On The Mueller Report: Time to Investigate the ‘Investigators!’ [VIDEO]

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“Russian collusion wasn’t just a hoax, it is a criminal abuse – which is why Judicial Watch has fought and will continue to fight for Russiagate documents in federal court. It’s time to investigate the ‘investigators.’” – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, Inside Judicial Watch Special Edition video

Robert Mueller has finally brought his bogus, politically motivated assault on Donald Trump – and everyone around him – to an end…

But only after spending more than two years — and tens of millions of tax dollars — chasing his tale (pun intended) and doing Hillary Clinton’s bidding.

Not so surprisingly, the conclusion at which Mueller arrived is precisely what Judicial Watch has said all along: There was no collusion.

In fact, Judicial Watch filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to prove it…

And had the Deep State not fought every one of them, the phony case against Trump could have been closed before it was even opened.

Now, in the riveting Inside Judicial Watch interview video below, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton puts the entire Mueller witch hunt into perspective…

And he explains why the collusion delusion hasn’t really ended –

Because now, Judicial Watch intends to investigate the “investigators”!

This is one 20-minute video you won’t want to miss.

RELATED VIDEO: Now To Investigate Mueller.

Science and God

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An award-winning scientist recently told the world that science and religion are not incompatible.

The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports (3/19/19), “The annual Templeton Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to ‘affirming life’s spiritual dimension,’ was awarded Tuesday to Brazilian Marcelo Gleiser—a theoretical physicist dedicated to demonstrating science and religion are not enemies.”

Gleiser, a professor at Dartmouth College since 1991, said, “Science does not kill God.”

Although he is described as an agnostic, the AFP reports that Gleiser “refuses to write off the possibility of God’s existence completely.” He said, “Atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method…Atheism is a belief in non-belief. So you categorically deny something you have no evidence against…I’ll keep an open mind because I understand that human knowledge is limited.”

I agree with this man’s sentiments. How is it that science and God are somehow viewed as enemies?

The great British jurist, Sir William Blackstone, whose four-volume set of Commentaries on the Laws of England were of great value to our founding fathers, put it this way: “Thus, when the Supreme Being formed the universe, and created matter out of nothing, He impressed certain principles upon that matter, from which it can never depart, and without which it would cease to be. When He put that matter into motion, He established certain laws of motion, to which all moveable bodies must conform.”

I think it is fascinating that virtually all the early scientists historically were professing Christians. They were, in the words of Johannes Kepler, “thinking God’s thoughts after Him” in their scientific explorations. Modern science arose near the end of the medieval period. The early scientists believed that a rational God had made a rational universe, and it was their job—using the words of Kepler, “as priests of the highest God”—to try and catalogue what laws of the universe He had created.

Consider some of the thoughts of scientists who were Christians through the ages.

Blaise Pascal was a brilliant mathematician in 17th century France. He is credited with discovering principles that would ultimately lead to the creation of the computer.

Pascal said, “Faith tells us what senses cannot, but it is not contrary to their findings. It simply transcends, without contradicting them.” Pascal also said, “Jesus Christ is the only proof of the living God. We only know God through Jesus Christ.”

Isaac Newton, the discoverer of gravity and one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, wrote more about the Bible and about Christian theology than he did science. Said the great Newton: “I have a foundational belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.”

The father of modern chemistry was Oxford professor Robert Boyle, born in 1627. Boyle was not only a diligent student of chemistry, but a diligent student of the Bible. In his will he left a large sum of money to found the “Boyle lectures” for proving the Christian religion.

19th century American Matthew Fontaine Maury is credited as the father of oceanography. He got his idea that the sea has “lanes” and currents from a verse in the Bible. Psalm 8:8 speaks of “the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.”

One time Maury gave a speech at the inauguration for a college in which he said, “I have been blamed by men of science, both in this country and in England, for quoting the Bible in confirmation of the doctrines of physical geography. The Bible, they say, was not written for scientific purposes, and is therefore of no authority in matters of science. I beg your pardon: the Bible is authority for everything it touches.” That includes, he said, “physical geography, the earth, the sea and the air.”

Maury added, “[W]hen, after patient research, I am led to the discovery of any one of [the physical laws the Creator has built into His creation], I feel with the astronomer of old [i.e., Kepler], as though I had ‘thought one of God’s thoughts,’— and tremble. Thus as we progress with our science we are permitted now and then to point out here and there in the physical machinery of the earth a design of the Great Architect when He planned it all.”

Indeed, as science professor Marcelo Gleiser points out, “science does not kill God.” Far from it.

The late Dr. Robert Jastrow was an astronomer and a planetary physicist with NASA, and he wrote a book called, God and the Astronomers.

Jastrow noted, “The scientist has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; and as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”

BREAKING VIDEO EXPOSE: Florida Voters Furious Over Votes Cast In Their Names

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These are the victims of voter fraud. 

Project Veritas has uncovered a group of Florida voters whose identities may have been unlawfully used to cast ballots in their names in their former state of New York.

Here are the facts:

  • Each individual claims to be a resident of Florida who moved there from New York.
  • Each voter says they did NOT vote in New York in 2018.
  • The elections offices in New York & Florida have confirmed someonevoted in their names in both states.
  • Each resident says they have not lived in New York or voted there in “years.”

These aren’t the culprits of voter fraud.  These are the victims.  

View the latest video HERE.

When our investigators told these individuals that a ballot was cast in their names in Florida and New York, they were outraged.

Here’s what they told our journalists:

Florida Voter #1: Yeah, someone’s voting with my name in New York . . . I haven’t voted in New York, I mean let’s face it, I was what 25, 26 when I moved out here . . .

Florida Voter #2: Well, we’ve been residents in Florida, that’s our old address.

Florida Voter #3: It wasn’t me.  It was voter fraud apparently.

This second video in our series of voter fraud investigations shows that the real victims of voter fraud aren’t politicians and campaigns, but normal and unknowing people.

Who voted in their names?   Is this yet another systemic voter fraud problem?  How many hundreds or thousands of ‘extra votes’ were cast under the same scam?

You might recall our 2016 investigation where our journalists was offered the ballot of top a Clinton ally, Huma Abedin, in New York City.

Can anyone walk into a New York polling place and vote, using the identity of another person?

Stay tuned . . .  more on voter fraud soon.

VIDEO: The Vortex — Church Militant Lies

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Make sure your enemies list is really long.

TRANSCRIPT

My father — God rest his soul — used to say to me that you can tell the quality of a man by who is on his enemies list when he dies.

Anyone who dies without enemies led a purposeless life, totally selfish, concentrating all their effort at never committing to anything sufficiently to earn them enemies — gliding through life concerned about nothing more than human respect.

But all of this goes much further than that. It’s not just getting enemies that matter, but that you acquire the correct enemies. And we recall, Our Blessed Lord had an extensive list of correctenemies — they crucified Him.

If you don’t have enemies owing to your faith and zeal and love of Our Lord, then you don’t have enough faith, zeal or love. In our go-along, never-give-offense-type culture, the most detestable thing in the judgment of men is to give offense — wrong. The most detestable, un-manly thing you can do is to never give offense.

Be careful when the whole world celebrates you. It’s a mark of impending doom and probable damnation. You have not loved Our Blessed Lord sufficient to warrant any enemies.

This is all inspired by a little encounter a Church Militant supporter told us about that they had very recently with San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy. In a pretty benign manner, the Church Militant supporter brought up Church Militant and instantly McElroy shot back: “Church Militant lies.”

As usual, no specific example of anything was given to support his spurious claim, just the usual episcopal claptrap by those in mitres who don’t like their nefarious deeds being talked about publicly.

McElroy is a disgrace to his office, but then again, since he was promoted into that office because of the machinations of Mr. Theodore McCarrick, that can’t come as a surprise.

McElroy has lied about the Faith, deceived the souls entrusted to him and has been part of the entire “revolution” inside the Church. That’s why the commie McCarrick boosted him up the ladder.

So here we have the case of a bishop and layman each saying the other is lying. We give specifics; he blurts out emotional nonsense. But the dividing point is the issue of truth. Truth is what creates enemies — those who accept it and those who reject it become enemies.

That’s why the man with no enemies has never been a lover of truth. Likewise, it’s why you want to make sure that your enemies are the “correct” enemies, the ones who hate the truth.

No one, absolutely no one, attains salvation without being a lover of truth, and it is impossible to pass through this life loving the truth and not accumulate a string of enemies.

Given the cultural mindset, this needs emphasizing because people not liking you, or you being perceived as someone who gives offense, is deemed by many the most egregious thing on the planet.

It isn’t. You aren’t trying to give offense. You aren’t consciously going around trying to create and increase your enemies list.

If you are being a faithful Catholic, you won’t need to do any of that — it will all happen naturally, all on its own.

A necessary ingredient to salvation is an extensive list of enemies, with all the correct names on it.

EDITORS NOTE: This Church Militant video is republished with permission.

Court Kicks CAIR Out of San Diego School District

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In a landmark case, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been forced out of the San Diego Unified School District.

A lawsuit was brought against the district for partnering with CAIR and allowing the Islamist organization to run a discriminatory, unconstitutional propaganda program in its schools.

The court agreed with this assessment.

The program in question gave Muslim students special privileges and gave CAIR the power to change the district curriculum to make sure Islam was looked upon more favorably.

Students and parents were made to watch biased videos, CAIR officials were allowed to teach students and teachers about Islam and students were trained “how to become allies with Muslims students.”

The program, which began in April 2017, was based on false evidence that, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s electoral victory, Muslim students were subjected to “Islamophobic” bullying. However, state records indicated there was no evidence of such bullying in the district’s schools.

The court ruled that the program was unconstitutional because it violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause by favoring one religious group over another and mixing government with religion.

Under the terms of the ruling, the school district is required to permanently drop the program and prevented from allowing CAIR to be involved in school activities in the future.

Further, school officials must correct the pro-Muslim student bias and disproportionate emphasis on Islamic history in its curriculum, which were both instituted through the program.

The court further gave the following guidelines to the schools:

  • “Educators should treat each religion with equal respect, with the time and attention spent discussing each religion being proportionate to its impact on history.”
  • “Educational material on religious subjects must be neutral and may not be presented in a manner that promotes one religion over another.”
  • “Educators or other staff sponsoring guest speakers at District events must ask them not to use their position or influence on students to forward their own religious, political, economic or social views and shall take active steps to neutralize whatever bias has been presented.”
  • “Guest speakers from religious organizations are not permitted to present to students on religious topics.”

“This is a tremendous victory, because CAIR intended this plan to be a pilot program for a nationwide rollout,” said Daniel J. Piedra, executive director of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF), the organization which brought the suit against the school district.

The FCDF said that other school districts similarly affected by CAIR are Seattle Public Schools, Minneapolis Public Schools, Cajon Valley Unified School District and Gilroy Unified School District.

“This settlement agreement will serve as a warning to politically correct school boards nationwide to think twice about partnering with CAIR,” said Charles LiMandri, chief counsel for FCDF.

LiMandri called the court’s decision a “victory against radical Islamic indoctrination in America’s schools.”

The FBI and the Justice Department have both banned CAIR as an outreach partner because of its Islamist agenda and ties to Hamas and terror funding.

In 2007, the U.S. government labeled CAIR an unindicted co-conspirator in the trial of the Holy Land Foundation for financing the Hamas terrorist group.

In November 2014 CAIR was designated as a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates.

CAIR was listed by the U.S. government as being among “individuals/entities who are/were members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee and/or its organizations.” The Palestine Committee was a secret body set up by the Brotherhood to advance the Brotherhood/Hamas agenda in America.

A secret meeting of the committee held in Philadelphia in 1993 was wiretapped by the FBI. Nihad Awad, co-founder and executive director of CAIR participated in that meeting where members agreed that a new “neutral” entity for influencing U.S. policy and opinion was agreed upon.

Awad founded CAIR the following year.

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The Opiate of the Masses: My Visit to Cuba

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Randall Smith visited Cuba, a nation with lively nightlife in which daily the people awaken to the dull realities of a failed socialist worker’s “paradise.”

I had the privilege of visiting Havana, Cuba, recently.  I probably won’t be allowed back anytime soon for reasons that will shortly become clear.  While I was there, someone emailed to say, “You have a ‘Catholic Thing’ article up today on clericalism.”  When I finally got Internet access, I found that The Catholic Thing is blocked by the government in Cuba.  You cannot read it there.

When I mentioned this fact to Robert Royal, he told me he had been in Cuba when John Paul II visited and afterward had written an article critical of the government.  He has not been able to get a visa to return ever since. “Be very careful,” he advised.

I found the Cuban people to be ceaselessly kind and generous, always willing to give directions or help you find your way.  Havana is an amazing city with so many houses that are architectural gems, it is hard to believe that they all existed in one city. Architects and designers who specialize in classical architecture would have high-quality work in Havana to keep them occupied for the next forty years.

The reason traditional architects and designers would have so much work in Cuba, however, is because the government has done absolutely no maintenance of the architectural heritage in sixty years. The city of Havana is literally crumbling. Glorious houses with stately Corinthian columns and marble hallways are now dilapidated tenements with collapsed floors and pillars.  Most of the prime waterfront property along the Malecón, the wonderful waterfront esplanade in Havana, looks as though it came through a war.  But war did not cause this destruction. It was sixty years of authoritarian rule of a Marxist government claiming to be “for the people” and “for the workers.”

That’s an interesting concept given that the one new building we toured, a luxurious waterfront hotel, was financed by the Cuban military, designed by a French firm, and built by workers imported from India – in the great “worker’s paradise” the Cuban revolution was supposed to bring about.

An interesting tourist spot is the house Che Guevara was given to live in after the revolution, the man on all those T-shirts. It’s large, on the top of a hill, looking down on the city from across the harbor. Che didn’t live down among “the common people.”  He looked down on them, from above.

And the stories!  One man’s father who dealt with public infrastructure was called in one day to meet the new Minister of Industries.  Like most Cubans, he usually dressed in a light shirt without a tie because of the heat. But since he was meeting the new minister, he put on a coat and tie, as a sign of respect.  When he walked into the office, he saw a man from Argentina sitting behind a desk in a green army uniform, smoking a cigar, with his bare feet up on the desk, something the Cuban found disgusting and disrespectful.  The new minister glanced at him in his suit and said, “You are bourgeois.  You have three choices.  You can leave the country in a week, stay and be thrown in jail, or you will be shot.” He fled.

You learn many things in Cuba about living under a totalitarian government. There isn’t room to detail them all here, but many are things you might expect. “Life in Cuba,” as one Cuban employer who hires actual Cuban workers told me, “is …” – and here he paused searching for the right word — “hard.”

But I also learned something I hadn’t expected.  Movies and television shows make you expect that tyrannical governments force the people to be puritanically conservative, stifled, and repressed. What I discovered in Cuba to my surprise is that avant-garde art and bohemian lifestyle liberalism can co-exist quite comfortably with an authoritarian regime.

Cuban women are quite the opposite of “buttoned up.”  And the music and art in Cuba are superb. Havana may have crumbling houses, but the clubs and bars are lively. The parks are filled at night with people staring blankly at lighted cell phones screens, enjoying the public Internet service the government has installed around the city.

Our group had lunch every day at a parador, one of the private restaurants cropping up in Havana that the government no longer seeks to shut down because they need the tourist dollars. Each day on the television there was a show called “Cuban Clips,” which showed Cuban music videos.  There are a lot of them, it seems, and like all music videos, they are filled with young people dressed in the latest fashions, driving the nicest cars, dancing in the streets, in a bar, or on the beach, no scene over two seconds long, the lead singer gesturing directly into the camera the way all singers in music videos do.

Watching young Cubans in a club gyrate for hours to Cuban and American music videos (the line to get in the club stretched around the block) made me wonder whether Marx, if he were alive today, might have to re-think his comment about religion being the opiate of the masses. An honest assessment now would be that music videos are the opiate of the masses.

Then again, given the drug problems in America and elsewhere, perhaps we should simply say that opium is the opiate of the masses – opium and alcohol and music videos and “bohemian” clubs where kids can dance the night – and any concern they might have had for the common good of the society – away.

The Cuban government doesn’t care if you dress sensually, drink profusely, urinate on the street, make indecent art, or use half-naked women painted blue in your music videos as long as you don’t oppose the government.  And when you’re busy partying and dancing and being a “bohemian” rebel in your Che t-shirt, you don’t.

Randall Smith

Randall B. Smith is the Scanlan Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His most recent book, Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide, is now available at Amazon and from Emmaus Academic Press.

EDITORS NOTE: This Catholic Thing column is republished with permission. © 2019 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: info@frinstitute.org. The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.

Tina Tchen Takes Center Stage again, this Time in the Jussie Smollet Hoax on America Case

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I have to admit I had never heard of Tina Tchen until this past week when we learned she had been brought in to try to clean up (cover up?) the misdeeds at the largest hate group in the country—the Southern Poverty Law Center.  (See my story here)

So my ears perked up when I heard her name again, this time because of her involvement in helping to get charges dropped against the very privileged Jussie Smollett.

Frankly, it is special deals for special people that conservative voters won’t forget in 2020.

First thing this morning I hit the computer to see if anyone was pointing out Tina Tchen’s rising star among the Democrat elite and sure enough the intrepid Michelle Malkin posted a great piece overnight!

Crony State: Obamas’ Chicago Fixer Tina Tchen

Here is a some of what Malkin said today at Townhall (emphasis is mine),

How did hate crime huckster Jussie Smollett get away with it? All crooked roads in Chicago lead back to the Obamas.

On Tuesday, as part of a sealed deal, the Illinois state attorney’s office dismissed 16 felony charges brought by a grand jury against the Trump-hating actor, who blamed phantom white MAGA supporters for a brutal racist “assault” that left him with a teensy-weensy scratch under his eye. The day before the “attack,” Smollett’s two bodybuilding friends were caught on surveillance tape buying costumery (red hat, ski masks, bandanas, sunglasses and gloves) that just happened to match Smollett’s descriptions of what his still-fugitive assailants were wearing.

But I guess there’s no use crying over spilled bleach.

Continue here to read more about the case and a litany of Jussie’s connections to the Obama machine.  Then this,

Given Jurnee Smollett-Bell’s [Jussie’s sister] hand-holding friendship with Tchen, Tchen’s intimacy with the Obamas, and Michelle Obama’s chumminess with Jussie Smollett (she hosted him at a musical event at the White House in 2016 and danced with him on stage at a College Signing Day Event in 2018), it is not unreasonable to wonder how much direct knowledge the Obamas themselves may have had about Tchen’s role as Smollett’s fixer.

[….]

Tchen has made quite the career out of exploiting her Obama connections, including cushy spots on VICE’s Diversity and Inclusion Board, Uber’s #MeToo advisory board, and the Grammys’ task force for inclusion and diversity. But those plum jobs and her role in Smollett’s Folly all pale in comparison to her newest gig: playing watchdog over the crumbling Southern Poverty Law Center.

After decades of manufacturing “hate” against peaceful, law-abiding conservatives, sharia opponents, Christian activists and immigration enforcement hawks, the junk mail order house that grifter Morris Dees built is in chaos amid long-brewing strife over internal gender and racial discrimination — not to mention a slew of outside defamation lawsuits. Fresh off assisting one celebrity hate crime huckster, Tchen will now be doing damage control for the granddaddy of all racial hoax rackets.

Go here to read the whole thing, it will be well worth your while!

What should you do?  Keep an eye on Tchen (make her’s a household name!) because first and foremost she will be working to hide every bit of dirty linen at the Southern Poverty Law Center. My recommendation is to find a story every day about the SPLC’s hypocrisy and internal chaos and post the story to your social media networks!

Oh and be sure Michelle Malkin’s piece today is disseminated widely! 

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EDITORS NOTE: This Frauds, Crooks and Criminals column is republished with permission.

VIDEO: Prime Minister Netanyahu Addresses the AIPAC 2019 Policy Conference

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דברי ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בוועידה השנתית של AIPAC בוושינגטון. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the AIPAC 2019 Policy Conference.

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EXCLUSIVE: Who’s Bankrolling the National Popular Vote Movement

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The nonprofit organization building a coalition of states that favor choosing the president by popular vote promotes itself as nonpartisan, but is financed by millions of dollars from left-leaning groups.

Some of the leaders of the movement are prominent Republicans, and most of the funding for the nonprofit, National Popular Vote Inc., has come from a wealthy Democrat and a billionaire independent.

However, many large, liberal organizations back the movement, according to the Capital Research Center, a conservative investigative think tank that monitors nonprofits. It gathered donor information on National Popular Vote Inc. using a commercial database.

The Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation, for example, gave $1 million to the nonprofit in 2011.

Jonathan Soros, 49, heads an investment firm and is the son of George Soros, a hedge fund manager known for financing left-leaning causes around the world. Although the Soros Foundation does not publicly list contact information, The Daily Signal sought comment through the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations.

The Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation made donations totaling $1 million to National Popular Vote Inc. from 2008 to 2012, according to the most recent data. The Silberstein Foundation gave $350,000 in 2008, $250,000 in 2009, $250,000 in 2010, and $150,000 in 2012. The Daily Signal unsuccessfully sought comment from the Silberstein Foundation.

In 2015, an article in Inside Philanthropy reported: “Nearly every major progressive policy and advocacy group in the U.S. has received money from Silberstein in recent years.”

“We’re not going to relitigate or redo the results of this election. This election was run under a set of rules,” Silberstein, a board member for National Popular Vote, said on liberal activist Ralph Nader’s podcast in late 2016, after Donald Trump’s election as president.

“It’s not useful to change the rules of the game after the game is over with so that you can get a different result,” he said. “If you really want to do something, change the rules now in time for the next election.”

Seeking a Compact Among States

Trump is the fifth president in American history to win the Electoral College and lose the popular vote. Although Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by 304 to 227 votes in the Electoral College, Clinton rolled up about 2.9 million more votes in big states such as New York and California.

The nonprofit is lobbying states to adopt what is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The compact requires a member state to cast its electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote—regardless of which presidential candidate wins the state.

The interstate compact would snap into place only when the number of member states adds up to 270 electoral votes, the total required under the Electoral College to win the presidency. The initiative is about two-thirds of the way there.

“We could find no conservative institutional donors to the organization,” Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, told The Daily Signal. “Did Charles Koch write a personal check? We don’t know. But we found 16 instances of  grants from institutional donors, and none were conservative.”

American presidents never have been elected by a strictly popular vote across the nation. In presidential elections since 1804, under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, voters actually vote for electors who are pledged to support their candidate in a later Electoral College vote.

Proponents contend this system ensures that every state, no matter how small, has a voice. Opponents, including many Democrat presidential candidates, contend that rural areas get disproportionate power under the Electoral College.

Colorado’s Democrat governor signed a bill making that state part of the compact, and the legislatures of New Mexico and Delaware recently sent similar bills to Democrat governors who said they would sign. That will set the movement at 189 electoral votes out of the 270.

Another major donor to the compact was the Sandler Foundation, which contributed $100,000 in 2010. The organization’s 2015 filing with the Internal Revenue Service shows it gave millions to liberal groups, including the Center for American Progress, the American Civil Liberties Union, EarthJustice California, and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. The Sandler Foundation did not respond to inquiries from The Daily Signal for this story.

The Tides Foundation, a major funder of left-leaning causes, contributed $25,000 to the popular vote group in 2009. The organization has donated to the ACLU Foundation, the Center for American Progress, Media Matters for America, Sierra Club, and Planned Parenthood, among other liberal groups.

The George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations has given millions to the Tides Foundation, according to the Capitol Research Center. The Tides Foundation did not respond to The Daily Signal for this story.

Big Spenders

National Popular Vote’s 2015 filing with the IRS, the most recent publicly available, shows it had revenue of $2 million.

The bulk of the group’s budget doesn’t come from other organizations, said Saul Anuzis, former chairman of Michigan’s Republican Party and a longtime GOP operative who advised Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign.

“As for the funding, two individuals have put up over 95 percent of all the money,” Anuzis, a national spokesman for the effort, told The Daily Signal. “A liberal progressive, John Koza, and a conservative, pro-life tax protester, Tom Golisano. My guess [is that] several hundred others have given to one of the organizations behind the effort.”

Koza, chairman of National Popular Vote Inc., is a California businessman who was an inventor of the scratch-off lottery ticket. He then marketed the idea to states—similar to what he’s doing with the popular vote compact.

Koza has been a donor to Democratic candidates in federal elections. Politico reported that Koza spent $14 million promoting the popular vote compact among states by 2014, and that he planned to budget $2 million per year from then on.

“John Koza regularly maxes out in donations to Democratic candidates, and he has not been an insignificant Democratic donor,” Capital Research Center’s Walter said. “He is on the record saying that the re-election of George W. Bush [in 2004] inspired him to start this.”

Koza contributed the maximum amount of money, $2,700, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; the re-election campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; the 2016 presidential campaign of former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Democrat; and the 2016 presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton. He has written checks for tens of thousands to the Democratic National Committee and its fundraising arms for House and Senate races.

Golisano, who founded the payroll and benefits services company Paychex, has spent $10 million of his own money to promote the compact. Last year, however, Politico reported that Golisano had pulled back from the effort.

Golisano also is the founder of the New York Independence Party and a three-time unsuccessful candidate for governor.

His political contributions don’t entirely reflect a conservative viewpoint. He gave to the presidential campaigns of two Democrats, John Kerry and Dick Gephardt, in 2004, and to the Senate campaign of Charlie Crist, a Florida Republican who became an independent, in 2010.

‘Never Partisan’

“The National Popular Vote movement has never been a partisan movement. It is a bipartisan coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and independents who believe that every American voter should feel politically valued in every presidential election,” Anuzis said.

The former Michigan GOP leader noted that related legislation passed Republican-controlled legislative chambers in Arizona, Oklahoma, and New York. Of those states, only New York has joined the compact so far.

The president of National Popular Vote is Barry Fadem, a California election lawyer who like Koza also contributes to Democrat candidates in congressional and presidential races, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Fadem contributed to John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign and to the re-election of former Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, among others.

According to tax filings, the organization’s secretary is Chris Pearson, a Vermont state senator affiliated with the state’s Progressive Party. Pearson is the former director of presidential election reform for FairVote, a left-leaning voting rights and good government group. He was an aide to Sanders when the senator was in the House of Representatives.

As a specific kind of nonprofit under the tax code, National Popular Vote is allowed to lobby state lawmakers to join the interstate compact. Koza also established an educational nonprofit, the Institute for Research on Presidential Elections, that is prohibited from direct lobbying. It had $550,504 in revenue, according to its 2016 IRS filing.

“National Popular Vote is indeed a 501(c)(4) and focused on advocacy efforts in the states,” said Patrick Rosenstiel, a spokesman for the organization, referring to the tax code. “IRPE is indeed a 501(c)(3) and 100 percent committed to education efforts surrounding the Electoral College, the current system, and potential Electoral College reforms.”

Rosenstiel, a Republican, is chairman of the Institute for Research on Presidential Elections, the educational nonprofit.

‘Woeful Ignorance’

But the compact should be a tough sell as a bipartisan effort, particularly since it “is mostly funded by the left,” said Hans von Spakovsky, manager of The Heritage Foundation’s Election Law Reform Initiative.

The recent movement of three states toward the compact is worrisome for von Spakovsky.

“Legislators in those three states have displayed woeful ignorance about the good and rational reasons for having the Electoral College,” von Spakovsky told The Daily Signal. “Delaware and New Mexico are even more puzzling. These are small states most protected by the Electoral College. A national popular vote will give them less influence.”

The recent successes for the movement are likely to boost awareness and the potential for fundraising, Rosenstiel said.

“Recent success certainly drives awareness about both the substantial shortcomings of the current system and the state-based plan to address those shortcomings,” Rosenstiel told The Daily Signal. “Momentum certainly drives awareness and awareness always results in a steady uptick in political and financial support. We are grateful to all who contribute their voice, talents, and dollars to make this happen.”

The other states that joined the interstate compact earlier include Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The District of Columbia also signed up.

Although Trump won the presidency through the Electoral College while losing the popular vote to Clinton, he previously indicated he favored elections being decided by the popular vote.

“I would rather see it where you went with simple votes,” Trump said in a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS after he won the election. “You know, you get 100 million votes, and somebody else gets 90 million votes, and you win. There’s a reason for doing this, because it brings all states into play.”

Trump on ‘Brilliance’ of Electoral College

Trump last week said on Twitter that he had a change of heart.

Other presidents who won the office without the popular vote were George W. Bush in 2000, Benjamin Harrison in 1888, Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and John Quincy Adams in 1824.

Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate and many congressional Democrats have called for eliminating the Electoral College.

Asked whether Democrats’ dominance of the movement makes it a tougher bipartisan sale, Anuzis, the spokesman who is a former GOP chairman in Michigan, stressed that what Democrats want isn’t what the compact does.

The compact, he said, keeps the Electoral College intact while allowing states to choose their method of awarding electors who ultimately vote for one of the candidates for president.

“It’s not that simple, and it’s important not to mix the two proposals,” Anuzis said. “National Democrats favor the elimination of the Electoral College and using a direct national popular vote to elect the president.”

“[The compact] is a bipartisan proposal that takes a federalist approach, which creates an … agreement between the states that preserves the Electoral College, therefore states’ rights to regulate, administer, and determine how electors are chosen to the Electoral College by using the national popular vote.”

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Fred Lucas

Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. Send an email to Fred. Twitter: @FredLucasWH.

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Democratic Presidential Contenders’ Demeaning View Of Americans

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When Democrat Sen Kamala Harris announced her run for the presidency, she vowed to be a “tireless advocate of men and women who lack power and wealth.” Sen Harris, you and your fellow Democrats are obsessed with removing power from We the People. Removing parent’s power to raise their child, Democrats implemented mandatory LGBTQ indoctrination in public school. Parents are forbidden to opt out their child.

Sen Harris, your party seeks to remove more power from the people by disarming them. Students have been brainwashed into absurdly believing law abiding gun-owners are responsible for school shootings. Democrats are pushing to lower the voting age to 16 so kids will naively vote to repeal their parent’s Second Amendment right to bear arms. 

Power to freely worship is under attack by Democrats. They want to ban the Bible, criminalize quoting the Bible and mandate that Christians betray biblical teachings. 

Sen Harris said she will advocate for those who lack wealth. Between her party’s obsession with oppressive taxation and outrageously high death taxes, everyday Americans are blocked from acquiring wealth. 

“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” (Proverbs 13:22) Democrats make this biblical principle impossible. Cruelly, they rush to confiscate and redistribute children’s inheritances. Children are forced to sell their parent’s life’s work (home and business) to pay the death taxes.

Sen Harris said, “I knew I wanted to protect people. And I knew that the people in our society who are most often targeted by predators are also most often the voiceless and the vulnerable.” This exposes Sen Harris’ demeaning view of America and Americans. There are no masses of Americans supposedly targeted by predators. This is another Democrat tactic of creating an enemy which does not exist.

Former US presidents did not view Americans as weaklings, needing a president to be their parent. President John F. Kennedy believed in the strength and greatness of Americans. He said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” When I was a young black man, President Reagan inspired me to be all I could be; to proudly contribute to the greatness of my country.

Sen Harris and her fellow Democrat presidential contenders are campaigning on their standard lowbrow rhetoric; creating victims and bogus enemies. They instill entitlement mindsets, class envy and hatred for the wealthy. Disgusting. Blacks have bought Democrats’ garbage for 50 years. Blacks are still suffering in poverty stricken hellholes run by Democrats. 

As a kid living in the East Baltimore projects, Dad drove me through white neighborhoods with beautiful homes. Dad said, “If you get an education, you can live like this.” He never taught me to hate wealth or white people. Dad did not fill my head with the Democrats’ lie that white America was scheming 24/7 to prevent me from achieving my American dream. Democrats’ lies about America have crushed far too many black youth’s hopes, dreams, and ambitions.

In my late 20’s, I became a born-gain Christian. Excited, I visited prisons to share the good news of Jesus. To my surprise, most of the inmates were black. Many were gifted and talented. Their major hindrance was negative attitudes, hopelessness, victim and entitlement mindsets. Many thought, “Whitey is gonna stop me, so why even try.” Who filled these young black men heads with such destructive nonsense? The answer is Democrats. America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for “all” who choose to pursue their dreams. Period.

Tragically, dumb-down millennials believe it is morally just to punish the rich and redistribute their wealth. A disturbingly high number of millennials embrace socialism.

Here’s my parable illustrating Capitalism v. Socialism. Mary and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary over dinner. Our waiter was fantastic, enthusiastically going the extra mile to make our special occasion truly special. I rewarded him with a generous tip. Capitalism allows our waiter to pocket my tip, giving him incentive to increase his wait skills. Socialism would require him to put my tip into a jar to be distributed between all the waiters at the end of the shift. So, slacker waiter Randy who takes excessive smoke-breaks, repeatedly monitors his phone and screws up food orders would get the same amount of tip money as my excellent waiter. This is the demoralizing consequence of socialism.

In truth, every Democrat presidential contender wants to remove as much power as possible from We the People. Democrat presidential candidate Cory Booker wants to force Americans to stop eating meat. 

American families save $2,500 a year shopping at Walmart. Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to stop Americans from shopping and working for Walmart. 

Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has built her campaign on the sin of covetousness (class envy). She seeks to demonize and punish wealth. 

Every Democrat presidential contender signed on to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal which mandates that in 10 years, we must end air travel, stop using fossil fuels, every new job must be unionized, nuclear plants must be closed and every building must be rebuilt for state-of-the-art energy efficiency. AOC’s deal also demands that deadbeats receive government funding. 

Each Democrat presidential contender emits a foul odor of arrogance and superiority. They believe they are our betters, extremely qualified to dictate how we should think and live our lives. Contrary to Sen Harris’ presidential announcement speech, she and her fellow Democrats seek to remove our power by repealing our constitutional rights and block us from acquiring wealth. We are far better, much smarter and much stronger than Democrat presidential contenders think we are. We are Americans. 

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What Siegfried & Roy Forgot

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Siegried & Roy were illusionists whose famous Las Vegas act with Bengal tigers thrilled audiences at the Mirage Resort and Casino for thirteen years. Their daredevil performance was predicated on the technique of “affection conditioning” in which Roy bonded rather than trained the animals. The method required raising tiger cubs from birth and sleeping with them until they were a year old. Roy described the experience saying, “When an animal gives you its trust, you feel like you have been given the most beautiful gift in the world.”

On October 3, 2003 Roy Cohn’s prized cat, 380 lb Montecore, sunk its teeth into Roy’s neck and dragged him offstage before a horrified audience.

Roy faithfully insisted that Montecore was just trying to protect him. Other experts had a more realistic view of the attack. Kay Rosaire, head of the Big Cat Encounter in Florida at the time said, “They’re predators, so who can really know what goes on in their minds? Even though they are raised in captivity and they love us, sometimes their natural instincts just take over.”

Trying to tame the wildness of a Bengal tiger for entertainment denies the predatory nature of the animal. So it is with the Muslim Brotherhood in America.

Siegfried and Roy charmed audiences with their great illusions using the secret trickery of magicians and artful sleight of hand. The Muslim Brotherhood’s signature trickery and sleight of hand is called taqiyya – lying in the service of Islam. Taqiyya is a deceitful strategy used to promote the illusion of peace as it deflects public attention away from the Islamist goals of world domination and imposition of sharia law.

Montecore and the Muslim Brotherhood have much in common. Both predatory in nature, both presented to the public as tamed and safe to be around by illusionists, both eventually discarding any pretense of restraint and viciously attacking their faithful handlers.

The leftists in the Democrat party who embrace the Muslim Brotherhood are as foolhardy as Siegfried & Roy. The left insists the Muslim Brotherhood can be tamed. What the leftists forget is the same thing that Siegfried & Roy forgot – Bengal tigers are predatory animals.

The Muslim Brotherhood is the predatory political arm of the Islamist effort to “Make America Muslim.” In its 1991 Explanatory Memorandum the Brotherhood’s objectives and methods are documented with precision. The Democratic Party of Jihad has fully embraced the Muslim Brotherhood and denied its predatory nature because the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) founder Nihad Awad is such a successful illusionist.

By its own definition the Muslim Brotherhood is a predatory organization that will eventually turn on the foolish leftist Democrats who currently support them – it is inevitable because like Montecore, their predatory nature seeks dominance.

Hassan al-Banna the Egyptian scholar who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 expressed its predatory nature saying, “It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.”

In 1991 the Muslim Brotherhood Explanatory memorandum expresses its unchanged predatory nature stating unapologetically, “The process of settlement is a ‘Civilization-Jihadist Process’ with all the words mean. The Ikwan (Muslim Brotherhood) must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and ’sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and by the hands of the believers.”

Islam is a replacement religion that fully intends to conquer the West by converting the West to Islam. To Westerners such claims seem wildly hyperbolic and unworthy of serious consideration. Why?

Perhaps the West, and particularly America, has been lulled into a deep and dangerous sleep by an unparalleled period of ordered liberty and now takes its freedom for granted. It is simply unthinkable for most Americans that anyone would seriously attack them. Americans have been indoctrinated with affection conditioning by naive leftists and, like Sigfried & Roy, have forgotten the predatory nature of the beast.

The Muslim Brotherhood and its propaganda arm CAIR are the political voices of Islamist supremacy in America. Their primary objective to establish a worldwide caliphate requires making America Muslim. To accomplish this magic trick they need gifted illusionists like CAIR founder Nihad Awad to beguile American audiences into believing that he comes in peace.

Raymond Ibrahim of the Middle East Forum explains the language of Islam and the dilemma it poses for the West:

“Whereas it may be more appropriate to talk of ‘war and peace’ as natural corollaries in a Western context, when discussing Islam, it is more accurate to talk of ‘war and deceit.’ For, from an Islamic point of view, times of peace – that is, whenever Islam is significantly weaker than its infidel rivals – are times of feigned peace and pretense, in a word, taqiyya.”

Central to understanding taqiyya and the principles of deceit is Mohammed’s famous utterance, “War is deceit.”

According to Islam the world is still at war so deception is fully endorsed and this has extreme implications for politics in America. Sharia compliant Muslim Brotherhood associates Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are now sitting members of Congress. In an astounding demonstration of appeasement to the most radical members of the Democrat party, Nancy Pelosi appointed Omar to the Committee on Foreign Affairs which oversees America’s international interests, and appointed Tlaib to the Oversight and Reform committee. These appointments are a staggering threat to national security and a foolhardy denial of the predatory nature of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Reps. Omar and Tlaib’s sharia inspired political objectives require the ongoing illusionist act of taqiyya as they vote in Congress to further their Islamist goals.

Siegfried & Roy forgot the predatory nature of Bengal tigers and their audience was stunned by the ferocious attack that almost killed Roy Cohn. If Americans forget the predatory nature of the Muslim Brotherhood and its operatives inside America, we will be similarly stunned by the equally predictable attacks on America by Congressional Reps. Omar and Tlaib. Attacks are inevitable with predators.

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Parents Cannot Opt Out Of California’s New Transgender Cram Down

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California may not be able to build basic 19th century technology like a railroad, but boy they know how to cram down indoctrination in a fashion that would make gulag guards proud.

The California Department of Education is working on new “health guidelines” — which are neither healthy nor mere guidelines — in a proposed Health Education Framework. This framework covers new educational resources that teach children to reject the old-fashion two-gender stereotype and instead embrace a plethora of ever-expanding gender options.

One recommended resource is a booklet entitled  “Who Are You?” This lovely teaching tool explains to students that there are at least 15 genders from which they can choose, depending on how they feel about themselves at the time. The booklet helpfully teaches children — who, let us remember, are sent to the schools specifically to learn what they are taught — that it is impossible for anyone to determine whether a baby is a boy, a girl or something else.

As one excerpt in the guidelines states: “Babies can’t talk, so grown-ups make a guess by looking at their bodies.”

Guess? This teaching material is as anti-science as it it comes. Of course genitals are a pretty strong indicator of a baby’s sex. Hormones, also. But the undeniable, unchangeable, scientific home-run is chromosomal structure. Genetics cannot be altered as the rest eventually can be. This means that, with a few extraordinarily rare conditions, there are only two genders: XX and XY.

Not surprisingly, California’s planned guidelines — in schools of instruction for students, remember — do not discuss such facts, data or science. So if you dismiss all of reality, then it stands to reason you are left with a “guess.” This is public education in California. But lest we dismiss this cancerous approach being relegated to the wacky coast, there are plenty of frightening examples from around the country.

Such as in Florida, a reddish-purple state. In two school districts in the Tampa Bay region — Sarasota County and Pasco County, both of which are actually red counties politically — officials set out guidelines dealing with transgender children that include keeping their transgenderism secret from their parents and forcing male PE teachers to observe transgender boys (that is, physical girls) change in locker rooms.

But remember, when school leaders say “guidelines,” they mean our way or the highway. Teachers can be transferred, demoted or even fired if they don’t follow the “guidelines,” which is why I often put them in quotes. Really, these are policies. Teach these or else.

Here’s how California teachers will be told to explain the new departure from reality to five-year-olds.

“Discuss gender with kindergartners by exploring gender stereotypes and asking open-ended questions, such as what are preferred colors, toys, and activities for boys/girls, and then challenging stereotypes if presented.” So if a boy acts like a boy, “educators” (have to use quotes in this context) should actually push back against that, directing them to act like girls. And vice-versa for little girls. This is not open-minded. It’s child abuse.

Because of course most of the children cannot read yet, pictures help with the indoctrination into self-destructive behavior on a large scale: “…show images of children around the same age who do not conform to typical gender stereotypes. Examples do not have to be exaggerated or overt. Simple differences, such as colors or toy preferences, can demonstrate acceptance of gender nonconformity.”

And like all good re-education camps, there is no opting out. Brenda Lebsack at EdSource.org, who has gone through the 1,000-page guidelines that almost no parent will read and, interestingly are only in English, explains:

“Instruction about gender or sexual orientations that is implemented through the adoption of the framework is exempted from parent notification and opt out requirements (California Education Code 51932b). According to The California Safe School Coalition, state law provides that ‘instruction or materials that discuss gender, sexual orientation, or family life and do not discuss human reproductive organs and their functions’ are not subject to parental notice and opt-out laws.”

The only real alternative for parents who are Christian or most any religion, or who believe in science and reality, or who are moderate to conservative, is to not send their children to their local public school. They send them off automatically, even in “good” school districts, at great peril. That sounds extreme, but clearly based on this newest proposal, if you send your child to California’s public schools, and increasing numbers of other schools, you are sending your child to learn and believe a provable lie that could psychologically damage them for life.

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The Chronology of Treason: The 2020 Election — Marxism vs. Trump [Video]

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The special counsel investigation that was convened to look into Trump/Russia collusion has concluded and its report submitted to the Attorney General. Special Counsel Robert Muller did not recommend any further indictments—there was no criminal collusion. Robert Muller completed his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. President Trump is clean as a vestal—he had never been in Putin’s pocket and never betrayed his country. But I am not satisfied to leave it there, because Russian collusion existed in reality. It took place between Russia and the DNC leadership for years. Moreover, it was more than just collusion—it was a conspiracy of Russia and the DNC against the American Republic. Those in DNC leadership manufactured false, sensational accusations against Trump to cover up the crimes which they had committed.

Offence is the best defense—this was the slogan and policy of the Soviet apparatchiks taught by Stalin. Never admit guilt to the crime committed, but accuse the opposition of that exact crime. We, the former Soviet citizens, know the policy very well, having watched it for many years. This policy helped the Soviet system to survive for a hundred years, and under Putin’s leadership the current apparatchiks are flourishing in Russia today. Yes, nothing substantial has changed in Russia. The KGB is still running the country with a crony capitalism instead of failed socialism. That’s it. The agenda is still the same—One World Socialist Government Under Kremlin’s Rule and for Putin to be President of the world…

We are dealing with a long-term conspiracy, I have reported the essence of it for the last three years. It was a typical Socialist criminalization of politics and opposition, aimed at bringing down President Trump. Here are my words, published in this magazine:

“And today the Russian meddling with the 2016 election and accusation of Trump/Russia collusion, is the KGB’s maneuvering trick to cover-up their real collaboration with the Democrat Party for decades due to the Republican Party’s complete ignorance pertaining to Russia.” Origin of the Washington Spy Ring and the Swamp, March, 31, 2018.

The spin off investigations that are going on in New York have nothing to do with Russia collusion and will have the same end. As I have already informed you, Michael Cohen is speaking under the supervision of his lawyer Lanny Davis, a prominent member of Clinton’s Mafia—an integral and major chunk of the DNC leadership, manufacturing and instigating the entire case. The accusation of President Trump has been deliberately constructed to divert and distract your attention from the real criminals. The real huge scandal in American history is only unraveling now—the first Socialist Mafia attempt to take over the US Government has failed. It should be followed by a full-fledged criminal investigation of the Deep State, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton. Look at what I wrote in this magazine in conclusion of my column Failed American Intelligence, August 1, 2018:

Conclusion

First: Anti-Trump “criminal cabal” was manufactured and organized by Russian Intel through Democrats’ leadership and the Clinton Mafia.

Second: Anti-Trump “criminal cabal” consists of two groups: the leadership of the Deep State and the leadership of the Clinton Mafia. Today, Rod J. Rosenstein of the DOJ is the connective link between the two groups.

Third: Anti-Trump “criminal cabal” is run by three individuals: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Vladimir Putin. These three have been working together for decades.

Fourth: Investigation of this huge case of international espionage and treason requires deep knowledge of Russia and its Intel. The current FBI Director, Christopher Wray did not read my books, he doesn’t know that it took Stalin twenty-nine years to create and establish the Chinese Communist State. The structure, agenda, and ideology were identical in Russia and China. Both two National Intelligence Agencies executed the same strategy, tactics, methods, and tricks as a hand in glove working against Western civilization! Knowledge Is Power! Knowledge of Russia and its Intel is a MUST!

As you can see, I was listing the major actors of that American tragedy then, in August 1, 2018. Yet, there are more real agents of Vladimir Putin in America. It is time To Be Vigilant. Knowledge of Russia and its Intelligence has been my refrain in writings for several decades and I’ll repeat it again today… Alas! As I mentioned above neither our Intelligence agencies nor the vast majority of politicians, especially the Dems have the needed information and knowledge about both the Russian political agenda and the Russian Intelligence Apparatuses that executed this agenda. Unfortunately, my books have been banned to deprive people of obtaining the needed data, hence I will try to provide you with my opinion of how we got here…  As a matter of fact, to allege a crime against an individual, the authority must have the knowledge and information to prove crime. The Special Counsel Robert Mueller either doesn’t not have that knowledge or he was reluctant to investigate the Dems …

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The Voices of Soviet Socialism in America

Socialist/Communist ideology is a very persistent one, because its existence depends on the activists’ tenacity fighting capitalism daily. They will never stop until the ideology is exposed, prosecuted, defeated, and convicted, as Larry Kudlow has suggested. Former President Barack Obama didn’t hide his agenda to transform our country to centralized Socialism with no accountability. He worked endlessly, his entire presidency was aimed at tearing apart our economic system: from Obamacare to attacking permanently Fox News and the capitalist economic system itself. The question is, where did the idea to destroy America come from? I have written four books and many columns answering that question and giving a solution, but Socialism doesn’t tolerate the truth and my writings banned. Yet, nothing can stop me from exposing this enemy of humanity and I’ll continue doing that now …

As you know the Marxist idea was only a theory. The real idea of Socialism came with the victory of Socialist Revolution in Russia, and hence we have only Soviet Socialism in reality. And that exact idea of Soviet Socialism was articulated later for America and brought into action by the KGB Chairman, Yuri Andropov in 1969. His idea was a simple one—destroy the American Republic from within…

I have written about Yuri Andropov for many years: his tenure coincides with my time working within the legal community in the USSR, I know him well. He was a real Socialist-ideologue, Stalin’s devoted disciple, who had solidified the Socialist/Communist ideology with the ruthless force of the KGB. I have mentioned the year 1969 for a reason—this was a year when Bill Clinton was being recruited. The details of the event was described in my books and in particular in a column of this magazine: Revelation, April 26, 2018. The massive infiltration of the KGB operatives into our social structure, the courts, and government was thereafter begun and has never stopped…

The building of different groups under the umbrella of Socialism has also never stopped—the infiltrated KGB operatives knew the job: Western civilization suffered from their activities for many decades and especially after Eastern Europe became under the Warsaw Pact: mass infiltration of the KGB political operatives created Socialist mafia there… Using the term KGB, I mean the entire Russian Intelligence Service–a collective image of several Intel agencies. Those three letters are familiar to the vast majority of Americans and they really represent the Soviet Gestapo, the mighty vehicle of dispersing globally the ideology of Soviet Socialism.

To identify voices of Soviet Socialism in America you have to know Andropov’s Operation Barbarossa against the American Republic. Yes, the politics to take over power and change the foundation of our unique political system designed by Founding Fathers was actively begun in 1969. It is a quite a complicated design, involving simultaneous infiltration into our government and social institutions: The FBI, The CIA, other Intel agencies, the Media, and businesses. The most important strategy and methods of the infiltration are to do it by inflaming the issues of race and religion.

The Distraction of Inflaming Race and Religion

In my column of this magazine Warning: The Rise of Anti-Semitism Signals a Global Disease, March 12, 2019, I gave you a portrait of Andropov and his statements about Muslims, Jews, and his attacks on Israel. I also identified the time when the infiltration into Islam by the Stalinist Intel had started–It was 1949. Stalin recognized a unique resemblance between Islam and Soviet Socialism—both have a totalitarian nature. He planned to use Islam in his design creating One World Socialist Government under Kremlin’s Rule. The infiltration and inculcation of Islam was started then in 1949, what you see today is the result…

The ideology of Islamism interprets the word Islam (which means “submission”) quite literally, requiring that every person either submit to Sharia (religious law) or die.  Islamism is a religious and political movement within Islam, based on certain literal interpretations of the Quran. Islamism is largely political in nature—Islamists are interested in territorial conquest. Some Islamists believe that the best way to do this is by revolution or invasion. Islamism is conforming the world through terror and state power. If you compare the ideology of Socialism/Communism with Islamism, you will find a striking resemblance—both have totalitarian essence and nature. Being brought up within a Muslim region, Stalin was the first person using that unity of human characters and politics in his design. I discussed the subject and the threat of Anti-Semitism in this e-magazine, March 12, 2019.

I talk about this unity in my books and columns, because the unity constitutes a united front, fighting Western civilization and the American Republic. As Islamists and Socialists believe that the best way to do harm is by revolution or invasion, a current Oligarchic-Crony Capitalist Vladimir Putin used this unified force and organized massive Muslin invasion to Europe through Turkish mafia, a couple of years ago. Don’t be surprised by a very-well organized invasion by “Caravans” to our Southern borders—we are dealing with the same enemy.

So, this devoted disciple of Stalin, Andropov, and his project Operation Barbarossa, began the war against the West, I named WW III: Recruitment and Infiltration, Drugs and Assassinations. Knowing all of that today, you can easily identify voices of Soviet Socialism, which are sabotaging and tearing down the unique political system left to us by our Founding Fathers… Yes, it has started in 1969, when Bill Clinton was recruited and the building of Socialist mafia in America has begun. The first American Manchurian President in cahoots with the KGB has doubled the size of the Socialist mafia, infiltrating the Media, courts, and government…

The second American Manchurian President doubled the infiltration of the ideology. It further has infiltrated the American Congress: You saw the events pertaining to Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib. They are using our freedom and liberty to subvert both, talking about White Nationalism as a threat to humanity. Just listening to their statements will convince you who you are dealing with—they are advocating both Islamism and Socialism to fight Capitalism. For your information the KGB feels free acting in America and they manufactured another group to fight Capitalism, aiming at President Trump—now it is the White Supremacists.

President Trump is right: “White nationalism is not a rising threat to humanity.” It is Soviet Socialism that is threatening humanity! The ideology is alive and well—it is threatening the entire world as it has been spread by the KGB globally and especially to our country. To grasp it, here is an example:

It was Andropov’s idea to invent a “control opposition.” The KGB had practiced it in Russia for many years. It is very simple to achieve, just infiltrate the opposition with a couple of people, promote them to the leadership and act the way beneficial for your initial design. That exact move to create White Nationalism was realized and implanted in America. The result you saw in August 2017, in Unite the Right, the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Nazi slogans and violence at the march was manufactured in the best traditions of the KGB.  BBC commenting by the following: “Aug 13, 2017 – The deadly violence on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, comes at a time of a dramatic rise in prominence of far-right movements in the US. The election of Donald Trump to the White House has been cited as a factor in the re-energizing of activists …”

It was clear to me that the entire event of violent white-supremacy was manufactured by the anti-Trump “criminal cabal” run by the Clinton/KGB mafia. Terry McAuliffe was governor there and his deal with McCabe is known in its monitory aspect. Yet, it was more than only that—McAuliffe was a Clinton long-term lieutenant.  This event is also known to the McAuliffe’s staff— staff involvement was needed, as the preparations to organize the “control opposition” takes time. For your information—this exact staff is working now under a new Governor of Virginia. If investigated professionally, we can find McCabe as a link in a long chain of criminal activities within the Democrat Party.

A year ago, I reacted on the same protest in Charlottesville, writing the column, describing how it was orchestrated and enflamed by the members of the Clinton mafia, Terry McAuliffe, a Governor of the state in cahoots with Andrew McCabe. I knew well the members of Clinton’s mafia and their cooperation with the KGB. While President Trump was signing an American spending bill for 1.3 trillion for this year; I would say that half of the money was caused by the Russian criminal activities and a spectacular failure of our Intel.

The Ideological War Between the Parties

Who and when do you think started the Witch Hunt against Trump? It was a Witch Hunt and now that Robert Mueller has released his report, you are witnessing a real war between the Dems and Republicans. The Dems don’t accept the report: Rep. Adam Shiff and Jerry Nadler will never stop their investigations trying to prove a connection of Trump’s people with Russia… and this very expensive fishing expedition will go on endlessly—remember, offence is the best defense for Soviet Socialists. I have my personal opinion on the subject: The Witch Hunt started with the Trump/Dossier produced by the KGB and I immediately reacted by expressing my opinion.

Russian Dossier on Trump

While watching the so-called Trump/Dossier document, it did not take me even ten seconds to realize that it was Russian “fallshivka,” a fraud in front of me. Everything in the Dossier exposed the KGB’s handwriting: an arrogant manner of presentation, method, character with an aggressive and salacious tone to denigrate President Trump, the Republican Party, and to influence American opinion. It was a vivid picture of incredible dirt on Trump, a typical Stalin’s legacy of demonizing and attacking the opposition leader, used often by the KGB. Yet, none of the officials or politicians mentioned nor indicated the presence of the KGB on American soil. I was stunned—our Intel did not know the real Russia and its KGB and Democrats have continued their war against Republicans. Read my analyses of the Trump/Dossier: The Global Spy Ring, January 1, 2018

When I saw the Trump/Dossier in 2017, it took me only a couple of seconds to recognize a Russian Fallshivka—a fraud and typical KGB fake production. I reacted to the Dossier immediately, writing and analyzing my impression. I can repeat my conclusion testifying under the oath or to the lie detector. The word Dossier is coming from Napoleonic Code of the Russian Law. Any former Soviet citizens will recognized the Trump/Dossier at once as a KGB production.

Our contemporary media has also been shaped by the Clinton/KGB conspiracy; inculcated and politicized, according to Andropov’s strategy to fight the opposition with several institutions at once like the Soviets accomplished in Europe. We saw it in a well-organized, coordinated anti-Trump media-campaign—a dominant political force, designed by Andropov. Don’t be surprised by the cascade of protests and well-speaking agitators there, also organized by the Dems. An example: The $150 paid by Robert Creamer to every thug that participated in the election 2016 campaign violence against Trump. You saw a lot of well-prepared political agitators in those protests—Andropov knew well all the tools and methods of Soviet Socialism. Here is the media example:

Andropov desired to make the American media a major political force. Just judge for yourself and take the CNN show The Most Powerful Man in the World, by GPS, March 26, 2016. Commenting the history of the Soviet Union’s Collapse, the anchor stated the following: “The institutions like the KGB simply ceased to exist.” I couldn’t believe my ears. It was said in 2016. For such a statement the CNN deserved to lose its license, but Fareed Zecharia is still poisoning the air and space. Or how do you like this: “Michael Moore blasted President Trump on Tuesday, calling the commander in chief a “Russian traitor” while urging him to “vacate” the White House. Those two from the media are deserved each other, they will soon learn the lesson of the defamation cases of the Covington Christian School Students…

Correct This Socialist Wrong Against the America Republic

I was talking about treason for many years and you can read it in my book Socialist Lies: from Stalin to the Clintons, Obamas, and Sanders, Xlibris, 2016. Today, I am not alone. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck discussed the changing face of the Democratic Party since the 2018 midterms and the rise of Trump. I can add that the changes within the Democrat Party had begun 3-4 decades ago and my books and columns are showing how and who perpetrated those changes. Yet, in general I agree with Glenn Beck.

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck believes that if President Donald Trump is not re-elected in 2020, it could be the “end of the country as we know it” due to the rise of radicalism and socialism in the Democratic Party. He is correct in my opinion, and I have been writing about it for decades. I would add the words of my dear President: “It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” – Ronald Reagan. I am sharing my experiences with you for this exact reason.

The Dems in cahoots with the KGB have subjected our country and the American public to a hell by their anti-Trump activities for 675 days. Contrary to their predictions Trump did not coordinate with Russia to obstruct 2016 election, the Dems’ leadership definitely did. Millions of tax- payers money has been sunk in the sand of incompetence and betrayal, tons of human energy wasted, the name and reputation of the President and his family mocked with incredible dirt by the Media for 675 days! It is quadruple the Watergate scandal! The American people deserve to know the Truth! If the clean security apparatus investigate professionally the factual data, we will get to the bottom and find the Truth!

Who to hold accountable is the question of these shameful 675 days. How we got to a Special Counsel in the first place. My suggestion is to read my books and columns and clean Andropov’s legacy:

  1. Many events during the Clinton administration should be intensely investigated, as well as Clinton’s past and his close friends: George Stephanopoulos, John Podesta, Tony Podesta, Terry McAuliffe, and Sidney Blumenthal. Just be aware of their past and present activities in serving Clinton’s mafia in America and around the world.
  2. The Obama Deep State had politicized and weaponized the entire our security apparatus. The Andropov legacy should be researched and exposed, the facts of corruption in the security apparatus learned, prosecuted, and eradicated. The quadruple Watergate case of the crime against the American Republic by the Dems should be solved, the guilty people indicted and brought to Justice…
  3. For the sake and safety of the American Republic the victims of the crime should be compensated morally and financially for the incredible injustice to them, they suffered enormously for last decades, including myself. The member of the FBI, who submitted my name to the FISA Court in 2002, has to be acknowledged. By banning my writings, this official committed a crime and belongs to the “criminal cabal” described by me. The Truth should prevail in America!

My fellow Americans! God gave us this last chance to save our county—President Donald J. Trump! Don’t allow Dems’ Soviet Socialism to take over the American Republic. Now you can recognize the Trojan Horse Bernie, AOC, Beto, other Soviet Socialists, and their leader Tom Perez. They are lying, fooling and deceiving you for decades. The Mueller Report has confirmed that. Be vigilant! Fight the ideology of Soviet Socialism and save the legacy of our Founding Fathers and the American Republic!

Knowledge is Power! Good Luck my beloved America the Beautiful!

I’d like to give you a poem, written by a dear friend:

The End of America?

The people all rejoiced

When they told Trump, “You’re fired”

The Socialists then took over

And with the Russians they conspired

 

“Let’s make everyone equal”

As they redistributed wealth

Nationalized production

Free education and health

 

But soon all supplies dried up

No money, food or stuff

The government couldn’t fix it

The people had enough

 

They longed for the good old days

When the economy worked just fine

They wanted America great again

They left socialism behind

To be continued www.simonapipko1.com or at www.drrichswier.com/author/spipko/.

Trump Recognizes Israel’s Right to Golan Heights During Netanyahu Visit [Video]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday praised President Donald Trump as the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the Oval Office.

EDITORS NOTE: Added video published by Golden State Times of President Trump’s press conference with PM Netanyahu.

Netanyahu’s comments at the White House came moments before the president signed a proclamation for the United States to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory seized from Syria in a 1967 war.

“Israel has been blessed to have many friends who sat in the Oval Office, but Israel has never had a better friend than you. You showed us time and again,” Netanyahu told Trump.

The prime minister noted that Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal that the Obama administration had entered into, that Trump moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and is now moving to recognize Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights, a strategic point to fend off enemy attacks.

“You’ve showed it once again, Mr. President, with your official proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” said Netanyahu, standing next to Trump.

“In the long sweep of Jewish history, there have been a handful of proclamations by non-Jewish leaders on behalf of our people in our land,” the Israeli leader said. “Cyrus the Great, the great Persian king; [Britain’s] Lord [Arthur] Balfour, President Harry S. Truman, and President Donald J. Trump. You, Mr. President, have done it not once, but twice, with your bold proclamation on Jerusalem and your bold proclamation today on the Golan.”

In signing the proclamation, Trump said, “This was a long time in the making. Should have taken place many decades ago.”

Netanyahu was set to return to Israel immediately after the visit, in a U.S. trip that was cut short because of a rocket attack from Gaza that damaged a home north of Tel Aviv, wounding seven people, including two small children.

The Israeli prime minister was scheduled to speak Tuesday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and then meet with congressional leaders.

The visit between the two leaders also comes at an unusual time regarding legal issues both have faced. While the Justice Department announced that Trump had been cleared in a two-year special prosecutor’s investigation into whether his campaign conspired with Russians in the 2016 presidential election, Netanyahu faces the specter of an indictment for an alleged bribery scandal.

“Our relationship is powerful,” Trump said. “Today, Israel demonstrates the incredible possibilities when strong, sovereign, and independent nations chart their own destinies. There can be no better example of greatness than what Israel has done, starting from such a small speck of sand.

“Israel is an inspiration, a trusted ally, and a cherished friend,” he said.

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Fred Lucas

Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. Send an email to Fred. Twitter: @FredLucasWH.

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PODCAST: ‘I Was Almost a Victim of Abortion’ — Star of ‘Unplanned’ Wants Movie to Change Hearts, Minds

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Ashley Bratcher, star of the new movie “Unplanned,” recently sat down with The Daily Signal to talk about the film, which opens Friday. It tells the true story of Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood clinic director who left the nation’s largest abortion provider in 2009 after a conversion experience. You can listen to the interview with Bratcher on the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below.

Rachel del Guidice: We’re joined on The Daily Signal Podcast today by Ashley Bratcher. She’s the lead actress in the movie “Unplanned.” The movie tells the story of Abby Johnson, the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic director who in 2009 left Planned Parenthood due to a change of heart. Ashley, thank you so much for being with us today.

Ashley Bratcher: Yes, thank you for having me.

del Guidice: First off, I want to start off to ask you what it was like to be a lead role in a film that tells such an incredible story about not only the horrors of the abortion industry, but also the beauty of the pro-life movement?

Bratcher: Yeah, playing a real person, especially someone like Abby Johnson, is a huge responsibility. She’s just so charismatic and fun and witty. To be able to be the storyteller of her transformation was such an honor.

What’s so powerful about her story is that she made the complete 180. She was an insider at Planned Parenthood and she was able to say, “I was wrong.” To come out and tell her story, which it was very courageous and brave because she faced a lot of backlash from Planned Parenthood. Being able to really share what she went through, and the grace that she found along the way and forgiveness has been just incredible.

del Guidice: You’ve recently spoken about how this film became very personal for you, when you found out in the early stages of filming “Unplanned” that you were almost aborted. Could you tell us a little bit about how that revolution happened?

Bratcher: When I first got cast for “Unplanned,” it all happened really quickly. I’m talking four hours was the notice I got. They said, “Can you be on the plane?” And I said, “Yes.” Without hesitation. I landed in Oklahoma, hit the ground running. I didn’t have a lot of time to tell people where I was or explain.

When my mom called me on the fourth day of filming, I was a little hesitant to share with her the story because she had shared with me when she was younger that she’d had an abortion. I didn’t want her to think that I judged her or that I thought any less of her or that this was even a movie about condemnation, because it certainly isn’t. It doesn’t point fingers at anyone.

I was really proud to tell her Abby’s story. As I did, she became undone more so than I expected. She was weeping through the phone. She said, “Ashley, I need to tell you something that I never told you before.” I could just tell that this was breaking her heart. She said, “Actually, what you don’t know is that when I was 19, I was at the clinic for the second time and I had my name called back, I was being examined by a very pregnant nurse. I was on the table and I got very sick to my stomach. I told her I couldn’t go through with it. I got up, I walked out, and I chose to have you.”

It was such a profound moment because I never knew that. It was incredibly shocking and overwhelming, and so many other words I can’t even create right now in my mind, because I was here telling Abby Johnson’s story, one of the greatest pro-life voices of our time, never realizing that I was almost a victim of abortion. I was almost never here on this earth to share this story. It was definitely something that put life into perspective for me.

del Guidice: Well, that’s beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing that. This movie is coming at a particularly intense time for the pro-life movement. We’ve seen New York recently legalizing abortion up to the time of birth and similar legislation being pursued in states like Virginia and Rhode Island. How do you hope this movie might play a role in the current debate we’re seeing?

Bratcher: Well, I think the timing of the movie is absolutely divine. I would love to say that we’re marketing geniuses, but that is just not the case. This just all happened to come out at a time that I think our country desperately needs it. I think that there is a lot of misinformation out there, and people are just wrapped up in the lie that it’s just a clump of cells, or it’s just tissue, it’s just fetal matter. But that is just not the case.

Science backs the pro-life movement in the sense that a unique individual human life is created at the point of fertilization. We need a face to the victim. This is a movie that actually gives the victim a face. Because for so long, there has been a silent Holocaust happening, if you will. This is something that’s done in secret behind closed doors. For the most part, women don’t even see their ultrasounds. For the first time, we are taking people behind those closed doors to reveal what is really happening in the abortion industry.

del Guidice: What is your take on “Unplanned” receiving an “R” rating? I think I saw a report saying that “R” rating was going to stay unless all the abortion scenes were removed. What’s your take on this whole rating that its been given?

Bratcher: I think it’s completely accurate. We didn’t receive the “R” rating for nudity because there’s no nudity. There’s no sex, there’s no language. The only reason we received the “R” was for violence and disturbing images.

Well, unfortunately, that is exactly what abortion is. It’s a disturbing and violent act. The NPAA actually agrees with us, which is ironic. I think that the “R” rating is warranted because we don’t hold back. We don’t do it for the blood and gore, but we do it to reveal the truth.

I think that parents who do take their children need to have a very serious conversation about what abortion really is, this is going to definitely wake them up.

I do think that there is a serious issue in our country with the law. Because a girl as young as 13 can be pregnant and go in many states across the nation and have an abortion, but she can’t go see the movie without parental consent. She can have an abortion without parental consent, but she can’t see the movie. That to me says more about protecting women in our society than we are. Just to be able to see a movie is a lot different than going and being able to take a life.

del Guidice: Exactly. No, you’re so right. It’s no secret that pro-life movies, we rarely see them over at the box office. How has your involvement in this movie been received by those in the film industry and the media?

Bratcher: I think other people have been way more concerned than I have about where my career is headed after this. I already have offers on the table. I am a part of some projects that are in the works. It’s not really hurting my career, so to speak.

I think that anyone who is wise enough and honest enough in the film industry, any critic, any artist can look at this role and see the artistic value. Because no matter where you stand on the subject, Abby is an incredibly dynamic character. The role is challenging physically, mentally, emotionally, but it’s an incredible stretch for any actor to be able to have a role like this.

It’s just a really great story. The film industry has to acknowledge that, and if they don’t, that says more about where they stand on their political agenda than I do.

del Guidice: Speaking of the political agenda, and just the attacks we’ve seen on people who do get involved in films like this that are antithetical to what Hollywood produces, what would you say to other people who might have an opportunity like this, but they may be too caught up in their own career or the future? You’re in this movement, and you’re making a profound difference, what would you say to people who are straddling that choice?

Bratcher: I’d say that you being true to yourself is the most important thing you can do in this industry. Because this is an industry that will eat you up and spit you out if you don’t know who you are. Knowing who you are, and what the mark is that you want to leave in this industry and on the world is incredibly important. Because if you know that, and you can root yourself in your purpose, no matter what you do, you can always stand on that.

I know that in 40 years, I’m not going to look back on this project and regret it. I’m going to be very proud of my work. That’s something that I’ve always taken pride in is knowing that I only do projects that I feel moved to do. If I’m a part of that, I’m going to be able to stand behind it and back it and say, “Yeah, I did it, and here’s why.”

I think that people really need to be able to say that. They need to know why they’re doing what they’re doing regardless of what someone else thinks. You’re going to live without regret if you do what is true to you, and people are going to respect you more for being honest and authentic about it.

del Guidice: What was the hardest part about making this film as well as the best part about making it?

Bratcher: The hardest part, I would say, was the 24/7, nonstop commitment to the film. It’s definitely the hardest I’ve ever worked because it didn’t stop when the cameras turned off. It was so labor intensive, as far as research is concerned that it was go, go, go.

I would be eating dinner listening to Abby’s audio book, looking at YouTube videos. I wasn’t even taking a shower without having something playing in the background. It was intense because I was so committed to a truthful performance that I wanted to know the ins and outs of everything that she experienced.

My favorite part about making the film is that these people have truly become my family. I know that people say that all the time, but this is just different than anything I’ve ever been a part of.

I know that these are people that will be in my life for the long haul. They’re friends that call me up regularly and check on me and say, “How are you doing?” And we can have conversations outside of just the movie industry. We really developed a close sense of family because we were all gathered together for a unified purpose, and we knew that.

del Guidice: How do you hope that this film will impact society and specifically the pro-life and pro-abortion movements in particular?

Bratcher: I think this film is going to start a conversation. This is something we desperately need to talk about. I heard one of the Georgia House representatives say last week that abortion is so outside the scope of polite conversation that we can’t even bear to look at it. We can’t even come face to face with the ripping apart of a human being.

He’s right. We have to face this as a society, we have to talk about it. We have to acknowledge it. Because if we don’t, we’re turning a blind eye and nothing is happening to move this forward and progress.

This is a movie that, like I said, is going to put a face to the victim. For the first time, America is going to have to recognize that. They’re going to have to look at what’s being done and say, “Am I OK with this?” You can’t walk out and be ambivalent anymore. You’re going to have to make a choice.

del Guidice: Ashley, thank you so much for being with us today. We really appreciate it.

Bratcher: Yes, thank you for having me.

COLUMN BY

Rachel del Guidice

Rachel del Guidice is a reporter for The Daily Signal. She is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Forge Leadership Network, and The Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program. Send an email to Rachel. Twitter: @LRacheldG.

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