wnd--2020-12-13--Democrats told appeals to 'ethnic and racial' groups becoming less effective

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
In 2002 , influential political observers John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a book that helped craft an enduring narrative .
“ The Emerging Democratic Majority ” postulated that ongoing socio-demographic trends worked to the advantage of the Democratic Party .
These trends included a growing percentage of ethnic minorities , along with increasing percentages of younger voters , unmarried working women , and the college-educated .
Individually and cumulatively these developments suggested a bright future for Democrats ’ electoral prospects .
The 2008 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this “ new American electorate ” or “ coalition of the ascendant.
” Four years later , in the aftermath of President Obama ’ s reelection , the Republican National Committee recognized the apparent new order when it issued an “ autopsy ” of Mitt Romney ’ s loss .
In it , the GOP declared that it needed to become more inclusive and increase its appeal to ethnic and racial minorities , women , and young voters .
A few years later the United States Census Bureau put an official stamp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when it reported that “ Non-Hispanic Whites May No Longer Comprise Over 50 Percent of the U.S. Population by 2044.
” Most official government reports go unnoticed .
Not this one .
The idea of a majority-minority country quickly dominated the national political conversation .
Other announcements reinforced the 2015 report : In every year since 2013 , minority births have exceeded white births .
Beginning in 2019 , a majority of Americans under 16 years old are non-white .
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There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been called “ the browning of America.
” The narrative of the majority-minority nation has become a staple of political commentary , especially on the left .
Contrary to expectations , however , in the short run -- the 2016 elections -- many Democrats believe the party suffered from acceptance of the thesis and its apparent support for an electoral emphasis on identities .
Although the contributions of ethnocentrism and racism to Donald Trump ’ s vote have arguably been exaggerated , social changes , particularly rapid and cumulative social changes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the population , with political reaction a natural result .
One need not accept dubious notions like “ white extinction anxiety ” to recognize that a rising American electorate logically entails a corresponding declining American electorate , and one hardly can blame older , white , married , non-college-educated voters for wondering where they fit in the new Democrat majority .
As Judis himself noted in 2015 , “ The Emerging Democratic Majority ” implicitly made two assumptions .
First , rising groups would continue to favor the Democrats in their voting .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rising groups would not be offset by falling support among declining groups .
The 2016 election raised doubts about the second assumption .
As Teixeira recently pointed out , there are still too many whites in the electorate for the Democrats to win without attracting a goodly share of them .
Ironically , an emphasis on racial and ethnic identities may have boomeranged by creating a “ white consciousness ” where little or none existed before .
The increase in Latino support for Trump in the 2020 voting suggests that the first assumption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people would not view heightened racial and ethnic divisions as a positive political development , especially if such divisions were based on serious misconceptions .
So , sadly , some of the divisiveness of contemporary politics might have been avoided if journalists and pundits had paid serious attention to the work of academic demographers who have been criticizing the Census Bureau projections for nearly a decade .
Although these critics have challenged the prevailing majority-minority narrative , they have had little apparent success .
CUNY professor Richard Alba , one of the leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried again with “ The Great Demographic Illusion , ” a new book that should be required reading for everyone who comments or writes on American elections .
A photo of Ted ( Rafael Edward ) Cruz and his family provides the best short explanation of the Alba critique .
Sen. Cruz is the son of a Cuban father and Irish mother .
The U.S. Census Bureau classifies him as Hispanic , a minority .
Cruz ’ wife , Heidi , is of northern European ancestry .
Their two daughters are classified as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report their children ’ s Cuban heritage on the Hispanic origin question ) .
Should these girls grow up , marry , say , ethnic Scandinavians , and have one or two children each , Cruz ’ s grandchildren will be classified as minority , again , as long as whoever fills out the census form acknowledges their Hispanic ancestry .
So , if he lives until 2044 , Senator Cruz could contribute as many as seven people to the projected nonwhite majority : himself , two children who are one-quarter Cuban , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one-eighth Cuban .
Most people would find such a classification procedure surprising , if not absurd .
Alba emphasizes that the Census Bureau operates under legal and political constraints imposed by the Office of Management and Budget , with close scrutiny from Congress , outside interest groups , and the courts .
Its practices , therefore , are not always those that academic researchers would adopt .
The projections in the 2015 report are predicated on questions dealing with race and ethnicity that were first included on the 2010 census and carried over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 on the census form , which asks about Hispanic ancestry .
Those who report any Hispanic ancestry on this question move into the minority category , regardless of their responses to question 9 .
Non-Hispanics who check the “ white ” box on question 9 go into the white category , of course -- unless they write in anything else .
Should they wish to claim , say , an American Indian ancestor ( a fairly common impulse ) , they again fall into the minority category despite their white self-categorization .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same category — minority -- as the parent , if they acknowledge the parent ’ s ancestry .
So , the census projections reflect a “ one-drop ” rule akin to that used in the Jim Crow South .
The white category consists only of people who are 100 % “ non-Hispanic white.
” If one adopts a more expansive definition of white , the projection of a majority-minority nation disappears .
Dowell Myer and Morris Levy , for example , calculate what future American populations would look like if anyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is classified as white .
With this extremely liberal classification , the nation is three-quarters white in 2060 .
On first hearing about the projected nonwhite majority , many people probably form a mental image that looks roughly like this : 4 whites , 2 Hispanics , 2 Blacks , 1 Asian , and perhaps one “ other.
” As the preceding discussion explains , however , the picture is much more complex .
The majority of minorities will not consist of people who are 100 % Latino , 100 % Asian , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American or 100 % Hawaiian or Pacific Islander ( the official census categories ) .
Rather , the majority of minorities will include people of numerous shadings of color .
The United States is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse , not only because of the changing relative sizes of the five large groups , but also because of the growing internal diversity within each group as the sizes of their mixed portions swell .
Diversity is increasing within individuals as well as among groups .
Alba reports numerous analyses using census data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the increasing occurrence of mixed marriages and the children who are products of such interracial and interethnic unions .
Mixed marriage rates have steadily increased and the ongoing census will likely report that nearly one in five new marriages now are mixed .
Fully 80 % of these marriages are between a white American and a minority .
About 40 % of these involve a white and a Hispanic , with Asian-white unions at 15 % .
The upshot is that 40 % of Americans report having a close relative who is married @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Given rising interracial marriage rates , these numbers will continue to grow .
Objective measures of economic success and general well-being show that mixed race children fall between non-Hispanic white and all minority children ( with the exception that Asian-white children do better than all white children on some measures ) .
As Alba notes , “ On the whole , mixed individuals remain in between , but the degree to which they resemble whites in social characteristics , and in their social integration with them is striking in a number of ways.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ white-minority children than for white children , but higher than for minority children -- except for Asian-white children where education levels are higher than in all white families .
The proportion of multiracial children who live in two-parent families is lower than that of all-white children , but higher than that of all minority children .
Family income levels of multiracial children are lower than that of all white children ( except for Asian-whites , whose families have higher levels ) , but higher than that of all minority children .
On more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more fluid identities than those of single ethnicities , sometimes reporting one part of their parentage and at other times another .
Asian-white multiracials provide a striking example : Two-thirds of those included in both the 2000 and 2010 censuses did not give identical answers ; at one time they chose one identity or mixture and at the other time made a different choice .
Some mixed-race individuals choose to identify as white , some as mixed , some as their minority heritage , and their choices differ at different times and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Alba ’ s findings are positive : They replace a white vs. minority binary that encourages an us vs. them orientation among some Americans with a more variegated picture where racial and ethnic boundaries are far less clear and constantly shifting -- even within individuals from day to day .
The findings about black-white multiracial children ( about 20 % of mixed white-minority children ) provide the one glaring exception to this positive picture : “ Multiracials with black and white parentage are the huge exception to this pattern , and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writes .
“ They grow up in less affluent circumstances and are exposed to much more severe discrimination , as evidenced by their frequent complaints of mistreatment at the hands of the police .
They are more comfortable with blacks than with whites and usually identify with the black side of their family heritage.
” But even here , he finds a positive note : “ Yet they too exhibit a level of integration with whites that exceeds that of other African Americans , as reflected in the relative frequency with which they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolute bar to the same processes of integration evident among other mixed minority-white Americans , but it is a major impediment.
” In addition to the ongoing rise in mixed race Americans , leaping from Census Bureau projections to assumptions about the electorate equates “ residents , ” the population described by census data , with “ voters.
” A majority of foreign-born residents are not citizens , a discrepancy likely to grow because the foreign-born population will increase , to about 17 % in 2050 .
If this proportion does not change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign born -- the vast majority non-white or Hispanic -- will not be eligible to vote in 2050 .
All in all , at mid-century and beyond , whites are virtually certain to remain the effective electoral majority at the national level .
Throughout his book Alba shows great sensitivity in the presentation and discussion of the findings .
Ethnic activists and some scholars in the academy are heavily invested in the majority-minority narrative and will not welcome the evidence that the narrative is largely an artifact of questionable data classifications .
Alba @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its mainstream , albeit by fits and starts .
Northern European Protestants regarded the Irish as a lesser people ( even the earlier Germans were suspect ) .
And the great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at first were widely viewed as well outside the mainstream .
( On a personal note , my Italian aunts told me that when they started school in Pennsylvania in the 1920s the locals called them the n-word . )
The process of mainstream expansion continues today , although Alba cautions that absent the integrating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great post-war economic expansion , the re-definition of the mainstream may proceed more slowly than in the past .
Both political parties should recognize the social reality that Alba describes .
In embracing the questionable notion of a majority-minority nation , Democrats who advocate identity politics are not placing as good a bet as some of them think , as the 2020 voting by some Latinos and African Americans suggests .
Political appeals to various ethnic and racial groupings will be less effective as those groupings become less distinct and their identities become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right , appeals to white consciousness ( or worse ) , are likely to become counter-productive as the proportion of whites with multiracial relatives steadily increases .
Morris Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science professor at Stanford University .
[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Morris P. Fiorina
Real Clear Politics
In 2002, influential political observers John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a book that helped craft an enduring narrative. “The Emerging Democratic Majority” postulated that ongoing socio-demographic trends worked to the advantage of the Democratic Party. These trends included a growing percentage of ethnic minorities, along with increasing percentages of younger voters, unmarried working women, and the college-educated. Individually and cumulatively these developments suggested a bright future for Democrats’ electoral prospects.
The 2008 presidential election seemed to herald the arrival of this “new American electorate” or “coalition of the ascendant.” Four years later, in the aftermath of President Obama’s reelection, the Republican National Committee recognized the apparent new order when it issued an “autopsy” of Mitt Romney’s loss. In it, the GOP declared that it needed to become more inclusive and increase its appeal to ethnic and racial minorities, women, and young voters. A few years later the United States Census Bureau put an official stamp on one of the important demographic trends when it reported that “Non-Hispanic Whites May No Longer Comprise Over 50 Percent of the U.S. Population by 2044.” Most official government reports go unnoticed. Not this one. The idea of a majority-minority country quickly dominated the national political conversation. Other announcements reinforced the 2015 report: In every year since 2013, minority births have exceeded white births. Beginning in 2019, a majority of Americans under 16 years old are non-white.
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There is no downplaying the political impact of what has been called “the browning of America.” The narrative of the majority-minority nation has become a staple of political commentary, especially on the left. Contrary to expectations, however, in the short run -- the 2016 elections -- many Democrats believe the party suffered from acceptance of the thesis and its apparent support for an electoral emphasis on identities. Although the contributions of ethnocentrism and racism to Donald Trump’s vote have arguably been exaggerated, social changes, particularly rapid and cumulative social changes, are certainly unnerving to some elements of the population, with political reaction a natural result.
One need not accept dubious notions like “white extinction anxiety” to recognize that a rising American electorate logically entails a corresponding declining American electorate, and one hardly can blame older, white, married, non-college-educated voters for wondering where they fit in the new Democrat majority. As Judis himself noted in 2015, “The Emerging Democratic Majority” implicitly made two assumptions. First, rising groups would continue to favor the Democrats in their voting. Second, that increased Democratic support from rising groups would not be offset by falling support among declining groups. The 2016 election raised doubts about the second assumption. As Teixeira recently pointed out, there are still too many whites in the electorate for the Democrats to win without attracting a goodly share of them. Ironically, an emphasis on racial and ethnic identities may have boomeranged by creating a “white consciousness” where little or none existed before. The increase in Latino support for Trump in the 2020 voting suggests that the first assumption may be questionable as well.
Most people would not view heightened racial and ethnic divisions as a positive political development, especially if such divisions were based on serious misconceptions. So, sadly, some of the divisiveness of contemporary politics might have been avoided if journalists and pundits had paid serious attention to the work of academic demographers who have been criticizing the Census Bureau projections for nearly a decade. Although these critics have challenged the prevailing majority-minority narrative, they have had little apparent success. CUNY professor Richard Alba, one of the leaders of this group of critics, has tried again with “The Great Demographic Illusion,” a new book that should be required reading for everyone who comments or writes on American elections.
The Demographers’ Critique
A photo of Ted (Rafael Edward) Cruz and his family provides the best short explanation of the Alba critique. Sen. Cruz is the son of a Cuban father and Irish mother. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies him as Hispanic, a minority. Cruz’ wife, Heidi, is of northern European ancestry. Their two daughters are classified as minority (so long as the parents report their children’s Cuban heritage on the Hispanic origin question). Should these girls grow up, marry, say, ethnic Scandinavians, and have one or two children each, Cruz’s grandchildren will be classified as minority, again, as long as whoever fills out the census form acknowledges their Hispanic ancestry. So, if he lives until 2044, Senator Cruz could contribute as many as seven people to the projected nonwhite majority: himself, two children who are one-quarter Cuban, and two to four grandchildren who are one-eighth Cuban.
Most people would find such a classification procedure surprising, if not absurd. Alba emphasizes that the Census Bureau operates under legal and political constraints imposed by the Office of Management and Budget, with close scrutiny from Congress, outside interest groups, and the courts. Its practices, therefore, are not always those that academic researchers would adopt.
The projections in the 2015 report are predicated on questions dealing with race and ethnicity that were first included on the 2010 census and carried over to the current census. Consider question 8 on the census form, which asks about Hispanic ancestry. Those who report any Hispanic ancestry on this question move into the minority category, regardless of their responses to question 9. Non-Hispanics who check the “white” box on question 9 go into the white category, of course -- unless they write in anything else. Should they wish to claim, say, an American Indian ancestor (a fairly common impulse), they again fall into the minority category despite their white self-categorization. In both cases, descendants stay in the same category — minority -- as the parent, if they acknowledge the parent’s ancestry.
So, the census projections reflect a “one-drop” rule akin to that used in the Jim Crow South. The white category consists only of people who are 100% “non-Hispanic white.” If one adopts a more expansive definition of white, the projection of a majority-minority nation disappears. Dowell Myer and Morris Levy, for example, calculate what future American populations would look like if anyone who checks the white box on question 9 is classified as white. With this extremely liberal classification, the nation is three-quarters white in 2060.
On first hearing about the projected nonwhite majority, many people probably form a mental image that looks roughly like this: 4 whites, 2 Hispanics, 2 Blacks, 1 Asian, and perhaps one “other.” As the preceding discussion explains, however, the picture is much more complex. The majority of minorities will not consist of people who are 100% Latino, 100% Asian, 100% Black, 100% Native American or 100% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (the official census categories). Rather, the majority of minorities will include people of numerous shadings of color. The United States is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, not only because of the changing relative sizes of the five large groups, but also because of the growing internal diversity within each group as the sizes of their mixed portions swell. Diversity is increasing within individuals as well as among groups.
Alba reports numerous analyses using census data, birth certificates and surveys to describe the increasing occurrence of mixed marriages and the children who are products of such interracial and interethnic unions. Mixed marriage rates have steadily increased and the ongoing census will likely report that nearly one in five new marriages now are mixed. Fully 80% of these marriages are between a white American and a minority. About 40% of these involve a white and a Hispanic, with Asian-white unions at 15%. The upshot is that 40% of Americans report having a close relative who is married to someone of another racial group.
Given rising interracial marriage rates, these numbers will continue to grow.
Objective measures of economic success and general well-being show that mixed race children fall between non-Hispanic white and all minority children (with the exception that Asian-white children do better than all white children on some measures). As Alba notes, “On the whole, mixed individuals remain in between, but the degree to which they resemble whites in social characteristics, and in their social integration with them is striking in a number of ways.” Parental education levels are lower for white-minority children than for white children, but higher than for minority children -- except for Asian-white children where education levels are higher than in all white families. The proportion of multiracial children who live in two-parent families is lower than that of all-white children, but higher than that of all minority children. Family income levels of multiracial children are lower than that of all white children (except for Asian-whites, whose families have higher levels), but higher than that of all minority children.
On more subjective measures, mixed race children report more fluid identities than those of single ethnicities, sometimes reporting one part of their parentage and at other times another. Asian-white multiracials provide a striking example: Two-thirds of those included in both the 2000 and 2010 censuses did not give identical answers; at one time they chose one identity or mixture and at the other time made a different choice. Some mixed-race individuals choose to identify as white, some as mixed, some as their minority heritage, and their choices differ at different times and in different contexts.
For the most part, Alba’s findings are positive: They replace a white vs. minority binary that encourages an us vs. them orientation among some Americans with a more variegated picture where racial and ethnic boundaries are far less clear and constantly shifting -- even within individuals from day to day. The findings about black-white multiracial children (about 20% of mixed white-minority children) provide the one glaring exception to this positive picture: “Multiracials with black and white parentage are the huge exception to this pattern, and their experience is quite distinct,” Alba writes. “They grow up in less affluent circumstances and are exposed to much more severe discrimination, as evidenced by their frequent complaints of mistreatment at the hands of the police. They are more comfortable with blacks than with whites and usually identify with the black side of their family heritage.”
But even here, he finds a positive note: “Yet they too exhibit a level of integration with whites that exceeds that of other African Americans, as reflected in the relative frequency with which they marry whites. Racism is not an absolute bar to the same processes of integration evident among other mixed minority-white Americans, but it is a major impediment.”
The Electoral Implications
In addition to the ongoing rise in mixed race Americans, leaping from Census Bureau projections to assumptions about the electorate equates “residents,” the population described by census data, with “voters.” A majority of foreign-born residents are not citizens, a discrepancy likely to grow because the foreign-born population will increase, to about 17% in 2050. If this proportion does not change markedly, half or more of the foreign born -- the vast majority non-white or Hispanic -- will not be eligible to vote in 2050. All in all, at mid-century and beyond, whites are virtually certain to remain the effective electoral majority at the national level.
Throughout his book Alba shows great sensitivity in the presentation and discussion of the findings. Ethnic activists and some scholars in the academy are heavily invested in the majority-minority narrative and will not welcome the evidence that the narrative is largely an artifact of questionable data classifications. Alba reminds us that America has continually redefined its mainstream, albeit by fits and starts. Northern European Protestants regarded the Irish as a lesser people (even the earlier Germans were suspect). And the great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at first were widely viewed as well outside the mainstream. (On a personal note, my Italian aunts told me that when they started school in Pennsylvania in the 1920s the locals called them the n-word.) The process of mainstream expansion continues today, although Alba cautions that absent the integrating experience of World War II and the great post-war economic expansion, the re-definition of the mainstream may proceed more slowly than in the past.
Both political parties should recognize the social reality that Alba describes. In embracing the questionable notion of a majority-minority nation, Democrats who advocate identity politics are not placing as good a bet as some of them think, as the 2020 voting by some Latinos and African Americans suggests. Political appeals to various ethnic and racial groupings will be less effective as those groupings become less distinct and their identities become more diffuse. Meanwhile, on the right, appeals to white consciousness (or worse), are likely to become counter-productive as the proportion of whites with multiracial relatives steadily increases.
Morris Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science professor at Stanford University.
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]


wnd--2020-12-13--Governor suggests people hit the beach months after closing them

There was no scientific reason to close California 's beaches in the early days of the pandemic .
California did anyway .
On Thursday , the governor of America 's most populous state reversed course a bit .
After telling residents to stay at home as much as possible to avoid COVID transmission , he -- or someone on his team -- realized this was bad for morale .
Now , California Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom is suggesting that residents hit the beaches to boost their mental health .
This is pretty impressive when you consider the fact it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began in earnest and just weeks after California imposed one of the strictest set of coronavirus restrictions in the nation , but better late than never -- right ?
`` Mental health is physical health .
Staying active & connected right now is so important .
Get outdoors with your household safely .
Explore your neighborhood & CA ’ s beauty ! ''
Newsom tweeted .
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There 's a joke about the natural beauty of The French Laundry -- the expensive Napa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party at which almost every social distancing rule his state suggested was broken -- but at this point , I 'm too exhausted with his nonsense to make it .
The tweet got even better , though .
Take a look at his suggestions : '' We can get through this , '' Newsom said .
Californians probably can -- provided , of course , they can go to the beaches .
During the Fourth of July , the parking lots to state beaches were closed -- which meant , for all intents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed .
Wineries in Napa Valley were also closed .
Ironically , the winery he owns a stake in remained open ; it was n't in an affected county and his control of it is in a blind trust , but I do n't think anyone would have cursed out Newsom if he put some pressure on the trustees to close the place down and pay the staff to stay home .
Unless , of course , drinking wine is important to mental health .
Several locales sued the state earlier in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Orange County communities of Huntington Beach and Dana Point .
“ Our experience here locally has been that most people are being responsible and complying with social distancing , and given that Orange County has among the lowest per capita COVID-19 death rates in California , the state ’ s action today seems to prioritize politics over data , ” Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta said in a statement back in May .
She was accurate and the state was engaging in coronavirus theater .
And yet , a judge denied the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ temporary restraining order ] , the Court commented that based on the limited time it had to consider the very serious issues presented , it felt compelled to defer to the State ’ s concerns about public health , ” the city of Dana Point said in a statement .
Curious , because the state 's concerns about public health seem significantly different now .
Funny how that works : Some also noted California 's COVID restrictions have been taking a different sort of toll on mental health : And by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state quite has its messaging coordinated yet : Now , to be fair to Newsom ( 't is difficult , but let 's try ) , the Daily Mail U.K. points out that back in April , he 'd originally been slated to do what was known as a `` hard close '' of the state 's beaches after a handful of photos showed beaches moderately crowded .
Mind you , this is actually socially distanced .
It was also a month before the tragic death of George Floyd , after which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd , no matter how tightly packed , posed any kind of threat of transmission .
Whatever the case , Newsom decided he was only going to close beaches in Orange County -- hence the lawsuits .
Even at that , the state of California made it clear it did n't want people outside , especially not on its beaches .
And then it decided it did , presumably when they began grasping the public health implications of residents cooped up for too long with no physical exercise or mental health outlet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid this .
Like , say , looking at the science .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

There was no scientific reason to close California's beaches in the early days of the pandemic. California did anyway.
On Thursday, the governor of America's most populous state reversed course a bit. After telling residents to stay at home as much as possible to avoid COVID transmission, he -- or someone on his team -- realized this was bad for morale.
Now, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is suggesting that residents hit the beaches to boost their mental health.
This is pretty impressive when you consider the fact it comes an entire nine months after lockdowns began in earnest and just weeks after California imposed one of the strictest set of coronavirus restrictions in the nation, but better late than never -- right?
"Mental health is physical health. Staying active & connected right now is so important. Get outdoors with your household safely. Explore your neighborhood & CA’s beauty!" Newsom tweeted.
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There's a joke about the natural beauty of The French Laundry -- the expensive Napa Valley restaurant where Newsom attended a birthday party at which almost every social distancing rule his state suggested was broken -- but at this point, I'm too exhausted with his nonsense to make it. The tweet got even better, though. Take a look at his suggestions:
Mental health is physical health. Staying active & connected right now is so important. Get outdoors with your household safely. Explore your neighborhood & CA’s beauty! •Go to a beach
•Take your kids to a playground
•Go on a hike
•Walk your dog We can get through this. — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) December 10, 2020
"We can get through this," Newsom said.
Californians probably can -- provided, of course, they can go to the beaches. During the Fourth of July, the parking lots to state beaches were closed -- which meant, for all intents and purposes, those state beaches were closed.
Wineries in Napa Valley were also closed. Ironically, the winery he owns a stake in remained open; it wasn't in an affected county and his control of it is in a blind trust, but I don't think anyone would have cursed out Newsom if he put some pressure on the trustees to close the place down and pay the staff to stay home. Unless, of course, drinking wine is important to mental health.
Several locales sued the state earlier in the year over the beach closures, including the Orange County communities of Huntington Beach and Dana Point.
“Our experience here locally has been that most people are being responsible and complying with social distancing, and given that Orange County has among the lowest per capita COVID-19 death rates in California, the state’s action today seems to prioritize politics over data,” Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta said in a statement back in May.
She was accurate and the state was engaging in coronavirus theater. And yet, a judge denied the legal challenges.
“In denying the [temporary restraining order], the Court commented that based on the limited time it had to consider the very serious issues presented, it felt compelled to defer to the State’s concerns about public health,” the city of Dana Point said in a statement.
Curious, because the state's concerns about public health seem significantly different now. Funny how that works:
When you force your state to spend millions on enforcing insane beach and playground closings (needlessly destroying holidays in the process), and then you urge people to go to... Beaches and playgrounds!#RecallGavinNewsom — John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) December 10, 2020
Dude. With the amount of contradictory and illogical messaging you push out, your mental health concerns should really be pointed inwardly. — Declared Monarch Dienekes ✝ (@Dienekes16) December 11, 2020
Some also noted California's COVID restrictions have been taking a different sort of toll on mental health:
Mental health is also being able to keep your business open, pay your employees, rent, bills, & feed your family, especially if there is no data that says your business should be closed. — Laura Fagan (@laurajfagan) December 10, 2020
And by the way, it's not as if the state quite has its messaging coordinated yet:
Now, to be fair to Newsom ('tis difficult, but let's try), the Daily Mail U.K. points out that back in April, he'd originally been slated to do what was known as a "hard close" of the state's beaches after a handful of photos showed beaches moderately crowded.
Seeking relief from a heat wave, thousands of people crowded beaches in Southern California this weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite a statewide stay-at-home order implemented by the governor last month. https://t.co/H68PjgJoqw — CNN (@CNN) April 27, 2020
Mind you, this is actually socially distanced. It was also a month before the tragic death of George Floyd, after which Newsom's party decided almost no outdoor crowd, no matter how tightly packed, posed any kind of threat of transmission.
Whatever the case, Newsom decided he was only going to close beaches in Orange County -- hence the lawsuits.
Even at that, the state of California made it clear it didn't want people outside, especially not on its beaches. And then it decided it did, presumably when they began grasping the public health implications of residents cooped up for too long with no physical exercise or mental health outlet.
If only there was a way to avoid this. Like, say, looking at the science.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-12-14--Kevin McCarthy: Pelosi demands in-person voting when she benefits

( FOX NEWS ) -- House minority leader Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif. , is calling out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi @ @ @ @ @ to her decisions on her members voting in person .
`` Pelosi is fine with @ @ @ @ @ the votes are about legislation , but in January she will demand every Democrat show @ @ @ @ @ for Speaker , '' McCarthy said .
`` Her message is clear : her power @ @ @ @ @ else . ''
A representative for Pelosi did not immediately return FOX News ' request @ @ @ @ @ tweet .

(FOX NEWS) -- House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is calling out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for inconsistency when it comes to her decisions on her members voting in person.
"Pelosi is fine with House Democrats skipping work if the votes are about legislation, but in January she will demand every Democrat show up—in person—to vote for her for Speaker," McCarthy said. "Her message is clear: her power is more important than anything else."
A representative for Pelosi did not immediately return FOX News' request for comment on McCarthy's tweet.
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wnd--2020-12-14--Michael Flynn identifies fight in America as 'Good vs. Evil'

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said the country is in the midst of a “ @ @ @ @ @ ” and Americans must “ refuse to go to the funeral of our own independence @ @ @ @ @ legal efforts concerning the election .
“ The battle we are engaged in can not @ @ @ @ @ weapons : It requires the intervention of God because in a war against the forces @ @ @ @ @ Lord can obtain the victory , ” Flynn wrote in an op-ed published Thursday .
@ @ @ @ @ , we must refuse to go to the funeral of our own independence , ” @ @ @ @ @ the people are proud to proclaim that the United States of America is ‘ One @ @ @ @ @ ”

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said the country is in the midst of a “battle of Good vs. Evil” and Americans must “refuse to go to the funeral of our own independence” amid President Trump's legal efforts concerning the election.
“The battle we are engaged in cannot be fought with only human weapons: It requires the intervention of God because in a war against the forces of evil, only the Lord can obtain the victory,” Flynn wrote in an op-ed published Thursday.
“And as American citizens, we must refuse to go to the funeral of our own independence,” he continued. “We the people are proud to proclaim that the United States of America is ‘One Nation under God.’”
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wnd--2020-12-14--Vaccine campaign gets under way

Vaccine campaign gets under way

( FOX NEWS ) -- The U.S. will administer its first doses of Pfizer ’ s recently approved coronavirus vaccine @ @ @ @ @ , as part of a historic mass vaccination effort , while related deaths tick toward @ @ @ @ @ first of almost 3 million shots will go to health care workers and residents of @ @ @ @ @ the most vulnerable .
Federal officials estimate that residents of long-term care facilities account for @ @ @ @ @ to date .
Workers at a Pfizer plant in Portage , Mich. , loaded the @ @ @ @ @ Sunday , and UPS and FedEx routed the precious , sub-freezing product across the country @ @ @ @ @ from Pfizer ’ s Portage facility to Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids @ @ @ @ @ facility were met with cheers Sunday .

(FOX NEWS) -- The U.S. will administer its first doses of Pfizer’s recently approved coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Dec. 14, as part of a historic mass vaccination effort, while related deaths tick toward the 300,000 mark.
The first of almost 3 million shots will go to health care workers and residents of nursing homes, prioritized as the most vulnerable. Federal officials estimate that residents of long-term care facilities account for 40% of virus deaths to date.
Workers at a Pfizer plant in Portage, Mich., loaded the first doses onto trucks on Sunday, and UPS and FedEx routed the precious, sub-freezing product across the country. The vaccines were taken from Pfizer’s Portage facility to Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. Trucks departing the Michigan facility were met with cheers Sunday.
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wnd--2020-12-15--Email: Joe Biden was 'office mate' with son's Chinese business partner

There 's already evidence that , contrary to his claims , Joe Biden not only knew about his son 's influence peddling , he was fully engaged in it .
Now , a newly leaked email indicates Hunter Biden asked for a key to be made for his `` office mate '' father at a work space he planned to share with a Chinese partner in his deal with an energy firm linked to the Communisty Party .
The Daily Caller obtained a Sept. 21 , 2017 , email in which Biden asks the property manager of House of Sweden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if he could `` please have keys made available for new office mates . ''
On the list of `` office mates '' is Gongweng Dong , whom Hunter Biden describes as an `` emissary '' for Ye Jianming , the chairman of CEFC China Energy .
TRENDING : Watch military crowd erupt with love when Trump walks onto field at Army-Navy game '' [ P ] lease have keys made available for new office mates : Joe Biden , Jill Biden , Jim Biden , Gongwen Dong ( Chairman Ye CEFC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Hunter Biden also asks the manager for a sign to be made for his office door reading `` The Biden Foundation '' ' and `` Hudson West ( CEFC US ) . ''
The Daily Caller reported it 's not known whether Joe Biden ever visited his son 's D.C. office .
Last Wednesday , in a statement issued by the Biden-Harris transition team , Hunter Biden said the U.S. Attorney 's office in Delaware told his lawyers his `` tax affairs '' were under investigation .
His father said through an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proud of his son , who has fought through difficult challenges , including the vicious personal attacks of recent months , only to emerge stronger . ''
The previous evening , WND reported two Republican-led Senate committees concluded that members of Joe Biden 's family engaged in deals with Chinese nationals who had `` deep connections '' to the Communist Party .
Biden claimed during an election-campaign debate that his son did n't make any money from China , citing 50 former national security officials who insisted the claims about Hunter Biden had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , the officials admitted they had no evidence to back their claim and acknowledged that emails from an abandoned laptop — including those indicating Joe Biden not only knew about his son 's lucrative deals but also profited from them — could be genuine .
Former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski was the recipient of an email from another partner who said `` the big guy '' was to receive a 10 % cut from the CEFC China Energy deal .
Bobulinski , who claims he met twice with Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in interviews he was certain `` the big guy '' is the former vice president .
In another development Monday , Fox News reported it obtained an email from an attorney indicating Hunter Biden did not report `` approximately $ 400,000 '' in income he collected from his position on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings when he joined in 2014 .
An August 2017 email from Hunter Biden to the `` office mate , '' Gongwen Dong , showed the former vice president 's son was to receive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` introductions alone . ''
But he wanted more .
`` My understanding is that the original agreement with the Director was for consulting fees based on introductions alone a rate of $ 10 million per year for for three years guarantee total of $ 30 million , '' Hunter Biden wrote .
`` The chairman [ Ye ] changed that deal after we me [ t ] in Miami TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50 % percent owned by ME and 50 % owned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners in the equity and profits of the JV [ joint venture ] . ''
Hunter Biden told Gongwen in the email that if the joint venture failed , `` then please return us to the original deal 10M per year a guaranteed 3 years plus bonus payments for any successful deal we introduce . ''
Peter Schweizer , who has investigated Hunter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said in an interview Sunday night with `` Life , Liberty and Levin '' that the Bidens `` have repeatedly lied to the media , and the media doesn ’ t care . ''
He noted Hunter Biden declared in an ABC News interiew he had `` not received a single penny from the Chinese . ''
`` Well , we now know , of course , he got close to $ 5 million from CEFC , a Chinese government-connected energy company , '' Schweizer said .
`` We know he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equity firm — that billion-and-a-half dollar private equity firm .
We know there were other transactions involving Rosemont Realty and Rosemont Opportunities Fund , too , so he was flat out lying to the national media .
`` What has been the media 's response ?
Nothing .
They 've taken it .
They 've accepted it , '' he said .

There's already evidence that, contrary to his claims, Joe Biden not only knew about his son's influence peddling, he was fully engaged in it.
Now, a newly leaked email indicates Hunter Biden asked for a key to be made for his "office mate" father at a work space he planned to share with a Chinese partner in his deal with an energy firm linked to the Communisty Party.
The Daily Caller obtained a Sept. 21, 2017, email in which Biden asks the property manager of House of Sweden in Washington, D.C., Cecilia Browning, if he could "please have keys made available for new office mates."
On the list of "office mates" is Gongweng Dong, whom Hunter Biden describes as an "emissary" for Ye Jianming, the chairman of CEFC China Energy.
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"[P]lease have keys made available for new office mates: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Jim Biden, Gongwen Dong (Chairman Ye CEFC emissary)," the email reads.
Hunter Biden also asks the manager for a sign to be made for his office door reading "The Biden Foundation"' and "Hudson West (CEFC US)."
The Daily Caller reported it's not known whether Joe Biden ever visited his son's D.C. office.
Last Wednesday, in a statement issued by the Biden-Harris transition team, Hunter Biden said the U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware told his lawyers his "tax affairs" were under investigation. His father said through an aide: "President-elect Biden is deeply proud of his son, who has fought through difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months, only to emerge stronger." The previous evening, WND reported two Republican-led Senate committees concluded that members of Joe Biden's family engaged in deals with Chinese nationals who had "deep connections" to the Communist Party.
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Biden claimed during an election-campaign debate that his son didn't make any money from China, citing 50 former national security officials who insisted the claims about Hunter Biden had the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign. However, the officials admitted they had no evidence to back their claim and acknowledged that emails from an abandoned laptop — including those indicating Joe Biden not only knew about his son's lucrative deals but also profited from them — could be genuine.
Former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski was the recipient of an email from another partner who said "the big guy" was to receive a 10% cut from the CEFC China Energy deal.
Bobulinski, who claims he met twice with Joe Biden to discuss the CEFC deal, said in interviews he was certain "the big guy" is the former vice president.
In another development Monday, Fox News reported it obtained an email from an attorney indicating Hunter Biden did not report "approximately $400,000" in income he collected from his position on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings when he joined in 2014.
$10 million for introductions
An August 2017 email from Hunter Biden to the "office mate," Gongwen Dong, showed the former vice president's son was to receive a $10 million annual fee for "introductions alone."
But he wanted more.
"My understanding is that the original agreement with the Director was for consulting fees based on introductions alone a rate of $10 million per year for for three years guarantee total of $30 million," Hunter Biden wrote. "The chairman [Ye] changed that deal after we me[t] in Miami TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50% percent owned by ME and 50% owned by him.
"Consulting fees is one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners in the equity and profits of the JV [joint venture]."
Hunter Biden told Gongwen in the email that if the joint venture failed, "then please return us to the original deal 10M per year a guaranteed 3 years plus bonus payments for any successful deal we introduce."
'Repeatedly lied to the media'
Peter Schweizer, who has investigated Hunter Biden's business deals for many years, said in an interview Sunday night with "Life, Liberty and Levin" that the Bidens "have repeatedly lied to the media, and the media doesn’t care."
He noted Hunter Biden declared in an ABC News interiew he had "not received a single penny from the Chinese."
"Well, we now know, of course, he got close to $5 million from CEFC, a Chinese government-connected energy company," Schweizer said. "We know he had a big equity stake in that private equity firm — that billion-and-a-half dollar private equity firm. We know there were other transactions involving Rosemont Realty and Rosemont Opportunities Fund, too, so he was flat out lying to the national media.
"What has been the media's response? Nothing. They've taken it. They've accepted it," he said.
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wnd--2020-12-15--Attorney General William Barr announces resignation

( FOX NEWS ) -- Attorney General Bill Barr resigned Monday touting President Trump ’ s record and accomplishments , @ @ @ @ @ “ partisan onslaught ” and “ relentless , implacable resistance.
” Barr , who will @ @ @ @ @ week , had his departure announced by President Trump on Twitter Monday evening .
“ @ @ @ @ @ meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House .
Our relationship has been @ @ @ @ @ he has done an outstanding job !
” Trump tweeted .
“ As per letter @ @ @ @ @ just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family .
”

(FOX NEWS) -- Attorney General Bill Barr resigned Monday touting President Trump’s record and accomplishments, despite what he called a “partisan onslaught” and “relentless, implacable resistance.”
Barr, who will leave the Justice Department next week, had his departure announced by President Trump on Twitter Monday evening.
“Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job!” Trump tweeted. “As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family.”
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wnd--2020-12-15--Why we shouldn't stop battling vote fraud

I predicted days ago that the Supreme Court would not issue decisions on the election lawsuits based on the law or Constitution , but based on how the justices in the middle felt .
I was skeptical of Gorsuch , Kavanaugh and Barrett , having researched them in the past for articles when President Trump first started considering them to be on the Supreme Court .
Their records were devoid of much to judge them on , and each one had a decision or two that could be construed as questionable .
While all were members of The Federalist Society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the guts to identify as leaning to the right .
I was president of the Federalist Society at my law school , and there was no litmus test to join .
Anyone could join and have zero activity ; it was comparable to joining the AARP .
So I was not surprised when Gorsuch and Kavanaugh issued disappointing rulings after being appointed .
Roberts we knew had already gone off the reservation .
Those four justices are concerned about their public perception .
They 've seen how the left has portrayed anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theorists .
The most powerful man in the world , formerly both a Democrat and RINO Republican , has been made out to look like a conspiracy theorist .
If they can do it to him , they can do it to anyone .
Supreme Court justices can be impeached , and it only requires a simple majority in the House of Representatives .
Two-thirds of the Senate is then required to remove them .
One Supreme Court justice has been impeached , Samuel Chase , although he was not removed .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for justices not used to being in the public eye much .
Sadly , some attorneys aspire to be on the Supreme Court because they 're narcissists .
They want the fame and glory .
Ruling in favor of Trump would very likely set them up for impeachment by the Democratic-controlled House .
There is a lot of wiggle room in the law to issue decisions based on how you feel , then interpret the law to match that , which is referred to as judicial activism .
For example , many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to throw out lawsuits , such as timing .
Well , there are always reasons to overcome timing constraints , such as if there were crimes committed .
Statutes of limitations are often waived or extended when crimes are found .
And bringing lawsuits prior to the election would not have been `` ripe , '' since the fraud had n't occurred yet to change the election results .
What those judges are n't telling you is that there are plenty of ways they could have ruled in favor of the election challenges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chain of custody for handling the ballots is grounds for throwing out the election results in that region and ordering a new election .
Bet no one ever talks about that when they say the judges had no choice but to follow the law .
TRENDING : Watch military crowd erupt with love when Trump walks onto field at Army-Navy game In the Texas case , SCOTUS chose to use an easy technical way to get out of accepting the case – standing .
Stanford law professor Daniel Ho and Stanford law student @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entitled , `` Did Liberal Justices Invent the Standing Doctrine ?
An Empirical Study of the Evolution of Standing , 1921-2006 . ''
They found that progressives came up with the standing doctrine in the 20th century in order to shield New Deal programs from judicial review .
It 's not even in the Constitution .
SCOTUS was so arrogant they did n't bother providing an explanation other than the vague statement `` Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud occurred in several states , wrongly tipping those states to Biden and hence the election , which disenfranchised voters in the other states that went for Trump .
SCOTUS was the only remedy , since it decides controversies between the states and constitutional issues .
The Electors Clause states that state legislatures shall make the laws conducting presidential elections .
Those states violated it by allowing election officials to supersede the legislature with various orders and rules , making the election fraud easy .
The Texas brief showed how SCOTUS had accepted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clearly laid out the fraud .
Some conservatives are holding out hope that Trump will win in other court cases .
There is little chance of that .
As we 've already seen in other election cases , the lower courts are dominated by left-wing judges and RINOs .
And SCOTUS is not going to give Trump a win ; the justices blew off the most substantial case on the flimsiest of grounds .
Republican-controlled state legislatures in swing states are n't going to switch their electoral votes to Trump .
We 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislators in those states willing to stick their necks out .
It 's not enough .
Nor will Congress decline to certify the electors from contested states .
The Electoral Count Act says one House member and one Senate member can opt for each House delegation providing one vote under the Twelfth Amendment instead .
Because there are more Republican states , some are hopeful Trump can win .
However , we saw that only 126 House Republican members supported the Texas lawsuit .
The numbers are n't there .
Even though the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely to change the election results , it is still worth it to keep fighting .
Dr. Bobby Lopez , a former humanities professor and author of `` Colorful Conservative : American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman , '' reminds us to learn from history .
When the Warren Commission came out with its report on how JFK was assassinated , people did n't just accept it and move on .
They continued investigating , suspecting the government had lied to them .
Today , 61 % of Americans believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assassination than just Lee Harvey Oswald .
We may not be able to stop the election fraud in the future ; this may be the end of our representative democracy and the beginning of rule by a handful of powerful oligarchs who control elections as they do in Third World countries , shifting the country to socialism .
But we ca n't lie down and take it .
There are n't any better countries to move to .
Nor can we simply move to red states and segregate ourselves , because the left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as moving into those states and transforming them , as we 're watching take place in Arizona .
Right now , everyone knows Trump won the election in a landslide .
They ca n't take that away .
It 's just a matter of outsmarting the left and figuring out how to deal with the election fraud when most of our institutions wo n't .
The left controls the MSM , big tech , education , Hollywood , the judiciary and state bars .
But there has to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Maybe the civil unrest that is brewing will lead to changes .
It is only going to get worse as Democrats reveal they are not going to stop the lockdowns any time soon even if Biden is in office .

I predicted days ago that the Supreme Court would not issue decisions on the election lawsuits based on the law or Constitution, but based on how the justices in the middle felt. I was skeptical of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, having researched them in the past for articles when President Trump first started considering them to be on the Supreme Court.
Their records were devoid of much to judge them on, and each one had a decision or two that could be construed as questionable. While all were members of The Federalist Society, that is meaningless other than they have the guts to identify as leaning to the right. I was president of the Federalist Society at my law school, and there was no litmus test to join. Anyone could join and have zero activity; it was comparable to joining the AARP. So I was not surprised when Gorsuch and Kavanaugh issued disappointing rulings after being appointed. Roberts we knew had already gone off the reservation.
Those four justices are concerned about their public perception. They've seen how the left has portrayed anyone challenging the felony election fraud as conspiracy theorists. The most powerful man in the world, formerly both a Democrat and RINO Republican, has been made out to look like a conspiracy theorist. If they can do it to him, they can do it to anyone. Supreme Court justices can be impeached, and it only requires a simple majority in the House of Representatives. Two-thirds of the Senate is then required to remove them. One Supreme Court justice has been impeached, Samuel Chase, although he was not removed. So it would be a very humiliating experience for justices not used to being in the public eye much. Sadly, some attorneys aspire to be on the Supreme Court because they're narcissists. They want the fame and glory. Ruling in favor of Trump would very likely set them up for impeachment by the Democratic-controlled House.
There is a lot of wiggle room in the law to issue decisions based on how you feel, then interpret the law to match that, which is referred to as judicial activism. For example, many of the lower courts have found small technicalities to throw out lawsuits, such as timing. Well, there are always reasons to overcome timing constraints, such as if there were crimes committed. Statutes of limitations are often waived or extended when crimes are found. And bringing lawsuits prior to the election would not have been "ripe," since the fraud hadn't occurred yet to change the election results.
What those judges aren't telling you is that there are plenty of ways they could have ruled in favor of the election challenges. For example, a lack of chain of custody for handling the ballots is grounds for throwing out the election results in that region and ordering a new election. Bet no one ever talks about that when they say the judges had no choice but to follow the law.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
In the Texas case, SCOTUS chose to use an easy technical way to get out of accepting the case – standing. Stanford law professor Daniel Ho and Stanford law student Erica Ross wrote a law review article entitled, "Did Liberal Justices Invent the Standing Doctrine? An Empirical Study of the Evolution of Standing, 1921-2006." They found that progressives came up with the standing doctrine in the 20th century in order to shield New Deal programs from judicial review. It's not even in the Constitution. SCOTUS was so arrogant they didn't bother providing an explanation other than the vague statement "Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections."
SCOTUS completely ignored the fact that election fraud occurred in several states, wrongly tipping those states to Biden and hence the election, which disenfranchised voters in the other states that went for Trump. SCOTUS was the only remedy, since it decides controversies between the states and constitutional issues. The Electors Clause states that state legislatures shall make the laws conducting presidential elections. Those states violated it by allowing election officials to supersede the legislature with various orders and rules, making the election fraud easy. The Texas brief showed how SCOTUS had accepted similar cases in the past, and clearly laid out the fraud.
Some conservatives are holding out hope that Trump will win in other court cases. There is little chance of that. As we've already seen in other election cases, the lower courts are dominated by left-wing judges and RINOs. And SCOTUS is not going to give Trump a win; the justices blew off the most substantial case on the flimsiest of grounds.
Republican-controlled state legislatures in swing states aren't going to switch their electoral votes to Trump. We've already seen the small number of Republican legislators in those states willing to stick their necks out. It's not enough.
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Nor will Congress decline to certify the electors from contested states. The Electoral Count Act says one House member and one Senate member can opt for each House delegation providing one vote under the Twelfth Amendment instead. Because there are more Republican states, some are hopeful Trump can win. However, we saw that only 126 House Republican members supported the Texas lawsuit. The numbers aren't there.
Even though the legislative hearings and court battles are not likely to change the election results, it is still worth it to keep fighting. Dr. Bobby Lopez, a former humanities professor and author of "Colorful Conservative: American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman," reminds us to learn from history. When the Warren Commission came out with its report on how JFK was assassinated, people didn't just accept it and move on. They continued investigating, suspecting the government had lied to them. Today, 61% of Americans believe there were others involved in JFK's assassination than just Lee Harvey Oswald.
We may not be able to stop the election fraud in the future; this may be the end of our representative democracy and the beginning of rule by a handful of powerful oligarchs who control elections as they do in Third World countries, shifting the country to socialism. But we can't lie down and take it. There aren't any better countries to move to. Nor can we simply move to red states and segregate ourselves, because the left uses the federal government to control them, as well as moving into those states and transforming them, as we're watching take place in Arizona.
Right now, everyone knows Trump won the election in a landslide. They can't take that away. It's just a matter of outsmarting the left and figuring out how to deal with the election fraud when most of our institutions won't. The left controls the MSM, big tech, education, Hollywood, the judiciary and state bars. But there has to be a way to stop massive felony voter fraud. Maybe the civil unrest that is brewing will lead to changes. It is only going to get worse as Democrats reveal they are not going to stop the lockdowns any time soon even if Biden is in office.


Supreme Court cowards

Dec. 11 , 2020 , will be known as the day the U.S. Supreme Court shirked its responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States .
It ruled that the plaintive ( Texas plus 19 other states ) had no standing in the enforcement of the contract ( the Constitution ) concerning election procedures in four other states ( Georgia , Michigan , Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ) even though all 50 states are the principles to that contract .
The Supreme Court punted its responsibility .
It ignored Article III , Section 2 , of that contract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Power shall extend … to Controversies between two or more States ; … In all Cases affecting … those in which a State shall be Party , the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction . ''
`` Original jurisdiction '' allows the Supreme Court to look at all evidence instead of just the application of law as an appellate court .
By declaring a lack of standing , the Supreme Court will not look at the evidence at all .
By its ruling , the Supreme Court and the rulings of lower courts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 election , including : • changes to election procedures in violation to the Constitution ; • more votes than registered voters in several precincts ; • simultaneous suspension of vote counting in the dead of night in five states controlled by Democrats in three different time zones when Trump was significantly ahead in each , resuming three hours later with Biden then ahead in each ; • acceptance of ballots that did not meet election requirements and co-mingling those ballots with other ballots so they could not be singled out for review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where Trump received fewer than 1 % of the votes .
TRENDING : Watch military crowd erupt with love when Trump walks onto field at Army-Navy game The Supreme Court and lower courts rewarded the philosophies of the left , deep state , communists and American oligarchs that might makes right and that the end justifies the means .
The courts rewarded cheating , riots as extortion , mob rule , lies , media bias and the use of the virus from China as justification to deviate from defined legislative election processes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the future … might makes right ; the end justifies the means .
The rule of law is dead .
Those actions of election fraud were criminal , not just violations of the contract between the states .
So who is investigating those criminal actions ?
Since the ones who committed the criminal acts are the ones who should be investigating them , who will be doing the investigations ?
The whole world is watching and now understands that America 's deep state interferes in elections , even its own elections , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the resolve to fix it .
It sees that our courts are powerless to enforce the rule of law against American oligarchs and the deep state , so they look for loopholes like `` standing '' to get them off the hook .
They are cowards at best and part of the deep state at worst , officials who can not be trusted to `` protect and defend '' the interests of we the people as articulated in the U.S. Constitution .
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Dec. 11, 2020, will be known as the day the U.S. Supreme Court shirked its responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. It ruled that the plaintive (Texas plus 19 other states) had no standing in the enforcement of the contract (the Constitution) concerning election procedures in four other states (Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania) even though all 50 states are the principles to that contract.
The Supreme Court punted its responsibility. It ignored Article III, Section 2, of that contract, which states: "The Judicial Power shall extend … to Controversies between two or more States; … In all Cases affecting … those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."
"Original jurisdiction" allows the Supreme Court to look at all evidence instead of just the application of law as an appellate court. By declaring a lack of standing, the Supreme Court will not look at the evidence at all.
By its ruling, the Supreme Court and the rulings of lower courts refused to address election fraud in the 2020 election, including:
changes to election procedures in violation to the Constitution;
ballot harvesting;
ballot destruction;
more votes than registered voters in several precincts;
blatant vote switching by machine software;
electronic ballot box stuffing;
simultaneous suspension of vote counting in the dead of night in five states controlled by Democrats in three different time zones when Trump was significantly ahead in each, resuming three hours later with Biden then ahead in each;
acceptance of ballots that did not meet election requirements and co-mingling those ballots with other ballots so they could not be singled out for review; and
statistically unbelievable vote counts where Trump received fewer than 1% of the votes.
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The Supreme Court and lower courts rewarded the philosophies of the left, deep state, communists and American oligarchs that might makes right and that the end justifies the means.
The courts rewarded cheating, riots as extortion, mob rule, lies, media bias and the use of the virus from China as justification to deviate from defined legislative election processes.
The ramifications of this will stretch well into the future … might makes right; the end justifies the means. The rule of law is dead.
Those actions of election fraud were criminal, not just violations of the contract between the states. So who is investigating those criminal actions? Since the ones who committed the criminal acts are the ones who should be investigating them, who will be doing the investigations?
The whole world is watching and now understands that America's deep state interferes in elections, even its own elections, and that the U.S. does not have the resolve to fix it. It sees that our courts are powerless to enforce the rule of law against American oligarchs and the deep state, so they look for loopholes like "standing" to get them off the hook.
They are cowards at best and part of the deep state at worst, officials who cannot be trusted to "protect and defend" the interests of we the people as articulated in the U.S. Constitution.
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wnd--2020-12-15--Being named 'Person of the Year' is not a compliment

Few people today are aware that genocidal madman Adolf Hitler appeared on the cover of Time magazine on multiple occasions , `` most famously perhaps on Jan. 2 , 1939 , when he was named Man of the Year .
That choice abided by the dictum of the Time founder Henry Luce , who decreed that the Man of the Year – now Person of the Year – was not an honor but instead should be a distinction applied to the newsmaker who most influenced world events for better or worse .
In case that second criterion was lost on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dispensed with the portrait treatment that cover subjects typically got .
Instead he was depicted as a tiny figure with his back to the viewer , playing a massive organ with his murdered victims spinning on a St. Catherine 's wheel .
Underneath the stark , black-and-white illustration was the caption , `` From the unholy organist , a hymn of hate . '
'' The aforementioned mitigates the significance of Tme naming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their `` Person of the Year '' for 2020 – action akin to naming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the children of the corn '' as worthy of deification .
But I digress .
Indeed as the dictum of Time founder Henry Luce clarified and decreed , being named `` [ Person ] of the Year '' was not an honor , but a distinction applied to those who `` influenced the world for better or worse . ''
Influencing the world for worse is a distinction of which both Biden and Harris are wholly worthy .
Biden has spent nearly five decades in political office with the summum bonum being the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best crack cocaine taxpayer money and Chinese/Ukraine money he could provide for his son , and the targeted imprisonment of the black youth Hillary Clinton called super-predators .
Of course , Biden did engage in creepy behavior such as sniffing the hair of little girls , but `` c'mon , man ! ''
– that 's just Joe .
As for Harris , she 's representative of everything a decent parent would not want his daughter to be and everything a decent parent would not want his son to become involved with , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris lowered the bar for prostituting oneself to fame , fortune and political status .
If the women of the Hollywood `` Me Too '' movement are to be believed , they were forced to be promiscuous in order get the best acting roles .
Harris slept with married men because she is an amoral woman who delights and boasts of cheap , tawdry acts of sexual misconduct with such men .
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It makes no difference what the media , RINOs and Democrats try to claim , there is no plausible way on earth that Biden-Harris legitimately defeated President Trump .
This is n't sour grapes ; it is fact .
Biden is a lecherous dolt with increasingly diminished cognitive ability , and Harris is more rabidly supportive of the systematic extermination of blacks than is Obama .
Add to that the fact she has fewer morals than the Obama woman , and you have two people who perfectly represent what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Person of the Year '' is n't a compliment ; it is calling attention to two of the most anti-American worker , family , church and Constitution political pairings in the history of America .
The mainstream media and the hardcore leftists/communists on both sides of the political spectrum hate President Trump for the same reasons we love him .
He is proud of America , pro-America , pro-church , pro-life and pro-Israel .
Biden-Harris boast of being the antithesis of those qualities .
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Few people today are aware that genocidal madman Adolf Hitler appeared on the cover of Time magazine on multiple occasions, "most famously perhaps on Jan. 2, 1939, when he was named Man of the Year. That choice abided by the dictum of the Time founder Henry Luce, who decreed that the Man of the Year – now Person of the Year – was not an honor but instead should be a distinction applied to the newsmaker who most influenced world events for better or worse. In case that second criterion was lost on readers, the issue that named Hitler dispensed with the portrait treatment that cover subjects typically got. Instead he was depicted as a tiny figure with his back to the viewer, playing a massive organ with his murdered victims spinning on a St. Catherine's wheel. Underneath the stark, black-and-white illustration was the caption, "From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate.'"
The aforementioned mitigates the significance of Tme naming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their "Person of the Year" for 2020 – action akin to naming "Rosemary's baby" and "the children of the corn" as worthy of deification. But I digress.
Indeed as the dictum of Time founder Henry Luce clarified and decreed, being named "[Person] of the Year" was not an honor, but a distinction applied to those who "influenced the world for better or worse."
Influencing the world for worse is a distinction of which both Biden and Harris are wholly worthy. Biden has spent nearly five decades in political office with the summum bonum being the personal enrichment of his family, the best crack cocaine taxpayer money and Chinese/Ukraine money he could provide for his son, and the targeted imprisonment of the black youth Hillary Clinton called super-predators. Of course, Biden did engage in creepy behavior such as sniffing the hair of little girls, but "c'mon, man!" – that's just Joe.
As for Harris, she's representative of everything a decent parent would not want his daughter to be and everything a decent parent would not want his son to become involved with, must less marry and bring home. Harris lowered the bar for prostituting oneself to fame, fortune and political status. If the women of the Hollywood "Me Too" movement are to be believed, they were forced to be promiscuous in order get the best acting roles. Harris slept with married men because she is an amoral woman who delights and boasts of cheap, tawdry acts of sexual misconduct with such men.
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Biden-Harris are co-conspirators in the global conspiracy to steal the presidency of the United States. It makes no difference what the media, RINOs and Democrats try to claim, there is no plausible way on earth that Biden-Harris legitimately defeated President Trump. This isn't sour grapes; it is fact.
Biden is a lecherous dolt with increasingly diminished cognitive ability, and Harris is more rabidly supportive of the systematic extermination of blacks than is Obama. Add to that the fact she has fewer morals than the Obama woman, and you have two people who perfectly represent what Luce made clear.
Biden-Harris being named "Person of the Year" isn't a compliment; it is calling attention to two of the most anti-American worker, family, church and Constitution political pairings in the history of America.
The mainstream media and the hardcore leftists/communists on both sides of the political spectrum hate President Trump for the same reasons we love him. He is proud of America, pro-America, pro-church, pro-life and pro-Israel.
Biden-Harris boast of being the antithesis of those qualities.
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wnd--2020-12-15--Ted Cruz: Stop pay for pro-lockdown politicians and media

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Calif. , has never been one to hold back his opinion .
He 's blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts , called fired FBI director James Comey corrupt , torched `` Sesame Street '' over its LGBT advocacy and dropped a history lesson on Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minn. , in a dispute over a Columbus statue .
Now he 's suggesting the millionaire and billionaire talkers on television who favor lockdowns should get a little of the medicine they are dispensing .
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`` Tell you what … halt ALL salaries at CNN & Microsoft , stop paying Dem politicians & then let 's see if they think TWO MORE YEARS shutdown is OK. '' CNS News reported it was `` millionaire reporter Jake Tapper and billionaire software king Bill Gates '' who agreed it 's just fine for the U.S. to go `` into another economic lockdown to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' Dec. 13 , Tapper said : `` There are a lot of governors who oppose bringing back these lockdown orders and forcing businesses to close .
What do you think ?
Do you think more states needs to consider taking that kind of drastic action and the kind of drastic action we saw when the pandemic first began ? ''
Gates , worth an estimated $ 119 billion , said , `` Bars and restaurants in most of the country will be closed as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think , sadly , that 's appropriate .
... [ T ] rade-offs will have to be made .
But this -- the next four to six months really call on us to do our best , because we can see that this will end , and you do n't want somebody you love to be the last to die of coronavirus . ''
The Microsoft co-founder also believes `` normal '' wo n't return for another 12-18 months .

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has never been one to hold back his opinion.
He's blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, called fired FBI director James Comey corrupt, torched "Sesame Street" over its LGBT advocacy and dropped a history lesson on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in a dispute over a Columbus statue.
Now he's suggesting the millionaire and billionaire talkers on television who favor lockdowns should get a little of the medicine they are dispensing.
Leftists: a millionaire & a billionaire discuss how they think its “appropriate” to destroy & bankrupt small businesses across America. Tell you what...halt ALL salaries at CNN & Microsoft, stop paying Dem politicians & then let’s see if they think TWO MORE YEARS shutdown is OK. https://t.co/OwKLXLYZxT — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 13, 2020
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"Leftists: a millionaire & billionaire discuss how they think its 'appropriate' to destroy & bankrupt small businesses across America," he wrote on Twitter.
"Tell you what … halt ALL salaries at CNN & Microsoft, stop paying Dem politicians & then let's see if they think TWO MORE YEARS shutdown is OK."
CNS News reported it was "millionaire reporter Jake Tapper and billionaire software king Bill Gates" who agreed it's just fine for the U.S. to go "into another economic lockdown to try to combat COVID-19."
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On CNN's "State of the Union," Dec. 13, Tapper said: "There are a lot of governors who oppose bringing back these lockdown orders and forcing businesses to close. What do you think? Do you think more states needs to consider taking that kind of drastic action and the kind of drastic action we saw when the pandemic first began?"
Gates, worth an estimated $119 billion, said, "Bars and restaurants in most of the country will be closed as we go into this wave. And I think, sadly, that's appropriate. ... [T]rade-offs will have to be made. But this -- the next four to six months really call on us to do our best, because we can see that this will end, and you don't want somebody you love to be the last to die of coronavirus."
The Microsoft co-founder also believes "normal" won't return for another 12-18 months.
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wnd--2020-12-15--Christmas 2020: Conflict on Earth and ill will among men

Contrary to Christmas holiday tradition , Jesus Himself said in Matthew 10:34 , `` Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth ; I have not come to bring peace , but a sword . ''
The notion that Jesus came to establish world peace ( prior to the Millennial Kingdom ) is actually a misrepresentation of the Christmas story as told in Luke .
What the Angel of God actually said upon the birth of Jesus was this : `` Glory to God in the highest , and on earth peace to men on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasis mine ) .
The final phrase is a qualifier , like the conditional promise of Romans 8:28 that He will make all things work to the good of those ( and only those ) who love Him and are called according to His purpose .
Only men and women on whom God 's favor rests deserve peace .
And until He returns to establish the thousand-year Sabbath `` Day '' on earth ( the Millennial Kingdom ) there will and must be conflict between those on whom His favor rests and those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the benefit of the lost , since the devil wants them to be comfortable , lazy and apathetic in spiritual matters , because they belong to him by right under the curse of Adam and will remain his Hell-bound slaves unless they repent and voluntarily accept the free gift of salvation in Christ per John 3:18 ( although my Calvinist friends might have trouble with the word `` voluntarily '' in that sentence , and my Orthodox Jewish friends might defer to their deadline , which our Christian Bible sets in Romans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age of the Gentiles '' ) .
It is only when the lost are confronted with the reality that God created humanity for His plan and purpose that it becomes possible for the scales to fall from their eyes , allowing them to see and understand TRUTH .
Only the enlightened can recognize the great cyclical tumult of human history , waxing and waning from season to season and from valley to mountaintop , as one continuous dramatic performance of His Story : a riveting interactive spectacle that commands our attention and forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ battle of good and evil ; a non-stop 4-D movie in which we all are both audience and actors in the glorious theater of His Creation , which groans in anticipation of the crescendo toward which it builds : the soon return of the Messiah .
We are exhorted to `` contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints '' ( Jude 1:7 ) and commanded by Jesus both to fulfill the Great Commission ( Matthew 28:16-20 ) and to `` occupy until I come '' ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of `` Whole Bible Christianity , '' all the teachings and resources of the Old Testament ( tempered by the New Testament in matters of church life and personal morality ) serve the Cause of Christ today , and impose a duty upon us to be active stewards of ALL spheres of society – including the social , political , commercial and cultural .
TRENDING : Watch military crowd erupt with love when Trump walks onto field at Army-Navy game To that end I established First Century Bible Church early in 2020 as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3 ) fellowship of individuals and affiliated congregations around the world , united on the essentials of the faith , with tolerance in non-essentials .
( In short our essentials are the Revised Nicene Creed of 381 , plus the behavioral essentials of biblical marriage and sexuality without which our self-perpetuating ethics-based human civilization – founded upon God 's covenant with Abraham – is impossible . )
In November 2020 , under the spiritual covering of First Century Bible Church , I created `` Swamp Rangers : a citizen network for swamp creature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theme as a cover for serious cultural/political engagement I call `` campy but cunning constitutionalism . ''
To many , this concept of church-originated cultural/political engagement without an overt evangelistic theme and tone is unfathomable .
But to such people the rise of a Christian rebellion against tyrannical British occupation , under the self-proclaimed legal authority of a `` Declaration of Independence , '' would have seemed equally mystifying and `` un-Christian '' had they lived then .
But , thankfully , the founders were Whole Bible Christians , or else this constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world beyond measure ( until the Marxist take-over in the 20th century ) never would have been formed .
I formed Swamp Rangers as a Christian pastor confident in my authority to fight under the banner of Christ for the preservation of this God-blessed Republic and the ( indirectly ) Bible-based Constitution on which it stands , through an organization that is not overtly evangelical any more than the Continental Army was .
As a modern member of the Black Robed Regiment , I do not hesitate to fight on a secular battlefield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major but largely unseen parallel spiritual victories , just as the forming of this nation did .
Importantly , the presence of clergy ( the `` Black Robes '' ) in the fight against the British provided succor and encouragement to the believers in the mixed Christian and non-Christian Continental Army , but they also provided a bridge to salvation for the many non-believers who accepted Christ specifically because they came to trust the Black Robes , whom they saw put feet to their faith in a cause they all were willing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lofty spiritual rhetoric from the safety of church sanctuaries .
I will never give up trying to disciple the weak-of-faith majority in today 's American churches , and to evangelize the deceived-unsaved pew-sitters among them .
But having labored in that fruitless field for decades with so little return , and often been scorned by its feckless shepherds , I am elated and energized to have discovered a brand-new mission field in the MAGA Movement : millions of secular but patriotic children and grandchildren of overtly Christian households who themselves might never or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who generally respect God and agree that American greatness is somehow associated with her Christian heritage .
These , along with the Christian conservatives ( the remnant ) who make up the other half of the Trump base , will be recruited by Swamp Rangers – and by the lifestyle example of Whole Bible Christians in this network , I expect many will be saved .
Contact me at [ email protected ] to join .
We launch officially on Jan. 1 .

Contrary to Christmas holiday tradition, Jesus Himself said in Matthew 10:34, "Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." The notion that Jesus came to establish world peace (prior to the Millennial Kingdom) is actually a misrepresentation of the Christmas story as told in Luke. What the Angel of God actually said upon the birth of Jesus was this: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!" (emphasis mine). The final phrase is a qualifier, like the conditional promise of Romans 8:28 that He will make all things work to the good of those (and only those) who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Only men and women on whom God's favor rests deserve peace. And until He returns to establish the thousand-year Sabbath "Day" on earth (the Millennial Kingdom) there will and must be conflict between those on whom His favor rests and those who defy Him.
This conflict exists for the benefit of the lost, since the devil wants them to be comfortable, lazy and apathetic in spiritual matters, because they belong to him by right under the curse of Adam and will remain his Hell-bound slaves unless they repent and voluntarily accept the free gift of salvation in Christ per John 3:18 (although my Calvinist friends might have trouble with the word "voluntarily" in that sentence, and my Orthodox Jewish friends might defer to their deadline, which our Christian Bible sets in Romans 11 – the close of the "age of the Gentiles"). It is only when the lost are confronted with the reality that God created humanity for His plan and purpose that it becomes possible for the scales to fall from their eyes, allowing them to see and understand TRUTH.
Only the enlightened can recognize the great cyclical tumult of human history, waxing and waning from season to season and from valley to mountaintop, as one continuous dramatic performance of His Story: a riveting interactive spectacle that commands our attention and forces us to take sides in the ceaseless battle of good and evil; a non-stop 4-D movie in which we all are both audience and actors in the glorious theater of His Creation, which groans in anticipation of the crescendo toward which it builds: the soon return of the Messiah.
We are exhorted to "contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 1:7) and commanded by Jesus both to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) and to "occupy until I come" (Luke 19:13).
In my theology of "Whole Bible Christianity," all the teachings and resources of the Old Testament (tempered by the New Testament in matters of church life and personal morality) serve the Cause of Christ today, and impose a duty upon us to be active stewards of ALL spheres of society – including the social, political, commercial and cultural.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
To that end I established First Century Bible Church early in 2020 as a non 501(c)(3) fellowship of individuals and affiliated congregations around the world, united on the essentials of the faith, with tolerance in non-essentials. (In short our essentials are the Revised Nicene Creed of 381, plus the behavioral essentials of biblical marriage and sexuality without which our self-perpetuating ethics-based human civilization – founded upon God's covenant with Abraham – is impossible.)
In November 2020, under the spiritual covering of First Century Bible Church, I created "Swamp Rangers: a citizen network for swamp creature pest control" using a strategic satirical theme as a cover for serious cultural/political engagement I call "campy but cunning constitutionalism."
To many, this concept of church-originated cultural/political engagement without an overt evangelistic theme and tone is unfathomable. But to such people the rise of a Christian rebellion against tyrannical British occupation, under the self-proclaimed legal authority of a "Declaration of Independence," would have seemed equally mystifying and "un-Christian" had they lived then. But, thankfully, the founders were Whole Bible Christians, or else this constitutional republic whose Christian works have blessed the world beyond measure (until the Marxist take-over in the 20th century) never would have been formed.
I formed Swamp Rangers as a Christian pastor confident in my authority to fight under the banner of Christ for the preservation of this God-blessed Republic and the (indirectly) Bible-based Constitution on which it stands, through an organization that is not overtly evangelical any more than the Continental Army was. As a modern member of the Black Robed Regiment, I do not hesitate to fight on a secular battlefield for victories in this world that produce major but largely unseen parallel spiritual victories, just as the forming of this nation did.
Importantly, the presence of clergy (the "Black Robes") in the fight against the British provided succor and encouragement to the believers in the mixed Christian and non-Christian Continental Army, but they also provided a bridge to salvation for the many non-believers who accepted Christ specifically because they came to trust the Black Robes, whom they saw put feet to their faith in a cause they all were willing to die for – rather than just spouting lofty spiritual rhetoric from the safety of church sanctuaries.
I will never give up trying to disciple the weak-of-faith majority in today's American churches, and to evangelize the deceived-unsaved pew-sitters among them. But having labored in that fruitless field for decades with so little return, and often been scorned by its feckless shepherds, I am elated and energized to have discovered a brand-new mission field in the MAGA Movement: millions of secular but patriotic children and grandchildren of overtly Christian households who themselves might never or rarely been "to church" but who generally respect God and agree that American greatness is somehow associated with her Christian heritage. These, along with the Christian conservatives (the remnant) who make up the other half of the Trump base, will be recruited by Swamp Rangers – and by the lifestyle example of Whole Bible Christians in this network, I expect many will be saved.
Contact me at [email protected] to join. We launch officially on Jan. 1.
Content created by the WND News Center is available for re-publication without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].