During a conference call on Wednesday, conservative leaders from the Club for Growth, Family Research Council, Tea Party Patriots, ForAmerica, FreedomWorks, and Senate Conservatives fund demanded that the “traitorous” Republican senators who refused to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) keep their promise to the American people.
“Traitorous senators…they need to repeal Obamacare,” said Tea Party Patriots Co-founder Jenny Beth Martin. “Our activists also realize that it seems to be really easy for these senators and their staff to sit in Washington and be exempt from Obamacare…it is completely unjust to live exempt from the law, while others suffer because of the law.”
Former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power’s involvement in the unmasking by former Obama administration officials of sensitive national security information is raising red flags over what insiders view was an attempt by the former administration to undermine President Donald Trump and key figures on his team, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
Power appears to be central to efforts by top Obama administration officials to identify individuals named in classified intelligence community reports related to Trump and his presidential transition team, according to multiple sources.
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Will she take the 5th?
David DeGerolamo
By Publius Huldah
“If the central government has the authority to tell a state it must accept permits from all the other states, then it also has the authority to tell a state it may not accept a concealed permit from any other states. If the central government can do these things it can set up a national concealed carry permit scheme and in essence bring into existence a national arms registry. That is exactly where this is headed.” Attorney Richard D. Fry 1
Some are touting the federal Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (HR 38) as a bill which would expand our right to carry. But if you will walk with me for a few minutes, I’ll show you a better path to take.
Let us look at the applicable First Principles, to which I propose we return.
1. Gun control is not an enumerated power delegated to the federal government
Our federal Constitution doesn’t delegate to the federal government any power over the Country at Large 2 to restrict our arms. Accordingly, all pretended federal laws, regulations, orders, opinions, or treaties which purport to do so are unconstitutional as outside the scope of powers delegated. They are also unconstitutional as in violation of the Second Amendment.
The only power the federal government has over the Country at Large respecting arms is set forth at Article I, §8, clause 16 with respect to providing for the “organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia”. Pursuant to this clause, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1792 which required every able-bodied male citizen (with a few exceptions) between the ages of 18 and 45 to acquire a rifle, bayonet, ammo, ammo pouch, and report to his local Militia Unit for training. 3
2. What does your State Constitution say about the right to keep and bear arms?
President Trump can solve the healthcare crisis instantly:
For the Democrats who oppose this policy, remind them that Obama did the same procedure at the border for illegal immigration.
David DeGerolamo
The recurring Game of Thrones’ mantra is “Winter is coming”. In our country, tyranny is coming. But more specifically, tyranny is here. Whether it is called soft tyranny or tyranny depends on the individual. The patriot who stands up for the foundation of our nation, has Sacred honor and is willing to sacrifice everything for future generations understands that there are no degrees to tyranny. Like slavery, tyranny is an all or nothing concept. You cannot be a slave for an hour a day. Any portion of your life that is taken without consent is slavery. Any portion of your life, liberty or property that is taken with consent is tyranny.
Tyranny and its consequences are easily seen in the United States. The tenets of tyranny throughout history have not changed:
If you cannot list tangible examples from the above list, you are not paying attention. As the Germans found out:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemöller
You can see the parallels today as different groups are targeted by the media and government. Remember Rule 13 from “Rules for Radicals”:
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
This targeting is done at all levels and people have found it to be a useful tool to gain personal power. Truth and honor have been replaced by ignorance and treachery. Where is the virtue that is the bedrock for the Republic? Where are the patriots who will not cower for fear of a label?
Winter is coming for the Republic unless we are willing to fight for the Great Experiment. I believe it is too late: apathy has become dependence.
Bondage is coming. May your chains rest lightly on your shoulders.
David DeGerolamo
I promise that this video will suck you in. It explains why we are acting like beaten dogs. He explains the real reason for the Dark Ages, how jihad works, the crusades and how Islamic terrorism worked. By extension, he shows us that their methods are being used effectively today.
I agree that the Bible allows for slavery. It also states to serve your master to the best of your ability. But I will not accept even the Bible’s justification for slavery. Slavery is evil. Period. The federal government has enslaved the people of the country through taxation or through entitlements. By extension, the federal government is evil.
The number of black people currently in prison is 920,000. The number of black slaves in the United States from the 1860 census was 3,950,528. So there were four times the number of slaves in 1860 as are in prison today (a clarification to Dr. Manning). This number does not include “ex-cons”. Slavery comes in many forms: imagine what happens when all slaves unite for their freedom?
David DeGerolamo
Government prosecutors have a friend in U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro.
The judge is presiding over the retrial of four defendants charged with various crimes stemming from their participation in the 2014 Bunkerville standoff near Cliven Bundy’s ranch. The first trial ended in April with the jury deadlocked on all counts involving the four men.
On Monday, the judge eviscerated the defense’s legal strategy, putting off limits a whole host of issues that might make it more difficult for the government to win convictions. The defendants will be forbidden from arguing that they were exercising their constitutional rights to peaceably assemble and bear arms. They may not highlight the actions of BLM agents in the days leading up to the incident or mention federal gaffes such as the ill-advised “First Amendment” zone created for protesters.
Breaking News from CRBS!
Ashley Angleton, anchorperson: President Donald Trump and his entire extended family attended a performance of the Russian ballet, The Nutcracker, December 21, 2015. Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet troupe performed at New York’s Lincoln Center.
Joe Scabrous, anchorperson: You touched on it, Ashley, but I think it’s important to note right here that the ballet was composed by a Russian, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—you can tell he’s Russian by his name—and performed by an all-Russian cast. The Nutcracker and The 1812 Overture are this Thaikovsky’s two most famous works. The 1812 Overture commemorates the War of 1812, and we know that a nutcracker cracks nuts, slang for testicles. So his most famous works pay tribute to Russian propensities for depraved sexual violence and war.
In April, Reason detailed a report from the watchdog group The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) that found the agency “seized more than $17 million from innocent business owners over a two-year period using obscure anti-money laundering rules and civil asset forfeiture.” From Reason:
The inspector general found money seized and forfeited by the IRS was legally obtained in 91 percent of a sample of 278 structuring investigations it reviewed occurring between fiscal years 2012 and 2014. Altogether, those funds totalled $17.1 million and involved 231 cases.
“That is just a shocking, shocking statistic,” says Robert Johnson, an attorney at the Institute for Justice. “It shows the cases we’ve been bringing are not isolated incidents by any stretch of the imagination. This is the bread and butter of what the IRS has been doing for years.”
The inspector general also found that, in 54 cases, property owners gave reasonable explanations for why their deposits did not exceed $10,000, but in most of those cases there was no evidence that IRS investigated their explanations.
In addition, the inspector general found evidence “that in at least 37 cases the Government bargained nonprosecution in order to resolve the civil forfeiture.” In other words, the IRS leveraged its civil forfeiture cases by threatening to file criminal charges.
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A good start. Now we need legislation passed into law eliminating asset forfeiture by law enforcement. This country was not founded upon the legalized theft of property by police.
David DeGerolamo
In a relatively shocking article – don’t forget the Vatican has been extremely outspoken for a man in his office – a close ally of Pope Francis has written in a widely-read Vatican publication attacking Stephen Bannon, the senior White House strategist and lamenting a drift towards fundamentalism among some US conservative Catholics who backed Donald Trump as president.
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The tone of the piece suggests an even deeper concern than expected within the Vatican about the direction of the US under Mr Trump.
Pope Francis and Mr Trump held a private meeting at the Vatican in late May, in an attempt to establish a positive dialogue after some indirect — and direct — clashes in recent years over climate change and immigration. But what seemed to trouble Fr Spadaro and Fr Figueroa even more was the embrace by many Catholics of the “stigmatisation of enemies who are often demonised”.
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Is this the best that the Catholic church can come up with to cover the news of “a drug-fueled gay-sex party at an apartment belonging to an aide of one of Pope Francis’ key advisers”? Refresh my memory: what is Armageddon and where is it detailed?
David DeGerolamo
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