August 12 Morning Edition

NBC5
— US Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low as Economy Strengthens. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell for a third straight week to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week. – Christopher Rugaber
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-jobless-claims-near-pandemic-low-as-economy-strengthens/2588754/

WGN9
— Parents rally against Gov. Pritzker’s school mask mandate in Niles – Kelly Davis
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/parents-rally-against-gov-pritzkers-school-mask-mandate-in-niles/

WTTW
— Census Data Kicks Off Effort to Reshape US House Districts – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/12/census-data-kicks-effort-reshape-us-house-districts

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois now a red state? COVID-19 cases hit four-month high as much of state slips into CDC’s red ‘high risk’ category. The state is now averaging nearly 3,000 new COVID-19 diagnoses each day, a rate that has multiplied by eight since the first week of July. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/8/11/22620656/illinois-coronavirus-high-cases-delta-four-months-pritzker-vaccine-covid
— Why should FedEx and Nike pay less than you to foot the bill for a $3.5 trillion federal budget? We favor a proposed “real corporate profits tax,” which would require companies to pay a 7% tax on earnings they report to investors above $100 million. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/12/22619875/real-corporate-profits-tax-sen-elizabeth-warren-angus-king-3-5-trillion-federal-budget-editorial

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— 2022 a rebuilding year for Illinois GOP – JIM NOWLAN
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/jim-nowlan-2022-a-rebuilding-year-for-illinois-gop/article_b99ea184-f9f9-11eb-94b1-778972403334.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When I was a kid in politics half a century ago, the GOP party organizations at the state and county level still had some influence over who would win primary nominations. That, by the way, was the historic purpose of party organizations: To influence, even control, primary nominations, by rallying the precinct workers in behalf of candidates the party leaders felt had the best chance of winning the general election. Not today, when GOP party organizations have many chieftains, but almost no Indians to work the trenches. And no money unless a Daddy Warbucks sort, like billionaire Ken Griffin, once again matches Pritzker. . .Look at it this way. If you were an attractive young GOP contender, why would you put yourself up against the Democratic state slate, likely lose, and then watch others walk over your dead political body to run when prospects might subsequently be better?)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Experts at odds make for political, policy fireworks – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-experts-at-odds-make-for-political-policy-fireworks/article_1ee99502-5761-504b-9993-0cc186cb0207.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Former President Trump congratulates Gov. Parson for pardoning McCloskeys – Jasmyn Willis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/former-president-trump-congratulates-gov-parson-for-pardoning-mccloskeys

CHICAGO READER
— That coddlin’ town . . .Daley, Burke, and Rahm have been too generous to Trump and his tower, and taxpayers are paying the price. – Ben Joravsky
https://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/that-coddlin-town/Content?oid=90884813

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ ‘Vax Verify’ program ‘worst yet,’ national group says – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-vax-verify-program-worst-yet-national-group-says/article_9503eca2-faea-11eb-9ec3-4b9c23e7c11c.html

JOHN KASS
— Lightfoot & the Chicago Police: it’ll get worse
https://johnkassnews.com/lightfoot-and-the-chicago-police/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Teachers Union raises specter of school closings due to Delta virus. What would that mean for youth homicides? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-teachers-union-raises-specter-of-school-closings-due-to-delta-virus-what-would-that-mean-for-youth-homicides-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— S&P: GROWING DEBT, REFUSING REFORMS, POPULATION LOSS DOOM ILLINOIS PUBLIC PENSIONS – Noah Shaar
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/sp-growing-debt-refusing-reforms-population-loss-doom-illinois-public-pensions/
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIRING 2,000 STAFFERS, BUT MIGHT BE MISSING 100,000 STUDENTS – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-hiring-2000-staffers-but-might-be-missing-100000-students/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s equity agenda will make schools less safe – Stacy Washington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/bidens-equity-agenda-will-make-schools-less-safe

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— They’re All Socialists Now. Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget was written by a socialist—and it shows. – Editorial
https://freebeacon.com/policy/theyre-all-socialists-now/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Hannity’ on bipartisan infrastructure bill, COVID-positive migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-covid-positive-migrants
— Cuomo, Avenatti, The Lincoln Project: The media’s anti-Trump idols who’ve collapsed in disgrace. The governor, the attorney and the super PAC all enjoyed media darling status before being derailed by scandal. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/andrew-cuomo-michael-avenatti-the-lincoln-project

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago official, on bagpipe mourning ritual for slain officer: ‘We don’t have time for this s—!’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/chicago_official_on_bagpipe_mourning_ritual_for_slain_officer_we_dont_have_time_for_this_s.html
— When Everything is Racist, Nothing Is – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/when_everything_is_racist_nothing_is.html
— No need for basics in Oregon – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/no_need_for_basics_in_oregon.html
— Critical Race Theory rejects Martin Luther King’s dream – Pandra Selivanov
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/critical_race_theory_rejects_martin_luther_kings_dream.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Hundred-Year Road To CRT. A brief look at the progressive agenda in education reveals that critical race theory is just the latest in a long series of attempts to deform and ultimately fracture the country. – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/11/the-hundred-year-road-to-crt/
— American Armageddon What started out as elite woke nonsense now warps everyone’s daily life. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/11/american-armageddon/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We Are Going To Win’: Clay Travis Says Anti-Mask And Anti-CRT Movement Could Be ‘The Next Tea Party’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/11/we-going-win-clay-travis-anti-mask-critical-race-theory-movement-next-tea-party/
— Pompeo Says He Will ‘Never Support’ CRT In Schools – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/11/mike-pompeo-critical-race-theory/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Bob Woodson’s New Book Reminds Us of Black Triumphs in American History – Virginia Allen (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which they did.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/12/bob-woodsons-new-book-is-reminder-of-black-triumphs-in-us-history/

FEDERALIST
— Why Women Should Pursue Marriage Just As Intentionally As A Career. Look at your life and prioritize what’s most important to you. If finding someone to love who will love you back matters, focus your energies there. – Suzanne Venker
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/11/why-women-should-pursue-marriage-just-as-intentionally-as-a-career/

TOWNHALL
— Senate Passes Tom Cotton’s Amendment to Prohibit Federal Dollars From Funding CRT – Zach Bauder
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/zachbauder/2021/08/11/tom-cotton-anticrt-bill-n2593991
— Woke Nonsense is Warping Everyday Life – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2021/08/12/victor-davis-hanson-woke-nonsense-is-warping-everyday-life-n2594007

FOX BUSINESS
— American Express CRT training urged staff to adopt a hierarchy, putting ‘marginalized’ above ‘privileged’ – Tyler O’Neil
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged. If I was privileged, why did I take BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Democrats Are Trying To “Change The Demographics Of This Country” – Tim Hains
(DIERSEN: Democrats are flooding America with people who vote for Democrats or will vote for Democrats, that is, with people who need/want massive government assistance. Overwhelmingly, they are minority, female, younger, lack education, lack job skills, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/11/tucker_carlson_democrats_are_trying_to_change_the_demographics_of_this_country.html

POWERLINE
— HOW CRITICAL RACE THEORY INFESTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/how-critical-race-theory-infests-public-schools.php
— WASHINGTON POST ATTACKS FACEBOOK FOR INSUFFICIENT CENSURING OF CONSERVATIVES – PAUL MIRENGOFF
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to take adverse actions against me for what I do for your as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, their campaign volunteers, etc. I should write a book about the adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/washington-post-attacks-facebook-for-insufficient-censuring-of-conservatives-enough.php

AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
— Mask Mandates and Critical Race Theory – What Your Kids Are Facing as They Head Back to School – Jay Sekulow
https://aclj.org/critical-race-theory/mask-mandates-and-critical-race-theory-what-your-kids-are-facing-as-they-head-back-to-school

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Medical Education And Research Crumbling Under Racial Identity Politics – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/investigation-medical-education-and-research-crumbling-under-racial-identity-politics/

EPOCH TIMES
— Are We Witnessing the End of the American Experiment? How Half of the Political Dialect Wants to Erase America’s History. – Dave Rubin
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dave-rubin-are-we-witnessing-the-end-of-the-american-experiment-how-half-of-the-political-dialect-wants-to-erase-americas-history_3943801.html

THE HILL
— Demonizing the police risks public safety and gets cops killed. – MAURICE RICHARDS
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/567170-demonizing-the-police-risks-public-safety-and-gets-cops-killed

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-haters says “GOP tries to deflect blame for Covid-19 misinformation.”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/12/covid-cases-immigration-gop-johns-pkg-dlt-vpx.cnn

NEW YORK POST
— Trump, GOP slam Dems’ $3.5T budget as ‘Communist plan to destroy’ US – Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/trump-gop-slam-dems-3-5t-budget-as-communist-plan-to-destroy-us/
— What happened to ‘Yes we can’? Politics of victimhood has replaced hope and optimism – Michael Shellenberger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shout at minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, etc. that getting rid of Republicans is the only way to get ahead.)
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/politics-of-victimhood-has-replaced-hope-and-optimism/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Will Ruin the Climate. They’ve wrecked the cities and the border. Why would climate policy be different? – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-ruin-climate-border-security-immigration-violent-crime-ipcc-report-united-nations-progressives-11628711174
— Inflation Punishes the Unprotected. Government shields its employees and beneficiaries, but not ordinary workers, from higher prices. – Phil Gramm and Mike Solon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-government-spending-workers-prices-wage-growth-stagnation-monetary-policy-biden-11628710715

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Experts predict increase in populations of color – Mabinty Quarshie and Donovan Slack
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO politicians a) who pander to minorities by getting rid of Republicans who are White, b) who pander to females by getting rid of Republicans who are male, c) who pander to younger people by getting rid of Republicans who are older, d) who pander to LGBTQ people by getting rid of Republicans who are heterosexual, e) who pander to those who are not married by getting rid of Republicans who are married, f) who pander to veterans by getting rid of Republicans who are not veterans, g) who pander to those who hate Trump by getting rid of Republicans who do not hate Trump, h) who pander to moderates and liberals by getting rid of Republicans who are conservative, i) who pander to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs by getting rid of Republicans, j) who pander to those who in America illegally by getting rid of Republicans, k) who pander to those who have less money by getting rid of Republicans who have more money, l) who pander to those who do not own guns by getting rid of Republicans who are gun owners, m) who pander to non-Christians by getting rid of Republicans who are Christian, n) who pander to non-Protestants by getting rid of Republicans who are Protestant, o) who pander to non-Italian Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are Italian American, p) who pander to non-German Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are German American, q) who pander to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by getting rid of Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, r) who pander to those who have dependents by getting rid of Republicans who do not have dependents, s) who pander to those who are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church by getting rid of Republicans who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or who do not give money to a church, and t) who pander to those who are etc. by getting rid of Republicans who are etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/12/how-2020-census-change-how-we-look-america-what-expect/5493043001/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— 21 Millennial and Gen Z Republican Campaign Operatives to Watch
(DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents paint themselves as working for a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-genz-republican-campaign-staff-to-watch-2022-elections-politics-8

FORBES
— Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Considerations For Every CEO – Jason Blessing
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will CEOs officially announce that they are officially getting rid of people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/08/11/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-considerations-for-every-ceo/
— Ten Proven Actions To Advance Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion – Elyse Rosenblum
(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gradsoflife/2021/08/11/new-report-ten-proven-actions-to-advance-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

NEWSWEEK
— Oregon School Board Votes to Ban Pride and Black Lives Matter Flags – JACK BERESFORD
https://www.newsweek.com/oregon-school-board-votes-ban-pride-black-lives-matter-flags-1618654

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.