humansarefree--2020-03-26--Suspending the Constitution: Police State Uses Crises to Expand Its Lockdown Powers

“ That was when they suspended the Constitution .
They said it would be temporary .
There wasn ’ t even any rioting in the streets .
People stayed home at night , watching television , looking for some direction .
There wasn ’ t even an enemy you could put your finger on.
” ― Margaret Atwood , The Handmaid ’ s Tale You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis , legitimate or manufactured .
This coronavirus pandemic is no exception .
Not only are the federal and state governments unraveling the constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are sending the economy into a tailspin and wreaking havoc with our liberties , but they are also rendering the citizenry fully dependent on the government for financial handouts , medical intervention , protection and sustenance .
Unless we find some way to rein in the government ’ s power grabs , the fall-out will be epic .
Everything I have warned about for years — government overreach , invasive surveillance , martial law , abuse of powers , militarized police , weaponized technology used to track and control the citizenry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment .
The government ’ s shameless exploitation of past national emergencies for its own nefarious purposes pales in comparison to what is presently unfolding .
Deploying the same strategy it used with 9/11 to acquire greater powers under the USA Patriot Act , the police state — a.k.a .
the shadow government , a.k.a .
the Deep State — has been anticipating this moment for years , quietly assembling a wish list of lockdown powers that could be trotted out and approved at a moment ’ s notice .
It should surprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump Administration has asked Congress to allow it to suspend parts of the Constitution whenever it deems it necessary during this coronavirus pandemic and “ other ” emergencies .
It ’ s that “ other ” emergencies part that should particularly give you pause , if not spur you to immediate action ( by action , I mean a loud and vocal , apolitical , nonpartisan outcry and sustained , apolitical , nonpartisan resistance ) .
In fact , the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) has been quietly trotting out and testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that override the Constitution .
We ’ re talking about lockdown powers ( at both the federal and state level ) : the ability to suspend the Constitution , indefinitely detain American citizens , bypass the courts , quarantine whole communities or segments of the population , override the First Amendment by outlawing religious gatherings and assemblies of more than a few people , shut down entire industries and manipulate the economy , muzzle dissidents , “ stop and seize any plane , train or automobile to stymie the spread of contagious disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a digital currency ( and thus further restrict the use of cash ) , determine who should live or die… You ’ re getting the picture now , right ?
These are powers the police state would desperately like to make permanent .
Specifically , the DOJ wants to be able to indefinitely detain American citizens without trial .
The DOJ also wants to be able to pause court proceedings and suspend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil cases .
Both signify a clear violation of every right espoused in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corpus , a fundamental tenet of English common law that guards against arbitrary and lawless state action , does not appear anywhere in the Bill of Rights .
Its importance was such that it was enshrined in the Constitution itself .
And it is of such magnitude that all other rights , including those in the Bill of Rights , are dependent upon it .
Without habeas corpus , the significance of all other rights crumbles .
The right of habeas corpus was important to the Framers of the Constitution because they knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be labeled enemy combatants , imprisoned indefinitely and not given the opportunity to appear before a neutral judge .
Believing that such arbitrary imprisonment is “ in all ages , the favorite and most formidable instrument of tyranny , ” the Founders were all the more determined to protect Americans from such government abuses .
Translated as “ you should have the body , ” habeas corpus is a legal action , or writ , by which those imprisoned unlawfully can seek relief from their imprisonment .
Derived from English common law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Magna Carta of 1215 and is the oldest human right in the history of English-speaking civilization .
The doctrine of habeas corpus stems from the requirement that a government must either charge a person or let him go free .
While serving as President , Thomas Jefferson addressed the essential necessity of habeas corpus .
In his first inaugural address on March 4 , 1801 , Jefferson said : “ I know , indeed , that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong ; that this government is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jefferson , our nation was “ the world ’ s best hope ” and , because of our strong commitment to democracy , “ the strongest government on earth.
” Jefferson said that the sum of this basic belief was found in the “ freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus ; and trial by juries impartially selected .
These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us , and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
” Throughout the twentieth century , the importance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeatedly been confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court .
Yet , 200-plus years after America ’ s founders risked their lives to secure their freedoms , we find ourselves right back where we started , with a government determined to strip us of every vestige of our freedoms .
The DOJ ’ s latest request to Congress is merely a signal that the police state is ready to step out of the shadows , with the current national emergency being a convenient cover for their dastardly deeds .
Bear in mind , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , acting on orders from the police state , are officially asking Congress to recognize and authorize barely scratch the surface of the far-reaching powers the government has already unilaterally claimed for itself .
Unofficially , the police state has been riding roughshod over the rule of law for years now without any pretense of being reined in or restricted in its power grabs by Congress , the courts or the citizenry .
As David C. Unger , observes in The Emergency State : America ’ s Pursuit of Absolute Security at All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive , unaccountable emergency state – a vast but increasingly misdirected complex of national security institutions , reflexes , and beliefs that so define our present world that we forget that there was ever a different America .
… “ Life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness have given way to permanent crisis management : to policing the planet and fighting preventative wars of ideological containment , usually on terrain chosen by , and favorable to , our enemies .
“ Limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aside by the kind of imperial presidency our constitutional system was explicitly designed to prevent.
” This rise of an “ emergency state ” that justifies all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security is all happening according to schedule .
The civil unrest , the national emergencies , “ unforeseen economic collapse , loss of functioning political and legal order , purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency , pervasive public health emergencies , and catastrophic natural and human disasters , ” the government ’ s reliance on the armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems , the implicit declaration of martial law packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation ’ s security : the powers-that-be have been planning and preparing for such a crisis for years now , not just with active shooter drills and lockdowns and checkpoints and heightened danger alerts , but with a sensory overload of militarized , battlefield images — in video games , in movies , on the news—that acclimate us to life in a police state .
Whether or not this particular crisis is of the government ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : to those for whom power and profit are everything , the end always justifies the means .
The seeds of this present madness were sown several decades ago when George W. Bush stealthily issued two presidential directives that granted the president the power to unilaterally declare a national emergency , which is loosely defined as “ any incident , regardless of location , that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties , damage , or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population , infrastructure , environment , economy , or government functions.
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government ( COG ) plan , these directives ( National Security Presidential Directive 51 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 ) , which do not need congressional approval , provide a skeletal outline of the actions the president will take in the event of a “ national emergency.
” Mind you , that national emergency can take any form , can be manipulated for any purpose and can be used to justify any end goal—all on the say so of the president .
Just what sort of actions the president will take once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be discerned from the barebones directives .
However , one thing is clear : in the event of a national emergency , the president will become a dictator because while the COG directives ensure the continuity of executive branch functions , they do not provide for repopulating or reconvening Congress or the Supreme Court .
Thus , a debilitating attack would give unchecked executive , legislative and judicial power to the executive branch and its unelected minions .
The country would then be subjected to martial law by default , and the Constitution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspended .
Originally devised as a plan for quickly restoring constitutional government , the COG concept arose during the Cold War .
The fear was that a nuclear strike would paralyze the federal government .
These concerns continued into the 1980s .
Under President Ronald Reagan , an elaborate plan was created in which three teams consisting of a cabinet member , an executive chief of staff and military and intelligence officials would practice evacuating and directing a counter nuclear strike against the Soviet Union from a variety of high-tech , mobile command @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president were both killed , one of these teams would take control , with the ranking cabinet official serving as president .
Among those Reagan handpicked to advise an inexperienced and potentially incompetent successor in a time of crisis were Congressman Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld , then a business executive with G. D. Searle & Co. At least once a year during the 1980s , Cheney and Rumsfeld vanished on top-secret training missions , where each of the teams practiced evacuating and directing a counter nuclear strike against Russia .
This all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2001 , when it became clear that the assumptions that drove COG planning during the Cold War no longer applied : there would be no warning against a so-called “ terrorist ” attack .
Thus , instead of relying on part-time bureaucrats and evacuation schematics , the Bush administration permanently appointed executive officials , stationed outside the capital , to run a shadow government .
The U.S. military has reportedly already been given standby orders under COG for this present coronavirus pandemic .
The plans for the shadow government administered by those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elaborate than many realize .
Massive underground bunkers the size of small cities are sprinkled throughout the country for the government elite to escape to in the event of a national emergency .
Mount Weather , near Bluemont , Va. , is one of a number of such facilities .
Built into the side of a mountain , this bunker contains , among other things , a hospital , crematorium , dining and recreation areas , sleeping quarters , reservoirs of drinking and cooling water , an emergency power plant and a radio/television @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Presidency at Mount Weather , which regularly receives top-secret national security information from all the federal departments and agencies .
This facility was largely unknown to everyone , including Congress , until it came to light in the mid-1970s .
Military personnel connected to the bunker have refused to reveal any information about it , even before congressional committees .
In fact , Congress has no oversight , budgetary or otherwise , on Mount Weather , and the specifics of the facility remain top-secret .
What is the bottom line here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and purposes , one crisis away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows , at which time democratic government will be dissolved and the country will be ruled by an unelected bureaucracy .
This is exactly the kind of mischief that Thomas Jefferson warned against when he cautioned : “ In questions of power , then , let no more be heard of confidence in man , but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
” Thus far , we have at least pretended that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who wrote our Constitution sought to ensure our freedoms by creating a document that protects our God-given rights at all times , even when we are engaged in war , whether that is a so-called war on terrorism , a so-called war on drugs , a so-called war on illegal immigration , or a so-called war on disease .
The attempts by each successive presidential administration to rule by fiat merely plays into the hands of those who would distort the government ’ s system of checks and balances and its constitutional separation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , these powers do not expire at the end of a president ’ s term .
They remain on the books , just waiting to be used or abused by the next political demagogue .
So , too , every action taken by Trump and his predecessors to weaken the system of checks and balances , sidestep the rule of law , and expand the power of the executive branch of government has made us that much more vulnerable to those who would abuse those powers in the future .
Although the Constitution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limited powers , in recent years , American presidents ( Trump , Obama , Bush , Clinton , etc . )
have claimed the power to completely and almost unilaterally alter the landscape of this country for good or for ill .
The Trump Administration ’ s willingness to circumvent the Constitution by leaning heavily on the president ’ s so-called emergency powers constitutes a gross perversion of what limited power the Constitution affords the executive branch .
The powers amassed by each successive president through the negligence of Congress and the courts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toolbox of terror for an imperial ruler — empower whomever occupies the Oval Office to act as a dictator , above the law and beyond any real accountability .
As law professor William P. Marshall explains , “ every extraordinary use of power by one President expands the availability of executive branch power for use by future Presidents.
” Moreover , it doesn ’ t even matter whether other presidents have chosen not to take advantage of any particular power , because “ it is a President ’ s action in using power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has the precedential significance.
” In other words , each successive president continues to add to his office ’ s list of extraordinary orders and directives , expanding the reach and power of the presidency and granting him- or herself near dictatorial powers .
This abuse of presidential powers has been going on for so long that it has become the norm , the Constitution be damned .
We no longer have a system of checks and balances .
“ The system of checks and balances that the Framers envisioned now lacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ balance , ” concludes Marshall .
“ The implications of this are serious .
The Framers designed a system of separation of powers to combat government excess and abuse and to curb incompetence .
They also believed that , in the absence of an effective separation-of-powers structure , such ills would inevitably follow .
Unfortunately , however , power once taken is not easily surrendered.
” All of the imperial powers amassed by Barack Obama and George W. Bush and now Trump — to kill American citizens without due process , to detain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to strip Americans of their citizenship rights , to carry out mass surveillance on Americans without probable cause , to wage wars without congressional authorization , to suspend laws during wartime , to disregard laws with which he might disagree , to conduct secret wars and convene secret courts , to sanction torture , to sidestep the legislatures and courts with executive orders and signing statements , to direct the military to operate beyond the reach of the law , to establish a standing army on American soil , to operate a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for any manipulated reason , and to act as a dictator and a tyrant , above the law and beyond any real accountability — have become a permanent part of the president ’ s toolbox of terror .
These presidential powers — acquired through the use of executive orders , decrees , memorandums , proclamations , national security directives and legislative signing statements and which can be activated by any sitting president — enable past , president and future presidents to operate above the law and beyond the reach of the Constitution .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is right around the corner .
Suddenly , the improbable possibility of any incumbent president attempting to extend the police state ’ s stranglehold on power by using current events to justify postponing or doing away with an election — forfeiting the people ’ s rights to govern altogether — and establishing a totalitarian regime seems less far-fetched than it did even a few years ago .
The emergency state is now out in the open for all to see .
Unfortunately , “ we the people ” refuse to see what ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fearful and easily controlled , would sooner rouse themselves to fight for that last roll of toilet paper than they would their own freedoms .
This is how freedom dies .
We erect our own prison walls , and as our rights dwindle away , we forge our own chains of servitude to the police state .
Be warned , however : once you surrender your freedoms to the government — no matter how compelling the reason might be for doing so — you can never get them back .
As I make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The War on the American People , no government willingly relinquishes power .
If we continue down this road , there can be no surprise about what awaits us at the end .
The America metamorphosing before our eyes is almost unrecognizable from the country I grew up in , and that ’ s not just tragic — it ’ s downright terrifying .
By John W. Whitehead , constitutional attorney and author of Battlefield America : The War on the American People .
He is the founder and president of The Rutherford @ @

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis, legitimate or manufactured.
This coronavirus pandemic is no exception.
Not only are the federal and state governments unraveling the constitutional fabric of the nation with lockdown mandates that are sending the economy into a tailspin and wreaking havoc with our liberties, but they are also rendering the citizenry fully dependent on the government for financial handouts, medical intervention, protection and sustenance.
Unless we find some way to rein in the government’s power grabs, the fall-out will be epic.
Everything I have warned about for years — government overreach, invasive surveillance, martial law, abuse of powers, militarized police, weaponized technology used to track and control the citizenry, and so on—has coalesced into this present moment.
The government’s shameless exploitation of past national emergencies for its own nefarious purposes pales in comparison to what is presently unfolding.
It’s downright Machiavellian.
Deploying the same strategy it used with 9/11 to acquire greater powers under the USA Patriot Act, the police state — a.k.a. the shadow government, a.k.a. the Deep State — has been anticipating this moment for years, quietly assembling a wish list of lockdown powers that could be trotted out and approved at a moment’s notice.
It should surprise no one, then, that the Trump Administration has asked Congress to allow it to suspend parts of the Constitution whenever it deems it necessary during this coronavirus pandemic and “other” emergencies.
It’s that “other” emergencies part that should particularly give you pause, if not spur you to immediate action (by action, I mean a loud and vocal, apolitical, nonpartisan outcry and sustained, apolitical, nonpartisan resistance).
In fact, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been quietly trotting out and testing a long laundry list of terrifying powers that override the Constitution.
We’re talking about lockdown powers (at both the federal and state level): the ability to suspend the Constitution, indefinitely detain American citizens, bypass the courts, quarantine whole communities or segments of the population, override the First Amendment by outlawing religious gatherings and assemblies of more than a few people, shut down entire industries and manipulate the economy, muzzle dissidents, “stop and seize any plane, train or automobile to stymie the spread of contagious disease,” reshape financial markets, create a digital currency (and thus further restrict the use of cash), determine who should live or die…
You’re getting the picture now, right?
These are powers the police state would desperately like to make permanent.
Specifically, the DOJ wants to be able to indefinitely detain American citizens without trial. The DOJ also wants to be able to pause court proceedings and suspend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil cases.
Both signify a clear violation of every right espoused in the Constitution, including habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus, a fundamental tenet of English common law that guards against arbitrary and lawless state action, does not appear anywhere in the Bill of Rights.
Its importance was such that it was enshrined in the Constitution itself. And it is of such magnitude that all other rights, including those in the Bill of Rights, are dependent upon it. Without habeas corpus, the significance of all other rights crumbles.
The right of habeas corpus was important to the Framers of the Constitution because they knew from personal experience what it was like to be labeled enemy combatants, imprisoned indefinitely and not given the opportunity to appear before a neutral judge.
Believing that such arbitrary imprisonment is “in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instrument of tyranny,” the Founders were all the more determined to protect Americans from such government abuses.
Translated as “you should have the body,” habeas corpus is a legal action, or writ, by which those imprisoned unlawfully can seek relief from their imprisonment.
Derived from English common law, habeas corpus first appeared in the Magna Carta of 1215 and is the oldest human right in the history of English-speaking civilization. The doctrine of habeas corpus stems from the requirement that a government must either charge a person or let him go free.
While serving as President, Thomas Jefferson addressed the essential necessity of habeas corpus. In his first inaugural address on March 4, 1801, Jefferson said:
“I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong; that this government is not strong enough.” But, said Jefferson, our nation was “the world’s best hope” and, because of our strong commitment to democracy, “the strongest government on earth.”
Jefferson said that the sum of this basic belief was found in the “freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.”
Throughout the twentieth century, the importance of the right of habeas corpus has repeatedly been confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yet, 200-plus years after America’s founders risked their lives to secure their freedoms, we find ourselves right back where we started, with a government determined to strip us of every vestige of our freedoms.
The DOJ’s latest request to Congress is merely a signal that the police state is ready to step out of the shadows, with the current national emergency being a convenient cover for their dastardly deeds.
Bear in mind, however, that these powers the Trump Administration, acting on orders from the police state, are officially asking Congress to recognize and authorize barely scratch the surface of the far-reaching powers the government has already unilaterally claimed for itself.
Unofficially, the police state has been riding roughshod over the rule of law for years now without any pretense of being reined in or restricted in its power grabs by Congress, the courts or the citizenry.
As David C. Unger, observes in The Emergency State: America’s Pursuit of Absolute Security at All Costs:
“For seven decades we have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive, unaccountable emergency state – a vast but increasingly misdirected complex of national security institutions, reflexes, and beliefs that so define our present world that we forget that there was ever a different America. …
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have given way to permanent crisis management: to policing the planet and fighting preventative wars of ideological containment, usually on terrain chosen by, and favorable to, our enemies.
“Limited government and constitutional accountability have been shouldered aside by the kind of imperial presidency our constitutional system was explicitly designed to prevent.”
This rise of an “emergency state” that justifies all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security is all happening according to schedule.
The civil unrest, the national emergencies, “unforeseen economic collapse, loss of functioning political and legal order, purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency, pervasive public health emergencies, and catastrophic natural and human disasters,” the government’s reliance on the armed forces to solve domestic political and social problems, the implicit declaration of martial law packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security: the powers-that-be have been planning and preparing for such a crisis for years now, not just with active shooter drills and lockdowns and checkpoints and heightened danger alerts, but with a sensory overload of militarized, battlefield images — in video games, in movies, on the news—that acclimate us to life in a police state.
Whether or not this particular crisis is of the government’s own making is not the point: to those for whom power and profit are everything, the end always justifies the means.
The seeds of this present madness were sown several decades ago when George W. Bush stealthily issued two presidential directives that granted the president the power to unilaterally declare a national emergency, which is loosely defined as “any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions.“
Comprising the country’s Continuity of Government (COG) plan, these directives (National Security Presidential Directive 51 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20), which do not need congressional approval, provide a skeletal outline of the actions the president will take in the event of a “national emergency.”
Mind you, that national emergency can take any form, can be manipulated for any purpose and can be used to justify any end goal—all on the say so of the president.
Just what sort of actions the president will take once he declares a national emergency can barely be discerned from the barebones directives.
However, one thing is clear: in the event of a national emergency, the president will become a dictator because while the COG directives ensure the continuity of executive branch functions, they do not provide for repopulating or reconvening Congress or the Supreme Court.
Thus, a debilitating attack would give unchecked executive, legislative and judicial power to the executive branch and its unelected minions. The country would then be subjected to martial law by default, and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be suspended.
Originally devised as a plan for quickly restoring constitutional government, the COG concept arose during the Cold War. The fear was that a nuclear strike would paralyze the federal government.
These concerns continued into the 1980s.
Under President Ronald Reagan, an elaborate plan was created in which three teams consisting of a cabinet member, an executive chief of staff and military and intelligence officials would practice evacuating and directing a counter nuclear strike against the Soviet Union from a variety of high-tech, mobile command vehicles.
If the president and vice president were both killed, one of these teams would take control, with the ranking cabinet official serving as president.
Among those Reagan handpicked to advise an inexperienced and potentially incompetent successor in a time of crisis were Congressman Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, then a business executive with G. D. Searle & Co.
At least once a year during the 1980s, Cheney and Rumsfeld vanished on top-secret training missions, where each of the teams practiced evacuating and directing a counter nuclear strike against Russia.
This all changed after the attacks of September 11, 2001, when it became clear that the assumptions that drove COG planning during the Cold War no longer applied: there would be no warning against a so-called “terrorist” attack.
Thus, instead of relying on part-time bureaucrats and evacuation schematics, the Bush administration permanently appointed executive officials, stationed outside the capital, to run a shadow government.
The U.S. military has reportedly already been given standby orders under COG for this present coronavirus pandemic.
The plans for the shadow government administered by those who run the Deep State are more elaborate than many realize. Massive underground bunkers the size of small cities are sprinkled throughout the country for the government elite to escape to in the event of a national emergency.
Mount Weather, near Bluemont, Va., is one of a number of such facilities. Built into the side of a mountain, this bunker contains, among other things, a hospital, crematorium, dining and recreation areas, sleeping quarters, reservoirs of drinking and cooling water, an emergency power plant and a radio/television studio.
There is also an Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, which regularly receives top-secret national security information from all the federal departments and agencies. This facility was largely unknown to everyone, including Congress, until it came to light in the mid-1970s.
Military personnel connected to the bunker have refused to reveal any information about it, even before congressional committees. In fact, Congress has no oversight, budgetary or otherwise, on Mount Weather, and the specifics of the facility remain top-secret.
What is the bottom line here?
We are, for all intents and purposes, one crisis away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows, at which time democratic government will be dissolved and the country will be ruled by an unelected bureaucracy.
This is exactly the kind of mischief that Thomas Jefferson warned against when he cautioned:
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Thus far, we have at least pretended that the government abides by the Constitution.
Those who wrote our Constitution sought to ensure our freedoms by creating a document that protects our God-given rights at all times, even when we are engaged in war, whether that is a so-called war on terrorism, a so-called war on drugs, a so-called war on illegal immigration, or a so-called war on disease.
The attempts by each successive presidential administration to rule by fiat merely plays into the hands of those who would distort the government’s system of checks and balances and its constitutional separation of powers beyond all recognition.
Remember, these powers do not expire at the end of a president’s term. They remain on the books, just waiting to be used or abused by the next political demagogue.
So, too, every action taken by Trump and his predecessors to weaken the system of checks and balances, sidestep the rule of law, and expand the power of the executive branch of government has made us that much more vulnerable to those who would abuse those powers in the future.
Although the Constitution invests the President with very specific, limited powers, in recent years, American presidents (Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, etc.) have claimed the power to completely and almost unilaterally alter the landscape of this country for good or for ill.
The Trump Administration’s willingness to circumvent the Constitution by leaning heavily on the president’s so-called emergency powers constitutes a gross perversion of what limited power the Constitution affords the executive branch.
The powers amassed by each successive president through the negligence of Congress and the courts — powers which add up to a toolbox of terror for an imperial ruler — empower whomever occupies the Oval Office to act as a dictator, above the law and beyond any real accountability.
As law professor William P. Marshall explains, “every extraordinary use of power by one President expands the availability of executive branch power for use by future Presidents.”
Moreover, it doesn’t even matter whether other presidents have chosen not to take advantage of any particular power, because “it is a President’s action in using power, rather than forsaking its use, that has the precedential significance.”
In other words, each successive president continues to add to his office’s list of extraordinary orders and directives, expanding the reach and power of the presidency and granting him- or herself near dictatorial powers.
This abuse of presidential powers has been going on for so long that it has become the norm, the Constitution be damned.
We no longer have a system of checks and balances.
“The system of checks and balances that the Framers envisioned now lacks effective checks and is no longer in balance,” concludes Marshall.
“The implications of this are serious. The Framers designed a system of separation of powers to combat government excess and abuse and to curb incompetence. They also believed that, in the absence of an effective separation-of-powers structure, such ills would inevitably follow. Unfortunately, however, power once taken is not easily surrendered.”
All of the imperial powers amassed by Barack Obama and George W. Bush and now Trump — to kill American citizens without due process, to detain suspects (including American citizens) indefinitely, to strip Americans of their citizenship rights, to carry out mass surveillance on Americans without probable cause, to wage wars without congressional authorization, to suspend laws during wartime, to disregard laws with which he might disagree, to conduct secret wars and convene secret courts, to sanction torture, to sidestep the legislatures and courts with executive orders and signing statements, to direct the military to operate beyond the reach of the law, to establish a standing army on American soil, to operate a shadow government, to declare national emergencies for any manipulated reason, and to act as a dictator and a tyrant, above the law and beyond any real accountability — have become a permanent part of the president’s toolbox of terror.
These presidential powers — acquired through the use of executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements and which can be activated by any sitting president — enable past, president and future presidents to operate above the law and beyond the reach of the Constitution.
Think on this: the presidential election is right around the corner.
Suddenly, the improbable possibility of any incumbent president attempting to extend the police state’s stranglehold on power by using current events to justify postponing or doing away with an election — forfeiting the people’s rights to govern altogether — and establishing a totalitarian regime seems less far-fetched than it did even a few years ago.
The emergency state is now out in the open for all to see. Unfortunately, “we the people” refuse to see what’s before us.
Most Americans, fearful and easily controlled, would sooner rouse themselves to fight for that last roll of toilet paper than they would their own freedoms.
This is how freedom dies.
We erect our own prison walls, and as our rights dwindle away, we forge our own chains of servitude to the police state.
Be warned, however: once you surrender your freedoms to the government — no matter how compelling the reason might be for doing so — you can never get them back.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, no government willingly relinquishes power.
If we continue down this road, there can be no surprise about what awaits us at the end.
The America metamorphosing before our eyes is almost unrecognizable from the country I grew up in, and that’s not just tragic — it’s downright terrifying.
By John W. Whitehead, Guest writer
By John W. Whitehead, constitutional attorney and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People. He is the founder and president of The Rutherford Institute.


humansarefree--2020-04-17--Who is Controlling the U.S. Response to COVID-19: The White House or Bill Gates?

My intent in what I write today is to present enough evidence so that by the time you finish reading this article , and watching a video I will include towards the end , that you will come to the conclusion that Bill Gates is indeed the one who has crafted the U.S. response to the current COVID19 pandemic .
President Trump started his current job as President of the United States in January of 2017 .
Based on the upcoming elections of November 2020 , his job will end either in January of 2021 , or January of 2025 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , lasting either 4 years , or 8 years at the most .
Bill Gates , on the other hand , is not an elected official .
As one of the wealthiest persons on the planet , he has influenced public health policy for decades , spanning the administration of several U.S. Presidents .
He is not going to end his job anytime soon , and it is doubtful that there is any entity on earth powerful enough to force him to do so .
Yesterday , April 7 , 2020 , President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no longer support the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , because he believes that this organization has handled the Coronavirus pandemic wrongly .
He stated that the World Health Organization receives more funding from the United States than any other country .
That may be true as far as countries go , but nobody contributes more to the World Health Organization than Bill Gates does , either directly through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , or through other organizations and enterprises he funds .
Bill Gates is richer and more powerful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and he is accountable to nobody .
So what is his ultimate purpose in the COVID19 response that he has crafted , and that has crippled the economy of not only the United States , but virtually every other country of the world as well ?
The Cure Can not Be Worse than the Problem ?
While it may seem like an eternity ago , when the White House COVID19 Task Force was setup just a little over 3 weeks ago , the recommendation was for all Americans to “ lock down ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , among other things .
As we watched with horror , the U.S. economy come to a screeching halt , and President Trump seemed to prepare the American public to go back to work and resume normal activities in the midst of the Coronavirus fear .
The statement he kept telling us was : The cure can not be worse than the problem .
He seemed to understand that the consequences , including health consequences , of keeping people out of work and socially isolated were far worse than fears of what the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advisers seemed to be reassuring us that it was mostly the aged and feeble who were at risk , and not the majority of the population .
But that all changed very quickly , and it was soon announced that these restrictions would continue for another 30 days .
Two doctors with national prominence have appeared with President Trump at most of the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings , and it is clear that these two doctors convinced President Trump to keep the country shut down longer than he apparently wanted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably does not know , is that both of these doctors have financial connections to Bill Gates .
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease ( NIAID ) , a division of National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) .
In 2019 the NIH announced it was spending $ 100 million ( U.S. Government funds ) “ to develop gene-based therapies for 2 diseases : HIV and sickle cell disease ( SCD ) .
” Dr. Fauci ’ s NIAID was part of this .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Foundation also pledged $ 100 million in a collaboration with the NIH .
The Gates Foundation and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) , a part of the NIH , are both currently exploring gene-based treatments for HIV , together with other therapies , and they noted that this collaboration will allow them to intensify their research , coordinate on their efforts , and accelerate studies into early clinical trials to testpromising interventions .
“ This collaboration is an ambitious step forward , harnessing the most cutting-edge scientific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HIV research infrastructure to one day deliver a cure and end the global HIV pandemic , ” said NIAID director Anthony S.Fauci , MD , in a statement announcing the initiative .
( Source . )
The drug company Moderna was the first company to receive funding to develop a vaccine for COVID19 .
It is to be developed under the leadership of Dr. Fauci and the NIAID .
Moderna dispatched vaccine vials to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) in Bethesda , Md .
The clinic aims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 25 healthy volunteers by late April .
The goal of the study will be to see if two doses of the vaccine are safe and produce a response in the immune system to fight off COVID-19 infection .
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Journal that this is an unprecedented speed at which a potential vaccine for a global disease outbreak could be created .
( Source . )
As we have previously reported , this vaccine is going to be an mRNA-based vaccine which has never previously been in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alter human DNA .
Moderna was already developing a potential mRNA-based vaccine along with Dr. Fauci and Bill Gates for HIV infection .
But thanks to the invoking of the PREP Act ( Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act ) for the first time in our nation ’ s history , the COVID19 vaccine is being fast-tracked without the usual testing and safety precautions , and will undoubtedly become the first mRNA-based vaccine to be tested in the U.S. and world population .
Dr. Debra Birx , the other doctor on the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Dr. Fauci on HIV/AIDS research and vaccine development , and also has financial ties to Bill Gates .
According to Patrick Howley , writing for the National File , Dr. Birx discarded several proposed models for the Coronavirus outbreak and chose a single model funded by Bill Gates , via the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ( IHME ) .
( Source . )
Deborah Birx Sits on the Board of The Global Fund , which is heavily funded by Bill Gates ’ organizational network , as journalist Jordan Schactel discovered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave the Global Fund a $ 750 million promissory note in 2012 .
The Global Fund explains , “ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a key partner of the Global Fund , providing cash contributions , actively participating on its board and committees , and supporting the Global Fund ’ s advocacy , communications and fundraising efforts .
The Gates Foundation has contributed US $ 2.24 billion to the Global Fund to date , and pledged US $ 760 million for the Global Fund ’ s Sixth Replenishment , covering 2020-2022.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ no secret , and in recent days he has made the media circuits to promote his agenda .
He wants the entire population vaccinated with a new mRNA-based COVID19 vaccine , and he wants the lock downs to continue until this vaccine is developed .
Once it is developed , only those who have a COVID19 vaccine certificate will be allowed to travel .
See : Bill Gates Calls for Vaccine Certificates as Requirement for Travel This is nothing new for Bill Gates .
This plan has been in place for many years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and world-wide lock down , he is coming close to seeing his dreams come true of vaccinating every human being on the planet with a vaccine that he funds .
People have been sounding the alarm on Bill Gates ’ global agenda for years , and not just those who take a skeptical view of vaccines .
Even some among the corporate-sponsored media have raised concerns over the years about Gates ’ control of global health and the influence he has over the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
See this 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been reporting for years that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest contributors to WHO , second only to the United States , and outspending all other nations of the world .
However , that is just measuring direct contributions .
The WHO derives less than 20 % of its budget from the governments of nations around the world .
The other 80 % + come from mostly private institutions and individuals .
WHO has two primary sources of revenue : • assessed contributions ( set amounts expected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by income and population ) and • voluntary contributions ( other funds provided by member states , plus contributions from private organizations and individuals ) .
The bulk of spending through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is for the development of vaccines .
They are behind the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization ( GAVI ) organization , which supplements what WHO spends on vaccine development .
As we reported here at Health Impact News back in January , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation teamed up with the Johns Hopkins Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forum last year to present Event 201 , which ran simulation exercises on how to plan for a world-wide pandemic due to a coronavirus , six weeks before the outbreak in Wuhan China occurred .
Almost everything they planned for has now happened with the current COVID19 reactions .
The only thing that has NOT happened , is an Internet blackout to control the flow of information .
The most likely reason this has not happened , is that the public for the most part has complied with their agenda and stayed home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unrest , which is something they probably were not anticipating , as there has been almost full compliance to locking down the country and destroying the economy .
And with everyone staying at home there has been a record surge in Internet usage as people are bored with nothing to do and are streaming content like never before .
If this were to be cutoff , most likely there would be civil unrest due to Americans ’ current addiction to entertainment .
So at least that allows Internet sites like Health Impact News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the controlled narrative coming from the corporate media and White House – for now .
To learn more about Bill Gates ’ global agenda , which goes beyond vaccinating everyone on the planet and includes digital currency and controlling the world banking system , this video report from Spiro Skouras is a MUST VIEWING while it is still available .
In a yet-to-be-published follow-up article I will speculate as to the motives behind Bill Gates and his global agenda , but I wanted to keep this article as factual as possible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone ’ s minds , if they follow the links provided in this article and watch Spiro ’ s video report above , that Bill Gates and not President Trump is currently calling the shots regarding the U.S. response to the COVID19 situation .
If President Trump truly represents the interests of the American population , he needs to set Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx apart and allow other voices to become part of the national dialogue who do not support Bill Gates ’ agenda .

My intent in what I write today is to present enough evidence so that by the time you finish reading this article, and watching a video I will include towards the end, that you will come to the conclusion that Billy Boy is indeed the one who has crafted the U.S. response to the current COVID19 pandemic.
President Trump started his current job as President of the United States in January of 2017. Based on the upcoming elections of November 2020, his job will end either in January of 2021, or January of 2025. His job is a temporary job, lasting either 4 years, or 8 years at the most.
Billy Boy, on the other hand, is not an elected official. As one of the wealthiest persons on the planet, he has influenced public health policy for decades, spanning the administration of several U.S. Presidents.
He is not going to end his job anytime soon, and it is doubtful that there is any entity on earth powerful enough to force him to do so.
Yesterday, April 7, 2020, President Trump announced that the United States may no longer support the World Health Organization (WHO), because he believes that this organization has handled the Coronavirus pandemic wrongly. He stated that the World Health Organization receives more funding from the United States than any other country.
That may be true as far as countries go, but nobody contributes more to the World Health Organization than Billy Boy does, either directly through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or through other organizations and enterprises he funds.
Billy Boy is richer and more powerful than most countries in the world, and he is accountable to nobody.
So what is his ultimate purpose in the COVID19 response that he has crafted, and that has crippled the economy of not only the United States, but virtually every other country of the world as well?
The Cure Cannot Be Worse than the Problem?
While it may seem like an eternity ago, when the White House COVID19 Task Force was setup just a little over 3 weeks ago, the recommendation was for all Americans to “lock down” for 15 days and practice social distancing, among other things.
As we watched with horror, the U.S. economy come to a screeching halt, and President Trump seemed to prepare the American public to go back to work and resume normal activities in the midst of the Coronavirus fear. The statement he kept telling us was:
The cure cannot be worse than the problem.
He seemed to understand that the consequences, including health consequences, of keeping people out of work and socially isolated were far worse than fears of what the Coronavirus could do.
Even his medical advisers seemed to be reassuring us that it was mostly the aged and feeble who were at risk, and not the majority of the population.
But that all changed very quickly, and it was soon announced that these restrictions would continue for another 30 days.
What changed?
Billy Boy Had Other Plans
Two doctors with national prominence have appeared with President Trump at most of the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings, and it is clear that these two doctors convinced President Trump to keep the country shut down longer than he apparently wanted to.
But what most of the country probably does not know, is that both of these doctors have financial connections to Billy Boy.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), a division of National Institutes of Health (NIH).
In 2019 the NIH announced it was spending $100 million (U.S. Government funds) “to develop gene-based therapies for 2 diseases: HIV and sickle cell disease (SCD).” Dr. Fauci’s NIAID was part of this.
In the same announcement, the Gates Foundation also pledged $100 million in a collaboration with the NIH.
The Gates Foundation and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the NIH, are both currently exploring gene-based treatments for HIV, together with other therapies, and they noted that this collaboration will allow them to intensify their research, coordinate on their efforts, and accelerate studies into early clinical trials to testpromising interventions.
“This collaboration is an ambitious step forward, harnessing the most cutting-edge scientific tools and NIH’s sizable global HIV research infrastructure to one day deliver a cure and end the global HIV pandemic,” said NIAID director Anthony S.Fauci, MD, in a statement announcing the initiative. (Source.)
The drug company Moderna was the first company to receive funding to develop a jjab for COVID19. It is to be developed under the leadership of Dr. Fauci and the NIAID.
Moderna dispatched jjab vials to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Md. The clinic aims to test the jjab on about 20 to 25 healthy volunteers by late April. The goal of the study will be to see if two doses of the jjab are safe and produce a response in the immune system to fight off COVID-19 infection.
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Journal that this is an unprecedented speed at which a potential jjab for a global disease outbreak could be created. (Source.)
As we have previously reported, this jjab is going to be an mRNA-based jjab which has never previously been in the market. It has the potential to alter human DNA.
Moderna was already developing a potential mRNA-based jjab along with Dr. Fauci and Billy Boy for HIV infection.
But thanks to the invoking of the PREP Act (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act) for the first time in our nation’s history, the COVID19 jjab is being fast-tracked without the usual testing and safety precautions, and will undoubtedly become the first mRNA-based jjab to be tested in the U.S. and world population.
Dr. Debra Birx, the other doctor on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has worked with Dr. Fauci on HIV/AIDS research and jjab development, and also has financial ties to Billy Boy.
According to Patrick Howley, writing for the National File, Dr. Birx discarded several proposed models for the Coronavirus outbreak and chose a single model funded by Billy Boy, via the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). (Source.)
Howley also reports:
Deborah Birx Sits on the Board of The Global Fund, which is heavily funded by Billy Boy’ organizational network, as journalist Jordan Schactel discovered. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave the Global Fund a $750 million promissory note in 2012.
The Global Fund explains, “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a key partner of the Global Fund, providing cash contributions, actively participating on its board and committees, and supporting the Global Fund’s advocacy, communications and fundraising efforts. The Gates Foundation has contributed US$2.24 billion to the Global Fund to date, and pledged US$760 million for the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment, covering 2020-2022.”
Billy Boy Global Agenda
Billy Boy’ global agenda is no secret, and in recent days he has made the media circuits to promote his agenda.
He wants the entire population vaccinated with a new mRNA-based COVID19 jjab, and he wants the lock downs to continue until this jjab is developed. Once it is developed, only those who have a COVID19 jjab certificate will be allowed to travel. See:
This is nothing new for Billy Boy. This plan has been in place for many years, and with the current Coronavirus scare and world-wide lock down, he is coming close to seeing his dreams come true of jjabing every human being on the planet with a jjab that he funds.
People have been sounding the alarm on Billy Boy’ global agenda for years, and not just those who take a skeptical view of jjabs. Even some among the corporate-sponsored media have raised concerns over the years about Gates’ control of global health and the influence he has over the World Health Organization (WHO).
See this 2017 article by Politico:
The media has been reporting for years that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest contributors to WHO, second only to the United States, and outspending all other nations of the world.
However, that is just measuring direct contributions. The WHO derives less than 20% of its budget from the governments of nations around the world. The other 80%+ come from mostly private institutions and individuals.
WHO has two primary sources of revenue:
assessed contributions (set amounts expected to be paid by member-state governments, scaled by income and population) and
voluntary contributions (other funds provided by member states, plus contributions from private organizations and individuals).
The bulk of spending through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is for the development of jjabs. They are behind the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) organization, which supplements what WHO spends on jjab development.
As we reported here at Health Impact News back in January, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation teamed up with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the World Economic Forum last year to present Event 201, which ran simulation exercises on how to plan for a world-wide pandemic due to a coronavirus, six weeks before the outbreak in Wuhan China occurred.
Almost everything they planned for has now happened with the current COVID19 reactions.
The only thing that has NOT happened, is an Internet blackout to control the flow of information.
The most likely reason this has not happened, is that the public for the most part has complied with their agenda and stayed home. There are no protests or civil unrest, which is something they probably were not anticipating, as there has been almost full compliance to locking down the country and destroying the economy.
And with everyone staying at home there has been a record surge in Internet usage as people are bored with nothing to do and are streaming content like never before. If this were to be cutoff, most likely there would be civil unrest due to Americans’ current addiction to entertainment.
So at least that allows Internet sites like Health Impact News to continue publishing information that is contrary to the controlled narrative coming from the corporate media and White House – for now.
To learn more about Billy Boy’ global agenda, which goes beyond jjabing everyone on the planet and includes digital currency and controlling the world banking system, this video report from Spiro Skouras is a MUST VIEWING while it is still available.
In a yet-to-be-published follow-up article I will speculate as to the motives behind Billy Boy and his global agenda, but I wanted to keep this article as factual as possible.
There should be little doubt left in anyone’s minds, if they follow the links provided in this article and watch Spiro’s video report above, that Billy Boy and not President Trump is currently calling the shots regarding the U.S. response to the COVID19 situation.
If President Trump truly represents the interests of the American population, he needs to set Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx apart and allow other voices to become part of the national dialogue who do not support Billy Boy’ agenda.
Source: HealthImpactNews.com


humansarefree--2020-04-17--Immunity Certificates: A Load of Nonsense and a Covert Op

“ Your papers , please .
You have none ?
You must go back into the dark.
” Once again , in this article , I step into the world of official gibberish about the epidemic and the virus and tests and so on .
I point out the internal contradictions in the government position .
And then I step back and look at what they ’ re really up to , in the way of a covert operation .
Let ’ s start with the official word on so-called immunity certificates .
POLITICIO , 4/10 : “ Dr .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , revealed Friday the federal government is considering issuing Americans certificates of immunity from the coronavirus , as the Trump administration works to better identify those who have been infected and restart the U.S. economy in the coming weeks.
” “ The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the U.S. , Fauci said.
” “ Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection , antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered [ and is immune ] , potentially allowing them to return to their jobs.
” Now let ’ s take that POLITICO article apart .
Immunity certificates would be issued to people who test POSITIVE on an antibody test .
Meaning : antibodies in a person ’ s body are a sign that he has gained immunity from the coronavirus .
But wait .
How about this ?
Science News , March 27 : “ Science News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Drexel University College of Medicine , about how antibody tests work and what are some of the challenges of developing the tests.
” “ Cairns : ‘ The big question is : Does a positive response for the antibodies mean that person is actively infected , or that they have been infected in the past [ and are now immune ] … ?
’ ” In other words , when you penetrate an inch below the surface , you find there are even official / mainstream doubts , grave doubts about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It could mean IMMUNE or it could mean INFECTED .
This would be like saying , “ The photo either proves there was a sixteen-car wreck on Highway 5 or it was smooth sailing and there was no accident at all.
” Actually , since 1984 , a positive antibody test has generally been taken to mean the person is infected , has the disease in question .
So why the sudden turnaround now ?
Why are Fauci and other government officials claiming that a positive antibody test signals immunity ?
Answer : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this simple and quick antibody test ( much quicker and easier to perform than the current PCR test ) , a reason is invented for issuing immunity certificates .
And this is what the goal is .
Introduce the population to immunity certificates .
As a tune-up for the underlying operation , which is : Immunity certificates for people who eventually receive vaccinations against COVID-19 ( and , finally , all vaccines ) .
Just take the COVID-19 vaccine and you ’ ll be immune and you can carry with you a certificate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WILL be allowed to go here and there and live a normal life .
With your paper or digital or tattoo immunity certificate .
Whether the certificate plan will be enacted this time around ( COVID-19 ) , or in the next fake pandemic , remains to be seen .
But the IDEA is now firmly planted in the public mind .
You can win a “ gold star ” on the blackboard from the teacher — your certificate to a better life .
Just obey and follow orders .
TAKE THE VACCINE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or be limited .
If , indeed , we see a COVID-19 vaccine introduced , another variation on this operation would be : “ Under Emergency regulations , everyone must take the shot.
” But when you do , you ’ ll get your very valuable certificate of immunity .
You ’ ll win a prize .
Isn ’ t that wonderful ?
And in this article , I haven ’ t discussed questions about what would actually be IN the COVID-19 vaccine .
I took up that subject in a recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DNA technology , if introduced , would PERMANENTLY alter the genetic makeup of the vaccine-recipient .
And meanwhile…don ’ t you just love the idea of the government first locking you up , and then “ freeing ” you with an official seal of approval ?
“ The gate is open for you , sir .
You have your papers .
But you , sir , you must go back .
No papers .
”

“Your papers, please. You have none? You must go back into the dark.”
Once again, in this article, I step into the world of official gibberish about the epidemic and the virus and tests and so on. I point out the internal contradictions in the government position. And then I step back and look at what they’re really up to, in the way of a covert operation.
Let’s start with the official word on so-called immunity certificates.
POLITICIO, 4/10: “Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, revealed Friday the federal government is considering issuing Americans certificates of immunity from the coronavirus, as the Trump administration works to better identify those who have been infected and restart the U.S. economy in the coming weeks.”
“The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the U.S., Fauci said.”
“Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to determine if an individual has an active infection, antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered [and is immune], potentially allowing them to return to their jobs.”
Now let’s take that POLITICO article apart.
Immunity certificates would be issued to people who test POSITIVE on an antibody test. Meaning: antibodies in a person’s body are a sign that he has gained immunity from the coronavirus.
But wait. How about this?
Science News, March 27: “Science News spoke with… Charles Cairns, dean of the Drexel University College of Medicine, about how antibody tests work and what are some of the challenges of developing the tests.”
“Cairns: ‘The big question is: Does a positive response for the antibodies mean that person is actively infected, or that they have been infected in the past [and are now immune]…?’”
What??
In other words, when you penetrate an inch below the surface, you find there are even official / mainstream doubts, grave doubts about the meaning of a positive antibody test. It could mean IMMUNE or it could mean INFECTED.
This would be like saying, “The photo either proves there was a sixteen-car wreck on Highway 5 or it was smooth sailing and there was no accident at all.”
Actually, since 1984, a positive antibody test has generally been taken to mean the person is infected, has the disease in question.
So why the sudden turnaround now? Why are Fauci and other government officials claiming that a positive antibody test signals immunity?
Answer: Because, with the widespread use of this simple and quick antibody test (much quicker and easier to perform than the current PCR test), a reason is invented for issuing immunity certificates. And this is what the goal is. Introduce the population to immunity certificates.
As a tune-up for the underlying operation, which is:
Immunity certificates for people who eventually receive vaccinations against COVID-19 (and, finally, all jjabs).
Just take the COVID-19 jjab and you’ll be immune and you can carry with you a certificate, wherever you go — and you WILL be allowed to go here and there and live a normal life. With your paper or digital or tattoo immunity certificate.
Whether the certificate plan will be enacted this time around (COVID-19), or in the next fake pandemic, remains to be seen. But the IDEA is now firmly planted in the public mind. You can win a “gold star” on the blackboard from the teacher — your certificate to a better life. Just obey and follow orders. TAKE THE VACCINE.
Carrot and stick. Be free, or be limited.
If, indeed, we see a COVID-19 jjab introduced, another variation on this operation would be: “Under Emergency regulations, everyone must take the shot.” But when you do, you’ll get your very valuable certificate of immunity. You’ll win a prize. Isn’t that wonderful?
No. It isn’t.
It’s Corona Bologna.
It’s all about CONTROL.
And in this article, I haven’t discussed questions about what would actually be IN the COVID-19 jjab. I took up that subject in a recent piece about DNA jjabs.
The new DNA technology, if introduced, would PERMANENTLY alter the genetic makeup of the jjab-recipient.
And meanwhile…don’t you just love the idea of the government first locking you up, and then “freeing” you with an official seal of approval?
“The gate is open for you, sir. You have your papers. But you, sir, you must go back. No papers.”
By Jon Rappoport, Guest writer


humansarefree--2020-04-17--What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?

“ The fact is that the government , like a highwayman , says to a man : Your money , or your life .
And many , if not most , taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat .
The government does not , indeed , waylay a man in a lonely place , spring upon him from the road side , and , holding a pistol to his head , proceed to rifle his pockets .
But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account ; and it is far more dastardly and shameful.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and legal theorist Cash may well become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic .
As these COVID-19 lockdowns drag out , more and more individuals and businesses are going cashless ( for convenience and in a so-called effort to avoid spreading coronavirus germs ) , engaging in online commerce or using digital forms of currency ( bank cards , digital wallets , etc. )
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As a result , physical cash is no longer king .
Yet there are other , more devious , reasons for this re-engineering of society away from physical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitored , controlled , manipulated , weaponized and locked down — would play right into the hands of the government ( and its corporate partners ) .
To this end , the government and its corporate partners-in-crime have been waging a subtle war on cash for some time now .
What is this war on cash ?
It ’ s a concerted campaign to shift consumers towards a digital mode of commerce that can easily be monitored , tracked , tabulated , mined for data , hacked , hijacked and confiscated when convenient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The real reason for this war on cash — start with the big bills and then work your way down — is an ugly power grab by Big Government .
People will have less privacy : Electronic commerce makes it easier for Big Brother to see what we ’ re doing , thereby making it simpler to bar activities it doesn ’ t like , such as purchasing salt , sugar , big bottles of soda and Big Macs.
” Much like the war on drugs and the war on terror , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is being sold to the public as a means of fighting terrorists , drug dealers , tax evaders and now COVID-19 germs .
Digital currency provides the government and its corporate partners with the ultimate method to track , control you and punish you .
In recent years , just the mere possession of significant amounts of cash could implicate you in suspicious activity and label you a criminal .
The rationale ( by police ) is that cash is the currency for illegal transactions given that it ’ s harder to track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrants , and denies the government its share of the “ take , ” so doing away with paper money will help law enforcement fight crime and help the government realize more revenue .
Despite what we know about the government and its history of corruption , bumbling , fumbling and data breaches , not to mention how easily technology can be used against us , the campaign to do away with cash is really not a hard sell .
It ’ s not a hard sell , that is , if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the government has become a grand master in the art of getting the citizenry to do exactly what it wants .
Remember , this is the same government that plans to use behavioral science tactics to “ nudge ” citizens to comply with the government ’ s public policy and program initiatives .
It ’ s also not a hard sell if you belong to the Digital Generation , that segment of the population for whom technology is second nature and “ the first generation born into a world that has never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s certainly not a hard sell if you belong to the growing class of Americans who use their cell phones to pay bills , purchase goods , and transfer funds .
In much the same way that Americans have opted into government surveillance through the convenience of GPS devices and cell phones , digital cash — the means of paying with one ’ s debit card , credit card or cell phone — is becoming the de facto commerce of the American police state .
Not too long ago , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and credit cards altogether by 2020 .
Right on schedule , a growing number of businesses are adopting no-cash policies , including certain airlines , hotels , rental car companies , restaurants and retail stores .
In Sweden , even the homeless and churches accept digital cash .
Making the case for “ never , ever carrying cash ” in lieu of a digital wallet , journalist Lisa Rabasca Roepe argues that cash is inconvenient , ATM access is costly , and it ’ s now possible to reimburse people using digital apps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s no longer a need for cash .
“ More and more retailers and grocery stores are embracing Apple Pay , Google Wallet , Samsung Pay , and Android Pay , ” notes Roepe .
“ PayPal ’ s app is now accepted at many chain stores including Barnes & Noble , Foot Locker , Home Depot , and Office Depot .
Walmart and CVS have both developed their own payment apps while their competitors Target and RiteAid are working on their own apps.
” It ’ s not just cash that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing number of states are looking to adopt digital driver ’ s licenses that would reside on your mobile phone .
These licenses would include all of the information contained on your printed license , along with a few “ extras ” such as real-time data downloaded directly from your state ’ s Department of Motor Vehicles .
Of course , reading between the lines , having a digital driver ’ s license will open you up to much the same jeopardy as digital cash : it will make it possible for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitor your activities and communications and ultimately shut you down .
So what ’ s the deal here ?
Despite all of the advantages that go along with living in a digital age — namely , convenience — it ’ s hard to imagine how a cashless world navigated by way of a digital wallet doesn ’ t signal the beginning of the end for what little privacy we have left and leave us vulnerable to the likes of government thieves and data hackers .
First , when I say privacy , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things that you don ’ t want people to know about , those little things you do behind closed doors that are neither illegal nor harmful but embarrassing or intimate .
I am also referring to the things that are deeply personal and which no one need know about , certainly not the government and its constabulary of busybodies , nannies , Peeping Toms , jail wardens and petty bureaucrats .
Second , we ’ re already witnessing how easy it will be for government agents to manipulate digital wallets for their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forfeiture schemes are becoming even more profitable for police agencies thanks to ERAD ( Electronic Recovery and Access to Data ) devices supplied by the Department of Homeland Security that allow police to not only determine the balance of any magnetic-stripe card ( i.e.
, debit , credit and gift cards ) but also freeze and seize any funds on pre-paid money cards .
In fact , the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it does not violate the Fourth Amendment for police to scan or swipe your credit card .
Third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while Americans have been distracted by the government ’ s costly war on terror , “ the financial system , working hand-in-hand with policymakers , has done more damage to Americans than terrorists could possibly inflict.
” Ultimately , as Roberts — who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan — makes clear , the war on cash is about giving the government the ultimate control of the economy and complete access to the citizenry ’ s pocketbook .
Fourth , if there ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So far , every technological convenience that has made our lives easier has also become our Achilles ’ heel , opening us up to greater vulnerabilities from hackers and government agents alike .
In recent years , the U.S. government has been repeatedly hacked .
In 2015 , the Office of Personnel Management had more than 20 million personnel files stolen , everything from Social Security numbers to birth dates and fingerprint records .
In 2014 , it was the White House , the State Department , the Post Office and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of financial institutions , retailers and entertainment giants that had their files breached .
And these are the people in charge of protecting our sensitive information ?
Fifth , if there ’ s one entity that will not stop using cash for its own nefarious purposes , it ’ s the U.S. government .
Cash is the currency used by the government to pay off its foreign “ associates.
” For instance , the Obama administration flew more than $ 400 million in cash to Iran , reportedly as part of a financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the money was ransom paid for the return of American hostages .
And then there was the $ 12 billion in shrink-wrapped $ 100 bills that the U.S. flew to Iraq only to claim it had no record of what happened to the money .
It just disappeared , we were told .
So when government economists tell you that two-thirds of all $ 100 bills in circulation are overseas — more than half a trillion dollars ’ worth — it ’ s a pretty good bet that the government played a significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this drive to do away with cash is part of a larger global trend driven by international financial institutions and the United Nations that is transforming nations of all sizes , from the smallest nation to the biggest , most advanced economies .
Finally , short of returning to a pre-technological , Luddite age , there ’ s really no way to pull this horse back now that it ’ s left the gate .
While doing so is near impossible , it would also mean doing without the many conveniences and advantages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you will , of technology ’ s totalitarian tendencies : the internet , medical advances , etc .
To our detriment , we have virtually no control over who accesses our private information , how it is stored , or how it is used .
Whether we ever had much control remains up for debate .
However , in terms of our bargaining power over digital privacy rights , we have been reduced to a pitiful , unenviable position in which we can only hope and trust that those in power will treat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we have come full circle , back to a pre-revolutionary era of taxation without any real representation .
By John W. Whitehead , constitutional attorney and author of Battlefield America : The War on the American People .
He is the founder and president of The Rutherford Institute .

“The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful.” — Lysander Spooner, American abolitionist and legal theorist
Cash may well become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As these COVID-19 lockdowns drag out, more and more individuals and businesses are going cashless (for convenience and in a so-called effort to avoid spreading coronavirus germs), engaging in online commerce or using digital forms of currency (bank cards, digital wallets, etc.). As a result, physical cash is no longer king.
Yet there are other, more devious, reasons for this re-engineering of society away from physical cash: a cashless society — easily monitored, controlled, manipulated, weaponized and locked down — would play right into the hands of the government (and its corporate partners).
To this end, the government and its corporate partners-in-crime have been waging a subtle war on cash for some time now.
What is this war on cash?
It’s a concerted campaign to shift consumers towards a digital mode of commerce that can easily be monitored, tracked, tabulated, mined for data, hacked, hijacked and confiscated when convenient.
According to economist Steve Forbes, “The real reason for this war on cash — start with the big bills and then work your way down — is an ugly power grab by Big Government. People will have less privacy: Electronic commerce makes it easier for Big Brother to see what we’re doing, thereby making it simpler to bar activities it doesn’t like, such as purchasing salt, sugar, big bottles of soda and Big Macs.”
Much like the war on drugs and the war on terror, this so-called “war on cash” is being sold to the public as a means of fighting terrorists, drug dealers, tax evaders and now COVID-19 germs.
Digital currency provides the government and its corporate partners with the ultimate method to track, control you and punish you.
In recent years, just the mere possession of significant amounts of cash could implicate you in suspicious activity and label you a criminal. The rationale (by police) is that cash is the currency for illegal transactions given that it’s harder to track, can be used to pay illegal immigrants, and denies the government its share of the “take,” so doing away with paper money will help law enforcement fight crime and help the government realize more revenue.
Despite what we know about the government and its history of corruption, bumbling, fumbling and data breaches, not to mention how easily technology can be used against us, the campaign to do away with cash is really not a hard sell.
It’s not a hard sell, that is, if you know the right buttons to push, and the government has become a grand master in the art of getting the citizenry to do exactly what it wants. Remember, this is the same government that plans to use behavioral science tactics to “nudge” citizens to comply with the government’s public policy and program initiatives.
It’s also not a hard sell if you belong to the Digital Generation, that segment of the population for whom technology is second nature and “the first generation born into a world that has never not known digital life.”
And it’s certainly not a hard sell if you belong to the growing class of Americans who use their cell phones to pay bills, purchase goods, and transfer funds.
In much the same way that Americans have opted into government surveillance through the convenience of GPS devices and cell phones, digital cash — the means of paying with one’s debit card, credit card or cell phone — is becoming the de facto commerce of the American police state.
Not too long ago, it was estimated that smart phones would replace cash and credit cards altogether by 2020. Right on schedule, a growing number of businesses are adopting no-cash policies, including certain airlines, hotels, rental car companies, restaurants and retail stores. In Sweden, even the homeless and churches accept digital cash.
Making the case for “never, ever carrying cash” in lieu of a digital wallet, journalist Lisa Rabasca Roepe argues that cash is inconvenient, ATM access is costly, and it’s now possible to reimburse people using digital apps such as Venmo. Thus, there’s no longer a need for cash.
“More and more retailers and grocery stores are embracing Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay,” notes Roepe.
“PayPal’s app is now accepted at many chain stores including Barnes & Noble, Foot Locker, Home Depot, and Office Depot. Walmart and CVS have both developed their own payment apps while their competitors Target and RiteAid are working on their own apps.”
It’s not just cash that is going digital, either.
A growing number of states are looking to adopt digital driver’s licenses that would reside on your mobile phone. These licenses would include all of the information contained on your printed license, along with a few “extras” such as real-time data downloaded directly from your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
Of course, reading between the lines, having a digital driver’s license will open you up to much the same jeopardy as digital cash: it will make it possible for the government to better track your movements, monitor your activities and communications and ultimately shut you down.
So what’s the deal here?
Despite all of the advantages that go along with living in a digital age — namely, convenience — it’s hard to imagine how a cashless world navigated by way of a digital wallet doesn’t signal the beginning of the end for what little privacy we have left and leave us vulnerable to the likes of government thieves and data hackers.
First, when I say privacy, I’m not just referring to the things that you don’t want people to know about, those little things you do behind closed doors that are neither illegal nor harmful but embarrassing or intimate. I am also referring to the things that are deeply personal and which no one need know about, certainly not the government and its constabulary of busybodies, nannies, Peeping Toms, jail wardens and petty bureaucrats.
Second, we’re already witnessing how easy it will be for government agents to manipulate digital wallets for their own gain. For example, civil asset forfeiture schemes are becoming even more profitable for police agencies thanks to ERAD (Electronic Recovery and Access to Data) devices supplied by the Department of Homeland Security that allow police to not only determine the balance of any magnetic-stripe card (i.e., debit, credit and gift cards) but also freeze and seize any funds on pre-paid money cards.
In fact, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it does not violate the Fourth Amendment for police to scan or swipe your credit card.
Third, as commentator Paul Craig Roberts observed, while Americans have been distracted by the government’s costly war on terror, “the financial system, working hand-in-hand with policymakers, has done more damage to Americans than terrorists could possibly inflict.”
Ultimately, as Roberts — who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan — makes clear, the war on cash is about giving the government the ultimate control of the economy and complete access to the citizenry’s pocketbook.
Fourth, if there’s a will, there’s a way. So far, every technological convenience that has made our lives easier has also become our Achilles’ heel, opening us up to greater vulnerabilities from hackers and government agents alike. In recent years, the U.S. government has been repeatedly hacked.
In 2015, the Office of Personnel Management had more than 20 million personnel files stolen, everything from Social Security numbers to birth dates and fingerprint records. In 2014, it was the White House, the State Department, the Post Office and other government agencies, along with a host of financial institutions, retailers and entertainment giants that had their files breached. And these are the people in charge of protecting our sensitive information?
Fifth, if there’s one entity that will not stop using cash for its own nefarious purposes, it’s the U.S. government. Cash is the currency used by the government to pay off its foreign “associates.”
For instance, the Obama administration flew more than $400 million in cash to Iran, reportedly as part of a financial settlement with the country. Critics claim the money was ransom paid for the return of American hostages.
And then there was the $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills that the U.S. flew to Iraq only to claim it had no record of what happened to the money. It just disappeared, we were told.
So when government economists tell you that two-thirds of all $100 bills in circulation are overseas — more than half a trillion dollars’ worth — it’s a pretty good bet that the government played a significant part in their export.
Sixth, this drive to do away with cash is part of a larger global trend driven by international financial institutions and the United Nations that is transforming nations of all sizes, from the smallest nation to the biggest, most advanced economies.
Finally, short of returning to a pre-technological, Luddite age, there’s really no way to pull this horse back now that it’s left the gate. While doing so is near impossible, it would also mean doing without the many conveniences and advantages that are the better angels, if you will, of technology’s totalitarian tendencies: the internet, medical advances, etc.
To our detriment, we have virtually no control over who accesses our private information, how it is stored, or how it is used. Whether we ever had much control remains up for debate.
However, in terms of our bargaining power over digital privacy rights, we have been reduced to a pitiful, unenviable position in which we can only hope and trust that those in power will treat our information with respect.
Clearly, as I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we have come full circle, back to a pre-revolutionary era of taxation without any real representation.
By John W. Whitehead, constitutional attorney and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People. He is the founder and president of The Rutherford Institute.


humansarefree--2020-04-17--Pope Francis Preached A ‘Universal Basic Income’ To Spread ‘Benefits Of Globalization’ On Easter Sun

Pope Francis Preached A ‘Universal Basic Income’ To Spread ‘Benefits Of Globalization’ On Easter Sunday

If you think that someone who calls themselves ‘ holy father ’ and the ‘ vicar of christ ’ would @ @ @ @ @ Jesus on Easter morning , you ’ d be wrong .
“ This may be @ @ @ @ @ universal basic wage which would acknowledge and dignify the noble , essential tasks you carry @ @ @ @ @ wrote .
“ It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal , at once so @ @ @ @ @ of no worker without rights.
” The pope also said that some low-income workers “ @ @ @ @ @ benefits of globalization .
”

If you think that someone who calls themselves ‘holy father’ and the ‘vicar of christ’ would be excited to preach about Jesus on Easter morning, you’d be wrong.
“This may be the time to consider a universal basic wage which would acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out,” pope Francis wrote.
“It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal, at once so human and so Christian, of no worker without rights.”
The pope also said that some low-income workers “have been excluded from the benefits of globalization.”
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who ‘s Global Objective is to Indoctrinate our children with
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Source: Nowtheendbegins.com