CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kirk Dillard ponders another governor run. The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority says suburban moderates and business leaders want him to run against Gov. J.B. Pritzker—and he hasn’t said no. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/kirk-dillard-ponders-another-governor-run
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois may freeze out Ben & Jerry’s over social-justice stance – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-freeze-out-st-0805-20210804-vbefur372rey5gg6ctcxis3fce-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois recreational weed sales hit record $128 million in July, with a little help from Lollapalooza – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-recreational-weed-sales-record-july-lollapalooza-20210804-ymcdkk25zbarxc7psvgk7bkqda-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker issues mask mandate for schools effective immediately and vaccine requirement for some state workers – DAN PETRELLA, LISA SCHENCKER and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-school-masks-20210804-gdo7vctdgre4laxtk7kyfyfjfm-story.html
— WFLD-Ch. 32 political editor Mike Flannery buys Evanston town home for $575,000 – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-mike-flannery-evanston-20210804-zvbgo73dkvboxmyv5tamruphsq-story.html
— Businesses in Chicago are insisting on vaccinated customers. Good. No counterproductive government mandate needed. – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses function as arms of the Democrat Party. How soon, if not already, will businesses officially stop employing and stop doing business with Republicans, and especially Republicans who are 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.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-vaccination-mandate-chicago-covid-19-20210804-fzyiqha57zbl5bbpnnqshlrodq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Class cloud? Pritzker orders up school mask mandate: ‘We all must take immediate and urgent action’ The move will bring Illinois in line with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations that teachers, students and staff wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. But the GOP called the decision proof of the Democrat’s “failure” battling the pandemic. – Rachel Hinton and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/8/4/22609389/pritzker-schools-mask-mandate-indoors-students-staff-teachers-centers-disease-control-coronavirus
— Alderman angry only one Hispanic is among nine listed for promotion to CPD lieutenant. “Here’s an opportunity to meritoriously promote some more Hispanics to make it more reflective of the city. And then, we get the short end of the stick. I’m tired of it,” said Ald. Gilbert Villegas, chairman of the City Council’s Hispanic Caucus. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: While I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/4/22610119/chicago-police-merit-promotion-lieutenant-list-one-hispanic-villegas-city-council
ABC7
— Illinois school mask mandate to take effect immediately in K-12 schools, daycares, Pritzker says. Illinois vaccine mandate announced for some state employees. – Craig Wall and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-vaccine-mandate-passport-covid-school-masks/10929145/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,364 cases, 18 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10929760/
— District 45 school board ends face masks meeting without vote after reported physical altercation – Eric Horng (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame the pandemic on Republicans.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/district-45-ends-face-masks-meeting-without-vote-after-altercation/10928540/
— Homeless camp blocking sidewalk used by Finkl Academy students, Pilsen residents say – Leah Hope (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame homelessness on Republicans. How soon, if not already, will homeless people block sidewalks in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, and in your municipality?)
https://abc7chicago.com/home/homeless-camp-blocking-pilsen-sidewalk-used-by-students-residents-say/10928274/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP leader has questions about Ammons’ new committee – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gop-leader-has-questions-about-ammons-new-committee/article_cebe1ae0-b22d-569a-b24c-85d2e6b98e04.html
RIVER BENDER
— U.S. Rep. Davis Says Democrats Falsely Claiming State Election Integrity Laws Are ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Is Dangerous Election Subversion – Dan Brannan
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/us-rep-davis-says-democrats-falsely-claiming-state-election-integrity-laws-are-jim-crow-20-is-dangerous-election-subversion-52100.cfm
STATELINE
— Kinzinger on Jan 6th Commission, Illinois student mask mandate
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/exclusive-kinzinger-on-jan-6th-commission-illinois-student-mask-mandate/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Over 50 school board recalls in the last six months as parents fight for change – ELISSA SALAMY (DIERSEN: Who is fighting CRT in your school district? They should include a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and c) the leaders of the IRP.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/over-50-school-board-recall-efforts-seen-in-the-last-six-months
— Republicans see Trump endorsements helping candidates in 2022 – LEANDRA BERNSTEIN (DIERSEN: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct a) will seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/republicans-see-trump-endorsements-helping-candidates-in-2022
ELMHURST PATCH
— Former Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni, a Republican who has served on the DuPage County Board for nearly a decade, is running for board chairman, according to state election board records. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politician-seeks-higher-office
CHICAGO YOUNG REPUBLICANS
— WE’RE RECRUITING CANDIDATES FOR CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY RACES! (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. What about potential candidates who want to defend and advance the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? What about the tremendous pressure for candidates to be minorities, females, young, LGBTQers, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.?)
https://us1.list-manage.com/survey?u=7fe208d3c85ffa1d03aeaade4&id=4f9d45003b
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the past decade, there have been hundreds of instances where the only choice presented on a ballot was for a single candidate, often an incumbent. This has been especially true in Chicago and Cook County. We seek civic minded, qualified, and capable candidates who share our free-market ideas to be candidates in one of the many districts that have been deprived of competition over the past ten years or more. We are interested in hearing from you even if you have never run for or held public office in the past. If you or someone you know is interested in honest service in elective office, contact us by filling out this form and let’s discuss the possibility of you running for public office!)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Prairie Grove Declares Peace in Flag/Sign Dispute
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/04/prairie-grove-declares-peace-in-flag-sign-dispute/
— UPDATED: Cook Political Report Dave Wasserman Reissues June 1 Update of Possible Illinois Congressional Remap
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/cook073121/
— IL-16: Only In-District Republican and Million Unmasked March Co-Organizer Announces Challenge to Adam Kinzinger
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/rebresh080321/
— State Dems Say McHenry County ICE Floor to Close by End of Year, But Court Battle in Sight
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/state-dems-say-mchenry-county-ice-floor-to-close-by-end-of-year-but-court-battle-in-sight/
— IL-16: Could Adam Kinzinger Pull a Phil Gramm by Resigning from House and Elected to U.S. Senate Following Year?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/kinzinger080321/
— State Rep. Steve Reick Reflects on Mask Advice, Notes Threat from School Insurance Company
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/steve-reick-reflects-on-mask-advice-notes-threat-from-school-insurance-company/
— Pritzker Signs Bill to Allow Deliberate Transmission of HIV without Penalty, Local House and Senate Members Cast Opposite Votes with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/pritzker-signs-bill-to-allow-deliberate-transmission-of-hiv-without-penalty/
— McHenry County Libertarian’s Rolling Out Biden Trillion Dollar Bill at County Fair
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/mchenry-county-libertarians-rolling-out-biden-trillion-dollar-bill-at-county-fair/
— Pritzker Signs “Public Health Crisis” Gun Bill with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/02/pritzker-signs-public-health-crisis-gun-bill/
— Illinois Gubernatorial Fundraising at a Glance Through June 30
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/01/gov080121/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPUBLICAN DARREN BAILEY BLASTS PRITZKER’S MANDATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/republican-darren-bailey-blasts-pritzkers-mandates-.html
— REPUBLICAN GARY RABINE: “PRITZKER’S MASK MANDATE IS ABOUT CONTROL, NOT SCIENCE”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/republican-gary-rabine-pritzkers-mask-mandate-is-about-control-not-science.html
— GOP PRIMARY CANDIDATE PAUL SCHIMPF: PRITZKER’S MANDATES UNDERMINE CIVIL LIBERTIES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gop-primary-candidate-paul-schimpf-pritzkers-mandates-undermine-civil-liberties.html
— PRITZKER REQUIRES MASKS IN “ALL” P-12 SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE CENTERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/pritzker-requires-masks-in-all-p-12-schools-and-day-care-centers.html
— FEDERALLY-FUNDED COVID SALIVA TESTS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ILLINOIS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/federally-funded-covid-saliva-tests-to-be-available-for-illinois-teachers-and-students.html
— LOLLAPALOOZA PHOTO GOES VIRAL AS ILLINOIS FACES ANOTHER GOVERNOR-ORDERED COVID MASK MANDATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/lollapalooza-photo-goes-viral-as-illinois-faces-another-governor-ordered-covid-mask-mandate.html
— THORNER: HAVE CHILDREN’S IMMUNE SYSTEMS BEEN WEAKENED BY PREVENTIVE MEASURES?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/thorner-have-childrens-immune-systems-been-weakened-by-preventive-measures.html
— BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SET TO IGNORE ABORTION TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/biden-administration-set-to-ignore-abortion-transparency-requirement.html
— SHAPIRO: OUR EMPATHETIC AUTHORITARIANS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/shapiro-our-empathetic-authoritarians.html
— STOSSEL: ENDLESS RULES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/stossel-endless-rules.html
CAPITOL FAX
— AFSCME Council 31 responds to vax mandate: Employees should not be defined as “part of the problem”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/afscme-council-31-responds-to-vax-mandate-employees-should-not-be-defined-as-part-of-the-problem/
— Pritzker office responds to Durkin, McConchie *** HGOP Leader Durkin on Pritzker mask mandate: “Pritzker must put this continuing power trip aside” – Teachers unions back mask mandate.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/hgop-leader-durkin-on-pritzker-mask-mandate-pritzker-must-put-this-continuing-power-trip-aside-teachers-unions-back-mask-mandate/
— Pritzker announces mask, vax mandates – “We have the legal authority to enforce this” – Broad mask mandate not being considered – “Schools can be held liable if they don’t follow the mandates” – Won’t take down TV ads – Return to remote learning “not on the table” – No mandate on private employers to mandate vaxing – World has changed because of vaxes, so no intent for stronger mitigation – Cuomo should resign – Legislature should pass his energy bill
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/live-pritzker-announces-mask-vax-mandates/
— FROM THE REPORT: ILGOP press release…As Governor J.B. Pritzker reinstitutes statewide COVID-19 mitigations and mandates, his re-election campaign is running ads highlighting his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking an obviously premature victory lap. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy issued the following statement calling on Pritzker to take his TV ads off the airwaves : “Governor Pritzker cannot have it both ways. He cannot run political TV ads that take a victory lap over his pandemic response while at the same time reinstituting COVID mandates and mitigations. The return of these mandates is a clear admission of his own failure. Pritzker should take his self-serving TV ads off the air. Whether it’s veterans who have died under his care, massive unemployment insurance fraud, or the return of mandates after our state’s full re-opening, Pritzker’s executive incompetence has been the hallmark of his pandemic response.”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/question-of-the-day-3301/
— Dillard hoping for Griffin coronation
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/dillard-hoping-for-griffin-coronation/
— First Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Statesmanship Award given to 11 Republicans who broke ranks with Rauner on budget, taxes
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/first-paul-simon-jim-edgar-statesmanship-award-given-to-11-republicans-who-broke-ranks-with-rauner-on-budget/
— COVID-19 roundup: IDPH now has nursing home vax data; Clarence Page looks at vax history; K3 County transmission jumps
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/covid-19-roundup-idph-now-has-nursing-home-vax-data-clarence-page-looks-at-vax-history-k3-county-transmission-jumps/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden should be impeached for his open borders policy – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/4/biden-should-be-impeached-for-his-open-borders-pol/
FOX NEWS
— As media push critical race theory, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fears curriculum will teach children to ‘hate each other” The media has decided ‘that what sells is divisiveness,’ Ali said. – Cortney O’Brien
https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-critical-race-theory-ayaan-hirsi-ali
— Biden admin is ‘intimately involved’ with critical race theory, former Trump official says. Russ Vought said probe will reveal ties between administration and Abolitionist Teaching Network. – Ethan Barton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-biden-administration-russ-vought
— Texas border city puts up temporary shelters to cope with ‘rapidly escalating’ migrant surge. More than 87,000 migrants have passed through McAllen this year. – Adam Shaw , Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-mcallen-shelters-cope-escalating-migrant-surge
BREITBART
— Former Obama Official Demands ‘a No-Fly List for Unvaccinated Adults’ – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/former-obama-official-place-unvaccinated-holdouts-on-no-fly-list/
— ‘Friends’ Star Jennifer Aniston Says She Cut Ties with ‘a Few People’ over Vaccination Status – SIMON KENT (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Trump-haters cut ties with those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/friends-star-jennifer-aniston-says-she-cut-ties-with-a-few-people-over-vaccination-status/
BLAZE
— White House attacks GOP Govs. Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott: Mitigate dangerous Delta spike or ‘get out of the way’ – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-house-attacks-ron-desantis-greg-abbott-delta-spike
DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois School District (Evanston/Skokie School District 65) Violates Civil Rights Law, Calls It ‘Equity’ – Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/04/illinois-school-district-violates-civil-rights-law-calls-it-equity/
FEDERALIST
— 7 Ways The Conservative Movement Should Fight Critical Race Theory. The professional conservative movement should be moving massive amounts of money to support parents’ efforts and harden them as a target of this leftist onslaught. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/04/7-ways-the-conservative-movement-should-fight-critical-race-theory/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— If We Care about Institutional Guilt, How Do Democrats Escape It? – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/if-we-care-about-institutional-guilt-how-do-democrats-escape-it/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump-backed Mike Carey rides to victory in Ohio GOP primary, and it wasn’t even close – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (DIERSEN: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct a) will seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/04/trump-backed-mike-carey-rides-to-victory-in-ohio-gop-primary-and-it-wasnt-even-close-1113368/
— Left’s lauded 1619 Project largely ignores at least one hugely significant historical fact – Robert Jonathan
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/04/lefts-lauded-1619-project-largely-ignores-at-least-one-hugely-significant-historical-fact-1113212/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It would be difficult to overstate the Democratic Party’s enduring and baleful role in slavery and racism…The Democratic southern states, such as Georgia, specifically criticized the anti-slavery policies of President Lincoln’s Republican Party in their declarations of succession in the Civil War. Even after the war, [historian Jay] Cost notes, the Democratic Party’s “central purpose in the second half of the 19th century was specifically to prevent civil rights legislation from being implemented.” In response to black Republicans being elected in Southern states during Reconstruction, it was Democrats who enacted poll taxes and literacy tests to suppress the black vote. A Democratic president, Woodrow Wilson, resegregated the federal work force in Washington and hosted a White House screening of D.W. Griffith’s egregiously racist, white supremacist “Birth of a Nation.” As late as 1952, the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, John Sparkman, was an open segregationist. A significantly higher percentage of congressional Republicans voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act than did congressional Democrats, and segregationists such as George Wallace were major figures in the Democratic Party until the 1970s..The absence of Democratic Party critiques is all the more conspicuous when you consider that the 1619 Project doesn’t shy away from critiquing the GOP….)
EPOCH TIMES
— Home Depot Says All Employees Must Mask Up Due to COVID-19 – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/home-depot-says-all-employees-must-mask-up-due-to-covid-19_3933516.html
— The Scramble to Defend Critical Race Theory – Charlotte Allen
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-scramble-to-defend-critical-race-theory_3932908.html
— Invasion by Any Other Name – Cal Thomas
https://www.theepochtimes.com/invasion-by-any-other-name_3933715.html
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Explosion in high-paying work-from-home jobs during the pandemic – Andy Kiersz (DIERSEN: GOPUSA Illinois Editor is a work from home job. My critics/opponents know that they would have to pay lots of money to get someone who could and would do what I do.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/chart-shows-explosion-in-high-paying-work-from-home-jobs-2021-8
FORBES
— Nearly $300 Billion In Foreign Aid Spent By U.S. Government – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/04/new-report-nearly-300-billion-in-foreign-aid-spent-by-us-government/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— America has become more divided since President Joe Biden was elected, most voters believe, and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are contributing to that division. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 60% of Likely U.S. Voters say the country has become more divided since last year’s election. (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to divide everyone against Republicans.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2021/60_of_voters_say_america_is_more_divided
