vdare--2020-02-18--This Day In VDARE.com History: Pope Says Trump "Not A Christian"—Trump Defends Christianity

The Pope has said , according to the New York Times , that Donald Trump is n't a Christian .
( Trump is a Presbyterian . )
He 's also said that it 's un-Christian to build a wall : The Pope 's actual quote was “ A person who thinks only about building walls , wherever they may be , and not building bridges , is not Christian.
” [ Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘ Not Christian ’ , by Jim Yardley , February 18 , 2016 ] Trump has responded , in a press release plainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( emphasis added ) : If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS , which as everyone knows is ISIS ’ s ultimate trophy , I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened .
ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk , no action politicians .
The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope , because they want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , both on trade and at the border , and they understand I am totally wise to them .
The Pope only heard one side of the story - he didn ’ t see the crime , the drug trafficking and the negative economic impact the current policies have on the United States .
He doesn ’ t see how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership in every aspect of negotiation .
For a religious leader to question a person ’ s faith is disgraceful .
I am proud to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened , unlike what is happening now , with our current President .
No leader , especially a religious leader , should have the right to question another man ’ s religion or faith .
They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so , especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant .
[ Emphasis added ] It 's interesting to note the shift in NYT attitudes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In a blog post called New York Times and Bishops—1989 and 2006 I noted that the Times published a famous editorial in 1989 , which Catholics have n't forgotten : The editorial , [ The Bishop and the Truce of Tolerance ] was about Leo Maher , the Bishop of San Diego , who had “ denied communion ” to a pro-abortion California Assemblywoman , who had no trouble finding a liberal Bishop who would give her Communion .
In any case , this was a purely internal matter of religious discipline .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a terrible day for American democracy—imagine a religious leader claiming the right to influence an American politician !
If Catholic leaders could n't restrain themselves , said the Times , there 'd have to be an end to the `` truce of tolerance '' that restrained American anti-Catholicism .
In 2006 , the Times was backing Roger Mahony 's call for massive resistance to immigration law , including civil disobedience .
In 2016 , they 're promoting the Pontiff 's criticism of a Protestant politician as `` un-Christian '' because he wants to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chutzpah is right .

The Pope has said, according to the New York Times, that Donald Trump isn't a Christian. (Trump is a Presbyterian.)
He's also said that it's un-Christian to build a wall:
The @Pontifex says anyone who builds walls isn't a real Christian. Meanwhile, in Vatican City... pic.twitter.com/sbMa5xVcD1 — VDARE (@vdare) February 18, 2016
The Pope's actual quote was “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.” [Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian,’ by Jim Yardley, February 18, 2016]
Trump has responded, in a press release plainly written by himself, by defending Christianity (emphasis added):
If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened. ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians. The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope, because they want to continue to rip off the United States, both on trade and at the border, and they understand I am totally wise to them. The Pope only heard one side of the story - he didn’t see the crime, the drug trafficking and the negative economic impact the current policies have on the United States. He doesn’t see how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership in every aspect of negotiation. For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith. They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.[Emphasis added]
It's interesting to note the shift in NYT attitudes to Catholicism based on the issue involved. In a blog post called New York Times and Bishops—1989 and 2006 I noted that the Times published a famous editorial in 1989, which Catholics haven't forgotten:
[T]he 26th of November, 1989, when a New York Times editorial solemnly warned Catholic bishops that their resistance to abortion-on-demand threatened the “truce of tolerance” by which Catholics were permitted to play a part in American public life: a warning that was, even by Times' standards, an exercise in brazen chutzpah. [Christian Conviction & Democratic Etiquette, by George Weigel, First Things, March 1994]
The editorial, [The Bishop and the Truce of Tolerance] was about Leo Maher, the Bishop of San Diego, who had “denied communion” to a pro-abortion California Assemblywoman, who had no trouble finding a liberal Bishop who would give her Communion. In any case, this was a purely internal matter of religious discipline. But the Times insisted that this was a terrible day for American democracy—imagine a religious leader claiming the right to influence an American politician!
If Catholic leaders couldn't restrain themselves, said the Times, there'd have to be an end to the "truce of tolerance" that restrained American anti-Catholicism. In 2006, the Times was backing Roger Mahony's call for massive resistance to immigration law, including civil disobedience.
In 2016, they're promoting the Pontiff's criticism of a Protestant politician as "un-Christian" because he wants to resist an actual invasion of Mexico. Chutzpah is right.


vdare--2020-02-18--Silver Lining To Trump Impeachment Farce—It’s Made Impeaching Leftist Judges Easier!

See also Immigration , Innumeracy , And The Case For Impeaching Judges by Peter Brimelow President Donald Trump was recently acquitted in the most abusive impeachment trial in American history .
The affair was a crazed Ruling Class attack on the U.S. Constitution with the fanatical support of its MSM handmaidens , who began planning for it even before he won the GOP nomination [ Could Trump Be Impeached Shortly After He Takes Office ?
by Darren Samuelson , Politico , April 17 , 2016 ] .
Yet good can still come of it if it helps Americans to start @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : as a powerful check on overmighty and corrupt Federal officials—which means most notably the legislating Leftist judges known here at VDARE.com as Kritarchs .
Example one : the day after the Senate acquitted Trump , U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs , right , appointed by Barack Obama , blocked the Department of Homeland Security from policing international students [ Court Hands International Students Big Immigration Victory , by Stuart Anderson , Forbes , February 7 , 2019 ] .
Of course the case will be appealed .
More on this later .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Breyer , appointed by Bill Clinton , ordered a deported illegal brought back from Africa because he did n't like how he 'd been deported .
Contrary to what the MSM might suggest , the impeachment power isn ’ t just a constitutional remedy for presidential misconduct : And in fact impeachment , history shows us , has been used against Federal judges far more often than against presidents .
As of the beginning of 2020 , 66 judges had been investigated for impeachment since the ratification of the Constitution , and only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hastings , removed in 1989 , went on to be a congressman from Florida ’ s majority-black 20th District . )
Only three presidents have been impeached : Andrew Johnson , Bill Clinton , and , of course , Trump .
This is noteworthy because Federal judges routinely and flagrantly abuse their office and power in ways Donald Trump wouldn ’ t dream of .
Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and their impeachment cabal gave them some competition , but in the high crimes and misdemeanors sweepstakes , America ’ s Kritarchs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century .
The United States has a long and sorry history of judges ’ overstepping their bounds and legislating unconstitutionally from the bench .
VDARE.com has covered the Supreme Court lowlights that contribute so materially to America ’ s immigration disaster : • Afroyim v. Rusk gutted the U.S. citizenship oath , opening the door to large-scale dual citizenship , through permitting a naturalized citizen to retain U.S. citizenship despite voting in an Israeli election ; • Plyler v. Doe , authored by William Brennan , invented a right of illegal aliens to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could go on… Will either the Legislative or the Executive Branch rein in the Kritarchs ?
Right now , there ’ s little evidence either has the stomach for it , although President Trump would have been entirely within his constitutional rights simply to ignore Federal judges ’ attempts to suppress his travel bans and other immigration initiatives .
So , thanks to congressional and presidential weakness , unelected lawyers—who can not be fired or have their pay cut—rule much of American life .
The Kritarchs rule by fiat , immune to political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so it seems .
Can not be fired ?
Not quite .
Impeachment can take care of that .
Of course , that misconduct must indeed be serious , and to date , those Federal judges who have been impeached , convicted , and removed from the bench were impeached for criminal conduct off the bench .
That appears to make impeaching and removing a judge for unconstitutional rulings , however blatant , very difficult .
Difficult , yes , but not impossible .
President Trump ’ s impeachment trial comes in useful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be criminal to be impeachable .
The Constitution does not answer that question , and impeachment has always been considered a political process .
Democrats argued that President Trump ’ s conduct on his phone call with Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky was a crime because Trump asked his counterpart to probe the Biden-Burisma influence-peddling scandal .
But , as the weakness of that argument became more obvious , they claimed Trump committed criminal “ obstruction ” for asserting executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents .
Then they pretended that , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminal , it somehow constituted an “ abuse ” for which he should be removed from the Oval Office [ Trial Memorandum of President Donald J. Trump , WhiteHouse.gov , January 20 , 2020 ] .
So we now have prominent Democrats on the record stating that Federal officials can be impeached and removed for conduct that is heinous but not criminal—i.e.
, that the “ other high … misdemeanors ” mentioned in Article II , Section 4 , need not be statutory crimes .
Thus , by the Democrats logic , Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issuing unconstitutional opinions and legislating from the bench can be held to account through impeachment .
No less a constitutional authority than Harvard ’ s Alan Dershowitz , arguing in Trump ’ s defense , acknowledged that misconduct that is technically not criminal might nevertheless be impeachable if it is “ criminal-like ” [ Alan Dershowitz Defense Argument Transcript : Trump Impeachment Trial January 27 , Rev.com , January 28 , 2020 ] .
That standard surely applies to judges whose rulings obstruct justice by impeding and preventing Federal officials from discharging the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with respect to immigration enforcement .
.
[ 18 U.S. Code § 372 .
Conspiracy to impede or injure officer ] Dershowitz ’ s point , clear enough to anyone paying attention although Democrats and Republican Sen. Mitt Romney pretended not to get it , is that Trump ’ s conduct at issue in the impeachment trial didn ’ t meet even that looser standard .
By that interpretation , Federal judges who grossly abuse their authority by issuing unconstitutional opinions and legislating from the bench can and should be held accountable through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachment-worthy abuse of power ?
Example : Federal judges , whose opinions have no force outside their districts , are issuing “ nationwide injunctions ” often in immigration cases .
Kritarchs Derrick Kahala Watson in Hawaii , Theodore Chuang in Maryland , both appointed by Obama , and James Robart in Washington State , appointed by George W. Bush , all enjoined Trump ’ s lawful travel bans .
Although the U.S. Supreme Court eventually corrected their manifest errors , these judges who have impeded the president ’ s faithful execution of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their highhanded lawlessness unpunished encourages other judicial legislators who don ’ t feel bound by their constitutional oaths .
Thus did we get the February 6 decision from Briggs in North Carolina that I noted above .
The judge blocked the administration from adjusting rules that bar international students who overstay visas from re-entering the United States .
Unless lawless judges pay a price for judicial misconduct , they will continue to frustrate the president and Congress in the lawful performance of their duties .
In the case of immigration , their usurpation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from unvetted foreign nationals entering the United States , some of whom are Mexican cartel assassins , MS-13 gang-bangers , and Muslim terrorists—to say nothing of furthering the Democrats ’ treasonous ambition to swamp the Historic American Nation and elect a new people through legal and illegal immigration .
The Constitution requires Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States .
The Constitution requires the president to take care that the laws are faithfully executed , and to protect each of the states against invasion .
Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent the president and his duly constituted immigration officials from performing their duties should be impeached and removed .
President Trump should direct his attorney-general to make the case for impeaching those judges to the House of Representatives , complete with draft articles of impeachment , and have officials prepared to testify in the Senate about the harm those judges have caused .
The Democrat-controlled House will not , of course , impeach Federal judges who do their bidding .
That will make the case for Republican takeover of the House and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the more powerful .
Depend upon it , if Federal judges knew they might be impeached , it would concentrate their minds wonderfully .

hemcculloch@yahoo.com (Henry Eustace McCulloch)

See also Immigration, Innumeracy, And The Case For Impeaching Judges by Peter Brimelow
President Donald Trump was recently acquitted in the most abusive impeachment trial in American history. The affair was a crazed Ruling Class attack on the U.S. Constitution with the fanatical support of its MSM handmaidens, who began planning for it even before he won the GOP nomination [Could Trump Be Impeached Shortly After He Takes Office? by Darren Samuelson, Politico, April 17, 2016]. Yet good can still come of it if it helps Americans to start thinking about impeachment the way they should: as a powerful check on overmighty and corrupt Federal officials—which means most notably the legislating Leftist judges known here at VDARE.com as Kritarchs.
Example one: The day after the Senate acquitted Trump, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs, right, appointed by Barack Obama, blocked the Department of Homeland Security from policing international students [Court Hands International Students Big Immigration Victory, by Stuart Anderson, Forbes, February 7, 2019]. Of course the case will be appealed. More on this later.
Example two: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, appointed by Bill Clinton, ordered a deported illegal brought back from Africa because he didn't like how he'd been deported.
Contrary to what the MSM might suggest, the impeachment power isn’t just a constitutional remedy for presidential misconduct:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. (emphasis added) [Article II, Section 4, U.S. Constitution, Archives.gov, Emphasis added]
And in fact impeachment, history shows us, has been used against Federal judges far more often than against presidents. As of the beginning of 2020, 66 judges had been investigated for impeachment since the ratification of the Constitution, and only seven removed. (Black judge Alcee Hastings, removed in 1989, went on to be a congressman from Florida’s majority-black 20th District.) Only three presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and, of course, Trump.
This is noteworthy because Federal judges routinely and flagrantly abuse their office and power in ways Donald Trump wouldn’t dream of. Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and their impeachment cabal gave them some competition, but in the high crimes and misdemeanors sweepstakes, America’s Kritarchs have been winning for at least a century.
The United States has a long and sorry history of judges overstepping their bounds and legislating unconstitutionally from the bench. VDARE.com has covered the Supreme Court lowlights that contribute so materially to America’s immigration disaster:
United States. v. Wong Kim Ark planted the seeds of birthright citizenship;
Afroyim v. Rusk gutted the U.S. citizenship oath, opening the door to large-scale dual citizenship, through permitting a naturalized citizen to retain U.S. citizenship despite voting in an Israeli election;
Plyler v. Doe, authored by William Brennan, invented a right of illegal aliens to American schooling at taxpayer expense.
One could go on…
Will either the Legislative or the Executive Branch rein in the Kritarchs? Right now, there’s little evidence either has the stomach for it, although President Trump would have been entirely within his constitutional rights simply to ignore Federal judges’ attempts to suppress his travel bans and other immigration initiatives.
So, thanks to congressional and presidential weakness, unelected lawyers—who cannot be fired or have their pay cut—rule much of American life. The Kritarchs rule by fiat, immune to political pressure or the popular will. Or so it seems.
Cannot be fired? Not quite. Impeachment can take care of that.
Of course, that misconduct must indeed be serious, and to date, those Federal judges who have been impeached, convicted, and removed from the bench were impeached for criminal conduct off the bench. That appears to make impeaching and removing a judge for unconstitutional rulings, however blatant, very difficult.
Difficult, yes, but not impossible.
President Trump’s impeachment trial comes in useful here. It explored whether conduct must be criminal to be impeachable. The Constitution does not answer that question, and impeachment has always been considered a political process.
Democrats argued that President Trump’s conduct on his phone call with Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky was a crime because Trump asked his counterpart to probe the Biden-Burisma influence-peddling scandal. But, as the weakness of that argument became more obvious, they claimed Trump committed criminal “obstruction” for asserting executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents. Then they pretended that, even if what they alleged wasn’t criminal, it somehow constituted an “abuse” for which he should be removed from the Oval Office [Trial Memorandum of President Donald J. Trump, WhiteHouse.gov, January 20, 2020].
So we now have prominent Democrats on the record stating that Federal officials can be impeached and removed for conduct that is heinous but not criminal—i.e., that the “other high … misdemeanors” mentioned in Article II, Section 4, need not be statutory crimes.
Thus, by the Democrats logic, Federal judges who grossly abuse their authority by issuing unconstitutional opinions and legislating from the bench can be held to account through impeachment.
No less a constitutional authority than Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz, arguing in Trump’s defense, acknowledged that misconduct that is technically not criminal might nevertheless be impeachable if it is “criminal-like” [Alan Dershowitz Defense Argument Transcript: Trump Impeachment Trial January 27, Rev.com, January 28, 2020].
That standard surely applies to judges whose rulings obstruct justice by impeding and preventing Federal officials from discharging the duties of their office, not least with respect to immigration enforcement. That is a crime . [18 U.S. Code § 372. Conspiracy to impede or injure officer] Dershowitz’s point, clear enough to anyone paying attention, although Democrats and Republican Sen. Mitt Romney pretended not to get it, is that Trump’s conduct at issue in the impeachment trial didn’t meet even that looser standard.
By that interpretation, Federal judges who grossly abuse their authority by issuing unconstitutional opinions and legislating from the bench can and should be held accountable through impeachment.
What might constitute a new impeachment-worthy abuse of power? Example: Federal judges, whose opinions have no force outside their districts, are issuing “nationwide injunctions,” often in immigration cases. Kritarchs Derrick Kahala Watson in Hawaii, Theodore Chuang in Maryland, both appointed by Obama, and James Robart in Washington State, appointed by George W. Bush, all enjoined Trump’s lawful travel bans. Although the U.S. Supreme Court eventually corrected their manifest errors, these judges who have impeded the president’s faithful execution of the laws suffered no consequences.
But leaving their highhanded lawlessness unpunished encourages other judicial legislators who don’t feel bound by their constitutional oaths. Thus did we get the February 6 decision from Briggs in North Carolina that I noted above. The judge blocked the administration from adjusting rules that bar international students who overstay visas from re-entering the United States.
Unless lawless judges pay a price for judicial misconduct, they will continue to frustrate the president and Congress in the lawful performance of their duties.
In the case of immigration, their usurpation of authority increases the danger to Americans from unvetted foreign nationals entering the United States, some of whom are Mexican cartel assassins, MS-13 gang-bangers, and Muslim terrorists—to say nothing of furthering the Democrats’ treasonous ambition to swamp the Historic American Nation and elect a new people through legal and illegal immigration.
The Constitution requires Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. The Constitution requires the president to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and to protect each of the states against invasion. Federal judges who issue nationwide injunctions or otherwise prevent the president and his duly constituted immigration officials from performing their duties should be impeached and removed.
President Trump should direct his attorney-general to make the case for impeaching those judges to the House of Representatives, complete with draft articles of impeachment, and have officials prepared to testify in the Senate about the harm those judges have caused.
The Democrat-controlled House will not, of course, impeach Federal judges who do their bidding. That will make the case for Republican takeover of the House and for Trump’s victory on November 3 all the more powerful.
Depend upon it, if Federal judges knew they might be impeached, it would concentrate their minds wonderfully.
Henry Eustace McCulloch [Email him] is a American lawyer.


vdare--2020-02-18--The White-Black Intelligence Gap: Settled Science

Because nobody seems to know this anymore , as illustrated by the Andrew Sabisky whoop-tee-doo , here is Philip L. @ @ @ @ @ 2001 “ Ethnic group differences in cognitive ability in employment and educational settings : a @ @ @ @ @ Psychology aggregating 105 cognitive studies of 6,246,729 individuals .
Why there is a white-black gap @ @ @ @ @ question , but the fact that a white-black gap exists is settled science .

Because nobody seems to know this anymore, as illustrated by the Andrew Sabisky whoop-tee-doo, here is Philip L. Roth et al.’s 2001 “Ethnic group differences in cognitive ability in employment and educational settings: a meta-analysis,” in Personnel Psychology aggregating 105 cognitive studies of 6,246,729 individuals.
Why there is a white-black gap in intelligence remains an open question, but the fact that a white-black gap exists is settled science.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-02-20--Radio Derb Transcript Up For February 14: Sell Biden, Buy Klobuchar; Fighting Reality In Minnesota;

Radio Derb Transcript Up For February 14: Sell Biden, Buy Klobuchar; Fighting Reality In Minnesota; Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for February 14 .
Go here to read or listen .
13m12s Bloomie commits @ @ @ @ @ the race-crime third rail . )
18m27s How blackety-black-black are American blacks ?
( Do @ @ @ @ @ ) 27m14s The Harvey Weinstein show trial winds up .
( I 'm in his @ @ @ @ @ sue to keep men out of their sports .
Latest battle in World War T @ @

The Radio Derb transcript is up for February 14. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
00m51s Sell Biden, buy Klobuchar. (Mr. Normal sinks, Ms. Normal rises.)
07m56s Legislating against reality. (Minnesota's solution to test score gaps.)
13m12s Bloomie commits heresy. (Stepping on the race-crime third rail.)
18m27s How blackety-black-black are American blacks? (Do they just vote race?)
27m14s The Harvey Weinstein show trial winds up. (I'm in his corner.)
31m05s Ireland's election result. (Hung parliament; National Conservatism flops.)
35m18s Women sue to keep men out of their sports. Latest battle in World War T.)
37m45s Coronavirus update. (Some Chinese people blame us.)
41m04s Signoff. (With something Romantic.)


vdare--2020-02-19--America’s Emerging Totalitarian Left Is Routing “Liberal Democracy.” Where Is Trump?

American patriots already live under a de facto social credit system , but now it looks likely to become a de jure regime .
The New York Times recently published an op-ed by a Democrat Congressman and a Muslim former FBI Special Agent complaining that “ no white supremacist group has ever been designated a foreign terrorist organization under federal law ” [ We Once Fought Jihadists .
Now We Battle White Supremacists , by Max Rose and Ali H. Soufan , February 11 , 2019 ] .
Yet who defines “ white supremacist ” ?
If it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ League , there will be a lot of “ white supremacists ” —probably including VDARE.com .
The real truth is the opposite : there is now a Totalitarian Left in this country .
And it ’ s increasingly obvious that our much-touted “ liberal democracy ” can ’ t stand up to it .
Congressman Rose and former FBI special agent Soufan claim that some “ white supremacists ” traveled to foreign countries and that this justifies labeling certain groups as “ foreign terrorist organizations ” —which would allow law enforcement to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ bring charges for providing material support to the designated groups , with appropriately severe penalties attached.
” The FBI obviously should combat terrorism .
Yet it should be fighting the act , not selectively going after particular ideologies—especially when entrapment and process crimes are so important to the way the FBI operates .
MSM Journalists know all about FBI misconduct .
They ’ ve written blistering critiques of it when deployed against Muslims or anti-police black extremists : • Fake terror plots , paid informants : the tactics of FBI ‘ entrapment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Guardian , February 18 , 2011 • Why Does the FBI Have to Manufacture its Own Plots if Terrorism and ISIS Are Such Grave Threats , by Glenn Greenwald , The Intercept , February 26 , 2015 • How The FBI Invents Terror Plots To Catch Wannabe Jihadis , by Peter Aldous , Buzzfeed , November 17 , 2015 • Fear of a Black Homeland : The Strange Tale of the FBI ’ s Fictional “ Black Identity Extremism ” Movement , by Alice Speri , The Intercept , March 23 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Entrapment Has Not Been Blurred , It ’ s Gone , by Natasha Leannard , Vice , July 22 , 2014 • The FBI is ‘ manufacturing terrorism cases ’ on a greater scale than ever before , by Caroline Simon , Business Insider , June 9 , 2016 ] But when it comes to putting the jackboot on the neck of white Americans , the MSM can ’ t cheer loudly enough : • The FBI could fight far-right violence if they wanted to–but they don ’ t , by Mike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2019 • A former senior FBI official said agents are hamstrung in fighting white nationalist violence because they ’ re ‘ wary of pissing off the guy in the Oval Office , ’ by Sonam Sheth , Business Insider , August 6 , 2020 • FBI Director Broke With Trump And Said White Supremacy Is A “ Persistent , Pervasive Threat ” To The US , by Salvador Hernandez , Buzzfeed , April 4 , 2019 • The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement , by Alice Speri @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2107 • “ The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as ISIS , by Tess Owen , VICE , February 6 , 2020 ( In the last article , Owen proclaimed that the FBI had “ finally woken up ” i.e .
was now targeting white Americans ) .
And it ’ s not just journalists .
Democrat frontrunner Bernie Sanders bragged in 2015 that he voted against the Patriot Act every time .
He said the government has “ far too much power to spy on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little oversight or disclosure ” [ Bernie Sanders : It ’ s Time To End Orwellian Surveillance of Every American , by Bernie Sanders , Time , May 7 , 2015 ] .
But more recently he vowed a “ war against white nationalism ” and beat his chest about how “ we ’ re gon na throw the full force of the law against those people ” [ Bernie Sanders : We Will Go To War Against White Nationalism And Racism With The Full Force Of The Law , by Tim Hains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
We still may get that Soviet-style society he used to admire so much .
It may seem easy to avoid being ensnared in these legal difficulties : just don ’ t join violent groups .
Yet consider the case of Martin Sellner .
The Austrian Identitarian leader received a small sum of money from the Christchurch shooter , whom he didn ’ t know , before the shooting .
The shooter openly declared in his manifesto that wanted to increase government crackdowns as part of an “ accelerationist ” strategy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has essentially been deplatformed , not just from social media , but also from basic personal financial services [ The Mark of the Beast , by Gregory Hood , American Renaissance , January 18 , 2020 ] .
We keep hearing about how the Trump Administration is secretly following the marching orders of VDARE.com .
But this same Trump Administration ( or at least the Deep State it seems unable to control ) banned Sellner from traveling to the U.S. for his own wedding to an American woman .
Or consider the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently sentenced to six months in prison , after being held without bail since November 2019 , because he “ lied ” to the FBI by filling out a form saying he wasn ’ t a member of any group that “ advocates or practices commission of acts of force or violence to discourage others from exercising their rights under the United States Constitution ” .
The FBI claims Arena was a member of Vanguard America although it offered no hard proof [ The War on Dissent : The FBI Gives Man 6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by Eric Striker , Unz.com , February 14 , 2020 ] Is Vanguard America inherently violent ?
The FBI says so .
Are Antifa groups that brag about “ shutting down ” conferences inherently a threat to constitutional rights ?
The FBI says not .
It uses them for intelligence gathering .
Clearly , behavior is not the standard .
Ideology is .
And “ extremism ” can also be continuously redefined .
Someone knowing that The Camp of the Saints exists today is a national scandal .
Back in 1994 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subject of an Atlantic Magazine cover story that excerpted the book [ Must It Be the Rest Against the West ?
By Matthew Connelly and Paul Kennedy , The Atlantic , December 1994 ] .
Perhaps it ’ s best to avoid events and just post flyers ?
Well , that might get you in law enforcement ’ s sights too .
The Anti-Defamation League ( see above ) just posted an hysterical claim that “ white supremacist propaganda ” had hit an “ all-time high in 2019 ” [ ADL : White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 , Anti-Defamation League , February 12 , 2020 ] .
Your tax dollars then subsidized a scaremongering NPR story , with the Anti-Defamation League holding forth about the dangers of “ flyers , stickers , actual materials that are then posted either in the public square , on college campuses , sometimes on mosques or synagogues ” [ White Supremacist Propaganda More Than Doubled In 2019 , ADL Reports , by David Greene , NPR , February 13 , 2020 ] .
These flyers included such scandalous slogans as “ Defend America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ Protect American Workers ” and “ One Nation Against Invasion.
” But this is newsworthy and deserving of police investigation .
Keep your head down and simply avoid any political involvement or just work for a government job ?
Well , banks are already refusing to do business with federal contractors who work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ Banks refusing to do business with people who do work for I.C.E .
– that could soon be a big problem for them , by James Lewis , Law Enforcement Today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ senators led by Marco Rubio are pushing a bill that would remove FDIC insurance from big banks pursuing this policy .
But Rubio also said “ banks have a right to deny funds in certain businesses , but they shouldn ’ t enjoy taxpayer-provided guarantees if they are undermining the public policy of the United States ” [ Rubio , Cotton Launch Plan To Pursue Big Banks Refusing Services To ICE , by John Binder , Breitbart , February 13 , 2020 ] .
In other words , there is no GOP/ GAP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( which I ’ d consider public policy of the United States ) , merely to defend an agency that will be abolished if the Democrats take over anyway .
Illegal immigrants , many of whom have stolen social security numbers , can obtain bank accounts and mortgages .
However , if your politics lean right you can be denied not just a bank account but practically all financial services .
And the GOP/GAP will not help you .
We ’ re in a transition period , as state control is transferred from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majority , post-America of the future .
This hijacking should be called State Conquest , as in post-Afrikaner South Africa .
Post-America will be a Cultural Marxist confessional state , the “ secular theocracy ” Paul Gottfried warned us about .
If you are not sufficiently worshipful towards diversity , you will be cut out of the economy , if not outright arrested .
The old ideal of classical liberalism and the “ marketplace of ideas ” is dead .
The Occupation Governments of the West will only allow certain ideas to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identity , or even a traditionalist American identity , are not among them .
Of course , we ’ re not quite there yet .
Patriots do have rights , and we are fighting for them , regardless of what the future holds .
It would be glib to say that we will inevitably win .
However—unless Trump wakes up and defends his increasingly deplatformed and demonetized supporters against the Tech Totalitarians—it ’ s clear that “ liberal democracy , ” the neutral rights-based , individualist system that nobody outside Conservatism Inc. seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to lose .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

American patriots already live under a de facto social credit system, but now it looks likely to become a de jure regime. The New York Times recently published an op-ed by a Democrat Congressman and a Muslim former FBI Special Agent complaining that “no white supremacist group has ever been designated a foreign terrorist organization under federal law” [We Once Fought Jihadists. Now We Battle White Supremacists, by Max Rose and Ali H. Soufan, February 11, 2019]. Yet who defines “white supremacist”? If it’s the Main Stream Media and the Anti-Defamation League, there will be a lot of “white supremacists”—probably including VDARE.com. The real truth is the opposite: there is now a Totalitarian Left in this country. And it’s increasingly obvious that our much-touted “liberal democracy” can’t stand up to it.
Congressman Rose and former FBI special agent Soufan claim that some “white supremacists” traveled to foreign countries and that this justifies labeling certain groups as “foreign terrorist organizations”—which would allow law enforcement to “monitor communications” as well as to “bring charges for providing material support to the designated groups, with appropriately severe penalties attached.”
The FBI obviously should combat terrorism. Yet it should be fighting the act, not selectively going after particular ideologies—especially when entrapment and process crimes are so important to the way the FBI operates.
MSM Journalists know all about FBI misconduct. They’ve written blistering critiques of it when deployed against Muslims or anti-police black extremists:
But when it comes to putting the jackboot on the neck of white Americans, the MSM can’t cheer loudly enough:
(In the last article, Owen proclaimed that the FBI had “finally woken up” i.e. was now targeting white Americans).
And it’s not just journalists. Democrat frontrunner Bernie Sanders bragged in 2015 that he voted against the Patriot Act every time. He said the government has “far too much power to spy on Americans” and there was “too little oversight or disclosure” [Bernie Sanders: It’s Time To End Orwellian Surveillance of Every American, by Bernie Sanders, Time, May 7, 2015]. But more recently he vowed a “war against white nationalism” and beat his chest about how “we’re gonna throw the full force of the law against those people” [Bernie Sanders: We Will Go To War Against White Nationalism And Racism With The Full Force Of The Law, by Tim Hains, RealClearPolitics, August 18, 2019].
We still may get that Soviet-style society he used to admire so much.
It may seem easy to avoid being ensnared in these legal difficulties: just don’t join violent groups.
Yet consider the case of Martin Sellner. The Austrian Identitarian leader received a small sum of money from the Christchurch shooter, whom he didn’t know, before the shooting. The shooter openly declared in his manifesto that wanted to increase government crackdowns as part of an “accelerationist” strategy. And Sellner has indeed been crackdowned: he has essentially been deplatformed, not just from social media, but also from basic personal financial services [The Mark of the Beast, by Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, January 18, 2020].
We keep hearing about how the Trump Administration is secretly following the marching orders of VDARE.com. But this same Trump Administration (or at least the Deep State it seems unable to control) banned Sellner from traveling to the U.S. for his own wedding to an American woman.
Or consider the case of Fred Arena. He was recently sentenced to six months in prison, after being held without bail since November 2019, because he “lied” to the FBI by filling out a form saying he wasn’t a member of any group that “advocates or practices commission of acts of force or violence to discourage others from exercising their rights under the United States Constitution”. The FBI claims Arena was a member of Vanguard America although it offered no hard proof [The War on Dissent: The FBI Gives Man 6 Months in Prison for His Political Beliefs, by Eric Striker, Unz.com, February 14, 2020]
Is Vanguard America inherently violent? The FBI says so. Are Antifa groups that brag about “shutting down” conferences inherently a threat to constitutional rights? The FBI says not. It uses them for intelligence gathering.
Clearly, behavior is not the standard. Ideology is.
And “extremism” can also be continuously redefined. Someone knowing that The Camp of the Saints exists today is a national scandal. Back in 1994, The Camp of the Saints was the subject of an Atlantic Magazine cover story that excerpted the book [Must It Be the Rest Against the West? By Matthew Connelly and Paul Kennedy, The Atlantic, December 1994].
Perhaps it’s best to avoid events and just post flyers? Well, that might get you in law enforcement’s sights too.
The Anti-Defamation League (see above) just posted an hysterical claim that “white supremacist propaganda” had hit an “all-time high in 2019” [ADL: White Supremacist Propaganda Distribution Hit All-Time High in 2019, Anti-Defamation League, February 12, 2020]. Your tax dollars then subsidized a scaremongering NPR story, with the Anti-Defamation League holding forth about the dangers of “flyers, stickers, actual materials that are then posted either in the public square, on college campuses, sometimes on mosques or synagogues” [White Supremacist Propaganda More Than Doubled In 2019, ADL Reports, by David Greene, NPR, February 13, 2020].
These flyers included such scandalous slogans as “Defend America,” “Nationalism not Globalism,” “Protect American Workers” and “One Nation Against Invasion.”
But this is newsworthy and deserving of police investigation.
Keep your head down and simply avoid any political involvement or just work for a government job? Well, banks are already refusing to do business with federal contractors who work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement [Banks refusing to do business with people who do work for I.C.E. – that could soon be a big problem for them, by James Lewis, Law Enforcement Today, February 15, 2020].
Republican senators led by Marco Rubio are pushing a bill that would remove FDIC insurance from big banks pursuing this policy.
But Rubio also said “banks have a right to deny funds in certain businesses, but they shouldn’t enjoy taxpayer-provided guarantees if they are undermining the public policy of the United States” [Rubio, Cotton Launch Plan To Pursue Big Banks Refusing Services To ICE, by John Binder, Breitbart, February 13, 2020].
In other words, there is no GOP/ GAP legislation forthcoming to defend the First Amendment (which I’d consider public policy of the United States), merely to defend an agency that will be abolished if the Democrats take over anyway.
Illegal immigrants, many of whom have stolen social security numbers, can obtain bank accounts and mortgages. However, if your politics lean right you can be denied not just a bank account but practically all financial services.
And the GOP/GAP will not help you.
We’re in a transition period, as state control is transferred from the Historic American Nation to the post-white majority, post-America of the future. This hijacking should be called State Conquest, as in post-Afrikaner South Africa.
Post-America will be a Cultural Marxist confessional state, the “secular theocracy” Paul Gottfried warned us about.
If you are not sufficiently worshipful towards diversity, you will be cut out of the economy, if not outright arrested.
The old ideal of classical liberalism and the “marketplace of ideas” is dead. The Occupation Governments of the West will only allow certain ideas to be discussed. Any kind of positive white identity, or even a traditionalist American identity, are not among them.
Of course, we’re not quite there yet. Patriots do have rights, and we are fighting for them, regardless of what the future holds.
It would be glib to say that we will inevitably win.
However—unless Trump wakes up and defends his increasingly deplatformed and demonetized supporters against the Tech Totalitarians—it’s clear that “liberal democracy,” the neutral rights-based, individualist system that nobody outside Conservatism Inc. seems really to believe in, is going to lose.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-02-19--Conservative Oregonians Want To Secede From Rule By Woke Portland, Join Idaho

Just as politics in the state of Illinois is dominated by the city of Chicago ; just as politics in New York is dominated by the by New York City ; and , we see politics in Oregon dominated by the city of Portland .
There are a lot of conservative white people in all three of these states , but they are virtually disenfranchised by the large , disproportionately left-leaning population centers of Chicago , New York City , and Portland .
Well , in Oregon , those rural white residents have decided to do something about this situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greater Idaho '' might look like : As implausible as it might seem , the push for secession is a reminder diversity is not a strength .
Secede to Idaho ?
Here ’ s why disgruntled Oregon residents are hoping to do just that , by Maddie Capron , Idaho Statesmen , February 14 , 2020 If some Oregon residents get their way , Idaho could see a growth spurt .
A group of residents in southwestern Oregon created a petition to move Idaho ’ s border west to include part of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s part of the “ Greater Idaho ” project , which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that more closely aligns with their political preferences , they say .
Proponents say the “ swaths of conservative , pro-Trump , anti-tax voters ” in rural parts of Oregon have more in common with Idaho , and they want to claim it as their own state , The News-Review reported .
It ’ s a complicated , multi-step process that would require local ballot measures and state and federal approval .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ but 14 of Oregon ’ s 36 counties , according to a news release on the Move Oregon ’ s Border for a Greater Idaho Facebook page .
The counties that would stay in Oregon would be mostly in the wine-rich Williamette Valley , according to the news release .
“ Rural counties have become increasingly outraged by laws coming out of the Oregon Legislature that threaten our livelihoods , our industries , our wallet , our gun rights , and our values , ” Mike McCarter , one of the chief petitioners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We tried voting those legislators out but rural Oregon is outnumbered and our voices are now ignored .
This is our last resort.
” The group filed petitions with the Douglas and Josephine county clerk ’ s offices for a local ballot measure that would ask if the county should instead become a county of Idaho , The News-Review said .
They still need to get the necessary signatures , but it could still make it on the ballot in November .
Even if the county ’ s voters like the idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the states ’ legislatures and the U.S. Congress would need to approve the change , according to The News-Review .
If the initial movement is successful , the Greater Idaho project would like to bring parts of northern California into Idaho , according to the news release .
“ People here would prefer Idaho ’ s conservative governance to the progressive/liberal current Oregon governance , ” Valerie Gottschalk , another chief petitioner said in a news release .
“ Every time I look at … Greater Idaho , the group has gotten @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States has already been happening for decades , but this push to see primarily white residents of states like Oregon flee failing epicenters of liberalism controlling state politics ( Portland ) and seceding to the overwhelmingly white state of Idaho is a stark reminder the Historic America Nation is alive and well .
Not just that , but looking for peaceful separation from what is currently an untenable situation , namely perpetual disenfranchisement because of Portland ’ s population dominance of the state of Oregon .
The hallmark of the 21st century in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as white Americans seek to establish pockets of the Historic America Nation across an increasingly diverse ( and failing ) country .

Just as politics in the state of Illinois is dominated by the city of Chicago; just as politics in New York is dominated by the by New York City; and, we see politics in Oregon dominated by the city of Portland.
There are a lot of conservative white people in all three of these states, but they are virtually disenfranchised by the large, disproportionately left-leaning population centers of Chicago, New York City, and Portland.
Well, in Oregon, those rural white residents have decided to do something about this situation.
Here's what a proposed "Greater Idaho" might look like:
As implausible as it might seem, the push for secession is a reminder diversity is not a strength.
Secede to Idaho? Here’s why disgruntled Oregon residents are hoping to do just that, by Maddie Capron, Idaho Statesmen, February 14, 2020 If some Oregon residents get their way, Idaho could see a growth spurt. A group of residents in southwestern Oregon created a petition to move Idaho’s border west to include part of their state, NBC5 News reported. It’s part of the “Greater Idaho” project, which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that more closely aligns with their political preferences, they say. Proponents say the “swaths of conservative, pro-Trump, anti-tax voters” in rural parts of Oregon have more in common with Idaho, and they want to claim it as their own state, The News-Review reported. It’s a complicated, multi-step process that would require local ballot measures and state and federal approval. The group hopes to eventually consume all but 14 of Oregon’s 36 counties, according to a news release on the Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho Facebook page. The counties that would stay in Oregon would be mostly in the wine-rich Williamette Valley, according to the news release. “Rural counties have become increasingly outraged by laws coming out of the Oregon Legislature that threaten our livelihoods, our industries, our wallet, our gun rights, and our values,” Mike McCarter, one of the chief petitioners, said in a news release. “We tried voting those legislators out but rural Oregon is outnumbered and our voices are now ignored. This is our last resort.” The group filed petitions with the Douglas and Josephine county clerk’s offices for a local ballot measure that would ask if the county should instead become a county of Idaho, The News-Review said. They still need to get the necessary signatures, but it could still make it on the ballot in November. Even if the county’s voters like the idea of being part of Idaho, both of the states’ legislatures and the U.S. Congress would need to approve the change, according to The News-Review. If the initial movement is successful, the Greater Idaho project would like to bring parts of northern California into Idaho, according to the news release. “People here would prefer Idaho’s conservative governance to the progressive/liberal current Oregon governance,” Valerie Gottschalk, another chief petitioner said in a news release. “Every time I look at … Greater Idaho, the group has gotten bigger.”
The Balkanization of the United States has already been happening for decades, but this push to see primarily white residents of states like Oregon flee failing epicenters of liberalism controlling state politics (Portland) and seceding to the overwhelmingly white state of Idaho is a stark reminder the Historic America Nation is alive and well.
Not just that, but looking for peaceful separation from what is currently an untenable situation, namely perpetual disenfranchisement because of Portland’s population dominance of the state of Oregon.
The hallmark of the 21st century in the United States will be secession, as white Americans seek to establish pockets of the Historic America Nation across an increasingly diverse (and failing) country.


vdare--2020-02-19--Senate Republicans Set To Propose Big Ag Amnesty

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and other Republican senators are reportedly ready to introduce the horrid Farm Workforce Modernization Act into the upper chamber .
Tillis is alleged to be the lead sponsor of the bill .
[ Senate Republicans looking to repeat 1986 amnesty , seeking President Trump ’ s support : Sources , by Daniel Horowitz , Conservative Review , February 17 , 2020 ] The bill was passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives in December .
VDARE.com reported on its awful provisions at the time : It offers legal status to any illegal who worked in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Those illegal aliens would receive a “ Certified Agricultural Worker ” visa and be barred from applying for a green card for at least four years .
It expands the H-2A program by an additional 20,000 visas to cover other industries , including dairy and meat-packing .
The H-2A supposedly covers temporary agricultural workers , but the new bill expands it past its intended area .
It also allots 40,000 green cards per year for H-2A visa holders and gives legal status to many illegal aliens convicted of driving under the influence and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bill ’ s only highlight .
But it would be imposed only after the Amnesty is fully implemented .
Nearly every Democrat voted for it , but only 32 House Republicans supported it .
House Republican leadership voted against it .
However , that strong opposition has not dissuaded Senate Republicans from introducing it .
Along with Tillis , Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham are set to serve as Republican co-sponsors .
These three may be the worst Republican senators on immigration .
Graham is a long-time amnesty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the leading Republican opponent to President Trump ’ s refugee reductions ; he thinks America needs more government-subsidized migrants .
Tillis ’ s anti-American efforts are just as bad .
In 2018 , he proposed a bill that would dramatically increase guest worker visas .
In 2017 , he backed a straight amnesty for illegals who arrived in the U.S. as minors with no restrictions required .
It was clear he was an immigration squish when he ran for his seat in 2014 .
Nothing has changed since then .
If Tillis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he should strongly reconsider his priorities .
The Trump base doesn ’ t want an amnesty to benefit big business .

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North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and other Republican senators are reportedly ready to introduce the horrid Farm Workforce Modernization Act into the upper chamber. Tillis is alleged to be the lead sponsor of the bill. [Senate Republicans looking to repeat 1986 amnesty, seeking President Trump’s support: Sources, by Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review, February 17, 2020]
The bill was passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives in December. VDARE.com reported on its awful provisions at the time:
It offers legal status to any illegal who worked in agriculture in the last two years. Those illegal aliens would receive a “Certified Agricultural Worker” visa and be barred from applying for a green card for at least four years. It expands the H-2A program by an additional 20,000 visas to cover other industries, including dairy and meat-packing. The H-2A supposedly covers temporary agricultural workers, but the new bill expands it past its intended area. It also allots 40,000 green cards per year for H-2A visa holders and gives legal status to many illegal aliens convicted of driving under the influence and Social Security fraud… Mandatory e-Verify is the bill’s only highlight. But it would be imposed only after the Amnesty is fully implemented.
Nearly every Democrat voted for it, but only 32 House Republicans supported it. House Republican leadership voted against it. However, that strong opposition has not dissuaded Senate Republicans from introducing it. Along with Tillis, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham are set to serve as Republican co-sponsors. These three may be the worst Republican senators on immigration.
Graham is a long-time amnesty booster and mass immigration advocate. Lankford is the leading Republican opponent to President Trump’s refugee reductions; he thinks America needs more government-subsidized migrants. Tillis’s anti-American efforts are just as bad. In 2018, he proposed a bill that would dramatically increase guest worker visas. In 2017, he backed a straight amnesty for illegals who arrived in the U.S. as minors with no restrictions required. It was clear he was an immigration squish when he ran for his seat in 2014. Nothing has changed since then.
If Tillis wants to secure re-election this year, he should strongly reconsider his priorities. The Trump base doesn’t want an amnesty to benefit big business.


vdare--2020-02-19--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2013: Self-Defence Gets A Mention In MSM Story About Orange County Im

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2013: Self-Defence Gets A Mention In MSM Story About Orange County Immigrant Carjacking Spree

Originally published on this day in 2013 .
I mentioned the gun control aspect of Ali Syed 's rampage earlier—he was rampaging in a county where it 's hard to get a CCW permit—and I 'm glad to see it get some mention in the MSM .
In a story with the uninformative headline O.C .
shooting suspect identified as college student with no record , [ February 19 , 2013 ] the LA Times blog has this : In Orange , financial planner Kenneth Caplin said he had a clear view of the gruesome drama that unfolded Tuesday on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the street had been blocked , Caplin parked farther away and persuaded an officer to let him walk to his office .
He arrived shortly before 7 a.m. , about an hour after the shooting .
From a conference room window , Caplin saw the police investigators at work , a white work truck up on a curb , and the suspect lying dead on the ground , with blood streaked across the pavement .
`` It 's scary ... .
This just happened right here , '' Caplin said hours later , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away at the street in an afternoon drizzle .
`` It 's ludicrous . ''
Caplin , 71 , said he is a pistol instructor for the NRA .
What happened Tuesday only affirmed for him the need to stay armed .
`` He had no chance , '' he said of one of shooting victims .
`` The bad guys are armed ; the good guys are n't .
If I was in that position — with a CCW [ concealed weapon ] — that would n't have happened . ''
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what happened today — do n't have a chance . ''
He said he was relieved the perpetrator ended it by taking his own life .
`` That 's a bad guy , '' he said of the man he saw splayed on the street .
`` Does n't bother me at all . ''

Originally published on this day in 2013.
I mentioned the gun control aspect of Ali Syed's rampage earlier—he was rampaging in a county where it's hard to get a CCW permit—and I'm glad to see it get some mention in the MSM. In a story with the uninformative headline O.C. shooting suspect identified as college student with no record, [February 19, 2013] the LA Times blog has this:
In Orange, financial planner Kenneth Caplin said he had a clear view of the gruesome drama that unfolded Tuesday on the street outside his office.
Although the street had been blocked, Caplin parked farther away and persuaded an officer to let him walk to his office. He arrived shortly before 7 a.m., about an hour after the shooting.
From a conference room window, Caplin saw the police investigators at work, a white work truck up on a curb, and the suspect lying dead on the ground, with blood streaked across the pavement.
"It's scary.... This just happened right here," Caplin said hours later, as a team in biohazard suits scrubbed away at the street in an afternoon drizzle. "It's ludicrous."
Caplin, 71, said he is a pistol instructor for the NRA. What happened Tuesday only affirmed for him the need to stay armed.
"He had no chance," he said of one of shooting victims. "The bad guys are armed; the good guys aren't. If I was in that position — with a CCW [concealed weapon] — that wouldn't have happened."
He added: "Innocent people — like what happened today — don't have a chance."
He said he was relieved the perpetrator ended it by taking his own life. "That's a bad guy," he said of the man he saw splayed on the street. "Doesn't bother me at all."


vdare--2020-02-19--Congressman Warns of CalPERS Pension Funds Invested in Blacklisted Chinese Companies

The latest in Red China ripoffs against America is quite a doozy .
Apparently Beijing leaned on one of its people residing in this country to use his position as Chief Investment Officer of CalPERS to redirect billions of dollars toward investment in questionable businesses in China , including military affiliated and some blacklisted by the US government .
CalPERS is an agency of the state of California that manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees , retirees , and their families .
The CalPERS website notes that as of February 14 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 404.33 billion , so there ’ s big money involved .
You have to hand it to Red China for inventing ingenious ways to scam America .
Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana explained the situation to Tucker Carlson on Monday : TUCKER CARLSON : As China becomes more powerful , the Chinese government finds it trivially easy to infiltrate and plunder America ’ s institutions , almost all of them .
American companies outsource their jobs and eventually their expertise to China in return for a quick profit .
Universities and labs hire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back to their masters in Mainland China .
But even our pension funds aren ’ t immune .
A remarkable story tonight .
CalPERS is California ’ s public pension system .
It has $ 300 billion in assets under management .
Recently , a letter from Indiana Congressman Jim Banks revealed that CalPERS chief investment officer had been recruited by a Chinese espionage operation .
It almost defies belief .
Congressman Banks joins us tonight .
Congressman , thanks so much for coming on and for exposing this story , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that lightly .
Tell us — just give us a quick summary of what happened ?
REP. JIM BANKS ( R-IN ) : Well , this is really one of the more incredible stories and examples of China ’ s infiltration into our systems as you talked about , Tucker .
But in this case , we learned that Yu Ben Meng , the Chief Investment Officer of CalPERS is a graduate of something called the Thousand Talents Program , which , Tucker , is a program that ’ s funded by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese Communist Party that ’ s designed to recruit valuable individuals and place them in highly valuable places .
In this case , putting Yu Ben Meng in a place to oversee the largest state pension fund in America , where he has steered $ 3.1 billion to 172 different Chinese companies .
Now , what ’ s even worse than that , Tucker , is that I serve on the House Armed Services Committee in the Congress , and every day , I ’ ve been a part of working with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ ve made the largest investment in American history in our military because we ’ re trying to keep up with the China threat militarily .
What we ’ ve learned in this case is that CalPERS is investing in Chinese military shipbuilding and naval bases through this investment fund and even worse than that , they ’ ve invested in a company called Hikvision , which is a company that has developed some technologies used to spy on and persecute the Uyghur Muslim population through different types of surveillance technologies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pension fund is being used for .
I believe it ’ s a travesty .
And I ’ ve called on Governor Newsom to do something about it .
CARLSON : So one of the biggest players in American finance which CalPERS is , is helping to build the military of our chief military rival .
This is grotesque .
Quickly , can you tell me , is it just taking place in California ?
Are there concerns this is happening in other states ?
BANKS : I ’ m concerned that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is happening even in the Thrift Savings Plan , which is the Federal pension plan as well .
But this is the only case that we can find where the fund actually employs a graduate of the Thousand Talents Program which makes it so clear and egregious .
It is happening right under Gavin Newsom ’ s nose .
If he doesn ’ t do something about it , Tucker , we have to ask the question , which side is he on ?
CARLSON : That ’ s a question worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is wildly political , of course , as you know .
Congressman , thank you so much for bringing the story to light .
Depressing .
BANKS : Good to be with you .

The latest in Red China ripoffs against America is quite a doozy. Apparently Beijing leaned on one of its people residing in this country to use his position as Chief Investment Officer of CalPERS to redirect billions of dollars toward investment in questionable businesses in China, including military affiliated and some blacklisted by the US government.
CalPERS is an agency of the state of California that manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees, retirees, and their families.
The CalPERS website notes that as of February 14, 2020, its total market value was $404.33 billion, so there’s big money involved.
You have to hand it to Red China for inventing ingenious ways to scam America.
Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana explained the situation to Tucker Carlson on Monday:
TUCKER CARLSON: As China becomes more powerful, the Chinese government finds it trivially easy to infiltrate and plunder America’s institutions, almost all of them.
American companies outsource their jobs and eventually their expertise to China in return for a quick profit. Universities and labs hire Chinese scientists who then send their research back to their masters in Mainland China.
But even our pension funds aren’t immune. A remarkable story tonight. CalPERS is California’s public pension system. It has $300 billion in assets under management.
Recently, a letter from Indiana Congressman Jim Banks revealed that CalPERS chief investment officer had been recruited by a Chinese espionage operation. It almost defies belief.
Congressman Banks joins us tonight. Congressman, thanks so much for coming on and for exposing this story, which is shocking and I don’t say that lightly. Tell us — just give us a quick summary of what happened?
REP. JIM BANKS (R-IN): Well, this is really one of the more incredible stories and examples of China’s infiltration into our systems as you talked about, Tucker.
But in this case, we learned that Yu Ben Meng, the Chief Investment Officer of CalPERS is a graduate of something called the Thousand Talents Program, which, Tucker, is a program that’s funded by the Chinese government controlled by the CCP, the Chinese Communist Party that’s designed to recruit valuable individuals and place them in highly valuable places.
In this case, putting Yu Ben Meng in a place to oversee the largest state pension fund in America, where he has steered $3.1 billion to 172 different Chinese companies.
Now, what’s even worse than that, Tucker, is that I serve on the House Armed Services Committee in the Congress, and every day, I’ve been a part of working with President Trump to rebuild our military.
We’ve made the largest investment in American history in our military because we’re trying to keep up with the China threat militarily.
What we’ve learned in this case is that CalPERS is investing in Chinese military shipbuilding and naval bases through this investment fund and even worse than that, they’ve invested in a company called Hikvision, which is a company that has developed some technologies used to spy on and persecute the Uyghur Muslim population through different types of surveillance technologies.
That’s what the California public pension fund is being used for. I believe it’s a travesty. And I’ve called on Governor Newsom to do something about it.
CARLSON: So one of the biggest players in American finance which CalPERS is, is helping to build the military of our chief military rival. This is grotesque.
Quickly, can you tell me, is it just taking place in California? Are there concerns this is happening in other states?
BANKS: I’m concerned that it’s happening all over the country and is happening even in the Thrift Savings Plan, which is the Federal pension plan as well. But this is the only case that we can find where the fund actually employs a graduate of the Thousand Talents Program which makes it so clear and egregious.
It is happening right under Gavin Newsom’s nose. If he doesn’t do something about it, Tucker, we have to ask the question, which side is he on?
CARLSON: That’s a question worth asking. By the way, CalPERS is wildly political, of course, as you know. Congressman, thank you so much for bringing the story to light. Depressing.
BANKS: Good to be with you.


vdare--2020-02-19--Ann Coulter On Boy Scout Bankruptcy: "Honey, We Molested The Kids!"

I wonder if any liberals are re-thinking their insistence that the Boy Scouts allow gay men to take 13-year-old boys on overnight camping trips .
HEADLINE : Boy Scouts Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the Face of Thousands of Child Abuse Allegations The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA ) have long been on the left ’ s hate list .
Any organization that has the temerity to train young men in the virtues of integrity , patriotism and self-reliance is putting itself on the fighting side of liberals !
At the 2000 Democratic National Convention , a little group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of the opening ceremony—and were promptly booed by the delegates .
For decades , the BSA has fended off lawsuits demanding that they embrace the holy trinity of G 's : girls , gays and godless atheists .
( If only it had occurred to the plaintiffs to start their own organizations !
They could have given them names like “ The Girl Scouts.
” ) Why would any liberal want to join an organization that was , according to them , sexist , Bible-thumping and bigoted ?
They didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For the left , what ’ s not to hate about the Boy Scouts ?
Their oath is : “ On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law ; to help other people at all times ; to keep myself physically strong , mentally awake , and morally straight.
” Nearly 200 NASA astronauts were Boy Scouts .
The great outdoorsman , Teddy Roosevelt , was such a BSA booster than he was made the one and only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scout for life .
A Louis Harris & Associates study in 1996 found that men who had been scouts placed a higher value on honesty than those who had not .
But now the lawsuits have killed them .
Congratulations , Democrats , The New York Times and corporate America .
( I hope all their future employees steal from them , after being raised on “ Grand Theft Auto ” instead of the Boy Scout oath . )
From the beginning , BSA has had to deal with child molesters eagerly signing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in isolated areas away from all observation .
Within a decade of its 1910 founding , the BSA began keeping internal files on “ ineligible ” scouting volunteers , known as “ the perversion files.
” Scout leaders were not to be alone with boys and , starting in 1988 , all adult applicants were subjected to aggressive background screening .
The organization promptly removed any scout leaders based on mere suspicion and alerted law enforcement in about a third of the cases .
Nonetheless , between 1970 and 1991 , up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been molested .
That ’ s about 2,000 out of several million boys .
Given all of this , what sort of escaped mental patient would demand that the Boy Scouts admit openly gay scout leaders ?
Yes , we know most gays aren ’ t child molesters .
How could we not ?
It ’ s part of our secular catechism , along with the one about most Muslims not being terrorists and most immigrants not being criminals .
But men who molest boys are a small slice—infinitesimal really !
—within a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s not two totally different things , like an architect and a dentist .
Some men like blondes .
Some like brunettes .
But they ’ re all within the category of “ heterosexual.
” No parent is going to send their young sons camping alone in the woods with an openly gay man for the same reason they wouldn ’ t send their adolescent daughters to be alone in the woods with an openly heterosexual man .
And now the BSA has been whiplashed into bankruptcy by liberals demanding , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allow gays to be troop leaders and , on the other hand , filing lawsuits accusing the scouts of not taking strong enough measures to prevent gay troop leaders from molesting boys .
Couldn ’ t liberals get together and decide for themselves whether the Boy Scouts should have been more aggressive in preventing child molestation—or less ?
For their defense witnesses , the Boy Scouts should call New York Times editors , Democratic politicians and corporate CEOs .
Back in 1980 , when a gay guy lost his lawsuit against BSA for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wells Fargo , the United Way of San Francisco , Levi Strauss and the Bank of America cut off funding to the organization .
San Francisco and Oakland schools prohibited the scouts from using their facilities on weekdays .
After the Supreme Court ’ s disturbingly narrow 5-4 decision in 2000 holding that the Boy Scouts could not be forced to admit gay scout leaders , the Times denounced the decision in an editorial , calling the court ’ s ruling “ one of its lowest moments of the term.
” The following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Randy Cohen , advised a reader to pull her son out of the Cub Scouts , saying it was “ the ethical thing to do.
” The “ ethicist ” explained : “ Just as one is honor bound to quit an organization that excludes African-Americans , so you should withdraw from scouting as long as it rejects homosexuals.
” Also in response to the Supreme Court 's decision , Chase Manhattan Bank , Textron Inc. and dozens more United Way chapters withdrew millions of dollars in contributions .
More cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In his pre-Super Bowl TV interview in 2013 , President Barack Obama was still harping on the Boy Scouts ’ refusal to allow gay scoutmasters : “ Gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does.
” On CNN , host Carol Costello haughtily informed a guest opposed to gay scoutmasters , “ Well , I 'll just say that the American Psychological Association has studied the issue that you just mentioned .
Homosexuals are n't any more likely to molest kids than straight men.
” Throughout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Boy Scouts for discriminating against gays , the Catholic Church was embroiled in its own molestation crisis .
More than 80 % of the molester priests were accused of victimizing teenage boys .
Instead of saying , “ Oh—I see what the Boy Scouts are doing , ” liberals responded to the gay sex-abuse crisis in the priesthood by blaming ... celibacy !
Is n't it a thought crime to question whether sexual preference is determined at birth ?
But liberals not only believed gayness was the result of an adult lifestyle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” it : Allow priests to marry !
Since the one thing we know is that men molesting boys has nothing to do with being gay , I guess this time it ’ s camping that causes sodomy .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
: How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was released on August 21 , 2018 .

I wonder if any liberals are re-thinking their insistence that the Boy Scouts allow gay men to take 13-year-old boys on overnight camping trips.
HEADLINE: Boy Scouts Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the Face of Thousands of Child Abuse Allegations
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have long been on the left’s hate list. Any organization that has the temerity to train young men in the virtues of integrity, patriotism and self-reliance is putting itself on the fighting side of liberals!
At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, a little group of Boy Scouts took the stage as part of the opening ceremony—and were promptly booed by the delegates.
For decades, the BSA has fended off lawsuits demanding that they embrace the holy trinity of G's: girls, gays and godless atheists. (If only it had occurred to the plaintiffs to start their own organizations! They could have given them names like “The Girl Scouts.”)
Why would any liberal want to join an organization that was, according to them, sexist, Bible-thumping and bigoted? They didn’t. The lawsuits were kill shots.
For the left, what’s not to hate about the Boy Scouts? Their oath is: “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”
Nearly 200 NASA astronauts were Boy Scouts. The great outdoorsman, Teddy Roosevelt, was such a BSA booster than he was made the one and only “Chief Scout Citizen,” a scout for life.
A Louis Harris & Associates study in 1996 found that men who had been scouts placed a higher value on honesty than those who had not.
But now the lawsuits have killed them. Congratulations, Democrats, The New York Times and corporate America. (I hope all their future employees steal from them, after being raised on “Grand Theft Auto” instead of the Boy Scout oath.)
From the beginning, BSA has had to deal with child molesters eagerly signing up to go camping with 13-year-old boys in isolated areas away from all observation.
Within a decade of its 1910 founding, the BSA began keeping internal files on “ineligible” scouting volunteers, known as “the perversion files.”
Scout leaders were not to be alone with boys and, starting in 1988, all adult applicants were subjected to aggressive background screening. The organization promptly removed any scout leaders based on mere suspicion and alerted law enforcement in about a third of the cases.
Nonetheless, between 1970 and 1991, up to .04% of Boy Scouts may have been molested. That’s about 2,000 out of several million boys.
Given all of this, what sort of escaped mental patient would demand that the Boy Scouts admit openly gay scout leaders?
Yes, we know most gays aren’t child molesters. How could we not? It’s part of our secular catechism, along with the one about most Muslims not being terrorists and most immigrants not being criminals.
But men who molest boys are a small slice—infinitesimal really!—within a larger category known as “gay.” It’s not two totally different things, like an architect and a dentist. Some men like blondes. Some like brunettes. But they’re all within the category of “heterosexual.”
No parent is going to send their young sons camping alone in the woods with an openly gay man for the same reason they wouldn’t send their adolescent daughters to be alone in the woods with an openly heterosexual man.
And now the BSA has been whiplashed into bankruptcy by liberals demanding, on one hand, that the scouts allow gays to be troop leaders and, on the other hand, filing lawsuits accusing the scouts of not taking strong enough measures to prevent gay troop leaders from molesting boys.
Couldn’t liberals get together and decide for themselves whether the Boy Scouts should have been more aggressive in preventing child molestation—or less?
For their defense witnesses, the Boy Scouts should call New York Times editors, Democratic politicians and corporate CEOs.
Back in 1980, when a gay guy lost his lawsuit against BSA for dropping him as a scout leader, Wells Fargo, the United Way of San Francisco, Levi Strauss and the Bank of America cut off funding to the organization. San Francisco and Oakland schools prohibited the scouts from using their facilities on weekdays.
After the Supreme Court’s disturbingly narrow 5-4 decision in 2000 holding that the Boy Scouts could not be forced to admit gay scout leaders, the Times denounced the decision in an editorial, calling the court’s ruling “one of its lowest moments of the term.”
The following month, the Times’ “ethicist,” Randy Cohen, advised a reader to pull her son out of the Cub Scouts, saying it was “the ethical thing to do.” The “ethicist” explained: “Just as one is honor bound to quit an organization that excludes African-Americans, so you should withdraw from scouting as long as it rejects homosexuals.”
Also in response to the Supreme Court's decision, Chase Manhattan Bank, Textron Inc. and dozens more United Way chapters withdrew millions of dollars in contributions. More cities dropped their support of the Boy Scouts.
In his pre-Super Bowl TV interview in 2013, President Barack Obama was still harping on the Boy Scouts’ refusal to allow gay scoutmasters: “Gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does.”
On CNN, host Carol Costello haughtily informed a guest opposed to gay scoutmasters, “Well, I'll just say that the American Psychological Association has studied the issue that you just mentioned. Homosexuals aren't any more likely to molest kids than straight men.”
The defense rests.
Throughout the left’s 30-year assault on the Boy Scouts for discriminating against gays, the Catholic Church was embroiled in its own molestation crisis. More than 80% of the molester priests were accused of victimizing teenage boys.
Instead of saying, “Oh—I see what the Boy Scouts are doing,” liberals responded to the gay sex-abuse crisis in the priesthood by blaming ... celibacy!
Isn't it a thought crime to question whether sexual preference is determined at birth? But liberals not only believed gayness was the result of an adult lifestyle choice—celibacy—but they knew how to “cure” it: Allow priests to marry!
Since the one thing we know is that men molesting boys has nothing to do with being gay, I guess this time it’s camping that causes sodomy.
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Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here.
Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-02-19--ICE Head Matthew Albence Endorses ICE SVU Attack On President Trump

Things are not improving at ICE SVU , now even the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) , which has two major components , ICE Special Victims Unit ( SVU ) , more formally known as Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) , and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations ( ERO ) is failing to support deportations .
ICE SVU does not want to do immigration work and at every opportunity wants to differentiate itself from ERO .
This was the basis of the insubordination by the Dirty 19 who wanted to get ICE SVU out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and his immigration enforcement policy was on display again by ICE SVU management .
Strangely , it was Matthew Albence who is a veteran of the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ) and should know better than to associate himself with the legacy U.S. Customs Service ( USCS ) insubordination and contempt for President Trump ’ s immigration enforcement policies .
In October , ICE officials moved an investigative unit – Homeland Security Investigations – from the office on Gannett Drive to the fourth floor of One City Center in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Maine ] sparking protests outside the downtown location .
In January , protesters projected the message “ EVICT ICE ” onto the side of the building and set up a cage made of fencing outside .
The protests drew the attention of acting ICE Director Matthew Albence , who flew to Portland for a day last month where he met with media and rejected the protesters ’ narrative .
In an interview with the Portland Press Herald , he refuted the notion that Homeland Security Investigations staff has anything to do with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
HSI focuses on human trafficking , weapons smuggling and other security-related issues , he said .
And in a Jan. 16 op-ed published in the Press Herald , Albence called out the protesters and said they were essentially advocating for criminals to remain free .
So , ICE SVU has nothing to do with removing illegal aliens ?
ICE SVU is supposed to identify and arrest illegal aliens in the United States who smuggle other aliens , work illegally , commit benefit fraud , and other crimes .
Is that nothing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also that Albence did not mention work-site enforcement as something that ICE SVU is supposed to do .
It appears that Albence has drunk the Customs puke Kool-Aid .
Why is he still there ?
It is another in the long-standing problem the Trump Administration has with appointees betraying the President .
Hopefully Ken The Knife with take Albence to the woodshed for denigrating ICE ERO .
Sadly , this confirms the fact that ICE SVU is not with the program ; why did ICE ERO have to call for Border Patrol support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stabbing betrayers of the ICE mission .
Also of note , it appears that Clifford Trott of the Portland , Maine , Veterans Administration does not like ICE ERO as well .
Why would he even have an opinion about locating ICE ERO with a VA office ?
Housing the law enforcement group in the same building as the veteran ’ s support and counseling center proved vexing for the veteran ’ s group ’ s executive director , Clifford Trott .
When asked whether Trott believed the Vet Center ’ s move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the organization , he deferred to a Veteran ’ s Administration spokeswoman .
“ I ’ m mixed , how ’ s that ?
” Trott said , and declined to elaborate on his reasoning .
“ I ’ ll let the public affairs person talk about that.
” Neither Trott nor a VA spokeswoman , Jessica Schiefer , responded to multiple requests for an interview in recent weeks , and they did not offer responses to a list of eight questions about the move and the co-location with ICE .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Herald , Trott was more candid about his preference that the Vet Center not share a location with the law enforcement agency .
“ I am very eager to relocate , as you know , ” Trott wrote to Alisha Wofford , an employee with the U.S. General Services Administration , which coordinates logistics for federal offices , including buying and leasing properties that house agencies .
“ However , it needs to be the right location .
In my opinion , this is not that site.
” It sounds like the Deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
He thinks ICE ERO , his fellow Federal employees are some sort of untouchables who will ritually contaminate him and other VA employees .
You can reach Trott here : ( 207 ) 780-3584 and ask him why he objects to working next to immigration officers You can also contact Trott ’ s boss here , Ryan Lilly , Network Director , New England VA , ( 781 ) 687-4821 .

Things are not improving at ICE SVU, now even the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has two major components, ICE Special Victims Unit (SVU), more formally known as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is failing to support deportations. ICE SVU does not want to do immigration work and at every opportunity wants to differentiate itself from ERO. This was the basis of the insubordination by the Dirty 19 who wanted to get ICE SVU out of ICE.
That contempt for President Trump and his immigration enforcement policy was on display again by ICE SVU management. Strangely, it was Matthew Albence who is a veteran of the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and should know better than to associate himself with the legacy U.S. Customs Service (USCS) insubordination and contempt for President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies.
In October, ICE officials moved an investigative unit – Homeland Security Investigations – from the office on Gannett Drive to the fourth floor of One City Center in downtown Portland, [NB: Portland, Maine] sparking protests outside the downtown location. In January, protesters projected the message “EVICT ICE” onto the side of the building and set up a cage made of fencing outside. The protests drew the attention of acting ICE Director Matthew Albence, who flew to Portland for a day last month where he met with media and rejected the protesters’ narrative. In an interview with the Portland Press Herald, he refuted the notion that Homeland Security Investigations staff has anything to do with removing illegal immigrants from the United States. HSI focuses on human trafficking, weapons smuggling and other security-related issues, he said. And in a Jan. 16 op-ed published in the Press Herald, Albence called out the protesters and said they were essentially advocating for criminals to remain free. [ICE Immigration Operations Moving To Scarborough Office, by Matt Byrne, Portland Press-Herald, February 14, 2020]
So, ICE SVU has nothing to do with removing illegal aliens? ICE SVU is supposed to identify and arrest illegal aliens in the United States who smuggle other aliens, work illegally, commit benefit fraud, and other crimes. Is that nothing to do with removing illegal aliens? Note also that Albence did not mention work-site enforcement as something that ICE SVU is supposed to do.
Back Stabber Matthew Albence
It appears that Albence has drunk the Customs puke Kool-Aid. Why is he still there? It is another in the long-standing problem the Trump Administration has with appointees betraying the President. Hopefully Ken The Knife with take Albence to the woodshed for denigrating ICE ERO. Sadly, this confirms the fact that ICE SVU is not with the program; why did ICE ERO have to call for Border Patrol support recently? Because ICE SVU are back stabbing betrayers of the ICE mission.
Also of note, it appears that Clifford Trott of the Portland, Maine, Veterans Administration does not like ICE ERO as well. Why would he even have an opinion about locating ICE ERO with a VA office?
Housing the law enforcement group in the same building as the veteran’s support and counseling center proved vexing for the veteran’s group’s executive director, Clifford Trott. When asked whether Trott believed the Vet Center’s move to Scarborough was in the best interest of the organization, he deferred to a Veteran’s Administration spokeswoman. “I’m mixed, how’s that?” Trott said, and declined to elaborate on his reasoning. “I’ll let the public affairs person talk about that.” Neither Trott nor a VA spokeswoman, Jessica Schiefer, responded to multiple requests for an interview in recent weeks, and they did not offer responses to a list of eight questions about the move and the co-location with ICE. But in an email obtained by the Press Herald, Trott was more candid about his preference that the Vet Center not share a location with the law enforcement agency. “I am very eager to relocate, as you know,” Trott wrote to Alisha Wofford, an employee with the U.S. General Services Administration, which coordinates logistics for federal offices, including buying and leasing properties that house agencies. “However, it needs to be the right location. In my opinion, this is not that site.”
It sounds like the Deep State is entrenched in the VA as well. He thinks ICE ERO, his fellow Federal employees are some sort of untouchables who will ritually contaminate him and other VA employees.
Clifford Trott, Hater Of ICE Officers
You can reach Trott here: (207) 780-3584 and ask him why he objects to working next to immigration officers You can also contact Trott’s boss here, Ryan Lilly, Network Director, New England VA, (781) 687-4821.