FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois GOP urges focus on policies, not personalities during party’s day at State Fair. – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/15/illinois-gop-urges-focus-on-policies-not-personalities-during-partys-day-at-state-fair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans used their day at the State Fair Thursday to blame Democrats for crime, inflation and tax increases while urging a focus on policies, not personality as they head into a November election with a ticket led by presidential nominee Donald Trump, who twice has been overwhelmingly rejected by the state’s voters. New Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi opened a morning meeting by declaring the party will be unified and “will win in November 2024,” while subtly acknowledging the uphill battle for a party that has lost traction with the state’s electorate. “We’re on a mission to elect Trump fans and everyone down ticket,” Salvi told an audience of about 80 people at a joint meeting of the state party’s State Central Committee and County Chair’s Association. “So we’ve got to figure out a way to bring people together. There’s no better way to do that than bridging these gaps.” With Republicans becoming the party of Trump, winning back suburban areas that once consistently carried GOP candidates to victory will be a daunting task. The former president suffered 17-percentage point losses in Illinois during the 2016 and 2020 elections, pushing the state GOP into further irrelevance. Democrats, who hold their national convention in Chicago next week, control all three branches of state government, 14 of the state’s 17 congressional seats and both U.S. Senate seats. Republicans at the fair downplayed Trump’s influence on down-ballot races in recent years, blaming the Democrats for drawing gerrymandered maps in their favor that were then signed by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker. Republicans also blamed Pritzker for pushing through hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increases in the current state budget and continuing to provide state funding for the influx of migrants coming into the Chicago area from the southern U.S. border. “So, taxes, cost of living, crime, corruption. The most corrupt state in the nation,” Illinois Senate Republican leader John Curran of Downers Grove said in an interview before the GOP’s afternoon programming at the state fairgrounds. “This is what Gov. Pritzker’s Democratic allies have brought to Illinois.” After a slight rain delay, a couple of hundred people gathered for a GOP rally on the director’s lawn of the fairgrounds, where Salvi basted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as a “trainwreck.” “Think about that convention. They’re about to nominate somebody who didn’t get one single vote,” Salvi said, referring to how Harris was handed the nomination after President Joe Biden quit the race. “What about democracy? You know, in a lot of countries, that would be called a coup! But do you hear anything about that? Nothing. Nada. Crickets. Well, that’s something that we could communicate.” Illinois House Republican leader Tony McCombie of Savanna told the crowd the Democratic Party “wants to destroy small business, hurt our most vulnerable and make families feel that they need to be reliant on government for everything.” “Democrats have been working for years to try to convince the people of Illinois and our nation that the Republican Party does not believe in democracy. But yet, Democrats want noncitizens and felons, I’m sorry, I mean justice-impacted individuals to vote,” McCombie said. Her quip alluded to a new state law championed by progressive Democrats that changes terminology for people convicted of felonies if they’re part of a special diversion program. McCombie did not mention that Trump was convicted of felonies earlier this year in his hush money trial in New York, though his sentencing was postponed after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled former presidents have broad immunity for “official” acts. The former president has two other cases pending, both involving charges that he plotted to steal the 2020 election win from Biden. McCombie said the November election wasn’t just about a presidential race but also about the governor’s race in 2026. While a few Republicans have expressed interest in possibly running, Pritzker has not said whether he will seek a third term. “Our turnout in this race will be instrumental in determining the future leadership for Illinois,” McCombie said. “This election cycle is about us. It’s about us showing up.” Illinois Republicans’ once winning statewide platform of moderation on social issues and fiscal conservatism has gradually been scuttled by a growing embrace of social conservatism, including opposition to gay rights and abortion. After the Thursday morning meeting, Myles Nelson, a GOP committeeman from the Metro East area of Illinois outside St. Louis, said for the state party to make inroads in blue Illinois, it has to convince voters to focus on policies instead of personalities. “We have to focus on the issues that bring those moderates and independents in the suburbs back to us, crime, corruption, costs of living. Go to the grocery store. Go to the gas pump. Everyone is feeling it,” said Nelson, a Trump delegate at last month’s GOP convention in Milwaukee. “And what the people of northern Illinois have to know is that Donald Trump’s policies were right.” Niki Conforti, a Republican who is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten for his congressional seat in the Chicago suburbs, agreed that focusing on the issues is what should help the GOP regain the support it has lost over the years in the suburbs. “The crime, the cost of living, inflation, those are the issues that people are worried about today and it’s going to drive our people to the polls,” Conforti said. “We didn’t lose it overnight and we’re not going to win it back overnight. But we can make strides with each election cycle and take it back.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) call those who oppose illegal immigration 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.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/study-reveals-anti-immigrant-speeches-sway-voters-based-on-rhetoric-and-not-lived-experiences/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/08/joyful-musical-the-prom-sheds-light-on-serious-topics/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s a look at protests planned during Chicago’s DNC. DNC-related protests and gatherings start Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/16/democratic-national-convention-chicago-protests
— Chicago’s deadbeat migrant landlords get millions from City Hall despite tax troubles, other government debts. Remo Polselli went to prison for cheating on his federal taxes and then has had more tax problems with the IRS. Yet City Hall has spent $28 million to shelter migrants at two buildings owned by the Michigan landlord, the Sun-Times found. He’s one of two shelter landlords getting tax money despite owing the government. – Tim Novak and Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/08/16/migrant-shelters-deadbeat-landlords-remo-polselli-scott-goodman-irs-chicago-equitable-social-solutions-reloshare
— Poor People’s Army plans to march to ‘front doors’ of the DNC next week — but not ‘to cause a ruckus. The Philadelphia-based group was granted a permit to march during the Democratic National Convention on a technicality. The city of Chicago failed to respond to the application within its own 10-day deadline. – Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/15/poor-peoples-army-chicago-dnc-democratic-national-convention-milwaukee
— Indian Independence Day celebrations should be free of Hindu nationalism. Most Indian Americans simply have no interest in promoting Hindu nationalism. We must educate our communities as we celebrate Indian Independence Day over the next few days. – Rasheed Ahmed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/08/15/india-indian-independence-day-hindu-nationalism-muslims-minoriries-narendra-modi-rasheed-ahmed
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/tim-walz-jd-vance-donald-trump-masculinity-childless-cat-lady-women-attacks-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/donald-trump-mental-issues-lost-his-marbles-republicans-kamala-harris-helicopter-ride-gene-lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/08/16/political-division-polarization-protect-mental-health-nami-chicago-alexa-james
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow that Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument and that The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P. What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240815/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-monument-recognizing-1908-springfield-race-riot-an-important-way-to-remember-a/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Northern Illinois University stares down a huge deficit. – Brandon Dupré
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/another-illinois-university-stares-down-huge-deficit
ABC7
— Democrats crow that “Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument. The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.” What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/15192500/
— Chicago mayor pens letter to President Biden asking for help to stop violence. – Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones and Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pens-letter-president-joe-biden-asking-help-stop-violence/15190814/
CBS2
— Groups continue legal battle with city of Chicago over protests at DNC. Permits to protest have been approved, but the group said the city is imposing restrictions they believe are in place to silence them. – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/groups-continue-legal-battle-with-city-of-chicago-over-protests-at-dnc/
— Palestinian Community Network fights permit restrictions during Chicago’s DNC. – Asal Rezaei, Sabrina Franza, Elyssa Kaufman
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/group-to-fight-restrictions-on-protests-during-chicagos-dnc/
FOX32
— Chicago prepares for DNC protests as demonstrators slam city restrictions
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1501775
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for electric vehicles.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/16/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-could-mean-for-electric-vehicles/
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://daily-journal.com/opinion/guest-viewpoint-laughter-where-does-it-exist-in-trump-s-world/article_45669b46-597d-11ef-b01e-17f82469a6a9.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Many musicians object to Trump using their songs, here’s how they do it. – AP (COMMENT: What do hate-filled Trump-hating musicians think of you?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/many-musicians-object-to-trump-using-their-songs-heres-how-they-do-it/
25 NEWS NOW
— Peoria advocacy group Peoria for Palestine criticizes LaHood after he says, ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’ – Sela Estill
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/08/15/peoria-advocacy-group-criticizes-lahood-after-he-says-israel-has-right-defend-itself/
CITIES 92.9
— Democrats run the naturalization process. Anticipate/expect that new citizens vote for Democrats.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/08/15/nearly-200-people-become-naturalized-citizens-at-illinois-fair/
SIU
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://diversity.siu.edu/diversity-week/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Palestinians Promise Largest Protests Ever As DNC Descends On Chicago. The protesters have a lot of power behind them. Cook County is home the largest Palestinian population in the country. – Melody Mercado
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/15/palestinians-promise-largest-protests-ever-as-dnc-descends-on-chicago/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-349/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from voters who are the following, candidates in Illinois promise to use government to give them even more preference: those who have less money than others and/or are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. Ever-increasingly, they promise to give those voters a) more DEI, that is, more patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination and/or b) more government assistance, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and/or further diminishment of Second Amendment rights. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates in Illinois paint themselves as being Democrat Lite if not anti-Trump if not anti-conservative and fail/refuse to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Of course, Democrat candidates in Illinois are overjoyed about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Evanston teacher hasn’t shown she was harmed by D65’s ‘anti-racism’ policies, programs (COMMENT: If had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples of how my Democrat GAO superiors harmed me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/662728812-judge-evanston-teacher-hasn-t-shown-she-was-harmed-by-d65-s-anti-racism-policies-programs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge has tossed, for now, a lawsuit accusing an Evanston school district of illegally promoting racial division and discrimination within their schools through “anti-racism” policies and curriculum, as the judge said the white middle school teacher who brought the action has yet to show that she has been personally harmed by the district’s actions. On Aug. 9, U.S. District Judge John Tharp Jr. dismissed the legal action brought by plaintiff Stacy Deemar against Evanston/Skokie District 65. The dismissal was without prejudice, meaning the judge is giving Deemar an opportunity to revise her lawsuit and perhaps address the shortcomings identified by the judge in her legal pleadings. The dismissal order comes after nearly three years of proceedings in federal court in the action.)
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s unemployment rate is the highest of America’s 50 biggest metro areas
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-unemployment-rate-is-the-highest-of-americas-50-biggest-metro-areas-bls/
— Illinois lawmakers do something right, banning legacy admissions in public higher education. (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-do-something-right-banning-legacy-admissions-in-public-higher-education-wirepoints-quickpoint/
JOHN KASS
— The Soros Sisters: Kim and Kamala
https://johnkassnews.com/the-soros-sisters-kim-and-kamala/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago has more public pension debt than 43 states. – Ravi Mishra
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-has-more-public-pension-debt-than-43-states/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas, Heritage Foundation sue to stop Biden administration’s ‘transgender mandate’ in workplace. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/15/texas-heritage-foundation-sue-to-stop-biden-admini/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Apple’s ‘woke’ racism gets exposed. – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3122404/apples-woke-racism-gets-exposed/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pharmacy protests may be more about Walmart than Walgreens. – John Pisciotta
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/pharmacy_protests_may_be_more_about_walmart_than_walgreens.html
BREITBART
— Democratic National Convention Party Week Kicks Off with ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Stars. – David Ng
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/08/15/democratic-national-convention-party-week-kicks-off-with-rupauls-drag-race-stars/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Biden-Harris ‘Root Causes’ Strategy, Decoded. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/BidenHarris-Root-Causes-Strategy-Decoded-0
CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans call for enhanced northern border security as Gazans flock to Canada. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_93e09c26-5b4f-11ef-ac49-272d1253f849.amp.html
— Harris wants to abolish agency that detains violent foreign nationals in US. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dfda3dac-5b00-11ef-8f99-670c89cb7b32.html
CHARLIE KIRK
— Kamala the Communist Wants Soviet-Style Grocery Stores.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/kamala-the-communist-wants-soviet-style-grocery-st
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Nonprofits Coached On How To ‘Tweak Language’ To Avoid Being Sued For Racial Discrimination. – ROBERT SCHMAD
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/15/liberal-nonprofits-coached-weak-language-avoid-sued-racial-discrimination/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Kamala Harris on Snob Hill. – Terence Jeffrey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-on-snob-hill/
— DEI Policies ‘Offensive’ to Military Members Who Just Want to Be Trained as Leaders. – Sarah Holliday
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/15/expert-dei-policies-are-offensive-service-members-who-want-trained-leaders/
DAILY WIRE
— Dozens Of Hollywood Stars Flocking To Chicago For DNC – Katie Jerkovich
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dozens-of-hollywood-stars-flocking-to-chicago-for-dnc
FEDERALIST
— Thousands Of Noncitizens On U.S. Voter Rolls Assure Americans The Next Election Will Be Unsafe And Unfair. – Ben Weingarten
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/15/thousands-of-noncitizens-on-u-s-voter-rolls-assure-americans-the-next-election-will-be-unsafe-and-unfair/
FOX NEWS
— Israeli American Council denied right to rally in Chicago near DNC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6360477076112
— Democrats demand diversity over everything else, but it’s our fault for noticing. Democrats don’t like being exposed. – Greg Gutfeld (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the faster that Democrats and RINOs use DEI to rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-dems-demand-diversity-over-everything-else-its-our-fault-noticing
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Red-Green Alliance Is Bringing Mayhem To The DNC and Campuses. Our Op-Ed in The NY Post: “Driving Zionists out of the Democratic Party goes hand in hand with driving Zionists off campus and creating Jew-free zones. Many of the groups behind the March on the DNC are leaders in the campus anti-Zionist purge.” – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were Democrats. They were either Jewish or anti-Jewish. My anti-Jewish GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates never forgave me for my volunteering to work for a GS-15 (currently $160,458-$191,900/year) Jewish manager 1990 -1997. They certainly did not come to my defense when she forced me to take early retirement in 1997.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/the-red-green-alliance-is-bringing-mayhem-to-the-dnc-and-campuses/
MRC TV
— Taliban Parades Around U.S Weapons to Celebrate Anniversary of Re-Taking Afghanistan. – Justine Brooke Murray
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/justine-brooke-murray/taliban-parades-around-us-weapons-celebrate-anniversary-re-taking
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Denies Anti-Israel Protesters’ Requests for Stage, Sound System during DNC. – David Zimmermann
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chicago-denies-anti-israel-protesters-requests-for-stage-sound-system-during-dnc/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats say “GOP leaders push House members to raise more cash to combat Harris enthusiasm.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4830561-gop-house-fundraising-harris/
— The Democrat Party exists to get more and more and more preference for those who are the following who vote for Democrats. minorities, females, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, illegals, etc.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4792729-kamala-harris-dei-backlash/
REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How Trump’s intimidation tactics have reshaped the Republican Party.”
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-trump-purge/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats cheer Evanston’s reparation program. How soon will the Democrats and the RINOs who run your municipality force you to pay reparations?
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/illinois-city-fights-lawsuit-on-reparations-program-for-black-americans-217272901578
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats crow that “Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument. The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.” What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/politics/biden-springfield-race-riot-monument.html
— The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream news media are arms of the Democrat Party that exist to elect Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/kamala-harris-biden-reagan.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/abortion-harris-trump.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, all elected officials and party leaders in America will be Democrats or RINOs who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Far too many of the aforesaid blame all their problems on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/15/black-women-take-helm-dnc/74731276007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Political Movement—Literally. A nonprofit urges liberals to relocate to swing districts or vote from vacation homes. – Matthew O. Skrod (COMMENT: When Illinois Republicans vote from their out-of-state second homes to vote for Trump, down ballot Republican candidates lose.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-political-movementl-literally-nonprofit-urges-liberals-move-to-swing-districts-ecd6721b
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/here-are-most-common-anti-dei-legal-cases-right-now-what-you-need-know-about-them.html
