October 21 Morning Edition

WGN9

— Chicago on pace to lose more than 1,000 officers due to resignation, retirement – Andrew Schroedter
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-on-pace-to-lose-more-than-1000-officers-due-to-resignation-retirement/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Former DuPage judge Patrick J. O’Shea facing gun-related charges again – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211020/former-dupage-judge-facing-gun-related-charges-again

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— The fight against extremism in Illinois – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/10/20/the-fight-against-extremism-in-illinois/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Sen. Plummer opposes changes to Parental Notice of Abortion Act
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Sen-Plummer-opposes-changes-to-Parental-Notice-16548799.php

CHALK BEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois to make teacher evaluations optional for second year – Samantha Smylie
(COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the subjectivity in evaluations a) to promote their Democrat employees, and especially those who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/10/20/22737434/illinois-teacher-evaluations-reopening-covid

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans continue to demand lawmakers check governor’s COVID authority – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/republicans-continue-to-demand-lawmakers-check-governor-s-covid-authority/article_85f4aecc-31db-11ec-980d-af82e2b317cd.html
— GOP lawmakers say Democrats are rejecting anti-crime measures – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/gop-lawmakers-say-democrats-are-rejecting-anti-crime-measures/article_cb2a66da-31d1-11ec-a0e3-4b26d20fe660.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Oberlin College Student Exposes Transinsanity – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/oberlin-college-student-exposes-transinsanity/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A pandemic of woke indoctrination. Excerpts from Sean Spicer’s book ‘Radical Nation’ – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/20/a-pandemic-of-woke-indoctrination/
— Democrats bully parents as they push radical curriculum on our kids – Tommy Hicks Jr.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/20/democrats-bully-parents-they-push-radical-curricul/

FOX NEWS
— Missouri AG: Biden admin wants to criminalize dissent, muzzle parents. Seventeen states ask Biden, Garland to stop intimidating parents into silence at school board meetings.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schmitt-biden-admin-want-to-criminalize-dissent-muzzle-parents
— Tucker: As quality of life declines, you’re instructed not to notice
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6277924921001
— Meghan McCain warns of ‘oppressive climate of judgment’ in exclusive excerpt of new memoir ‘Bad Republican’ McCain sympathized with Beto O’Rourke after gaffe about his wife raising their children ‘sometimes with my help’ – Brian Flood
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mccain-bad-republican-exclusive-excerpt
— Author on park association’s equity guide: ‘Eventually you disappear the idea of being an American’ The National Recreation and Park Association is advising individuals against using the word ‘Americans’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/author-on-park-associations-equity-guide-eventually-you-disappear-the-idea-of-being-an-american

FOX BUSINESS
— Walmart stands by CRT training as ‘thought provoking’ and ‘instructive’ – Tyler O’Neil
(COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Walmart employees will be 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.foxbusiness.com/politics/walmart-stands-by-crt-training-as-thought-provoking-and-instructive

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Our Purgatory Is Their Nirvana One man’s anarchy is another’s road to justice. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/20/our-purgatory-is-their-nirvana/
— President Trump and Fake Conservatives – Sebastian Gorka
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/20/president-trump-and-fake-conservatives/

BREITBART
— Katko: Biden’s Plan for Border Is to Make Every State a Border State by Shipping People Throughout the Country – IAN HANCHETT
(COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/10/20/katko-bidens-plan-for-border-is-to-make-every-state-a-border-state-by-shipping-people-throughout-the-country/

BLAZE
— Condoleezza Rice argues eloquently against Critical Race Theory on ‘The View,’ and liberals go on the attack – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/condoleezza-rice-crt-the-view
— White privilege banner directed at North Carolina Catholic HS before football game infuriates parents: ‘It’s not right’ – DAVE URBANSKI
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I unfairly benefitted tremendously from White privilege, male privilege, Protestant privilege, German American privilege, rich parents privilege, and etc. privilege, and were it not for that, I would never had been able to a) earn 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; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, get hired by IRS in 1971, get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974, get hired by GAO in 1980, and get promoted by GAO in 1986; c) avoid the draft, d) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. and collector cars in 1989 and 1994; e) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, f) get married and buy real estate in 1978 and have a home built in 1984, g) etc.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-privilege-banner-catholic-hs-football-game

DAILY CALLER
— Record Number Of Carry Permits In 2020
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/20/record-number-of-carry-permits-in-2020/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Starts Media Group, ‘Truth Social’ Platform – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/truth-social-media-technology/2021/10/20/id/1041358/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Feminism: An Elite Ideology – Brenda Hafera
https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/feminism-elite-ideology

HEARTLAND
— BIG TECH CENSORSHIP: IS FREE SPEECH DEAD, OR WILL HEARTLAND PREVAIL? – James Taylor
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/big-tech-censorship-is-free-speech-dead-or-will-heartland-prevail
— The Masking of America – Jeffrey H. Anderson
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/10/the-masking-of-america-commentary/

HOT AIR
— Illinois sheriffs to Chicago Mayor: You’re on your own
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/10/21/illinois-sheriffs-to-chicago-mayor-youre-on-your-own-n423827

SPECTATOR WORLD
— Don’t worry: colleges are still insufferably woke post-COVID
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/colleges-woke-covid-right-handed-privilege-male-contractors/

REASON
— Illinois’ Gerrymandered Congressional Map Is a Window Into America’s Political Dysfunction. One of the big losers in the Illinois redistricting plan is Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a moderate Republican who voted to impeach Trump. – ERIC BOEHM
https://reason.com/2021/10/19/illinois-gerrymandered-congressional-map-is-a-window-into-americas-political-dysfunction/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Elite Universities Are the Worst for Free Speech – Samuel J. Abrams
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/10/20/elite_universities_are_the_worst_for_free_speech_110653.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Several Sheriffs Wont Send Deputies to Chicago Amid Vaccine-Related Police Staffing Shortage – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/several-sheriffs-offices-refuse-chicagos-request-to-send-deputies-amid-vaccine-staffing-shortage_4059204.html
— Fauci, Washington’s Highest-Paid Fed, Got Big Break Under George W. Bush – Mark Tapscott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-washingtons-highest-paid-fed-got-big-break-under-george-w-bush_4059576.html

YAHOO NEWS
— IL GOP sizing up challenge against Pritzker – Justin Kaufmann
(COMMENT: Those who want Republican candidates to lose want Republican candidates to be 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.yahoo.com/news/il-gop-sizing-challenge-against-112024233.html

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise Republicans who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/colin-powells-affirmative-action-stance-also-defined-black-republican-rcna3404

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amherst College Ends Legacy Admissions Favoring Children of Alumni
(COMMENT: Should everyone be required to disclose the college degrees that their parents earned? 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Federal Lawsuit Poses First Challenge to Ban on Teaching Critical Race Theory. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by the ACLU and other advocacy groups argues that bans on teaching critical race theory violate free speech and deny students the opportunity to learn history. – Lauren Camera
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-10-20/federal-lawsuit-poses-first-challenge-to-ban-on-teaching-critical-race-theory

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How ‘Diversity’ Turned Tyrannical. – Lawrence Krauss
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. officially get rid of 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.wsj.com/articles/diversity-tyrannical-equity-inclusion-college-marginalized-race-11634739677
— Alumni Are Fed Up and Ready to Fight Back. Most have sat quietly as the left advances its agenda relentlessly. No longer. – Susan J. Crawford and Kenneth G. Langone
(COMMENT: I earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I should survey recent graduates of the aforesaid to see how far to the left they are.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/alumni-college-university-free-speech-campus-langone-culture-civility-11634677124
— ‘The 9.9 Percent’ Review: The Tarnished Silver Spoon. How to explain the failures of postwar liberalism without attributing any fault to postwar liberalism? Blame the rich. – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-9-9-percent-review-the-tarnished-silver-spoon-11634770789
— Thomas Jefferson, Still Standing It is progress that New York City won’t put out his statue for trash collection. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-still-standing-new-york-city-council-11634759125

BLOOMBERG
— Here’s Donald Trump’s Pitch for His New Technology and Media Empire The former president plans to take on Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google and many more. – Tracy Alloway
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-21/donald-trump-launches-truth-social-media-company-to-take-on-twitter-facebook

MARKET WATCH
— Embracing critical race theory plays into China’s hand. The narrative that the United States is bedeviled by systemic racism projects to the world an America riddled with self-doubt and lost purpose. – Peter Morici
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/embracing-critical-race-theory-plays-into-chinas-hand-11634675667

CATO
— Yes, Americans Are Divided, and an Essay Arguing Otherwise Perfectly Illustrates Why – Neal McCluskey
(COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats use BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc. to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/yes-americans-are-divided-essay-arguing-otherwise-perfectly-illustrates-why

NEWSWEEK
— A Party Without Purpose – RYAN GIRDUSKY
(COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Constructively, in Illinois, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO party leaders have a) dumped the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks from the Republican Party platform and b) dumped party leaders, precinct committeemen/captains, and voters who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.newsweek.com/party-without-purpose-opinion-1640061

ATLANTIC
— Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucrats Made Five Mistakes – Conor Friedersdorf
(COMMENT: If you asked my superiors in the federal government what mistakes the federal government made concerning me, they would say a) hiring me in 1966, 1971, and 1980, b) promoting me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986, and c) not getting rid of me sooner than it did. If you asked the Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Wheaton, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) what mistakes the aforesaid made, they would say the following: a) MTRO appointing me to be a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and letting me serve as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, b) AAPC MC letting me serve as a board member in 2001-2004, c) ICRC letting me serve as a Steering Committee member 2003-2007, d) WCC letting me serve as a Government Affairs Committee member in 2003 – 2011, e) Wheaton letting me raise money from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, f) TAPROOT letting me serve as its chairman 2005-2012, and g) IRP letting serve on its Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/yale-law-diversity-bureaucrats-made-five-mistakes/620428/

TRUTHOUT
— COMMENT: Democrats want Blacks to be 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://truthout.org/articles/no-black-people-cant-be-racists/

SPECTATOR
— Virtue signaling is really status signaling – Toby Young
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/virtue-signalling-is-really-status-signalling
— Does ‘white privilege’ exist? – Theo Hobson
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I unfairly benefitted tremendously from White privilege, male privilege, Protestant privilege, German American privilege, rich parents privilege, and etc. privilege, and were it not for that, I would never had been able to a) earn 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; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, get hired by IRS in 1971, get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974, get hired by GAO in 1980, and get promoted by GAO in 1986; c) avoid the draft, d) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. and collector cars in 1989 and 1994; e) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, f) get married and buy real estate in 1978 and have a home built in 1984, g) etc.)
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-white-privilege-exist-

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.