August 20 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Diversity, why are we here? Ways in which diversity programs win and fail – Tanjia Coleman
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. While I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always been under tremendous pressure to recruit, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210819/diversity-why-are-we-here-ways-in-which-diversity-programs-win-and-fail

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Black, Latino Pritzker campaign workers fall short on racial discrimination claims – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/606758000-judge-black-latino-pritzker-campaign-workers-fall-short-on-racial-discrimination-claims

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— TRUMP LOOMS OVER FAIR DAY — DAVIS, LaHOOD AWAIT THE REMAP — PRITZKER WAS TRENDING – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/08/20/trump-looms-over-fair-day-davis-lahood-await-the-remap-pritzker-was-trending-494062

WIREPOINTS
— Another failure of Illinois pensions: “Retired” Illinois superintendent with $230,000 annual pension double dips with $300,000 salary in Texas. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingne
https://wirepoints.org/another-failure-of-illinois-pensions-retired-illinois-superintendent-with-230000-annual-pension-double-dips-with-300000-salary-in-texas-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hobby Lobby Loses Right to Maintain Sex-Separate Bathrooms – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/hobby-lobby-loses-right-to-maintain-sex-separate-bathrooms/

CAPITOL FAX
— Paul Palazzolo’s full comments (again, many Republicans visibly uncomfortable with this) – Hannah Meisel
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/20/todays-quotable-198/
(RICH MILLER: The material, if anything, is based on what Bob Hope would have done 20-30 years ago. If we believe that Bob Hope is cancelable, I’m really concerned about our country. Bob Hope was a comedian who was able to gently rib, you know, all parties and all people, whether it was Lyndon Johnson, or Richard Nixon or John F Kennedy, or George HW Bush. Bob Hope was an American first, and he gently ribbed those who were in power.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump would beat Biden in 2020 election do-over, new poll shows. President dips below 50% approval in daily tracking polls for first time. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/trump-would-beat-biden-2020-election-do-over-new-p/
— Evacuation proceeds, but fears of Taliban reprisal soar. U.N. assessment predicts targeting of old regime supporters. – Guy Taylor
(COMMENT: Expect that as the Democrat majority increases in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, Democrats will target Republicans for reprisal.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/evacuation-proceeds-fears-taliban-reprisal-soar/
— U.S. press steps up for Afghan journalists – Jennifer Harper
(COMMENT: Everyone in Illinois sees how the following treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Republican elected and appointed officials who represent my precinct, Republican candidates, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, and those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/inside-beltway-us-press-steps-afghan-journalists/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on college campuses distract from education – Cherise Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts-on-college-campuses-distract-from-education
— Twitter declines to classify Taliban as ‘violent organization’ despite tweets celebrating mass killings – Timothy Nerozzi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-declines-classify-taliban-terrorist-organization
— Biden wants everyone to move on from Afghanistan now – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-wants-everyone-to-move-on-from-afghanistan-now

FOX NEWS
— Air Force Academy requires students to watch ‘inclusion’ training video promoting BLM. The video suggests three responses to a situation, all of which are supportive of Black Lives Matter – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/air-force-academy-requires-students-students-to-watch-inclusion-training-video-promoting-blm
— ‘The Ingraham Angle’ on Biden’s career leading up to crisis in Afghanistan
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/the-ingraham-angle-on-bidens-career-leading-up-to-the-crisis-in-afghanistan
— Victor Davis Hanson: Critical race theory leads Nevada judge to acquit illegal alien because law was ‘racist’ Judge Miranda Du tossed the U.S. government’s case against Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-critical-race-theory-nevada-judge-illegal-alien
— Internal State Department cable warned Blinken of pending Afghanistan collapse. Officials at the US embassy in Kabul sent the memo through the department’s confidential dissent channel. – Caitlin McFall , Rich Edson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/internal-state-department-cable-warned-blinken-of-pending-afghanistan-collapse

FOX BUSINESS
— Bank of America, Lowe’s sponsored CRT training urging Whites to ‘cede power to people of color’ United Way training urged employees to get ‘woke at work’ – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bank-of-america-lowes-sponsored-crt-training

AMERICAN TINKER
— The Afghanistan Debacle is Exactly What the Left Wanted – Christopher Skeet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/the_afghanistan_debacle_is_exactly_what_the_left_wanted.html
— How Big Is the Angry Majority? – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/how_big_is_the_angry_majority.html
— CRT: America’s Cultural Revolution – Scott S. Powell
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/crt_americas_cultural_revolution.html
— Biden exhibits classic dementia symptoms – Terry Paulding
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/biden_exhibits_classic_dementia_symptoms.html
— The Taliban are conquerors in their own land – Abraham H. Miller
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_taliban_is_a_conqueror_in_its_own_land.html
— Democrats are making war – Alan P. Halbert
(COMMENT: Democrats have declared war on Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/democrats_are_making_war.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ultimately, the facts on the ground make it look as if the Democrats, with Joe Biden leading the charge, are making war against ordinary patriotic Americans and against America itself. God help us.)
— Derrick Wilburn speaks out against Critical Race Theory – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/our_own_derrick_wilburn_speaks_out_against_critical_race_theory.html

BREITBART
— Poll: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Approval Rating Tanks as Violent Crime Rises – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/cpoll-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-approval-rating-tanks-as-violent-crime-rises/
— CNN’s Mudd: ‘Pathetic’ State Department Can’t Confirm How Many Americans Remain in Kabul – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/cnns-mudd-pathetic-state-department-cant-confirm-how-many-americans-remain-in-kabul/
— Blue State Blues: It Will Take a Generation to Rebuild America’s Deterrent – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/blue-state-blues-it-will-take-a-generation-to-rebuild-americas-deterrent/
— Majority of Voters Don’t Believe Joe Biden Will Finish First Term – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/nolte-majority-voters-dont-believe-biden-will-finish-first-term/

BLAZE
— Taliban reportedly going ‘door-to-door’ looking for Christians to kill them – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/taliban-door-to-door-killing-christians

DAILY CALLER
— Politicians, World Leaders Politely Ask The Taliban To Respect Women’s Rights – BRADLEY DEVLIN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/19/taliban-human-rights-women-girls-joe-biden-nancy-pelosi/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Critical Race Theory Promotes Discrimination – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/critical-race-theory-promotes-discrimination/
— ‘Latinx’ Is Unpopular With Actual Latin Americans, Poll Shows – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/latinx-is-unpopular-with-actual-latin-americans-poll-shows/
— A Shameful Attack on Conservatives for Supporting Afghan Women – Kelsey Bolar
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/a-shameful-attack-on-conservatives-for-supporting-afghan-women/

DAILY WIRE
— America’s 250th Birthday Will Be A ‘Commemoration,’ Not ‘Celebration’ In Virginia Because Leftists Don’t Think It’s Worth Celebrating. Event should be oriented around liberal priorities because “because [conservatives are] all in anyway.” – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-liberals-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating

NEWSMAX
— Critics Balk at CRT Training Video at Air Force Academy – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/us/critical-race-theory-military-air-force-academy/2021/08/19/id/1033050/
— Pennsylvania School Board Bans Critical Race Theory – Jeffrey Rodack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/critical-race-pennsylvania-ban/2021/08/19/id/1033006/
— James Madison University Trains Students That Christians, White Males Are ‘Oppressors’ – Jack Gournell
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/privilege-white/2021/08/19/id/1033084/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Cowardly Biden Hides From the Press on Afghanistan – Tim Graham
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2021/08/20/column-cowardly-biden-hides-press-afghanistan

FEDERALIST
— Psychiatrist Sally Satel: ‘Very Concerned’ About Critical Race Theory Infiltrating Mental Health Care – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/19/psychiatrist-sally-satel-very-concerned-about-critical-race-theory-infiltrating-mental-health-care/
— Leftists Are Living In A Fantasy World While Burning The Real One To The Ground. Adding extreme social leftism to the usual political greed and stupidity has been catastrophic, from the military to education to border security. – Nathanael Blake
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/19/leftists-are-living-in-a-fantasy-world-while-burning-the-real-one-to-the-ground/

PJ MEDIA
— Air Force Academy Cadets Forced to Watch BLM Video – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/08/19/air-force-academy-cadets-forced-to-watch-blm-video-n1471023

COLLEGE FIX
— After threat of lawsuit, Princeton seminary excused student from ‘whiteness is sin’ anti-racism training – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-threat-of-lawsuit-princeton-seminary-excused-student-from-whiteness-is-sin-anti-racism-training/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Taliban going house-to-house and hanging those who worked with US. We left them a map, says North – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/taliban-going-house-to-house-and-hanging-those-who-worked-with-us-we-left-them-a-map-says-north-1121528/
— Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/19/taliban-parade-two-men-through-streets-with-blackened-faces-and-nooses-around-necks-1121017/
— Biden admin continues to tell fleeing Americans to pay their way out of Afghanistan, hours after telling the press otherwise
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/biden-admin-continues-to-tell-fleeing-americans-to-pay-their-way-out-of-afghanistan-hours-after-telling-the-press-otherwise-1121584/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Employees in One Missouri School District Sue Over ‘Equity Training,’ Claiming it’s Unconstitutional. “claims she had to affirm statements she disagreed with in order to progress in the mandatory training” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/employees-in-one-missouri-school-district-sue-over-equity-training-claiming-its-unconstitutional/
— Afghani Women Protest Against the Taliban Amid Crackdown. Where are the feminists? Afghani women face actual oppression unlike the fake oppression women supposedly endure in America. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/afghani-women-protest-against-the-taliban-amid-crackdown/
— Investigation: Increasing Push For “Prioritizing Non-Whites for Medical Care to Compensate for Historical Wrongs” Real Clear Investigations: “Doctors are questioning the concept of colorblindness in patient care as a racist holdover that benefits white people.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/investigation-increasing-push-in-medicine-for-prioritizing-non-whites-for-medical-care-to-compensate-for-historical-wrongs/

EPOCH TIMES
— US Black Hawk Helicopters Captured by Taliban as ‘Horrified’ Senators Demand DOD Audit – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/billions-of-dollars-in-us-weapons-aircraft-likely-seized-by-taliban_3956556.html

THE HILL
— School boards become ground zero for country’s culture wars – JULIA MANCHESTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/568428-school-boards-become-ground-zero-for-countrys-culture-wars

REUTERS
— Taliban are rounding up Afghans on blacklist
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have me on their blacklists. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, conservative leaders, religious leaders, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, and those who I have sued.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-are-rounding-up-afghans-blacklist-private-intel-report-2021-08-19/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hunted by the Taliban, U.S.-Allied Afghan Forces Are in Hiding – Matthew Rosenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-usa.html

NEW YORK POST
— Toddlers are racist … and other insights from Bank of America’s woke training – Christopher F. Rufo
https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/toddlers-are-racist-and-other-insights-from-woke-bank-of-america-training/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Wealthy politicians happy to push divisive narratives
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/cng-ho-letters-0819-20210820-etxobeg6cfge3m4fhzpewypdci-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Should Military Officers Be Chosen by Race? An admiral’s revealing remark about naval promotion. – Harry Jackson
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. While I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always been under tremendous pressure to recruit, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-officers-affirmative-action-identity-politics-diversity-and-inclusion-national-security-11629402318
— Selling Luxury Goods in a More Socialist China Becomes a Problem. A speech on wealth inequality by the country’s president has wiped 60 billion euros off the value of Europe’s top luxury stocks. – Carol Ryan
(COMMENT: What luxury goods have you bought? According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, luxury goods that I bought included a) new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. b) real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, c) tuition and books 1966-1980 and 1992-1997, d) collector cars in 1989 and 1994, and e) real estate that my wife and I bought in 1978 and 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/selling-luxury-goods-in-a-more-socialist-china-becomes-a-problem-11629378116

FORBES
— Sen. Marco Rubio Called Out YouTube’s Streaming Service For Silencing Conservatives
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/08/19/sen-marco-rubio-called-out-youtubes-streaming-service-for-silencing-conservatives/

BLOOMBERG
— Next China: Wealth Redistribution in an Economy for Common Prosperity
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors who were most furious a) that IRS hired me in 1971 instead of a Black and b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of Blacks. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who were most furious a) that GAO hired me in 1980 instead of a Black, b) that GAO promoted me in 1986 instead of a Black, and c) that GAO did not get rid of me sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-20/next-china-wealth-redistribution-in-an-economy-for-common-prosperity

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.