wnd--2020-12-20--'News' now being described as 'hysterical mythmaking'

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
In an MSNBC interview last Monday , Steve Coll , dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism , was contemplating a staggering dilemma .
He noted that Facebook had performed a bit better in 2020 than in 2016 at suppressing inconvenient election content , but it still is not adequately policing the ideas of its 3 billion users .
CEO Mark Zuckerberg “ profoundly believes in free speech , ” Coll lamented .
“ And , ” Coll continued , those of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms with the fact that free speech , a principle that we hold sacred , is being weaponized against the principles of journalism .
And what do we do about that ?
As reporters , we march into this war with our facts nobly shouldered , as if they were going to win the day .
And what we ’ re seeing is that because of the scale of this alternate reality ... our facts , our principles , our scientific method , it isn ’ t enough .
So what do we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aren ’ t more impressed by the mainstream media ’ s noble marshaling of facts and science ( science ! )
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Could it be that Americans are tired of actors playing roles in elaborately scripted illusions ?
That they instead prefer actual news and insight ?
An exploding new array of amateurs , subject matter experts , local reporters , and independent journalists , all leveraging the internet , are often delivering facts far more reliably than the old outlets .
When the prestige media pumps and dumps fake conspiracy theories , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out real scandals , collaborates with those it is supposed to cover , and forgets to report on an entire presidential campaign , people will look elsewhere for their information .
Today , it ’ s often former portfolio managers , suburban mothers , lawyers , engineers , curious teenagers , and doctors who are telling us what ’ s actually happening .
The powerful but cheap tools of the new citizen journalists are tweets , video streams , and podcasts .
So , naturally , Coll and his colleagues of the Fourth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media companies to erect a Silicon Curtain ( as James Freeman of The Wall Street Journal dubbed it ) between the American people and any content not slickly produced in Washington or New York .
They ’ d prefer a social media that is just as incurious , herd-oriented , and partisan as they are .
Differentiation is the enemy .
Silicon Valley has been far too willing to oblige .
Thus , disfavored people and content get shadow-banned , suspended , demonetized , and , most recently , scolded about the ironclad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , late-arriving mail-in ballots .
“ Learn how voting by mail is safe and secure , ” Twitter insisted a million times over .
Twitter even suspended Richard Baris , the pollster who most successfully predicted the 2020 state-by-state election results .
And last week , YouTube announced that going forward it will disallow all content questioning the validity of the 2020 election results .
Will it let users discuss the multitude of lawsuits , forensic audits , and law enforcement investigations still taking place ?
Perhaps Rudy Giuliani is crazy , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the refuge not of the confident but the deeply insecure .
In 2005 , former President Jimmy Carter and James Baker III issued an authoritative report on election integrity .
They found that mail-in ballots are a chief source of fraud .
International election monitors have long insisted that top indicators of fraud are stopping counts in mid-stream and prohibiting observation of ballot handling and counting .
Yet suddenly the Silicon Valley tech firms became experts in election law , insisting greater information about elections is more dangerous than well-known risky behavior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well be : “ Lamborghinis and whiskey are in fact a safe combination.
” The Silicon Curtain is frustrating , but it has backfired more than Big Media and Silicon Valley know .
Not only have they lost hundreds of millions of readers , viewers , and users , they ’ ve also locked themselves in a Faraday cage of ignorance .
One of the things they are most uninformed about is the hundreds of new tech channels and media outlets already challenging them , and maybe soon looking at them in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Balaji Srinivasan says , “ exit > voice.
” Meaning , the hope to be treated fairly by CNN , The New York Times , or Twitter is futile .
Don ’ t fight on their battlefield , at least not exclusively .
The far more fruitful solution is to exit and create new channels — with crypto communities , Substack newsletters , online magazines , the Brave browser , and video streaming alternatives such as Rumble and NewTube .
( The outlet that regularly publishes my articles without question refused to run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it proves the point – exactly . )
This path is also more promising than a Washington solution .
A clarification and upgrade of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to reflect unforeseen dynamics , for example , is warranted .
Social media has perverted and exploited it .
But throwing it out wholesale and reinstituting a “ fairness doctrine ” would be unwise .
As I wrote last year , Just as social media offers a Fifth Estate to correct and replace the corrupt and crumbling Fourth Estate , an open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hold Big Tech ’ s feet to the fire .
... No companies , news outlets , political parties , scientific organizations , or government agencies will ever be perfect .
That ’ s why we need continual openness to an Nth Estate , which can help correct our inevitable commercial and cultural mistakes .
A new Washington-based regime that seeks to regulate social media in particular and speech in general would do more harm than good .
By cementing today ’ s regime , it would block the pathways to the Nth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newsmen , Holman Jenkins of The Wall Street Journal , correctly laments that “ the increasing substitution of hysterical mythmaking for news is a malignancy of our time.
” An Nth Estate of American openness , innovation , exit , and free speech is the solution .
It is the regenerative vaccine .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Bret Swanson
Real Clear Politics
In an MSNBC interview last Monday, Steve Coll, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was contemplating a staggering dilemma. He noted that Facebook had performed a bit better in 2020 than in 2016 at suppressing inconvenient election content, but it still is not adequately policing the ideas of its 3 billion users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg “profoundly believes in free speech,” Coll lamented. “And,” Coll continued,
those of us in journalism have to come to terms with the fact that free speech, a principle that we hold sacred, is being weaponized against the principles of journalism. And what do we do about that? As reporters, we march into this war with our facts nobly shouldered, as if they were going to win the day. And what we’re seeing is that because of the scale of this alternate reality ... our facts, our principles, our scientific method, it isn’t enough. So what do we do?
Coll is puzzled that citizens aren’t more impressed by the mainstream media’s noble marshaling of facts and science (science!). Could it be that Americans are tired of actors playing roles in elaborately scripted illusions? That they instead prefer actual news and insight? An exploding new array of amateurs, subject matter experts, local reporters, and independent journalists, all leveraging the internet, are often delivering facts far more reliably than the old outlets. When the prestige media pumps and dumps fake conspiracy theories, moralizes over a complex pandemic, blacks out real scandals, collaborates with those it is supposed to cover, and forgets to report on an entire presidential campaign, people will look elsewhere for their information. Today, it’s often former portfolio managers, suburban mothers, lawyers, engineers, curious teenagers, and doctors who are telling us what’s actually happening.
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The powerful but cheap tools of the new citizen journalists are tweets, video streams, and podcasts. So, naturally, Coll and his colleagues of the Fourth Estate have been harassing technology and social media companies to erect a Silicon Curtain (as James Freeman of The Wall Street Journal dubbed it) between the American people and any content not slickly produced in Washington or New York. They’d prefer a social media that is just as incurious, herd-oriented, and partisan as they are. Differentiation is the enemy.
Silicon Valley has been far too willing to oblige. Thus, disfavored people and content get shadow-banned, suspended, demonetized, and, most recently, scolded about the ironclad reliability of signature-less, address-less, mass-marketed, late-arriving mail-in ballots. “Learn how voting by mail is safe and secure,” Twitter insisted a million times over. Twitter even suspended Richard Baris, the pollster who most successfully predicted the 2020 state-by-state election results. And last week, YouTube announced that going forward it will disallow all content questioning the validity of the 2020 election results. Will it let users discuss the multitude of lawsuits, forensic audits, and law enforcement investigations still taking place? Perhaps Rudy Giuliani is crazy, or merely wrong. Censorship, however, is the refuge not of the confident but the deeply insecure.
In 2005, former President Jimmy Carter and James Baker III issued an authoritative report on election integrity. They found that mail-in ballots are a chief source of fraud. International election monitors have long insisted that top indicators of fraud are stopping counts in mid-stream and prohibiting observation of ballot handling and counting. Yet suddenly the Silicon Valley tech firms became experts in election law, insisting greater information about elections is more dangerous than well-known risky behavior. The soothing new admonition might as well be: “Lamborghinis and whiskey are in fact a safe combination.”
The Silicon Curtain is frustrating, but it has backfired more than Big Media and Silicon Valley know. Not only have they lost hundreds of millions of readers, viewers, and users, they’ve also locked themselves in a Faraday cage of ignorance. One of the things they are most uninformed about is the hundreds of new tech channels and media outlets already challenging them, and maybe soon looking at them in the rearview mirror.
As technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan says, “exit > voice.” Meaning, the hope to be treated fairly by CNN, The New York Times, or Twitter is futile. Don’t fight on their battlefield, at least not exclusively. The far more fruitful solution is to exit and create new channels — with crypto communities, Substack newsletters, online magazines, the Brave browser, and video streaming alternatives such as Rumble and NewTube. (The outlet that regularly publishes my articles without question refused to run this one. Which is funny because it proves the point – exactly.)
This path is also more promising than a Washington solution. A clarification and upgrade of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to reflect unforeseen dynamics, for example, is warranted. Social media has perverted and exploited it. But throwing it out wholesale and reinstituting a “fairness doctrine” would be unwise. As I wrote last year,
Just as social media offers a Fifth Estate to correct and replace the corrupt and crumbling Fourth Estate, an open society can create a Sixth Estate to hold Big Tech’s feet to the fire. ... No companies, news outlets, political parties, scientific organizations, or government agencies will ever be perfect. That’s why we need continual openness to an Nth Estate, which can help correct our inevitable commercial and cultural mistakes. A new Washington-based regime that seeks to regulate social media in particular and speech in general would do more harm than good. By cementing today’s regime, it would block the pathways to the Nth Estate.
One of our great remaining newsmen, Holman Jenkins of The Wall Street Journal, correctly laments that “the increasing substitution of hysterical mythmaking for news is a malignancy of our time.”
An Nth Estate of American openness, innovation, exit, and free speech is the solution. It is the regenerative vaccine.


wnd--2020-12-21--3 rockets land in Green Zone attack targeting U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- Iraqi security officials say at least three rockets landed in Baghdad 's Green Zone in @ @ @ @ @ targeting the U.S. Embassy .
The rockets hit a residential complex inside the heavily fortified @ @ @ @ @ cars but left no casualties , according to Reuters .
The Iraqi military said an @ @ @ @ @ the rockets on Sunday , causing sirens to blare from the embassy compound .
One @ @ @ @ @ inside the Green Zone , said an anti-rocket system diverted one of the rockets .
@ @ @ @ @ on U.S. military and diplomatic infrastructure since an October truce that put an end to @ @ @ @ @ attacks and rocket launches on foreign installations , according to Arab News , an English @ @ @ @ @ .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Iraqi security officials say at least three rockets landed in Baghdad's Green Zone in an attack reported to be targeting the U.S. Embassy.
The rockets hit a residential complex inside the heavily fortified area, damaging buildings and cars but left no casualties, according to Reuters. The Iraqi military said an "outlaw group" fired the rockets on Sunday, causing sirens to blare from the embassy compound. One official, whose office is inside the Green Zone, said an anti-rocket system diverted one of the rockets.
The attack is the third on U.S. military and diplomatic infrastructure since an October truce that put an end to a year of roadside bomb attacks and rocket launches on foreign installations, according to Arab News, an English newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.
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wnd--2020-12-21--Kilauea volcano erupts, prompts warnings for Hawaiians

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) – The Kilauea volcano located on Hawaii 's Big Island erupted late Sunday night local time @ @ @ @ @ Civil Defense Agency to issue a warning asking residents to stay indoors .
The COH @ @ @ @ @ volcano 's Halemaumau crater , located at the top of the volcano inside the much @ @ @ @ @ Trade winds will push any embedded ash toward the Southwest , '' the COH tweeted @ @ @ @ @ in the Kau District in Wood Valley , Pahala , Naaleu and Ocean View .
@ @ @ @ @ [ re ] . ''
Shortly after the eruption was reported , a magnitude 4.4 @ @ @ @ @ .
The U.S. Geological Survey said that `` significant damage to buildings or structures is @ @ @ @ @ 's southern flank , where the earthquake occurred , has experienced more than 30 magnitude @ @ @ @ @ 2000 , typically as a result of `` abrupt motion of the volcano 's south @ @ @ @ @ the southeast over the oceanic crust . ''

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – The Kilauea volcano located on Hawaii's Big Island erupted late Sunday night local time, prompting the state's Civil Defense Agency to issue a warning asking residents to stay indoors.
The COH reported an eruption at the volcano's Halemaumau crater, located at the top of the volcano inside the much larger Kilauea crater. "Trade winds will push any embedded ash toward the Southwest," the COH tweeted. "Fallout is likely in the Kau District in Wood Valley, Pahala, Naaleu and Ocean View. Stay indoors to avoid Exposu[re]."
Shortly after the eruption was reported, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake also struck the area. The U.S. Geological Survey said that "significant damage to buildings or structures is not expected." Kilauea's southern flank, where the earthquake occurred, has experienced more than 30 magnitude 4 or greater earthquakes since 2000, typically as a result of "abrupt motion of the volcano's south flank, which moves to the southeast over the oceanic crust."
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wnd--2020-12-22--Davos 2021 to feature 'Great Reset' of capitalism

The `` Great Reset '' initiative to `` reform '' free enterprise and the world 's democratic systems promoted by globalists as a response to the coronavirus pandemic will be featured at a World Economic Forum event in January that will serve as a run-up to its annual Davos meeting of the world 's most influential business and political leaders .
`` The time to rebuild trust and to make crucial choices is fast approaching as the need to reset priorities and the urgency to reform systems grow stronger around the world , '' WEF said in a preview .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Reset Dialogues , '' is scheduled for Jan. 25-29 , which is when the annual meeting in Davos , Switzerland , originally was to take place .
The Davos invitation-only event has been postponed to a yet-to-be-determined date in `` early summer . ''
The dialogues in January , a joint initiative of WEF and Prince Charles , will feature `` various key stakeholders '' discussing the `` core dimensions '' of the `` Great Reset . ''
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's founder and executive chairman , presented the `` Great Reset '' plan .
He wrote that the COVID-19 lockdowns `` may be gradually easing , but anxiety about the world ’ s social and economic prospects is only intensifying , '' warning a `` sharp economic downturn has already begun , and we could be facing the worst depression since the 1930s . ''
`` To achieve a better outcome , the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies , from education to social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said at the time .
`` Every country , from the United States to China , must participate , and every industry , from oil and gas to tech , must be transformed .
In short , we need a 'Great Reset ' of capitalism , '' he said .
The United States , however , has acheived the `` V-shaped recovery '' in Gross Domestic Product promised by President Trump , with a record 33.1 % GDP increase in the third quarter , at an annualized rate , after a 32.8 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in December the need in a post-coronavirus world for `` global leaders to come together to design a common recovery path and shape the Great Reset '' has never been greater .
On its `` Great Reset '' webpage , WEF states that as the world enters a `` unique window of opportunity to shape the recovery , this initiative will offer insights to help inform all those determining the future state of global relations , the direction of national economies , the priorities of societies , the nature of business models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
`` Drawing from the vision and vast expertise of the leaders engaged across the Forum ’ s communities , the Great Reset initiative has a set of dimensions to build a new social contract that honours the dignity of every human being . ''
IMPORTANT NOTE : Right now , under cover of the coronavirus pandemic , global elites including many right here in the U.S. are actively engaged in trying to usher in a completely new world system they call the `` Great Reset . ''
That 's the topic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine , titled `` THE GREAT RESET : How American and global elites are leveraging COVID to socialize the world . ''
Last month , WND reported , former Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a Joe Biden presidency would help propel the `` Great Reset '' plan .
`` The notion of a reset is more important than ever before , '' Kerry said in a World Economic Forum panel .
`` I personally believe ... we 're at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Kerry said Biden is ready to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord , which would help drive the `` Great Reset . ''
But rejoining Paris is `` not enough , '' Kerry said .
`` The Biden administration will focus on every sector of the American economy , '' he said .
`` There will be a 2035 goal to achieve net neutrality with respect to power and production .
Kerry said the U.S. is `` ready to come back in and help to lead and raise the ambition in Glasgow to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the private sector . ''
Dr. Anthony Fauci , the White House coronavirus adviser , has called for `` radical changes '' in the `` infrastructures of human existence '' in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic .
He made the statement in an article the scientific journal Cell .
At a conference at Yale University in October , Fauci was asked when the nation could go back to normal .
He said Americans wo n't be wearing masks `` forever '' but probably would need to continue with masks and social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't just go `` wherever we want , '' he said .
Fauci said the United States needed to increase `` international engagement . ''
Meanwhile , Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò , a former papal ambassador to the United States , warned President Trump in October that he is `` the final garrison '' against the `` Great Reset . ''
In an open letter to Trump , the archbishop said globalists are creating a `` health dictatorship '' to combat the virus , threatening the sovereignty of nations and religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Burke called the `` Great Reset '' an attempt to manipulate `` citizens and nations through ignorance and fear '' as Marxist materialism takes hold in the United States , Newsmax reported .
Burke , the former archbishop of St. Louis and now a member of the highest judicial authority in the Roman Catholic Church , said in a homily Dec. 12 that the `` worldwide spread of Marxist materialism ... now seems to seize the governing power over our nation . ''
Vigano wrote a letter to Trump in May warning that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usher in a `` world government '' stripping people of their freedoms .
In a letter in June , he encouraged Trump in his fight against the `` Deep State . ''
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 ] .

The "Great Reset" initiative to "reform" free enterprise and the world's democratic systems promoted by globalists as a response to the coronavirus pandemic will be featured at a World Economic Forum event in January that will serve as a run-up to its annual Davos meeting of the world's most influential business and political leaders.
"The time to rebuild trust and to make crucial choices is fast approaching as the need to reset priorities and the urgency to reform systems grow stronger around the world," WEF said in a preview.
The virtual series, called "The Great Reset Dialogues," is scheduled for Jan. 25-29, which is when the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, originally was to take place. The Davos invitation-only event has been postponed to a yet-to-be-determined date in "early summer."
The dialogues in January, a joint initiative of WEF and Prince Charles, will feature "various key stakeholders" discussing the "core dimensions" of the "Great Reset."
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In June, Klaus Schwab, WEF's founder and executive chairman, presented the "Great Reset" plan. He wrote that the COVID-19 lockdowns "may be gradually easing, but anxiety about the world’s social and economic prospects is only intensifying," warning a "sharp economic downturn has already begun, and we could be facing the worst depression since the 1930s."
"To achieve a better outcome, the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions," Klaus said at the time.
"Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In short, we need a 'Great Reset' of capitalism," he said.
The United States, however, has acheived the "V-shaped recovery" in Gross Domestic Product promised by President Trump, with a record 33.1% GDP increase in the third quarter, at an annualized rate, after a 32.8% dive in the second.
Will the 'Great Reset' of capitalism be successful? Yes No Completing this poll entitles you to WND news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use You're logged in to Facebook. Click here to log out. 10% (36 Votes) 90% (340 Votes)
But WEF said in December the need in a post-coronavirus world for "global leaders to come together to design a common recovery path and shape the Great Reset" has never been greater.
'Unique window of opportunity'
On its "Great Reset" webpage, WEF states that as the world enters a "unique window of opportunity to shape the recovery, this initiative will offer insights to help inform all those determining the future state of global relations, the direction of national economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of business models and the management of a global commons."
"Drawing from the vision and vast expertise of the leaders engaged across the Forum’s communities, the Great Reset initiative has a set of dimensions to build a new social contract that honours the dignity of every human being."
IMPORTANT NOTE: Right now, under cover of the coronavirus pandemic, global elites including many right here in the U.S. are actively engaged in trying to usher in a completely new world system they call the "Great Reset." That's the topic of the sensational new issue of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled "THE GREAT RESET: How American and global elites are leveraging COVID to socialize the world."
Kerry: Biden will propel 'Great Reset'
Last month, WND reported, former Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a Joe Biden presidency would help propel the "Great Reset" plan.
"The notion of a reset is more important than ever before," Kerry said in a World Economic Forum panel. "I personally believe ... we're at the dawn of an extremely exciting time."
Kerry said Biden is ready to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, which would help drive the "Great Reset." But rejoining Paris is "not enough," Kerry said.
"The Biden administration will focus on every sector of the American economy," he said. "There will be a 2035 goal to achieve net neutrality with respect to power and production.
Kerry said the U.S. is "ready to come back in and help to lead and raise the ambition in Glasgow to accelerate this incredible capacity for a transformation in the private sector."
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House coronavirus adviser, has called for "radical changes" in the "infrastructures of human existence" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
He made the statement in an article the scientific journal Cell.
At a conference at Yale University in October, Fauci was asked when the nation could go back to normal. He said Americans won't be wearing masks "forever" but probably would need to continue with masks and social distancing measures through 2021.
We can't just go "wherever we want," he said.
Fauci said the United States needed to increase "international engagement."
'The final garrison'
Meanwhile, Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal ambassador to the United States, warned President Trump in October that he is "the final garrison" against the "Great Reset."
In an open letter to Trump, the archbishop said globalists are creating a "health dictatorship" to combat the virus, threatening the sovereignty of nations and religious freedom.
Last week, Cardinal Raymond Burke called the "Great Reset" an attempt to manipulate "citizens and nations through ignorance and fear" as Marxist materialism takes hold in the United States, Newsmax reported.
Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis and now a member of the highest judicial authority in the Roman Catholic Church, said in a homily Dec. 12 that the "worldwide spread of Marxist materialism ... now seems to seize the governing power over our nation."
Vigano wrote a letter to Trump in May warning that the COVID-19 pandemic was being used to usher in a "world government" stripping people of their freedoms. In a letter in June, he encouraged Trump in his fight against the "Deep State."
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].


wnd--2020-12-22--Incoming 'Squad' member says 'our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name'

The vocal four-member “ squad ” of far-left Democratic lawmakers in the House has wielded a disproportionate amount of power for the last two years , but the collective of young leftist women might be adding a new member to its ranks when the 117th United States Congress convenes next month .
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York , Ilhan Omar of Minnesota , Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have all seen their stars rise since they were elected during the 2018 midterm elections .
Each woman is known for making controversial statements and for holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago .
But the `` squad '' isn ’ t going anywhere , at least not any time soon .
In fact , the cooperative of leftists is being praised by one newly elected House Democrat , who more or less wants to join them in forcing their radical agenda onto all of America .
Jamaal Bowman , a former New York City middle school principal , recently and successfully primaried 16-term Democrat Eliot Engel to take control of New York 's 16th Congressional District .
Winning the Democratic primary in the district @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victory — and it did .
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Bowman cruised to victory last month by defeating conservative Patrick McManus by more than 68 points .
The former educator is now headed to the House , and he has signaled he believes the `` squad '' represents the future of the Democratic Party .
Engel was of course the dunce who said out loud what is supposed to be uttered privately when Democrats are fomenting civil unrest .
A hot mic in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the aftermath of a riot stating quite clearly : `` If I did n't have a primary , I would n't care . ''
Bowman defeated the ineffectual career politician , and will join the incoming class of freshmen lawmakers with two apparent goals : becoming the sole male member of the `` squad '' and replacing the free-market capitalism which made America great with something else .
The Democrat , who is a relatively young 44 , recently spoke to The Root and criticized the influence of former President Barack Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the others and equated capitalism to “ slavery.
” “ I don ’ t think Obama is the standard we should be striving towards , '' he said .
`` I think the 'squad ' is more of a standard we should be striving towards because I think the 'squad ' is more responsive to what ’ s happening today in our streets , ” Bowman told the outlet .
“ I think Obama represents a certain demographic of the Democratic Party , but the Democratic Party is a big and diverse tent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ myself represent more of what ’ s happening right now in the party , on the ground , in the streets — particularly with parts of the community that we haven ’ t always engaged very well , ” he added .
Per Bowman , Obama now only represents but a fraction of mostly middle-of-the-road Democrats , specifically when it comes to radical ideas such as defunding police agencies , which Obama recently advised against embracing .
The former president said earlier this month that `` defund the police '' is little more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which drew the ire of many radical far-left Democrats .
Bowman was among them , as he signaled in his interview with The Root .
The radical New Yorker was also very clear about his scorn for free-market capitalism .
It ’ s as if his words were written collectively by Ocasio-Cortez and her `` squad '' colleagues .
“ I believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name , ” Bowman said .
“ We ’ ve moved from physical chattel enslavement and physical racial segregation to a plantation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the majority of Americans unemployed , or underemployed and struggling just to survive , while the power elite continues to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few , and allow large corporations to pretty much run the world as multinational corporations .
`` The pandemic has revealed it .
With almost 300,000 dead from the pandemic , disproportionately black and brown , and Jeff Bezos is the first $ 200 billionaire .
In the next six years , he might become the first trillionaire .
That ’ s slavery by another name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not working , so we need a new system . ''
You would probably be hard-pressed to find any American at this point who is not upset by the transfer of wealth we ’ ve seen throughout this year as multinational corporations have made big bucks off of shuttered small businesses .
Still , blaming capitalism for cronyism created by government shutdowns , which actually caused the whole mess , is short-sighted .
Capitalism didn ’ t fail , thus creating Bezos ’ extra billions .
Elected officials , mostly Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eager shoppers online to help facilitate the historic transfer of wealth .
Bowman fails to see the full picture of what is going on around him , which is perhaps why he might fit in so well as the lone man in the `` squad . ''
He apparently can ’ t wait to get to Washington to join them .
Many voters , including apparently some Democrats , had hoped the influence of the `` squad '' would be short-lived .
But that does n't appear to be the case .
Ocasio-Cortez @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all re-elected last month , and now another radical Democrat has a mandate from his constituents in New York to join them .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

The vocal four-member “squad” of far-left Democratic lawmakers in the House has wielded a disproportionate amount of power for the last two years, but the collective of young leftist women might be adding a new member to its ranks when the 117th United States Congress convenes next month.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have all seen their stars rise since they were elected during the 2018 midterm elections.
Each woman is known for making controversial statements and for holding positions considered fringe just a few years ago. But the "squad" isn’t going anywhere, at least not any time soon.
In fact, the cooperative of leftists is being praised by one newly elected House Democrat, who more or less wants to join them in forcing their radical agenda onto all of America.
Jamaal Bowman, a former New York City middle school principal, recently and successfully primaried 16-term Democrat Eliot Engel to take control of New York's 16th Congressional District. Winning the Democratic primary in the district essentially equates to an automatic general election victory — and it did.
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Bowman cruised to victory last month by defeating conservative Patrick McManus by more than 68 points. The former educator is now headed to the House, and he has signaled he believes the "squad" represents the future of the Democratic Party.
Engel was of course the dunce who said out loud what is supposed to be uttered privately when Democrats are fomenting civil unrest.
A hot mic in New York in June reportedly caught him in the aftermath of a riot stating quite clearly: "If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care."
Rep. Eliot Engel is in danger of losing his congressional seat to first-time political candidate Jamaal Bowman in New York's primary election for the 16th congressional district, after he was heard on a hot mic saying, "If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care." pic.twitter.com/WhIX2qMSLT — OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) June 23, 2020
Bowman defeated the ineffectual career politician, and will join the incoming class of freshmen lawmakers with two apparent goals: becoming the sole male member of the "squad" and replacing the free-market capitalism which made America great with something else.
The Democrat, who is a relatively young 44, recently spoke to The Root and criticized the influence of former President Barack Obama, heaped big praise on AOC and the others and equated capitalism to “slavery.”
“I don’t think Obama is the standard we should be striving towards," he said. "I think the 'squad' is more of a standard we should be striving towards because I think the 'squad' is more responsive to what’s happening today in our streets,” Bowman told the outlet.
“I think Obama represents a certain demographic of the Democratic Party, but the Democratic Party is a big and diverse tent. I think the 'squad' and myself represent more of what’s happening right now in the party, on the ground, in the streets — particularly with parts of the community that we haven’t always engaged very well,” he added.
Per Bowman, Obama now only represents but a fraction of mostly middle-of-the-road Democrats, specifically when it comes to radical ideas such as defunding police agencies, which Obama recently advised against embracing.
The former president said earlier this month that "defund the police" is little more than a "snappy slogan," which drew the ire of many radical far-left Democrats. Bowman was among them, as he signaled in his interview with The Root.
The radical New Yorker was also very clear about his scorn for free-market capitalism.
It’s as if his words were written collectively by Ocasio-Cortez and her "squad" colleagues.
“I believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name,” Bowman said. “We’ve moved from physical chattel enslavement and physical racial segregation to a plantation economic system.
"One that keeps the majority of Americans unemployed, or underemployed and struggling just to survive, while the power elite continues to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, and allow large corporations to pretty much run the world as multinational corporations.
"The pandemic has revealed it. With almost 300,000 dead from the pandemic, disproportionately black and brown, and Jeff Bezos is the first $200 billionaire. In the next six years, he might become the first trillionaire. That’s slavery by another name. It’s a system that’s not working, so we need a new system."
You would probably be hard-pressed to find any American at this point who is not upset by the transfer of wealth we’ve seen throughout this year as multinational corporations have made big bucks off of shuttered small businesses.
Still, blaming capitalism for cronyism created by government shutdowns, which actually caused the whole mess, is short-sighted.
Capitalism didn’t fail, thus creating Bezos’ extra billions. Elected officials, mostly Democrats, ordered family-owned stores closed, sending eager shoppers online to help facilitate the historic transfer of wealth.
Bowman fails to see the full picture of what is going on around him, which is perhaps why he might fit in so well as the lone man in the "squad." He apparently can’t wait to get to Washington to join them.
Many voters, including apparently some Democrats, had hoped the influence of the "squad" would be short-lived. But that doesn't appear to be the case.
Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley were all re-elected last month, and now another radical Democrat has a mandate from his constituents in New York to join them.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-12-22--The leader of the 5-year coup attempt: Puppeteer Barack Obama

During a 2003 panel discussion on terrorism , the observation was made that , prior to 9/11 , America failed to connect the dots leading up to that fateful day .
In today 's chaotic world , it is easy to miss isolated dots concerning issues we should be connecting .
A story revealed just last week – a firsthand account by a most reliable source , Patrick Byrne , billionaire founder of the Internet furniture retailer Overstock.com – suggests we again have failed to do so .
Byrne 's story is most disturbing .
It details how Hillary Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jail card '' for previously unknown criminal conduct swept under the rug – and the ominous reason why .
His claim , when connected to other dots , lends credibility to his story .
Among the dots are the following : • In modern times , U.S. presidents traditionally retire to their home states , having little desire to remain in Washington , D.C .
They recognize their time is up and the present president should not feel uncomfortable by a past president 's presence in his backyard .
It is kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left the White House in 1921 , although a few departing presidents have lived temporarily in Washington , D.C. Two presidents leaving office who subsequently chose to remain permanently were Bill Clinton and Barack Obama .
Understandably , the Clintons bought a Washington , D.C. home in 2000 as Hillary had been elected to the Senate .
However , Obama 's decision to rent , and later buy , a home in Washington , D.C. , may , if Byrne 's story is true , have been driven by a more sinister motive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Obama made a strange revelation .
He said he would be fine running a presidency from the basement of his home , with a way to communicate with a `` front '' person .
He shared , `` I used to say , if , if , I could make an arrangement where I had a stand-in , a front man , a front woman and they had an earpiece in and I was in the basement in my sweats … I 'd be fine with that . ''
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• Earlier this year , Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi established a commission to explore the need for Congress to remove a mentally unfit president from office .
She said at the time , `` This is not about President Trump .
… But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents . ''
With the numerous gaffes , lapses in thought , etc.
, presidential candidate Joe Biden displayed , suggesting mental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden would win the election but then be hard-pressed to lead the country ?
• There were two individuals with enormous impact on the Biden campaign – Obama and Hungarian-born American multi-billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros .
According to research reports by the Sturgis-Fellowes Institute , both sought to maneuver Sen. Kamala Harris into the White House in 2020 .
This was why Obama was hesitant , before Biden emerged as the Democratic Party 's winner , to endorse him .
Soros especially sought a candidate who , like Obama , had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , enlisted Obama in the effort `` to teach Senator Harris how to be silky smooth in her rhetoric and delivery . ''
Primary voters obviously did not agree with Soros as Harris had to drop out of the presidential race .
However , clearly these two men influenced Biden to select her as his running mate .
Unsurprisingly , among the first to congratulate her after Biden 's selection was Soros ' son , Alexander .
• When Obama initially chose to rent a Washington , D.C. , home , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followed into the Oval Office by Hillary .
( More on this is shared by Byrne below . )
However , her surprising loss still left Obama well positioned geographically to establish a shadow government .
When Rep. John Lewis made it clear Democrats did not view Trump as a legitimate president because of false allegations of Russian collusion , Michele Obama – in a stealthy but subversive tweet – praised Lewis as a civil rights hero in an effort to embrace the speaker of those words without directly embracing the words themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' like Lewis should be `` our call to action . ''
Meanwhile , Barack Obama , in his own subversive tweet , expressed support for the anti-Trump protesters , saying he was `` heartened '' by them .
Left unmentioned was the fact his political network , Organizing for Action , had played a role in promoting the protests .
Situated just 2 miles from the White House , the Obamas worked with other Democrats to destroy Trump 's presidency to preserve Obama 's legacy .
• With this year 's presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man will be sworn in on Jan. 20 , a noticeable development has occurred among mainstream media ( MSM ) .
Before the election , they would not touch the Bidens ' questionable dealings with China ; but MSM now seems to focus on covering them .
Meanwhile , the only person defending the Bidens at this point is Joe .
A national defense analyst suggests this sudden media interest may be foreboding – a sign Democrats are setting Joe up for a fall .
If so , it obviously would fulfill the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seat their `` Wonder Woman '' – Kamala Harris – in the Oval Office .
With these dots in mind , the following post-election revelation shared by Byrne about Hillary and Barack connects them .
Not only does Byrne 's reputation as a successful businessman give credibility to what he says , but so too does the fact he is by no means a Trump supporter – having voted for him neither in 2016 nor 2020 .
His story will be detailed in more detail in the long-awaited John Durham investigative report .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ assigned by Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI 's investigation of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian state agents .
In a recent bombshell interview , Byrne discusses `` Operation Snow Globe . ''
He says , `` I facilitated a bribe for Hillary Clinton on January 14 , 2016 … on behalf of the FBI . ''
He claims the FBI came to him on Dec. 1 , 2015 , to disclose that Hillary had previously accepted a $ 20 million bribe from the Turkish government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to set Hillary up in a sting and his services were needed to facilitate it .
The sting involved an $ 18 million bribe from another government ( ironically believed to be Russia ) .
Byrne 's mission was to get Hillary alone for 10 minutes in a room where that government 's representative would meet with her .
Hillary discreetly did so , making sure she kept the meeting off her official calendar , and accepted the bribe .
Byrne says Attorney General William Barr knows about the sting operation as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was what made him go public with what he knows and how , after doing so , people will understand what has been going on in America .
Byrne says three days after the sting , the FBI came back and informed him he would have to forget about what happened .
Inquiring why , he was told Hillary was clearly going to win the 2016 presidential election and when she did , she would send her own people over to the FBI to bury the evidence of her bribery .
Anyone involved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Byrne .
He was told the operation had been scrubbed at the highest level .
While Byrne initially accepted this decision , it did not sit well with him .
Three weeks later , he made his frustrations known to the FBI .
He said there was ample time before the election for him to appear before a grand jury to testify and for Hillary to be indicted .
Again the FBI declined .
But what they told him next , Byrne explains , is key to understanding what has been happening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He recounts being told the following : '' President Obama has his people across this federal bureaucracy at this point but especially the Department of Justice .
Hillary is going to be president for eight years , and nothing is going to change that . ''
`` … think of her ( Hillary ) being a Bunsen burner within the Department of Justice .
That evidence about the two bribes … is going to be sitting on the Bunsen burner , and the hand on the Bunsen burner is going to be one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hillary is a good girl and defends Obamacare , that flame stays low .
If she 's a bad girl and thinks for herself , it 's going to get turned up high .
That way Barack Obama is going to manage Hillary for the eight years she is president , and then she 's going to step down and Michelle is going to run .
… That 's the plan .
That came out of the lips of a federal agent .
It was confirmed to me this spring that … plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was Brennan and Obama 's name for it .
They were trying to get Hillary to step into a snow globe … that any time they wanted they could then pick it up and shake for eight years .
My bribe was the bait to get her to step into the snow globe .
… '' This is n't a theory .
… I 'm acknowledging I took part in all this .
I thought I was helping them conduct federal law enforcement .
It turned out that I was helping them set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to control her .
… And so I 'm saying , this entire thing , this last five years has been a coup from Obama against Hillary that when Trump won in a fluke , it got warped into the Russian collusion delusion .
… I 'm about as involved in this as you can get , and I promise you this is exactly what happened .
And what we are seeing here is the last act to play out .
… '' I knew in October 2018 that this was going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agent came to tell me , 'Patrick , you need to understand there are billionaires walking around this world that we made and we 're prepared to do the same for you .
You just have to stay calm .
You have to stay quiet through the election . '
And , by that election , I knew they meant the 2020 election .
So I 've known they were going to hijack this election since October of 2018 . ''
Connecting the dots tells us Obama remained in Washington 's `` swamp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ puppeteer .
He counted on holding the strings of power for what he believed would be an additional 16-year run , courtesy of Hillary and Michelle – with Hillary a willing puppet due to the bribery charges hanging over her head .
In view of Trump 's election spoiling Obama 's Plan A , does Obama 's Plan B now involve using the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office to get his preferred candidate , Kamala Harris , in ?
And , as far as Hillary 's bribery not coming to light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assumes a Deep State still influenced by Obama kept it buried .
Meanwhile , Biden may unknowingly be serving as a puppet in all this – one controlled by master puppeteer Barack Obama .
Others may recognize this as recently suggested by CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny 's slip of the tongue comment during an interview with Wolf Blitzer , referring to Biden as `` President-elect Joebama , '' before correcting himself .
Obama 's comment suggesting he would `` be fine '' running the White House from his basement with an earpiece enabling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman '' takes on special meaning within the context Byrne has provided .
If Byrne 's allegations are truthful and/or if massive fraud was involved in the 2020 presidential election , sinister forces have been at work in the shadows to destroy our Republic !
No wonder Obama recently and brazenly declared Republicans to be a `` minority party . ''
After all , his actions have sought to make America a one-party system .
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During a 2003 panel discussion on terrorism, the observation was made that, prior to 9/11, America failed to connect the dots leading up to that fateful day. In today's chaotic world, it is easy to miss isolated dots concerning issues we should be connecting. A story revealed just last week – a firsthand account by a most reliable source, Patrick Byrne, billionaire founder of the Internet furniture retailer Overstock.com – suggests we again have failed to do so.
Byrne's story is most disturbing. It details how Hillary Clinton received yet another "get out of jail card" for previously unknown criminal conduct swept under the rug – and the ominous reason why. His claim, when connected to other dots, lends credibility to his story.
Among the dots are the following:
In modern times, U.S. presidents traditionally retire to their home states, having little desire to remain in Washington, D.C. They recognize their time is up and the present president should not feel uncomfortable by a past president's presence in his backyard. It is kind of an unspoken courtesy observed since Woodrow Wilson left the White House in 1921, although a few departing presidents have lived temporarily in Washington, D.C. Two presidents leaving office who subsequently chose to remain permanently were Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Understandably, the Clintons bought a Washington, D.C. home in 2000 as Hillary had been elected to the Senate. However, Obama's decision to rent, and later buy, a home in Washington, D.C., may, if Byrne's story is true, have been driven by a more sinister motive.
In a recent video interview, Obama made a strange revelation. He said he would be fine running a presidency from the basement of his home, with a way to communicate with a "front" person. He shared, "I used to say, if, if, I could make an arrangement where I had a stand-in, a front man, a front woman and they had an earpiece in and I was in the basement in my sweats … I'd be fine with that." But did he mean during his presidency or after?
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Earlier this year, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi established a commission to explore the need for Congress to remove a mentally unfit president from office. She said at the time, "This is not about President Trump. … But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents." With the numerous gaffes, lapses in thought, etc., presidential candidate Joe Biden displayed, suggesting mental deterioration, could it be Pelosi knew Biden would win the election but then be hard-pressed to lead the country?
There were two individuals with enormous impact on the Biden campaign – Obama and Hungarian-born American multi-billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros. According to research reports by the Sturgis-Fellowes Institute, both sought to maneuver Sen. Kamala Harris into the White House in 2020. This was why Obama was hesitant, before Biden emerged as the Democratic Party's winner, to endorse him. Soros especially sought a candidate who, like Obama, had broad appeal. He, in fact, enlisted Obama in the effort "to teach Senator Harris how to be silky smooth in her rhetoric and delivery." Primary voters obviously did not agree with Soros as Harris had to drop out of the presidential race. However, clearly these two men influenced Biden to select her as his running mate. Unsurprisingly, among the first to congratulate her after Biden's selection was Soros' son, Alexander.
When Obama initially chose to rent a Washington, D.C., home, it was with the total expectation he would be followed into the Oval Office by Hillary. (More on this is shared by Byrne below.) However, her surprising loss still left Obama well positioned geographically to establish a shadow government. When Rep. John Lewis made it clear Democrats did not view Trump as a legitimate president because of false allegations of Russian collusion, Michele Obama – in a stealthy but subversive tweet – praised Lewis as a civil rights hero in an effort to embrace the speaker of those words without directly embracing the words themselves. She added that "great leaders" like Lewis should be "our call to action." Meanwhile, Barack Obama, in his own subversive tweet, expressed support for the anti-Trump protesters, saying he was "heartened" by them. Left unmentioned was the fact his political network, Organizing for Action, had played a role in promoting the protests. Situated just 2 miles from the White House, the Obamas worked with other Democrats to destroy Trump's presidency to preserve Obama's legacy.
With this year's presidential election over and Biden supporters confident their man will be sworn in on Jan. 20, a noticeable development has occurred among mainstream media (MSM). Before the election, they would not touch the Bidens' questionable dealings with China; but MSM now seems to focus on covering them. Meanwhile, the only person defending the Bidens at this point is Joe. A national defense analyst suggests this sudden media interest may be foreboding – a sign Democrats are setting Joe up for a fall. If so, it obviously would fulfill the goal set by Obama and Soros to seat their "Wonder Woman" – Kamala Harris – in the Oval Office.
With these dots in mind, the following post-election revelation shared by Byrne about Hillary and Barack connects them.
Not only does Byrne's reputation as a successful businessman give credibility to what he says, but so too does the fact he is by no means a Trump supporter – having voted for him neither in 2016 nor 2020. His story will be detailed in more detail in the long-awaited John Durham investigative report. Durham is the Department of Justice attorney assigned by Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI's investigation of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian state agents.
In a recent bombshell interview, Byrne discusses "Operation Snow Globe." He says, "I facilitated a bribe for Hillary Clinton on January 14, 2016 … on behalf of the FBI." He claims the FBI came to him on Dec. 1, 2015, to disclose that Hillary had previously accepted a $20 million bribe from the Turkish government. They told Byrne they had authorization to set Hillary up in a sting and his services were needed to facilitate it. The sting involved an $18 million bribe from another government (ironically believed to be Russia). Byrne's mission was to get Hillary alone for 10 minutes in a room where that government's representative would meet with her. Hillary discreetly did so, making sure she kept the meeting off her official calendar, and accepted the bribe. Byrne says Attorney General William Barr knows about the sting operation as well as Durham.
What Byrne shared next was what made him go public with what he knows and how, after doing so, people will understand what has been going on in America.
Byrne says three days after the sting, the FBI came back and informed him he would have to forget about what happened. Inquiring why, he was told Hillary was clearly going to win the 2016 presidential election and when she did, she would send her own people over to the FBI to bury the evidence of her bribery. Anyone involved in the investigation would be destroyed, including Byrne. He was told the operation had been scrubbed at the highest level.
While Byrne initially accepted this decision, it did not sit well with him. Three weeks later, he made his frustrations known to the FBI. He said there was ample time before the election for him to appear before a grand jury to testify and for Hillary to be indicted. Again the FBI declined. But what they told him next, Byrne explains, is key to understanding what has been happening in America the past five years. He recounts being told the following:
"President Obama has his people across this federal bureaucracy at this point but especially the Department of Justice. Hillary is going to be president for eight years, and nothing is going to change that."
Shockingly, FBI agents then shared Obama's plan to manipulate Hillary:
"… think of her (Hillary) being a Bunsen burner within the Department of Justice. That evidence about the two bribes … is going to be sitting on the Bunsen burner, and the hand on the Bunsen burner is going to be one of Barack Obama's people. If Hillary is a good girl and defends Obamacare, that flame stays low. If she's a bad girl and thinks for herself, it's going to get turned up high. That way Barack Obama is going to manage Hillary for the eight years she is president, and then she's going to step down and Michelle is going to run. … That's the plan. That came out of the lips of a federal agent. It was confirmed to me this spring that … plan was called Operation Snow Globe. That was Brennan and Obama's name for it. They were trying to get Hillary to step into a snow globe … that any time they wanted they could then pick it up and shake for eight years. My bribe was the bait to get her to step into the snow globe. …
"This isn't a theory. … I'm acknowledging I took part in all this. I thought I was helping them conduct federal law enforcement. It turned out that I was helping them set up Hillary Clinton for the Deep State to control her. … And so I'm saying, this entire thing, this last five years has been a coup from Obama against Hillary that when Trump won in a fluke, it got warped into the Russian collusion delusion. … I'm about as involved in this as you can get, and I promise you this is exactly what happened. And what we are seeing here is the last act to play out. …
"I knew in October 2018 that this was going to happen because in 2018 … a federal agent came to tell me, 'Patrick, you need to understand there are billionaires walking around this world that we made and we're prepared to do the same for you. You just have to stay calm. You have to stay quiet through the election.' And, by that election, I knew they meant the 2020 election. So I've known they were going to hijack this election since October of 2018."
Connecting the dots tells us Obama remained in Washington's "swamp" to play the role of a puppeteer. He counted on holding the strings of power for what he believed would be an additional 16-year run, courtesy of Hillary and Michelle – with Hillary a willing puppet due to the bribery charges hanging over her head. In view of Trump's election spoiling Obama's Plan A, does Obama's Plan B now involve using the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office to get his preferred candidate, Kamala Harris, in? And, as far as Hillary's bribery not coming to light before Byrne's tell-all interview, one assumes a Deep State still influenced by Obama kept it buried. Meanwhile, Biden may unknowingly be serving as a puppet in all this – one controlled by master puppeteer Barack Obama. Others may recognize this as recently suggested by CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny's slip of the tongue comment during an interview with Wolf Blitzer, referring to Biden as "President-elect Joebama," before correcting himself.
Obama's comment suggesting he would "be fine" running the White House from his basement with an earpiece enabling him to communicate with "a front woman" takes on special meaning within the context Byrne has provided. If Byrne's allegations are truthful and/or if massive fraud was involved in the 2020 presidential election, sinister forces have been at work in the shadows to destroy our Republic!
No wonder Obama recently and brazenly declared Republicans to be a "minority party." After all, his actions have sought to make America a one-party system.
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wnd--2020-12-22--Obama, John Roberts and the 'mystery of lawlessness'

It was recently ( falsely ) reported that in a closed-door meeting of the nine justices of the Supreme Court about the Texas lawsuit against election fraud , Chief Justice John Roberts was heard screaming profanities about President Trump and refusing to consider the Trump-favoring precedent of Bush v. Gore as he browbeat the group into rejecting the case .
His justification , as supposedly overheard by a whistle-blowing staffer in the outer room , was that the Bush v. Gore contest was not attended by rioting , while this one is .
While this story was factually false , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theory about John Roberts ' psychological profile seems highly plausible – enough so that this ( now revised ) article I wrote while thinking it was true should still be published .
When I first heard the story two thoughts immediately came to my mind .
First was a reminder of Benjamin Franklin 's famous axiom `` Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety , deserve neither liberty nor safety . ''
The second was that our Supreme Court was granting a `` heckler 's veto '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fascists , and even the strongest conservatives on the court were willing to allow it , with only tepid dissent from our anchor-men , Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito .
These are valid reactions regardless of the court 's motives .
Then , when I learned ( the factually true report ) that attorney Lin Wood was calling for Roberts ' resignation and suggesting that the chief justice was the `` John Roberts '' seen on uber-pedophile Jeffrey Epstein 's Orgy Island in the company of Bill Clinton , the mystery of Roberts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember how Roberts contorted himself into a pretzel to save Obamacare with an obviously fabricated pretext , and all the subsequent court rulings where he sided with the liberals amidst constant rumoring that Obama must have something on him .
As I contemplated this relative to the four-year anti-Trump rolling coup – in which all the key players have been increasingly exposed for their links to homegrown Marxism and/or allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party – I was reminded of the biblical prophecy of Hebrews 12:18-29 , often paraphrased `` everything than can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That describes today 's emerging civil war between patriotic constitutionalists and a vast web of criminal co-conspirators infesting our key institutions ( led , I believe , by Barack Obama ) .
As the MAGA movement gathers on the battlefield for a final showdown of good and evil that will decide the fate of America , everything that can be shaken is being shaken .
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There are striking parallels between these current events and the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ … we ask you , not to be soon shaken in mind … as if … the day of Christ had come .
Let no one deceive you … for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first , and the man of sin is revealed … who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped .
… For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work ; only He who now restrains will do so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
And then the lawless one will be revealed .
… The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan , with all power , signs , and lying wonders , and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish , because they did not receive the love of the truth , that they might be saved .
And for this reason God will send them strong delusion , that they should believe the lie , that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 1947 the U.S. Supreme Court did in fact set itself `` above all that is called God or that is worshiped '' in the case of Everson v. Board of Education , by making itself arbiter over the claims of all religions and requiring government to treat them all equally .
That ended America 's legal status as `` one nation under God '' and replaced it with Secular Humanism ( the religion of Marxism ) .
In June 1961 , the same `` swing Justice '' Hugo Black wrote the majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a religion equal to belief in God , empowering the Marxists to use the `` equal protection '' clause to purge Christianity from public life ( starting with school prayer in '63 ) .
Importantly , this occurred between May 1945 and August 1961 while the United States ( the dominant Allied power ) had de facto legal possession of the Pergamum Altar ( the literal `` Seat of Satan '' of Revelation 2 ) in conquered Germany , until the Berlin Wall made it the property of the Soviet Union .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' in America has so fully matured that `` unrighteous deception '' has ensnared millions of Americans in a `` strong delusion . ''
And the total conquest of our nation by the agents of the Father of Lies ( John 8:44 ) is prevented only by `` He who now restrains … until He is taken out of the way . ''
That 's unarguably Donald Trump in today 's political context , even if the prophecy means something else .
And IF Trump ( the last political barrier to the Marxist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) is taken out of the way , who do we all then expect to emerge as the mastermind of the campaign of lawlessness ?
Obama !
Whom many ( including me ) have named an antichrist if not necessarily the Antichrist of 2 Thessalonians 2 .
Have you been asking yourself how it is possible that so many people in power can be this corrupt ?
That is the `` mystery of lawlessness . ''
Have you been tempted to deny the obvious conspiracy-in-fact of the elites and dismiss it as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want so much for it not to be true ?
That is the lure of `` unrighteous ( self ) deception '' you MUST overcome .
Have you noticed how so many people we thought were Christians seem to have lost their biblical worldview ?
That is the `` falling away '' that results from surrendering to the deceivers .
Everything that can be shaken is being shaken .
In the midst of this we should hold fast to a strong HOPE that God will extend our reprieve by keeping Donald Trump in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from over ) , but more importantly , we should be sure that our FAITH in Christ remains unshakeable , regardless of which way this goes .
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It was recently (falsely) reported that in a closed-door meeting of the nine justices of the Supreme Court about the Texas lawsuit against election fraud, Chief Justice John Roberts was heard screaming profanities about President Trump and refusing to consider the Trump-favoring precedent of Bush v. Gore as he browbeat the group into rejecting the case. His justification, as supposedly overheard by a whistle-blowing staffer in the outer room, was that the Bush v. Gore contest was not attended by rioting, while this one is. While this story was factually false, it rings true emotionally and as a theory about John Roberts' psychological profile seems highly plausible – enough so that this (now revised) article I wrote while thinking it was true should still be published.
When I first heard the story two thoughts immediately came to my mind. First was a reminder of Benjamin Franklin's famous axiom "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." The second was that our Supreme Court was granting a "heckler's veto" of the U.S. Constitution itself to Antifa fascists, and even the strongest conservatives on the court were willing to allow it, with only tepid dissent from our anchor-men, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. These are valid reactions regardless of the court's motives.
Then, when I learned (the factually true report) that attorney Lin Wood was calling for Roberts' resignation and suggesting that the chief justice was the "John Roberts" seen on uber-pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's Orgy Island in the company of Bill Clinton, the mystery of Roberts' history suddenly made sense.
I remember how Roberts contorted himself into a pretzel to save Obamacare with an obviously fabricated pretext, and all the subsequent court rulings where he sided with the liberals amidst constant rumoring that Obama must have something on him.
As I contemplated this relative to the four-year anti-Trump rolling coup – in which all the key players have been increasingly exposed for their links to homegrown Marxism and/or allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party – I was reminded of the biblical prophecy of Hebrews 12:18-29, often paraphrased "everything than can be shaken will be shaken." That describes today's emerging civil war between patriotic constitutionalists and a vast web of criminal co-conspirators infesting our key institutions (led, I believe, by Barack Obama). As the MAGA movement gathers on the battlefield for a final showdown of good and evil that will decide the fate of America, everything that can be shaken is being shaken.
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There are striking parallels between these current events and the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.
"Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ … we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind … as if … the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you … for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed … who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped. … For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed. … The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
In 1947 the U.S. Supreme Court did in fact set itself "above all that is called God or that is worshiped" in the case of Everson v. Board of Education, by making itself arbiter over the claims of all religions and requiring government to treat them all equally. That ended America's legal status as "one nation under God" and replaced it with Secular Humanism (the religion of Marxism). In June 1961, the same "swing Justice" Hugo Black wrote the majority opinion in Torcaso v. Watkins defining Atheism as a religion equal to belief in God, empowering the Marxists to use the "equal protection" clause to purge Christianity from public life (starting with school prayer in '63). Importantly, this occurred between May 1945 and August 1961 while the United States (the dominant Allied power) had de facto legal possession of the Pergamum Altar (the literal "Seat of Satan" of Revelation 2) in conquered Germany, until the Berlin Wall made it the property of the Soviet Union.
Since then the "mystery of lawlessness" in America has so fully matured that "unrighteous deception" has ensnared millions of Americans in a "strong delusion." And the total conquest of our nation by the agents of the Father of Lies (John 8:44) is prevented only by "He who now restrains … until He is taken out of the way." That's unarguably Donald Trump in today's political context, even if the prophecy means something else. And IF Trump (the last political barrier to the Marxist plot to "fundamentally transform America") is taken out of the way, who do we all then expect to emerge as the mastermind of the campaign of lawlessness? Obama! Whom many (including me) have named an antichrist if not necessarily the Antichrist of 2 Thessalonians 2.
Have you been asking yourself how it is possible that so many people in power can be this corrupt? That is the "mystery of lawlessness." Have you been tempted to deny the obvious conspiracy-in-fact of the elites and dismiss it as a "conspiracy 'theory'" because you want so much for it not to be true? That is the lure of "unrighteous (self) deception" you MUST overcome. Have you noticed how so many people we thought were Christians seem to have lost their biblical worldview? That is the "falling away" that results from surrendering to the deceivers.
Everything that can be shaken is being shaken. In the midst of this we should hold fast to a strong HOPE that God will extend our reprieve by keeping Donald Trump in office (the battle is still far from over), but more importantly, we should be sure that our FAITH in Christ remains unshakeable, regardless of which way this goes.
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wnd--2020-12-22--Why so many RINOs have turned on Trump

Why so many RINOs have turned on Trump

It 's been appalling to see so many Republicans desert President Trump in the election fraud challenges , telling him to give in and concede .
Fox News started out the trend election night by calling Arizona for Biden .
RINO judges piled on , dismissing election challenges with flimsy excuses that no one bought .
Gradually , elected officials , too , have turned on him .
The MSM loves talking about the politician defectors but never explains why they 're deserting .
They 're deserting because politics has never been about principles for those Republicans .
They ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; most of them are narcissists .
They survive in office based on campaign contributions and other perks .
They are beholden to the wealthy corporations , special interest groups and billionaires funding their reelections .
Once those establishment players start threatening to withhold the money supply , they cave .
Their funders understand politics less than they do .
Those moneyed interests are terrified of being exposed and labeled as fringe conspiracy theorists .
It 's even worse for them to be exposed than the politicians , since usually there is nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eye to balance it out .
Being labeled a fringe conspiracy theorist can destroy their reputations .
Once the left was able to start getting traction successfully making Trump – a former RINO himself , longtime Democrat and most powerful man in the world – look like a conspiracy theorist challenging the election , the donor class ran away fast .
A lot of conservatives do n't understand this because they have n't worked on the inside for politicians or their funders ( I have ) and do n't think this way themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not for the money and fame .
These background deals never see the light of day because the MSM wo n't reveal them – the media want people to think RINOs are deserting Trump due to some sort of principles .
So guys like John McCain , Jeff Flake and Mitt Romney can stand up and pretend to act all principled and self-righteous while the money in the background flies under the radar .
I 'll never forget hanging out one night with a wealthy funder of a politician I used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the funder and tried to identify with him on a personal level .
On election night , when it became clear the politician was losing , the funder started bashing the poor guy and moving on .
He could n't even let him lose gracefully for one night .
It was on to the next person of influence , and he bounced right over to the winning candidate .
I could n't understand it , because that 's not how I 'm wired .
But that 's how it works , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wake up and accept reality : There is a class of fake Republicans out there , and they are all over in places of power .
The left is brilliant at manipulating their weaknesses of narcissism and desire for power .
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It was no surprise when Fox News turned against Trump , because they had been gradually moving to the left due to the unreliable Murdoch family ownership .
Fortunately , Newsmax and OAN are making significant inroads into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Trump began election night with the usual RINOs , like Mitt Romney , Bill Kristol and Karl Rove .
Then state and election officials in the disputed states turned on him .
And now numerous members of Congress have piled on , including Sen .
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .
Has-beens piling on include former New Jersey Gov .
Chris Christie , George W. Bush and his brother Jeb .
They would n't want the high-paying speaking gigs to dry up ; they do n't want to be referred to in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as defending Trump 's `` baseless conspiracy theories . ''
I understand that quite well .
When the left targeted me back in 2010 , as collateral damage trying to take down my politician boss , they made me defend everything he had done , including things he had written that had nothing to do with me .
I did n't agree with his aggressive approach ( although I never thought he was unethical ) , so it would have been easy to save my own skin and desert him .
I did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , every time the MSM mentioned me it was always in association with the worst things they could come up with about him .
Who wants the next stage of their career to revolve around defending decisions and statements someone else made that they had no control over ?
Every single one of his high-profile associates except me and one other woman deserted or turned on him , and she paid for it with her career .
She is unable to practice law , forced to work as a paralegal .
Fortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not deserted Trump .
Many GOP leaders signed onto the Texas lawsuit in some way , including state attorneys general and members of Congress .
Arizona AG Mark Brnovich submitted an amicus curiae brief that included 20 states , but there were far more .
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California has not caved in and said Biden won .
Others standing up against the fraud are too numerous to list .
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks is leading the effort to challenge the results on the House floor , accompanied by Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greene of Georgia .
On the Senate side , Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he may challenge the Electoral College results in January .
Sens .
Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky are expected to join him .
Congress is supposed to approve the Electoral College results on Jan. 6 .
If just one member of the House and one member of the Senate disapprove of a state 's electoral slate , then the Electoral Count Act of 1887 says the House and Senate must come to an agreement on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House will vote based on one vote per state delegation .
There are 26 state delegations controlled by Republicans and 22 controlled by Democrats .
While at first that sounds great , remember there are plenty of RINOs in the Republican delegations .
And if they can not come to an agreement , then the governors get to decide , and all the governors in the contested states have certified for Biden .
Notice this coincidence : Arizona Gov .
Doug Ducey said on Nov. 18 that he would not certify the votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over .
Well , the election challenges were still going on in the courts in Arizona , and the legislature was holding hearings at that exact moment , but he went ahead and certified the votes anyway , on Dec. 1 , blowing off a phone call from Trump while doing so .
Sources say he wants to run for U.S. Senate or president .
Trump has n't given up .
He said on Nov. 27 that he would concede on Dec. 14 if enough states certified electoral votes for Biden .
Dec. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not concede .
While there is realistically little chance he can turn things around through the legal proceedings and legislative hearings , it is imperative to continue fighting as much as we can for the soul of the nation to combat this election fraud – or future elections will go down the same way .

It's been appalling to see so many Republicans desert President Trump in the election fraud challenges, telling him to give in and concede. Fox News started out the trend election night by calling Arizona for Biden. RINO judges piled on, dismissing election challenges with flimsy excuses that no one bought. Gradually, elected officials, too, have turned on him.
The MSM loves talking about the politician defectors but never explains why they're deserting. They're deserting because politics has never been about principles for those Republicans. They ran for office looking for fame and fortune; most of them are narcissists. They survive in office based on campaign contributions and other perks. They are beholden to the wealthy corporations, special interest groups and billionaires funding their reelections. Once those establishment players start threatening to withhold the money supply, they cave.
Their funders understand politics less than they do. Those moneyed interests are terrified of being exposed and labeled as fringe conspiracy theorists. It's even worse for them to be exposed than the politicians, since usually there is nothing out there about them in the public eye to balance it out. Being labeled a fringe conspiracy theorist can destroy their reputations. Once the left was able to start getting traction successfully making Trump – a former RINO himself, longtime Democrat and most powerful man in the world – look like a conspiracy theorist challenging the election, the donor class ran away fast.
A lot of conservatives don't understand this because they haven't worked on the inside for politicians or their funders (I have) and don't think this way themselves. They are conservatives for the principles, not for the money and fame. These background deals never see the light of day because the MSM won't reveal them – the media want people to think RINOs are deserting Trump due to some sort of principles. So guys like John McCain, Jeff Flake and Mitt Romney can stand up and pretend to act all principled and self-righteous while the money in the background flies under the radar.
I'll never forget hanging out one night with a wealthy funder of a politician I used to work for. I'd become friends with the funder and tried to identify with him on a personal level. On election night, when it became clear the politician was losing, the funder started bashing the poor guy and moving on. He couldn't even let him lose gracefully for one night. It was on to the next person of influence, and he bounced right over to the winning candidate. I couldn't understand it, because that's not how I'm wired. But that's how it works, and those of us with principles need to wake up and accept reality: There is a class of fake Republicans out there, and they are all over in places of power. The left is brilliant at manipulating their weaknesses of narcissism and desire for power.
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It was no surprise when Fox News turned against Trump, because they had been gradually moving to the left due to the unreliable Murdoch family ownership. Fortunately, Newsmax and OAN are making significant inroads into replacing the network.
Those speaking up against Trump began election night with the usual RINOs, like Mitt Romney, Bill Kristol and Karl Rove. Then state and election officials in the disputed states turned on him. And now numerous members of Congress have piled on, including Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Has-beens piling on include former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, George W. Bush and his brother Jeb. They wouldn't want the high-paying speaking gigs to dry up; they don't want to be referred to in the MSM for the remainder of their lives as defending Trump's "baseless conspiracy theories."
I understand that quite well. When the left targeted me back in 2010, as collateral damage trying to take down my politician boss, they made me defend everything he had done, including things he had written that had nothing to do with me. I didn't agree with his aggressive approach (although I never thought he was unethical), so it would have been easy to save my own skin and desert him. I didn't, and so for years after that, every time the MSM mentioned me it was always in association with the worst things they could come up with about him. Who wants the next stage of their career to revolve around defending decisions and statements someone else made that they had no control over? Every single one of his high-profile associates except me and one other woman deserted or turned on him, and she paid for it with her career. She is unable to practice law, forced to work as a paralegal.
Fortunately, lots of prominent Republican officials have not deserted Trump. Many GOP leaders signed onto the Texas lawsuit in some way, including state attorneys general and members of Congress. Arizona AG Mark Brnovich submitted an amicus curiae brief that included 20 states, but there were far more. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California has not caved in and said Biden won. Others standing up against the fraud are too numerous to list.
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks is leading the effort to challenge the results on the House floor, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz and incoming freshman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. On the Senate side, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he may challenge the Electoral College results in January. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky are expected to join him.
Congress is supposed to approve the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. If just one member of the House and one member of the Senate disapprove of a state's electoral slate, then the Electoral Count Act of 1887 says the House and Senate must come to an agreement on which slate to approve, and the House will vote based on one vote per state delegation. There are 26 state delegations controlled by Republicans and 22 controlled by Democrats.
While at first that sounds great, remember there are plenty of RINOs in the Republican delegations. And if they cannot come to an agreement, then the governors get to decide, and all the governors in the contested states have certified for Biden. Notice this coincidence: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said on Nov. 18 that he would not certify the votes for Biden until the election challenges were over. Well, the election challenges were still going on in the courts in Arizona, and the legislature was holding hearings at that exact moment, but he went ahead and certified the votes anyway, on Dec. 1, blowing off a phone call from Trump while doing so. Sources say he wants to run for U.S. Senate or president.
Trump hasn't given up. He said on Nov. 27 that he would concede on Dec. 14 if enough states certified electoral votes for Biden. Dec. 14 came and went, and he did not concede. While there is realistically little chance he can turn things around through the legal proceedings and legislative hearings, it is imperative to continue fighting as much as we can for the soul of the nation to combat this election fraud – or future elections will go down the same way.