* Shutdown Ends With No Funding for Wall.
* Sen. Rand Paul: Government Shutdown Prevention Act.
* News The Networks Refuse to Use, Liberty RoundTable Live Week In Review!
By Sam Bushman
* Shutdown Ends With No Funding for Wall.
* Sen. Rand Paul: Government Shutdown Prevention Act.
* News The Networks Refuse to Use, Liberty RoundTable Live Week In Review!
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: David Clarke Jr – Former Sheriff, Spokesman for America First Action PAC.
If you’re looking for compromise, you’ve come to the wrong place – AmericasSheriff.com.
* Wanted: New Conservative Fighters – Sheriff David Clarke.
We need political street fighters, brawlers to help President Trump push back against the swamp, the deep state, never-Trumpers on the right, and the Washington establishment
By Sam Bushman
* Chick-fil-A slammed as ‘white supremacist’ ‘capitalist cult’ – WND.com.
* Sam Tweets: Love #Chick-fil-A! Go Today!
* Feds, caught ‘suborning perjury,’ demand to continue Bundy case.
* 3 Michigan Muslims arrested in ISIS plot.
* Deported killer re-enters U.S. through outdated fence.
* Google-Facebook duopoly now commands 80% of ad market.
* Doomsday clock holding steady at 2 minutes to midnight. Two major threats – Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Stewart Rhodes – Founder and President – Guardians of the Republic – OathKeepers.org.
* Guest: Richard Mack – CSPOA.org – TheFreedomCoalition.com.
* Roger Stone, indicted, arrested!
* CNN Producer Admits He Was “Waiting” Outside Roger Stone’s House An Hour Before Arrest. Greta Van Susteren Suggests FBI Tipped Off CNN.
* Border Truth: Drug Cartels Control both Sides of the Border!
* Sean Hannity offers to host Donald Trump to give the State of the Union.
* 10,000 Plus Illegals Hit Mexico And Request Asylum As Caravans Rage.
* Make ‘El Chapo’ Pay for the Wall!
* AG Nominee William Barr Praising ‘Red Flag Gun Seizures!’
* Coming to Jesus, armed: Virginia Senate OKs guns in churches.
* Ann COULTER: Break Ground, Not Promises!
* Male students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky found themselves in the middle of a #FakeNews media firestorm.
* Stewart Rhodes: They’ve Turned a Hate Crime into a Hat Crime!
By Sam Bushman
by Chuck Baldwin
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Okay, we all know how awful Hillary Clinton is. We all know that Donald Trump said all the right things (well, many of the right things) on the campaign trail. We all know—at least believed—that Trump was not an establishment insider. We all know that Trump promised to “drain the swamp,” dramatically reduce America’s out-of-control deficit spending, protect the Second Amendment, get America out of its endless foreign wars, terminate taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, overturn Roe v Wade and build a wall on our southern border—that Mexico would pay for—in order to stop the flow of illegal immigration into America.
Now, after two full years of a Donald Trump administration in which he enjoyed both houses of Congress being held by fellow Republicans, we all know (and if we don’t, it’s because we don’t WANT to know) that none of the above has happened. Yet, Christians and conservatives by the millions continue to make excuses for this faker.
First, a brief comment about the border wall: All of the drama regarding a partial government shutdown and incessant public theater by actors from both political parties is quite nauseating. Republicans had control of both houses of Congress and the White House for two years. Why wasn’t money appropriated for the wall then? Why was there no government shutdown over the lack of funding for the border wall then? Why wait until Democrats take over the House to shut down (partially) the federal government and threaten to declare a State of National Emergency?
Forgive me, but this stinks to high heaven. This is nothing but smoke and mirrors. All of the high profile theatrics over the border wall is the biggest distraction to envelop our country in quite a spell. While everyone is fighting over the wall, some very serious attacks against our liberties are being waged almost without notice. And all of the hullabaloo over the wall is completely covering up Trump’s failure to carry out the rest of his campaign promises—and the fact that Trump himself has often worked in direct opposition to many of his campaign promises.
Secondly, his rhetoric notwithstanding, President Trump has NOT drawn down America’s involvement in endless foreign wars. Trump’s promise to bring U.S. forces home from Syria is so much hot air. Trump’s “immediate” withdrawal order is now mired in an indefinite time schedule. In other words, there is no time schedule. Our troops that are still fighting in Syria are not only still based in Syria, but they are also still using bases in Iraq as launching pads for military excursions into Syria. Of course, Trump promised that the U.S. bases in Iraq were not going anywhere—and that’s one promise he will keep.
Our troops are still fighting endless wars in Afghanistan and Somalia. In fact, Trump has shoved record military spending through Congress and has done nothing to reduce America’s global military presence (U.S. troops are stationed in over 160 countries, which equates to 95% of the world’s foreign military bases). America is as much the global cop as it was when Trump was elected. No, that’s not quite true: We are MUCH MORE the global cop than when Trump was elected, as Trump has expanded our military presence in Eastern Europe to unprecedented levels—levels not even seen during the Cold War.
Thirdly, as we have just passed the 46th anniversary of the ignoble Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion-on-demand nationwide, unborn children continue to be legally murdered—in spite of the fact that Donald Trump was President and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress during the past two years. All of Trump’s “pro-life” rhetoric hasn’t saved the life of a single unborn baby. Since Trump was elected, over 2 million unborn children have been mercilessly murdered in the wombs of their mothers—with the complete approbation of a Republican-led federal government.
The GOP controlled the entire federal government for 4.6 years of G.W. Bush’s eight years in office—and they controlled the entire federal government for the past two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. They did NOTHING about Roe v Wade under Bush, and they have done NOTHING about Roe v Wade under Trump. These phony pro-life GOP congressmen and senators haven’t even defunded America’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
Fourthly, as to ending the federal government’s extravagant spending habits, what a crock! During 8 years of a Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the federal debt INCREASED $7.9 trillion. And a Trump presidency did nothing to reduce Washington’s out-of-control spending—even with Republicans in control of both houses of Congress.
Fifthly, what about Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp”? This is one of Trump’s biggest lies of all. Trump never intended to drain the swamp. From the outset of his presidency, he began appointing mostly CFR globalists, neocons, warmongers, Zionists, corporate elitists and corrupt government insiders to his administration. And he hasn’t stopped.
I am absolutely sick and tired of hearing my conservative Christian brethren say things like, “Trump is trying his best, but he’s getting no help from his cabinet and staff.” Well, DUH! Who picked his cabinet and staff? Trump did.
Then they say things like, “Trump doesn’t really understand these issues; he really wants to do right, but he’s getting bad advice.” BARF! If he didn’t understand the issues, he’s had two full years as President of the United States to get caught up. But he continues to make the same unconstitutional, big-government, warmongering decisions over and over again. The excuse that “he wants to do right, but is getting bad advice” just doesn’t wash anymore. It’s time for Trump’s supporters to wake up and realize that Donald Trump is a great big boy, not a little kid, and is fully capable of thinking for himself.
Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s known exactly what he’s been doing from day number one. He is the consummate con man. He is a charlatan. He is a double-tongued pretender. He has filled the executive branch of the federal government with the same crooks as presidents before him.
And now Trump’s selection of William Barr as America’s next attorney general is the final straw. There can be NO MORE DOUBT.
William Barr is the swamp creature’s Swamp Creature. He is the personification of all of the evil and wickedness that has gone on in Washington, D.C., during the past 30 years. Name the act of criminality, cover-up or act of chicanery that has taken place in Washington D.C., over the last 30 years, and William Barr is probably neck deep in it.
Here is a summary of Barr’s career:
*Barr was a full-time CIA operative, recruited by Langley out of high school, starting in 1971. Barr’s youth career goal was to head the CIA.
*CIA operative assigned to the China directorate, where he became close to powerful CIA operative George H.W. Bush, whose accomplishments already included the CIA/Cuba Bay of Pigs, Asia CIA operations (Vietnam War, Golden Triangle narcotics), Nixon foreign policy (Henry Kissinger), and the Watergate operation.
*When George H.W. Bush became CIA Director in 1976, Barr joined the CIA’s “legal office” and Bush’s inner circle, and worked alongside Bush’s longtime CIA enforcers Theodore “Ted” Shackley, Felix Rodriguez, Thomas Clines, and others, several of whom were likely involved with the Bay of Pigs/John F. Kennedy assassination, and numerous southeast Asian operations, from the Phoenix Program to Golden Triangle narco-trafficking.
*Barr stonewalled and destroyed the Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.
*Barr stonewalled and stopped inquiries in the CIA bombing assassination of Chilean opposition leader Orlando Letelier.
*Barr joined George H.W. Bush’s legal/intelligence team during Bush’s vice presidency (under President Ronald Reagan). Rose from assistant attorney general to Chief Legal Counsel to attorney general (1991) during the Bush 41 presidency.
*Barr was a key player in the Iran-Contra operation, if not the most important member of the apparatus, simultaneously managing the operation while also “fixing” the legal end, ensuring that all of the operatives could do their jobs without fear of exposure or arrest.
*In his attorney general confirmation, Barr vowed to “attack criminal organizations,” drug smugglers and money launderers. It was all hot air: as AG, Barr would preserve, protect, cover up, and nurture the apparatus that he helped create, and use Justice Department power to escape punishment.
*Barr stonewalled and stopped investigations into all Bush/Clinton and CIA crimes, including BCCI and BNL CIA drug banking, the theft of Inslaw/PROMIS software, and all crimes of state committed by Bush.
*Barr provided legal cover for Bush’s illegal foreign policy and war crimes.
*Barr left Washington, and went through the “rotating door” to the corporate world, where he took on numerous directorships and counsel positions for major companies. In 2007 and again from 2017, Barr was counsel for politically connected international law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Among its other notable attorneys and alumni are Kenneth Starr, John Bolton, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and numerous Trump administration attorneys. K&E’s clients include sex trafficker/pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital.
If all of this isn’t bad enough, William Bar is a co-conspirator in the murders of Vicki and Sammy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. James Bovard tells the story:
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr have focused heavily on Barr’s views on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But nobody is asking about Barr’s legal crusade for blanket immunity for federal agents who killed American citizens.
Barr received a routine questionnaire from the Judiciary Committee asking him to disclose his past work including pro bono activities “serving the disadvantaged.” The “disadvantaged” that Barr spent the most time helping was an FBI agent who slayed an Idaho mother holding her baby in 1992. Barr spent two weeks organizing former Attorneys General and others to support “an FBI sniper in defending against criminal charges in connection with the Ruby Ridge incident.” Barr also “assisted in framing legal arguments advanced… in the district court and the subsequent appeal to the Ninth Circuit,” he told the committee.
That charitable work (for an FBI agent who already had a federally paid law firm defending him) helped tamp down one of the biggest scandals during Barr’s time as Attorney General from 1991 to early 1993. Barr was responsible for both the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, two federal agencies whose misconduct at Ruby Ridge “helped to weaken the bond of trust that must exist between ordinary Americans and our law enforcement agencies,” according to a 1995 Senate Judiciary Committee report.
After Randy Weaver, an outspoken white separatist living on a mountaintop in northern Idaho, was entrapped by an undercover federal agent, U.S. marshals trespassed on Weaver’s land and killed his 14-year-old son, Sammy [by shooting him in the back]. The following day, FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi killed his wife, Vicki, as she was standing in the cabin doorway [holding her baby in her arms]. Horiuchi had previously shot Randy Weaver in the back after he stepped out of the cabin. The suspects were never given a warning or a chance to surrender and had taken no action against FBI agents. Weaver survived.
After an Idaho jury found Weaver not guilty on almost all charges, federal judge Edward Lodge slammed the Justice Department and FBI for concealing evidence and showing “a callous disregard for the rights of the defendants and the interests of justice.” A Justice Department internal investigation compiled a 542-page report detailing federal misconduct and coverups in the case and suggested criminal charges against FBI officials involved in Ruby Ridge.
Barr told the New York Times in 1993 that he was not directly involved in the Ruby Ridge operation. Two years later, the Washington Post revealed that “top officials of the Bush Justice Department had at least 20 [phone] contacts concerning Ruby Ridge in the 24 hours before Vicki Weaver was shot,” including two calls involving Barr.
In January 1995, FBI director Louis Freeh announced wrist slaps for the FBI officials involved, including his friend Larry Potts, who supervised the operation from headquarters and who approved the shoot-without-provocation orders that “contravened the constitution of the United States,” according to the Justice Department internal report.
When Attorney General Janet Reno later nominated Potts for deputy director of the FBI, top newspapers and members of Congress protested, but Barr told the New York Times that his friend Potts “was deliberate and careful, and I developed a great deal of confidence in his judgment… I can’t think of enough good things to say about him.” A few months later, the FBI suspended Potts after suspected perjury regarding Ruby Ridge. (Potts was not charged and retired two years later.)
The Justice Department paid $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit from the Weaver family. But when Boundary County, Idaho filed criminal charges against Horiuchi, Barr sprang to action seeking immunity for FBI snipers. He spearheaded efforts to sway the court to dismiss all charges because holding a sniper liable would “severely undermine, if not cripple, the ability of future attorneys general to rely on such specialized units in moments of crisis such as hostage taking and terrorist acts.”
When the Justice Department won an initial appeals court victory in the case in 2000, federal judge Alex Kozinski warned in a dissent of a new James Bond “007 standard for the use of deadly force” against American citizens. The same court reversed that decision the following year. Kozinski, writing for the majority, declared: “A group of FBI agents formulated rules of engagement that permitted their colleagues to hide in the bushes and gun down men who posed no immediate threat. Such wartime rules are patently unconstitutional for a police action.”
Does William Barr still endorse “wartime rules” and a “007 standard” that absolve federal agents for questionable shootings of Americans? Does Barr consider “illegal government killings” to be an oxymoron? Best of all, can Barr explain to us his understanding of the phrase “government under the law”?
See also this report in The American Conservative.
In addition, as far as William Barr is concerned, the Fourth Amendment does not even exist. Senator Rand Paul notes that Barr “has been a big supporter of the PATRIOT Act, which lowered the standard for spying on Americans, and he even went so far as to say the PATRIOT Act was pretty good — we should go much further.”
Rand also said that Barr is a “big fan” of seizing people’s property through civil asset forfeiture. Rand continued by saying that “the first things I’ve learned about him [Barr] being for more surveillance of Americans is very, very troubling.”
Furthermore (yes, there is more), William Barr told liberal gun grabber Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in his senate confirmation hearing for becoming America’s next attorney general that he fully intends to push forward with Donald Trump’s Hitlerian “take the guns first, go through due process second” gun confiscation laws, also known as “red flag” laws. And remember: It was Donald Trump, not Barack Obama, who gave us more gun control by outlawing “bump stocks.”
Yep! The promise to protect the Second Amendment is another promise Trump has broken (that’s Number Six).
I have written previously about these Stalinesque “red flag” gun confiscation laws. And I will continue to warn people about these unconstitutional, draconian “red flag” laws as long as they continue to pose a threat to our liberties.
Of course, not only are most of the individual states currently in the process of considering “red flag” gun confiscation laws (13 states have already passed them), Republican Senator Marco Rubio (FL) has also introduced a national “red flag” law.
“Red flag” gun confiscation laws are the same kind of laws that were used to confiscate the weapons of undesirables (meaning anyone the state doesn’t like) in Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, Mao’s China—and in every despotic nation of the world.
Here is a warning about “red flag” laws (and the NRA) from TheFireArmGuy.
And here is William Barr’s statement that “red flag” gun confiscation laws are the “single most important thing” government can do regarding gun control.
Internet blogger and longtime supporter of Donald Trump, Carl F. Worden, recently wrote this:
Now I can understand how Trump fell for the wrongful nominations of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray. That was early-on in Trump’s presidency and Trump had no way of knowing those he trusted for advice were in fact Deep State maggots intent on destroying his presidency. But this is a solid two years into Trump’s first term, and it is more than obvious that Barr will not be a team player for Trump — or us! In fact, Barr has a very troubling record on Second Amendment issues.
At this time, I have no confidence left in Donald J. Trump. He is either a complete fool, or he knows exactly what he’s doing, and either way he’s not fit to represent me anymore.
No more excuses, Mr. Trump!
Bravo, Carl!
Sadly, a host of Trump’s supporters continue to be bamboozled by the elaborate psyops misinformation (translated: propaganda) entity known as QAnon, which keeps reassuring the Trump faithful that he is covertly waging war against the globalist insiders and that any day now the curtain is going to collapse on the swamp creatures. It’s all a hoax to give Trump cover—and more time.
If the nomination of William Barr as America’s next “Top Cop” doesn’t awaken the “Always Trumpers,” there is absolutely no hope for them. Even worse is the fact that the longer Christians and conservatives continue to make excuses for Trump’s lies and deceptions, there is less and less hope for America.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Bryan Rust – Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals – rustcoinandgift.com.
* Honest Money Report: Gold: $1284.65 Silver: $15.40.
* Trump Wisely Blinks: Agrees to postpone State of Union speech until end of shutdown.
* BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!’ Trump floats new rhyming Republican slogan for 2020 and tells GOP to ‘use it.
* Sen. Rand Paul Explains His Government Shutdown Prevention Act.
Utah Rep. John Curtis introduced a bill Wednesday to prevent the government from shutting down.
He also introduced a separate bill two weeks ago to prevent Congress from getting paid during government shutdowns.
* German Police Raid Deutsche Bank Headquarters.
* Tim Tebow And Friends Ready to Shine Once Again.
* Tim Tebow Foundation | Changing Lives Through Faith, Hope & Love – TimTebowFoundation.org.
* Not that kind of ‘House’: Congressional Democrats seek to ban sleeping in offices… for free.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Greg Miller – From CEO To North Pole – Joins The Sutherland Institute – SutherlandInstitute.org.
Sutherland Institute: Focus on Family, Faith, Free Markets, Elevated/civil dialogue, and community-driven solutions.
* Greg Discusses The Legacy Of His Father And The Utah Jazz – Forbes SportsMoney.
Greg Miller has served in leadership positions within the Larry H. Miller organization for more than 30 years, including seven years as CEO.
His leadership style is visionary and innovative, and one of his primary goals is to enrich the lives of others.
Sutherland Institute does not seek or accept government funding.
* Guest: Pete Sepp – President of National Tax Payers Union – NTU.org.
* Extraordinarily angry and very upset taxpayers’: IRS faces chaotic tax season amid shutdown.
* Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level in 49 Years.
By Sam Bushman
I am about to dive into the mother of all fights against the radical environmental movement that is determined to “reorganize human society” – beginning with controlling what we eat!
And I cannot fight this battle alone. I need you and your financial help right away!
Please make an urgent contribution to APC so we can fight this monster.
Here are the details:
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is one of the top three most powerful, radical, anti-free enterprise, UN environmental groups in the world.
And WWF has succeeded in taking over the American Cattle industry!
The WWF has forced cattlemen to follow radical Sustainable rules through the establishment of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
They are getting away with this industry grab because the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is now under the control of the World Wildlife Fund.
And the WWF’s Sustainable Roundtable now controls the beef packing industry which in turn controls the entire beef retail market. Cattlemen either toe the WWF dictates or are cut out of the industry.
That means cattlemen must follow massive regulations in order to produce American beef.
These rules ignore that fact that American cattlemen have always produced the highest grade of beef in the world – simply by using a process that has been used by their forefathers for generations.
The real result of these rules isn’t to produce a better beef product – but to destroy small producers and drive the industry to the massive corporate farms that can afford to play ball with the World Wildlife Fund.
Eventually the WWF goal is to destroy the entire beef industry.
The World Wildlife Fund has openly stated its opposition to beef production. They insist that to “Save the Earth it is demanded that we change human consumption habits away from beef.”
Here is what they said in a recent WWF report:
“Meat consumption is devastating some of the world’s most valuable and vulnerable regions, due to the vast amount of land needed to produce animal feed.”
This is the growing threat of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development and its stated purpose to “reorganize human society.”
And this is how they do it – one industry at a time.
How in the world did this powerful anti beef, anti free enterprise, UN monster get control of our beef industry?
The short answer is that a vast majority of the beef producers in the nation, as represented by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association are simply ignorant of the threat from Sustainable policy.
But I am now working with a group of “renegade” cattlemen who see the threat and are desperately working to save the beef industry. They have reached out to me and the American Policy Center to help them fight back.
They need help in alerting their own fellow cattlemen of this threat so they can rise up to throw the WWF out of their industry. And they know they must also warn the American people who will soon see beef removed from their plates if the WFF succeeds!
That’s why they’ve come to APC. APC teaches dedicated freedom fighters how to effective win. That’s why APC exists!
The truth is APC is the only national organization that dedicates its full time to stopping this monster. APC has helped to inform and train thousands of dedicated activists on how to fight in city halls and county commissions.
Americans must learn the truth that our national food supply is being targeted as a means to change our culture and control us as called for in Agenda 21.
This attack on the cattle industry is a major move to subjugate and “harmonize” the United States into global control by the UN. That is the ultimate goal of Agenda 21 and its policy of Sustainable Development.
With Nancy Pelosi once again in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives it is going to become a greater challenge to fight back on the federal level. That means we have to fight harder on the local level – and that’s where this battle can be won.
That’s why I urgently need your financial support today so I can lead this fight to help save the beef industry. There are materials to produce to help them educate their fellow cattlemen. There is a lot of travel that must be done to meet with them first hand and conduct training.
Please make an immediate contribution to APC so we can fight this monster.
If not APC – then who will stop them? Please help me now!
Tom DeWeese
President
The American Policy Center
By Sam Bushman
Media Advisory
From The American Policy Center
Tom DeWeese, President
Contact: 540-341-8911
Email:
One of the main indicators used by economists to measure the health of the nation’s economy is housing starts – the number of private homes being built around the nation. In 2018 housing starts fell in all four regions of the nation, representing the biggest drop since 2016.
While many economists point to issues such as higher material costs as a reason for the drop in housing starts, a much more ominous reason may be emerging. Across the nation, city councils and state legislatures are beginning to remove zoning protections for single-family neighborhoods, claiming they are racist discrimination designed to keep certain minorities out of such neighborhoods. In response to these charges some government officials are calling for the end of single-family homes in favor of multiple family apartments.
Such identical policies don’t just simultaneously spring up across the country by accident. There is a force behind it. The root of these actions are found in “fair housing” policies dictated by the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD). The affected communities have all taken HUD grants. There is very specific language in those grants that suggest single family homes are a cause of discrimination. Specifically, through the HUD program called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), the agency is taking legal action against communities that use “discriminating zoning ordinances that discourage the development of affordable, multifamily housing…”. The suits are becoming a widely used enforcement tool for the agency.
To enforce its social engineering policies HUD demands the following from communities that have applied for or taken HUD grants:
Americans who have grown up experiencing private home ownership as the root to personal prosperity must quickly learn of the threat of the HUD/AFFH program. They must fully understand why cities like Chicago, Minneapolis and Baltimore and states like Oregon have suddenly announced actions to eliminate single-family home zoning. These cities have already taken the grant poison and must now comply. The ultimate government game is to reorganize our cities into massive urban areas where single-family neighborhoods are replaced by the Sustainable/Smart Growth model of “Stack and Pack,” wall-to-wall apartment buildings.
To the frustration of those Sustainablists determined to change our entire economic system, the legal protection of private property rights and ownership have proven to be a roadblock for implementation. New York Mayor William DeBlasio best expressed the frustration of those driving to control community development when he was quoted in New York Magazine saying, “What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property. I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it and what the rent will be.”
Most importantly, HUD and its social engineering advocates have sold these so-called sustainable policies using the well-worn excuse that such programs are simply to help lower income families to succeed. In fact, these programs are actually at the very root of why many of them are NOT succeeding.
Tom DeWeese, President of the American Policy Center, an internationally recognized private property advocacy groups says, “The immediate result of eliminating single-family homes and in turn, destroying private property rights, is to degrade the property values of the homes so many have worked to build. It used to be called the American dream. Now it’s labeled racism, discrimination, and social injustice.”
DeWeese continues, “Eradicating poverty is the most popular excuse for the expansion of government power. Yet, it’s interesting to note that not a single government program, from the federal to the local level, offers any plan for eradicating poverty except the well-worn and unworkable scheme of wealth redistribution. After decades of following such a failed policy the only result is that we have more poor.”
Today, as demonstrated in Oregon, Minneapolis, Baltimore and Chicago, we hear the claims that there is a “housing crisis” and so government must take a dramatic step to solve the very crisis is has created. As economist Thomas Sowell has said, “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
Concludes DeWeese, “It is interesting to note that, as private property ownership shrinks under these misguided policies, so too does the nation’s wealth. Sustainable policies are at the root of nearly every local, state, and federal program. Each step diminishes individual freedom, personal and national prosperity, and the destruction of the hopes and dream of every American. The American Policy Center is determined to lead the fight to end this misnamed and disastrous ‘Sustainable’ course for our country.”
By Sam Bushman
* Gladys Knight Offers “Classy” Response – ‘Give the Anthem Back Its Voice’ at Super Bowl.
* Curt Sees and Recommends a New Movie The Upside.
* California State Senate Bans The Use Of ‘He And She’ During Hearings, Then Breaks Its Own Rule.
* Today is the 36th straight day without a news briefing at the White House, which is the longest stretch since they began under President Clinton.
* Trump could give Texas RALLY speech instead of the State of the Union address if Pelosi insists president isn’t welcome in Congress during government shutdown.
* 3 Mexican Presidents Linked To El Chapo Corruption – Drug Lord’s Trial Raises Bribery Claims.
* Why Trump’s right. It’s all about the border now – Joseph Farah.
* Alyssa Milano’s shocking claim about MAGA hat – Milano compared supporters of President Trump to members of the Ku Klux Klan.
* Joe Biden: GOP Stole Florida and Georgia Governorships with ‘Voter ID Laws’.
* Democratic Operatives Torpedoed Moore in Alabama Senate Race.
* Jerome Corsi Adds Jeff Bezos, Washington Post to Complaint Against Mueller.
* Marine Corps veteran sues sheriff’s office, claiming she was forcibly stripped and detained naked for 12 hours.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Tom Deweese – Why Property Rights Matter – AmericanPolicy.org.
* The attack on the American beef industry by the World Wildlife Fund – the Global Sustainable Beef Roundtable.
* Dem Sen. Tim Kaine on Shutdown: Washington ‘Looks Like a Breadline Out of the Depression’.
* Cities across the nation are now taking steps to remove zoning that protects single family homes as a means to enforce stack and pack Smart Growth programs -they are calling single family homes racist. This is coming from the HUD AFFH program.
* similar attack on land lords, forcing rent control.The government forces higher taxes and building costs on land lords then says they can’t charge higher rents to pay for it. Goal = government housing instead of private ownership by land lords. socialism.
By Sam Bushman
* 3,000 lives per day – Today is National Sanctity of Human Life Day.
Marks the 46th year since the US Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, along with its companion case Doe v. Bolton, the infamous abortion rulings that opened the doors to killing pre-born babies for any reason and at any stage of development.
* Since that tragic day in 1973, approximately 60 million innocent children have been brutally killed by abortion.
* Planned Parenthood Reveals How Much More Taxpayers Gave Them In 2018 – DailyCaller.com.
* 10 proven ways to fix the whole world – Bill Federer.
* Mark Levin, rants that longest government shutdown is actually short: ‘It’s amazing how we count weekends.
The House of Representatives has averaged 138 “legislative days” a year since 2001, according to the Library of Congress.
* 26BNaires Own The Same Wealth As The Poorest 3.8B People.
* #MeToo Movement!
* Police: Wounded IHOP Employee Pulls Gun, Kills Armed Restaurant Attacker.
* Virginia Senator Amanda Chase Openly Carrying Handgun to Deter Violent Protesters.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Jim Clymer ConstitutionParty.com.
* Sam Bushman Tweets: @realDonaldTrump Deliver the State of the Union Live From The Border! – Invite The New Media Taking Center Stage to Go With You!
* ‘El Chapo’ Guzman associate claims kingpin paid $100M bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
* Former politician details love affair with El Chapo and how she trafficked marijuana for him.
* Italian town offering up villas for $1.50.
* Roger Stone: Deep State plans to remove POTUS Trump, VP Pence, to install Pelosi and Hillary in COUP.
* Yikes! Karen Pence teaching at Christian school – Joseph Farah.
* Mike Pence condemns ‘deeply offensive’ reaction to wife’s employment – Art Moore.
* Lady Gaga: Mike Pence is the “worst representation of what it means to be a Christian”.
* Rapper Cardi B Melts Down: Slams Government Shutdown, Calls Trump Supporters ‘F**king Racist Rednecks’.
* State worker fired for signing emails ‘in Christ’.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Lowell Nelson – CampaignForLiberty.org – RonPaulInstitute.org.
* The Truth About Martin Luther King, Jr.
* Governor Herbert Solution for Shutdown: Give More Power to the States.
* Keep My Voice (KMV) First Annual Awards Gala and Fundraiser.
* Graham Blames Trump for Troops Killed in Syria last Wednesday.
* Congress Can End US Involvement in War on Yemen.
* Utah March for Life, Saturday, Jan 26, 1 pm, Utah Capitol – ProlifeUtah.org – MarchForLifeUtah.org.
* At March for Life, Sen. Daines Announces First Pro-Life Caucus in Senate.
* Alveda King: Pray for an End to All Crimes Against Humanity – Born and Unborn.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Scott Bradley – To Preserve The Nation – FreedomsRisingSun.com.
* Sen. Paul Reintroduces ‘Life at Conception Act’ and Bill to End Planned Parenthood Funding
* Retired Ob-Gyn Dr. Kathi Aultman: ‘If It Was Wanted, It Was a Baby; If It Wasn’t, It Was a Fetus’.
* Black Democratic Lawmaker Louisiana state Rep. Katrina Jackson, Says She Fights for Life Because She’s ‘a Christian First’.
* Supremes handed opportunity to fix abortion law – Bob Unruh.
* Terrific news about America’s abortion clinics! – Chuck Norris.
* Women viciously attack black Trump supporter at Women’s March – Jesse Lee Peterson.
* Poll: Amid wall fight, Latinos love Trump.
* Sam Bushman Tweets: @realDonaldTrump Deliver the State of the Union Live From The Border! – Invite The New Media Taking Center Stage to Go With You!
* Trump Offers 3 Years of Legal Status for Dreamers for 230 Miles of ‘See-Through Steel Barrier’.
* Mitt Romney backs the president’s push for a border wall.
By Sam Bushman
* News The Networks Refuse to Use, Liberty RoundTable Live Week In Review! * Texas Rancher Gives Donald Trump His Belt Buckle During Border Security Event. * Ruth Bader Ginsburg to miss Supreme Court arguments for 2nd week.
By Sam Bushman
* Liberty RoundTable Live Week In Review Continued!
* Hillary Clinton says that black people all look alike.
* Maxine Waters Confirms Big Brother Database 2013.
* Obama Is A Racist Uses N Word.
* Trump Promotes William Barr Who Promotes Gun Control.
* President Donald Trump Tells March for Life: I Will Veto Any Bill That Promotes Abortion!
* Montana Sen. Steve Daines To Form The Senate’s First Pro-Life Caucus.
“This will allow us to bring the pro-life groups that work off the Hill, as well as pro-life senators and other staff on the Hill, to unify us so we’re all pulling in the same direction to advance the pro-life cause,”.
* In today’s political and cultural battles, projection is a tactic of all-out warfare. – WND.com.
* the January issue of WND’s acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine tackles it head-on, in a mind-blowing issue titled “MASTERS OF PROJECTION: How today’s Democrats accuse their opponents of the very evil they perpetrate.”
By Sam Bushman
* Target Boycott: Take our Survey – Sam Bushman Thank you for responding to the survey! – AFA Action.
* Illegal Alien Caravan Quadruples in Size Overnight!
* Declare A State Of Emergency To Build The Wall? – Chuck Baldwin.
* Just Six Weeks Of The Afghan War Could Fund Trump’s Wall Entirely.
* Schumer admits Americans voted for border wall.
* Rand Paul: Senator McConnell is in charge of the Senate. If Mrs. Pelosi refuses to allow the president to deliver the State of the Union in the House, I propose we move it to the Senate and make it happen!
* Massive breach leaks 773 million emails, 21 million passwords – CNet.
* Beto O’Rourke Suggests America Should Ditch The Constitution.
* ‘Mass casualty’ attack on White House foiled.
* Netflix Teams with Steve Carrell to Mock Trump’s Space Force.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Richard Mack – TheFreedomCoalition.com – CSPOA.org.
* Today is the 46th Annual March for Life!
* Pakistan Court: Population a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’; Urges Two Children per Couple.
* Babies wanted: Nordic countries crying for kids.
* How The Word ‘Family’ Triggered A Meltdown At Google.
* Dead Baby Found in Amazon Warehouse Trash Can.
* Former Planned Parenthood Clinic Director: Witnessing an Abortion Made Me Pro-Life.
* Organizer of new caravan arrested for rape.
* ‘They Are Starving Us to Death’: Cubans Protest Food Shortages.
* Final defendant sentenced in Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada.
* Study: Trump Received 90% Negative TV Coverage In 2018.
* White supremacists ate my homework – Ann Coulter.
By Sam Bushman
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2019
During this current partial government shutdown, President Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a State of National Emergency and use the U.S. military to build his coveted wall across our southern border. And conservatives—even many of the ones I thought had a grasp of the fundamental principles of liberty—are shouting their support.
Don’t get me wrong: I have been a longtime proponent of the U.S. stopping illegal immigration. When I campaigned for President on the Constitution Party ticket back in 2008, putting a stop to illegal immigration was one of the major planks of my platform. (Where were all of these anti-illegal immigration Christians and conservatives then? Supporting pro-illegal immigration Senator John McCain, that’s where.) My strong opposition to illegal immigration earned me a live interview on Lou Dobbs’ national television show and endorsements by several pro-legal immigration groups. My track record against illegal immigration is long and consistent.
However, I have not been shy about opposing Trump’s plan to build a wall. I think walls are a very bad idea. It’s one thing to put a wall around a private residence or even a private “gated” community; it is another thing entirely to fence in a country. Remember, walls not only keep people out (to some extent), they also keep people IN. When governments build walls, they are usually around prisons.
The fact is, we wouldn’t even have an illegal immigration problem if the stupid warmongering neocon foreign policies in Washington, D.C., were not creating refugees all over the world and if the Welfare State in D.C. (and several states within this country) wasn’t holding out every conceivable financial incentive in the world for illegals to ignore our laws and come here. Make no mistake, America’s Warfare State, with its punitive sanctions, embargos, regime changes, etc., is driving people out of their countries; and America’s Welfare State, with its allurement of free medical care, housing, education, food stamps, etc., is enticing illegals to come here—all of the rhetoric of politicians in Washington, D.C., notwithstanding. Solve those problems, and you solve the illegal immigration problem.
But illegal immigration is not the focus of this column.
The focus of this column is not even the wall itself. I oppose the wall, but I acknowledge the right of the President of the United States to build one—IF Congress appropriates the funds to do so. (Republicans held the House and Senate during Trump’s first two years in office. Why didn’t they appropriate funding for the wall then? And why no government shutdown then?) But the idea that Donald Trump will declare a National Emergency to circumvent Congress is abhorrent to every principle of constitutional government. Show me anywhere in the Constitution where the President (any President) is authorized to declare a National Emergency to bypass Congress—because it won’t pass a law he wants passed—and then implement that law via Executive Order. You can’t, because it’s not there.
I well remember Christians and conservatives angrily bashing Barack Obama and Bill Clinton every time they signed an Executive Order. But now these same Christians and conservatives are shouting their support for Donald Trump to pass not just an Executive Order but a National State of Emergency. So much for conservatives supporting the Constitution.
Of course, our federal government didn’t behave constitutionally for most of the Twentieth Century—and it still isn’t. But the unconstitutional conduct of the federal government (and presidents in particular) is not a blessing; it is a curse. Most of the political problems that America is struggling with today are the direct result of the unconstitutional conduct of presidents, congressmen and Supreme Court justices in Washington, D.C.
The fact is, we have been living under an illegal State of National Emergency since 1933. And in 1976, the federal Congress officially passed the National Emergencies Act (NEA). I guess they were tired of being seen as wimpish doormats for unconstitutional bully presidents, so they decided to go ahead and give presidents the authority to do what they do not have the authority to do—but do anyway.
Here is how a Senate committee examining the question in 1973 justified granting the President the power to declare national emergencies:
“[T]his vast range of [presidential] powers, taken together, confer[s] enough authority to rule the country without reference to normal constitutional procedures [emphasis added].”
Now, isn’t that hunky-dory? With that kind of reasoning, why even bother electing a Congress or swearing an oath to the Constitution? But I digress.
It didn’t take long. Three years after Congress passed the NEA, President Jimmy Carter declared the first National Emergency under the new law to freeze Iranian assets after the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. That State of Emergency has been renewed every year since by six different presidents, by the way.
Since then, some 58 declarations of National Emergency have taken place, enacted by presidents from both parties, and 31 of these are continually renewed. The thing that would make Trump’s declaration of a State of National Emergency different from the others (should he declare it) is this National Emergency would be directed to military activity within the continental United States.
Everyone seems to agree that when acting under a Declaration of War or a Declaration of National Emergency, a president has virtually king-like power. For all intents and purposes, under such a declaration, a president becomes a monarch. Only a 2/3 majority from both houses of Congress can wrest emergency power from a president—meaning it’s all but impossible.
Add a National Emergency of this nature to existing laws passed by Congress, such as the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, sections giving domestic police power to the military contained in the NDAA, etc., and we have a recipe for disaster—a REAL emergency.
Writing a history of concentration camps around the globe, I’ve spent several years looking at how leaders, revolutionaries and military juntas have used “states of exception” — situations in which ordinary laws are deferred or no longer apply. The most notorious example played out between the world wars: Before Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor in 1933, Article 48 of the Weimar constitution was invoked more than 100 times, allowing the president to override legislative authority. After his appointment, Nazi leadership employed this extraordinary measure more aggressively to cement Hitler’s use of dictatorial power for more than a decade.
But as philosopher Giorgio Agamben noted in his writing on the topic, states of exception weren’t just for Nazis. Article 23 of Argentina’s constitution allowed for the suspension of constitutional guarantees in the event of domestic disorder. When generals seized power there in 1976, they made intricate, exhaustive use of the article to pervert the legal process. In Chile, a coup on Sept. 11, 1973, institutionalized extrajudicial governance, and the resulting state of emergency remained in place for 15 years.
More recently, Myanmar’s fledgling democracy declared a state of emergency over violence in the western state of Rakhine in 2012. The government imposed emergency powers to segregate the Rohingya Muslim population, isolating it behind checkpoints that helped lay the groundwork for ethnic cleansing.
Again and again, when democracies are destabilized, declaring a state of emergency is the linchpin of the process. As Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson noted in 1952, emergency powers “tend to kindle emergencies.”
Pitzer goes on to remind us:
The United States has its own history to consider. In December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put Hawaii under martial law in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Early the following year, he signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of about 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens. According to the popular understanding, the United States was frightened into violations of its own ideals, but that idea is false. Francis Biddle, the attorney general at the time, as well as U.S. naval intelligence and even J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI, understood that mass internment was unnecessary. But the power of the executive, in this case a president deferring to the military, overruled the advice of key officials. The Supreme Court backed the president, denying justice to tens of thousands of detainees.
Pitzer concludes:
Totalitarianism rises out of a process, not a single event. Declaring a state of exception in response to a political impasse would be a big step toward degrading an already vulnerable system. A fake emergency could trigger a real catastrophe — one that a split Congress would be unlikely to resolve and that a Supreme Court sympathetic to an imperial presidency might even worsen. We have more than a century of precedents at home and abroad to demonstrate all the ways things could go wrong.
Agree with building a wall along our southern border or not, this fact cannot be denied: If President Trump declares a National Emergency, he would be doing so to circumvent the will of Congress. That hardly meets the legitimate definition of an “emergency.” Even warmongers G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney only declared a National Emergency after the horrific 9/11 attacks—a Pearl Harbor-type emergency. Obviously, Bush and Cheney used the 9/11 attacks as justification to take us into two unconstitutional and immoral wars against countries that had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. Besides building a wall, what would Trump justify under his declaration of a National Emergency? I shudder to think about it.
But Trump knows that if he fails to deliver on his promise to build the wall, his base of support will abandon him in droves, and he would have absolutely no chance of winning re-election in 2020. Donald Trump’s re-election hopes depend on the wall. And he knows it. And if Trump eventually caves on funding for the wall, it will be because he plans to leave office before the 2020 elections in order to cut a deal for clemency for himself, his family and his businesses—all of which are up to their eyeballs in criminal conduct—and turn the presidency over to globalist insider and ultra-Zionist Vice President Mike Pence. More on that down the road.
Regardless, the reason America was founded as a constitutional republic and not as a monarchy was to make it difficult for our president to assume monarchical powers. 99.9% of the time, gridlock in Washington, D.C., is GOOD. In a republic, laws are supposed to be difficult to pass. The constitutional checks and balances that retard the advancement of impulsive, frivolous, unnecessary or destructive laws protect liberties, not hinder them.
The problem in America today is both sides of the political debate only want to enforce constitutional (aka “limited”) government when the other side is in power. Democrats are fine with Barack Obama violating the Constitution but scream bloody murder when Donald Trump does it. And Republicans are fine with Donald Trump violating the Constitution but scream bloody murder when Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton does it.
This means that neither liberals nor conservatives, Democrats nor Republicans are constitutionally principled. All either side wants is power. And I have never seen anyone from either political party who lusts for power more than Donald J. Trump. I shudder to think what this aspiring despot would do should he declare a State of National Emergency that targets America’s homeland.
Do I want to stop illegal immigration? You bet I do. But do I want to see a President become a monarch and destroy our Constitution to do it? Absolutely not!
I ask you, if we violate the laws of the land, how are we any better than those we want to keep out of our country for violating the laws of the land? And if we let the President of the United States violate the laws of the land, what does that tell the world about America?
Ah, shucks! I forgot. The American people—including our pastors and churches—have been letting their presidents violate the laws of the land (and the laws of God and Nature) for decades. So, why should I think it would stop now? Silly me.
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By Sam Bushman
* Guest: Bryan Rust – Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals – rustcoinandgift.com.
* Honest Money Report: Gold: $1295.70 Silver: s$15.63.
* Gold is real money, timeless insurance, nature’s currency!
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* ‘Brexit’ Deal Fails!
* Pelosi: Reschedule State of the Union.
* Microsoft Pledges $500M To Ease Seattle Housing Crisis.
* Company known for deep cost-cutting offers to buy Gannett – Mae Anderson.
* How author Brad Meltzer uncovered the secret plot to kill George Washington.
* Tim Tebow Engaged to Former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.
By Sam Bushman
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* Center for Immigration Studies files racketeering lawsuit against SPLC – Demands a judge order the Southern Poverty Law Center to stop labeling it a “hate group”.
* Lawsuit Claims SPLC Abetted Theft, Spread Lies to Destroy Lawyer for ‘Thought Crime’.
* Ocasio-Cortez Uses Violent Sexual Term To Describe Her Far-Left Agenda while we run train on the progressive agenda.
* Rare bronze penny sells for more than $200K at auction.
* An ambitious US task force targeting Hezbollah’s billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the Obama White House’s desire for a nuclear deal with Iran.
* New job of US vice president’s wife Karen Pence sparks LGBT+ Melt Down.
* Lentils with a side of rice: the save-the-world diet?
* Hotel dishwasher awarded $21M after boss made her work on Sundays.
* In shaming 90-year-old rider, anti-doping earns a black eye.
* Chinese Official Confesses to Trading Sex for Smuggling Goods in Underwear.
By Sam Bushman
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* Chicago Woman With Concealed Carry License Shoots And Kills Would-Be Robber.
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* Rush Limbaugh: ‘No question’ that ‘cabal’ trying to overturn election.
* Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Laying Off Hundreds Of Workers.
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* Study: Less sitting, more moving tied to living longer.
* Study: Less than six hours sleep per night increases risk for heart disease.
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* Facebook to invest $300 million in news, focusing on local.
* ‘Fake Streams’: Criminal Investigation Underway Over Potential Data Fraud In Norway.
By Sam Bushman
* Guest: joe banister – a highly decorated former IRS criminal investigator of one of the most feared agencies in the US, the Internal Revenue Service – Freedom Above Fortune – AgentForTruth.com.
* “A Lie Needs Another Lie To Prop It Up Whereas The Truth Stands By Itself”
* Please Watch The Movie FreedomToFascism.com.
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* ‘Gosnell’ DVD hits No. 1 new drama on Amazon.
* How abortion has harmed America – Star Parker.
* Twitter-banned radio host: Liberals love ‘free speech’ they agree with – Art Moore.
* Stop the suppression of conservative free speech – Ann Coulter.
* Chick-fil-A store opens on Sunday so boy with special needs can fulfill his birthday wish.
By Sam Bushman
* Former Gov. Jan Brewer: ‘Our Country Is Going to Collapse’ Without Border Wall.
* Trump Retreats From Declaring National Emergency Over Wall.
* Government Shutdown Soon To Cost More Than Wall.
* PG&E to File for Bankruptcy Amid Mounting Liabilities from CA Wildfires.
* China posted a trade surplus of $323.32B with the U.S. in 2018.
* Cancer expert dies hours after getting yellow-fever vaccine.
* TED CRUZ EXPLAINS HOW HE’S GOING TO MAKE EL CHAPO PAY FOR THE BORDER WALL.
* Congressional Democrats Vacationed In Puerto Rico During Government Shutdown – Party On The Beach.
* Conservative Groups Targeted in Lois Lerner’s IRS Scandal Receive Settlement Checks.
* Pastor ticketed for feeding homeless sues government.
* Roberto ‘El Osito’ Escobar, the brother of the dead drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, claims his fundraising page to impeach Trump raised more than $10M before GoFundMe pulled the plug on his campaign.
* GoFundMe to refund the $20M raised for the border wall.