April 8, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Illinois Democrats decry Trump’s threats to Iran, call for 25th Amendment, impeachment and bipartisan cooperation
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-democrats-trump-iran-25th-amendment-impeachment/
— Stretch of Bridgeview designated as Little Palestine
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bridgeview-little-palestine-sign-unveiling/
— Palestinian students say they’ve faced discrimination at DePaul University
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/palestinian-students-say-theyve-faced-discrimination-at-depaul-university/

FOX32
— Illinois leaders blast Trump, float 25th Amendment after Iran warning: ‘pure evil.’ Several Illinois politicians are responding to Trump’s threat by calling for his removal from office under the 25th Amendment or urging Congress to reconvene to halt potential military action.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-sjef0mu7is1lg8za
— Chicago saw 27% turnout for 2026 primary election, beating 2022 mark
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-2026-primary-election-turnout
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/stolen-teddy-bear-returned-after-teen-takeover-chicago-loop.amp
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-39otv0zhaowlahh6

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/clergy-ministry-broadview-ice-facility/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker wants 25th Amendment invoked to remove Trump from office over Iran threats. Pritzker joined more than 50 House Democrats — and an unlikely alliance of conservatives calling for the president’s removal, including former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former MAGA ally and conservative radio host Alex Jones, conservative commentator Candace Owens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/04/07/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-iran-war-power-plants-bridges-threat-25th-amendment

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO OF PRITZKER: Pritzker, Illinois Dems say Trump’s Iran threat crosses a line, call for his removal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-illinois-dems-say-trumps-iran-threat-crosses-a-line-call-for-his-removal/
— Wheaton eyes ban on sale of delta-8 THC, ‘gas station heroin’ and other products. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/news/wheaton-eyes-ban-on-sale-of-delta-8-thc-gas-station-heroin-and-other-products/
— Arlington Heights couple pleads not guilty to vandalizing Republican headquarters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/crime/arlington-heights-couple-pleads-not-guilty-to-vandalizing-republican-headquarters/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker calls for Trump’s removal as Iran tensions escalate
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-calls-for-25th-amendment-on-trump-20260407/
— Abortion coverage mandates under federal fire in Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-abortion-coverage-trump-pritzker-04072026/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois farmers ease critical labor shortages through this agricultural visa program. The H-2A visa has become a lifeline for farmers who can’t find enough domestic workers. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have. I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-farmers-ease-critical-labor-shortages-through-this-agricultural-visa-program/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago weighs resolution to condemn Trump’s private school tax credits. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. But they have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. But they have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/chicago-weighs-resolution-to-condemn-trump-s-private-school-tax-credits

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker calls for removing Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/08/pritzker-urges-cabinet-to-restrain-trump-00863083

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-498/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downtown Chicago’s office vacancy rate has risen to a record high for the 15th consecutive quarter. DD: I worked in downtown Chicago offices in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8332f01f-078f-41b9-907f-f1e08f26b021.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Lawmakers Target Children’s Attitudes & “Mental Health”
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/illinois-lawmakers-target-childrens-attitudes-mental-health/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois must rein in spending
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-must-rein-in-spending/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do, who discourages you from doing it, and why? To discourage/stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my promoting conservative principles and the Republican Party platform is hopeless, and that therefore, it is a waste of my time, a waste of my effort, and a waste of my money. They stress the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me including a) throwing me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why have adverse actions been taken against you? Many big adverse actions have been taken against me a) because I fight against race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, b) because I fight against the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, and diminishment of Second Amendment rights, c) because I have filed complaints, grievances, arbitration demands, and lawsuits, and d) because I refuse to be manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents, I refuse to glorify and praise them, I refuse to pander to them, I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, I refused to cover up their wrong doing, and I refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Teen mob descends on Chicago’s Hyde Park, damages cars as ‘takeover’ trend spreads across U.S.  DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/teen-mob-descends-chicagos-hyde-park-damages-cars-takeover-trend/
— Britain’s gun control led to ‘Islamist abyss’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/james-woods-says-britains-gun-control-led-islamist-abyss/
— California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage brought higher prices, fewer hours. DD: I did not start earning $20/hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 in 1966 and I had earned a high school diploma and I had passed the postal employment test.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/study-californias-20-fast-food-minimum-wage-brought-higher-prices/

BREITBART
— Chicago: Teen Mob Damages Cars, Terrorizes Neighbors. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/04/07/watch-chicago-teen-mob-damages-cars-terrorizes-neighbors-as-parents-let-them-run-rampant/amp/
— 14 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Controlled Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/04/07/14-shot-during-weekend-democrat-controlled-chicago/amp/
— Gun Control Is Not a Suitable Substitute for Freedom
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/04/07/hawkins-gun-control-is-not-suitable-substitute-freedom/
— Trump’s Migration Rules Force Wage Gains in Meatpacking
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/07/trumps-migration-rules-force-wage-gains-in-meatpacking/amp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— China Dominates the World’s Critical Minerals Production
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/07/how-china-dominates-the-worlds-critical-minerals-production/

FOX NEWS
— Video shows teens take over Chicago streets as mayor warns of ‘trends’ that can turn ‘deadly.’ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to the takeovers as ‘teen trends’ and called them ‘unsafe.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-teens-take-over-chicago-streets-mayor-warns-trends-turn-deadly
— Violent mob of juveniles swarms D.C. streets, attacks officers in wild ‘teen takeover’ caught on video. Authorities had established five juvenile curfew zones and hosted evening events for teens ahead of the weekend brawls. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/violent-mob-juveniles-swarms-streets-attacks-officers-wild-teen-takeover-caught-video

HOT AIR
— The War in Iran Is Safer for Americans Than a Month on the Streets in Chicago
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/07/the-war-in-iran-is-safer-for-americans-than-a-month-in-chicago-and-other-city-stories-n3813648

NEW AMERICAN
— Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill that would turbocharge the state’s draconian gun control from banning the future sale of certain firearms — so-called assault weapons — to criminalizing possession itself. This would mark a major escalation, turning many otherwise law-abiding gun owners into potential felons. DD: How soon will Pritzker do this in Illinois?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/rhode-island-moves-toward-gun-confiscation/

PJ MEDIA
— Chelsea Handler Attacks Traditional Marriage, Claims It Turns Women Into ‘Property’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2026/04/07/chelsea-handler-attacks-traditional-marriage-claims-it-turns-women-into-property-n4951555
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comedian — a term I use loosely in this instance — and far-left activist Chelsea Handler took the opportunity to share her thoughts about marriage, which, by the way, nobody really wanted to know. She called it “outdated” and a “really silly idea,” adding that she puts “freedom” above all else. The 51-year-old then slammed the institution, saying, “You’re kind of, like, property a little bit.” Never mind that God created marriage as a sacramental representation of His relationship to His Church and established it as the bedrock of every civilized society since mankind began. No, Handler finds it too limiting on freedom, which really translates to not allowing her to drop her panties for anyone, anytime. She has built something of a reputation for being, shall we say, “loose” with her sexuality.)

WHITE HOUSE
— Trump Administration Celebrates Successes for America’s Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired those who were the following instead of me if they could have: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or were noncitizens. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would have promoted those who were the aforesaid instead of me if they could have. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, my earning a master’s degree in accounting, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and my becoming a licensed CPA helped me get promoted by GAO in 1986.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/08/trump-administration-celebrates-successes-for-americas-workers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump Organization to use E-Verify for worker status checks. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/trump-organization-e-verify-worker-status-checks-124710478–finance.html

MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want birthright citizenship.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-scathing-14-word-rant-at-supreme-court-over-birthright-citizenship-challenge/ar-AA20ewTA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/justices-question-administration-s-quirky-arguments-in-birthright-citizenship-case/ar-AA1ZUJ4f
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-makes-abrupt-decision-during-cecillia-wangs-birthright-citizenship-argument/ar-AA1ZV6Jb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/crackpot-secretly-behind-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-plot-exposed/ar-AA1ZQmW6
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/as-american-as-apple-pie-democratic-lawmaker-on-birthright-citizenship/vi-AA209PjN?ocid=ob-fb-frbe-84
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-marks-first-easter-under-cloud-of-mideast-war/ar-AA20aSYH
— American dream over? What may happen to Indians on H-1B visas if US birthright citizenship ends. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/american-dream-over-what-may-happen-to-indians-on-h-1b-visas-if-us-birthright-citizenship-ends/ar-AA201aUb
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The historic oral arguments in the case of Trump vs Barbara have sent a wave of anxiety through the international community, particularly among the hundreds of thousands of Indian professionals currently residing in the United States on H-1B visas. For decades, the “American Dream” for Indian tech workers has included a silent guarantee: even if their own path to a Green Card takes twenty years, any child born on US soil would be an American citizen from day one. However, with President Donald Trump personally overseeing the legal challenge to the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause in April 2026, that guarantee is now under direct threat. If birthright citizenship ends, the legal and personal landscape for H-1B families will undergo a seismic shift, transforming “anchor babies” into a generation of “stateless” or “foreign” dependents.)
— If a man has these 6 habits, he’s likely a low-value partner. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/love-sex/if-a-man-has-these-6-habits-he-s-likely-a-low-value-partner/ss-AA1V3O1H
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer Americans are “marriage material.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/chelsea-handler-says-she-doesn-t-care-about-marriage-calls-it-outdated/ar-AA20ijqa

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts

CBS NEWS
— Few Republicans condemn Trump’s Iran threat as Democrats call for his removal
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-iran-trump-threats-25th-amendment/
— Detroit business concerned about recent downtown teen takeover, wants parents held accountable. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-businesses-concerned-downtown-teen-takeover/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/pope-leo-xiv-trump-iran-threats.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote mail-in voting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-mail-voting-elections-fact-check.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/style/marriage-decline-delay.html

WASHINGTON POST
— D.C.’s teen takeovers have become a political lightning rod. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/04/07/dc-youth-arrests-teen-takeover/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-federal-civil-service/2020/10/23/02fbf05c-1549-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
—  Farmworkers Day, formerly known as Cesar Chavez Day. DD: I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-county-farmworkers-day-highlights-demanding-labor-and-workers-who-do-it/ar-AA1ZLJyL

FOX BALTIMORE
— A Maryland bill would allow the state to sue private schools over claims of discrimination, including based on gender identity. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. But they have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. But they have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/gallery/discrimination-maryland-bill-would-allow-state-lawsuits-against-private-schools

WVNS TV
— Free self-defense class coming to YMCA of Southern West Virginia. DD: You cannot legally claim self-defense if you actively start or physically escalate the conflict and you cannot meet verbal threats, insults, or aggressive posturing with physical violence and you cannot use a deadly weapon against an unarmed, non-lethal threat without facing serious criminal charges according to Men’s Gear.
https://www.wvnstv.com/news/local-news/free-self-defense-class-coming-to-ymca-of-southern-west-virginia/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why More People Are Dropping Out of the Job Market. DD: In 1997, when I was 49, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, they made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/why-more-people-are-dropping-out-of-the-job-market-6e9f4eb4

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Floats Scrapping Seniority Shield for Federal Layoffs. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I brought with me almost 3 years of federal seniority that I had earning working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969.  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were even more furious when I brought with me that postal seniority and almost 9 years of federal seniority that I had earning working for IRS 1971-1980. I had 25 years of federal seniority when I was 45 in 1993. I lost 34 months of federal seniority September of 1969 – June of 1971 because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-proposes-scrapping-seniority-shield-for-federal-layoffs

FED SMITH
— No College Degree, Not A Problem: Major Overhaul in Federal Hiring. DD: Federal hiring ever-increasingly a) dumps meritocracy and b) replaces objectivity with subjectivity. Because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/04/07/no-college-degree-no-problem-feder. al-hiring-overhaul/

POLITICO
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/pope-leo-condemns-trumps-latest-threats-against-iran-00862464

CONVERSATION
— DD: The mainstream news media is beyond overwhelmingly anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is, the mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://theconversation.com/does-nonpartisan-journalism-have-a-future-70384

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MIRROR
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want birthright citizenship.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-supreme-court-1770359

WEEKLY TIMES & SKY NEWS
— Charlie Kirk was the leader of the fight against woke ideology. But now, since his death, we’re back to square one. DD: Because I was not woke, that is, because I did not blame others for my problems, I was able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21; 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.
https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/back-to-square-one-charlie-kirk-was-the-leader-of-the-fight-against-wokeness/video/dbc8db5266d1e301da0ab45d4f43980a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYNyl4n2R8

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.