ABC7
— More Chicago looting suspect photos released by Chicago Police Department – Stacey Baca (DIERSEN: Democrats hint that they will stop protesting, looting, and rioting if Biden is elected. But wait, Democrats in Chicago did not stop protesting, looting, and rioting when Lightfoot was elected.
https://abc7chicago.com/more-looting-photos-released-by-chicago-police/6382425/
NBC5
— Democrats See Racism in GOP Mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’ “It is an effort to diminish her” – Sara Burnett
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/democrats-see-racism-in-gop-mispronunciations-of-kamala/2326665/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Demonstrators took to the streets near Loyola University Friday demanding the school cut ties with the CPD. Now, more protests are set for this weekend at UIC.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/demonstrators-demand-colleges-cut-ties-with-cpd
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The silence of Joe Biden and the Democrats on the violence in the cities – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-joe-biden-donald-trump-kass-20200821-scgqqgvjsreyth6bmhe566jycy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats steer those who have “physical, cognitive, mental and/or developmental disabilities” and “seniors, veterans and lower-income groups” to Naperville.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0823-20200821-7eu5tpg2szcwvp25fw62rzydhe-story.html
— State Sen. Terry Link resigns as Lake County Democratic chair following federal income tax evasion charge – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-sen-terry-link-resigns-party-post-20200821-pjn7mhnluzhunbsxoioicbvuyy-story.html
— Where to securely drop off your mail-in ballot in Chicago and the suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-cb-mail-in-ballot-secure-dropoff-chicago-20200821-lha3gy23kjdfppkpyq7nditru4-htmlstory.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot invokes Kent State shootings to oppose National Guard troops in Chicago after allies stall plan to seek state of emergency – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-national-guard-20200821-pwiyp7siafbm7nvoj4trzcui2u-story.html
— CTU allies bellyache as Catholic schools open – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-archdiocese-schools-reopen-20200821-tdckxzd75zfdtexcqrr2rttxdi-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Officials say suburban Cook County COVID-19 grouping ‘defies logic’ – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200821/officials-say-suburban-cook-county-covid-19-grouping-defies-logic
HERALD & REVIEW
— Naperville aiming for police diversity – MARIE WILSON (DIERSEN: Employers promote diversity a) by giving preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) by getting rid of those who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/affluent-chicago-suburb-aiming-for-police-diversity/article_e0624e81-6648-521d-8caa-0d2bc8aff3d6.html
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Challenges Continue for Democrats with Madigan – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=309372#.X0EC7Tp_OM8
FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden says he’d close the country if experts said to – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-says-hed-close-the-country-if-experts-said-to
CHICAGO PATCH
— CTU Bosses Demanding Hazard Pay For Teachers In Empty Classrooms CTU leaders want us to believe they’re fighting for kids when, behind closed doors, they want extra money for less teaching. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ctu-bosses-demanding-hazard-pay-teachers-empty-classrooms
OSWEGO PATCH
— Letter to editor about ethics reform by Senator Jim Oberweis Senator Oberweis questions the timing of the Senate Democrats’ ethics reforms
https://patch.com/illinois/oswego/letter-editor-ethics-reform-senator-jim-oberweis
WIREPOINTS
— These Words of Mayor Lori Lightfoot Should Echo Across America: ‘I Have A Right To Make Sure That My Home Is Secure’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/these-words-of-mayor-lori-lightfoot-should-echo-across-america-i-have-a-right-to-make-sure-that-my-home-is-secure-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS STOLEN AS STATE FAILS TO IMPLEMENT BASIC SECURITY – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-benefits-stolen-as-state-fails-to-implement-basic-security/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic Party’s ‘big tent’ won’t survive past the November election – Zachary Faria (DIERSEN: Democrats are one or more of the following: anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democratic-partys-big-tent-wont-survive-past-the-november-election
FOX NEWS
— Sarah Palin on media double standard: ‘I wouldn’t have prostituted myself … to garner better press’ Former Alaska gov says DNC platform ‘just so out of touch with the normal, average Americans’ – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-palin-media-double-standard-kamala-harris-dnc
— Sarah Palin says media treat Democratic candidates with kid gloves, describes her experience as VP nominee
https://news.yahoo.com/sarah-palin-says-media-treat-012044557.html
GOPUSA
— Marx, BLM And The Devil
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93669
— The Left-Wing War On America’s Suburbs – Star Parker
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93803
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Do You Have What It Takes to be Woke? There are some very strict rules you must follow. – Angela Kelley
https://amgreatness.com/2020/08/21/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-woke/
BREITBART
— Portland Rioters Target ICE Building: ‘Goal Right Now Is to Disrupt the Peace’ – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/21/portland-rioters-target-ice-building-goal-right-now-disrupt-peace/
FEDERALIST
— It’s Time For Cancel Culture To Hit The Northeast – David Marcus
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/21/its-time-for-cancel-culture-to-hit-the-northeast/
NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Does Biden’s Dirty Work by Pestering Pence: Hasn’t Trump ‘Cloaked America in Darkness?’ – Kyle Drennen
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2020/08/21/cbs-does-bidens-dirty-work-pestering-pence-hasnt-trump-cloaked
— Mike Pence Wipes Floor With Combative Biden Shill Stephanopoulos – Kristine Marsh
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2020/08/21/mike-pence-wipes-floor-combative-biden-shill-stephanopoulos
COLLEGE FIX
— Northwestern University has taken more than $340 million from just one Middle Eastern country – JAYLEM DUROUSSEAU
https://www.thecollegefix.com/northwestern-university-has-taken-more-than-340-million-from-just-one-middle-eastern-country/
LEADER & TIMES
— The left-wing war on America’s suburbs – Star Parker
https://liberalfirst.com/opinion/6452-the-left-wing-war-on-america%E2%80%99s-suburbs
THE HILL
— Trump to visit North Carolina on Monday as GOP convention begins – MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/513095-trump-to-visit-north-carolina-on-monday-as-gop-convention-begins
— Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/513201-tennessee-governor-signs-bill-increasing-punishments-for-certain
POLITICO
— Biden’s convention embraced racial justice. BLM leaders saw it as mostly lip service. Despite repeated talk of structural racism, Black Lives Matter activists want Democrats to “close the gap between symbolism and substance.” – LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and HOLLY OTTERBEIN (DIERSEN: To respond to BLM demands, will Biden promise to use the federal government a) to take money and opportunities away from Republicans and b) to give that money and those opportunities to Blacks? But wait, that is what the Democrats who run the federal government has been using Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to do since the 1960s.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/22/underneath-democratic-convention-a-deep-divide-between-blm-activists-and-biden-400065
CNN
— Democrats to stage week of counterprogramming to Republican convention – Dan Merica and Sarah Mucha (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/21/politics/democrats-republican-convention-plans/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Trump prepares pitch to voters ahead of Republican National Convention (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-prepares-pitch-to-voters-ahead-of-republican-national-convention/
MSN
— Democrats desperately push the ‘peaceful protesters’ delusion – Bernard Kerik
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-desperately-push-the-peaceful-protesters-delusion/ar-BB18eYsD?li=BBnb7Kz
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint that they will stop protesting, looting, and rioting if Biden is elected. But wait, Democrats in Chicago did not stop protesting, looting, and rioting when Lightfoot was elected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/opinion/biden-convention-trump-nomination.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use “Teenage Activists” to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/us/black-lives-matter-parents.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Radicals are hijacking the black dignity movement – MICHEL FAULKNER
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-radicals-are-hijacking-the-black-dignity-movement-20200822-k2e6xwijrbcnzjcla2hpsbyz6u-story.html
USA TODAY
— ‘Not an easy task’: GOP scrambles to finalize plans for convention amid COVID-19, venue changes, Trump input – Michael Collins, David Jackson, Courtney Subramanian (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/22/rnc-schedule-finalize-details-amid-chaos-trump-input/3410857001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters wand Biden to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/22/joe-biden-race-equality-dnc-speech-faith-works-column/3404145001/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— When the Stock Market and Economy Seem Disconnected Stocks have shaken off coronavirus shock, but that’s of little comfort to those without money to invest – Paul Vigna (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-stock-market-and-economy-seem-disconnected-11598002220
— Push to Defund the Police Faces Headwinds in Some Poor, Black Neighborhoods In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, some residents say they view protesters as outsiders unwilling to work to improve communities – Julie Wernau and Erin Ailworth
https://www.wsj.com/articles/push-to-defund-the-police-faces-headwinds-in-some-poor-black-neighborhoods-11598010936
— The Normalcy of Trump’s Republican Party His unusual personality obscures the GOP’s basic continuity and gradual pace of change. – Michael Barone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-normalcy-of-trumps-republican-party-11598047363
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Yale Threat Gives Trump a New Wedge Against Affirmative Action (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, a) to take money and opportunities away from Republicans and b) to give that money and those opportunities to Democrats and to RINOs.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/yale-threat-gives-trump-a-new-wedge-against-affirmative-action
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— As GOP convention nears, skirmishes break out in uptown between police, protesters – MICHAEL GORDON (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/rnc-2020/article245156560.html
FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— For the Republican convention, 2 cities, 3 Trumps and lots of law-and-order talk – BUD KENNEDY (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article244971290.html
