely seen as subversive foreigners, the Irish as a distant species of subhuman. The conservative Chicago Tribune towed the nativist line: “Who does not know that the most depraved, debased, worthless and irredeemable drunkards and sots which curse the community are Irish Catholics?” the paper asked its readers in 1855. The Trib had an ally in Mayor Levi Boone, a pro-slavery, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic member of the Know-Nothing shadow party that emerged from the declining Whigs. A doctor (and great-nephew of Daniel Boone), he was also staunchly-pro temperance, and rose to prominence as Chicago’s chief health officer, guiding the city through waves of cholera. Per his commitment to teetotaling, Boone and the city council raised liquor license fees up from $50 per year to $300 for three months — directly targeting the beer halls and saloons of the Irish and Germans. Police began enforcing Sunday closing laws that had been on the books since 1843 but were routinely ignored. Hotels and bars owned by native-born were rarely disturbed, according to the Chicago Public Library. Boone also barred Germans and Irish immigrants from the police force and other municipal posts, and purged these ethnicities from these positions if they were already there. He announced the closings on Saturday, March 17: St. Patrick’s Day. Hundreds of bar owners and staff were arrested for refusing to pay the new fees or for staying open on Sunday. These saloons operated much like social clubs and community centers for new Americans. They were a centerpiece of the “continental Sunday” for Germans and Catholics — one day off of work a week to attend church and then file into the beer garden or set out a picnic with friends and family as the drinks flowed, says Dominic Pacyga, historian and professor emeritus at Columbia College in Chicago. This was anathema to the Protestant native-born. “What you were supposed to do on a Sunday was sit at home, drink lemonade, and talk about the Bible,” Pacyga says. German lager represented the foreign and unfamiliar to U.S.-born Chicagoans, but to immigrants it was a beloved signifier of culture and identity. The riot to come was named in its honor. Inside the courthouse at Randolph and Clark Street, both factions agreed to try one test case of the arrested barkeeps, and let that precedent stand for all. The trial was scheduled for April 21. That day, Germans residents crossed the Clark Street Bridge — a brand-new 30-foot-wide structure that spanned the Chicago River on a swivel pivot, allowing masted boat traffic to pass — and swarmed the courtroom, where they were ejected by police. Mayor Boone used this reprieve to supplement police with “some 150 special officers recruited and deputized from nearby stores and warehouses,” according to Hogan and Brady. But by late afternoon, 500 people — mostly German, with some Irish — had gathered north of the bridge, determined to overwhelm the courthouse. They advanced south, with fifes and drums up front, and muskets, pistols and meat cleavers throughout. The mass broke into two groups. The first crossed the bridge, but a second, larger throng was cut off when the bridge tender swung the pivot bridge out, stranding them on the street, and giving police more time to amass. Bafflingly, Boone commanded that the bridge be reconnected to the street, which handed the crowd their own opportunity to reinforce. When the melee began, rioters shouted, “Pick out the stars! Shoot the police!” to help single out police officers, who had stars clipped to shirt collars — the only defining mark that identified the uniform-less force. The chaos resulted in 60 arrests, 19 injuries, and somehow only one death: Peter Martens, who shot a policeman (nonfatally) and was killed by police while attempting to run away. Eventually, police and local militias dispersed the crowd, and the mayor placed the city under martial law. A host of reforms came in the wake of the riot. The police force was professionalized and expanded after 1855 — despite political resistance from North Side aldermen, who had sizable German populations in their wards. North Side leaders feared that a formalized police force would be more like an occupying army, sent from nativist neighborhoods into their own to enforce a very specific vision of social order. “To them, as well as their constituents, the police represented a repressive institution, a tool of the Puritan elite to keep working people from enjoying life as they saw fit,” wrote Hogan and Brady. The city also reduced liquor fees and abandoned the Sunday closure policies. And a wider political backlash brought Thomas Dyer — a Democrat with German and Irish support — to the mayor’s office. “It’s really the beginning in many ways of ethnic voting patterns in Chicago,” says Pacyga. The conflict also helped break apart the old Yankee hegemony that had ruled the city from its earliest history.)

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Mayor Says Looting Is ‘Never Justifiable’ After Activist Defends Theft as ‘Reparations’ – JENNI FINK
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-says-looting-never-justifiable-after-activist-defends-theft-reparations-1525221

INDEPENDENT
— US economist proposes $12 trillion in slavery reparations to eliminate black-white wealth gap ‘The present moment seems to afford more of an opportunity to move forward’ – Louise Hall (DIERSEN: How much reparations will you be expected to pay and why?)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/slavery-reparations-william-darity-black-wealth-gap-race-discrimination-a9671006.html

SUN
— ‘GIVE UP YOUR HOUSE’ Black Lives Matter activists storm neighborhood and demand white residents give up their homes – Erin Van Der Meer (DIERSEN: Do you own your home? If/when BLMers demand that you give them your home, how will your respond?)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12406818/blm-activists-seattle-white-residents-give-up-homes/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 311 West Park Avenue, Wheaton – $439,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448239_zpid/

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/

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 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Joe Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-selects-california-sen-kamala-harris-as-running-mate/6365843/
— Chicago cleans up after looting devastates Michigan Avenue, Loop, Gold Coast; More than 100 arrested, police say Access to the downtown area will be restricted from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. – Jessica D’Onofrio, Chuck Goudie, Michelle Gallardo, Eric Horng, Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/looting-task-force-established-as-chicago-cleans-up-devastated-downtown-businesses/6365158/
— Chicago looting update: Mayor Lightfoot, CPD Supt. Brown face criticism over city’s response plan Many wonder why officers didn’t have body cameras at Englewood shooting scene that sparked looting – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/mayor-faces-criticism-over-citys-widespread-looting-response-plan/6366065/

NBC5
— Overnight Restrictions to Continue Downtown ‘for Foreseeable Future,’ Mayor Says Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications said the closures will continue Tuesday evening, beginning at 9 p.m.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/overnight-restrictions-to-continue-downtown-for-foreseeable-future-mayor-says/2320761/
— State Supreme Court Consolidates Lawsuits on Pritzker Orders – Sophia Tareen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/court-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-wont-have-to-appear-in-downstate-court/2320845/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot acknowledges residents, businesses justifiably ‘fearful’ after second round of looting “People are fearful. They are afraid. And it’s up to us as leaders to offer concrete solutions and a path forward. And that’s what we’re gonna continue to do,” the mayor said. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/8/11/21364020/chicago-looting-mag-mile-businesses-lightfoot-residents
— New Weed Street pot shop looted in 2nd burglary in 2 weeks; Highland Park dispensary also hit Cannabis stores that largely only accept cash have been attracting burglars since the drug was legalized for recreational use at the start of the year. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/8/11/21364156/chicago-looting-weed-cannabis-marijuana-dispensary-weed-street-windy-city
— Seventh House Democrat calls on Madigan to hand over speaker’s gavel now: ‘It’s the right thing to do’ The freshman North Shore legislator has received nearly $247,000 from Madigan. She said she called the speaker to let him know she’d be calling for him to step down, but didn’t offer more details about their call. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/11/21363913/house-democrat-madigan-leadership-comed-speaker-chairman-gong-gershowitz
— DIERSEN HEADLINE Hate-filled Trump-haters say “Cook County Republicans’ attempt to block full and fair elections undermines democracy.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/11/21363994/mail-in-voting-elections-cook-county-republicans-liberty-justice-center
— When Chicago cops don’t wear body cameras, trust in policing erodes After a police shooting in Englewood on Sunday, so much false information and ill will could have been avoided had the officers been wearing bodycams. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/11/21363816/chicago-police-cpd-body-cameras-latrell-allen-englewood-chicago-crime-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, passes over Sen. Tammy Duckworth – BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-tammy-duckworth-joe-biden-vice-president-pick-20200811-2g5xjbgocfgxzmligffwcoarju-story.html
— After Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s ‘quite shocked’ President Trump hadn’t weighed in on Chicago looting, he repeats offer to send federal help – GREGORY PRAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-looting-trump-offers-federal-help-20200811-3su4njj4b5g5fe5ceggvqesxzm-story.html
— In the wake of controversial Englewood shooting, Mayor Lightfoot says all Chicago police officers dealing with public need to have body cameras – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-englewood-shooting-lightfoot-body-cameras-20200811-wpi5imumvrbclovnswm6kqug6i-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Latest downtown looting has some rethinking commitment to city A second wave of looting this week has discouraged business owners and residents, some of whom are calling for a safety plan or help from the federal government. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/latest-downtown-looting-has-some-rethinking-commitment-city
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Homeowners questioning city life after this week’s unrest “People are now shifting ideas about where they want to live and work. Some are deciding they no longer have to be in a city center. The latest violence has prompted people to consider new options for the first time.” – H. LEE MURPHY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/homeowners-questioning-city-life-after-weeks-unrest

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois municipal group says state’s control over local stimulus funds ‘unfortunate’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-municipal-group-says-state-s-control-over-local-stimulus-funds-unfortunate/article_f8f14268-dc1f-11ea-b9a8-d7e2a120c790.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,549 new cases, 20 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/11/1549-new-cases-20-additional-deaths-41-positivity-rate/
— Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz calls on Madigan to resign
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/11/rep-jennifer-gong-gershowitz-calls-on-madigan-to-resign/

GOPUSA
— Black Lives Matter Holds Rally Supporting Chicago Looters: ‘That Is Reparations’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93227

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds Attend ‘Back the Blue’ Rally in North Carolina – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/08/10/video-hundreds-attend-back-the-blue-rally-in-north-carolina/

FEDERALIST
— How Forced Isolation Makes Huge Power Grabs Possible Today’s wannabe social controllers are clearly using the virus as a sort of obedience school where we can be conditioned through isolation to conform to their demands. – Stella Morabito
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/11/how-forced-isolation-makes-huge-power-grabs-possible/

NEW YORK POST
— Black Lives Matter organizer calls Chicago looting ‘reparation’ – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/black-lives-matter-organizer-calls-chicago-looting-reparation/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mayhem Continues, Protest Narrative Crumbles Looters rampage in Chicago and arson returns in Portland. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayhem-continues-protest-narrative-crumbles-11597101805

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

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 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 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/

July 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— COVID-19 Illinois: 1,941 new coronavirus cases, 21 deaths; state hits more than 49K tests in 1 day State conducts over 49K tests in 1 day

https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-reports-1941-new-covid-19-cases-21-deaths/6345166/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Will County seeing ‘all-time high’ vote-by-mail applications – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-sta-will-county-mail-in-voting-st-0731-20200731-gx6ujy3cmrgnlofbzbgcjv5j7e-story.html
— Pritzker’s office says GOP congressmen’s complaints on federal pandemic relief are ‘baseless political attacks’ – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-jb-pritzker-congress-federal-pandemic-aid-20200731-2v4abvy3ibgdri7yx7xqnvqtfi-story.html
— Pritzker says Madigan, who has vowed not to resign after being tied to ComEd scandal, owes public a full explanation – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-madigan-comed-20200731-m3lggjagrvfwjcevgi655n7gm4-story.html
— North Central College pledges changes after graduate who knelt during anthem questioned school’s commitment to Black students – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mynk-richardon-clerk-north-central-lacrosse-st-20200731-qhqacjev7zgltjutq6ygf5dc7i-story.html
— Anti-racism rally held in Evanston, days after Confederate flag towel displayed at beach – BRIAN L. COX
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-rally-lighthouse-beach-confederate-flag-response-tl-0806-20200731-3rxg56kq4neznmxbgf4xhjpazq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly, Bush, Clinton, and Obama use Lewis to jab Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/7/30/21348944/john-lewis-funeral-barack-obama-eulogy-donald-trump-george-bush-ebenezer-baptist

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How much longer can Pritzker sidestep the Madigan problem? The governor vastly prefers results to confrontation, so provoking the powerful speaker has never been high on his agenda, for a number of reasons. Sometimes, however, reality intrudes. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/how-much-longer-can-pritzker-sidestep-madigan-problem

ROBERT FEDER
— Tribune’s John Kass fires back at ‘cancel culture’ critics
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/07/31/robservations-tribunes-john-kass-fires-back-cancel-culture-critics/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

— Race quotas will make the New York Times a truly second-rate paper
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/race-quotas-will-make-the-new-york-times-a-truly-second-rate-paper

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump had an intelligent goal when he tweeted about delaying the election – Andrea Widburg
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/trump_had_an_intelligent_goal_when_he_tweeted_about_delaying_the_election_.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— OUTRAGEOUS: NBA Resumes Season with ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted on Court – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nba-resumes-season-with-black-lives-matter-painted-on-court/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the European Union promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/world/europe/LGBT-free-poland-EU-funds.html
— China Uses Quarantines as Cover to Detain Dissidents, Activists Say Critics of the government said they were held in rooms with barred windows and denied permission to contact their families, all in the name of public health. – Sui-Lee Wee (DIERSEN: If Biden wins, will the Democrats quarantine all Republicans or just 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, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/world/asia/coronavirus-china-quarantine.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Biden-Sanders Manifesto Voters should examine how far left the former vice president has moved since winning the primaries. – Phil Gramm
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biden-sanders-manifesto-11596131322
— Delay the Election??? Trump can’t change the date, but voting by mail needs to be cleaned up. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/delay-the-election-11596150821
— The Lockdown’s Destruction Incredibly, some in the media want to repeat the second quarter’s 32.9% plunge in GDP. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lockdowns-destruction-11596150889

USA TODAY
— We’ve called election winners for a combined century. Here’s why 2020 will be different. Votes will be counted very slowly starting Nov. 3. And that’s the optimistic view assuming no foreign hacking, partisan delays or machine failures. – Evans Witt and Sheldon Gawiser
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/31/trump-biden-congress-2020-winners-days-weeks-column/5544509002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Teen drivers should check this list – Phoebe Wall Howard (DIERSEN: What did you drive when you were a teen? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16 years old with money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought a new Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 with money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money that I earned delivering mail 1966-1968. I drove the Pontiac to classes at UIC 1966-1967. I drove the Oldsmobile to classes at UIC in 1968. I drove the Charger to classes at NIU 1969-1970.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/07/30/safest-cars-toyota-honda-ford-gm-fca-teenagers-consumer-reports/5545142002/

GRAND RAPIDS HERALD REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue Rally
https://www.grandrapidsmn.com/news/back-the-blue-rally/article_bbc812c0-d366-11ea-9fe3-2b4cab95d73c.html

THE WEEK
— America’s new yard sign discourse – Bonnie Kristian
https://theweek.com/articles/928379/americas-new-yard-sign-discourse

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen/07/20/who-is-really-burning-things-down

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say Some Big City Leaders, Most Reporters Encourage Violent Protests
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_issues/voters_say_some_big_city_leaders_most_reporters_encourage_violent_protests
— Reaction to Sports Promotion of BLM Is More Negative Than Positive
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/sports/july_2020/reaction_to_sports_promotion_of_blm_is_more_negative_than_positive

July 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mike Ditka on national anthem kneeling: ‘Get the hell out of my country’
https://abc7chicago.com/sports/mike-ditka-says-national-anthem-kneelers-can-get-the-hell-out-of-my-country/6336665/
— Chicago Shootings: 54 shot, 2 fatally in weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/54-shot-2-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence/6336497/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cannabis-adjacent-illinois-businesses-see-uptick-in-demand/2311859/
— Wealthy Donors Pour Millions Into Fight Over Mail-In Voting In the battleground of Wisconsin, cash-strapped cities have received $6.3 million from an organization with ties to left-wing philanthropy to help expand vote by mail – Brian Slodysko and Thomas Beaumont
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/wealthy-donors-pour-millions-into-fight-over-mail-in-voting/2311820/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters, that is, Democrats, hint/imply/argue/shout that they will destroy America if Trump is reelected.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-john-lewis-today-social-justice-protests-1960s-20200727-brtqdz532jgx5cj7k3xdqf2lo4-story.html

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Latino, Black Residents In DuPage Co. Hit Hardest By Coronavirus A New York Times analysis shows Latinos in DuPage County tested positive for the coronavirus at five times the rate of white residents. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that this is because Republicans in DuPage County discriminate against Latinos and Blacks in DuPage County.)
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/s/h6u9s/latino-black-residents-in-dupage-co-hit-hardest-by-coronavirus

ROBERT FEDER
— Tribune colleagues blast John Kass column as ‘antithetical to our values’
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/07/27/tribune-colleagues-blast-john-kass-column-antithetical-values/

CENTER SQUARE
— What happened to the Tea Party? – William Haupt III
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/op-ed-what-happened-to-the-tea-party/article_3c1825a8-cf4f-11ea-991c-afdb6483c1a7.html

DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Statement on Democrat County Board Candidate Condoning Violence Against Law Enforcement – Jim Zay (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://dupagegop.com/press-releases/hadiya-police-violence

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Remarkably dangerous’: Agents increase force against Portland protesters using lasers – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/26/portland-protesters-using-lasers-targeted-increase/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS agent in Portland: Protesters seek to embarrass, defeat Trump, ‘Catatonic with hate’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/dhs-agent-in-portland-protesters-seek-to-embarrass-defeat-trump-catatonic-with-hate

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Soros Pours Record $50 Million Into 2020 Election Liberal billionaire spends $30 million more than in 2016 with months left to go before the elections – Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: How much money is Soros spending to defeat the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/soros-pours-record-50-million-into-2020-election/

GOPUSA
— Rioters Clashed With Police In Violent Weekend Across The U.S. (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92453
— Marxism In The Classroom, Riots In The Streets (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92436
— Put People Of Color In Your California Boardroom Or Face A Fine (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the tremendous pressure that Democrat politicians put on my superiors in the federal government a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting 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 federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92332

BREITBART
— Mike Ditka on Anthem Protests: ‘If You Can’t Respect Our National Anthem, Get the Hell Out of the Country’ – DYLAN GWINN (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/07/26/watch-mike-ditka-on-anthem-protests-if-you-cant-respect-our-national-anthem-get-the-hell-out-of-the-country/
— Stephen Miller: ‘Cancel Culture’ Seeks to Silence Majority – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/07/26/steve-miller-cancel-culture-seeks-silence-majority/
— Joe Biden Thinks the Rioters Are Very Fine People – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/27/pollak-joe-biden-thinks-the-rioters-are-very-fine-people/
— National Polls Actively Trying to Suppress Trump Voter Enthusiasm – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/07/26/tim-murtaugh-national-polls-actively-trying-to-suppress-trump-voter-enthusiasm/

BLAZE
— Rabid rioters burn justice center, apartment building in violent clashes: Media won’t show ‘full picture’ because ‘they don’t want you to realize Antifa’ torched homes Spiraling out of control – SARAH TAYLOR (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rabid-rioters-burn-seattle-justice-center-site-apartment-building-in-violent-clashes-media-does-not-show-you-the-full-picture-because-they-dont-want-you-to-realize-antifa-set-homes-on-fire-in-seattle

DAILY WIRE
— Feds Arrest, Charge Three In Chicago With Gun Crimes As ‘Operation Legend’ Kicks Off – Emily Zanotti
https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-arrest-charge-three-in-chicago-with-gun-crimes-as-operation-legend-kicks-off

TOWNHALL
— America’s Second Civil War Has Already Begun – George Mullen (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgemullen/2020/07/27/americas-second-civil-war-has-already-begun-n2573081
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s second civil has already begun — sans the real shooting (and abject carnage), at least yet. If you doubt this, take a hard look at New York City, Washington DC, Atlanta, St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, and most other major urban centers — our so-called civilized society is tearing itself apart. As such, the U.S. federal government must intervene to crush the violent insurrectionists wherever they rear their heads. The Insurrection Act of 1807 authorizes this action, and if our current situation doesn’t warrant deploying it, then what does? Bottom line, we must stop this insurgency before it goes ‘hot’ like our first Civil War. Non-violent protests should continue to be respected and protected — freedom of speech and the right to ‘peaceably’ assemble are bedrocks of our republic. However, politically-motivated protesters who use violence to attack officers of the law, physically harm others, and destroy property; as well as elected public officials who encourage or condone such acts (thus violating their oath to defend the U.S. Constitution), should be arrested and charged with insurrection against the United States, a.k.a. treason. This behavior needs to be stopped in its tracks. Serious federal measures must be deployed — the risks to our republic are growing by the day. Those alive when Fort Sumter was fired upon in 1861 could not have imagined the carnage it would unleash — more than 618,000 dead Americans in just four years. By continuing to allow our current situation to fester, we risk a similar dark outcome. Our first Civil War percolated with small clashes for several years before Fort Sumter turned it into a declared hot war. As such, letting the current situation continue to percolate ignores the lessons of history and may be a major miscalculation. We don’t want future historians to point to Minneapolis as our nation’s second Fort Sumter moment.)
— ‘We Are Not The New York Times’ – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2020/07/27/we-are-not-the-new-york-times-n2573146

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Portland Rioters Injure Six Federal Agents With Fireworks, Lasers – MAIREAD MCARDLE (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/portland-protesters-injure-six-federal-agents-with-fireworks-lasers/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Plot to Change America How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free – Mike Gonzalez (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred 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, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.heritage.org/theplot

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Poll: ‘a majority of 56% holds the view that American society is racist’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, if you are an older White male, whatever success that you have had in life, it is a) because of your racism, b) because of your parents’ racism, c) because of your grandparents’ racism, d) because of your great grandparents’ racism, and e) because of the rest of your ancestors’ racism.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/poll-a-majority-of-56-holds-the-view-that-american-society-is-racist/

THE HILL
— Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/508962-trump-biden-build-legal-armies-for-electoral-battlefield

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to flood the suburbs with individuals, organizations, and companies that 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-Italian Americans, anti-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the successes that Democrats and their Libertarian, Green, and RINO enablers have had in DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, my precinct, and my neighborhood. According to those who run your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois, what percent of those in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois are racist? Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and other hate-filled Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that all Republicans are racists who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid hate-filled Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that the more votes that Republican candidates get in a precinct, municipal district, municipality, county district, county, or state, the more racist that precinct, municipal district, municipality, county district, county, and state is.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/26/opinions/suburban-voters-trump-failing-strategy-levy/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump vs. Biden: Who’s Winning the Money Race in Your ZIP Code? – Rachel Shorey, K.K. Rebecca Lai and Thomas Kaplan (DIERSEN: According to this, disgustingly, tragically, my Zip Code 60189 has 267 Biden donors and only 136 Trump donors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/24/us/politics/trump-biden-campaign-donors.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/trump-silent-majority.html
— Colonialism Made the Modern World. Let’s Remake It. This is what real “decolonization” should look like. – Adam Getachew (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, if you are an older White male, whatever success that you have had in life, it is a) because of your racism, b) because of your parents’ racism, c) because of your grand parents’ racism, d) because of your great grandparents’ racism, and e) because of the rest of your ancestors’ racism.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/decolonization-statues.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Cities in Bind as Turmoil Spreads Far Beyond Portland Galvanized in part by the deployment of federal agents in Portland, Ore., protesters have returned to the streets in Oakland, Seattle and elsewhere. – Mike Baker, Thomas Fuller, and Shane Goldmacher (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/us/protests-portland-seattle-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— About 4,000 federal employees say they contracted the coronavirus at work — and 60 have died – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/about-4000-federal-employees-say-they-contracted-the-coronavirus-at-work–and-60-have-died/2020/07/26/87ea9b36-cdd9-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Joe Biden out to wage war on America’s suburbs – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, BLMers, and LGBTQers want to steer the following into Illinois, into your county, into your county district, into your township, into your municipality, into your municipal district, into your precinct, and into your neighborhood: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, BLMers, and LGBTQers who 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/07/27/joe-biden-out-to-wage-war-on-americas-suburbs/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations to Black Americans for Slavery Gain New Attention The House looks to approve for the first time a commission to study compensating for slavery and longtime discrimination – Jacob M. Schlesinger (DIERSEN: How much reparations do your critics/opponents want you to pay and why? My critics/opponents want me to pay lots of reparations because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, married, childless, 100% German American, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, draft avoider, gun owner, lived in Crete 1948-1972, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. I should write a book about those who have focused on making me pay reparations, that is, making me pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would focus on Democrat and RINO elected officials and party leaders and my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reparations-to-black-americans-for-slavery-gain-new-attention-11595685600
— Violence Erupts Around Protests Across U.S. Weekend clashes occur as demonstrators press further against racism and police tactics – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/violence-erupts-around-protests-across-u-s-11595784837
— Why Do Democrats Defend Disorder? My party always stood for principled dissent, not lawless chaos. – Ted Van Dyk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-democrats-defend-disorder-11595787153
— Trump’s Fair Housing Restoration A deregulation that limits federal control of local zoning. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, BLMers, and LGBTQers want to steer the following into Illinois, into your county, into your county district, into your township, into your municipality, into your municipal district, into your precinct, and into your neighborhood: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, BLMers, and LGBTQers who 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-fair-housing-restoration-11595798245

NEWSWEEK
— Protesters March to Rockford Mayor’s House: ‘You’re Not Going to Enjoy Your Weekend’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: How soon will the BLMers, that is, the Democrats, riot in your municipality?)
https://www.newsweek.com/protestors-march-illinois-mayors-house-youre-not-going-enjoy-your-weekend-1520541

July 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ‘Shut it down now:’ U.S. health experts call for 2nd coronavirus shutdown ‘There’s nothing that’s ever been less political than the coronavirus,’ one doctor who signed the letter explains – Amanda del Castillo (DIERSEN: Will a 2nd coronavirus shutdown be imposed only on those who are old, overweight, and/or have health problems?)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/us-health-experts-call-for-2nd-covid-19-shutdown/6334320/
— Rally, march in Homan Square demands city defund Chicago police, reinvest in social services
https://abc7chicago.com/society/rally-march-in-homan-square-demands-city-move-cpd-funding-to-social-services/6333831/

CBS2
— ‘Back The Blue’ March, ‘Defund The Police’ Protesters Square Off In Countering Downtown Rallies – Marissa Parra
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/25/back-the-blue-march-defund-the-police-protesters-square-off-in-countering-downtown-rallies/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 1,426 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Illinois, 12 additional deaths
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/1426-new-cases-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-illinois-12-additional-deaths

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Goodbye, Columbus. Now let democracy, not violence, decide what monuments we keep The time has come to deliberately and democratically decide which monuments to keep, redefine or throw away. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats in Chicago have enough votes to democratically get rid of all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that are pro-law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/24/21337583/christopher-columbus-statue-grant-park-little-italy-chicago-monuments-battle-fort-dearborn-ronan
— Will Illinois shut down again? What you need to know about Pritzker’s new ‘tier’ plan The new guidelines and region breakdown aims to take a more granular approach to coronavirus mitigation, targeting smaller areas than the original plan did and separating Chicago into its own region. – Caroline Hurley (DIERSEN: Will a 2nd coronavirus shutdown be imposed only on those who are old, overweight, and/or have health problems?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/7/24/21335850/pritzker-illinois-shutdown-phase-tier-coronavirus-covid-region-restaurants

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Demonstrators for opposing causes rally and protest in the Loop Saturday – STACY ST. CLAIR, JOHN KEILMAN, DAN HINKEL and PAIGE FRY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-saturday-protests-loop-20200725-mvijddzapfdf5lrrcih34cbd5i-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-southern-illinois-marijuana-cannabis-20200725-uyixtjqn6faa5efl3pgyrkkqee-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Unmasked’ rally defies school virus rule, Pritzker critique – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200725/news/307259926/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The ‘Million Unmasked March,’ which took its name from the social-justice march a quarter-century ago, drew about 250 people, including a stalwart group of counter-demonstrators who periodically let loose their own shouted protests from across the street. It came a day after Pritzker put four of Illinois 102 counties on ‘warning level’ status for dangerously increased numbers of COVID-19, which officials traced to ‘risky behavior’ such as large gatherings and out-of-state travel. Saturday, officials announced 1,426 newly confirmed cases of the illness, with 12 new deaths. COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, has now contributed to 7,397 deaths among 169,883 cases, although many of those infected have recovered.)
— How Evelyn Sanguinetti plans to fight for fair housing in the suburbs – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What about political affiliation discrimination? From what I see as a resident of DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978 and as a resident of Wheaton’s West District and Milton Township’s Precinct 9 since 1984, it seems ever-increasingly clear that Democrats are being steered into the aforesaid political jurisdictions. It seems ever-increasingly clear that Democrats are being told that Republicans are rapidly dying off and that Democrats will soon control all the units of government in DuPage County. Further, it seems ever-increasingly clear that Democrats are being told that those who are older, conservative, Protestant, German American, heterosexual, married, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time are also rapidly dying off. Further, it seems ever-increasingly clear that Democrats are being told about the ever-increasing number of votes that Democrat candidates get in the aforesaid political jurisdictions. Further, it seems ever-increasingly clear that those who are minority, female, younger, and/or non-poor AND who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican are being steered away from the aforesaid political jurisdictions. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200725/how-evelyn-sanguinetti-plans-to-fight-for-fair-housing-in-the-suburbs

WTTW
— Open Letter Demands Lightfoot, Dart Not Cooperate with Federal Agents Coming to Chicago – Quinn Myers
https://news.wttw.com/2020/07/25/open-letter-demands-lightfoot-dart-not-cooperate-federal-agents-coming-chicago

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Reparations Subcommittee Decides on Three Housing Programs, $25,000 for Each – Larry Gavin
https://evanstonroundtable.com/Content/City-News/City-News/Article/Reparations-Subcommittee-Decides-on-Three-Housing-Programs-25-000-for-Each-/15/26/18318
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Eligibility of Applicants Under the housing remedy proposal, people seeking to participate in one of the three housing programs must meet one of the following two criteria: First, “Be a Black resident and suffered discrimination in housing as a result of City ordinance, policy or practice;” OR Second, “is a direct descendent of a Black Evanston resident who resided in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 who suffered discrimination in housing as a result of City ordinance, policy or practice.” (Sometimes called the “legacy” provision). These criteria have not change since they were last discussed by the Subcommittee. Ald. Simmons said, “I think that is an area that we are going to have to rely heavily on our law staff.” Nick Cummings, Deputy City Attorney, said applicants must demonstrate that they meet one of the two criteria. He said if an applicant was seeking to qualify under the legacy provision, there were a lot of historical documents, recorded deeds, census data and other records available. In addition, Dino Robinson, the founder of Shorefront, and Dr. Jenny Thompson, Director of Education at the Evanston History Center, are putting together a report providing information about historic policies and practices, both governmental and societal, that discriminated against Black people in Evanston. Whether an applicant could rely on this report to prove a legacy claim is not yet clear. Mr. Cummings added that if a person was claiming they personally suffered discrimination at the hands of the City, “that is certainly something else entirely different and may require or may necessitate the assistance of an attorney,” Mr. Cummings said, “but I can’t say that for certain.” The Subcommittee has not yet considered who would decide if an applicant satisfied one of the two criteria. Mr. Cummings said, “It certainly is the understanding, you don’t expect it to be City staff to make those decisions solely.” He suggested that the determination might be made by the proposed Stakeholders Reparations Authority.)

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Devoured by the Tiger JFK Warned About – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-devoured-by-the-tiger-jfk-warned-about-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois GOP Slams Press Corps for Failure to Press Democratic Governor On Corruption of Top Ally Federal investigators say that Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan took bribes from top utility – Alex Nester
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/illinois-gop-slams-press-corps-for-failure-to-press-democratic-governor-on-corruption-of-top-ally/

FOX NEWS
— City refuses to let Trump supporter paint MAGA mural on street after allowing BLM mural (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are pro-law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/city-refuses-to-let-trump-supporter-paint-maga-mural-on-street-after-allowing-blm-mural
— Ben Carson: Riots, protests can bring ‘long-lasting destruction’ to US cities ‘They blame Donald Trump for everything,’ Carson says – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ben-carson-riots-protests-can-bring-long-lasting-destruction-to-us-cities
— With 100 days until election, enthusiasm gap points to reelection for President Trump In 100 days our country will be confronted with the “time for choosing” Ronald Reagan spoke of, and there’s no doubt the stakes are high. – Ronna McDaniel
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/100-days-election-enthusiasm-gap-trump-ronna-mcdaniel

TOWNHALL
— The New DNC Platform is an Anti-White Screed – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/07/25/proposed-dnc-platform-is-an-antiwhite-screed-n2573107

BREITBART
— Ken Cuccinelli: Federal Agents Could Sue Pelosi for Libel — ‘Speaker of the House Knows That She’s Using Nazi Allusions’ – JEFF POOR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters use Nazi allusions against Trump and against those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/07/25/ken-cuccinelli-federal-agents-could-sue-pelosi-for-libel-speaker-of-the-house-knows-that-shes-using-nazi-allusions/

PJ MEDIA
— USPS Fails Mail-In Ballot Test – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/25/usps-fails-mail-in-ballot-test-n697455

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have used “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” to turn Republican counties like DuPage County, townships like Milton Township, and municipalities like Wheaton into Democrat counties, Democrat townships, and Democrat municipalities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/508348-suburban-americans-should-reject-trumps-regressive-housing-offerings

USA TODAY
— Seattle police declare a riot – Joel Shannon (DIERSEN: How soon will BLM riots, that is, Democrat riots, be declared in your municipality?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/25/protest-live-blog-portland-chicago-nyc-louisville-updates/5501660002/

NEWSDAY
— Controversial rocker Ted Nugent opts out of ‘Back the Blue’ event in East Meadow – Zachary R. Dowdy
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/ted-nugent-police-back-the-blue-rally-1.47273877

July 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park at center of protest taken down by city Little Italy Columbus statue on Taylor Street will also be removed – Will Jones (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands? Back the Blue has a rally scheduled where the statue was tomorrow, Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 2:00 PM (SEE: https://www.facebook.com/events/289870235563729 ) How soon will the Democrats take down statues of all those who were White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, conservative, veterans, patriotic, Republican, American, gun owners, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors were in America for a long time?)
https://abc7chicago.com/columbus-statue-in-grant-park-taken-down-by-city/6332380/
— Unemployment up in all Illinois metro areas as state reports record jobless rate in June – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/society/illinois-reports-highest-june-unemployment-rate-on-record/6331218/

NBC5
— Mayor’s Office Releases Statement After Columbus Statues Removed in Chicago (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayors-office-releases-statement-after-columbus-statues-removed-in-chicago/2310757/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/watch-as-christopher-columbus-statues-were-taken-down-in-chicago/2310813/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Still, some Italian-Americans in Chicago said they did not support the move. “Columbus is a symbol of hope who we’ve celebrated for years and maybe we all forgot why we celebrated Christopher Columbus,” Sergio Giangrande, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian American said. “To take someone who’s a symbol of hope for us? We are not OK with that.” Giangrande added, however, that the group understands the safety concerns but hoped for a compromise. “I can guarantee you that Italian Americans are not happy about this,” he said. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday that she would announce a process in which the city will take inventory of the various monuments, paintings “and other things that memorialize” Chicago’s past and history. “In time, our team will determine there are no monuments to African Americans in this city,” Lightfoot said. “There are no monuments to women. There are no monuments that reflect the contributions of people in the city of Chicago who contributed to the greatness of this city.”)

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Mayor Lightfoot removes Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-lightfoot-plans-to-remove-christopher-columbus-statue-in-grant-park-report

WGN TV
— Christopher Columbus statues removed from Chicago’s Grant Park, Little Italy – Judy Wang, AP (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/christopher-columbus-statues-removed-in-grant-park-and-little-italy/
— Black Lives Matter Chicago files lawsuits against CPD, police union and federal government – Kelly Davis
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/blm-file-lawsuit-against-chicago-police-fop-and-fed-government/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot has Christopher Columbus statue removed from Chicago’s Grant Park in middle of the night – GREGORY PRATT, PETER NICKEAS and ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-christopher-columbus-statue-grant-park-lori-lightfoot-20200724-2hsbobbt7ndmpmkgyh6vfl7cvq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-joe-biden-trump-racist-20200723-btcoo3fe6ncifnw4liu6bt7bmi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Christopher Columbus statue taken down hours after Lightfoot ordered its removal Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) told the Chicago Sun-Times late Thursday that the mayor made “a unilateral decision” to take that statue down along with another in Arrigo Park on the Near West Side. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/7/23/21336740/lightfoot-removal-statue-christopher-columbus-grant-park
— Barack Obama, Joe Biden buddy up in 2020 campaign video punching at Donald Trump When it comes to jabbing, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Joe Biden know a thing or two about translating rope-a-dope strategy into the political ring. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/23/21336228/barack-obama-joe-biden-buddy-up-in-2020-democratic-campaign-video-punching-at-donald-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/23/21336172/trump-out-of-control-federal-response-covid-19-mona-charen
— CPD locks down headquarters for activists’ ‘block party’ About 25 people associated with the group Good Kids Mad City showed up to play music from their cars, blow bubbles and write on the sidewalks with chalk. Roughly 50 CPD officers guarded the main doors, while at least a dozen more guarded auxiliary entrances around the sprawling building. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/23/21336175/chicago-police-department-cpd-lockdown-headquarters-for-activists-block-party

DAILY HERALD
— Mayors may have to play hardball with residents over COVID complacency – Editorial (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200724/editorial-mayors-may-have-to-play-hardball-with-residents-over-covid-complacency
— DuPage County launches annual budget survey – Evan Shields
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200723/dupage-county-launches-annual-budget-survey
— There are plenty of dangers with voting by mail – Byron York
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200724/there-are-plenty-of-dangers-with-voting-by-mail

WBEZ
— Nonprofit To Chase Bank: Give Chicago’s Black And Latino Neighborhoods $1 Billion – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/stories/nonprofit-to-chase-bank-give-chicagos-black-and-latino-neighborhoods-1-billion/b6f1824c-c483-4251-8a19-1f2784a23e35

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, BLM makes it clear that it wants to destroy every municipality in America.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/black-protesters-say-focus-on-feds-hasnt-derailed-message/article_3ff4bd13-794f-5cb1-983e-fe332308e59a.html

WIREPOINTS
— Seven facts parents and teachers should know about the risks of reopening Chicago Public Schools – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/seven-facts-parents-and-teachers-should-know-about-the-risks-of-reopening-chicago-public-schools-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Choosing the Gay Lifestyle Over Family and Christ – Israel Wayne
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/choosing-the-gay-lifestyle-over-family-and-christ/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY MANY HAVE COME TO DESPISE THE NFL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/07/why-many-have-come-to-despise-the-nfl.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley accuses Trump of fueling chaos in Portland – Alex Swoyer (DIERSEN: If/when the Democrats destroy your municipality, who will your mayor blame?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/23/oregon-sen-jeff-merkley-accuses-donald-trump-fueli/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 186,700 illegal immigrants from 130 nations stopped by Trump’s coronavirus border closure – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/186-700-illegal-immigrants-from-130-nations-stopped-by-trumps-covid-border-closure
— ‘Do something’: Portland mayor tear gassed alongside protesters demanding his resignation – Madison Dibble (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/do-something-portland-mayor-tear-gassed-alongside-protesters-demanding-his-resignation

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Surrenders to Mob Over Columbus Statues – Leah Barkoukis (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, this motivates hate-filled Trump-haters to promote even more hatred against those who are the following: 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/07/24/christopher-columbus-statue-chicago-n2573056

FOX NEWS
— Chicago anti-police protesters target mayor’s home after her call with Trump The mayor and President Trump recently discussed plans for federal officers to deploy to the city – Brie Stimson (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-anti-police-protesters-target-mayors-home-after-her-call-with-trump –
— Chicago needs federal help to stop senseless killings Overall, so far this year, 2,150 people have been shot in the city of Chicago – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-chicago-federal-help-killings
— Colorado GOP lawmaker describes Antifa’s ‘total violence’ at ‘Back the Blue’ rally Rep. Neville says the clash was ‘the most dangerous situation’ he’s been in since his Army combat duty – Julia Musto
https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-lawmaker-antifa-attack-back-blue-rally

BREITBART
— Chicago’s Lightfoot Appeases Mob, ‘Unilaterally’ Removes Columbus Statue – JOHN NOLTE (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/24/nolte-chicagos-lightfoot-appeases-mob-unilaterally-removes-columbus-statue/
— Blue State Blues: What ‘Peaceful Protest’ Really Is — and What It Is Not – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/24/blue-state-blues-what-peaceful-protest-really-is-and-what-it-is-not/

DAILY WIRE
— Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Introduces Bill That Would Have Democrat Party Change Name Or ‘Be Barred From Participation In The House’ Due To Past Support Of Slavery, Confederacy – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressman-introduces-bill-that-would-have-democratic-party-change-name-or-be-barred-from-participation-in-the-house-due-to-past-support-of-slavery-confederacy

PJ MEDIA
— Joe Biden Says America Has ’Never’ Had a More Racist President Than Trump. Here Are 8. – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/election/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/22/what-joe-bidens-gobsmackingly-absurd-claim-about-trumps-racism-n672404

NEWSMAX
— Big Tech Unmasked as Anti-conservative by Project Veritas – Michael Cozzi
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/big-tech-censorship-conservatives-project-veritas/2020/07/24/id/978786/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters say “Sinking Trump seeks to squash GOP dissent.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/508758-sinking-trump-seeks-to-squash-gop-dissent

POLITICO
— 8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster You may think you know how bad Nov. 3 will be. But all signs point to something far, far worse. – GARRETT M. GRAFF
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/24/2020-election-disaster-perfect-storm-372778

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Facebook’s voting labels on candidate posts sow confusion – BARBARA ORTUTAY
https://apnews.com/d965d369956e2b54b39636cda5b7eb0b

CNN
— Christopher Columbus statue taken down after Chicago mayor orders its removal – Mallika Kallingal (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/us/chicago-mayor-planning-to-remove-columbus-statue/index.html
— Tips for surviving a financial crisis – Madeleine Stix (DIERSEN: Have you had a second job? I worked for Firestone Stores part-time 1971-1972 while I worked for IRS full-time. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new Chevy Corvette in 1971, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/economy/surviving-coronavirus-job-loss-tips/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to get a second job in 2018 was a way of boosting her income as her kids started college, but also as protection from the fear she had of putting too much power into the hands of one employer.)

YAHOO NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Long Island hosts largest Back the Blue rally
https://news.yahoo.com/long-island-hosts-largest-back-094705568.html

NBC NEWS
— Chicago removes Columbus statue in Grant Park overnight after protesters tried to topple it The city temporarily removed Columbus statues from both Grant Park and Little Italy “in response to demonstrations that became unsafe for both protesters and police,” a statement said. (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-removes-columbus-statue-grant-park-overnight-after-protesters-tried-n1234791

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making Whites in Portland hate those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How full of hatred against the aforesaid are the Whites in your municipality?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/us/portland-oregon-protests-white-race.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/american-exceptionalism-was-our-preexisting-condition/2020/07/22/158f5ab0-cabc-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating “Biden predicts that Trump will try to ‘indirectly steal’ the election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-predicts-that-trump-will-try-to-indirectly-steal-the-election/2020/07/23/cc55fe98-cd3c-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago protesters rally outside mayor’s home to demand defunding of police – Tamar Lapin (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/hundreds-protest-outside-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-home/

NEW YORK DALY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, the fewer Democrats who live in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood, the more that the residents of the aforesaid 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.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trumps-racist-play-for-the-suburbs-20200724-vy4qz57arjgjblfclsimbgyta4-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to hate-filled Trump-haters, the following demographics are extremely bad: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, gun owner, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-u-s-census-documenting-multiracial-heritage-is-harder-than-it-sounds-11595583000

USA TODAY
— Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal officers, warns ‘somebody’s going to die’ during chaotic protests – Trevor Hughes (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/23/portland-protests-mayor-warns-somebodys-going-die/5487981002/
— Chicago removes Christopher Columbus statues from parks after vandalism, protests – AP (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/24/chicago-christopher-columbus-statues-taken-down-after-protests/5500429002/
— 7 ideas to reduce political polarization. And save America from itself. Partisanship becomes equated with patriotism, and destroying the other side becomes the ultimate goal. This is how democracies fall apart. – Rachel Kleinfeld and Aaron Sobel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs focus on destroying Republicans.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/23/political-polarization-dangerous-america-heres-how-fight-column/5477711002/
— John Lewis urged journalists, ‘be a headlight, not a taillight’ – Nicole Carroll (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating mainstream journalists focus on destroying Trump.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/24/john-lewis-supported-journalists-challenged-them-courageous-civil-rights-truth/5481256002/

AUSTIN STATESMAN
— Hundreds warn City Council to slash Austin police’s budget or ‘we will show you out’ – Ryan Autullo (DIERSEN: How will the mayor of your municipality respond to BLM and LGBTQ demands?)
https://www.statesman.com/news/20200723/hundreds-warn-city-council-to-slash-austin-policersquos-budget-or-lsquowe-will-show-you-outrsquo

JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS
— Most Americans Say Social Media Companies Have Too Much Power, Influence in Politics – MONICA ANDERSON
http://jacksonvillefreepress.com/most-americans-say-social-media-companies-have-too-much-power-influence-in-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About nine-in-ten conservative Republicans (89%) think these companies have too much power, versus 74% of moderate or liberal Republicans.)

NBC CONNECTICUT
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ Rally to Take Place in Hartford
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/back-the-blue-rally-to-take-place-in-hartford/2306519/

COLUMBUS TELEGRAM
— OUTSTANDING: Officers, community take part in Back the Blue – Hannah Schrodt
https://columbustelegram.com/news/local/officers-community-take-part-in-back-the-blue/article_0287e8e5-0f38-5d0a-9a46-23361a863921.html

SAN ANGELO LIVE
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ March Set for Saturday in San Angelo
https://sanangelolive.com/news/san-angelo/2020-07-23/back-blue-march-set-saturday-san-angelo

KMPH
— OUTSTANDING: Crowds gather in downtown Fresno to march in support of police – Marie Edinger
https://kmph.com/news/local/crowds-gather-in-downtown-fresno-to-march-in-support-of-police

ROCKLAND REPORT
— POLICE & FIREBack The Blue Rally Planned for August 2 in Pearl River
https://www.rocklandreport.com/back-the-blue-rally-planned-for-august-2-in-pearl-river/

NEWS HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ Downriver Rally to show support for law enforcement officers – Jim Kasub
https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/back-the-blue-downriver-rally-to-show-support-for-law-enforcement-officers/article_647ca386-ccfa-11ea-9f06-c3f804bda699.html

CAPITAL GAZETTE
— OUTSTANDING: Maryland Republicans delegates host Back the Blue rally in Annapolis to support law enforcement – BROOKS DUBOSE
https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/annapolis/ac-cn-annapolis-police-rally-20200724-20200723-jl4lfbqgbjhxlhcv4hzfzunr2i-story.html

PROPUBLICA
— What People Who Live in Mostly White Towns Need to Know About History – Logan Jaffe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete as having been full of conservative German American Missouri Synod Lutheran Republicans through the 1970s. I would focus on those in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois who have demonstrated their hatred for those who are conservative, German American, Missouri Synod Lutheran, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-people-who-live-in-mostly-white-towns-need-to-know-about-history

NEWSWEEK
— Colorado GOP Lawmaker Urges Trump to Deploy Feds in Denver Over ‘Violence’ – BRENDAN COLE
https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-denver-gop-trump-deploy-feds-violence-1520209