‘From My Cold Dead Hands’

“This is happening while Biden and his henchmen are smearing their legitimate political opponents – supporters of President Trump – as ‘extremists’ and ‘terrorists,’” she emphasizes. “He is trying to use the fantasy of violent opposition to his regime in order to justify the trashing of the Second Amendment.”

‘From My Cold Dead Hands’: US Conservatives Raise Alarm Over Biden’s Call for Stricter Gun Laws

Gun control remains “a priority on a personal level” for President Joe Biden, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters earlier this week. The NRA and American conservatives are concerned about Biden’s push as Democrats are now in control of the White House and both chambers of the US Congress.

By Ekaterina Blinovag, Sputnik News, February 19, 2021:

On 14 February, Joe Biden called for strengthening gun laws on the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

“I am calling on Congress to enact common sense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets”, he said in an official statement last Sunday.

The National Rifle Association (NRA), an influential US gun rights advocacy groupcriticised Joe Biden’s call for stricter gun laws on Twitter pledging to “never stop fighting for the Second Amendment”. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal an NRA representative expressed concern that Biden “may become the most anti-gun president in American history”.

Dems’ Gun Restrictions & Capitol Breach

A year ago, Biden vowed that on day one of his presidency he would send a bill envisaging toughened gun laws to Congress. However, the legislation has yet to find its way to the House floor making gun control activists nervous, Politico’s Playbook PM remarked on Tuesday.

​In the wake of the Capitol Hill siege carried out by “Trump supporters”, the Democratic Party has put forward the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (DTPA) which specifically focuses on “white extremism”. On Monday, Eric Swalwell called for the creation of “a white nationalism task force” at the Department of Justice. For its part, the left-leaning press has stepped up attacks against Trump supporters calling them “insurrectionists” and “terrorists” following the DC incident.

“The establishment media will do all it can to whitewash and sell these measures, but after months of Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioting, the administration will be doing this against the will of the American people”, says Geller.

Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen blasted the MSM and Democrats’ stance in his closing statement as “hypocritical” recalling that they remained mute when Black Lives Matter and Antifa set towns on fire and vandalised federal property.

​The coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter riots have affected the public’s perception of the gun ownership issue. A Gallup poll from November 2020 found that support for stricter gun laws had reached its lowest level since 2016. Fifty-seven percent of Americans called for stricter laws covering the sale of firearms in 2020, while following the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, Florida, 67 percent of American respondents advocated tougher gun controls.

Furthermore, as the pandemic started engulfing the US in March 2020, gun and ammo stores reported an unprecedented increase in sales. Among those hoarding arms were many first time buyers, according to weapons shop owners.

The Democrats have been seeking to tighten the screws on gun ownership at the federal level for quite a while. During the 2019 election cycle Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders urged the nation to follow New Zealand’s lead“take on the NRA and ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons in the United States”. His competitor, California Representative Eric Swalwell, suggested imprisoning those who would not agree to sell back their military-style weapons.

The irony of the situation is that California, which boasts the strictest gun control in the country, accounts for almost 17 percent of mass public shootings since 2000, while Texas saw only 6.6 percent of the total mass shootings in the same period of time, according to the Heritage Foundation.

A wall of Colt M4 Carbines in various configurations are displayed at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits on April 14, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri

Will the GOP Upset Biden’s Plan?

Given that the Democrats have a majority in both chambers of the US Congress their push for stricter gun laws will bring about tangible results unless the GOP withstands the initiative. Geller, however, doubts that Republican lawmakers are ready to fight tooth and nail for the Second Amendment.

“The GOP can and will do nothing”, she remarks. “It is spineless, weak, cowardly, and compromised. We need a new opposition party in this country”.

Meanwhile, some US states are considering measures to shield themselves from new federal laws cracking down on firearms. In early February, the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill 85 or the “Second Amendment Preservation Act” would allow state gun laws to supersede federal regulations.

​South Dakota’s House Bill 1194 would nullify presidential executive orders (EOs) determined unconstitutional by the state’s attorney general. According to US financial blog Zero Hedge, Wyoming, Arizona, Tennessee, Kansas, and Alaska already have “some version of federal gun law nullification on the books”.

For his part, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has recently signed into law HB 102 which allows people to carry concealed firearms without a permit in most locations. A permit will be mandatory for carrying arms in state and local government buildings such as the State Capitol Building.

“Every law-abiding Montanan should be able to defend themselves and their loved ones. That’s why today, I signed HB 102 into law”, tweeted Gianforte.

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Stanford University Researcher Indicted For Being A Secret Member Of China’s Military

Until America is made aware of the Democrats’ (the Left’s) treachery and treason, we will continue to fail at monstrous speed.

Stanford University researcher indicted for being a secret member of China’s military

By: Sara Carter, Feb 20, 2021

JIUJIANG CHINA-Nov 8, 2016:the military band of the Chinese people’s Liberation Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was singing revolutionary songs for the audience on the stage.

Stanford University researcher in neurological studies has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hiding her affiliation as a member of the Chinese military forces while in the United States, the DOJ stated Friday.

The grand jury issued the “superseding indictment” that charged Chen Song with visa fraud, obstruction of justice, destruction of documents, and false statements “in connection with a scheme to conceal and lie about her status as a member of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces while in the United States.”

“We allege that while Chen Song worked as a researcher at Stanford University, she was secretly a member of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army,” said U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California.

“When Song feared discovery, she destroyed documents in a failed attempt to conceal her true identity,” Anderson stated in a press release. “This prosecution will help to protect elite institutions like Stanford from illicit foreign influences.”

Song, 39, allegedly entered the United States on Dec. 23, 2018. According to the superseding indictment she used a J-1 non-immigrant visa to conduct research at Stanford University. According to FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair, with the FBI’s San Francisco Office, Song took “active steps to destroy evidence of affiliation with the Chinese military.”

He noted that she also took steps to destroy her “current PLA credentials depicting her in military dress uniform.”

She obtained the J-1 visa “for individuals approved to participate in work-and study-based exchange visitor programs” with an application she submitted in November 2018.

Many times, foreign and industrial spies use the student and other non-immigrant work visa’s to enter the United States and steal research and information. China has been prolific in its tendency to steal from U.S. researchers and companies. Moreover, the Chinese communist government has notoriously attempted to infiltrate U.S. intelligence and defense apparatus, according to numerous analysts.

In Song’s visa application, she described herself as a “neurologist who was coming to the United States to conduct research at Stanford University related to brain disease.”

DOJ PRESS RELEASE:

As part of the application, Song stated that she had served in the Chinese military only from Sept. 1, 2000, through June 30, 2011. She further stated that her employer was “Xi Diaoyutai Hospital” located at “No. 30 Fucheng Road, Beijing, 100142,” and that her highest rank was “STUDENT.”

The superseding indictment alleges that these were lies, and that Song was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese military, when she entered and while she was in the United States, and that the hospital she listed on her visa as her employer was a cover for her true employer, the PLA Air Force General Hospital in Beijing.
Assistant Director with the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division Alan E. Kohler Jr., who was directly involved in the investigation, noted in the press release that members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army “cannot lie on their visa applications and come to the United States to study without expecting the FBI and our partners to catch them.”

“Time and again, the Chinese government prioritizes stealing U.S. research and taking advantage of our universities over obeying international norms,” Kohler stated.

Evidence of Song’s Connection to the Chinese Military (DOJ PRESS RELEASE BELOW)

The superseding indictment also adds allegations and charges of obstructive conduct by Song. Specifically, the superseding indictment alleges that Song found out about a case against another PLA member, who was charged on June 7, 2020, in the Northern District of California with visa fraud. The superseding indictment alleges that she then attempted to delete a digital folder of documents on an external hard drive that she possessed containing records relating to her military service and visa fraud, including:

  1. A digital version of a letter from Song, written in Chinese and addressed to the People’s Republic of China consulate in New York, in which Song explained that her stated employer, “Beijing Xi Diaoyutai Hospital” was a false front, and that because relevant approval documents were classified, she had attempted to mail them;
  2. An image of Song’s PLA credentials, with a photograph of her in military dress uniform, covering the time period from July 2016 to July 2020; and
  3. A digital version of a resume for Song, written in Chinese, again with a photograph of her in military dress uniform and listing her employer as the Air Force General Hospital.

Further, according to the superseding indictment, Song lied to FBI agents when interviewed, denying any affiliation with the PLA after 2011, and information associating Song with the PLA or Air Force General Hospital began to disappear from the Internet after the FBI’s investigation of Song was known to her. Finally, the superseding indictment alleges that, after Song had been charged by criminal complaint in this case, she selectively deleted relevant emails from that account, including certain emails relevant to her military service, employment, and affiliations.

Song is charged with visa fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a); obstruction of official proceedings, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2); two counts of alteration, destruction, mutilation, or concealment of records, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(1); and making false statements to a government agency, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).

An indictment merely alleges that a crime has been committed and Song, like all defendants, is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted, she faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the visa fraud count; up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for each of the obstruction and alteration charges; and up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the false statements charge. In addition, the court may order additional terms of supervised release. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.

Song’s next appearance is scheduled for April 7, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. PST, before the Honorable William Alsup, U.S. District Judge, for pretrial conference, with a trial scheduled to begin on April 12, 2021.

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Six Capitol Police Officers Suspended, Others Under Investigation in January 6th Riot

What the heck is this all about?

I think Trump’s peaceful patriots are owed an explanation ASAP about what was actually going on at the US Capitol on January 6th.   We need an investigation not run by Nancy Pelosi.

Remember this?

The Blaze has this headline in case you missed it:

6 Capitol officers suspended for alleged role in Jan 6 rioting, 29 others under investigation

6 Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay for their alleged role in the rioting on Jan. 6, and 29 other officers have been placed under investigation.

A department spokesperson told CNN Thursday that officers could face punishment for violating their policies during the rioting .

“Our Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the actions of 35 police officers from that day. Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member of her department whose behavior is not in keeping with the Department’s Rules of Conduct will face appropriate discipline,” said John Stolnis.

Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio said that one of the suspended officers had taken a selfie with the rioters, while another had worn a “Make America Great Again” hat and helped direct them at the Capitol building.

Four protesters died at the Capitol rioting while one Capitol Police officer died and another two officers committed suicide in the days following the incident. Early reports indicated that the officer, Brian Sicknick, had been died from injuries he suffered from being hit by a fire extinguisher, but that account changed weeks later after more through investigation.

More here.

NPR on Pittman et al:

Former chief Steven Sund “ …told NPR he was rejected in his request for backup ahead of the Jan. 6th because of optics concerns.”

“Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Rules committees announced plans for a February 23 joint oversight hearing to examine security failures.”

That should be must-watch TV.  Mark your calendars—February 23rd!

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VIDEO: Watch Florida Governor DeSantis Roll Out ‘Election Integrity Measures’

2020 showcased just how incompetent election officials can be and just how much of a failure some states are when it comes to administering an election.

Florida had a great election in 2020, but even in our Great State there are actions we can take to make our elections more secure and restore confidence in our elections for our citizens.

So in response – as many states do nothing (looking at you Georgia) to address their flaws and failed processes – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is stepping up to lead and he is being proactive by announcing common sense election integrity measures that will strengthen elections in Florida.

Watch his news conference (below) and read the article posted below. Then forward this email to 10 friends!

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Rolls out Election Integrity Agenda: Targets Ballot Drop Boxes, Ballot Harvesting

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced several reforms Friday designed to ensure election integrity.

Appearing in West Palm Beach, DeSantis backed legislation that would:

  • Address ballot drop boxes
  • Address ballot harvesting
  • Ban “mass mailing of vote-by-mail ballots”
  • Require requests for vote-by-mail ballots to be made each election year
  • Require a signature on a ballot to match “the most recent signature on file.”

The legislation would also promote transparency in the counting process, allowing political parties and candidates to observe the signature matching process.

Counties would no long be able to receive grants from private third-party organizations for “get out the vote” initiatives.

Breitbart News extensively covered donations by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the Center for Technology and Civic Life, an organization that spent hundreds of millions of dollars on increasing turnout in heavily Democrat areas.

“We have led on this issue from the very beginning,” DeSantis said Friday. “The results speak for themselves, but we also can’t rest on our laurels.”
DeSantis said the intent is to ensure “citizens have confidence in the elections.”

“We want everyone to vote, we don’t want anyone to cheat,” he said, adding he wants to “strike the appropriate balance.”

DeSantis noted paying for ballot harvesting is already illegal in the state, but he said it does not currently address those who “volunteer” to round up ballots.

“My view is: We should have no ballot harvesting,” he said, promoting cheers from attendees at the West Palm Beach hotel.

DeSantis also intends to require “real-time reporting of voter turnout data at the precinct level,” and allow citizens to see “how many ballots have been requested, how many have been received, and how many are left to be counted.”

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Dick’s Sporting Goods’ New CEO Needs To Protect 2nd Amendment Rights

Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack is stepping down from his 37-year stint as CEO of the family-run company this February. He’s being replaced by Lauren Hobart, formerly President of the company, but now promoted to President and CEO.

Some have noted that Hobart is the first person outside of the Stack family to hold the position of CEO. This may place her in a unique position to undo some of the anti-American policies which Stack implemented. With a rating of 2.67 in our 2ndVote scoring system, Dick’s Sporting Goods doesn’t quite measure up to 2ndVote neutrality standards, mainly due to the company’s restrictive gun control policies. After a Florida high school shooting, Stack decided to curb gun sales throughout his chain. He banned assault weapons, removed hunting merchandise, and raised the minimum gun purchase age to 21, ignoring the evidence that gun control doesn’t stop criminals. As a result, Dick’s Sporting Goods faced backlash and a substantial drop in sales.

Stack may not be the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods anymore, but he will remain with the company as Executive Chairman and Chief Merchant. He hopes to be a trusted advisor to Hobart and presumably to influence her policy-making decisions. But 2ndVote Americans need to remind Hobart of her duty to consumers. Dick’s Sporting Goods exists to serve the needs of their customers, and a large portion of their customer base consists of 2nd Amendment supporting citizens.

Let your voice be heard. Tell Lauren Hobart that she has the chance to make things right by correcting these restrictive policies. Let her know that you will fully support Dick’s if they decide to go in a new direction and allow citizens to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights instead of caving in to Stack’s pressure for gun control. Make your 2ndVote count by reminding Dick’s Sporting Goods of their duty to American citizens.

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Russian Foreign Ministry Calls Out Biden Administration For Persecution And Violating Human Rights Of Trump Supporters

When Russia has the moral high ground and exposes human rights violations, you know this is not America anymore. Especially since this is very true.  This is a nation under siege.

Russian Foreign Ministry Calls Out Biden Administration For Persecution And Violating Human Rights Of Trump Supporters

By Tsarizm Staff, February 18, 20211:

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokewowman Maria Zakharova recently railed against Biden administration hypocrisy of criticizing the Russian Federation’s handling of Kremlin antagonist Alexei Navalny, while persecuting and violating the human rights of Trump supporters.

Zakharova described an “ongoing persecution campaign” taking place “against anybody at all who does not agree with the results of the latest presidential election.” She also mentioned Biden minions calling American patriots ‘domestic terrorists’.

“The FBI has reportedly opened more than 400 criminal cases and applied for more than 500 search warrants and subpoenas for suspects; it has also brought charges against and detained around 200 people. Only several dozen defendants have been released on bail or placed under house arrest. The others are being subjected to harsh pressure, with members of their family and social circle being coerced into giving a ‘convenient’ testimony. Moreover, people who have not even been officially charged are losing their jobs; they are being banned from social media and publicly ostracised.”

“In fact, the majority of those people were ordinary citizens concerned about the situation in their own country,” she said. “These were 74 million voters who voted for their president and defendedtheir views.”

Zakharova then described how Trump supporters will not disappear as the U.S. Left fervently wishes.

“Their protest will not just go away. You cannot just sweep discontent under the rug. Even the rhetoric that the United States allows itself to use with respect to Russia will not help distract public attention from the country’s own problems. They will have to be dealt with. US citizens deserve to be treated according to the law and in line with Washington’s international obligations.”Accordingly, she then called on the United States to respect the “basic human rights” of Trump supporters.

“In this context, we have every reason to express concern and demand that basic human rights be observed,” she added. “US officials are constantly and hypocritically taking care of these rights when it comes to other countries; and yet, they have no scruples in ignoring them at home.”


The full statement is below…

Persecution of participants in January mass protests in the United States

We are deeply concerned about the ongoing persecution campaign against participants in the so-called storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and against anybody at all who does not agree with the results of the latest presidential election. US officials and an obedient media have labelled them “domestic terrorists.” By the way, did the ambassadors of EU countries or EU representatives in the US react in any way? Did they express concern about Washington’s rhetoric regarding its own citizens? No? Too bad.

The FBI has reportedly opened more than 400 criminal cases and applied for more than 500 search warrants and subpoenas for suspects; it has also brought charges against and detained around 200 people. Only several dozen defendants have been released on bail or placed under house arrest. The others are being subjected to harsh pressure, with members of their family and social circle being coerced into giving a “convenient” testimony. Moreover, people who have not even been officially charged are losing their jobs; they are being banned from social media and publicly ostracised.

Among other things, there is a question about the objectivity of the law enforcement agencies because they are essentially acting under orders and in line with the narrative of the current administration who declared the events of January 6, 2021 a riot and everybody who was near the US Congress on that day all but plunderers. Whereas in fact, the majority of those people were ordinary citizens concerned about the situation in their own country. These were 74 million voters who voted for their president and defended their views. I am using the same words that Washington has used with respect to our country.

Their protest will not just go away. You cannot just sweep discontent under the rug. Even the rhetoric that the United States allows itself to use with respect to Russia will not help distract public attention from the country’s own problems. They will have to be dealt with. US citizens deserve to be treated according to the law and in line with Washington’s international obligations. In this context, we have every reason to express concern and demand that basic human rights be observed. US officials are constantly and hypocritically taking care of these rights when it comes to other countries; and yet, they have no scruples in ignoring them at home. Why don’t you deal with your own problems? There are plenty of them and they need to be solved.

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VIDEO: Ilhan Omar on Qatar TV calls on Biden’s handlers to back ICC ‘war crimes’ prosecution of Israel

She also supports the removal of the Houthis from the terror list. Surprised?

Actually, there is a surprise here. She says: “We have to look at this serious and devastating situation and do everything we can to hold the Chinese government accountable for this genocide that is taking place before our eyes.”

Most Muslim leaders have been quiet about the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs, preferring to focus their efforts on the weaker and more vulnerable West. And it’s extremely unlikely that China Joe’s handlers will challenge China — in fact, he just defended China’s treatment of the Uighurs. Will a split open up in the leftist camp over China?

“U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar: Biden Administration Should Support Referral Of Israeli Officials To The ICC; U.S. Should Hold Chinese Government Accountable For Genocide Of Uyghur Muslims,” MEMRI, February 12, 2021:

U.S. House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who serves as vice chairperson of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed her support for the independence of the ICC and said that Israel and senior Israeli officers, who are accused of war crimes, should be referred to the ICC. She made these remarks in an interview with Al-Araby TV (Qatar) that aired on February 12, 2021. Omar said that Muslims should not just be a part of the administration in America, but they should also run for the office of president of the United States and take leadership roles in the country. Omar added that she welcomes the willingness of the current administration to cancel the designation of certain groups, such as the Houthis, as terrorists and to “restore some order and normalcy in regard to who belongs on that list [of terrorist organizations].” She also said that the Chinese government must be held accountable for the “genocide” against Uyghur Muslims and suggested that the U.S. might play its role like it did in Rwanda, Bosnia and “even in World War II with the Holocaust.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar: “We have certainly not seen high official appointment of Muslims by the Biden Administration, but there are a number of Muslims who are part of this administration. This is something we will have to continue to push for, in order to make sure that the Muslims remain an important part of the social fabric in the United States. They should not just be a part of the administration – but Muslims should also run for president, and take leadership roles in this country.”

[…]

Interviewer: “The new Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration would not return the U.S. embassy from Jerusalem, to which it was transferred by Donald Trump, and that this administration would continue to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. What has changed, then, from the Trump Administration?”

Omar: “It doesn’t currently seem like a lot will be changed, but there will be an opportunity for us to push for the United States to stand for its values and principles.”

[…]

Interviewer: “Should the Biden Administration support the referral of Israeli officials accused of committing war crimes to the ICC?”

Omar: “I do [support this]. It is also really important for us to remember that the international courts play an important role in rendering justice for people who are not getting justice within their borders. The U.S. should not delegitimize the ICC and the things it must do. It is shocking that the legitimacy of the ICC is something that is being questioned. Their ability to investigate, probe, and render justice is being undermined here in the U.S.”

Interviewer: “Will you demand that the Biden Administration and the State Department support the referral of Israel to the ICC?”

Omar: “I have. This is an important call and we all must guarantee that the ICC remains an independent body. It is an international court that has the authority and the ability to investigate and render justice for people who are denied justice within their borders. No sovereign state should stop the ICC from doing what they should do.”

[…]

Interviewer: “Do you support the removal of the Houthis from the terror list?”

Omar: “The last administration took a lot of actions, including the designation of certain groups as terrorist. We welcome the willingness from this administration to reverse course, cancel these decisions, and restore some order and normalcy in regards to who belongs on that list.

[…]

“It is definite that the genocide against the Uyghur Muslims in China is something that deserves serious attention from this administration. It also deserves the attention of every single person who is against the massive human rights violations in the world.

[…]

“The United States can play a huge role [in this regard]. As you know, the U.S. played a huge role in regards to the Rwanda genocide, it played a huge role in regards to Bosnia, and even in World War II with the Holocaust. We have to look at this serious and devastating situation and do everything we can to hold the Chinese government accountable for this genocide that is taking place before our eyes.”

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REMEMBERING OUR FRIEND: Phil Haney on the Anniversary of his Mysterious Death

On the one-year anniversary of the mysterious death of one of the founders of the DHS, Phillip B. Haney, who was about to release a new book, that has yet to be found about the Obama administration and what he was up to.

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VIDEO: President Trump answers if he’ll run again, comments on Biden his future on social media

Watch. President Trump is laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2024.

On Newsmax, Trump answers if he’ll run again, comments on Biden & his future on social media

By Newsmax, February 17, 2021

Donald Trump on Wednesday called into Newsmax to pay his respects to the late Rush Limbaugh and the Former President also addressed other questions — a rare interview since he has left The White House.

Trump was asked if he would run for president again. He replied, “I won’t say yet, bet we have tremendous support. I’m looking at poll numbers that are through the roof.” — “I’m the only guy that gets impeached and my numbers go up.” Listen to his full remarks in the video below.

Trump said President Joe Biden is “either not telling the truth, or he’s mentally gone” regarding his recent vaccine statements.

Lastly, Trump slammed Twitter and revealed that he may be considering building his own social media platform. “We don’t wanna go back to Twitter,” he said. “I understand it’s become very boring.”

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‘Chattering liberal elites’ encouraged BLM ‘insurrectionary behaviour’

Which is why the Democrats are pinning their civil war tactics on us – it’s what they do. Projection.

‘Chattering liberal elites’ at worst encouraged BLM ‘insurrectionary behaviour’

By: Sky News, February 18, 2021:

Author Andy Ngo says the “chattering liberal elites” in the US were at best silent during the 2020 Antifa riots and at worst encouraged the “insurrectionary behaviour”.

“The chattering liberal elites who have been the loudest in condemning what happened on 6th of January, which should be condemned unequivocally,” he told Sky News.

“These are the same people who were at best silent last year and at worst were actually encouraging, of what I view as, insurrectionary behaviour from far-left extremists.”

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Muslim ‘Refugee’ Working as Anti-Rape Trainer is Arrested for Rape

He taught other Muslim Afghans how to behave against women – then he himself raped a colleague on the night shift- empowered by Leftists, Democrats, feminists who say nothing but work to import more rape jihad.

The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says:

“O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59)

The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified. (source: Robert Spencer)

This behavior is justified in the Qur’an. Islamic scholar Robert Spencer explains:

“Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.” — Qur’an 24:13

Because of the Qur’an-derived stipulation that sexual crimes can only be established by the testimony of four male Muslim witnesses, along with the Sharia provision that women’s testimony is not admissible in cases involving sex, it is not at all unknown that women are in prison for being victims of rape: their own charge against the perpetrator becomes self-incriminating when he refuses to confess and there are not four witnesses.

In Islamic law, it is normal: the seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have paid their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses of those whom Allah has given you as spoils of war” (33:50). 4:3 and 4:24 extend this privilege to Muslim men in general. The Qur’an says that a man may have sex with his wives and with these slave girls: “The believers must win through, those who humble themselves in their prayers; who avoid vain talk; who are active in deeds of charity; who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or whom their right hands possess, for they are free from blame.” (Qur’an 23:1-6)

A survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has previously said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape while praising Allah and invoking the Qur’an. And the victim of an Islamic State jihadi rapist recalled: “He told me that according to Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God…He said that raping me is his prayer to God.”

The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified.

In this case, victim was eight years old. This could possibly have been because the perpetrators’ reverence for Muhammad led them to think of children as sexual objects. Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and go through all sorts of contortions to deny the evidence of the texts, but the fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world, even by the directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) in once-“moderate” albeit now rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey, most clearly shows their dishonesty. The Diyanet wouldn’t approve of child marriage if it weren’t Islamic, as it explains in its own defense. And child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law.

“Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria

“There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law in many countries permits girls to marry only from the age of 18. This is arbitrary legislation, not Islamic law.” — Dr. Abd Al-Hamid Al-‘Ubeidi, Iraqi expert on Islamic law

There is no minimum age for marriage and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” — Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council

“Islam does not forbid marriage of young children.” — Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology

Here’s the google translation of the Fraiitider article (Thanks to the Religion of Peace:):

Taught other Afghans “how to behave” against women – then he himself raped a colleague on the night shift

Published 16 February 2021 at 14.08

Domestic. A 24-year-old Afghan man is today sentenced by the Court of Appeal for having raped a colleague in the home care service during a night shift. The man previously worked at an HVB home where he was responsible for teaching other so-called refugee children Swedish rules and how to behave towards women.

The 24-year-old called the criminal charges “pure conspiracies” – until he learned of “certain forensic findings”. Then he claimed instead to have masturbated and had mutual intercourse with the woman in the office.

He also told of a dream he had that “a mouse or rat has entered my clothes and eats on my penis”.

However, the district court did not believe that explanation and sentenced the Afghan to two years in prison. And now the Court of Appeal has upheld the verdict.

The Afghan, who himself came to Sweden as an “unaccompanied refugee child”, previously worked at an HVB residence in Timrå. In a local tenant magazine, he was highlighted in 2016 and told how he was responsible for teaching other Afghans about how it works in Sweden, what rules apply and “how to behave” towards women. He explained that for many it came as a shock to come to Sweden and realize that women have rights.

On 11 August 2020, a rape was committed in the home care service’s premises on Gröndalsvägen in Tumba. During a night shift, a woman was raped orally, vaginally and anal by a male colleague. It all took place in an office, which was used by the staff for coffee and rest.

During a break at work, the woman fell asleep on a sofa in the office. She woke up to the man lying between her and the back of the sofa.

“She explained at once that she was not going to have sex with him, but he hugged her harder and harder. He said, ‘Don’t say that.’ “He put his body weight on her. She was lying on her back. In vain she tried several times to push him away with all her might. She finally gave up”, it is stated in the minutes of the verdict.

The woman was new to the job and at first did not dare to tell what had happened. It therefore took three weeks before she made a report. It was only after entrusting herself to a co-worker, who had reacted to the changing mood between the man and the woman in the workplace, that she informed her boss.

The police report was made on September 4 and on September 8, the 24-year-old was arrested.

Police secured DNA evidence
At first, the man denied the crime and claimed that no sexual intercourse had taken place. He called the charges against him “pure conspiracies” – until he realized that the police could have secured DNA evidence.

Then he began to change his story. In an attempt to explain why his semen could be on the spot, he claimed that the woman had undressed naked, asked for a massage and made approaches.

– She has touched me all over my body and you can investigate that she has touched me all over my body. She has touched me in intimate parts, he stated.

He is said to have found the woman’s behavior “unacceptable”, but still been “sucked, inflamed and hot” by her alleged approaches – to then have fallen asleep in the middle of it all and woke up with his underwear and work pants pulled down to half her thighs. He believed that the woman could have “done something” while he slept.

He also said he masturbated in the office a few nights before the rape.

“A rat eats on my penis”
During an interrogation, the Afghan suddenly wanted to tell a story.

– What happens when I sleep, I sleep deeply and dream that a mouse or rat has entered my clothes and eats on my penis. And then I wake up and scream and take off all my clothes.

However, he could not answer whether he had this dream during the night in question.

After being prosecuted, he wanted a supplementary hearing to be held. He then gave a new version of the course of events and claimed that he and the plaintiffs had carried out two voluntary intercourses, both initiated by the woman. That he had not told this before would be due to “that he was shocked and scared and already had a bad experience with the police. He was also afraid of the plaintiff’s boyfriend who threatened to kill him. He also has a wife and a newborn child; the situation was sensitive ”.

Receives minimum sentence and avoids deportation The
district court found that the woman’s story won “considerable support from another investigation” and sentenced the 24-year-old for rape. The sentence was two years’ imprisonment, but the sentence could have been longer.

The fact that the woman was exposed to the crime at her workplace can be seen as an aggravating circumstance, and the district court held that a longer prison sentence had been justified. Two judges also wanted to see the sentence extended by six months, but since the prosecutor did not demand a longer sentence, the sentence was two years, which is the minimum for rape.

The man must also pay damages of SEK 115,000 to the woman.

No request for deportation was made, which means that the Afghan may remain in Sweden after serving his sentence.

The Court of Appeal rules
After the verdict, the man wanted to replace his public defender with the left-wing lawyer Viktor Banke. However, the district court found no factual basis for this request, which was thus denied.

The 24-year-old appealed the verdict and today the Court of Appeal announced that the district court’s verdict is upheld.

Unaccompanied refugee children
The convict is a citizen of Afghanistan. He came to Sweden as an “unaccompanied child” and was registered in 2011 in Timrå. Today he lives in Järfälla. He states that he is married, but with the Swedish Tax Agency he is registered as unmarried.

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Onsdag 17 februari 2021

Undervisade andra afghaner i “hur man beter sig” mot kvinnor – sen våldtog han själv kollega på nattpasset
Publicerad 16 februari 2021 kl 14.08

Inrikes. En 24-årig afghan döms idag av hovrätten för att ha våldtagit en kollega i hemtjänsten under ett nattskift. Mannen jobbade tidigare på ett HVB-hem där han ansvarade för att lära andra så kallade flyktingbarn svenska regler och hur man beter sig sig mot kvinnor.
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24-åringen kallade brottsanklagelserna för “rena konspirationer” – tills han fick vetskap om “vissa forensiska fynd”. Då påstod han sig istället ha onanerat och haft ömsesidiga samlag med kvinnan på kontoret.

Han berättade också om en dröm han haft om att “en mus eller råtta har gått in i mina kläder och äter på min penis”.

Tingsrätten trodde dock inte på den förklaringen och dömde afghanen till två års fängelse. Och nu har hovrätten fastställt domen.

Afghanen, som själv kom till Sverige som “ensamkommande flyktingbarn”, arbetade tidigare på ett HVB-boende i Timrå. I en lokal hyresgästtidning lyftes han år 2016 fram och berättade hur han hade ansvar för att lära andra afghaner om hur det fungerar i Sverige, vilka regler som gäller och “hur man beter sig” mot kvinnor. Han förklarade att det för många blev en chock att komma till Sverige och inse att kvinnor har rättigheter.

Den 11 augusti 2020 begicks en våldtäkt i hemtjänstens lokaler på Gröndalsvägen i Tumba. Under ett nattskift våldtogs en kvinna oralt, vaginalt och analt av en manlig kollega. Det hela skedde på ett kontor, som användes av personalen för fika och vila.

Under en rast på jobbet somnade kvinnan på en soffa på kontoret. Hon vaknade av att mannen låg mellan henne och soffryggen.

“Hon förklarade på en gång att hon inte tänkte ha sex med honom, men han kramade henne allt hårdare. Han sade: ‘Säg inte så.’ Han lade sin kroppstyngd på henne. Hon låg på rygg. Förgäves försökte hon flera gånger trycka bort honom med all sin kraft. Hon gav till slut upp”, står det i referatet i domen.

Kvinnan var ny på jobbet och vågade först inte berätta vad som hänt. Det dröjde därför tre veckor innan hon gjorde en anmälan. Det var först efter att ha anförtrott sig till en arbetskamrat, som hade reagerat på den förändrade stämningen mellan mannen och kvinnan på arbetsplatsen, som hon informerade sin chef.

Polisanmälan gjordes den 4 september och den 8 september häktades 24-åringen.

Polisen säkrade DNA-bevis
Till en början nekade mannen till brott och hävdade att inget sexuellt umgänge hade förekommit. Han kallade anklagelserna emot honom för “rena konspirationer” – tills han fick klart för sig att polisen kunde ha säkrat DNA-bevis.

Då började han ändra sin historia. I ett försök att förklara varför hans sperma kunde finnas på platsen påstod han att kvinnan hade klätt av sig naken, bett om massage och gjort närmanden.

– Hon har rört mig över hela kroppen och ni kan utreda att hon har rört mig över hela kroppen. Hon har rört mig på intima delar, uppgav han.

Han ska ha funnit kvinnans beteende ”oacceptabelt”, men dock blivit ”sugen, påtänd och varm” av hennes påstådda närmanden – för att sedan ha somnat mitt i alltihop och vaknat med kalsongerna och arbetsbyxorna neddragna till halva låren. Han menade att kvinnan kunde ha ”gjort något” medan han sov.

Han sade sig dessutom ha onanerat på kontoret några nätter innan våldtäkten.

”En råtta äter på min penis”
Under ett förhör ville afghanen plötsligt berätta en historia.

– Det som händer när jag sover, sover jag djupt och drömmer om att en mus eller råtta har gått in i mina kläder och äter på min penis. Och då vaknar jag och skriker och tar av mig alla kläderna.

Han kunde dock inte svara på om han haft denna dröm under den aktuella natten.

Efter att åtal väckts ville han att ett kompletterande förhör skulle hållas. Han gav då en ny version av händelseförloppet och påstod att han och målsäganden hade genomfört två frivilliga samlag, båda initierade av kvinnan. Att han inte berättat detta tidigare, skulle bero på ”att han var chockad och rädd och hade sedan tidigare dålig erfarenhet av polisen. Han var också rädd för målsägandens pojkvän som hotat att döda honom. Han har också en fru och ett nyfött barn; situationen var känslig”.

Får minimistraff och slipper utvisning
Tingsrätten fann att kvinnans berättelse vann ”beaktansvärt stöd av annan utredning” och dömde 24-åringen för våldtäkt. Påföljden blev två års fängelse, men strafftiden kunde ha blivit längre.

Att kvinnan utsattes för brottet på sin arbetsplats kan ses som en försvårande omständighet, och tingsrätten menade att ett längre fängelsestraff hade varit motiverbart. Två nämndemän ville också se straffet förlängt med sex månader, men eftersom åklagaren inte yrkat på längre strafftid blev påföljden två år, vilket är minimum för våldtäkt.

Mannen ska också betala ett skadestånd på 115.000 kronor till kvinnan.

Det gjordes inget yrkande om utvisning, vilket innebär att afghanen får vara kvar i Sverige efter avtjänat straff.

Hovrätten fastställer
Efter domen ville mannen byta ut sin offentlige försvarare mot vänsteradvokaten Viktor Banke. Tingsrätten fann dock ingen saklig grund för denna begäran, som därmed nekades.

24-åringen överklagade domen och idag meddelade hovrätten att tingsrättens dom står fast.

Ensamkommande flyktingbarn
Den dömde är medborgare i Afghanistan. Han kom till Sverige som ”ensamkommande barn” och folkbokfördes 2011 i Timrå. Idag är han bosatt i Järfälla. Han uppger sig vara gift, men hos Skatteverket är han registrerad som ogift.

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Moratorium Demand: Muslim Activist Group Wants Biden to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

They claim it unfairly targets marginalized and over-surveilled groups in America—-like those patriots gathered to peacefully protest outside of the US Capitol on January 6th.

LOL! No, they aren’t defending patriots and so-called white nationalists. But, it sure would be a fun exercise if one of the Southern Poverty Law Centers latest “hate groups” contacted them and asked to be added to their coalition.

From CAIR:

CAIR-Washington, Civil Rights Groups Call on Biden to Halt Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology

(SEATTLE, WA, 2/17/21) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington) today joined a coalition of more than 40 organizations calling on President Biden to take executive action imposing a federal moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology.

The letter, sent by CAIR-Washington, the ACLU, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Amnesty International, among others, urges the Biden administration to take three critical steps addressing the use of facial recognition technology by the government.

Those steps include:

~placing a moratorium on all federal government use of facial recognition technology and other forms of biometric technology; [by the way, biometric technology is what the Leftie refugee contractors claim is keeping us safe from refugee fraud—ed]

~preventing state and local governments from using federal funds to purchase or access the technology;

~supporting legislation that would codify into law the federal moratorium and place additional limitations on federal funding of the technology.

Read the full letter is here: https://www.aclu.org/letter/coalition-letter-president-biden-use-facial-recognition-technology

“The use of face surveillance gives the government massively-enhanced powers to identify, locate, and track individuals based on images of their faces,” said Brianna Auffray, Legal and Policy Manager at CAIR-Washington.

“Even if this technology is perfectly accurate—which it is not—the threat of this surveillance has an outsized impact on historically over-surveilled communities.” [Yeh! Like those white nationalists and America First patriots!—ed]

More here.

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Community Leader Who Stated, ‘All Lives Matter’ Is Fired From His Job To Appease Black Lives Matter—Lawsuit Filed

ANN ARBOR, MI – Rick Beaudin, a celebrated community booster, tireless volunteer and successful realtor in the town of Pinckney, Michigan, learned the hard way that publicly stating “All Lives Matter” will get you fired.  Beaudin was fired by Joseph DeKroub, the owner of Re/Max Platinum real estate company after having worked for his company for over 20 years.

Beaudin’s offense? On June 11, 2020, after seeing on a community Facebook page that Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) planned a protest in Pinckney, he responded from his personal Facebook page: “Can’t we all just promote in Pinckney That All Lives Matter?”

DeKroub fired him the next day to appease BLM—even though he had often touted Beaudin as one of the best promoters of his company.  Sadly, the owner he had loyally served for years swiftly fired him because he was concerned about possible retaliation from BLM mobs and boycotts.

As a result, the Thomas More Law Center (“TMLC”), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan teamed up with James K. Fett, a prominent civil rights attorney to push back on the “cancel culture” which had victimized Beaudin. On February 4, 2021, Fett filed a four-count civil action on Beaudin’s behalf in the Livingston County Circuit Court. The Defendants include an Unknown Associate of Black Lives Matter, Re/Max of Michigan, Re/Max Platinum and its owner, Joseph DeKroub (you can read the entire complaint linked below).

Rick Beaudin’s “All Lives Matter” post places him in good company.  Black leaders like U.S. Republican Senator Tim Scott and Ben Carson, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 2016 GOP presidential candidate, see nothing wrong with the phrase all lives matter.

Senator Scott, South Carolina’s first black senator since Reconstruction, said this on CNN’s “The Situation Room”:

“If it causes offense that I say, ‘all lives matter’ – black lives, white lives, police officers, jurists, all of us,  even politicians, all of our lives matter – if that is somehow offensive to someone, that’s their issue not mine.”

Doctor Ben Carson as a 2016 presidential candidate, said:

“Of course, all lives matter – and all lives includes black lives…. We have to stop submitting to those who want to divide us into all the special interest groups and start thinking about what works for everybody.”

Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) is a political movement that started in response to the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, accused of murdering 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin. The co-founder of BLM, Patrisse Cullors, has publicly admitted that she and co-founder Alicia Garza, are “trained Marxists.”

BLM has many faces: a Marxist revolutionary group that seeks to overthrow our government, a Twitter hashtag, and a political rallying cry. Whatever its form, BLM uses every opportunity to inflame racial tensions and incite anti-American and anti-police violence.  Astonishingly, despite BLM’s murky organization and affiliations, some of America’s largest businesses have donated millions to BLM including Amazon, Microsoft and Gatorade.

Clearly, “All Lives Matter” is meant as a unifying term that promotes racial equality.  Rick Beaudin had every reason to be concerned about a BLM protest in Pinckney.  It has been involved in scores of riots across the Nation involving deaths, injuries, looting and the destruction of businesses estimated at between 1 to 2 billion dollars.

Richard Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, observed that, “BLM is a Marxist organization, virulently anti-Jewish and anti-American which seeks to incite race wars, chaos, and mob violence.  Its purpose is to destroy America by destroying her Judeo-Christian values and constitutionally protected right to free speech.”

Continued Thompson, “Just last week about 100 BLM protesters converged on Manhattan, New York in a defund the police demonstration which turned violent, injuring two police officers and resulting in 11 arrests.  Last year, May 30, 2020, in Fairfax, a Los Angeles community, BLM members vandalized 5 synagogues, three Jewish schools and looted Jewish businesses.  They chanted “F**k the police and kill the Jews.”

Click here to read the entire Fett complaint

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VIDEO: The Myth That the U.S. Leads the World in Mass Shootings

To understand the misleading narrative, we must look to the era of narrative-driven journalism and the politicization of society, both of which subjugate truth to ideology and politics.


If you asked me this morning which nation has the most mass shootings in the world, I would have said, with perhaps a flicker of hesitation, the United States.

This is a tad embarrassing to admit because I’m pretty familiar with shooting statistics, having written several articles on gun violence and the Second Amendment. Below is a basic overview of gun violence in America. While gun homicides have been steadily declining for decades in the US, mass shootings have indeed been trending upward.

This fact alone probably would not have led me to believe that the US leads the world in mass shootings, however. An assist goes to the US media and politicians.

“Let’s be clear,” President Obama said in 2015 after a shooting in North Carolina. “At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.”

Sen. Harry Reid echoed this sentiment. “The United States is the only advanced country where this kind of mass violence occurs.”

Media headlines have left little doubt that the US leads the world in mass shootings. In fact, according to CNN, it isn’t even close.

The comments and data seem to conclusively say that the US leads the world in mass shootings and the violence is unique, a product of “America’s gun culture.”

It’s a slam dunk case except for one thing: it’s not true.

The Root of the Myth

Statistics on global mass shooting incidents from 2009 to 2015 compiled by economist John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center show that the US trails many other advanced nations in mass shooting frequency and death rate.

As Investor’s Business Daily noted on these findings, “Yes, the U.S. rate is still high, and nothing to be proud of. But it’s not the highest in the developed world. Not by a long shot.”

If this is true, how did the narrative that the US leads the world in mass shootings become the conventional wisdom? The myth, it turns out, stems from University of Alabama associate professor Adam Lankford.

Lankford’s name pops up in a montage of media reports which cite his research as evidence that America leads the world in mass shootings. The violence, Lankford said, stems from the high rate of gun ownership in America.

“The difference between us and other countries, [which] explains why we have more of these attackers, was the firearm ownership rate,” Lankford said. “In other words: firearms per capita. We have almost double the firearm ownership rate of any other country.”

Lankford’s findings show that there were 90 mass public shooters in America since 1966, the most in the world, which had a total of 202. But Lott, using Lankford’s definition of a mass shooting—“four or more people killed”—found more than 3,000 such shootings, John Stossel recently reported.

When findings do not mesh, scholars, in pursuit of truth, generally compare notes, data, and methodology to find out how they reached their conclusions. After all, who is to say Lankford doesn’t have it right and Lott is wrong? There’s just one problem: Lankford isn’t talking.

Lankford refuses to explain his data to anyone—to Stossel, to Lott, to the Washington Post, and apparently anyone else who comes asking, including this writer. (I emailed Lankford inquiring about his research. He declined to discuss his methodology, but said he would be publishing more information about mass shooting data in the future.)

“That’s academic malpractice,” Lott tells Stossel.

[Editor’s Note: Lankford has since published his research. It can be found here.]

Indeed it is. Yet, it doesn’t explain how one professor’s research was so rapidly disseminated that its erroneous claim quickly became the conventional wisdom in a country with 330 million people.

Truth versus Narrative

For that, we must look to the era of narrative-driven journalism and the politicization of society, both of which subjugate truth to ideology and politics. Media and politicians latched onto Lankford’s findings in droves because his findings were convenient, not because they were true.

This is an unsettling and ill omen for liberty. As Lawrence Reed has observed, the road to authoritarianism is paved with a “careless, cavalier, and subjective attitude toward truth.” Yet that is precisely what we see with increasing frequency in mass media. (Need I reference the Covington debacle and the Smollet hoax?)

More than a hundred years ago Mark Twain noted, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

Twain’s quote remains true even in the age of the internet. Lankford’s erroneous research had free rein for two years and was disseminated to tens of millions of viewers and readers before the truth finally got its shoes on.

If you ask most Americans today which country leads the world in mass shootings, I suspect a vast majority would say the US. And there’s always a price for the erosion of truth.

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Jon Miltimore

Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, the Epoch Times.

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Utah Parents Push Back Against the Transgender Agenda – and Win

A group of Utah parents have prompted a review of an “equity book program” in their local school district after a teacher read a book favorable to transgenderism to a class of third-graders. The book, “Call Me Max”, written by transgender-identified author Kyle Lukoff, follows the story of a girl wanting to be seen as a boy.

The book is a transparent attempt to make children comfortable with the idea of changing gender. According to the book’s description, it is “a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender.”

Some parents, however, saw the book as an attempt to indoctrinate their children into a false view of gender and sex.

To their credit, they did something — and their actions have made a difference.

According to a report by KTLA, the Murray School District has paused the equity book program and is now conducting a review of all the books in the program. “Call Me Max” was not part of the school’s equity book program, but was read in a class when a student brought it from home.

Parents can be discouraged from raising concerns about curriculum in their schools for a couple reasons.

First, a lot of LGBT propaganda is often packaged with other content that is not objectionable.

Only two books on the list appear to be directly about the LGBTQ community. One of those is for fifth graders about the work of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. The other is for sixth graders and titled “Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History.”

In addition to two LGBT books, the Murray School District equity book program includes books from black and Hispanic authors that give children a window into people and experiences they may not be able to understand. Not only is it not a problem for young children to be reading about the life and work of Frederick Douglass, it’s valuable.

But when good literature is packaged with bad literature as part of an “equity” curriculum, parents who object to the bad literature are likely to be portrayed as being opposed to the good literature as well. Sadly, in our current culture, being misunderstood is simply part of opposing bad policies and bad ideas.

Second, much of the problematic curriculum in schools is presented as “anti-bullying” curriculum. For many on the Left, the only way to solve the serious and tragic challenges of children who identify as LGBT is to create a world in which everyone affirms their identities and choices.

For Christians, that isn’t an option. But there can still be common ground because everyone wants to stop bullying. But even if we have the same goal, conflict will arise if our tactics are different. Some believe the best way to stop bullying is to encourage kindness and develop an atmosphere of respect despite differences. Others, however, believe the best way to stop bullying is to eliminate our differences and require conformity to a single set of beliefs.

When you engage with people who believe the solution to bullying is creating a world in which everyone believes the same things, conflict is inevitable. But it’s still worth it. It’s worth it because as parents, we aren’t fighting for our reputation or our social standing, we are fighting for the minds and hearts of our kids.

Besides, the world our kids are growing up in is going to require some courage. The pressure they face to conform and surrender will likely be much stronger than anything we faced. Their job will be made much easier if, in their moments of decision, they can be encouraged by the times they saw mom and dad do the right things even when it was going to be hard.

COLUMN BY

Joseph Backholm

Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement

Joseph Backholm is Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council. He combines extensive legal, political, and policy experience with a love for the way biblical truth cultivates human flourishing.

Previously, Mr. Backholm served as legal counsel and Director of What Would You Say? at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview where he developed and launched a growing platform that creates short, animated videos answering common questions about faith and culture. His YouTube career began as a self-identified “6’5 Chinese Woman” in a series of YouTube videos exploring the logic of gender identity.

He served as a legislative attorney for three years and spent 10 years as the President and General Counsel of the Family Policy Institute of Washington in Washington State where he managed educational, legislative, and electoral operations on behalf of life, marriage, religious freedom, and parental rights. He led three ballot initiatives on marriage and gender privacy.

He is a Washington State native who loves travel, sports, and whatever his kids are into. Joseph received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and his law degree from Seattle University. He and his wife Brook have four children.

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