May 17, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-abortion-pregnancy-centers-legislation-20230517-cf3uliybejeodbea3icjrv7nh4-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote pot in Montgomery.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-monty-marijuana-st-0516-20230515-5kqvzy2cdjgnzdjqoa2soskbiu-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/health/ct-monkeypox-chicago-new-cases-20230516-5wpbolaw5rddhgyum4b54qpzue-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-expansion-health-coverage-undocumented-illinois-budget-decision-20230516-r2hothzq2fewnkvhrmqppwupdy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Mayor Brandon Johnson assures asylum-seekers Chicago will embrace them. The new mayor met with several immigrants staying at the 12th District police station, telling them he was grateful they were here and assuring them that we are going to do everything we can to make this home for you.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/16/23726347/mayor-brandon-johnson-assures-asylum-seekers-chicago-will-make-a-home-for-them
— Democrats acknowledge that “Making Dan Ryan, I-57 into tollways won’t stop expressway shootings.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/16/23725591/dan-ryan-i-57-expressway-shootings-tollroads-legislation-editorial

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Johnson tours migrant shelters on his second day in office.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-tours-chicagos-migrant-shelters

ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun crimes instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://abc7chicago.com/moms-demand-action-illinois-gun-lawns-springfield-il/13256420/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “While Illinois Supreme Court Considers Assault Weapons Ban, Advocates Demand Action.” Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/while-illinois-supreme-court-considers-assault-weapons-ban-advocates-demand-action/3142762/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/chicago-organization-sets-up-free-portable-shower-for-migrants/3142351/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrants with nowhere else to go are sleeping in Chicago police stations.” How many illegals can the police station(s) in your municipality accommodate?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrants-sleeping-chicago-police-stations-shelters/
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least a dozen new mpox cases under investigation in Chicago area.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-least-dozen-new-mpox-cases-chicago-area/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Mayor Johnson meets with migrants in Chicago on second day in office.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-meets-with-migrants-in-chicago-on-second-day-in-office/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1221747
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in Wheeling.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wheeling-pot-dispensary-recreational-consumption-lounge-cook-county
— 12 students, 1 staff member at suburban Chicago school sent home after ‘spicy chocolate challenge’ At least 12 students and one staff member unknowingly ingested a marijuana-laced substance last week at a west suburban middle school.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/12-students-1-staff-member-suburban-chicago-school-spicy-chocolate-challenge
— Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1221552

WGN RADIO
— Democrats say “DeSantis criticizes Trump for implying Florida abortion ban is too harsh.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion.
https://wgnradio.com/news/desantis-criticizes-trump-for-implying-florida-abortion-ban-is-too-harsh/

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in Wheeling.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/wheeling-okays-cannabis-smoking-lounge/

STATELINE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations it should those alive today who have benefitted from slavery directly through inheritance. That would include those whose ancestors owned slaves and/or who fought for the Confederacy. None of my ancestors owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy. While they immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/black-californians-hope-state-reparations-dont-become-another-broken-promise/

WSIL TV
— Democrats say “Group brings lawsuit against city of Carbondale for “bubble” ordinance.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/group-brings-lawsuit-against-city-of-carbondale-for-bubble-ordinance/article_730130be-f459-11ed-86fb-7f9834d3de95.html

WCBU
— Democrats say “The GOP’s plan to turn Peoria County and Illinois red by getting out the vote.”
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2023-05-16/the-gops-plan-to-turn-peoria-county-and-illinois-red-by-getting-out-the-vote

WGLT & CITIES 92.9
— Democrats say “Heyworth junior high teacher removed over LGBTQ+ sex education book.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-03-24/heyworth-junior-high-teacher-removed-over-lgbtq-sex-education-book
https://www.cities929.com/2023/03/20/heyworth-school-district-places-secondary-teacher-on-leave/

FOX ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun crimes instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/mom-group-pushes-for-legislators-to-revive-assault-weapons-ban
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/activists-rally-at-illinois-capitol-calling-for-tougher-gun-laws

FOX ILLINOIS
— Push for global citizenship is ‘devaluing the American identity’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/professor-says-the-push-for-global-citizenship-is-devaluing-the-american-identity-students-teachers-universities-political-science-department-of-education-civic-proficiency-united-states-basic-american-history-government-culture-traditions

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrats say: “More than 23,500 Illinois student loan borrowers approved for forgiveness.” Because I worked my way through college, I was able to buy a new Corvette a year after I graduated and a new town home 2 years after I graduated.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/more-than-23500-illinois-student-loan-borrowers-approved-for-forgiveness

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/16/your-calendar-for-2023-pride-month-events-across-chicago/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-visits-southwest-side-migrant-shelters-on-his-second-day-in-office/
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/16/lincoln-squares-diplomat-hotel-could-become-temporary-housing-for-people-experiencing-homelessness/

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/05/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-70/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/05/16/afternoon-roundup-86/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Secretly Supported a Slate of Anti-Grassroots Candidates in Will County During April 4th Election, and Improperly Used Mailers to Attack the Conservative-Base of the Party (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against conservatives, that is, against platform Republicans, that is, against the base of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) since 2000: a) IRP leaders, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and volunteers.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/05/il-gop-secretly-supported-a-slate-of-anti-grassroots-candidates-in-will-county-during-april-4th-election-and-improperly-used-mailers-to-attack-the-conservative-base-of-the-party.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois public schools tie for second largest enrollment loss in nation
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-government-schools-tie-for-second-largest-enrollment-loss-in-nation-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Chicago is at risk of losing more businesses, including CME, if Johnson neglects the city’s real problems
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-is-at-risk-of-losing-more-businesses-including-cme-if-johnson-neglect-the-citys-real-problems-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CHICAGO THINKER
— Republicans, Take Note: Paul Vallas Built an Anti-Woke Voter Bloc – Ben Ogilvie
https://thechicagothinker.com/republicans-take-note-paul-vallas-built-an-anti-woke-voter-bloc/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pastor of New Beginnings Church on current Chicago migrant crisis: ‘These immigration policies are horrible’ (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/642225658-pastor-of-new-beginnings-church-on-current-chicago-migrant-crisis-these-immigration-policies-are-horrible

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Muslim parents join conservatives in confronting LGBTQ books – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/16/muslim-parents-join-conservatives-confronting-lgbt/
— Florida sending troops to Texas as border crisis deepens – Mike Glenn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/16/florida-sending-troops-texas-border-crisis-deepens/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats put migrants first, Americans last – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/democrats-put-migrants-first-americans-last/
— Democrats throwing black voters under bus for new progressive agenda – Glenn H. Reynolds
https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/democrats-throwing-black-voters-under-bus-for-new-progressive-agenda/
— Parents call police after Illinois teacher offers LGBTQ book to her students – Isabel Keane
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/cops-called-on-illinois-teacher-who-gave-students-lgbtq-book/
— 1.5M ‘gotaways’ have slipped into the US under Biden — three times as many as during 3 years of Trump – MaryAnn Martinez
https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump/
— Shocking video shows US soldier appearing to let migrants onto private property in Texas – Lee Brown
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/us-soldier-appears-to-let-migrants-onto-private-texas-property/
— Angry parents, kids rally outside NYC schools over migrants: ‘Open up Gracie Mansion’ – Jack Morphet, Desheania Andrews and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/angry-parents-kids-rally-outside-nyc-schools-prepped-for-migrants/
— CNN primetime ratings plummet after Trump bump: Fall behind Newsmax – Shannon Thaler
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/cnn-primetime-ratings-plummet-behind-newsmax-post-trump-bump/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Six More NYC School Gyms to House Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: How many public school gyms are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? There are two in my precinct.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/16/six-more-nyc-school-gyms-to-house-illegal-aliens/
— Obama Lectures Americans on Gun Control – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/17/morning-greatness-obama-lectures-americans-on-gun-control/

BLAZE
— Mayor Eric Adams pleads with judge to ‘revisit’ NYC’s sanctuary city law amid illegal immigration surge: ‘We have reached our limit’ – JOSEPH MACKINNONM
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mayor-eric-adams-pleads-judge-to-revisit-nycs-sanctuary-city-law

BREITBART
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Tells Outraged Parents to Deal with Adult Migrants Living in Public School Gyms – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: How many public school gyms are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? There are two in my precinct.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/16/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-tells-outraged-parents-to-deal-with-adult-migrants-living-in-public-school-gyms/
— Judge Blocks NYC from Pawning Off Border Crossers on Upstate Suburbs – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have Democrats dumped in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? How many will they dump in the next month, week, day?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/16/judge-blocks-nyc-from-pawning-off-border-crossers-on-upstate-suburbs/
— American Taxpayers Foot Bill for Illegal Aliens on Martha’s Vineyard – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government will provide all the money needed to provide illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, job training, jobs, etc., that is, that the federal government will just print more money for the aforesaid.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/16/report-american-taxpayers-foot-bill-for-illegal-aliens-on-marthas-vineyard/

CENTER SQUARE
— 24 Republican governors commit to help Texas defend its border – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT Anticipate that more and more and more Americans will move to these 24 states.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_318ef93e-f44c-11ed-bdb5-cffe76e32cfe.html

DAILY CALLER
— DeSantis Deploys Florida Law Enforcement To Southern Border – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/16/desantis-sends-florida-law-enforcement-authorities-texas-border/
— Biden Reportedly Kicks Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams Off His Reelection Team After Split On Crime, Immigration – DIANA GLEBOVA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/16/biden-reportedly-split-eric-adams-immigration-crime/
— Here’s How Universities Plan To Skirt The Supreme Court’s Likely Ban On Race-Based Admissions – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/17/universities-skirt-supreme-court-ruling-affirmative-action-race/

EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes 3 Pro-Law Enforcement Resolutions; 203 Democrats Vote Against – Michael Clements (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote criminals and crime.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-passes-3-pro-law-enforcement-resolutions-203-democrats-vote-against_5269396.html

FOX NEWS
— Black Chicago residents infuriated over migrant surge: ‘Enough!’ South Side residents protest plan to house illegal immigrants in abandoned high school. – Bailee Hill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-chicago-residents-infuriated-migrant-surge-enough
— Veterans OUT, Illegals IN! – Tomi Lahren
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/05/16/veterans-out-illegals-in/
— Obama lectures Americans on gun control, wishes US could have strict guns laws like Australia. Former President Barack Obama suggested in a recent interview that the U.S. should respond to mass shootings by implementing gun laws like Australia, where there is no legal right to own a firearm.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6327615659112
— Rep. Jason Smith demands answers after IRS whistleblower reportedly reassigned (COMMENT: I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination while I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969, IRS employee 1971-1980, and GAO employee 1980-1997. With one exception in 1989, my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives did not come to my defense.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6327641698112
— DeSantis sends Florida law enforcement, National Guard to Texas-Mexico border to help with migrant crisis. Florida recently filed successful lawsuit to block release of migrants into US without court dates. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-sends-florida-law-enforcement-national-guard-texas-border-help-migrant-crisis
— Marijuana found laced with fentanyl in states
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6327671309112

FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats want you to pay for their sanctuary sins. Biden’s open border is dragging down the whole country and is extremely divisive. – Stuart Varney (COMMENT: Because Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration, Democrats should have to pay special tax assessments.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/stuart-varney-democrats-want-you-pay-sanctuary-sins

LIFE NEWS
— Pro-Life Group Sues to Stop Illinois Law That Bans Free Speech Outside Abortion Centers – Micaiah Bilger
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/05/16/pro-life-group-sues-to-stop-illinois-law-that-bans-free-speech-outside-abortion-centers/

MRC TV
— NYC Migrant Madness: Schools Used To House Massive Influx – ERIC SCHEINER (COMMENT: How many schools are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? There are two in my precinct.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nyc-migrant-madness-schools-used-house-massive-influx

NATIONAL REVIEW
— School-Board Candidates Avoid Hard Truths for the Sake of Palatability – SAHAR TARTAK
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/school-board-candidates-avoid-hard-truths-for-the-sake-of-palatability/

NEWSMAX
— White House ‘Sweeping’ Border Crisis ‘Under the Rug’ – Ohio’s Republican Sen. J.D. Vance
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/vance-border-biden/2023/05/15/id/1119913/

PATRIOT POST
— Biden’s Race Baiting. Democrats are stoking the fires of racial discord by telling black Americans that the biggest problem they face is an America filled with bigotry. – GARY BAUER (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) encourage/force Blacks to hate Republicans. I should write a book about my many Black Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors failed to get to hate me.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/97348-bidens-race-baiting-2023-05-16

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Elon Musk: It Is “Bullshit” To Call Texas Mall Shooting “A White Supremacist Action,” There Is No Proof – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/05/16/elon_musk_it_is_bullshit_to_call_texas_mall_shooting_a_white_supremacist_action_there_is_no_proof.html

REASON
— Vivek Ramaswamy Thinks ‘Wokeness Is a Cultural Cancer’ Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency. – JOHN STOSSEL
https://reason.com/2023/05/17/vivek-ramaswamy-thinks-wokeness-is-a-cultural-cancer/

ZERO HEDGE
— NY Parents In Uproar As City Houses Migrants In School Gyms – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: How many schools are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? There are two in my precinct.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ny-parents-uproar-city-houses-migrants-school-gyms

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats crow that “Chicago City Council now leads US in LGBTQ members.” To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and to promote the destruction of the traditional family.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4005226-chicago-city-council-now-leads-us-in-lgbtq-members/

MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. That encourages/forces Republicans to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-trump-2024-republicans-white-supremacy-rcna84464

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats acknowledge that “New York Students Boycott Asylum Seekers on School Grounds.” How many schools are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? There are two in my precinct.
https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-students-protest-asylum-seekers-school-brooklyn-1800682

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “DeSantis is sending Florida law enforcement and National Guard members to the Texas border.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-sending-florida-law-enforcement-texas-border-mexico-rcna84551

ABC NEW YORK
— Democrats say NYC Mayor Adams is “eyeing up to 20 schools with standalone gyms for migrant housing:” How many schools are there in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? There are two in my precinct.
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-migrants-brooklyn-roosevelt-hotel/13253831/
— Democrats say “Parents call ’emergency meeting’ over migrant housing plan as busload of migrants arrives in NYC.”
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-migrants-gyms-brooklyn-schools/13258610/

NBC DFW
— Democrats acknowledge that Illinois parents filed a police report because a teacher offered an LGBTQ-themed book to her middle schoolers. Democrats ever-increasingly encourage/force children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/she-offered-an-lgbtq-themed-book-to-her-middle-schoolers-parents-filed-a-police-report/3258945/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: To get votes from Blacks, Democrats ever-increasingly promote reparations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/san-francisco-reparations.html?searchResultPosition=1
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters are overjoyed that Tucker Carlson is no longer on Fox News.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/tucker-carlson-far-right.html

WTXL
— Democrats crow that “Chicago church helping migrants in need of shelter, food, community.” How soon, if not already, will churches proclaim that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who is going to send Republicans straight to HELL who are the following: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.wtxl.com/chicago-church-helping-migrants-in-need-of-shelter-food-community

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Those who want cheap labor promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-immigrants-arent-stealing-jobs-from-black-americans-unemployment-gap-inflation-immigration-mobility-trump-biden-secure-border-4b5c8297
— Anti-conservatives and conservative-haters ever-increasingly argue against conservatives.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-must-find-americas-moral-center-nikki-haley-ron-desantis-gun-control-abortion-defund-the-police-polling-republicans-democrats-abaa0223

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use AA & DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelleking/2023/05/16/who-benefits-from-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts/

TIME
— Democrats say that “Migrants Struggle to Make Asylum Appointments Through U.S. Government App.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://time.com/6280220/migrants-border-cbp-app-asylum/

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.pbs.org/video/gun-control-advocates-lobbying-springfield-czvjkc/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Two-Thirds of Voters See ‘Crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico Border. Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/two_thirds_of_voters_see_crisis_at_u_s_mexico_bord

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.