April 23, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 5 Chicago elementary school students taken to hospitals for suspected cannabis overdose (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://abc7chicago.com/5-students-at-george-leland-elementary-school-in-chicago-taken-to-hospitals-for-overdose-symptoms-from-suspected-marijuana-edible/14716450/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/can-texas-ban-trans-teachers-what-is-school-choice-gender-nonconforming-educators-gov-greg-abbott/14715797/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WBEZ
— Toni Preckwinkle is unanimously re-elected head of the Cook County Democratic Party – Kristen Schorsch (COMMENT: When will the mainstream news media report that Jim Zay was re-elected DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/22/toni-preckwinkle-cook-county-democratic-party-chief-re-election
https://www.wbez.org/stories/toni-preckwinkle-is-unanimously-re-elected-head-of-the-cook-county-democratic-party/452bbdb3-4356-4ce8-8bfc-a60ccf23707b

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money trial – ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/key-takeaways-from-the-opening-statements-in-donald-trumps-hush-money-trial/
— Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia – NICK PERRY and MICHELLE L. PRICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-us-college-campuses-following-mass-arrests-at-columbia/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: LGBTQ+ students, parents frustrated about Prairie State College’s graduation venue – HANK SANDERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/lgbtq-students-parents-frustrated-about-prairie-state-colleges-graduation-venue/
— A historic wrong finally righted for the Prairie Band Potawatomi – Editorial (COMMEMT: If I would seek a political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southwest Crete Township in 1854. They would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I unfairly if not illegally directly benefitted from that and b) that I should pay reparations because of that. They would stress a) that great great grandfather sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of the center of Crete in 1864, b) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, c) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and d) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/23/editorial-prairie-band-potawatomi-illinois-land/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk won’t attend board meeting to discuss no-bid contracts – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240422/news/dupage-county-clerk-wont-attend-board-meeting-to-discuss-no-bid-contracts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: How renovations will help protect Danada House’s history while safeguarding its future – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240422/news/how-renovations-will-help-protect-danada-houses-history-while-safeguarding-its-future/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/23/abortion-could-dominate-the-2024-election-in-florida-will-that-help-democrats-flip-the-state/
— “Republicans” who promote LGBTQ have worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/22/melania-trump-announces-push-to-woo-gay-conservatives-during-mar-a-lago-fundraiser-organizer-says/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/signs-outside-dylan-mulvaney-talk-at-slu-god-help-us-and-bigotry-is-a-sin/article_6e496602-00e9-11ef-8d13-43b3a15fd1e2.html

WCIA
— Keicher gives update on Republican priorities heading into final month of session – Cole Henke
https://www.wcia.com/capitol-connection/capitol-connection-keicher-gives-update-on-republican-priorities-heading-into-final-month-of-session/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-274/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-75/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois’ Obscene Plan to Fund Education Based on Race – Jeanne Ives
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/04/22/illinois-obscene-plan-to-fund-education-based-on-race

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bill Would Allow Less Financial Accountability for Township Government: CPA Audit for Big Townships Every Only Two Years, Every Four Years for Small Townships
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/bills-would-give-less-financial-accountability-for-township-government-cpa-audit-for-big-townships-every-only-two-years-every-four-years-for-small-townships/
— Gunowners Rally in Springfield
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/gunowners-rally-in-springfield/
— Wilcox Reports on Strengthening Squatters Law
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/wilcox-reports-on-strenghtening-squatters-law/
— DeWitte Reports on Pending Notice of Pesticide Application
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/dewitte-reports-on-pending-notice-of-pesticide-application/
— Algonquin Township Board to Consider Drafting “Dereliction of Duty” Resolution for Township Clerk Maureen Huff, Plus Censure Resolution for Supervisor Randy Funk over General Assistance Funds
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/algonquin-township-board-to-consider-draftint-dereliction-of-duty-resolution-for-township-clerk-maureen-huff-plus-censure-resolution-for-supervisor-randy-funk-over-general-assistance-funds/
— Appeal of DCFS Firing of Acosta and Povolin Still Not Complete after almost Four and a Half Years
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/appeal-of-dcfs-firing-of-acosta-and-povolin-still-not-complete-after-almost-four-and-a-half-years/
— The Teachers Union Budget Busting Pension Bill with Committee Member Steve Reick’s Take
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/the-teachers-uniion-budget-busting-pension-bill-with-committee-member-steve-reicks-take/
— Slipping Through the SAFE-T Act Cracks in Cook County
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/slipping-through-the-safe-t-act-cracks-in-cook-county/
— Reminding Voters That Kelli Wegener Favors Allowing Minors to Obtain Taxpayer Birth Control without Parental Knowledge
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/reminding-voters-that-kelli-wegener-favors-allowing-minors-to-obtain-taxpayer-birth-control/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Steve Boulton Says he’s not Running for Chicago GOP Chairman After IR Exposes his Past Comments Comparing Trump to Hitler, Blames “Far Right” for his Downfall (COMMENT: I should write a book about those unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/breaking-steve-boulton-says-hes-not-running-for-chicago-gop-chairman-after-ir-exposes-his-past-comments-comparing-trump-to-hitler-blames-far-right-for-his-downfall.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jewish Yale student stabbed in the eye: Peers ‘joined the Nazi Party’ – Heather Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2974826/jewish-yale-student-stabbed-in-eye-flag-protest/
— ‘Elite’ colleges are molding a new generation of hateful people – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2974452/elite-colleges-molding-new-generation-hateful-people/
— Lawmakers decry U.S. military’s drift to DEI culture – Casey Harper
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2973858/lawmakers-decry-u-s-militarys-drift-to-dei-culture/

NEW YORK POST
— NYPD cops in riot gear arrest dozens of NYU students, faculty at anti-Israel encampment on campus – Allie Griffin
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/nypd-cops-in-riot-gear-arrest-dozens-of-nyu-students-faculty-at-anti-israel-encampment-on-campus/
— Jewish Columbia student says protesters burned his Israeli flag, hit him in face with rocks during campus chaos – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/jewish-columbia-student-says-protesters-burned-his-israeli-flag-hit-him-in-face-with-rocks/
— Google can’t stop at canning subversives – William A. Jacobson, Kemberlee Kaye (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government treated me like I was a subversive. Their top priority always was retaining and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/still-too-woke-google-can-t-stop-at-canning-subversives/ar-AA1nmhDC
— NY Home Depot hires guards, dogs to keep parking lot safe from thieves, aggressive migrants – Georgia Worrell and Tina Moore (COMMENT: New York today, your Home Depot tomorrow.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/us-news/home-depot-stores-look-to-security-to-keep-migrants-at-bay/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Israel: Terror Can Be Conquered Only With Greater Terror – Alexander G. Markovsky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/israel_terror_can_be_conquered_only_with_greater_terror.html
— The Truth About Israel – Alicia Colon
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_truth_about_israel.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New York town in legal battle to block migrants from local childcare center – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/22/new-york-town-in-legal-battle-to-block-migrants-from-local-childcare-center-1454208/

BREITBART
— Ron DeSantis: Foreign Students Engaging in Antisemitic Protests Should Have Visas Canceled – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/22/ron-desantis-foreign-students-engaging-antisemitic-protests-should-have-visas-canceled/
— Colorado Turns Schools into Welfare Agencies as Thousands of Needy Migrant Children Enroll – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/22/colorado-turns-schools-into-welfare-agencies-as-thousands-of-needy-migrant-children-enroll/
— Biden’s Title IX Rules Force Schools to Use Transgender Pronouns – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/04/22/bidens-title-ix-rules-force-schools-use-transgender-pronouns/

CAMPUS REFORM
— UMass campuses offering segregated Lavender Graduations for LGBTQ-identifying students – Brendan McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/umass-campuses-offering-segregated-lavender-graduations-lgbtq-identifying-students/25248

DAILY CALLER
— Fleeing To Red States Won’t Spare You From Wokeness – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/22/rooke-wokeness-montana-red-states-pride-drag/
— Biden Admin Mulling Plan To Give Legal Status To Illegal Alien Spouses – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/22/biden-plan-legal-status-spouses-illegals/

DAILY WIRE
— Criminal Prosecutions Of Illegal Immigrants Stopped When Coronavirus Hit. They Never Resumed. The Biden administration isn’t prosecuting illegal immigrants — treating crime of crossing border like a ‘traffic ticket’ – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/criminal-prosecutions-of-illegal-immigrants-stopped-when-coronavirus-hit-they-never-resumed

FEDERALIST
— By Media Standards, Joe Biden Is A Terrorist Sympathizer Until He Personally Condemns Antisemitism – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/22/by-media-standards-joe-biden-is-a-terrorist-sympathizer-until-he-personally-condemns-antisemitism/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— “Death to America” Chants in Michigan Point to Serious Problems With Mass Immigration – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/22/death-america-chants-michigan-point-serious-problems-mass-immigration

FIRST TV
— The Media is Banishing Anti-Woke Employees
https://www.thefirsttv.com/watch-the-media-is-banishing-anti-woke-employees/

FOX NEWS
— Agitator behind ‘Death to America’ chants in Chicago contributes to Iran state TV, Hezbollah-linked channel. Activist said to laughter, the Farsi term could either mean ‘death to, or down with’ – Beth Bailey
https://www.foxnews.com/us/agitator-behind-death-to-america-chants-chicago-contributes-iran-state-tv-hezbollah-linked-channel

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Migrants Accost Customers at NYC Home Depot, Store Brings in K-9 Security – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/biden-migrants-accost-customers-at-nyc-home-depot-store-brings-in-k-9-security/

NEWSMAX
— Transgender Issue on Direct Path to Supreme Court. Pending cases may force Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the definition of “woman,” impacting transgender rights and women’s athletics. – Carly Mayberry
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/transgender-woman-supreme-court/2024/04/22/id/1161908/
— Biden is Gutting Girls’ and Women’s Title IX Protections – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/joe-biden-title-ix-transgender/2024/04/22/id/1161935/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose – TIAH SHEPHERD (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have worked the hardest to defeat Republican candidates. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest against me.)
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://thehill.com/homenews/4613586-bannon-says-house-republicans-secretly-want-trump-to-lose/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Rise Over Pro-Palestinian Protests at U.S. Colleges. Students at Yale were arrested as administrators on more campuses moved to shut down demonstrations in response to scrutiny from Congress and growing concerns about the safety of Jewish students. – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/us/campus-protests-columbia-yale
— What Is Lost When Freshmen Choose Their Roommates – Pamela Paul (COMMENT: I should write about the impact that my roommates at NIU had on me in 1969 and 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/roommates-college-strangers.html

USA TODAY
— I should write a book about succumbing to pressure to retire early. The longer that you live, the bigger the impact that retiring early has on you. If I had worked another 6 years until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible to take regular retirement, everything would be different for me now. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA ILLINOIS Editor in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2003. My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings would much greater. The aforesaid continues to have a tremendous impact on me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/17/millennials-want-early-retirement/73324912007/

NBC NEWS & MSN & CNN & BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/iconic-san-francisco-lgbtq-bar-stud-reopens-new-location-rcna148861
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-people-are-more-at-risk-of-adverse-effects-of-climate-change/ar-AA1nsQdK
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-groups-band-together-to-challenge-school-district-over-don-t-say-gay-policies/ar-AA1lXef4
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-org-files-formal-complaint-against-michigan-wedding-venue-that-banned-lgbtq-couples/ar-BB1i5n5t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/28-immediate-bans-republicans-would-impose-if-given-the-chance/ss-BB1j7Kvq?ocid=NL_FRCA_A1_20181015_1_4
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/opinions/lesbian-visibility-week-lgbtq-rights-hope/index.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/lgbtq-friendly-banking

CNN
— Biden builds early advertising edge as Trump spends millions on legal fees – David Wright
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/politics/advertising-election-biden-trump/index.html

CNBC
— The Gen Z generation has been educated ‘to have resentment and a sense of denial’ – Frank Luntz (COMMENT: Should I write a book about those who blame and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problem, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjPGD9PBPM
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Frank Luntz, FIL Inc. pollster and political strategist, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss his focus group results with Gen Z voters, their view on capitalism vs. socialism, equality vs. meritocracy, their view on democracy, and more.)

CBS NEWS
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had the most success in getting their operatives and their dupes to do their dirty work. I would focus on those who a) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans in 2012, d) ended my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) ended my bid to serve as MTRO treasurer in 2004, and/or i) ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/defense-closing-at-guantanamo-detainees-ny-trial/

MSN
— 40% of migrants fail to establish ‘credible fear’ required for asylum
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/40-of-migrants-fail-to-establish-credible-fear-required-for-asylum-uscis-says/ar-BB1kwHP8
— Biden encourages illegals to marry U.S. citizens.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-weighs-immigration-relief-for-spouses-of-us-citizens/ar-AA1nt46B
— Massachusetts Urges Homeowners to Welcome Illegal Aliens – Jordan Andrews (COMMENT: Massachusetts today, Illinois tomorrow,)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/blue-state-urges-homeowners-to-welcome-illegal-aliens/ar-BB1hctna

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s Behind the Anti-Israel Protests. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others are grooming activists in the U.S. and across the West. – Steven Stalinsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-behind-the-anti-israel-protests-hamas-gaza-hezbollah-talking-points-d2f538ca

WFMJ
— AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE HIRING PROCESS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the age discrimination (I was born in 1948), political affiliation discrimination (I am Republican), reverse discrimination (I am a White male), religious discrimination (I am Protestant), and national origin discrimination (I am 100% German American) that I encountered when I sought a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license after I was forced into early retirement when I was 49 years old in 1997. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115-439-$150,075/year, almost 9 years experience working for IRS as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently 97,079-$110,020/year, three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examining, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Potential employers were clearly under tremendous pressure to hire those who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wfmj.com/clip/15465137/age-discrimination-in-the-hiring-process

FEATURED NEWS
— IRS Office Locked Down After Chaos Erupts
https://featurednews.com/irs-office-locked-down-after-chaos-erupts/

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1244381584/immigrants-border-mexico-asylum-illegal-immigration

ROLLING STONE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-far-right-maga-relationship-timeline-1234957784/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Sometimes the price of acceptance is too high – Juliana Breines Ph.D. (COMMENT: What do you refuse to do to get accepted by organizations? I refuse to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Actually, I oppose promotion of the aforesaid. Consequently, I am rejected by far too many leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-love-and-war/202309/how-the-need-to-belong-both-helps-and-hurts-us

WARREN LAW FIRM
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. They ever-increasingly encourage illegals a) to seek asylum, parole, and/or refugee status, b) to marry a U.S. citizen, c) to etc.
https://warrenlawfirm.net/how-to-get-legal-status-in-the-united-states-if-youre-an-undocumented-immigrant/

CATO
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have their illegals move to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to vote for Biden.
https://www.cato.org/blog/no-illegal-alien-voting-isnt-swaying-federal-elections

WIKIPEDIA
— American politicians who switched parties (COMMENT: I should write a book about “Republican” politicians in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they are and have always been Democrat plants or Libertarian plants.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_politicians_who_switched_parties_in_office

CRACKED
— 6 Jobs That Donald Trump and Joe Biden Are Too Old to Legally Hold – YudinEli Yudin (COMMENT: According to the Democrats who run the federal the federal government, constructively, if you are one of the following, you are too old to hold a federal job if you did not make Senior Executive Service ($191,900/year) by age 40: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Biden promoters stress that unlike Trump, Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.)
https://www.cracked.com/article_41881_6-jobs-that-donald-trump-and-joe-biden-are-too-old-to-legally-hold.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Airline Pilot. . .Air Traffic Controller. . .Park Ranger. . .Firefighter. . .Judge. . .Voting in the Papal Conclave)

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.