wnd--2020-06-20--Conservative social media site targeted by Visa lockout

Gab , the conservative social media platform which `` champions free speech , individual liberty and the free flow of information online , '' has been targeted by Visa with a lockout of the payment processing company 's services .
In an announcement on the site posted Friday , CEO Andrew Torba said Gab was accused by Visa of `` promoting hate speech . ''
Visa could not be reached immediately for comment .
But Torba said , `` Gab does no such thing .
This is like saying Google 'promotes hate speech ' because you can search racial slurs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Gab is a neutral technology platform .
We follow the law , have an excellent relationship with law enforcement , and have a clear set of community guidelines that detail what is allowed on our website and what is not . ''
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only have the 'right kind ' of black guests Torba said the real issue likely is that `` Gab is not controlled and can not be controlled by the oligarchic elite who are working to overthrow our countries and infect them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coincidence that Katie Hopkins was banned from Twitter today , Zerohedge and The Federalist had their comment sections censored by Google , and VDARE is getting banned by their domain registrar .
All of this is coordinated .
It ’ s targeted . ''
He said while the president and Congress say they are `` monitoring the situation , '' the reality is that `` No one is coming to save us and no one is coming to save you .
It ’ s on all of us to save ourselves . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost credit card processing yet again after a year and a half of working to get it restored .
We have been under attack at the payment processing level all month long .
In early June we were abruptly banned by two separate underwriting banks without cause . ''
Torba said Gab 's community includes those from literally all walks of life with various beliefs and opinions , including on politics .
`` What we all share is a commitment to free expression on the Internet , free from government or corporate censorship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' `` Gab.com has over 1 million cumulative registered users from around the world .
Our top five markets are the United States , Brazil , the United Kingdom , Canada and Germany . ''
Torba noted the irony that banks readily process `` payments for pornography websites which are loaded with child exploitation , human trafficking and more . ''
And they likewise willingly process payments for cannabis , which is still illegal at the federal level .
But Gab 's T-shirts , hats and software subscriptions are problematic for Visa .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk ' to these people , '' said Torba .
He said the organization still accepts payments at Gab AI Inc. , PO Box 441 , Clarks Summit , PA , 18411 , and online at GabPRO .
Torba ended by quoting Ephesians 6:12 : `` For we wrestle not against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of this world , against spiritual wickedness in high places . ''

Gab, the conservative social media platform that "champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online," has been targeted by Visa with a lockout of the payment processing company's services.
In an announcement on the site posted Friday, CEO Andrew Torba said Gab was accused by Visa of "promoting hate speech."
Visa could not be reached immediately for comment.
Torba insisted Gab "does no such thing."
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
"This is like saying Google 'promotes hate speech' because you can search racial slurs on their search engine and get results," he said. "Gab is a neutral technology platform. We follow the law, have an excellent relationship with law enforcement, and have a clear set of community guidelines that detail what is allowed on our website and what is not."
Gab's popular Drudge-style news page, Gab Trends, features center-right news feeds, including Fox News, Daily Mail, Breitbart and WND.
Torba said the real issue likely is that "Gab is not controlled and cannot be controlled by the oligarchic elite who are working to overthrow our countries and infect them with communism. It’s no coincidence that Katie Hopkins was banned from Twitter today, Zerohedge and The Federalist had their comment sections censored by Google, and VDARE is getting banned by their domain registrar. All of this is coordinated. It’s targeted."
He said that while the president and Congress say they are "monitoring the situation," the reality is that no one "is coming to save us and no one is coming to save you."
"It’s on all of us to save ourselves," he said.
"So we have lost credit card processing yet again after a year and a half of working to get it restored. We have been under attack at the payment processing level all month long. In early June we were abruptly banned by two separate underwriting banks without cause."
Torba said Gab's community includes those from all walks of life, with various beliefs and opinions, including on politics.
"What we all share is a commitment to free expression on the Internet, free from government or corporate censorship, for everyone on the planet."
"Gab.com has over 1 million cumulative registered users from around the world. Our top five markets are the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany."
Torba noted the irony that banks readily process "payments for pornography websites which are loaded with child exploitation, human trafficking and more."
And they likewise willingly process payments for cannabis, which is still illegal at the federal level, and for gambling websites.
But Gab's T-shirts, hats and software subscriptions are problematic for Visa.
"I guess that’s 'high risk' to these people," said Torba.
He said the organization still accepts payments at Gab AI Inc., PO Box 441, Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, and online at GabPRO.
Torba quoted Ephesians 6:12: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."


wnd--2020-06-20--Media outlets give Barr a roadmap on Google's monopoly power

A group representing thousands of media outlets wants the Department of Justice to consider Google ’ s negative impact on journalism as the agency continues its antitrust investigation targeting the tech giant .
The News Media Alliance gave Attorney General William Barr a report Thursday highlighting how Google has allegedly using its dominant position online hollow out the news industry .
Google allegedly compensates publishers at lower rates than would exist in a more competitive marketplace , the group wrote in a letter to Barr that included the report .
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guests “ The leading copyright cases concerning search engines and aggregators are over a decade old and the precedent they created no longer reflects the realities of the modern online ecosystem , ” NMA general counsel Danielle Coffey said in a press release .
“ Despite the fact that the digital marketplace has changed and many of Google ’ s uses of news content may not be fair use under the current circumstances , there remains little bargaining power with Google.
” As a result , “ news publishers must consent to these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Coffey said .
NMA identified four ways that Google allegedly treats publishers unfairly .
Google allegedly pressures publishers to use the Accelerated Mobile Pages ( AMP ) standard for creating mobile web pages , allowing Google to store and distribute news content to readers without developing a working relationship with the publisher , the report notes .
NMA said Google also uses its dominant position to prod publishers into permitting the Google News App to use their content , prohibiting outlets from linking to the audience .
Google ’ s news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giant ’ s popular news aggregators , allowing people to view the news without clicking into an actual news article .
The company also uses the publishers ’ AMP to power Google ’ s other news aggregator , Google Discover , the report notes .
In addition , Google uses publishers ’ content to provide users ’ answers to questions for search queries on Google ’ s search results page , allowing users to bypass a publisher ’ s content altogether , according to the report .
Google denied NMA ’ s characterization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ factually incorrect ” in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation .
“ These are not new arguments , and many are factually incorrect , ” Google spokeswoman Julie McAlister told the DCNF in a statement , before noting that AMP ’ s creation was done in collaboration with publishers , allowing them to use Google ’ s services more effectively .
“ We ’ re working hard to support news publishers as they transition to digital distribution.
” McAlister did not specify what was incorrect about NMA ’ s complaints .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ DOJ and a slew of attorneys general are reportedly wrapping up their antitrust probe .
Reports from The Wall Street Journal in May 2020 and CNBC on June 5 suggest the DOJ and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are well into the planning stages of litigation against Google , while the DOJ and state attorneys general are collaborating on the probe .
Google and Facebook account for roughly 90 percent of the growth in new advertising revenue , according to market research company eMarketer , and nearly half of the global digital ad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience .
For licensing opportunities of our original content , please contact [ email protected ]

By Chris White
Daily Caller News Foundation
A group representing thousands of media outlets wants the Department of Justice to consider Google’s negative impact on journalism as the agency continues its antitrust investigation targeting the tech giant.
The News Media Alliance gave Attorney General William Barr a report Thursday highlighting how Google has allegedly using its dominant position online hollow out the news industry. Google allegedly compensates publishers at lower rates than would exist in a more competitive marketplace, the group wrote in a letter to Barr that included the report.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
DOJ’s antitrust investigation is ongoing.
“The leading copyright cases concerning search engines and aggregators are over a decade old and the precedent they created no longer reflects the realities of the modern online ecosystem,” NMA general counsel Danielle Coffey said in a press release. “Despite the fact that the digital marketplace has changed and many of Google’s uses of news content may not be fair use under the current circumstances, there remains little bargaining power with Google.”
As a result, “news publishers must consent to these practically unlimited uses by Google without compensation,” Coffey said.
NMA identified four ways that Google allegedly treats publishers unfairly. Google allegedly pressures publishers to use the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) standard for creating mobile web pages, allowing Google to store and distribute news content to readers without developing a working relationship with the publisher, the report notes.
NMA said Google also uses its dominant position to prod publishers into permitting the Google News App to use their content, prohibiting outlets from linking to the audience. Google’s news app is one of the Silicon Valley giant’s popular news aggregators, allowing people to view the news without clicking into an actual news article.
The company also uses the publishers’ AMP to power Google’s other news aggregator, Google Discover, the report notes. In addition, Google uses publishers’ content to provide users’ answers to questions for search queries on Google’s search results page, allowing users to bypass a publisher’s content altogether, according to the report.
Google denied NMA’s characterization, calling many of the allegations “factually incorrect” in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“These are not new arguments, and many are factually incorrect,” Google spokeswoman Julie McAlister told the DCNF in a statement, before noting that AMP’s creation was done in collaboration with publishers, allowing them to use Google’s services more effectively. “We’re working hard to support news publishers as they transition to digital distribution.”
McAlister did not specify what was incorrect about NMA’s complaints.
NMA’s report comes as the DOJ and a slew of attorneys general are reportedly wrapping up their antitrust probe.
Reports from The Wall Street Journal in May 2020 and CNBC on June 5 suggest the DOJ and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are well into the planning stages of litigation against Google, while the DOJ and state attorneys general are collaborating on the probe.
Google and Facebook account for roughly 90 percent of the growth in new advertising revenue, according to market research company eMarketer, and nearly half of the global digital ad market.
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].


wnd--2020-06-19--The corporatist cartel and its 'social justice' hypocrisy

General Motors CEO Mary Barra tells us her company will be focused on social injustice as well as the bottom line following the murder of George Floyd .
`` I am both impatient and disgusted by the fact that as a nation , we seem to be placated by the passive discussion of 'why . '
Why does this happen ?
Why ca n't we get to a different place ? ''
she wrote in a letter to employees .
Barra went on , `` Let 's stop asking 'why ' and start asking 'what . '
What are we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we each must decide what we can do – individually and collectively – to drive change … meaningful , deliberate change . ''
Well , Mary , here 's something you can do to drive `` meaningful , deliberate change '' : Stop sending Mexico and China jobs that black American once held .
As Donald J. Trump said on a visit to Michigan in 2016 , `` It used to be cars were made in Flint and you could n't drink the water in Mexico .
Now , cars are made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the water in Flint . ''
Flint , Michigan , used to be Buick City .
No more .
Now , the Buick Envision SUV that GM sells in the U.S. is 100 % made in China .
Kamala Harris and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez point to Flint as an example of environmental racism .
I suppose they should point to Mary as the racist .
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only have the 'right kind ' of black guests Mary Barra says she is disgusted .
Is it by her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the `` unconscionable list of black Americans who have lost their lives '' she ignores the unconscionable list of black Americans who have lost their livelihoods thanks to her `` global supply chains . ''
Barra strikes a courageous pose , writing , `` We stand up against injustice – that means taking the risk of expressing an unpopular or polarizing point of view , because complacency and complicity sit in the shadow of silence . ''
We are waiting for her letter to Chinese Communist dictator Xi Xinping .
Sitting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's complicity in the slave labor used to make its vehicles .
A report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute , `` Uyghurs for sale , '' found GM suppliers O-Film Technology and Dongguan Yidong Electronic Co. Ltd fill their factories with slave labor from the Chinese Communist Party 's concentration camps in Western China .
GM joins a long list of mega-corporations decrying `` systemic racism . ''
We saw JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kneeling in front of a bank vault , likely filled with cash earned by outsourcing jobs once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These corporations issue their phony social justice statements to divert attention from their responsibility in creating social injustice .
Were they serious , they would stop importing goods from China and other low-wage countries and resume manufacturing in the United States .
That would immediately solve the problems of income inequality , lack of opportunity and other inequities they claim to be so concerned about .
They know as long as we are talking about racism and bigotry we are n't talking about the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than happy to play along .
They would like nothing better than to eliminate small businesses ( whose owners tend to be conservative ) and consolidate all economic activity into the hands of a few giant corporations , a system known as corporatism .
Such an arrangement facilitates the profitable triangle trade Washington politicians enjoy : Politicians regulate big business ; big business hires lobbyists to shape the regulations ; the lobbyists pay politicians for favorable regulatory treatment of big business .
Left out of the picture are you , me and small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' enduring love of corporatism is pure mid-century classic .
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith , a darling of the liberal smart set in the '50s and '60s , envisioned a triumvirate of big business , big labor and big government managing society .
In the utopian global order he called `` The New Industrial State , '' the bureaucracies of Soviet communism and Western corporatism would converge .
Popular post-war historian Richard Hofstadter put a cultural finish on it .
He sneeringly dismissed small businessmen , farmers , populists and any critics of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , mentally ill racists and proto-fascists yearning for a past when WASPs were supreme .
When Nancy Pelosi and her ilk say Make America Great Again really means `` make America white again '' they are echoing Hofstadter .
To the modern liberal , corporatism is the natural order .
They focus exclusively on issues of race , gender , multiculturalism and ecology because that 's all that 's left once you turn the economy over to Wall Street and giant corporations .
Corporations eagerly join the chorus .
Time/Warner/CNN , NBC/Universal/Comcast or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concentrated ownership of media .
Neither do tech giants Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google .
Wall Street does n't want to discuss its control of just about everything .
The liberal-corporate cartel 'heroically ' fights for diversity , inclusion , whatever , to keep us from fighting its power .

General Motors CEO Mary Barra tells us her company will be focused on social injustice as well as the bottom line following the murder of George Floyd.
"I am both impatient and disgusted by the fact that as a nation, we seem to be placated by the passive discussion of 'why.' Why does this happen? Why can't we get to a different place?" she wrote in a letter to employees.
Barra went on, "Let's stop asking 'why' and start asking 'what.' What are we going to do? In this moment, we each must decide what we can do – individually and collectively – to drive change … meaningful, deliberate change."
Well, Mary, here's something you can do to drive "meaningful, deliberate change": Stop sending Mexico and China jobs that black American once held. As Donald J. Trump said on a visit to Michigan in 2016, "It used to be cars were made in Flint and you couldn't drink the water in Mexico. Now, cars are made in Mexico and you can't drink the water in Flint."
Flint, Michigan, used to be Buick City. No more. Now, the Buick Envision SUV that GM sells in the U.S. is 100% made in China. Kamala Harris and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez point to Flint as an example of environmental racism. I suppose they should point to Mary as the racist.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
Mary Barra says she is disgusted. Is it by her own hypocrisy? While she lectures us about the "unconscionable list of black Americans who have lost their lives" she ignores the unconscionable list of black Americans who have lost their livelihoods thanks to her "global supply chains."
Barra strikes a courageous pose, writing, "We stand up against injustice – that means taking the risk of expressing an unpopular or polarizing point of view, because complacency and complicity sit in the shadow of silence."
We are waiting for her letter to Chinese Communist dictator Xi Xinping.
Sitting in the shadow of her silence is GM's complicity in the slave labor used to make its vehicles. A report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, "Uyghurs for sale," found GM suppliers O-Film Technology and Dongguan Yidong Electronic Co. Ltd fill their factories with slave labor from the Chinese Communist Party's concentration camps in Western China.
GM joins a long list of mega-corporations decrying "systemic racism." We saw JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kneeling in front of a bank vault, likely filled with cash earned by outsourcing jobs once held by black American to China.
These corporations issue their phony social justice statements to divert attention from their responsibility in creating social injustice. Were they serious, they would stop importing goods from China and other low-wage countries and resume manufacturing in the United States. That would immediately solve the problems of income inequality, lack of opportunity and other inequities they claim to be so concerned about.
They know as long as we are talking about racism and bigotry we aren't talking about the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of global corporations.
The Democrats are more than happy to play along. They would like nothing better than to eliminate small businesses (whose owners tend to be conservative) and consolidate all economic activity into the hands of a few giant corporations, a system known as corporatism.
Such an arrangement facilitates the profitable triangle trade Washington politicians enjoy: Politicians regulate big business; big business hires lobbyists to shape the regulations; the lobbyists pay politicians for favorable regulatory treatment of big business. Left out of the picture are you, me and small, independent businesses.
The Democratic elites' enduring love of corporatism is pure mid-century classic.
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, a darling of the liberal smart set in the '50s and '60s, envisioned a triumvirate of big business, big labor and big government managing society. In the utopian global order he called "The New Industrial State," the bureaucracies of Soviet communism and Western corporatism would converge.
Popular post-war historian Richard Hofstadter put a cultural finish on it. He sneeringly dismissed small businessmen, farmers, populists and any critics of concentrated financial and corporate power as backward, mentally ill racists and proto-fascists yearning for a past when WASPs were supreme. When Nancy Pelosi and her ilk say Make America Great Again really means "make America white again" they are echoing Hofstadter.
To the modern liberal, corporatism is the natural order. They focus exclusively on issues of race, gender, multiculturalism and ecology because that's all that's left once you turn the economy over to Wall Street and giant corporations.
Corporations eagerly join the chorus. Time/Warner/CNN, NBC/Universal/Comcast or Disney/ABC don't want to talk about concentrated ownership of media. Neither do tech giants Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google. Wall Street doesn't want to discuss its control of just about everything.
The liberal-corporate cartel 'heroically' fights for diversity, inclusion, whatever, to keep us from fighting its power.


wnd--2020-06-19--Flash: Normal people like law and order, meaning Trump wins

As the Marxist riots continue around the nation , the latest insanity is a call to defund the police .
How will this impact our society ?
A whopping 77 % of truck drivers polled indicate they wo n't make deliveries to cities with defunded police departments .
`` Truck drivers have spent the last year on the front line of a global pandemic and protests , '' reported CDL Life .
`` Now many are fearful of what might happen if police departments disband or are defunded . ''
I do n't blame them .
Witness the horrific video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killer ants swarming hapless prey .
Would you want to work under these conditions ?
These men and women are driving trucks to support their families , not engage in warfare .
The mayor of Olympia , Washington , expressed support for the Black Lives Matter cause – until her own home was vandalized , thus proving even groveling politicians ca n't grovel enough .
Ironically , it was one lone conservative who prevented her home from being torched .
Suddenly she began bleating about `` domestic terrorism '' and said the vandalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only have the 'right kind ' of black guests Police officers are quitting all over the country .
Again , I do n't blame them , though the implication is horrifying .
`` The thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted every day is rapidly disintegrating , '' observes writer Michael Snyder , `` and all that stands between us and complete anarchy is a very narrow blue line . ''
As the CHAZ/CHOP anarchy in Seattle demonstrates , once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embrace everything they claim they 're against , including guns ( notably AR-15s ) , border control and racism .
They intimidate and extort .
We saw a street preacher being held in a chokehold by Antifa ( but what if he ca n't breathe ? )
.
And walls !
Walls are good !
The withdrawal of police power is resulting in the so-called Ferguson effect , the `` massive increase in violent crime throughout urban America . ''
In some cities ( notably Atlanta ) , police are not responding to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you think will happen to crime as a result ?
Will everyone behave , or will opportunists wreak mayhem ?
One new study found a focus on `` viral '' incidents of alleged police brutality leads to massive spikes in homicides and felonies .
According to the authors , `` We estimate that these investigations caused almost 900 excess homicides and almost 34,000 excess felonies . ''
`` Police wo n't operate under these conditions , '' tweeted Ben Shapiro .
`` Swaths of police officers are considering early retirement .
We 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across America 's major cities , and it 's entirely the product of Leftist slander about cops .
Atlanta is just the beginning . ''
When the police are n't allowed to enforce the law , people are forced to do so .
As radio host and attorney Sean Harshey notes , `` Unlike the temporary periods of civil unrest over the past several decades , the current withdrawal of police authority to re-impose order is a turning point in American history .
We are experiencing the breakdown of civilization . ''
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are responding in exactly the opposite way the anarchists hoped .
Even liberals are admitting things have gone too far .
In fact , the more the leftist anarchists hammer at our rights , the more conservatives they create .
Gun sales have skyrocketed .
Silenced people are joining the # WalkAway movement in droves .
Thus the biggest `` unexpected consequence '' of these riots is how many people are turning to Trump .
`` Leftists claim they want revolution , '' observes Wayne Dupree on Political Insider , `` but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yes , majority .
Because everyone is conservative when it comes to their own rights – especially when someone tries to take those rights away .
How many people in Seattle have watched their beautiful city change beneath their feet because of the left-wing radicalization ?
How many of these people will quietly vote for Trump ?
Even HBO host Bill Maher admits defunding the police is a terrible idea because `` it will make people vote Trump . ''
`` Understand that the leftist establishment would like nothing better than for Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kurt Schlichter .
`` That 's why it is baiting him .
… Trump 's too smart for that , and frankly the establishment is too dumb and undisciplined to carry it out .
… Do you think this is all helping the Dems ?
If you do , stop watching MSNBCNN .
Except among Hollywood jerks , urban hipsters and whiny woke wine women from Westchester , the attack on order means 'Advantage : Trump . '
… Trump is winning this information battle .
Conservative Americans – and moderate Americans who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wait to vote against defunding the police , rioting and appeasement .
The Silent Majority is being roused again . ''
In short , the biggest `` unintended consequence '' of the left 's war on American citizens may be a landslide Trump win in November .
Over a million people requested tickets to this weekend 's MAGA rally in Tulsa , Oklahoma , prompting the president to tweet , `` The silent majority is stronger than ever ! ''
( Though stand by – ads are being run for actors to disrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do you suppose so many people are rallying around Trump ?
Could it be people of all races and classes are disgusted with the rioting and looting , murder and arson ?
Hmmm ?
Despite three generations of Marxist indoctrination in schools , despite 93 percent negative coverage of our president by Marxist media , the silent majority in this nation wants a country of law and order , of freedom and capitalism .
We simply want to run our businesses without having them looted and burned .
We simply want to raise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having them radicalized into thugs and criminals .
We simply want to live our lives as peaceful , law-abiding citizens .
Only the left thinks that is evil and wrong .
I 'll repeat that again : Only the left thinks that is evil and wrong .
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Flash: Normal people like law and order, meaning Trump wins
As the Marxist riots continue around the nation, the latest insanity is a call to defund the police. How will this impact our society?
A whopping 77% of truck drivers polled indicate they won't make deliveries to cities with defunded police departments. "Truck drivers have spent the last year on the front line of a global pandemic and protests," reported CDL Life. "Now many are fearful of what might happen if police departments disband or are defunded."
I don't blame them. Witness the horrific video of rioters swarming a trucker, like killer ants swarming hapless prey. Would you want to work under these conditions? These men and women are driving trucks to support their families, not engage in warfare.
The mayor of Olympia, Washington, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter cause – until her own home was vandalized, thus proving even groveling politicians can't grovel enough. Ironically, it was one lone conservative who prevented her home from being torched. Suddenly she began bleating about "domestic terrorism" and said the vandalism was "unfair." Ya think?
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
(Apparently, ditto with the Portland, Oregon, mayor.)
Police officers are quitting all over the country. Again, I don't blame them, though the implication is horrifying. "The thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted every day is rapidly disintegrating," observes writer Michael Snyder, "and all that stands between us and complete anarchy is a very narrow blue line."
As the CHAZ/CHOP anarchy in Seattle demonstrates, once the left gets in power, they embrace everything they claim they're against, including guns (notably AR-15s), border control and racism. They intimidate and extort. We saw a street preacher being held in a chokehold by Antifa (but what if he can't breathe?). And walls! Walls are good!
The withdrawal of police power is resulting in the so-called Ferguson effect, the "massive increase in violent crime throughout urban America." In some cities (notably Atlanta), police are not responding to calls in multiple precincts. What do you think will happen to crime as a result? Will everyone behave, or will opportunists wreak mayhem?
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One new study found a focus on "viral" incidents of alleged police brutality leads to massive spikes in homicides and felonies. According to the authors, "We estimate that these investigations caused almost 900 excess homicides and almost 34,000 excess felonies."
"Police won't operate under these conditions," tweeted Ben Shapiro. "Swaths of police officers are considering early retirement. We're about to see a massive crime wave across America's major cities, and it's entirely the product of Leftist slander about cops. Atlanta is just the beginning."
When the police aren't allowed to enforce the law, people are forced to do so. As radio host and attorney Sean Harshey notes, "Unlike the temporary periods of civil unrest over the past several decades, the current withdrawal of police authority to re-impose order is a turning point in American history. We are experiencing the breakdown of civilization."
As a result of all this mayhem, people are responding in exactly the opposite way the anarchists hoped. Even liberals are admitting things have gone too far.
In fact, the more the leftist anarchists hammer at our rights, the more conservatives they create. Gun sales have skyrocketed. Silenced people are joining the #WalkAway movement in droves.
Thus the biggest "unexpected consequence" of these riots is how many people are turning to Trump.
"Leftists claim they want revolution," observes Wayne Dupree on Political Insider, "but they underestimate the conservative majority."
Yes, majority. Because everyone is conservative when it comes to their own rights – especially when someone tries to take those rights away.
How many people in Seattle have watched their beautiful city change beneath their feet because of the left-wing radicalization? How many of these people will quietly vote for Trump?
Even HBO host Bill Maher admits defunding the police is a terrible idea because "it will make people vote Trump."
"Understand that the leftist establishment would like nothing better than for Trump to go kinetic," notes columnist Kurt Schlichter. "That's why it is baiting him. … Trump's too smart for that, and frankly the establishment is too dumb and undisciplined to carry it out. … Do you think this is all helping the Dems? If you do, stop watching MSNBCNN. Except among Hollywood jerks, urban hipsters and whiny woke wine women from Westchester, the attack on order means 'Advantage: Trump.' … Trump is winning this information battle. Conservative Americans – and moderate Americans who want law and order – can't wait to vote against defunding the police, rioting and appeasement. The Silent Majority is being roused again."
In short, the biggest "unintended consequence" of the left's war on American citizens may be a landslide Trump win in November. Over a million people requested tickets to this weekend's MAGA rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, prompting the president to tweet, "The silent majority is stronger than ever!" (Though stand by – ads are being run for actors to disrupt the rally.)
Gee, WHY do you suppose so many people are rallying around Trump? Could it be people of all races and classes are disgusted with the rioting and looting, murder and arson? Hmmm?
Despite three generations of Marxist indoctrination in schools, despite 93 percent negative coverage of our president by Marxist media, the silent majority in this nation wants a country of law and order, of freedom and capitalism.
We simply want to run our businesses without having them looted and burned. We simply want to raise our children to be productive citizens without having them radicalized into thugs and criminals. We simply want to live our lives as peaceful, law-abiding citizens.
Only the left thinks that is evil and wrong.
I'll repeat that again: Only the left thinks that is evil and wrong.
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wnd--2020-06-19--Cowardly whites, courageous blacks and a corrupt judiciary

Too many Americans , debilitated by so-called `` white guilt , '' have largely become first-class cowards .
Just call them racist and they run for the exits , usually stage left .
To the contrary , black conservatives such as Candace Owens , Larry Elder and some of my brave clients , such as Dallas police Sgt .
Demetrick Pennie , are courageous .
A few years ago , Pennie sued so called Reverends Louis Farrakhan of the hateful Nation of Islam and Al Sharpton , as well as Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers Party , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The lives of Pennie and his family were then threatened , and he was called every vile name under the sun , from `` Uncle Tom '' to `` House N. '' Candace Owens has of late received the same treatment when she correctly pointed out that George Floyd , the black man who was killed in Minneapolis , was not exactly a saint , but instead a five-time convicted felon , once for armed robbery .
She expressed her disgust that so many in the black community would deify Floyd , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as the Jewish community , condemn their own for misdeeds .
But the real misdeeds , as has becoming increasingly evident in recent weeks , with the highly charged killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta , center in the largely white community of the federal judiciary .
There is so much white guilt that has been propagated over time – in the modern era beginning with the election of Barack Obama as president – that it has become a pandemic in an of itself .
Having stoked what is now a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Obama cleverly divided the races and in so doing embraced the likes of Farrakhan and Sharpton , giving them an annual membership into his White House Hall of Shame .
These racist despots were no longer at the back of the bus , but instead driving American race-related policy , all the while shouting out the bus window to kill white cops in particular , when Jews , aka `` Jew termites '' as Farrakhan has put it , were not readily available to make targets .
Read what Farrakhan , whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret until recently , was spewing from his racist perch in the years , months and days before the Dallas massacre that left many of Sgt .
Pennie 's cop brothers dead and wounded .
It thus was no coincidence that one of Farrakhan 's Black Muslim Nation of Islam disciples , Micah Johnson , was ordered by this Hitleresque black high priest to carry out this heinous crime .
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only have the 'right kind ' of black guests Here is what this murderous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Johnson just hours before the Dallas massacre : '' When you are willing and not afraid anymore to pay the price for freedom – do n't let this white man tell you that violence is wrong .
… Every damn thing that he got , he got by being violent – killing people , raping , robbing and murdering .
He 's doing it as we speak , and then he has the nerve to come and tell us that violence and hatred wo n't get it .
Do n't buy that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hated .
… God hates , and man is no better than God . ''
[ The Blaze , `` Hours Before Officers Were Gunned Down in Dallas , Farrakhan Posted This Shocking Message of Racism and Violence , `` July 8 , 2016 . ]
One of the Dallas cops who was killed was Patrick Zamarippa .
His father , Enrique , retained me to file a wrongful death suit against Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam , as well as Sharpton , Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in inciting violence against the police .
The case , which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas , in Dallas , was assigned to a white female Trump appointee , Karen Gren Scholer .
After considerable delay , Judge Scholer outrageously dismissed the complaint , incredibly ruling : '' Zamarippa attempts to hold Defendants liable because Johnson allegedly was one of their 'disciples . '
… Zamarippa 's allegations against Farrakhan and the NOI ( Nation of Islam ) … are wholly conclusory and fail to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Farrakhan and NOI ) to the death of Zamarippa 's son .
… Zamarippa fails to explain how the injury at hand resulted from anything other than 'the independent action of Johnson . '
… Here , other than conclusory statements , Zamarippa has not pleaded any facts to suggest that Johnson 's conduct was dependent on or incentivized by Farrakhan or the NOI . ''
( July 16 , 2018 ) To the contrary , Judge Scholer , our complaint was exceedingly detailed and can be found at www.larryklayman.com .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Islam to the murder of Patrick Zamarippa .
So there you have it .
Despite excruciating detail in the Zamarippa complaint , a Trump appointee no less , goes through the monkey business of `` hearing no evil , seeing no evil and doing no evil , '' and , perhaps out of fear or white guilt , trashed the case of my client , the grieving father of slain officer Patrick Zamarippa .
The lesson of this sad and despicable abdication of federal judicial duty is twofold .
First , peoples of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , must not cower from the rule of law ; otherwise a license to kill will in effect be granted to the race baiters , conmen and other radicals that are , as we speak , in the act of occupying , looting , maiming and killing in our nation 's streets .
The second lesson is for President Trump , who just this week was betrayed yet again by a phony conservative chief justice , John Roberts , of the Supreme Court , who along with the leftist justices , ruled against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response , Trump promised , if reelected , to appoint truly conservative justices when vacancies come due .
But from my experience , as I have written about in previous columns , the majority of his white and non-white appointees to not just SCOTUS , but the lower federal courts , have been clones of Judge Scholer – totally lacking in courage .
The time has come for We the People to peacefully and legally take matters into our own hands , as our government and its judicial branch have become completely compromised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the protectors of the citizenry , but the tyrants who are aiding and abetting the destruction of our nation .
Join Freedom Watch 's Justice League to help save the nation !
Go to www.freedomwatchusa.org and sign up .

Too many Americans, debilitated by so-called "white guilt," have largely become first-class cowards. Just call them racist and they run for the exits, usually stage left. To the contrary, black conservatives such as Candace Owens, Larry Elder and some of my brave clients, such as Dallas police Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, are courageous. A few years ago, Pennie sued so called Reverends Louis Farrakhan of the hateful Nation of Islam and Al Sharpton, as well as Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers Party, over the 2016 Dallas massacre of policemen.
The lives of Pennie and his family were then threatened, and he was called every vile name under the sun, from "Uncle Tom" to "House N." Candace Owens has of late received the same treatment when she correctly pointed out that George Floyd, the black man who was killed in Minneapolis, was not exactly a saint, but instead a five-time convicted felon, once for armed robbery. She expressed her disgust that so many in the black community would deify Floyd, when other minorities in the United States, such as the Jewish community, condemn their own for misdeeds.
But the real misdeeds, as has becoming increasingly evident in recent weeks, with the highly charged killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, center in the largely white community of the federal judiciary.
There is so much white guilt that has been propagated over time – in the modern era beginning with the election of Barack Obama as president – that it has become a pandemic in an of itself. Having stoked what is now a race war, now in full swing, Obama cleverly divided the races and in so doing embraced the likes of Farrakhan and Sharpton, giving them an annual membership into his White House Hall of Shame. These racist despots were no longer at the back of the bus, but instead driving American race-related policy, all the while shouting out the bus window to kill white cops in particular, when Jews, aka "Jew termites" as Farrakhan has put it, were not readily available to make targets.
Read what Farrakhan, whose proud smiling photograph with Obama was kept secret until recently, was spewing from his racist perch in the years, months and days before the Dallas massacre that left many of Sgt. Pennie's cop brothers dead and wounded. It thus was no coincidence that one of Farrakhan's Black Muslim Nation of Islam disciples, Micah Johnson, was ordered by this Hitleresque black high priest to carry out this heinous crime.
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Here is what this murderous "reverend" directed to his followers like Johnson just hours before the Dallas massacre:
"When you are willing and not afraid anymore to pay the price for freedom – don't let this white man tell you that violence is wrong. … Every damn thing that he got, he got by being violent – killing people, raping, robbing and murdering. He's doing it as we speak, and then he has the nerve to come and tell us that violence and hatred won't get it. Don't buy that. … He is worthy to be hated. … God hates, and man is no better than God."
[The Blaze, "Hours Before Officers Were Gunned Down in Dallas, Farrakhan Posted This Shocking Message of Racism and Violence, " July 8, 2016.]
One of the Dallas cops who was killed was Patrick Zamarippa. His father, Enrique, retained me to file a wrongful death suit against Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam, as well as Sharpton, Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers Party, all of whom had joined Farrakhan in inciting violence against the police. The case, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in Dallas, was assigned to a white female Trump appointee, Karen Gren Scholer. After considerable delay, Judge Scholer outrageously dismissed the complaint, incredibly ruling:
"Zamarippa attempts to hold Defendants liable because Johnson allegedly was one of their 'disciples.' … Zamarippa's allegations against Farrakhan and the NOI (Nation of Islam) … are wholly conclusory and fail to reasonably trace the words and actions of (Farrakhan and NOI) to the death of Zamarippa's son. … Zamarippa fails to explain how the injury at hand resulted from anything other than 'the independent action of Johnson.' … Here, other than conclusory statements, Zamarippa has not pleaded any facts to suggest that Johnson's conduct was dependent on or incentivized by Farrakhan or the NOI." (July 16, 2018)
To the contrary, Judge Scholer, our complaint was exceedingly detailed and can be found at www.larryklayman.com. It directly tied Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam to the murder of Patrick Zamarippa.
So there you have it. Despite excruciating detail in the Zamarippa complaint, a Trump appointee no less, goes through the monkey business of "hearing no evil, seeing no evil and doing no evil," and, perhaps out of fear or white guilt, trashed the case of my client, the grieving father of slain officer Patrick Zamarippa.
The lesson of this sad and despicable abdication of federal judicial duty is twofold.
First, peoples of all races, including white federal judges, must not cower from the rule of law; otherwise a license to kill will in effect be granted to the race baiters, conmen and other radicals that are, as we speak, in the act of occupying, looting, maiming and killing in our nation's streets.
The second lesson is for President Trump, who just this week was betrayed yet again by a phony conservative chief justice, John Roberts, of the Supreme Court, who along with the leftist justices, ruled against The Donald's DACA policies. In response, Trump promised, if reelected, to appoint truly conservative justices when vacancies come due. But from my experience, as I have written about in previous columns, the majority of his white and non-white appointees to not just SCOTUS, but the lower federal courts, have been clones of Judge Scholer – totally lacking in courage.
The time has come for We the People to peacefully and legally take matters into our own hands, as our government and its judicial branch have become completely compromised and corrupt. They are no longer the protectors of the citizenry, but the tyrants who are aiding and abetting the destruction of our nation.
Join Freedom Watch's Justice League to help save the nation! Go to www.freedomwatchusa.org and sign up.


wnd--2020-06-19--Is disregarding Sabbath just 'Christian liberty'?

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wnd--2020-06-19--The destruction of statues: Trump called it 2 years ago

In August of 2017 , less than two years ago , president Trump held a press conference decrying the removal of Confederate statues .
`` This week it 's Robert E. Lee .
I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down .
I wonder , is George Washington next week , and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after ?
You really do have to ask yourself : 'Where does it stop ? '
'' Trump asked at a press conference that summer .
NBC mockingly wrote of Trump , that he gave `` dire warnings … about the potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's Founding Fathers . ''
Now where have we heard this ?
Oh that 's right – from all of us right-wing fearmongers – all us tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists .
How many of us conservatives have been warning of the `` slippery slope , '' and have been mocked for doing so ?
`` Is the president right about the impending threat to the founders ?
Historians who spoke to NBC News said such fears are slightly misplaced and that Trump is championing a murky interpretation of history . ''
TRENDING : CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the 'right kind ' of black guests '' The president can raise the slippery slope , but it 's a false slippery slope , '' said Kevin Levin , a Boston-based historian who specializes in American Civil War history .
Is it really ?
!
Well , Mr. Levin – you and all your leftist know-it-all colleagues might want to take a look around , because the slippery slope , in just the span of 22 months , has morphed into a raging torrent .
And while you 're at , perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apology – admitting that he was right , again , and you were wrong … again and again and again .
Do n't hold your breath .
Being a leftist means never having to say you 're sorry or that you were wrong .
As an aside : I swear – why does anyone still listen to you leftist `` experts . ''
You 're literally wrong about everything !
As it turned out , President Trump was both very astute and 100 % correct .
The only thing he got wrong was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first to succumb to the ignorant mob .
Thomas Jefferson was the first to fall .
On the night of June 14 , just days ago , following – what else ?
– a Black Lives Matter phony grievance rally , `` Protesters in Portland , Oregon , toppled a statue of Thomas Jefferson that had stood in front of a high school named after the author of the Declaration of Independence as riots continue nationwide over the death of George Floyd , '' wrote the Blaze .
Spray painted on its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Owner , '' `` George Floyd '' and `` BLM . ''
Next up was George Washington .
George Washington !
The father of our nation .
Is nothing sacred ?
So which one of our founders is next ?
Is it Madison or someone else ?
How many more pieces of history will our feckless officials permit to be wiped away ?
No nation has a richer and more consequential history of freedom and righting of wrongs that does the United States .
It 's why so many of the world 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and continue to come .
And yet , in the relative blink of eye , our so-called leaders , who are n't fit to tread the same ground as our founders , allow ignorant and violent puppets to do the bidding of those who seek to destroy this country , wipe it 's history away , warts and all , so that they may replace it with their own demented version of utopia .
No nation is or has ever been perfect , but the United States is as close as mankind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it due to cowardice and a complete lack of foresight , we will likely never recover it , and the world will be much worse off because of it .
The ignorant mobs of Black Lives Matter and Antifa ululate ( word of the day ) over being so oppressed , but have no idea what true oppression is really like .
Perhaps all you faux-oppressed Americans , who are part of this so-called `` revolution , '' should experience life in other nations , where you ca n't just commandeer seven blocks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demand that the government you just took it from provide you with free food , services and other amenities .
I guarantee you would see a difference response to your `` demands . ''
Listen to an audio version of this column :

In August of 2017, less than two years ago, president Trump held a press conference decrying the removal of Confederate statues.
"This week it's Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is George Washington next week, and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You really do have to ask yourself: 'Where does it stop?'" Trump asked at a press conference that summer.
NBC mockingly wrote of Trump, that he gave "dire warnings … about the potential erasure of iconic memorials to the country's Founding Fathers."
Now where have we heard this? Oh that's right – from all of us right-wing fearmongers – all us tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists. How many of us conservatives have been warning of the "slippery slope," and have been mocked for doing so?
"Is the president right about the impending threat to the founders? Historians who spoke to NBC News said such fears are slightly misplaced and that Trump is championing a murky interpretation of history."
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"The president can raise the slippery slope, but it's a false slippery slope," said Kevin Levin, a Boston-based historian who specializes in American Civil War history.
Is it really?!
Well, Mr. Levin – you and all your leftist know-it-all colleagues might want to take a look around, because the slippery slope, in just the span of 22 months, has morphed into a raging torrent.
And while you're at, perhaps you should offer the president a sincere apology – admitting that he was right, again, and you were wrong … again and again and again.
Don't hold your breath. Being a leftist means never having to say you're sorry or that you were wrong.
As an aside: I swear – why does anyone still listen to you leftist "experts." You're literally wrong about everything!
As it turned out, President Trump was both very astute and 100% correct. The only thing he got wrong was the order of which founder would be the first to succumb to the ignorant mob.
Thomas Jefferson was the first to fall.
On the night of June 14, just days ago, following – what else? – a Black Lives Matter phony grievance rally, "Protesters in Portland, Oregon, toppled a statue of Thomas Jefferson that had stood in front of a high school named after the author of the Declaration of Independence as riots continue nationwide over the death of George Floyd," wrote the Blaze.
Spray painted on its base were the words, "Slave Owner," "George Floyd" and "BLM."
Next up was George Washington. George Washington! The father of our nation. Is nothing sacred?
So which one of our founders is next? Is it Madison or someone else? How many more pieces of history will our feckless officials permit to be wiped away?
No nation has a richer and more consequential history of freedom and righting of wrongs that does the United States. It's why so many of the world's legitimately oppressed have come to our shores, and continue to come.
And yet, in the relative blink of eye, our so-called leaders, who aren't fit to tread the same ground as our founders, allow ignorant and violent puppets to do the bidding of those who seek to destroy this country, wipe it's history away, warts and all, so that they may replace it with their own demented version of utopia.
No nation is or has ever been perfect, but the United States is as close as mankind will ever get. If we lose it due to cowardice and a complete lack of foresight, we will likely never recover it, and the world will be much worse off because of it.
The ignorant mobs of Black Lives Matter and Antifa ululate (word of the day) over being so oppressed, but have no idea what true oppression is really like.
Perhaps all you faux-oppressed Americans, who are part of this so-called "revolution," should experience life in other nations, where you can't just commandeer seven blocks of real estate by force and then demand that the government you just took it from provide you with free food, services and other amenities. I guarantee you would see a difference response to your "demands."
Listen to an audio version of this column:


wnd--2020-06-19--A trail of destruction: Destroying statues, destroying history

It 's getting worse and worse and for me , closer to home .
I 'm speaking not only of the rioting , demonstrating and looting – all in the name of Black Lives Matter ; I 'm talking about the deliberate destruction of our history by the dismantling of historic monuments across the country .
It reminds me of the devastation I felt when I saw the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in Afghanistan .
The carvings were destroyed `` just because , '' and I felt it like a knife to my heart .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – but that is what the Taliban does , destroy history with which they disagree .
In much the same way , the South has gone mad with the removal of history – taking down statues of Confederate generals and others associated with the Civil War .
The madness has crept into Washington , D.C. , as Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her clout to push for the removal of nearly a dozen statues of Confederate personas from the National Statuary Hall Collection .
She said they `` pay homage to hate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just days ago , ordered the removal of at least 4 paintings of former Confederates who had served as House speakers .
She apparently just found out about them .
There is also an effort to remove buried Confederate soldiers from Arlington National Cemetery and the move to change the names of military bases named after Confederate generals is also in the works .
TRENDING : CNN exec reportedly told ex-anchor she could only have the 'right kind ' of black guests Across the capital city , varied statues and monuments have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statuary across the country .
Many cities have already removed many of the statues – some before and others after they were defaced .
What 's the point of all this ?
We are told it 's because we should not `` honor '' people who were traitors or people who enslaved minorities – whether blacks or Native Americans .
But what about history ?
Is n't it bad enough that our schools have so bastardized the teaching of history that our children have NO sense of what happened in the past and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past looked like will not rot their brains and , in fact , might make them see history as something that really happened and really influences our lives today .
Here in Northern California , we 're having our share of all that .
Thousands in the streets , mobs surging onto freeways stopping traffic , clogging and stopping traffic on our bridges .
When police move in to stop this , people criticize them and demand , as area residents told the Walnut Creek City Council this week , `` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one bothered to explain what police were supposed to do when a `` peaceful protest '' on May 30 changed as more than 600 people swarmed through a shopping area in downtown , to quote the local news report , `` looting about 40 businesses , including anchor stores like Macy 's , Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus . ''
Northern California is also having our share of `` statue removal . ''
Christopher Columbus is the current `` big '' target .
It was announced this week that the statue of Queen Isabella @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Capitol Rotunda in Sacramento .
It has been there for more than a hundred years – since 1883 .
But no matter .
According to an official statement , `` Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations . ''
They said , that the presence of the `` deeply polarizing historical figure is completely out of place today .
`` It will be removed . ''
Another historic statue of the explorer has been removed – this one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a week after it was defaced with red paint .
The decision to remove the statue and put it in storage was made by Mayor London Breed and local elected legislators .
They will also decide what replacement there might be .
It should be noted that Columbus Day is still a federal holiday , but individual states can choose whether or not to recognize it and how .
They can also decide whether to have schools recognize the holiday .
In 2018 , October was named Italian American Heritage Month – mainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were not happy about the destruction of the legacy of Christopher Columbus .
They themselves faced xenophobia and prejudice when they arrived in this country , including a mass lynching in 1891 in New Orleans .
For them , Columbus was an important symbol in their heritage .
Another hit to California history came this week when a statue of John Sutter was removed from the Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento .
Sutter , an immigrant citizen of the United States and Mexico , settled Sutters Mill , which became Sacramento , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gold rush that changed the face of California .
But rumor had it that he mistreated Native Americans on his properties , so now we have to get rid of him .
Another person we are being pushed to get rid of is Sir Francis Drake .
In fact , the explorer arrived in present-day Northern California on June 17 , 1579 .
He called it New Albion , claiming English sovereignty .
The area today is Marin County , just over the Golden Gate Bridge .
There is a main road named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statue of an explorer , a bay , a high school and even a hotel in San Francisco named after him that has been there for 92 years .
Yet , activists are demanding that Drake 's name be removed from everything , because , they say , he was a slave trader and participated in the genocide of Native Americans .
What 's next ?
I can hardly wait , but I have no doubt that this trail of destruction will continue until virtually all of our history is either distorted or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal of Antifa and their communist followers .
If they are not firmly resisted , we really do stand to lose our country – and I for one , do not accept that .

It's getting worse and worse and for me, closer to home. I'm speaking not only of the rioting, demonstrating and looting – all in the name of Black Lives Matter; I'm talking about the deliberate destruction of our history by the dismantling of historic monuments across the country.
It reminds me of the devastation I felt when I saw the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The carvings were destroyed "just because," and I felt it like a knife to my heart. It was so unnecessary and so terribly destructive – but that is what the Taliban does, destroy history with which they disagree.
In much the same way, the South has gone mad with the removal of history – taking down statues of Confederate generals and others associated with the Civil War. The madness has crept into Washington, D.C., as Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her clout to push for the removal of nearly a dozen statues of Confederate personas from the National Statuary Hall Collection. She said they "pay homage to hate, not heritage."
She also, just days ago, ordered the removal of at least 4 paintings of former Confederates who had served as House speakers. She apparently just found out about them.
There is also an effort to remove buried Confederate soldiers from Arlington National Cemetery and the move to change the names of military bases named after Confederate generals is also in the works.
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Across the capital city, varied statues and monuments have been targets of racist graffiti as have similar statuary across the country. Many cities have already removed many of the statues – some before and others after they were defaced.
What's the point of all this? We are told it's because we should not "honor" people who were traitors or people who enslaved minorities – whether blacks or Native Americans.
But what about history? Isn't it bad enough that our schools have so bastardized the teaching of history that our children have NO sense of what happened in the past and why? Seeing what the people of the past looked like will not rot their brains and, in fact, might make them see history as something that really happened and really influences our lives today.
Here in Northern California, we're having our share of all that. Thousands in the streets, mobs surging onto freeways stopping traffic, clogging and stopping traffic on our bridges. When police move in to stop this, people criticize them and demand, as area residents told the Walnut Creek City Council this week, "We need a non-police response."
No one bothered to explain what police were supposed to do when a "peaceful protest" on May 30 changed as more than 600 people swarmed through a shopping area in downtown, to quote the local news report, "looting about 40 businesses, including anchor stores like Macy's, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus."
Northern California is also having our share of "statue removal." Christopher Columbus is the current "big" target. It was announced this week that the statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus will be removed from the Capitol Rotunda in Sacramento. It has been there for more than a hundred years – since 1883. But no matter.
According to an official statement, "Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations." They said, that the presence of the "deeply polarizing historical figure is completely out of place today.
"It will be removed."
Another historic statue of the explorer has been removed – this one from Coit Tower in San Francisco, a week after it was defaced with red paint. The decision to remove the statue and put it in storage was made by Mayor London Breed and local elected legislators.
They will also decide what replacement there might be.
It should be noted that Columbus Day is still a federal holiday, but individual states can choose whether or not to recognize it and how. They can also decide whether to have schools recognize the holiday.
In 2018, October was named Italian American Heritage Month – mainly as a way to pacify Italian-Americans who were not happy about the destruction of the legacy of Christopher Columbus. They themselves faced xenophobia and prejudice when they arrived in this country, including a mass lynching in 1891 in New Orleans. For them, Columbus was an important symbol in their heritage.
Another hit to California history came this week when a statue of John Sutter was removed from the Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento.
Sutter, an immigrant citizen of the United States and Mexico, settled Sutters Mill, which became Sacramento, and then discovered gold! It was the gold rush that changed the face of California.
But rumor had it that he mistreated Native Americans on his properties, so now we have to get rid of him.
Another person we are being pushed to get rid of is Sir Francis Drake. In fact, the explorer arrived in present-day Northern California on June 17, 1579. He called it New Albion, claiming English sovereignty.
The area today is Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge. There is a main road named after Drake, as well as a statue of an explorer, a bay, a high school and even a hotel in San Francisco named after him that has been there for 92 years.
Yet, activists are demanding that Drake's name be removed from everything, because, they say, he was a slave trader and participated in the genocide of Native Americans.
What's next? I can hardly wait, but I have no doubt that this trail of destruction will continue until virtually all of our history is either distorted or gone – because that is exactly the goal of Antifa and their communist followers.
If they are not firmly resisted, we really do stand to lose our country – and I for one, do not accept that.
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wnd--2020-06-19--No one will tell me what I must and must not say

Because I love God and my neighbor , I will always try to be respectful and civil in my speech .
At the same time , society will not tell me what words I must and must not say .
Sorry , but I 'm not playing that very dangerous game .
I urge you not to play that game either .
For years , in order to have dialogue with people with different perspectives , as well as to interact with the younger generation , I have freely chosen to use words like `` gay '' or `` lesbian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
At the same time , I have had no illusions .
I knew I would be just as hated , just as vilified , just as judged by those whose agenda I rejected .
But that 's not what we were told .
We were told that we needed to show sensitivity .
That it was imperative that we used the proper terminology , that we must go out of our way to not offend with our words .
This is the enlightened way .
But because we resisted the radical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ branded bigots and homophobes and haters and transphobes , just the same .
Our careful communication did not win us brownie points in the end .
Let that serve as an example today .
Quoting the right phrases will not get you a free pass .
Avoiding the wrong words will not exempt you from attack .
Do not be deceived .
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You have been forewarned .
When it comes to homosexual issues , I still use terms like `` gay '' or `` lesbian '' to interact with those who would otherwise not hear me .
And I choose to use the latest version of `` LGBTQ+ '' to illustrate the point I and others have made for years .
There is no end in sight .
There will always be another term .
Another orientation .
Another identity .
This is what happens when you deviate from `` male and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if I were forced to use the latest , acceptable terminology `` or else , '' I would politely refuse .
No one has the right to dictate the words you and I use .
Today , we must say `` black lives matter '' to prove our orthodoxy .
Perhaps tomorrow we will have to pay reparations .
Personally , since some of my black Christian colleagues have conveyed to me what `` black lives matter '' means to them , I 'm happy to affirm my solidarity , using those very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , see here . )
With absolute freedom and without any sense of coercion , I want the world to know that I truly believe that black lives matter to God and to humanity .
I say that from the heart .
But I have no illusions here either .
To the woke crowd , my words are nothing more than virtue signaling .
I will not win them with my words .
And if demands were put on me to say the words or post the logo to prove my opposition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You will not dictate what I say or do not say .
Not only so , but if I want to shout out , `` Black lives matter , beginning in the womb , '' I will do that too .
( For our viral meme , see here . )
And you better believe I will always explain why I do not stand with the Black Lives Matter movement .
I do not bow the knee to the crowd .
Neither should you .
Of course , I would never dream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those are not part of my vocabulary , nor do they enter my thoughts .
At the same time , I categorically reject today 's cancel culture that will crucify a young adult for an ugly tweet he posted when he was 15 .
How contrite must he be before he has paid his dues ?
How many apologies must he offer ?
What acts must he perform to prove that he is duly penitent ?
This too is a counsel of despair .
In November 2016 , shortly before his sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jordan Peterson on my radio show .
I did n't know a lot about him , only that he had taken a courageous stand on his college campus , refusing to go along with transgender terminology .
No one was going to force him what to say .
But as we spoke by phone that day , I was in for quite a surprise .
He was not a meek , hurting Christian , wounded by the attacks of his own university .
Instead , he was fiery and bold , conveying anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as someone who had studied communism for years , he saw where enforced speech led .
He would not bow down to a destructive authoritarian system .
Barely eight months later , in June 2017 , Canada passed a national law making it illegal to `` misgender '' someone .
And how far would this law go ?
As expressed by Brenda Cossman , a law professor at Peterson 's University of Toronto , `` Would it cover a situation where an individual repeatedly , consistently refuses to use a person 's chosen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact , according to a 2014 policy in Ontario , `` Gender-based harassment can involve : ( 5 ) Refusing to refer to a person by their self-identified name and proper personal pronoun . ''
That 's why Cossman thought that failure to use someone 's preferred pronoun could make you into a lawbreaker , even though the federal law did n't mention pronouns .
The precedent had already been set .
This enforced language code is now part of the Canadian Human Rights Act , `` added to a section of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defined as advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred – where it joins other identifiable groups . ''
So , refusing to call a biological male by his new female name , or choosing not to refer to him as her , is now in the same category as `` advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred . ''
This is why we resist .
If you choose to use a particular pronoun or name when interacting with someone , especially at your first meeting , that is certainly your prerogative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must , at that point you must refuse .
The dictating of our speech today will certainly lead to the dictating of our behavior tomorrow .
I urge you to stand your ground .

Because I love God and my neighbor, I will always try to be respectful and civil in my speech. At the same time, society will not tell me what words I must and must not say. Sorry, but I'm not playing that very dangerous game. I urge you not to play that game either.
For years, in order to have dialogue with people with different perspectives, as well as to interact with the younger generation, I have freely chosen to use words like "gay" or "lesbian" rather than only saying "homosexual." At the same time, I have had no illusions. I knew I would be just as hated, just as vilified, just as judged by those whose agenda I rejected.
But that's not what we were told. We were told that we needed to show sensitivity. That it was imperative that we used the proper terminology, that we must go out of our way to not offend with our words. This is the enlightened way.
But because we resisted the radical agenda of LGBTQ+ activists, we were branded bigots and homophobes and haters and transphobes, just the same. Our careful communication did not win us brownie points in the end.
Let that serve as an example today. Quoting the right phrases will not get you a free pass. Avoiding the wrong words will not exempt you from attack. Do not be deceived.
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If you do not conform completely to the latest demands of the crowd, you will be reviled, excommunicated and canceled. You have been forewarned.
When it comes to homosexual issues, I still use terms like "gay" or "lesbian" to interact with those who would otherwise not hear me. And I choose to use the latest version of "LGBTQ+" to illustrate the point I and others have made for years. There is no end in sight. There will always be another term. Another orientation. Another identity. This is what happens when you deviate from "male and female He created them."
But if I were forced to use the latest, acceptable terminology "or else," I would politely refuse. No one has the right to dictate the words you and I use.
Today, we must say "black lives matter" to prove our orthodoxy. Perhaps tomorrow we will have to pay reparations.
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Personally, since some of my black Christian colleagues have conveyed to me what "black lives matter" means to them, I'm happy to affirm my solidarity, using those very words. (For more on this, see here.) With absolute freedom and without any sense of coercion, I want the world to know that I truly believe that black lives matter to God and to humanity. I say that from the heart.
But I have no illusions here either. To the woke crowd, my words are nothing more than virtue signaling. I will not win them with my words.
And if demands were put on me to say the words or post the logo to prove my opposition to racism, my answer would be no. You will not dictate what I say or do not say.
Not only so, but if I want to shout out, "Black lives matter, beginning in the womb," I will do that too. (For our viral meme, see here.) And you better believe I will always explain why I do not stand with the Black Lives Matter movement.
I do not bow the knee to the crowd. Neither should you.
Of course, I would never dream of using derogatory terms or racial epithets. Those are not part of my vocabulary, nor do they enter my thoughts.
At the same time, I categorically reject today's cancel culture that will crucify a young adult for an ugly tweet he posted when he was 15. How contrite must he be before he has paid his dues? How many apologies must he offer? What acts must he perform to prove that he is duly penitent? This too is a counsel of despair.
In November 2016, shortly before his sudden rise to fame, I interviewed professor Jordan Peterson on my radio show. I didn't know a lot about him, only that he had taken a courageous stand on his college campus, refusing to go along with transgender terminology. No one was going to force him what to say.
But as we spoke by phone that day, I was in for quite a surprise. He was not a meek, hurting Christian, wounded by the attacks of his own university. Instead, he was fiery and bold, conveying anything but a victim mentality. Rather, as someone who had studied communism for years, he saw where enforced speech led. He would not bow down to a destructive authoritarian system.
Barely eight months later, in June 2017, Canada passed a national law making it illegal to "misgender" someone. And how far would this law go? As expressed by Brenda Cossman, a law professor at Peterson's University of Toronto, "Would it cover a situation where an individual repeatedly, consistently refuses to use a person's chosen pronoun? It might."
In fact, according to a 2014 policy in Ontario, "Gender-based harassment can involve: (5) Refusing to refer to a person by their self-identified name and proper personal pronoun."
That's why Cossman thought that failure to use someone's preferred pronoun could make you into a lawbreaker, even though the federal law didn't mention pronouns. The precedent had already been set.
This enforced language code is now part of the Canadian Human Rights Act, "added to a section of the Criminal Code that targets hate speech – defined as advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred – where it joins other identifiable groups."
So, refusing to call a biological male by his new female name, or choosing not to refer to him as her, is now in the same category as "advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred." This is why we resist.
If you choose to use a particular pronoun or name when interacting with someone, especially at your first meeting, that is certainly your prerogative. But when you are told you must, at that point you must refuse.
The dictating of our speech today will certainly lead to the dictating of our behavior tomorrow.
I urge you to stand your ground.


wnd--2020-06-19--Mob rule and instant vitriol: Blame Big Tech

Who knew ?
In just a single generation the technology revolution has become real .
That 's real as in revolution .
Within a single generation a nation that seemed to have plenty of adult supervision has descended into unsupervised playground chaos ( and that 's not being entirely fair to the kids ) .
Has social media by now demonstrated beyond any doubt that while everyone in America has always had an opinion , not everyone in America needs a platform for expressing that opinion to the world ?
Newspapers almost always had a `` letters to the editor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vent their thoughts .
Most editors welcomed dissenting opinions , but drew the line at shotgun invective .
If a reader did n't care for a letter or opinion , they moved their eyes onto the next article or opinion .
Writing a letter to the newspaper editor required some effort at clarifying your idea , writing it down , getting an envelope and stamp , and then mailing the darn thing to the newspaper .
In other words , you had to feel pretty strongly about your opinion to bother expressing it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free ( translation : you have n't yet figured out how they are making all that money off you ) ; almost everyone has one .
So it 's a perfect match , right ?
Each of us has an opinion ; each of us has a social media account .
Better yet , everyone else has an opinion and an account , too !
Why not just splash these opinions across computer screens the world over ?
What could possibly go wrong ?
Well , perhaps we are living that out today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today 's world , not everyone needs to know our opinion on everything that 's happening at this particular moment in time .
In fact , in many cases it might be better if everyone did n't know .
Yet the social media algorithms relentlessly push short-fuse posts and mind farts in front of everyone 's face .
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Part of their business model is selling mouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing research .
Everything you post and everything you click on , including the sequence and time between clicks , goes into a database that is driving research to encode your human response within a silicon replacement .
Eternal life ?
It sounds more like hell to me .
Who might want to know your response to a particular social media post placed in front of you at a particular time ?
Advertisers , of course .
Politicians , because they want votes ; they do n't want the job , just the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This information will give them both .
Governments want to know , because they are filled with politicians – and as all of us know , governments are also filled with people who know what is best for each and every one of us , under every circumstance .
Just ask ; they 'll tell you .
Intelligence agencies , ours and those of other nations , are in the market for this info .
Computer manufacturers , software developers , operating system gurus and computer hackers all want it , to improve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their students or potential students .
Then there are medical researchers , psychiatric development researchers and probably the bad guy down the street from where you live .
The demand for information that will manipulate your thinking , deliver your vote , adjust your behavior and change your choices is unlimited .
None of this is lost on those who want to manipulate your reality into their personal groupthink , which they believe will usher in their very own brave new world .
They get a twofer : the information , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Who ever knew that someday all this goodness would be absolutely free ?

Who knew? In just a single generation the technology revolution has become real. That's real as in revolution. Within a single generation a nation that seemed to have plenty of adult supervision has descended into unsupervised playground chaos (and that's not being entirely fair to the kids).
Has social media by now demonstrated beyond any doubt that while everyone in America has always had an opinion, not everyone in America needs a platform for expressing that opinion to the world? Newspapers almost always had a "letters to the editor" section. There, individuals could vent their thoughts. Most editors welcomed dissenting opinions, but drew the line at shotgun invective. If a reader didn't care for a letter or opinion, they moved their eyes onto the next article or opinion.
Writing a letter to the newspaper editor required some effort at clarifying your idea, writing it down, getting an envelope and stamp, and then mailing the darn thing to the newspaper. In other words, you had to feel pretty strongly about your opinion to bother expressing it.
Today most social media accounts are free (translation: you haven't yet figured out how they are making all that money off you); almost everyone has one. So it's a perfect match, right? Each of us has an opinion; each of us has a social media account. Better yet, everyone else has an opinion and an account, too! Why not just splash these opinions across computer screens the world over? What could possibly go wrong?
Well, perhaps we are living that out today. The sad truth is that in today's world, not everyone needs to know our opinion on everything that's happening at this particular moment in time. In fact, in many cases it might be better if everyone didn't know. Yet the social media algorithms relentlessly push short-fuse posts and mind farts in front of everyone's face.
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Why do these big tech companies do this? Part of their business model is selling mouse clicks to advertisers. Another part is doing research. Everything you post and everything you click on, including the sequence and time between clicks, goes into a database that is driving research to encode your human response within a silicon replacement. Eternal life? It sounds more like hell to me.
Who might want to know your response to a particular social media post placed in front of you at a particular time? Advertisers, of course. Politicians, because they want votes; they don't want the job, just the power that goes with the job. This information will give them both.
Governments want to know, because they are filled with politicians – and as all of us know, governments are also filled with people who know what is best for each and every one of us, under every circumstance. Just ask; they'll tell you.
Intelligence agencies, ours and those of other nations, are in the market for this info. Computer manufacturers, software developers, operating system gurus and computer hackers all want it, to improve their product. Schools want information on their students or potential students. Then there are medical researchers, psychiatric development researchers and probably the bad guy down the street from where you live. The demand for information that will manipulate your thinking, deliver your vote, adjust your behavior and change your choices is unlimited.
None of this is lost on those who want to manipulate your reality into their personal groupthink, which they believe will usher in their very own brave new world. They get a twofer: the information, and the tools of censorship to silence any opposition.
Who ever knew that someday all this goodness would be absolutely free?
Absolution: The Singularity. Volume Three.


wnd--2020-06-20--Former Bolton chief of staff: Iran incident disproves his book

The incident John Bolton describes as the `` turning point '' in his relationship with President Trump undercuts the premise of the former national security adviser 's blockbuster book , contends a former national security council chief of staff .
Bolton contends in `` The Room Where it Happened , '' due for release next week , that nearly every significant foreign policy decision Trump made was motivated by his reelection .
But Fred Fleitz , who served as Bolton 's chief of staff , said in an interview Thursday with Fox News ' Martha MacCallum that the `` turning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident was Trump 's decision at the last minute not to bomb Iran after the Islamic regime shot down a U.S. drone .
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`` I thought that was a principled decision , '' Fleitz said .
`` This was n't to win votes , this was n't to promote the president domestically . ''
Fleitz , a former CIA analyst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the executive secretary of the National Security Council from May through October 2018 .
He said the decision not to bomb Iran `` reflected the president 's principle not to get America into additional wars . ''
It also was an act of leadership , he added , because Trump `` bucked all of his national security advisers . ''
`` When we hear that the president does n't have principles [ and ] he 's not qualified to lead , this incident that Bolton puts forward as the turning point for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my mind , it disproves the whole book , '' Fleitz said .
Fleitz said that unlike Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others , Bolton could n't figure out how to work with an `` unconventional president . ''
`` The job of these senior advisers is to work with the president , not to fight with them and implement his policies , '' Fleitz said .
`` And I 'm very sorry that John Bolton could n't figure out how to do that . ''
On Thursday , Pompeo challenged the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him as `` a traitor who damaged America . ''
`` It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton 's final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people , '' he said in a statement .
The White House has filed a lawsuit to block release of the book , claiming it contains classified information .
A preview of the book released last week by publisher Simon & Schuster said Bolton `` argues that the House committed impeachment malpractice by keeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s Ukraine-like transgressions existed across the full range of his foreign policy . ''
Bolton 's main charge appears to be that nearly every `` significant Trump decision '' during his tenure was `` driven by re-election calculations . ''
However , as WND reported , the Senate in January did n't think the president 's `` transgressions '' in Ukraine were impeachable .
And Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz specifically rebutted the Democrats ' claim that the president should be impeached because he would benefit politically if Ukraine announced an investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the 2020 election , Joe Biden .

The incident John Bolton describes as the "turning point" in his relationship with President Trump undercuts the premise of the former national security adviser's blockbuster book, contends a former national security council chief of staff.
Bolton contends in "The Room Where it Happened," due for release next week, that nearly every significant foreign policy decision Trump made was motivated by his reelection.
But Fred Fleitz, who served as Bolton's chief of staff, said in an interview Thursday with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that the "turning point" itself shows otherwise.
The incident was Trump's decision at the last minute not to bomb Iran after the Islamic regime shot down a U.S. drone.
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The president was concerned that the U.S. would have killed 100 to 200 people.
"I thought that was a principled decision," Fleitz said. "This wasn't to win votes, this wasn't to promote the president domestically."
Fleitz, a former CIA analyst, served as the chief of staff and the executive secretary of the National Security Council from May through October 2018.
He said the decision not to bomb Iran "reflected the president's principle not to get America into additional wars."
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It also was an act of leadership, he added, because Trump "bucked all of his national security advisers."
"When we hear that the president doesn't have principles [and] he's not qualified to lead, this incident that Bolton puts forward as the turning point for his relationship with President Trump -- in my mind, it disproves the whole book," Fleitz said.
Fleitz said that unlike Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others, Bolton couldn't figure out how to work with an "unconventional president."
"The job of these senior advisers is to work with the president, not to fight with them and implement his policies," Fleitz said. "And I'm very sorry that John Bolton couldn't figure out how to do that."
On Thursday, Pompeo challenged the veracity of Bolton's book, condemning him as "a traitor who damaged America."
"It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton's final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people," he said in a statement.
The White House has filed a lawsuit to block release of the book, claiming it contains classified information.
A preview of the book released last week by publisher Simon & Schuster said Bolton "argues that the House committed impeachment malpractice by keeping their prosecution focused narrowly on Ukraine when Trump’s Ukraine-like transgressions existed across the full range of his foreign policy." Bolton's main charge appears to be that nearly every "significant Trump decision" during his tenure was "driven by re-election calculations."
However, as WND reported, the Senate in January didn't think the president's "transgressions" in Ukraine were impeachable. And Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz specifically rebutted the Democrats' claim that the president should be impeached because he would benefit politically if Ukraine announced an investigation of alleged corruption by a potential rival in the 2020 election, Joe Biden.


wnd--2020-06-21--Trump touts 'law and order' and 'silent majority' in return to campaign trail at Oklahoma rally

( FOX NEWS ) President Trump , in his return to the campaign trail on Saturday , declared that the `` silent majority is stronger than ever '' and touted Republicans as the `` party of Abraham Lincoln '' and `` law and order , '' in comments appearing to indicate how he will frame his reelection campaign as the November election approaches .
Trump made the declaration in one of his trademarks rallies in Tulsa , Okla. , where thousands streamed into the BOK Center -- amid protests outside and lingering controversy over the potential coronavirus risk .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs , the breakneck pace as which the Senate has confirmed his judicial nominees and tax cut legislation he signed into law .
`` I stand before you today to declare that the silent majority is stronger than ever before , '' Trump told the raucous crowd .
`` Five months from now we 're going to defeat sleepy Joe Biden ... We 're going to stop the radical left .
We 're going to build a future of safety and opportunity ... Republicans are the party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all .
We are the party of Abraham Lincoln and we are the party of law and order . ''

(FOX NEWS) President Trump, in his return to the campaign trail on Saturday, declared that the "silent majority is stronger than ever" and touted Republicans as the "party of Abraham Lincoln" and "law and order," in comments appearing to indicate how he will frame his reelection campaign as the November election approaches.
Trump made the declaration in one of his trademarks rallies in Tulsa, Okla., where thousands streamed into the BOK Center -- amid protests outside and lingering controversy over the potential coronavirus risk. Trump early in his remarks also touted reform to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the breakneck pace as which the Senate has confirmed his judicial nominees and tax cut legislation he signed into law.
"I stand before you today to declare that the silent majority is stronger than ever before," Trump told the raucous crowd. "Five months from now we're going to defeat sleepy Joe Biden... We're going to stop the radical left. We're going to build a future of safety and opportunity ... Republicans are the party of liberty, equality and justice for all. We are the party of Abraham Lincoln and we are the party of law and order."
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