August 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dillard weighing third run for governor to ‘restore political balance to Illinois and make it safe and function well again’ Kirk Dillard, who is currently the head of the Regional Transportation Agency’s board of directors, said in a statement Wednesday people “whom I respect and whose opinions I value reached out to me,” believing him “a Republican who can win a general election.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/8/4/22610240/rta-chair-kirk-dillard-governor-race-pritzker-bailey-rabine-scimpf-republican-primary
— ‘5/25 Move to Action’ pushing Chicago businesses to keep racial reckoning commitments – Maudlyne Ihejirika
(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/2021/8/4/22608100/5-25-move-to-action-pushing-chicago-businesses-keep-racial-reckoning-commitments

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Less than 2 months after lifting most COVID-19 orders, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issues mask mandate for schools and vaccine requirement for some state workers – DAN PETRELLA, LISA SCHENCKER, MADELINE BUCKLEY and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-school-masks-20210804-gdo7vctdgre4laxtk7kyfyfjfm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Speakers at board meeting urge Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 to defy mask mandate – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210804/speakers-at-board-meeting-urge-dist-54-to-defy-mask-mandate

ABC7
— Jennifer Aniston reveals she cut ties with ‘a few people’ who refused to get COVID vaccine – Megan Stone
(DIERSEN: Who has cut ties with you? Ever-increasingly, those who reject 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 have cut ties with me. Ever-increasingly, those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, reparations), and/or age discrimination have cut ties with me. Ever-increasingly, those who destroy people a) because they cannot manipulate/dominate them, b) because they refuse to glorify and praise them, c) because they refuse to pander to them, d) because they refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) because they refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) because they refuse to give them money have cut ties with me. I should write a book about those who have cut ties with me.)
https://abc7chicago.com/jennifer-aniston-vaccination-vaccine-covid-instyle/10929961/

WGN9
— ‘Why force it?’ 2 upcoming Chicago street festivals cancel due to COVID-19 – Gaynor Hall
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/why-force-it-2-upcoming-chicago-street-festivals-cancel-due-to-covid-19/
— Dixon comptroller who stole $54M released from prison after serving half of sentence – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/dixon-comptroller-who-stole-54m-released-from-prison-after-serving-half-of-sentence/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicagocrusader.com/being-black-in-america-is-a-journey-filled-with-mountains-and-valleys/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ Gov. Pritzker strips school districts, parents of control over masks with new mandate – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-gov-pritzker-strips-school-districts-parents-of-control-over-masks-with-new-mandate-wirepoints/
— Illinois doing all it can to ensure the worst year ever for illegal border crossings – Quickpoint
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-doing-all-it-can-to-ensure-the-worst-year-ever-for-illegal-border-crossings-quickpoint/

FOX NEWS
— Iranian immigrant cut off at board meeting for slamming CRT: ‘My motherland was ravaged by communism’ Mom of three slams critical race theory at school board meeting in Philadelphia suburb – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/iranian-immigrant-critical-race-theory-pennsylvania-school-board
— CRT debate heats up in Nebraska as university professors deride proposal from regent. University of Nebraska Board of Regents set to consider resolution to oppose ‘any imposition of Critical Race Theory in curriculum’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-controversy-nebraska
— Tucker: News organizations took money from the Chinese Communist Party
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-news-organizations-took-money-from-the-chinese-communist-party

AMERICAN THINKER
— Homeland Insecurity for Conservatives – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/homeland_insecurity_for_conservatives.html
— What the heck is going on in this country? – Bob Weir
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/what_the_heck_is_going_on_in_this_country.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Administration Allegedly Planning to Distribute Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/04/biden-administration-allegedly-planning-to-distribute-johnson-johnson-vaccine-to-illegal-aliens/
— Disestablishment a Second Time. It is time to save our kids from the leftism and racist misinformation they are receiving in poorly performing public schools. – Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/04/disestablishment-a-second-time/
— Vaccination Weaponization. The Biden Administration should look in the mirror before casting stones at others. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/04/vaccination-weaponization/

BRIETBART
— Illinois School District CCSD21 (Wheeling) Mandates Coronavirus Vaccines; 60+ Teachers, Staff Face Termination – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/exclusive-illinois-school-district-mandates-coronavirus-vaccines-60-teachers-staff-face-termination/
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker Makes Not Hiring Illegal Aliens with Work Permits a Civil Rights Violation – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/illinois-illegal-aliens-work-permits/
— Immigrant Federal Judge Warns: CRT Violates ‘Bedrock’ Legal Principle of Presumption of Innocence – BRECCAN F. THIES
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs presume that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/immigrant-federal-judge-warns-crt-violates-bedrock-legal-principle-of-presumption-of-innocence/
— DeSantis Gives Unilever 90 Days to Reverse Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2021/08/04/desantis-gives-unilever-90-days-to-reverse-ben-jerrys-israel-boycott/
— Mark Morgan: ‘White House and Democrats Are Trying to Pass Through a Mass Amnesty as Part of Infrastructure’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/08/04/exclusive-mark-morgan-democrats-amnesty/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘My Motherland Has Been Ravaged By Communism’: Mom Speaks Out Against CRT Before School Board President Rips Mic Away From Her – KATIE JERKOVICH
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/04/motherland-ravaged-communism-mom-speaks-out-crt-school-board-president-rips-mic-away/
— CRT Will Teach Children To ‘Hate’ America And Each Other, Ayaan Hirsi Ali Says – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/04/ayaan-hirsi-ali-fears-critical-race-theory-will-teach-children-to-hate-each-other-wokeness/

TOWNHALL
— What the Woke Folk Are in For – Emmett Tyrrell
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2021/08/05/what-the-woke-folk-are-in-for-n2593626

FEDERALIST
— Here’s Why Babies Are Great And Why The Left Hates Them – Spencer Lindquist
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/05/ben-domenech-heres-why-babies-are-great-and-why-the-left-hates-them/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Admin Has Dropped Thousands of COVID+ Illegal Migrants Into Just One Texas Town – BRYAN PRESTON
(DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? 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.?)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/08/04/report-biden-admin-has-dropped-thousands-of-covid-illegal-migrants-into-just-one-texas-town-n1467115

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gingrich on Border: Anti-American Left’s Ideal Model Is To “Get Rid Of The Rest Of Us” – Ian Schwartz
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-conservatives who ever-increasingly get rid of conservatives. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/04/gingrich_on_border_anti-american_lefts_ideal_model_is_to_get_rid_of_the_rest_of_us.html

NEW AMERICAN
— Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) Speculates FBI Knew of January 6 Plans and Did Nothing – James Murphy
https://thenewamerican.com/johnson-speculates-fbi-knew-of-january-6-plans-and-did-nothing/
— Public Schools: Masks, Vaccines, and Usurpation of Parental Authority – C. Mitchell Shaw
https://thenewamerican.com/public-schools-masks-vaccines-and-usurpation-of-parental-authority/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— It Isn’t Immigration; It’s a Government-Sponsored Invasion – Laura Hollis
https://www.creators.com/read/laura-hollis/08/21/it-isnt-immigration-its-a-government-sponsored-invasion

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Racialized ‘Equity’ Agenda in Biden’s Infrastructure Bill – DAN LENNINGTON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/the-racialized-equity-agenda-in-bidens-infrastructure-bill/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sen. Rubio’s chilling warning: China has weaponized America’s own ‘corporate lust for profits’ – Kay Apfel
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/05/sen-rubios-chilling-warning-china-has-weaponized-americas-own-corporate-lust-for-profits-1113636/
— Gingrich: Anti-American left on mission to ‘drown traditional, classic Americans,’ replace us with ignorant illegals – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/05/gingrich-anti-american-left-on-mission-to-drown-traditional-classic-americans-replace-us-with-ignorant-illegals-1113696/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Former Trump official says Biden admin directly involved with Critical Race Theory push – Nick Monroe
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-admin-involved-crt
— James Lindsay slams wokeness, critical race theory at YAF conference – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/james-lindsay-slams-wokeness-critical-race-theory-at-yaf-conference

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Federal Government Released Over 7,000 COVID-Positive Migrants in McAllen, TX “On Monday, we watched Border Patrol drop off bus loads of migrants in downtown McAllen all day long. – Mary Chastain
(DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/report-federal-government-released-over-7000-covid-positive-migrants-in-mcallen-tx/
— DeSantis To Biden: ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear a Blip About COVID From You’ Until You Secure the Border. DeSantis added he will stand in Biden’s way if he tries to deny kids in-person teaching, impose mandates and lockdowns, restrict people, and ruin jobs. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/desantis-to-biden-i-dont-wanna-hear-a-blip-about-covid-from-you-until-you-secure-the-border/

EPOCH TIMES
— To Save America, Run for School Board – Roger L. Simon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/to-save-america-run-for-school-board_3933758.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forget Congress, the Senate, or whatever glamorous position you ever fantasized about or not, even president of the United States, if you want to have a serious impact from your work, if, as they say, you want to make a difference, to change this country for the good in the short and long term, run for your local school board. You would be saving America from turning into the bleakest, socialist-communist state imaginable because that is what our current educational system, K-12, is designed to do and, sadly, has been successful in doing, literally for decades—and it’s only getting worse. You would in the process also be a true revolutionary in the tradition of the Founders of our country in bringing back truth, justice and the American way to our children and our children’s children. Someone’s gotta do it—the hour is late. But you, dear reader, can save us, especially if we band together—and there are plenty of us to do it. Please consider running for the school board to radically change a highly-corrupt and evil leftwing educational system, which has crossed the border into child abuse. The failure of this current system rests on two mutually reinforcing planes. One, indoctrination, rather than actual education, has become the overwhelming goal of our system from pre-school and kindergarten onwards.)
— Missouri Parents Censored Online for Opposing Mask Mandates in School – Jessica Marie Baumgartner
https://www.theepochtimes.com/missouri-parents-censored-online-for-opposing-mask-mandates-in-school_3933012.html

MCCLATCHY DC
— Texas Senator Ted Cruz hits Twitter, TV to target critical race theory – NATHAN HART
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article253116493.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— 10 Killed in Crash of Packed Van in South Texas. The vehicle was carrying 30 people believed to be migrants in Brooks County, about 80 miles north of the Mexico border, the authorities said. – Jesus Jiménez and Alyssa Lukpat
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/us/texas-border-migrant-crash.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tennessee could withhold millions from schools found to violate guidelines on teaching critical race theory – Andrew Jeong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/05/tennessee-critical-race-theory/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/advocating-for-equity/2021/08/04/8e6c16e8-f3b1-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pelosi Undermines the Jan. 6 Committee. Booting GOP choices was an unprecedented step that makes the body look partisan. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-jan-6-committee-capitol-riot-bennie-thompson-11628101068

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2021/08/04/ceos-weigh-in-on-the-power-of-diversity/?sh=2172d5926cef

BANKRATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, and at everyone else, that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/closing-the-racial-wealth-gap/

OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
— ‘ONLY WHITE PEOPLE CAN BE RACIST’: UNION OFFICIALS CALL FOR PURGE OF TEACHER WORKFORCE
(DIERSEN: “White” is code for Republican. How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality officially get rid of the remaining Republicans in your municipality?)
https://www.ocpathink.org/post/only-white-people-can-be-racist-union-officials-call-for-purge-of-teacher-workforce

WSMV
— Tennessee House Speaker plans to call for special session if school systems enact mask mandate – CHUCK MORRIS
https://www.wsmv.com/news/tennessee/house-speaker-plans-to-call-for-special-session-if-school-systems-enact-mask-mandate/article_1ed5f0ca-f3c9-11eb-be64-8bfc545d9273.html

WBUR
— How Boston’s Mayoral Candidates Are Thinking About The Racial Wealth Gap
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, and at everyone else, that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2021/08/04/mayoral-candidates-wealth-gap

WWLP
— Advocates urge ‘roadmap’ for eliminating racial wealth gaps – Chris Lisinski
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, and at everyone else, that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/advocates-urge-roadmap-for-eliminating-racial-wealth-gaps/

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Republican recall candidates pile on Newsom in first debate – Alexei Koseff
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Republican-recall-candidates-pile-on-Newson-in-16365342.php

NEWSWEEK
— Ted Cruz Calls Biden’s Election COVID ‘Superspreader Event’ Over Immigration Policy – ANDRE J. ELLINGTON
https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-calls-bidens-election-covid-superspreader-event-over-immigration-policy-1616394
— Minnesota School District Ban on ‘All Lives Matter’ Signs Violates First Amendment: Lawsuit – CARLY MAYBERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/minnesota-school-district-ban-all-lives-matter-signs-violates-first-amendment-lawsuit-1616299
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Doug Seaton, Upper Midwest Law Center president said his clients were discriminated against after being prohibited from displaying “All Lives Matter” signs on school property while “Black Lives Matter” posters were allowed.)

DAILY MAIL
— ‘I don’t want to hear a blip about COVID from you’: Gov. DeSantis rages at Biden for criticizing Florida’s pandemic response and demands HE secure the border and stop ‘importing’ the virus – MORGAN PHILLIPS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9862133/Ron-DeSantis-tears-Joe-Biden-raps-Florida-banning-mask-mandates.html
— Pennsylvania school board president cuts off Iranian mom questioning the teaching of CRT in class and calls the POLICE on her – GINA MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9861915/Pennsylvania-school-board-president-fire-cutting-Iranian-mother-questioning-CRT.html
— Workshop or WOKESHOP? University of Kentucky hosted $5,000 anti-racism seminar where deans and top faculty were taught to accept their ‘white inferiority’ and filled out pledge cards with steps to erase inequality – SANDRA SALATHE
(DIERSEN: “White” is code for Republican. How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality officially get rid of the remaining Republicans in your municipality?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9860589/University-Kentucky-anti-racism-workshop-taught-faculty-accept-white-inferiority.html

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.