thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-17--California:  Huck Finn, To Kill A Mockingbird & Other Classic Books Banned In Schools For “Racism”

When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440 , the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change .
Prior to the release and production of the printing press , books were incredibly expensive , rare , mostly written in Latin , and reserved for royalty and clergy .
The spread of information was kept under lock and key .
However , in just a few decades after its spread throughout the world , Gutenberg ’ s press had rolled out hundreds of millions of books .
The operation of a printing press became synonymous with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a new branch of media , the press .
The world was becoming informed .
Hailed as one of the most important inventions in human history , the printing press helped societies break free from the ignorance and bondage imposed upon them by the keepers of information .
Over the next 400 years , those with access to information about peace and freedom began to rise up against their oppressors .
Instead of monarchies and dictatorships , republics and democracies were born .
The world was well on its way to becoming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , with information — comes propaganda and censorship .
Not being able to control the dissemination of information , tyrants decided to control the actual information instead .
Certain books were burned , banned , and shunned .
Only establishment-supporting nationalistic books were promoted which led to entire societies believing their patriotic stories about how their countries ‘ played the key role in the development of the modern world ’ — up to and including societies like Nazi Germany who were convinced that murdering millions of Jews was the right thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world was tricked by slick establishment propagandists , who wrote their version of heroic history .
Tyrants were painted as saviors ; mass murderers hailed as great discoverers .
The world was slipping back into a dark age of control and manipulation .
Luckily , there were a few voices who resisted mass censorship , the book banners and burners , and the last century has seen incredible growth and freedom of speech .
But , like all empires inevitably do , America is increasingly slipping into despotism and , once again , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are attempting to silence information with which they disagree .
One example of this new “ book burning ” is taking place in California .
Schools in Burbank , California have banned multiple books after a handful of parents expressed concern over them .
To be clear , these books do not advocate racism , violence , hatred , or anything of the sort .
These books have won multiple awards and have achieved literary godliness .
Burbank schools are now being forced to teach other titles because a small group ( exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in depriving thousands of other children from reading Harper Lee ’ s , Mark Twain ’ s , John Steinbeck ’ s , Theodore Taylor ’ s and Mildred D. Taylor ’ s .
That ’ s right , — that was written by a black woman about racism in America during the Jim Crow era — was banned because it is supposedly racist .
Someone should probably ask Newbery Award-winning author , Mildred DeLois Taylor , how she feels about her book , written about her own life experiences , getting banned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the parents said their children experienced racism in schools which is unacceptable — but also exceedingly improbable that this racism was derived from a child reading a novel .
As Newsweek reports , Carmenita Helligar said her daughter , Destiny , was approached by a white student in math class using a racial taunt including the N-word , which he ’ d learned from reading while both attended the David Starr Jordan Middle School .
“ My family used to own your family and now I want a dollar from each of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boy is said to have told Destiny .
“ My daughter was literally traumatized , ” Helligar said .
“ These books are problematic … you feel helpless because you can ’ t even protect your child from the hurt that she ’ s going through.
” While no one wants their child to experience the horrific scenario described above , the idea of a classic book — that is actually anti-racist — turning a child into a racist is absolutely absurd .
If someone is so hateful that they are willing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school , blaming a book is asinine .
This kid was either brought up as a racist or , he made a tone deaf , disgusting attempt at teasing .
Either way , it doesn ’ t matter what actually transpired as the results are the same — books are banned in the land of the free .
Sadly , it is indeed likely that those calling for banning these books , have never even read them .
If they did actually read them , they would understand that they are not at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inspire kids to do the right thing , well , because it ’ s the right thing .
Luckily , the banning of these books did not go unnoticed and the National Coalition Against Censorship ( NCAC ) sent a letter to BUSD urging the district to allow teaching of the books while the challenges are under review .
“ [ W ] e believe that the books… have a great pedagogical value and should be retained in the curriculum , ” read the letter from the NCAC .
Some of the children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well .
Sungjoo Yoon , 15 , a sophomore at Burbank High School , also launched an online petition on Change.org to stop what he called a “ ban on antiracist books.
” “ In a time where racism has become more transparent than ever , we need to continue to educate students as to the roots of it ; to create anti-racist students , ” Yoon wrote .
“ These literatures , of which have been declared ‘ Books that Shaped America ’ by the Library of Congress , won Newbury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most influential pieces , can not disappear.
” PEN America ( an acronym for Poets , Essayists , Novelists ) also released a petition calling to reinstate the banned books .
“ Each of the books in question deals with difficult subject matter from our country ’ s complicated and painful history , including systemic racism , ” an excerpt from the petition reads .
“ Blocking engagement with these important books is also avoiding the important role that schools can and should play in providing context for why these books inspire and @ @ @ @ @ @

When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440, the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change. Prior to the release and production of the printing press, books were incredibly expensive, rare, mostly written in Latin, and reserved for royalty and clergy.
The spread of information was kept under lock and key.
However, in just a few decades after its spread throughout the world, Gutenberg’s press had rolled out hundreds of millions of books. The operation of a printing press became synonymous with the enterprise of printing and lent its name to a new branch of media, the press.
The world was becoming informed.
Hailed as one of the most important inventions in human history, the printing press helped societies break free from the ignorance and bondage imposed upon them by the keepers of information. Over the next 400 years, those with access to information about peace and freedom began to rise up against their oppressors. Instead of monarchies and dictatorships, republics and democracies were born.
The world was well on its way to becoming a Land of the Free. Unfortunately, however, with information — comes propaganda and censorship.
Not being able to control the dissemination of information, tyrants decided to control the actual information instead. Certain books were burned, banned, and shunned. Only establishment-supporting nationalistic books were promoted which led to entire societies believing their patriotic stories about how their countries ‘played the key role in the development of the modern world’ — up to and including societies like Nazi Germany who were convinced that murdering millions of Jews was the right thing to do.
For decades, the world was tricked by slick establishment propagandists, who wrote their version of heroic history. Tyrants were painted as saviors; mass murderers hailed as great discoverers. The world was slipping back into a dark age of control and manipulation.
Luckily, there were a few voices who resisted mass censorship, the book banners and burners, and the last century has seen incredible growth and freedom of speech. But, like all empires inevitably do, America is increasingly slipping into despotism and, once again, the alleged “arbiters of truth” are attempting to silence information with which they disagree.
One example of this new “book burning” is taking place in California. Schools in Burbank, California have banned multiple books after a handful of parents expressed concern over them. To be clear, these books do not advocate racism, violence, hatred, or anything of the sort. These books have won multiple awards and have achieved literary godliness.
Burbank schools are now being forced to teach other titles because a small group (exactly 4) of offended parents have succeeded in depriving thousands of other children from reading Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird , Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men , Theodore Taylor’s The Cay and Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry .
That’s right, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry — that was written by a black woman about racism in America during the Jim Crow era — was banned because it is supposedly racist. Someone should probably ask Newbery Award-winning author, Mildred DeLois Taylor, how she feels about her book, written about her own life experiences, getting banned for being racist.
To be fair, the parents said their children experienced racism in schools which is unacceptable — but also exceedingly improbable that this racism was derived from a child reading a novel.
As Newsweek reports, Carmenita Helligar said her daughter, Destiny, was approached by a white student in math class using a racial taunt including the N-word, which he’d learned from reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry while both attended the David Starr Jordan Middle School.
“My family used to own your family and now I want a dollar from each of you for the week,” another boy is said to have told Destiny.
“My daughter was literally traumatized,” Helligar said. “These books are problematic … you feel helpless because you can’t even protect your child from the hurt that she’s going through.”
While no one wants their child to experience the horrific scenario described above, the idea of a classic book — that is actually anti-racist — turning a child into a racist is absolutely absurd. If someone is so hateful that they are willing to say this to a child in middle school, blaming a book is asinine. This kid was either brought up as a racist or, he made a tone deaf, disgusting attempt at teasing.
Either way, it doesn’t matter what actually transpired as the results are the same — books are banned in the land of the free. Sadly, it is indeed likely that those calling for banning these books, have never even read them. If they did actually read them, they would understand that they are not at all racist and, in fact, inspire kids to do the right thing, well, because it’s the right thing.
Luckily, the banning of these books did not go unnoticed and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) sent a letter to BUSD urging the district to allow teaching of the books while the challenges are under review.
“[W]e believe that the books… have a great pedagogical value and should be retained in the curriculum,” read the letter from the NCAC.
Some of the children are speaking out against the banned books as well. Sungjoo Yoon, 15, a sophomore at Burbank High School, also launched an online petition on Change.org to stop what he called a “ban on antiracist books.”
“In a time where racism has become more transparent than ever, we need to continue to educate students as to the roots of it; to create anti-racist students,” Yoon wrote. “These literatures, of which have been declared ‘Books that Shaped America’ by the Library of Congress, won Newbury Medals, and are some of the most influential pieces, cannot disappear.”
PEN America (an acronym for Poets, Essayists, Novelists) also released a petition calling to reinstate the banned books.
“Each of the books in question deals with difficult subject matter from our country’s complicated and painful history, including systemic racism,” an excerpt from the petition reads. “Blocking engagement with these important books is also avoiding the important role that schools can and should play in providing context for why these books inspire and challenge us still today.”
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-17--The End Of Sports:  Sports Went Woke – Now They’re Going Broke

When the Dodgers won the World Series , few Americans were watching the game that had once been dubbed America ’ s Pastime .
The 2020 World Series broke all sorts of records , mostly bad ones , becoming the least watched world series .
With an average of less than 10 million viewers , the series commanded the attention of some 3 % of Americans .
The 32 % drop in viewers came at a time when people , many stuck at home , are obsessively watching television .
What were the other 13 million who had been watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they weren ’ t doing was watching a game they had once cared about .
The NBA finals ratings dropped 51 % .
Game 6 brought in 8.2 million viewers and the series only managed an average of 7.45 million viewers .
That ’ s after the conference finals brought in just a little over 4 million viewers .
And the NFL is facing its own ratings struggles as are other sports .
The media has frantically dug for apolitical reasons to explain these trainwreck numbers , but the simple reality is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but are now politically divisive .
The truly woke viewers are exiting for the WNBA and women ’ s soccer , whose numbers are up , while conservative viewers are jettisoning current games for highlight reels of past glories .
Sports used to be a metaphor for America .
Practice , play fair , and win .
The rules might differ , but the meritocracy of talent and the ethics of sportsmanship were essential to American life .
The metaphor is different now .
Don ’ t bother playing , get woke , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 126 million contract with Nike , followed by a Netflix series about your life , and become an icon .
Sports is still a metaphor for America , but a very different kind of country in which talent doesn ’ t matter , but monetizing radical aggrieved victimhood is how the game is really played and won .
And if that ’ s what it takes to become a sports icon , whatever your politics , why bother watching the game when you can tweet support for the BLM protests , or just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sports and the media are blaming the presidential election for their viewership drop .
They ’ re not wholly wrong , but they were the ones who politicized the game .
The message behind all the protests , the kneeling , the locker room boycotts , the emblems and the stunts , was that politics is more important than sports .
Viewers took them at their word and changed the channel .
If politics is America ’ s real national pastime , why waste time watching a few failed Colin Kaepernick ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but worse public relations timing , do their thing ?
If they had just dropped out and spent years protesting , they could have also been sports icons .
The problem with politicizing everything is that everything then becomes irrelevant .
If sports only matters when it ’ s political , then it doesn ’ t matter .
Neither do food , fashion , music , or any of the other things that people used to care about before caring became exclusive to politics .
The Soviet Union only cared about sports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the New Soviet Man so that even Soviet women playing sports turned out to be New Soviet Men .
Soviet sports were uninteresting because they existed for ideological reasons .
Players were advanced or tanked based on their sponsors within the Communist Party .
Those athletes who could , did their best to escape the USSR so that they would be able to play for themselves .
But where do you go to defect from the NFL , MLB , or the NBA ?
The Soviet Union flagrantly cheated when playing non-Warsaw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was much more important than the rules of the game .
But the whole point of a self-contained world with its own rules , absurd as they might occasionally be , is as a test of character .
When the rules don ’ t matter , neither does the game .
That ’ s the woke crisis .
Wokeness insists that the moral , ethical , and procedural rules that govern our lives don ’ t matter in the face of the systemic racism that leads police officers to shoot criminals .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ambush drivers on highways , and stab police officers .
If human life and personal property don ’ t matter in the face of the urgency of woke politics , then what rules do ?
And if we can ’ t agree on any rules , what ’ s the point of playing ?
Big Sports began violating its own rules to accommodate woke protests against America .
The impact may be less immediately destructive than Black Lives Matter rioters setting fire to a neighborhood , but ended up setting fire to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sports has always been a form of ritualized combat whose purpose was a test of character .
When character doesn ’ t matter and the rules don ’ t matter , all that ’ s left is the combat , and the real battles are taking place off the field and the court .
And viewers are changing the channel to CNN or FOX News where the combat is closer to being real than in the sports bubble .
The media and Big Sports promise that will change when the election is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t over , it ’ s just getting started .
Elections have become another game where the rules don ’ t matter .
And in a country where ritualized political combat is becoming more combative and less ritualistic , ritualized combat that is becoming more political and less combative won ’ t play .
The NFL and MLB , and to a lesser extent the NBA , depended on a national consensus .
The end of the consensus means the end of the nation and , much less seriously , their end .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ high point of the hero worship of great players came when Americans were united in their values and in their sense of national purpose , or that all of the above are passing .
Americans do fewer things together .
The old network appointment viewing of sitcoms , dramas , award shows and games has given way to scattershot streaming geared to individual taste .
Big Sports was never going to survive in an environment in which we agree on few things , and in which everything is a political test that will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
Big Sports , like their corporate partners , decided that pandering to the radical sports journalists , to woke companies , and to the Wokicrats who run much of the country mattered more .
And in the process they revealed the underlying truth that Disney , Nike , and the cultural values of their executives mattered more than the games they pretended to care about .
And the rest is history .
The falling ratings are a symptom of the end of sports .
MLB , the NFL , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but neither are they going anywhere except to Communist China .
Like Hollywood , the country ’ s other big entertainment industry has abandoned America while expanding to China .
Americans have less money and fewer people , and the rules of the game are too complicated .
In China , the rules are simple .
Don ’ t mention Hong Kong or Taiwan , and praise the Party .
America ’ s cultural rules have become bewilderingly complicated as the country fractures , and there ’ s no way to win .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone still loses the Catch 22 .
But the end of sports is the end of hundred million dollar contracts , not the end of the game .
The games , the real ones , were played to see how far a ball can go and what a man can do .
The familiar games we play had their echoes in the dust of medieval European towns and on Greek fields .
The games will not be lost , only the huge corrupt industries that grew around them .
While the role of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lives of ordinary Americans , the games will live on in backyards , cul-de-sacs , and grassy fields where we will go on playing them , instead of paying to watch others play , and we ’ ll do it by the rules we grew up with .
We will go on standing for the anthem and testing our arms , our legs , and our hearts .
In sports , as in life , it is not the big organizations , but what we do as individuals , that define us @

When the Dodgers won the World Series, few Americans were watching the game that had once been dubbed America’s Pastime. The 2020 World Series broke all sorts of records, mostly bad ones, becoming the least watched world series. With an average of less than 10 million viewers, the series commanded the attention of some 3% of Americans.
The 32% drop in viewers came at a time when people, many stuck at home, are obsessively watching television. What were the other 13 million who had been watching last year do? The one thing they weren’t doing was watching a game they had once cared about.
It wasn’t just baseball.
The NBA finals ratings dropped 51%. Game 6 brought in 8.2 million viewers and the series only managed an average of 7.45 million viewers. That’s after the conference finals brought in just a little over 4 million viewers. And the NFL is facing its own ratings struggles as are other sports.
The media has frantically dug for apolitical reasons to explain these trainwreck numbers, but the simple reality is that sports used to be competitively divisive, but are now politically divisive. The truly woke viewers are exiting for the WNBA and women’s soccer, whose numbers are up, while conservative viewers are jettisoning current games for highlight reels of past glories.
Sports used to be a metaphor for America. Practice, play fair, and win. The rules might differ, but the meritocracy of talent and the ethics of sportsmanship were essential to American life. The metaphor is different now. Don’t bother playing, get woke, become a nuisance, score a $126 million contract with Nike, followed by a Netflix series about your life, and become an icon.
Sports is still a metaphor for America, but a very different kind of country in which talent doesn’t matter, but monetizing radical aggrieved victimhood is how the game is really played and won. And if that’s what it takes to become a sports icon, whatever your politics, why bother watching the game when you can tweet support for the BLM protests, or just get out there and riot?
Big Sports and the media are blaming the presidential election for their viewership drop. They’re not wholly wrong, but they were the ones who politicized the game. The message behind all the protests, the kneeling, the locker room boycotts, the emblems and the stunts, was that politics is more important than sports. Viewers took them at their word and changed the channel.
If politics is America’s real national pastime, why waste time watching a few failed Colin Kaepernick’s, who may have a better arm, but worse public relations timing, do their thing? If they had just dropped out and spent years protesting, they could have also been sports icons.
The problem with politicizing everything is that everything then becomes irrelevant. If sports only matters when it’s political, then it doesn’t matter. Neither do food, fashion, music, or any of the other things that people used to care about before caring became exclusive to politics.
The Soviet Union only cared about sports as a vehicle for proving the superiority of the New Soviet Man so that even Soviet women playing sports turned out to be New Soviet Men. Soviet sports were uninteresting because they existed for ideological reasons. Players were advanced or tanked based on their sponsors within the Communist Party. Those athletes who could, did their best to escape the USSR so that they would be able to play for themselves.
But where do you go to defect from the NFL, MLB, or the NBA?
The Soviet Union flagrantly cheated when playing non-Warsaw Pact countries because the triumph of Communism was much more important than the rules of the game. But the whole point of a self-contained world with its own rules, absurd as they might occasionally be, is as a test of character. When the rules don’t matter, neither does the game. That’s the woke crisis.
Wokeness insists that the moral, ethical, and procedural rules that govern our lives don’t matter in the face of the systemic racism that leads police officers to shoot criminals. It’s okay to loot stores, ambush drivers on highways, and stab police officers. If human life and personal property don’t matter in the face of the urgency of woke politics, then what rules do?
And if we can’t agree on any rules, what’s the point of playing?
Big Sports began violating its own rules to accommodate woke protests against America. The impact may be less immediately destructive than Black Lives Matter rioters setting fire to a neighborhood, but ended up setting fire to the business model and ratings of the industry.
Sports has always been a form of ritualized combat whose purpose was a test of character. When character doesn’t matter and the rules don’t matter, all that’s left is the combat, and the real battles are taking place off the field and the court. And viewers are changing the channel to CNN or FOX News where the combat is closer to being real than in the sports bubble.
The media and Big Sports promise that will change when the election is over, but the fight isn’t over, it’s just getting started. Elections have become another game where the rules don’t matter. And in a country where ritualized political combat is becoming more combative and less ritualistic, ritualized combat that is becoming more political and less combative won’t play.
The NFL and MLB, and to a lesser extent the NBA, depended on a national consensus. The end of the consensus means the end of the nation and, much less seriously, their end. It’s no coincidence that the high point of the hero worship of great players came when Americans were united in their values and in their sense of national purpose, or that all of the above are passing.
Americans do fewer things together. The old network appointment viewing of sitcoms, dramas, award shows and games has given way to scattershot streaming geared to individual taste. Big Sports was never going to survive in an environment in which we agree on few things, and in which everything is a political test that will alienate a quarter of the country either way.
Big Sports, like their corporate partners, decided that pandering to the radical sports journalists, to woke companies, and to the Wokicrats who run much of the country mattered more. And in the process they revealed the underlying truth that Disney, Nike, and the cultural values of their executives mattered more than the games they pretended to care about. And the rest is history.
The falling ratings are a symptom of the end of sports. MLB, the NFL, and the NBA aren’t going away, but neither are they going anywhere except to Communist China. Like Hollywood, the country’s other big entertainment industry has abandoned America while expanding to China. Americans have less money and fewer people, and the rules of the game are too complicated.
In China, the rules are simple. Don’t mention Hong Kong or Taiwan, and praise the Party.
America’s cultural rules have become bewilderingly complicated as the country fractures, and there’s no way to win. Kneel or stand for the anthem, everyone still loses the Catch 22.
But the end of sports is the end of hundred million dollar contracts, not the end of the game. The games, the real ones, were played to see how far a ball can go and what a man can do. The familiar games we play had their echoes in the dust of medieval European towns and on Greek fields. The games will not be lost, only the huge corrupt industries that grew around them.
While the role of the billion dollar sports industries fade in the lives of ordinary Americans, the games will live on in backyards, cul-de-sacs, and grassy fields where we will go on playing them, instead of paying to watch others play, and we’ll do it by the rules we grew up with. We will go on standing for the anthem and testing our arms, our legs, and our hearts.
In sports, as in life, it is not the big organizations, but what we do as individuals, that define us.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-17--Swamp Rat Jim Jeffrey Boasts of How He Lied to Trump to Defy Syria Withdrawal Orders

DefenseOne reported Thursday that Jim Jeffrey , President Trump ’ s former special envoy for Syria , who got that job despite the fact that in 2016 he was a signer of “ the now-infamous ‘ Never Trump ’ letter condemning then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as a danger to America , ” has boasted that he circumvented Trump ’ s orders to withdraw American troops from Syria by lying to the President .
Jeffrey , according to DefenseOne , “ acknowledges that his team routinely misled senior leaders about troop levels in Syria.
” Jeffrey explained : “ We were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear to our leadership how many troops we had there , ” and said that “ the actual number of troops in northeast Syria is ‘ a lot more than ’ the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.
” Jeffrey decided to thwart the will of the Commander-In-Chief of the United States Armed Forces because , he said , the order to withdraw from Syria was “ the most controversial thing in my fifty years in government.
” Jeffrey , along with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , appear to be indefatigably committed to the idea that Trump has publicly and repeatedly opposed : that the United States has a moral duty to act as the world ’ s policeman and commit our blood and treasure to ensuring that other countries have good governments , even as our own infrastructure crumbles , and even if this involves our getting embroiled in military adventures that have no conceivable national interest , goal , or end point .
But at least Mattis chose the honorable option by resigning .
Jeffrey covered himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and deciding to set U.S. policy himself , despite never having been elected President and being entirely unaccountable to the American electorate .
Jeffrey even boasted about his defiance : “ What Syria withdrawal ?
There was never a Syria withdrawal .
When the situation in northeast Syria had been fairly stable after we defeated ISIS , [ Trump ] was inclined to pull out .
In each case , we then decided to come up with five better arguments for why we needed to stay .
And we succeeded both times .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ elected this clown ?
Who gave him the authority to determine United States policy toward Syria ?
Rating America ’ s Presidents discusses how Trump has been obstructed at every turn by a coterie of unelected , unaccountable bureaucrats who have arrogated power to themselves and represent the political , military , and media establishment .
This oligarchy has decided to ignore the will of the people and rule the United States as its personal fiefdom , with a steady erosion of our constitutional freedoms .
In the 2020 presidential election , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beaten back the challenge to their hegemony that Trump represented .
But at the very least , now the existence of this sinister oligarchy is widely known .
Most Americans assumed that when Trump became president , he would be able to implement his own agenda insofar as he could secure the cooperation of Congress , as other presidents had done .
But now it is abundantly established that Jim Jeffrey was only one of an entrenched gang of bureaucrats at all levels who were determined to thwart his every move .
Although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deep state ” as a conspiracy theory , the New York Times admitted its existence on September 5 , 2018 , when it published an anonymous op-ed that proclaimed , “ I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
” The author was revealed in October 2020 to be a low-level staffer , Miles Taylor , who never met Trump .
The Times elaborated on these foes of Trump within his own administration in October 2019 : “ President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is alive and well .
But it is not the sinister , antidemocratic cabal of his fever dreams .
It is , rather , a collection of patriotic public servants—career diplomats , scientists , intelligence officers and others—who , from within the bowels of this corrupt and corrupting administration , have somehow remembered that their duty is to protect the interests , not of a particular leader , but of the American people.
” While this sounded high-minded , there is no doubt whatsoever that the New York Times would have taken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dared interfere with the Obama agenda .
Even Jim Jeffrey might have been angry .
But the Washington establishment has decided that insubordination in the Trump administration was only fitting and proper .
The array of globalist , socialist , internationalist forces opposing Trump ’ s challenges to their hegemony would allow that establishment to take no other position .

DefenseOne reported Thursday that Jim Jeffrey, President Trump’s former special envoy for Syria, who got that job despite the fact that in 2016 he was a signer of “the now-infamous ‘Never Trump’ letter condemning then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as a danger to America,” has boasted that he circumvented Trump’s orders to withdraw American troops from Syria by lying to the President.
Jeffrey, according to DefenseOne, “acknowledges that his team routinely misled senior leaders about troop levels in Syria.” Jeffrey explained: “We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” and said that “the actual number of troops in northeast Syria is ‘a lot more than’ the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.”
Jeffrey decided to thwart the will of the Commander-In-Chief of the United States Armed Forces because, he said, the order to withdraw from Syria was “the most controversial thing in my fifty years in government.” Jeffrey, along with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who resigned because of the order, appear to be indefatigably committed to the idea that Trump has publicly and repeatedly opposed: that the United States has a moral duty to act as the world’s policeman and commit our blood and treasure to ensuring that other countries have good governments, even as our own infrastructure crumbles, and even if this involves our getting embroiled in military adventures that have no conceivable national interest, goal, or end point.
But at least Mattis chose the honorable option by resigning. Jeffrey covered himself in dishonor by staying on the job and deciding to set U.S. policy himself, despite never having been elected President and being entirely unaccountable to the American electorate.
Jeffrey even boasted about his defiance: “What Syria withdrawal? There was never a Syria withdrawal. When the situation in northeast Syria had been fairly stable after we defeated ISIS, [Trump] was inclined to pull out. In each case, we then decided to come up with five better arguments for why we needed to stay. And we succeeded both times. That’s the story.”
Who elected this clown? Who gave him the authority to determine United States policy toward Syria? Rating America’s Presidents discusses how Trump has been obstructed at every turn by a coterie of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats who have arrogated power to themselves and represent the political, military, and media establishment. This oligarchy has decided to ignore the will of the people and rule the United States as its personal fiefdom, with a steady erosion of our constitutional freedoms.
In the 2020 presidential election, it appears at this point that they have beaten back the challenge to their hegemony that Trump represented. But at the very least, now the existence of this sinister oligarchy is widely known. Most Americans assumed that when Trump became president, he would be able to implement his own agenda insofar as he could secure the cooperation of Congress, as other presidents had done. But now it is abundantly established that Jim Jeffrey was only one of an entrenched gang of bureaucrats at all levels who were determined to thwart his every move.
Although the media dismissed talk of a “deep state” as a conspiracy theory, the New York Times admitted its existence on September 5, 2018, when it published an anonymous op-ed that proclaimed, “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.” The author was revealed in October 2020 to be a low-level staffer, Miles Taylor, who never met Trump. The Times elaborated on these foes of Trump within his own administration in October 2019: “President Trump is right: The deep state is alive and well. But it is not the sinister, antidemocratic cabal of his fever dreams. It is, rather, a collection of patriotic public servants—career diplomats, scientists, intelligence officers and others—who, from within the bowels of this corrupt and corrupting administration, have somehow remembered that their duty is to protect the interests, not of a particular leader, but of the American people.”
While this sounded high-minded, there is no doubt whatsoever that the New York Times would have taken the opposite position if the federal bureaucracy had dared interfere with the Obama agenda. Even Jim Jeffrey might have been angry. But the Washington establishment has decided that insubordination in the Trump administration was only fitting and proper. The array of globalist, socialist, internationalist forces opposing Trump’s challenges to their hegemony would allow that establishment to take no other position.
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-17--12 Quotes From Attorney Sidney Powell That Show Why Trump’s Lawyers Are Absolutely Convinced He Will

12 Quotes From Attorney Sidney Powell That Show Why Trump ’ s Lawyers Are Absolutely Convinced He Will Win The Election We are about to witness the most high stakes court battle in the history of the United States .
Yes , the outcome will determine whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the presidency , but even more importantly the integrity of America ’ s elections is about to be put on trial .
If fraud can be proven , extremely expensive voting machines will have to be destroyed all over the nation and the way that we run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reconfigured .
But if fraud is not proven , our elections will continue to be run the same way and nobody will ever dare challenge them again .
Literally , this is the moment when we determine if there will be fair elections in the United States for the foreseeable future .
So to say that the stakes are very high is actually quite an understatement .
Of course , in the short-term , the implications of this court battle for our country will be enormous .
If Biden wins the presidency , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose faith in the system and many of them will never vote again .
But if Trump wins the presidency , tens of millions of liberals will completely lose faith in the system , and we will witness civil unrest in the streets on a scale that we have never seen before .
Take a moment and imagine how much fury there will be on the left if the election is flipped now .
When Biden won , they celebrated wildly in the streets , but if Trump ends up in the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be like extremely angry toddlers that have just had their favorite new toy taken away .
At this point , most on the left assume that they have the election in the bag and that there is no way that Trump could possibly win .
But with each passing day , more evidence of election fraud continues to emerge .
We know that dead people voted , we know that people that moved out of key swing states voted in those elections anyway , and we know that mail-in ballots were stolen and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affidavits from witnesses that saw ballots being brought in the back door of polling locations and from witnesses that saw the same ballots being counted over and over .
But the key to this entire court battle is going to come down to the voting machines .
In particular , the heart of the case to prove fraud is going to involve machines and software provided by a Canadian company called Dominion Voting Systems .
Today , machines and software provided by Dominion Voting Systems are used in 28 different states .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swing states of Pennsylvania , Michigan , Wisconsin , Georgia , Arizona and Nevada are all customers .
Trump attorney Sidney Powell says that she has uncovered evidence that indicates a computer algorithm was used to flip votes from Trump to Biden , and that this completely changed the outcome of the election .
This is a very , very serious allegation to make , and no experienced lawyer would make it lightly .
Sidney Powell has put her entire reputation on the line in this battle , and she has a history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The following comes from John Nolte… But of course this is the biggest battle that Powell has ever faced by far .
Either she will win and become a legend , or she will lose and her reputation will be completely and utterly destroyed .
The stakes could not be much higher for her personally , but she seems quite confident of victory .
In fact , here are 12 quotes from Powell that show why she is so convinced that Trump will end up in the White House for a second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been a massive and coordinated effort to steal this election from we the people of the United States of America , to delegitimize and destroy votes for Donald Trump , to manufacture votes for Joe Biden.
” # 2 Powell : “ First of all , I never say anything I can ’ t prove… and President Trump won by not just hundreds of thousands of votes , but by millions of votes that were shifted by this software that was designed expressly for that purpose .
We have sworn witness testimony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was designed to rig elections.
” # 3 Powell : “ They also used an algorithm to calculate the votes they would need to flip , and they used computers to flip those votes from…Trump to Biden.
” # 4 Powell : “ They had the algorithms .
They had the paper ballots waiting to be inserted if and when needed .
And notably , President Trump ’ s vote in the blue states went up enormously .
That ’ s when they had to stop the vote count .
They had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden and take away Trump votes.
” # 5 Powell : “ They can watch the voting real time .
They can run a computer algorithm on it as needed to either flip votes , take votes out or alter the votes to make a candidate win… It ’ s massive criminal voter fraud , writ large across at least 29 states… It ’ s obvious the algorithm and the statistics that our experts are tracking out are batches of votes and when the votes changed .
It ’ s going to blow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when we can get it all together and can explain it with the affidavits and the experts that have come forward.
” # 6 Powell : “ Even their own manual explains how votes can be wiped away .
They can put — it ’ s like drag-and-drop — Trump votes to a separate folder and then delete that folder.
” # 7 Powell : “ In fact , we have got math in Michigan and Pennsylvania , I think it is , that , all of a sudden , hundreds of thousands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Biden , 23 percent for Trump were uploaded multiple times into the system.
” # 8 Powell : “ They did this on purpose , it was calculated , they ’ ve done it before .
We have evidence from 2016 in California , we have so much evidence I feel like it ’ s coming in through a firehose.
” # 9 Powell : “ It ’ s absolutely brazen how people bought the system , and why they bought the system.
” # 10 Powell : “ In fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure , should have a criminal investigation or at least a serious investigation of the federal — of the officers in the states who bought the software .
We have even got evidence of some kickbacks , essentially.
” # 11 Powell : “ …aware of substantial sums of money being given to family members of state officials who bought this software.
” # 12 Powell : “ We ’ re getting ready to overturn election results in multiple states.
” We already know that there were “ glitches ” with Dominion voting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also know that there was an “ emergency upload ” to their voting machines the night before the election… Just because there was an emergency patch the night before the election does not prove anything , but it does seem suspicious .
And it is also being reported that Dominion Voting Systems Security Chief Eric Coomer claimed that he personally made certain that Trump was not going to win the election… In the end , we will see what can be proven in court and what can ’ t be proven .
Apparently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be made , and I wouldn ’ t bet against Sidney Powell .
If Powell can pull this off , it will be the most shocking legal victory in the history of U.S. politics , and it will turn our country completely upside down .

12 Quotes From Attorney Sidney Powell That Show Why Trump’s Lawyers Are Absolutely Convinced He Will Win The Election
We are about to witness the most high stakes court battle in the history of the United States. Yes, the outcome will determine whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the presidency, but even more importantly the integrity of America’s elections is about to be put on trial. If fraud can be proven, extremely expensive voting machines will have to be destroyed all over the nation and the way that we run our elections will need to be completely reconfigured. But if fraud is not proven, our elections will continue to be run the same way and nobody will ever dare challenge them again. Literally, this is the moment when we determine if there will be fair elections in the United States for the foreseeable future.
So to say that the stakes are very high is actually quite an understatement.
Of course, in the short-term, the implications of this court battle for our country will be enormous. If Biden wins the presidency, tens of millions of conservatives will completely lose faith in the system and many of them will never vote again.
But if Trump wins the presidency, tens of millions of liberals will completely lose faith in the system, and we will witness civil unrest in the streets on a scale that we have never seen before.
Take a moment and imagine how much fury there will be on the left if the election is flipped now. When Biden won, they celebrated wildly in the streets, but if Trump ends up in the White House for a second term they will be like extremely angry toddlers that have just had their favorite new toy taken away.
At this point, most on the left assume that they have the election in the bag and that there is no way that Trump could possibly win.
But with each passing day, more evidence of election fraud continues to emerge.
We know that dead people voted, we know that people that moved out of key swing states voted in those elections anyway, and we know that mail-in ballots were stolen and sent in.
There are also sworn affidavits from witnesses that saw ballots being brought in the back door of polling locations and from witnesses that saw the same ballots being counted over and over.
But the key to this entire court battle is going to come down to the voting machines.
In particular, the heart of the case to prove fraud is going to involve machines and software provided by a Canadian company called Dominion Voting Systems.
Today, machines and software provided by Dominion Voting Systems are used in 28 different states.
According to their official website, the critical swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada are all customers.
Trump attorney Sidney Powell says that she has uncovered evidence that indicates a computer algorithm was used to flip votes from Trump to Biden, and that this completely changed the outcome of the election.
This is a very, very serious allegation to make, and no experienced lawyer would make it lightly. Sidney Powell has put her entire reputation on the line in this battle, and she has a history of taking on huge battles and winning. The following comes from John Nolte…
Sidney Powell is no joke. She served as a federal prosecutor for ten years and earned a national reputation as the attorney who swooped in, convinced Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn to withdraw his guilty pleas, and successfully pressured the Justice Department to drop its charges. She was a stalwart and regular presence in exposing the Russia Collusion Hoax, and by my count, everything she said was going to happen did happen.
But of course this is the biggest battle that Powell has ever faced by far.
Either she will win and become a legend, or she will lose and her reputation will be completely and utterly destroyed.
The stakes could not be much higher for her personally, but she seems quite confident of victory.
In fact, here are 12 quotes from Powell that show why she is so convinced that Trump will end up in the White House for a second term…
#1 Powell: “There has been a massive and coordinated effort to steal this election from we the people of the United States of America, to delegitimize and destroy votes for Donald Trump, to manufacture votes for Joe Biden.”
#2 Powell: “First of all, I never say anything I can’t prove… and President Trump won by not just hundreds of thousands of votes, but by millions of votes that were shifted by this software that was designed expressly for that purpose. We have sworn witness testimony of why the software was designed. It was designed to rig elections.”
#3 Powell: “They also used an algorithm to calculate the votes they would need to flip, and they used computers to flip those votes from…Trump to Biden.”
#4 Powell: “They had the algorithms. They had the paper ballots waiting to be inserted if and when needed. And notably, President Trump’s vote in the blue states went up enormously. That’s when they had to stop the vote count. They had to go in and replace votes for Biden and take away Trump votes.”
#5 Powell: “They can watch the voting real time. They can run a computer algorithm on it as needed to either flip votes, take votes out or alter the votes to make a candidate win… It’s massive criminal voter fraud, writ large across at least 29 states… It’s obvious the algorithm and the statistics that our experts are tracking out are batches of votes and when the votes changed. It’s going to blow the mind of everyone in this country when we can get it all together and can explain it with the affidavits and the experts that have come forward.”
#6 Powell: “Even their own manual explains how votes can be wiped away. They can put — it’s like drag-and-drop — Trump votes to a separate folder and then delete that folder.”
#7 Powell: “In fact, we have got math in Michigan and Pennsylvania, I think it is, that, all of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of votes at a 67 percent ratio for Biden, 23 percent for Trump were uploaded multiple times into the system.”
#8 Powell: “They did this on purpose, it was calculated, they’ve done it before. We have evidence from 2016 in California, we have so much evidence I feel like it’s coming in through a firehose.”
#9 Powell: “It’s absolutely brazen how people bought the system, and why they bought the system.”
#10 Powell: “In fact, every state that bought Dominion, for sure, should have a criminal investigation or at least a serious investigation of the federal — of the officers in the states who bought the software. We have even got evidence of some kickbacks, essentially.”
#11 Powell: “…aware of substantial sums of money being given to family members of state officials who bought this software.”
#12 Powell: “We’re getting ready to overturn election results in multiple states.”
We already know that there were “glitches” with Dominion voting machines in certain areas, and we also know that there was an “emergency upload” to their voting machines the night before the election…
While the source of the ‘glitch’ is still under investigation, one state ballot supervisor, Marcia Ridley, initially told POLITICO on Nov. 3 that Dominion, which prepares the poll books for counties before elections, “uploaded something last night, which is not normal, and it caused a glitch.” That reported incident prevented staff from programming the voter smart cards for the voting machines. Ridley continued, “That is something that they don’t ever do. I’ve never seen them update anything the day before the election.”
Just because there was an emergency patch the night before the election does not prove anything, but it does seem suspicious.
And it is also being reported that Dominion Voting Systems Security Chief Eric Coomer claimed that he personally made certain that Trump was not going to win the election…
In a stunning interview conducted by Michelle Malkin, Joe Oltmann, FEC (Faith Education Commerce) United founder, reveals how he infiltrated Antifa and how during a conversation with Antifa members, he discovered “Eric from Dominion” was allegedly part of the chat during the week of September 27, 2020. Oltmann explained that “Eric” was telling the Antifa members they needed to “keep up the pressure.” When one of the caller’s asked, “Who’s Eric?” someone answered, “Eric, he’s the Dominion guy.” Oltmann said that as the conversation continued, someone asked, “What are we gonna do if F*cking Trump wins?” Oltmann paraphrased how Eric (the Dominion guy) responded, “Don’t worry about the election, Trump’s not gonna win. I made ******* sure of that!”
In the end, we will see what can be proven in court and what can’t be proven.
Apparently, some big legal moves are about to be made, and I wouldn’t bet against Sidney Powell.
If Powell can pull this off, it will be the most shocking legal victory in the history of U.S. politics, and it will turn our country completely upside down.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder