ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 3,003 cases, 8 deaths – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10969497/
CBS2
— Heat And Masks Without Air Conditioning Make For Miserable Return To School In Will County – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/19/crete-monee-schools-air-conditioning-covid-19-masks/
FOX32
— Schools in Crete, Monee closed Monday and Tuesday due to excessive heat
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/schools-in-crete-monee-closed-monday-and-tuesday-due-to-excessive-heat
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COVID-19 vaccines to be required for Chicago city workers, Mayor Lightfoot says; will follow mandates for Cook County and some state employees – RICK PEARSON and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-covid-pfizer-vaccine-illinois-20210823-hxbme5wtbnhbfcbjt3oyz5xbxm-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Onetime Kinzinger challenger Leona Di Amore confirms her campaign is on hold – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210823/onetime-kinzinger-challenger-confirms-her-campaign-is-on-hold
HERALD WHIG
— Democrats, Republicans rally at Illinois State Fair as redistricting fight heats up
https://www.whig.com/news/capitol-recap-democrats-republicans-rally-at-illinois-state-fair-as-redistricting-fight-heats-up/article_a7108d86-0415-11ec-ac60-ef3b5bf592bc.html
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Citizen Gun Rights More Restrictive Than Those Of The Taliban – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/08/illinois-citizen-gun-rights-more-restrictive-than-those-of-the-taliban/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SCHIMPF REACTS TO PRITZKER’S SIGNING OF BILL AUTHORIZING SEX EDUCATION AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/schimpf-reacts-to-pritzkers-signing-of-bill-authorizing-sex-education-as-early-as-kindergarten.html
— GARY RABINE: GOVERNOR PRITZKER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gary-rabine-governor-pritzker-should-be-ashamed-of-himself.html
— GOV. PRITZKER SIGNS INTO LAW TWO CONTROVERSIAL SEX ED BILLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gov-pritzker-signed-two-controversial-sex-ed-bills-friday-night.html
— BECKMAN: DISGRACEFUL, BUT NOT SURPRISING, DEBACLE IN AFGHANISTAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/beckman-disgraceful-but-not-surprising-debacle-in-afghanistan.html
— “Walking conflict of interest” *** McConchie appoints Jeremy Margolis to Legislative Ethics Commission
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/23/mcconchie-appoints-jeremy-margolis-to-legislative-ethics-commission/
CAPITOL FAX
— Legislative redistricting committees to hold at least seven hearings this week
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/23/legislative-redistricting-committees-to-hold-at-least-seven-hearings-this-week/
— Campaign roundup: GOP recruitment; Remap; South Side
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/23/campaign-roundup-gop-recruitment-remap-south-side/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/23/covid-19-roundup-93/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s twin catastrophes put U.S. in the terrorists’ crosshairs – Deroy Murdock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/23/bidens-twin-catastrophes-put-us-in-the-terrorists-/
— Mandates begin in earnest after full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/23/mandates-begin-earnest-after-full-fda-approval-pfi/
FOX NEWS
— MSNBC column: Parents ‘fueling’ rise in violence against educators over masks. ‘The past few months of parent protests have taken a darker, more violent turn,’ the column claimed. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-column-parents-violence-educators-masks-vaccines
BREITBART
— Taliban Threatens Joe Biden: Stay in Afghanistan Past August and Suffer ‘Consequences’ – FRANCES MARTEL
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/23/taliban-threatens-joe-biden-stay-in-afghanistan-past-august-and-suffer-consequences/
FEDERALIST
— One Year After Deadly Race Riots, Kenosha, Wisconsin Is Still Picking Up The Pieces. ‘If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.’ – Evita Duffy
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/23/one-year-after-deadly-race-riots-kenosha-wisconsin-is-still-picking-up-the-pieces/
— Biden’s Weakness Will Result In Aggression. Here Are 4 Likely Foreign Policy Scenarios. Weakness invites aggression, so we should prepare for a tumultuous fall on the world stage. Here’s what to watch for. – Morgan Wirthlin
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/23/bidens-weakness-will-result-in-aggression-here-are-4-likely-foreign-policy-scenarios/
— Educrats Are Panicking As Their Extremism Alienates More Families. These events at the beginning of a new school year indicate one thing: the educational establishment in this country is losing its grip on power and running scared. – Robert Busek
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/23/educrats-are-panicking-as-their-extremism-alienates-more-families/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Twitter Run Account Posts 6 TIMES More Leftist News Than Conservative. – Gabriela Pariseau and Alec Schemmel
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2021/08/23/twitter-run-account-posts-6-times-more-leftist-news
EPOCH TIMES
— Social Media, Schools, and the Secret Rise of Transgender Children: The New ‘Social Contagion’ – Patricia Tolson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/social-media-schools-and-the-secret-rise-of-transgender-children-the-new-social-contagion_3950684.html
THE HILL
— Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt formally exonerated – REBECCA BEITSCH
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/569017-capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-formally-exonerated
NBC NEWS
— School Covid mask rules have sparked parent-teacher violence. We can’t ignore it. The teacher is now viewed by a small, loud contingent not as a public servant but as a public enemy. – Anne Lutz Fernandez
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/school-covid-mask-rules-have-sparked-parent-teacher-violence-we-ncna1277415
WASHINGTON POST
— Corporate America’s $50 billion promise. A Post analysis of racial justice pledges after George Floyd’s death reveals the limits of corporate power to effect change. – Tracy Jan, Jena McGregor, and Meghan Hoyer (COMMENT: In 1971, instead of fighting EEOC, Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That resulted in a) Oldsmobile withdrawing a job offer that I had accepted, b) Firestone firing me for accepting that offer, and c) my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/george-floyd-corporate-america-racial-justice/
— Nikki Haley: America must not recognize the Taliban – Nikki Haley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/22/nikki-haley-america-must-not-recognize-taliban/
NEWS JOURNAL
— Alarming trends toward socialism – George Cook, Wilmington
https://www.wnewsj.com/opinion/letters/175916/alarming-trends-toward-socialism
SALON
— COMMENT: Conservative-haters promote masks.
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/23/why-conservatives-embrace-anti-mask-talking-points-as-covid-surges-again_partner/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Afghanistan: Get Americans Out First, Voters Say
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/afghanistan/afghanistan_get_americans_out_first_voters_say
