August 8 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Stimulus package talks collapse; no help expected for unemployed now President Donald Trump said he was likely to issue executive orders related to COVID, perhaps in the next day or so. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/covid-19-aid-talks-collapse;-no-help-expected-for-jobless-now/6361220/
— Harleys everywhere, masks nowhere: Sturgis biker rally expected to draw 250K amid COVID-19 pandemic – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/6361243/
— Community rallies after Black Lives Matter banner damaged in north suburbs (DIERSEN: To steal/vandalize BLM/LGBTQ signs, banners, etc. is to promote BLM/LGBTQ.)
https://abc7chicago.com/arlington-heights-community-rallies-after-blm-banner-damaged/6361135/

NBC5
— Census Bureau Drop-Outs Complicate Door-Knocking Efforts The census helps determine how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed and how many congressional seats each state gets – Mike Schneider
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/census-bureau-drop-outs-complicate-door-knocking-efforts/2319072/

CBS2
— Mail Thieves With USPS Master Key On The Loose In North Side Neighborhoods – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/06/mail-thieves-with-usps-master-key-on-the-loose-in-north-side-neighborhoods/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ exodus problem is a governance problem – RICHARD PORTER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on driving the following out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of DuPage County’s 4th District, out of Milton Township, out of Wheaton, out of Wheaton’s West District, and out of my precinct: individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-commentary-illinois-exodus-population-20200807-oyg2snfx3bcehmhy3n55n4x6vi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Handful of protesters take aim at Mike Ditka in Oakbrook Terrace – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200807/handful-of-protesters-take-aim-at-mike-ditka-in-oakbrook-terrace
— Harleys everywhere, masks nowhere: Sturgis draws thousands – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200807/news/308079905/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pandemic puts divorce lawyers to work Attorneys say COVID is contributing to breaking up marriages that were already under stress. – WENDELL HUTSON (DIERSEN: BLM and LGBTQ are anti-traditional marriage and anti-traditional family.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/pandemic-puts-divorce-lawyers-work

KESQ
— Yard signs show support to ‘Back the Blue’ (DIERSEN: Organizations and companies that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and Republican candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots should buy Back the Blue yard signs in large bulk quantities and distribute them to homeowners who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/08/07/yard-signs-show-support-to-back-the-blue/

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Drinking can become a problem during crisis – Christine Bryant (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are heavy drinkers. The more booze that they drink, the ruder that they get. I should write a book about the rudest heavy-drinking people that I have had to deal with during the last 20 years. I would focus on present and past activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, government employees, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.nwitimes.com/lifestyles/drinking-can-become-a-problem-during-crisis/article_793ffe35-dc50-569f-94de-7ac9eada0d82.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries that ever-increasingly make it clear that those who are the following are NOT WELCOME: 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 Joe Biden), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/valparaiso-mayor-condemns-racism-discrimination-says-city-is-welcoming-to-all/article_e88b6dac-4bae-5b61-8abd-d56db186a6a8.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Coalition of states, cities and civil rights groups on Friday asked a federal judge to declare as unconstitutional President Donald Trump’s order seeking to exclude people in the country illegally from being part of the process for redrawing congressional districts. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat and RINO states, cities, and civil rights groups illegally attract illegals to get more clout in Congress and to get more federal money.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/states-ask-that-trumps-district-drawing-order-be-stopped

NPR ILLINOIS
— Springfield Names May 31 BLM Solidarity Day, Requires Anti-Racism Training For Employees – MARY HANSEN (DIERSEN: BLM and “anti-racism training” promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/springfield-names-may-31-blm-solidarity-day-requires-anti-racism-training-employees#stream/0

WSIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kansas City plans Black Lives Matter murals for 6 streets – AP (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against 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 Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wsiltv.com/2020/08/07/kansas-city-plans-black-lives-matter-murals-for-6-streets/

CENTER SQUARE
— Democrats review options to take action against Madigan after patronage scandal – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/democrats-review-options-to-take-action-against-madigan-after-patronage-scandal/article_ab03149a-d8e7-11ea-81bd-af3fde86c2c2.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER AGAIN PUSHES CRIMINALIZING BUSINESSES FOR FAILING TO FOLLOW HIS COVID-19 ORDERS – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-again-pushes-criminalizing-businesses-for-failing-to-follow-his-covid-19-orders/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— How Democrats’ Trump Derangement Syndrome is Literally Killing People – Dr. Everett Piper
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/08/how-democrats-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-literally-killing-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Catholic Group Calls on Biden to Denounce Vandalism, Violence Against Churches – Graham Piro (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters promote violence to defeat Trump.)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/catholic-group-calls-on-biden-to-denounce-vandalism-violence-against-churches/
— Nevada Sent More Than 200K Mail-In Primary Ballots to Wrong Addresses One-sixth of Clark County mail-in ballots were sent to outdated or undeliverable addresses – Joe Schoffstall
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/nevada-sent-more-than-200k-mail-in-primary-ballots-to-wrong-addresses/
— For Biden Family, a History of Tax Problems Hunter Biden hit with $450,000 tax lien last month, the latest in a series of tax problems for Biden family members – Alana Goodman (DIERSEN: To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years.)
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/for-biden-family-a-history-of-tax-problems/

GOPUSA
— Antifa Violence Continues With Wooden Shields, Lasers, Rocks And Fires
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93100

FOX BUSINESS
— In Chicago, federal agents hit the streets as homicides spike Chicago has seen 450 murders in the city this year through Aug. 2 – up 55% compared with 2019 – Erin Ailworth, Sadie Gurman
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/chicago-federal-agents-homicides-spike

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Right Needs Their Own Boycott: Social Media Liberals have been winning the culture war due to their economic pressure on corporations. Why can’t we? – MICHAEL WARREN DAVIS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Facebook. Facebook is 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-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/conservatives-need-their-own-boycott-social-media/

BREITBART
— Biden Campaign Doubles Down: Black Reporter ‘Deserving’ of ‘Junkie’ Comment – KYLE OLSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the rudest people that I have had to deal with during the last 20 years. I would focus on present and past activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, government employees, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who are heavy drinkers.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/07/biden-campaign-black-reporter-deserving-of-junkie-comment/
— Mike Lee’s S386 Bill Creates ‘Green Card Lite’ for New Waves of Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/08/07/mike-lees-s386-bill-creates-green-card-lite-for-more-migrants/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who hate Trump glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/08/07/george-w-bush-paints-immigrants-as-people-with-energy-and-talent/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Here’s the Other Hard-Left, Extreme Biden Quotes the Media Are BURYING – Michael Dellanno
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/michael-dellanno/2020/08/07/heres-other-hard-left-extreme-biden-quotes-media-are-burying

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Portland Mayor to Rioters: Stop Murdering! You’re Helping Trump!
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/08/07/portland-mayor-to-rioters-stop-murdering-youre-helping-trump/

FEDERALIST
— The Insanity Of Cancel Culture – Katie Herzog (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries should be required to publish official lists of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they are cancelling. I should publish a list of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) that are trying to cancel me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) that did cancel my service as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/07/journalist-katie-herzog-on-the-insanity-of-cancel-culture-and-media-narratives/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Will Joe Biden Put Down the Rosary Beads and Respond? – JACK FOWLER
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/will-joe-biden-put-down-the-rosary-beads-and-respond/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Leftist group targets 75 Dems with racist ‘White List’, plans to bully them into reparations submission – Vivek Saxena (DIERSEN: Who leads the effort to bully people into reparations submission in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois? How much do they want you to pay in reparations?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/07/lefitst-group-targets-75-dems-with-racist-white-list-plans-to-bully-them-into-reparations-submission-956819

POLITICO
— OUTRAGEOUS: Kasich and Sanders to join forces for a night of unity at Democratic convention The roster for the event is taking shape, with a few notable additions — and omissions. – HOLLY OTTERBEIN and RYAN LIZZA (DIERSEN: In my precinct, a) Trump got only 137 votes in the 2016 general election while Clinton got 211 and b) Trump got only 21 votes in the 2016 Republican primary while Kasich got 93. I should write a book about the Trump-haters in my precinct and their secret Facebook group.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/who-will-speak-at-dnc-392533

NEW YORK TIMES
— The ‘Indirect’ Costs at College Can Involve Nasty Surprises Expenses for books, transportation and food outside a meal plan may be a problem for poor and moderate-income students, a new report finds. – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: The following helped me graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE: a) working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time 1966-1969 and b) living with my parents in Crete 1966-1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/your-money/college-costs-tuition.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Like a virus, weeds seize any opportunity to spread — and this summer, they’re ferocious – Adrian Higgins (DIERSEN: I have led the “Friends of the Prairie Path Park” in my precinct since 2001. Sadly, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been successful in filling the park with weeds.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/get-the-spades-and-the-clippers-the-weeds-are-trying-to-take-over/2020/08/04/3016de24-d329-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Shifting farther to the left, Biden is now a Bernie Bro – PETER LUCAS
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/08/shifting-farther-to-the-left-biden-is-now-a-bernie-bro/

TIMES REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ takes on a whole new meaning.”
https://www.timesreporter.com/opinion/20200808/gene-lyons-rsquodrinking-kool-aidrsquo-takes-on-whole-new-meaning

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Chicago, Federal Agents Hit the Streets as Homicides Spike Trump calls for a surge of hundreds of federal officers in cities that have seen increases in violent crime – Erin Ailworth and Sadie Gurman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-chicago-federal-agents-hit-the-streets-as-homicides-spike-11596794403
— An Autopsy of New York’s Mail-Vote Mess Lax deadlines. Late ballots. Carelessness. Missing postmarks. And a warning for Nov. 3. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-autopsy-of-new-yorks-mail-vote-mess-11596841128
— ‘Life of a Klansman’ Review: A Hood in the Closet The author of ‘Slaves in the Family’ returns with a personal history of New Orleans during Reconstruction. – W. Ralph Eubanks
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-of-a-klansman-review-a-hood-in-the-closet-11596812363
— The Tax Breaks for Homes That Help You Now – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap discourages traditional marriage and discourages the traditional family. Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tax-breaks-for-homes-that-help-you-now-11596792602
— School Closures Damage the Youngest Children Kids learn to function as people by playing together between ages 2 and 5. They can’t play on Zoom. – Christine K. VanDeVelde
https://www.wsj.com/articles/school-closures-damage-the-youngest-children-11596825976

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Facebook and Forbes promote hatred against conservatives.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vidhichoudhary/2020/08/07/facebook-said-to-delete-strike-warnings-for-conservative-platforms-that-post-misinformation/#6a6ffe7011a7

TAHOE DAILY TRIBUNE
— Save Lake Tahoe from invasive weeds – Carolyn Willette (DIERSEN: I have led the “Friends of the Prairie Path Park” in my precinct since 2001. Sadly, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been successful in filling the park with invasive weeds.)
https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/save-lake-tahoe-from-invasive-weeds-and-herbicides/

MAUI NEWS
— Social distancing hard on political campaigns COVID-19 offers more hurdles for newcomers
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/08/social-distancing-hard-on-political-campaigns/

WTHI TV
— POLICE IDENTIFY POLITICAL SIGN THEFT SUSPECT The people in the provided photos can be seen taking campaign signs supporting President Donald Trump. – Chris Essex
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Person-caught-on-camera-stealing-campaign-signs-out-of-Terre-Haute-yards-572019761.html

WBAY
— Those stealing political signs could face fines – Kati Anderson
https://www.wbay.com/2020/08/08/those-stealing-political-signs-could-face-fines/

WEEK
— Age discrimination rises in recessions (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote age discrimination. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who are present and past leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://theweek.com/articles/929715/age-discrimination-rises-recessions

NEW REPUBLIC
— In Defense of Rude Politics – Libby Watson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the rudest people that I have had to deal with during the last 20 years. I would focus on present and past activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, government employees, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who are heavy drinkers.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/156856/defense-rude-politics

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.