September 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 58 shot, 4 fatally, in Labor Day weekend violence across city. 6 children shot in 12-hour span: Chicago police
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-mass-shootings-violence/11003112/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 48 people shot in weekend gun violence through Sunday morning, including 10 children and teenagers – TALIA SOGLIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-gun-violence-roudup-0905-20210905-ys3w5dafzvdwvbwbougbwfgaba-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4 killed, 53 wounded — including 8 children — in Chicago shootings since Friday evening. A 4-year-old boy who was shot in Woodlawn is among those who died.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/9/4/22657062/killed-wounded-chicago-weekend-shootings-labor-day

DAILY HERALD
— Is ‘Downstate’ an offensive word? – Jim Baumann
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210903/policy-corner-is-downstate-an-offensive-word

WGLT
— Reporter-Turned-State Senator Fights For Local Journalism – Colleen Reynolds
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-09-05/reporter-turned-state-senator-fights-for-local-journalism

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Scared to death’: Elder blames ‘hysterical’ media attacks on fear of Black Republican governor. Republican calls liberal press ‘public-relations bureau for Democrat Party’ – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/5/larry-elder-blames-hysterical-media-attacks-recall/

AMERICAN THINKER
— American Education Is Rotten from Top to Bottom – Jack Cashill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/american_education_is_rotten_from_top_to_bottom.html
— Thank you, President Biden – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/thank_you_president_biden.html

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: GOP ‘Should Not Have the Majority’ Until They Stop They ‘Pushing Conspiracies’ – PAM KEY
(COMMENT: What do you push? I push the Republican Party platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/09/05/kinzinger-gop-should-not-have-the-majority-until-they-stop-they-pushing-conspiracies/

BLAZE
— Taliban making demands, holding ‘hostage’ Americans and others cleared to leave Afghanistan – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/report-taliban-making-demands-holding-hostage-americans-and-others-cleared-to-leave-afghanistan

CHRISTIAN POST
— Tribalism: We don’t want this, Mr. President! – Ron F. Hale
https://www.christianpost.com/news/tribalism-we-do-not-want-this-mr-president.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden’s State Dept. hindering rescue flights say organizers: ‘It’s not the Taliban holding it up’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/09/06/bidens-state-dept-hindering-rescue-flights-say-organizers-its-not-the-taliban-holding-it-up-1130134/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— No Comparison: Non-Violent BLM Protesters Treated More Leniently Than Non-Violent Jan. 6 Protesters – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/09/no-comparison-non-violent-blm-protesters-treated-more-leniently-than-non-violent-jan-6-protesters/
— Liberal Author Behind ‘Demographics Is Destiny’ Narrative Has Bad News For Democrats: You Blew It. Ruy Teixeira: “these Hispanic voting trends have not been favorable for the Democrats”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/09/liberal-author-behind-demographics-is-destiny-narrative-has-news-for-democrats-you-blew-it/

EPOCH TIMES
— Teaching True American History – Timothy S. Goeglein
https://www.theepochtimes.com/teaching-true-american-history_3980496.html
— Taliban ‘Holding’ Americans ‘Hostage’ at Afghanistan Airport: Top Republican Lawmaker – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/taliban-holding-americans-hostage-at-afghanistan-airport-top-republican-lawmaker_3982311.html
— Mexican Officials Cut Off New Caravan of Illegal Aliens, Breaking up Main Group – Reuters
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mexican-officials-cut-off-new-caravan-of-illegal-aliens-breaking-up-main-group_3982534.html

THE HILL
— The media trust gap between conservatives and liberals continues to grow. Here’s why – JOE CONCHA
(COMMENT: Anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I should write a book about those anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes who have done the most a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/570916-the-media-trust-gap-between-conservatives-and-liberals-continues-to-grow
— How America’s Afghanistan withdrawal puts the world at risk – DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/570888-how-americas-afghanistan-withdrawal-puts-the-world-at-risk

ABC NEWS
— Migrant caravan broken up again in southern Mexico – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/migrant-caravan-broken-southern-mexico-79848472

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives. A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool. – Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/technology/freedom-phone-smartphone-conservatives.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote wearing masks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/opinion/coronavirus-masks-school-board-meetings.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public schools have long been an irresistible battleground for America’s culture warriors. On issues ranging from sex education to desegregation, public prayer to evolution to the Pledge of Allegiance, cultural cage matches are frequently fought on the backs of local schools, with board members, educators and students too often caught in the fray.)
— Dawn Turner Looks Back on Her ’70s Girlhood, and Those Who Got Left Behind – Linda Villarosa
(COMMENT: Did you seek admission to the University of Illinois in Urbana? I did not. Neither my parents nor I could afford it. But UIC did admit me in 1966. I could afford UIC a) because my parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete, b) because I owned a new car to commute to/from classes and work that I had paid for with money that I had saved washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, and c) because I worked as many hours that I could part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/books/review/dawn-turner-three-girls-from-bronzeville.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Driving Turner’s narrative is a vexing question that continues to haunt her: How did she manage to accumulate the signifiers of success — a college degree, a career, a husband, a home outside the city — while Kim lost a baby as a teenager, sank into alcoholism and died of a heart attack at 23; and Debra battled drug addiction and eventually shot a man to death? . . . Dawn, Debra and Kim all had a leg up in life, as so-called children of the dream: the first generation to realize the hard-won freedoms of the civil rights movement. But only Turner was able to grab hold of the advantages, entering the University of Illinois at Urbana on the early tide of affirmative action, one of just a thousand African American students in a sea of 34,500.)
— N.F.L. Will Allow Six Social Justice Messages on Players’ Helmets. The decals, with messages such as “Stop Hate” and “Black Lives Matter,” are part of the league’s efforts to show solidarity with players who have protested against racism and police brutality. – Michael Levenson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/sports/nfl-social-justice.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hated against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/opinion/ku-kluxism-trumpism.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Virus Surges, Americans Dread Going Backward – Mitch Smith and Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/us/covid-surge-united-states.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Last resistance holdout in Afghanistan, falls to the Taliban – Rachel Pannett, Haq Nawaz Khan, and Siobhán O’Grady
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/06/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-updates/

NEW YORK POST
— Why most Americans no longer honor unions on Labor Day – Editorial
(COMMENT: What is your attitude toward union members? I should write a book about those who have used my almost 12 years of union membership while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980 against me the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of federal unions, I was grossly overpaid and my benefits were far too generous. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $48,445/year in 1971 to $97,395/year in 1980. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21 in 1970, a job-related master’s degree (Loyola- MBA) when I was 27, a job-related professional certification (CPA) when I was 30, and I had almost completed the requirements for a second job-related master’s degree (DePaul-Accounting).)
https://nypost.com/2021/09/05/why-most-americans-no-longer-honor-unions-on-labor-day/

ATLANTIC
— We’ve Never Protected the Vulnerable. – Aaron E. Carroll
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, politicians paint themselves as be protectors of the vulnerable, that is, they protect a) minorities from Whites, b) females from males, c) younger people from older people, d) LGBTQers from heterosexuals, e) moderates and liberals from conservatives, f) Trump-haters from Trump-supporters, g) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs from Republicans, h) citizens of foreign countries from citizens of America, i) those who have less money from those who have more money, j) those who have health problems from those who do not have health problems, k) non-gun owners from gun owners, l) non-married people from married people, m) non-Christians from Christians, n) non-Protestants from Protestants, o) non-Italian Americans from Italian Americans, p) non-German Americans from German Americans, o) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time from those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, r) criminals from law enforcement, s) drinkers from non-drinkers, t) gamblers from non-gamblers, u) stoners from non-stoners, and v) etc. from etc.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/weve-never-protected-the-vulnerable/619981/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Importance of Purpose in Life – Gary Drevitch
(COMMENT: What are your purposes in life? Mine include using GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to encourage the following to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/making-sense-chaos/202109/3-things-weve-learned-about-the-importance-purpose-in-life

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.