FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Smash-and-grab thieves target Rogers Park ice cream shop. Thieves targeted an ULTA Beauty store in Lincoln Park about two hours later.” Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-smash-grab-burglary-rogers-park-ice-cream-shop-caught-video-lincoln-ulta-beauty-store-hit/15174178/
FOX32
— Democrats say “Trump takes to social media to call out Harris.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1499412
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tim Walz has been a disaster for the once-thriving Minnesota. – Andy Brehm:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/12/opinion-tim-walz-minnesota-liberal-record/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge: “DNC protests planned over Gaza, other causes, one organizer saying, ‘People feel betrayed by the Democratic Party’ Demonstrations are planned outside the Democratic National Convention when Kamala Harris is expected to be confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate. Who’s planning to be there and why they’re protesting.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/12/dnc-democratic-national-convention-protests-kamala-harris-israel-gaza-lgbtq-reproductive-rights-cpd-police
— Democrats ask “Why would Illinois Democrats knock on doors in Wisconsin?” and say “The election is likely to be decided there. Everyday Illinois Democrats trek up to Wisconsin to ring doorbells and engage voters, when they can find them.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/11/illinois-democrats-canvassing-wisconsin-swing-state-kamala-harris-donald-trump
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun sales in Illinois went up 5% in the past year despite a recently enacted ban on assault weapons, according to data compiled by a national home safety and security news site. – Zach Roth
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/08/08/illinois-gun-sales-rise-in-2023-despite-new-assault-weapons-ban/74652673007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “162 lies and distortions in a news conference.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-11/162-lies-and-distortions-in-a-news-conference-npr-fact-checks-former-president-trump
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Vance used a round of Sunday news show appearances to disparage the Democratic ticket and promote Donald Trump’s record and second-term plans and defend himself from criticism over past remarks that have become a campaign issue.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-vance-hails-trumps-fed-idea-and-pushes-back-against-criticism-over-past-words-on-american-families/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The muted migrant crisis. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/12/migrant-crisis-seems-muted-00173594
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker singled out Harris, saying she helped “negotiate with other countries to make sure that they’re doing what they need to do to keep people from coming to the U.S. border.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-345/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, they reject meritocracy. I am the opposite of an AA/DEI hire. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I earned a diploma from Crete-Monee High School and passed the postal employment examination in 1966. Further, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40. Instead, all my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, a) they owe all their accomplishments in life to meritocracy, b) I owe none of my accomplishments in life to meritocracy, and c) I owe all of my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against a) minorities, b) females, c) younger people, d) unmarried people, e) LGBTQers, f) veterans, g) non-Protestants, h) non-German Americans, and/or i) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were especially wealthy. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that my mother never attended high school, and d) that I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders promise to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— J.D. Vance takes on news media, addresses deportation plan, pro-family stance, ‘beautiful’ wife. – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/11/jd-vance-talks-deportation-plan-pro-family-stance-/
— J.D. Vance defends Trump’s handling of dictators after rally comment. ‘Complimenting’ authoritarians fine if it gets results, Republican nominee for vice president says. – David R. Sands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/11/jd-vance-defends-donald-trumps-handling-of-dictato/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— OUTRAGEOUS: Trump starting ‘to agree a lot more’ on legalizing marijuana. – Ashley Oliver
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3116055/trump-starting-agree-more-legalizing-marijuana/
NEW YORK POST
— Prop 1 would mandate extreme ‘trans rights’ in New York — and that’s not even the worst of it. – Editorial (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/opinion/prop-1-would-mandate-extreme-trans-rights-in-new-york-and-thats-not-even-the-worst-of-it/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Cult of Kamala. Leftists who accuse conservatives of Trump worship have a new idol of their own. – Jack Hunter
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-cult-of-kamala/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Busting the Left’s narrative: ‘Systemic racism’ a thing of the past. – Bronson Woodruff
Bronson Woodruff https://afn.net/culture/2024/08/12/busting-the-left-s-narrative-systemic-racism-a-thing-of-the-past/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Contemplating what a Harris presidency will do to America. – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/contemplating_what_a_harris_presidency_will_do_to_america.html
BREITBART
— Migrants Camp in City Streets as Biden’s Shelters Overflow and Gang Violence Grows. – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/08/11/migrants-camp-in-city-streets-as-bidens-shelters-overflow-and-gang-violence-grows/
— Tim Walz Falsely Labels Himself ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ in Congressional Radio Ad. – Paul Bois
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/11/tim-walz-falsely-labels-himself-retired-command-sergeant-major-congressional-radio-ad/
— Walz has claimed for two decades, since retiring in 2005, that he is a command sergeant major, despite his military paperwork showing he retired as a master sergeant, a lower rank of E-8. – Kristina Wong (COMMENT: The civilian equivalent of a military rank of E-8 is a GS-7. I was a GS-7 in 1971 when I was 22 years old, a GS-9 in 1972, a GS-11 in 1973, a GS-12 in 1974, and a GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/11/military-podcaster-tim-walz-created-challenge-coins-higher-military-rank-earned/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘She Had Control Over A Lot Of Our Border Policy’: Vance Spars With ABC Host Over Harris’ Role On Illegal Immigration. – Harold Hutchison
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/11/she-had-control-over-a-lot-of-our-border-policy-vance-spars-with-abc-host-over-harris-role-on-illegal-immigration/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Veterans Affairs Resources Are Being Diverted to Help Illegal Aliens. – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/12/veterans-affairs-resource-are-being-diverted-help-illegal-aliens-disabled-vet-says/
— Tough Questions for Kamala Harris’ Reparations Plans. – GianCarlo Canaparo (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Democrat and RINO leaders make Republicans pay the price of AA and DEI, that is, pay reparations. I am a Republican and I have always been one. I should write a book about my Democrat and RINO superiors. I would show how my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and my RINO Milton Township Republican Organization superiors have made me pay reparations big time. In my defense, my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/05/tough-questions-for-kamala-harris-reparations-plans/
DAILY WIRE
— JD Vance: Trump Willing To Fight All Out Trade War With China To Stop Fentanyl Crisis
https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-trump-willing-to-fight-all-out-trade-war-with-china-to-stop-fentanyl-crisis
FOX NEWS
— JD Vance hits multiple networks in Sunday morning media flurry as Tim Walz lays low. Walz and Harris remain cloistered from media. – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-hits-sunday-morning-shows-walz-nowhere-found
— New polls this weekend in three key battlegrounds in Harris-Trump White House race. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, known as the Democrats’ ‘Blue Wall’ states, are crucial battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2024-showdown-new-polls-weekend-three-key-battlegrounds-harris-trump-white-house-race
— The president of an American Federations of Teachers’ affiliate in Chicago was berated by a Black mom for claiming on a radio station that standardized tests are “junk science rooted in White supremacy” as well as “eugenics.” – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always attributed my success in passing tests to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-claim-black-kids-cannot-pass-standardized-tests-doesnt-go-over-well-mom
— America’s progressive cities are increasingly childless, report finds: ‘Family-exodus doom loop’ The under-5 population is declining twice as fast in large urban counties. – Kendall Tietz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americas-progressive-cities-increasingly-childless-report-finds-family-exodus-doom-loop
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights Deadly Results of Kamala Harris Being Soft on Crime. – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2024/08/11/fox-news-highlights-deadly-results-kamala-harris-being-soft-crime
— MSNBC Frets Gay Illegal Immigrants Not Entering U.S. Quickly Enough. – Brad Wilmouth
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2024/08/10/msnbc-frets-gay-illegal-immigrants-not-entering-us-quickly-enough
NEWSMAX
— Harris Camp Aims to Remake Border Czar Image.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/harris-border-czar/2024/08/11/id/1176097/
— Tim Walz ‘a Political Chameleon’ on Gun Control
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/walz-gun-control/2024/08/11/id/1176086/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— J.D. Vance: “How Do You Deport 18 Million People? Let’s Start With 1 Million” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/11/jd_vance_how_do_you_deport_18_million_people_lets_start_with_1_million.html
TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris Shifts Her Focus to the Border After Ignoring It for Four Years – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/11/kamala-harris-has-a-plan-to-tackle-illegal-immigration-after-letting-15-million-aliens-cross-the-border-n2643226
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Kamala’s Illegals Used Exact Same Answer on 10,000 Parole Applications, Rubber-Stamped Anyway. – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/kamalas-illegals-used-exact-answer-10000-parole-applications-rubber-stamped-anyway/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Vance on racial attacks against wife Usha: ‘Don’t attack my wife. She’s out of your league’ – MIRANDA NAZZARO
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4822608-jd-vance-wife-usha-white-attacks/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Harris’ political ascent makes her the latest target of DEI insults.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-political-ascent-makes-her-110040759.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “JD Vance Repeats ‘Anti-Family’ Criticism of Democrats on Sunday Morning News Show Tour. The Republican vice-presidential nominee also defended Donald Trump’s abortion policies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/politics/jd-vance-trump-harris-democrats.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Black Men Rally for Kamala Harris, and Confront an Elephant in the Room. “I’m standing behind a Black woman to be president of the United States, and it doesn’t make me any less of a Black man,” said the Illinois attorney general. “I’m asking all of you all to do the same.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/politics/harris-black-men.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Tim Walz’s Long Relationship With China Defies Easy Stereotypes. Mr. Walz, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee, taught in China and has visited the country around 30 times. But he has also been critical of the Chinese government’s human rights record.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/tim-walz-china.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “How Tim Walz went from NRA-endorsed to a gun-control advocate.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/11/tim-walz-gun-control-nra-endorsement/
USA TODAY
— Uncomfortable Conversations: How do you get your grown child to move out? – Betty Lin-Fisher (COMMENT: My father died suddenly in 1969 when I was 21 years old. My mother had never worked outside the home. I got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 to help support her and my brother. I lived with them in Crete until I bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972. I worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time 1970-1971 and then part-time 1971-1972. I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/08/12/how-to-get-adult-kids-to-move-out/73893422007/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats say “JD Vance Pressed on Trump’s Nick Fuentes Dinner, Racist Remarks About Wife.”
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-pressed-trump-nick-fuentes-dinner-racist-remarks-usha-vance-1937573
MSN
— Democrats say “DEI attacks on Harris create risks for GOP.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dei-attacks-on-harris-create-risks-for-gop/ar-BB1qywAQ?ocid=tweet
— Tips for Getting Hired After Age 50. – Emily Sherman (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write a book about the stigma of being forced to retire. Being forced to retire makes it impossible to get a job appropriate for your work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or profession licenses. My Democrat GAO superiors rendered worthless what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439- $150,075/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning three job-related master’s degrees, d) earing six job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job-related professional license. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have absolutely no problem with the aforesaid waste. Actually, they applaud it. Actually, they say that I brought it on myself.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/tips-for-getting-hired-after-age-50/ar-AA1fCcB3
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/office-workhorse-how-get-ahead-2d3a6e46
NEWS NATION
— JD Vance’s story is example of meritocracy: Huckabee (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) I owe none of my accomplishments in life to meritocracy and b) I owe all of my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against a) minorities, b) females, c) younger people, d) unmarried people, e) LGBTQers, f) veterans, g) non-Protestants, h) non-German Americans, and/or i) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes,)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCmEuXzcaWY
VOA
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-abortion-numbers-rise-since-roe-was-overturned-study-finds/7733298.html
HOOVER INSTITUTION
— Does Merit Still Matter? – Thomas Sowel
https://www.hoover.org/research/does-merit-still-matter
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is It Fair to Call Kamala Harris a DEI Hire?
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/is_it_fair_to_call_kamala_harris_a_dei_hire
