August 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Man charged with impaling driver with crowbar during George Floyd protest in Cicero Pablo Vazquez, 57, is charged with a felony count of attempted murder
https://abc7chicago.com/man-charged-with-impaling-driver-with-crowbar-during-protest/6362264/

NBC5
— Should Some Parts of Chicago Quarantine From Itself? More than 250 Chicago-area suburbs and towns — and even neighborhoods within the city — have rates of coronavirus cases so high that they would trigger the city’s travel restrictions – Phil Rogers and Katy Smyser (DIERSEN: What is the rate of coronavirus cases in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? If it is high, why is that?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc5-investigates-should-some-parts-of-chicago-quarantine-from-itself/2318893/

CBS2
— Chicago’s Magnificent Mile At Risk For Massive Store Closures, Alderman Says – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/07/chicagos-magnificent-mile-at-risk-for-massive-store-closures/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BLM is extremely anti-religious. In addition, BLM is extremely anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-traditional marriage, anti-traditional family, anti-non poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/8/21359279/in-the-battle-for-black-lives-churches-must-now-answer-the-call

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: City Council delays action on Naperville’s lack of affordable housing – ERIN HEGARTY and SARAH FREISHTAT (DIERSEN: What did you do to afford better housing? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-affordable-housing-recommendations-zoning-st-20200806-fqzqbfzm3nbslkyr7bnklk7c7a-story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater wants to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-nra-new-york-attorney-general-lapierre-letitia-james-huppke-20200807-2cqixfyn65aetpstmqrcdqby7i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— It’s now even easier to fire U.S. workers for what they say – Josh Eidelson and Hassan Kanu (DIERSEN: Have you been fired? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” They fired me because I had become an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They fired me because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about those who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who side with my Democrat GAO superiors. I would focus on past U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators. I would focus on present and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. All of the aforesaid talk and/or act like they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. All of the aforesaid pander to minorities and pander to women, and especially to minorities and to women who are younger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200809/its-now-even-easier-to-fire-us-workers-for-what-they-say

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Equity in Illinois higher education: ‘We are failing our African American students.’ – Raymon Troncoso (DIERSEN: What limited your educational achievements? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. While I attended high school, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes. The summer after high school, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. While I earned my bachelor’s degree, I delivered mail and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard. While I earned my master’s degrees, I pumped gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200807/equity-in-illinois-higher-education-lsquowe-are-failing-our-african-american-studentsrsquo

FOX NEWS
— Illinois district includes students of color in groups with first chance at in-person learning. ‘There was a pandemic before this,’ superintendent says. ‘That was inequity and racism’ – Sam Dorman (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, LGBTQ, younger, not married, product of a non-traditional family, non-Christian, non-Italian American, non-German American, non-veteran, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, in America illegally, those who have less money than others, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time IS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE White, male, heterosexual, older, married, product of a traditional family, Christian, Italian America, German American, veteran, Republican, conservative, citizen of America, those who have more money than others, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-schools-black-brown-students-in-person-learning
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Because District 65, which includes students from Evanston and Skokie, won’t force teachers to work on-site, school buildings may not be able to accommodate all students who would like to come back to their classrooms. In that event, Superintendent Devon Horton reportedly said, the district would give priority to “Black and Brown students,” and others it considered to be “marginalized” or “oppressed.” “This decision aligns directly to the guidance released by the Illinois State Board of Education on June 23 in using an equity lens to implement and transition into blended learning. This was also a top idea recommended by our Community-based Task Force,” school district spokeswoman Melissa Messinger told Fox News. “As a community deeply committed to educational equity, we will continue to root our decisionmaking on how to best serve our most vulnerable student populations.”)
— New York City crime skyrockets as Mayor de Blasio sides with criminals against cops The mayor is basically saying to everyone: Break the law and nothing will happen to you – Newt Gingrich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-york-city-crime-newt-gingrich
— National anthem protests go mainstream — how counterculture has become culture Americans surrendered to the narrative promulgated for so long by those who seek to undermine American comity. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/national-anthem-protests-ben-shapiro
— Black Lives Matter protester paints over Blue Lives Matter tribute – LAURA INGRAHAM
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/black-lives-matter-protester-paints-over-blue-lives-matter-tribute

AMERICAN THINKER
— Swirling corruption in Illinois, the state that brought us Obama – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/08/swirling_corruption_in_illinois_the_state_that_brought_us_obama.html
— The Truth About Slavery – Robert Wedge
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/the_truth_about_slavery.html
— Democrat Domestic Terrorism Can No Longer Be Ignored – J.B. Shurk
http://americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/democrat_domestic_terrorism_can_no_longer_be_ignored.html
— Do Blacks Owe Other Blacks Reparations? – Parker Beauregard
http://americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/do_blacks_owe_other_blacks_reparations.html
— Human Resources and Cancel Culture – Lawrence M. Ludlow (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, draft avoiders, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/human_resources_and_cancel_culture.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Current human resource (HR) policies deliberately misuse terms such as diversity and equity to achieve political ends. That isn’t news. But the process by which those terms were twisted into their current shapes is worth a look. Likewise, it is important to see how their current usage is grounded in economic ignorance and unsound ethics. Sadly, the resultant HR policies — including microaggression training and gender-and-race training — feed a growth industry of diversity hucksters. These quick-buck artists subvert productive corporate meritocracies and replace them with systems that enshrine mediocrity, manufacture complaints, and generate resentment – not to mention whining and pearl clutching. Even worse, the dismal results of these programs only seem to validate those who started them! The dysfunctional corporate cultures they create give politically motivated HR staff an opportunity to “referee” disputes among their newly infantilized employees. Meanwhile, adults who just want to do their jobs well, get paid, and go home are marginalized or driven off – as in the case of Google engineer James Damore; scores of editors, journalists, and columnists; and university professors in the U.S. and Canada.)

BREITBART
— FNC’s Pirro: NY AG’s Lawsuit Against NRA Proof ‘They’re Coming for Your Gun’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/08/fncs-pirro-ny-ags-lawsuit-against-nra-proof-theyre-coming-for-your-gun/
— France Blackmails Britain for £30m to Stop Illegal Boat Migrants – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/08/09/france-blackmails-britain-30m-stop-illegal-boat-migrants-report/

NEWSMAX
— The Question to Ask: Who’ll Pull Biden’s Strings? – Adam Goodman (DIERSEN: Who has the most influence over the following: your representative for your municipal district, your mayor, those who run your township, your representatives for your county district, your chairman of your county board, your state representative, your state senator, your U.S. representative, etc.? If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman, who has the most influence over the following: the officers of your Republican township party organization, the officers of your Republican county party organization, and the officers of the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.newsmax.com/adamgoodman/aoc-blm-green/2020/08/08/id/981217/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bobby Jindal: President Biden Would Be Radical, with Media Enablers Braking on Corona-Panic – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/08/08/bobby-jindal-president-biden-would-be-radical-media-enablers-braking

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Soros, Kass, Liberal Prosecutors, and the Battle for Transparency – Carl M. Cannon
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/09/soros_kass_liberal_prosecutors_and_the_battle_for_transparency_143915.html

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters crow about their success in using George Floyd to promote hated not only against Trump, but 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://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/us/george-floyd-protests-different-why/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “A white person and a Black person vote by mail in the same state” and asks “Whose ballot is more likely to be rejected?” and says “The changes states are scrambling to make ahead of November to help protect voters from COVID-19 could disproportionately disenfranchise people of color.” I told my wife in 2012 that
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/white-person-black-person-vote-mail-same-state-whose-ballot-n1234126

NEW YORK TIMES
— Boycotted. Criticized. But Fox News Leads the Pack in Prime Time. Led by Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the channel’s pro-Trump lineup outranked every network from 8 to 11 p.m. in June and July. – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, you are reading this email notwithstanding the tremendous efforts by my critics/opponents since 2000 to viciously destroy anyone who reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them. Do onto others what you want done to yourself. My critics/opponents focus on destroying me, so should I start focusing on destroying them?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/business/media/fox-news-ratings.html
— Is It OK That I Haven’t Told My Parents I Was Fired? – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: A month before my father died suddenly in 1969, I told my parents that my Democrat Post Office superiors had succeeded in forcing me to resign. In 1971, I told my mother that my Firestone Stores boss had fired me because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. In 1980, I told my mother and my wife that the Democrats who ran GAO had forced me to accept a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In 1997, I told my mother and my wife that my Democrat GAO superiors had succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” In 2012, I told my mother and my wife that my critics/opponents had ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship. In 2011, I told my mother and my wife that my critics/opponents had ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership. In 2010 and 2004, I told my mother and my wife that my critics/opponents had ended my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service. In 2007, I told my mother and my wife that my critics/opponents had ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership. In 2004, I told my mother and my wife that my critics/opponents had ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/magazine/jobs-unemployment-ethics.html

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Prop. 16 threatens California’s commitment to equality – Ward Connerly
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/08/09/prop-16-threatens-californias-commitment-to-equality-ward-connerly/

HARTFORD COURANT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, draft avoiders, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-best-reparations-0809-20200809-zepspbrrv5byzm42v4ueqdcpte-story.html

LUBBOCK ONLINE
— It’s debatable: Should presidential candidates of a certain age be screened for cognitive impairment?
https://www.lubbockonline.com/opinion/20200809/itrsquos-debatable-should-presidential-candidates-of-certain-age-be-screened-for-cognitive-impairment

WFMJ
— OUTSTANDING: Rally for GOP congressional candidate seeks to set apart differences Saturday outside the Trumbull County party headquarters republican congressional candidate Christina Hagan held a “back the blue” rally. – Janet Rogers
https://www.wfmj.com/story/42470681/back-the-blue-rally-by-republican-candidate-for-congress-seeks-to-set-apart-differences-warren-oh

KUIR8
— OUTSTANDING: Blue lives matter rally outside Yellowstone County Courthouse – Riley Nagel
https://www.kulr8.com/news/blue-lives-matter-rally-outside-yellowstone-county-courthouse/article_005d4ab6-d9db-11ea-b4ae-333a4a7a42e3.html

WRIC
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ event shows support to law enforcement officers in New Kent County – WRIC Newsroom
https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/back-the-blue-event-shows-support-to-law-enforcement-officers-in-new-kent-county/

TC PALM
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ marchers in Fort Pierce honor law enforcement officers for good works, sacrifice – Lamaur Stancil
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2020/08/08/back-blue-march-fort-pierce-honors-law-enforcement-sacrifice/5539311002/

WKYC
— Rally in support of police takes place in Cleveland
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/rally-in-support-of-police-planned-for-saturday-in-cleveland/95-073d29d9-f5a2-4042-b62a-36aaaf3be3d3

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
— The Whims of the Working Class Could Decide Presidential Race – MATTHEW RENDA (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.courthousenews.com/the-whims-of-the-working-class-could-decide-presidential-race/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to hypocritical hate-filled Republican-haters who hypocritically flee the poverty and crime in Democrat areas and move to Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there? How bad is the hypocritical Democrat invasion in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block?)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/09/donald-trump-outdated-approach-falls-flat-america-diverse-democratic-suburbs

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.