April 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-tariffs-chicago-business-owners-worried-rising-costs-president-donald-pauses/16150962/
— UIC, Northwestern, U of C students have visas terminated
https://abc7chicago.com/post/7-university-chicago-students-recent-graduates-have-student-exchange-visitor-program-sevp-status-terminated/16149194/
— Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-banks-worried-ability-meet-need-amid-trump-administrations-cuts-us-department-agriculture/16149767/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-residents-brace-for-impact-of-china-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates/3718508/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPxLSJ9M0w
— Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him. Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-miles-taylor-chris-krebs-executive-orders/3718632/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-tariff-pause-china-illinois-families-industry-agriculture/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-pauses-tariffs-for-90-days-on-all-countries-except-china/

WGN9
— Wall Street surges to one of its best days since WWII after Trump pauses most tariffs
https://wgnradio.com/news/markets-tumble-toward-more-big-losses-after-china-retaliates-with-huge-tariff-increase/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use White supremacists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/04/09/how-much-influence-did-white-supremacist-groups-have-on-chicago-housing
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration revokes student visas from U. of C.; students at SIU and U. of I. also targeted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-student-visas-from-u-of-c-students-at-siu-and-u-of-i-also-targeted/
— Democratic-led Illinois Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to legislative maps that kept Democrats in control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/democratic-led-illinois-supreme-court-rejects-gop-challenge-to-legislative-maps-that-kept-democrats-in-control/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s college fund freezing against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-funding-freeze-northwestern-university/
— According to Democrats, government exists to take money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/opinion-donald-trump-funding-cuts-tariffs-easter/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/republicans-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders promote Rivian to punish Musk and Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/musk-tesla-backlash-opening-doors-for-ev-startups-like-rivian/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their law firms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/editorial-jenner-block-trump-executive-orders/
— Democrats move to ban January 6 rioters from Chicago work. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in banning me from getting work appropriate for my work experience, master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/chicago-aldermen-ban-jan-6-rioters-city-work/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois State Board of Education rebuffs Trump administration demand to reject DEI in schools. The Education Department said states risk federal funding if they don’t end DEI programs the feds deem illegal. Illinois said it already pledges to comply with anti-discrimination laws. DEI is discrimination. DEI programs give preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, DEI programs discriminate against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/illinois-state-board-of-education-rebuffs-trump-administration-demand-to-reject-dei-in-schools
— Trump administration revokes visas for international students in universities across Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-international-students-in-universities-across-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/09/anti-defamation-league-illinois-hate-crimes-extremism-report
— Northwestern braces for massive cuts that could nearly wipe out all its federal research funding
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/northwestern-braces-for-massive-cuts-that-could-nearly-wipe-out-all-its-federal-research-funding
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to rid get of Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/09/trump-administration-edits-history-race-based-black-brown-erasure-smithsonian-ben-jealous
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County has rolled out ‘Text-to-911.’ As Democrats ever-increasingly take over DuPage County, crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/news/dupage-county-has-rolled-out-text-to-911-heres-how-to-use-the-new-service/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/dispensary-33-prizker-warehouse-tonys-fresh-market-ctu-cps/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/why-illinois-must-honor-emmett-tills-legacy/

SOUTHERN
— Democratic Party ‘doubling down’ on town hall meetings targeting Republican-held districts
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/10/democratic-party-doubling-down-on-town-hall-meetings-targeting-republican-held-districts/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration will screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefits. I should write the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-will-screen-for-antisemitic-activity-in-granting-immigration-benefits/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ever-increasingly, NIU exists to promote the Democrat Party platform. I graduated from NIU in 1970.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-10/no-change-to-core-values-in-light-of-trumps-challenge-to-dei-says-niu-president

WGLT
— Trump administration revokes visas of some ISU students
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-some-isu-students

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in local elections.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/09/suburban-gop-aurora-orland-park-municipal-elections-trump-pritzker

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-493/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-286/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Flips Red says mayors ‘fueled’ city’s collapse with migrant sanctuary
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a5bca7a8-ed66-4ac8-ab13-357708d39bd9.html
— IL Supreme Court ruling against map challenge does Dems’ ‘dirty work,’ GOP says
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38c9d4dd-2636-4b5b-a161-389feeb83996.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When Democrats take over your state, county, township, municipality, school district, and/or precinct, crime ever-increasingly increases. No-go zones around you will increase. If you elect to stay, you should focus on protecting yourself against crime. Install all the home security devices that you can afford. Avoid leaving your home at night if not stop completely. Consider concealed carry. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discrimination have you faced and why? What retaliation have you suffered because you complained? Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans mull higher taxes on wealthiest Americans to pay for other cuts. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I worked for the federal government and especially that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, that my wife has always had good jobs, and that my wife and I did not have children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/9/republicans-mull-higher-taxes-wealthiest-americans-pay-cuts/

WASHINGON EXAMINER
— The IRS must get smaller — and smarter. I should write about those who wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, Gingrich, Hastert, my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, and their staff members.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3376197/irs-must-get-smaller-smarter/
— House budget hawks should continue to fight for spending cuts. How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3375266/house-budget-hawks-should-fight-another-day-on-spending-cuts/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas university creates ‘the most meritocratic admissions policy’ in the US
https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/texas-university-argues-college-admissions-policies-are-unjust/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Acting IRS commissioner takes a buy-out in protest because she doesn’t want DHS to know where the illegal aliens are. Democrat leaders do not want Republicans to be federal employees. They certainly did not want me to be a federal employee. They especially did not want me to audit IRS.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/acting_irs_commissioner_takes_a_buy_out_in_protest_because_she_doesn_t_want_dhs_to_know_where_the_illegal_aliens_are.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Conservatives lay into Coney Barrett for joining liberal justices … AGAIN.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/09/conservatives-lay-into-coney-barrett-for-joining-liberal-justices-again-1535098/

BREITBART
— Black Chicagoan Torches Democrats: They Live in Gated Communities While Demanding We Take In Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/black-chicagoan-torches-democrats-they-live-in-gated-communities-while-demanding-we-take-in-illegal-aliens/
— CNN’s Jennings to Former MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross: ‘You Got Fired from Your Job — How Relevant Are You?’ My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/cnns-jennings-to-former-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-you-got-fired-from-your-job-how-relevant-are-you/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/sanders-expelling-foreign-students-hurts-ability-to-solve-gaza-climate-we-dont-have-to-hate-china/
— Remittances from U.S. Propping up Nicaragua’s Economic Growth. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They never sent a penny back to Germany, In fact, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/report-remittances-from-u-s-propping-up-nicaraguas-economic-growth/
— Sanctuary Cities Protected Over 25 Thousand Criminal Illegals from Federal Law in Two Years
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/expert-witness-sanctuary-cities-protected-over-25-thousand-criminal-illegals-federal-law-two-years/
— Beijing Claims Pete Hegseth ‘Maliciously Attacking’ China by Visiting Panama
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/beijing-claims-pete-hegseth-maliciously-attacking-china-by-visiting-panama/
— 1 in 4 Job Seekers Could Be AI-Powered Fraudsters by 2028. What helped you get hired? For my Post Office job, it included passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966. For my IRS job, it included my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. For my GAO job, it included my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/09/researchers-1-in-4-job-seekers-could-be-ai-powered-fraudsters-by-2028/
— Democrat Leaders Sue to Block Trump from Deporting Alleged Illegal Alien Gangs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/migration-activists-sue-to-block-trump-from-deporting-alleged-illegal-alien-gangs/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump DHS to Fine Illegal Aliens Ordered Deported $998 for Each Day Overstayed. Will wealthy Democrats, Independents, and RINOs step forward and pay those fines for their illegals. How many wealthy Democrats. Independents, and RINOs are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 478 voted for Harris.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/09/trump-dhs-fine-deported-illegals-998-each-day-overstayed/

DAILY WIRE
— The Reason Globalists Undermine Trump’s Deportations of Illegals. Globalists want cheap labor.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/interview-ryan-girdusky

FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Aren’t ‘Christian Nationalists,’ They’re Just Homesick For America. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct are ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/10/conservatives-arent-christian-nationalists-theyre-just-homesick-for-america/
— How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/09/how-dei-left-service-academies-in-a-state-of-decay-and-how-trump-can-fix-it/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois Dem says Republicans are scapegoating illegal immigrants with a few ‘tragedies’  Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García waved away examples of violence committed by illegal immigrants as just “a few crimes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371283490112

HANNITY
— Thousands of Illegal Migrants Self-Deport Using CBP Home App
https://hannity.com/media-room/see-yourself-out-thousands-of-illegal-migrants-self-deport-using-cbp-home-app-dhs-data/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Southern Illinois University Hit with Civil Rights Complaint for Racial, Sex-Based Discrimination
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/southern-illinois-university-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint-for-racial-sex-based-discrimination/

NEW AMERICAN
— Almost 60 Percent of Leftists Justify Assassinating Trump, Almost 50 Percent Musk
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/poll-almost-60-percent-of-leftists-justify-assassinating-trump-almost-50-percent-musk/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Tells Illegals to Have No Fear, You Have the Full Constitution, JUST Like Citizens. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2025/04/09/cbs-tells-illegals-have-no-fear-you-have-full-constitution-just

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-stronger-despite-market/?id=120551033

CNBC
— Dow surges 2,900 points, S&P 500 posts biggest gain since 2008 on Trump tariff reversal
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/china-trump-tariffs-live-updates.html

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote illegal immigration.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administrations-deportations-policy-crushes-us-credibility-rcna200439

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-cnn-town-hall-04-10-25/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-negotiations-f5acfd1ef8f3573f92e8963a8150bdfb

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-u-turns-tariffs-turns-trade-war-heat-china-2025-04-10/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-live-china-tells-us-there-are-no-winners-trade-war-2025-04-10/

ABC NEW YORK
— LaHood expresses concerns about tariff impact for farmers
https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/trump-tariff-news-eu-imposes-new-tariffs-us-goods-china-hits-back-increased-84/16148808/entry/16149195/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ask “Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/elon-musk-tariffs-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/trump-china-tariffs-prices-goods.html
— To discredit you, what do your critics/opponent stress about you? Mine stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that my UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT GPAs were not great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not great,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/arts/what-is-elon-musks-iq.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/08/robin-givhan-deported-tattoos/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/10/trump-china-tariffs-imports-stocks-reaction/83014507007/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a ) to not hire Republicans, and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aei.org/articles/what-did-you-expect-to-happen-how-dei-wound-up-in-trumps-crosshairs/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/irs-to-lose-billions-in-revenue-if-migrants-stop-filing-taxes

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/10/trump-tariff-pause-china-asia-markets/

HOT AIR
— Blue States Are Gearing Up to Defy Trump’s DEI Order for Schools. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/04/09/blue-states-are-gearing-up-to-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-schools-n3801635

POLITICO
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/10/donald-trump-vulnerabilities-tariffs-budget-00283251

EDUCATION WEEK
— Democratic-Led Cities, States Push Back on Trump’s Threats to Cut School Funding Over DEI. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/democratic-led-cities-states-push-back-on-trumps-threats-to-cut-school-funding-over-dei/2025/04

CONVERSATION
— My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was baptized a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised as a MSL, and confirmed as a MSL.
https://theconversation.com/black-americans-are-more-likely-than-other-racial-groups-to-express-their-faith-in-the-workplace-253203

INDEPENDENT
— Trump accused of ‘market manipulation’ after abrupt U-turn on reciprocal tariffs: President’s 90-day pause sends markets soaring as White House attempts to spin climbdown as latest brilliant maneuver by master dealmaker. The more market volatility, the more money that day traders make.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-china-live-updates-b2730469.html

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrats are socialists.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/10/uqxn-a10.html

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Will there be war with China? Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cpusa.org/article/will-there-be-war-with-china/

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.