thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-20--Former Head Of National Intelligence & Open Sodomite Now Joins RNC As Senior Adviser – Focuses On Ad

Former Head Of National Intelligence & Open Sodomite Now Joins RNC As Senior Adviser – Focuses On Advancing LGBTQ Agenda

See how this works people ?
First , it was the usurper Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah who lit up the people ’ s house with a declaration that sodomite “ marriage ” was legal , even though it isn ’ t .
Then it was Donald Trump courting the sodomite community for votes , and ultimately putting in an open sodomite , who tries to twist the meaning of marriage to include two men or two women , as an ambassador and promoting decriminalization of sodomy across the world .
Trump then put Richard Grenell in the position of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now Grenell will be joining Republican National Committee as a senior adviser focused on political outreach , specifically to LGBT voters .
• President Trump : I ’ d “ Love ” To Appoint Top LGBT Activist To “ High Level ” Position In My Administration FOX News , which has long been controlled opposition and peddled the LGBTQ agenda , reports : An RNC official told Fox News that Grenell recently joined the GOP , after serving as the first openly gay U.S .
Cabinet official in history .
“ As America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can confidently say that President Trump has done more for gay and lesbian Americans than any other president , and it is not even close , ” Grenell said in a statement to Fox News .
Grenell went on to slam Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , saying that during his “ four decades in Washington , he consistently fought against marriage equality and even threatened to cut funding for schools who taught acceptance of homosexuality.
” “ From President Trump ’ s global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality to becoming the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first day in office , he has been a champion for our community and I am thrilled to be part of the fight to re-elect him for four more years , ” Grenell said .
He ’ s been supported by the Log Cabin Republicans , a group made up of open sodomites .
Meanwhile , Grenell ’ s addition to the RNC comes after the party marked Pride Month in June by highlighting Trump ’ s speech at the United Nations calling on dozens of countries to decriminalize homosexuality , and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s .
Earlier this week , Grenell participated in a Team Trump bus tour in Nevada .
Grenell also tweeted this week , in response to Goodyear ’ s equity policy , “ Would @ goodyear allow employees to wear this hat ?
” Obviously , Grenell has an agenda .
It is neither American nor Christian .
Many have said Trump has done the most for Christians in this country ever , which is blatantly false .
He is simply the controlled opposition for those who would normally be opposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the political jersey being worn is GOP or Republican , supporters attempt to justify the unjustifiable .
Trump Admin Bans African Leader From US Who Announced Opposition To LGBTQ : “ I Prefer to Anger Those Countries Than To Anger God ” Flashback – Trump Adviser Declares : Trump First President To Take Office “ Approving Of ‘ Gay Marriage ’ ” The President Attempting to De-Criminalize Sodomy – The Question that Needs to Be Asked , Why is Sodomy Illegal ?
US May Reduce Intel With Mideast Countries Who Criminalize Homosexuality Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and tell me that not only is the GOP becoming more and more socialist and fascist , but they are looking just like those they claim they oppose politically .
I can tell you this : Our forefathers would have dealt with this criminal activity severely , according to the law of God .
How The Founding Fathers Dealt With Those Who Engaged in Sodomy Sodomy is the reason that God utterly destroyed two cities called Sodom & Gomorrah ( Genesis 19 ) .
The biggest threat America has at this point of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not Communism , not Socialism , not Fascism nor Marxism .
The biggest threat America faces is the Creator we once appealed to in the Declaration of Independence as the giver of our rights , and that God never approved of sodomy .
He condemned it as an abomination and the punishment for such a crime was death ( Leviticus 18:22 , 20:13 ) .
In closing , the New Testament still condemns sodomy ( Romans 1:18-27 ; 1 Timothy 1:8-11 ) and yet , in the New Testament Church , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and found forgiveness ( 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ) but remember , they repented… .
they stopped engaging in it , they didn ’ t attempt to justify it .
9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ?
Be not deceived : neither fornicators , nor idolaters , nor adulterers , nor effeminate , nor abusers of themselves with mankind , 10Nor thieves , nor covetous , nor drunkards , nor revilers , nor extortioners , shall inherit the kingdom of God .
11And such were some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but ye are sanctified , but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus , and by the Spirit of our God .
-1 Corinthians 6:9-11 I ask those who continue to support the Republican Party that sells them out year after year , what ’ s it going to take to get you to stop idolizing that party ?
Bestiality ?
Cause it ’ s coming .
Pedophilia ?
Cause it ’ s coming .
What will it take for you to repent of your political idolatry and only support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to His law ?
The RNC , like the DNC , is thumbing its collective nose at the Creator our forefathers worshipped and by whose name they established the sovereign states we live in .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

See how this works people? First, it was the usurper Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah who lit up the people’s house with a declaration that sodomite “marriage” was legal, even though it isn’t. Then it was Donald Trump courting the sodomite community for votes, and ultimately putting in an open sodomite, who tries to twist the meaning of marriage to include two men or two women, as an ambassador and promoting decriminalization of sodomy across the world. Trump then put Richard Grenell in the position of acting Director of National Intelligence, and now Grenell will be joining Republican National Committee as a senior adviser focused on political outreach, specifically to LGBT voters.
FOX News, which has long been controlled opposition and peddled the LGBTQ agenda, reports:
An RNC official told Fox News that Grenell recently joined the GOP, after serving as the first openly gay U.S. Cabinet official in history.
“As America’s first openly-gay cabinet member, I can confidently say that President Trump has done more for gay and lesbian Americans than any other president, and it is not even close,” Grenell said in a statement to Fox News.
Grenell went on to slam Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, saying that during his “four decades in Washington, he consistently fought against marriage equality and even threatened to cut funding for schools who taught acceptance of homosexuality.”
“From President Trump’s global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality to becoming the first president to support gay marriage on his first day in office, he has been a champion for our community and I am thrilled to be part of the fight to re-elect him for four more years,” Grenell said.
He’s been supported by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group made up of open sodomites.
FOX added:
Meanwhile, Grenell’s addition to the RNC comes after the party marked Pride Month in June by highlighting Trump’s speech at the United Nations calling on dozens of countries to decriminalize homosexuality, and “historic” LGBT appointments, like Grenell’s.
The intensity for @realDonaldTrump is huge in Nevada. https://t.co/fgvq208FFb — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 17, 2020
Earlier this week, Grenell participated in a Team Trump bus tour in Nevada. Grenell also tweeted this week, in response to Goodyear’s equity policy, “Would @goodyear allow employees to wear this hat?”
Would @goodyear allow employees to wear this hat? pic.twitter.com/6TwTbLr1W8 — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 19, 2020
Obviously, Grenell has an agenda. It is neither American nor Christian.
Many have said Trump has done the most for Christians in this country ever, which is blatantly false. He is simply the controlled opposition for those who would normally be opposed to this kind of perversion, but because the political jersey being worn is GOP or Republican, supporters attempt to justify the unjustifiable.
Just take a look at the pictures above and tell me that not only is the GOP becoming more and more socialist and fascist, but they are looking just like those they claim they oppose politically.
I can tell you this: Our forefathers would have dealt with this criminal activity severely, according to the law of God.
Sodomy is the reason that God utterly destroyed two cities called Sodom & Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The biggest threat America has at this point of normalizing such criminal behavior is not Islam, not Communism, not Socialism, not Fascism nor Marxism. The biggest threat America faces is the Creator we once appealed to in the Declaration of Independence as the giver of our rights, and that God never approved of sodomy. He condemned it as an abomination and the punishment for such a crime was death (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13).
In closing, the New Testament still condemns sodomy (Romans 1:18-27; 1 Timothy 1:8-11) and yet, in the New Testament Church, there were those who repented of such behavior and found forgiveness (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) but remember, they repented…. they stopped engaging in it, they didn’t attempt to justify it.
9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. -1 Corinthians 6:9-11
I ask those who continue to support the Republican Party that sells them out year after year, what’s it going to take to get you to stop idolizing that party? Bestiality? Cause it’s coming. Pedophilia? Cause it’s coming. What will it take for you to repent of your political idolatry and only support those that will actually honor God according to His law?
The RNC, like the DNC, is thumbing its collective nose at the Creator our forefathers worshipped and by whose name they established the sovereign states we live in.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-20--Are Local Gathering & Mask Mandates Constitutional?

You ’ re a good parent .
Let ’ s suppose you think it wise to buy a watchdog in order to protect your little girl from any intruders who may wish to do her harm .
After a little time , the puppy you bought becomes a full-grown animal .
His muscles become fully developed , his teeth are big and sharp , and now he towers over your little girl .
You are worried that he is becoming too aggressive and one day you look out the door and witness your worst fear — you see the dog @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and blood is on her clothes .
As you burst out the front door , she has gotten free and is cowering in the corner of the fence by the tree .
The dog is charging across the yard and in a few seconds will be at her throat again .
You only have enough time to do what your instincts tell you to do : you get your body — you insert yourself — between the dog and the child — between the danger and the daughter .
The actions you just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interposed between the agency that was originally a protector but had become a threat and the person or persons you have the duty to protect .
The doctrine of interposition is as American as apple pie , baseball , and jazz .
Interposition is precisely what the Declaration of Independence was all about , and it is precisely what we want our state and local officials to do .
Our sheriffs , our police , our local judges , our legislators , and our appointed officials are duty-bound to rush out into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people and the lawless actions of the federal government .
But what happens when it is no longer the federal government attacking your rights ?
What if it becomes your governor , who is declaring health emergencies , thereby denying your rights to your own business , healthcare , commerce , or worship through phony emergency orders ?
Are these state and local agencies authorized to take such action ?
First of all , the COVID-19 emergency powers exercised by governors are not granted in federal or state constitutions .
An easy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local overreach is this : civil government derives all its just powers from We the People .
We the People can only grant to civil government powers to do things we could do ourselves .
We hire them as our servants , delegate to them tasks we could do .
So if I can ’ t steal my neighbors property ; prevent him from worshiping ; force him to wear a mask ; or vandalize his home , neither can civil government .
Our safeguard is found in the words of Founding Father @ @ @ @ @ @ @ atural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator , to the whole human race ; and that civil liberty is founded in that ; and can not be wrested from any people , without the most manifest violation of justice.
” Thankfully , the concept of interposition can work both ways .
The local government can protect against an overreaching state or federal government ; and state or federal governments can interpose against tyranny on the local level .
We are calling upon our sheriffs , police forces , courts , juries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these violations of justice and stop the mask mandates and prohibition on local gatherings .
Sign up for a with Jake MacAulay and the Institute on the Constitution .

You’re a good parent. Let’s suppose you think it wise to buy a watchdog in order to protect your little girl from any intruders who may wish to do her harm.
After a little time, the puppy you bought becomes a full-grown animal. His muscles become fully developed, his teeth are big and sharp, and now he towers over your little girl. You are worried that he is becoming too aggressive and one day you look out the door and witness your worst fear — you see the dog’s jaws are on her neck and blood is on her clothes.
As you burst out the front door, she has gotten free and is cowering in the corner of the fence by the tree. The dog is charging across the yard and in a few seconds will be at her throat again. You only have enough time to do what your instincts tell you to do: you get your body — you insert yourself — between the dog and the child — between the danger and the daughter.
The actions you just chose are defined as interposition.
You interposed between the agency that was originally a protector but had become a threat and the person or persons you have the duty to protect.
The doctrine of interposition is as American as apple pie, baseball, and jazz.
Interposition is precisely what the Declaration of Independence was all about, and it is precisely what we want our state and local officials to do. Our sheriffs, our police, our local judges, our legislators, and our appointed officials are duty-bound to rush out into the “front yard” and interpose between the people and the lawless actions of the federal government.
But what happens when it is no longer the federal government attacking your rights?
What if it becomes your governor, who is declaring health emergencies, thereby denying your rights to your own business, healthcare, commerce, or worship through phony emergency orders?
Are these state and local agencies authorized to take such action?
No.
First of all, the COVID-19 emergency powers exercised by governors are not granted in federal or state constitutions.
An easy rule of thumb to discover state and local overreach is this: civil government derives all its just powers from We the People. We the People can only grant to civil government powers to do things we could do ourselves. We hire them as our servants, delegate to them tasks we could do. So if I can’t steal my neighbors property; prevent him from worshiping; force him to wear a mask; or vandalize his home, neither can civil government.
Our safeguard is found in the words of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton:
“[N]atural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator, to the whole human race; and that civil liberty is founded in that; and cannot be wrested from any people, without the most manifest violation of justice.”
Thankfully, the concept of interposition can work both ways. The local government can protect against an overreaching state or federal government; and state or federal governments can interpose against tyranny on the local level.
We are calling upon our sheriffs, police forces, courts, juries, state and federal representatives to identify these violations of justice and stop the mask mandates and prohibition on local gatherings.
Sign up for a FREE U.S. Constitution course with Jake MacAulay and the Institute on the Constitution.
Make your tax-deductible donation here !


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-20--We Are Being Invaded

We Are Being Invaded

The invasion has begun .
And if it is not repelled , Liberty will cease to exist .
And that is not hyperbole .
They ’ re here !
No , not the pod people from .
We ’ re not being colonized by giant alien fruit .
I ’ m afraid it is a little more serious than that .
People ’ s minds are being taken over by a much more destructive and less otherworldly force … a force that transforms them overnight into aggressively paranoid , order-following , propaganda-parroting totalitarians .
You know the people I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are probably your friends and family , people you have known for years , and who had always seemed completely rational , but who are now convinced that we need to radically alter the fabric of human society to protect ourselves from a virus that causes mild to moderate flu-like symptoms ( or absolutely no symptoms at all ) in over 95 % of those infected , and that over 99.6 % survive , which , it goes without saying , is totally insane .
I ’ ve been calling them “ corona-totalitarians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to call them the “ New Normals ” from now on , as that more accurately evokes the pathologized-totalitarian ideology they are systematically spreading .
At this point , I think it is important to do that , because , clearly , their ideological program has nothing to do with any actual virus , or any other actual public health threat .
As is glaringly obvious to anyone whose mind has not been taken over yet , the “ apocalyptic coronavirus pandemic ” was always just a Trojan horse , a means of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which they ’ ve been doing since the very beginning .
The official propaganda started in March , and it reached full intensity in early April .
Suddenly , references to the “ New Normal ” were everywhere .
The slogan has been relentlessly repeated ( in a textbook totalitarian “ big lie ” fashion ) for going on the past six months .
We have heard it repeated so many times that many of us have forgotten how insane it is , the idea that the fundamental structure of society needs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a virus that poses no threat to the vast majority of the human species .
And , make no mistake , that is exactly what the “ New Normal ” movement intends to do .
“ New Normalism ” is a classic totalitarian movement ( albeit with a pathological twist ) , and it is the goal of every totalitarian movement to radically , utterly transform society , to remake the world in its monstrous image .
That is what totalitarianism is , this desire to establish complete control over everything and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and human interaction .
The character of its ideology changes ( i.e.
, Nazism , Stalinism , Maoism , etc . )
, but this desire for complete control over people , over society , and ultimately life itself , is the essence of totalitarianism … and what has taken over the minds of the New Normals .
In the New Normal society they want to establish , as in every totalitarian society , fear and conformity will be pervasive .
Their ideology is a pathologized ideology ( as opposed to , say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , so its symbology will be pathological .
Fear of disease , infection , and death , and obsessive attention to matters of health will dominate every aspect of life .
Paranoid propaganda and ideological conditioning will be ubiquitous and constant .
Everyone will be forced to wear medical masks to maintain a constant level of fear and an omnipresent atmosphere of sickness and death , as if the world were one big infectious disease ward .
Everyone will wear these masks at all times , at work , at home , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who fails or refuses to do so will be deemed “ a threat to public health , ” and beaten and arrested by the police or the military , or swarmed by mobs of New Normal vigilantes .
Cities , regions , and entire countries will be subjected to random police-state lockdowns , which will be justified by the threat of “ infection.
” People will be confined to their homes for up to 23-hours a day , and allowed out only for “ essential reasons.
” Police and soldiers will patrol the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ papers , and beating and arresting anyone out in public without the proper documents , or walking or standing too close to other people , like they are doing in Melbourne , Australia , currently .
The threat of “ infection ” will be used to justify increasingly insane and authoritarian edicts , compulsory demonstration-of-fealty rituals , and eventually the elimination of all forms of dissent .
Just as the Nazis believed they were waging a war against the “ subhuman races , ” the New Normals will be waging a war on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who “ endangers the public health ” by challenging their ideological narrative .
Like every other totalitarian movement , in the end , they will do whatever is necessary to purify society of “ degenerate influences ” ( i.e.
, anyone who questions or disagrees with them , or who refuses to obey their every command ) .
This isn ’ t a joke , folks .
The New Normals are serious .
If you can not see where their movement is headed , you do not understand totalitarianism .
Once it starts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not stop , not without a fight .
It continues to its logical conclusion .
The way that usually happens is , people tell themselves it isn ’ t happening , it can ’ t be happening , not to us .
They tell themselves this as the totalitarian program is implemented , step by step , one seemingly harmless step at a time .
They conform , because , at first , the stakes aren ’ t so high , and their conformity leads to more conformity , and the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their grandchildren that they had no idea where the trains were going .
What that means is that it is your responsibility to speak up , and to do whatever else you can , to stop the New Normal future from becoming a reality .
You will not be rewarded for it .
You will be ridiculed and castigated for it .
Your New Normal friends will hate you for it .
Your New Normal family will forsake you for it .
The New Normal police might arrest you for it .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … as , of course , it is also mine .
Make no mistake about it : This is the Liberty Fight of our lifetimes .
In truth , this attack is much more threatening than the ones from Kaiser Bill in WWI and Hitler , Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito in WWII , because this attack is being perpetrated from within .
And in a speech before the United Nations , Russian communist leader Nikita Khrushchev said , “ America will fall without a shot being fired .
It will fall from within.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fall Khrushchev promised has now begun .
And it ’ s happening under the auspices of the government of Donald Trump and the U.S. medical establishment .
Christians and conservatives practically worship Trump as the provider and guardian of America ’ s peace and safety .
And historically , our physicians and medical providers ( our healers ) have been held in utmost regard as role models of protection and safety by the vast majority of the American people .
This verse of Scripture is appropriate at this point : Robert F. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The CIA killed my father and uncle – do not trust the medical or the national security establishment !
” In a recent interview , Robert F. Kennedy admitted that the Central Intelligence Agency had his father and uncle assassinated , and in that light , he has been speaking out against the medical community with regard to vaccines .
Kennedy warns Americans not to trust the same people , the national security establishment , who murdered his father and uncle and added not to trust the medical establishment as well .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ron Paul , who himself was a career Republican Congressman , and Mr. Kennedy from a famous career Democratic family , who both agree on the issues of medical tyranny facing us today , because they both understand that the threat to America today over the fear of COVID , is a non-partisan issue .
While neither man waxes eloquent as some who use those teleprompters .
What you will find are men who , though coming from politically ideological different viewpoints , agree about medical tyranny .
It needs to be stomped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national security establishments is what most Americans seem to do best .
If you doubt that , just walk into any Costco or Walmart and count how many people are NOT wearing those stupid “ masks of the beast.
” Under the totalitarian interpretation of Romans 13 that most pastors and churches have embraced , Christian people are among the most sheepish and compliant adherents of despotic government in the country .
The only freedom they seem to know is whatever crumbs of freedom the state tosses their way .
Christians seem to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack against our Liberty is an attack against the God who gave us Liberty .
In other words , it is an attack against our Faith .
The major reasons for this indifference are : • The rejection of the authority of Christ over our eternal and temporal salvation .
• The almost universal surrender to the “ Spirit of Party.
” ( G. Washington ) • The rise and dominance of Christian Zionism over evangelicalism .
People who are under the delusion of Romans 13 misteaching , party partisanship and Christian Zionism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Galatian Christians—spiritual bondage .
As a result , they are not even fully capable of resisting despotism—which is why most of them are NOT resisting this invasion of the New Normals .
I urge readers to watch my message from last Sunday entitled , “ Whom Resist.
” Under the guise of safety and security , our medical establishment and surveillance state have generated an intense internal invasion against our liberties that MUST be resisted , or Liberty will be thoroughly and completely eviscerated in this country .
And if Freedom is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost to the rest of the world .
As was quoted at the beginning of this column : This isn ’ t a joke , folks .
The New Normals are serious .
If you can not see where their movement is headed , you do not understand totalitarianism .
Once it starts , and reaches this stage , it does not stop , not without a fight .
It continues to its logical conclusion .
The way that usually happens is , people tell themselves it isn ’ t happening , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us .
They tell themselves this as the totalitarian program is implemented , step by step , one seemingly harmless step at a time .
They conform , because , at first , the stakes aren ’ t so high , and their conformity leads to more conformity , and the next thing they know they ’ re telling their grandchildren that they had no idea where the trains were going .
What that means is that it is your responsibility to speak up , and to do whatever else you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from becoming a reality .
You will not be rewarded for it .
You will be ridiculed and castigated for it .
Your New Normal friends will hate you for it .
Your New Normal family will forsake you for it .
The New Normal police might arrest you for it .
It is your responsibility to do it anyway .
Right now we are finding out how much Liberty means—or doesn ’ t mean—to us .

The invasion has begun. And if it is not repelled, Liberty will cease to exist. And that is not hyperbole.
They’re here! No, not the pod people from Invasion of the Body Snatchers . We’re not being colonized by giant alien fruit. I’m afraid it is a little more serious than that. People’s minds are being taken over by a much more destructive and less otherworldly force … a force that transforms them overnight into aggressively paranoid, order-following, propaganda-parroting totalitarians. You know the people I’m talking about. Some of them are probably your friends and family, people you have known for years, and who had always seemed completely rational, but who are now convinced that we need to radically alter the fabric of human society to protect ourselves from a virus that causes mild to moderate flu-like symptoms (or absolutely no symptoms at all) in over 95% of those infected, and that over 99.6% survive, which, it goes without saying, is totally insane. I’ve been calling them “corona-totalitarians,” but I’m going to call them the “New Normals” from now on, as that more accurately evokes the pathologized-totalitarian ideology they are systematically spreading. At this point, I think it is important to do that, because, clearly, their ideological program has nothing to do with any actual virus, or any other actual public health threat. As is glaringly obvious to anyone whose mind has not been taken over yet, the “apocalyptic coronavirus pandemic” was always just a Trojan horse, a means of introducing the “New Normal,” which they’ve been doing since the very beginning. The official propaganda started in March, and it reached full intensity in early April. Suddenly, references to the “New Normal” were everywhere. The slogan has been relentlessly repeated (in a textbook totalitarian “big lie” fashion) for going on the past six months. We have heard it repeated so many times that many of us have forgotten how insane it is, the idea that the fundamental structure of society needs to be drastically and irrevocably altered on account of a virus that poses no threat to the vast majority of the human species. And, make no mistake, that is exactly what the “New Normal” movement intends to do. “New Normalism” is a classic totalitarian movement (albeit with a pathological twist), and it is the goal of every totalitarian movement to radically, utterly transform society, to remake the world in its monstrous image. That is what totalitarianism is, this desire to establish complete control over everything and everyone, every thought, emotion, and human interaction. The character of its ideology changes (i.e., Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, etc.), but this desire for complete control over people, over society, and ultimately life itself, is the essence of totalitarianism … and what has taken over the minds of the New Normals. In the New Normal society they want to establish, as in every totalitarian society, fear and conformity will be pervasive. Their ideology is a pathologized ideology (as opposed to, say, the racialized ideology of the Nazis), so its symbology will be pathological. Fear of disease, infection, and death, and obsessive attention to matters of health will dominate every aspect of life. Paranoid propaganda and ideological conditioning will be ubiquitous and constant. Everyone will be forced to wear medical masks to maintain a constant level of fear and an omnipresent atmosphere of sickness and death, as if the world were one big infectious disease ward. Everyone will wear these masks at all times, at work, at home, in their cars, everywhere. Anyone who fails or refuses to do so will be deemed “a threat to public health,” and beaten and arrested by the police or the military, or swarmed by mobs of New Normal vigilantes. Cities, regions, and entire countries will be subjected to random police-state lockdowns, which will be justified by the threat of “infection.” People will be confined to their homes for up to 23-hours a day, and allowed out only for “essential reasons.” Police and soldiers will patrol the streets, stopping people, checking their papers, and beating and arresting anyone out in public without the proper documents, or walking or standing too close to other people, like they are doing in Melbourne, Australia, currently. The threat of “infection” will be used to justify increasingly insane and authoritarian edicts, compulsory demonstration-of-fealty rituals, and eventually the elimination of all forms of dissent. Just as the Nazis believed they were waging a war against the “subhuman races,” the New Normals will be waging a war on “disease,” and on anyone who “endangers the public health” by challenging their ideological narrative. Like every other totalitarian movement, in the end, they will do whatever is necessary to purify society of “degenerate influences” (i.e., anyone who questions or disagrees with them, or who refuses to obey their every command). This isn’t a joke, folks. The New Normals are serious. If you cannot see where their movement is headed, you do not understand totalitarianism. Once it starts, and reaches this stage, it does not stop, not without a fight. It continues to its logical conclusion. The way that usually happens is, people tell themselves it isn’t happening, it can’t be happening, not to us. They tell themselves this as the totalitarian program is implemented, step by step, one seemingly harmless step at a time. They conform, because, at first, the stakes aren’t so high, and their conformity leads to more conformity, and the next thing they know they’re telling their grandchildren that they had no idea where the trains were going. What that means is that it is your responsibility to speak up, and to do whatever else you can, to stop the New Normal future from becoming a reality. You will not be rewarded for it. You will be ridiculed and castigated for it. Your New Normal friends will hate you for it. Your New Normal family will forsake you for it. The New Normal police might arrest you for it. It is your responsibility to do it anyway … as, of course, it is also mine. (Source)
Make no mistake about it: This is the Liberty Fight of our lifetimes. In truth, this attack is much more threatening than the ones from Kaiser Bill in WWI and Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito in WWII, because this attack is being perpetrated from within.
Daniel Webster rightly warned:
There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men and become the instruments of their own undoing.
And in a speech before the United Nations, Russian communist leader Nikita Khrushchev said, “America will fall without a shot being fired. It will fall from within.”
The destruction Webster warned of and the fall Khrushchev promised has now begun. And it’s happening under the auspices of the government of Donald Trump and the U.S. medical establishment.
Christians and conservatives practically worship Trump as the provider and guardian of America’s peace and safety. And historically, our physicians and medical providers (our healers) have been held in utmost regard as role models of protection and safety by the vast majority of the American people.
This verse of Scripture is appropriate at this point:
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them. (I Thessalonians 5:3 KJV)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reported as saying, “The CIA killed my father and uncle – do not trust the medical or the national security establishment!”
In a recent interview, Robert F. Kennedy admitted that the Central Intelligence Agency had his father and uncle assassinated, and in that light, he has been speaking out against the medical community with regard to vaccines. Kennedy warns Americans not to trust the same people, the national security establishment, who murdered his father and uncle and added not to trust the medical establishment as well. You are watching two men, Dr. Ron Paul, who himself was a career Republican Congressman, and Mr. Kennedy from a famous career Democratic family, who both agree on the issues of medical tyranny facing us today, because they both understand that the threat to America today over the fear of COVID, is a non-partisan issue. While neither man waxes eloquent as some who use those teleprompters. What you will find are men who, though coming from politically ideological different viewpoints, agree about medical tyranny. It needs to be stomped out. (Source)
But trusting the medical and national security establishments is what most Americans seem to do best. If you doubt that, just walk into any Costco or Walmart and count how many people are NOT wearing those stupid “masks of the beast.”
Under the totalitarian interpretation of Romans 13 that most pastors and churches have embraced, Christian people are among the most sheepish and compliant adherents of despotic government in the country. The only freedom they seem to know is whatever crumbs of freedom the state tosses their way.
Christians seem to be indifferent to the fact that any attack against our Liberty is an attack against the God who gave us Liberty. In other words, it is an attack against our Faith.
The major reasons for this indifference are:
The rejection of the authority of Christ over our eternal and temporal salvation. The slavish misinterpretation—even propaganda—of Romans 13. The almost universal surrender to the “Spirit of Party.” (G. Washington) The rise and dominance of Christian Zionism over evangelicalism.
People who are under the delusion of Romans 13 misteaching, party partisanship and Christian Zionism are living in spiritual blindness and—as were the Galatian Christians—spiritual bondage. As a result, they are not even fully capable of resisting despotism—which is why most of them are NOT resisting this invasion of the New Normals.
Thomas Jefferson said:
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.
I urge readers to watch my message from last Sunday entitled, “Whom Resist.”
Under the guise of safety and security, our medical establishment and surveillance state have generated an intense internal invasion against our liberties that MUST be resisted, or Liberty will be thoroughly and completely eviscerated in this country. And if Freedom is lost to America, it will be lost to the rest of the world.
As was quoted at the beginning of this column:
This isn’t a joke, folks. The New Normals are serious. If you cannot see where their movement is headed, you do not understand totalitarianism. Once it starts, and reaches this stage, it does not stop, not without a fight. It continues to its logical conclusion. The way that usually happens is, people tell themselves it isn’t happening, it can’t be happening, not to us. They tell themselves this as the totalitarian program is implemented, step by step, one seemingly harmless step at a time. They conform, because, at first, the stakes aren’t so high, and their conformity leads to more conformity, and the next thing they know they’re telling their grandchildren that they had no idea where the trains were going. What that means is that it is your responsibility to speak up, and to do whatever else you can, to stop the New Normal future from becoming a reality. You will not be rewarded for it. You will be ridiculed and castigated for it. Your New Normal friends will hate you for it. Your New Normal family will forsake you for it. The New Normal police might arrest you for it. It is your responsibility to do it anyway.
Right now we are finding out how much Liberty means—or doesn’t mean—to us.
Article posted with permission from Chuck Baldwin


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-20--If NASA Couldn’t See The Asteroid That Just Whizzed By Us, What Else Can’t They See?

If NASA Couldn ’ t See The Asteroid That Just Whizzed By Us , What Else Can ’ t They See ?
Did you know that an asteroid just flew by our planet at an extremely close distance ?
The good news is that it was only about the size of a car , but the bad news is that NASA had absolutely no idea that it was coming .
In fact , NASA only discovered it about six hours after it had passed us .
If NASA could not see that asteroid coming straight at us , what else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not see ?
It has been estimated that “ about 17,000 big near-Earth asteroids remain undetected ” , but the truth is that we don ’ t really know how many giant space rocks are floating around out there .
Of course scientists all around the world are doing their best to catalog new potential threats all the time , but what most people don ’ t realize is that this is an area where our technology is still very limited .
The asteroid that almost entered our atmosphere on August 15th was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hour .
In other words , it was traveling at almost 8 miles per second .
And according to the official NASA website , it came within just 1,830 miles of our planet… In astronomical terms , that is an extremely close shave , and NASA is openly admitting that “ we didn ’ t see it coming ” … This admission surprised many Americans , because most people assume that NASA would give us plenty of advance notice if a civilization-killing asteroid really was heading our way .
Of course that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are many giant space rocks floating around out there that are exceedingly difficult to detect , and that is especially true if they are coming at us from the direction of the sun… NASA has a plan to improve our ability to detect incoming asteroids , and that will be welcome news for those that are concerned that a civilization-killing asteroid may be heading our way .
But the bad news is that the space telescope at the heart of NASA ’ s plan will not be launched until 2025… We have about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is implemented , and so let us hope that a giant space rock is not headed our way before then .
But we do know that a fairly sizable asteroid will be making a very close approach to our planet next month .
On September 1st , a 150 foot rock known as “ asteroid 2011 ES4 ” will fly past us at more than 18,000 miles per hour , and it will do so “ at a far closer distance than the Moon ” … I want to stress that scientists do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and I do not expect it to hit us either .
But the fact that it is flying by us at just “ 0.00048 AU ” is definitely alarming… But just because this one won ’ t hit us doesn ’ t mean that we shouldn ’ t be concerned .
Earlier this month , I wrote an article about what scientists have discovered would happen if a very large asteroid hit the Atlantic Ocean .
It is estimated that the resulting tsunami would send waves that are hundreds of feet high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States , and millions of people would perish .
Of course most Americans that live on the east coast never even imagine that such a thing could happen , but the truth is that we have been repeatedly warned about such a potential disaster .
I truly hope that NASA will be able to give us as much advance warning as possible when that day finally arrives .
But NASA didn ’ t see the asteroid that almost entered our atmosphere a few days ago .
And there have been countless other asteroids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t see until they were past us .
This is an area of research that I am particularly interested in , and at this point , I don ’ t have a whole lot of faith in NASA ’ s ability to see what is coming .
In addition , even if they do see a giant space rock heading directly toward our planet , that doesn ’ t mean that they will actually tell us .
Rather than alarming the general public , they would probably start implementing plans behind the scenes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be “ essential ” .
Of course , they might finally inform the rest of us just before it hit , but by then it would be far too late to do much about it .

If NASA Couldn’t See The Asteroid That Just Whizzed By Us, What Else Can’t They See?
Did you know that an asteroid just flew by our planet at an extremely close distance? The good news is that it was only about the size of a car, but the bad news is that NASA had absolutely no idea that it was coming. In fact, NASA only discovered it about six hours after it had passed us. If NASA could not see that asteroid coming straight at us, what else is heading toward us that they cannot see? It has been estimated that “about 17,000 big near-Earth asteroids remain undetected”, but the truth is that we don’t really know how many giant space rocks are floating around out there. Of course scientists all around the world are doing their best to catalog new potential threats all the time, but what most people don’t realize is that this is an area where our technology is still very limited.
The asteroid that almost entered our atmosphere on August 15th was hurtling toward us at 27,600 miles per hour.
In other words, it was traveling at almost 8 miles per second.
That is fast.
And according to the official NASA website, it came within just 1,830 miles of our planet…
Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday, Aug. 16 at 12:08 a.m. EDT (Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9:08 p.m. PDT).
In astronomical terms, that is an extremely close shave, and NASA is openly admitting that “we didn’t see it coming”…
The flyby wasn’t expected and took many by surprise. In fact, the Palomar Observatory didn’t detect the zooming asteroid until about six hours after the object’s closest approach. “The asteroid approached undetected from the direction of the sun,” Paul Chodas, the director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, told Business Insider. “We didn’t see it coming.”
This admission surprised many Americans, because most people assume that NASA would give us plenty of advance notice if a civilization-killing asteroid really was heading our way.
Of course that is not necessarily true at all. There are many giant space rocks floating around out there that are exceedingly difficult to detect, and that is especially true if they are coming at us from the direction of the sun…
There’s not much we can do about detecting inbound asteroids coming from the sunward direction, as asteroids are detected using optical telescopes only (like ZTF), and we can only search for them in the night sky. The idea is that we discover them on one of their prior passages by our planet, and then make predictions years and decades in advance to see whether they have any possibility of impacting.
NASA has a plan to improve our ability to detect incoming asteroids, and that will be welcome news for those that are concerned that a civilization-killing asteroid may be heading our way.
But the bad news is that the space telescope at the heart of NASA’s plan will not be launched until 2025…
NASA has a plan to address these gaps in its asteroid-hunting program. The agency is in the early stages of developing a space telescope that could detect asteroids and comets coming from the sun’s direction. NASA’s 2020 budget allotted nearly $36 million for that telescope, called the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission. If funding continues, it could launch as early as 2025.
We have about five years to wait before this plan is implemented, and so let us hope that a giant space rock is not headed our way before then.
But we do know that a fairly sizable asteroid will be making a very close approach to our planet next month. On September 1st, a 150 foot rock known as “asteroid 2011 ES4” will fly past us at more than 18,000 miles per hour, and it will do so “at a far closer distance than the Moon”…
Asteroid 2011 ES4, which measures approximately 150ft (50m) across, is expected to hurtle past the Earth at staggering speeds of 18,253mph (29,375kmh) next month. And although the size and speed of the asteroid is not that unusual, this space rock will fly past Earth at a far closer distance than the Moon.
I want to stress that scientists do not expect this asteroid to hit us, and I do not expect it to hit us either.
But the fact that it is flying by us at just “0.00048 AU” is definitely alarming…
The CNEOS database reveals the asteroid will pass by the Earth on September 1 at 3.49pm BST (10.49am ET). Asteroid 2011 ES4 will fly by at 0.00048 AU (Astronomical Units) away – approximately 44,618 miles). This distance is far closer to Earth than the Moon, which usually orbits at a distance of 238,855 miles (384,399km) distant.
But just because this one won’t hit us doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be concerned.
Earlier this month, I wrote an article about what scientists have discovered would happen if a very large asteroid hit the Atlantic Ocean. It is estimated that the resulting tsunami would send waves that are hundreds of feet high toward the east coast of the United States, and millions of people would perish. Of course most Americans that live on the east coast never even imagine that such a thing could happen, but the truth is that we have been repeatedly warned about such a potential disaster.
I truly hope that NASA will be able to give us as much advance warning as possible when that day finally arrives.
But NASA didn’t see the asteroid that almost entered our atmosphere a few days ago.
And there have been countless other asteroids over the years that NASA didn’t see until they were past us.
This is an area of research that I am particularly interested in, and at this point, I don’t have a whole lot of faith in NASA’s ability to see what is coming.
In addition, even if they do see a giant space rock heading directly toward our planet, that doesn’t mean that they will actually tell us.
Rather than alarming the general public, they would probably start implementing plans behind the scenes to save those that are deemed to be “essential”.
Of course, they might finally inform the rest of us just before it hit, but by then it would be far too late to do much about it.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-20--Does America Worship “A God Of Money”?

Does America Worship “A God Of Money”?

The one that you serve the most is the one that you really worship .
In America today , we don ’ t actually get down on our knees and pray to our stock market portfolios and the money in our bank accounts , but has our wealth become more important to us than anything else ?
It is well known that material comfort greatly motivates most Americans .
We tend to vote for the politicians that we perceive will be the best for our economy , we religiously track the performance of our investments , and for many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us than any of our other goals .
We desperately want to “ do well ” , and we tend to exalt others that are “ doing well ” .
Of course “ doing well ” is defined primarily in financial terms in our society , and that is extremely unfortunate .
A poor man that has greatly loved his family and those around him his entire life is generally not considered to be “ successful ” , while a billionaire that may actually be living in emotional misery every day of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example for all of us to follow .
Our priorities are all messed up , and I believe that we will ultimately deeply regret the great love that we have developed for the debt-fueled “ prosperity ” that we have been enjoying for so many years .
In the Sermon on the Mount , Jesus warned us that we can not serve two masters… Unfortunately , most Americans gave up on trying to serve God long ago .
Today , most of us are primarily interested in pursuing money , and this has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endless greed .
In such an environment , it is easy to understand how the stock market has become such a national idol .
We take great pride in the performance of the stock market , and on Tuesday headlines all over the nation gleefully trumpeted the fact that the S & P 500 closed at an all-time record high… Of course , it doesn ’ t actually make any sense at all that stock prices are hitting all-time highs right now .
We are in the midst of the worst economic downturn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and 56.2 million workers have filed new claims for unemployment benefits over the last 21 weeks .
But the Federal Reserve was absolutely determined to rescue the financial markets when they started to implode during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic , and the Fed has been successful in accomplishing that mission .
In particular , the big tech stocks have really benefitted from this latest rally , and on Wednesday Apple actually became the first 2 trillion dollar company in U.S. history… As stock prices have soared , this has sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tech billionaires into the stratosphere .
In fact , if you add up the wealth of America ’ s 12 wealthiest billionaires , it now comes to a total of more than 1 trillion dollars… To most people in our society , these billionaires are people to be greatly admired .
In fact , most of them are treated like celebrities .
These days , names like Gates , Musk and Zuckerberg make national headlines even more frequently than our most cherished Hollywood stars .
Meanwhile , tens of millions of “ ordinary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have never had a year when more than 56 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits , and more Americans are losing their jobs with each passing day .
Mortgage delinquencies are rising at a very frightening pace , tens of millions of Americans can no longer pay their bills , food prices are starting to get totally out of control , and hordes of people are moving away from the major cities on both coasts .
For decades , the U.S. middle class has been eroding , and now that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one new study has found that the average American now needs 53 weeks of income per year just to pay for the basics… Needing 53 weeks of income just to pay for the basics is a huge problem because there are only 52 weeks in a year .
Unfortunately , this new economic crisis is just getting started .
Conditions are going to get much , much worse in the years ahead , and the economic pain is going to be off the charts .
So what do you think is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ god of money ” finally crumbles ?
When Americans realize that the thing that they have been living for more than anything else has been taken from them , we are going to see a nationwide temper tantrum that will be unlike anything that we have ever seen before .
In the end , life is not about how much stuff we can acquire or about how much money we can stash in our accounts .
Unfortunately , we have raised several generations of Americans that don ’ t understand what really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society will pay a very great price for our negligence .

The one that you serve the most is the one that you really worship. In America today, we don’t actually get down on our knees and pray to our stock market portfolios and the money in our bank accounts, but has our wealth become more important to us than anything else? It is well known that material comfort greatly motivates most Americans. We tend to vote for the politicians that we perceive will be the best for our economy, we religiously track the performance of our investments, and for many of us our financial goals are more important to us than any of our other goals. We desperately want to “do well”, and we tend to exalt others that are “doing well”. Of course “doing well” is defined primarily in financial terms in our society, and that is extremely unfortunate. A poor man that has greatly loved his family and those around him his entire life is generally not considered to be “successful”, while a billionaire that may actually be living in emotional misery every day of his life is lifted up as an example for all of us to follow. Our priorities are all messed up, and I believe that we will ultimately deeply regret the great love that we have developed for the debt-fueled “prosperity” that we have been enjoying for so many years.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warned us that we cannot serve two masters…
“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Unfortunately, most Americans gave up on trying to serve God long ago. Today, most of us are primarily interested in pursuing money, and this has created a society that is filled with endless greed.
In such an environment, it is easy to understand how the stock market has become such a national idol. We take great pride in the performance of the stock market, and on Tuesday headlines all over the nation gleefully trumpeted the fact that the S&P 500 closed at an all-time record high…
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 3,389.78, eclipsing its previous Feb. 19 high to finish at the highest closing level on record. That means this year’s bear market, or a drop of more than 20% from a peak, from the February high to the lows on March 23 was the shortest in history, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Of course, it doesn’t actually make any sense at all that stock prices are hitting all-time highs right now.
We are in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and 56.2 million workers have filed new claims for unemployment benefits over the last 21 weeks.
But the Federal Reserve was absolutely determined to rescue the financial markets when they started to implode during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Fed has been successful in accomplishing that mission.
In particular, the big tech stocks have really benefitted from this latest rally, and on Wednesday Apple actually became the first 2 trillion dollar company in U.S. history…
High-flying stocks like Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have powered this year’s rally, far outpacing the rest of the market as investors bet heavily they could prevail in a stay-at-home economy. On Wednesday, tech giant Apple was the first publicly traded company to top a $2 trillion valuation.
As stock prices have soared, this has sent the net worths of America’s tech billionaires into the stratosphere.
In fact, if you add up the wealth of America’s 12 wealthiest billionaires, it now comes to a total of more than 1 trillion dollars…
New research published Monday by the Institute for Policy Studies shows that the dozen richest American billionaires now collectively own more than $1 trillion in wealth, a finding one analyst described as “a disturbing milestone in the U.S. history of concentrated wealth and power.” According to IPS, a progressive think tank, the 12 top U.S. billionaires have seen their combined wealth soar by 40%—or $283 billion—since the coronavirus began spreading rapidly across the U.S. in mid-March, sparking widespread economic shutdowns and mass job loss.
To most people in our society, these billionaires are people to be greatly admired.
In fact, most of them are treated like celebrities.
These days, names like Gates, Musk and Zuckerberg make national headlines even more frequently than our most cherished Hollywood stars.
Meanwhile, tens of millions of “ordinary” Americans are deeply suffering. We have never had a year when more than 56 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits, and more Americans are losing their jobs with each passing day.
Mortgage delinquencies are rising at a very frightening pace, tens of millions of Americans can no longer pay their bills, food prices are starting to get totally out of control, and hordes of people are moving away from the major cities on both coasts.
For decades, the U.S. middle class has been eroding, and now that process is rapidly accelerating. In fact, one new study has found that the average American now needs 53 weeks of income per year just to pay for the basics…
As Bank of America points out, while the recent covid shutdowns has thrown the economy into disarray with millions laid off and living on government stimulus checks, life for the vast majority of workers – i.e., those who comprise the country’s middle class – was already precarious before the pandemic, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Cost of Thriving Index. Consider that in 1985 it took 30 weeks at the median wage to pay for big fixed costs like housing, health care, a car, and education; fast forward to today when it takes a mathematically impossible 53 weeks of a 52-week year to buy those things.
Needing 53 weeks of income just to pay for the basics is a huge problem because there are only 52 weeks in a year.
Unfortunately, this new economic crisis is just getting started. Conditions are going to get much, much worse in the years ahead, and the economic pain is going to be off the charts.
So what do you think is going to happen to our society when our “god of money” finally crumbles?
When Americans realize that the thing that they have been living for more than anything else has been taken from them, we are going to see a nationwide temper tantrum that will be unlike anything that we have ever seen before.
In the end, life is not about how much stuff we can acquire or about how much money we can stash in our accounts.
Unfortunately, we have raised several generations of Americans that don’t understand what really matters in life, and our entire society will pay a very great price for our negligence.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-21--2020 Is An Economic Nightmare – And Things Just Got Even Worse

2020 Is An Economic Nightmare – And Things Just Got Even Worse More than a million Americans were not supposed to be losing their jobs every week by the time we got to the middle of August .
By now , vast hordes of unemployed Americans were supposed to be returning to their old jobs and economic activity was supposed to be returning to normal levels .
But it hasn ’ t happened that way .
Instead , the U.S. economy continues to unravel at a steady pace .
Every week more businesses go under , more layoffs are announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bills .
What we have already been through has been far worse than anything that we experienced during the last recession , and it appears that this new economic downturn is entering yet another new phase .
On Thursday , we learned that another 1.106 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week… The number of people filing for unemployment benefits last week was greater than expected , raising concern about the state of the economy as lawmakers struggle to move forward on a new pandemic stimulus package .
The Labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the week ended Aug. 15 came in at 1.106 million .
Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a total of 923,000 .
Initial claims for the previous week were also revised higher by 8,000 to 971,000 .
Instead of going down as most analysts were anticipating , the number of initial claims shot way back above a million .
And this means that we have now gotten a number that is above a million for 21 of the last 22 weeks .
Prior to 2020 , the worst weekly number in all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolutely dwarf that old record for 22 weeks in a row should be almost theoretically impossible .
If you would have asked me last year what it would take to have the kind of unemployment numbers that we are seeing now , I would have probably suggested that it would take something like a world war or a major asteroid strike to produce such figures .
The numbers that we keep getting week after week are simply absurd , but they just keep coming .
After all this time , the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back below record levels , but instead last week we got a number that was more than twice as high as anything that we witnessed during the last recession… It would be difficult to overstate the scale of the economic devastation that we are witnessing .
Do you remember Hurricane Katrina ?
It was the worst natural disaster in the history of Louisiana , but in 2020 the state has lost twice as many jobs as it did after Hurricane Katrina .
Just think about how crazy that is .
Overall , 57.3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment benefits over the past 22 weeks .
We ’ ve never seen anything like this in our history .
For a while , our unemployed workers were being kept afloat by a 600 dollar a week federal supplement , but now those extra benefits have expired… President Trump has signed an executive order that would provide payments of 300 dollars a week to unemployed workers , but many states have chosen not to participate in that program .
So we should expect the level of economic suffering in this country to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , tens of millions of Americans are unable to pay their bills , and that number will almost certainly increase in the months ahead .
Meanwhile , we are seeing businesses fail at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented .
For example , the hotel industry is warning that close to a quarter of all hotels in the United States “ are at risk of foreclosure ” … The hotel industry wants a federal bailout , but of course just about every other major industry wants one as well .
In the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the money goes , and not everyone will come out a winner .
The overall global economy is deeply struggling as well .
In fact , the level of merchandise trade around the world just fell to the lowest level on record… This is what an economic collapse looks like , and the entire planet is being hit extremely hard .
But at least the U.S. stock market is doing well .
Stock prices have been absolutely soaring in recent weeks , and according to Forbes the market is now “ about 77.0 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment , America ’ s financial idol is safe .
Unfortunately , this stock market bubble is going to be a whole lot shorter than the last one .
Thanks to unprecedented intervention by the Federal Reserve , stock prices have been pumped up to record levels , but we are only in the early chapters of this economic storm .
Much worse is coming , and without a doubt , the Fed will try to keep asset prices inflated , but in the end , it will be a losing battle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis after another , eventually investors are going to figure out that the future ahead of us is not a positive one , and when confidence about the future disappears so will the bubble .

More than a million Americans were not supposed to be losing their jobs every week by the time we got to the middle of August. By now, vast hordes of unemployed Americans were supposed to be returning to their old jobs and economic activity was supposed to be returning to normal levels. But it hasn’t happened that way. Instead, the U.S. economy continues to unravel at a steady pace. Every week more businesses go under, more layoffs are announced and more people get behind on their bills. What we have already been through has been far worse than anything that we experienced during the last recession, and it appears that this new economic downturn is entering yet another new phase. On Thursday, we learned that another 1.106 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week…
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits last week was greater than expected, raising concern about the state of the economy as lawmakers struggle to move forward on a new pandemic stimulus package. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial jobless claims for the week ended Aug. 15 came in at 1.106 million. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a total of 923,000. Initial claims for the previous week were also revised higher by 8,000 to 971,000.
Instead of going down as most analysts were anticipating, the number of initial claims shot way back above a million.
And this means that we have now gotten a number that is above a million for 21 of the last 22 weeks.
Prior to 2020, the worst weekly number in all of U.S. history was 695,000. To absolutely dwarf that old record for 22 weeks in a row should be almost theoretically impossible. If you would have asked me last year what it would take to have the kind of unemployment numbers that we are seeing now, I would have probably suggested that it would take something like a world war or a major asteroid strike to produce such figures. The numbers that we keep getting week after week are simply absurd, but they just keep coming.
After all this time, the number of Americans filing for unemployment should be falling back below record levels, but instead last week we got a number that was more than twice as high as anything that we witnessed during the last recession…
“However, the number of individuals claiming benefits remains extraordinarily high – more than twice the peak of the great recession – underscoring that the labor market is a long way from being healthy,” economist Nancy Vanden Houten wrote in a note to clients.
It would be difficult to overstate the scale of the economic devastation that we are witnessing.
Do you remember Hurricane Katrina? It was the worst natural disaster in the history of Louisiana, but in 2020 the state has lost twice as many jobs as it did after Hurricane Katrina.
Just think about how crazy that is.
Overall, 57.3 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits over the past 22 weeks.
57 million.
We’ve never seen anything like this in our history. For a while, our unemployed workers were being kept afloat by a 600 dollar a week federal supplement, but now those extra benefits have expired…
Those recipients who are receiving unemployment on an ongoing basis are now getting far less aid because a $600-a-week federal benefit has expired, which means the unemployed must now get by solely on much smaller aid from their states. The loss of the federal benefit has deepened the struggles for many, including a higher risk of eviction from their homes.
President Trump has signed an executive order that would provide payments of 300 dollars a week to unemployed workers, but many states have chosen not to participate in that program.
So we should expect the level of economic suffering in this country to go up even more. At this point, tens of millions of Americans are unable to pay their bills, and that number will almost certainly increase in the months ahead.
Meanwhile, we are seeing businesses fail at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented. For example, the hotel industry is warning that close to a quarter of all hotels in the United States “are at risk of foreclosure”…
In a desperate plea for help, the hotel industry said it faces a default disaster, in which 25% of hotels are at risk of foreclosure. The report, sent to Congress this week and compiled by Trepp, shows that the percentage of hotel loans 30 or more days delinquent is 23.4% as of last month — the highest percentage on record. By comparison, the percentage of hotel loans that were 30 or more days delinquent at the end of 2019 was just 1.3%.
The hotel industry wants a federal bailout, but of course just about every other major industry wants one as well.
In the end, Congress is going to decide where the money goes, and not everyone will come out a winner.
The overall global economy is deeply struggling as well. In fact, the level of merchandise trade around the world just fell to the lowest level on record…
“This reading – the lowest on record in data going back to 2007, and on par with the nadir of the 2008-09 financial crisis – is broadly consistent with WTO statistics issued in June, which estimated an 18.5% decline in merchandise trade in the second quarter of 2020 as compared to the same period last year,” the WTO said.
This is what an economic collapse looks like, and the entire planet is being hit extremely hard.
But at least the U.S. stock market is doing well. Stock prices have been absolutely soaring in recent weeks, and according to Forbes the market is now “about 77.0% overvalued”…
According to the popular market cap to GDP ratio, the U.S. stock market, collectively, is about 77.0% overvalued. Despite the worst economic backdrop since the Great Depression, stocks have held up reasonably well since the March 23 bottom. While it’s true that the stock market has disconnected from the underlying economy, it has also done so in the past. With such an extreme level of overvaluation, it does beg the question, “Are we witnessing the formation of another bubble?”
So for the moment, America’s financial idol is safe.
Unfortunately, this stock market bubble is going to be a whole lot shorter than the last one.
Thanks to unprecedented intervention by the Federal Reserve, stock prices have been pumped up to record levels, but we are only in the early chapters of this economic storm.
Much worse is coming, and without a doubt, the Fed will try to keep asset prices inflated, but in the end, it will be a losing battle.
As we keep getting hit by one crisis after another, eventually investors are going to figure out that the future ahead of us is not a positive one, and when confidence about the future disappears so will the bubble.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-21--Protecting U.S. Bulk-Power System & Technology from Bad Actors: Part 1

With all of the distractions taking place throughout the U.S. , there are some critical developments in the electricity and energy power sector that people should be paying attention to .
On May 1 , 2020 , President Trump signed executive order “ Securing the United States Bulk-Power System , ” which was one of the most important executive orders to date , yet it was a blip on most people ’ s radar .
In fact , there have been a string of key executive orders and bills put in place regarding the power supply and technology sectors to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While all eyes have been on 5G and Huawei , few seem to be paying attention to the bigger picture – electricity , solar , “ climate change ” agendas , manufactured parts , foreign interference and outsourcing – essentially , our entire powered infrastructure .
There are three individuals who have played vital roles in taking advantage of the U.S. , running specific deals to benefit China , and focusing on monopolizing the energy and technology industries , among others , from high positions of financial authority , two of whom have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To understand the significance of securing the U.S. bulk-power system which provides the electricity that supports our national defense , vital emergency services , critical infrastructure , economy , and way of life , below is a timeline of some key events leading up to this executive order , President Trump ’ s mindset on this long before he became President , and critical events that followed the order .
Part two examines three specific individuals who have been running deals in a small circle for decades , with connections to familiar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department of Energy put together the “ Island Playbook ” so Richard Branson and the Clintons could carry out their “ Ten Island Pilot Program ” which resulted in over 20 islands , and has expanded to include Bill Gates , George Soros , and numerous others , whereby they are installing solar panels and wind farms while also building sustainable infrastructure and taking over the tourism industry to these islands .
Corey ’ s Digs did a 4-part extensive report on this in 2018 .
Trump tweeted that “ the Chinese want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that includes so-called green energy which they make but don ’ t use to any extent .
They like good old fashioned oil and coal.
” Trump tweeted out “ the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
” In fact , between 2012 and 2015 , prior to his presidency , Trump tweeted about the climate change hoax 38 times .
Most of his tweets point to the fact that they changed the term “ global warming ” to “ climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their narrative , being as temperature increases weren ’ t in alignment with their tales , and this gave them the advantage over the narrative no matter which way the temps went .
He also points out the World Bank and former President Barack Obama ’ s involvement .
Note the date of the tweets below .
Link to full article he included in his tweet .
In the loan from the DOE , the project summary lists the “ owners ” as BrightSource Energy , NRG Energy , and Google .
Between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five of the world ’ s largest concentrating solar power projects , during the Obama administration .
John C. Beale , the EPA ’ s leading expert on climate change , and highest-paid employee was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for lying to his bosses and alleging he was a CIA spy working in Pakistan .
Apparently , he told this lie for 13 years , and would disappear from work for months at a time while collecting a paycheck , under the guise of working for the CIA .
Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the morale to the story is that this was their lead guy on climate change , and Beale stated that he did it for “ simple greed , ” a “ sense of excitement , ” and that “ it was like an addiction.
” President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord .
President Trump imposed a 30 % tariff on all solar equipment made abroad .
The four-year tariff would reduce annually until it reached 15 % in its fourth year .
The Justice Department launched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese national security threats by prosecuting trade-secret and intellectual property theft , hacking and economic espionage .
Between 2013-2016 , the DOJ did not charge anyone with spying for China , but between 2017-2018 they charged three people .
The World Bank Group announced a program to fast-track the adoption of offshore wind energy in developing countries .
The World Bank and IFC will be helping with technical assistance to develop a pipeline of projects ready for investment .
A large amount of projects are already planned in Europe , China and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 26 billion in annual investments and they anticipate $ 500 billion in investments by 2030 .
Trump tweeted that it is not good or acceptable that Chinese telecom giant Huawei was hiring a former Obama cyber security official as a lobbyist .
Trump tweeted about allowing Huawei to buy product from our high tech companies that will not impact our national security .
Trump called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China the day after the World Bank had adopted a plan to aid China with $ 1- $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June 2025 .
U.S. AG William Barr spoke at the ‘ China Initiative Conference for the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
’ During his 30-min speech , he said that China wants to own the world .
“ In 2015 , the Chinese leadership launched its made in China 2025 plan .
A sustained , highly coordinated campaign to replace the United States as the dominant technological superpower .
They have mobilized and invested hundreds of billions of dollars in this , while also carrying out espionage .
He spoke about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on U.S. technology , and went on to speak about their attempt to dominate 5G .
Barr stated that “ 5G technology lies at the center of the technological and industrial world that is taking shape .
In essence , communications networks are not just for communications anymore , they are evolving into the central nervous system of the next generation of internet , the industrial internet , and the next generation of the industrial systems that will depend on that infrastructure.
” This field could generate new economic opportunities to the tune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If China continues to lead this field , it would give them full control to surveil and control shutting off other countries to communications access , which is a grave threat to national security and economics across the board .
China has already captured 40 % of the market and is moving full speed ahead , primarily through Huawei .
Currently , Nokia and Erickson are the only two companies that can compete with Huawei .
Barr ’ s speech goes into extensive detail as to how 5G will affect the future of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listen .
Trump signed Bill H.R.4988 ‘ Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act of 2019 ’ which is a mechanism that prevents communications equipment or services that pose a national security risk from entering U.S. networks , and a program to remove any such equipment or services currently used in U.S. networks .
This stemmed from the original ‘ rip and replace ’ bill to remove old Huawei and ZTE equipment from networks .
Trump signed an executive order to establish the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ executive order on ‘ Securing the United States Bulk-power System , ’ to “ prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system , which provides the electricity that supports our national defense , vital emergency services , critical infrastructure , economy , and way of life.
” The order goes on to state , “ To address this threat , additional steps are required to protect the security , integrity , and reliability of bulk-power system electric equipment used in the United States .
In light of these findings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system , ” and breaks down new regulations being implemented .
The order also makes clear that “ the heads of all agencies , including the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) , shall take all appropriate measures within their authority as appropriate and consistent with applicable law , to implement this order .
Many may recall the live meeting President Trump had with employees of the TVA regarding losing their jobs to foreign workers and concern of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On August 3 , President Trump announced that he had fired the Tennessee Valley Authority Chair , and stated that the Chair was hiring foreign workers and replacing longtime employees while earning $ 8 million annually .
The TVA is a federally owned corporation that provides flood control , electricity generation , fertilizer manufacturing and economic development to most of Tennessee and parts of Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , Mississippi , North Carolina and Virginia .
The same day , Trump signed another executive order ‘ Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ which requires all federal agencies to complete an internal audit to prove they are not replacing qualified American workers with people from other countries .
Prior to this order , the TVA had announced it had planned to outsource 20 % of its technology jobs to companies in foreign countries .
The U.S. Senate approved new legislation that will require Chinese companies to submit to an audit that can be reviewed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board , which is the nonprofit that oversees audits of all U.S. companies seeking to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Canada ’ s largest telecom firms teamed up with Sweden ’ s Ericsson and Finland ’ s Nokia Oyj to build 5G networks , ditching Huawei for the project .
U.S .
Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to boost U.S. production of semiconductors , small chips that power smartphones , missile systems , solar cells , and a wide range of other products .
The “ American Foundries Act of 2020 ” would allow for $ 15 billion in grants to states for building and expanding on semiconductor plants .
“ With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts to dominate the rest of the world ’ s microelectronics industries through theft and coercion , it is critical that we work swiftly to strengthen domestic production of semiconductors and maintain our strategic competitive edge , ” Sen. Jim Risch ( R-Idaho ) said .
The UK announced their decision to remove all Huawei 5G kits from networks by 2027 and mobile providers are banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment .
President Trump ’ s Department of Energy recovered $ 200 million in taxpayer funds from a 2011 $ 1 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar power plant in Nevada that was deemed obsolete before it went online .
It is clear by all of the actions above that President Trump ’ s administration is strongly focused on protecting our power grid , parts that are imported for various power supply components and telecommunications , building up manufacturing of power supply components in the U.S. , 5G due to national security though there are arguments made over the safety of people ’ s health around 5G , and of course “ climate change ” strategies .
Sometimes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needs or endless distractions , that they don ’ t realize the threat to one of our most important necessities – electricity .
There is a lot happening behind the scenes with battles on every front .
This is one battle that the Trump administration is taking very seriously , and would appear to be making all the right moves .
There are three key players that have long been involved with the energy and technology industries , two of whom are from China and have flown under the radar .
The agencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affiliated with and doing business with these three is quite revealing , and some of the deals that have been made are shocking .
All three are still in play .
Part two will examine these connections .
Coming soon !
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn , originally posted at CoreysDigs.com

With all of the distractions taking place throughout the U.S., there are some critical developments in the electricity and energy power sector that people should be paying attention to. On May 1, 2020, President Trump signed executive order “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System,” which was one of the most important executive orders to date, yet it was a blip on most people’s radar. In fact, there have been a string of key executive orders and bills put in place regarding the power supply and technology sectors to protect the U.S. from potential harm. While all eyes have been on 5G and Huawei, few seem to be paying attention to the bigger picture – electricity, solar, “climate change” agendas, manufactured parts, foreign interference and outsourcing – essentially, our entire powered infrastructure.
There are three individuals who have played vital roles in taking advantage of the U.S., running specific deals to benefit China, and focusing on monopolizing the energy and technology industries, among others, from high positions of financial authority, two of whom have flown under the radar with most people.
To understand the significance of securing the U.S. bulk-power system which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life, below is a timeline of some key events leading up to this executive order, President Trump’s mindset on this long before he became President, and critical events that followed the order. Part two examines three specific individuals who have been running deals in a small circle for decades, with connections to familiar faces.
Timeline of Key Events, EO’s and Bills
2012
Former President Obama’s Department of Energy put together the “Island Playbook” so Richard Branson and the Clintons could carry out their “Ten Island Pilot Program” which resulted in over 20 islands, and has expanded to include Bill Gates, George Soros, and numerous others, whereby they are installing solar panels and wind farms while also building sustainable infrastructure and taking over the tourism industry to these islands. Corey’s Digs did a 4-part extensive report on this in 2018.
March 23, 2012
Trump tweeted that “the Chinese want to steal our jobs and technology – that includes so-called green energy which they make but don’t use to any extent. They like good old fashioned oil and coal.”
November 6, 2012
Trump tweeted out “the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” In fact, between 2012 and 2015, prior to his presidency, Trump tweeted about the climate change hoax 38 times. Most of his tweets point to the fact that they changed the term “global warming” to “climate change” because it no longer fit their narrative, being as temperature increases weren’t in alignment with their tales, and this gave them the advantage over the narrative no matter which way the temps went. He also points out the World Bank and former President Barack Obama’s involvement.
Note the date of the tweets below.
Link to full article he included in his tweet.
In the loan from the DOE, the project summary lists the “owners” as BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy, and Google.
Between 2010 and 2011, the DOE financed five of the world’s largest concentrating solar power projects, during the Obama administration.
December 18, 2013
John C. Beale, the EPA’s leading expert on climate change, and highest-paid employee was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for lying to his bosses and alleging he was a CIA spy working in Pakistan. Apparently, he told this lie for 13 years, and would disappear from work for months at a time while collecting a paycheck, under the guise of working for the CIA. Who knows what the real story is here, but the morale to the story is that this was their lead guy on climate change, and Beale stated that he did it for “simple greed,” a “sense of excitement,” and that “it was like an addiction.”
June 1, 2017
President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord.
January 22, 2018
President Trump imposed a 30% tariff on all solar equipment made abroad. The four-year tariff would reduce annually until it reached 15% in its fourth year.
November 1, 2018
The Justice Department launched the “China Initiative” to counter Chinese national security threats by prosecuting trade-secret and intellectual property theft, hacking and economic espionage. Between 2013-2016, the DOJ did not charge anyone with spying for China, but between 2017-2018 they charged three people.
February 21, 2019
March 6, 2019
The World Bank Group announced a program to fast-track the adoption of offshore wind energy in developing countries. The World Bank and IFC will be helping with technical assistance to develop a pipeline of projects ready for investment. A large amount of projects are already planned in Europe, China and the United States. Offshore wind accounts for $26 billion in annual investments and they anticipate $500 billion in investments by 2030.
April 14, 2019
Trump tweeted that it is not good or acceptable that Chinese telecom giant Huawei was hiring a former Obama cyber security official as a lobbyist.
June 29, 2019
Trump tweeted about allowing Huawei to buy product from our high tech companies that will not impact our national security.
December 6, 2019
Trump called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China the day after the World Bank had adopted a plan to aid China with $1-$1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025.
February 6, 2020
U.S. AG William Barr spoke at the ‘China Initiative Conference for the Center for Strategic & International Studies.’During his 30-min speech, he said that China wants to own the world. “In 2015, the Chinese leadership launched its made in China 2025 plan. A sustained, highly coordinated campaign to replace the United States as the dominant technological superpower. They have mobilized and invested hundreds of billions of dollars in this, while also carrying out espionage. He spoke about the level of theft China has carried out on U.S. technology, and went on to speak about their attempt to dominate 5G. Barr stated that “5G technology lies at the center of the technological and industrial world that is taking shape. In essence, communications networks are not just for communications anymore, they are evolving into the central nervous system of the next generation of internet, the industrial internet, and the next generation of the industrial systems that will depend on that infrastructure.”
This field could generate new economic opportunities to the tune of $23 trillion by 2025. If China continues to lead this field, it would give them full control to surveil and control shutting off other countries to communications access, which is a grave threat to national security and economics across the board. China has already captured 40% of the market and is moving full speed ahead, primarily through Huawei. Currently, Nokia and Erickson are the only two companies that can compete with Huawei. Barr’s speech goes into extensive detail as to how 5G will affect the future of the world. It is a must listen.
March 12, 2020
Trump signed Bill H.R.4988 ‘Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act of 2019’ which is a mechanism that prevents communications equipment or services that pose a national security risk from entering U.S. networks, and a program to remove any such equipment or services currently used in U.S. networks. This stemmed from the original ‘rip and replace’ bill to remove old Huawei and ZTE equipment from networks.
April 4, 2020
Trump signed an executive order to establish the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector.
May 1, 2020
Trump signed an executive order on ‘Securing the United States Bulk-power System,’ to “prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life.” The order goes on to state, “To address this threat, additional steps are required to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of bulk-power system electric equipment used in the United States. In light of these findings, I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system,” and breaks down new regulations being implemented.
The order also makes clear that “the heads of all agencies, including the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), shall take all appropriate measures within their authority as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to implement this order.
Many may recall the live meeting President Trump had with employees of the TVA regarding losing their jobs to foreign workers and concern of how the corporation is running things. On August 3, President Trump announced that he had fired the Tennessee Valley Authority Chair, and stated that the Chair was hiring foreign workers and replacing longtime employees while earning $8 million annually. The TVA is a federally owned corporation that provides flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing and economic development to most of Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia.
The same day, Trump signed another executive order ‘Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers,’ which requires all federal agencies to complete an internal audit to prove they are not replacing qualified American workers with people from other countries. Prior to this order, the TVA had announced it had planned to outsource 20% of its technology jobs to companies in foreign countries.
May 20, 2020
The U.S. Senate approved new legislation that will require Chinese companies to submit to an audit that can be reviewed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which is the nonprofit that oversees audits of all U.S. companies seeking to raise money in public markets.
June 2, 2020
Two of Canada’s largest telecom firms teamed up with Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia Oyj to build 5G networks, ditching Huawei for the project.
June 29, 2020
U.S. Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to boost U.S. production of semiconductors, small chips that power smartphones, missile systems, solar cells, and a wide range of other products. The “American Foundries Act of 2020” would allow for $15 billion in grants to states for building and expanding on semiconductor plants. “With the Chinese Communist Party’s continued efforts to dominate the rest of the world’s microelectronics industries through theft and coercion, it is critical that we work swiftly to strengthen domestic production of semiconductors and maintain our strategic competitive edge,” Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) said.
July 14, 2020
The UK announced their decision to remove all Huawei 5G kits from networks by 2027 and mobile providers are banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment.
July 30, 2020
President Trump’s Department of Energy recovered $200 million in taxpayer funds from a 2011 $1 billion loan by the Obama administration to a solar power plant in Nevada that was deemed obsolete before it went online.
It is clear by all of the actions above that President Trump’s administration is strongly focused on protecting our power grid, parts that are imported for various power supply components and telecommunications, building up manufacturing of power supply components in the U.S., 5G due to national security though there are arguments made over the safety of people’s health around 5G, and of course “climate change” strategies.
Sometimes, everyone is so focused on their immediate needs or endless distractions, that they don’t realize the threat to one of our most important necessities – electricity. There is a lot happening behind the scenes with battles on every front. This is one battle that the Trump administration is taking very seriously, and would appear to be making all the right moves.
There are three key players that have long been involved with the energy and technology industries, two of whom are from China and have flown under the radar. The agencies, organizations, and individuals that are affiliated with and doing business with these three is quite revealing, and some of the deals that have been made are shocking. All three are still in play. Part two will examine these connections. Coming soon!
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn, originally posted at CoreysDigs.com