August 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago area business execs send letter to Harris urging her to choose Pritzker as running mate.” Pritzker is not only anti-Trump. Pritzker is anti those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kamala-harris-vice-president-pick-chicago-area-business-urge-choose-gov-jb-pritzker-running-mate/15138010/

NBC5
— Blacks and illegals are aligned against Republicans. Simone Biles hints/implies/argues/shouts that employers do not give illegals jobs that Blacks have. Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/simone-biles-donald-trump-black-jobs-womens-gymnastics-olympics/3509664/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Chicago Tribune reporters push back against ownership group’s AI demands.” I do not use any AI to put GOPUSA newsletters together. I use what I have learned putting those newsletters together since 2000. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 492,200 articles. In addition, I use what I have learned serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. In addition, I use what I learned serving as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, e) working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, f) etc.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-tribune-ai-negotiations/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Illinois business leaders endorse Pritzker as Harris’ VP pick.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1495120

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/02/how-kamala-harris-candidacy-energized-plans-dnc-chicago-there-was-no-excitement-now-there

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Migrant homeless encampment cleared; city officials deny it’s because of DNC.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/03/migrant-homeless-encampment-cleared-city-officials-deny-its-because-of-dnc/
— Democrats say “Kamala Harris is interviewing Pritzker and five other potential vice president picks this weekend.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/kamala-harris-weekend-vp-interviews/
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/trump-sought-to-pit-black-americans-against-migrants-in-chicago-its-part-of-an-ongoing-gop-tactic/
— Democrats say “Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Harris’ race, whether Republicans want him to or not.” Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/trump-harris-race-2024-campaign/
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/for-multiracial-people-questions-confusing-ancestry-and-identity-are-exhausting-its-happened-my-entire-life/
— Democrats say “Five finalists named for 1st Ward seat on Aurora City Council.” Those who mayors pick to fill their vacant City Council seats say more about those mayors than anything that those mayors can say about themselves.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/five-finalists-named-1st-ward-205700222.html
— Democrats crow that “Elgin Academy sold to group planning to open an Islamic K-12 school, billed as the largest in North America.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/elgin-academy-sold-to-group-planning-to-open-an-islamic-k-12-school-billed-as-the-largest-in-north-america/
— Democrats run Chicago. Democrats acknowledge that “Wealth in Chicago’s Black and brown communities was eroded intentionally.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government eroded my wealth intentionally. They intentionally wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/afternoon-briefing-wealth-in-chicagos-black-and-brown-communities-was-eroded-intentionally-study-finds/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/afternoon-briefing-wealth-chicago-black-190000383.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/olympics-lgbtq-women-athletes-backlash/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Harris interviewing six potential VP picks this weekend. Pritzker is still in the mix, along with three other governors, a senator and a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/02/harris-vice-president-running-mate-pick-2024-election-pritzker-kelly-walz-beshear-shapiro-buttigieg
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/02/jd-vance-kiss-my-grits-for-childless-cat-ladies-jennifer-aniston-insults-donald-trump-gene-lyons
— ALL OF THE FRNY PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Maduro to justify illegal immigration from Venezuela.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/08/01/venezuela-migrants-chicago-maduro-presidency

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Pritzker among the final 6 Harris will interview before VP pick.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/kamala-harris-interview-jb-pritzker-vp-pick-report
— OUTSTANDING: Ken Griffin gives millions to stop recreational weed in Florida.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/ken-griffin-gives-millions-stop-legal-weed-florida

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ask “What are Pritzker’s odds of becoming Harris’ running mate?”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/what-are-gov-jb-pritzkers-odds-of-becoming-kamala-harris-running-mate/article_8423f274-50ff-11ef-99d6-dfe9caf1c985.html\

SOUTHERN
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/02/trump-is-wrong-about-immigrants-taking-black-jobs-economists-say/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump fires back at Harris over ‘weird’ label: They’re the weird ones.”
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-fires-back-at-harris-over-weird-label-theyre-the-weird-ones-jd-vance-kamala-election-november-2024-president-white-house-donald-maga
— Democrats ask “How many ‘tax cheats’ are employed in the federal government?” Who do you know who is/was an IRS employee? I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. Who do you know who has audited IRS? I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/how-many-tax-cheats-are-employed-in-the-federal-government-irs-taxes-tawpayers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation mandating a “tax cheat audit” of the federal payroll designed to find the number of employees at the Internal Revenue Service who do not handle their taxes properly. Adam Andrzejewski, founder of Open the Books, says that the results of the audit show that 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe money to the U.S. government.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-133/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Race-based funding bill filed in IL. – Jeanne Ives
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/662289345-jeanne-ives-race-based-funding-bill-filed-in-il

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago schools’ budget gap bigger than reported, but city, state pours in more money. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b6b99658-5104-11ef-9883-9739e8a708fb.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ favored electric school bus maker stumbles. Kamala Harris championed federal subsidies. Pritzker blames Fed. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-favored-electric-school-bus-maker-stumbles-kamala-harris-championed-federal-subsidies-pritzker-blames-fed-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS suspends ‘parole’ program amid rampant fraud. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/2/dhs-suspends-parole-program-amid-rampant-fraud/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— How To Pose as a Reasonable Critic of Israel (With a Little Help From the Media) – David Adesnik
https://freebeacon.com/israel/how-to-pose-as-a-reasonable-critic-of-israel-with-a-little-help-from-the-media/

NEW YORK POST
— Harris fumed at Americans saying ‘Merry Christmas’ – Adam Shaw
https://nypost.com/2024/08/02/us-news/harris-fumed-at-americans-saying-merry-christmas-before-illegal-migrants-were-protected-in-resurfaced-clip/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Most Effective Way to Brand Kamala. President Trump and his unapologetic authenticity are the perfect foil to Kamala Harris’s fakery. – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: How do your critics/opponents brand you? My critics/opponents brand me as being too conservative. Far too many of them use my demographics to brand me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should sue them for defamation.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/03/the-most-effective-way-to-brand-kamala/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Paris Olympics are a microcosm of what Kamala would do to America. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/the_paris_olympics_are_a_microcosm_of_what_kamala_would_do_to_america.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Hollywood elite to hold ‘Dance Party for Kamala’ fundraiser at iconic LGBTQ bar. – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/02/hollywood-elite-to-hold-dance-party-for-kamala-fundraiser-at-iconic-lgbtq-bar-1477046/
— Trump-aligned super PAC hammering Harris on her worst issue: ‘Fails that test’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/03/trump-aligned-super-pac-hammering-harris-on-her-worst-issue-fails-that-test-1477216/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Biden admin proposal would allow DACA recipients access to education programs for low-income Americans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/biden-admin-proposal-allow-daca-recipients-access-education-programs-low-income-americans/26034

COILLEGE FIX
— Academia: Diversity is great but don’t call Kamala Harris a DEI hire. – Dave Huber
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academia-diversity-is-great-but-dont-call-kamala-harris-a-dei-hire/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New Hate Map Counters SPLC Narrative That Violence Is ‘Exclusively the Domain of the Far Right’ – Tyler O’Neil  (COMMENT: I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois for 7 years and as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition for 4 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout the loudest that those groups were hate groups. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/02/new-hate-map-counters-splc-narrative-violence-exclusively-domain-far-right/

DAILY WIRE
— Wokeness Turns The Olympics Into A Farce
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1414-wokeness-turns-the-olympics-into-a-farce

FOX NEWS
— Democrats want non-citizen votes and here’s how we plan to stop them. Democrats have a clear plan to allow non-citizen voting and Trump campaign is fighting it. – Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/donald-trump-jr-democrats-want-non-citizen-votes-heres-how-plan-stop-them
— GOP lawmakers warn Biden parole scheme could lead to massive spike in marriage fraud. The lawmakers noted that marriage fraud is a regular problem for immigration agencies. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-warn-biden-parole-scheme-could-lead-massive-spike-marriage-fraud

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Secret Service Cover-Up!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/secret-service-cover-up/

MRC TV
— Hannity Lists Kamala’s ‘Election Year Conversion’ Flip-Flops. – Craig Bannister
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/hannity-lists-kamalas-election-year-conversion-flip-flops

NEW AMERICAN
— Harris Backed Effort to Let Illegal Alien Practice Law; Defied Obama for Mexican. – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/features/harris-backed-effort-to-let-illegal-alien-practice-law-defied-obama-for-mexican/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That Vice President Kamala Harris is a far-left extremist, notably on immigration, is hardly news. But just how far left might be, and the Sacramento Bee offered an idea yesterday. Harris was behind the effort to push the legal authorities in California to permit an illegal alien to practice law. Indeed, the Bee’s sources say that Harris might have been the deciding factor in Mexican Sergio Garcia’s effort to become a practicing lawyer. The story comports with Harris’ well-known position on immigration. She’s an open-borders fanatic, and does not believe illegally crossing the border is a crime.)

NEWS BUSTERS
— HuffPost Op-Ed Breaks Ranks, Admits Obvious Truth About Kamala Harris. One leftist is trying to rebrand diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as a badge of honor and admitted something the legacy media has often been keen to deny. – Tom Olohan  (COMMENT: DEI is race and gender based preference giving.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/08/02/huffpost-op-ed-breaks-ranks-admits-obvious-truth-about-kamala

PJ MEDIA
— Appeals Court Paves the Way for Illegals to Potentially Steal the Election in Arizona. – Matt Margolis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/02/appeals-court-paves-the-way-for-illegals-to-steal-election-in-arizona-n4931300
— Joe Biden Admitted Kamala Harris Is a DEI Hire. – Matt Margolis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/02/we-got-the-receipts-joe-biden-called-kamala-harris-a-dei-hire-n4931285

TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris Really Doesn’t Want You ‘Speaking Merry Christmas’ – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/08/02/watch-kamalas-weird-rant-against-speaking-merry-christmas-n2642888

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “More voters say Harris has right temperament compared with Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4800406-harris-trump-poll-temperament/

ABC NEWS
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trump-wrong-immigrants-taking-jobs-black-workers-economists/story?id=112490438

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/us/kamala-harris-race-trump.html
— Hate-filled White-hating White-haters ever-increasingly use Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey to promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/opinion/sonya-massey.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/kamala-harris-atlanta-rally.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/arts/music/kamala-harris-beyonce-kendrick-lamar.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats acknowledge that “A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit. GLAAD paid for its chief executive to fly first-class, rent a Cape Cod house and remodel her home office. It may have violated I.R.S. rules.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/glaad-ceo-spending.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats acknowledge that “More Americans call volume of immigrants a ‘critical threat” and say that “Chicago Council survey finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.”
Chicago Council survey finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/immigration-poll-chicago-council/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/01/trump-rally-interview-nabj-racist-comments-maga-republicans/74626968007/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats and RINOs are aligned with groups that are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/no-labels-campaign-finance-complaint-biden-trump-05062262e04b4bb346ab06eaea99630b

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/team-trump-calls-kamala-harris-dei-hire-rcna164117

MSN
— Democrats say “Trump denigrates South America, Asia, and Africa, saying they are sending criminals, rapists and lunatics to US.” To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-denigrates-south-america-asia-and-africa-saying-they-are-sending-criminals-rapists-and-lunatics-to-us/ar-BB1r2thX
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-real-reason-donald-trump-is-making-racist-comments-about-kamala-harris/ar-BB1r6A6z
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dei-has-some-prominent-critics-but-it-s-actually-getting-more-popular/ar-BB1r5uj5?ocid=BingNewsSerp

FOX OHIO
— Democrats acknowledge that “Ohio removes nearly 500 non-citizen voter registrations from state database.” How many illegals are registered to vote in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Illegals want to turn America into their motherlands. How soon will you be forced to speak, read, and write Spanish?
https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/ohio-removes-nearly-500-non-citizen-voter-registrations-from-state-database-save-act-voting-election-integrity-midwest-november-trump-harris-illegal-immigrants

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want everyone to vote for Harris because she is a minority and a woman.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-of-trumps-political-life-strengths-of-kamala-harris-have-become-clearer-cd8622cc?mod=opinion_lead_pos10
— Democrats say “The Activist Pushing Companies to Ditch Their Diversity Policies. Robby Starbuck has fueled social-media attacks on Tractor Supply, Deere and Harley-Davidson, and his list of targets is getting longer.” (COMMENT: I am an anti-Affirmative Action (AA) and anti-DEI activist.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote AA and DEI. That is why they take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/the-activist-pushing-companies-to-ditch-their-diversity-policies-aeb82873
— Democrats say “He Skipped College to Become a Repairman. He’s On His Way to $175,000 a Year.” Because I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I had by the time I was 49 years old a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that was because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should sue my critics/opponents for defamation.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/he-skipped-college-to-become-a-repairman-hes-on-his-way-to-175-000-a-year-a1d6f02d

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/what-is-dei-kamala-harris-and-the-controversy-over-diversity-policies

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “A food influencer in Chicago breaks down why the Windy City should be on every restaurant lover’s bucket list.” I am a conservative influencer. That is why anti-conservatives take so many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-restaurants-food-influencer-tacos-pizza-italian-beef-alfresco-michelin-2024-8

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump calls off ABC debate, suggests Fox News face-off instead.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/03/trump-calls-off-abc-debate-suggests-fox-news-face-off-instead-00172554
— Democrats say “Advertising Rates & Specs.” GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and www.gopillinois.com have never contained advertising or donation requests and they never will. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes. Because I have enough time and money, all the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every morning come from me and from me only. Of course, my direct competitors are furious about that.
https://www.politico.com/advertising

EEOC
— Democrats say “Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject equal opportunity. They want ever-increasing big time preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices

SNOPES
— Democrats ask “Kamala Harris Failed Her Bar Exam on First Try?” I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take the examination pass all its four parts on their first attempt. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, and/or belittled the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents who stress that others got better scores on the four parts of the examination than I did.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-failed-bar-exam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris did fail the California bar exam on her first attempt, but she later passed and was admitted to the California bar in 1990, just a year after she graduated. As such, we rated this claim as “True” with added context. The bar exam is a qualifying written exam administered by a jurisdiction for lawyers to practice law in that particular state. According to a 2016 New York Times profile of Harris about her Senate campaign, she did fail the bar exam on her first try. Harris described consoling a recent law graduate who did not make it either: “[Harris] failed the bar exam the first time she took it. Harris says she recently consoled a young law graduate who also didn’t pass; ‘I told her, it’s not a measure of your capacity’.” Harris was admitted to the bar in June 1990, according to the State Bar of California records. She graduated from the University of California Hastings school of law in 1989. The California bar exam has been described as notoriously difficult. According to the Los Angeles Times, there was only a 41.8% pass rate in 1985. In July 1989, also according to the Los Angeles Times, 59.5% of people passed and won the right to practice law from the July 1989 exams, and the pass rate was 72.2% among the 4,909 people taking the exam for the first time. In February 1990, the likely date Harris took the bar exam for a second time, the pass rate was 45.9%. Only 33.9% of people passed the February 2024 general bar exam.)

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.