rightwingwatch--2020-05-15--Brenden Dilley Urges His Audience to Harass Reporters and Politicians ‘All the Time’

Kevin Vesey , a reporter for News 12 Long Island , was verbally harassed , abused , and threatened yesterday while covering a right-wing protest against local restrictions enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19 , and MAGA cultist and “ life coach ” Brenden Dilley loved every minute of it .
On his livestream program today , Dilley , an unapologetically amoral right-wing commentator , praised right-wing activists for harassing Vesey while he tried to cover the protest , saying that politicians and members of the media shouldn ’ t be able to walk down the street without being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I love it , ” Dilley said .
“ That shit felt good .
And you know what ?
It should feel good .
That ’ s exactly what you do .
Every time you see him , don ’ t be in awe , ‘ Hey , is that the guy from TV ?
’ Fuck ’ em .
Yeah , it is the guy from TV .
Get your phone out , hit record , [ and shout ] , ‘ Fuck you fake news , enemy of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , all of them , all the time.
” “ You recognize your governor , you recognize some fucking asshole from the governor ’ s office , or one of your politicians for your local community , you see him in public , you know he ’ s doing a shit job , let them have it , ” Dilley continued .
“ Let him fucking have it .
None of them should be able to walk down the street without hearing it from you .
Every single one of them should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate you.
’ Because you know what ?
The truth is this : We hate them just as much as they fucking hate us , if not more .
Come on , debate me on that one .
You guys all know it ’ s true .
You don ’ t like them .
You don ’ t like fake news .
You don ’ t want to get along with them .
Fuck ’ em .
You hate them just as much as you think they hate you .
Guaranteed .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time .
No more fucking playing nice .
No more manners , ‘ I ’ m just a good little American , that ’ s not appropriate.
’ Fuck ’ em .
”

Kevin Vesey, a reporter for News 12 Long Island, was verbally harassed, abused, and threatened yesterday while covering a right-wing protest against local restrictions enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19, and MAGA cultist and “life coach” Brenden Dilley loved every minute of it.
On his livestream program today, Dilley, an unapologetically amoral right-wing commentator, praised right-wing activists for harassing Vesey while he tried to cover the protest, saying that politicians and members of the media shouldn’t be able to walk down the street without being relentlessly heckled and harangued by Trump supporters.
“I love it,” Dilley said. “That shit felt good. And you know what? It should feel good. That’s exactly what you do. Every time you see him, don’t be in awe, ‘Hey, is that the guy from TV?’ Fuck ’em. Yeah, it is the guy from TV. Get your phone out, hit record, [and shout], ‘Fuck you fake news, enemy of the people’ every time. Every fucking time, all of them, all the time.”
“You recognize your governor, you recognize some fucking asshole from the governor’s office, or one of your politicians for your local community, you see him in public, you know he’s doing a shit job, let them have it,” Dilley continued. “Let him fucking have it. None of them should be able to walk down the street without hearing it from you. Every single one of them should be hearing it, ‘We fucking hate you.’ Because you know what? The truth is this: We hate them just as much as they fucking hate us, if not more. Come on, debate me on that one. You guys all know it’s true. You don’t like them. You don’t like fake news. You don’t want to get along with them. Fuck ’em. You hate them just as much as you think they hate you. Guaranteed. You just let them have it every single time. No more fucking playing nice. No more manners, ‘I’m just a good little American, that’s not appropriate.’ Fuck ’em.”


rightwingwatch--2020-05-15--Paula White’s One Voice Prayer Movement: A Thinly Disguised Political Operation for Trump

The One Voice Prayer Movement operates as a political and public relations vehicle for President Donald Trump in the guise of a nonpartisan “ cooperative prayer effort.
” OVPM was launched in November 2019 by Paula White , who simultaneously serves as Trump ’ s unofficial spiritual adviser , an official member of the White House staff , and a campaign spokesperson .
Like White herself , OVPM blurs and straddles lines between public , private , and political interests .
And , like White , OVPM deploys Christian nationalist rhetoric that undermines American principles of respectful religious pluralism and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintained a mutually beneficial relationship for years .
She has served as a liaison between Trump and conservative Christian leaders since before his election .
In her book “ Something Greater : Finding Triumph Over Trials , ” White wrote that her relationship with Trump was a “ spiritual assignment ” from God .
In her unofficial role , White has kept a steady stream of evangelical leaders coming to the White House for mutual ego-stroking with Trump .
When White was given an official position late last year , she was classified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” allowing her to continue to run her ministries , which promise spiritual blessings to people who send her money .
White is a fixture at Trump campaign events , where she has portrayed his opponents as demonic .
The Purpose of One Voice Prayer Movement OVPM ’ s stated goal is “ to unite the Body of Christ to pray for God ’ s values to be expressed through government and the nation.
” At the time of OVPM ’ s launch , the Christian Broadcasting Network described it as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sorcery and those who would employ witchcraft against the President and as an effort to address the current prayer needs for the White House.
” OVPM ’ s focus on Trump ’ s reelection was made clear by James Goll , who promotes the New Apostolic Reformation and Seven Mountains Dominionism , related movements that seek to transform nations by bringing governments and other sectors of cultural influence under the control of leaders who share their worldview .
At OVPM ’ s inception , Goll said that he had prophesied the emergence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the history of the United States ” and noted that OVPM ’ s launch date , Nov. 5 , 2019 , was one year before the 2020 election .
“ The stakes have never been higher , ” he wrote .
“ Either we choose to complete the turnaround the Lord has granted us , shifting our nation toward constitutional governance incorporating clear biblical values , or we see the momentous gains made during the past three years simply depleted.
” Indeed , OVPM appears to be designed as a vehicle for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Pentecostal leaders and activists who believe that Trump was placed in office with a divine anointing—and for mobilizing them on behalf of his reelection .
In addition to Goll , among the Trump boosters who helped White launch OVPM last November were dominionist “ prophets ” Dutch Sheets , Cindy Jacobs , and Jon and Jolene Hamill .
The Hamills ’ Lamplighter Ministries—whose motto is “ pursuing the restoration of God ’ s governmental glory !
” —has the distinction of having been deemed unfit for the Museum of the Bible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religious-right events .
Also at OVPM ’ s core is Intercessors for America leader Dave Kubal .
IFA is another group of prayer warriors that zealously support the president and other conservative politicians .
In 2018 , IFA promoted a prayer that Trump would “ rule ” in the midst of his enemies , which it said “ is the same decree that King David prophesied in his own nation concerning the coming Messiah.
” As Right Wing Watch has reported , OVPM ’ s website domain is registered to IFA .
OVPM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Day of Prayer webcast , follow the model of IFA ’ s monthly prayer calls in which speaker presentations and prayers are interspersed with moments in which listener lines are unmuted for a cacophony of prayer .
Scholar Cynthia Burack , who has studied the use of prayer as a political tactic , told Right Wing Watch that projects like OVPM “ have proliferated in recent years on the Christian conservative right as moral entrepreneurs like Paula White have realized their value for political socialization and mobilization.
” The activities of OVPM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prayer calls from other religious-right groups seem to affirm an “ underlying continuity ” that Burack identifies across prayer projects , some of which may “ appear superficially to be less partisan than others.
” Burack said that the most important cause of the moment for conservative Christians is “ assuring Donald Trump ’ s reelection and the defeat of his critics.
” National Day of Prayer and Religious Right Claims of U.S. National ‘ Covenant ’ to Promote Christianity On the National Day of Prayer , which federal law places on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Trump at the White House ’ s afternoon observance .
While the Rose Garden event featured speakers of varying faiths , White ’ s remarks were not very interfaith in spirit : “ For your word declares in Psalm 33:2 , ‘ Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord , ’ ” she said .
“ I declare to you right now to be Lord over this nation , over the United States of America.
” Just a few hours before the White House event , “ Pastor Paula ” kicked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ webcast emceed by her self-described “ right hand in Washington ” Todd Lamphere .
The OVPM webcast featured Christian nationalist rhetoric and an array of dominionist speakers , many of whom launched OVPM with White in November .
On the National Day of Prayer webcast , White thanked God for Trump and asked that “ wicked ” leaders be removed from government positions .
She asked for divine intervention against COVID-19 , saying , “ We command this coronavirus to be done , to be gone .
… We say it is enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We command right now that this virus stop .
There will be no more spread , in the name of Jesus.
” For the rest of the webcast , Lamphere invited speakers to lead prayers , some of them while stationed in front of the White House , U.S. Capitol , and Supreme Court .
Several of the speakers talked about the U.S. having a national covenant with God to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ , a position staked out by Christian nationalist political operative David Lane .
According to this view @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the God and the U.S. dates not to our national founding with the Declaration of Independence or U.S. Constitution , but to the earliest English colonizers , including the signers of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 and even before that to Robert Hunt ’ s declaration in Cape Henry in 1607 that the gospel would go forth from this land to all the nations on Earth .
Christian nationalists say this covenant is still in force , even if Americans have violated or abandoned it .
A couple speakers on the OVPM webcast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationalist spin to the phrase “ original intent , ” which usually refers to a question of how to legally interpret the Constitution , but which they used to suggest the alleged “ original intent ” of the settlers and Founding Fathers—and God himself—to create a Christian nation .
“ We are a Christian nation founded on Christian principles , ” declared “ apostle ” Dutch Sheets on the OVPM webcast .
Another speaker , Chris Mitchell of the “ apostolic ministry ” King ’ s Gate International , prayed from in front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. has a covenant with God to be “ a purveyor of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the Earth.
” Mitchell continued : Rebecca Greenwood of Christian Harvest International , which is “ committed to the mandate of discipling nations , ” also described the Mayflower Compact as a covenant with the U.S. : Praying from outside the U.S. Supreme Court , Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation National Director of Prayer and Mobilization Summer Ingram asked God to break through any obstacles to Trump ’ s pending judicial nominations and prayed for Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Lord .
“ We pray that every opinion , Lord , would honor and acknowledge your law and your will , according to what you originally intended for this nation , ” she said .
“ We pray that every opinion that contradicts your will or your way would be overturned or reversed in the days ahead.
” Former Rep. Randy Forbes , who founded the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation , also appeared on the webcast , where he celebrated that the “ precedents for religious freedom ” that are being set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal tax dollars to directly fund clergy and churches— “ are going to endure long after this coronavirus has gone.
” Trump ’ s divine purpose was also the focus of some prayers during the National Day of Prayer webcast .
Jon Hamill spoke from in front of the White House , where he thanked God for giving Trump “ prophetic insight ” and for having “ given him and graced him with a fathering anointing to bring us all together as one.
” Mario Bramnick of the Latino Coalition for Israel described @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for spiritual as well as political purposes .
“ We are so grateful that President Trump is our Cyrus for this hour , that you have anointed him to protect our nation Father , you have given him the wisdom to restore our nation and to turn our nation back to you , ” Bramnick prayed .
Bramnick said God is “ giving our president even a broader Cyrus mantle to effectuate turnaround for economics of nations ” and claimed that more nations will begin to align with the U.S. and Israel .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ battle is not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities , ” he said .
“ We come against every spirit of Antichrist , every globalist spirit , Father , every spirit , Father , that would seek the destruction of our nation.
” Spiritual warfare was a common theme on the OVPM webcast .
“ I ’ m warring for the destiny of America , ” Sheets said , warning that Satan and evil spiritual forces wanted to strip Americans ’ divine destiny from them .
“ We were to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were to export not pornography but the gospel .
We were to be the leading voice of the exporting of the gospel of Jesus to the ends of the Earth , ” Sheets said , adding that “ there ’ s been an amazing , incredible attempt to steal that.
” But God has “ raised up an army of intercessors and a movement in this nation to war for that destiny , ” Sheets said .
“ And you put a man even in the White House who is very sympathetic to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics and Trump ’ s election as spiritual warfare and describes his political opponents as aligned with demonic forces .
On a May 11 livestream , White used the rhetoric of Seven Mountains Dominionism , which calls for the “ mountains ” or “ spheres of influence ” in society to be brought under the control of a certain kind of Christian .
White told viewers that politics and the media are two of the seven mountains .
But , she said , “ the only legal entity that can bring forth change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ.
” By “ legal entity ” White was referring to the belief among some in the “ apostolic ” movement that Christians can bring about changes on Earth by appealing to “ the courts of Heaven.
” White said those believers “ should be infiltrating entertainment and media , and politics and education , and religion , and all these different aspects of society , because the world won ’ t change and the kingdoms of this world will not become the kingdoms of our God until those who carry the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not natural land .
It ’ s not space .
The kingdom of God is joy and peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit.
” “ So , when I step in a place , when you step in a place , you carry all of Heaven ’ s authority and Earth ’ s authority that has been willed to you by the finished work of Jesus Christ , ” she added .
One Voice Prayer Movement as Political and Public Relations Arm of White House OVPM ’ s National Day of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the monthly prayer calls it sponsors .
On the group ’ s first prayer call last year , White prayed against “ demonic ” efforts to undermine Trump and said that anyone “ aligned against the president will be exposed and dealt with and overturned by the superior blood of Jesus.
” On April ’ s call , she asked God for a great revival “ that starts in the highest office in the land , ” noting that the president is watching religious services every Sunday .
White has been mobilizing religious-right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his administration ’ s fatal missteps in responding to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus .
She has broadcast streaming daily prayer sessions on social media to heap praise on Trump for his handling of the crisis .
OVPM also distributes “ prayer points ” that come from White and her White House office via emailed “ prayer alerts ” and monthly prayer calls .
The prayer alerts read like White House press releases with a line tacked on urging people to keep praying for Trump , other administration officials , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of prayer alert headlines from March and April , which are typically delivered with heroic photos of Trump : • Relief on the Way in COVID-19 Crisis A March 24 “ prayer update ” was simply a list of more than a dozen quotes from Trump and a few from Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials with a suggestion to “ Keep praying for our leaders as they make decisions for our nation !
” In January , before the pandemic became the focus of the nation ’ s attention , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrict access to abortion and urged people not to tire of praying against impeachment and for the president , “ who has had to endure the distraction of impeachment as he has worked to develop policies and actions to benefit our nation and citizens.
” Before that , OVPM urged people to thank God that Trump was remaking the federal judiciary with his judicial nominees .
OVPM cited a right-wing activist explaining that “ it ’ s important for the president to flip the federal appeals courts so when cases that decide binding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the full panel of active judges , Republicans are at an advantage.
” In January , OVPM glowingly reported on Trump ’ s State of the Union address by declaring : Looking toward the 2020 elections , OVMP is promoting “ boiler rooms ” it says “ will mobilize people of prayer around political rallies , praying for our government to protect our constitutional freedom and seeking God together for revival in our nation.
” The webpage promoting the boiler rooms urges , “ Let ’ s seek the Presence of God for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans to be fulfilled through leaders who align themselves with Godly principles.
” Paula White Ministries benefits from the visibility her White House position gives her , and in turn , her ministry ’ s website promotes pro-Trump news stories .
OVPM has also promoted White , as it did in a March 16 prayer alert recounting her appearance on SiriusXM Patriot ’ s “ Breitbart News Sunday ” and touting her book , “ Something Greater : Finding Triumph Over Trials.
” That alert noted that “ Pastor Paula … advises the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes the president ’ s case to evangelical voters to stick with him , ” while reporting that White “ noted how the Democrats ’ treatment of the president , a former Democrat himself , is creating a more divided America.
” These intersecting interests have drawn the attention of good-government advocates like longtime watchdog and president of Democracy 21 Fred Wertheimer , who warned that White ’ s simultaneous engagement in official and unofficial activities “ creates the appearance of using her public position for personal gain.
” White and Lamphere seem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OVPM ’ s line-blurring to present legal or ethical pitfalls .
Lamphere generally begins the monthly calls by asking reporters to hang up , though the presentations are streamed live on YouTube and Facebook .
In March he said , “ This call is a nonpartisan prayer call , a nonpartisan prayer group .
And our purpose simply is to pray for our nation and pray for the events that are taking center stage in our nation here.
” While the group does nominally pray for leaders of both political parties , its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laughable and seems to no longer appear as part of the group ’ s description of itself on its website .
On the March call , religious-right activist Philip Jauregui prayed that God would give conservatives a “ triple crown ” —control of the White House , Congress , and the judiciary .
Lamphere has been described in news stories as White ’ s chief of staff and someone who works with and for her .
He said on OVPM ’ s National Day of Prayer webcast , “ I serve at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adviser to the president on faith and oversees the White House Office of Faith and Opportunity Initiative.
” Lamphere described himself on OVPM ’ s February prayer call as pastor for global outreach for Paula White Ministries and as White ’ s “ right hand ” in Washington , D.C. On OVPM ’ s April call , Lamphere thanked White for being “ our modern-day Esther in the White House.
” He told listeners that White was appearing in her “ unofficial capacity.
” On March ’ s call , on which White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on her behalf , but said , “ Unfortunately , Pastor Paula will not be able to be with us here today and let me—her heart is to be here … Pastor Paula is what is known as an S.G. That ’ s a special government employee .
And as a special government employee , it means she can only work a certain amount of days within the White House , and when she is working for the White House , she can not take calls like this.
” It hardly seems that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personal , profitable , political , and prophetic is likely to get her in hot water with the boss .
After all , the defiance of ethical norms is part of the Trump administration ’ s identity .
As Wertheimer , the good-government watchdog , noted earlier this year , “ If the president believes in using public office for private gain , who is he or anyone in this administration to hold people accountable for doing it ?
When it comes to proper conduct by executive branch officials , the Trump presidency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s importance to the White House political operation seems to have quieted evangelical criticism of her prosperity gospel theology , which many Christians believe is heretical .
In fact , White ’ s supporters portray her as having been positioned by God to support Trump and to serve as a conduit for “ divine wisdom ” from God to Trump .
White herself hasn ’ t been shy about claiming insider access at a level even higher than the Oval Office .
She claimed in February that she “ literally went to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ divine encounter ” where God gave her a new mantle and anointing .
Last summer , she said in a sermon , “ I have every authority to declare the White House as holy ground because I was standing there and where I stand is holy.
” Frank Amedia , founder of the Trump-supporting “ prophetic ” network POTUS Shield , has warned Christians not to criticize White , saying she “ has been anointed by the scepter of righteousness of God and appointed by the scepter of leadership by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ December , Amedia declared a day of fasting and prayer on White ’ s behalf , an event that was promoted by OVPM .

The One Voice Prayer Movement operates as a political and public relations vehicle for President Donald Trump in the guise of a nonpartisan “cooperative prayer effort.” OVPM was launched in November 2019 by Paula White, who simultaneously serves as Trump’s unofficial spiritual adviser, an official member of the White House staff, and a campaign spokesperson. Like White herself, OVPM blurs and straddles lines between public, private, and political interests. And, like White, OVPM deploys Christian nationalist rhetoric that undermines American principles of respectful religious pluralism and church-state separation.
White and Trump have maintained a mutually beneficial relationship for years. She has served as a liaison between Trump and conservative Christian leaders since before his election. In her book “Something Greater: Finding Triumph Over Trials,” White wrote that her relationship with Trump was a “spiritual assignment” from God.
In her unofficial role, White has kept a steady stream of evangelical leaders coming to the White House for mutual ego-stroking with Trump. When White was given an official position late last year, she was classified as a part-time “special government employee,” allowing her to continue to run her ministries, which promise spiritual blessings to people who send her money. White is a fixture at Trump campaign events, where she has portrayed his opponents as demonic.
The Purpose of One Voice Prayer Movement
OVPM’s stated goal is “to unite the Body of Christ to pray for God’s values to be expressed through government and the nation.” At the time of OVPM’s launch, the Christian Broadcasting Network described it as an initiative “launched to fight against spells, sorcery and those who would employ witchcraft against the President and as an effort to address the current prayer needs for the White House.”
OVPM’s focus on Trump’s reelection was made clear by James Goll, who promotes the New Apostolic Reformation and Seven Mountains Dominionism, related movements that seek to transform nations by bringing governments and other sectors of cultural influence under the control of leaders who share their worldview. At OVPM’s inception, Goll said that he had prophesied the emergence of “the greatest governmental prayer movement in the history of the United States” and noted that OVPM’s launch date, Nov. 5, 2019, was one year before the 2020 election.
“The stakes have never been higher,” he wrote. “Either we choose to complete the turnaround the Lord has granted us, shifting our nation toward constitutional governance incorporating clear biblical values, or we see the momentous gains made during the past three years simply depleted.”
Indeed, OVPM appears to be designed as a vehicle for maintaining a close connection between team Trump and the Pentecostal leaders and activists who believe that Trump was placed in office with a divine anointing—and for mobilizing them on behalf of his reelection.
In addition to Goll, among the Trump boosters who helped White launch OVPM last November were dominionist “prophets” Dutch Sheets, Cindy Jacobs, and Jon and Jolene Hamill. The Hamills’ Lamplighter Ministries—whose motto is “pursuing the restoration of God’s governmental glory!”—has the distinction of having been deemed unfit for the Museum of the Bible, which regularly hosts all manner of religious-right events.
Also at OVPM’s core is Intercessors for America leader Dave Kubal. IFA is another group of prayer warriors that zealously support the president and other conservative politicians. In 2018, IFA promoted a prayer that Trump would “rule” in the midst of his enemies, which it said “is the same decree that King David prophesied in his own nation concerning the coming Messiah.” As Right Wing Watch has reported, OVPM’s website domain is registered to IFA. OVPM’s prayer calls, including its National Day of Prayer webcast, follow the model of IFA’s monthly prayer calls in which speaker presentations and prayers are interspersed with moments in which listener lines are unmuted for a cacophony of prayer.
Scholar Cynthia Burack, who has studied the use of prayer as a political tactic, told Right Wing Watch that projects like OVPM “have proliferated in recent years on the Christian conservative right as moral entrepreneurs like Paula White have realized their value for political socialization and mobilization.”
The activities of OVPM and IFA and the proliferation of online prayer calls from other religious-right groups seem to affirm an “underlying continuity” that Burack identifies across prayer projects, some of which may “appear superficially to be less partisan than others.” Burack said that the most important cause of the moment for conservative Christians is “assuring Donald Trump’s reelection and the defeat of his critics.”
National Day of Prayer and Religious Right Claims of U.S. National ‘Covenant’ to Promote Christianity
On the National Day of Prayer, which federal law places on the first Thursday of May, White appeared with Trump at the White House’s afternoon observance. While the Rose Garden event featured speakers of varying faiths, White’s remarks were not very interfaith in spirit: “For your word declares in Psalm 33:2, ‘Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord,’” she said. “I declare to you right now to be Lord over this nation, over the United States of America.”
Just a few hours before the White House event, “Pastor Paula” kicked off a two-hour One Voice Prayer Movement webcast emceed by her self-described “right hand in Washington” Todd Lamphere. The OVPM webcast featured Christian nationalist rhetoric and an array of dominionist speakers, many of whom launched OVPM with White in November.
On the National Day of Prayer webcast, White thanked God for Trump and asked that “wicked” leaders be removed from government positions. She asked for divine intervention against COVID-19, saying, “We command this coronavirus to be done, to be gone. … We say it is enough! Die now, coronavirus 19! We command right now that this virus stop. There will be no more spread, in the name of Jesus.”
For the rest of the webcast, Lamphere invited speakers to lead prayers, some of them while stationed in front of the White House, U.S. Capitol, and Supreme Court. Several of the speakers talked about the U.S. having a national covenant with God to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ, a position staked out by Christian nationalist political operative David Lane.
According to this view of history, the national covenant between the God and the U.S. dates not to our national founding with the Declaration of Independence or U.S. Constitution, but to the earliest English colonizers, including the signers of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 and even before that to Robert Hunt’s declaration in Cape Henry in 1607 that the gospel would go forth from this land to all the nations on Earth.
Christian nationalists say this covenant is still in force, even if Americans have violated or abandoned it. A couple speakers on the OVPM webcast used this interpretation to give a Christian nationalist spin to the phrase “original intent,” which usually refers to a question of how to legally interpret the Constitution, but which they used to suggest the alleged “original intent” of the settlers and Founding Fathers—and God himself—to create a Christian nation.
“We are a Christian nation founded on Christian principles,” declared “apostle” Dutch Sheets on the OVPM webcast.
Another speaker, Chris Mitchell of the “apostolic ministry” King’s Gate International, prayed from in front of the U.S. Capitol, saying the U.S. has a covenant with God to be “a purveyor of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the Earth.” Mitchell continued:
And we say today, Lord, that that covenant is not forgotten by you. And therefore, the thrones of governance in this nation, including every seat in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, Lord, they belong to you by right of covenant. So, we declare today that they will align to your righteous cause, and they will be restored to original intent in Jesus’ matchless name … We know, Lord God, that the government is upon your shoulders, and Jesus, today we declare that over the United States of America and from the shadow of the Capitol, there is no king but Jesus and no sovereign but God. So, let every seat be aligned to your purpose and be restored to your original intention.
Rebecca Greenwood of Christian Harvest International, which is “committed to the mandate of discipling nations,” also described the Mayflower Compact as a covenant with the U.S.:
So, Lord, I thank you that we are in the 400th year anniversary of the Mayflower Compact, Lord, that covenant agreement that was made in unity in 1620 on our land, that they would honor you, God, and they would spread Christianity throughout the nations of the world. So, Lord, we remind you of this covenant from 400 years ago with that Mayflower Compact, and Lord, right now we come and we humble ourselves. And Lord, we say any and all ways that we have not honored that righteous covenant with you as a nation, and as a people, Lord, we ask that you forgive us. And Lord, we turn from those ways, those evil ways, and Lord, we seek your face. Lord, may we across this nation today and leading into Pentecost have encounters with you as we seek your face, that we will be transformed from glory to glory, and that your healing will come to this land.
Praying from outside the U.S. Supreme Court, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation National Director of Prayer and Mobilization Summer Ingram asked God to break through any obstacles to Trump’s pending judicial nominations and prayed for Supreme Court justices to have a fear of the Lord. “We pray that every opinion, Lord, would honor and acknowledge your law and your will, according to what you originally intended for this nation,” she said. “We pray that every opinion that contradicts your will or your way would be overturned or reversed in the days ahead.”
Former Rep. Randy Forbes, who founded the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, also appeared on the webcast, where he celebrated that the “precedents for religious freedom” that are being set during the pandemic—specifically the unprecedented use of federal tax dollars to directly fund clergy and churches—“are going to endure long after this coronavirus has gone.”
Spiritual Warfare and Trump’s Divine Mandate
Trump’s divine purpose was also the focus of some prayers during the National Day of Prayer webcast. Jon Hamill spoke from in front of the White House, where he thanked God for giving Trump “prophetic insight” and for having “given him and graced him with a fathering anointing to bring us all together as one.”
Mario Bramnick of the Latino Coalition for Israel described Trump as God’s anointed, for spiritual as well as political purposes. “We are so grateful that President Trump is our Cyrus for this hour, that you have anointed him to protect our nation Father, you have given him the wisdom to restore our nation and to turn our nation back to you,” Bramnick prayed.
Bramnick said God is “giving our president even a broader Cyrus mantle to effectuate turnaround for economics of nations” and claimed that more nations will begin to align with the U.S. and Israel. “Father, I know that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities,” he said. “We come against every spirit of Antichrist, every globalist spirit, Father, every spirit, Father, that would seek the destruction of our nation.”
Spiritual warfare was a common theme on the OVPM webcast. “I’m warring for the destiny of America,” Sheets said, warning that Satan and evil spiritual forces wanted to strip Americans’ divine destiny from them. “We were to be a light, Lord, we were to export not pornography but the gospel. We were to be the leading voice of the exporting of the gospel of Jesus to the ends of the Earth,” Sheets said, adding that “there’s been an amazing, incredible attempt to steal that.” But God has “raised up an army of intercessors and a movement in this nation to war for that destiny,” Sheets said. “And you put a man even in the White House who is very sympathetic to that.”
Paula White also talks about politics and Trump’s election as spiritual warfare and describes his political opponents as aligned with demonic forces. On a May 11 livestream, White used the rhetoric of Seven Mountains Dominionism, which calls for the “mountains” or “spheres of influence” in society to be brought under the control of a certain kind of Christian. White told viewers that politics and the media are two of the seven mountains. But, she said, “the only legal entity that can bring forth change is the church, blood-bought believers of Jesus Christ.” By “legal entity” White was referring to the belief among some in the “apostolic” movement that Christians can bring about changes on Earth by appealing to “the courts of Heaven.”
White said those believers “should be infiltrating entertainment and media, and politics and education, and religion, and all these different aspects of society, because the world won’t change and the kingdoms of this world will not become the kingdoms of our God until those who carry the kingdom of God within you—because a kingdom is not natural land. It’s not space. The kingdom of God is joy and peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit.”
“So, when I step in a place, when you step in a place, you carry all of Heaven’s authority and Earth’s authority that has been willed to you by the finished work of Jesus Christ,” she added.
One Voice Prayer Movement as Political and Public Relations Arm of White House
OVPM’s National Day of Prayer webcast was a supercharged version of the monthly prayer calls it sponsors. On the group’s first prayer call last year, White prayed against “demonic” efforts to undermine Trump and said that anyone “aligned against the president will be exposed and dealt with and overturned by the superior blood of Jesus.” On April’s call, she asked God for a great revival “that starts in the highest office in the land,” noting that the president is watching religious services every Sunday.
White has been mobilizing religious-right leaders to defend Trump from criticism of his administration’s fatal missteps in responding to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. She has broadcast streaming daily prayer sessions on social media to heap praise on Trump for his handling of the crisis.
OVPM also distributes “prayer points” that come from White and her White House office via emailed “prayer alerts” and monthly prayer calls. The prayer alerts read like White House press releases with a line tacked on urging people to keep praying for Trump, other administration officials, and the nation. Here’s a sampling of prayer alert headlines from March and April, which are typically delivered with heroic photos of Trump:
A March 24 “prayer update” was simply a list of more than a dozen quotes from Trump and a few from Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials with a suggestion to “Keep praying for our leaders as they make decisions for our nation!”
In January, before the pandemic became the focus of the nation’s attention, OVPM praised Trump’s moves to restrict access to abortion and urged people not to tire of praying against impeachment and for the president, “who has had to endure the distraction of impeachment as he has worked to develop policies and actions to benefit our nation and citizens.”
Before that, OVPM urged people to thank God that Trump was remaking the federal judiciary with his judicial nominees. OVPM cited a right-wing activist explaining that “it’s important for the president to flip the federal appeals courts so when cases that decide binding law for the circuit are heard by the full panel of active judges, Republicans are at an advantage.”
In January, OVPM glowingly reported on Trump’s State of the Union address by declaring:
Many Godly principles were put forth in President Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday—his ongoing strong commitment to a pro-life position is one of them. Watch the State of the Union address here if you missed it, or just watch again, praying in agreement with Godly values that are part of his speech.
Looking toward the 2020 elections, OVMP is promoting “boiler rooms” it says “will mobilize people of prayer around political rallies, praying for our government to protect our constitutional freedom and seeking God together for revival in our nation.” The webpage promoting the boiler rooms urges, “Let’s seek the Presence of God for our nation, asking His purposes and plans to be fulfilled through leaders who align themselves with Godly principles.”
Blurring Lines: Personal, Political, Prophetic, and Profitable
Paula White Ministries benefits from the visibility her White House position gives her, and in turn, her ministry’s website promotes pro-Trump news stories. OVPM has also promoted White, as it did in a March 16 prayer alert recounting her appearance on SiriusXM Patriot’s “Breitbart News Sunday” and touting her book, “Something Greater: Finding Triumph Over Trials.” That alert noted that “Pastor Paula … advises the president on engaging with evangelicals, and makes the president’s case to evangelical voters to stick with him,” while reporting that White “noted how the Democrats’ treatment of the president, a former Democrat himself, is creating a more divided America.”
These intersecting interests have drawn the attention of good-government advocates like longtime watchdog and president of Democracy 21 Fred Wertheimer, who warned that White’s simultaneous engagement in official and unofficial activities “creates the appearance of using her public position for personal gain.”
White and Lamphere seem to be aware of the potential for OVPM’s line-blurring to present legal or ethical pitfalls.
Lamphere generally begins the monthly calls by asking reporters to hang up, though the presentations are streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. In March he said, “This call is a nonpartisan prayer call, a nonpartisan prayer group. And our purpose simply is to pray for our nation and pray for the events that are taking center stage in our nation here.” While the group does nominally pray for leaders of both political parties, its claim to be “nonpartisan” seems laughable and seems to no longer appear as part of the group’s description of itself on its website. On the March call, religious-right activist Philip Jauregui prayed that God would give conservatives a “triple crown”—control of the White House, Congress, and the judiciary.
Lamphere has been described in news stories as White’s chief of staff and someone who works with and for her. He said on OVPM’s National Day of Prayer webcast, “I serve at the pleasure of Pastor Paula White, senior adviser to the president on faith and oversees the White House Office of Faith and Opportunity Initiative.” Lamphere described himself on OVPM’s February prayer call as pastor for global outreach for Paula White Ministries and as White’s “right hand” in Washington, D.C.
On OVPM’s April call, Lamphere thanked White for being “our modern-day Esther in the White House.” He told listeners that White was appearing in her “unofficial capacity.” On March’s call, on which White did not appear, Lamphere welcomed listeners on her behalf, but said, “Unfortunately, Pastor Paula will not be able to be with us here today and let me—her heart is to be here … Pastor Paula is what is known as an S.G. That’s a special government employee. And as a special government employee, it means she can only work a certain amount of days within the White House, and when she is working for the White House, she cannot take calls like this.”
It hardly seems that White’s apparent mixing of the personal, profitable, political, and prophetic is likely to get her in hot water with the boss. After all, the defiance of ethical norms is part of the Trump administration’s identity. As Wertheimer, the good-government watchdog, noted earlier this year, “If the president believes in using public office for private gain, who is he or anyone in this administration to hold people accountable for doing it? When it comes to proper conduct by executive branch officials, the Trump presidency is a lawless one.”
White’s importance to the White House political operation seems to have quieted evangelical criticism of her prosperity gospel theology, which many Christians believe is heretical. In fact, White’s supporters portray her as having been positioned by God to support Trump and to serve as a conduit for “divine wisdom” from God to Trump.
White herself hasn’t been shy about claiming insider access at a level even higher than the Oval Office. She claimed in February that she “literally went to the Throne Room of God” and had a “divine encounter” where God gave her a new mantle and anointing. Last summer, she said in a sermon, “I have every authority to declare the White House as holy ground because I was standing there and where I stand is holy.”
Frank Amedia, founder of the Trump-supporting “prophetic” network POTUS Shield, has warned Christians not to criticize White, saying she “has been anointed by the scepter of righteousness of God and appointed by the scepter of leadership by the president of the United States.” In December, Amedia declared a day of fasting and prayer on White’s behalf, an event that was promoted by OVPM.


rightwingwatch--2020-05-18--Right Wing Round-Up: Trump’s War on Oversight

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rightwingwatch--2020-05-18--These Documents Are a Likely Source of Jacob Wohl’s Legal Troubles

As right-wing political operative Jacob Wohl faces legal action yet again—this time by Arizona ’ s attorney general—Right Wing Watch has exclusively obtained copies of documents we believe to be the source of many of Wohl ’ s legal troubles .
Roger Sollenberger reported in Salon Friday that the Arizona attorney general is “ actively pursuing collection efforts ” against Wohl , who failed to make any payments toward the nearly $ 38,000 the Arizona Corporation Commission ordered he pay in fines for misleading investors .
Before Wohl gained national notoriety for engaging in dubious smear campaigns against Trump opponents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earned notoriety as a teenage hedge fund manager and engaged in business practices that landed him in hot water with regulators .
In 2017 , the National Futures Association issued a lifetime ban against Wohl , barring him from futures trading , after Wohl refused to cooperate with an NFA exampination spawning from press coverage of Wohl ’ s claimed financial activities and an investor complaint against his now-defunct company , Nex Capital Management .
In its 2016 complaint against Wohl , NFA investigators refer to marketing documents , the details of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by RWW .
Received by a potential investor in February 2016 and provided to RWW by a trusted intermediary source on the condition of anonymity , the self-declared “ privileged and strictly confidential ” pitch materials for Wohl ’ s now-defunct hedge fund contain numerous discrepancies , some of which RWW can report for the first time .
RWW believes these materials , which can be found at the end of this article , are the source of many of Wohl ’ s legal troubles .
NFA investigators noted that Wohl ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive hypothetical performance , were missing disclosures , and mentioned Wohl managing customer funds prior to Wohl and Nex Capital ’ s registration as a [ commodity trading advisor ] .
” The documents obtained by RWW claim to show the results of “ backtested ” hypothetical trading data , claiming to have simulated 45,288 trades per year over a three-year period .
The Daily Beast noted last year that the promotional materials contained in the decision claimed Wohl had nine years of experience trading , which if true , would have meant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years old , would have been trading since he was 8 or 9 years old.
” The document obtained by RWW claims that Wohl , who would have been 18 years old when the document was dated in January 2016 , had “ 10 years ” of trading experience , which would have made him approximately 8 years old when he started trading .
A cursory review of the employees named in the documents , many of whom are described as holding specialized positions that would be uncommon for an investment startup of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Two of the people included in the document told RWW they had no affiliation with Wohl ’ s business .
Many others seemingly match the description of real people , but only one of those people—Wohl ’ s former business partner Matthew Johnson—has any affiliation with Nex Capital Management online .
On Friday , RWW reached one individual via LinkedIn who was listed as an employee .
Mark Gaspar , who the obtained documents listed as Nex Capital ’ s “ Chief Quantitative Strategist , ” said that he was not affiliated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said he was asked to provide pro bono business advice to Wohl when Wohl was a student and that he had “ no clue ” why his name appeared in the document .
“ Never did anything close to any business with him .
He and his partner loaned me some books to give them feedback on , and after a few interactions , I became increasingly uncomfortable with them and returned the books and wished them luck , ” Gaspar told RWW .
Another individual who was named as Nex Capital ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having ever worked with the company .
When reached via email , the individual said that they had only briefly met Wohl and that most of the information attributed to them was innacurate .
Additionally , the document lists actress Rachel Fox as the company ’ s “ Chief Innovation Officer ” —an affiliation that Fox reportedly denied in an interview with business news site ValueWalk .
Fox reportedly told ValueWalk that she did not know Wohl and only learned of him through a news article .
Wohl is also facing felony charges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for which he has pleaded not guilty .
Those felony charges followed an investigation by the Riverside District Attorney ’ s office that began after a complaint from an Arizona man who had invested $ 75,000 in Wohl and his former business partner Matthew Johnson ’ s Montgomery Assets firm .
After losing much of his money , the man reported Wohl to California law enforcement but later died by suicide .
Attempts to reach Wohl via Instagram direct message and a text message to a number affiliated with Wohl were unsuccessful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Wohl and former lobbyist Jack Burkman tried to pay a woman to claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci , the nation ’ s top immunologist and a target of right-wing trolls , had assaulted her .

As right-wing political operative Jacob Wohl faces legal action yet again—this time by Arizona’s attorney general—Right Wing Watch has exclusively obtained copies of documents we believe to be the source of many of Wohl’s legal troubles.
Roger Sollenberger reported in Salon Friday that the Arizona attorney general is “actively pursuing collection efforts” against Wohl, who failed to make any payments toward the nearly $38,000 the Arizona Corporation Commission ordered he pay in fines for misleading investors.
Before Wohl gained national notoriety for engaging in dubious smear campaigns against Trump opponents and making outlandish false claims, Wohl earned notoriety as a teenage hedge fund manager and engaged in business practices that landed him in hot water with regulators. In 2017, the National Futures Association issued a lifetime ban against Wohl, barring him from futures trading, after Wohl refused to cooperate with an NFA exampination spawning from press coverage of Wohl’s claimed financial activities and an investor complaint against his now-defunct company, Nex Capital Management. In its 2016 complaint against Wohl, NFA investigators refer to marketing documents, the details of which closely match those of the documents obtained by RWW.
Received by a potential investor in February 2016 and provided to RWW by a trusted intermediary source on the condition of anonymity, the self-declared “privileged and strictly confidential” pitch materials for Wohl’s now-defunct hedge fund contain numerous discrepancies, some of which RWW can report for the first time. RWW believes these materials, which can be found at the end of this article, are the source of many of Wohl’s legal troubles.
NFA investigators noted that Wohl’s promotional materials “included numerous examples of positive hypothetical performance, were missing disclosures, and mentioned Wohl managing customer funds prior to Wohl and Nex Capital’s registration as a [commodity trading advisor].” The documents obtained by RWW claim to show the results of “backtested” hypothetical trading data, claiming to have simulated 45,288 trades per year over a three-year period.
The Daily Beast noted last year that the promotional materials contained in the decision claimed Wohl had nine years of experience trading, which if true, would have meant “Wohl, then 17 or 18 years old, would have been trading since he was 8 or 9 years old.” The document obtained by RWW claims that Wohl, who would have been 18 years old when the document was dated in January 2016, had “10 years” of trading experience, which would have made him approximately 8 years old when he started trading.
A cursory review of the employees named in the documents, many of whom are described as holding specialized positions that would be uncommon for an investment startup of its scale, rendered mixed results. Two of the people included in the document told RWW they had no affiliation with Wohl’s business. Many others seemingly match the description of real people, but only one of those people—Wohl’s former business partner Matthew Johnson—has any affiliation with Nex Capital Management online.
On Friday, RWW reached one individual via LinkedIn who was listed as an employee. Mark Gaspar, who the obtained documents listed as Nex Capital’s “Chief Quantitative Strategist,” said that he was not affiliated with Wohl’s now-defunct company. Gaspar said he was asked to provide pro bono business advice to Wohl when Wohl was a student and that he had “no clue” why his name appeared in the document.
“Never did anything close to any business with him. He and his partner loaned me some books to give them feedback on, and after a few interactions, I became increasingly uncomfortable with them and returned the books and wished them luck,” Gaspar told RWW.
Another individual who was named as Nex Capital’s “Chief Marketing Officer” denied having ever worked with the company. When reached via email, the individual said that they had only briefly met Wohl and that most of the information attributed to them was innacurate.
Additionally, the document lists actress Rachel Fox as the company’s “Chief Innovation Officer”—an affiliation that Fox reportedly denied in an interview with business news site ValueWalk. Fox reportedly told ValueWalk that she did not know Wohl and only learned of him through a news article.
Wohl is also facing felony charges in California for unlawful sale of securities, for which he has pleaded not guilty. Those felony charges followed an investigation by the Riverside District Attorney’s office that began after a complaint from an Arizona man who had invested $75,000 in Wohl and his former business partner Matthew Johnson’s Montgomery Assets firm. After losing much of his money, the man reported Wohl to California law enforcement but later died by suicide.
Attempts to reach Wohl via Instagram direct message and a text message to a number affiliated with Wohl were unsuccessful. Reason magazine reported earlier this month that Wohl and former lobbyist Jack Burkman tried to pay a woman to claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top immunologist and a target of right-wing trolls, had assaulted her.
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rightwingwatch--2020-05-18--Rick Wiles Will Be Heading ‘Underground’ Any Day Now

In August of 2019 , End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles announced that he , his family , and his ministry would all go “ underground ” by the end of the year in order to avoid “ the wave of bloodshed ” he predicted was coming in America , during which he said Christians would be murdered during a massive nationwide purge .
Wiles has a long history of making bold declarations that he never follows through on , like when he renounced his American citizenship and vowed to flee the country after the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans to end his nightly television program and begin producing a radio program only for subscribers last year .
Despite the fact that Wiles apparently still holds his U.S. citizenship and continues to produce his nightly “ TruNews ” television program from his Vero Beach , Florida , studio , he nevertheless insists that he has followed through on his plan to head underground .
“ At the beginning of 2019 , I told our TruNews audience that this ministry would go underground by the end of 2019 and I stand by that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January came in 2020 , there were of course the critics online who said , ‘ Well , Rick Wiles , he prophesied he was going to go underground by the end of 2019 , and there he is , he ’ s still there , and I see him , and he ’ s not underground.
’ Well , they don ’ t know what steps I took .
They don ’ t know , OK ?
Because I spent 2019 getting ready because the Lord said , ‘ You ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019.
’ We did , internally , start to go underground in 2019 .
”

In August of 2019, End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles announced that he, his family, and his ministry would all go “underground” by the end of the year in order to avoid “the wave of bloodshed” he predicted was coming in America, during which he said Christians would be murdered during a massive nationwide purge.
Wiles has a long history of making bold declarations that he never follows through on, like when he renounced his American citizenship and vowed to flee the country after the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality in 2015, or when he announced his plans to end his nightly television program and begin producing a radio program only for subscribers last year.
Despite the fact that Wiles apparently still holds his U.S. citizenship and continues to produce his nightly “TruNews” television program from his Vero Beach, Florida, studio, he nevertheless insists that he has followed through on his plan to head underground.
“At the beginning of 2019, I told our TruNews audience that this ministry would go underground by the end of 2019 and I stand by that,” Wiles said. “When January came in 2020, there were of course the critics online who said, ‘Well, Rick Wiles, he prophesied he was going to go underground by the end of 2019, and there he is, he’s still there, and I see him, and he’s not underground.’ Well, they don’t know what steps I took. They don’t know, OK? Because I spent 2019 getting ready because the Lord said, ‘You’ll be going underground by the end of 2019.’ We did, internally, start to go underground in 2019.”


rightwingwatch--2020-05-19--Right Wing Round-Up: Jane Roe’s Confession


rightwingwatch--2020-05-19--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Better Dead Than Dork

Glenn Beck predicts that former first lady Michelle Obama will run for president in order to protect her husband from being prosecuted for “Obamagate.”
hey’re going to work 24 hours a day to reverse everything the president has done. Unlike what President Trump’s been dealing with, when the left gets backs in, that massive federal bureaucracy will be working in lockstep with those progressives and socialists to reverse everything that the conservatives were able to do over these last four years.”


rightwingwatch--2020-05-19--Jeff Sessions Taps Far-Right Columnist Michelle Malkin for Fundraising Email

Jeff Sessions , a former U.S. senator from Alabama seeking to regain his old post after having served as President Donald Trump ’ s attorney general , sent a fundraising letter to supporters Monday evening authored by far-right commentator Michelle Malkin .
The Daily Beast reporter Lachlan Markay noted the email on Twitter , in which Malkin opens by calling Sessions “ an old friend of the America First movement.
” One could be forgiven for interpreting Malkin ’ s reference as an homage to Trump ’ s “ America first ” campaign rhetoric , but Malkin ’ s current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more alarming context .
In the last year , Malkin has aligned herself with the leaders of a white nationalist youth coalition calling itself the “ America First ” movement , going so far as adopting a role as a movement “ Mommy , ” as she called herself in a February speech .
Her support of the tight coalition of extreme right-wing voices includes explicit endorsements of many people who have well-documented records of anti-Semitic and white nationalist rhetoric , including podcaster Nicholas Fuentes , hate group organizer Patrick Casey , YouTube @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-immigrant organization VDARE .
Her support for the movement came with severe career consequence .
Young America ’ s Foundation cut ties with Malkin last year , ending its 17-year relationship with the commentator over Malkin ’ s support of Fuentes , who has engaged with Holocaust denial .
Just yesterday , Malkin used her Twitter presence to promote an interview of Fuentes. In the fundraising message , Malkin praises Sessions for his hardline immigration positions , writing that Sessions “ will work tirelessly to deport criminal illegal aliens and stop amnesty in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just like he ’ s done for his entire career.
” She continues : And Jeff is fully aware of the social costs of mass immigration , which have been overwhelming .
Immigrants aren ’ t assimilating because they don ’ t have to .
They just move to barrios filled with other immigrants .
With Jeff Sessions in the Senate , we are going to take back America for Americans .
Sessions has a reputation for pushing and enacting aggressive anti-immigration policies .
Former Sessions aide Stephen Miller , who now serves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White House working on immigration , repeatedly sent white nationalist material to former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh , a Southern Poverty Law Center investigation revealed last year .
Miller was also instrumental to the implementation of the border policy that forcefully separated migrant families and put kids in cages—a policy that Sessions , then the attorney general , defended .
In a section titled “ Jeff understands the dangers of globalism , ” Malkin writes that Sessions “ demanded that we halt employment-based immigration during this time of stunningly high unemployment : We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans , much less for workers from abroad.
” Such calls for immigration freezes have gained popularity among the far-right , particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic .
“ The 2020 election cycle is crucial to the success of the America First movement .
If we do not elect candidates who will fight alongside President Trump to put America First , I fear that we may never have another opportunity to break the chokehold of the political establishment , ” Malkin writes. “ We know that Jeff Sessions is a powerful conservative advocate with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the America First agenda. ”  Malkin recently collaborated with disgraced far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on a reading list for the young “ America First ” activists that includes numerous books notorious for their extremist contents , like “ The Protocols of the Elders of Zion , ” “ Culture of Critique , ” and “ The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit , ” all of which have been panned as virulently anti-Semitic works of literature .
Also included in the reading list are books by prominent alt-right voices such as Theodore “ Vox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racist works of fiction such as “ Camp of the Saints.
” Her extremism dates back years .
In 2004 , Malkin wrote a book called “ In Defense of Internment : The Case for ‘ Racial Profiling ’ in World War II and the War on Terror.
” In that book , Malkin argued that targeting anti-terrorism measures on people based on their perceived religion or ethnicity was valid , and went on to argue in favor the internment of hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans in World War II .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white supremacist radio programs and headlined a conference of far-right activists .
She has also been promoting dangerous nonsense about COVID-19 , elevating anti-vaxxers and attacking the nation ’ s top immunologist .

Jeff Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama seeking to regain his old post after having served as President Donald Trump’s attorney general, sent a fundraising letter to supporters Monday evening authored by far-right commentator Michelle Malkin.
The Daily Beast reporter Lachlan Markay noted the email on Twitter, in which Malkin opens by calling Sessions “an old friend of the America First movement.” One could be forgiven for interpreting Malkin’s reference as an homage to Trump’s “America first” campaign rhetoric, but Malkin’s current union with extreme right-wing activists suggests a more alarming context.
In the last year, Malkin has aligned herself with the leaders of a white nationalist youth coalition calling itself the “America First” movement, going so far as adopting a role as a movement “Mommy,” as she called herself in a February speech. Her support of the tight coalition of extreme right-wing voices includes explicit endorsements of many people who have well-documented records of anti-Semitic and white nationalist rhetoric, including podcaster Nicholas Fuentes, hate group organizer Patrick Casey, YouTube personality Faith Goldy, and the racist anti-immigrant organization VDARE. Her support for the movement came with severe career consequence. Young America’s Foundation cut ties with Malkin last year, ending its 17-year relationship with the commentator over Malkin’s support of Fuentes, who has engaged with Holocaust denial. Just yesterday, Malkin used her Twitter presence to promote an interview of Fuentes.
In the fundraising message, Malkin praises Sessions for his hardline immigration positions, writing that Sessions “will work tirelessly to deport criminal illegal aliens and stop amnesty in all forms as Americans have demanded, just like he’s done for his entire career.” She continues:
And Jeff is fully aware of the social costs of mass immigration, which have been overwhelming. Immigrants aren’t assimilating because they don’t have to. They just move to barrios filled with other immigrants. With Jeff Sessions in the Senate, we are going to take back America for Americans.
Sessions has a reputation for pushing and enacting aggressive anti-immigration policies. Former Sessions aide Stephen Miller, who now serves as a top policy adviser in the White House working on immigration, repeatedly sent white nationalist material to former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh, a Southern Poverty Law Center investigation revealed last year. Miller was also instrumental to the implementation of the border policy that forcefully separated migrant families and put kids in cages—a policy that Sessions, then the attorney general, defended.
In a section titled “Jeff understands the dangers of globalism,” Malkin writes that Sessions “demanded that we halt employment-based immigration during this time of stunningly high unemployment: We have ZERO jobs—we have no jobs for Americans, much less for workers from abroad.” Such calls for immigration freezes have gained popularity among the far-right, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The 2020 election cycle is crucial to the success of the America First movement. If we do not elect candidates who will fight alongside President Trump to put America First, I fear that we may never have another opportunity to break the chokehold of the political establishment,” Malkin writes. “We know that Jeff Sessions is a powerful conservative advocate with a strong & proven record who believes in the America First agenda.”
Malkin recently collaborated with disgraced far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on a reading list for the young “America First” activists that includes numerous books notorious for their extremist contents, like “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” “Culture of Critique,” and “The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit,” all of which have been panned as virulently anti-Semitic works of literature. Also included in the reading list are books by prominent alt-right voices such as Theodore “Vox Day” Beale and Jared Taylor and racist works of fiction such as “Camp of the Saints.”
Her extremism dates back years. In 2004, Malkin wrote a book called “In Defense of Internment: The Case for ‘Racial Profiling’ in World War II and the War on Terror.” In that book, Malkin argued that targeting anti-terrorism measures on people based on their perceived religion or ethnicity was valid, and went on to argue in favor the internment of hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans in World War II.
In recent months, Malkin has appeared on white supremacist radio programs and headlined a conference of far-right activists. She has also been promoting dangerous nonsense about COVID-19, elevating anti-vaxxers and attacking the nation’s top immunologist.


rightwingwatch--2020-05-19--Mark Taylor Remains Confident That Barack Obama Will Be Executed for Treason

So-called “ firefighter prophet ” and radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Mark Taylor has been prophesying for years that former President Barack Obama will be arrested , tried , and executed for treason .
When Attorney General William Barr recently stated that he does not expect Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden to be charged as part of the investigation into the origins of the Russian collusion investigation , Taylor remained confident in his predictions because “ God said this stuff was going to happen.
” Appearing last night on “ The MC Files ” program , Taylor said right-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Donald Trump and “ the Q movement ” so that “ when something like this happens , we don ’ t hit the panic button.
” “ You ’ re talking about high treason , ” Taylor said .
“ Treason in the highest forms that have ever been committed against this country .
The DOJ , in my humble opinion , may not be doing that because of this very reason .
Who does that get handed to when it ’ s high treason like this ?
It is a military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t criminal—it was an act of war .
These are war crimes basically .
We are at war.
” Taylor suggested that Barr ’ s comments “ could be optics ” as the Trump administration tries to “ put the deep state at ease ” before the military swoops in and arrests them .
“ Obama is finished .
Biden is finished .
They ’ re all finished .
They ’ re all going to go to prison , ” Taylor continued .
“ Some will be executed .
The DOJ is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecuting at this point because it ’ s out of their hands , it ’ s out of their jurisdiction , it becomes now the military … The fact remains is that God said this stuff was going to happen .
We need to have the faith that it ’ s going to happen .
”

So-called “firefighter prophet” and radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Mark Taylor has been prophesying for years that former President Barack Obama will be arrested, tried, and executed for treason. When Attorney General William Barr recently stated that he does not expect Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden to be charged as part of the investigation into the origins of the Russian collusion investigation, Taylor remained confident in his predictions because “God said this stuff was going to happen.”
Appearing last night on “The MC Files” program, Taylor said right-wing activists need to have enough faith in President Donald Trump and “the Q movement” so that “when something like this happens, we don’t hit the panic button.”
“You’re talking about high treason,” Taylor said. “Treason in the highest forms that have ever been committed against this country. The DOJ, in my humble opinion,
may not be doing that because of this very reason. Who does that get handed to when it’s high treason like this? It is a military tribunal. Why? Because it wasn’t criminal—it was an act of war. These are war crimes basically. We are at war.”
Taylor suggested that Barr’s comments “could be optics” as the Trump administration tries to “put the deep state at ease” before the military swoops in and arrests them.
“Obama is finished. Biden is finished. They’re all finished. They’re all going to go to prison,” Taylor continued. “Some will be executed. The DOJ is not going to be investigating or even prosecuting at this point because it’s out of their hands, it’s out of their jurisdiction, it becomes now the military … The fact remains is that God said this stuff was going to happen. We need to have the faith that it’s going to happen.”


rightwingwatch--2020-05-20--Right Wing Round-Up: Trump’s War on Voting


rightwingwatch--2020-05-20--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Working for the Big Guy Upstairs


rightwingwatch--2020-05-20--End Times Author Gets Math, History Wrong in Promoting Preelection ‘Sacred Assembly’

“ Messianic rabbi ” Jonathan Cahn ’ s books about prophecy and the End Times are filled with biblical and historical numerology , but he has botched both math and history in his efforts to lend symbolic weight and spiritual significance to the date of “ The Return , ” the preelection politics-and-prayer rally he and other religious-right leaders are planning to hold on the National Mall later this year Cahn and other rally promoters have repeatedly described the Sept. 26 event as falling 40 days before the 2020 election and on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s take the easy one first .
The 2020 presidential election will take place on Nov. 3 , which is 38 days from Sept. 26 .
So why call it 40 ?
Because 40 is a symbolic number in the Bible .
There are many biblical stories that include 40-day periods , including the 40 days and nights of rain in Noah ’ s flood and the 40 days that Satan tempted Jesus in the desert .
Jesus resisted Satan ’ s offers , but Cahn could apparently not resist the temptation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Return.
” What about the Mayflower ?
Cahn made the 400th anniversary claim in his “ prophetic announcement ” video about “ The Return ” in March .
He repeated it last week in Charisma , writing , “ The Return is centered around a major event on Sept. 26 in Washington , D.C.—40 days before the presidential election and on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.
” This week a press release promoting the event repeated the claim using the same language .
The Mayflower connection is important to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mayflower Compact signed by the ship ’ s adult male passengers as the source of a national covenant they claim the United States has with God to promote Christianity .
Cahn referred to this connection in the launch video : “ This will take place not only 40 days before the presidential election , but also on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower , in the days of America ’ s founding and dedication to God.
” In reality , at the time the Mayflower sailed from England , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under which the sailing date was Sept. 6 .
England shifted from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in the 1750s .
Under the Gregorian calendar—the same one in use today—the sailing date was Sept. 16 , 1620 .
Under either calendar , this Sept. 26 will not be “ the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower , ” as Cahn has repeatedly asserted .
Under most circumstances , the exact dates might not matter that much—September is , after all , the month of the Mayflower anniversary .
And the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Return.
” But that ’ s not what Cahn has said .
And exact dates are at the core of Cahn ’ s numerological shtick .
Cahn ’ s books are grounded in a “ paradigm ” he says he has discovered in the Bible , numerical patterns that he claims foretold events in the history of the U.S.—from Mark Twain ’ s travels to Harry Truman ’ s presidency to the death of Clinton White House aide Vince Foster to Donald Trump ’ s birth and election and his decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In Cahn ’ s telling , the Bible predicts modern-day events in Israel and the U.S. down to the exact date .
Emphasizing the symbolic importance of these anniversaries , an online event to promote “ The Return ” was hosted by POTUS Shield founder and former Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia on April 29 , the anniversary of a 1607 landing by colonists in Cape Henry , Virginia , and a date also touted by Christian nationalists .
During that webcast , Cahn described April 29 as the day “ America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he claimed that God had responded to a prayer event 40 years earlier by intervening in history to put Ronald Reagan in the White House .
Cahn ’ s most recent book , “ The Oracle , ” supposedly unveils “ they mystery behind everything ” and “ the master blueprint of the End Times ” —the “ mystery of return.
” Like Cahn ’ s other books , “ The Oracle ” was classified as fiction on the best-seller lists , but Cahn and his supporters insist that its teachings are “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , Cahn and other religious-right leaders have frequently discerned a divine hand behind his election .
Trump is “ part of the mystery , ” says Cahn , who told Charisma podcaster Steve Green that Trump “ is fulfilling a purpose and a purpose that ’ s beyond anything he probably ever imagined.
” “ This year , 2020 , is crucial as it leads to a presidential election in which the stakes are higher and the necessity of prayer more critical than ever before , ” Cahn said in his video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election , he said , if America as a nation fails to repent , it can not experience revival , making “ The Return ” a chance to “ permanently seal our course ” for good or bad .
Cahn also claims there spiritual importance to the date of “ The Return ” falling within “ The Days of Awe , ” between the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur , which are also known as the days of repentance , a period that falls between Sept. 18 and Sept. 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national repentance is a central theme of Cahn ’ s writings .
He says that the U.S. briefly turned toward God after the 9/11 attacks but that there has never been the kind of national repentance needed for true revival .
He and his fellow promoters of “ The Return ” believe that must change on Sept. 26 , or America will be in even bigger trouble .
According to Cahn , there is a “ biblical template ” in which a nation is warned of coming judgment and given time to repent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We have a window of time , and the purpose of that window is to return and for revival , ” Cahn said in a promotional video .
“ Without that return , America will be lost.
” More specifically , he said , “ if America continues on its present course , that window will come to an end and there will come a flood that will begin the end of religious freedom , even usher in persecution and seal America ’ s fall.
” Some Christian apologetics websites have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numerology , but his success at selling books has won him high-profile promoters , including religious-right media figures Jim Bakker , James Dobson , Sid Roth , Glenn Beck , Eric Metaxas , as well as the Christian Broadcasting Network—and , of course , Charisma , which publishes his books and shares in the profits generated by Cahn and other “ prophets.
” Cahn and Charisma add drama to his book releases by claiming that spiritual warfare attacks have taken place around the publication of his books .
Among those helping Cahn promote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Family founder James Dobson , broadcasters Pat and Gordon Robertson and Marcus Lamb , anti-abortion activist Alveda King , former Rep. Michele Bachmann , anti-LGBTQ activist Harry Jackson , and Billy Graham ’ s daughter Anne Graham Lotz .

“Messianic rabbi” Jonathan Cahn’s books about prophecy and the End Times are filled with biblical and historical numerology, but he has botched both math and history in his efforts to lend symbolic weight and spiritual significance to the date of “The Return,” the preelection politics-and-prayer rally he and other religious-right leaders are planning to hold on the National Mall later this year
Cahn and other rally promoters have repeatedly described the Sept. 26 event as falling 40 days before the 2020 election and on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. Neither is true.
Let’s take the easy one first. The 2020 presidential election will take place on Nov. 3, which is 38 days from Sept. 26. So why call it 40? Because 40 is a symbolic number in the Bible. There are many biblical stories that include 40-day periods, including the 40 days and nights of rain in Noah’s flood and the 40 days that Satan tempted Jesus in the desert. Jesus resisted Satan’s offers, but Cahn could apparently not resist the temptation to fudge the math around “The Return.”
What about the Mayflower? Cahn made the 400th anniversary claim in his “prophetic announcement” video about “The Return” in March. He repeated it last week in Charisma, writing, “The Return is centered around a major event on Sept. 26 in Washington, D.C.—40 days before the presidential election and on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.” This week a press release promoting the event repeated the claim using the same language.
The Mayflower connection is important to Christian nationalists, because they cite the Mayflower Compact signed by the ship’s adult male passengers as the source of a national covenant they claim the United States has with God to promote Christianity. Cahn referred to this connection in the launch video: “This will take place not only 40 days before the presidential election, but also on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower, in the days of America’s founding and dedication to God.”
In reality, at the time the Mayflower sailed from England, the country was using the Julian calendar, under which the sailing date was Sept. 6. England shifted from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in the 1750s. Under the Gregorian calendar—the same one in use today—the sailing date was Sept. 16, 1620. Under either calendar, this Sept. 26 will not be “the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower,” as Cahn has repeatedly asserted.
Under most circumstances, the exact dates might not matter that much—September is, after all, the month of the Mayflower anniversary. And the election will fall about 40 days after “The Return.” But that’s not what Cahn has said. And exact dates are at the core of Cahn’s numerological shtick.
Cahn’s books are grounded in a “paradigm” he says he has discovered in the Bible, numerical patterns that he claims foretold events in the history of the U.S.—from Mark Twain’s travels to Harry Truman’s presidency to the death of Clinton White House aide Vince Foster to Donald Trump’s birth and election and his decision to move the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. In Cahn’s telling, the Bible predicts modern-day events in Israel and the U.S. down to the exact date.
Emphasizing the symbolic importance of these anniversaries, an online event to promote “The Return” was hosted by POTUS Shield founder and former Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia on April 29, the anniversary of a 1607 landing by colonists in Cape Henry, Virginia, and a date also touted by Christian nationalists. During that webcast, Cahn described April 29 as the day “America was first dedicated to God.” And he claimed that God had responded to a prayer event 40 years earlier by intervening in history to put Ronald Reagan in the White House.
Cahn’s most recent book, “The Oracle,” supposedly unveils “they mystery behind everything” and “the master blueprint of the End Times”—the “mystery of return.” Like Cahn’s other books, “The Oracle” was classified as fiction on the best-seller lists, but Cahn and his supporters insist that its teachings are “absolutely real.”
When it comes to Trump, Cahn and other religious-right leaders have frequently discerned a divine hand behind his election. Trump is “part of the mystery,” says Cahn, who told Charisma podcaster Steve Green that Trump “is fulfilling a purpose and a purpose that’s beyond anything he probably ever imagined.”
“This year, 2020, is crucial as it leads to a presidential election in which the stakes are higher and the necessity of prayer more critical than ever before,” Cahn said in his video announcing “The Return.”
Beyond the election, he said, if America as a nation fails to repent, it cannot experience revival, making “The Return” a chance to “permanently seal our course” for good or bad.
Cahn also claims there spiritual importance to the date of “The Return” falling within “The Days of Awe,” between the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which are also known as the days of repentance, a period that falls between Sept. 18 and Sept. 28 this year.
The urgent need for national repentance is a central theme of Cahn’s writings. He says that the U.S. briefly turned toward God after the 9/11 attacks but that there has never been the kind of national repentance needed for true revival. He and his fellow promoters of “The Return” believe that must change on Sept. 26, or America will be in even bigger trouble.
According to Cahn, there is a “biblical template” in which a nation is warned of coming judgment and given time to repent and “return” or face calamity. “We have a window of time, and the purpose of that window is to return and for revival,” Cahn said in a promotional video. “Without that return, America will be lost.” More specifically, he said, “if America continues on its present course, that window will come to an end and there will come a flood that will begin the end of religious freedom, even usher in persecution and seal America’s fall.”
Some Christian apologetics websites have challenged Cahn’s biblical exegesis and numerology, but his success at selling books has won him high-profile promoters, including religious-right media figures Jim Bakker, James Dobson, Sid Roth, Glenn Beck, Eric Metaxas, as well as the Christian Broadcasting Network—and, of course, Charisma, which publishes his books and shares in the profits generated by Cahn and other “prophets.” Cahn and Charisma add drama to his book releases by claiming that spiritual warfare attacks have taken place around the publication of his books.
Among those helping Cahn promote “The Return” are Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, broadcasters Pat and Gordon Robertson and Marcus Lamb, anti-abortion activist Alveda King, former Rep. Michele Bachmann, anti-LGBTQ activist Harry Jackson, and Billy Graham’s daughter Anne Graham Lotz.


rightwingwatch--2020-05-20--DeAnna Lorraine Plans to Go ‘Undercover’ as a Contract Tracer to Expose the COVID-19 ‘Plandemic’

DeAnna Lorraine , a failed Republican congressional candidate and right-wing conspiracy theorist , says she is planning to go “ undercover ” to expose the supposedly nefarious world of COVID-19 “ contact tracing.
” For the last week , Lorraine has been freaking out about H.R .
6666 , “ The COVID-19 Testing , Reaching , And Contacting Everyone ( TRACE ) Act , ” which would provide $ 100 billion in grants to , among other things , trace the exposure and spread of the coronavirus .
To say that Lorraine does not seem to understand some basic facts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a bit of an understatement .
During a livestream yesterday , Lorraine announced that she might apply for a job as a contract tracer so that she can expose what is really going on .
“ What kind of soulless , pathetic person would take a job as a contact tracer and sell out their fellow Americans ?
” she asked .
“ Who would do that ?
But then I realized , well , Antifa has been out of work for a while and so has MS-13 , so maybe someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list of organizations seeking to hire contract tracers , which she found highly suspicious .
“ Apparently they get paid up to $ 55,000 for a contact tracing job , ” she said .
“ Just look up contact tracing jobs—they ’ re everywhere .
And it makes you wonder : If they really just figured this out , you know , they ’ re all figuring out this pandemic , how did it take them such a short amount of time to put together these contact tracing jobs and with all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you go , ‘ Hmmm.
’ Was it a pandemic ?
Or was it a plandemic ?
” “ What about if I take one of these jobs , and I infiltrate the contact tracing companies , and I go undercover , ” Lorraine continued .
“ Then I can actually do undercover investigative work and then report back to everybody after two weeks what it was like to be a contractor tracer .
I ’ m thinking about this .
This could be really good .
I think I like it .
@

DeAnna Lorraine, a failed Republican congressional candidate and right-wing conspiracy theorist, says she is planning to go “undercover” to expose the supposedly nefarious world of COVID-19 “contact tracing.”
For the last week, Lorraine has been freaking out about H.R. 6666, “The COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act,” which would provide $100 billion in grants to, among other things, trace the exposure and spread of the coronavirus. To say that Lorraine does not seem to understand some basic facts about the COVID-19 virus and pandemic would be a bit of an understatement.
During a livestream yesterday, Lorraine announced that she might apply for a job as a contract tracer so that she can expose what is really going on.
“What kind of soulless, pathetic person would take a job as a contact tracer and sell out their fellow Americans?” she asked. “Who would do that? But then I realized, well, Antifa has been out of work for a while and so has MS-13, so maybe someone like them.”
Lorraine then showed a list of organizations seeking to hire contract tracers, which she found highly suspicious.
“Apparently they get paid up to $55,000 for a contact tracing job,” she said. “Just look up contact tracing jobs—they’re everywhere. And it makes you wonder: If they really just figured this out, you know, they’re all figuring out this pandemic, how did it take them such a short amount of time to put together these contact tracing jobs and with all of these different companies? Things that make you go, ‘Hmmm.’ Was it a pandemic? Or was it a plandemic?”
“What about if I take one of these jobs, and I infiltrate the contact tracing companies, and I go undercover,” Lorraine continued. “Then I can actually do undercover investigative work and then report back to everybody after two weeks what it was like to be a contractor tracer. I’m thinking about this. This could be really good. I think I like it.”


rightwingwatch--2020-05-20--Oregon Republicans Nominate QAnon Believer for U.S. Senate

Republicans in the state of Oregon have voted to nominate someone who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory as their candidate for U.S. Senate in November ’ s election showdown .
Jo Rae Perkins , whom Right Wing Watch profiled in January , won her primary election yesterday in a blowout , stomping her next closest opponent by more than 50,000 votes , according to official results .
That means this November , Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley—an incumbent since 2009—will face an opponent who has engaged with and spread messages associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory , which posits that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting a behind-the-scenes war against a cabal of pedophiles and their protectors , who are hiding in plain sight in business , entertainment , and Democratic politics .
Believers of the conspiracy believe they are receiving updates on the covert operation to take down this cabal via cryptic riddles posted by an anonymous source on a far-right message board that , once decoded , reveal top-secret information .
Perkins shows no signs of cutting QAnon rhetoric from her campaign ; even as the primary approached , Perkins shared campaign materials featuring homages to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech Tuesday night , Perkins closed with an explicit acknowledgement of the QAnon movement .
“ We ’ re in this together .
It ’ s all for one , so let ’ s make it happen .
As all of us Q people like to say : ‘ Where we go one , we go all , ’ ” Perkins said as an audience member cheered .
In a video posted to Twitter earlier Tuesday , Perkins looks into the camera and says : “ I stand with President Trump .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thank you Anons and thank you patriots , and together we can save our Republic.
” Perkins received endorsements from Oregon Right to Life PAC and radio host Lars Larson , which she said at her victory party were “ huge ” for her candidacy .
Speaking to RWW in January , Perkins said that vocalizing her support of QAnon was “ a very , highly calculated risk ” and “ either pure genius or pure insanity.
” She said that she believed that there were many other candidates running this year who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just happened to be “ bold enough to say , ‘ Hey , I ’ m following Q because I want to know , because if the Q team is real , I want to know about it.
’ ” Additionally , Perkins will likely receive support from a small pro-QAnon Super PAC called “ Disarm the Deep State.
” The Super PAC ’ s site lists Perkins as a supported candidate , writing , “ Mrs .
Perkins is an avid follower of Q theory , and has be vocal in her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment .
It remains to be seen if the Oregon Republican Party and Republican National Committee will offer support for Perkins , who is among the dozens of QAnon supporters running for office this year .

Related Oregon Congressional Candidate Places Electoral Hopes on QAnon
Republicans in the state of Oregon have voted to nominate someone who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory as their candidate for U.S. Senate in November’s election showdown.
Jo Rae Perkins, whom Right Wing Watch profiled in January, won her primary election yesterday in a blowout, stomping her next closest opponent by more than 50,000 votes, according to official results. That means this November, Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley—an incumbent since 2009—will face an opponent who has engaged with and spread messages associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, which posits that President Donald Trump and his allies are fighting a behind-the-scenes war against a cabal of pedophiles and their protectors, who are hiding in plain sight in business, entertainment, and Democratic politics. Believers of the conspiracy believe they are receiving updates on the covert operation to take down this cabal via cryptic riddles posted by an anonymous source on a far-right message board that, once decoded, reveal top-secret information.
Perkins shows no signs of cutting QAnon rhetoric from her campaign; even as the primary approached, Perkins shared campaign materials featuring homages to the conspiracy theory. In her victory speech Tuesday night, Perkins closed with an explicit acknowledgement of the QAnon movement.
“We’re in this together. It’s all for one, so let’s make it happen. As all of us Q people like to say: ‘Where we go one, we go all,’” Perkins said as an audience member cheered.
In a video posted to Twitter earlier Tuesday, Perkins looks into the camera and says: “I stand with President Trump. I stand with Q and the team. Thank you Anons and thank you patriots, and together we can save our Republic.”
Perkins received endorsements from Oregon Right to Life PAC and radio host Lars Larson, which she said at her victory party were “huge” for her candidacy.
Speaking to RWW in January, Perkins said that vocalizing her support of QAnon was “a very, highly calculated risk” and “either pure genius or pure insanity.” She said that she believed that there were many other candidates running this year who believe in QAnon, but that she just happened to be “bold enough to say, ‘Hey, I’m following Q because I want to know, because if the Q team is real, I want to know about it.’”
Additionally, Perkins will likely receive support from a small pro-QAnon Super PAC called “Disarm the Deep State.” The Super PAC’s site lists Perkins as a supported candidate, writing, “Mrs. Perkins is an avid follower of Q theory, and has [been] vocal in her ideas behind the movement.”
Perkins did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. It remains to be seen if the Oregon Republican Party and Republican National Committee will offer support for Perkins, who is among the dozens of QAnon supporters running for office this year.


rightwingwatch--2020-05-21--Right Wing Round-Up: Positively Negative


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