December 18 Morning Edition

CBS2

— Among Numerous Recent Retail Thefts On And Around Magnificent Mile, Only 2 People Have Been Arrested – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/17/magnificent-mile-retail-thefts-few-arrests/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County commissioner fired employee after she complained of sexual harassment, EEOC complaint says – ALICE YIN
(COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” after I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-deborah-sims-cook-county-eeoc-complaint-20211217-u4glwozkhrdjbiwiwwyotui4na-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Former Winfield trustee Stan Zegel remembered his love of local politics – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211217/former-winfield-trustee-remembered-his-love-of-local-politics

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Not exactly putting words into action. A majority of admissions officers express support for the Black Lives Matter movement, but fewer than half of medical schools have implemented policies to ensure a diverse and inclusive student body. – AMY KRAFT
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats “ensure a diverse and inclusive” federal workforce by doing everything that they can a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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.chicagobusiness.com/equity/how-chicago-medical-schools-address-equity

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What’s going on in GOP? Chaos and intrigue are in equal supply within the Illinois Republican Party, the late contribution of both come from billionaire Ken Griffin. – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey/article_e608c937-5fae-538d-ade4-7b40285aef58.html

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— I expected the America I had seen on TV. But life on Chicago’s South Side is a struggle. The realities of racism, poverty, food insecurity, and gun violence surprised me. – Ajibola Elizabeth Junaid
(COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago’s South Side.)
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/17/22815394/chicago-south-side-immigration-american-dream

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Experiments with a Universal Basic Income – FLORIAN SOHNKE
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-experiments-with-a-universal-basic-income

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Potentially 8 Illinois Republicans could crowd field for gubernatorial nomination – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/potentially-8-illinois-republicans-could-crowd-field-for-gubernatorial-nomination/article_80ba4626-5f60-11ec-b0f0-afb892d62069.html

JOHN KASS
— Glenn Loury, Chicago born, on woke policy feeding violent urban crime
https://johnkassnews.com/glenn-loury-chicago-born-on-woke-policy-driving-violent-crime-and-crushing-black-america/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration ticks up; DHS border numbers show worst November on record – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/17/illegal-immigration-ticks-dhs-border-numbers-show-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump: ‘The Jewish people in the United States either don’t like Israel or don’t care’ – Christopher Hutton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-the-jewish-people-in-the-united-states-either-dont-like-israel-or-dont-care
— Too many whites attend campus concerts, says Oberlin College newspaper columnist – Tori Richards
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/whites-dont-belong-at-campus-concerts-says-oberlin-college-newspaper-columnist
— Nicholas Sandmann reaches settlement with NBC – Asher Notheis
(COMMENT: I should have sued Money Magazine. In its 4-page hit piece on me in its February 1978 edition, Money Magazine a) painted me as being grossly overpaid, b) foisted negative government employee, political, racial, gender, religious, national origin, other stereotypes on me and on my wife, and c) painted my education deductions as being improper. Money Magazine would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Missouri Synod Lutheran, and/or non-German American.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nicholas-sandmann-reaches-settlement-with-nbc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sandmann became the center of attention after a viral confrontation between him and a Native American man named Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after attending events associated with the March for Life with classmates from Covington Catholic. Sandmann, wearing a “MAGA” hat, smiled at Phillips, an attendee of the Indigenous Peoples March who sang and played a drum in front of the teenager. Video of the encounter led to a media firestorm, and the ensuing litigation highlighted the reporting as incorrectly portraying the teenager as the face of an unruly and racist mob. The defamation lawsuit Sandmann filed against NBC Universal, which sought $275 million, said NBC “unleashed its vast corporate wealth, influence, and power against Nicholas to falsely attack him despite the fact that at the time, he was a 16-year-old high school student.”)
— Police: NFL ‘on the side of the offenders’ in defunding play – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/police-nfl-on-the-side-of-offenders-in-defunding-play
— Why doesn’t Biden care about colleges’ anti-Asian discrimination? – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-doesnt-biden-care-about-colleges-anti-asian-discrimination

NEW YORK POST
— Biden accidentally calls VP ‘President’ Kamala Harris – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2021/12/17/joe-biden-accidentally-calls-kamala-harris-president/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Biden ‘isn’t listening’ to Americans, has ‘failed on almost every front’ Americans are fed up with misgivings, Ingraham said. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-joe-biden-democrats-agenda-economy-crime-border


— Biden nominee dodges Sen. Kennedy 9 times when asked if social justice-inspired crimes should be forgiven. Kennedy called the exchange ’embarrassing’ – Andrew Mark Miller
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are rich because Republicans, their parents, their grandparents, their great grandparents, and the rest of their ancestors are/were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who discriminate/discriminated against minorities, against women, against younger people, against LGBTQers, against etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-nominee-dodges-sen-kennedy-9-times-asked-social-justice-inspired-crimes-forgiven

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will Poland Have to Defend Europe from Islam Again? – Gunnar Heinsohn
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/will_poland_have_to_defend_europe_from_islam_again.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden White House Offers Bonuses for Doctors Who Mandate ‘Anti-Racism Plans’ – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/17/biden-white-house-offers-bonuses-for-doctors-who-mandate-anti-racism-plans/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Are Men So Cowardly? – ROD DREHER
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/why-are-men-so-cowardly-transgender-women-children/

BREITBART
— Biden Admin Encourages Doctors to Implement ‘Anti-Racism Plans’ by Offering Bonuses – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats give preferred job assignments, give easy-to-meet performance expectations, give glowing performance appraisals, give pay increases, give bonuses, and give promotions to their Democrat employees who help them get rid of federal employees who Republican, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/17/biden-admin-encourages-doctors-implement-anti-racism-plans-offering-bonuses/
— Wall Street Journal Guest Op-Ed Slams Salvation Army ‘Wokeness’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2021/12/17/wall-street-journal-slams-salvation-army-wokeness/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Hasn’t Jussie Smollett Been Charged With Perjury? – Larry Elder
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/12/17/why-hasnt-jussie-smollett-been-charged-with-perjury/

FEDERALIST
— A Powerful Campaign Against Woke Capitalism Is Unfolding Quietly In State Treasurer Races
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/17/a-powerful-campaign-against-woke-capitalism-is-unfolding-quietly-in-state-treasurer-races/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Health Insurer Claims to See a Racist Behind Every Stethoscope – CHRIS QUEEN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/chris-queen/2021/12/17/woke-health-insurer-claims-to-see-a-racist-behind-every-stethoscope-n1542419

POST MILLENNIAL
— Black Chicago school students given segregated field trips with black instructors. “Students will travel to Jefferson Middle School, observe a teacher and then have a question answer luncheon and discuss the importance of considering education as a career as a person of color.” – Nick Monroe
https://thepostmillennial.com/black-chicago-school-students-given-segregated-field-trips-with-black-instructors

TOWNHALL
— Deliberately Dragging Us Down: Team Biden Locks up America’s Energy, Inflation Soars – Craig Rucker
https://townhall.com/columnists/craigrucker/2021/12/18/deliberately-dragging-us-down-team-biden-locks-up-americas-energy-inflation-soars-n2600759

SPECTRUM NEWS
— Sen. Ted Cruz releases e-book instructing conservatives on how to fight critical race theory – Craig Huber
(COMMENT: Who is leading the fight against CRT a) in your school district, b) in your municipality, c) in your township, d) in your county, and e) in Illinois? It should be a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP leaders, d) Republican elected/appointed officials in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois, and e) candidates for the aforesaid offices.)
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/12/17/sen–ted-cruz-releases-e-book-instructing-conservatives-how-to-fight-critical-race-theory-

THE HILL
— Harvard ditching standardized testing requirements for admissions for next four years – Shirin Ali
(DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/586321-harvard-ditching-standardized-testing-requirements-for
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Biden hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. How soon, if not already, will Biden call for the federal government to round up Republicans, take away their property, send them to concentration camps, and get rid of them there once and for all?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/586313-biden-discusses-hate-and-racism-in-america-in-address-to-hbcu

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: A hate-filled White-hating White-hater promotes hatred against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/opinion/freedom-liberty-racial-hierarchies.html
— COMMENT: The New York Times promotes those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/15/opinion/tom-morello-high-school-activism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/opinion/tom-morello-newsletter-rage-against-the-machine.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) paint themselves as being protectors of and as being champions of Blacks and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-south-carolina-black-colleges/2021/12/17/5d1cb5a4-5f48-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— Tough-on-crime politics are back in California. But Black activists aren’t giving up – ERIKA D. SMITH
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-17/california-goes-tough-on-crime-black-activists-fight-for-police-reform

USA TODAY
— ‘It’s nighttime in America’: How to fight back against the forces pulling our nation apart. We’re being forced apart by organized forces that profit from polarizing the country. – Philip K. Howard
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/18/polarization-america-how-fight-forces-dividing-our-nation/6460116001/
— President Biden wants more money for the IRS. Here’s what the agency would do with it – Michael Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/18/irs-biden-proposes-80-billion-tax-agency-over-next-decade/6497908001/

FOX INDIANAPOLIS
— Carmel tops Money Magazine’s ’10 Best Places to Retire in 2022′ – Luther Johnson
(COMMENT: I should have sued Money Magazine. In its 4-page hit piece on me in its February 1978 edition, Money Magazine a) painted me as being grossly overpaid, b) foisted negative government employee, political, racial, gender, religious, national origin, other stereotypes on me and on my wife, and c) painted my education deductions as being improper. Money Magazine would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Missouri Synod Lutheran, and/or non-German American.)
https://fox59.com/news/carmel-tops-money-magazines-10-best-places-to-retire-in-2022/

KENOSHA NEWS
— Rittenhouse hints that potential libel lawsuits could be coming – ADAM ROGAN
(COMMENT: I should have sued Money Magazine. In its 4-page hit piece on me in its February 1978 edition, Money Magazine a) painted me as being grossly overpaid, b) foisted negative government employee, political, racial, gender, religious, national origin, other stereotypes on me and on my wife, and c) painted my education deductions as being improper. Money Magazine would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Missouri Synod Lutheran, and/or non-German American.)
https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rittenhouse-hints-that-potential-libel-lawsuits-could-be-coming/article_17128ca3-2e1e-59e7-8bf9-e3e87cf983a7.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Brace for Rewrite of Biden Spending Plan to Woo Joe Manchin. Satisfying pivotal senator could force substantial changes in what President Biden called party’s consensus healthcare, education and climate bill in October – Richard Rubin and Andrew Duehren
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-brace-for-rewrite-of-biden-spending-plan-to-woo-joe-manchin-11639832402

FORTUNE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) paint themselves as being protectors of and as being champions of minorities, women, LGBTQers, etc. and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities, women, LGBTQers, etc. have had, are having, and will have.
https://fortune.com/2021/12/17/optimism-race-corporate-diversity-dei-evelyn-carter-paradigm/

FORBES
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of 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.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2021/12/17/3-benefits-of-diversity-in-the-workplace/

NEWSWEEK
— Black Democrats Are Fighting Back Against ‘Woke’ Progressives – DARVIO MORROW
https://www.newsweek.com/black-democrats-are-fighting-back-against-woke-progressives-opinion-1660583

NIEMAN LAB
— Realizing inequality in news goes a lot deeper than diversity numbers – Janelle Salanga
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against non-White and non-male journalists who do not promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, 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.niemanlab.org/2021/12/realizing-inequality-in-news-goes-a-lot-deeper-than-diversity-numbers/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, 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.niemanlab.org/2021/12/the-rise-of-nationalism-becomes-a-local-story/

WHITE HOUSE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) paint themselves as being protectors of and as being champions of Blacks and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/17/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-advances-equity-and-opportunity-for-black-people-and-communities-across-the-country-2/

PHYS
— Bias against Native Americans spikes when mascots are removed – Kim Eckart
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-bias-native-americans-spikes-mascots.html

DAILY MAIL
— Oxford University may make ‘woke scores’ part of the criteria when recruiting academics – IMOGEN HORTON
(COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the higher that your woke score is: anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10323159/Oxford-University-make-woke-scores-criteria-recruiting-academics.html

TELEGRAPH
— Fury over Oxford University plan to hire academics based on how woke they are. Anger among lecturers who fear they may have to give researchers a score on their beliefs about diversity and equality. – Camilla Turner
(COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the higher that your woke score is: anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/17/fury-oxford-university-plan-hire-academics-based-woke/

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.