WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: ‘Winning Has Come Through Revolts’: A Black Lives Matter Activist On Why She Supports Looting – Rob Wildeboer, Chip Mitchell
https://www.wbez.org/stories/winning-has-come-through-revolts-a-black-lives-matter-activist-on-why-she-supports-looting/398d0f3f-73d0-4f2e-ae32-04cceba0d322
WTTW
— The Future of Retail: Where Do Stores Stand After Pandemic, Looting? – Blair Paddock
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/12/future-retail-where-do-stores-stand-after-pandemic-looting
WGN TV
— Chicago announces restricted access to downtown will continue at night through weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-announces-restricted-access-to-downtown-will-continue-at-night-through-weekend/
WGN RADIO
— Illinois Retail Merchants Association doesn’t want to be in the business of enforcing Gov. Pritzker’s mask mandate
https://wgnradio.com/roe-conn/illinois-retail-merchants-association-doesnt-want-to-be-in-the-business-of-enforcing-gov-pritzkers-mask-mandate/
ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago looting leaves residents feeling unsafe, ready to leave city, property management company tells mayor – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/property-manager-chicago-homeowners-feel-unsafe-ready-to-leave-after-looting/6367902/
— ComEd power outage leaves 260K across Chicago area in dark ComEd says it could take several days to restore power to all customers – Jessica D’Onofrio, John Garcia, Cate Cauguiran (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my 2011 decision to have a whole-house natural-gas-fired backup electric generator installed.)
https://abc7chicago.com/weather/comed-power-outage-leaves-260k-across-chicago-area-in-dark/6365195/
NBC5
— FOP President Pens Letter to U.S. Attorney Blasting Kim Foxx, Asks for Federal Intervention
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/fop-president-pens-letter-to-u-s-attorney-blasting-kim-foxx-asks-for-federal-intervention/2321490/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage board dumps referendums on recorder office merger, cutting board size for questions on law enforcement, PPE – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-referendums-law-enforcement-ppe-st-0814-20200813-r53yqxoh6rdrdcjxmitmqp5juq-story.html
— After downtown looting, Paul Vallas calls out Mayor Lightfoot: ‘I don’t think she knows what she’s doing’ – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-lightfoot-schools-20200813-22tiwzapefd77e5lxsoeeqn7zy-story.html
— Democrats are waging war against the Constitution – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-electoral-college-constitution-victor-davis-hanson-20200812-aelvun6eizalfnxbpiyw3jtmr4-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Gov. J.B. Pritzker voices support of Black Lives Matter goals – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-black-lives-matter-20200812-5z5clueignerlariyzhel3stfq-story.html
— Mail-in ballots in plague year make sense except to GOP – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-mail-in-ballots-st-0813-20200812-gatcsti55baprcuqmd5bjfmh6e-story.html
— ‘Nine times out of 10, I was completely brushed off’: Black Chicagoans confront bias in health care, hope for change – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-health-care-racism-george-floyd-implicit-bias–20200813-nxrujltiyvg37pks2hyf6iwb7m-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Demonstrators hope to shut down Dan Ryan on Saturday to protest police brutality Led by several organizations, including Tikkun Chai Inter-National and Chicago Activist Coalition for Justice, the demonstration is tentatively set to start at noon Saturday. – Madeline Kenney and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: I drove the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I bought the Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought the Oldsmobile with money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/12/21365510/demonstrators-hope-to-shut-down-dan-ryan-on-saturday-to-protest-police-brutality
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Before trying to sneak a ringer on the ballot, Trump should have consulted with a few Chicago political operatives. Don’t make it obvious, Mr. Trump. Make reporters work to establish Kanye West’s ties to your campaign.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/12/21365685/kanye-west-2020-presidential-election-political-ringers
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durbin calls for postal service funding; unsure if Madigan can lead – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200812/durbin-calls-for-postal-service-funding-unsure-if—madigan-can-lead
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State gives smaller communities the boot on aid issue – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-state-gives-smaller-communities-the-boot-on-aid-issue/article_dbaca7b3-7bf5-5c15-bde7-da8cb5b69e37.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pritzker: Virus count going wrong way – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pritzker-Virus-count-going-wrong-way-15481177.php
WGLT
— Illinois County Clerks Raise Concerns Over Running November Election – DANA VOLLMER
https://www.wglt.org/post/illinois-county-clerks-raise-concerns-over-running-november-election#stream/0
WJBC
— Local Democrats say it’s time for Madigan to go
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/08/12/local-democrats-say-its-time-for-madigan-to-go/
— Rodney Davis: Illinois is one state which is doing vote-by-mail properly – Dave Dahl
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/08/13/davis-illinois-is-one-state-which-is-doing-vote-by-mail-properly/
WSIL TV
— Duckworth “all in” for Biden-Harris ticket
https://wsiltv.com/2020/08/12/duckworth-all-in-for-biden-harris-ticket/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Organization held its August 12, 2020 meeting at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream and by Zoom. Jim Zay, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman, was the keynote speaker. Participants included Almiron, Bohn, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Corrigan, Dangelo, Felice, Formento, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Holder, Keller, Larsen, McCluskey, McGowen, McNeily, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Tatro, and Whelan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A Sign Linking Com Ed with Corrupt Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/message-of-the-day-a-sign-75/
— Lake County Right to Life Urges People to Vote by Mail
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/lake-county-right-to-life-urges-people-to-vote-by-mail/
— Grafton Township Assessor Explains Lakewood Village President’s Assessment Cut
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/13/grafton-township-assessor-explains-lakewood-village-presidents-assessment-cut/
— Pritzker Says His Order Includes “Even Outside”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/pritzker-says-his-order-includes-even-outside/
— Personal PAC Hostile to Allen Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/personal-pac-hostile-to-allen-skillicorn/
— Criticism of Road District Legal Fees Draws Response from Commissioner Andrew Gasser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/criticism-of-road-district-legal-fees-draws-response-from-andrew-gasser/
— Nunda Township Board Selects Leda Drain to Replace Lee Jennings as Supervisor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/nunda-township-board-selects/
— IL 14: Oberweis Ice Cream Social in Huntley Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/12/il-14-oberweis-ice-cream-social-in-huntley-saturday/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 53 MORE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS CALL FOR MADIGAN’S RESIGNATION – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/53-more-illinois-democrats-call-for-madigans-resignation/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago looters attacked Ronald McDonald House with sick children inside, charity says – Jessica Chasmar
https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/chicago-looters-attacked-ronald-mcdonald-house-wit/
— Pandemic gives Biden and Dems an excuse to push socialist agenda Radical elements pull Joe Biden leftward, away from the moderate platform he once championed – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/covid-19-pandemic-biden-democrats-push-socialism/
— Trump ramps up push to reopen schools Says sitting at a computer at home doesn’t cut it – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/trump-ramps-push-reopen-schools/
— Soros sees ‘revolutionary moment’ in pandemic: ‘The range of possibilities is much greater’ – Victor Morton (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are using the pandemic to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/george-soros-sees-revolutionary-moment-coronavirus/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Make Joe Biden and Kamala Harris own the Black Lives Matter chaos
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/make-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-own-the-black-lives-matter-chaos
— Banned from Twitter, bound for the House? Laura Loomer says she can win in Trump’s backyard – Katherine Doyle (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are banning me and banning my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/banned-from-twitter-bound-for-the-house-laura-loomer-says-she-can-win-in-trumps-backyard
FOX NEWS
— Tucker Carlson accuses Biden, Harris of embracing ‘the Democratic Party’s new pro-criminal agenda’ ‘When the conversation’s about race and policing, it’s not about Wall Street corruption … It is cover for them’ – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-biden-harris-democrats-pro-criminal
GOPUSA
— Fox News Crushes All Of TV In Summer Ratings
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93325
BUSINESS INSIDER
— If wanting to fire people for supporting Trump or Biden isn’t cancel culture, then nothing is – Anthony L. Fisher (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to fire their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, past or present union members, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancel-culture-firing-people-donating-major-party-candidate-trump-biden-2020-8
BREITBART
— Trump Ad: Biden’s Amnesty Will Give American Jobs to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/watch-trump-ad-bidens-amnesty-will-give-american-jobs-to-illegal-aliens/
— Kamala Harris Further Left than ‘Democratic Socialist’ Bernie Sanders – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/12/govtrack-kamala-harris-further-left-than-democratic-socialist-bernie-sanders/
— Kamala Harris Is Silicon Valley’s ‘Dream of Political Control,’ Say Critics – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-the-tech-sectors-dream-of-political-control/
— Mike Pence Hosts Cops for Trump Event: You Won’t Be Safe in Joe Biden’s America – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/mike-pence-hosts-cops-for-trump-event-you-wont-be-safe-in-joe-bidens-america/
FEDERALIST
— Media Hails Harris As ‘Moderate,’ ‘Centrist’ Although Her Voting Record Is Further Left Than Bernie Sanders’s – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/12/media-hails-harris-as-moderate-centrist-although-her-voting-record-is-further-left-than-bernie-sanderss/
TOWNHALL
— Did ‘Catholic Joe’ Pick an Anti-Catholic VP? – Reagan McCarthy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-anticatholic-bigotry-n2574212
CNS NEWS
— Progressive Media Mislabels Kamala Harris – Hans Bader
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/progressive-media-mislabels-kamala-harris
NOQ REPORT
— Destroying mainstream media’s ‘pragmatic moderate’ narrative about Kamala Harris They’re already trying to pretend she’s not a radical progressive. It’s up to us to get the truth out there. – JD Rucker
https://noqreport.com/2020/08/12/destroying-mainstream-medias-pragmatic-moderate-narrative-about-kamala-harris/
THE HILL
— Can the Fed reduce racial inequality? – SCOTT SUMNER (DIERSEN: To reduce racial inequality is a) to take opportunities away from Whites and b) to give those opportunities to minorities. My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on a) taking opportunities away from their employees who were White, Republican, conservative, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time b) giving those opportunities to their employees who were minority, Democrat, moderate, liberal, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/511687-can-the-fed-reduce-racial-inequality
CNN
— Black women with natural hairstyles are less likely to get job interviews – Jack Guy
http://www.wicz.com/story/42486958/black-women-with-natural-hairstyles-are-less-likely-to-get-job-interviews
NBC NEWS
— Experts are worried about a poll worker shortage. These students are recruiting young people to help. The project hoped to recruit 1,000 young people in its first month — after only three weeks, approximately 1,500 had signed up. – Kalhan Rosenblatt (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at young people, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/experts-are-worried-about-poll-worker-shortage-these-students-are-n1236548
MSNBC
— Trump returns to culture wars warning of suburban ‘invasion’ (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical hate-filled hypocritical Republican-haters who hypocritically flee the poverty and crime in Democrat areas and hypocritically move to Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there? How bad is the hypocritical Democrat invasion in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block?)
https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/trump-returns-to-culture-wars-warning-of-suburban-invasion-89987653938
CBS NEWS
— How “cancel culture” changed these three lives forever – TAYLOR MOONEY, JUSTIN SHERMAN (DIERSEN: Who takes/took the lead in canceling members of organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in canceling members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I should write a book about those who took the lead in canceling members of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cancel-culture-changed-lives-forever-cbsn-originals/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Google, Facebook and Others Broaden Group to Secure U.S. Election More tech companies met with government agencies on Wednesday to fight disinformation on social media. – Mike Isaac and Kate Conger (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and how they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/technology/google-facebook-coalition-us-election.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want teachers to use the “pandemic and uprisings” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/13/back-school-amid-pandemic-uprisings-gives-teachers-unique-opportunity/
NEW YORK POST
— Touting Kamala Harris as a moderate is a liberal dose of deception – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-being-moderate-is-a-liberal-dose-of-deception-devine/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Asian Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement – ZHUORAN YANG
https://highschool.latimes.com/the-literacy-guild/opinion-in-response-to-eileen-huangs-letter-to-the-chinese-community/
USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/13/how-immigration-helps-make-american-workers-businesses-thrive-column/3317897001/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cities Weigh Cutting Police Budgets and Discover How Hard That Is Officers’ pay is a large part of the spending and is often subject to collective bargaining. Pensions are locked in for years. Heather Gillers and Andrea Fuller (DIERSEN: To deal with Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-weigh-cutting-police-budgets-and-discover-how-hard-that-is-11597261079
ECONOMIST
— Smash and grab Chicago, civil unrest and inequality Is it ever legit to loot?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/15/chicago-civil-unrest-and-inequality
FORBES
— Ominous Warning In Spirit Case: Age Discrim. In Hiring May Be Legal – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2020/08/12/ominous-reminder-in-spirit-aerosystems-case-age-discrimination-in-hiring-may-be-perfectly-legal/
— Social Media Still Can’t Stop Election 2020 Misinformation – Peter Suciu (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and how they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/08/12/social-media-still-cant-stop-election-2020-misinformation/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call conservatives racists.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-biracial-heritage-has-thrown-conservatives-into-a-tailspin/
— Facebook Faces New Flashpoint With Trump Over Campaign To Push Voting By Mail – Isabel Togoh
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/08/13/facebook-faces-new-flashpoint-with-trump-over-campaign-to-push-voting-by-mail/
HARVARD POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, and Green party platforms are extremely anti-Christian.
https://harvardpolitics.com/culture/rethink-christian-vote/
NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred of police.
https://newrepublic.com/article/158725/fear-black-uprising-confronting-racist-policing
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
— Facebook to limit ‘imposter’ news sites from political groups (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “imposter news sites” that falsely claim to be nonpartisan, but promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/699896-facebook-to-limit-imposter-news-sites-from-political-groups