April 3, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago shootings:19 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/13076646/#new_tab
— Democrat municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ. Anticipate that ever-increasingly, Democrat municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries will get rid of their residents, businesses, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/vandalism-geneva-news-fire-hydrant-pride/13070138/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-migrants-immigration-20230403-tryn67hq2fazbasnryoghuvgva-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasing encourage criminals to vote.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-cook-county-jail-voting-efforts-20230403-3it7o2hsi5ck5eomy7b53sjsei-story.html
— Democrat municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries ever-increasingly push pot. Anticipate that ever-increasingly, Democrat municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries will get rid of their residents, businesses, etc., that do not push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-southland-recreational-marijuana-dispensaries-st-0331-20230402-7afqxo7udjejfag53qd5vinbru-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Ever-increasingly, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more “far-right” that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs call you. Ever-increasingly, the more planks in the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green platforms that you support, the more centrist and moderate that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs call you.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230403/policy-corner-whats-really-far-left-or-far-right
— Democrat, Libertarian, and Green newspapers endorse candidates who can and will advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms/
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230329/from-the-editor-why-we-endorse-in-political-contests
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230403/immigration-reform-stalled-decade-after-gang-of-8s-big-push

JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats say “Fifty-three Illinois schools had no students proficient in math” and “Educators say COVID to blame for low proficiency.” (COMMENT: Every minute that teachers spend promoting the Democrat Party platform lowers math scores. Because my grade school and high school teachers did not spend any time promoting the Democrat Party platform, I a) got an ACT score of 24 in 1966, b) graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High school class in 1966, c) got accepted by UIC in 1966, d) passed the postal employment examination and got hired by the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, e) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, f) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) got hired by Firestone Stores to work in its Chicago Heights store in 1970, h) got hired by IRS in 1971 and promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, i) got accepted by Loyola 1972 and earned an MBA in 1976, j) got accepted by DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, k) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, l) got hired by GAO in 1980 and promoted in 1986, m) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, n) became a licensed CPA in 1981, o) etc.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/fifty-three-illinois-schools-no-students-17802064.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois nonprofit Wirepoints published a report in June 2022 condemning the state’s education system. The report posited that students across the state are being advanced to their next grades even if they are not ready for it, a system of social promotion upheld by the state’s strong collective bargaining laws, high wages for teachers and expansive bureaucracies. Ted Dabrowski, president of Wirepoints and co-author of the report, said he was worried about school districts in the state using the pandemic as an excuse for preexisting issues. He said the low proficiency bridged racial demographics, despite teachers and school districts being rated highly and Illinois spending more on its students than neighboring states. “There’s a lot of questioned that need to be asked,” Dabrowski said, “(and) a lot of challenges of the school district system and Gov. Pritzker.”)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats say “Rand Paul blocks Josh Hawley’s attempt to ban TikTok.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/national/rand-paul-blocks-josh-hawleys-attempt-to-ban-tiktok/video_7594e135-b41b-5b55-95e4-a052b91ca840.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump supporters gather outside Mar-a-Lago following indictment.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-supporters-gather-outside-mar-a-lago-following-indictment-donald-trump-golf-witch-hunt-election-interference-fraud-department-of-justice-january-6-grand-jury-hush-money-stormy-daniels

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump faces setbacks in other probes as NY case proceeds.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-faces-setbacks-in-other-probes-as-ny-case-proceeds/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrats say “One and a half million people in Illinois are paying student loan debt.” The more expensive that the college was that student borrowers attended, the more debt that they took on. The less that they worked their way through college, the more debt that they took on. I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Granted, college expenses were less back then. I paid for my college expenses, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and that Charger by working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. My parents provided me with room and board 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.cities929.com/2023/03/31/one-and-a-half-million-people-in-illinois-are-paying-student-loan-debt/

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrat universities ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ. Anticipate that ever-increasingly, Democrat universities will get rid of their students, faculty, administrators, alumni, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://northernstar.info/105464/multimedia/in-pictures-gsrc-bolsters-trans-lived-experiences/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints expands its Report Cards to all 850 Illinois school districts. (COMMENT: Why are only 53% of White students in Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 reading at grade level while 63% are reading at grade level in Naperville CUSD 203? Why are only 24% of Hispanic students in Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 reading at grade level while 41% are reading at grade level in Naperville CUSD 203? Why are only 16% of Black students in Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 reading at grade level while 30% are reading at grade level in Naperville CUSD 203? Why are only 43% of Asian students in Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 reading at grade level while 81% are reading at grade level in Naperville CUSD 203? How are male students doing compared to female students? The following are in my precinct: Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 Headquarters, Edison Middle School, and Whittier Elementary.)
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-expands-its-report-cards-to-all-850-illinois-school-districts/
— Only 18% of Hispanic students read at grade level in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/univision-takes-a-look-a-wirepoints-school-report-cards-only-18-of-hispanic-students-read-at-grade-level-in-illinois-wirepoints/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— While on City Council, Naperville Mayoral hopeful White voted for $50K in taxpayer-funded grants to wife’s non-profit
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/640613985-while-on-city-council-naperville-mayoral-hopeful-white-voted-for-50k-in-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-wife-s-non-profit
— Naperville City Council slate proposes transforming downtown with subsidized, low-income housing
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/640544624-naperville-city-council-slate-proposes-transforming-downtown-with-subsidized-low-income-housing

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Legislative staffers should be terminated, prosecuted – John Kraft & Kirk Allen, Edgar County Watchdogs
https://northcooknews.com/stories/640533341-legislative-staffers-should-be-terminated-prosecuted

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Proft on Jan. 6 security footage: Tucker Carlson ‘addressed it all’ – Sam Jackson
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/640255741-chicago-radio-host-proft-on-jan-6-security-footage-tucker-carlson-addressed-it-all

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Millions from a mug shot: Trump’s indictment propelling him back to presidency, majority says – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/2/millions-his-mugshot-trump-backers-see-indictment-/
— Women’s History Month wraps up with bevy of honors for transgender figures – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/2/womens-history-month-wraps-bevy-honors-transgender/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The misleading polling on ‘gender-affirming care’ – Matt Lamb
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/misleading-polling-on-gender-affirming-care
— Democrat companies ever-increasingly promote transgenderism. Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/social-media-reacts-after-transgender-influencer-claims-to-partner-with-bud-light

NEW YORK POST
— Trump widens lead over DeSantis in first poll since hush-money indictment – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2023/04/03/trump-widens-lead-over-desantis-in-first-poll-since-hush-money-indictment/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal aliens want their cut – Andrea Widburg
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/640504292-siu-c-representative-on-campus-on-april-6
— The pronoun war claims a teen casualty – Pandra Selivanov (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/the_pronoun_war_claims_a_teen_casualty.html

BREITBART
— Christian School Attack Exposes False Hope of Red Flag Laws – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/04/02/hawkins-christian-school-attack-exposes-false-hope-of-red-flag-laws/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In other words, although Tennessee does not have a red flag law, it would not have mattered if they did. One reason it would not have mattered is because the transgender shooter’s parents did not even know she possessed guns. Breitbart News reported that her parents knew she had one gun, once upon a time, but they urged her to sell it and believed that she did. The parents were unaware that she had actually bought more guns, which she kept hidden from them. Therefore, on the morning the attack was to occur the shooter left her home with a red bag, which the mother now surmises contained firearms. But at the time, the mother was unaware. Secondly, the transgender shooter had no criminal record–she bought her guns legally–and was not on police radar. The Daily Beast observed Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) chief John Drake indicated MNPD would have taken away the shooter’s guns prior to the attack occurring, but “as it stands, [they] had absolutely no idea who…[she] was.” So if Tennessee had a red flag law the parents would not have known to report their daughter, as they did not know she had guns. And the police would not have known to come after her guns, because she was not on police radar.)
— Blagojevich: Establishment Indicted Trump Because ‘He Won’t Do Things Their Way’ – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/01/exclusive-rod-blagojevich-establishment-indicted-trump-because-he-wont-do-things-their-way/
— Biden’s ‘Concierge Service’ for Illegal Aliens Comes at Expense of Americans’ Jobs, Wages – Josh Hawley (COMMENT: My critics/opponent are not only insulated from the negatives of illegal immigration, they benefit from cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/02/josh-hawley-bidens-concierge-service-illegal-aliens-comes-expense-americans-jobs-wages/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote transgenderism. Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/04/02/author-judy-blume-blasts-anti-grooming-laws-no-child-is-going-to-become-transgender-or-gay-or-lesbian-because-they-read-a-book/
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/04/02/pennsylvania-schools-exclude-parents-kids-gender-transition-plan/
— Bud Light Hires ‘Transgender’ Dylan Mulvaney to Sell Beer – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/04/02/budweiser-executives-hire-transgender-dylan-mulvaney-sell-beer/

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote transgenderism.
https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/17427/20230403/catholic-nuns-affirm-support-transgender-community-loved-cherished-god-open.htm

COLLEGE FIX
— NYC mayor offers illegal immigrants free tuition to leave the city – WILLIAM BIAGINI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/nyc-mayor-offers-illegal-immigrants-free-tuition-to-leave-the-city/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Transgender activists aim to police the speech of Americans—particularly when it comes to preferred pronouns, but some of them do not extend the Almighty the same courtesy. – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/02/trans-activist-reveals-pride-heart-transgender-movement-comments-god/

FOX NEWS
— Boston Children’s Hospital director calls for drastic increase in capacity for gender surgeries for minors – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/boston-childrens-hospital-director-calls-drastic-increase-capacity-gender-surgeries-minors
— Former public school teacher sounds alarm on ‘widespread’ transgenderism in schools: ‘Intentional effort’ Grace Christian Academy Headmaster Stephen Schultz claimed some teachers have been advised against contacting parents on key issues like gender dysphoria. – Bailee Hill (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-public-school-teacher-sounds-alarm-widespread-transgenderism-schools-intentional-effort
— Biden Homeland Security adjusts policy to accept reported gender identity on immigration benefits applications. US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new policy says immigrants can select a gender marker that does not match supporting documentation. – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-homeland-security-adjusts-policy-accept-reported-gender-identity-immigration-benefits-applications

LIFE NEWS
— Senator Mike Lee Blasts Biden Admin for Making Americans Fund Abortion Travel – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/04/03/mike-lee-blasts-biden-admin-for-making-americans-fund-abortion-travel/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Female Role Models Are Being Supplanted by Men – MADELEINE KEARNS (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/female-role-models-are-being-supplanted-by-men/

NEW AMERICAN
— Why Christians Cannot Be Socialists – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/why-christians-cannot-be-socialists/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Orwellian Lingo About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Bubbles Up at Fox News – Tim Graham (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2023/04/02/orwellian-lingo-about-gender-affirming-care-bubbles-fox-news

NEWSMAX
— Gov. DeSantis: ‘Florida Will Never Surrender to Woke Mob’ – Eric Mack (COMMENT: To what extent has your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district surrendered to the woke mob?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/woke-ideology-ron-desantis/2023/04/01/id/1114693/

TOWNHALL
— Changing Your Birth Sex: The Emperor’s New Clothes – Ed Brodow (COMMENT: So far, how successful have Democrats been in promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Back when Affirmative Action (AA) started, the joke was that men would claim to be women to get the tremendous preferences that AA recipients get. I should write a book about my female IRS and GAO coworkers a) who got promoted over me because of AA and b) who had less education, less work experience, and/or fewer professional certifications and license than I had.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2023/04/03/changing-your-birth-sex-the-emperors-new-clothes-n2621453
— Migrant Babies Left Abandoned at the Southern Border – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/04/02/migrant-babies-left-abandoned-at-the-southern-border-n2621348

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “Trump to campaign as criminal defendant.”
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/3930835-the-hills-morning-report-trump-to-campaign-as-criminal-defendant/
— Municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries ever-increasingly promote wokeness. Anticipate that ever-increasingly, Democrat municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries will get rid of their residents, businesses, etc., that do not promote wokeness.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3930530-democrats-parents-rights-and-election-2024/

CNN
— Democrats promote Asa Hutchinson.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/politics/asa-hutchinson-2024-white-house-announcement/index.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters approve of Trump indictment.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/politics/cnn-poll-trump-indictment/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/nashvilles-lgbtq-community-meet-private-grieve-death-threats-rcna77833

MSN
— Democrats say “Brandon Johnson could be a national progressive star. He just has to win Chicago’s mayoral race first.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/brandon-johnson-could-be-a-national-progressive-star-he-just-has-to-win-chicago-s-mayoral-race-first/ar-AA19ogz6
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/some-in-nashville-s-lgbtq-community-meet-in-private-to-grieve-amid-death-threats/ar-AA19o7RQ?li=BBnbcA1

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ecuadorians-move-us-spared-hurdles-98301126

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Democrats Run on Abortion, Even for Offices With Little Say on the Issue.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/us/politics/democrats-abortion-mayor.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats say “Marjorie Taylor Greene says Democratic party driven by pedophiles in controversial ‘60 Minutes’ interview.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-marjorie-taylor-greene-cbs-60-minutes-donald-trump-20230403-x72w2hxidvhlzm5nhcbdzi6m44-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Pentagon Shouldn’t Wage Culture War. Why I’m holding up the President’s nominees for Defense. – Tommy Tuberville
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pentagon-shouldnt-wage-culture-war-military-abortion-travel-vaccine-mandate-woke-recruitment-drop-congress-senate-nomination-1e64f57b

COURIER TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “60% of voters avoid talking about controversial issues like gender identity. Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) sexualization and LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and g) Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.mycouriertribune.com/news/national_news/poll-60-of-voters-avoid-talking-about-controversial-issues-like-gender-identity/article_93d04842-6549-5594-a832-fd3f682575cc.html

WFIN
— Democrats say “Tennessee governor to expand proposal for armed guards in schools after Nashville shooting.” According to Democrats, schools ever-increasingly need to be protected from Republicans who are conservative, White, male, gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestor have been in America for a long time.
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/tennessee-governor-to-expand-proposal-for-armed-guards-in-schools-after-nashville-shooting/

NATIONAL INSTITUES OF HEALTH
— Long-term Effects of Parents’ Education on Children’s Educational and Occupational Success – Eric F. Dubow, Paul Boxer, and L. Rowell Huesmann (COMMENT: Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/

POLITICO
— Democrats say “GOP dances around Trump’s indictment.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/02/gop-donald-trump-indictment-00090072
— Democrats say “Nikki Haley is driving Mike Pence’s campaign up a wall.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/03/pence-haley-feud-trump-00090038

DAILY MAIL
— Democrat businesses ever-increasingly promote transgenderism.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11931823/Bud-Light-sparks-backlash-partnering-trans-poster-girl-Dylan-Mulvaney.html

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.