Debunking the Biggest Immigration Lies: Exposing the dangers of the ‘Mexican Border Deception’

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John Adams famously stated, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

Knowledge is power. Nations go to great lengths to steal the secrets of their enemies for a variety of purposes. Conversely, nations seek to protect their own secrets jealously and often provide false information, known as “disinformation,” to confuse and confound their enemies.

A historic example of such disinformation was a military operation launched by the Allies during the Second World War known as “Operation Fortitude” also known as the “Calais Deception,” wherein the Nazis were convinced that the Allies would launch an attack as Pas de Calais when in reality, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, was planning to attack German forces at Normandy to begin the liberation of France.

The invasion at Normandy was given the code-name, “Operation Overlord” but history remembers it as “D-Day.”

General Eisenhower and his colleagues were concerned that if all of the German forces were assembled in Normandy that Operation Overlord would fail.  Consequently General George S. Patton created an illusory “invasion force” consisting largely of inflatable vehicles that, from the air, appeared to Nazi pilots to be an actual invasion force.  It was aptly described as “Patton’s Ghost Army.”

By splitting German forces, D-Day succeeded, although the casualties for American, British and Canadian forces were horrific.

Today many journalists and politicians have deceptively focused the attention of Americans on the U.S./Mexican border, to the exclusion of the other dysfunctional components of the immigration system, creating the false narrative that running US/Mexican border is the only way that illegal aliens enter the United States.

This also feeds to bogus and disgusting nonsense about how immigration law enforcement is about race.

In reality, the United States has 50 border states; any state that lies along the northern or the southern border are “border sates,” as are those states that have access to the 95,000 miles of meandering coastline or have international airports.

Furthermore, it has been estimated that nearly half of all illegal aliens did not enter the United States without inspection (without vetting) but entered the United States via the lawful inspections procedures conducted at our nation’s 325 ports of entry and then, in one way or another, went on to violate the terms of their admission.

The focus on the U.S./Mexican border has to be compared with the Calais Deception.  Perhaps it should be called the “Mexican Border Deception.”

Undoubtedly the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border is not bogus, as was the fantasy invasion of Calais.  Make no mistake, that border must be made secure.  However, simply securing that border will not end illegal immigration and will not protect the United States from international terrorist organizations or transnational gangs and criminal organizations.

Securing that problematic border must be a component of a larger strategy that addresses many other failures and vulnerabilities of the immigration system.

If the U.S./Mexican border had been protected by the mythical “deflector shield” from the Starship Enterprise, the terror attacks of 9/11, the attack of the Boston Marathon by the Tsarnaev brothers, the terror attack at San Bernardino, and all of the other terror attacks America has suffered would not have been prevented.

Clearly the first myth that we have debunked is that a wall on the Mexican border by itself will solve our immigration crisis.

We are also told that since we cannot deport all of the millions of illegal aliens, the only “reasonable” way to deal with them is to provide them with lawful status after subjecting them to a “background check.”

The notion that we either deport each and every illegal alien or simply wave the white flag of surrender and provide them all with lawful status is insane.  Aliens who violate the immigration laws are no different from other law violators.  Law enforcement should try to arrest as many such violators as possible and publicize such enforcement operations to deter additional law violations.

No laws are enforced 100% of the time.  Indeed, most laws are rarely enforced 1% of the time.  Speeders are rarely stopped.  Motorists who blow stop-signs are rarely caught.

There are many more licensed motorists with cell phones and driver’s licenses than there are illegal aliens present in the United States.  Many of these drivers may engage in the dangerous practice of texting while driving.  Similarly, there are far more licensed drivers who drive drunk than the number of illegal aliens present in the United States.

Yet while only a tiny percentage of those irresponsible drivers are ever caught or punished, penalties for such reckless and dangerous violations of law have been greatly increased, accompanied by public service announcements warning that anyone caught texting while driving or driving drunk will be severely punished.

No one will ever suggest that motor vehicle laws should no longer be enforced no matter how many law violators may be involved.

As I noted in my prepared testimony when I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 20, 2013 on the topic, “Building an Immigration System Worthy of American Values:”

Law enforcement is at its best when it creates a climate of deterrence to convince those who might be contemplating violating the law that such an effort is likely to be discovered and that if discovered, adverse consequences will result for the law violators. Current policies and statements by the administration, in my view, encourages aspiring illegal aliens around the world to head for the United States. In effect the starter’s pistol has been fired and for these folks, the finish line to this race is the border of the United States.

Back when I was an INS special agent I recall that Doris Meissner who was, at the time, the commissioner of the INS, said that the agency needed to be “customer oriented.” Unfortunately, while I agree about the need to be customer oriented what Ms Meissner and too many politicians today seem to have forgotten is that the “customers” of the INS and of our government in general, are the citizens of the United States of America

Republican and Democratic “leaders” who duplicitously agree on the supposed impossibility of enforcing our immigration laws, claiming that all illegal aliens already present in the United States should be granted lawful status, are all firing that starter’s pistol I alluded to in my Senate testimony.  Their disagreement over whether or not such illegal aliens should be provided with pathways to U.S. citizenship is bogus.

Most illegal aliens don’t want citizenship, they simply want to work here and send money home.  With or without the prospect of citizenship, it is the prospect of employment that draws most illegal aliens to the United States.

Next, let’s consider politicians who claim that by bringing heretofore illegal aliens “out of the shadows” America will be safer.

Aliens who know that their fingerprints will identify them as criminals or terrorists will simply remain in those “shadows.”  None of the proposals to create any sort of immigration reform include a massive increase in the number of immigration enforcement personnel to hunt down the hundreds of thousands of such criminal aliens.

Furthermore, the supposed “security checks” participating illegal aliens would be subjected to would be worthless.  Aliens whose fingerprints are not on file and who provide false information about their names, dates of birth and even dates of entry or citizenship would, in all probability, succeed in defrauding this system.

There would be no in-person interviews and no field investigations.  Adjudicators would have make their decisions based on the answers the illegal alien applicants provided to the questions found in their applications.

It was recently reported that more than 800 immigrants were mistakenly granted citizenship.  Adding insult to injury, the AP report noted that these aliens were illegally present and were primarily citizens of countries known to sponsor terrorism. This is only the tip of a huge, dangerous iceberg and one that has existed for decades. Here are just a few examples of how this lack of oversight has endangered Americans:

Faisal Shahzad, the “Times Square Bomber” was a naturalized citizen who entered the U.S. from his native Pakistan on a student visa.  He was granted U.S. citizenship 13 months prior to setting off a car bomb in Times Square.

On May 30, 2013, UPI posted a report, “Immigrant allegedly failed to reveal Hezbollah membership” about Wissam Allouche, an alleged former member of Hezbollah, who had successfully immigrated to the United States by reportedly concealing his terrorist background.  He used his lawful immigrant status to get a job as a translator for a company hired by our military in the Middle East.

Here is an excerpt from this report:

Wissam Allouche, 44, who became a citizen in 2009, was arrested last week by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the San Antonio Express-News reported Thursday. He has also been charged with failing to reveal membership in Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group classified as terrorist by the U.S. government, when he sought a security clearance.

My article, “How DHS Ineptitude Facilitates Terrorist Operations” focused on the FBI’s arrest of Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Somalia who was arrested for supporting a terrorist organization, al Nusrah, an al Qaeda affiliate.

This quote from “9/11 and  Terrorist Travel” identifies what really needs to be fixed by the next administration:

Thus, abuse of the immigration system and a lack of interior immigration enforcement were unwittingly working together to support terrorist activity. It would remain largely unknown, since no agency of the United States government analyzed terrorist travel patterns until after 9/11. This lack of attention meant that critical opportunities to disrupt terrorist travel and, therefore, deadly terrorist operations were missed.

Unless the entirety of the immigration law enforcement system is reformed, Americans will continue to be put at risk. Focusing solely on the status of the southern border is a dangerous distraction from this fact.

RELATED ARTICLE: Terrorism, refugees and Donald Trump – Washington Times

EDITORS NOTE: This column originally appeared in FrontPage Magazine.

Confidential U.S. Intelligence Briefing: Illegal Migration and the Diseases Within

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The attached report is a condensed form of the complete Intel Briefing Booklet I distributed to the attendees at the Arizona State Senate briefing. After submitting this report to a person with whom I have worked with over the past several years, and who now is an advisor on the Trump for President National Security Team, I was then requested to submit a one page only bullet point’s summary. There were several new items added to this briefing, like the two cases of Leprosy just discovered in Riverside, California; the 150-high school students in Manhattan, Kansas coming down with vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and coughing with school officials asking parents to bring stool samples to school for lab evaluations; the 100-cases of chlorine resistant bacteria found in pools in Arizona.

As I mentioned this report was sent to the person with whom I work with, and who serves on the Trump National Security Team approximately 1100 hours on September 9th. Dr. Carson’s Senior Assistant was to be given a copy of this briefing, also.

Thank you for all the support and kindness you have extended me. I am humbled to associate with someone like you who has incredible gifting, and who is dedicated to fighting the good fight to keep America free. You may release the content of this briefing if you so choose, but please redact the names of Mr. Trump and Dr. Carson.

I am choosing to release this Confidential Communication to you, rather than waiting, in recognition of your kind and faithful support to me, and I knew I could rely on your discretion.

Bullet Points:

  • Acute diseases arriving with illegals: scurvy, measles, chicken-pox, acute explosive diarrhea with third-world bacterial agents, unknown bacteria and parasites attempting to resist antibiotics, new forms of lice and worms
  • Exposed to viruses, bacteria and parasites Americans have not been exposed to previously
  • Doctors not trained to identify or treat these new diseases
  • TB cases are increasing rapidly, including treatment resistant TB
  • The average cost for a hospital stay for TB case was $20,100
  • Patients with drug-resistant TB costs $134,000 for a multidrug-resistant
  • $430,000 for an extensively drug-resistant patient
  • The uninsured and Medicaid have a disproportionate share of TB hospitalizations
  • High school in KS had outbreak of unknown type of bacteria or parasite creating bloody diarrhea, coughing and fever in over 150-students
  • 2 suspected cases of Leprosy have now been found on grade-school age children
  • 100 cases of chlorine resistant bacteria were discovered in a couple of city operated pools
  • 150 people in 2 counties in AZ contract measles
  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis leaves thousands disfigured and/or severely scarred showing up in US and no vaccines or drugs to prevent infection are available
  • Food chain – antibiotic resistant bacteria in beef, pork and chicken
  • Public isn’t being told information required to make informed decisions for their towns, communities, counties or states
  • 2 dozen cases of TB detected at Kansas high school after coming into contact with an infected student
  • Unscreened refugees brought into US and are being integrated into our communities: NO background checks as to country of origin    NO previous medical history recorded. NO education on sanitation and basic hygiene   NO formal medical screening conducted.
  • Colistin antibiotic of last resort for particularly dangerous types of superbugs…is failing
  • No new antibiotics being developed
  • More than 15 states in horror as to what they are challenged with now; concerned with what’s to come in months ahead
  • Known data above doesn’t account for the 10,000 refuges that just arrived in the US nor the 86,000 Obama/Clinton want to relocate into US by January 1, 2017

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Intelligence Briefing/Healthcare Issues

Medical Time Bomb – Illegals and Refugees flowing into the United States

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MEMORANDUM:

TO:  Mr. Donald J. Trump
Republican Nominee for President of the United States

Dr. Ben Carson
Senior Advisor to Republican Nominee Donald Trump

RE:   Medical challenges spreading across the United States traced to illegals and Refugees

DATE:  September the 9th, 2016

While the rhetoric regarding illegal crossings flowing into America and the concomitant influx of Middle Eastern “Refugees” into targeted States rages, the intelligence contained in this Briefing Summary transcends the debates, issues of political correctness, and politics in general.  The content herein stated is already at a critical stature, and could quickly spiral out-of-control and represent a pandemic set of circumstances.  You will receive unvarnished candor about the growing concerns health care professionals already are confronting in over twelve states, and multiplying.

This memorandum stems from a formal closed-door Intelligence Briefing I provided at the Arizona State Senate on August 17th, 2016.  We are now about one month later, and the conditions in multiple states, including the Border States of Arizona, California, and Texas are reportedly more challenging, and purposefully kept under the public radar.   

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Among the most remarkable acute diseases arriving with illegals are: scurvy, measles, chicken-pox, acute explosive diarrhea with third-world bacterial agents, and unknown bacteria and parasites attempting to resist antibiotics, as well as pernicious and new forms of lice and worms.  It is well known, but concealed and not reported to local and State health officials by the Federal Government, large segments of the unaccompanied children coming into America are seriously ill coupled with remarkable malnourished syndrome.  Additionally, numbers of TB cases are increasing rapidly, including treatment resistant TB. 

The Federal Government has now increased the speed and volume of third-world populations into the United States; interestingly, especially into politically conservative states.  The calculated work of the Feds has led to Muslims by the thousands from mostly terribly underdeveloped and deteriorating Muslim countries, including those Islamic Nations hostile to the United States, now arriving.  The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest has presented official figures depicting a massive spike in Green Cards for Middle Easterners; most notably, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and Iran.  In 2014 (the most recent year for which data is available) the U.S. awarded Green Cards to 103,901 immigrants from Middle Eastern countries entitling the holder to permanent legal status, federal benefits, and a direct path to US citizenship.  This is a 32% increase from the 78,917 given the year prior.  These numbers do not reflect the numbers of illegals and Middle Easterners successfully entering America from our unsecure southern Border.  There are unknown numbers of third-world humanity stemming from Haiti, Central America, and South America. 

The influx of humanity that is being discarded by these third-world Muslim countries is astounding, and fearful.  These people bring nothing of value with them; no skills, no education, no work ethic or even moral framework.  In point of fact, the preponderant majority of these people are hardened

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Criminals, many purposefully released from prisons, and warriors who have only known civil war and strife by opposing gangs and warlords.  Their health conditions are terrifying which will demand a response to stem the  epidemic. 

For the first-time, medical professionals this past June found a person in Pennsylvania carrying a bacteria resistant to antibiotics.  This finding is highly disturbing, and health officials are sobered and alarmed.  In the past two weeks, a high school in Manhattan, Kansas experienced an outbreak of unknown type of bacteria or parasite creating bloody diarrhea, coughing and fever in over 150-students.  Parents were asked to collect specimens from their children for lab exams.  Refugees dumped in Vermont, North Dakota, Nebraska, Maryland have acute TB.  This past week in Riverside, California, two suspected cases of Leprosy have now been found on grade-school age children; Lab samples were sent to a specialty lab in Louisiana for confirmation but it will take 2-weeks for a definitive diagnosis.  Here in Arizona, over 100-cases of chlorine resistant bacteria were discovered in a couple of city operated pools. 

At the federal level there is silence coupled with denial.  At the state level, for at least upwards of fifteen states, there is horror as to what they are challenged with now, and concerned with in months ahead.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other agencies coordinating mass refugee resettlement are quick to reassure the public that NO problems exist, that speculation is merely politically motivated.  But data from health services in the States of Florida and Indiana belie that claim.  These two states have aggressively been combating the out-of-control refugee resettlement program fully underway in America.  The health services in these two states have confronted the political hogwash and typical political speak oxymoron spilling out from various federal agencies, especially CDC.  As an example, State of Florida Health Officials caught the CDC officially

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listing refugees as diagnosed with TB as, “Active Tuberculosis – noninfectious.”

Among the most serious responsibilities an Elected Official has upon being sworn into office is the responsibility to provide for the protection and welfare of the citizens to whom he/she serves.  A ticking medical time bomb exists across America with the ever increasing rise of illegals from third-world countries, and the refugee relocation program sponsored by the Washington establishment.  A Clear and Present danger that knows no political ideology or party or candidate, but is stealthily spreading seeking new places to hide is about to take up residence.  The chance for contracting a vicious disease mentioned in this report becomes ever significant, and this statement is NOT political rhetoric.

Respectfully submitted,

Lyle J. Rapacki,Ph.D  

LYLE J. RAPACKI, Ph.D.

Protective Intelligence and Assessment Specialist

Consultant at Behavioral Analysis and Threat Assessment

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Intelligence Briefing/Healthcare Issues – Illegals and Refugees

September 9, 2016

Medical Time Bomb NOW in America

We are exposed to viruses, bacteria and parasites that the average American has not been exposed to previously.

Doctors have not been trained to identify or treat some of these new diseases. 

We have NO antibiotic arsenal to defend against these superbugs especially CRE (Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) and certain drug resistant TB.

Centers for Disease Control estimates as many as 2 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur in the U.S. each year resulting in 23,000 deaths.

Unscreened refugees are being brought into our country and are being integrated into our communities:

  • NO background checks as to country of origin
  • NO previous medical history recorded
  • NO formal medical screening conducted
  • NO education on sanitation and basic hygiene practices

Colistin is the antibiotic of last resort for particularly dangerous types of superbugs, and its failing!  Wake-Up America and get ready for major illnesses.

A little known disease sweeping across the Middle East, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis leaves thousands disfigured and/or severely scarred.  This disease is caused by a parasite found in the blood and is now showing up in America. No vaccines or drugs to prevent infection are available. 

Diseases can also be transmitted through infected livestock through the food chain to humans.  Diseases are spread by more than 20 parasites, bacteria and worms associated with animals. Vast quantities of antibiotics are given to livestock and E-coli is becoming drug resistant.

  • Ground-breaking new research has revealedsoaring levels of antibiotic resistance on beef, pork and chicken. Overuse of antibiotics in farming is contributing to deadly drug resistance – a crisis predicted to kill one person every 3 seconds by 2050.

TB Statistics:

More than 100 countries have reported individuals with TB, which is resistant to all or nearly all first- and second-line TB drugs.

  • The average cost for a hospital stay principally for a typical TB case was $20,100
  • According to the CDC, care of patients with drug-resistant TB, costs many times more – $134,000 for a multidrug-resistant patient and $430,000 for an extensively drug-resistant patient
  • The uninsured and Medicaid accounted for a disproportionate share of TB hospitalizations

In 2015, the largest number of refugees arriving in the United States were resettled in Texas (11 percent, or 7,479 persons) and California (8 percent, or 5,716). Large groups were also resettled in New York (6 percent, or 4,052), Arizona (5 percent, or 3,137), Michigan (4 percent, or 3,022), and Ohio (4 percent, or 2,989). Thirty-eight percent of all refugees were resettled in these top six states.

This data does not account for the 10,000 refuges that just arrived in the US nor the 86,000 Obama/Clinton want to relocate into America by January 1, 2017.

The public isn’t being told all the information required to make informed decisions for their towns, communities, counties or states.

Indiana – in 2015 – 400+/- migrants with latent TB settled in Indiana.  In July 2016, refugees with ACTIVE TB are being permitted entry and quietly treated with your tax dollars.  Indiana has a (26 percent) rate of TB infection among recently arrived refugees.

Idaho – Seven refugees with active tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed shortly after their resettlement in Idaho, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.  90% of the 4,650 refugees resettled in Idaho between 2011 and 2015, were medically screened within the first three months of their arrival, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.   Of those screened, 21 percent (896) tested positive for TB.

Minnesota – 150 cases of TB in 2015, a (22 percent) rate of TB infection among recently arrived refugees.

Oklahoma – Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstein was denied access last week to the HHS facility at Fort Sill – another facility run by BCFS.

Vermont – Department of Health concealing the number of refugees with contagious active tuberculosis a month after it was reported that more than one-third of Vermont’s resettled refugees test positive for TB.

Arizona – Active TB disease reported in Arizona totaled 198 in 2015.  Of the 222 cases of active tuberculosis infection (TB) …reported among Arizona’s refugee populations…were caused by latent tuberculosis infections that became active…,” according to the state’s Department of Health. Eighteen percent “of all refugees resettled in Arizona arrive with a latent TB infection.

Kentucky – 73 percent of recently arrived refugees who tested positive for LTBI did not successfully complete a treatment program, reported in 2013 study published by the University of Kentucky.

Tennessee – (27 percent) rate of Latent TB infection among recently arrived refugees.  Catholic Charities of Tennessee’s Office for Refugees, have failed to make to make public critical information on refugee tuberculosis (TB) health care.

California – An estimated 2.5 million Californians have latent infection with tuberculosis; most are unaware of their infection and are untreated.  2,145 cases were reported in 2014.  The estimated direct cost for active TB cases in California for 2014 was $51 million.

Texas – Amarillo Mayor, “We’ve been trying to figure out the numbers for refugees and diseases for years,” Harpole said. “We’ve fought to get information from the (U.S.) State Department and (Texas) Health and Human Services. We got no help.”

New Hampshire – Governor Maggie Hassan has requested a temporary halt to the refugee program until she gets assurances and details from the federal government regarding its process for resettling them or for vetting them, which she said is currently veiled in secrecy.

Kansas – More than two dozen cases of tuberculosis were detected at an eastern Kansas high school after coming into contact with an infected student.  After widespread screening, state and county health officials announced Wednesday the testing revealed 27 new cases of TB that hadn’t progressed to the contagious stage.

North Dakota – Dr. John Baird, Health Officer for the Fargo Cass Public Health Dept. confirmed diagnosing and treating refugees with active TB barely a month after Lutheran Social Services denied that any refugees it has resettled in ND have been diagnosed with active TB.

Additional states have experienced unique medical evidence of the spread of TB and other diseases in their states based on preliminary data.  However, since it is not conclusive, those states were not listed in this briefing.

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CREDENTIALS:

Dr. Lyle Rapacki is a Private-Sector Intelligence, Behavioral Analysis and Threat Assessment Specialist.  Since June of 2010, Dr. Rapacki has provided selected members of the Arizona Legislature Intelligence Briefings on Border Security and threats to Arizona sovereignty.  Lyle also receives, analyzes and disseminates critical intelligence from and to law enforcement, intelligence, and governmental communities.  He is the author of dozens of White Papers, bulletins and briefings many of which have received distribution to and by local, state, and federal law enforcement, intelligence and public safety agencies.  Dr. Rapacki is the owner of Sentinel Intelligence Services, LLC which carries out these functions, as well as provides consultations to elected officials in and out of Arizona, and clients in industry on threat potentials.

Lyle earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Master’s Degree in Counseling from Northern Arizona University, and his Doctorate from Clayton College of Natural Medicine specializing in the treatment of psychological disorders.  He holds a Post-doctorate Diplomate in Forensic Counseling and another in Behavioral Psychotherapy.  Dr. Rapacki taught in the Criminal Justice Department at Wayland Baptist University, Phoenix campus, and at Grand Canyon University where he also held the position of Director for the Public Safety Administration, Homeland Security – Crisis Management programs.  He was a member of the FBI InfraGard Program, and currently is Vice President for the Association for Intelligence Officers AZ Chapter; Executive Board Member to the Association for Threat Assessment Professionals in AZ, and member of the International Association Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts.  He is a Charter Member of Oath Keepers, and Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.  He also serves as Vice Chairman for the Coalition of Western States (COWS), which

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CREDENTIALS: 

Team is comprised of elected officials and public citizen leaders from six western states, and Texas.  

Dr. Rapacki is most privileged to provide intelligence as a Watchman to the Christian community nationally, and to write a regular commentary for The Olive Branch Report, an online Christian publication.  His commentary is then carried by about 25 additional publications nationally, as well as numerous individual blogs.

Jean Rice, RN, BS/BA

P.O. Box 30983

Phoenix, AZ  85046                jeanrice3@centurylink.net

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PROFILE

HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CONSULTANT

Cost Containment, Managed Care, Utilization Review, and Reimbursement Expert

Healthcare Leadership Executive with 30+ years’ experience as leader in utilization and case management, medical device reimbursement, hospital bill claims review and healthcare consulting. Developed and implemented (5) companies in healthcare and (6) years’ experience directing health plans and provider network operations. People-centric, collaborative leader who leverages strengths of others to guide best practices and navigate challenges.

CORE COMPETENCIES

– Healthcare Consulting                                      – Healthcare Regulations        – Process Improvement

– Managed Healthcare Leadership                    – Market & Clinical Research   – Staff Management

– Strategic Planning & Implementation            – Operations Management     – Client Relations

– Financial & Business Analysis                          – Project Management            – Entrepreneurship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEALTHCARE CONSULTANT, LLC, Phoenix, AZ                                                                                                             2012 – Present
President / CEO

Selected projects:

  • Assisted insurance companies set up a Patient Advocacy Program for their clients.
  • Implemented a Prior Authorization System for a Non- Emergency Medical Transportation company.
  • Performing hospital bill reviews and negotiations upon request.
  • Consulting with Brokers who require clinical or managed care expertise and knowledge in their presentations to potential clients.
  • Perform Independent Reviews to determine Medical Necessity for Appeals.
  • Multiple projects writing Security and HIPAA Policy and Procedures.
  • Project development and implementation for international claims cost containment company.

Action Healthcare Management, Inc., Phoenix, AZ                                                                            1995 – 2012

Best in Class Medical Management Services

President / CEO

Planned, developed and implemented an independent medical management business for companies that self-fund their employees’ healthcare benefits. Supervised 6 direct and 29 indirect FT employees, with a budget of $2.5M+/- annually. Sustained 100% retention rate of clients. Grew from overseeing 10,000 insureds to more than 125,000 insureds.

  • Communicated organizational objectives with staff for both internal and customer companies, as well as with various regulatory and oversight agencies.
  • Oversaw budget, client reports, client communications, and marketing. Identified business improvements.

Advanced Medical Review, Inc., Phoenix, AZ                                                                                               2002 – 2012 Medical Billing Consultative Services

President / CEO

Pioneered a cost savings system to reduce irrelevant hospital-billed charges.

  • Trained nurse auditors to evaluate patient charts and billing documents to determine areas for savings.
  • Ensured evaluations were well documented for quality assurance and appeal purposes. Used a combination of specialized reporting, data mining and technology integration to check for quality control of nurse auditors’ hospital bill reviews.

Medtech Reimbursement, LLC, Phoenix, AZ                                                                                                    2009 – 2012 Medical Device and Procedural Reimbursement

President/CEO

Envisioned and developed a unique methodology for obtaining reimbursement for new FDA approved medical devices and procedures for device manufactures and physicians. Achieved 100% success obtaining reimbursement by predeterminations and following the appeals process.

  • Cultivated strong relationships with prospective clients while strengthening existing accounts.
  • Oversaw internal and external statistics, budgeting, time submissions, and contact with Attorney Generals’ Offices or Department of Insurance in multiple states.

AHCCCS Blue Connection, Phoenix, AZ                                                                                                                   1994 – 1995

Wholly Owned Subsidiary of BC/BS of AZ

Director of Medical Services

Implemented, hired, trained, and oversaw the Precertification, Concurrent Review, Discharge Planning, Case Management, Pregnancy Management, and Provider Relations Departments.

Developed policies and procedures following State of AZ Regulations and Statutes.

  • Communicated with physicians and contracted medical services vendors. Set up pertinent committees i.e. CM and UM Committees, Policy and Procedure Committee, Provider Network Committee, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Served as Health Plan Liaison with State ACHCCCS Medical Director’s Office.

PRIOR WORK HISTORY

Operating Room Director, Various Hospitals, Arizona and Nevada

  • Planned, Implemented and Directed – (2) Major hospitals’ Open Heart/Cardiovascular Teams

Director of Medical Services Department, (2) Arizona Medicaid Health Plans

Director of Medical Services – Utilization and Case Management Departments, PPO Networks

Director of Fraud and Abuse Medical Bill Review Program – PPO Network and Medical Management Company

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Founded and Executive Director of Central AZ Chapter of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA). Grew organization from 30+/- members to over 450+ case managers and social workers statewide. Provided continuing education credits for social workers and nurses as well as offering scholarships to nurses and social workers to continue their education.

  • Member – Phoenix 100 Rotary Club
  • Board Member – New Life Society of Arizona (Organ transplant education and outreach program)
  • Advisory Board & Contributor – The Hertel Report
  • Usher and Hospitality Greeter – Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

EDUCATION & LICENSURES

Licensed & Registered Nurse

AZ (active), CA & NV (inactive)

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration – Health Care   –   University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Associates of Science in Nursing – RN –   San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Presented at the National Association of Health Underwriters Conference on “Health Care Cost-Containment Programs”
  • Appeared before the State of California Utilization Review Nurses Association discussing the “Nurses’ Role in a Managed Care Environment to Control Utilization”
  • Appeared before the Healthcare Financial Management Association on “Improving Medical Management through Disease and Predictive Management Programs”
  • Appeared before the Southern California Brokers’ Association on “Managing Your Health Care Claims Effectively”
  • Listed in “Who’s Who of American Women” as well as in “Who’s Who of Managed Healthcare Executives”
  • Speaker, Arizona Senate Healthcare Sub-Committee on numerous managed care issues, Arizona Senate Briefings
  • Invited to speak on “The Future of Managed Healthcare” at the American Bar Association National Conventions – Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco 

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RELATED ARTICLE: City Journal: Refugees bring numerous health problems with them to your towns; more reporting needed

Five Former Florida Supreme Court Justices find Marijuana Amendment 2 Fatally Flawed

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In an op-ed column five former Florida Supreme Court justices oppose Amendment 2, which in effect legalizes the recreational use of marijuana in the Sunshine State.

vote-not-on-amendment-2-marijuana-floridaThe op-ed column was co-signed by former Florida Supreme Court Justices Parker Lee McDonald, Stephen H. Grimes, Major B. Harding, Raoul G. Cantero III and Kenneth B. Bell. They state, “The amendment’s sponsors say they fixed the problems that caused Floridians to reject a similar amendment two years ago. We have read this revised amendment and have studied its impact. This amendment is still defective and again should be rejected. Here are five problems we see with Amendment 2…”

  1. First, Amendment 2 is a much broader authorization for marijuana use than its sponsors might suggest.
  2. Second, this marijuana will not be sold at our pharmacies but at new “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries” referred to as “pot shops” in states that have passed similar measures. State economists estimate there will be over 2,000 such pot shops in Florida — that’s more pot shops in Florida than McDonald’s, 7-Elevens and Starbucks combined.
  3. Third, Amendment 2 includes a right to privacy for medical marijuana users over 18 years old. As other states have experienced, an unintended consequence of such a provision will be the impact in our high schools. Since most youths turn 18 before graduating from high school, the amendment will create a new pipeline for pot into high schools throughout Florida.
  4. Fourth, Amendment 2 creates the role of medical marijuana “caregiver.” Florida’s Department of Health estimates that, if Amendment 2 passes, there will be approximately 130,844 medical marijuana caregivers.
  5. Finally, and most importantly, the use of marijuana does not belong in our Florida Constitution. Approval of Amendment 2 would make Florida one of only three states with the right to marijuana in its state constitution.

Read their full column by clicking here.

Arne Steinberg in his Accuracy in the Media column “How the Media Glamorize Illegal Drugs” reports:

Drug promoter George Soros must be reveling in his glory, successful beyond his wildest dreams as he observes the entertainment industry selling the idea of drug dealers and addicts as sympathetic heroes and role models. No wonder America is experiencing an increasing substance abuse problem.

Consider:

  • In “Breaking Bad,” the hero is a chemist who uses his skills to manufacture methamphetamine and sell it. Toy stores now sell action figures of the meth maker, including a gym bag with money, and his junkie friend.
  • On “Nurse Jackie,” actress Edie Falco, who previously played the wife of the main character in the Sopranos, sucks drugs up her nose through a straw—an action she repeats periodically throughout each program. Professional nursing groups take strong exception to the depiction.
  • The successful series “Weeds” is the sympathetic story of a suburban mother and her children who grow and sell marijuana.
  • The hero in the series “House” is a doctor addicted to his own prescription drugs, featuring British actor Hugh Laurie as “the most electrifying new main character to hit television in years,” according to The Washington Post’s Tom Shales.

All these shows have received enthusiastic reception in the media as well as numerous awards.

This odd promotion of the drug culture coincides with George Soros’ longtime plan to legalize dangerous mind-altering drugs. The billionaire hedge fund operator is backing Hillary Clinton for president. “If You Like Legal Marijuana, You Must Vote for Hillary,” says the pro-drug HIGH TIMES magazine.

Read more.

George Soros and John Morgan, the man behind the push to legalize marijuana in Florida, have been working diligently to get out the young voters to pass Amendment 2. They understand that drug use and abuse must be glamorized and become the new normal. 

RELATED ARTICLE: Marijuana’s Money Trail: Four Billionaires

RELATED VIDEOS: Amendment 2 opponents posted the following two videos on medical marijuana. The first video is titled the “Search” created by the Vote No On 2 campaign, the group expressed concern over the number of marijuana shops that could appear with the passage of Amendment 2:

The second video is titled “Three things…” and shows what happened in aftermath of California legalizing medical marijuana:

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VIDEO: The Democrats are the party of death because their master is Satan

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If it isn’t painfully obvious to everyone in the world, the  Democrats have become the party of Death because their master is Satan.

TRANSCRIPT

If it isn’t painfully obvious to everyone in the world, the  Democrats have become the party of Death because their master is Satan. This is not to paint Republicans as the party of God — very extremely far from it. Nor is it to sing the praises of Donald Trump as some kind of Christian cultural savior.

The laser-beam focus of this episode is to simply and directly point out that the entire Democratic Party leadership and its allies — including some members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — are under the influence of Satan. What must be kept clearly in mind is that Satan has no care about politics or economics or anything else, beyond his ability to use them for the destruction of the Catholic Church — the sole means of salvation.

Viewing events from this prism brings everything into sharp focus. In epochs past, Satan made use of whatever means of government mankind presented. It doesn’t matter if it was imperial, or monarchy, or federalist, or republic, or democracy — it makes no difference to him. Whatever mankind offers, he uses.

When he beheld with his diabolical mind the formation of a government where the people would become the authority – then he set out to corrupt the people. He has done this in spades in America. Same-sex marriage, abortion, contraception, religious “diversity,” you name it; he is responsible for all of this behind the scenes.

But there is more than just what’s behind the scenes. There’s most importantly how it all plays out in real time, in the day to day of our reality. Faithful Catholics have had to stand by and watch for decades as the world around them imploded and was offered up to Satan: one billion aborted babies, the near-destruction of the family, the entire world order inverted.

And now, the possibility that Hillary Clinton could become leader of the free world. We faithful Catholics are in the midst of a 54-day novena to plead Heaven for a good outcome to the U.S. election. It started on the feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, August 15, and it was that day that Hillary’s polls started slipping, her substantial weeks-long lead essentially evaporating.

See, it isn’t only Satan who works behind the scenes .Satan may be the Prince of this World, but God is always King of the Universe. Could the undeniable revelations about Hillary’s horrible health be a heavenly intercession, a reprieve for moral people who would be so incredibly threatened by her tyranny?

We can’t say for certain, but what we can say for certain is this: Ever since the 54-day Rosary novena called for by Cdl. Raymond Burke in Rome began on August 15, Hillary’s fortunes have exploded. Donald Trump should be paying very close attention to this. Win or lose the race, be on the side of the Mother of God. Never oppose Her.

This is, of course, true of various Catholics, both lay and clerics, who have worked tirelessly to foist the evil agenda of immorality on the world. Many Catholics, including Hillary’s running mate, have set themselves up as enemies of Christ and His Holy Church. God will not be mocked for ever.

Last January we here at Church Militant launched our daily program “The Download” to discuss issues just like this — the Catholic perspective on world events. Every day “The Download” crew scours the world of news Catholics need to know and sets the agenda for a lively, informative discussion — a discussion that you want to know about because of the spiritual impact all this has on you and your loved ones.

Hillary Clinton Labels Americans ‘Deplorable’ and ‘Irredeemable’

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If there’s one quality any aspiring president should have, it should be a love for America. And not just the America that supports that person’s candidacy, but the whole melting pot of people, backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints that make up this great nation.

On the other hand, hatred for America, or any significant part of it, should be a disqualifier.

That’s just common sense.

Even by that modest standard, Hillary Clinton has disqualified herself from occupying the White House. Over this past week, we have seen and heard Clinton and her apologists slam millions upon millions of Americans in the strongest possible terms. And the condemnation comes not because of anything these people have done (the vast majority of them are indisputably law-abiding, hard-working, and family-oriented), but simply because of their personal beliefs.

We have often said that Clinton, notorious amongst Americans of all stripes for her dishonesty, feels most at home when addressing the elite who fund her political ambitions. And so last Friday night, before an adoring crowd at yet another fundraiser (this one in lower Manhattan), Hillary Clinton displayed her true colors in the most unmistakable terms.

Right from the start, Hillary’s remarks at the fundraiser attempted to drive a wedge between her audience and the supporters of her opponent, Donald Trump. “I am all that stands between you and the apocalypse,” she told them. She then went on to accuse Mr. Trump (without explanation) of “coz[ying] up to white supremacists.”

But she was far from finished. Clinton went on to say, “you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,” because of what she described as their “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic” views. “Now,” she continued, “some of those folks – they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.”

For those who are not used to being slandered by a Yale-educated lawyer, the Oxford English Dictionary onlinedefines “deplorable” to mean “grievous, miserable, wretched.”

Clinton didn’t elaborate on when a person’s views crossed the line from simple conservatism into one of her “deplorable” categories, but based on her past comments regarding America’s gun owners, there is little doubt that she would place them in the “basket of deplorables.”

Speaking at a televised “town hall” meeting in June 2014, Clinton endorsed bans on so-called “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines. Referring to those who opposed such measures, she said, “We cannot let a minority of people, and that’s what it is, it is a minority of people, hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.”

Notably, Clinton didn’t just condemn the ownership of modern rifles and their magazines. She went further, claiming that what “terrorizes” America is a “viewpoint” that diverges from hers. This “minority” viewpoint is not just ill-advised or misinformed, in her estimation. Rather, it “cannot” be tolerated at all. It is, in short, “deplorable” and “irredeemable” to the woman who would be president of the United States.

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Oregon: Governor Brown Announces Her Misguided Gun Control Agenda

Tax Friendly Counties in Florida: Only 7 out of 67 or 10.5%

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There are 67 counties in this Sunshine State and only seven (7) are “sales tax friendly” holding at 6%. These counties can operate their budgets and manage their money with as little pressure as possible placed upon their citizens ensuring the harder you work the more you keep. Excluding, of course, the corrupt IRS at the federal level and the illegal confiscation of your wealth in local property taxes.

Here is the list of counties with a 6% sales tax in the great state of Florida.

  1. Martin County
  2. Okaloosa County
  3. Palm Beach County
  4. Collier County
  5. Marion County
  6. Lee County
  7. Broward County

Martin County – 6% also borders Palm Beach County (6%) St Lucie County 6 1/2% – Okeechobee County at 7%.

I would suggest the TEA Party conservatives and all citizens in the higher taxed counties cross the county border and shop in Martin County and Palm Beach County.

Gas – clothes – car repairs – new furniture purchases – new appliance’s etc. Then write letters to companies in the high taxed counties and let them know you are no longer shopping with them due to the high tax base surcharge above the 6%

Okaloosa County borders Santa Rosa County soon to be 7% and Walton County at 7%. I recommend all patriots living in Santa Rosa and Walton County shop in Okaloosa County. This would also include Escambia County that operates at a 7 1/2% fleecing of its citizens.

Santa Rosa County is being ran by a Fascist group of Obama interns. They doubled the gas taxes on us in January 2016 – they emotionally destabilized folks into voting for a sales tax increase to 7% and now these slimy RINO golems are going to try and raise the property taxes on us on September 20th. These boys need a lesson in constitutional governance.

Anyway – Palm Beach County is at 6% which borders Martin County at 6% – Broward 6% – Hendry 7% – Glades 7% and Okeechobee 7%. Same story. Cross county lines for all purchases from high tax to lower taxed counties.

Collier County at 6% borders Monroe County at 7 1/2% – Lee County 6% – Hendry 7% – Broward at 6%.

Looks good here. The folks in the higher taxed counties have more choices to cross the county line to shop and purchase gasoline etc.

Marion County 6% – borders Alachua at 6% – Putnam County 7% -Volusia County 6 1/2 % Lake County 7% – Sumter County 7% – Citrus 6% and Levy 7%.

Lee County should do pretty well at 6%. It borders Desoto County that fleece their citizens at a 7 1/2 % tax rate – Collier is good at 6% – Hendry County fleeces its citizens 7% – Sarasota County 7% and Glades County at 7%.

Lee and Collier County should be reaping all the financial benefits from its low tax base surrounded by tax and spend liberal counties.

Broward County at 6% borders Dade County 7% – Palm Beach County 6% – Collier County 6% and Hendry County at 7%.

There you have it ladies and gentlemen. Only 7 counties in Florida that can manage a budget – the rest are fleecing you dry.

They are sucking money out of your wallets faster than a Planned Parenthood vacuum pump to fund their $100,000 plus salaries – to purchase their antiquities and gold embossed bides.

Start inquiring into the salaries of all your county and city employees. Find out what they make. This will help explain the high sales tax bases. Lots of folks move to Florida from New York to escape high taxes and they bring their Marxist ideology with them and start burying us in taxes.

You will find some of these leaches are sucking over $130,000 a year from your taxpayer coffers in salaries while only working 5 hours a day with expense accounts and travel accounts. Its a racket.

Lets start fighting these miscreant bottom feeding cockroaches. Start with public emails and finally at the ballot box. All emails are public record under Florida Sunshine laws – So the party is about to begin.

The Brenda Snipes/Tallahassee Disenfranchisement of Broward Voters

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By Ruth Roman and Rich Gabbay

Investigative Report – Part III

brenda snipesIn my previous articles (here and here) I revealed Supervisor of Elections, Dr. Brenda Snipes has ignored both Federal and Florida Statutes by refusing to cleanse ineligible voters from the voter rolls of Broward County, Florida.

It was disclosed to Dr. Snipes that some 190 Broward voters who voted in the March 2016 Presidential Primary also voted in the April, 2016 New York State Presidential Primary. To date, Dr. Snipes did not respond to the Florida Statutory request, and has once again chosen to ignore public activism challenging the abuse of her position as Broward Supervisor of Elections.

In 2013, Florida Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, issued a directive which sought to define and tighten the integrity of the absentee ballot choice from its creation source to the security of the S.O.E.’s main election offices. Just three days before the commencement of early voting in the August 2016 Primary Election, Ms. Snipes issued a press release. A creative interpretation of Florida Statute enabled Snipes to decree that up to 10 ballots at a time could be “voted” at 11 of the 20 early voting sites, when only (2) is allowed per person under Florida Statues. On the surface, one would consider this an expeditious voter-processing improvement. But, in reality it appears to be a larger insidious strategy to usurp and corrupt the lawful execution of the electoral process.

What follows is this writer’s speculation derived from the logical progression of recent events. Follow that: the maintenance of voter rolls that inflate by 15-20% the actual count facilitates Snipe’s strategic activities in the following manner.

In October, 2015 all (registered or ACTIVE?) 1.1 million plus Broward registered voters received a Vote-By-Mail Information Brochure encouraging them to request Vote-By-Mail ballots in future elections. It follows, that some 150,000-200,000 questionable recipients at questionable addresses, such as UPS offices, received this invitation. (If 20% of these questionable “unknown origin requests” were returned then perhaps 30,000-40,000 phantom ballots may be processed in the November 8th election.) The potential of voter fraud is further enhanced because the questionable “unknown origin requests” Vote-By-Mail ballots deposited in multiple lots at multiple precincts are in the possession of Ms. Snipes and her staff. Even more disturbing, reports reveal prior elections have received numerous counting and scanning complaints in the absentee ballot reporting process. Furthermore, voter fraud potential is enhanced because Florida Statutes forbid absentee ballots submitter’s addresses from being made public, so how can they be audited?

Recently, S.O.E. Dr. Brenda Snipes made the news again, when the primary election results in Broward County were put on the election’s web page by her office a half hour before the closing of the polls. Regardless of whether this was directly attributable to Snipes or not, her authority as S.O.E. makes her responsible for the outcome, which is a third class felony violation of Florida Statutes. Secretary of State, Ken Detzner fired off memos to Broward’s State’s Attorney, Michael Satz and Sheriff Scott Israel, requesting an investigation. Meanwhile Ms. Snipes reflexively produced an affidavit signed by a machine operator who claimed it was his fault. If it was determined that Ms. Snipes be “held harmless,” why after 13 days has there not been a definitive statement by Satz? Odds are though, that she will be granted a pass on this incident, setting the precedent for the “machine failure” excuse in the November Presidential Election when highly suspicious partisan tallies are posted.

The General Election is now less than two months away. Our elected officials, Florida Secretary of State, Detzner, Attorney General, Bondi and Governor Scott have failed to prioritize the issue of voter fraud and thereby they themselves have become unwarily complicit enablers of voter disenfranchisement. We call upon our Tallahassee officials to enforce Florida Statues to sanction or remove, by executive order if necessary, our rogue and notorious Supervisor of Elections, Dr. Brenda Snipes.

There is an unbroken theme here, election after election, Snipes enables and contributes to voter fraud, violates election statutes, and Secretary of State, Detzner, seems impotent or pressured not to reign in this staff’s flawed math, missing cartons of ballots, “cranky machines” are but some examples. All the while, she has never, not once taken personal responsibility for the questionable outcomes. Indeed, why would she when there have never been any consequences for her ineptitude or misdeeds? To date, Dr. Snipes has not responded to the Florida Statutory request, and once again has chosen to ignore public activism and has continued to abuse her position as Broward County Supervisor of Elections.

SOS Directive 2013 Ken Detzner by Media Trackers Florida on Scribd

RELATED ARTICLE: Broward County Creates Phantom District to Allow Illegal Voting

Join ACT! for America next week in Washington, D.C.

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Brigitte Gabriel

Brigitte Gabriel

There could not be a more perfect time for you to attend the annual ACT for America Conference scheduled for September 6th and 7th in Washington, D.C.

Hear from Brigitte Gabriel and a host of important speakers on the topic of immigration, refugee resettlement and the security threats we face from both.

ACT is the only national grassroots organization that puts reform of the Refugee Program as a top priority!

A very special guest will be Philip B. Haney, Department of Homeland Security whistleblower and author, who will speak on ‘Refugee Vetting: Is our security at risk?’

And, this is what Ms. Gabriel said in a recent e-mail recognizing the critical need to let Congress know now how you feel about the ever-expanding UN/US State Department Refugee Admissions Program and how it will impact you and your town.

This is an “all hands on deck” moment. Congress can decide to not fund those numbers or not. Congress can stop him.

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Our counter voice needs to be heard. We need to show up in force and send a clear message to Congress. Not only NO but Hell NO to more unvetted refugees in America.

Due to this impending event [lobbying push by the advocates for 200,000 refugees for next year—ed] , we have dramatically slashed our national conference rate to our rock bottom cost of only $229/registration. We are doing all we can to have you with us. This is a crucial showdown between the patriots who love this country, and those who are trying to destroy it.

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If you are not there, Congress will assume Americans don’t care. They will only hear the loud voices of our rivals and will assume we are perfectly OK with more refugees. This is why it is critical that we have you with us at ACTCON 2016 so we can tell Congress “NO” to Obama’s proposal.

Silence from those who oppose refugee resettlement is the same as support for them. This is the time when patriotic Americans must speak up.

I want to say that some of the hardest working, patriotic and most dedicated citizen activists I met on my 30-day tour of American communities facing refugee overload problems were the ACT for America members.

You have until tomorrow, September 2nd, midnight, to meet some of those great people in Washington!

Go here to register!

Trump Lays Out Detailed New Vision for America’s Badly Broken Immigration Policy

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WASHINGTON, D.C. /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to Donald Trump’s address about immigration policy.

“This evening, Donald Trump laid out a coherent and workable strategy for addressing the decades-long problem of mass illegal immigration, and for reforming our dysfunctional legal immigration policies. But even more important than the details of the plan itself, Trump laid out the most fundamental principle for true immigration reform: The policy exists to protect and serve ‘the wellbeing of the American people,’ and ‘protect all aspects of American life.’

“We now have a fully fleshed-out plan for American voters to evaluate and compare with the positions of his opponent and the policies of the current administration. It includes proposals for securing our borders, preventing people from overstaying visas, eliminating the magnet of jobs for illegal aliens, and ending benefit and rewards for illegal immigration. These have been the driving forces behind decades of uncontrolled illegal immigration.

“The plan also stressed the primacy of the national interest in legal immigration policy, calling for a merit-based system of selecting immigrants who are most likely succeed economically and assimilate into the economic and cultural mainstream.

“Trump redefined the parameters of the immigration debate in this evening’s speech in ten clearly defined policy goals. It is now up to his political opponents and congressional leaders of both parties to explain to the American people why their interests should not be the paramount consideration in immigration reform, why our borders should not be secured, why sanctuary cities should not be outlawed, why laws should not be enforced uniformly, and why the magnet of jobs should not be cut off.”

VIDEO: The Obama Immigration Policy Timeline Wrecking Ball.

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Founded in 1979, FAIR is the country’s largest immigration reform group. With over 250,000 members nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests. FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment, and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.

To learn more about FAIR click here.

CDC Report: Gay’s 2% of population but 55% of those living with AIDS/HIV

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The Center for Disease Control’s latest report states:

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men made up an estimated 2% of the population but 55% of people living with HIV in the United States in 2013. If current diagnosis rates continue, 1 in 6 gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, including 1 in 2 black/African-American gay and bisexual men, 1 in 4 Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men, and 1 in 11 white gay and bisexual men.

In 2014:

  • Gay and bisexual men accounted for 83% (29,418) of the estimated new HIV diagnoses among all males aged 13 and older and 67% of the total estimated new diagnoses in the United States.
  • Gay and bisexual men aged 13 to 24 accounted for an estimated 92% of new HIV diagnoses among all men in their age group and 27% of new diagnoses among all gay and bisexual men.
  • Gay and bisexual men accounted for an estimated 54% (11,277) of people diagnosed with AIDS. Of those men, 39% were African American, 32% were white, and 24% were Hispanic/Latino.

Onan Coca from Constitution.com notes:

While the left would blame most of these problems on conservative “homophobia,” the truth is actually quite different. Even as homosexuality becomes an ever more acceptable societal given; the mental and physical consequences of such behavior continue to persist. In fact, the CDC notes that even as the HIV/AIDS infection rates continue to generally drop, over the last ten years they actually rose in the homosexual male community. This has nothing to do with conservative homophobia and everything to do with what we on the right have been warning about for years – the dangerous consequences of negative and immoral behavior.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton have done nothing to stop this pandemic. Instead they have opened women’s bathrooms to gays, transgenders. This put at risk females and young girls.

RELATED ARTICLE: If You’re On the Fence About Your Vote, This Pastor Clarifies How the Very Future of America Is At Stake by JIM GARLOW/SKYLINE CHURCH, SAN DIEGO

Miami-Dade School Board Sued for Violation of First Amendment

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On Friday, August 19, a federal judge rejected a motion by the School Board of Miami-Dade County to dismiss a law suit against the board for alleged violations of Freedom of Speech and Assembly under the First Amendment.  The Plaintiffs allege that the school board unlawfully took adverse employment action against them in retaliation for their involvement in the attempt to convert a public school to a charter school, an attempt that ultimately failed.

The plaintiffs include Dr. Alberto T. Fernandez, Henny Cristobol, and Patricia E. Ramirez.  They worked at Neva King Cooper Educational Center, a special school for students with significant intellectual disabilities in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  Dr. Fernandez was the principal, Cristobol was the assistant principal, and Ramirez was the placement specialist.

In May 2012, the district transferred the employees to alternate work locations for their participation in the school’s efforts to explore converting it to a charter school.  The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated the district’s actions, and the OIG issued a Fact-Finding Report unfavorable to the School Board. The FDOE then referred the case to the Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) for a hearing to take place.  On June 30, 2014, Judge Edward Bauer from DOAH issued a recommended order based on the facts found during the hearing.  The judge recommended that the FDOE enter a final order finding that the board violated Florida Statute 1002.3(4)(a) “Unlawful Reprisal” with respect to each plaintiff, and that the board pay Dr. Fernandez $10,590 in lost bonuses and other reasonable costs. On November 6, 2014, the FDOE entered a final order which reiterated the judge’s recommended order.  The board was also ordered to pay over $250,000 in attorney fees to the employees.*

On May 20, 2015, the plaintiffs filed the current law suit in federal court for violations of their First Amendment rights for their involvement in the above-mentioned conversion charter school exploration. On February 8, 2016, the school board filed a motion with the court to dismiss the case.  The judge, the Honorable Darrin P. Gayles, of the US District Court, Southern District of Florida, disagreed with the board’s plea. The judge’s entire order can be found here.  (Case no. 15-cv-21915-Gayles.)

For further information, please contact Mr. Robin Gibson, esquire, at 863-676-8584 or r.gibson@gibsonlawfirm299.com.

*All documents regarding the DOAH hearing can be viewed at www.doah.state.fl.us/ALJ/ (Case no. 13-1492).  The entire recommended order from the DOAH judge can be viewed here.  The final orders can be obtained from the FDOE, case number 2014-3055.

Progressivism Kills Prosperity: Example — Cleveland, Ohio

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Why knock a city down, when it is just getting off the map?  Throughout America, the progressives are feverishly at work trying to establish more and more draconian government policies that have already been proven throughout the world to bring nothing but disaster.  Venezuela quickly comes to mind on that score.

Throughout our republic turned mob rule democracy, the seeds of progressivism were sewn in earnest in 1913.  That year there was a pivotal meeting between world impacting government and corporate globalists who had a negative view of a nation of true personal responsibility based liberty, coupled with equal economic opportunity for all.  In addition, the concept of unalienable rights that come from God totally rankled them.

They also understood that government itself does not produce wealth.  But they were hankering to control economic outcomes.  Thus, the early 20th century globalists encouraged the formation of the Federal Reserve Monetary System.  It was designed to usurp U.S. congressional oversight of our nation’s money supply and economy.  As I understand it, congress had the authority to oppose the globalists efforts to rule over our economy.  Unfortunately, congress failed to stand up and alert the American people they represented of the impending doom of America’s economic independence.

As usual as with most endeavors, one thing leads to another.  But in the case of the Federal Reserve system that artificially stimulates and sometimes strangles our economy, there are numerous ways our economy is affected and sometimes infected.  One way of infecting our economy has been the practice of trying to force and guarantee economic outcomes. That is the opposite of allowing for an organic growth in economic opportunities based upon an incentivized economy that rewards work, innovation and invention.

In fact, the design and operation of today’s Federal Reserve fiat system will eventually implode our economy, if certain corrections are not soon made.  Among the needed changes would be changing course and backing the U.S. dollar with gold or silver to help it maintain real spending power.  Which brings me to the original reason for this column.

We are all familiar with the legions of silly clucks who are still demanding a $15 dollar per hour minimum wage for low skilled jobs like flipping burgers, wearing a thick costume to advertise a business, or washing dishes.  But the underlying major problem lies with the Federal Reserve continuing to print massive amounts of unbacked greenbacks.  That ridiculous practice is rapidly shriveling away the value of our money supply.  The American dollar probably has lost well over fifty percent of purchasing worth since the 1970s.

That is why I find the demand of $15 dollars per hour for no or low skilled workers totally futile.  Let’s take a look at the city of Cleveland. Like Detroit, for decades that city suffered from a massive shut down of the manufacturing base. Literally hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs were lost due to harmful international trade agreements, high taxes, overly zealous union demands and burdensome regulations.  Both Cleveland and Detroit were economically on the ropes.  Oftentimes, people throughout America and the world wondered if either city would ever recover economically.

Things in Cleveland were dismal and even worse in Detroit.  But in recent years, Cleveland refused to remain a dark, dank, rundown shadow of it’s former glory.  At the 2016 Republican in Cleveland I saw a beautiful city that does not physically reflect the economic struggles still present there.  Downtown Cleveland is a showplace of beautifully restored iconic older buildings and stunning new structures.  Playhouse Square, Cleveland’s answer to New York City’s theater district is a stunning showplace of gloriously refurbished theater palaces the are more beautiful than any Broadway theater I have ventured into.  Cleveland is home to many world class restaurants as well as museums that rival the best America and Europe have to offer.  The Cleveland museum of art is utterly stunning, as well as the University Circle neighborhood where it is located.

Cleveland is now one of the top restaurant cities in the world, feeding the growing throngs of both millennials ­moving in and tourists going there to enjoy the city. As a result, thousands of restaurant and hotel jobs have come about offering opportunities that were at one time unavailable for low skilled citizens seeking to enter into the workforce and gain experience.  That is a great compliment to the biotech companies and burgeoning health industry opportunities that attracting many college graduates into the city.  Outside of downtown and University Circle are Little Italy, Tremont, Ohio City, Asia Town, Gordon Square and others that are filled with numerous restaurants and other attractions of their own.

But now thanks but no thanks to progressive activists and other haters of real economic growth, Cleveland’s unfinished business of rebirth could come to a screeching halt. 

They are pushing for a $15 dollar per hour minimum wage.  If that comes to fruition, Cleveland’s restaurant industry and other smaller businesses throughout the city will either move out of the city, reduce their staffs, or shut down altogether.  Many who started as hosts, dishwashers and delivery personnel are now successful chefs, servers and owners.  But now that ladder of success may be tipped over if Cleveland’s many eateries are suddenly forced to deplete their economic viability by being saddled with a $15 dollar per hour wage mandate.

Already, both grocery store owners and restaurateurs have pledged a moratorium on planned expansions until the issue is settled.  I find it down right evil of those progressive agitators to knowingly place in jeopardy the livelihood of both business owners and employees who desire to work their way up in life.  The city of Seattle has suffered the loss of numerous businesses do to that city’s $15 dollar demand. To kick Cleveland just as she has emerged off the mat of economic despair is very suspect and not helpful to anyone but those seeking to politically dismantle our free market economy of equal opportunity.

Wake up Cleveland and America and free yourself from the economic death of progressivism, before it is too late.

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen

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Emerson Self Reliance book coverIn his 1841 essay “Self-Reliance”, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote:

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.

He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ‘Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.’ — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood?

Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

Wikipedia notes:

Emerson presupposes that the mind is initially subject to an unhappy conformism. Throughout the essay he gives a defense for his famous catch-phrase “Trust thyself”. This argument makes three major points: that each person has his own self-contained genius, that society and worldly influences must be resisted in favor of one’s own individuality, and that self-worth has great importance and value.

Emerson understood that forced consistency destroys the individual mind and spirit.

Gerald Russello writes in his column Open season on religious persons? that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to rule on a religious freedom case demonstrates government’s determination to force conformity.

In Stormans, Inc. v. Weisman, the Supreme Court refused to review a federal court’s decision that upheld a Washington State regulation forbidding pharmacists from refusing to provide contraceptives or abortifacients contrary to their religious belief.

This refusal, in other words, lets the federal appellate court decision stand, which would permit Washington State to force the consciences of pharmacists.  The case is potentially a dark precedent because it allows states to discriminate against religious believers, even when the discrimination against them is clear – and even when no one was adversely affected by the assertion of religious conscience.

The next president will be either one who believes in self-reliance or one who believes in foolish consistency. That president will not only change government itself but also appoint, perhaps three, Supreme Court justices, whose judicial temperament will or will not “force conformity.”

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There are groups in America that want forced conformity such as: the Democratic Party, the Communist Party of the USA (who has nominated Hillary Clinton for president), Islamic Supremacist organizations, career statesmen of both political parties and one candidate for president.

It is important for Americans to ‘Trust Thyself” rather than trust government. As Ronald Reagan said, “Government is the problem, not the solution.”

In other words always Trust Thyself!

The Regulatory Is Growing Faster than the Real Economy by James L. Gattuso

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Want to work in a field that has more than quadrupled in size since 1960? Consider being a regulator for the federal government. Even during the last recession, the regulatory agencies were hiring.

In 2015, the U.S. government employed more than 277,000 regulators. To put that number in perspective, it’s 50,000 more workers than General Motors Co. employsthroughout the entire world.

The Fourth Branch of Government

We’ve all heard of the regulatory agencies that constitute the “fourth branch” of government. It has cost our economy over $100 billionduring the Obama administration.

But it wasn’t always like this. We haven’t always lived in a world where unelected bureaucrats could fine a man $55,000 for taking photos of his friend’s art project.

Thankfully, Susan Dudley from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Melinda Warren from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, have tracked the growth of federal regulatory agencies, allowing us to see how we got into the predicament we’re in now.

Using data from the annual federal budget, Dudley and Warren have recorded the number of federal regulators and the amount of taxpayer money given to them for each year since 1960. All monetary figures that they report are in inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars.

Tip of the Iceberg

While their data show federal regulation has exploded since 1960, it’s important to realize that they included only regulatory agencies that explicitly restrict business transactions in the private sector.

That means the 277,000 regulators they recorded in 2015 didn’t include anyone from the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, Defense Department, or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—even though these agencies account for roughly one-third of all final rulemaking actions in a typical year.

However, even without these agencies, it’s apparent that the size of federal regulation is massive compared to what it once was. From 1960 to 2015, the amount of taxpayer money allocated to federal regulators increased by more than 1,800 percent, from $3.06 billion to $57.05 billion.

The growth of federal regulatory agencies has not been limited to any particular field or industry.

From 1960 to 2015, the budget of the Federal Aviation Administration increased from $241 million to $1.36 billion, the budget of the Comptroller of the Currency increased from $63 million to $1.13 billion, and the budget of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission increased from $40 million to $286 million. Since its beginning in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency added over 10,000 employees to its payroll.

Even when the rest of the country is doing poorly, the regulators do well.

From 2014 to 2015, the economy grew by only 2.6 percent, while the regulatory business grew by 4.3 percent. So if you’re looking for work and the private sector isn’t hiring, you can always try finding work as a bureaucrat in the industry that never shrinks.

A version of this article was published by The Daily Signal.

Matthew Andrews

Matthew Andrews is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation.

James L. Gattuso

James L. Gattuso

James Gattuso handles regulatory and telecommunications issues for The Heritage Foundation as a Senior Research Fellow in its Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies.

Why Luxury TVs Are Affordable when Health Care Is Not by Richard N. Lorenc

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Imagine this. You are feeling under the weather. You pull out your smartphone and click the Rx app. A nurse arrives in 20 minutes at your home. He gives you a blood test and recommends to the doctor that she prescribe a treatment. It is sent to the CVS down the street, which delivers it to your door in 20 minutes. The entire event costs $20.

Sounds nuts? Not so much. Not if health care were a competitive industry. As it is, medical care prices are up 105% in the last 20 years. This contrasts with the television industry, which is selling products that have fallen 96% in the same period.

Take a look at this chart assembled by AEI. It reveals two important points. First, there is no such thing as an aggregate price level, or, rather what we call the price level is a statistical fiction. Second, it shows that competitive industries offer goods and services that are falling in price due to market pressure. In contrast monopolized industries can extract ever higher rents from people based on restriction.

Consider each product or service shown. College is heavily subsidized, regulated, and exclusionary, and the costs are soaring. The textbook industry is hobbled by extreme copyright regulation, and can depend on captive buyers. Childcare is one of the most regulated industries in the country. Not just anyone can enter. Every aspect of childcare provision is controlled by the state.

On the other hand, software, wireless service, toys and and TVs (see: free trade) exist in relatively freer market settings. The price pressure is down.

It’s not that complicated, folks. If you want good services, good products, innovative ideas, and low prices, you need competitive markets. The more you control, the higher the prices and the worse the results.

Richard N. Lorenc

Richard N. Lorenc

Richard N. Lorenc is the Chief Operating Officer of FEE and Publisher of the Freeman.