June 1, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “5 Harvard Elementary students hospitalized after smoking weed at school.” Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/harvard-elementary-grand-crossing-chicago-public-schools-drugs/13324825/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more reparations. Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations.
https://abc7chicago.com/evanston-il-illinois-reparations-news/13327273/

NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “5 Chicago Elementary Students Hospitalized After Smoking Vape Pen They Found on Field Trip.” Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/5-chicago-elementary-students-hospitalized-after-smoking-vape-pen-they-found-on-field-trip/3152399/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago City Council Approves $51 Million in Funding to Address Migrant Crisis.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-in-funding-to-address-migrant-crisis/3152485/
— Democrats say “Chicago Ridge Mayor Addresses Cancellation of Popular RidgeFest Due to Safety Concerns.” The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-ridge-mayor-addresses-cancellation-of-popular-ridgefest-due-to-safety-concerns/3152371/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago Police Issue Warning on Nearly 50 Similar Cases.” The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-brazen-robbery-as-chicago-police-issue-warning-on-nearly-50-similar-cases/3151693/

WGN9
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago mayor, interim police superintendent respond to Memorial Day weekend violence.” The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-mayor-interim-police-superintendent-respond-to-memorial-day-weekend-violence/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-aud-cb-afternoon-briefing-newsletter-may31-20230531-r34jfv4g2zgp5dvubxhngvvxh4-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-migrants-city-council-money-20230531-myv4mvnvnrbbdfaojyo7v2vnwy-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-republicans-freedom-caucus-liberties-trump-desantis-chapman-20230601-vkdilvsusndyhnlfm2fakq23fi-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against men to get votes from women
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-betty-friedan-phyllis-schlafly-era-debate-20230601-w2tdcxzwsbeaxmmvhh4xdufvdq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/5/31/23743981/migrant-crisis-funds-chicago-immigrants-city-council-vote-homeless
— Hate-filled DeSantis-hating DeSantis-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against DeSantis.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/5/31/23743929/ron-desantis-disney-wokeness-civil-liberties-jacob-sullum-column

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Johnson and the city’s top cop respond to Memorial Day weekend violence.” Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Chicago and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause Chicago violence.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-responds-memorial-day-weekend-violence
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/migrant-aid-funding-51-million-passes-chicago-city-council-after-fiery-debate

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrats acknowledge that “Unemployment jumped among Black youth and women in Chicago.” The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime.
https://chicagocrusader.com/unemployment-jumped-among-black-youth-and-women-in-chicago-report-says/

WGN RADIO
— Democrats say “Republicans get their IRS cuts.” In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. Because Republicans cut GAO’s budget big time, my Democrat superiors wasted my GAO career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. It is called political affiliation discrimination. I should write a book about that.
https://wgnradio.com/news/republicans-get-their-irs-cuts-democrats-say-they-expect-little-near-term-impact/

WBEZ
— Democrats acknowledge that “From Woodlawn to West Ridge, migrants live in temporary shelters across Chicago. Asylum-seekers dwell in 10 temporary shelters operated by the city of Chicago. Half the shelters are in higher-income neighborhoods.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/temporary-migrant-shelters-span-chicago-neighborhoods/89e2904c-11a4-4708-aa3f-230b1fcfad6d

SHAW LOCAL
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly anticipate/expect that all lawsuits filed by Republicans will fail. I should write a book about the lawsuits that I filed.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/opinion/columns/2023/06/01/eye-on-illinois-geography-neednt-be-a-barrier-to-access-state-court-system/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats and RINOs crow that “DeSantis, Trump take jabs at each other in Iowa as both kick off presidential campaigns.” Democrats and RINOs promote negative campaigning.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/florida-gov-ron-desantis-donald-trump-take-jabs-at-each-other-in-iowa-as-both-kick-off-presidential-campaigns-2024-election-crowded-field-republican-party-candidates-swaying-voters

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Clarence Thomas. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats promote hatred against you: a) supporter of the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, b) conservative, c) Republican, d) male, e) older, f) non-poor, g) married to a White woman, h) Christian, i) Corvette owner, j) etc.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-05-31/frontline-traces-the-ambition-and-revenge-driving-scotus-justice-clarence-thomas

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote DeSantis.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/desantis-starts-to-hone-his-attacks-against-trump/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/new-laws-provide-more-benefits-for-noncitizens/Content?oid=16920347

TIMES WEEKLY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime.
https://thetimesweekly.com/west-suburban-community-pantry-seeks-to-serve-thousands-ofchildren-facing-hunger-this-summer/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats acknowledge “Chicago’s Black v. migrant divide.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/06/01/black-v-migrant-divide-in-chicago-00099618

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-80/
— Democrats say “Afternoon Roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/05/31/afternoon-roundup-94/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/05/31/roundup-chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-for-migrant-aid/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times suppress news of national scandals – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-tribune-and-sun-times-suppress-news-of-national-scandals-wirepoints/
— Austin is Chicago’s homicide hub and just 3% of students are proficient in math there. There’s little chance for success in Mayor Johnson’s home neighborhood.
https://wirepoints.org/austin-is-chicagos-homicide-hub-and-just-3-of-students-are-proficient-in-math-there-theres-little-chance-for-success-in-mayor-johnsons-home-neighborhood-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicago/
— Chicagoans already face an unbearable pension burden, now politicians are about to make it worse
https://wirepoints.org/chicagoans-already-face-an-unbearable-pension-burden-now-politicians-are-about-to-make-it-worse-wirepoints-on-the-steve-cochran-show/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— New Chicago Mayor Proves The Windy City is Ground Zero For the Revolution – MARTIN PREIB
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/new-chicago-mayor-windy-city-ground-zero-revolution

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ramirez ‘will say anything without knowing the facts’ – Ives
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/642409970-ives-ramirez-will-say-anything-without-knowing-the-facts

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e4a684f2-ffe5-11ed-9f83-87f6d75f3f92.html

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— GLSEN’s Dirty Little Fingers in Everybody’s Pie-Including Target’s – Laurie Higgins
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/glsen-s-dirty-little-fingers-in-everybody-s-pie-including-target-s

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE

— ILLINOIS HAS MORE GRADUATES BUT WITH LOWER SCORES, FEWER HEADING TO COLLEGE – Hannah Max
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-has-more-graduates-but-with-lower-scores-fewer-heading-to-college/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reparations Nation: Evanston program’s architect takes aim at Northwestern University – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/reparations-illinois-northwestern-racism-payouts

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— California Senate Approves $300 Weekly Checks for Unemployed Illegals – Susannah Luthi (COMMENT: How soon will Illinois Democrats approve checks for illegals in Illinois?)
https://freebeacon.com/california/california-senate-approves-300-weekly-checks-for-unemployed-illegals/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC reviewing 750 extra sites to house migrants — as 2,200 asylum seekers arrive in last week – Bernadette Hogan and Emily Crane (COMMENT: How many sites are Democrats reviewing in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/nyc-reviewing-750-extra-sites-to-house-migrants-during-buckling-crisis-officials/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— ‘Very few’ of NYC’s 70,000 migrants have applied for asylum – Michael Gartland (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America. What percent of asylum claims are false?)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-very-few-migrants-nyc-applied-asylum-20230531-hkmv5gxrxjcgrbbwzxuksbkvye-story.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegal Aliens Throwing Parties in NYC Hotels – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: In which hotels in your county, in your township, and in your municipality a) are Democrats housing illegals and b) will Democrats house illegals?)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/31/illegal-aliens-throwing-parties-in-nyc-hotels/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago’s crime crisis and the ‘progressives’ – Chris Talgo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/chicagos_crime_crisis_and_the_progressives.html
— Five Questions for Prospective Republican Candidates – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/05/five_questions_for_prospective_republican_candidates.html
— How to Spot a RINO – David Lanza
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/how_to_spot_a_rino.html

BREITBART
— Black Chicago Residents Slam City Officials over $51 Million Funding for Migrants – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON (COMMENT: Tax dollars that Democrats give to citizens of foreign countries can no longer be given to citizens of America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/31/black-chicago-residents-slam-city-officials-over-51-million-funding-for-migrants/
— OUTSTANDING: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita Leads Lawsuit Against Joe Biden’s Illegal Immigration Pipeline – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/31/indiana-ag-todd-rokita-leads-lawsuit-against-bidens-mass-immigration-pipeline/
— Republicans View Donald Trump as Better Able to Handle Key Issues than Ron DeSantis – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/05/31/poll-republicans-view-donald-trump-as-better-able-to-handle-key-issues-than-ron-desantis/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern has given $60k to ‘social justice’ research projects via ‘mini-grants’ since 2021 – Brendan McDonald
https://campusreform.org/article?id=23361

DAILY CALLER
— School District Tells Gym Teachers To Wear Gay Flags, Use Preferred Pronouns To Make Class More ‘Inclusive’ – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/01/school-lgbt-pride-flags-pronouns/

DAILY WIRE
— Border App Releases Almost 80,000 Foreign Nationals Into U.S. In Last Four Months – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: How many of those 80,000 foreign nationals are headed for your county, for your township, and for your municipality? Where is the money coming from to provide them with free housing, free food, free clothing, free health care, free transportation, free education, free etc.?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-app-releases-almost-80000-foreign-nationals-into-u-s-in-last-four-months

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis slights Trump during 2024 Iowa campaign kickoff: ‘Not about entertainment’ DeSantis officially launched his campaign for president on Twitter last week – Brandon Gillespie (COMMENT: Who has publicly slighted you? I should write a book about leaders of the following who have publicly slighted me during meetings of the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-slights-trump-2024-iowa-campaign-kickoff
— ‘Hate-filled’ law school commencement speech shows America getting to ‘dangerous place,’ Army veteran warns. Recent Yale Law grad Jeremy Hunt sounds off on Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s CUNY speech about ‘White supremacy’ – Amy Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/hate-filled-commencement-speech-shows-america-getting-dangerous-place-army-veteran-warns
— Coca-Cola funds LGBTQ youth event at Smithsonian showcasing ‘Indigiqueer’ fashion. American Indian museum hosting series for ‘young Native activists’ seeking ‘equity and social justice’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coca-cola-funds-lgbtq-youth-event-smithsonian-showcasing-indigiqueer-fashion

TOWNHALL
— Here’s What Trump Is Proposing to Combat the Border Crisis – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/05/31/trump-once-again-promises-to-revoke-birthright-citizenship-to-combat-border-crisis-n2623857
— NYC Will House Illegal Immigrants in a Shuttered Jail – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/05/31/migrants-to-be-kept-in-closed-jail-in-nyc-n2623892

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pence: ‘Deeply offensive’ for Dodgers to reinvite LGBTQ group to Pride Night – OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4028858-pence-deeply-offensive-for-dodgers-to-reinvite-lgbtq-group-to-pride-night/
— Democrats say that DeSantis says that Trump’s “whole family moved to Florida under my governorship.” I should write a book about a) hate-filled conservative-hating pass/present leaders of DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) the hate-filled conservative-haters who they attracted to DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978 and to DuPage County’s 4th District, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct since 1984.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4028598-desantis-trumps-whole-family-moved-to-florida-under-my-governorship/

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/media/pride-month-reliable-sources/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrats crow that Walmart ever-increasingly promotes LGBTQ.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/walmart-has-not-made-changes-pride-merchandise-security-2023-05-31/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Republicans are spending millions on turnout operations that are deeply flawed.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republicans-are-spending-millions-turnout-operations-are-deeply-flawed-rcna74920

CBS NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs crow that “U.S. plans to admit nearly 40,000 asylum-seekers per month through mobile app.” (COMMENT: How many of those 40,000 asylum-seekers are headed for your county, for your township, and for your municipality? Where is the money coming from to provide them with free housing, free food, free clothing, free health care, free transportation, free education, free etc.?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asylum-seekers-cbp-one-mobile-app-u-s-plans-admit-nearly-40000-monthly/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “DeSantis takes aim at Trump during Iowa campaign event.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have taken aim against me big time. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRZGMX4Dzk

NBC NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, non-poor, non-veteran, married, gun owners, etc.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/majority-americans-favor-affirmative-action-colleges-rcna86853

ABC NEW YORK
— Democrats acknowledge that “New York City hopes to open former jail in Harlem to incoming migrants in next 2 days.”
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-asylum-seekers-lincoln-correctional-center-migrants/13325966/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right. Over the last decade, almost every cohort of voters under 50 has shifted rightward.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/upshot/millennials-polling-politics-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/pride-month-lgbtq-far-right-target/
— Democrats, libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republicans to lose that is, they want Republicans to pander to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, to pander to those who are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-married people, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/republicans-still-hope-that-young-men-will-come-around/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE BIG PHOTOS: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/01/transgender-youths-identity-example-pride-month/70218440007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Preferences Won’t Go Easily. Colleges will seek sneaky ways of filling quotas. But they’ll have trouble defending them in court. – Brian T. Fitzpatrick
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-preferences-wont-go-easily-thomas-jefferson-harvard-unc-court-bfa302b3

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “Trump angrily disowned his loyalist former press secretary as a ‘RINO’ for citing poll numbers that didn’t show him beating DeSantis by enough.” I should write a book about those who have done the most since 2000 to destroy me because I included in one of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a link to an article that they did not like. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-disowns-former-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-poll-numbers-desantis-2023-5

FORBES
— Anti-conservative and conservative-hating companies ever-increasingly promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2023/05/31/brands-have-a-responsibility-to-raise-anti-bias-anti-racist-kids-too/

FAST COIMPANY
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90894488/15-years-of-michigans-affirmative-action-ban-offers-a-grim-prediction-for-the-scotus-ruling

POLITICO
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote DeSantis.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/01/desantis-strategy-trump-2024-00099475

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “DeSantis Aims to Convince Voters That Trump Is the Real RINO.” While Trump was President, he did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/desantis-aims-to-convince-voters-that-trump-is-the-real-rino.html

ATLANTIC
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/affirmative-action-race-socioeconomic-supreme-court/674251/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— To promote Diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are a) heterosexual, b) conservative, c) White, d) male, e) older, f) non-poor, g) married, h) gun owners, i) Christian, j) Protestant, k) Italian American, l) German American, and/or m) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/are-diversity-statements-illegal

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly make their students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/administrators-can-and-must-act-nurture-lgbtq-leaders

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasing shout at minorities and at females that Republicans who are White and/or male cause all the problems that minorities and females have. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shot at minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and/or even worse things who has caused all their problems. I would focus on 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 taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-cultural-psychology-of-discrimination/202305/how-white-supremacy-is-built-into-societies

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.