thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--“I Pledge Allegiance to the Drag” – AOC’s New Part Time Job Proves She’s Not Fit For Congress

“ I Pledge Allegiance to the Drag ” – AOC ’ s New Part Time Job Proves She ’ s Not Fit For Congress Remember Ru Paul ?
I guess America ’ s Favorite Tranny is still doing television .
Who knew ?
Not only is Ru Paul doing TV , but AOC has joined the cast of his show .
She can ’ t sink much lower than this I ’ m afraid .
Every time I say that , AOC makes me eat my words , however .
Conservatives blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for appearing on the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Race ” as a guest judge , where she ’ s seen “ pledging allegiance to the drag ” in a trailer for the VH1 show .
“ RuPaul ’ s Drag Race and Untucked return with more sickening styles , fierce challenges and backstage drama , ” VH1 states .
“ Michelle Visage , Carson Kressley , Ross Mathews and celeb guest judges join RuPaul as she sets out to crown America ’ s Next Drag Superstar in this Emmy Award-winning show.
” In promoting Season 12 , which premiers February 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Get ready for fierce looks , killer comedy , herstoric competition and plenty of shade… ” Ocasio-Cortez said it was “ 100 % a peak experience ” and hit back at critics , telling them “ they can go back to Party City , ” which is a reference from an earlier season of the show when a contestant insulted a competitor for having cheap clothing .
I ’ ve often wondered if AOC is simply naive , or totally evil .
This will go a long way toward settling that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a huge problem in America and it is coming for YOUR kids .
• Missouri Lawmaker Introduces Legislation Criminalizing Drag Queen Story Hours at State Libraries , Violators Face Fines and Possible Prison • Gay City Councilman Calls Police on His Mother After She Meets to Discuss Drag Queen Story Hour With Him • Texas School District Allowed Drag Queen “ Miss Kitty Litter ATX ” To Read To Children Knowing He Was A Sex Offender • Out of Control Drag Queen Flashes Crotch to Kids at Library Story Hour in Minnesota @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kids at King County Library • CHILD ABUSE : Dallas Parents Mobilize To Protest “ Drag Queen ” Reading To Small Children “ What Color Is Your Underwear ?
” • Library System Rejected “ Drag Queen Story Hour ” so Atlanta Mayor Held it at CITY HALL This is not wholesome entertainment America .
It is part of the LGBTQ agenda that is overtaking our younger generation .
AOC is just the latest slimy Democrat to endorse it .
Hopefully , for her sake , she does well on Ru Paul ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full time job in 2021 .

“I Pledge Allegiance to the Drag” – AOC’s New Part Time Job Proves She’s Not Fit For Congress
Remember Ru Paul? I guess America’s Favorite Tranny is still doing television. Who knew? Not only is Ru Paul doing TV, but AOC has joined the cast of his show.
Here’s more from Gary:
She can’t sink much lower than this I’m afraid.
Every time I say that, AOC makes me eat my words, however.
Townhall has more….
Conservatives blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for appearing on the next season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as a guest judge, where she’s seen “pledging allegiance to the drag” in a trailer for the VH1 show.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race and Untucked return with more sickening styles, fierce challenges and backstage drama,” VH1 states. “Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and celeb guest judges join RuPaul as she sets out to crown America’s Next Drag Superstar in this Emmy Award-winning show.”
In promoting Season 12, which premiers February 28 at 8/7 central, VH1 says, “Get ready for fierce looks, killer comedy, herstoric competition and plenty of shade…”
“I’m Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and I pledge allegiance to the drag” pic.twitter.com/foOgpoRTnp — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 13, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez said it was “100% a peak experience” and hit back at critics, telling them “they can go back to Party City,” which is a reference from an earlier season of the show when a contestant insulted a competitor for having cheap clothing.
More at Townhall…
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I’ve often wondered if AOC is simply naive, or totally evil.
This will go a long way toward settling that in my mind.
This Drag Queen movement is a huge problem in America and it is coming for YOUR kids.
This is not wholesome entertainment America.
It is part of the LGBTQ agenda that is overtaking our younger generation.
AOC is just the latest slimy Democrat to endorse it.
Hopefully, for her sake, she does well on Ru Paul’s show because that might be her full time job in 2021.
Article posted with permission from Dean Garrison


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--You Were Warned:  Democrats & Republicans Are Looking To Take Your Guns

You Were Warned : Democrats & Republicans Are Looking To Take Your Guns In 2018 , Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky warned the American people that both political parties , Democrats and Republicans , are looking to take our guns .
Under the Trump administration , more than any in recent history , strides have been made that have criminalized law abiding people in order to confiscate their property , namely guns .
Now , it appears the lawless ATF is setting up to create a national gun registry , and we all know what that leads towards : not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Articles and videos referenced in this episode .
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You Were Warned: Democrats & Republicans Are Looking To Take Your Guns
In 2018, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky warned the American people that both political parties, Democrats and Republicans, are looking to take our guns. Under the Trump administration, more than any in recent history, strides have been made that have criminalized law abiding people in order to confiscate their property, namely guns. Now, it appears the lawless ATF is setting up to create a national gun registry, and we all know what that leads towards: not gun control, but gun confiscation.

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thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-19--George Soros Makes Totalitarian Demands:  Oust Zuckerberg For Allowing Free Speech

This is nothing new for tyrannical fascists : demand the government and businesses censor speech that they don ’ t like .
George Soros is nothing less than an authoritarian , and he proves it once again with his ridiculous demand that Mark Zuckerberg be ousted for allowing free speech .
Billionaire financier George Soros stepped up his campaign Tuesday to thwart what he says is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ’ s attempt to help President Donald Trump win reelection in 2020 , according to the Daily Caller .
Anyone who has been paying attention knows all too well that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They bow to governments around the world calling for censorship .
But because Facebook isn ’ t censoring enough , Soros wants Zuckerberg ousted .
This has little to nothing to do with Donald Trump : free speech is being killed and that is a much larger concern .
Soros is not the first totalitarian fascist to say more censorship is needed to prevent Trump ’ s reelection either .
Hillary Clinton : “ Facebook Intends To Reelect Trump ” So We NEED Censorship !
Zuckerberg and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distract from their supposed working relationship with the U.S. president , Soros wrote in a letter to the editor at the Financial Times .
“ Mr .
Zuckerberg appears to be engaged in some kind of mutual assistance arrangement with Donald Trump that will help him to get reelected , ” Soros wrote in the editorial before noting what he says to be Facebook ’ s disingenuous push for regulations on the tech industry .
SILENCED !
Facebook Vows More Censorship Leading Up The 2020 Election Soros appears to not understand that regulations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Facebook hasn ’ t exactly been known to be unbiased when it comes to politics .
Does anyone remember Diamond and Silk ?
Facebook Censorship Continues : Diamond And Silk Are ‘ Unsafe To The Community ’ “ I repeat my proposal , Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg should be removed from control of Facebook .
( It goes without saying that I support government regulation of social media platforms . )
” Does Soros not understand that Trump is in the government ?
He ’ d be the one helping to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note came less than a month after he told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland that Facebook allows misinformation to run rampant on its platform .
He did not provide evidence supporting his theory — Soros is not the only one to make such a claim .
Misinformation and fake news are now nothing more than ideas that the world ’ s elitists ( such as Soros ) would prefer you not think about .
They have decided they get to remain in power by manipulating what people think .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of realizing the damage they are doing to society by killing free speech .
“ While we respect Mr. Soros ’ right to voice his opinion , he ’ s wrong , ” a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement .
“ The notion that we are aligned with any one political figure or party runs counter to our values and the facts .
”

This is nothing new for tyrannical fascists: demand the government and businesses censor speech that they don’t like. George Soros is nothing less than an authoritarian, and he proves it once again with his ridiculous demand that Mark Zuckerberg be ousted for allowing free speech.
Billionaire financier George Soros stepped up his campaign Tuesday to thwart what he says is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to help President Donald Trump win reelection in 2020, according to the Daily Caller. Anyone who has been paying attention knows all too well that Facebook doesn’t allow free speech. They bow to governments around the world calling for censorship. But because Facebook isn’t censoring enough, Soros wants Zuckerberg ousted. This has little to nothing to do with Donald Trump: free speech is being killed and that is a much larger concern.
Soros is not the first totalitarian fascist to say more censorship is needed to prevent Trump’s reelection either.
Hillary Clinton: “Facebook Intends To Reelect Trump” So We NEED Censorship!
Zuckerberg and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg are pushing for governmental regulation to distract from their supposed working relationship with the U.S. president, Soros wrote in a letter to the editor at the Financial Times. “Mr. Zuckerberg appears to be engaged in some kind of mutual assistance arrangement with Donald Trump that will help him to get reelected,” Soros wrote in the editorial before noting what he says to be Facebook’s disingenuous push for regulations on the tech industry.
SILENCED! Facebook Vows More Censorship Leading Up The 2020 Election
Soros appears to not understand that regulations are put on businesses by the government and Facebook hasn’t exactly been known to be unbiased when it comes to politics. Does anyone remember Diamond and Silk?
Facebook Censorship Continues: Diamond And Silk Are ‘Unsafe To The Community’
“I repeat my proposal, Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg should be removed from control of Facebook. (It goes without saying that I support government regulation of social media platforms.)” Does Soros not understand that Trump is in the government? He’d be the one helping to regulate the internet?
Soros’s note came less than a month after he told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland that Facebook allows misinformation to run rampant on its platform. He did not provide evidence supporting his theory — Soros is not the only one to make such a claim. Misinformation and fake news are now nothing more than ideas that the world’s elitists (such as Soros) would prefer you not think about. They have decided they get to remain in power by manipulating what people think.
DEEP STATE 2019: A New Generation of Scandalous Manipulation
Facebook may be at the beginning stages of realizing the damage they are doing to society by killing free speech. “While we respect Mr. Soros’ right to voice his opinion, he’s wrong,” a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement. “The notion that we are aligned with any one political figure or party runs counter to our values and the facts.”
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-19--9/11, The Building Of The Pentagon, The New York Jets, 1968 Israeli Minted Shekel & More – You Gotta

9/11 , The Building Of The Pentagon , The New York Jets , 1968 Israeli Minted Shekel & More – You Got ta See These “ Coincidences ” … Or Are They ?
Brian at High Impact Flix has become one of my favorite guys to watch when he puts out a video .
It ’ s always intriguing and informative .
In his latest video , he provides some stunning history about a number of things and refers to the last point about the 1968 Israeli shekel as “ The Mother of All ‘ COINCIDENCES . '
” Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the video .
Construction began on the WTC North tower in August 1968 .
33 years later , in 2001 it was destroyed .
Speaking of 2001 .
2001 a Space Odessy was released in 1968 .
In 1968 AT & T announced that it would establish the digits 9-1-1 as the national emergency dialing code .
And in 1968 the first 911 call was made .
Speaking of 911 – 9-11 1941 the Pentagon was built , exactly 50 years before the WTC and Pentagon attacks .
Skull and Bonesman George W. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1968 the NY JETS won their only super bowl or is that superb owl .
In 1968 Boeing unveiled the world ’ s first Jumbo JET .
Speaking of the unveiled Jet and the New York Jets and the creation of the 9-1-1 code and the World trade center all linked to something notable in 1968 and the ABC news report that the FBI had detained and arrested 5 dancing Israelis with urban moving systems .
This was Israel ’ s minted shekel in 1968 .

9/11, The Building Of The Pentagon, The New York Jets, 1968 Israeli Minted Shekel & More – You Gotta See These “Coincidences”… Or Are They?
Brian at High Impact Flix has become one of my favorite guys to watch when he puts out a video. It’s always intriguing and informative. In his latest video, he provides some stunning history about a number of things and refers to the last point about the 1968 Israeli shekel as “The Mother of All ‘COINCIDENCES.'”
Here’s the video.
Here’s some of the lines from the video.
Construction began on the WTC North tower in August 1968. 33 years later, in 2001 it was destroyed.
Speaking of 2001. 2001 a Space Odessy was released in 1968.
In 1968 AT&T announced that it would establish the digits 9-1-1 as the national emergency dialing code. And in 1968 the first 911 call was made.
Speaking of 911 – 9-11 1941 the Pentagon was built, exactly 50 years before the WTC and Pentagon attacks.
Skull and Bonesman George W. graduated from Yale in 1968.
In 1968 the NY JETS won their only super bowl or is that superb owl.
In 1968 Boeing unveiled the world’s first Jumbo JET.
Speaking of the unveiled Jet and the New York Jets and the creation of the 9-1-1 code and the World trade center all linked to something notable in 1968 and the ABC news report that the FBI had detained and arrested 5 dancing Israelis with urban moving systems.
This was Israel’s minted shekel in 1968.
Take a look.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-19--George Washington: Hero Or Villain?

George Washington: Hero Or Villain?

Ours is an historically illiterate age – despite our technological advances .
Just in time for Presidents ’ Day 2020 ( which honors George Washington ) comes a new book and a three-part TV mini-series on the History Channel , which apparently questions many aspects of the moral character of Washington .
The Daily Mail in the U.K. ( Feb. 15 ) writes : “ George Washington was a ‘ liar ’ who the other Founding Fathers couldn ’ t wait to see the back of , claims a new biography on The Father of his Country.
” The article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slaves at a third of the market price , refusing to free them , and causing conflict that eventually led to the start of ‘ humanity ’ s first world war ’ are among the many ethical and moral missteps the country ’ s first president made , claims new book ‘ You Never Forget Your First : A Biography of George Washington ’ by historian Alexis Coe.
” Coe serve as a “ consulting producer ” on the new TV series .
This slant does seem to fit the pattern of some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that attack American history and Christian biography .
George Washington was a hero in American history for the first two centuries .
But now the history books are being rewritten .
And his flaws , true and alleged , are blown out of proportion – without the wider backdrop of Washington ’ s many sacrifices for his country .
Fourteen years ago , I had the privilege to co-author with Dr. Peter Lillback a 1,200-page biography of George Washington that focused on his religion .
Lillback is the president of Westminster Theological Seminary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Washington ’ s Sacred Fire .
It documents the copious evidence that Washington was a devout 18th century Anglican and all that that entails .
It is certainly true that a mythology has arisen over Washington , who has been called “ The Marble Man.
” This mythology has cast him as virtually sinless .
But there ’ s no one without sin – no , not one – except Jesus .
Despite the myths about Washington , the overall service he rendered to his country and the overall character he displayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his contemporaries to highly venerate him .
During his funeral at Christ Episcopal Church ( Washington ’ s adopted church for the last decade of his life ) , Revolutionary War hero Henry Lee III spoke : “ To the memory of the Man , first in war , first in peace , and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
” There is no doubt the young Washington made some mistakes when he began his career in the wilderness in western Pennsylvania at the outset of the French and Indian War .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ spared in miraculous ways to fight another day .
And he thanked God for sparing him .
Later , when he was serving as our fledgling nation ’ s first commander-in-chief , Washington proved to be a great military leader , doing much with few resources and little outside backing .
He sacrificed a great deal in service of the new nation .
In his day and in succeeding generations , George Washington was praised by critics and friends alike .
In 1782 , during a time of chaos , some of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of America , and they were willing to back him .
But on Christian principle , he declined .
Despite the falseness of some of the “ hagiography ” that arose over George Washington , the fact is that he was universally viewed as a hero , including by those who knew him .
Patrick Henry , the first governor of Virginia ( as a state ) , said , “ [ I ] f you speak of solid information and sound judgment , Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of them all.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ His integrity was the most pure , his justice the most inflexible I have ever known … no motives of interest or consanguinity , of friendship or hatred , being able to bias his decision.
” George Bancroft , former secretary of the U.S. Navy , was America ’ s first great historian and the author of a multi-volume series on our nation ’ s story , which he revised through the years .
His final version ( 1888 ) was in six volumes and is difficult to read today , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Washington , “ [ H ] is qualities were so faultlessly proportioned that the whole people rather claimed him as its choicest representative , the most complete expression of all its attainments and aspirations .
… he used power solely for the public good ; that he was the life and moderator and stay of the most momentous revolution in human affairs.
” Call me skeptical , but the new book and series sound suspicious because they apparently highlight the first president ’ s foibles and negatives without highlighting the positives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ comments about this : “ This is blatant revisionism , and selective impeachment of a great man .
The best refutation is that George always deferred to Congress , and retired after two terms when he could have become a tyrant .
”

Ours is an historically illiterate age – despite our technological advances.
Just in time for Presidents’ Day 2020 (which honors George Washington) comes a new book and a three-part TV mini-series on the History Channel, which apparently questions many aspects of the moral character of Washington.
The Daily Mail in the U.K. (Feb. 15) writes: “George Washington was a ‘liar’ who the other Founding Fathers couldn’t wait to see the back of, claims a new biography on The Father of his Country.”
The article continues, “Buying teeth from his slaves at a third of the market price, refusing to free them, and causing conflict that eventually led to the start of ‘humanity’s first world war’ are among the many ethical and moral missteps the country’s first president made, claims new book ‘You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington’ by historian Alexis Coe.”
Coe serve as a “consulting producer” on the new TV series.
This slant does seem to fit the pattern of some of the recent deconstructive volumes and movies that attack American history and Christian biography. George Washington was a hero in American history for the first two centuries. But now the history books are being rewritten. And his flaws, true and alleged, are blown out of proportion – without the wider backdrop of Washington’s many sacrifices for his country.
Fourteen years ago, I had the privilege to co-author with Dr. Peter Lillback a 1,200-page biography of George Washington that focused on his religion. Lillback is the president of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and the book is George Washington’s Sacred Fire. It documents the copious evidence that Washington was a devout 18th century Anglican and all that that entails.
It is certainly true that a mythology has arisen over Washington, who has been called “The Marble Man.” This mythology has cast him as virtually sinless. But there’s no one without sin – no, not one – except Jesus.
Despite the myths about Washington, the overall service he rendered to his country and the overall character he displayed through many difficult circumstances caused many of his contemporaries to highly venerate him.
During his funeral at Christ Episcopal Church (Washington’s adopted church for the last decade of his life), Revolutionary War hero Henry Lee III spoke: “To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.”
There is no doubt the young Washington made some mistakes when he began his career in the wilderness in western Pennsylvania at the outset of the French and Indian War. But through it all, he was spared in miraculous ways to fight another day. And he thanked God for sparing him.
Later, when he was serving as our fledgling nation’s first commander-in-chief, Washington proved to be a great military leader, doing much with few resources and little outside backing. He sacrificed a great deal in service of the new nation.
In his day and in succeeding generations, George Washington was praised by critics and friends alike. In 1782, during a time of chaos, some of his soldiers wanted George Washington to become king of America, and they were willing to back him. But on Christian principle, he declined.
Despite the falseness of some of the “hagiography” that arose over George Washington, the fact is that he was universally viewed as a hero, including by those who knew him.
Patrick Henry, the first governor of Virginia (as a state), said, “[I]f you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of them all.”
Thomas Jefferson remarked on Washington, “His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known … no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision.”
George Bancroft, former secretary of the U.S. Navy, was America’s first great historian and the author of a multi-volume series on our nation’s story, which he revised through the years. His final version (1888) was in six volumes and is difficult to read today, but well worth the time.
Bancroft said of Washington, “[H]is qualities were so faultlessly proportioned that the whole people rather claimed him as its choicest representative, the most complete expression of all its attainments and aspirations. … he used power solely for the public good; that he was the life and moderator and stay of the most momentous revolution in human affairs.”
Call me skeptical, but the new book and series sound suspicious because they apparently highlight the first president’s foibles and negatives without highlighting the positives.
Ted Baehr, publisher of MOVIEGUIDE, comments about this: “This is blatant revisionism, and selective impeachment of a great man. The best refutation is that George always deferred to Congress, and retired after two terms when he could have become a tyrant.”
Article posted with permission from Jerry Newcombe


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-19--Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn the Schools into Prisons

Just when you thought the government couldn ’ t get any more tone-deaf about civil liberties and the growing need to protect “ we the people ” against an overreaching , overbearing police state , the Trump Administration ushers in even more strident zero tolerance policies that treat children like suspects and criminals , greater numbers of school cops , and all the trappings of a prison complex ( unsurmountable fences , entrapment areas , no windows or trees , etc. )
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The fallout has been what you ’ d expect , with the nation ’ s young people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrested , tasered , tackled and taught the painful lesson that the Constitution ( especially the Fourth Amendment ) doesn ’ t mean much in the American police state .
For example , in Florida , a cop assigned to River Ridge High School as a school resource officer , threatened to shoot a student attempting to leave school for a morning orthodontist appointment .
In Pennsylvania , school officials called in the cops after a 6-year-old with Down syndrome pointed a finger gun at her teacher .
In Kentucky , a school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office handcuffed two elementary school children with disabilities , ages 8 and 9 .
A federal judge made the sheriff ’ s office pay more than $ 300,000 ( of taxpayer money ) to the families , ruling that the handcuffing of the students “ was an unconstitutional seizure and excessive force.
” Welcome to Compliance 101 : the police state ’ s primer in how to churn out compliant citizens and transform the nation ’ s school ’ s into quasi-prisons through the use of surveillance cameras , metal detectors , police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug-sniffing dogs , strip searches and active shooter drills .
If you were wondering , these police state tactics have not made the schools any safer .
Rather , they ’ ve turned the schools into authoritarian microcosms of the police state , containing almost every aspect of the militarized , intolerant , senseless , overcriminalized , legalistic , surveillance-riddled , totalitarian landscape that plagues those of us on the “ outside.
” Two years after President Trump announced his intention to “ harden ” the schools , our nation ’ s children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , taser-wielding cops in government-run schools that bear an uncomfortable resemblance to prisons .
America ’ s schools are about as authoritarian as they come .
From the moment a child enters one of the nation ’ s 98,000 public schools to the moment he or she graduates , they will be exposed to a steady diet of : • politically correct mindsets that teach young people to censor themselves and those around them , • and extensive biometric and surveillance systems that , coupled with the rest , acclimate young people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom of thought , speech or movement .
Young people in America are now first in line to be searched , surveilled , spied on , threatened , tied up , locked down , treated like criminals for non-criminal behavior , tasered and in some cases shot .
In my day , if you talked back to a teacher , or played a prank on a classmate , or just failed to do your homework , you might find yourself in detention or doing an extra writing assignment after school .
That is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students are not only punished for minor transgressions such as playing cops and robbers on the playground , bringing LEGOs to school , or having a food fight , but the punishments have become far more severe , shifting from detention and visits to the principal ’ s office into misdemeanor tickets , juvenile court , handcuffs , tasers and even prison terms .
Students have been suspended under school zero-tolerance policies for bringing to school “ look alike substances ” such as oregano , breath mints , birth control pills and powdered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lego-sized ones , hand-drawn pictures of guns , pencils twirled in a “ threatening ” manner , imaginary bows and arrows , even fingers positioned like guns ) can also land a student in hot water .
Even good deeds do not go unpunished .
One 13-year-old was given detention for exposing the school to “ liability ” by sharing his lunch with a hungry friend .
A third-grader was suspended for shaving her head in sympathy for a friend who had lost her hair to chemotherapy .
And then there was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying “ bless you ” after a fellow classmate sneezed .
In South Carolina , where it ’ s against the law to disturb a school , more than a thousand students a year—some as young as 7 years old— “ face criminal charges for not following directions , loitering , cursing , or the vague allegation of acting ‘ obnoxiously.
’ If charged as adults , they can be held in jail for up to 90 days.
” These outrageous incidents are exactly what you ’ ll see more of if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the number of cops in the schools only adds to the problem .
Thanks to a combination of media hype , political pandering and financial incentives , the use of armed police officers ( a.k.a .
school resource officers ) to patrol school hallways has risen dramatically in the years since the Columbine school shooting .
Indeed , the growing presence of police in the nation ’ s schools is resulting in greater police “ involvement in routine discipline matters that principals and parents used to address without involvement from law enforcement officers.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice , these school resource officers ( SRO ) have become de facto wardens in elementary , middle and high schools , doling out their own brand of justice to the so-called “ criminals ” in their midst with the help of tasers , pepper spray , batons and brute force .
In the absence of school-appropriate guidelines , police are more and more “ stepping in to deal with minor rulebreaking : sagging pants , disrespectful comments , brief physical skirmishes .
What previously might have resulted in a detention or a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was replaced with excruciating pain and temporary blindness , often followed by a trip to the courthouse.
” One SRO was accused of punching a 13-year-old student in the face for cutting the cafeteria line .
That same cop put another student in a chokehold a week later , allegedly knocking the student unconscious and causing a brain injury .
In Pennsylvania , a student was tasered after ignoring an order to put his cell phone away .
When 13-year-old Kevens Jean Baptiste failed to follow a school bus driver ’ s direction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevens , who suffers from asthma , opened the window after a fellow student sprayed perfume , causing him to cough and wheeze ) , he was handcuffed by police , removed from the bus , and while still handcuffed , had his legs swept out from under him by an officer , causing him to crash to the ground .
Young Alex Stone didn ’ t even make it past the first week of school before he became a victim of the police state .
Directed by his teacher to do a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fictional Facebook statuses , Stone wrote , “ I killed my neighbor ’ s pet dinosaur .
I bought the gun to take care of the business.
” Despite the fact that dinosaurs are extinct , the status fabricated , and the South Carolina student was merely following orders , his teacher reported him to school administrators , who in turn called the police .
What followed is par for the course in schools today : students were locked down in their classrooms while armed police searched the 16-year-old ’ s locker and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with disorderly conduct disturbing the school , arrested him , detained him , and then he was suspended from school .
Not even the younger , elementary school-aged kids are being spared these “ hardening ” tactics .
On any given day when school is in session , kids who “ act up ” in class are pinned facedown on the floor , locked in dark closets , tied up with straps , bungee cords and duct tape , handcuffed , leg shackled , tasered or otherwise restrained , immobilized or placed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under “ control.
” In almost every case , these undeniably harsh methods are used to punish kids—some as young as 4 and 5 years old—for simply failing to follow directions or throwing tantrums .
Very rarely do the kids pose any credible danger to themselves or others .
Unbelievably , these tactics are all legal , at least when employed by school officials or school resource officers in the nation ’ s public schools .
This is what happens when you introduce police and police tactics into the schools .
Paradoxically , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdowns and active shooter drills , instead of making the schools safer , school officials have succeeded in creating an environment in which children are so traumatized that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder , nightmares , anxiety , mistrust of adults in authority , as well as feelings of anger , depression , humiliation , despair and delusion .
For example , a middle school in Washington State went on lockdown after a student brought a toy gun to class .
A Boston high school went into lockdown for four hours after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A North Carolina elementary school locked down and called in police after a fifth grader reported seeing an unfamiliar man in the school ( it turned out to be a parent ) .
Police officers at a Florida middle school carried out an active shooter drill in an effort to educate students about how to respond in the event of an actual shooting crisis .
Two armed officers , guns loaded and drawn , burst into classrooms , terrorizing the students and placing the school into lockdown mode .
If these exercises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into young people , they ’ re working .
As journalist Dahlia Lithwick points out : “ I don ’ t recall any serious national public dialogue about lockdown protocols or how they became the norm .
It seems simply to have begun , modeling itself on the lockdowns that occur during prison riots , and then spread until school lockdowns and lockdown drills are as common for our children as fire drills , and as routine as duck-and-cover drills were in the 1950s.
” The toll such incidents take on adults can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brutality is perpetrated on young people , the end result is nothing less than complete indoctrination into becoming compliant citizens of a totalitarian state .
Students treated like inmates and punished like hardened criminals .
This is the end product of all those so-called school “ safety ” policies , which run the gamut from zero-tolerance policies that punish all infractions harshly to surveillance cameras , metal detectors , random searches , drug-sniffing dogs , school-wide lockdowns , active-shooter drills and militarized police officers .
Unfortunately , advocates for such harsh police tactics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line that school safety should be our first priority lest we find ourselves with another Sandy Hook .
What they will not tell you is that such shootings are rare .
As one congressional report found , the schools are , generally speaking , safe places for children .
In their zeal to crack down on guns and lock down the schools , these cheerleaders for police state tactics in the schools might also fail to mention the lucrative , multi-million dollar deals being cut with military contractors such as Taser International to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tanks , rifles and $ 100,000 shooting detection systems .
Indeed , the transformation of hometown police departments into extensions of the military has been mirrored in the public schools , where school police have been gifted with high-powered M16 rifles , MRAP armored vehicles , grenade launchers , and other military gear .
One Texas school district even boasts its own 12-member SWAT team .
According to one law review article on the school-to-prison pipeline , “ Many school districts have formed their own police departments , some so large they rival @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in size .
For example , the safety division in New York City ’ s public schools is so large that if it were a local police department , it would be the fifth-largest police force in the country.
” There can be no avoiding the hands-on lessons being taught in the schools about the role of police in our lives , ranging from active shooter drills and school-wide lockdowns to incidents in which children engaging in typically childlike behavior are suspended ( for shooting an imaginary “ arrow ” at a fellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disruptive at school ) , arrested ( for throwing water balloons as part of a school prank ) , and even tasered ( for not obeying instructions ) .
Instead of raising up a generation of freedom fighters—which one would hope would be the objective of the schools—government officials seem determined to churn out newly minted citizens of the American police state who are being taught the hard way what it means to comply , fear and march in lockstep with the government ’ s dictates .
So what ’ s the answer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing up in these quasi-prisons—but for the future of this country ?
How do you convince a child who has been routinely handcuffed , shackled , tied down , locked up , and immobilized by government officials—all before he reaches the age of adulthood—that he has any rights at all , let alone the right to challenge wrongdoing , resist oppression and defend himself against injustice ?
Most of all , how do you persuade a fellow American that the government works for him when , for most of his young life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that teaches young people to be obedient and compliant citizens who don ’ t talk back , don ’ t question and don ’ t challenge authority ?
Peter Gray , a professor of psychology at Boston College , believes that school is a prison that is damaging our kids , and it ’ s hard to disagree , especially with the numbers of police officers being assigned to schools on the rise .
Students , in turn , are not only finding themselves subjected to police tactics such as handcuffs , leg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ acting up ” but are also being ticketed , fined and sent to court for behavior perceived as defiant , disruptive or disorderly such as spraying perfume and writing on a desk .
Clearly , the pathology that characterizes the American police state has passed down to the schools .
Now in addition to the government and its agents viewing the citizenry as suspects to be probed , poked , pinched , tasered , searched , seized , stripped and generally manhandled , all with the general blessing of the courts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also fair game for school resource officers who taser teenagers and handcuff kindergartners , school officials who have criminalized childhood behavior , school lockdowns and terror drills that teach your children to fear and comply , and a police state mindset that has transformed the schools into quasi-prisons .
Don ’ t even get me started on the “ school-to-prison pipeline , ” the phenomenon in which children who are suspended or expelled from school have a greater likelihood of ending up in jail .
One study found that “ being suspended or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely to come into contact with the juvenile justice system within the next year.
” By the time the average young person in America finishes their public school education , nearly one out of every three of them will have been arrested .
Nearly 40 percent of those young people who are arrested will serve time in a private prison , where the emphasis is on making profits for large megacorporations above all else .
Indeed , this profit-driven system of incarceration has also given rise to a growth in juvenile prisons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In this way , young people have become easy targets for the private prison industry , which profits from criminalizing childish behavior and jailing young people .
None of these tactics are making our communities or schools any safer , and they ’ re certainly not contributing to environments in which learning flourishes .
Incredibly , despite the fact that the U.S. invests more money in public education ( roughly $ 13,000 per child per year ) than many other developed countries , we rank around the middle of the pack in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind many other advanced industrial nations .
Without a doubt , change is needed , but that will mean taking on the teachers ’ unions , the school unions , the educators ’ associations , and the police unions , not to mention the politicians dependent on their votes and all of the corporations that profit mightily from an industrial school complex .
As we ’ ve seen with other issues , any significant reforms will have to start locally and trickle upwards .
For starters , parents need to be vocal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials 1 ) adopt a policy of positive reinforcement in dealing with behavior issues ; 2 ) minimize the presence in the schools of police officers and cease involving them in student discipline ; and 3 ) insist that all behavioral issues be addressed first and foremost with a child ’ s parents , before any other disciplinary tactics are attempted .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , if you want a nation of criminals , treat the citizenry like criminals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ up seeing themselves as prisoners , run the schools like prisons .
If , on the other hand , you want to raise up a generation of freedom fighters , who will actually operate with justice , fairness , accountability and equality towards each other and their government , then run the schools like freedom forums .
Remove the metal detectors and surveillance cameras , re-assign the cops elsewhere , and start treating our nation ’ s young people like citizens of a republic and not inmates in a police state penitentiary .

“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.”—Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes
Just when you thought the government couldn’t get any more tone-deaf about civil liberties and the growing need to protect “we the people” against an overreaching, overbearing police state, the Trump Administration ushers in even more strident zero tolerance policies that treat children like suspects and criminals, greater numbers of school cops, and all the trappings of a prison complex (unsurmountable fences, entrapment areas, no windows or trees, etc.).
The fallout has been what you’d expect, with the nation’s young people treated like hardened criminals: handcuffed, arrested, tasered, tackled and taught the painful lesson that the Constitution (especially the Fourth Amendment) doesn’t mean much in the American police state.
For example, in Florida, a cop assigned to River Ridge High School as a school resource officer, threatened to shoot a student attempting to leave school for a morning orthodontist appointment.
In Pennsylvania, school officials called in the cops after a 6-year-old with Down syndrome pointed a finger gun at her teacher.
In Kentucky, a school resource officer with the sheriff’s office handcuffed two elementary school children with disabilities, ages 8 and 9. A federal judge made the sheriff’s office pay more than $300,000 (of taxpayer money) to the families, ruling that the handcuffing of the students “was an unconstitutional seizure and excessive force.”
Welcome to Compliance 101: the police state’s primer in how to churn out compliant citizens and transform the nation’s school’s into quasi-prisons through the use of surveillance cameras, metal detectors, police patrols, zero-tolerance policies, lockdowns, drug-sniffing dogs, strip searches and active shooter drills.
If you were wondering, these police state tactics have not made the schools any safer.
Rather, they’ve turned the schools into authoritarian microcosms of the police state, containing almost every aspect of the militarized, intolerant, senseless, overcriminalized, legalistic, surveillance-riddled, totalitarian landscape that plagues those of us on the “outside.”
Two years after President Trump announced his intention to “harden” the schools, our nation’s children are reaping the ill effects of gun-toting, taser-wielding cops in government-run schools that bear an uncomfortable resemblance to prisons.
America’s schools are about as authoritarian as they come.
From the moment a child enters one of the nation’s 98,000 public schools to the moment he or she graduates, they will be exposed to a steady diet of:
draconian zero tolerance policies that criminalize childish behavior,
overreaching anti-bullying statutes that criminalize speech,
school resource officers (police) tasked with disciplining and/or arresting so-called “disorderly” students,
standardized testing that emphasizes rote answers over critical thinking,
politically correct mindsets that teach young people to censor themselves and those around them,
and extensive biometric and surveillance systems that, coupled with the rest, acclimate young people to a world in which they have no freedom of thought, speech or movement.
Young people in America are now first in line to be searched, surveilled, spied on, threatened, tied up, locked down, treated like criminals for non-criminal behavior, tasered and in some cases shot.
In my day, if you talked back to a teacher, or played a prank on a classmate, or just failed to do your homework, you might find yourself in detention or doing an extra writing assignment after school.
That is no longer the case.
Nowadays, students are not only punished for minor transgressions such as playing cops and robbers on the playground, bringing LEGOs to school, or having a food fight, but the punishments have become far more severe, shifting from detention and visits to the principal’s office into misdemeanor tickets, juvenile court, handcuffs, tasers and even prison terms.
Students have been suspended under school zero-tolerance policies for bringing to school “look alike substances” such as oregano, breath mints, birth control pills and powdered sugar.
Look-alike weapons (toy guns—even Lego-sized ones, hand-drawn pictures of guns, pencils twirled in a “threatening” manner, imaginary bows and arrows, even fingers positioned like guns) can also land a student in hot water.
Even good deeds do not go unpunished.
One 13-year-old was given detention for exposing the school to “liability” by sharing his lunch with a hungry friend. A third-grader was suspended for shaving her head in sympathy for a friend who had lost her hair to chemotherapy. And then there was the high school senior who was suspended for saying “bless you” after a fellow classmate sneezed.
In South Carolina, where it’s against the law to disturb a school, more than a thousand students a year—some as young as 7 years old—“face criminal charges for not following directions, loitering, cursing, or the vague allegation of acting ‘obnoxiously.’ If charged as adults, they can be held in jail for up to 90 days.”
These outrageous incidents are exactly what you’ll see more of if the Trump Administration gets its way.
Increasing the number of cops in the schools only adds to the problem.
Thanks to a combination of media hype, political pandering and financial incentives, the use of armed police officers (a.k.a. school resource officers) to patrol school hallways has risen dramatically in the years since the Columbine school shooting.
Indeed, the growing presence of police in the nation’s schools is resulting in greater police “involvement in routine discipline matters that principals and parents used to address without involvement from law enforcement officers.”
Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, these school resource officers (SRO) have become de facto wardens in elementary, middle and high schools, doling out their own brand of justice to the so-called “criminals” in their midst with the help of tasers, pepper spray, batons and brute force.
In the absence of school-appropriate guidelines, police are more and more “stepping in to deal with minor rulebreaking: sagging pants, disrespectful comments, brief physical skirmishes. What previously might have resulted in a detention or a visit to the principal’s office was replaced with excruciating pain and temporary blindness, often followed by a trip to the courthouse.”
The horror stories are legion.
One SRO was accused of punching a 13-year-old student in the face for cutting the cafeteria line.
That same cop put another student in a chokehold a week later, allegedly knocking the student unconscious and causing a brain injury.
In Pennsylvania, a student was tasered after ignoring an order to put his cell phone away.
When 13-year-old Kevens Jean Baptiste failed to follow a school bus driver’s direction to keep the bus windows closed (Kevens, who suffers from asthma, opened the window after a fellow student sprayed perfume, causing him to cough and wheeze), he was handcuffed by police, removed from the bus, and while still handcuffed, had his legs swept out from under him by an officer, causing him to crash to the ground.
Young Alex Stone didn’t even make it past the first week of school before he became a victim of the police state. Directed by his teacher to do a creative writing assignment involving a series of fictional Facebook statuses, Stone wrote, “I killed my neighbor’s pet dinosaur. I bought the gun to take care of the business.” Despite the fact that dinosaurs are extinct, the status fabricated, and the South Carolina student was merely following orders, his teacher reported him to school administrators, who in turn called the police.
What followed is par for the course in schools today: students were locked down in their classrooms while armed police searched the 16-year-old’s locker and bookbag, handcuffed him, charged him with disorderly conduct disturbing the school, arrested him, detained him, and then he was suspended from school.
Not even the younger, elementary school-aged kids are being spared these “hardening” tactics.
On any given day when school is in session, kids who “act up” in class are pinned facedown on the floor, locked in dark closets, tied up with straps, bungee cords and duct tape, handcuffed, leg shackled, tasered or otherwise restrained, immobilized or placed in solitary confinement in order to bring them under “control.”
In almost every case, these undeniably harsh methods are used to punish kids—some as young as 4 and 5 years old—for simply failing to follow directions or throwing tantrums.
Very rarely do the kids pose any credible danger to themselves or others.
Unbelievably, these tactics are all legal, at least when employed by school officials or school resource officers in the nation’s public schools.
This is what happens when you introduce police and police tactics into the schools.
Paradoxically, by the time you add in the lockdowns and active shooter drills, instead of making the schools safer, school officials have succeeded in creating an environment in which children are so traumatized that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, nightmares, anxiety, mistrust of adults in authority, as well as feelings of anger, depression, humiliation, despair and delusion.
For example, a middle school in Washington State went on lockdown after a student brought a toy gun to class. A Boston high school went into lockdown for four hours after a bullet was discovered in a classroom. A North Carolina elementary school locked down and called in police after a fifth grader reported seeing an unfamiliar man in the school (it turned out to be a parent).
Police officers at a Florida middle school carried out an active shooter drill in an effort to educate students about how to respond in the event of an actual shooting crisis. Two armed officers, guns loaded and drawn, burst into classrooms, terrorizing the students and placing the school into lockdown mode.
If these exercises are intended to instill fear and compliance into young people, they’re working.
As journalist Dahlia Lithwick points out: “I don’t recall any serious national public dialogue about lockdown protocols or how they became the norm. It seems simply to have begun, modeling itself on the lockdowns that occur during prison riots, and then spread until school lockdowns and lockdown drills are as common for our children as fire drills, and as routine as duck-and-cover drills were in the 1950s.”
The toll such incidents take on adults can be life-altering, but when such police brutality is perpetrated on young people, the end result is nothing less than complete indoctrination into becoming compliant citizens of a totalitarian state.
Schools acting like prisons.
School officials acting like wardens.
Students treated like inmates and punished like hardened criminals.
This is the end product of all those so-called school “safety” policies, which run the gamut from zero-tolerance policies that punish all infractions harshly to surveillance cameras, metal detectors, random searches, drug-sniffing dogs, school-wide lockdowns, active-shooter drills and militarized police officers.
Unfortunately, advocates for such harsh police tactics and weaponry like to trot out the line that school safety should be our first priority lest we find ourselves with another Sandy Hook.
What they will not tell you is that such shootings are rare.
As one congressional report found, the schools are, generally speaking, safe places for children.
In their zeal to crack down on guns and lock down the schools, these cheerleaders for police state tactics in the schools might also fail to mention the lucrative, multi-million dollar deals being cut with military contractors such as Taser International to equip these school cops with tasers, tanks, rifles and $100,000 shooting detection systems.
Indeed, the transformation of hometown police departments into extensions of the military has been mirrored in the public schools, where school police have been gifted with high-powered M16 rifles, MRAP armored vehicles, grenade launchers, and other military gear. One Texas school district even boasts its own 12-member SWAT team.
According to one law review article on the school-to-prison pipeline, “Many school districts have formed their own police departments, some so large they rival the forces of major United States cities in size. For example, the safety division in New York City’s public schools is so large that if it were a local police department, it would be the fifth-largest police force in the country.”
The ramifications are far-reaching.
There can be no avoiding the hands-on lessons being taught in the schools about the role of police in our lives, ranging from active shooter drills and school-wide lockdowns to incidents in which children engaging in typically childlike behavior are suspended (for shooting an imaginary “arrow” at a fellow classmate), handcuffed (for being disruptive at school), arrested (for throwing water balloons as part of a school prank), and even tasered (for not obeying instructions).
Instead of raising up a generation of freedom fighters—which one would hope would be the objective of the schools—government officials seem determined to churn out newly minted citizens of the American police state who are being taught the hard way what it means to comply, fear and march in lockstep with the government’s dictates.
So what’s the answer, not only for the here-and-now—the children growing up in these quasi-prisons—but for the future of this country?
How do you convince a child who has been routinely handcuffed, shackled, tied down, locked up, and immobilized by government officials—all before he reaches the age of adulthood—that he has any rights at all, let alone the right to challenge wrongdoing, resist oppression and defend himself against injustice?
Most of all, how do you persuade a fellow American that the government works for him when, for most of his young life, he has been incarcerated in an institution that teaches young people to be obedient and compliant citizens who don’t talk back, don’t question and don’t challenge authority?
Peter Gray, a professor of psychology at Boston College, believes that school is a prison that is damaging our kids, and it’s hard to disagree, especially with the numbers of police officers being assigned to schools on the rise.
Students, in turn, are not only finding themselves subjected to police tactics such as handcuffs, leg shackles, tasers and excessive force for “acting up” but are also being ticketed, fined and sent to court for behavior perceived as defiant, disruptive or disorderly such as spraying perfume and writing on a desk.
Clearly, the pathology that characterizes the American police state has passed down to the schools.
Now in addition to the government and its agents viewing the citizenry as suspects to be probed, poked, pinched, tasered, searched, seized, stripped and generally manhandled, all with the general blessing of the courts, our children in the public schools are also fair game for school resource officers who taser teenagers and handcuff kindergartners, school officials who have criminalized childhood behavior, school lockdowns and terror drills that teach your children to fear and comply, and a police state mindset that has transformed the schools into quasi-prisons.
Don’t even get me started on the “school-to-prison pipeline,” the phenomenon in which children who are suspended or expelled from school have a greater likelihood of ending up in jail. One study found that “being suspended or expelled made a student nearly three times more likely to come into contact with the juvenile justice system within the next year.”
By the time the average young person in America finishes their public school education, nearly one out of every three of them will have been arrested. Nearly 40 percent of those young people who are arrested will serve time in a private prison, where the emphasis is on making profits for large megacorporations above all else.
Indeed, this profit-driven system of incarceration has also given rise to a growth in juvenile prisons and financial incentives for jailing young people. In this way, young people have become easy targets for the private prison industry, which profits from criminalizing childish behavior and jailing young people.
None of these tactics are making our communities or schools any safer, and they’re certainly not contributing to environments in which learning flourishes. Incredibly, despite the fact that the U.S. invests more money in public education (roughly $13,000 per child per year) than many other developed countries, we rank around the middle of the pack in science, math and reading, and behind many other advanced industrial nations.
Without a doubt, change is needed, but that will mean taking on the teachers’ unions, the school unions, the educators’ associations, and the police unions, not to mention the politicians dependent on their votes and all of the corporations that profit mightily from an industrial school complex.
As we’ve seen with other issues, any significant reforms will have to start locally and trickle upwards.
For starters, parents need to be vocal, visible and organized and demand that school officials 1) adopt a policy of positive reinforcement in dealing with behavior issues; 2) minimize the presence in the schools of police officers and cease involving them in student discipline; and 3) insist that all behavioral issues be addressed first and foremost with a child’s parents, before any other disciplinary tactics are attempted.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People , if you want a nation of criminals, treat the citizenry like criminals.
If you want young people who grow up seeing themselves as prisoners, run the schools like prisons.
If, on the other hand, you want to raise up a generation of freedom fighters, who will actually operate with justice, fairness, accountability and equality towards each other and their government, then run the schools like freedom forums.
Remove the metal detectors and surveillance cameras, re-assign the cops elsewhere, and start treating our nation’s young people like citizens of a republic and not inmates in a police state penitentiary.
Article posted with permission from John Whitehead


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-19--Tucker Carlson Confirmed China Threat To US On Fox News That We’ve Been Reporting On For Three Days

Tucker Carlson Confirmed China Threat To US On Fox News That We ’ ve Been Reporting On For Three Days ( Video ) Two previous articles here at Sons of Liberty Media penned by this writer discussed the Chinese Communist Party government ’ s influence over American society through different measures .
Speculation was made that Michael Bloomberg was a bought and paid for Chicom stooge .
Yesterday evening , Tucker Carlson on Fox News ’ Tucker Carlson Tonight , presented the same talking points on China in his monologue .
Take a look .
• Chinese Influences American Society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ & Politican Knowledge • Gordon Chang Warning America About Chinese Huawei Tech Embedded In 5G Network To Surveil Americans Tucker provided additional information which cements exactly what has been theorized – China is a huge threat to America and Americans through use of corporations , former government politicians , universities , etc .
to plunder this nation of any and every advancement possible while using their paid stooges and organizations to promote the eradication of God-given individual unalienable rights from US citizens .
No need to say anymore .
Tucker just reiterated what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two articles appearing here at Sons of Liberty Media , sourced from Breitbart News .
Will American citizens take it seriously now that the threat from China was reported by Tucker Carlson at Fox News ?
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media Suzanne Hamner ( pen name ) is a registered nurse , grandmother of 4 , and a political independent residing in the state of Georgia , who is trying to mobilize the Christian community in her area to stand up and speak out against tyrannical government , invasion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and get back to the basics of education .

Tucker Carlson Confirmed China Threat To US On Fox News That We’ve Been Reporting On For Three Days (Video)
Two previous articles here at Sons of Liberty Media penned by this writer discussed the Chinese Communist Party government’s influence over American society through different measures. Speculation was made that Michael Bloomberg was a bought and paid for Chicom stooge. Yesterday evening, Tucker Carlson on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight, presented the same talking points on China in his monologue. Take a look.
Tucker provided additional information which cements exactly what has been theorized – China is a huge threat to America and Americans through use of corporations, former government politicians, universities, etc. to plunder this nation of any and every advancement possible while using their paid stooges and organizations to promote the eradication of God-given individual unalienable rights from US citizens.
No need to say anymore.
Tucker just reiterated what was said and postulated in the previous two articles appearing here at Sons of Liberty Media, sourced from Breitbart News.
Will American citizens take it seriously now that the threat from China was reported by Tucker Carlson at Fox News?
I wonder.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--Colorado:  Shocking Video Shows Cop Execute Unarmed Grandpa For Walking Toward Him

Fort Lupton , CO — In 2019 alone , cops in Colorado shot or killed a total of 67 citizens .
Out of those 67 citizens shot or killed , only one cop faced any repercussions .
Officer Zachary Helbig was charged with manslaughter last year after he shot and killed an unarmed man for absolutely no reason .
Sadly , however , because people are blinded by the sheen of the badge , last week , a jury acquitted Helbig for executing Shawn Billinger on Jan. 16 , 2019 .
After the killer cop was acquitted , the body @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is nothing short of shocking and raises serious questions as to how on earth a jury could acquit him .
On that fateful January afternoon , Helbig responded to a call at a Shell gas station .
The reason for the response remains sealed , however , the video shows Billinger was not a threat and was unarmed when Helbig executed him .
As the video shows , Helbig is interviewing individuals at the gas station before driving after Billinger .
The woman appears to be Billinger ’ s girlfriend and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they broke up .
She then points to Billinger who is driving by in his van .
Helbig then gets in his cruiser and pursues Billinger .
When Billinger gets out of his van he walks behind a house .
When Helbig confronts him , Billinger begins walking toward Helbig saying “ kill me.
” Helbig , who was apparently so scared of the unarmed mentally ill man his only option was deadly force , quickly obliged and murdered him on the spot .
He never once attempted less lethal force .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was scared .
The case was so egregious that Helbig was quickly indicted the following April .
The indictment said Helbig fired one shot at Billinger , hitting him in the chest .
He was pronounced dead at the scene .
“ The defendant acted recklessly with respect to his conduct described above and was not justified in the actions he took pursuant to the affirmative defenses of deadly force in the defense of a person and peace officer ’ s use of deadly physical force , ” the indictment said .
Helbig @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed that Helbig is trained to kill unarmed mentally ill people who walk toward him .
Seriously .
“ The truth is , he did what he was trained to do , ” Gary Lozow , Helbig ’ s defense attorney , told the jury , pausing silently for 10 seconds to demonstrate his point .
“ He acted in self-defense .
He did what he needed to do to save his life.
” Exactly how this attorney could argue that Helbig acted in self-defense is a mystery .
Never was Helbig ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no idea whether or not Billinger would have tried to hurt the cop because he was killed 20 feet away .
Nevertheless , the jury bought this nonsense hook , line , and sinker .
“ I don ’ t know what funeral we ’ d be at if Helbig did that , ” the attorney added .
How about no one ’ s funeral ?
Had this officer had a single ounce of courage , he would ’ ve at least attempted to use his taser or baton first .
He could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The District Attorney disagreed with the defense and pointed out how this cop getting away with murder is not okay .
“ What do you expect from law enforcement before they take a life ?
” Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke said .
“ That can ’ t be the standard in this community.
” Rourke argued , quite accurately that Helbig never needed to be in a life or death situation .
The officer had “ every opportunity to create time and distance.
” Helbig knew backup was coming .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation ?
” Rourke asked the jury .
Sadly , however , Helbig didn ’ t stop there and because of his cowardly actions a family now mourns the loss of their loved one .
In a statement , the Billinger family said “ Shawn was a man in crisis .
He was mentally ill. Shawn did not have to die on January 16 , 2019 .
Shawn was a dad , grandpa , brother , son and friend .
He is missed by all who loved him.
” As you watch the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Helbig ’ s attorney and let it sink in .
The attorney argued — successfully — that Helbig , a police officer , is trained to kill unarmed individuals who walk toward them .
A disturbing idea indeed .

Fort Lupton, CO — In 2019 alone, cops in Colorado shot or killed a total of 67 citizens. Out of those 67 citizens shot or killed, only one cop faced any repercussions. Officer Zachary Helbig was charged with manslaughter last year after he shot and killed an unarmed man for absolutely no reason. Sadly, however, because people are blinded by the sheen of the badge, last week, a jury acquitted Helbig for executing Shawn Billinger on Jan. 16, 2019.
After the killer cop was acquitted, the body camera footage from that day was released. It is nothing short of shocking and raises serious questions as to how on earth a jury could acquit him.
On that fateful January afternoon, Helbig responded to a call at a Shell gas station. The reason for the response remains sealed, however, the video shows Billinger was not a threat and was unarmed when Helbig executed him.
As the video shows, Helbig is interviewing individuals at the gas station before driving after Billinger. The woman appears to be Billinger’s girlfriend and is telling the officer she is upset that they broke up. She then points to Billinger who is driving by in his van. Helbig then gets in his cruiser and pursues Billinger.
When Billinger gets out of his van he walks behind a house. When Helbig confronts him, Billinger begins walking toward Helbig saying “kill me.” Helbig, who was apparently so scared of the unarmed mentally ill man his only option was deadly force, quickly obliged and murdered him on the spot. He never once attempted less lethal force. He simply killed a man because he was scared.
The case was so egregious that Helbig was quickly indicted the following April. The indictment said Helbig fired one shot at Billinger, hitting him in the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The defendant acted recklessly with respect to his conduct described above and was not justified in the actions he took pursuant to the affirmative defenses of deadly force in the defense of a person and peace officer’s use of deadly physical force,” the indictment said.
Helbig’s police union-appointed attorney disagreed and claimed that Helbig is trained to kill unarmed mentally ill people who walk toward him. Seriously.
“The truth is, he did what he was trained to do,” Gary Lozow, Helbig’s defense attorney, told the jury, pausing silently for 10 seconds to demonstrate his point. “He acted in self-defense. He did what he needed to do to save his life.”
Exactly how this attorney could argue that Helbig acted in self-defense is a mystery. Never was Helbig’s life in danger. We have no idea whether or not Billinger would have tried to hurt the cop because he was killed 20 feet away.
Nevertheless, the jury bought this nonsense hook, line, and sinker.
“I don’t know what funeral we’d be at if Helbig did that,” the attorney added.
How about no one’s funeral? Had this officer had a single ounce of courage, he would’ve at least attempted to use his taser or baton first. He could’ve simply backed up too.
The District Attorney disagreed with the defense and pointed out how this cop getting away with murder is not okay.
“What do you expect from law enforcement before they take a life?” Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke said. “That can’t be the standard in this community.”
Rourke argued, quite accurately that Helbig never needed to be in a life or death situation. The officer had “every opportunity to create time and distance.” Helbig knew backup was coming.
“Why not stop there and assess the situation?” Rourke asked the jury.
Sadly, however, Helbig didn’t stop there and because of his cowardly actions a family now mourns the loss of their loved one.
In a statement, the Billinger family said “Shawn was a man in crisis. He was mentally ill. Shawn did not have to die on January 16, 2019. Shawn was a dad, grandpa, brother, son and friend. He is missed by all who loved him.”
As you watch the video below, remember the statement from Helbig’s attorney and let it sink in. The attorney argued — successfully — that Helbig, a police officer, is trained to kill unarmed individuals who walk toward them. A disturbing idea indeed.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--Somali Community Leader:  Ilhan Omar Did Marry her Brother:  Claims She Would “Do What She Had To do

Somali Community Leader : Ilhan Omar Did Marry her Brother : Claims She Would “ Do What She Had To do To Get Him ‘ Papers ’ To Keep Him In US ” There is ample evidence that Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar did marry her own brother and in doing so engaged in fraud as well as bigamy .
Now , it ’ s being reported that a Somali community leader is also comfirming the scandal and crime saying that she would “ do what she had to do to get him ( her brother ) ‘ papers ’ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Evidence On Ilhan Omar ’ s Sister ’ s Website Indicates Ilhan Omar Lied Oath About Brother She Married • Ilhan Omar Out ?
Minneapolis Star Tribune Admits She May Have Married Her Brother – State Dems Seek Replacement ‘ Squad ’ congresswoman Ilhan Omar told friends years ago that the man who went on to become her second husband was in fact her brother , DailyMail.com can confirm .
And now for the first time one of those friends has come forward to reveal exactly how Omar and Ahmed Elmi scandalized the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the first person to go on record to speak of how Omar said she wanted to get her brother papers so he could stay in the United States , at a time when she was married to her first husband Ahmed Hirsi .
But hardly anyone realized that meant marrying him .
‘ No one knew there had been a wedding until the media turned up the marriage certificate years later , ’ Osman , 40 , exclusively told DailyMail.com .
Osman ’ s revelations are sure to renew calls for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has repeatedly refused to answer questions on her marriage to Elmi .
She originally said the idea that the spouses were also siblings were ‘ baseless , absurd rumors ’ , accusing journalists of Islamophobia , but has since stayed quiet .
Keep in mind that apparently , she was married to her brother and her ex-husband at the same time .
• Address Records Show Rep. Ilhan Omar Still Lived With Her First Husband Throughout Marriage To Her Apparent Brother Now , she ’ s apparently committing adultery with one of her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands of dollars .
• Stoning Offense ?
Jihad Rep. Ilhan Omar Caught Living In Sin With With Married Campaign Aide Tim Mynett • Local News Confronts Ilhan Omar Over Her Adultery – She Runs Scared • Ilhan Omar Confronted In DC On Her Gross , Criminal Brother-Husband Situation – Watch Her Reaction • The Ilhan Omar Circus Continues : More Adultery , More Cash • Jihad Rep. Ilhan Omar Now Accused of Adultery With Strategist She Paid $ 250,000 • Ilhan Omar Seen With New Man At Los Angeles Restaurant After Second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported last month that the FBI was investigating the marriage and had met with a source in Minneapolis who handed over ‘ a trove of documents ’ related to the marriage .
Any findings were to be shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Department of Education , the paper reported .
Anyone found guilty of committing marriage fraud faces up to five years in jail and a fine of up to $ 250,000 .
Elmi and Omar married on February 12 , 2009 at a Hennepin County office in Eden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , their marriage license shows .
Omar said she and Hirsi had separated in 2008 , and because their faith-based union was never recognized by law , neither is their separation .
Elmi and Omar said they lived together at an address in Columbia Heights , a suburb on the north side of the city .
The marriage was conducted by Christian minister Wilecia Harris .
When DailyMail.com approached her last year , she would not discuss the ceremony or why a Muslim couple would have asked her to marry them .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Mighty Works Ministries in Richfield , Minnesota , which is described on its Facebook page as a ‘ nondenominational , Bible believing , Bible teaching , and Bible living ministry that believes in being a living example of Jesus the anointed one !
’ Let ’ s be clear : Apparently , these people don ’ t know what the Bible teaches about marriage or Islam or they would have confronted them about repentance and the Gospel .
• Judicial Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Ilhan Omar With House Over Immigration , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Jihad Rep. Ilhan Omar Facing 40 Years in Prison & Deportation After 7 New Crimes Uncovered Even Omar ’ s own husband claims she married her brother , who is a sodomite .
• Report – Ilhan Omar ’ s Husband : She Married Her Brother , Threatened Me & Asked Me To Lie • As Investigations About Marital History Heat Up Jihad-Rep Ilhan Omar Splits From Husband , Divorcing Him Second Time • Omar Definitely In Trouble : Brother-Husband ’ s Birthdate On Wedding Certificate Matches School Records To top it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a traitor to the US .
• Ilhan Omar ’ s Criminal History Demonstrates She Has No Regard For The Law – See The Documents Here • Qatari Insider : Ilhan Omar Is “ A Sex Maniac… Very Weak When It Comes to Money & Sex ” • This Now Deleted 2013 Tweet Proves That Ilhan Omar is a Fraud and Should be Prosecuted & Deported • Report : Ilhan Omar ’ s Father & Other Somalian War Criminals Illegally Living In The US • Lawsuit : Did Ilhan Omar Break Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dakota State University Covering Up Student Immigration Fraud Facilitated By Ilhan Omar ?
However , will there actually be any prosecution against this woman ?
• Trump Exposes Exactly What Ilhan Omar Is Doing For Him – It ’ s The Reason He ’ s Not Seeking Her Prosecution I doubt it .
After all , DC politicians are more concerned with what they say than what they do… and it ’ s all about getting your vote in November .

Somali Community Leader: Ilhan Omar Did Marry her Brother: Claims She Would “Do What She Had To do To Get Him ‘Papers’ To Keep Him In US”
There is ample evidence that Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar did marry her own brother and in doing so engaged in fraud as well as bigamy. Now, it’s being reported that a Somali community leader is also comfirming the scandal and crime saying that she would “do what she had to do to get him (her brother) ‘papers’ to keep him in the US.”
The Daily Mail reports:
‘Squad’ congresswoman Ilhan Omar told friends years ago that the man who went on to become her second husband was in fact her brother, DailyMail.com can confirm.
And now for the first time one of those friends has come forward to reveal exactly how Omar and Ahmed Elmi scandalized the Somali community in Minneapolis.
Abdihakim Osman is the first person to go on record to speak of how Omar said she wanted to get her brother papers so he could stay in the United States, at a time when she was married to her first husband Ahmed Hirsi.
But hardly anyone realized that meant marrying him.
‘No one knew there had been a wedding until the media turned up the marriage certificate years later,’ Osman, 40, exclusively told DailyMail.com.
Osman’s revelations are sure to renew calls for an investigation into the Minnesota freshman representative who has repeatedly refused to answer questions on her marriage to Elmi.
She originally said the idea that the spouses were also siblings were ‘baseless, absurd rumors’, accusing journalists of Islamophobia, but has since stayed quiet.
Keep in mind that apparently, she was married to her brother and her ex-husband at the same time.
Now, she’s apparently committing adultery with one of her campaign advisors whom she paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Daily Mail added:
The New York Post reported last month that the FBI was investigating the marriage and had met with a source in Minneapolis who handed over ‘a trove of documents’ related to the marriage.
Any findings were to be shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Department of Education, the paper reported. Anyone found guilty of committing marriage fraud faces up to five years in jail and a fine of up to $250,000.
Elmi and Omar married on February 12, 2009 at a Hennepin County office in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, southwest of Minneapolis, their marriage license shows. Omar said she and Hirsi had separated in 2008, and because their faith-based union was never recognized by law, neither is their separation.
Elmi and Omar said they lived together at an address in Columbia Heights, a suburb on the north side of the city.
The marriage was conducted by Christian minister Wilecia Harris. When DailyMail.com approached her last year, she would not discuss the ceremony or why a Muslim couple would have asked her to marry them.
She and her husband Marcus run the Great and Mighty Works Ministries in Richfield, Minnesota, which is described on its Facebook page as a ‘nondenominational, Bible believing, Bible teaching, and Bible living ministry that believes in being a living example of Jesus the anointed one!’
Let’s be clear: Apparently, these people don’t know what the Bible teaches about marriage or Islam or they would have confronted them about repentance and the Gospel.
Even Omar’s own husband claims she married her brother, who is a sodomite.
To top it off, she’s a criminal and a traitor to the US.
However, will there actually be any prosecution against this woman?
I doubt it. After all, DC politicians are more concerned with what they say than what they do… and it’s all about getting your vote in November.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--Trump Names Sodomite Ambassador Richard Grenell As Acting Director Of National Intelligence

I really don ’ t know what it is going to take for self-professed Christian supporters of President Donald Trump to see that he is not what he says he is .
In the latest move that is certainly daring God ’ s justice against the united States , Trump named sodomite ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as the acting director of national intelligence .
“ I am pleased to announce that our highly respected Ambassador to Germany , @ RichardGrenell , will become the Acting Director of National Intelligence .
Rick has represented our Country exceedingly well and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I would like to thank Joe Maguire for the wonderful job he has done , and we look forward to working with him closely , perhaps in another capacity within the Administration !
” Trump tweeted .
Of course , far from representing our country well , our founding fathers would have acted completely different from President Trump .
• How The Founding Fathers Dealt With Those Who Engaged In Sodomy The job of Director of National Intelligence oversees the entire intelligence community and also works closely with the director of Homeland Security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to end well for those who would call out this man as an open felon for his crimes ?
• Trump Admin Bans African Leader From US Who Announced Opposition To LGBTQ : “ I Prefer to Anger Those Countries Than To Anger God ” • The President Attempting to De-Criminalize Sodomy – The Question that Needs to Be Asked , Why is Sodomy Illegal ?
• Trump : I Have No Problem With A Sodomite “ Married ” To Another Man Running For Office Grenell will keep his job as ambassador @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national intelligence , an administration official confirmed to VOA News .
He is also the special envoy for peace negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo .
Grenell would be the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history .
Because he would be acting Director of National Intelligence , Grenell does not need Senate confirmation , which is probably why Trump is putting him in the job in an acting capacity .
Grenell has been a U.S .
Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush , a newspaper columnist and television @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a media and public affairs operation .
He has no direct experience in the intelligence community , but is regarded to be fiercely loyal to Trump and his policies .
Grenell has been especially outspoken about what he says are the dangers of doing business with the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei , urging Germany not to become a Huawei customer because of suspicions the company installs spyware in its products at the bidding of Beijing .
Grenell will replace current acting DNI Joseph Macguire who took the job in a temporary capacity from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This man not only engages in the crime of sodomy , but attempts to pervert the institute of marriage and to force people to accept it .
Being an openly gay Republican adviser has not always been easy for Grenell .
When tapped by Romney , he faced harsh criticism for his sexual orientation , with one member of the Christian non-profit American Family Association writing on Twitter at the time : “ Romney picks out & loud gay as a spokesman .
If personnel is policy , his message to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working at the UN , he unsuccessfully fought to have his partner , consumer insights expert Matt Lashey , listed as a spouse in the personnel directory , according to the Washington Post .
In 2013 , he signed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage .
As a former Fox News contributor , he called the Supreme Court ’ s 2015 ruling that granted same-sex marriage across the United States “ a huge win ” , arguing that conservatives should rejoice because it meant that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell people what to do.
” While many have questioned many in the intelligence community , it appears that Grenell has been placed in this position as thanks from Trump for his support , not because of any real experience or expertise .
This is not going to be good for the US .
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

I really don’t know what it is going to take for self-professed Christian supporters of President Donald Trump to see that he is not what he says he is. In the latest move that is certainly daring God’s justice against the united States, Trump named sodomite ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as the acting director of national intelligence.
“I am pleased to announce that our highly respected Ambassador to Germany, @RichardGrenell, will become the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Rick has represented our Country exceedingly well and I look forward to working with him. I would like to thank Joe Maguire for the wonderful job he has done, and we look forward to working with him closely, perhaps in another capacity within the Administration!” Trump tweeted.
I am pleased to announce that our highly respected Ambassador to Germany, @RichardGrenell, will become the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Rick has represented our Country exceedingly well and I look forward to working with him. I would like to thank Joe Maguire…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2020
….for the wonderful job he has done, and we look forward to working with him closely, perhaps in another capacity within the Administration! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2020
Of course, far from representing our country well, our founding fathers would have acted completely different from President Trump.
represents the country well? George Washington would have drummed him out… Thomas Jefferson would have sought his genitals cut off… forefathers before them would have put him to death or hard labor… Daring God's justice. — Tim Brown (@FPPTim) February 20, 2020
The job of Director of National Intelligence oversees the entire intelligence community and also works closely with the director of Homeland Security. Anyone else sensing this is not going to end well for those who would call out this man as an open felon for his crimes?
Infowars reports:
Grenell will keep his job as ambassador to Germany while serving as director of national intelligence, an administration official confirmed to VOA News. He is also the special envoy for peace negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo.
Grenell would be the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history.
Because he would be acting Director of National Intelligence, Grenell does not need Senate confirmation, which is probably why Trump is putting him in the job in an acting capacity.
Grenell has been a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, a newspaper columnist and television news commentator, and the founder of a media and public affairs operation.
He has no direct experience in the intelligence community, but is regarded to be fiercely loyal to Trump and his policies.
Grenell has been especially outspoken about what he says are the dangers of doing business with the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, urging Germany not to become a Huawei customer because of suspicions the company installs spyware in its products at the bidding of Beijing.
Grenell will replace current acting DNI Joseph Macguire who took the job in a temporary capacity from Dan Coats who Trump fired last July.
This man not only engages in the crime of sodomy, but attempts to pervert the institute of marriage and to force people to accept it.
The Local reported:
Being an openly gay Republican adviser has not always been easy for Grenell. When tapped by Romney, he faced harsh criticism for his sexual orientation, with one member of the Christian non-profit American Family Association writing on Twitter at the time: “Romney picks out & loud gay as a spokesman. If personnel is policy, his message to the pro-family community: drop dead.”
While working at the UN, he unsuccessfully fought to have his partner, consumer insights expert Matt Lashey, listed as a spouse in the personnel directory, according to the Washington Post.
In 2013, he signed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage.
As a former Fox News contributor, he called the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling that granted same-sex marriage across the United States “a huge win”, arguing that conservatives should rejoice because it meant that the “government doesn’t get to tell people what to do.”
While many have questioned many in the intelligence community, it appears that Grenell has been placed in this position as thanks from Trump for his support, not because of any real experience or expertise.
This is not going to be good for the US.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media