Support for Trump Fed by Near-Universal Frustration that Government Ignores the People

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — While there is much post-election interest in a small demographic of voters who shifted from voting for Barack Obama to Donald Trump, an in-depth study conducted in the midst of the election finds that Trump’s victory was buoyed by a broad-based, nearly universal crisis of confidence in how the federal government makes decisions.

The central critique voters express is not about policy or ideology: it is that government ignores the people – both their interests and their views – in favor of special interests, campaign donors, and their parties. Among Trump supporters, these views are especially intense.

The study of 2,411 registered voters was conducted by University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), fielded by Nielsen Scarborough and released today by Voice Of the People.

A remarkable nine-in-ten voters agreed that ‘Elected officials think more about the interests of their campaign donors than the common good of the people.’ There were, however, differences in intensity. Among all voters 63 percent agreed strongly, while among Trump supporters, 72 percent agreed strongly, and among the half of Trump supporters who said they were not only dissatisfied with government but angry, 85 percent agreed strongly. Similar numbers agreed that ‘Members of Congress think mostly about their party, not what is good for the country.’

This profound dissatisfaction with government has reached new heights in response to longstanding trend line questions. Asked whether government ‘is run for the benefit of all the people’ or is ‘pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves’ in the 1960s only a minority said that it was run by big interests. In recent years this number has risen to eight-in-ten. In the current study this leapt to an unprecedented 92 percent. Among angry Trump supporters, 99 percent said the government is run for big interests, rather than the people.

“Trump effectively mirrored back to voters what they have been saying for years, that they feel like they are being ignored in a system dominated by special interests,” said PPC Director Steven Kull, who directed the survey. “That he said he was self-financing and was denounced by leaders in his own party, strengthened his claim that he was independent and capable of shaking up the system.”

Trump has stated, “We are fighting for every citizen that believes that government should serve the people, not the donors and not special interests.” And, “I am working for you.”

As a value in itself, and as an antidote to the influence of special interests, 85 percent of voters said that the people should have more influence. Asked how much influence the people do have, the mean response was 3.5—2.4 among angry Trump supporters. Asked how much influence the people should have on a scale of 0 to 10 the mean response was 8.0.

More than eight-in-ten said that there is not an adequate system in place for the voice of the people to be heard in Congress. Equally large numbers say that elections are not an adequate system and that the ‘government should make an active effort in between elections to find out how the people view the issues the government is dealing with.’

To that end, nearly eight-in-ten, including both Clinton and Trump supporters, favored establishing large representative, scientifically-selected citizen advisory panels to get briefed on the issues government is facing and provide their recommendations directly to Congress.

This public demand for a greater voice, which PPC has been studying for more than 15 years, led to the establishment of Voice Of the People, and its campaign effort to create a citizen advisory panel, called a Citizen Cabinet, in every congressional district and state.

Other ideas for reforming government also received robust support. More than eight-in-ten favored reducing the amount of money flowing into politics. Three quarters favored having citizens or judges do congressional redistricting to counter political gerrymandering. Large majorities agree that members of Congress stay in office too long because there are no term limits.

Asked to, ‘Imagine the Founders of the American republic were somehow able to observe how the U.S. government is operating today’ and to say how well they would think ‘the U.S. government is fulfilling the vision they had’ more than eight-in-ten said not very well (35 percent) or not well at all (49 percent). Among Trump supporters the numbers saying not well at all was even higher at 69 percent.

“At present the American people are questioning the legitimacy of the U.S. system of government,” Kull added. “Unless elected officials find a way to restore voter confidence that their views count more than special interests, their frustration is likely to boil over in a variety of ways.”

The report can be found at: http://vop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Dissatisfaction_Report.pdf

The questionnaire can be found at: http://vop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Dissatisfaction_Quaire.pdf

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VIDEO: Democrats in Disarray

What happens when you lose an election so badly that the other side wins from top to bottom?

Chris Matthews explains how in this video on the genius of Donald Trump:

What do you do when you lose to a genius? You riot of course.

FRC Action in its Washington Update titled The Price is Riot notes:

No wonder there are so many anti-Trump protests. Apparently, there’s good money to be made in joining them! Barely a week after his election, Donald Trump is already creating jobs. Thanks to Planned Parenthood Action, Americans can make a good living joining their phony demonstrations against the president-elect. Craigslist ads like “STOP TRUMP — up to $1,500/week. Hiring immediately. Call today, start tomorrow! $15-18 hourly rate + bonus + overtime, up to 77 hours per week!” have been running in major cities like Denver and Philadelphia for weeks. Clearly, the end of the election has only been the beginning of another phase of manufactured outrage.

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A report by Fox News, based on arrest records of those arrested during a demonstration against Trump in Portland, showed that less than half voted. Something isn’t right when people will go to the trouble of protesting—and even getting arrested—but they won’t exercise their most basic and fundamental right as a citizen to vote. The bottom line: don’t allow the manufactured outrage of the Left to mislead you into thinking that this effort is anything more than a vocal, well-funded minority.

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In a Daily Signal column titled Democrats Are in Disarray After Disastrous Election Genevieve Wood writes:

Democrats are in meltdown mode and it has nothing to do with climate change.

It’s the natural course of events for a political party in the aftermath of a disastrous election. And to be clear, 2016 was a disastrous election cycle for the entire Democratic Party, not just its presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Not only did Republicans win the White House and retain control of both the House and Senate, they racked up big wins at the state level as well—not the least of which was winning the governorship of Vermont, not exactly the reddest state in the union, and the secretary of state in Oregon, which marks the first time in 14 years a Republican has won a statewide office there.

When you look at the trend over the past eight years, it gets really ugly for Democrats.

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VIDEO: The Media Have LOST the Right to Call the Trump Camp Racists.

What is being done to Stephen Bannon is ‘Shonda’ [shameful]

The character assassination campaign to discredit, then ruin presidential advisor Steve Bannon is diabolical. This organized assault launched by those in the former conventional media who now have been shown to be merely an extension of the Democrat Party and Globalists is meant to throw Bannon to the side, and make certain he is no longer credible in any influential manner to spread conservative principles, all the while, attempting to reach Donald Trump and contaminate not only the Trump transition into the Presidency, but contaminate any platform Mr. Trump wishes to pursue. The goal goes even further and is even more dark and devilish, but I wanted to share what has been submitted below so you may see for yourself a response from some who have known Steve Bannon.

Steve Bannon keep going, keep serving God, America, and Mr. Trump. Do not allow the vileness coming up from the pits take you off assignment. Many are counting on you, but probably no one more than Mr. Trump. So rest in the knowledge that Trump makes good and solid choices in his life, and has a long standing record to prove this fact. He chose you. And just like the American People chose Donald Trump to bring our Nation away from the Eve of Destruction, we need you to serve him; serve him honestly, candidly, and well so Mr. Trump can go about the business of serving our country in a fashion and manner not seen for a number of years dating back to the Reagan era. Don’t concern yourself with sordid ideologues whose only manner of accomplishing anything is to tear down and destroy those who still believe: America is Great! I am sure their mothers did not raise them to act this way, but then again maybe they were not raised well at all….!

While the progressive media is still foaming at the mouth about the “anti-Semite,” Steve Bannon, a number of his Jewish friends have come forth to vouch for him, making the hyperventilating press looking even dumber and more vicious if you can imagine. Even Alan Dershowitz gave him a clean bill of health. Below is another Jewish leader who can’t figure out who the heck the hysterical MSM is talking about. According to the reader who sent me the item below, “Bernie Marcus is one of the two founders of The Home Depot. Bernie has made charitable gifts to organizations like The Boca Raton Regional Hospital to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. The left wing media lies. So what else is new?”

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As a Jew, I Stand with Stephen Bannon

The left is bankrupt, morally and literally. The Democrats are out of power — completely. The House, the Senate, the Oval — Republican. Last Tuesday, Republicans made historic gains in the nation’s state legislatures. The GOP now controls 68 out of 98 partisan state legislative chambers — the highest number in the history of the party. Republicans currently hold the governorship and both houses of the legislature in 23 states (24 if Sean Parnell wins re-election in Alaska), while Democrats have that level of control in only seven.

The enemedia has one task now and one task only. It’s the one and only thing they’re are good at. Lie, defame, destroy — and it’s Trump and his people in their sights. Create fear and loathing fueled by false narrative. But we are on to those jackals. My colleagues and I are on the wall and will take this fight to them.

“PAMELA GELLER: AS A JEW, I STAND WITH STEVE BANNON,” BREITBART NEWS, NOVEMBER 15, 2016:

I am fortunate to say that I have known and worked with Steve Bannon ever since the tragic passing of Andrew Breitbart. While he was at Breitbart, he would ask me to write articles on pressing issues — usually several times each week. Longtime readers who are deeply familiar with my work know that I am a fiercely proud Jew and unapologetic Zionist. As long as I have known Steve, he has been an unabashed supporter of Israel, and of those of us who fight against Jew-hatred and racism. Unequivocally.

He is whip-smart, courageous, bold, and loyal.

Now the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is claiming that he is anti-Semitic? What? He partnered with Andrew Breitbart — a Jew. He partnered with Larry Solov, another Jew, after Breitbart died. He worked with me — a Jew. He gave proud and fierce Zionists such as Aaron Klein a platform to speak and advance the cause of the Jewish people and the Jewish state. Breitbart Jerusalem was launched under Bannon’s tenure with the Breitbart organization.

The ADL haters’ attacks on Steve Bannon make him an honorary Jew. The ADL has a consistent record of attacks on proud Jews and Zionists. The ADL has attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Joan Rivers, and even Israel itself. The ADL should be sued for fraud. They raise money on the premise that they “fight antisemitism.” On the contrary, they fuel and align with the world’s most vicious Jew-haters. The ADL gave an award to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite his long record of anti-Semitic statements.

I have crossed swords for years with this vicious leftist “Jewish” organization — starting with their refusal to recognize the Armenian genocide. If a group claiming to represent the Jews fails to recognize the template, the mass slaughter that inspired Hitler, then we have failed to learn anything from history. In whitewashing the Armenian genocide, the ADL is as culpable as the Islamic perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claimed that Bannon was “the main driver behind Breitbart becoming a white ethno-nationalist propaganda mill.” The SPLC is a well-funded group that works furiously to silence dissent and impose a totalitarian straitjacket on the public discourse on these issues, only allowing voices that toe their propaganda line about Islam being a religion of peace and Muslims as the victims, rather than the perpetrators, of terrorism.

The SPLC uses it hate group listings to demonize conservatives and anyone who dissents from its statist, authoritarian agenda. Its hate group list is so tendentious and politically motivated that the SPLC was removed from a government website’s listing of resources on hate groups.

The ill-gotten wealth of the SPLC amounts to tens of millions of dollars, while those whom they target, the supporters of freedom, are meagerly financed by average Americans who want freedom preserved in this country.

As for what Bannon’s ex-wife said in their divorce papers, don’t even go there. People are at their worst during a divorce. They will say anything and do anything to get the kids, the money, the house, whatever. It is all wild mudslinging, and I accuse “journalists” such as Jake Tapper of committing defamation and libel in their rage over the fact that that quisling crook Hillary lost and lost big.

I did a BBC interview Monday afternoon in Bannon’s defense. It was supposed to be a Trump interview, but it was all Bannon, and the BBC was gunning for him. I took them apart — it will be interesting to see what they run.

The establishment media and establishment leftist organizations such as the SPLC and the ADL, as well as the DNC, are trying to do to Trump and Bannon what they successfully did to Allen West’s chief of staff, Joyce Kaufman, shortly after West was elected to Congress in 2010: ignite a media firestorm that forces him to change the personnel of his staff to suit his enemies. West blinked and fired Kaufman.

Trump must hold firm. He has been on the receiving end of the most vicious smears and libels. That’s why my money is on him. He won’t take the bait.

The good news is that the people know. The people know the enemedia and what their agenda is. It won’t work. Not anymore.

 

FBI 2015 Report: Over half of Hate Crimes are Anti-Jewish

The common narrative used by the media is that most religious hate crimes are against Muslims. The most recent FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division report dispels that narrative.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects data about both single-bias and multiple-bias hate crimes. For each offense type reported, law enforcement must indicate at least one bias motivation. A single-bias incident is defined as an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by the same bias. As of 2013, a multiple-bias incident is defined as an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by two or more biases.

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According to the FBI data, hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,354 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-biased offenses showed:

  • 51.3 percent were anti-Jewish.
  • 22.2 percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim).
  • 4.4 percent were anti-Catholic.
  • 4.2 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
  • 3.7 percent were Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Other).
  • 3.5 percent were anti-Protestant.
  • 1.3 percent were anti-Other Christian.
  • 0.6 percent were Anti-Mormon
  • 0.4 percent (6 offenses) were Anti-Sikh.
  • 0.4 percent (5 offenses) were Anti-Hindu.
  • 0.1 percent (2 offenses) were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.
  • 0.1 percent (1 offense) were Anti-Buddhist.
  • 0.1 percent (1 offense) were Anti-Jehovah’s Witness.
  • 7.7 percent were anti-other (unspecified) religion.

Trump right, UN wrong – Skeptics Deliver Consensus Busting ‘State of the Climate Report’

Climate Depot’s 43 Page Report Presented To UN Climate Summit in Marraketch, Morocco – Trump is correct to be skeptical of ‘climate change’ claims

‘All of the so-called ‘solutions’ to global warming are purely symbolic when it comes to climate. So, even if we actually faced a climate catastrophe and we had to rely on a UN climate agreement, we would all be doomed!’

University of London professor emeritus Philip Stott: “The fundamental point has always been this. Climate change is governed by hundreds of factors, or variables, and the very idea that we can manage climate change predictably by understanding and manipulating at the margins one politically selected factor (CO2) is as misguided as it gets.” “It’s scientific nonsense,” Stott added.Very prominent scientists are bailing out of the so-called “consensus.”

Renowned Princeton Physicist Freeman Dyson: ‘I’m 100% Democrat and I like Obama. But he took the wrong side on climate issue, and the Republicans took the right side’

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Dr. Ivar Giaever, Who Endorsed Obama Now Says Prez. is ‘Ridiculous’ & ‘Dead Wrong’ on ‘Global Warming’

Green Guru James Lovelock reverses belief in ‘global warming’: Now says ‘I’m not sure the whole thing isn’t crazy’ – Condemns green movement: ‘It’s a religion really, It’s totally unscientific’

Meanwhile, climate skeptics descend on UN climate summit in Morocco: Skeptics in Morocco on Trump: ‘Expect both international & domestic climate agenda to be reversed. It’s about time!’

By:  – Climate Depot – November 15, 2016 9:56 AM

Full 43 Page PDF Report: https://www.cfact.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-State-of-the-Climate-Report.pdf

Presented to the UN Climate Summit in Marraketch, Morocco – November 2016
Key climate data highlights:

  • Global temperatures have been virtually flat for about 18 years, according to satellite data, and peer-reviewed literature is now scaling back predictions of future warming
  • The U.S. has had no Category 3 or larger hurricane make landfall since 2005 – the longest spell since the Civil War.
  • Strong F3 or larger tornadoes have been in decline since the 1970s.
  • Despite claims of snow being ‘a thing of the past,’ cold season snowfall has been rising.
  • Sea level rise rates have been steady for over a century, with recent deceleration.
  • Droughts and floods are neither historically unusual nor caused by mankind, and there is no evidence we are currently having any unusual weather.
  • So-called hottest year claims are based on year-to-year temperature data that differs by only a few HUNDREDTHS of a degree to tenths of a degree Fahrenheit – differences that are within the margin of error in the data. In other words, global temperatures have essentially held very steady with no sign of acceleration.
  • A 2015 NASA study found Antarctica was NOT losing ice mass and ‘not currently contributing to sea level rise.’
  • In 2016, Arctic sea ice was 22% greater than at the recent low point of 2012. The Arctic sea ice is now in a 10-year ‘pause’ with ‘no significant change in the past decade.
  • Polar bears are doing fine, with their numbers way up since the 1960s.

Introduction:

CO2 is not the tail that wags the dog. CO2 is a trace essential gas, but without it life on earth would be impossible. Carbon dioxide fertilizes algae, trees, and crops to provide food for humans and animals. We inhale oxygen and exhale CO2. Slightly higher atmospheric CO2 levels cannot possibly supplant the numerous complex and inter-connected forces that have always determined Earth’s climate. As University of London professor emeritus Philip Stott has noted: “The fundamental point has always been this. Climate change is governed by hundreds of factors, or variables, and the very idea that we can manage climate change predictably by understanding and manipulating at the margins one politically selected factor (CO2), is as misguided as it gets.” “It’s scientific nonsense,” Stott added. Even the global warming activists at RealClimate.org acknowledged this in a September 20, 2008 article, stating, “The actual temperature rise is an emergent property resulting from interactions among hundreds of factors.”

The UN Paris climate change agreement claims to able to essentially save the planet from ‘global warming’. But even if you accept the UN’s and Al Gore’s version of climate change claims, the UN Paris agreement would not ‘save’ the planet.

University of Pennsylvania Geologist Dr. Robert Giegengack noted in 2014, “None of the strategies that have been offered by the U.S. government or by the EPA or by anybody else has the remotest chance of altering climate if in fact climate is controlled by carbon dioxide.”

In layman’s terms: All of the so-called ‘solutions’ to global warming are purely symbolic when it comes to climate. So, even if we actually faced a climate catastrophe and we had to rely on a UN climate agreement, we would all be doomed!

The United Nations has publicly stated its goal is not to ‘solve’ climate change, but to seek to redistribute wealth and expand its authority through more central planning. UN official Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III, admitted what’s behind the climate issue: “One must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy … One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.”

EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard revealed: Global Warming Policy Is Right Even If Science Is Wrong. Hedegaard said in 2013, “Let’s say that science, some decades from now, said ‘we were wrong, it was not about climate,’ would it not in any case have been good to do many of things you have to do in order to combat climate change?”

The UN is seeking central planning. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres declared in 2012 that she is seeking a “centralized transformation” that is “going to make the life of everyone on the planet very different.” She added: “This is a centralized transformation that is taking place because governments have decided that they need to listen to science.”

The UN and EPA regulations are pure climate symbolism in exchange for a more centrally planned energy economy. The UN and EPA regulations are simply a vehicle to put politicians and bureaucrats in charge of our energy economy and ‘save’ us from bad weather and ‘climate change.’

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer in 2016: “Global warming and climate change, even if it is 100% caused by humans, is so slow that it cannot be observed by anyone in their lifetime. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts and other natural disasters have yet to show any obvious long-term change. This means that in order for politicians to advance policy goals (such as forcing expensive solar energy on the masses or creating a carbon tax), they have to turn normal weather disasters into “evidence” of climate change.”

While the climate fails to behave like the UN and climate activists predict, very prominent scientists are bailing out of the so-called “consensus.”

Renowned Princeton Physicist Freeman Dyson: ‘I’m 100% Democrat and I like Obama. But he took the wrong side on climate issue, and the Republicans took the right side’ – An Obama supporter who describes himself as “100 per cent Democrat,” Dyson is disappointed that the President “chose the wrong side.” Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm, he argues, and humanity doesn’t face an existential crisis. ‘What has happened in the past 10 years is that the discrepancies between what’s observed and what’s predicted have become much stronger.’

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Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Dr. Ivar Giaever, Who Endorsed Obama Now Says Prez. is ‘Ridiculous’ & ‘Dead Wrong’ on ‘Global Warming’ – Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Dr. Ivar Giaever: ‘Global warming is a non-problem’ – ‘I say this to Obama: Excuse me, Mr. President, but you’re wrong. Dead wrong.’

‘Global warming really has become a new religion.’ – “I am worried very much about the [UN] conference in Paris in 2015…I think that the people who are alarmist are in a very strong position.’

Lovelock in 1991 with the book that made his name

Green Guru James Lovelock reverses belief in ‘global warming’: Now says ‘I’m not sure the whole thing isn’t crazy’ – Condemns green movement: ‘It’s a religion really, It’s totally unscientific’ – Lovelock rips scientists attempting to predict temperatures as ‘idiots’: “Anyone who tries to predict more than five to 10 years is a bit of an idiot, because so many things can change unexpectedly.” – Lovelock Featured in Climate Hustle – Watch Lovelock transform from climate fear promoter to climate doubter!

While these scientists take another look at the climate data, efforts to transform economies away from fossil fuels underway but even proponents admit they are purely symbolic.

EPA Chief Admits Obama Regs Have No Measurable Climate Impact: ‘One one-hundredth of a degree?’ EPA Chief McCarthy defends regs as ‘enormously beneficial’ – Symbolic impact

Former Obama Energy Chief slams EPA climate regs: ‘Falsely sold as impactful’ – ‘All U.S. annual emissions will be offset by 3 weeks of Chinese emissions’ Former Obama Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Charles McConnell: ‘The Clean Power Plan has been falsely sold as impactful environmental regulation when it is really an attempt by our primary federal environmental regulator to take over state and federal regulation of energy.’ – ‘What is also clear, scientifically and technically, is that EPA’s plan will not significantly impact global emissions.’ – ‘All of the U.S. annual emissions in 2025 will be offset by three weeks of Chinese emissions. Three weeks.’

And energy use has not really changed all that much in over 100 years.

Reality check: In 1908, fossil fuels accounted for 85% of U.S. energy consumption. In 2015, more or less the same

Click here for Full Report ‘2016 State of the Climate Report’

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Table of Contents:

Introduction:
Global Temperature:
Sea Level:
Polar Bears:
Arctic:
Antarctica:
Greenland:
Agriculture:
Extreme Weather:
Floods:
Heavy Rains;
Tornadoes:
Droughts:
Hurricanes:
Climate Predictions:
Global warming causes war?
Predict Both Outcomes & They Can Be Always Correct!
Tipping Points/Last Chance
What Exxon Knew
97% Consensus?

Click here for Full Report ‘2016 State of the Climate Report’

VIDEO: Our Time is Now!

On November 8th, you made history. Your commitment and determination helped lead tens of millions of gun-owning voters to the polls, and your heroic efforts ended Hillary Clinton’s political career and sent Donald Trump and Mike Pence to the White House. It’s an achievement you can be proud of for the rest of your life.

Since Election Day, I’ve been bombarded with phone calls, letters, and emails from members across the country, all wanting to know how this election will impact our freedoms and where we go next. To answer your questions – and to say thanks for all your hard work – I’ve made a short video that you can watch right here.

You deserve the gratitude of every freedom-loving American. I hope you’ll watch my videoand stand tall with NRA in the weeks ahead. Together, we’ll get freedom back on the rails and reclaim the precious ground we’ve lost these past eight years.

I’ve never been more proud of you, and I’ve never been more proud of this great Association!

Wayne

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Executive Vice President
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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: Get Rid of Obamacare! Now!

TUCSON, Ariz. /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promise was to get rid of Obamacare, officially misnamed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Soaring premiums under ObamaCare are harming individuals and families and depressing our economy. The sooner ObamaCare is repealed, the better, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).

President-elect Trump need not wait for Congress, AAPS points out. On his first day in office, Trump can order the IRS not to impose or enforce any penalties against individuals for not purchasing insurance.

“President-elect Trump would not want anyone to be forced to stay in a particular hotel, and Trump rightly opposes forcing Americans to purchase health insurance,” observes Jane M. Orient, M.D., executive director of AAPS. “He should end the individual mandate on the first day of his presidency.”

“Insurance is by definition voluntary,” she continued, “and it is not voluntary if people are forced to buy it at prices far higher than justified by their own risk.” She also notes that compelling people to purchase an inferior product they do not want causes prices to increase.

“The fundamental laws of economics cannot be violated for long,” states AAPS president Michael J. A. Robb, M.D.

In addition, President-elect Trump should immediately end the taxpayer-funded subsidies on the health care exchanges, which Congress never authorized and the federal district court for D.C. held to be unlawful. Stopping the illegal flow of those subsidies to big insurers would enable free-market and charitable solutions to emerge.

“ObamaCare is already so costly that most people might well be better off uninsured,” observes Dr. Orient. “Most of the care they need costs less than their deductible, and they don’t have the money because they spent it on premiums.”

“You might have coverage, but the insurer might deny you care, or it might not be available in network,” she adds.

Vanishing competition in the insurance market, as the biggest insurers continue to merge with each other, is contributing to the runaway cost of insurance, she states. Trump should indicate that he is going to investigate and stop the anti-competitive conduct of insurance companies in order to ensure that their restraint of trade ceases.

As for the issue of pre-existing conditions, it is best for young adults to buy a guaranteed-renewable policy that they will own, before developing a pre-existing condition, rather than prolonging their period of dependency on their parents, Dr. Orient suggests.

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

The  (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in virtually all specialties and every state. Founded in 1943, AAPS has the motto “omnia pro aegroto,” which means “all for the patient.”

The Left’s Orwellian Tactics: Yearnings for a Thugocracy

Since the election of Donald Trump to be America’s next President, large groups of protestors and rioters have fanned out around the United States, smashing windows, damaging property and physically attacking other people to express their anger of Trump’s victory.

Their conduct in the aftermath of the election of a president is unprecedented but, given the riots launched by “Black Lives Matter” not a huge surprise.

The central theme of the anti-Trump demonstrators is to equate his calls for border security and effective immigration law enforcement with racism and bigotry.

Undoubtedly some of the demonstrators, particularly the non-violent demonstrators, are truly concerned about racism. However, they are grossly misinformed and are tragically being exploited and manipulated by the globalists and immigration anarchists, having been convinced by the decades of lies told about immigration by our politicians and pundits.

Our immigration laws as we will see, have absolutely nothing to do with xenophobia or racism.

During the first Republican presidential debate Fox News correspondent Bret Baier opened the debate by asking all of the Republican candidates on stage to raise their hand if they would not support any Republican candidate who would win the primaries and possibly run as a third party candidate.

Trump was the only candidate on stage to raise his hand.  Trump’s reaction was reported on by news media across the country, typical of those reports was “Trump tells Republicans in 2016 debate he may not support GOP nominee.”

None of the reporters thought, however, to ask the Democratic candidates if they would support the Constitution of the United States if a Republican won the general election.  Perhaps those reporters should have.

For decades, politicians from both political parties have acceded to the demands of the globalists who see in our nation’s borders impediments to great wealth for the elite to be derived by driving down wages and working conditions for Americans by making them compete with Third World workers who bring with them Third World expectations of wages and working conditions.

Organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have, though massive campaign contributions, pushed the United States to increase the number of countries enrolled in our Visa Waiver Program even though this removes a vital layer of security that the 9/11 Commission reported was essential to national security.

The Chamber of Commerce is one of the most Anti-American organizations.  It is hell-bent on flooding America with cheap foreign labor for all industries including high tech industries.  The Chamber of Commerce is also eager to flood America with unlimited numbers of foreign tourists and foreign students and have found (bought) allies in both political parties.

The Democratic Party, however, is additionally motivated to oppose commonsense measures to secure our nation’s borders and enforce our nation’s immigration laws, seeing in a flood of Third World foreign nationals, potential future voters who would support their party’s candidates.

This is why many cities and states, particularly those controlled by the Democratic Party have created “Sanctuary Cities” that incentivizes illegal immigration thereby undermining national security, public safety, public health and the ability of Americans to find decent jobs.

In my article, “Sanctuary Cities Endanger – National Security and Public Safety” I noted that such cities operate in violation of Title 8 U.S.C. § 1324, a statute comprehended within the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Here are the relevant portions of this section of law:

Harboring —Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii)
makes it an offense for any person who—knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation.

Encouraging/Inducing —Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) makes it an offense for any person who—encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law.

Conspiracy/Aiding or Abetting —Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(v) expressly makes it an offense to engage in a conspiracy to commit or aid or abet the commission of the foregoing offenses.

Trump’s goals of securing America’s borders and enforcing  our immigration laws are an anathema to the goals of the globalists and so they accuse Trump and those who support his immigration enforcement plans by creating a false narrative linking immigration enforcement with racism and xenophobia.  These lies have incited demonstration and riots.

Title 8, United States Code, Section 1182, is the section of law included in the INA that enumerates the categories of aliens who are to be excluded the United States.

The grounds for exclusion are oblivious as to race, religion or ethnicity but deem as excludible aliens who suffer from dangerous communicable, diseases or extreme mental illness.

Additionally, convicted felons, human rights violators, war criminals, terrorists and spies are to be excluded as well as aliens would like become public charges or those aliens who would seek unlawful employment, thus displacing American workers or driving down the wages of American workers who are similarly employed.

Aliens who violate our immigration laws therefore must be seen as a potential threat to national security, public health and public safety and/or to the livelihoods of American workers.

For unscrupulous politicians, however, the truth is an impediment that must be overcome.

My recent article,“Jimmy Carter: Originator Of The Orwellian Term ‘Undocumented Immigrant’ How the former president manipulated immigration enforcement policy to influence elections” was predicated on a news report published by CBS on September 15, 2016, Jimmy Carter: The U.S. is seeing a ‘resurgence of racism’” in which, just weeks before this year’s presidential election, Carter apparently laid the foundation for the demonstration and riots.

Carter was the first president to use immigration law enforcement (or the lack thereof) as a political tool to gerrymander Congressional districts and Electoral College votes.

During his administration Carter became the first president to implement Orwellian Newspeak about immigration, demanding that INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) personnel refer to “Illegal Aliens” as “Undocumented Immigrants” threatening noncompliant officials with extreme disciplinary consequences.

By insisting that all foreign national present in the United States be referred to as “Immigrants” it became a simple matter, especially over time, to alter the public’s understanding of our immigration laws and their significance for national security, public safety and the general safety and well-being of America and Americans.

Inasmuch as we are a “Nation of immigrants” anyone who opposes the presence of “immigrants,” irrespective of their immigration status, are “Anti-Immigrant.”

The news media describes immigration anarchists who oppose secure borders and oppose effective immigration law enforcement, as being “Pro-Immigrant,” while accusing those who support securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws of being “Anti-Immigrant.”

The official report, “9/11 and  Terrorist TravelStaff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States” focused specifically on how international terrorists entered the United States and embed themselves as they went about their deadly preparations.

The preface of this report begins with the following paragraph:

“It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made one.”

On November 10, 2016 the New York Post reported, “Is the city about to scrub records of undocumented immigrants?

The city’s municipal ID program anticipated that Republicans might control Congress after this year’s elections, leading Mayor de Blasio on Thursday to say he’s looking to safeguard records submitted by undocumented immigrants “in light of what’s happened.”

The reference was to Donald Trump’s stunning victory, which gave Republicans control of the White House and both houses of Congress.

The municipal ID program, which was enacted in January 2015, includes a one-time provision giving the mayor power to scrub the data of cardholders on or before Dec. 31 just in case of such an eventuality.

Mayor de Blasio’s municipal ID’s help illegal aliens do business in the New York City and is yet another component of the sanctuary policies of New York City that effectively shield illegal aliens from detection by federal authorities.

Those identity documents fly in the face of commonsense the findings of the 9/11 Commission and also provide illegal aliens with a level of credibility that they should not have.

Demonstrators who may think they are rooting for the “underdog” need to wake up.  They are protesting the very laws that were enacted to protect them, their families, Americans irrespective of race and the lawful immigrants who came to America seeking freedom, peace and opportunities.

EDITORS NOTE: This column originally appeared in FrontPage Magazine.

Oleg Atbashian arrested, faces five years in prison for supporting Israel

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Oleg Atbashian

Many of our readers are familiar with the political satire of artist and author of Shakedown Socialism Oleg Atbashian. We have had the privilege of having Oleg and his team at The Peoples Cube as contributors.

Oleg emigrated from the former Soviet Union to the United States and became a naturalized citizen. Since his arrival he has been a strong voice exposing the elite and powerful using agitprop, something he learned was effective in influencing the hearts and minds of the young in Communist countries. 

Now Oleg is facing Kafkaesque style oppression much like what he faced in the former Soviet Union. This time it is for supporting Israel by putting up agitprop posters on the campus of George Mason University.

Oleg understands full well that American college students have fallen victim to political correctness, something used effectively by Joseph Stalin to silence opposition.

In his FrontPage Magazine column Pro-Israel Artist Threatened with 5 years in jail for Anti-Terror Posters at GMU Daniel Greenfield writes:

It’s not a story out of the Soviet Union though Oleg Atbashian, an artist, activist and commentator, had gotten in trouble for defying the authorities there too.

“Back in my Soviet dissident days, when I was collecting signatures in defense of Andrei Sakharov, I was screamed at, threatened, and lectured by the KGB and Communist funcionaries. What I never imagined was that in the United States, the land of the free, I would not only be subjected to similar treatment, but go to jail,” Oleg writes.

But that’s exactly what happened to him.

[ … ]

When Steven Salaita lost his cushy academic gig for celebrating assault on Jews, the media turned out vocally in his support. But when George Mason University calls out the dogs for protests against anti-Semitism and does its best to intimidate and brutalize a Soviet dissident, there is a great echoing silence

Read more…

In its op-ed column Freedom Center Posters Hit UCLA Campus Terrorist Supporters: Latest Stop The Jew Hatred On Campus campaign launches in Los Angeles the FrontPage Magazine noted:

On Tuesday night, the David Horowitz Freedom Center launched its newest campaign exposing the terrorist support groups currently thriving on American college campuses. The launch site in this effort was UCLA, where dozens of posters linking Students for Justice in Palestine to their terrorist heroes were placed on campus. A collection of several of the UCLA posters can be seen below. The campaign corresponds to the release of the Freedom Center’s new report identifying the Top Ten Schools Supporting Terrorists.

Click here for UCLA campus profile from this report.  For more information on the poster campaign, visit StopTheJewHatredOnCampus.org.

The Jewish Voice reports:

For those of us who grew up in Brooklyn in the 1960s and 70s and for those of us who decided to linger a bit longer in the County of Kings before taking the proverbial plunge into the big world out there, many of us ended up at good ol’ Brooklyn College.

Decades ago, however, this veritable Brooklyn institution boasted an integrated student population and crafted an enduring legacy as a campus that heralded the right of free speech, thought and assembly.

Not so, anymore.  Apparently, the proverbial compass of time has pointed Brooklyn College in the “politically correct” trajectory as have most other urban centers for higher learning.  For those not in the know, that essentially means that a fascist flavor now dominates campus political life.  As such, Muslim organizations (among others) have sealed their pact with leftist totalitarian groups in order to “shut down any opposing viewpoints” and to “not allow any dissenting ideas to be publicly expressed,” says David Horowitz.  A stalwart champion of free speech and founder of the eponymously named David Horowitz Freedom Center, Horowitz is one of the lone voices in the wilderness in offering an alternative narrative to the liberal, leftist, anti-Semitic ideologies that are taught on college campuses today and are being passed off to a naïve generation as the unadulterated truth.

Read more…

The battle for the hearts and minds of our youth must take place on college campuses nationwide. They must be given the other side of the story, and only then can they make up their minds. The choice is between Individualism and Collectivism.

Oleg understands the clear and present dangers of Collectivism. He is a warrior on the side of Individualism.

We wish Oleg well. #FreeOleg

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Black Fan Cheers Over 49ers Losses

Losing again this Sunday to the Arizona Cardinals, the San Francisco 49ers have lost 8 out of 9 games. I admit it folks. I am experiencing schadenfreude (feeling pleasure because of another person’s misfortune). I hope those jive turkey 49ers lose every game this season.

Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers biracial third string quarterback at the time, led/launched a nationwide movement of athletes from middle school to the pros refusing to stand for our National Anthem. Kaepernick said, “ I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”

Kaepernick is parroting the America-is-a-hellhole-of-racism-for-blacks lie promoted by America-hating Leftists like Black Lives Matter. Leaks have revealed that anti-America billionaire George Soros paid BLM $33 million to divide Americans along racial lines and wreck havoc in our streets; riots, violence and etc. 

Interestingly, Samuel L Jackson is worth $170 million, Oprah worth $2.8 billion, Beyonce worth $265 million, Kaepernick worth $22 million and numerous other mega-wealthy black celebs are helping to spread BLM’s anti-America destructive narrative to fellow blacks. Considering that America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for it, these rich blacks are traitorous crushers of young black dreams.

Think about that folks. These anti-America black mega-millionaires are despicably selling black Americans the Left’s discouraging lie that the American dream is not available to them due to racism. Meanwhile, their lives are living proof that the American dream is available to all regardless of skin-color and gender.

It has been said that success leaves clues. These prominent extremely successful blacks (Jackson, Oprah, Beyonce and Kaepernick) were not born into wealth. They followed standard tried and true steps to achieve their goals; education, hard work and responsible choices.

In a 1992 interview about the movie, “White Sands”, Samuel L. Jackson said the film crew loved him. The desert was hot and uncomfortable. The crew loved that he knew his lines. Thus, the film crew was able to shoot his scenes in one take and move on. In essence, Jackson was expressing his strong work ethic and professionalism. I suspect this is the reason you can not hardly go to a movie in which Jackson is not featured.

Why isn’t Jackson and other successful blacks out there touting striving for excellence (making yourself marketable) rather than selling the Left’s lie that white America burns the midnight oil conceiving ways to keep blacks down? Jackson and other blacks in high places are also spreading the evil lie that cops shoot blacks for no reason. This outrageous lie continues to cause cops to be ambushed. USA Crime Statistics confirms that blacks are killed by blacks 97% of the timeCops defend and save black lives

I passed an elderly white gentleman on a bench. His cap read. “Vietnam Veteran”. I thanked him for his service. He thanked me in return. As I walked away, I thought back to my years in the U.S. Army. I was drafted one month after getting married.

I remembered a smoke break during basic training at Ft Bragg North Carolina. A bunch of us young politically clueless soldiers gathered around our drill instructor. We asked him why we were fighting a war in Vietnam. In a nutshell, he said we were fighting the spread of communism to protect our homes, wives, sons and daughters.

Upon returning from a two week leave after basic training, the buzz was our entire battalion had orders for Vietnam. Some guys were petrified and said they were going to Canada. I was scared. I thought, I just got married. I’m young and could lose my life over a war I know very little about; started by old men. Vietnam had already taken the life of my cousin Jackie’s husband, Norman Byrd. Their baby daughter Duchess grew up never knowing her father. Still, I could not imagine deserting.

By some miracle, my name was not on the list to go to Vietnam. I spent my entire military tour at Fort Bragg.

The elderly gentleman I passed on that bench went to Vietnam and suffered the horrors of war, believing he was fighting for freedom, our homes, wives, sons, daughters and our flag. Thinking about it made me weep.

Mr Kaepernick, you simply haven’t a clue. Yes, I would love to see your 49ers lose every freaking game this season.

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On the Eve of Destruction: Democrats only control four states — CA, HI, OR, RI

An article in the Washington Post titled “These 3 maps show just how dominant Republicans are in America after Tuesday” by  Amber Phillips shows the depth and breath of the defeat of the Democratic party after November 8th, 2016.

With the 2016 elections in the books, the Republican Party is set to control 69 of 99 state legislative chambers in 2017. And — with at least 33 governors — the party will have complete control of state government in 25 states.

Currently the Democrats control the Governorship and legislatures in only four states: California, Hawaii, Oregon and Rhode Island.

Here are the maps that tell the story of a Democratic Party on the eve of destruction:

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Click here for a comparison of 2016/2017 Governors and Legislatures by MultiState.com.

To add to the destruction of the Democratic Party are the anti-Trump riots taking place in cities controlled by Democrats. They are destroying businesses and communities controlled by Democrats from Ferguson, Missouri to Los Angeles, California, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The Democrats are eating their own. 

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For Democrats and Republicans here is Barry McGuire singing the 1965 song “Eve Of Destruction.” Enjoy:

ACTION: Help President-elect Trump Designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Terror Organization

A bill that enjoys bipartisan support is already making its way through Congress. YOU can help speed up that process.

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Donald Trump will work to pass legislation designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, said Walid Phares, a foreign policy advisor for the president-elect.

Speaking to the Egyptian news outlet Youm7, Phares said the legislation, which was already approved by the House Judiciary Committee earlier this year and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was held up due to the Obama administration’s support of the group.

Clarion Project spearheaded a campaign to educate legislators and move the bill forward over the past year.  The bill currently has bipartisan support.

See below for a list of senators and representatives and their stance on the bill and what you can do to move the bill forward.

In November of 2015, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the bill, which identifies three Brotherhood entities in the U.S. including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

“We have to stop pretending that the Brotherhood are not responsible for the terrorism they advocate and finance … We have to see it for what it is: a key international organization dedicated to waging violent jihad,” Cruz told the Washington Free Beacon at the time.

You can read Clarion’s thorough rebuttal of the Brotherhood’s purported “non-violence” policy here.

The bill included is an unprecedented opportunity to educate members of Congress about the Muslim Brotherhood‘s involvement in terrorism.  It reviews the Brotherhood’s terrorist history and how it is banned by the governments of Egypt, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Syria. Egypt released videos showing the Brotherhood’s involvement in terrorism and the Egyptian government’s website warns about the Brotherhood lobby in the United States.

The bill also outlines how the Brotherhood is linked to CAIR, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT).

The U.S. designated the Brotherhood’s Palestinian wing—Hamas— in 1997, but the group a whole is allowed to operate in the U.S.

You can tell your representatives to support the legislation in less than one minute by using our online form.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Members Without a Stated Position on S2230

Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

John Barrasso (R-WY)

Ben Cardin (D-MD); Ranking Member

Christopher Coons (D-DE)

Bob Corker (R-TN); Chairman

Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

Cory Gardner (R-CO)

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Tim Kaine (D-VA)

Edward Markey (D-WA)

Bob Menendez (D-NJ)

Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

David Perdue (R-GA)

James Risch (R-ID)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Tom Udall (D-NM)

Senators in Support of the Act

Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Original introducer of legislation

Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Foreign Relations Committee member

Pat Roberts (R-KS)


Representatives in Support of HR3892 (Cosponsors and/or Voted Yay)

Mike Bishop (R-MI) Diane Black (R-TN)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Jim Bridenstine (R-OK)
Ken Buck (R-CO) Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Steve Chabot (R-OH) Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Curt Clawson (R-FL) Doug Collins (R-GA)
Charlie W. Dent (R-PA) Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Scott DesJerlais (R-TN) Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Blake Farenthold (R-TX) J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Trent Franks (R-AZ) Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Trey Gowdy (R-SC)
Kay Granger (R-TX) Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Darrell Issa (R-CA) Bill Johnson (R-OH)
Jim Jordan (R-OH) David P. Joyce (R-OH)
Steve King (R-IA) Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Tom Marino (R-PA) John L. Mica (R-FL)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS) Colin C. Peterson (D-MN)
Ted Poe (R-TX) Mike Pompeo (R-KS)
Bill Posey (R-FL) John Ratcliffe (R-TX)
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
David Rouzer (R-NC) Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Lamar Smith (R-TX) Steve Stivers (R-OH)
David A. Trott (R-MI) Mimi Walters (R-CA)
Randy Weber (R-TX) Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Duncan Hunter (R-CA) Candice S. Miller (R-MI)
James B. Renacci (R-OH) Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) Tim Huelskamp (R-KS
Charlie J. Fleischmann (R-TN) Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
Dave Brat (R-VA) Todd Rokita (R-IN)
Kenny Marchant (R-TX) Robert Pittenger (R-NC)
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC)
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA)


Representatives Opposed to the Act

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico)


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