ABC7
— Chicago cites 20 businesses for mask mandate violations
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-cites-20-businesses-for-mask-mandate-violations/10989924/
CBS2
— Massive School Bus Driver Shortage At CPS Had Family Spending $36 For Student’s 9-Mile Lyft Ride Home – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/30/chicago-public-schools-bus-driver-shortage-lyft-ride/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police academy to churn out conveyor belt of classes to fill 877 sworn police vacancies. By July 31, 640 Chicago Police officers already had put in their retirement papers this year. Budget Director Susie Park told aldermen on Monday she expects that attrition rate to rise to 725 officers by year’s end. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: IRS and GAO provide their employees with lots of training. All of the first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was classroom and on-the-job training.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/30/22648954/chicago-police-vacancies-officer-retirements-academy-recruits-overtime-training-covid
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Dems tweak legislative maps again. Illinois lawmakers are expected to vote later this week on district boundaries that have changed from those approved in May. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-legislative-maps-change-again-vote-coming-later-week
— This new law means a windfall for Illinois taxpayers. A major tax break Pritzker quietly signed into a law targets the unpopular SALT cap. Here’s who benefits and who doesn’t. – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/major-illinois-tax-break-becomes-law
NPR ILLINOIS
— Advocacy Groups Claim Deja Vu And GOP Hopes For Major Court Intervention – Hannah Meisel
https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2021-08-31/dems-forge-ahead-with-redistricting-redo-while-community-advocacy-groups-claim-deja-vu-and-gop-hopes-for-major-court-intervention
FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois ranks among ’10 least hard-working states’ – Tiffany Hudson
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-ranks-among-10-least-hard-working-states/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Hundreds of Afghans refugees coming to Illinois after Taliban takeover – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: How many Afghan refugees have the following secretly agreed to accept: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your church? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, teach them English, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.? Of course, Democrats will do everything that they can to make them hate Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/hundreds-of-afghans-refugees-coming-to-illinois-after-taliban-takeover/article_e8c785f0-09be-11ec-b93d-db865c99d9f6.html
— County judge enjoins Illinois school from excluding student without quarantine order – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/county-judge-enjoins-illinois-school-from-excluding-student-without-quarantine-order/article_d50bf4e6-09dd-11ec-82fa-5f116ffeb62e.html
— Illinois taxpayers on the hook for pension double-dippers – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Of course, because I got both Social Security and Civil Service Retirement System full-time credit while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and driving new cars (1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) while my peers were dying in Vietnam, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-pension-double-dippers/article_37233406-09d3-11ec-b4ef-cbf22cd17503.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative politics after Afghanistan. Americans need to vote not only on domestic issues, but foreign policy as well. – James Jay Carafano
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/30/conservative-politics-after-afghanistan/
FOX NEWS
— School board members look for exits as meetings get heated over CRT, other topics. Critical race theory has been the center of debate in DC and local school districts. – Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/school-board-meetings-across-the-u-s-get-hostile-some-members-are-calling-it-quits
— Christian scholars rip psychology study claiming that LGBTQ activism poses no threat to Christians. Christian scholars vociferously disagreed with a Journal of Personality and Social Psychology study – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: Those who promote LGBTQ have done the most a) to defeat Republican candidates in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Downtown Association, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/christian-scholars-psychology-study-lgbtq-activism-poses-no-threat-christians
AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘Long-held Doubts about Biden’s Ability’ – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/longheld_doubts_about_bidens_ability.html
BREITBART
— Michael Savage: Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster Is ‘Terror’s Greatest Victory in My Lifetime’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/30/exclusive-michael-savage-bidens-afghanistan-disaster-is-terrors-greatest-victory-in-my-lifetime/
BLAZE
— Nearly 90 retired generals and admirals call on Gen. Milley and Gen. Austin to resign over Afghanistan disaster – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/generals-admirals-milley-austin-resign
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Derelict In His Duty’: New York Post Editorial Board Calls On Gen. Milley To Resign – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/30/new-york-post-editorial-board-milley-resign-afghanistan-bagram/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Louisiana teacher fired after speaking out against the teaching of critical race theory, gender identity ideology, and mask mandates in his school district. – Virginia Allen (COMMENT: I was fired, that is, I was forced to take early retirement, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/30/teacher-fired-after-speaking-against-gender-identity-critical-race-theory-and-mask-mandates/
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are More Teachers Who Said They Would Violate The Law To Teach CRT. Is Your Town On The List? – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-more-teachers-who-said-they-would-violate-the-law-to-teach-crt
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Biden and His Generals Must Be Held to Account – John Kass
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/08/29/biden_and_his_generals_must_be_held_to_account_550435.html
— Joe Rogan: As Soon As You Give Politicians Any Power That Didn’t Exist Before They Are Not Going To Give It Up – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/30/joe_rogan_as_soon_as_you_give_politicians_any_power_that_didnt_exist_before_they_are_not_going_to_give_it_up.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pushback on Critical Race Theory Starts with the States – WILLIAM A. JACOBSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/pushback-on-critical-race-theory-starts-with-the-states/
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— COMMENT: Since at least the 1970s, moderates, that is, RINOs, have dominated the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. The aforesaid reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, and even worse things. The aforesaid destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. The aforesaid despise if not hate conservatives, that is, the aforesaid despise if not hate Republicans. I should write a book about the leaders of the aforesaid.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-moderate-republican-in-2021-it-wasnt-always-this-way
EPOCH TIMES
— ‘Hundreds’ of Americans Still in Afghanistan After Last Military Flight – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/hundreds-of-americans-still-in-afghanistan-after-last-military-flight-centcom_3972484.html
— CANADA: Voters Should Demand Politicians Address Affordability, Say Experts – Andrew Chen (COMMENTS: What has helped you afford things? During my lifetime, I have spent far less on immediate pleasures and far more on tuition and books than what my peers spent. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the new cars, real estate, tuition and books, collector cars, etc. that I have spent money on. According to them, I could afford to buy more a) because I avoided the draft, b) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, d) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and e) I do not give money to a church.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/voters-should-demand-politicians-address-affordability-say-experts_3967320.html
THE HILL
— As 9/11 anniversary looms, Biden surrenders America’s counterterrorism quest – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/569979-as-9-11-anniversary-looms-biden-surrenders-americas-counterterrorism
POLITICO
— The Taliban’s 3-step path to (possible) recognition – ALEXANDER WARD and QUINT FORGEY (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2021/08/30/the-talibans-3-step-path-to-possible-recognition-494177
CBS NEWS
— Illinois Democrats set to OK new legislative maps over criticism – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-democrats-legislative-maps-redistricting/
CNN
— Kinzinger reacts to Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the top general of US Central Command, saying the Taliban were “very pragmatic and business like” during the final phases of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. (COMMENT: Far too many Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) do not understand that Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, b) do not know how nasty, vicious, and even worse things that Democrats can be, and c) have never worked for, worked with, or supervised Democrats. I worked for Democrats and worked with Democrats in the federal government for almost 30 years and I supervised Democrats for many years while I worked for IRS and GAO.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/30/gen-mckenzie-taliban-pragmatic-rep-kinzinger-reaction-bts-lead-vpx.cnn
REUTERS
— Americans give Biden low marks on Afghanistan pullout: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Chris Kahn and James Oliphant (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-give-biden-low-marks-afghanistan-pullout-want-see-evacuations-through-2021-08-30/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid – REBECCA SANTANA, JAY REEVES and KEVIN McGILL (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always extremely critical of my judgment. I should write a book about those who have been especially critical of my having a whole house natural gas fired backup electric generator installed.)
https://www.news-herald.com/2021/08/30/hurricane-ida-traps-louisianans-shatters-the-power-grid/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Taliban Cheer as Longest War Concludes – Adam Nossiter and Eric Schmitt (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/world/asia/afghanistan-us-occupation-ends.html
— (ILLEGAL ALIEN) Gets Life in Prison for the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts – Neil Vigdor
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/mollie-tibbets-murder-life-sentence.html
— Are Censures of Politicians a Form of Free Speech or a Threat to It? The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this fall on whether the censure of an elected official in Houston ran afoul of the First Amendment. – Adam Liptak (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the following can and should censure me: Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Previously, when I was a chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, when I was a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee (GAC), when I was a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee, and when I was a member of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) board of directors, my critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the aforesaid organizations can and should censure me. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me. They succeeded in getting TAPROOT to get rid of me in 2012, WCC GAC in 2010, MTRO as MTRO’S webmaster in 2010 and 2004, ICRC in 2007, and AAPC MC in 2004.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/censures-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— For Biden, ‘forever war’ isn’t over, just entering a new, perilous phase – Ashley Parker (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-biden-forever-war-isnt-over-just-entering-a-new-perilous-phase/2021/08/30/d4690cae-09ab-11ec-a6dd-296ba7fb2dce_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Vainglory Brings Abject Humiliation in Afghanistan. ‘America is back,’ the president said in February, promising to ‘live . . . by the power of our example.’ – Gerard Baker (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-vainglory-humiliation-afghanistan-withdrawal-evacuation-taliban-kabul-crisis-11630346559
— Biden’s Afghan Best-Case Scenario The president’s party may squeak through 2022, but America’s enemies won’t let him go so easily. – Walter Russell Mead (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-best-case-scenario-china-russia-iran-2022-midterms-11630356917
— Russia and China Eye a Retreating U.S. Beijing will push for more sway in Pakistan; Moscow will try in Central Asia’s former Soviet republics. – John Bolton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-china-biden-iran-retreat-afghanistan-withdrawal-jihadist-taiwan-jcpoa-nuclear-11630336971
— U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Approach a Peak as Delta Variant Spreads. Patients are younger, and disparities across race and ethnicity persist as hospitalizations soar. – Melanie Evans, Andrew Mollica, Anthony DeBarros and Jon Kamp
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-covid-19-hospitalizations-approach-a-peak-as-delta-variant-spreads-11630155627
BLOOMBERG
— Taliban Call for Good Ties With U.S. After 20-Year War Ends (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-31/taliban-calls-for-good-ties-with-u-s-after-20-year-war-ends
— Higher Prices Are Here, Whether or Not You Call It Inflation. While economists hold their lofty debates about the bigger picture, down on the ground things cost more now, and that’s tough for a lot of Americans. – Justin Fox
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-30/higher-prices-are-here-whether-or-not-you-call-it-inflation
NEWSWEEK
— Teacher ‘Removed’ After Having Students Pledge LGBTQ Flag Over ‘Uncomfortable’ U.S. Flag – KATHERINE FUNG
https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-removed-after-having-students-pledge-lgbtq-flag-over-uncomfortable-us-flag-1624350
NPR
— The Taliban Is Celebrating Its Takeover Now That The U.S. Withdrawal Is Complete – AP (COMMENT: To justify their giving Afghanistan to the Taliban, expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives in America are far worse than the Taliban.)
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032656612/taliban-afghanistan-american-forces-withdrawal
GAINESVILLE SUN
— Trumpism has exploited the frustration, hopelessness of marginalized conservatives – Michael Stephens (COMMENT: Since at least the 1970s, moderates, that is, RINOs, have dominated the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. The aforesaid reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, and even worse things. The aforesaid destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. The aforesaid despise if not hate conservatives, that is, the aforesaid despise if not hate Republicans. I should write a book about the leaders of the aforesaid.)
https://www.gainesville.com/story/opinion/2021/08/26/michael-stephens-bitter-fruit-trumpism/8215595002/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— The ‘woke’ goal is to cancel Democracy – Joe Guzzardi (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, to destroy governments, and to destroy countries that are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Joe-Guzzardi-The-woke-goal-16424288.php
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Making excuses for illegal immigration – John Pierog, Kingman, Arizona
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-making-excuses-for-illegal-immigration-2430360/
DESERET NEWS
— Welcome to ‘woke’ university. Is illiberal campus activism redefining American values? – Robby Soave
https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/30/22643455/welcome-to-woke-university-cancel-culture-campus-speakers-shouted-down-political-protest-college
COUNT ON 2
— York County Republican Party voted Thursday night to censure Senator Lindsey Graham – Kevin Accettulla (COMMENT: Constructively, the following organizations have censured me many times since 2000 for my using GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote the traditional marriage/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: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/york-county-gop-votes-to-censure-lindsey-graham-for-american-jobs-plan-vote/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The York County Republican Party voted Thursday night to censure Senator Lindsey Graham for his vote on the American Jobs Plan and the American Jobs Plan. The party voted to censure him for “voting contrary to conservative ideals,” when he voted to move the American Jobs Plan forward in July and August, according to the party. 83% of the members voted to censure him. “Senator Graham has turned his back on the Republican Party Platform, those who worked to get him elected, and has put America’s interest’s second to China, and the rise of Marxism in the United States,” the party claimed. The party also said Graham’s vote advances Critical Race Theory and broadband “equity mandates” which it claims would hurt South Carolina and increase taxes.)
JD SURPA
— Can Employers Charge Higher Group Medical Insurance Premiums for Unvaccinated Employees? (COMMENT: Employers should charge higher health insurance premiums for their employees who smoke cigarette/cigars, drink lots of booze, use pot, and/or otherwise abuse their bodies.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/can-employers-charge-higher-group-3047475/
FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Dealers Will Not Finish Chip-Deprived Vehicles, Unless Crisis Gets Worse – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2021/08/ford-dealers-will-not-finish-chip-deprived-vehicles-unless-crisis-gets-worse/
LGBTQ NATION
— Ford distributor in Germany debuts “Very Gay Raptor” F-150 pickup. The car company created the new gold and rainbow-colored #VeryGayRaptor truck as a clapback to haters louder than any social media post could be. – Bil Browning (DIERSEN: LGBTQ-promoters want Ford a) stop selling to those who do not promote LGBTQ, b) to stop hiring those who do not promote LGBTQ, and c) to fire its employees who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/ford-debuts-gay-raptor-f-150-pickup/
