March 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump calls Tesla dealership vandals terrorists, compares actions to Jan. 6
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-calls-tesla-vandalism-suspects-terrorists-compares-actions-jan-6-vowing-send-el-salvador-prisons/16063808/
— Democrat leaders ask a judge to force ICE to regularly release details on immigration arrests in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/groups-asking-judge-lawsuit-force-ice-regularly-release-details-immigration-arrests-chicago/16065322/

NBC5
— Major League Baseball removes ‘diversity’ references from MLB Careers home page. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred had launched a Diversity Pipeline Program in 2016. Democrats and RINOs use diversity to get of Republicans. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/mlb/mlb-removes-references-diversity-mlb-careers-home-page/3703939/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Stricter truck pollution rule would prevent 500 deaths a year in Chicago region
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/18/illinois-truck-pollution/
— Naperville Election 2025: Council candidates weigh in on city’s role in supporting DEI. To support DEI is to support race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/21/naperville-city-council-election-candidate-diversity-inclusion/
— Transgender-related locker room complaint puts Lake County middle school in national spotlight. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/transgender-related-locker-room-complaint-puts-lake-county-middle-school-in-national-spotlight-the-girls-want-their-privacy-back/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/21/chicago-police-department-dexter-reed-traffic-stops

WGN RADIO
— Rep. Wilhour on why he opposes homeschooling bill
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-wilhour-parents-have-the-right-to-educate-as-they-see-fit/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois law challenged by Catholic Diocese over hiring based on abortion beliefs. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs destroy you if you do not promote abortion.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-law-catholic-diocese-lawsuit-20234153.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— DEI is race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-21/is-planting-trees-dei-trump-administration-cuts-nationwide-tree-planting-effort

WLDS
— Davidsmeyer Has Been Regular Voice of Opposition On State Budget, Illegal Immigration Policies During Current ILGA Session
https://wlds.com/davidsmeyer-has-been-regular-voice-of-opposition-on-state-budget-illegal-immigration-policies-during-current-ilga-session/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Durbin, Pritzker put pressure on Republicans to oppose cuts to key programs. Thousands of Illinoisians could lose coverage from Medicaid cuts, governor warns. Soon, as Democrat and RINO leaders destroy America, everyone in America will want/need/demand Medicaid.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/durbin-pritzker-put-pressure-on-republicans-to-oppose-cuts-to-key-programs/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-273/
— Playing the Trump card in Aurora
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/21/playing-the-trump-card-in-aurora/
— Republicans argue that Pritzker township elimination plan would raise property taxes
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/21/republicans-argue-that-pritzker-township-elimination-plan-would-raise-property-taxes/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the biggest differences between the Democrat and Republican Parties? The Democrat Party requires its leaders to defend and advance all the planks its platform. The Republican Party not only does not do that, it lets it leaders who reject planks in the Republican Party platform destroy those Republicans who support those planks. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more of a RINO that you are. I should write about those RINO leaders of the following who reject the most planks: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP). Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those RINO leaders who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately including a) ending my membership in the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Which planks in the Republican Party platform do you support? Ever-increasingly, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to destroy you. I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform, including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. RINOs reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Because I support the aforesaid planks, the following have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000: past and present a) RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) RINO leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and c) RINO conservative and religious leaders and activists. I should write about the aforesaid RINOs. I would focus on the aforesaid RINOs who had their operatives and dupes a) end my membership in the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Republicans should be advised that Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republicans employees. The Democrats who run the federal government use use-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who they did not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My Democrat superiors in the federal government never promoted me beyond GS-13 and did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38. They would never have promoted me to GS-13 if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) earned job-related professional licenses when I was 30 and 32, and c) earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What encourages people to come to America? ANSWER: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to citizens of foreign countries a) who are minority, female, younger, b) who lack education and/or job skills, and/or c) who want/need/demand massive government assistance. Democrat leaders want the aforesaid because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want the aforesaid because RINOs want cheap labor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democratic Party Attorney General Reuses to Defend Remap Challenge by Republicans
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/democratic-party-attorney-general-refuses-to-defend-remap-challenge-by-republicans/
— Republicans Not Only Ones in Congress Having Town Hall Meetings Disrupted
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/republicans-not-only-ones-in-congress-having-town-hall-meetings-disrupted/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk Spend $7,598.81 to Mail Self-Serving Pre-Election Township Newsletter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-spend-7598-81-to-mail-self-serving-pre-election-township-newsletter/
— Southern Illinois State Senator Says Township Consolidation Might Raise Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/southern-illinois-state-senator-says-township-consolidation-might-raise-taxes/
— Mental Health Board Saves Money on IT by Allowing County Government to Do It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/mental-health-board-saves-money-on-it-by-allowing-county-government-to-do-it/
— Lesperance Summarizes Twelve Years as Nunda Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/20/lesperance-summarizes-twelve-years-as-nunda-township-road-commissioner/
— McDOT’s Scott Hennings Mass Transit Testimony to Senate Transportation Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/20/mcdots-scott-hennings-mass-transit-testimony-to-senate-transportation-committee/
— Conservation District Plans to Continue Borrowing WITHOUT Voter Approval
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/20/conservation-district-plans-to-continue-borrowing-with-voter-approval/
— Mike Lesperance Mails in Support of His Campaign for Re-Election as Nunda Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/19/mike-lesperance-mails-in-support-of-his-campaign-for-re-election-as-nunda-township-road-commissioner/
— No New Net Non-Government Jobs Under Pritzker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/19/no-new-non-government-jobs-under-pritzker/
— Looks as if Chief Justice John Roberts Needs Lesson in Constitutional Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/looks-as-if-chief-john-justice-roberts-needs-lesson-in-constitutional-law/
— Population Shifts from Democratic to Republican States Favor Republicans
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/population-shifts-from-democratic-to-republican-states-favor-republicans/
— Marengo Park District Schedules EASTER Egg Hunt
— https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/marengo-park-district-schedules-easter-egg-hunt/
— Rob Parrish Makes Two Mailings in Support of His Campaign for Nunda Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/rob-parrish-makes-two-mailings-in-support-of-his-campaign-for-nunda-township-road-commissioner/
— Illinois Road Condition Not Up to Rank of Second Highest Gas Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/illinois-road-condition-not-up-to-rank-of-second-highest-gas-taxes/
— Democrats Seem in Disagreement as to Favored Huntley School District Candidates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/17/democrats-seem-in-disagreement-as-to-favored-huntley-school-district-candidates/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Leftists display willingness to harm anyone who gets in the way, and America pays the price.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/21/editorial-leftists-display-willingness-harm-anyone-gets-way/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Wokeness finds new life south of the border
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3355427/wokeness-finds-new-life-south-of-the-border/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat mayor vows to keep Minneapolis a ‘safe haven’ for illegal immigrants: ‘We love you’
https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/us-news/democrat-mayor-vows-to-keep-minneapolis-a-safe-haven-for-illegal-immigrants-we-love-you/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Puts #TakeDownTesla Vandals on Notice, Says the ‘Sick Terrorist Thugs’ Should Get 20 Year Sentence in El Salvadoran Prison
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/21/trump-puts-takedowntesla-vandals-on-notice-says-the-sick-terrorist-thugs-should-get-20-year-sentence-in-el-salvadoran-prison/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Reclaiming Control of America’s Immigration System
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/reclaiming_control_of_america_s_immigration_system.html

BREITBART
— Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
https://www.breitbart.com/news/tuberculosis-cases-in-the-us-rose-to-their-highest-levels-in-more-than-a-dozen-years/

DAILY CALLER
— Republicans Aren’t The Only Ones Facing Rabid Town Halls
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/21/democrat-town-halls-glenn-ivey-debbie-dingell-schumer-budget-shutdown/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chip Roy’s New Bills Aim to Ensure No One Is ‘Indoctrinated to Hate Our Country’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/21/exclusive-chip-roys-new-bills-aim-ensure-no-one-indoctrinated-hate-country/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Vows Toughest Penalties For ‘Terrorists’ Attacking Tesla. “I view these people as terrorists,” Trump said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-toughest-penalties-for-terrorists-attacking-tesla

EPOCH TIMES
— Tesla Trade-Ins Spike Amid Musk Backlash and Competitors Capturing More EV Market Share. How soon, if already, will Democrat and RINO leaders officially call for boycotting Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/tesla-trade-ins-spike-amid-musk-backlash-and-competitors-capturing-more-ev-market-share-edmunds-reports-5829231

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Bill Would Let Failing School System Send Homeschooling Parents To Jail
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/21/illinois-bill-would-let-failing-school-districts-send-homeschooling-parents-to-jail/
— The Biden Education Department Burned $100M On ‘Anti-Racist’ Social Workers And DEI For K-12 Schools
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/20/the-biden-education-department-burned-100m-on-anti-racist-social-workers-and-dei-for-k-12-schools/
— California’s Massive Medicaid Shortfall Would Disappear If It Quit Paying $8B For Illegals’ Health Care
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/21/californias-massive-medicaid-shortfall-would-disappear-if-it-quit-paying-8b-for-illegals-health-care/

FOX NEWS
— Trump admin pulling legal status for more than 530K migrants. The roughly 532,000 migrants have been told to leave the U.S. before their humanitarian parole and work permits are canceled on April 24.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-pulling-legal-status-more-than-530k-migrants

NEW AMERICAN
— Boston, Minneapolis Mayors Repeat Vow to Break Law Against Harboring Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/boston-minneapolis-mayors-repeat-vow-to-break-law-against-harboring-illegals/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPOTT
— Trump Revokes Legal Status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-21/trump-revokes-legal-status-for-530-000-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and-venezuelans

CBS NEWS
— U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-to-revoke-legal-status-of-over-a-half-million-migrants-chnv/
— Tesla trade-ins spike amid anti-Elon Musk backlash
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-trade-ins-record-high-musk-backlash/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More. The tally of names read like President Trump’s enemies list, from Letitia James to Liz Cheney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-security-clearances-biden-harris-clinton.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump escalates threats against those who destroy Tesla vehicles. Trump wrote on social media that people who vandalize vehicles made by Tesla — the company owned by Trump ally Elon Musk — could get lengthy jail sentences.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/21/trump-tesla-vehicles-elon-musk-bondi-vandalism/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Political Affiliation Discrimination: Know Your Rights  Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly a) not hire Republicans and b) get rid of their Republican employees. Democrat employers hire Democrats. RINO employers hire RINOs. The federal government is a Democrat employer.
https://natlawreview.com/article/political-affiliation-discrimination-know-your-rights
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The increased interest in this topic comes amid a highly charged political environment and the decision by the Trump Administration to terminate the employment of civil service employees across a wide array of government agencies. Additionally, many employees are unclear about their rights and obligations as their employers are retreating from commitments to corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in response to the Administration’s aggressive efforts to eradicate DEI initiatives. These actions have left many employees in a state of confusion regarding their rights around these issues. Legal protections for discrimination based on political affiliation vary widely based on state law. Below is a broad overview of employment protections across the United States, but as these can vary even by local jurisdiction, contacting an employment attorney with specific questions about your legal protections may be the best course of action. . .There are currently no federal protections for private sector employees from workplace discrimination based solely on political affiliation. If you are a federal employee and you believe that you have been discriminated against because of your political affiliation, you may be entitled to some protections under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CRSA). Learn more on KBK’s political affiliation discrimination practice as it relates to federal workers here. If you are a federal employee looking for legal support services regarding recent federal government layoffs, see KBK’s Federal Employment Resources page here.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Many Americans Are On Board With Federal Worker Firings. Some envision bloat and cushy jobs. ‘Let ’em go; get rid of them.’ Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Who do you know who is/was a federal retiree? I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/why-many-americans-are-on-board-with-federal-worker-firings-d5d58e98
— The Illinois Assault on Home-Schoolers. Democrats want to impose new rules and bureaucracy on parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-homeschool-act-democrats-education-public-schools-6065d5ab?mod=opinion_lead_pos3

BLOOMBERG
— McKinsey Piles ‘Up or Out’ Pressure on Some US Consultants. Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/mckinsey-piles-up-or-out-pressure-on-some-us-consultants
— Work Visa Sponsorship H1-B: Foreign Students Struggle to Find Jobs in Trump Era. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-21/work-visa-sponsorship-h1-b-foreign-students-struggle-to-find-jobs-in-trump-era

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Home Depot Drops Diversity Language as Trump Targets DEI Efforts
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/home-depot-drops-diversity-language-as-trump-targets-dei-efforts

FORTUNE
— JPMorgan renames DEI program ‘DOI’ following political backlash
https://fortune.com/2025/03/21/jpmorgan-dimon-trump-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-doi-politics-backlash/

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2018/11/23/managing-up-or-out-sounds-harsh-but-can-be-effective/

FISHER PHILLIPS
— EEOC Issues Guidance on Unlawful Workplace DEI Programs. How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. The aforesaid directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/news-insights/eeoc-issues-guidance-on-unlawful-workplace-dei-programs-top-takeaways-for-employers.html

ARMY
— Is “Up or Out” Holding Us Back? Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.army.mil/article/247749/is_up_or_out_holding_us_back

LINKEDIN
— Overcoming Ageism at Any Career Stage. Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to waste the careers of their Republican employees and to get rid of them. To fight that, a) I earned an MBA when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and a master’s degree in finance when I was 48, b) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt when I was 30 and 32, c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and d) I earned additional job-related professional licenses when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986.
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7302825370712477696/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Many federal employees ordered to submit recent accomplishments. GAO audits IRS. If I had gotten such an email while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I would have stressed how they wasted my knowledge of IRS. Before I transferred from IRS to GAO, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I would also have stressed how they wasted what I had learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance and b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/federal-employees-ordered-submit-recent-accomplishments-second-musk-email/403425/

IMMIGRATION FORUM
— Democrat and RINO leaders have joined with leaders of Mexico and other foreign counties to have their citizens invade, conquer, and destroy America. Democrat and RINO leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://immigrationforum.org/article/invasion-influx-in-a-time-of-falling-border-encounters/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Viewed More Favorably Than Democrats
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_viewed_more_favorably_than_democrats

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.