thewakingtimes--2020-07-22--Elderly Man Shot Dead by Police After Refusing to Wear a Mask in Grocery Store

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The debate over face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has torn friendships apart , pitted family members against each other , and even led to an innocent bus driver being beaten to death in France by a group of thugs who became angry when he said it was the law they put on their masks .
Now , a 73-year-old man has been killed after an incident sparked from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the mask refuser on the end of the violence .
According to police , they were called out to the Valu-Mart in Minden , Ont .
just after 8 a.m. last Wednesday because an elderly man wanted to shop without wearing his mask .
It is unclear at this point whether or not the man had a medical condition which prevented him from wearing a mask .
What is clear , however , is that his choice not to wear one would set off a chain of events leading to his untimely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ When I got here everyone was talking about it , ” Tianna Frances , a worker at the Valu-Mart in Minden , said .
“ My coworkers were a little bit shaken up , yes.
” “ I guess he just got angry and didn ’ t want to .
We couldn ’ t really deal with that ourselves because it ’ s really against the rules .
So we had to call the police and everything , ” Frances said .
Police say that after the store employees confronted the man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegedly assaulted one of the employees before driving away .
According to police , officers tried to stop the suspect ’ s car , but they refrained “ in the interest of public safety ” before doing a follow-up investigation , Sgt .
Jason Folz said .
As CBC reports , Ontario ’ s Special Investigations Unit ( SIU ) said the man drove away , and an officer saw the car and started following it for a short while .
Based on the licence plate , officers made their way to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SIU said .
When two police officers arrived at the man ’ s home , an “ interaction ” unfolded and the two officers opened fire on the 73-year-old man , according to authorities .
The man was shot and 3 hours after he refused to wear a mask , he was dead .
Officers claimed to have recovered two firearms from the man ’ s property .
However , they stopped short of indicating whether or not the man fired upon them or was even in possession of the firearms when they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man who spoke with CBC News said the incident has shone a spotlight in the usually quiet neighborhood .
Barnett also described the 73-year-old man as a recluse .
Lynda Easton , manager of the Valu-Mart in Minden , congratulated the staff on how they handled the situation .
Frances , says that the entire issue could ’ ve been avoided , however , if employees weren ’ t forced to do the state ’ s job for them .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
Follow @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now on Minds .

Elderly Man Shot Dead by Police After Refusing to Wear a Mask in Grocery Store
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project
Waking Times
The debate over face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has torn friendships apart, pitted family members against each other, and even led to an innocent bus driver being beaten to death in France by a group of thugs who became angry when he said it was the law they put on their masks. Now, a 73-year-old man has been killed after an incident sparked from a mask dispute. This time, it was the mask refuser on the end of the violence.
According to police, they were called out to the Valu-Mart in Minden, Ont. just after 8 a.m. last Wednesday because an elderly man wanted to shop without wearing his mask. It is unclear at this point whether or not the man had a medical condition which prevented him from wearing a mask. What is clear, however, is that his choice not to wear one would set off a chain of events leading to his untimely death at the hands of police.
“When I got here everyone was talking about it,” Tianna Frances, a worker at the Valu-Mart in Minden, said. “My coworkers were a little bit shaken up, yes.” “I guess he just got angry and didn’t want to. We couldn’t really deal with that ourselves because it’s really against the rules. So we had to call the police and everything,” Frances said.
Police say that after the store employees confronted the man for not wearing a mask, he allegedly assaulted one of the employees before driving away. According to police, officers tried to stop the suspect’s car, but they refrained “in the interest of public safety” before doing a follow-up investigation, Sgt. Jason Folz said.
As CBC reports, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the man drove away, and an officer saw the car and started following it for a short while. Based on the licence plate, officers made their way to a home on Indian Point Road, the SIU said.
When two police officers arrived at the man’s home, an “interaction” unfolded and the two officers opened fire on the 73-year-old man, according to authorities. The man was shot and 3 hours after he refused to wear a mask, he was dead.
Officers claimed to have recovered two firearms from the man’s property. However, they stopped short of indicating whether or not the man fired upon them or was even in possession of the firearms when they opened fire.
The neighbors of the man who spoke with CBC News said the incident has shone a spotlight in the usually quiet neighborhood.
“It puts us on the map for the wrong reason,” Gary Barnett said. “Haliburton is a great place, It’s a super quiet cottage country, It’s a great place to live. This is a shock. We never have this type of thing.”
Barnett also described the 73-year-old man as a recluse.
“No one ever knew him, he just kept strictly to himself. No one could known him, he was a loner,” he said.
Lynda Easton, manager of the Valu-Mart in Minden, congratulated the staff on how they handled the situation.
“I want to congratulate my staff for how they handled the situation. It was very challenging today. They are the heroes. I don’t want to get emotional. They deserve the credit. That’s all I want to say,” Easton said.
Frances, says that the entire issue could’ve been avoided, however, if employees weren’t forced to do the state’s job for them.
Frances said store employees should not be forced to enforce the state’s mask mandate. “It’s causing chaos,” she said. “If we didn’t have to force him and … tell him that he couldn’t come into the store, nothing would have happened, really. He would have got his groceries and went along with his day.”
About the Author
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.


thewakingtimes--2020-07-23--The Only Obstacle To A Healthy World Is Government Secrecy And Propaganda

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If people in power were no longer able to hide secrets and spin lies about what ’ s going on in the world , all of our major problems would come to an end .
Because secretive and manipulative power structures are the source of all of our major problems .
If the public could see what ’ s actually happening in their world , they would immediately begin using the power of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is why our current system pours so much energy into preventing the public from seeing what ’ s actually happening in their world .
If it weren ’ t for the constant campaign of obfuscation and manipulation of public perception via veils of government secrecy and propaganda , humanity would naturally find its way out of the power-driven tribulations it now faces , as surely as you ’ ll avoid obstacles and hazards in your path when you are walking with your eyes open .
The only problem in this case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permitted to open .
It isn ’ t actually necessary to hold a bunch of hard , rigid ideas about exactly what kind of society we should have , what kind of political system we should have , what kind of economic system we should have .
There ’ s nothing wrong with promoting ideas and having preferences of course , but really if you just gave humanity the ability to navigate through its own troubles by removing the blindfolds of propaganda and power opacity , it would organically create a healthy society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t look a whole lot like our mental models .
You do have the option , then , of simply promoting the end of government/political/corporate/financial opacity and the end of establishment perception management .
Wanting humanity to see with clear eyes so that it can make its own informed decisions about where to take itself is a complete political position , in and of itself .
You don ’ t have to hold any other political preferences of any kind if you don ’ t want to .
The desire for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the powerful so that humanity can find its own way is the most anti-authoritarian position you can possibly take , because it also protects the world from your own authoritarian impulses .
I personally am very leftwardly inclined and believe that if humanity had its perception management blindfolds removed it would naturally create a world where we ’ re all truly equal and everyone is taken care of by the collective each according to their need , but what the hell do I know ?
Maybe if the blindfold is removed I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respect human sovereignty enough to want to find out , free from my own political preferences .
I should not be the one making such societal decisions , society as a whole should .
I just want human perception to be freed up enough to make that call .
If you choose to make the end of perception management your foremost priority , that means you push for government transparency at every opportunity and support any movement to take away secret hiding places from the powerful .
It means opposing the way the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public scrutiny of their behavior , smear anyone who speculates about what they might be up to as a crazy conspiracy theorist , and imprisons anyone who leaks information about what they ’ re really doing to the people .
It means you support whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden who help shine light on the things power tries to keep hidden in the dark .
It means you support WikiLeaks and Julian Assange and any journalist who helps expose the secrets of the powerful .
It means you fight the empire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break public trust in its manipulations .
It means you support breaking up the monolithic mass media and giving everyone the equal ability to influence the dominant narratives .
It means opposing internet censorship , since Silicon Valley plutocrats propping up the establishment their kingdoms are built upon by censoring anti-establishment voices is another way of keeping people from being shown the truth about their world .
I personally would add that it means supporting the decriminalization of psychedelics , because seeing within ourselves is just as important as seeing what ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can facilitate this seeing , but maybe that ’ s just me .
Again , there ’ s no harm in engaging in politics and pushing for the changes you ’ d like to see in your world , and there can be many benefits to doing so .
But as long as people are successfully prevented from seeing and understanding what ’ s really happening in their world by the obfuscation of information and by the manipulation of people ’ s perception of that information , the status quo will always remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is the most sensible point upon which to converge our energy .
I personally have no interest in controlling what humanity does , and desire only that people come to see freely enough to make their own decisions .
It ’ s absolutely insane that information which affects us all is kept hidden away from our clear vision by secrecy and propaganda .
It ’ s even crazier that they shame us when we wonder what ’ s really going on and throw us in prison when we try to find out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ madness so we can create a healthy world together .
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The Only Obstacle To A Healthy World Is Government Secrecy And Propaganda
Caitlin Johnstone, Guest
Waking Times
If people in power were no longer able to hide secrets and spin lies about what’s going on in the world, all of our major problems would come to an end. Because secretive and manipulative power structures are the source of all of our major problems.
If the public could see what’s actually happening in their world, they would immediately begin using the power of their numbers to overhaul our current system. This is why our current system pours so much energy into preventing the public from seeing what’s actually happening in their world.
If it weren’t for the constant campaign of obfuscation and manipulation of public perception via veils of government secrecy and propaganda, humanity would naturally find its way out of the power-driven tribulations it now faces, as surely as you’ll avoid obstacles and hazards in your path when you are walking with your eyes open. The only problem in this case is that our eyes have not been permitted to open.
May All Be Revealed "The fight for humanity’s future begins at your own eyelids."https://t.co/j1JQcolxIh — Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) June 24, 2020
It isn’t actually necessary to hold a bunch of hard, rigid ideas about exactly what kind of society we should have, what kind of political system we should have, what kind of economic system we should have. There’s nothing wrong with promoting ideas and having preferences of course, but really if you just gave humanity the ability to navigate through its own troubles by removing the blindfolds of propaganda and power opacity, it would organically create a healthy society, and realistically such a society probably won’t look a whole lot like our mental models.
You do have the option, then, of simply promoting the end of government/political/corporate/financial opacity and the end of establishment perception management. Wanting humanity to see with clear eyes so that it can make its own informed decisions about where to take itself is a complete political position, in and of itself. You don’t have to hold any other political preferences of any kind if you don’t want to.
The desire for an end to the obfuscations and manipulations of the powerful so that humanity can find its own way is the most anti-authoritarian position you can possibly take, because it also protects the world from your own authoritarian impulses.
I personally am very leftwardly inclined and believe that if humanity had its perception management blindfolds removed it would naturally create a world where we’re all truly equal and everyone is taken care of by the collective each according to their need, but what the hell do I know? Maybe if the blindfold is removed I’d be proven wrong. I respect human sovereignty enough to want to find out, free from my own political preferences. I should not be the one making such societal decisions, society as a whole should. I just want human perception to be freed up enough to make that call.
http://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1171239379123097607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1171239379123097607%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2020%2F07%2F21%2Fthe-only-obstacle-to-a-healthy-world-is-government-secrecy-and-propaganda%2F
If you choose to make the end of perception management your foremost priority, that means you push for government transparency at every opportunity and support any movement to take away secret hiding places from the powerful.
It means opposing the way the powerful bolt shut all the doors on public scrutiny of their behavior, smear anyone who speculates about what they might be up to as a crazy conspiracy theorist, and imprisons anyone who leaks information about what they’re really doing to the people.
It means you support whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden who help shine light on the things power tries to keep hidden in the dark.
It means you support WikiLeaks and Julian Assange and any journalist who helps expose the secrets of the powerful.
It means you fight the empire’s propaganda machine at every opportunity to break public trust in its manipulations.
It means you support breaking up the monolithic mass media and giving everyone the equal ability to influence the dominant narratives.
It means opposing internet censorship, since Silicon Valley plutocrats propping up the establishment their kingdoms are built upon by censoring anti-establishment voices is another way of keeping people from being shown the truth about their world.
I personally would add that it means supporting the decriminalization of psychedelics, because seeing within ourselves is just as important as seeing what’s happening in our world and entheogens can facilitate this seeing, but maybe that’s just me.
http://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1285005816269963264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1285005816269963264%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2020%2F07%2F21%2Fthe-only-obstacle-to-a-healthy-world-is-government-secrecy-and-propaganda%2F
Again, there’s no harm in engaging in politics and pushing for the changes you’d like to see in your world, and there can be many benefits to doing so. But as long as people are successfully prevented from seeing and understanding what’s really happening in their world by the obfuscation of information and by the manipulation of people’s perception of that information, the status quo will always remain in place.
So in my opinion this is the most sensible point upon which to converge our energy. I personally have no interest in controlling what humanity does, and desire only that people come to see freely enough to make their own decisions.
It’s absolutely insane that information which affects us all is kept hidden away from our clear vision by secrecy and propaganda. It’s even crazier that they shame us when we wonder what’s really going on and throw us in prison when we try to find out. We must liberate ourselves from this madness so we can create a healthy world together.
About the Author
Caitlin Johnstone – Rogue journalist. Bogan socialist. Anarcho-psychonaut. Guerrilla poet. Utopia prepper.
The best way to get around the internet censors and make sure you see the stuff she publishes is to subscribe to the mailing list for her website, which will get you an email notification for everything. Her articles are entirely reader-supported, so if you enjoyed this piece please consider sharing it around, liking her on Facebook, following her antics on Twitter, checking out her podcast, throwing some money into her hat on Patreon or Paypal, or buying her book Woke: A Field Guide for Utopia Preppers.


thewakingtimes--2020-07-23--Twitter Targets QAnon: Nukes 7,000 Accounts, Restricts 150,000 More

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Twitter has decided the latest threat to society are QAnon followers – with the social media giant banning 7,000 accounts and limiting the reach of 150,000 more in a widespread crackdown against people who believe President Trump is part of a plan to take down the Deep State .
According to NBC News , the 7,000 QAnon account bans were in response to “ breaking its rules on targeted harassment , ” while the 150,000 other accounts will no longer appear in ‘ recommended follows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ content be included in ‘ trends ’ and search .
NBC News ‘ Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny point to the recent harassment of “ TV personality and author Chrissy Teigen , ” who deleted 60,000 tweets after her history of sexualizing children , frequent pizza references , and an unsupported rumor that she flew on Jeffrey Epstein ’ s ‘ lolita express ’ resulted in QAnon followers and others suggesting she ’ s a pedophile .
While her strange tweets were real , evidence that she flew on Epstein ’ s infamous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While several articles have been written about QAnon followers harassing Teigen over the Epstein connection , somehow they glossed over her tweets about children .
So , given the recent media attention we ’ re guessing Teigen ’ s ‘ targeted harassment ’ is what prompted Twitter ’ s QAnon crackdown – a move which might backfire and make people more inclined to follow the movement , according to journalist Paul Joseph Watson .
According to Deborah Franklin via AmericanThinker.com : Q and the ever-growing worldwide movement it ’ s inspired have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hatred , but of surprisingly little serious analysis .
Q first appeared in October 2017 on an anonymous online forum called 4Chan , posting messages that implied top-clearance knowledge of upcoming events .
More than 3,000 messages later , Q has created a disturbing , multi-faceted portrait of a global crime syndicate that operates with impunity .
Q ’ s followers in the QAnon community faithfully analyze every detail of Q ’ s drops , which are compiled here and here .
The mainstream media has published hundreds of articles attacking Q @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after President Trump seemed to publicly confirm his connection to it .
At a North Carolina rally in 2019 , Trump made a point of drawing attention to a baby wearing a onesie with a big Q .
In recent weeks , the tempo of Trump ’ s spotlighting of Q has accelerated , with the President retweeting Q followers twenty times in one day .
Trump has featured Q fans in his ads and deployed one of Q ’ s signature phrases ( “ These people are sick ” ) at his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Rudy Giuliani , has also retweeted Q followers .
Q has noted that the media never asks Trump the obvious question : What do you think of Q ?
To Q followers , the reason they don ’ t ask is obvious .
They ’ re afraid of the answer .
In the meantime , Q ’ s influence continues to spread .
Protestors in Hong Kong , Iran , and France have held up Q signs and chanted Q quotes .
Q ’ s revelations are uniting people all over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re unfamiliar with Q or only know it through the media ’ s attacks , I ’ d like to provide a brief introduction to this extraordinary phenomenon .
I ’ ve followed Q since the first drop , and I ’ ve grown increasingly impressed by the accuracy , breadth and depth of Q ’ s messages .
Q followers were prepared long in advance for the easing of hostilities with North Korea , the deflation of the mullahs of Iran , and the discovery of Ukraine as a hotbed of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a great deal about Jeffrey Epstein ’ s activities before the public did and anticipate even more shocking revelations to come .
As Q likes to say , “ Future proves past.
” As Q ’ s predictions come true , they lend retroactive credibility to the entire enterprise .
Q ’ s followers believe that Q is a military intelligence operation , the first of its kind , whose goal is to provide the public with secret information .
Many Q followers think the Q team was founded by Admiral Michael Rogers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Security Agency and former Commander of US Cyber Command .
Some suspect that Dan Scavino , White House Director of Social Media , is part of the team , because the high quality of Q ’ s writing has the luster of a communications expert .
Q is a new weapon in the game of information warfare , bypassing a hostile media and corrupt government to communicate directly with the public .
Think of Q as a companion to Trump ’ s twitter .
Whereas Trump communicates bluntly and directly , Q is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only clues that beg for context and connection .
Here ’ s the way it works : Q posts messages ( also known as “ drops ” or “ crumbs ” ) on an anonymous online forum , which are discussed , analyzed , and critiqued by the board ’ s inhabitants .
( The forum has changed a few times after massive online attacks . )
Hundreds of social media accounts then spread Q ’ s latest posting to worldwide followers who share their research , analysis , and interpretations of Q @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve compiled a list of Q ’ s most famous catch phrases and tried to put them into context .
The Great Awakening : We ’ re living in a unique time in which ordinary citizens around the world are collaborating to understand and expose the corrupt system that rules us .
The system thrives on deception , and the overwhelming task of The Great Awakening is to penetrate its lies and reveal the truth .
• The first phase of The Great Awakening is heightened awareness of the Deep State – the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law to expand their own power .
Elections and popular opinion don ’ t impact the ability of the Deep State to enforce its agenda .
• The second phase of The Great Awakening investigates the Deep State ’ s alliance with other powerful sectors : the media , Hollywood , charities and non-profits , public schools and universities , religious organizations , medical , scientific and financial institutions , and multinational corporations .
This phase can be painful , as you discover that “ those you trust the most ” ( in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you .
Beloved celebrities , religious leaders , doctors , educators , innovators , and do-gooders are all in on the hoax .
• The third phase of The Great Awakening is perhaps the most painful of all .
The people who rule us are not merely amoral creatures who view us as collateral damage in their drive for money and power .
It ’ s scarier than that .
The potentates we serve are actively trying to harm us .
That ’ s their goal .
We ’ re under coordinated attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us that what our rulers fear the most is exposure .
Bringing their crimes out of protected darkness into the light of public scrutiny destroys their power to deceive .
And as their power fades , the darkness of our divided , violent world will yield to the light of freedom , cooperation , and peace .
Where We Go One We Go All ( WWG1WGA ) : Q ’ s most famous phrase expresses the worldwide egalitarian nature of the movement .
Every country is suffering from the system ’ s oppression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a rebirth of freedom .
In this unique movement , anonymous citizens work in collaboration with the highest-ranking military leaders and the president , and everyone ’ s contributions are valued .
When commenters on the board have thanked Q for his service , Q has replied that no one is above and no one is below .
“ We work for you.
” These people are sick .
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of The Great Awakening is coming to terms with the depravity of our rulers , whom Q has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s story has helped to awaken people to some of the elite ’ s crimes .
The mysterious temple on Epstein ’ s island hints at possible future revelations that are frightening in their scope .
Q followers believe that The Cult engages in ritual practices that enshrine the shedding of blood and which prey on the innocence of children .
The sickness in their souls thrives on brutality , war , and terror .
These disclosures will be tough for the public to take .
Trust the plan .
The presumed military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump throughout the election and presidency have created a precise path to victory .
Despite the seeming chaos of daily events , a steady progression of victories is taking place .
The plan includes offensive maneuvers against the Cult ’ s financial power , legal standing , human supply chains , and military capacity .
And , of crucial importance , the plan attacks the Cult ’ s ability to control the narrative that shapes what the public believes .
In this high-stakes game of information warfare , Q plays a vital role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) to spread the truth .
They want you divided .
The hatred that ’ s growing between races , classes , age groups , religions , and political parties is purposely fomented by the Cult .
The more we ’ re divided and focused on attacking each other , the weaker we become .
Q urges us to stay together and to fight the Cult , not each other .
They think you ’ re sheep .
The Cult believes , as Q says , “ you ’ ll follow the stars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hollywood , and academia who tell you , in coordinated fashion , what you ’ re supposed to think .
Their contempt for you makes them confident they can control you and ensure your surrender to any agenda .
Q , on the other hand , offers only clues and can only be understood by high-grade critical thinking , spurred by constant crowd-sourced criticism and reassessment .
The essence of the Q movement is to think for yourself .
Bigger than you can imagine .
Expand your thinking .
Q encourages us to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Cult may date back to ancient times , and through its powerful families , it might have manipulated historical events in ways that we haven ’ t suspected .
The Cult may also possess advanced technology and medical cures that have not been released to the public .
One aspect that may be “ bigger than you can imagine ” is the unfathomable scale of theft from our national coffers , as funds for foreign aid and wars wind up in the Cult ’ s pockets .
Track resignations .
Beneath the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of corrupt players is taking place .
Q asked us to track resignations to understand the scope of activity .
( Here ’ s a website that took him up on his request : www.resignation.info ) Resignations , retirements , and unexpected deaths from major players in politics , media , charities , and corporations all point to possible deals being made quietly without the public fanfare of arrests .
For me , a notable resignation is Eric Schmidt ’ s abrupt exit from Google , which received little media attention .
Schmidt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same day that President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency related to “ serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.
” Further context for Schmidt ’ s resignation may be inferred from this photo of him in North Korea , apparently in an advisory role .
Standing next to him is Bill Richardson , former Governor of New Mexico , the state in which Epstein had a secret ranch .
Richardson has been accused by one of Epstein ’ s victims .
Their need for symbols will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain symbols over and over again , which may serve some ritualistic need , but makes them vulnerable to detection .
Q followers are familiar with Y-shaped horns that mimic those of the goat deity Baphomet , owls , pyramids , one eye encased within a pyramid , red shoes , bandaged fingers , and other repeating symbols , including the mysterious black eye that afflicts so many famous people .
The Q Army also knows the coded pedophile symbols listed by the FBI .
When Q drew attention to the design of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followers noticed how similar it is to the set design of a famous talk show .
And the red ring on the hand of dead terrorist Qassam Soleimani prompted Q followers to compile images of similar rings on the hands of powerful people .
An excellent source for understanding how these symbols are incorporated into pop culture targeting the young through music videos , TV shows and movies can be found at vigilantcitizen.com .
Nothing can stop what is coming .
Nothing .
Now comes the pain .
The headlines on any given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want justice to prevail .
But these setbacks are temporary , as a juggernaut of justice heads our way .
As Q likes to say : We have it all .
Massive amounts of irrefutable evidence await the criminals who try to evade their reckoning in court .
For those who worry about Trump ’ s ability to overcome impeachment , election fraud , and assassination attempts , Q assures us : Patriots in control .
And no legal tricks can help the criminals escape the ultimate judgment of public disgust .
Q @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they can ’ t walk down the street .
You are the news now .
The “ fake news ” decried by President Trump is losing credibility and audience by the day .
Q has exposed the 4 A.M. drops that provide the daily talking points to media personnel , so they can all parrot the same propaganda .
Q has also named various journalists whom he says take bribes .
The media is concentrated within six powerful companies ; on the other hand , the Q army is vast , voluntary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that our efforts to disseminate the truth through social media and conversations with family and friends are having a huge impact .
We are the news now .
We know what happens in the end .
God wins .
Many times , Q has asked us to pray .
He ’ s quoted the famous Biblical lines of Ephesians 6:12 , “ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of darkness of this world , against spiritual wickedness in high places.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ times .
It ’ s comforting that Q believes that if we work together , God wins .
A follow-up can be read here .
Will Twitter ’ s recent crackdowns eventually drive people off the platform ?
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge

Twitter Targets QAnon: Nukes 7,000 Accounts, Restricts 150,000 More
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
Twitter has decided the latest threat to society are QAnon followers – with the social media giant banning 7,000 accounts and limiting the reach of 150,000 more in a widespread crackdown against people who believe President Trump is part of a plan to take down the Deep State.
According to NBC News, the 7,000 QAnon account bans were in response to “breaking its rules on targeted harassment,” while the 150,000 other accounts will no longer appear in ‘recommended follows,’ nor will any of their content be included in ‘trends’ and search.
We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. In line with this approach, this week we are taking further action on so-called ‘QAnon’ activity across the service. — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) July 22, 2020
NBC News‘ Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny point to the recent harassment of “TV personality and author Chrissy Teigen,” who deleted 60,000 tweets after her history of sexualizing children, frequent pizza references, and an unsupported rumor that she flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘lolita express’ resulted in QAnon followers and others suggesting she’s a pedophile.
Here’s this one too !!!! May she feel the wrath of God !!!! pic.twitter.com/kAfQIWsCZX — Nita (@NitaB7171) July 14, 2020
While her strange tweets were real, evidence that she flew on Epstein’s infamous pedo plane appears to have been fabricated. While several articles have been written about QAnon followers harassing Teigen over the Epstein connection, somehow they glossed over her tweets about children.
This type of harassment campaign is known as “swarming” or “brigading,” and Twitter said those swarms will no longer be allowed on the platform. Twitter will ban users who threaten users during QAnon-related swarms, and limit the reach and search visibility of those who participate in them. A Twitter spokesperson said this sort of anti-harassment policy could apply to other groups that are primarily motivated by targeted harassment in the future. –NBC News
So, given the recent media attention we’re guessing Teigen’s ‘targeted harassment’ is what prompted Twitter’s QAnon crackdown – a move which might backfire and make people more inclined to follow the movement, according to journalist Paul Joseph Watson.
QAnon is bullshit, but by banning it, this will only make people inclined to believe in it believe in it more. Another genius move. https://t.co/IyGsasUXYY — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) July 22, 2020
What is QAnon?
According to Deborah Franklin via AmericanThinker.com:
Q and the ever-growing worldwide movement it’s inspired have been the objects of fascination, mockery and hatred, but of surprisingly little serious analysis.
Q first appeared in October 2017 on an anonymous online forum called 4Chan, posting messages that implied top-clearance knowledge of upcoming events. More than 3,000 messages later, Q has created a disturbing, multi-faceted portrait of a global crime syndicate that operates with impunity. Q’s followers in the QAnon community faithfully analyze every detail of Q’s drops, which are compiled here and here.
The mainstream media has published hundreds of articles attacking Q as an insane rightwing conspiracy, particularly after President Trump seemed to publicly confirm his connection to it. At a North Carolina rally in 2019, Trump made a point of drawing attention to a baby wearing a onesie with a big Q.
In recent weeks, the tempo of Trump’s spotlighting of Q has accelerated, with the President retweeting Q followers twenty times in one day. Trump has featured Q fans in his ads and deployed one of Q’s signature phrases (“These people are sick”) at his rallies. The President’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has also retweeted Q followers.
Q has noted that the media never asks Trump the obvious question: What do you think of Q? To Q followers, the reason they don’t ask is obvious. They’re afraid of the answer.
In the meantime, Q’s influence continues to spread. Protestors in Hong Kong, Iran, and France have held up Q signs and chanted Q quotes. Q’s revelations are uniting people all over the world who want freedom.
If you’re unfamiliar with Q or only know it through the media’s attacks, I’d like to provide a brief introduction to this extraordinary phenomenon. I’ve followed Q since the first drop, and I’ve grown increasingly impressed by the accuracy, breadth and depth of Q’s messages. Q followers were prepared long in advance for the easing of hostilities with North Korea, the deflation of the mullahs of Iran, and the discovery of Ukraine as a hotbed of corruption for American politicians. They knew a great deal about Jeffrey Epstein’s activities before the public did and anticipate even more shocking revelations to come. As Q likes to say, “Future proves past.” As Q’s predictions come true, they lend retroactive credibility to the entire enterprise.
Q’s followers believe that Q is a military intelligence operation, the first of its kind, whose goal is to provide the public with secret information. Many Q followers think the Q team was founded by Admiral Michael Rogers, the former Director of the National Security Agency and former Commander of US Cyber Command. Some suspect that Dan Scavino, White House Director of Social Media, is part of the team, because the high quality of Q’s writing has the luster of a communications expert.
Q is a new weapon in the game of information warfare, bypassing a hostile media and corrupt government to communicate directly with the public. Think of Q as a companion to Trump’s twitter. Whereas Trump communicates bluntly and directly, Q is cryptic, sly and subtle, offering only clues that beg for context and connection.
Here’s the way it works: Q posts messages (also known as “drops” or “crumbs”) on an anonymous online forum, which are discussed, analyzed, and critiqued by the board’s inhabitants. (The forum has changed a few times after massive online attacks.) Hundreds of social media accounts then spread Q’s latest posting to worldwide followers who share their research, analysis, and interpretations of Q’s latest information.
I’ve compiled a list of Q’s most famous catch phrases and tried to put them into context.
The Great Awakening: We’re living in a unique time in which ordinary citizens around the world are collaborating to understand and expose the corrupt system that rules us. The system thrives on deception, and the overwhelming task of The Great Awakening is to penetrate its lies and reveal the truth.
The first phase of The Great Awakening is heightened awareness of the Deep State – the interlocking governmental entities that operate outside the law to expand their own power. Elections and popular opinion don’t impact the ability of the Deep State to enforce its agenda.
The second phase of The Great Awakening investigates the Deep State’s alliance with other powerful sectors: the media, Hollywood, charities and non-profits, public schools and universities, religious organizations, medical, scientific and financial institutions, and multinational corporations. This phase can be painful, as you discover that “ those you trust the most ” (in Q’s phrase) are deceiving you. Beloved celebrities, religious leaders, doctors, educators, innovators, and do-gooders are all in on the hoax.
” (in Q’s phrase) are deceiving you. Beloved celebrities, religious leaders, doctors, educators, innovators, and do-gooders are all in on the hoax. The third phase of The Great Awakening is perhaps the most painful of all. The people who rule us are not merely amoral creatures who view us as collateral damage in their drive for money and power. It’s scarier than that. The potentates we serve are actively trying to harm us. That’s their goal. We’re under coordinated attack.
Dark To Light: Q tells us that what our rulers fear the most is exposure. Bringing their crimes out of protected darkness into the light of public scrutiny destroys their power to deceive. And as their power fades, the darkness of our divided, violent world will yield to the light of freedom, cooperation, and peace.
Where We Go One We Go All (WWG1WGA): Q’s most famous phrase expresses the worldwide egalitarian nature of the movement. Every country is suffering from the system’s oppression, and the whole world will benefit from a rebirth of freedom. In this unique movement, anonymous citizens work in collaboration with the highest-ranking military leaders and the president, and everyone’s contributions are valued. When commenters on the board have thanked Q for his service, Q has replied that no one is above and no one is below. “We work for you.”
These people are sick. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of The Great Awakening is coming to terms with the depravity of our rulers, whom Q has called The Cult. Jeffrey Epstein’s story has helped to awaken people to some of the elite’s crimes. The mysterious temple on Epstein’s island hints at possible future revelations that are frightening in their scope. Q followers believe that The Cult engages in ritual practices that enshrine the shedding of blood and which prey on the innocence of children. The sickness in their souls thrives on brutality, war, and terror. These disclosures will be tough for the public to take.
Trust the plan. The presumed military leaders who created Q and who protected Trump throughout the election and presidency have created a precise path to victory. Despite the seeming chaos of daily events, a steady progression of victories is taking place. The plan includes offensive maneuvers against the Cult’s financial power, legal standing, human supply chains, and military capacity. And, of crucial importance, the plan attacks the Cult’s ability to control the narrative that shapes what the public believes. In this high-stakes game of information warfare, Q plays a vital role by empowering ordinary citizens (like me) to spread the truth.
They want you divided. The hatred that’s growing between races, classes, age groups, religions, and political parties is purposely fomented by the Cult. The more we’re divided and focused on attacking each other, the weaker we become. Q urges us to stay together and to fight the Cult, not each other.
They think you’re sheep. The Cult believes, as Q says, “you’ll follow the stars” – the celebrities in media, Hollywood, and academia who tell you, in coordinated fashion, what you’re supposed to think. Their contempt for you makes them confident they can control you and ensure your surrender to any agenda. Q, on the other hand, offers only clues and can only be understood by high-grade critical thinking, spurred by constant crowd-sourced criticism and reassessment. The essence of the Q movement is to think for yourself.
Bigger than you can imagine. Expand your thinking. Q encourages us to reevaluate everything we think we know. The Cult may date back to ancient times, and through its powerful families, it might have manipulated historical events in ways that we haven’t suspected. The Cult may also possess advanced technology and medical cures that have not been released to the public. One aspect that may be “bigger than you can imagine” is the unfathomable scale of theft from our national coffers, as funds for foreign aid and wars wind up in the Cult’s pockets.
Track resignations. Beneath the surface, a broad and deep cleansing of corrupt players is taking place. Q asked us to track resignations to understand the scope of activity. (Here’s a website that took him up on his request: www.resignation.info) Resignations, retirements, and unexpected deaths from major players in politics, media, charities, and corporations all point to possible deals being made quietly without the public fanfare of arrests. For me, a notable resignation is Eric Schmidt’s abrupt exit from Google, which received little media attention. Schmidt resigned on December 21st, 2017, the same day that President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency related to “serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.” Further context for Schmidt’s resignation may be inferred from this photo of him in North Korea, apparently in an advisory role. Standing next to him is Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico, the state in which Epstein had a secret ranch. Richardson has been accused by one of Epstein’s victims.
Their need for symbols will be their downfall. The Cult uses certain symbols over and over again, which may serve some ritualistic need, but makes them vulnerable to detection. Q followers are familiar with Y-shaped horns that mimic those of the goat deity Baphomet, owls, pyramids, one eye encased within a pyramid, red shoes, bandaged fingers, and other repeating symbols, including the mysterious black eye that afflicts so many famous people. The Q Army also knows the coded pedophile symbols listed by the FBI. When Q drew attention to the design of Epstein’s temple, alert Q followers noticed how similar it is to the set design of a famous talk show. And the red ring on the hand of dead terrorist Qassam Soleimani prompted Q followers to compile images of similar rings on the hands of powerful people. An excellent source for understanding how these symbols are incorporated into pop culture targeting the young through music videos, TV shows and movies can be found at vigilantcitizen.com.
Nothing can stop what is coming. Nothing. Now comes the pain. The headlines on any given day may sound discouraging for those who want justice to prevail. But these setbacks are temporary, as a juggernaut of justice heads our way. As Q likes to say: We have it all. Massive amounts of irrefutable evidence await the criminals who try to evade their reckoning in court. For those who worry about Trump’s ability to overcome impeachment, election fraud, and assassination attempts, Q assures us: Patriots in control. And no legal tricks can help the criminals escape the ultimate judgment of public disgust. Q promises us that the day is coming when they can’t walk down the street.
You are the news now. The “fake news” decried by President Trump is losing credibility and audience by the day. Q has exposed the 4 A.M. drops that provide the daily talking points to media personnel, so they can all parrot the same propaganda. Q has also named various journalists whom he says take bribes. The media is concentrated within six powerful companies; on the other hand, the Q army is vast, voluntary, and anonymous. Q assures us that our efforts to disseminate the truth through social media and conversations with family and friends are having a huge impact. We are the news now.
We know what happens in the end. God wins. Many times, Q has asked us to pray. He’s quoted the famous Biblical lines of Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” We’re living through monumental times. It’s comforting that Q believes that if we work together, God wins.
A follow-up can be read here.
http://youtu.be/KVeDKuHPDK8
Will Twitter’s recent crackdowns eventually drive people off the platform?
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By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge


thewakingtimes--2020-07-27--Pentagon’s Top-Secret UFO Unit to Brief Senate as Ex-Official Says ‘Off-World Vehicles’ Found

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As secretive unit operating within the U.S. Department of Defense that is charged with investigating unidentified flying objects ( UFOs ) will make some of its findings public after it was revealed that the Pentagon has been recently briefed about “ off-world vehicles not made on this earth.
” The once-covert UFO unit , which operates within the U.S. Navy ’ s Office of Naval Intelligence , will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its research to the U.S. Senate ’ s Intelligence Committee , reports The New York Times .
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force was formed in 2019 for the purpose of studying strange and inexplicable encounters between U.S. military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles or UFOs in a bid “ to standardize collection and reporting ” of the various sightings .
The program is the successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program , which also investigated UFOs but was dissolved in 2017 due to a lapse of funding .
However , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work alongside the intelligence community even after it was officially disbanded .
Luis Elizondo , a former military intelligence official who headed the Pentagon program , resigned in October 2017 after a decade with the program .
Elizondo , along with a group of former government scientists and officials , remain convinced that objects of unkown origin have crashed on Earth and that these apparently extraterrestrial materials have been the focus of research .
Former Senate majority leader and retired Sen. Harry Reid ( D-NV ) , who led the push to fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the studies should see the light of day .
“ After looking into this , I came to the conclusion that there were reports — some were substantive , some not so substantive — that there were actual materials that the government and the private sector had in their possession , ” Reid said .
So far , none of the alleged crash artifacts have been subject to public scrutiny or verification by independent researchers .
However , some of the retrieved objects such as strange metallic debris were identified as being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be related to the military of U.S. rivals such as China or Russia .
In an interview last month , President Donald Trump told his son Donald Trump Jr. that he had heard some “ interesting ” things about supposed aliens as well as the secretive Area 51 base near Roswell , New Mexico , that some theorists claim is a UFO crash site .
The U.S. government has been increasingly open in its discussions of UFOs since last September , when U.S. Navy admitted that widely-circulated video footage captured by Navy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the skies did depict actual “ unknown ” objects that flew into U.S. airspace .
While officials admitted that they have been baffled by the unknown flying objects , they also admit that past encounters with them have been frequent .
They also said that rather than calling them “ UFOs , ” they prefer the term unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs .
While it remains yet to be seen what information the once-secret UFO unit plans to lay out for lawmakers , acting intelligence committee chairman Sen. Marco Rubio ( R-FL ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what precisely is behind the apparent UFO activity over U.S. military bases .
“ We have things flying over our military bases and places where we are conducting military exercises and we don ’ t know what it is — and it isn ’ t ours , ” Rubio told CBS Miami in an interview last Friday .
“ Frankly , that if it ’ s something from outside this planet — that might actually be better than the fact that we ’ ve seen some technological leap on behalf of the Chinese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that allows them to conduct this sort of activity , ” the hawkish senator added .
For Reid , further transparency is needed .

Pentagon’s Top-Secret UFO Unit to Brief Senate as Ex-Official Says ‘Off-World Vehicles’ Found
Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
As secretive unit operating within the U.S. Department of Defense that is charged with investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs) will make some of its findings public after it was revealed that the Pentagon has been recently briefed about “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”
The once-covert UFO unit, which operates within the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence, will soon begin giving regular biannual updates on its research to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, reports The New York Times.
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force was formed in 2019 for the purpose of studying strange and inexplicable encounters between U.S. military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles or UFOs in a bid “to standardize collection and reporting” of the various sightings.
The program is the successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which also investigated UFOs but was dissolved in 2017 due to a lapse of funding. However, the team working on that program continued its work alongside the intelligence community even after it was officially disbanded.
Luis Elizondo, a former military intelligence official who headed the Pentagon program, resigned in October 2017 after a decade with the program. Elizondo, along with a group of former government scientists and officials, remain convinced that objects of unkown origin have crashed on Earth and that these apparently extraterrestrial materials have been the focus of research.
“It no longer has to hide in the shadows,” Elizondo told the Times. “It will have a new transparency.”
Former Senate majority leader and retired Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), who led the push to fund the earlier UFO program, also believes that the studies should see the light of day.
“After looking into this, I came to the conclusion that there were reports — some were substantive, some not so substantive — that there were actual materials that the government and the private sector had in their possession,” Reid said.
So far, none of the alleged crash artifacts have been subject to public scrutiny or verification by independent researchers. However, some of the retrieved objects such as strange metallic debris were identified as being manmade – raising the possibility that they could be related to the military of U.S. rivals such as China or Russia.
However, astrophysicist Eric Davis – who served as an advisor for the Pentagon program since 2007 – said that he had briefed the Pentagon in March about material retrieved from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.” The Department of Defense subcontractor also said that he had concluded that the objects found were of the type “we couldn’t make … ourselves.”
In an interview last month, President Donald Trump told his son Donald Trump Jr. that he had heard some “interesting” things about supposed aliens as well as the secretive Area 51 base near Roswell, New Mexico, that some theorists claim is a UFO crash site.
The U.S. government has been increasingly open in its discussions of UFOs since last September, when U.S. Navy admitted that widely-circulated video footage captured by Navy pilots that purportedly showed UFOs flying through the skies did depict actual “unknown” objects that flew into U.S. airspace.
While officials admitted that they have been baffled by the unknown flying objects, they also admit that past encounters with them have been frequent. They also said that rather than calling them “UFOs,” they prefer the term unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs.
While it remains yet to be seen what information the once-secret UFO unit plans to lay out for lawmakers, acting intelligence committee chairman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is intent on finding out who or what precisely is behind the apparent UFO activity over U.S. military bases.
“We have things flying over our military bases and places where we are conducting military exercises and we don’t know what it is — and it isn’t ours,” Rubio told CBS Miami in an interview last Friday. “Frankly, that if it’s something from outside this planet — that might actually be better than the fact that we’ve seen some technological leap on behalf of the Chinese or the Russians or some other adversary that allows them to conduct this sort of activity,” the hawkish senator added.
For Reid, further transparency is needed.
“It is extremely important that information about the discovery of physical materials or retrieved craft come out,” he said.
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


thewakingtimes--2020-07-27--The Federal Coup to Overthrow the States and Nix the 10th Amendment Is Underway

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What is unfolding before our very eyes—with police agencies defying local governments in order to tap into the power of federal militarized troops in order to put down domestic unrest—could very quickly snowball into an act of aggression against the states , a coup by armed , militarized agents of the federal government .
At a minimum , this is an attack on the Tenth Amendment , which affirms the sovereignty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the right of the states to stand as a bulwark against overreach and power grabs by the federal government .
If you ’ re still deluding yourself into believing that this thinly-veiled exercise in martial law is anything other than an attempt to bulldoze what remains of the Constitution and reinforce the iron-fisted rule of the police state , you need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid .
This is no longer about partisan politics or civil unrest or even authoritarian impulses .
Unless we take back the reins—and soon—looking back on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well point to the events of 2020 as the death blow to America ’ s short-lived experiment in self-government .
The government ’ s recent actions in Portland , Oregon—when unidentified federal agents ( believed to be border police , ICE and DHS agents ) , wearing military fatigues with patches that just say “ Police ” and sporting all kinds of weapons , descended uninvited on the city in unmarked vehicles , snatching protesters off the streets and detaining them without formally arresting them or offering any explanation of why they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s to come .
One of those detainees was a 53-year-old disabled Navy veteran who was in downtown Portland during the protests but not a participant .
Concerned about the tactics being used by government agents who had taken an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution , Christopher David tried to speak the “ secret ” police .
Almost immediately , he was assaulted by federal agents , beaten with batons and pepper sprayed Another peaceful protester was reportedly shot in the head with an impact weapon by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Administration has already announced its plans to deploy these border patrol agents to other cities across the country ( Chicago is supposedly next ) in an apparent bid to put down civil unrest .
Yet the overriding concerns by state and local government officials to Trump ’ s plans suggest that weaponizing the DHS as an occupying army will only provoke more violence and unrest .
Under the guise of protecting federal properties against civil unrest , the Trump Administration has formed a task force of secret agents who look , dress and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and have been empowered to roam cities in unmarked vehicles , snatching citizens off the streets , whether or not they ’ ve been engaged in illegal activities .
The so-called racial justice activists who have made looting , violence , vandalism and intimidation tactics the hallmarks of their protests have played right into the government ’ s hands They have delivered all of us into the police state ’ s hands .
There ’ s a reason Trump has tapped the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are notorious for their lawlessness , routinely sidestepping the Constitution and trampling on the rights of anyone who gets in their way , including legal citizens .
Indeed , it was only a matter of time before these roving bands of border patrol agents began flexing their muscles far beyond the nation ’ s borders and exercising their right to disregard the Constitution at every turn .
Except these border patrol cops aren ’ t just disregarding the Constitution .
They ’ re trampling all over the Constitution , especially the Fourth Amendment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out egregious warrantless searches and seizures without probable cause .
As part of the government ’ s so-called crackdown on illegal immigration , drugs and trafficking , its border patrol cops have been expanding their reach , roaming further afield and subjecting greater numbers of Americans to warrantless searches , ID checkpoints , transportation checks , and even surveillance on private property far beyond the boundaries of the borderlands .
That so-called border , once a thin borderline , has become an ever-thickening band spreading deeper and deeper inside the country .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration in its so-called crackdown on rioting and civil unrest , America itself is about to become a Constitution-free zone where freedom is off-limits and government agents have all the power and “ we the people ” have none .
The Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) , with its more than 60,000 employees , supplemented by the National Guard and the U.S. military , is an arm of the Department of Homeland Security , a national police force imbued with all the brutality , ineptitude and corruption such a role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , tactic or thuggish policy advanced by the government today can be traced back to the DHS , its police state mindset , and the billions of dollars it distributes to local police agencies in the form of grants to transform them into extensions of the military .
As Miller points out , the government has turned the nation ’ s expanding border regions into “ a ripe place to experiment with tearing apart the Constitution , a place where not just undocumented border-crossers , but millions of borderland residents have become the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same way that police across the country have been schooled in the art of sidestepping the Constitution , border cops have also been drilled in the art of “ anything goes ” in the name of national security .
In fact , according to FOIA documents shared with The Intercept , border cops even have a checklist of “ possible behaviors ” that warrant overriding the Constitution and subjecting individuals—including American citizens—to stops , searches , seizures , interrogations and even arrests .
For instance , if you ’ re driving a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unusual in some way , you can be stopped .
If your passengers look dirty or unusual , you can be stopped .
If you or your passengers avoid looking at a cop , you can be stopped .
If you or your passengers look too long at a cop , you can be stopped .
If you ’ re anywhere near a border ( near being within 100 miles of a border , or in a city , or on a bus , or at an airport ) , you can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re legally allowed to be in the country .
If you ’ re traveling on a public road that smugglers and other criminals may have traveled , you can be stopped .
If you ’ re not driving in the same direction as other cars , you can be stopped .
If you appear to be avoiding a police checkpoint , you can be stopped .
If your car appears to be weighed down , you can be stopped .
If your vehicle is from out of town , wherever that might be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ re driving a make of car that criminal-types have also driven , you can be stopped .
If your car appears to have been altered or modified , you can be stopped .
If the cargo area in your vehicle is covered , you can be stopped .
If you ’ re driving during a time of day or night that border cops find suspicious , you can be stopped .
If you ’ re driving when border cops are changing shifts , you can be stopped .
If you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another vehicle , you can be stopped .
If your car appears dusty , you can be stopped .
If people with you are trying to avoid being seen , or exhibiting “ unusual ” behavior , you can be stopped .
If you slow down after seeing a cop , you can be stopped .
In Portland , which is 400 miles from the border , protesters didn ’ t even have to be near federal buildings to be targeted .
Some claimed to be targeted for simply wearing black clothing in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you starting to get the picture yet ?
This was never about illegal aliens and border crossings at all .
It ’ s been a test to see how far “ we the people ” will allow the government to push the limits of the Constitution .
We ’ ve been failing this particular test for a long time now .
It was 1798 when Americans , their fears stoked by rumblings of a Quasi-War with France , failed to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts , which criminalized anti-government speech , empowered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-citizens and made it harder for immigrants to vote .
During the Civil War , Americans went along when Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus ( the right to a speedy trial ) and authorized government officials to spy on Americans ’ mail .
During World War I , Americans took it in stride when President Woodrow Wilson and Congress adopted the Espionage and Sedition Acts , which made it a crime to interfere with the war effort and criminalized any speech critical of war .
By World War II , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s expanding war powers to imprison Japanese-American citizens in detainment camps , censor mail , and lay the groundwork for the future surveillance state .
Fast-forward to the Cold War ’ s Red Scares , the McCarthy era ’ s hearings on un-American activities , and the government ’ s surveillance of Civil Rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr.—all done in the name of national security .
By the time 9/11 rolled around , all George W. Bush had to do was claim the country was being invaded by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greater powers to spy , search , detain and arrest American citizens in order to keep America safe .
The terrorist invasion never really happened , but the government kept its newly acquired police powers made possible by the nefarious USA Patriot Act .
Barack Obama continued Bush ’ s trend of undermining the Constitution , going so far as to give the military the power to strip Americans of their constitutional rights , label them extremists , and detain them indefinitely without trial , all in the name of keeping America safe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the military ’ s power to detain American citizens violates not only U.S. law and the Constitution but also international laws , the government has refused to relinquish its detention powers made possible by the National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) .
Then Donald Trump took office , claiming the country was being invaded by dangerous immigrants and insisting that the only way to keep America safe was to build an expensive border wall , expand the reach of border patrol , and empower the military to “ assist ” with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has now morphed into multiple crises ( domestic extremism , the COVID-19 pandemic , race wars , civil unrest , etc . )
that the government is eager to use in order to expand its powers .
Yet as we ’ ve learned the hard way , once the government acquires—and uses—additional powers ( to spy on its citizens , to carry out surveillance , to transform its police forces into extensions of the police , to seize taxpayer funds , to wage endless wars , to censor and silence dissidents , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without due process ) , it does not voluntarily relinquish them This is the slippery slope on which we ’ ve been traveling for far too long .
As Yale historian Timothy Snyder explains , “ This is a classic way that violence happens in authoritarian regimes , whether it ’ s Franco ’ s Spain or whether it ’ s the Russian Empire .
The people who are getting used to committing violence on the border are then brought in to commit violence against people in the interior.
” Sure , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shots right now , but it ’ s government agents armed with totalitarian powers and beholden to the bureaucratic Deep State who are carrying out these orders in defiance of the U.S. Constitution and all it represents .
Whether it ’ s Trump or Biden or someone else altogether , this year or a dozen years from now , the damage has been done : as I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we have allowed the president to acquire dictatorial powers that can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a reason the Trump Administration is consulting with John Yoo , the Bush-era attorney notorious for justifying waterboarding torture tactics against detainees .
They ’ re not looking to understand how to follow the law and abide by the Constitution .
Rather , they ’ re desperately seeking ways to thwart the Constitution .
As Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe recognizes , “ The dictatorial hunger for power is insatiable .
This is how it begins .
This is how it always begins .
Don ’ t be fooled into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next election rolls around .
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute , where this article ( John Lennon Was Right : The Government Is Run by Maniacs for Maniacal Means ) was originally published .
He is the author of A Government of Wolves : The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto .

The Federal Coup to Overthrow the States and Nix the 10th Amendment Is Underway
John W. Whitehead, Rutherford
Waking Times
“I don’t need invitations by the state, state mayors, or state governors, to do our job. We’re going to do that, whether they like us there or not.”—Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s defense of the Trump Administration’s deployment of militarized federal police to address civil unrest in the states
This is a wake-up call.
What is unfolding before our very eyes—with police agencies defying local governments in order to tap into the power of federal militarized troops in order to put down domestic unrest—could very quickly snowball into an act of aggression against the states, a coup by armed, militarized agents of the federal government.
At a minimum, this is an attack on the Tenth Amendment, which affirms the sovereignty of the states and the citizenry, and the right of the states to stand as a bulwark against overreach and power grabs by the federal government.
If you’re still deluding yourself into believing that this thinly-veiled exercise in martial law is anything other than an attempt to bulldoze what remains of the Constitution and reinforce the iron-fisted rule of the police state, you need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
This is no longer about partisan politics or civil unrest or even authoritarian impulses.
This is a turning point.
Unless we take back the reins—and soon—looking back on this time years from now, historians may well point to the events of 2020 as the death blow to America’s short-lived experiment in self-government.
The government’s recent actions in Portland, Oregon—when unidentified federal agents (believed to be border police, ICE and DHS agents), wearing military fatigues with patches that just say “Police” and sporting all kinds of weapons, descended uninvited on the city in unmarked vehicles, snatching protesters off the streets and detaining them without formally arresting them or offering any explanation of why they’re being held—is just a foretaste of what’s to come.
One of those detainees was a 53-year-old disabled Navy veteran who was in downtown Portland during the protests but not a participant. Concerned about the tactics being used by government agents who had taken an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, Christopher David tried to speak the “secret” police. Almost immediately, he was assaulted by federal agents, beaten with batons and pepper sprayed
Another peaceful protester was reportedly shot in the head with an impact weapon by this federal goon squad.
The Trump Administration has already announced its plans to deploy these border patrol agents to other cities across the country (Chicago is supposedly next) in an apparent bid to put down civil unrest. Yet the overriding concerns by state and local government officials to Trump’s plans suggest that weaponizing the DHS as an occupying army will only provoke more violence and unrest.
We’ve been set up.
Under the guise of protecting federal properties against civil unrest, the Trump Administration has formed a task force of secret agents who look, dress and act like military stormtroopers on a raid and have been empowered to roam cities in unmarked vehicles, snatching citizens off the streets, whether or not they’ve been engaged in illegal activities.
As the Guardian reports, “The incidents being described sound eerily reminiscent of the CIA’s post-9/11 rendition program under George W Bush, where intelligence agents would roll up in unmarked vans in foreign countries, blindfold terrorism suspects (many of whom turned to be innocent) and kidnap them without explanation. Only instead of occurring on the streets of Italy or the Middle East, it’s happening in downtown Portland.”
The so-called racial justice activists who have made looting, violence, vandalism and intimidation tactics the hallmarks of their protests have played right into the government’s hands
They have delivered all of us into the police state’s hands.
There’s a reason Trump has tapped the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for this dirty business: these agencies are notorious for their lawlessness, routinely sidestepping the Constitution and trampling on the rights of anyone who gets in their way, including legal citizens.
Indeed, it was only a matter of time before these roving bands of border patrol agents began flexing their muscles far beyond the nation’s borders and exercising their right to disregard the Constitution at every turn.
Except these border patrol cops aren’t just disregarding the Constitution.
They’re trampling all over the Constitution, especially the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits the government from carrying out egregious warrantless searches and seizures without probable cause.
As part of the government’s so-called crackdown on illegal immigration, drugs and trafficking, its border patrol cops have been expanding their reach, roaming further afield and subjecting greater numbers of Americans to warrantless searches, ID checkpoints, transportation checks, and even surveillance on private property far beyond the boundaries of the borderlands.
That so-called border, once a thin borderline, has become an ever-thickening band spreading deeper and deeper inside the country.
Now, with this latest salvo by the Trump administration in its so-called crackdown on rioting and civil unrest, America itself is about to become a Constitution-free zone where freedom is off-limits and government agents have all the power and “we the people” have none.
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with its more than 60,000 employees, supplemented by the National Guard and the U.S. military, is an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, a national police force imbued with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies.
As journalist Todd Miller explains:
In these vast domains, Homeland Security authorities can institute roving patrols with broad, extra-constitutional powers backed by national security, immigration enforcement and drug interdiction mandates. There, the Border Patrol can set up traffic checkpoints and fly surveillance drones overhead with high-powered cameras and radar that can track your movements. Within twenty-five miles of the international boundary, CBP agents can enter a person’s private property without a warrant.
Just about every nefarious deed, tactic or thuggish policy advanced by the government today can be traced back to the DHS, its police state mindset, and the billions of dollars it distributes to local police agencies in the form of grants to transform them into extensions of the military.
As Miller points out, the government has turned the nation’s expanding border regions into “a ripe place to experiment with tearing apart the Constitution, a place where not just undocumented border-crossers, but millions of borderland residents have become the targets of continual surveillance.”
In much the same way that police across the country have been schooled in the art of sidestepping the Constitution, border cops have also been drilled in the art of “anything goes” in the name of national security.
In fact, according to FOIA documents shared with The Intercept, border cops even have a checklist of “possible behaviors” that warrant overriding the Constitution and subjecting individuals—including American citizens—to stops, searches, seizures, interrogations and even arrests.
For instance, if you’re driving a vehicle that to a border cop looks unusual in some way, you can be stopped. If your passengers look dirty or unusual, you can be stopped. If you or your passengers avoid looking at a cop, you can be stopped. If you or your passengers look too long at a cop, you can be stopped.
If you’re anywhere near a border (near being within 100 miles of a border, or in a city, or on a bus, or at an airport), you can be stopped and asked to prove you’re legally allowed to be in the country. If you’re traveling on a public road that smugglers and other criminals may have traveled, you can be stopped.
If you’re not driving in the same direction as other cars, you can be stopped. If you appear to be avoiding a police checkpoint, you can be stopped. If your car appears to be weighed down, you can be stopped. If your vehicle is from out of town, wherever that might be, you can be stopped. If you’re driving a make of car that criminal-types have also driven, you can be stopped.
If your car appears to have been altered or modified, you can be stopped. If the cargo area in your vehicle is covered, you can be stopped.
If you’re driving during a time of day or night that border cops find suspicious, you can be stopped. If you’re driving when border cops are changing shifts, you can be stopped. If you’re driving in a motorcade or with another vehicle, you can be stopped. If your car appears dusty, you can be stopped.
If people with you are trying to avoid being seen, or exhibiting “unusual” behavior, you can be stopped. If you slow down after seeing a cop, you can be stopped.
In Portland, which is 400 miles from the border, protesters didn’t even have to be near federal buildings to be targeted. Some claimed to be targeted for simply wearing black clothing in the area of the demonstration.
Are you starting to get the picture yet?
This was never about illegal aliens and border crossings at all. It’s been a test to see how far “we the people” will allow the government to push the limits of the Constitution.
We’ve been failing this particular test for a long time now.
It was 1798 when Americans, their fears stoked by rumblings of a Quasi-War with France, failed to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts, which criminalized anti-government speech, empowered the government to deport “dangerous” non-citizens and made it harder for immigrants to vote.
During the Civil War, Americans went along when Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus (the right to a speedy trial) and authorized government officials to spy on Americans’ mail.
During World War I, Americans took it in stride when President Woodrow Wilson and Congress adopted the Espionage and Sedition Acts, which made it a crime to interfere with the war effort and criminalized any speech critical of war.
By World War II, Americans were marching in lockstep with the government’s expanding war powers to imprison Japanese-American citizens in detainment camps, censor mail, and lay the groundwork for the future surveillance state.
Fast-forward to the Cold War’s Red Scares, the McCarthy era’s hearings on un-American activities, and the government’s surveillance of Civil Rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr.—all done in the name of national security.
By the time 9/11 rolled around, all George W. Bush had to do was claim the country was being invaded by terrorists, and the government was given greater powers to spy, search, detain and arrest American citizens in order to keep America safe.
The terrorist invasion never really happened, but the government kept its newly acquired police powers made possible by the nefarious USA Patriot Act.
Barack Obama continued Bush’s trend of undermining the Constitution, going so far as to give the military the power to strip Americans of their constitutional rights, label them extremists, and detain them indefinitely without trial, all in the name of keeping America safe.
Despite the fact that the breadth of the military’s power to detain American citizens violates not only U.S. law and the Constitution but also international laws, the government has refused to relinquish its detention powers made possible by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Then Donald Trump took office, claiming the country was being invaded by dangerous immigrants and insisting that the only way to keep America safe was to build an expensive border wall, expand the reach of border patrol, and empower the military to “assist” with border control.
That so-called immigration crisis has now morphed into multiple crises (domestic extremism, the COVID-19 pandemic, race wars, civil unrest, etc.) that the government is eager to use in order to expand its powers.
Yet as we’ve learned the hard way, once the government acquires—and uses—additional powers (to spy on its citizens, to carry out surveillance, to transform its police forces into extensions of the police, to seize taxpayer funds, to wage endless wars, to censor and silence dissidents, to identify potential troublemakers, to detain citizens without due process), it does not voluntarily relinquish them
This is the slippery slope on which we’ve been traveling for far too long.
As Yale historian Timothy Snyder explains, “This is a classic way that violence happens in authoritarian regimes, whether it’s Franco’s Spain or whether it’s the Russian Empire. The people who are getting used to committing violence on the border are then brought in to commit violence against people in the interior.”
Sure, it’s the Trump Administration calling the shots right now, but it’s government agents armed with totalitarian powers and beholden to the bureaucratic Deep State who are carrying out these orders in defiance of the U.S. Constitution and all it represents.
Whether it’s Trump or Biden or someone else altogether, this year or a dozen years from now, the damage has been done: as I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we have allowed the president to acquire dictatorial powers that can be unleashed at any moment.
There’s a reason the Trump Administration is consulting with John Yoo, the Bush-era attorney notorious for justifying waterboarding torture tactics against detainees. They’re not looking to understand how to follow the law and abide by the Constitution. Rather, they’re desperately seeking ways to thwart the Constitution.
As Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe recognizes, “The dictatorial hunger for power is insatiable.
This is how it begins.
This is how it always begins.
Don’t be fooled into thinking any of this will change when the next election rolls around.
About the Author
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, where this article (John Lennon Was Right: The Government Is Run by Maniacs for Maniacal Means) was originally published. He is the author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto.