thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-10--Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations

This week , the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped ; just like “ Russiagate ” and the Mueller investigation , and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election .
We ’ ve had three years of accusations and investigations with untold millions of dollars spent in a never-ending Democratic Party effort to remove President Trump from office .
Why do the Democrats keep swinging and missing at Trump ?
They can ’ t make a good case for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t really oppose Trump ’ s most egregious abuses of power .
Congress , with a few exceptions , strongly supports the President flouting the Constitution when it comes to overseas aggression and shoveling more money into the military-industrial complex .
In April 2018 , President Trump fired 100 Tomahawk missiles into Syria allegedly as punishment for a Syrian government chemical attack in Douma .
Though the US was not under imminent threat of attack from Syria , Trump didn ’ t wait for a Congressional declaration of war on Syria or even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , he didn ’ t even wait for an investigation of the event to find out what actually happened !
He just decided to send a hundred missiles – at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars – into Syria .
We are now finding out from whistleblowers on the UN team that investigated the alleged attack that the report blaming the Syrian government was falsified and that the whole “ attack ” was nothing but a false flag operation .
Is such unauthorized aggression against a country with which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigating as a potential “ high crime ” or “ misdemeanor ” ?
Last month , President Trump authorized the assassination of a top Iranian General , Qassim Soleimani , and a top Iraqi military officer inside Iraqi territory while Soleimani was on a diplomatic mission .
Trump and his administration tried to claim that the attack was essential because of an “ imminent threat ” of a Soleimani attack on US troops in the region .
We found out shortly afterward that they lied about the “ imminent threat.
” The assassination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was planned back in June .
Trump then claimed it didn ’ t matter whether there was an imminent threat : Soleimani was a bad guy so he deserved to be assassinated .
But the attack was an act of war on Iran without Congressional declaration or authorization for war .
Is that not perhaps a “ high crime ” or “ misdemeanor ” ?
We are finding out that , contrary to Trump claims , Soleimani was not even behind the December attack on US troops in Iraq .
New evidence suggests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to goad the US into moving against Iraq ’ s Shia militias .
Fantasies about Trump being an agent of Putin or trying to get Ukraine to help him win the election are presented as urgent reasons Trump must be removed from office .
Real-life violations of the Constitution and reckless militarism that may get us embroiled in another Middle East war are shrugged off as “ business as usual ” by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington .
Democrats won ’ t move against Trump for what may be real “ high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they support his overseas aggression .
They just wish they were the ones pulling the trigger .
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This week, the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped; just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election.
We’ve had three years of accusations and investigations with untold millions of dollars spent in a never-ending Democratic Party effort to remove President Trump from office.
Why do the Democrats keep swinging and missing at Trump?
They can’t make a good case for abuse of power because they don’t really oppose Trump’s most egregious abuses of power.
Congress, with a few exceptions, strongly supports the President flouting the Constitution when it comes to overseas aggression and shoveling more money into the military-industrial complex.
In April 2018, President Trump fired 100 Tomahawk missiles into Syria allegedly as punishment for a Syrian government chemical attack in Douma.
Though the US was not under imminent threat of attack from Syria, Trump didn’t wait for a Congressional declaration of war on Syria or even an authorization for a missile strike.
In fact, he didn’t even wait for an investigation of the event to find out what actually happened! He just decided to send a hundred missiles – at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars – into Syria.
We are now finding out from whistleblowers on the UN team that investigated the alleged attack that the report blaming the Syrian government was falsified and that the whole “attack” was nothing but a false flag operation.
Is such unauthorized aggression against a country with which we are not at war not worth investigating as a potential “high crime” or “misdemeanor”?
Last month, President Trump authorized the assassination of a top Iranian General, Qassim Soleimani, and a top Iraqi military officer inside Iraqi territory while Soleimani was on a diplomatic mission.
Trump and his administration tried to claim that the attack was essential because of an “imminent threat” of a Soleimani attack on US troops in the region.
We found out shortly afterward that they lied about the “imminent threat.” The assassination was not “urgent” – it was planned back in June.
Trump then claimed it didn’t matter whether there was an imminent threat: Soleimani was a bad guy so he deserved to be assassinated.
But the attack was an act of war on Iran without Congressional declaration or authorization for war. Is that not perhaps a “high crime” or “misdemeanor”?
We are finding out that, contrary to Trump claims, Soleimani was not even behind the December attack on US troops in Iraq.
New evidence suggests it was actually an ISIS operation attempting to goad the US into moving against Iraq’s Shia militias.
Fantasies about Trump being an agent of Putin or trying to get Ukraine to help him win the election are presented as urgent reasons Trump must be removed from office.
Real-life violations of the Constitution and reckless militarism that may get us embroiled in another Middle East war are shrugged off as “business as usual” by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington.
Democrats won’t move against Trump for what may be real “high crimes” and “misdemeanors” because they support his overseas aggression.
They just wish they were the ones pulling the trigger.
Article posted with permission from Ron Paul


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-10--The Italian Years of Lead: Could the Secret “Strategy of Tension” Foreshadow America’s Future?

Background of the Italian Years of Lead Before diving into the Italian Years of Lead , it ’ s important to understand the political climate of Italy after the Second World War .
The Communist Party was always a strong force in post-war Italian politics .
In the first election after the war ’ s end , in 1946 , the Communist Party received 18.9 percent of the vote .
Going into the second election at the end of the war , the Communist Party was poised for even greater success , buoyed by their alliance with the Socialist Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened in Czechoslovakia .
In both cases , the Communist Party had entered into an alliance with naive Socialists , whom they quickly outfoxed , dominating the electoral combination of nominal equals .
Meanwhile , in Czechoslovakia , a Communist coup d ’ etat was engineered by a section of the government dominated by Communist elected officials .
The CIA stepped in , putting their thumb on the scale in an attempt to prevent the Communists from succeeding in Italy as well .
This was one of the first battles in the burgeoning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA funneled somewhere between $ 10 and $ 20 million to defeat the Communists ( between $ 106 and $ 212 million in 2019 dollars ) .
In contrast , the Soviets spent between $ 8 and $ 10 million every month to ensure a Communist victory in the elections .
In an incredibly tense and vitriolic campaign , the Christian Democrats eventually bested the Communists , getting 48 percent of the vote to the Communist Party ’ s 31 .
The anti-Communist Socialist grouping netted the balance of the remainder , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as is common in Italy .
The Christian Democrats formed a broad tent coalition , despite having an electoral mandate that did not require it , bringing in Liberals , Republicans and Social Democrats .
However , this did not end the involvement of the CIA in Italy , nor the strength of the Communist Party .
The CIA spent an average of $ 5 million annually in Italy , both to prop up center-right governments and to weaken the influence of the trade unions , who traditionally supported the Communist Party .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the fall of Communism in 1992 , the Communist Party polled between 22 and 33 percent in Italian elections , a fact that always filled the CIA with dread .
It is worth briefly mentioning that the successor to the National / Republican Fascist Party , the Italian Social Movement , never polled higher than 9 percent .
The CIA was also a key player in Italy through Gladio , the stay-behind organization it backed in Italy to fight a guerilla insurgency against a potential Communist takeover of the country .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Years of Lead is a hotly debated topic among historians .
The Hot Autumn of 1969 and 1970 Throughout the 1960s , Italy became increasingly industrialized and modernized , which led to discontent among both the left and the right .
These forces were very briefly united in a series of protests in Italy in 1968 .
However , the similarities between the far-left and far-right were too tenuous , and the establishment parties were largely skeptical of the counter-cultural orientation of the young radicals .
These protests set the stage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ Hot Autumn.
” This was a series of wildcat strikes throughout Italy in its industrial sectors , largely in response to layoffs due to increased efficiencies in industrial production .
It was the basis of a growing Communist Party , and one that was shifting even further to the left in response to networks of activists known as “ autonomists.
” The Italian Years of Lead were in some part a reaction of the far-right to this ascendant Communist movement .
However , as stated above , international intelligence agencies were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole thing started moving is incredibly complex .
The Years of Lead Claim Their First Victim : The Death of Antonio Annarumma The initial movement in the Years of Lead was simply a continuation of the Hot Autumn .
A group of autonomist students and workers occupied a FIAT factory in Milan .
During a related protest in November 1969 , Milan police officer Antonio Annarumma was killed by an iron tube .
The leftists protesters claimed that this was an accident , however , the courts found differently .
This was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the last , bombing in the Italian Years of Lead .
On December 12 , 1969 , a bomb went off in the National Agrarian Bank ’ s headquarters in Piazza Fontana , some 200 meters from the Duomo .
The bomb claimed the lives of 17 people , with another 88 wounded .
At first , the press and the police blamed the attack on anarchists .
Police arrested prominent anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli , who died under suspicious circumstances when he fell from the fourth-story window of the police building while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge were later investigated , but cleared of any wrongdoing .
Police commissioner Luigi Calabresi was later assassinated by autonomist paramilitary group Lotta Continua as revenge for the death of Pinelli .
Another anarchist , Pietro Valpreda , was arrested and held without charge for three years after a cab driver identified him as his “ suspicious passenger.
” He was later exonerated .
Approximately three years after the bombing , the police finally switched their focus from investigating anarchist operatives to looking into the far-right , neo-fascist grouping Ordine Nuovo ( New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1972 , Italian police arrested Franco Freda , Giovanni Ventura and Ordine Nuovo founder Pino Rauti , who consistently described himself as a non-fascist and a leftist throughout his lengthy political career on the far-right in Italy .
The first two were eventually convicted for two separate bombings in 1987 , and sentenced to 16 years .
The Masonic P2 Lodge – which we will go into in greater detail later – played a key role in running interference for the accused through their member General Gianandelio Maletti , the head of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security services .
Curiously , the initial reaction of the police was not far off from what Ordine Nuovo had intended .
The bombings were meant not just to create a sense of overall terror , but to implicate the Communist movement in Italy .
The Left Strikes Back : The Formation of the Red Brigades In reaction to Ordine Nuovo and inspired by Latin American guerilla movements , as well as similar movements on the continent , the Brigate Rosse was formed in 1970 .
As was the case with many far-left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , they saw the post-war government as a mere continuation of the previous fascist regime , now backed by NATO .
They grew out of a series of strikes against the Sit-Siemens corporation .
The bulk of their initial leadership were young and had been expelled from the Italian Communist Party ’ s youth movement for their extremism .
Their first action was a simple one : They set ablaze the car of Sit-Siemens corporate leader , Giuseppe Leoni .
No one was hurt .
The Red Brigades and Ordine Nuovo each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Italian Years of Lead , and will pop up a number of times throughout this article .
A failed fascist coup would soon increase the tensions in Italy .
The failed fascist coup of 1970 probably had very little chance of success .
Still , it became a watchword on the Italian left .
Hundreds of members of Neo-Nazi group National Vanguard plotted to overthrow the government with 187 allies from the Italian Forestry Service , of all places .
The plan was to seize the offices of RAI , the state Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service members were in charge of .
Vanguard militants planned to assassinate the President of Italy , Giuseppe Saragat , as well as Italian police chief Angelo Vicari , while seizing the Quirinale , the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense .
The Vanguard would then have a large cache of weapons at the ready .
High-ranking military officials including Air Force General Giuseppe Casero were involved , as was the Sicilian mafia .
The plotters believed they would be supported by NATO forces in the Mediterrenean , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CIA and other intelligence services , which saw the status quo as the best policy in the region .
A couple of people entered the Ministry of the Interior , but the coup otherwise went nowhere , as it was called off at the last minute .
All 46 plotters were eventually acquitted , because the coup was such a massive failure .
The Years of Lead Ramp Up : After the Coup While the coup was somewhat comical in its ineffectiveness , it was like throwing gas on the fire of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driver Alessandro Floris was assassinated by the October 22 Group .
The arrest of his assassin , Mario Rossi , led to the dismantling of the group by Italian police , who quickly stumbled onto the cache of weapons and propaganda the group was hoarding .
This group was considered a precursor of the Red Brigades who , in April 1974 , kidnapped a judge in an attempt to free October 22 Group prisoners .
Police officer Luigi Calabresi was the next victim , assassinated on May 17 , 1972 .
Police first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus to neofascist militants .
Three members of Lotta Continua were eventually convicted 16 years after his death .
Next was the May 31 , 1972 bombing in Peteano , which claimed the lives of three carabinieri .
This was initially blamed on Lotta Continua as well , however , it was later found out to be the work of neofascist terrorist Vincenzo Vinciguerra .
Much like the earlier neofascist bombing , this was a false flag , with the intention of making the Italian state act in a more authoritarian manner .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ escape Italy to the safe harbor of Francisco Franco ’ s Spain .
Further investigation found that Nuovo Ordo had worked closely with the Italian state security services to help execute the bombing .
On April 16 , 1973 , two members of Potere Operaio attacked the house of Italian Social Movement member Mario Mattei with a flammable device .
He escaped unscathed , while his two sons , aged 8 and 22 , burned to death .
Their charred bodies were found embracing one another after the fire was over .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Movement , a small , but mainstream party in Italy , played no part in the Italian Years of Lead , whose right-wing actors were cut from a far more radical bent than the Social Movement ’ s parliamentarians .
One month later , the police headquarters in Milan was bombed by anarchist Gianfranco Bertoli .
The attack killed four and wounded 75 .
In May of 1974 , the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia was bombed by Ordine Nuovo .
Eight people died and 102 were injured .
One month later , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were murdered in Padua , murder initially ascribed ( like the burning of Mario Mattei ’ s home ) to infighting within the Italian right .
The Red Brigades later claimed the murders – their first .
Previously , the organization had only participated in bank robberies , kidnappings and bombings .
A second fascist coup was planned for July 1974 , but never executed .
On August 4 , 1974 , Nuovo Ordine bombed the Italicus Express train , killing 12 and injuring 48 .
While Nuovo Ordine claimed responsibility , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For those having trouble keeping track , the right-wing terrorist groups mostly bombed things in an attempt to get the government to crack down , while the left-wing terrorist groups specialized in kidnappings and targeted assassinations .
Some Red Brigade leaders were arrested in 1974 , but the organization continued – as did the violence .
Indeed , the violence began to be somewhat accepted as part of life in Italy at the time .
The far-left sympathizers generally claimed that the violence attributed to the far-left was in fact false flag operations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The murders , bombings and kidnappings are too numerous to go into detail starting around 1975 .
This was the year that left-wing groups killed MSI militant Mikis Mantakas during a riot and MSI militant Sergio Ramelli was beaten to death by members of Avanguardia Operaia ( a successor group to Lotta Continua ) with wrenches .
Left-wing student activist Alberto Brasili was stabbed to death by neo-fascists and carabinieri Giovanni D ’ Alfonso was murdered by the Red Brigades .
Things only intensified in 1976 .
Left-wing group Prima Linea assassinated MSI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assassinated Judge Vittorio Occorsio .
In 1976 , there were several more murders , almost all of them perpetrated by left-wing terrorist groups , including the murder of Carlo Casalegno , deputy director of liberal newspaper La Stampa .
In 1978 , there were no fewer than 12 murders by left-wing groups , most of them by the Red Brigades , including a security chief for FIAT motors , three police officers , three judges , a university professor , and a notary .
Things had reached a fever pitch and it seemed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peaceful normal .
Italy finally turned a corner when the Red Brigades went a step too far : They kidnapped Italian former Prime Minister Aldo Moro , who at the time was the president of the mainstream center-right party in Italy , the Christian Democrats .
The former Prime Minister ’ s car was ambushed by members of the Red Brigades on March 16 , 1978 .
The assailants fired 91 shots at his five bodyguards , all of whom were killed in the attack .
Prima Linea militant Mario Ferrandi said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything was going to change – the Red Brigades had finally bitten off more than they could chew .
The actual motive of the attack is not entirely clear , but it was probably to disrupt negotiations between Christian Democracy and the Communist Party of Italy .
The latter was finally being brought into government , albeit in indirect roles , for the first time since the end of the Second World War .
Moro wrote 86 letters during the 55 days he was held in captivity , including to figures such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his family .
Some were sent and delivered , others were discovered later .
Conclusive evidence demonstrates that Moro was not tortured .
He was , however , put on a “ trial ” by a “ people ’ s court ” of Red Brigades , with predictable results .
The Red Brigades wanted to trade him for terrorists imprisoned , and eventually requested only one .
Moro ’ s body was found on the day of his murder , May 9 , 1978 .
The P2 Lodge has been implicated in Moro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Italian government – and indeed , the Italian public – to the kidnapping and murder of a former Prime Minister was sweeping and had consequences far beyond a simple winding down of the Italian Years of Lead .
First and foremost , the Historic Compromise brokered between the Christian Democracy and the Italian Communist Party was over .
It had been unpopular with Italy ’ s European allies .
But the kidnapping of a man considered the natural next president of the republic killed it stone dead .
The intention was for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rule in a grand coalition .
The Historic Compromise officially ended in November 1980 .
The president , Giovanni Leone , resigned less than a month after the kidnapping .
The government ’ s response was largely seen as a failure .
The Communist Party declined in influence , while the Christian Democracy remained steady until the early 90s , when it began to be supplanted by the more popular Lega Nord , now known simply as the Lega .
It is worth noting that , much as the MSI was at odds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too were the far-left terrorist groups largely opposed by the Communist Party and outright despised by trade unionists .
Oddly , despite a massive government clampdown , 1979 was the bloodiest year of the Years of Lead , with 659 attacks , including 11 assassinations .
Among the victims that year were four policemen , a Lieutenant Colonel of the carabinieri , a trade unionist , a bartender and investigative journalist , a judge , and a university student .
All of these were committed by leftist terrorist groups .
Additionally , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students in the legs that year .
1980 topped 1979 in terms of assassinations with a total of 17 .
The victims that year included five policemen , a carabinieri general , a petrochemical manager , a cook , four judges , a security guard , and a journalist .
Prima Linea even turned on one of its own that year , killing William Vaccher on suspicion of treason to the group .
All but one of these were committed by left-wing groups .
While the Italian left had been pushing big numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the far-right , the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari , formed by dissident members of the Italian Social Movement explicitly with the purpose of committing counter-attacks against the left , was planning something big – the Bologna Massacre .
This bombing of the Bologna Centrale train station killed 85 and wounded more than 200 .
While the group denied involvement , several of its members were sentenced for the bombing .
Christian Democratic Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga ’ s statement on the attack cuts to the heart of the difference between the left- and right-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In short , the strategy of the left was more akin to a Third World guerilla insurrection , while the right hoped to provoke the state into clamping down on the left through false flags and other large-scale acts of terrorism .
Two members of the NAR were convicted , Francesca Mambro and Giuseppe Valerio “ Giusva ” Fioravanti , the latter a former Italian child actor .
The pair later married and had a daughter .
Both admit to having committed terrorist acts , but maintain their innocence with regard to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wind Down Left-wing violence in Italy related to the Years of Lead continued as far as 1988 .
However , after the Bologna Massacre , things had died down considerably .
1981 saw three kidnappings resulting in two murders .
The third , the kidnapping of American General James L. Dozier , then deputy-chief of NATO ’ s Southern European forces , was freed by an anti-terrorist squad .
In 1982 , the Red Brigades attacked a military convoy , killing a corporal and two police officers .
The assailants were never apprehended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were killed by Red Brigades during a bank robbery .
1983 was completely quiet , and thus might be a good place to mark the end of the Years of Lead proper .
However , in 1984 , American diplomat and Director General of international peacekeeping force , Multinational Force and Observers , Leamon Hunt , was killed by the Red Brigades .
In 1985 , the Red Brigades killed an economist and a policeman .
In 1986 , they assassinated the Mayor of Florence .
Italian Air Force General Licio Giorgieri was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 1988 , the Red Brigades committed their final assassination , that of Senator Roberto Ruffilli .
On October 23rd of that year , the Red Brigades declared that their war against the state was over .
In 1985 , French President Francois Mitterand declared that he would not extradite convicted terrorists back to Italy .
Instead , he aimed to integrate them into French society .
Brazil and Nicaragua have likewise provided safe haven for left-wing terrorists of the Italian Years of Lead , most notably Alessio Casimirri , one of Moro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Nicaragua .
Epilogue : The P2 Affair and the Strategy of Tension While the players were mostly firmly identifiable either as being on the left or on the right , one group played both sides : The shadowy Masonic Lodge in exile Propaganda Due , also known as the P2 Lodge .
While the very mention of Freemasonry generally has people reaching for their tin foil hats , the P2 Lodge ’ s involvement in the Years of Lead – and other clandestine machinations within the Italian State – are very well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the resulting investigations .
The P2 Lodge and the extent of its influence was discovered in March 1981 , when police found a list of 962 alleged members , including future Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and pretender to the Italian throne Victor Emmanuel .
The ensuing scandal forced the resignation of the Italian government at the time .
In July 1982 , the ultimate aims of the Lodge were discovered , two documents entitled “ Memorandum sulla situazione italiana ” and “ Piano di rinascita democratica.
” These documents identified the Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the biggest threats , proposing a grand alliance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists as the way forward .
It also outlined a means to control the media and political parties through extensive bribery .
A government report commissioned by the successors of the Communist Party , the Left Democrats , as well as Swiss historian Daniele Ganser have claimed that the Years of Lead were in large part the result of a “ strategy of tension ” by NATO , the CIA , Gladio and their allies ( including the P2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , generally in the government , create or allow a state of hostility for the purpose of making political capital out of it .
It is entirely possible that the Years of Lead occurred due to a purposeful lack of action on the part of the Italian government , which saw the chaos as an opportunity for greater power .
America is a long way from its own Years of Lead .
What ’ s more , one of the principal ingredients – material support from powerful foreign governments – seems to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political landscape becomes both increasingly radicalized and polarized , with extremist groups on the left and right growing in numbers , militancy and desperation , it ’ s not too hard to imagine that they might start shooting at one another in the very near future .
That won ’ t kick off a civil war , but it will make life in America considerably more tense and unpleasant .

Background of the Italian Years of Lead
Before diving into the Italian Years of Lead, it’s important to understand the political climate of Italy after the Second World War. The Communist Party was always a strong force in post-war Italian politics. In the first election after the war’s end, in 1946, the Communist Party received 18.9 percent of the vote. Going into the second election at the end of the war, the Communist Party was poised for even greater success, buoyed by their alliance with the Socialist Party – an almost exact replay of what happened in Czechoslovakia. In both cases, the Communist Party had entered into an alliance with naive Socialists, whom they quickly outfoxed, dominating the electoral combination of nominal equals.
Meanwhile, in Czechoslovakia, a Communist coup d’etat was engineered by a section of the government dominated by Communist elected officials. The CIA stepped in, putting their thumb on the scale in an attempt to prevent the Communists from succeeding in Italy as well. This was one of the first battles in the burgeoning Cold War. All told, the CIA funneled somewhere between $10 and $20 million to defeat the Communists (between $106 and $212 million in 2019 dollars). In contrast, the Soviets spent between $8 and $10 million every month to ensure a Communist victory in the elections.
In an incredibly tense and vitriolic campaign, the Christian Democrats eventually bested the Communists, getting 48 percent of the vote to the Communist Party’s 31. The anti-Communist Socialist grouping netted the balance of the remainder, with small parties picking up the rest, as is common in Italy. The Christian Democrats formed a broad tent coalition, despite having an electoral mandate that did not require it, bringing in Liberals, Republicans and Social Democrats.
However, this did not end the involvement of the CIA in Italy, nor the strength of the Communist Party. The CIA spent an average of $5 million annually in Italy, both to prop up center-right governments and to weaken the influence of the trade unions, who traditionally supported the Communist Party. From 1948 until the first Italian election after the fall of Communism in 1992, the Communist Party polled between 22 and 33 percent in Italian elections, a fact that always filled the CIA with dread.
It is worth briefly mentioning that the successor to the National / Republican Fascist Party, the Italian Social Movement, never polled higher than 9 percent.
The CIA was also a key player in Italy through Gladio, the stay-behind organization it backed in Italy to fight a guerilla insurgency against a potential Communist takeover of the country. The extent of Gladio’s direct involvement in the Years of Lead is a hotly debated topic among historians.
The Hot Autumn of 1969 and 1970
Throughout the 1960s, Italy became increasingly industrialized and modernized, which led to discontent among both the left and the right. These forces were very briefly united in a series of protests in Italy in 1968. However, the similarities between the far-left and far-right were too tenuous, and the establishment parties were largely skeptical of the counter-cultural orientation of the young radicals.
These protests set the stage for what is known in Italy as the “Hot Autumn.” This was a series of wildcat strikes throughout Italy in its industrial sectors, largely in response to layoffs due to increased efficiencies in industrial production. It was the basis of a growing Communist Party, and one that was shifting even further to the left in response to networks of activists known as “autonomists.”
The Italian Years of Lead were in some part a reaction of the far-right to this ascendant Communist movement. However, as stated above, international intelligence agencies were deeply involved and the truth of how the whole thing started moving is incredibly complex.
The Years of Lead Claim Their First Victim: The Death of Antonio Annarumma
The initial movement in the Years of Lead was simply a continuation of the Hot Autumn. A group of autonomist students and workers occupied a FIAT factory in Milan. During a related protest in November 1969, Milan police officer Antonio Annarumma was killed by an iron tube. The leftists protesters claimed that this was an accident, however, the courts found differently.
This was followed by the first, but certainly not the last, bombing in the Italian Years of Lead. On December 12, 1969, a bomb went off in the National Agrarian Bank’s headquarters in Piazza Fontana, some 200 meters from the Duomo. The bomb claimed the lives of 17 people, with another 88 wounded.
At first, the press and the police blamed the attack on anarchists. Police arrested prominent anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli, who died under suspicious circumstances when he fell from the fourth-story window of the police building while in custody. The three police in charge were later investigated, but cleared of any wrongdoing. Police commissioner Luigi Calabresi was later assassinated by autonomist paramilitary group Lotta Continua as revenge for the death of Pinelli.
Another anarchist, Pietro Valpreda, was arrested and held without charge for three years after a cab driver identified him as his “suspicious passenger.” He was later exonerated.
Approximately three years after the bombing, the police finally switched their focus from investigating anarchist operatives to looking into the far-right, neo-fascist grouping Ordine Nuovo (New Order). On March 3, 1972, Italian police arrested Franco Freda, Giovanni Ventura and Ordine Nuovo founder Pino Rauti, who consistently described himself as a non-fascist and a leftist throughout his lengthy political career on the far-right in Italy. The first two were eventually convicted for two separate bombings in 1987, and sentenced to 16 years.
The Masonic P2 Lodge – which we will go into in greater detail later – played a key role in running interference for the accused through their member General Gianandelio Maletti, the head of the Servizio Informazioni Difesa, the Italian state security services.
Curiously, the initial reaction of the police was not far off from what Ordine Nuovo had intended. The bombings were meant not just to create a sense of overall terror, but to implicate the Communist movement in Italy.
The Left Strikes Back: The Formation of the Red Brigades
In reaction to Ordine Nuovo and inspired by Latin American guerilla movements, as well as similar movements on the continent, the Brigate Rosse was formed in 1970. As was the case with many far-left groups in Italy and Germany at the time, they saw the post-war government as a mere continuation of the previous fascist regime, now backed by NATO.
They grew out of a series of strikes against the Sit-Siemens corporation. The bulk of their initial leadership were young and had been expelled from the Italian Communist Party’s youth movement for their extremism. Their first action was a simple one: They set ablaze the car of Sit-Siemens corporate leader, Giuseppe Leoni. No one was hurt.
The Red Brigades and Ordine Nuovo each committed a number of actions throughout the Italian Years of Lead, and will pop up a number of times throughout this article. A failed fascist coup would soon increase the tensions in Italy.
The Failed Fascist Coup d’etat: Golpe Borghese
The failed fascist coup of 1970 probably had very little chance of success. Still, it became a watchword on the Italian left. Hundreds of members of Neo-Nazi group National Vanguard plotted to overthrow the government with 187 allies from the Italian Forestry Service, of all places.
The plan was to seize the offices of RAI, the state Italian broadcaster. This is what the Forestry Service members were in charge of. Vanguard militants planned to assassinate the President of Italy, Giuseppe Saragat, as well as Italian police chief Angelo Vicari, while seizing the Quirinale, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense. The Vanguard would then have a large cache of weapons at the ready. High-ranking military officials including Air Force General Giuseppe Casero were involved, as was the Sicilian mafia. The plotters believed they would be supported by NATO forces in the Mediterrenean, however, support for the coup was marginal within the CIA and other intelligence services, which saw the status quo as the best policy in the region.
A couple of people entered the Ministry of the Interior, but the coup otherwise went nowhere, as it was called off at the last minute. All 46 plotters were eventually acquitted, because the coup was such a massive failure.
The Years of Lead Ramp Up: After the Coup
While the coup was somewhat comical in its ineffectiveness, it was like throwing gas on the fire of the Years of Lead. Armored car driver Alessandro Floris was assassinated by the October 22 Group. The arrest of his assassin, Mario Rossi, led to the dismantling of the group by Italian police, who quickly stumbled onto the cache of weapons and propaganda the group was hoarding. This group was considered a precursor of the Red Brigades who, in April 1974, kidnapped a judge in an attempt to free October 22 Group prisoners.
Police officer Luigi Calabresi was the next victim, assassinated on May 17, 1972. Police first suspected Lotta Continua, then shifted their focus to neofascist militants. Three members of Lotta Continua were eventually convicted 16 years after his death.
Next was the May 31, 1972 bombing in Peteano, which claimed the lives of three carabinieri. This was initially blamed on Lotta Continua as well, however, it was later found out to be the work of neofascist terrorist Vincenzo Vinciguerra. Much like the earlier neofascist bombing, this was a false flag, with the intention of making the Italian state act in a more authoritarian manner. The Italian state security services helped Vinciguerra escape Italy to the safe harbor of Francisco Franco’s Spain. Further investigation found that Nuovo Ordo had worked closely with the Italian state security services to help execute the bombing.
On April 16, 1973, two members of Potere Operaio attacked the house of Italian Social Movement member Mario Mattei with a flammable device. He escaped unscathed, while his two sons, aged 8 and 22, burned to death. Their charred bodies were found embracing one another after the fire was over. It is worth noting that the Italian Social Movement, a small, but mainstream party in Italy, played no part in the Italian Years of Lead, whose right-wing actors were cut from a far more radical bent than the Social Movement’s parliamentarians.
One month later, the police headquarters in Milan was bombed by anarchist Gianfranco Bertoli. The attack killed four and wounded 75. In May of 1974, the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia was bombed by Ordine Nuovo. Eight people died and 102 were injured. One month later, two members of the Italian Social Movement were murdered in Padua, murder initially ascribed (like the burning of Mario Mattei’s home) to infighting within the Italian right. The Red Brigades later claimed the murders – their first. Previously, the organization had only participated in bank robberies, kidnappings and bombings. A second fascist coup was planned for July 1974, but never executed. On August 4, 1974, Nuovo Ordine bombed the Italicus Express train, killing 12 and injuring 48. While Nuovo Ordine claimed responsibility, no perpetrators were ever brought to justice.
For those having trouble keeping track, the right-wing terrorist groups mostly bombed things in an attempt to get the government to crack down, while the left-wing terrorist groups specialized in kidnappings and targeted assassinations.
Some Red Brigade leaders were arrested in 1974, but the organization continued – as did the violence. Indeed, the violence began to be somewhat accepted as part of life in Italy at the time. The far-left sympathizers generally claimed that the violence attributed to the far-left was in fact false flag operations on the part of the far-right.
The murders, bombings and kidnappings are too numerous to go into detail starting around 1975. This was the year that left-wing groups killed MSI militant Mikis Mantakas during a riot and MSI militant Sergio Ramelli was beaten to death by members of Avanguardia Operaia (a successor group to Lotta Continua) with wrenches. Left-wing student activist Alberto Brasili was stabbed to death by neo-fascists and carabinieri Giovanni D’Alfonso was murdered by the Red Brigades.
Things only intensified in 1976. Left-wing group Prima Linea assassinated MSI lawyer Enrico Pedenovi. Neo-fascist Pierluigi Concutelli assassinated Judge Vittorio Occorsio. In 1976, there were several more murders, almost all of them perpetrated by left-wing terrorist groups, including the murder of Carlo Casalegno, deputy director of liberal newspaper La Stampa. In 1978, there were no fewer than 12 murders by left-wing groups, most of them by the Red Brigades, including a security chief for FIAT motors, three police officers, three judges, a university professor, and a notary.
Things had reached a fever pitch and it seemed that Italy would never return to a peaceful normal.
Italy Turns a Corner: Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
Italy finally turned a corner when the Red Brigades went a step too far: They kidnapped Italian former Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who at the time was the president of the mainstream center-right party in Italy, the Christian Democrats.
The former Prime Minister’s car was ambushed by members of the Red Brigades on March 16, 1978. The assailants fired 91 shots at his five bodyguards, all of whom were killed in the attack. Prima Linea militant Mario Ferrandi said that at the time, he knew that everything was going to change – the Red Brigades had finally bitten off more than they could chew.
The actual motive of the attack is not entirely clear, but it was probably to disrupt negotiations between Christian Democracy and the Communist Party of Italy. The latter was finally being brought into government, albeit in indirect roles, for the first time since the end of the Second World War. Moro wrote 86 letters during the 55 days he was held in captivity, including to figures such as Pope Paul VI, but also to his family. Some were sent and delivered, others were discovered later.
Conclusive evidence demonstrates that Moro was not tortured. He was, however, put on a “trial” by a “people’s court” of Red Brigades, with predictable results. The Red Brigades wanted to trade him for terrorists imprisoned, and eventually requested only one.
Moro’s body was found on the day of his murder, May 9, 1978. The P2 Lodge has been implicated in Moro’s kidnapping.
The response of the Italian government – and indeed, the Italian public – to the kidnapping and murder of a former Prime Minister was sweeping and had consequences far beyond a simple winding down of the Italian Years of Lead.
First and foremost, the Historic Compromise brokered between the Christian Democracy and the Italian Communist Party was over. It had been unpopular with Italy’s European allies. But the kidnapping of a man considered the natural next president of the republic killed it stone dead. The intention was for Italy’s two major parties to rule in a grand coalition. The Historic Compromise officially ended in November 1980.
The president, Giovanni Leone, resigned less than a month after the kidnapping. The government’s response was largely seen as a failure. The Communist Party declined in influence, while the Christian Democracy remained steady until the early 90s, when it began to be supplanted by the more popular Lega Nord, now known simply as the Lega.
It is worth noting that, much as the MSI was at odds with the far-right terrorist groups, so too were the far-left terrorist groups largely opposed by the Communist Party and outright despised by trade unionists.
Oddly, despite a massive government clampdown, 1979 was the bloodiest year of the Years of Lead, with 659 attacks, including 11 assassinations. Among the victims that year were four policemen, a Lieutenant Colonel of the carabinieri, a trade unionist, a bartender and investigative journalist, a judge, and a university student. All of these were committed by leftist terrorist groups. Additionally, the Red Brigades shot five teachers and five students in the legs that year.
1980 topped 1979 in terms of assassinations with a total of 17. The victims that year included five policemen, a carabinieri general, a petrochemical manager, a cook, four judges, a security guard, and a journalist. Prima Linea even turned on one of its own that year, killing William Vaccher on suspicion of treason to the group. All but one of these were committed by left-wing groups.
The Biggest Attack: The Bologna Massacre
While the Italian left had been pushing big numbers with assassination, a new group on the far-right, the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari, formed by dissident members of the Italian Social Movement explicitly with the purpose of committing counter-attacks against the left, was planning something big – the Bologna Massacre. This bombing of the Bologna Centrale train station killed 85 and wounded more than 200. While the group denied involvement, several of its members were sentenced for the bombing.
Christian Democratic Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga’s statement on the attack cuts to the heart of the difference between the left- and right-wing actions during the Years of Lead:
“Unlike leftist terrorism, which strikes at the heart of the state through its representatives, right-wing terrorism prefers acts such as massacres because acts of extreme violence promote panic and impulsive reactions.”
In short, the strategy of the left was more akin to a Third World guerilla insurrection, while the right hoped to provoke the state into clamping down on the left through false flags and other large-scale acts of terrorism.
Two members of the NAR were convicted, Francesca Mambro and Giuseppe Valerio “Giusva” Fioravanti, the latter a former Italian child actor. The pair later married and had a daughter. Both admit to having committed terrorist acts, but maintain their innocence with regard to the Bologna Massacre.
The Years of Lead Wind Down
Left-wing violence in Italy related to the Years of Lead continued as far as 1988. However, after the Bologna Massacre, things had died down considerably. 1981 saw three kidnappings resulting in two murders. The third, the kidnapping of American General James L. Dozier, then deputy-chief of NATO’s Southern European forces, was freed by an anti-terrorist squad.
In 1982, the Red Brigades attacked a military convoy, killing a corporal and two police officers. The assailants were never apprehended. Later that year, two guards were killed by Red Brigades during a bank robbery.
1983 was completely quiet, and thus might be a good place to mark the end of the Years of Lead proper. However, in 1984, American diplomat and Director General of international peacekeeping force, Multinational Force and Observers, Leamon Hunt, was killed by the Red Brigades. In 1985, the Red Brigades killed an economist and a policeman. In 1986, they assassinated the Mayor of Florence. Italian Air Force General Licio Giorgieri was assassinated by the Brigades in 1987. In 1988, the Red Brigades committed their final assassination, that of Senator Roberto Ruffilli.
On October 23rd of that year, the Red Brigades declared that their war against the state was over.
In 1985, French President Francois Mitterand declared that he would not extradite convicted terrorists back to Italy. Instead, he aimed to integrate them into French society. Brazil and Nicaragua have likewise provided safe haven for left-wing terrorists of the Italian Years of Lead, most notably Alessio Casimirri, one of Moro’s kidnappers who owns a restaurant in Nicaragua.
Epilogue: The P2 Affair and the Strategy of Tension
While the players were mostly firmly identifiable either as being on the left or on the right, one group played both sides: The shadowy Masonic Lodge in exile Propaganda Due, also known as the P2 Lodge.
While the very mention of Freemasonry generally has people reaching for their tin foil hats, the P2 Lodge’s involvement in the Years of Lead – and other clandestine machinations within the Italian State – are very well documented, primarily through obstruction and obfuscation of the resulting investigations.
The P2 Lodge and the extent of its influence was discovered in March 1981, when police found a list of 962 alleged members, including future Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and pretender to the Italian throne Victor Emmanuel. The ensuing scandal forced the resignation of the Italian government at the time.
In July 1982, the ultimate aims of the Lodge were discovered, two documents entitled “Memorandum sulla situazione italiana” and “Piano di rinascita democratica.” These documents identified the Italian Communist Party and the trade unions as the biggest threats, proposing a grand alliance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists as the way forward. It also outlined a means to control the media and political parties through extensive bribery.
A government report commissioned by the successors of the Communist Party, the Left Democrats, as well as Swiss historian Daniele Ganser have claimed that the Years of Lead were in large part the result of a “strategy of tension” by NATO, the CIA, Gladio and their allies (including the P2 Lodge). This is where actors, generally in the government, create or allow a state of hostility for the purpose of making political capital out of it.
It is entirely possible that the Years of Lead occurred due to a purposeful lack of action on the part of the Italian government, which saw the chaos as an opportunity for greater power.
The American Years of Lead?
America is a long way from its own Years of Lead. What’s more, one of the principal ingredients – material support from powerful foreign governments – seems to be lacking. However, as the American political landscape becomes both increasingly radicalized and polarized, with extremist groups on the left and right growing in numbers, militancy and desperation, it’s not too hard to imagine that they might start shooting at one another in the very near future.
That won’t kick off a civil war, but it will make life in America considerably more tense and unpleasant.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-10--Department Of Defense:  Military Has Mass Quarantine Camps Set Up In US

The United States military has set up mass quarantine camps in the United States to hoard people into .
The Department of Defense has confirmed that the U.S. is following in China ’ s footsteps .
Areas to quarantine those infected with the coronavirus quickly become places similar to concentration camps and gulags .
With China now forcing people from their homes and into mass quarantine camps , it might not be long before the police state in the U.S. comes crashing in to “ protect and serve ” the public .
Eleven military bases near major airports in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for possible coronavirus patients , the Department of Defense said .
The Department of Health and Human Services asked the Pentagon for quarantine space in case beds fill up at other coronavirus centers around the country , according to a DOD statement .
Additionally , the Pentagon already agreed to house up to 1,000 people for quarantine after they returned to the United States from areas with the virus , the Associated Press reports .
If you are traveling , a face mask is recommended , as that and good hand washing techniques @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contraction of this virus .
No one knows just how far this will go .
Right now , face masks are still few and far between , but some N100 face masks are becoming available again .
Simple Prepper Hacks To AVOID Getting The Flu As of this writing , there have been 40,651 official and confirmed cases of the virus and the death toll has surpassed that of SARS , at 910 .
The U.S. government is eventually going to use quarantining the infected as an excuse to round people up into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are healthy and tossed into a camp with a bunch of people infected with the coronavirus ?
I probably don ’ t need to tell you… Epidemiologist : You Can ’ t Keep The Coronavirus Out of The U.S. Mass quarantine camps are tyranny , in the same way , that FEMA camps and gulags and concentration camps were .
No one who is innocent should be forced into a living situation they haven ’ t deserved .
Please prepare and make note that this is happening on American soil .
Don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Save yourself .
How To Stay Healthy During Flu Season And Prevent Coronavirus Infection Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead has covered the advancement of the police state in great detail in his book , Battlefield America : The War On The American People .
All the “ authorities ” need is a crisis to implement complete domination over the voting and tax cattle .
This book is not for the faint of heart or those unwilling to look at the evidence right in front of their faces .
It ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us all , and a terrifying one at that !
In exchange for safe schools and lower crime rates , we have opened the doors to militarized police , zero-tolerance policies in schools , and SWAT team raids .
The insidious shift was so subtle that most of us had no idea it was happening .
This follow-up to Whitehead ’ s award-winning A Government of Wolves is a brutal critique of an America on the verge of destroying the very freedoms that define it .
Hands up !
―the police state has @ @

The United States military has set up mass quarantine camps in the United States to hoard people into. The Department of Defense has confirmed that the U.S. is following in China’s footsteps.
Areas to quarantine those infected with the coronavirus quickly become places similar to concentration camps and gulags. With China now forcing people from their homes and into mass quarantine camps, it might not be long before the police state in the U.S. comes crashing in to “protect and serve” the public.
Eleven military bases near major airports in the United States are setting up quarantine centers for possible coronavirus patients, the Department of Defense said. The Department of Health and Human Services asked the Pentagon for quarantine space in case beds fill up at other coronavirus centers around the country, according to a DOD statement. Additionally, the Pentagon already agreed to house up to 1,000 people for quarantine after they returned to the United States from areas with the virus, the Associated Press reports.
If you are traveling, a face mask is recommended, as that and good hand washing techniques are the two suggestions to prevent the contraction of this virus. No one knows just how far this will go. Right now, face masks are still few and far between, but some N100 face masks are becoming available again.
Simple Prepper Hacks To AVOID Getting The Flu
As of this writing, there have been 40,651 official and confirmed cases of the virus and the death toll has surpassed that of SARS, at 910. The U.S. government is eventually going to use quarantining the infected as an excuse to round people up into camps. And what happens if you are healthy and tossed into a camp with a bunch of people infected with the coronavirus? I probably don’t need to tell you…
Epidemiologist: You Can’t Keep The Coronavirus Out of The U.S.
Mass quarantine camps are tyranny, in the same way, that FEMA camps and gulags and concentration camps were. No one who is innocent should be forced into a living situation they haven’t deserved. Please prepare and make note that this is happening on American soil. Don’t trust the government to save you. Save yourself.
How To Stay Healthy During Flu Season And Prevent Coronavirus Infection
Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead has covered the advancement of the police state in great detail in his book, Battlefield America: The War On The American People . All the “authorities” need is a crisis to implement complete domination over the voting and tax cattle.
This book is not for the faint of heart or those unwilling to look at the evidence right in front of their faces. It’s a brutal reality that has been forced on us all, and a terrifying one at that! In exchange for safe schools and lower crime rates, we have opened the doors to militarized police, zero-tolerance policies in schools, and SWAT team raids. The insidious shift was so subtle that most of us had no idea it was happening. This follow-up to Whitehead’s award-winning A Government of Wolves is a brutal critique of an America on the verge of destroying the very freedoms that define it. Hands up!―the police state has arrived.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-10--Joe Biden Insults Woman In New Hampshire: Media Outlets Give Him Pass – Call It “Joking”

During campaigns and public appearances , there are usually an unnamed set of rules or decorum that politicians follow , particularly when answering questions – listen carefully , be respectful , appear sincere in the answer , provide an answer but not necessarily answering the question to avoid promising anything , and provide a statement related to the platform/party line before thanking the individual for their question .
However , that is not what has happened in the Joe Biden campaign .
In a recent appearance in New Hampshire , former vice-president Joe Biden called a young woman in attendance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which all media outlets , including alternative media are calling a “ joking response ” .
Both The Daily Caller and Breitbart News reported on the incident but failed to acknowledge the response as an inappropriate “ joke ” at an inappropriate time .
According to The Daily Caller , New York Magazine ’ s Olivia Nuzzi tweeted she had never heard that response before , didn ’ t know what it meant , and called it the “ best insult of all time ” .
Yahoo !
News ’ Sharon Weinberger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before and believed it was from a John Wayne movie .
However , she couldn ’ t verify that and called on John Wayne fans to confirm .
Biden did use that term in a 2018 attack against North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer ( R ) , which Biden himself claimed it was from a John Wayne movie .
Haris Alic , writing for Breitbart News , called his inappropriate name-calling “ lighthearted ” but it recalled other tense altercations with voters in recent weeks .
Alic recalled an incident last month where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the man to “ go vote for someone else ” when the two disagreed on the hoax of climate change .
Evidently , no one exactly knows what calling a woman a “ lying dog-faced pony soldier ” is referring .
Well , one individual commenting on the article at Breitbart News explained it all .
Commenter felix1999 wrote , “ A pony soldier is a cavalryman , who rides horses .
When women ‘ ride ponies ’ , the meaning is different .
Biden is referring to pony sex , which means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means she lies , and dog-faced means she is ugly , which may be why she uses ponies .
Overall , this is one of the most insulting things anyone can call a woman .
In the Opera Carmen , when another woman accuses Carmen of this type of activity , Carmen cuts her face up with a razor-sharp knife .
This insult is very rare.
” It ’ s understandable that the lamestream government-controlled entertainment enemedia ( LGCEE ) would give “ Gaffing ” Joe Biden a pass , but alternative media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News pegged Hillary Clinton when she called Trump supporters “ a basket of deplorables ” .
Granted , Biden was insulting a supposed potential voter for his campaign ; but , it doesn ’ t excuse his inappropriate insult while campaigning for the nomination to run for president .
Madison , the female student Biden insulted , prefaced her question by stating it might seem “ mean ” , which prompted Biden to take off his jacket as the attendees laughed .
Her question , though , was not mean ; it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ How do you explain the performance in Iowa and why should the voters believe that you can win a national election ?
” It ’ s a valid question deserving of a response without an insult .
Biden ’ s insult came after asking the young woman if she had been to a caucus and she replied yes .
His response was inappropriate by calling the woman a liar then heaping a huge insult upon her .
What happens ?
Biden is given a “ pass ” by the LGCEE as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media .
Writer Haris Alic indicated Biden ’ s “ mood on the campaign trail has not helped the situation ” .
Several commenters referenced Biden ’ s alleged dementia .
One commenter labeled his insult as “ contempt ” while another called it “ Joesplaining ” .
Another called out all media outlets for headlining Biden ’ s comment as “ jokingly ” while Trump joked about Russia “ finding ” 30,000 of Hillary Clinton ’ s lost emails as a serious request for Russian interference in the election .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made numerous inappropriate comments particularly on Twitter , which were unnecessary , which were called out by the media .
And , it ’ s known that Joe Biden gaffes quite a bit .
But , to let this comment by Joe Biden , which is a glaring insult to women , stand using the excuse of “ joking ” by all media outlets is disappointing , to say the least .
An insult hurled , even when attempting to disguise it and media labeling it as a joke , is still an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ circumstances .
Many noticed the young woman ’ s reaction to the insult by Biden , and all agreed the woman did not consider it a joke .
But , all media outlets are giving Good Ol ’ Uncle Joe a pass .
It ’ s disgusting .
And , what are the other candidates and Biden ’ s unconstitutional “ party ” president saying about this ?
Yeah , it ’ s a cricket brigade .
What is the opposing unconstitutional “ party ” members saying ?
Yeah , another cricket brigade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets , the candidates , and the unconstitutional “ party ” has no problem with this behavior by Biden .
It appears the previously mentioned consider voters as so low on the totem pole insulting them is acceptable .
By the silence of the opposing side of the aisle , they see no problem with it as well .
This should send a clear message to all voters about the potential presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle and what both unconstitutional parties , as well as all media outlets , think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t care .
And , why don ’ t they care ?
As Joseph Stalin pointed out , “ it matters not who votes , but who counts the votes ” .
Get the picture ?
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

During campaigns and public appearances, there are usually an unnamed set of rules or decorum that politicians follow, particularly when answering questions – listen carefully, be respectful, appear sincere in the answer, provide an answer but not necessarily answering the question to avoid promising anything, and provide a statement related to the platform/party line before thanking the individual for their question. However, that is not what has happened in the Joe Biden campaign. In a recent appearance in New Hampshire, former vice-president Joe Biden called a young woman in attendance a “lying dog-faced pony soldier”, which all media outlets, including alternative media are calling a “joking response”. Both The Daily Caller and Breitbart News reported on the incident but failed to acknowledge the response as an inappropriate “joke” at an inappropriate time.
After a New Hampshire voter asks @JoeBiden why they should trust he can turn his campaign around, he asks if she’s ever been to a caucus before; when she says yes, Biden snaps: "No you haven’t. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier." pic.twitter.com/3uxOAu0Ues — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 9, 2020
According to The Daily Caller, New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi tweeted she had never heard that response before, didn’t know what it meant, and called it the “best insult of all time”. Yahoo! News’ Sharon Weinberger indicated that Biden had used the term before and believed it was from a John Wayne movie. However, she couldn’t verify that and called on John Wayne fans to confirm. Biden did use that term in a 2018 attack against North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (R), which Biden himself claimed it was from a John Wayne movie.
Haris Alic, writing for Breitbart News, called his inappropriate name-calling “lighthearted” but it recalled other tense altercations with voters in recent weeks. Alic recalled an incident last month where Biden pushed an elderly voter and told the man to “go vote for someone else” when the two disagreed on the hoax of climate change.
Evidently, no one exactly knows what calling a woman a “lying dog-faced pony soldier” is referring. Well, one individual commenting on the article at Breitbart News explained it all.
Commenter felix1999 wrote, “A pony soldier is a cavalryman, who rides horses. When women ‘ride ponies’, the meaning is different. Biden is referring to pony sex, which means pretty much what it says. Lying means she lies, and dog-faced means she is ugly, which may be why she uses ponies. Overall, this is one of the most insulting things anyone can call a woman. In the Opera Carmen, when another woman accuses Carmen of this type of activity, Carmen cuts her face up with a razor-sharp knife. This insult is very rare.”
It’s understandable that the lamestream government-controlled entertainment enemedia (LGCEE) would give “Gaffing” Joe Biden a pass, but alternative media? Both The Daily Caller and Breitbart News pegged Hillary Clinton when she called Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables”. Granted, Biden was insulting a supposed potential voter for his campaign; but, it doesn’t excuse his inappropriate insult while campaigning for the nomination to run for president.
Madison, the female student Biden insulted, prefaced her question by stating it might seem “mean”, which prompted Biden to take off his jacket as the attendees laughed. Her question, though, was not mean; it was one to get clarification.
She asked, “How do you explain the performance in Iowa and why should the voters believe that you can win a national election?”
It’s a valid question deserving of a response without an insult. Biden’s insult came after asking the young woman if she had been to a caucus and she replied yes. His response was inappropriate by calling the woman a liar then heaping a huge insult upon her.
What happens? Biden is given a “pass” by the LGCEE as well as two big names in alternative media. Writer Haris Alic indicated Biden’s “mood on the campaign trail has not helped the situation”. Several commenters referenced Biden’s alleged dementia. One commenter labeled his insult as “contempt” while another called it “Joesplaining”. Another called out all media outlets for headlining Biden’s comment as “jokingly” while Trump joked about Russia “finding” 30,000 of Hillary Clinton’s lost emails as a serious request for Russian interference in the election.
There is no getting around that President Trump has made numerous inappropriate comments particularly on Twitter, which were unnecessary, which were called out by the media. And, it’s known that Joe Biden gaffes quite a bit. But, to let this comment by Joe Biden, which is a glaring insult to women, stand using the excuse of “joking” by all media outlets is disappointing, to say the least. An insult hurled, even when attempting to disguise it and media labeling it as a joke, is still an insult and inappropriate and unnecessary under any circumstances.
Many noticed the young woman’s reaction to the insult by Biden, and all agreed the woman did not consider it a joke. But, all media outlets are giving Good Ol’ Uncle Joe a pass. It’s disgusting.
And, what are the other candidates and Biden’s unconstitutional “party” president saying about this? Yeah, it’s a cricket brigade. What is the opposing unconstitutional “party” members saying? Yeah, another cricket brigade.
What this indicates is the media outlets, the candidates, and the unconstitutional “party” has no problem with this behavior by Biden. It appears the previously mentioned consider voters as so low on the totem pole insulting them is acceptable. By the silence of the opposing side of the aisle, they see no problem with it as well.
This should send a clear message to all voters about the potential presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle and what both unconstitutional parties, as well as all media outlets, think about the average individual voter. They don’t care. And, why don’t they care? As Joseph Stalin pointed out, “it matters not who votes, but who counts the votes”. Get the picture?
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-10--AOC & Racism: When Progressives Redefine the Narrative

I always find it eyebrow-raising ( if not comical ) how Progressives arrive late to the party and then try to dictate how the party should be run .
The most recent example of this particular brand of self-important narcissism comes in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her cuckold , metrosexual boy-toy , Riley Roberts , attempting to lecture “ white people ” on their “ racism.
” “ …I think a lot of people , they don ’ t want to be racist , ” Roberts said , Ocasio-Cortez at his side with her puppeteer ’ s hand up his backside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they ’ re racist , but they also don ’ t know some of the things they believe or say are and can be racist.
” Roberts went on to suggest that people tell “ racist white friends ” that they were not , in fact , racist , but merely held “ wrong opinions.
” Lost in all of this is the fact that Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend – as well as the rest of her Justice Democrat , hyper-left , social engineering comrades – have their own definition for racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Progressive Left ( and AOC and her ilk are the extreme in this already extreme group ) , they provide their own definitions to words ; their own meaning to phrases and events , in an effort to rewrite history and advance their version of how the world should be .
In Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts ’ world , if you are Caucasian you are born a racist .
It ’ s that simple .
You are born with “ white privilege ” and our thoroughly racist society always gives you preference in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your first breath , if you are Caucasian , you are required to apologize for existing .
This is their narrative ; their definition of racism .
They are judging an entire race by the color of their skin and ignoring the “ content of their character.
” Thirty-five years before Ocasio-Cortez was conceived , the country went through a self-examination in the Civil Rights Movement .
The nation , as a whole and as individuals , spent 14 tumultuous years scrutinizing racism in our society .
During that time , Caucasians , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ literally put their lives on the line to combat the evils of racism , especially in the Democrat South where the violent and murderous Ku Klux Klan held great power .
A great many Caucasian activists , who fully understood the evils of true racism , took action against those who existed as true racists , i.e .
pieces of human excrement who would judge someone by the color of their skin , discriminate against them to maintain a superiority class system , limit their abilities to thrive , and many times take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Caucasian activists saw physical harm come to them for their beliefs , and some gave their lives in pursuit of the expungement of racism from our society .
Growing up in the 1960s I saw the thick of the Civil Rights Movement .
Having attended Catholic school during this time , the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. was not foreign to me ; it was taught , preached , and expected to be part of who we were .
My generation embraced the idea that you do not judge someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you judge them at all ) , you judged them based on the content of their character and their actions .
My parents and the community in which I grew up instilled these principles in my sister and me , as my friends ’ parents did to them .
We have been living that philosophy not because some social engineering ideologue brow-beat the idea into our heads , but because it is the intelligent and kind thing to do .
Being colorblind – and that includes the many colors of the Caucasian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do .
Only when one wears the glasses of colorblindness can someone ’ s true character be seen .
Ocasio-Cortez and her sycophantic , skinny jeans-wearing boyfriend arrogantly ignore that entire generations fought back the poison of real racism – life-threatening racism – and , in the overwhelming majority , reject racism in their lives .
Instead , they are exploiting a very serious issue by equating politically correct , emotionally-charged victimhood “ triggers ” to racism .
It is sickening and we , as a society should not tolerate their opportunistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their character , and their character sucks .
That ’ s not racism .
That ’ s reality .

I always find it eyebrow-raising (if not comical) how Progressives arrive late to the party and then try to dictate how the party should be run. The most recent example of this particular brand of self-important narcissism comes in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her cuckold, metrosexual boy-toy, Riley Roberts, attempting to lecture “white people” on their “racism.”
“…I think a lot of people, they don’t want to be racist,” Roberts said, Ocasio-Cortez at his side with her puppeteer’s hand up his backside. “They don’t think that they’re racist, but they also don’t know some of the things they believe or say are and can be racist.” Roberts went on to suggest that people tell “racist white friends” that they were not, in fact, racist, but merely held “wrong opinions.”
Lost in all of this is the fact that Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend – as well as the rest of her Justice Democrat, hyper-left, social engineering comrades – have their own definition for racism. As is always the case with the Progressive Left (and AOC and her ilk are the extreme in this already extreme group), they provide their own definitions to words; their own meaning to phrases and events, in an effort to rewrite history and advance their version of how the world should be.
In Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts’ world, if you are Caucasian you are born a racist. It’s that simple. You are born with “white privilege” and our thoroughly racist society always gives you preference in everything. From the second you take your first breath, if you are Caucasian, you are required to apologize for existing.
This is their narrative; their definition of racism. They are judging an entire race by the color of their skin and ignoring the “content of their character.”
Thirty-five years before Ocasio-Cortez was conceived, the country went through a self-examination in the Civil Rights Movement. The nation, as a whole and as individuals, spent 14 tumultuous years scrutinizing racism in our society. During that time, Caucasians, as well as people of color, literally put their lives on the line to combat the evils of racism, especially in the Democrat South where the violent and murderous Ku Klux Klan held great power.
A great many Caucasian activists, who fully understood the evils of true racism, took action against those who existed as true racists, i.e. pieces of human excrement who would judge someone by the color of their skin, discriminate against them to maintain a superiority class system, limit their abilities to thrive, and many times take their lives because of it. Some Caucasian activists saw physical harm come to them for their beliefs, and some gave their lives in pursuit of the expungement of racism from our society.
Growing up in the 1960s I saw the thick of the Civil Rights Movement. Having attended Catholic school during this time, the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was not foreign to me; it was taught, preached, and expected to be part of who we were. My generation embraced the idea that you do not judge someone by the color of their skin (if you judge them at all), you judged them based on the content of their character and their actions. My parents and the community in which I grew up instilled these principles in my sister and me, as my friends’ parents did to them.
We have been living that philosophy not because some social engineering ideologue brow-beat the idea into our heads, but because it is the intelligent and kind thing to do. Being colorblind – and that includes the many colors of the Caucasian race – is the only intelligent thing to do. Only when one wears the glasses of colorblindness can someone’s true character be seen.
Ocasio-Cortez and her sycophantic, skinny jeans-wearing boyfriend arrogantly ignore that entire generations fought back the poison of real racism – life-threatening racism – and, in the overwhelming majority, reject racism in their lives. Instead, they are exploiting a very serious issue by equating politically correct, emotionally-charged victimhood “triggers” to racism. It is sickening and we, as a society should not tolerate their opportunistic manipulation.
I see the content of their character, and their character sucks. That’s not racism. That’s reality.
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--Georgia:  Instead Of Calling 911, State Representative & Police Chief Covered Up Friend’s Hit & Run

Georgia:  Instead Of Calling 911, State Representative & Police Chief Covered Up Friend’s Hit & Run As Victim Died In Ditch

Georgia : Instead Of Calling 911 , State Representative & Police Chief Covered Up Friend ’ s Hit & Run As Victim Died In Ditch Cedartown , GA — The ‘ good ole boy ’ network is alive and well in Georgia and an innocent man is now dead because of it .
Instead of calling for medical aid to help a dying cyclist their friend had just run over , a police chief and his state representative friend plotted how to cover it up .
Eric Keais , 38 , spent his last hour on this Earth bleeding out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injuries he sustained after being plowed down on his bicycle by Ralph “ Ryan ” Dover III .
“ It ’ s really hard on me because he ’ s…my brother , man , ” Eric ’ s brother Aaron Keais said through tears .
“ I wasn ’ t ready for him to go.
” 11 Alive reports that Eric and Aaron were set to start working together as painters that week , but that would never happen .
Now , Aaron is finding out the truth of what happened that fateful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that even surprised and enraged the coroner .
As 11 Alive reports , Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier wasn ’ t ready for what he would learn about the crash .
That his friends , some of the most prominent people in the community , were involved in the aftermath to varying degrees .
“ We realized early on that this was going to be a problematic case , ” he said .
“ This was more than just a regular accident .
The vehicle had been moved.
” Instead of stopping and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that night , Dover drove nearly another mile with “ the passenger side head light , hood and fender area caved in along with the passenger side windshield shattered and caved in , ” the police report read .
There was also red paint from Eric ’ s bicycle on the car too .
When he finally stopped , instead of calling 911 to report the dying man on the side of the road , Dover called his friend , attorney and Georgia State Representative Trey Kelley .
Dover later told police , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t know what he hit and then said it could have been a deer or possibly a person , ” the police report said .
“ The best-case scenario , let ’ s say , ‘ OK , [ Dover ] told [ Representative Kelley ] I hit a dog or a deer .
Are you going to drive a mile away and call a lawyer ?
No , ” Brazier said , emphatically .
Only a few minutes had passed since Dover struck Keais and paramedics could ’ ve been there in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , despite the fact that Representative Kelly “ saw a bicycle at the side of the road ” where the accident happened , instead of dialing 911 , he called the chief of police , Jamie Newsome , at home .
While Eric was lying in the ditch dying , “ [ Representative Kelley ] observed a bicycle on the side of the road and immediately called [ Cedartown Police ] Chief [ Jamie ] Newsome ” at home , the police report said .
Newsome , according to the report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been hit while on the phone with Kelley .
Yet again , no one called 911 .
As 11 Alive reports , instead of calling 911 : He got on his police radio and asked his sergeant to call him on the phone – at home .
The Reveal discovered it would not have been unusual for the chief to call the 911 center directly for police , fire and ambulance to head to the scene .
He had done so dozens of times in the past for a variety of things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , location checks , etc.
, according to Polk County 911 .
The sergeant says the police chief told him there was a possible accident and that he should go talk to the state representative and the driver who were now closer , in a parking lot across the street from the scene .
“ [ Chief Newsome ] tried to manage a 911 call .
You can ’ t micromanage a 911 call .
Not from your home .
You can ’ t do that , ” Brazier said , angrily .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was finally called who responded in less than 3 minutes .
Eric ’ s body was found 100 feet from his bicycle .
Showing how his life could ’ ve been saved had EMS been called earlier , Eric was still breathing when they found him .
“ Middle-age , white male possibly struck by vehicle , shortness of breath , unconscious .
Pulse ?
” The sergeant told a dispatcher over the police radio .
“ But by this point in time , we missed the golden hour , ” Brazier said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patient can get into a trauma setting within an hour , their chances of survival changes dramatically .
It improves .
Sadly , however , because Eric was left to die in the ditch for an hour , he succumbed to his injuries and died minutes later .
Below is a timeline of events put together by 11 Alive .
“ If Polk 911 had gotten this call like it should have gotten…this boy might still be alive today , ” Brazier said .
“ This mess here stinks to the high heavens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boy.
” “ My brother was cheated out of life…It ’ s just something out of a nightmare that you wouldn ’ t believe that would happen .
That nobody would do nothing , ” said Aaron .
The were not just nobodies , however , they are the very people who claim to ‘ protect ’ and ‘ serve ’ society .
Instead of protecting and serving , however , they chose to cover their asses and an innocent man died as a result .
Highlighting the disgusting nature of this good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dover has faced no charges .
The lack of charges comes in spite of the fact that on his death certificate , Brazier wrote that Eric died by “ homicide ” in a “ hit and run ” crash .
Dover never got so much as a ticket for the hit and run , fleeing the scene , or killing a man .
Brazier has since pledged to fight this until someone pays .
“ I ’ m not going to allow this to go on , on my watch .
I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make it very clear , I ’ ll send whoever behind bars before I see this covered up , ” Brazier said .
Adding , “ I used to have a great deal of respect and admiration for all three of these individuals .
And , I , yes , considered them [ Rep. Kelley and Police Chief Newsome ] friends , but no more .
I can not and I will not tolerate this type of behavior .
”

Cedartown, GA — The ‘good ole boy’ network is alive and well in Georgia and an innocent man is now dead because of it. Instead of calling for medical aid to help a dying cyclist their friend had just run over, a police chief and his state representative friend plotted how to cover it up.
Eric Keais, 38, spent his last hour on this Earth bleeding out in a ditch, suffering from internal injuries he sustained after being plowed down on his bicycle by Ralph “Ryan” Dover III.
“It’s really hard on me because he’s…my brother, man,” Eric’s brother Aaron Keais said through tears. “I wasn’t ready for him to go.”
11 Alive reports that Eric and Aaron were set to start working together as painters that week, but that would never happen. Now, Aaron is finding out the truth of what happened that fateful night on September 12, 2019—truth, that even surprised and enraged the coroner.
As 11 Alive reports, Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier wasn’t ready for what he would learn about the crash. That his friends, some of the most prominent people in the community, were involved in the aftermath to varying degrees.
“We realized early on that this was going to be a problematic case,” he said. “This was more than just a regular accident. The vehicle had been moved.”
Instead of stopping and checking on the cyclist he just hit that night, Dover drove nearly another mile with “the passenger side head light, hood and fender area caved in along with the passenger side windshield shattered and caved in,” the police report read. There was also red paint from Eric’s bicycle on the car too.
When he finally stopped, instead of calling 911 to report the dying man on the side of the road, Dover called his friend, attorney and Georgia State Representative Trey Kelley.
Dover later told police, “at first, he didn’t know what he hit and then said it could have been a deer or possibly a person,” the police report said.
“The best-case scenario, let’s say, ‘OK, [Dover] told [Representative Kelley] I hit a dog or a deer. Are you going to drive a mile away and call a lawyer? No,” Brazier said, emphatically.
Only a few minutes had passed since Dover struck Keais and paramedics could’ve been there in under five minutes to save his life. However, despite the fact that Representative Kelly “saw a bicycle at the side of the road” where the accident happened, instead of dialing 911, he called the chief of police, Jamie Newsome, at home.
While Eric was lying in the ditch dying, “[Representative Kelley] observed a bicycle on the side of the road and immediately called [Cedartown Police] Chief [Jamie] Newsome” at home, the police report said.
Newsome, according to the report, then acknowledged that a person may have been hit while on the phone with Kelley. Yet again, no one called 911. As 11 Alive reports, instead of calling 911:
He got on his police radio and asked his sergeant to call him on the phone – at home. The Reveal discovered it would not have been unusual for the chief to call the 911 center directly for police, fire and ambulance to head to the scene. He had done so dozens of times in the past for a variety of things – including cases involving damage to property, location checks, etc., according to Polk County 911. The sergeant says the police chief told him there was a possible accident and that he should go talk to the state representative and the driver who were now closer, in a parking lot across the street from the scene.
“[Chief Newsome] tried to manage a 911 call. You can’t micromanage a 911 call. Not from your home. You can’t do that,” Brazier said, angrily.
An hour after the crash, EMS was finally called who responded in less than 3 minutes. Eric’s body was found 100 feet from his bicycle. Showing how his life could’ve been saved had EMS been called earlier, Eric was still breathing when they found him.
“Middle-age, white male possibly struck by vehicle, shortness of breath, unconscious. Pulse?” The sergeant told a dispatcher over the police radio.
“But by this point in time, we missed the golden hour,” Brazier said, explaining that, if a trauma patient can get into a trauma setting within an hour, their chances of survival changes dramatically. It improves.
Sadly, however, because Eric was left to die in the ditch for an hour, he succumbed to his injuries and died minutes later.
Below is a timeline of events put together by 11 Alive.
“If Polk 911 had gotten this call like it should have gotten…this boy might still be alive today,” Brazier said. “This mess here stinks to the high heavens. This reeks of the good ole boy.”
“My brother was cheated out of life…It’s just something out of a nightmare that you wouldn’t believe that would happen. That nobody would do nothing,” said Aaron.
The were not just nobodies, however, they are the very people who claim to ‘protect’ and ‘serve’ society. Instead of protecting and serving, however, they chose to cover their asses and an innocent man died as a result.
Highlighting the disgusting nature of this good ole boy network is the fact that Dover has faced no charges. The lack of charges comes in spite of the fact that on his death certificate, Brazier wrote that Eric died by “homicide” in a “hit and run” crash.
Dover never got so much as a ticket for the hit and run, fleeing the scene, or killing a man.
Shameful indeed.
Brazier has since pledged to fight this until someone pays.
“I’m not going to allow this to go on, on my watch. I don’t care and I want to make it very clear, I’ll send whoever behind bars before I see this covered up,” Brazier said. Adding, “I used to have a great deal of respect and admiration for all three of these individuals. And, I, yes, considered them [Rep. Kelley and Police Chief Newsome] friends, but no more. I cannot and I will not tolerate this type of behavior.”
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist