October 29, 2022

DAILY HERALD
— Tulsi Gabbard will appear at Glen Ellyn event for Darren Bailey – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20221028/gabbard-will-appear-at-glen-ellyn-event-for-bailey
— Nowak v. Lewis: Candidates in 24th Senate, 47th House discuss SAFE-T Act and more
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20221028/video-candidates-in-24th-senate-47th-house-discuss-safe-t-act-and-more

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMEMT: Democrats say “Donald Trump says he’s ‘very happy’ about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-donald-trump-elon-musk-20221028-763ypktqonc3xnaflyv3grbt5e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Resumes, hometowns, politics vary more than 3 secretary of state candidates’ plans for job-rich office. Former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias of Chicago is the front-runner to complete his political comeback over central Illinois GOP state Rep. Dan Brady and suburban Libertarian Jon Stewart. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/10/28/23424669/illinois-secretary-state-election-giannoulias-brady-stewart-preview

ABC7
— Doctors warn about rainbow fentanyl, marijuana edibles and other colorful drugs during Halloween – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/halloween-2022-candy-rainbow-fentanyl-marijuana-edibles/12390231/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— IRS: Growing gap between US income taxes owed and paid (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO in audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/IRS-Growing-gap-between-US-income-taxes-owed-and-17542238.php

CITIES 92.9
— Tulsi Gabbard to rally for Bailey Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey will hold a rally Monday in Glen Ellyn with former Congresswoman and 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard, who quit the Democratic Party to become an independent, is traveling the country endorsing chosen candidates before the Nov. 8 election.
https://www.cities929.com/2022/10/28/illinois-quick-hits-gabbard-to-rally-for-bailey-mountain-lion-captured-in-springfield/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why what happens with twitter matters to everyone.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-10-28/why-what-happens-with-twitter-matters-to-everyone

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Teacher: Suit vs Evanston D65 not to silence speech, but to end ‘hostile environment’ vs white students, educators – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/634395229-teacher-suit-vs-evanston-d65-not-to-silence-speech-but-to-end-hostile-environment-vs-white-students-educators#new_tab

WIRE POINTS
— Drifting, drag racing and carjacking: Motorized mayhem overwhelms Chicago streets – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/drifting-drag-racing-and-carjacking-motorized-mayhem-overwhelms-chicago-streets-wirepoints/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— People Who Play By the Rules spokesman: ‘J.B. Pritzker has finally broken down and called for explicit changes to the SAFE-T Act’ – David Beasley
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/634390871-people-who-play-by-the-rules-spokesman-j-b-pritzker-has-finally-broken-down-and-called-for-explicit-changes-to-the-safe-t-act

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— JB Pritzker’s Deceitful Divisive Anti-Christian Screed about Darren Bailey – Laurie Higgins (COMMENT: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 1978 have demonized, denigrated, and condemned Missouri Synod Lutherans the most as being “too conservative.”
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/jb-pritzkers-deceitful-divisive-anti-christian-screed-about-darren-bailey/

CAPITOL FAX
— Campaign notebook
https://capitolfax.com/2022/10/28/campaign-notebook-149/
— SAFE-T Act coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2022/10/28/safe-t-act-coverage-roundup-3/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden says attack on Pelosi’s husband echoes Jan. 6, blames Republicans – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/oct/28/joe-biden-paul-pelosi-attack-echoes-jan-6-blames-r/
— The New York Times accuses Republicans of racism for noticing crime – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: What are the demographics of a) those who commit crime and b) their victims?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-new-york-times-accuses-republicans-of-racism-for-noticing-crime

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California’s nationwide assault on families – Nicole Russell (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family. I owe all my successes in life to my parents.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/californias-nationwide-assault-on-families

NEW YORK POST
— Texas spends $4B on border security, busing immigrants to NYC and other cities – MaryAnn Martinez (COMMENT: How much money has/will the following spent on illegals: Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government will reimburse all those costs.)
https://nypost.com/2022/10/28/texas-spends-4b-on-border-security-includes-nyc-travel/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Proof that Critical Race Theory is being taught in schools – Carole Hornsby Haynes
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/10/proof_that_critical_race_theory_is_being_taught_in_schools.html
— Don’t mess with the kids – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/10/dont_mess_with_the_kids.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Liberal wokeness is threatening global security internationally – Julio Rivera
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/10/29/liberal-wokeness-is-threatening-global-security-internationally-1302216/

BLAZE
— ‘We’re all waiting for an opportunity to cross’: Venezuelan migrants removed from US set up encampment along Mexican border in hopes of returning. – CANDACE HATHAWAY (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want all the citizens of all the countries of the world who have demographics that vote for Democrats to illegally come to America, to illegally stay in America, and to illegally vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/we-re-all-waiting-for-an-opportunity-to-cross-venezuelan-migrants-removed-from-us-set-up-encampment-along-mexican-border-in-hopes-of-returning

BREITBART
— New York City to Fill Another Luxury Hotel with Illegal Aliens, Border Crossers Bused from Texas – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: How many hotel rooms do the following have: a) your municipality, b) your township, and c) your county?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/28/nyc-fill-another-luxury-hotel-illegal-aliens-border-crossers-bused-texas/
— UK Considered Setting Up Tent Cities in London Parks to House Migrants – KURT ZINDULKA (COMMENT: How many parks are there in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct. Of course, to further turn NIMBY Democrat, NIMBY Libertarian, NIMBY Green, NIMBY Independent, and NIMBY RINO voters in my precinct further against me, my critics/opponents want Wheaton and the Wheaton Park District to put migrant tents in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/10/29/uk-considered-setting-up-tent-cities-in-london-to-house-illegal-migrants-report/
— Washington Post Reporter Admits Media ‘Afraid’ to Tell Truths That Anger the Left – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/10/28/nolte-wapo-reporter-admits-media-afraid-tell-truths-that-anger-left/

CHRISTIAN POST
— American universities: Are the inmates running the asylum? – Richard D. Land (COMMENT: How many hotel rooms do the following have: a) your municipality, b) your township, and c) your county?)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/american-universities-are-the-inmates-running-the-asylum.html
— COMMENT: How many demographics do you have that vote for Democrats? For example, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money, education, and/or job skills than others, criminals, boozers, gamblers, and stoners? To get more and more and more citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats to come to America, Democrats want those who come to America who have demographics that vote for Democrats to get more and more and more protections.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/heres-why-congress-must-make-tps-protections-permanent.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Something Big Is Happening in New York — and Democrats Should Be Scared – Daily Editorials
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/10/22/something-big-is-happening-in-new-york-and-democrats-should-be-scared-dd34a

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Why You Have To Have Police’: Jesse Watters Says America’s ‘Crime Wave’ Finally Made Its Way To Pelosi’s House – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/28/watters-five-paul-pelosi-crime-wave/

DAILY SIGNAL
— White House Sticks to ‘Voter Suppression’ Claim in Georgia Despite Soaring Early-Vote Turnout – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/10/28/white-house-sticks-voter-suppression-claim-georgia-soaring-early-vote-turnout/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says Twitter Now in ‘Sane Hands,’ Doesn’t Commit to Going Back – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-twitter-now-in-sane-hands-doesnt-commit-to-going-back_4826666.html
— AOC Criticizes Biden for Excluding Illegal Migrants in Marijuana Pardon – Frank Fang
https://www.theepochtimes.com/aoc-criticizes-biden-for-excluding-illegal-migrants-in-marijuana-pardon_4826350.html

FEDERALST
— The ACLU’s Interpretation Of ‘Anti-Discrimination’ Would Destroy Free Speech – OLIVIA HAJICEK (CONMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, all speech that does not glorify and praise those who are the following is hate speech: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money, education, and/or job skills than others, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/28/the-aclus-interpretation-of-anti-discrimination-would-destroy-free-speech/

FOX NEWS
— Why border issues will play a pivotal role in this year’s midterms. Illegal migrant crossings and fentanyl pills are among voter’s biggest concerns. – Austin Westfall
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-border-issues-will-play-pivotal-role-this-years-midterms

— Berkeley law school fails at education, let’s free-speech opponents embrace leftist anti-Semitism – Cal Thomas
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/berkeley-law-school-fails-education-lets-free-speech-opponents-embrace-leftist-anti-semitism

GOPUSA
— Election Denial Has Long Been A Democrat Talking Point
https://www.gopusa.com/election-denial-has-long-been-a-democrat-talking-point/
— IRS Adds 4,000 New Workers Funded By The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
https://www.gopusa.com/irs-adds-4000-new-workers-funded-by-the-inflation-reduction-act/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— As Border Crisis Continues, Where Should Migrants Go? With Biden’s Open Windows border policies, more are going to come. – Simon Hankinson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to flood America, to flood Illinois, to flood your county, to flood your township, and to flood your municipality with illegals. It seems only fair that to pay for caring for those illegals, special tax assessments should be imposed on the registered Democrats in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality. But what about Democrats who cast Republican primary ballots? From what I see, there are far more of them than you think.)
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/border-crisis-continues-where-should-migrants-go

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Gubernatorial Race Might Not be a Democrat Blowout – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/10/illinois-gubernatorial-race-might-not-be-a-democrat-blowout/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Crime as a Political Issue – JAY NORDLINGER (COMMENT: As Democrats move in, crime increases.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/governments-job-1-c/

NEW AMERICAN
— What Will Win Out in Midterms: “Hidden” GOP Voters, or Democratic Vote Fraud? – Selwyn Duke (COMMENT: What percent of the illegals who illegally come illegally to America illegally and who illegally stay illegally in America illegally do so because of the welfare benefits that Democrats and RINOs give them? Of course, employers can/do pay illegals less because of the welfare that illegals get.)
https://thenewamerican.com/what-will-win-out-in-midterms-hidden-gop-voters-or-democratic-vote-fraud/
(COMMENT: The border is open, causing human-trafficking and the smuggling of illicit drugs. The influx of millions of illegal migrants includes violent criminals, terrorists, and lifetime welfare recipients.)
— Say It! The DemonCrats Are the Party of Perverts – Ilana Mercer
https://thenewamerican.com/say-it-the-demoncrats-are-the-party-of-perverts/

NEWSMAX
— NYC to House 160 Asylum-Seeking Families at Washington Jefferson Hotel – Solange Reyner (COMMENT: How many hotel rooms do the following have: a) your municipality, b) your township, and c) your county?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nyc-washingtonjefferson-hotel/2022/10/28/id/1093961/
— Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: Democratic Party Supports Racism – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ted-cruz-democrats-gop/2022/10/28/id/1093955/

TOWNHALL
— Public Schools: From Caretakers to Child Abusers – Jonathan Emord
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanemord/2022/10/29/public-schools-from-caretakers-to-child-abusers-n2615102

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Because Democrats illegally ever-increasingly illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come illegally to America illegally: “At least 853 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in past 12 months — a record high.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-deaths-crossing-us-mexico-border-2022-record-high/

CNN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Arizona’s governor is stacking shipping containers along the border and defying a federal request to remove them.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/us/border-arizona-shipping-containers-cec/index.html
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Affirmative Action (AA) because they use it to get rid of Republicans. To justify continuing AA, they ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that White male Republicans continue to cause all the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.wlfi.com/news/national/with-the-fate-of-affirmative-action-in-the-hands-of-the-supreme-court-these-graduates/article_f4dcb7ce-24bf-5cc9-9f20-bf22af409b78.html
— COMMENT: The more that you oppose CRT and the rest of the Democrat Party platform, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/political-violence-voter-anger-what-matters/index.html

REUTERS
— More than a dozen conservative and religious groups have urged a U.S. appellate court to continue blocking Pennsylvania’s adoption of an anti-harassment and discrimination professional rule for lawyers. – David Thomas (CONMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, all speech that does not glorify and praise those who are the following is hate speech: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money, education, and/or job skills than others, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/conservative-legal-groups-take-aim-attorney-anti-bias-rule-2022-10-28/

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/affirmative-action-diversity-students-for-fair-admissions-harvard-university-north-carolina-discrimination-dei-equity-anti-racism-11666982997

MSN
— York to host asylum seekers in city centre hotels and apartments (COMMENT: How many hotel rooms do the following have: a) your municipality, b) your township, and c) your county?)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/york-to-host-asylum-seekers-in-city-centre-hotels-and-apartments/ar-AA13uCQi
— COMMENT: Democrats say “AOC says voter intimidation at the polls has created an environment of fascism.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-says-voter-intimidation-at-the-polls-has-created-an-environment-of-fascism/ar-AA13v8Km?li=BBnbcA1
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Christians.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/as-christian-nationalism-digs-in-differing-visions-surface/ar-AA13uGCl

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: How fast and how far did your ancestors advance and why? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. None of my ancestors earned a high school diploma until my father did. My mother never attended high school. What would my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say explained that? According to them, all my ancestors were extremely privileged because they were White and because they benefitted tremendously from slavery and from discrimination against minorities and against females.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/11/opinion/immigrants-success-america.html
— COMMENT: A Democrat says “Don’t Buy the Republican Appeal to Workers” Are/were you a worker? I was. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book on my many critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who look down on workers, if not despise workers, if not hate workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/opinion/election-workers-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Colleges will racially discriminate no matter how the Supreme Court rules – George F. Will
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/28/college-racial-discrimination-affirmative-action-supreme-court/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use the mainstream news media to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/28/twitter-elon-musk-politics/

USA TODAY
— Who is David DePape? What we know about the suspect who attacked Paul Pelosi – Ken Tran, Kevin Johnson, and Josh Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/28/david-depape-what-we-know/10626002002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She believed DePape was a fan of the Burning Man festival, an annual counter-culture arts gathering in the Nevada desert. . .While in California, DePape was known locally in Berkeley as a pro-nudity activist who picketed naked against laws that required people to be clothed in public, according to the Associated Press. DePape lived with Gypsy Taub, another nude activist, and her family. The San Francisco Chronicle identified DePape in 2013 as a “hemp jewelry maker,” and “father figure” to Taub’s three children. The group that DePape lived with also promoted conspiracy theories at the time, including the theory that 9/11 was “an inside job,” the Chronicle reported.)
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/29/transgender-children-families-flee-states-restricting-rights/10547110002/

ABC DODGE CITY
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger, who ever-increasingly promotes hatred against Republicans, says “When you convince people that politicians are rigging elections, drink babies blood, etc., you will get violence” and “This must be rejected.”
https://www.kake.com/story/47586564/this-republican-governor-just-showed-how-not-to-respond-to-paul-pelosis-assault

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Affirmative Action Mocks Ethnic Diversity. As the Supreme Court takes up preferences at Harvard, legal scholar David Bernstein argues that labels like ‘Hispanic’ and ‘Asian’ are completely arbitrary. – Kyle Peterson (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes negatively label you as being? Mine negatively label me as being conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), 100% German American, someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time (since 1844 in my case), draft-avoider, non-poor, heterosexual, married, child-less, pet-less, union member for almost 12 years (almost 9 of which while I worked for IRS), federal employee for almost 30 years (almost 9 of which for IRS), federal retiree for more than 25 years, Crete resident for 24 years (1948-1972), Wheaton resident since 1978, someone who has filed lawsuits, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/affirmative-action-diversity-students-for-fair-admissions-harvard-university-north-carolina-discrimination-dei-equity-anti-racism-11666982997

NEWS NATION NOW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “National Guard troops deployed NYC shelters to assist with migrants.”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/national-guard-troops-deployed-nyc-shelters-migrants/

NPR
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court.”
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/29/1132449699/college-admissions-affirmative-action-supreme-court

COLLEGE POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, colleges give preference to non-Asian minorities, females, LGBTQers, poor people, rich people, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries, the colleges that accepted me in the past would not accept be now because I am White, male, heterosexual, non-poor and non-rich, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, and I am a citizen of America.
https://thecollegepost.com/undocumented-students-college-guide/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Affirmative Action, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/as-race-conscious-admissions-policies-go-before-the-supreme-court-heres-what-6-experts-are-listening-for

VOA NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that “Venezuelan Migrants Still Coming to US by Land Despite Certain Deportation.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuelan-migrants-still-coming-to-us-by-land-despite-certain-deportation-/6810000.html

DAILY KOS
— COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will paint DePape as being a typical conservative White male Republican.
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/28/2131951/-Man-who-tried-to-assassinate-Nancy-Pelosi-is-racist-transphobic-anti-Semitic-conspiracy-theorist?utm_campaign=recent

WIKIPEDIA
— Great Replacement Theory (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries who illegally come to America illegally. It seems only fair that to pay for caring for illegals, special tax assessments should be imposed on the registered Democrats in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality. But what about Democrats who cast Republican primary ballots? From what I see, there are far more of them than you think.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/29/eagle-pass-texas-undocumented-migrants

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.