thelibertybeacon--2020-09-13--Vote-by-Mail Issue Could Lead to Violence

Electoral uncertainty is being promoted by both parties The debate over voting by mail in America in November generally is defined by the interests of the two major political parties .
Democrats insist that such voting enfranchises large numbers of citizens who would not otherwise be able to vote and is also secure .
The Republicans argue that a large volume of voting by mail will guarantee that the election results will not be known for some time after the election and also that casting a ballot without being physically present increases the possibility of fraud .
Beyond that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in New York State suggest that there can be considerable delays in the mechanics of actually counting the ballots , while many ballots were also completely invalidated for various reasons , but some states like Oregon and Utah have been successfully using mail-in for years .
So essentially the argument is a political one .
The Democrats are expecting that most voters who postal vote will vote for them while the Republicans would like to repress that type of voting precisely for the same reason , i.e .
that it would likely benefit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There will certainly be both detected and undetected fraud in the voting , but the questions are “ How much ?
” and “ Will it affect any results ?
” If the fraud is not significant many would argue that it is a price that should be paid to improve voter turnout .
Elections are run at the state and county level in the United States , not nationally .
A recent review of procedures to register and vote in my home state of Virginia determined that one can both register and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The registration process can be accomplished by filling out an online form , which is linked here .
Note particularly the following : the form requires one to check the box indicating U.S. citizenship .
It then asks for name and address as well as social security number , date of birth and whether one has a criminal record or is otherwise disqualified to vote .
You then have to sign and date the document and mail it off .
Within ten days , you should receive a voter ’ s registration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you vote in person , though even that is not required .
It is important to consider no documents have to be presented to support the application , which means that all the information can be false .
You can even opt out of providing a social security number by indicating that you have never been issued one , even though the form indicates that you must have one to be registered , and you can also submit a temporary address by claiming you are “ homeless.
” Even date of birth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not ask where you were born , which is how birth records are filed by state and local governments .
Ultimately , it is only the social security number that validates the document and that is what also appears on the Voter ’ s ID Card , but even that can be false or completely fabricated , as many illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. have discovered .
In a state like Virginia , the actual mail-in ballot requires your signature and that of a witness , who can be anyone .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Thirty-one states require your own signature while only three states require that the document be notarized , a good safeguard since it requires the voter to actually produce some documentation .
Seven states require your additional signature on the ballot envelope and two states require that a photocopy of the voter ID accompany the ballot .
In other words , the safeguards in the system vary from state to state but in most cases , fraud would be relatively easy .
Possible fraud in the voting not to mention delays in post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have , not surprisingly , political consequences that are beginning to surface in discussions of what might actually happen the night of the election .
If the civil disturbances that have been occurring over the past three months continue and the Republicans are successful in hammering on the law-and-order theme , it is likely that the results of the presidential vote will be much tighter than some current polls seem to suggest .
So , what happens on the day after ?
Well , the elections in 2000 and 2016 suggest that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George W. Bush defeated Al Gore even though the latter had more votes nationally .
There was considerable fear that violence might result , but the issue was resolved by a recount in Florida followed by a Supreme Court ruling and Bush ’ s legitimacy , though questioned , was conceded .
In 2016 , of course , Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes than Donald Trump but his large majority in the Electoral College meant that the result was largely unchallenged , though it was soon to be attributed to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different due to the simmering anger over coronavirus measures as well as the racial turmoil .
That might not matter much but for the fact that President Donald Trump has opened the door to discussion of possible fraud in the election and has also suggested that the result might not be legitimate .
He has particularly focused on mail-in voting and it has been conjectured that he might be deliberately taking steps to hinder post office ability to deliver the ballots on time .
The viral badinage appears to be working for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that only 45 % of prospective voters are confident of the integrity of election results .
What might be coming , from one perspective , is suggested by a Trump tweet from the November 2018 election in Florida , in which he declared “ The Florida Election should be called in favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere , and many ballots are missing or forged .
An honest vote count is no longer possible-ballots massively infected .
Must go with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on July 30th , Trump tweeted “ With Universal Mail-In Voting ( not Absentee Voting , which is good ) , 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history .
It will be a great embarrassment to the USA .
Delay the Election until people can properly , securely and safely vote ?
?
?
” The president has also claimed repeatedly that the Democrats are trying to “ steal the election.
” House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has predictably made matters worse by asserting that “ …sadly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and honoring our Constitution are right at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with their allies in the Congress of the United States… They ’ re doing everything they can [ to ] suppress the vote with [ their ] actions : scare people , intimidate by saying law enforcement will be there , diminish the role of the postal system in all of this .
It ’ s really , actually shameful.
” She called them “ Enemies of the state , ” a version of Hillary Clinton ’ s famous faux pas in declaring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deplorables.
” Pelosi also has called for cancellation of the planned presidential debates between Trump and Biden , saying she does not want to legitimize any conversation with the president .
She has also added fuel to the fire by claiming that Trump is “ …welcom [ ing ] , in fact , Russian intervention , letting Putin decide who will be President instead of the American people.
” So , the stage is set for some very significant grievances to play out from either side .
It is being suggested that Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which he does not have the power to do , or let it take place in expectation that he will have the lead in conventionally cast votes when the polls close and will be able to declare both victory and that the election is over without any further counting because of fraud on the mail-in ballots .
If , on the other hand , Trump loses , the argument could be broadened , with the president calling the all of the voting invalid because of widespread mail-in fraud .
As more Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the political system while also being ideologically divided into various camps characterized by hard core support of positions that are impossible to reconcile , the situation could explode .
And , one must point out , more Americans are armed than ever before while they continue to buy weapons at a record rate .
Throw into the mix a police force that is demoralized and evidently increasingly incapable of dealing with civil unrest and November 3rd ’ s election could well unleash forces that could make the rioting and violence that is sweeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article ( click on image below to read article ) :

Vote-by-Mail Issue Could Lead to Violence
Electoral uncertainty is being promoted by both parties
By: Philip M. Giraldi
The debate over voting by mail in America in November generally is defined by the interests of the two major political parties. Democrats insist that such voting enfranchises large numbers of citizens who would not otherwise be able to vote and is also secure. The Republicans argue that a large volume of voting by mail will guarantee that the election results will not be known for some time after the election and also that casting a ballot without being physically present increases the possibility of fraud.
Beyond that, the recent use of largescale mail-in voting in New York State suggest that there can be considerable delays in the mechanics of actually counting the ballots, while many ballots were also completely invalidated for various reasons, but some states like Oregon and Utah have been successfully using mail-in for years. So essentially the argument is a political one. The Democrats are expecting that most voters who postal vote will vote for them while the Republicans would like to repress that type of voting precisely for the same reason, i.e. that it would likely benefit Joe Biden and other Democratic candidates. There will certainly be both detected and undetected fraud in the voting, but the questions are “How much?” and “Will it affect any results?” If the fraud is not significant many would argue that it is a price that should be paid to improve voter turnout.
Elections are run at the state and county level in the United States, not nationally. A recent review of procedures to register and vote in my home state of Virginia determined that one can both register and vote without any human contact at all. The registration process can be accomplished by filling out an online form, which is linked here. Note particularly the following: the form requires one to check the box indicating U.S. citizenship. It then asks for name and address as well as social security number, date of birth and whether one has a criminal record or is otherwise disqualified to vote. You then have to sign and date the document and mail it off. Within ten days, you should receive a voter’s registration card for Virginia which you can present if you vote in person, though even that is not required.
It is important to consider no documents have to be presented to support the application, which means that all the information can be false. You can even opt out of providing a social security number by indicating that you have never been issued one, even though the form indicates that you must have one to be registered, and you can also submit a temporary address by claiming you are “homeless.” Even date of birth information is useless as the form does not ask where you were born, which is how birth records are filed by state and local governments. Ultimately, it is only the social security number that validates the document and that is what also appears on the Voter’s ID Card, but even that can be false or completely fabricated, as many illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. have discovered.
In a state like Virginia, the actual mail-in ballot requires your signature and that of a witness, who can be anyone. That is also true in six other states. Thirty-one states require your own signature while only three states require that the document be notarized, a good safeguard since it requires the voter to actually produce some documentation. Seven states require your additional signature on the ballot envelope and two states require that a photocopy of the voter ID accompany the ballot. In other words, the safeguards in the system vary from state to state but in most cases, fraud would be relatively easy.
Possible fraud in the voting not to mention delays in post office delivery of the mail-in ballots, have, not surprisingly, political consequences that are beginning to surface in discussions of what might actually happen the night of the election. If the civil disturbances that have been occurring over the past three months continue and the Republicans are successful in hammering on the law-and-order theme, it is likely that the results of the presidential vote will be much tighter than some current polls seem to suggest.
So, what happens on the day after? Well, the elections in 2000 and 2016 suggest that there might be problems. In 2000, George W. Bush defeated Al Gore even though the latter had more votes nationally. There was considerable fear that violence might result, but the issue was resolved by a recount in Florida followed by a Supreme Court ruling and Bush’s legitimacy, though questioned, was conceded. In 2016, of course, Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes than Donald Trump but his large majority in the Electoral College meant that the result was largely unchallenged, though it was soon to be attributed to “Russian help.”
This year might be different due to the simmering anger over coronavirus measures as well as the racial turmoil. That might not matter much but for the fact that President Donald Trump has opened the door to discussion of possible fraud in the election and has also suggested that the result might not be legitimate. He has particularly focused on mail-in voting and it has been conjectured that he might be deliberately taking steps to hinder post office ability to deliver the ballots on time. The viral badinage appears to be working for the GOP as a recent opinion poll suggests that only 45% of prospective voters are confident of the integrity of election results.
What might be coming, from one perspective, is suggested by a Trump tweet from the November 2018 election in Florida, in which he declared “The Florida Election should be called in favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere, and many ballots are missing or forged. An honest vote count is no longer possible-ballots massively infected. Must go with Election Night!”
More recently, on July 30th, Trump tweeted “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” The president has also claimed repeatedly that the Democrats are trying to “steal the election.”
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has predictably made matters worse by asserting that “…sadly, the domestic enemies to our voting system and honoring our Constitution are right at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with their allies in the Congress of the United States… They’re doing everything they can [to] suppress the vote with [their] actions: scare people, intimidate by saying law enforcement will be there, diminish the role of the postal system in all of this. It’s really, actually shameful.” She called them “Enemies of the state,” a version of Hillary Clinton’s famous faux pas in declaring that Trump supporters in 2016 were “deplorables.”
Pelosi also has called for cancellation of the planned presidential debates between Trump and Biden, saying she does not want to legitimize any conversation with the president. She has also added fuel to the fire by claiming that Trump is “…welcom[ing], in fact, Russian intervention, letting Putin decide who will be President instead of the American people.” So, the stage is set for some very significant grievances to play out from either side. It is being suggested that Donald Trump might try to delay the election, which he does not have the power to do, or let it take place in expectation that he will have the lead in conventionally cast votes when the polls close and will be able to declare both victory and that the election is over without any further counting because of fraud on the mail-in ballots. If, on the other hand, Trump loses, the argument could be broadened, with the president calling the all of the voting invalid because of widespread mail-in fraud.
As more Americans than ever are frustrated and angry over the political system while also being ideologically divided into various camps characterized by hard core support of positions that are impossible to reconcile, the situation could explode. And, one must point out, more Americans are armed than ever before while they continue to buy weapons at a record rate. Throw into the mix a police force that is demoralized and evidently increasingly incapable of dealing with civil unrest and November 3rd’s election could well unleash forces that could make the rioting and violence that is sweeping across America currently look insignificant.
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About the Author: Philip M. Giraldi is a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer who served nineteen years overseas in Turkey, Italy, Germany, and Spain. He was the CIA Chief of Base for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and was one of the first Americans to enter Afghanistan in December 2001. Phil is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a Washington-based advocacy group that seeks to encourage and promote a U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East that is consistent with American values and interests.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-13--Russiagate: Trump rips into Mueller’s ‘accidental’ phone-wiping

Donald Trump has unloaded on former special counsel Robert Mueller , after the team behind the ‘ Russiagate ’ investigation “ wiped their phones clean ” before a probe , supposedly by accident – an excuse Trump called “ really dumb.
” According to a Justice Department document released on Tuesday , Mueller ’ s investigators “ accidentally ” wiped their cell phones when the department ’ s inspector-general asked for them as evidence .
At least 12 officials claimed to have lost their data , with the phones supposedly wiping themselves after too many wrong password entries .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire Mueller ‘ hit squad ’ illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them , all using the same really dumb reason for this ‘ accident , ’ ” Trump tweeted on Saturday .
He then compared the incident to “ Crooked Hillary smashing her phones with a hammer , & DELETING HER EMAILS !
” – a reference to Hillary Clinton ’ s FBI-documented destruction of her cell phones during a 2016 investigation into her mishandling of classified data .
“ It has now been determined that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in the first place , ” Trump continued .
“ It was all an illegitimate Witch Hunt , & a big price must be paid .
How different my life would have been if this fraud on America was never committed !
!
!
” The origins of Mueller ’ s probe were investigated by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz , who concluded in 2019 that the investigation itself was not biased , but the FBI ’ s surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page was riddled with “ serious errors.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with uncorroborated evidence from the now-infamous ‘ Steele Dossier , ’ that would form the basis of the FBI ’ s counterintelligence campaign against Trump , a campaign that would eventually morph into the Mueller investigation .
Since Horowitz ’ s probe concluded , US attorney John Durham ( pictured here ) has been assigned to further investigate the origins of this campaign .
His report is expected to be released in the coming weeks , and will likely be far more critical of the FBI than Horowitz ’ s was .
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‘Really dumb!’ Trump rips into Mueller’s ‘accidental’ phone-wiping ahead of ‘Russiagate’ investigation
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Donald Trump has unloaded on former special counsel Robert Mueller, after the team behind the ‘Russiagate’ investigation “wiped their phones clean” before a probe, supposedly by accident – an excuse Trump called “really dumb.”
According to a Justice Department document released on Tuesday, Mueller’s investigators “accidentally” wiped their cell phones when the department’s inspector-general asked for them as evidence. At least 12 officials claimed to have lost their data, with the phones supposedly wiping themselves after too many wrong password entries.
“So now we find out that the entire Mueller ‘hit squad’ illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them, all using the same really dumb reason for this ‘accident,’” Trump tweeted on Saturday. He then compared the incident to “Crooked Hillary smashing her phones with a hammer, & DELETING HER EMAILS!” – a reference to Hillary Clinton’s FBI-documented destruction of her cell phones during a 2016 investigation into her mishandling of classified data.
ALERT: So now we find out that the entire Mueller “hit squad” illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them, all using the same really dumb reason for this “accident”, just like Crooked Hillary smashing her phones with a hammer, & DELETING HER EMAILS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2020
“It has now been determined that the Mueller Scam should never have been set up in the first place,” Trump continued. “It was all an illegitimate Witch Hunt, & a big price must be paid. How different my life would have been if this fraud on America was never committed!!!”
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2020
The origins of Mueller’s probe were investigated by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who concluded in 2019 that the investigation itself was not biased, but the FBI’s surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page was riddled with “serious errors.” It was this surveillance, coupled with uncorroborated evidence from the now-infamous ‘Steele Dossier,’ that would form the basis of the FBI’s counterintelligence campaign against Trump, a campaign that would eventually morph into the Mueller investigation.
Since Horowitz’s probe concluded, US attorney John Durham (pictured here)has been assigned to further investigate the origins of this campaign. His report is expected to be released in the coming weeks, and will likely be far more critical of the FBI than Horowitz’s was.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-13--A False Flag Is Biden’s … Only Chance to Win

A False Flag Is Biden ’ s Only Chance to Win The Black Revolution is in full swing in the U.S. Over the next sixty days we will be treated to the greatest political show on Earth as the Democrats and their handlers in The Davos Crowd pursue the biggest lie since Climate Change .
The events of 2020 are lining up for a climax to this story that ends with only one outcome , a contested election which fuels a coup attempt after the election results come in on November 3rd .
And because of this now obvious plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election is the most likely means to produce election results close enough to support this course of action .
I ’ m not the only one thinking in these terms at this point .
Joaquin Flores , writing for Fort Russ , mused similarly last week .
As the polls shift towards Donald Trump and the Democrats run around concocting fairy tales after allowing Joe Biden out of his gimp cellar long enough for people to see how far he has fallen mentally , I ’ m nearly convinced this is likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The first stage is destroying the local economy .
Usually this means the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury pull back on available dollars through tight monetary policy and sanctions to create mass unemployment in the target nation .
Then foment violence from the youth who are disproportionately affected by the economic destruction after NGO ’ s lay the ideological foundation for revolution .
Use the most convenient pretext .
In the U.S. it means stoking racism and hatred of ‘ the rich.
’ Pick a color under which to unite them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the leader for every single bad thing that happens , which is usually the work of agent provocateurs who amplify the organic frustration into targeted attacks which are then amped up by the media into a news story .
If the leader is stupid he acts like any garden-variety paranoid dictator by clamping down on the violence making him easy prey for the media to brand him a dictator .
Then bringing a mob to the capital is easy , because now there are too many people to be effectively policed and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing into a coup is very real .
All of this works if the oligarchs who run the political system of the target country are on board with this .
In the U.S. , it ’ s obvious from the response from all major corporations they approve this message .
Note how it failed in Belarus recently for lack of this corporate sponsorship .
Looking at the way the Democrats have positioned themselves for this election it is clear that they are preparing the field for this outcome after election day .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ready-made protestors with nothing else to do and little hope for the future .
They structured all aid to the middle class to run out during the height of the election campaign while blocking any further assistance even though the Treasury Dept .
raised nearly $ 2 trillion to deploy as support and stimulus .
The media endlessly stoked fear over COVID-19 to push as many voters to consider mailing their votes in ( or create the illusion that is what will happen ) to delay certification of the election on election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump hasn ’ t acted the way he was supposed to .
He has governed this chaos exactly the way a majority of Americans want him to , as a Federalist .
Even though he has the authority to do so , he ’ s refrained from sending Federal troops into rioting cities , laying bare just how much local authorities are aiding the violence .
He didn ’ t institute national lockdowns and draconian restrictions due to COVID-19 , instead offering aid and allowing the data to eventually vindicate him to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now backtracking on how dangerous the virus actually is .
And his opponents in New York , for example , now look like out-of-touch , lying grandma murderers .
Eventually crisis fatigue sets in , people adjust to the new circumstances and the worst parts of their fear abates .
And even if they don ’ t look at the new data , they realize enough costs have been born and it ’ s time to move on with our lives .
That ’ s what is now showing up in the polling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highly suspect .
And this puts Trump in the driver ’ s seat for the election on November 3rd .
As of today , the election looks like it is his to lose .
And yet the Democrats insist that the election will not be resolved on election day .
In fact , it ’ s obvious they are prepping the narrative that Trump will only appear to win on election night but , in fact , the torrent of mail-in ballots will change the outcome of the election over the next few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fly in the face of decades of electoral statistics where the outcome of the election is almost certainly decided by the time 25 % of the votes have been counted and a run-rate to completion can be calculated .
A report from Axios outlines what we can expect .
A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “ Axios on HBO ” it ’ s highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night , even if he ultimately loses when all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Way more Democrats will vote by mail than Republicans , due to fears of the coronavirus , and it will take days if not weeks to tally these .
This means Trump , thanks to Republicans doing almost all of their voting in person , could hold big electoral college and popular vote leads on election night… .
… By the numbers : Under one of the group ’ s modeling scenarios , Trump could hold a projected lead of 408-130 electoral votes on election night , if only 15 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots had been counted .
And that ’ s what concerns me most .
Because if all of this prep work has failed and Trump clearly wins an electoral college victory , but they are planning to harvest votes for days afterwards , how do they shift the dynamic back in Biden ’ s favor between now and then to keep the election close enough for them to steal ?
More violence is how .
We are two weeks away from White House Siege beginning on September 17th .
Organized by Adbusters , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ partner in crime , David Brock and Media Matters For America , White House Siege is a planned 50-day protest in Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. , ostensibly to protest President Trump ‘ stealing the election.
’ This is a ready-made recipe for a Maidan-like orgy of violence in the nation ’ s capital to create a false flag event which reflects badly on Trump .
Think snipers on rooftops shooting both protestors and cops similar to what happened on the Maidan square in Kiev in 2014 .
D.C. is not a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the same rules as the states , where the Governors are in charge .
Trump can , and in my mind should , as a matter of strategy , take control over D.C. to keep to possibility of violence to a minimum .
D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to walk back her support of the protests after the violence after the Republican National Convention by urging U.S .
Attorneys in D.C. to charge the people the police arrest .
This is Bowser trying to publicly keep Trump from doing exactly what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Because with cities looted and burned , with Democrat politicians losing the respect of their constituencies they have no political legs left to stand on .
Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York said in a press conference Trump better bring an army if he plans to set foot in his state .
This is tantamount to sedition , for which a case can be made by nearly every major Democrat for statements made in the past six months .
Meanwhile Cuomo is now the target of a Dept .
of Justice investigation into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump withholds Federal funds from the state , which prompted Cuomo ’ s bravado .
Between this and Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling Republicans “ domestic enemies of the state ” is the kind of language you don ’ t come back from .
The Democrats and the U.S .
Deep Stat are all in on removing Trump from office by any means necessary .
I don ’ t think the worst of the violence is behind us after Kenosha .
I think the worst is still in front of us .

A False Flag Is Biden’s Only Chance to Win
By: Tom Luongo
The Black Revolution is in full swing in the U.S. Over the next sixty days we will be treated to the greatest political show on Earth as the Democrats and their handlers in The Davos Crowd pursue the biggest lie since Climate Change.
The events of 2020 are lining up for a climax to this story that ends with only one outcome, a contested election which fuels a coup attempt after the election results come in on November 3rd.
And because of this now obvious plan, setting up a false flag around the election is the most likely means to produce election results close enough to support this course of action.
I’m not the only one thinking in these terms at this point. Joaquin Flores, writing for Fort Russ, mused similarly last week. As the polls shift towards Donald Trump and the Democrats run around concocting fairy tales after allowing Joe Biden out of his gimp cellar long enough for people to see how far he has fallen mentally, I’m nearly convinced this is likely.
Color revolutions unfold in predictable stages. The first stage is destroying the local economy. Usually this means the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury pull back on available dollars through tight monetary policy and sanctions to create mass unemployment in the target nation.
Then foment violence from the youth who are disproportionately affected by the economic destruction after NGO’s lay the ideological foundation for revolution. Use the most convenient pretext. In the U.S. it means stoking racism and hatred of ‘the rich.’
Pick a color under which to unite them, in this case black and blame the leader for every single bad thing that happens, which is usually the work of agent provocateurs who amplify the organic frustration into targeted attacks which are then amped up by the media into a news story.
If the leader is stupid he acts like any garden-variety paranoid dictator by clamping down on the violence making him easy prey for the media to brand him a dictator.
Then bringing a mob to the capital is easy, because now there are too many people to be effectively policed and the potential for violence to boil the whole thing into a coup is very real.
All of this works if the oligarchs who run the political system of the target country are on board with this. In the U.S., it’s obvious from the response from all major corporations they approve this message. Note how it failed in Belarus recently for lack of this corporate sponsorship.
Looking at the way the Democrats have positioned themselves for this election it is clear that they are preparing the field for this outcome after election day.
They used the lockdowns to create an army of ready-made protestors with nothing else to do and little hope for the future.
They structured all aid to the middle class to run out during the height of the election campaign while blocking any further assistance even though the Treasury Dept. raised nearly $2 trillion to deploy as support and stimulus.
The media endlessly stoked fear over COVID-19 to push as many voters to consider mailing their votes in (or create the illusion that is what will happen) to delay certification of the election on election night.
But to his credit, President Trump hasn’t acted the way he was supposed to. He has governed this chaos exactly the way a majority of Americans want him to, as a Federalist. Even though he has the authority to do so, he’s refrained from sending Federal troops into rioting cities, laying bare just how much local authorities are aiding the violence.
He didn’t institute national lockdowns and draconian restrictions due to COVID-19, instead offering aid and allowing the data to eventually vindicate him to the point where even the CDC is now backtracking on how dangerous the virus actually is.
And his opponents in New York, for example, now look like out-of-touch, lying grandma murderers.
Eventually crisis fatigue sets in, people adjust to the new circumstances and the worst parts of their fear abates. And even if they don’t look at the new data, they realize enough costs have been born and it’s time to move on with our lives.
That’s what is now showing up in the polling data, even though it is still highly suspect. And this puts Trump in the driver’s seat for the election on November 3rd. As of today, the election looks like it is his to lose.
And yet the Democrats insist that the election will not be resolved on election day. In fact, it’s obvious they are prepping the narrative that Trump will only appear to win on election night but, in fact, the torrent of mail-in ballots will change the outcome of the election over the next few days.
Of course, this would fly in the face of decades of electoral statistics where the outcome of the election is almost certainly decided by the time 25% of the votes have been counted and a run-rate to completion can be calculated.
A report from Axios outlines what we can expect.
A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “Axios on HBO” it’s highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when all the votes are counted.
Why this matters: Way more Democrats will vote by mail than Republicans, due to fears of the coronavirus, and it will take days if not weeks to tally these. This means Trump, thanks to Republicans doing almost all of their voting in person, could hold big electoral college and popular vote leads on election night…. … By the numbers: Under one of the group’s modeling scenarios, Trump could hold a projected lead of 408-130 electoral votes on election night, if only 15% of the vote by mail (VBM) ballots had been counted. And that’s what concerns me most. Because if all of this prep work has failed and Trump clearly wins an electoral college victory, but they are planning to harvest votes for days afterwards, how do they shift the dynamic back in Biden’s favor between now and then to keep the election close enough for them to steal?
More violence is how.
We are two weeks away from White House Siege beginning on September 17th. Organized by Adbusters, which is a front for George Soros’ partner in crime, David Brock and Media Matters For America, White House Siege is a planned 50-day protest in Lafayette Square in Washington D.C., ostensibly to protest President Trump ‘stealing the election.’
This is a ready-made recipe for a Maidan-like orgy of violence in the nation’s capital to create a false flag event which reflects badly on Trump. Think snipers on rooftops shooting both protestors and cops similar to what happened on the Maidan square in Kiev in 2014.
D.C. is not a state. It’s not governed by the same rules as the states, where the Governors are in charge.
Trump can, and in my mind should, as a matter of strategy, take control over D.C. to keep to possibility of violence to a minimum. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to walk back her support of the protests after the violence after the Republican National Convention by urging U.S. Attorneys in D.C. to charge the people the police arrest.
This is Bowser trying to publicly keep Trump from doing exactly what I just said he should do. Because with cities looted and burned, with Democrat politicians losing the respect of their constituencies they have no political legs left to stand on.
Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York said in a press conference Trump better bring an army if he plans to set foot in his state. This is tantamount to sedition, for which a case can be made by nearly every major Democrat for statements made in the past six months.
“He better have an army if he thinks he’s gonna walk down the street in New York. New Yorkers don’t want to have anything to do with him,” the Democrat said, all but threatening the commander-in-chief.
Meanwhile Cuomo is now the target of a Dept. of Justice investigation into his handling of the COVID-19 crisis while Trump withholds Federal funds from the state, which prompted Cuomo’s bravado.
Between this and Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling Republicans “domestic enemies of the state” is the kind of language you don’t come back from. The Democrats and the U.S. Deep Stat are all in on removing Trump from office by any means necessary.
I don’t think the worst of the violence is behind us after Kenosha. I think the worst is still in front of us.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-13--Paul Craig Roberts: The US & Its Constitution Have 2 Months Left

Paul Craig Roberts : The US & Its Constitution Have 2 Months Left Bob Woodward writes that Trump ’ s Secretary of Defense , General James Mattis , and Trump ’ s Director of National Intelligence , Dan Coats , spoke together about taking “ collective action ” to remove President Trump from office .
General Mattis said Trump is “ dangerous .
He ’ s unfit.
” This is the same thing that the Generals and the CIA said about President John F. Kennedy .
When Generals and the CIA say that a president is unfit and dangerous , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ budget .
By “ unfit ” they mean he is not a reliable cold warrior who will keep hyping America ’ s enemies so that money keeps pouring into the military/security budget .
By serving defense contractors instead of their country , generals end up very wealthy .
To stop Kennedy they assassinated him .
To stop Trump they concocted Russiagate , Impeachgate , and a variety of wild and unsubstantiated accusations .
The presstitutes repeat the various accusations as if they are absolute proven truth .
The presstitutes never investigated a single @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts to remove Trump did not succeed .
Having pulled off numerous color revolutions in which the US has overthrown foreign governments , the tactics are now being employed against Trump .
The November presidential election will not be an election .
It will be a color revolution .
See , for example , here and here .
We have reached the point in the demise of our country that a simple statement of obvious truth is not believable .
As a number of carefully researched and documented books , some written by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA has controlled the prestige American media since 1950 .
The American media does not provide news .
It provides the Deep State ’ s explanations of events .
This ensures that real news does not interfere with the agenda .
The German journalst , Udo Ulfkotte , wrote a book , Bought Journalism , in which he showed that the CIA also controls the European press .
To be clear , there are two CIA organizations .
One is an agency that monitors world events and endeavors to provide more or less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a covert operations agency .
This agency assassinates people , including an American president , and overthrows uncooperative governments .
President Truman publicly stated after he was out of office that he made a serious mistake in permitting the covert operations branch of the CIA .
He said that it was an unaccountable government in inself .
President Eisehnower agreed and in his last address to the American people warned of the growing unaccountable power of the military/security complex .
President Kennedy realized the threat and said he was going “ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” but they killed him first .
It would be easy for the CIA to kill Trump , but the “ lone assassin ” has been used too many times to be believable .
It is easier to overthrow Trump ’ s reelection with false accusations as the CIA controlls the American and European media and has many Internet sites pretending to be dissident , a claim that fools insouciant Americans .
Indeed , it is the leftwing that the CIA owns .
The rightwing goes along because they think it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After the CIA overthrows Trump , they will use Antifa , Black Lives Matter , and their presstitutes to foment race war .
Then the CIA will ride in on the Pale Horse , and the population will submit .
The scenario is unfolding as I write .
Very few will believe it until it happens .
Even then the CIA ’ s ability to control explanations will keep the population in hand .
In America today , liars have more credibility than truth tellers .
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Paul Craig Roberts: The US & Its Constitution Have 2 Months Left
Bob Woodward writes that Trump’s Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, and Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, spoke together about taking “collective action” to remove President Trump from office. General Mattis said Trump is “dangerous. He’s unfit.”
This is the same thing that the Generals and the CIA said about President John F. Kennedy.
When Generals and the CIA say that a president is unfit and dangerous, they mean he is dangerous to their budget. By “unfit” they mean he is not a reliable cold warrior who will keep hyping America’s enemies so that money keeps pouring into the military/security budget. By serving defense contractors instead of their country, generals end up very wealthy.
Both Kennedy and Trump wanted to normalize relations with Russia and to bring home US troops involved in make-war operations overseas that boost the profits of defense contractors.
To stop Kennedy they assassinated him.
To stop Trump they concocted Russiagate, Impeachgate, and a variety of wild and unsubstantiated accusations. The presstitutes repeat the various accusations as if they are absolute proven truth.
The presstitutes never investigated a single one of the false accusations.
These efforts to remove Trump did not succeed. Having pulled off numerous color revolutions in which the US has overthrown foreign governments, the tactics are now being employed against Trump. The November presidential election will not be an election. It will be a color revolution.
See, for example, here and here.
We have reached the point in the demise of our country that a simple statement of obvious truth is not believable.
As a number of carefully researched and documented books, some written by insiders, have proved conclusively, the CIA has controlled the prestige American media since 1950. The American media does not provide news. It provides the Deep State’s explanations of events. This ensures that real news does not interfere with the agenda.
The German journalst, Udo Ulfkotte, wrote a book, Bought Journalism, in which he showed that the CIA also controls the European press.
To be clear, there are two CIA organizations. One is an agency that monitors world events and endeavors to provide more or less accurate information to policymakers. The other is a covert operations agency. This agency assassinates people, including an American president, and overthrows uncooperative governments. President Truman publicly stated after he was out of office that he made a serious mistake in permitting the covert operations branch of the CIA. He said that it was an unaccountable government in inself.
President Eisehnower agreed and in his last address to the American people warned of the growing unaccountable power of the military/security complex.
President Kennedy realized the threat and said he was going “to break the CIA into a thousand pieces,” but they killed him first.
It would be easy for the CIA to kill Trump, but the “lone assassin” has been used too many times to be believable. It is easier to overthrow Trump’s reelection with false accusations as the CIA controlls the American and European media and has many Internet sites pretending to be dissident, a claim that fools insouciant Americans. Indeed, it is the leftwing that the CIA owns. The rightwing goes along because they think it is patriotic to support the military/security complex.
After the CIA overthrows Trump, they will use Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and their presstitutes to foment race war. Then the CIA will ride in on the Pale Horse, and the population will submit.
The scenario is unfolding as I write.
Very few will believe it until it happens. Even then the CIA’s ability to control explanations will keep the population in hand.
In America today, liars have more credibility than truth tellers.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-14--Scripted campaigning – questions about Biden mental stamina [Video]

Democratic nominee Joe Biden is drawing fire for what appear to be carefully staged campaign events in which he does not seem willing or able to answer questions in an offhand or impromptu manner .
This has led some critics to question his mental stamina and acuity as a candidate seeking the most powerful office in the world .
President Trump on Thursday chided rival Biden for a nearly seven-second delay in Biden ’ s answer to a video question from a barista in a virtual AFL-CIO Labor Day event .
Unable to immediately answer the barista ’ s question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words , instructing an off-camera handler : “ Move it up here.
” It was an apparent request for a more rapid scroll down inside the teleprompter script .
“ Every time I see him , he starts talking about the pandemic .
He ’ s reading it off a teleprompter , ” Trump said Thursday at a White House press conference .
“ I ’ m not allowed to use the teleprompter .
Why is that , [ Washington Post reporter ] Phil [ Rucker ] ?
They ask questions , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , ‘ Move the teleprompter a little bit closer , please.
’ I don ’ t know , I think if I did that , I would be in big trouble .
I think that would be the story of the year.
” On Thursday evening , TJ Ducklo , a spokesman for Biden ’ s campaign , refused to answer Fox News anchor Bret Baier ’ s question about whether Biden used a teleprompter for local interviews or during Q & A with supporters .
Ducklo said he would not “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions through Fox News.
” Biden also drew questions after Porsche Bennett , an activist with Black Lives Matter , went off-script at a Biden listening event at a church in Kenosha , Wisc .
last week because she said she wanted to tell Biden “ the truth ” about race relations .
The Biden campaign did not respond to request for comment from Just the News about either the AFL-CIO event or whether questions were vetted beforehand at the Kenosha event .
The multiplying questions around Biden ’ s mental acuity include @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McCormick , who worked in the Obama White House and told the Washington Free Beacon that Biden has “ lost a step and he doesn ’ t seem to have the same mental acuity as he did four years ago.
” Biden has also drawn criticism for the caliber of questions he has allowed from reporters at his campaign events , with Trump scoffing that they were “ meant for a child.
” Media reporter Howard Kurtz at Fox News agreed , saying about a recent Biden event : “ The questions reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embarrassing.
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Amid evidence of scripted campaigning, questions about Biden mental stamina, acuity multiply
“They ask questions, and he starts reading the teleprompter,” President Trump said of opponent Joe Biden on Thursday. “He says, ‘Move the teleprompter a little bit closer, please.’ I don’t know, I think if I did that, I would be in big trouble. I think that would be the story of the year.”
By Carrie Sheffield
Democratic nominee Joe Biden is drawing fire for what appear to be carefully staged campaign events in which he does not seem willing or able to answer questions in an offhand or impromptu manner. This has led some critics to question his mental stamina and acuity as a candidate seeking the most powerful office in the world.
President Trump on Thursday chided rival Biden for a nearly seven-second delay in Biden’s answer to a video question from a barista in a virtual AFL-CIO Labor Day event. Unable to immediately answer the barista’s question, Biden delayed and struggled to find words, instructing an off-camera handler: “Move it up here.” It was an apparent request for a more rapid scroll down inside the teleprompter script.
I hope the press digs into this. Did Biden really have the answer to this Q pre-loaded into his teleprompter? This is why we have the press: to dig in and get answers. — Ari Fleischer
Joe Biden is relying on a teleprompter to answer questions: "move it up here," he tells his staff. There are long pauses between his words as he waits for the prompter to scroll. pic.twitter.com/zYlMbfd2mA — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) September 7, 2020
“Every time I see him, he starts talking about the pandemic. He’s reading it off a teleprompter,” Trump said Thursday at a White House press conference. “I’m not allowed to use the teleprompter. Why is that, [Washington Post reporter] Phil [Rucker]? They ask questions, and he starts reading the teleprompter. He says, ‘Move the teleprompter a little bit closer, please.’ I don’t know, I think if I did that, I would be in big trouble. I think that would be the story of the year.”
On Thursday evening, TJ Ducklo, a spokesman for Biden’s campaign, refused to answer Fox News anchor Bret Baier’s question about whether Biden used a teleprompter for local interviews or during Q&A with supporters. Ducklo said he would not “allow the Trump campaign to funnel their questions through Fox News.”
Watch Joe Biden spokesman TJ Ducklo absolutely melt down when @BretBaier asks him if Biden has ever used a teleprompter for news interviews from his house. Ducklo explodes and, like he did throughout the interview, accuses him of being a Trump campaign shill pic.twitter.com/oIfCID9qAb — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 10, 2020
Biden also drew questions after Porsche Bennett, an activist with Black Lives Matter, went off-script at a Biden listening event at a church in Kenosha, Wisc. last week because she said she wanted to tell Biden “the truth” about race relations.
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“I’m just going to be honest, Mr. Biden,” Bennett said at the event, held in the town where police shot Jacob Blake, an African-American male. “I was told to go off this paper, but I can’t. You need the truth, and I’m part of the truth.”
The Biden campaign did not respond to request for comment from Just the News about either the AFL-CIO event or whether questions were vetted beforehand at the Kenosha event.
The multiplying questions around Biden’s mental acuity include those from former White House stenographer Mike McCormick, who worked in the Obama White House and told the Washington Free Beacon that Biden has “lost a step and he doesn’t seem to have the same mental acuity as he did four years ago.”
Biden has also drawn criticism for the caliber of questions he has allowed from reporters at his campaign events, with Trump scoffing that they were “meant for a child.”
The Fake News knows that Sleepy Joe doesn’t have a clue, and they want to protect his Radical Left Democrat enablers. He is so bad for the USA!
Media reporter Howard Kurtz at Fox News agreed, saying about a recent Biden event: “The questions reporters asked Biden were head-shaking, just downright embarrassing.”
WATCH: Press slammed for Biden softballs by Fox’s @HowardKurtz: “The questions reporters asked Biden were head shaking, just downright embarrassing.” pic.twitter.com/RZQm4vppex — TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) September 6, 2020
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-14--From 9/11 to Covid-19: Nineteen Years of Permanent “Emergency”

From 9/11 to Covid-19 : Nineteen Years of Permanent “ Emergency ” During March and April of this year—during the early days of the covid-19 panic—each day came to be accompanied by a general feeling of dread .
As new emergency orders and decrees rained down from governors , mayors , and faceless health bureaucrats , I wondered , What new awful thing will governments think up today ?
As business and churches were closed by government edict , politicians increasingly were threatening to arrest and jail ordinary citizens for doing things that were perfectly legal mere days before .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ seemed to immediately spring up .
All dissent from the new regime of lockdowns and business seizures was denounced and mocked .
We were now all expected to chant new slogans .
“ We ’ re all in this together .
Flatten the curve.
” There was no sign of any sizable opposition .
The courts were silent .
So-called due process was abandoned .
But for those of us who are old enough to remember the dark times that followed the 9/11 attacks , the feelings of dread had a familiarity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anger toward dissent , and the obeisance toward politicians who were credited with “ keeping us safe ” brought back bad old memories .
They were memories of the days and months and years that followed the 9/11 attacks .
These were the days of so many new assaults on basic human freedoms and human rights .
They were days when the public was bullied into accepting whatever new scheme politicians were dreaming up in the name of keeping us “ safe.
” In many ways , the current hysteria is even worse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the twenty-first century .
It affects the everyday lives of countless Americans in ways the 9/11 panic did not .
But the current crisis is nonetheless very much a continuation of the attitudes and paranoia that surged nineteen years ago .
Then , as now , the public was repeatedly instructed to trust the experts and not question government officials in any way .
This manifested itself in a couple of ways .
First of all , there was new legislation like the so-called Patriot Act , a smorgasbord of new freedom-destroying federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new spying and search powers by the federal government .
Soon after , of course , came new additional powers , such as the president ’ s power to declare anyone an “ enemy combatant ” and subject to torture , imprisonment , and forfeiture of all legal rights .
Those who objected were denounced as reckless and naïve , and unconcerned for human life .
Torture , we were told , was absolutely necessary for public safety .
The opposition was said to be unfit to comment on the matter or question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —i.e.
, CIA personnel , etc.—understood the real dangers .
The trust-the-experts claim was trotted out again when the Bush administration and the CIA began to collaborate to “ prove ” that Saddam Hussein was somehow responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was harboring “ weapons of mass destruction ” ( WMDs ) to use on Americans .
Politicians and bureaucrats went into high gear , creating countless reports , studies , and claims from alleged witnesses showing that the Iraqi regime was just itching to launch its WMDs at innocents around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , were wrong .
Moreover , many were simply lying .
There were no WMDs , and Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 .
But millions of Americans believed the experts , and thus believed the lies .
And now we see the same thing today .
We ’ re repeatedly ordered to trust the official arbiters of scientific truth .
Never mind the fact , however , than many other experts have dissented on a wide variety of topics , from the lethality of covid-19 to the wisdom of lockdowns .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ experts , we ’ re told .
Then as now , it ’ s only acceptable to believe the experts who support untrammeled growth in state power .
Any outbreak of panic , fear , and uncritical support for despotism requires its own vocabulary .
Nowadays we have all sorts of new slogans .
These include “ we ’ re all in this together , ” “ flatten the curve , ” “ this is the new normal , ” “ # stayhome , ” and “ sixfeetapart.
” Many of the slogans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they ’ re really joyless commands , issued to communicate to the hearer that obedience to these declarations is not really optional .
Either you obey , or you are essentially a murderer .
The world of post-9/11 hysteria was similar .
We had slogans like “ support the troops , ” “ thank you for your service , ” and “ if you see something , say something.
” Other catchphrases weren ’ t quite at the level of slogans , but they were invoked repeatedly to encourage uncritical acceptance of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ they hate us because we ’ re free , ” “ you ’ re with us or your with the terrorists , ” and “ we ’ re fighting them over there so we don ’ t have to fight them here.
” Due to the lack of social media back then , we didn ’ t have quite the proliferation of slogans we have now .
Had we had hashtags in 2003 , it ’ s likely we would have regularly encountered ones like # globalwaronterror , # wmds , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phrases also functioned as a means to “ virtue signal.
” In 2002 , putting a yellow ribbon magnet on one ’ s car or sporting an American flag lapel pin were ways to publicly show one ’ s loyalty to the cause and show opposition to one ’ s less enthusiastic neighbors and relatives who “ hate America.
” The real message behind these phrases and signals , of course , was that we are required to support the regime and its “ new normal ” whatever it may be .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while ignoring the Bill of Rights , and turning a blind eye to abuses like CIA torture programs .
Today it means calling the cops on your neighbor for not social distancing .
It means screaming at people for not wearing a mask .
It means blindly trusting the “ experts ” so long as those experts support unlimited government power .
The “ if you see something , say something ” slogan was part of a larger effort to remind the public that it should live in a state of constant fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blow you up .
It ’ s better to be safe than sorry : spy on your neighbors for the FBI .
Many people now forget that in the days immediately following 9/11 , Americans were buying gas masks and planning backyard bunkers .
The then new Department of Homeland Security in February 2003 advised Americans to prepare for a chemical attack from terrorists : For those who wanted all the “ best ” new information on how to prepare , the federal government created the website ready.gov , complete with a section @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids could learn—in the spirit of the old Duck and Cover videos from the Cold War—how to prepare for an attack from terrorists .
And then there was the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System .
This was a visual aid which allowed the federal government to let us know just how much we should fear terrorism on any given day .
Of course , the government always kept the warning level at “ elevated ” or “ high.
” It never dropped down to “ low , ” of course , lest some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day and the “ experts ” look like they were asleep at the switch .
Today , of course , we have countless websites , models , and news stories devoted to reminding the public that it must constantly fear covid-19 infection .
Were there a color-coded alert system for the current crisis , we can be quite confident it would be set each day to “ high ” or “ severe.
” As with the 9/11 panic , this all serves to encourage unquestioning obedience to government authorities and to send the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debate , dissent , or even due process .
Our “ leaders ” keep us safe and we must defer to their judgment completely .
The media itself remains an accomplice in this .
Then , as now , media pundits and “ journalists ” side reflexively with officials promoting fear and obedience to the state .
It takes many years for a society to recover from fits of panic and paranoia such as these .
Nineteen years after 9/11 , the federal government still has the power to spy on law-abiding Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power to simply assassinate American citizens—including children—without any due process .
American police have been militarized with “ surplus ” military hardware from various failed and failing wars .
The taxpayers will still be paying interest on the trillions of dollars spent on disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan decades from now .
Thousands of American troops died for nothing in conflicts that have done nothing to make any American safer .
( Hundreds of thousands of innocent foreigners have died in those same conflicts . )
Thanks to the reaction to 9/11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far larger , far more expensive , and far less limited by laws and constitutions than in the past .
This is what happens when a country believes itself to be in a constant state of emergency .
Due process is out the window .
Governments get away with far more than would have been the case otherwise .
This process , which was so greatly accelerated after 9/11 , has now been supercharged by the current panic of covid-19 .
Government officials issue “ laws ” and decrees without any debate and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruined , arrested , destroyed , and humiliated in the name of “ safety.
” Those who dissent and seek to limit the regime ’ s powers are silenced , threatened , arrested , shouted down , and ignored .
( TLB ) published this article from Mises Wire with our appreciation for this perspective .
The views expressed on Mises Wire and mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute .
Ryan McMaken ( @ ryanmcmaken ) is a senior editor at the Mises Institute .
Send him your article submissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but read article guidelines first .
Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado .
He is the author of Commie Cowboys : The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre .

From 9/11 to Covid-19: Nineteen Years of Permanent “Emergency”
During March and April of this year—during the early days of the covid-19 panic—each day came to be accompanied by a general feeling of dread. As new emergency orders and decrees rained down from governors, mayors, and faceless health bureaucrats, I wondered, What new awful thing will governments think up today? As business and churches were closed by government edict, politicians increasingly were threatening to arrest and jail ordinary citizens for doing things that were perfectly legal mere days before.
Even worse was the new orthodoxy that seemed to immediately spring up. All dissent from the new regime of lockdowns and business seizures was denounced and mocked. We were now all expected to chant new slogans. “We’re all in this together. Flatten the curve.”
There was no sign of any sizable opposition. The courts were silent. So-called due process was abandoned.
But for those of us who are old enough to remember the dark times that followed the 9/11 attacks, the feelings of dread had a familiarity to them.
The blind sloganeering, the anger toward dissent, and the obeisance toward politicians who were credited with “keeping us safe” brought back bad old memories.
They were memories of the days and months and years that followed the 9/11 attacks. These were the days of so many new assaults on basic human freedoms and human rights. They were days when the public was bullied into accepting whatever new scheme politicians were dreaming up in the name of keeping us “safe.”
In many ways, the current hysteria is even worse than that of the early years of the twenty-first century. It affects the everyday lives of countless Americans in ways the 9/11 panic did not. But the current crisis is nonetheless very much a continuation of the attitudes and paranoia that surged nineteen years ago.
Trust the Experts!
Then, as now, the public was repeatedly instructed to trust the experts and not question government officials in any way. This manifested itself in a couple of ways. First of all, there was new legislation like the so-called Patriot Act, a smorgasbord of new freedom-destroying federal initiatives that would authorize all sorts of new spying and search powers by the federal government. Soon after, of course, came new additional powers, such as the president’s power to declare anyone an “enemy combatant” and subject to torture, imprisonment, and forfeiture of all legal rights.
Those who objected were denounced as reckless and naïve, and unconcerned for human life. Torture, we were told, was absolutely necessary for public safety. The opposition was said to be unfit to comment on the matter or question federal powers because the “experts”—i.e., CIA personnel, etc.—understood the real dangers.
The trust-the-experts claim was trotted out again when the Bush administration and the CIA began to collaborate to “prove” that Saddam Hussein was somehow responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was harboring “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs) to use on Americans. Politicians and bureaucrats went into high gear, creating countless reports, studies, and claims from alleged witnesses showing that the Iraqi regime was just itching to launch its WMDs at innocents around the world.
The experts, of course, were wrong. Moreover, many were simply lying. There were no WMDs, and Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. But millions of Americans believed the experts, and thus believed the lies.
And now we see the same thing today. We’re repeatedly ordered to trust the official arbiters of scientific truth. Never mind the fact, however, than many other experts have dissented on a wide variety of topics, from the lethality of covid-19 to the wisdom of lockdowns. But they’re not the real experts, we’re told. Then as now, it’s only acceptable to believe the experts who support untrammeled growth in state power.
Support the Troops!
Any outbreak of panic, fear, and uncritical support for despotism requires its own vocabulary. Nowadays we have all sorts of new slogans. These include “we’re all in this together,” “flatten the curve,” “this is the new normal,” “#stayhome,” and “sixfeetapart.”
Many of the slogans are delivered in a cheerful tone, but they’re really joyless commands, issued to communicate to the hearer that obedience to these declarations is not really optional. Either you obey, or you are essentially a murderer.
The world of post-9/11 hysteria was similar. We had slogans like “support the troops,” “thank you for your service,” and “if you see something, say something.”
Other catchphrases weren’t quite at the level of slogans, but they were invoked repeatedly to encourage uncritical acceptance of the official government line. Examples include “they hate us because we’re free,” “you’re with us or your with the terrorists,” and “we’re fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here.”
Due to the lack of social media back then, we didn’t have quite the proliferation of slogans we have now. Had we had hashtags in 2003, it’s likely we would have regularly encountered ones like #globalwaronterror, #wmds, and #supportthetroops.
The use of these phrases also functioned as a means to “virtue signal.” In 2002, putting a yellow ribbon magnet on one’s car or sporting an American flag lapel pin were ways to publicly show one’s loyalty to the cause and show opposition to one’s less enthusiastic neighbors and relatives who “hate America.”
The real message behind these phrases and signals, of course, was that we are required to support the regime and its “new normal” whatever it may be. In 2001, that meant supporting new wars while ignoring the Bill of Rights, and turning a blind eye to abuses like CIA torture programs. Today it means calling the cops on your neighbor for not social distancing. It means screaming at people for not wearing a mask. It means blindly trusting the “experts” so long as those experts support unlimited government power.
Be Always Afraid!
The “if you see something, say something” slogan was part of a larger effort to remind the public that it should live in a state of constant fear. Maybe your neighbor is plotting to blow you up. It’s better to be safe than sorry: spy on your neighbors for the FBI.
Many people now forget that in the days immediately following 9/11, Americans were buying gas masks and planning backyard bunkers. The then new Department of Homeland Security in February 2003 advised Americans to prepare for a chemical attack from terrorists:
Stash away duct tape and pre-measured plastic sheeting for future use. Experts tell us that a safe room inside your house or apartment can help protect you from airborne contaminants for approximately five hours – that could be just enough time for a chemical agent to blow away.
For those who wanted all the “best” new information on how to prepare, the federal government created the website ready.gov, complete with a section for children called Ready Kids, where kids could learn—in the spirit of the old Duck and Cover videos from the Cold War—how to prepare for an attack from terrorists.
And then there was the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System. This was a visual aid which allowed the federal government to let us know just how much we should fear terrorism on any given day. Of course, the government always kept the warning level at “elevated” or “high.” It never dropped down to “low,” of course, lest some form of terrorism take place on that day and the “experts” look like they were asleep at the switch.
Today, of course, we have countless websites, models, and news stories devoted to reminding the public that it must constantly fear covid-19 infection. Were there a color-coded alert system for the current crisis, we can be quite confident it would be set each day to “high” or “severe.” As with the 9/11 panic, this all serves to encourage unquestioning obedience to government authorities and to send the message there is no time for political debate, dissent, or even due process. Our “leaders” keep us safe and we must defer to their judgment completely.
The media itself remains an accomplice in this. Then, as now, media pundits and “journalists” side reflexively with officials promoting fear and obedience to the state.
Living with the Aftermath
It takes many years for a society to recover from fits of panic and paranoia such as these. Nineteen years after 9/11, the federal government still has the power to spy on law-abiding Americans with impunity. It still has the power to simply assassinate American citizens—including children—without any due process. American police have been militarized with “surplus” military hardware from various failed and failing wars. The taxpayers will still be paying interest on the trillions of dollars spent on disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan decades from now. Thousands of American troops died for nothing in conflicts that have done nothing to make any American safer. (Hundreds of thousands of innocent foreigners have died in those same conflicts.)
Thanks to the reaction to 9/11, governments in the US are now far larger, far more expensive, and far less limited by laws and constitutions than in the past. This is what happens when a country believes itself to be in a constant state of emergency. Due process is out the window. Governments get away with far more than would have been the case otherwise.
This process, which was so greatly accelerated after 9/11, has now been supercharged by the current panic of covid-19. Government officials issue “laws” and decrees without any debate and without any due process. Americans are ruined, arrested, destroyed, and humiliated in the name of “safety.” Those who dissent and seek to limit the regime’s powers are silenced, threatened, arrested, shouted down, and ignored.
This is America in a state of permanent emergency. The justification for the regime’s ever growing power changes over time. But the results are the same.
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The views expressed on Mises Wire and mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.
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