June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump says undocumented migrants aren’t welcome: ‘We don’t want you in the country’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. You show your disrespect for America and your rejection of the rule of law if you come to America illegally, if you stay in America illegally, and if you bring others to America illegally.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-undocumented-migrants-arent-welcome-we-dont-want-you-in-the-country/3655220/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use an asylum seeker from Brazil and her son to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/asylum-seeker-from-brazil-sues-government-to-reunite-with-son-held-in-chicago/3652651/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Republican McCann gets in the governor race as third-party candidate, possibly complicating Rauner’s re-election bid – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-petitions-20180625-story.html
— Trump’s trade tirade hits Harley and the Midwest – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trade-trump-mexico-dairy-20180625-story.html
— Rauner was in Washington awaiting decision in major labor case before Supreme Court – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois, but nevertheless, “Pritzker blames Rauner for college students leaving Illinois.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— As crushing student debt keeps young people from saving, employers are stepping up to ease the squeeze – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, could you have gotten a student loan? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-abbott-student-loan-repayment-0626-story.html
— Why Sarah Sanders shouldn’t have been booted out of that Virginia restaurant – Karin Klein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-huckabee-sarah-sanders-virginia-restaurant-lgbt-0626-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-clout-on-the-line-primary-elections/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Even though, ever-increasingly, you will not be hired, retained, or promoted if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity say that “nearly half of LGBTQ employees remain closeted at work.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/nearly-half-of-lgbtq-employees-remain-closeted-at-work-study/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF TRUMP AND WATERS: Insults and rancor: Democrats risk treading on Trump’s home field – AP (DIERSEN: What do Durbin, Duckworth, Democrat Congressmen and Congresswomen, Madigan, Cullerton, Democrat State Senators, Democrat State Representatives, etc. have to say about this?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180625/news/306259895/
— Lincolnshire officials also worried about flooding from Wisconsin Foxconn plant – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: After 928 Golf Lane was built uphill from my home at 915 Cove Court, much more storm water has flowed into my lot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180626/lincolnshire-officials-also-worried-about-flooding-from-wisconsin-foxconn-plant
— The 50 fastest-growing companies in the Chicago area (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was downsizing. It was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/fast-50

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Crete bets on horses, but not in the way you think – H. LEE MURPHY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE01/180629943
— Harley-Davidson is moving factories overseas, but don’t expect the ads to change – I-HSIEN SHERWOOD
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS06/180629902/harley-davidson-is-moving-factories-overseas-but-dont-expect-the-ads

 

WTTW
— Illinois Governor’s Race Widens – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/25/illinois-governor-s-race-widens

 

WBEZ
— U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez: GOP Using ‘Inhumane’ Immigration Policy To Win Midterm Elections – Steve Bynum (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Republicans, you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/us-rep-luis-gutierrez-gop-using-inhumane-immigration-policy-to-win-midterm-elections/671f848f-9787-444c-a49c-378de3c5b74c

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump’s zero tolerance policy is controversial and they are overjoyed that Hultgren and Roskam have expressed concerns about it.
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/06/25/republican-reps-express-concerns-about-trumps-zero-tolerance-policy/a46qe16/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Tollway’s commitment to diversity as strong as its commitment to roads – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180625/our-view-tollways-committment-to-diversity-as-strong-as-its-comittment-to-roads

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen calls taxpayer funding required for Obama Center “unprecedented” – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511464420-breen-calls-taxpayer-funding-required-for-obama-center-unprecedented

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Voting with their feet (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois, but they blame Republicans for people leaving the state. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave the state if they are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/voting-with-their-feet-3/

 

WTAX
— McCann files 65,000 signatures
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mccann-files-65000-signatures/

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats fear call to shame Trump admin officials will cost votes in midterms – Edmund DeMarche (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in shaming those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/democrats-fear-call-to-shame-trump-admin-officials-will-cost-votes-in-midterms-report.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Taxpayer-Funded NPR Hypes VA’s Drag-Show Outreach to LGBT Veterans in Vermont – Matthew Balan (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for bars to ban customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2018/06/25/npr-hypes-vas-drag-show-outreach-lgbt-veterans

 

BLAZE
— If you’re wearing a MAGA hat, you’re not welcome at this Chicago bar – Carlos Garcia

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/if-youre-wearing-a-maga-hat-youre-not-welcome-at-this-chicago-bar
— Mike Huckabee says there’s an even worse component to his daughter’s story that no one’s reporting – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/mike-huckabee-says-theres-an-even-worse-component-to-his-daughters-story-that-no-ones-reporting
— Border Patrol: ‘Catch and release’ policy temporarily reinstated for illegal immigrant families – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/border-patrol-catch-and-release-policy-temporarily-reinstated-for-illegal-immigrant-families
— Protesters harass DHS Sec Kirstjen Nielsen for eating at ‘a Mexican restaurant of all places!’ – Pat Gray (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for Mexican restaurants to ban customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.theblaze.com/video/protesters-harass-dhs-sec-kirstjen-nielsen-for-eating-at-a-mexican-restaurant-of-all-places

 

DAILY CALLER
— WOMAN THANKS ILLINOIS MEDICAID FOR GIVING HER FREE ‘CARD’ TO ABORT – Grace Carr
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/woman-gets-free-abortion-in-illinois/
— GOP LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE CENSURE MEASURE, CALL ON MAXINE WATERS TO RESIGN – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/gop-censure-maxine-waters-resign/
— PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE ADVISER STEPHEN MILLER’S APARTMENT, PASS OUT ‘WANTED’ FLYERS – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/protest-outside-white-house-adviser-stephen-millers-apartment-pass-out-wanted-flyers/

 

CNS NEWS
White House Press Secretary: We Should Be Able to Disagree Freely, Without Fear of Harm – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: What about financial harm? My Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government caused me tremendous financial harm because I disagreed with their discrimination against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/wh-press-secretary-we-should-be-able-disagree-freely-without-fear-harm

 

WORLD NEW DAILY
— MAXINE WATERS’ ANTI-TRUMP SPEECH ‘INCITEMENT’ Pelosi’s mild rebuke like saying ‘her skirt was too short’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/maxine-waters-anti-trump-speech-incitement/
— RED HEN OWNER STALKED SARAH SANDERS’ FAMILY Followed them to nearby restaurant where she organized protest – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/red-hen-owner-continued-harassment-after-ejecting-sanders/

 

TOWNHALL
— Sen. Booker Advocates Confronting Trump Admin. Officials Over Policies But With ‘Radical Love’ – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/06/25/sen-booker-advocates-confronting-trump-admin-officials-over-policies-but-with-radical-love-n2494353

 

BREITBART
— U.N.: Transgender Individuals No Longer Mentally Ill – Dr. Susan Berry
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/25/u-n-health-group-transgender-individuals-no-longer-mentally-ill/

 

POLITICO
— Goodlatte offers E-Verify mandate, farm worker fix for immigration bill – JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/goodlatte-immigration-bill-e-verify-farm-worker-plan-671883

 

AOL NEWS
— Chuck Schumer slams Maxine Waters: ‘Not American…to call for harassment of political opponents’
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/06/25/chuck-schumer-slams-maxine-waters-harassment-of-political-opponents/23467795/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Takes His Time Supporting Sanders After Restaurant Rejects Her.” (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that my supporters have soured on me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those religious, conservative, and/or Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants who I have promoted, but who have failed/refused to come to my defense.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-restaurant-sarah-sanders-border.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders — an indication, they say, that the press-obsessed president has begun souring on her. He has also told her, before she heads out to the lectern in the briefing room, that he is “going to grade” her televised performances. (People who have heard Mr. Trump make the threat say it is in jest.))
— Democrats Are Turning Out to Vote in the Most Competitive Primary Races – ADAM PEARCE and ALEXANDER BURNS (DIERSEN: The Illinois 6th Congressional District is one of them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/us/politics/midterm-primaries-voter-turnout.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to being other people to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/due-process-undocumented-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trump lawyers make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/zero-tolerance-trump-asylum-family-separation-lawyers.html
— Trump officials deserve public shaming. – Michelle Goldberg (DIERSEN: Who are the leading public shamers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the leading public shamers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-restaurant-civility.html
— Republican or Conservative, You Have to Choose – David Brooks (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) want Republican candidates in Illinois to dump those voters a) who support Trump and b) who support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform. What have the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct said or done that shows that they a) support Trump and b) support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-republican-party-conservative.html
— The New Tax Form Is Postcard-Size, but More Complicated Than Ever A new version of the 1040 income tax form, set for release this week, omits some popular deductions and requires several worksheets for many taxpayers to complete. – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/your-money/1040-income-tax-postcard.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Focus Shifts to Ensure Disadvantaged Students Can Enter Elite Programs – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Are/were you disadvantaged? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disadvantaged people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/schools-excellence-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning Americans against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/11/us/tennessee-immigration-trump.html
— Disenchanted Youth May Tip Mexican Election to López Obrador – Paulina Villegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/americas/mexico-election-youth.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage everyone in the world who promises to vote for Democrats to seek sanctuary in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/immigration-border-nogales-mexico.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats Confront Democrats Over How to Confront Trump – Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-liberal-activists-shaming.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rep. Waters on Trump administration: ‘Tell them they’re not welcome’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups should not be welcome in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/rep-waters-on-trump-administration-tell-them-theyre-not-welcome/2018/06/25/33198e62-7888-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_video.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— M.B.A. Graduates Enter Tougher Job Market – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-b-a-graduates-enter-tougher-job-market-1529959689
— The Moral Logic of School Choice – Bobby Jindal (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that those schools turned me into a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-moral-logic-of-school-choice-1529966248
— The Democrats’ Racial Fault Line Asian-Americans challenge party orthodoxy on race-based admissions. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) patronage, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, and e) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-racial-fault-line-1529966157
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. In this war, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Mexico against America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vanishing-frontiers-review-the-ties-that-bind-1529966124

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Stop politicizing pensions: The sole duty of politicians should be to deliver maximum return to retirees – CHRISTOPHER BANCROFT BURNHAM
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-stop-politicizing-pensions-20180621-story.html
— President Trump threatens California Rep. Maxine Waters in response to her urging protesters to ‘push back’ vs. cabinet members – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-trump-threat-iq-maxine-waters-administration-20180625-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Business + politics can equal profit Taking a stand could inspire loyalty – Zlati Meyer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, businesses act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties. Ever-increasing, they make it clear that want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/25/trump-red-hen-business-personal/731808002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Using DNA tests to reunite migrant families on the border raises privacy concerns.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/23/using-dna-tests-reunite-immigrant-children-parents-poses-privacy-risk/727424002/

 

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Democrats take risk with insults, rancor toward Trump Veteran flame-thrower Rep. Maxine Waters’ attempts at shaming Trump and his Cabinet open a party rift. – Jonathan Martin
http://www.startribune.com/dems-take-risk-with-insults-rancor/486511051/

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Divisions over immigration policy spark rancor, acts of incivility – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/divisions-over-immigration-policy-spark-rancor-acts-of-incivility/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DECAPITATED CARCASS LEFT AT DHS STAFFER’S DOOR AMID HEIGHTENED THREATS – CHANTAL DA SILVA
http://www.newsweek.com/decapitated-carcass-left-dhs-staffers-door-amid-heightened-threats-995090

 

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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.