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  • Anti-War, Anti-Gun Activist Turned “War expert,” Sean Penn, Tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Americans Need To Ignore Nuclear Threat from Russia, Send More Long-Range Weapons and Fighter Jets to Ukraine [VIDEO]

    Anti-War, Anti-Gun Activist Turned “War expert,” Sean Penn, Tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Americans Need To Ignore Nuclear Threat from Russia, Send More Long-Range Weapons and Fighter Jets to Ukraine [VIDEO]

    100 Percent Fed Up reports – Hollywood actor Sean Penn doesn’t think Americans should be able to own guns to protect themselves. He does, however, think Americans should open up their checkbooks and send Ukraine a blank check so they can buy weapons to protect themselves. Sounds a bit hypocritical—don’t you think?

    At a charity auction for Haiti relief in 2014, Sean Penn announced that he had given up his 67-gun collection and was now an anti-gun activist.
    “I’m a self-proclaimed Alpha male who owns 67 firearms,” Penn told the crowd of adoring Hollywood actors and Democrat journalists, including Andersen Cooper.
    “But I’ve had my mind changed about guns by a strong woman, a beautiful South African woman.”
    (Penn was referring to his girlfriend at the time, actress and anti-gun activist Charlize Theron)
    “I don’t need these cowardly instruments of violence and destruction; none of us do!” Penn proclaimed as he announced that the “highest bidder” would receive a sculpture that was made out of his collection of guns.
    Last month, the former anti-war activist, Sean Penn, appeared on the disgraced former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s show, where he attempted to explain why it’s okay for Ukraine and NATO nations to fight in a war against Russia and called for US vets to risk their lives and go to Ukraine to fight with them.

    Penn also appeared with Sean Hannity on his prime-time Fox News show ten months ago, where he suggested nuclear weapons should be used against Russia.
    The agnostic actor concluded his interview with Hannity by making yet another curious statement, “If there is a God, there will be vengeance, beyond all possible comprehension,” for the evil committed against Ukrainian citizens. It’s interesting to see someone who allegedly doesn’t believe in God, to warn Russians that, in the end, God will have the last word, and His fury will be great for those who’ve killed and maimed innocent Ukrainians.

    The Hollywood actor appeared with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, where he praised Joe Biden for his trip to Ukraine. Penn seems to have missed the fake war sirens that blared while Joe walked gingerly to his designated (painted) spot on the cement floor for his carefully staged press conference with Ukraine President Zelenskyy or his confusion while attempting to read his prepared statements to the press.  Penn didn’t say how Biden’s trip helped the Ukrainians, just that it “helped.”
    The formerly anti-war activist who’s visited and embraced some of the most brutal leaders, including Venezuela’s dictator Hugo Chavez and Mexican drug cartel kingpin El Chapo, told the CNN host that America needs to send “more long-range precision weapons” and “fighter jets” to Ukraine. Penn warned that the US is being “overly cautious” in its fear of nuclear weapons.
    Watch:

    Sean Penn, who discriminated against the unvaccinated, is now urging Biden to send combat planes and long-range weapons to Ukraine: “They need more ammunition, more long-range precision weapons, and yes, fighter jets.” pic.twitter.com/i2v9F8pfEO
    — Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) March 1, 2023

    What do you think about Sean Penn’s opinions on Ukraine?
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  • Michigan RINOs Lobbying GOP Legislators to Ban Guns on behalf of Left-Wing Governor

    Michigan RINOs Lobbying GOP Legislators to Ban Guns on behalf of Left-Wing Governor

    Democrats hold the thinnest of majorities in the Wolverine State. Democrats control the State House 56 votes to 54, and in the Michigan Senate by 20 votes to 18 Republicans.
    Yet that slim majority doesn’t stop Democrats from immediately banning guns and enacting the full left-wing agenda, the full blast of horribles.
    One of their key priorities is banning guns, so to that end they have advanced two key pieces of legislation to confiscate guns. The left-wing gun ban package is found in House Bills 4138-4148, sponsored by Reps. Jamie Churches, Sharon MacDonnell, Karen Whitsett, Natalie Price, Brenda Carter, Kristian Grant, Felicia Brabec, Ranjeev Puri, Kelly Breen, Julie Brixie, and Stephanie Young, who are all far-left extremists except Rep. Whitsett.
    These gun bills are brought out in response to the February 14th shooting at Michigan State where three students were killed by a crazed gunman who was let off the hook by a Soros District Attorney who has publicly stated she didn’t want to prosecute him prior to the shootings because he was black. The gunman, Anthony McRae, had previously had a felony with a potential five year prison sentence pled down to a misdemeanor with probation because of the far-left prosecutor’s racism, and if not for the prosecutor’s far-left extremism the Michigan State students would be alive today.
    The three MSU victims who died because far-left racist prosecutors refuse to use current laws as written.

    LEFT-WING DEMOCRATS CREATE CRIME AND CAUSE CHAOS, THEN FUND HARD-LEFT POLICY ‘SOLUTIONS’ THAT ONLY CREATE MORE CRIME AND MAKE MORE CRIMINALS
    One is a “Universal Background Check” which is really a way to outlaw all private selling and buying of guns. This is found in HB 4138. Civil Rights gun groups say that this bill will unnecessarily criminalize people who gift or sell their guns to friends or relatives.
    Another is a “Red Flag Law” which says that it prevents those with mental health problems from buying guns, while in practice it means that every time someone tells a doctor they’re depressed, they’re at risk of having their gun rights unconstitutionally taken away. This is found in HB 4145.
    Neither of these laws even claim to have been useful in stopping Anthony McRae from shooting and killing three Michigan State students last month, and critically injuring five more. Great Lakes Gun Rights Executive Director Brenden Boudreau had this to say about these pending gun bills, and the Republican response, “We’re hearing reports the Republicans like Mark Huizenga and Michael Webber are listening to infamously anti-gun Republican Fred Upton and are considering voting for the Democrats radical gun control package. This would almost certainly be a career ending decision.”
    Most of the claims about ‘gun violence’ by the left are ultimately referencing suicides by gun, rather than what any reasonable person understands as true violent crime committed while using a firearm.
    NOW IT COMES OUT THAT LEFT-WING NUT GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER IS USING RINOS TO PRESSURE WEAK REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR GUN CONFISCATION

    Left-wing zealot Governor Whitmer has former Republican Rep. Dave Trott and former Republican Rep. Fred Upton calling and pressuring key Republicans to support gun confiscation. Trott and Upton were loud NeverTrumpers, Upton being one of the few to vote to impeach President Trump. Upton was forced to cowardly resign last year after 36 years in Washington after facing President Trump’s patriots in the primaries. Trott was defeated in part because of criticisms of his role as the “Foreclosure King” evicting thousands of homeowners for debts. Upton was personally wealthy as an heir to the Whirlpool fortune, along with being lavishly funded by the left-wing RINO DeVos family, his friends.
    RINO former Rep. Dave Trott (Michigan)
     
    tired RINO former Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan)
    Specifically, Reps. Trott and Upton have allegedly convinced weak Michigan State Senator Mike Webber to flip on guns, going from a pro-gun position to an anti-gun position. Allegedly they are next working on Michigan State Senator Mark Huizenga to be the next person to flip on the second amendment, betraying conservative voters once again.
    RINOS WORKING WITH WHITMER HAVE FLIPPED ONE PRO-GUN MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN TO HURT GUN RIGHTS, WORKING RIGHT NOW TO FLIP MORE
    Republican State Senator Mike Huizenga, under pressure at the moment to betray conservative voters on guns.
    Hearings are currently ongoing in the Michigan legislature filled with fake testimonies from people who support left-wing gun grabs by starting their statements by saying, “As a lawful licensed gun owner…” and similar statements suggesting that they are inauthentic.
    Michigan State Senator Mike Webber: flipped on guns, ready to betray conservative voters.
    America First Patriot Representative Neil Friske had this to say to your GATEWAY PUNDIT about these gun-grabbing bills and these various tactics to browbeat Republicans: “Real Republicans don’t compromise on the Second Amendment. I will never vote for gun control measures, no matter what ‘bipartisan’ deals are cut. Shall not infringed means shall not be infringed.”
    The pathetic moderate Republicans in Lansing for years resisted even hearing on moderately pro-gun bills for years because they didn’t want to risk offending Democrats, according to Boudreau. Specifically, Boudreau notes that for four years anti-gun Rep. Graham Filler was the Chair of the Judiciary Committee and refused to have a hearing on important pro-gun legislation during that period, including bills that would have reduced the paperwork around gun ownership and would have allowed common-sense gun law reforms. Filler is on the current Republican leadership team as the Finance Chair for the House Republican Campaign Committee, the entity responsible for electing new candidates and re-electing Republicans in tight races.
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  • Breaking by Ed Dowd: Society of Actuaries Excess Death Numbers Released for December – In Age Group Under 44, Number Is 43% Higher Than Expected

    Breaking by Ed Dowd: Society of Actuaries Excess Death Numbers Released for December – In Age Group Under 44, Number Is 43% Higher Than Expected

    Ed Dowd joined Steve Bannon on The War Room in late 2022 to discuss the excess mortality rates we are witnessing following two years of the COVID vaccine mandates.
    Ed Dowd, an equity investment executive, went on The War Room back in March 2022 with an explosive report on the excess number of deaths recorded in the US since the introduction of the mandatory experimental vaccines.
    Back in March Dowd said that U.S. millennials, aged 25-44, experienced a record-setting 84% increase in excess mortality during the final four months of 2021.
    According to Ed Dowd, the latest numbers from August revealed an excess mortality rate of 36% for millennials.
    Ed Dowd later told The War Room of significant increases in the US disability rate that is directly related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
    Ed Dowd told the War Room audience, “So, just to give you some idea of the number I said on your show a couple of weeks ago and to Senator Ron Johnson, there was about 1.2 million we calculated in September. It’s now about 1.7 million starting about February 2021 thru November of 2022. 1.7 employed people have become disabled and that’s a big number.
    That is a HUGE number of individuals who have been disabled due to the mandatory vaccines!
    Last week Tucker Carlson invited Ed Dowd on to discuss his research on Tucker Carlson originals.
    Ed Dowd told the FOX News audience about his research on the unexplained increases in death rates and disability numbers.  Ed Dowd told Tucker, “The only thing that changed was a mass vaccination campaign and mandates.”
    On Tuesday Ed Dowd released the Society of Actuary’s (SOA) excess deaths numbers for the 4th quarter of 2022.
    In December the SOA found a 43% increase in excess deaths than what was expected for those under 45.
    This is a stunning number and it is significantly higher than in October when the number was 13% for those under 45 years of age.

    We call this acceleration on Wall Street and it’s a big problem.
    Source: Industry Insider
    Additionally the incident report has the all-other/unknown category above baseline for the years 20, 21 & 22 as the following
    20: 9%21: 10%22: 30%
    In other words “Cause Unknown”
    — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) February 28, 2023

    Actuaries are worried about the upcoming strain on hospitals.

    I am being told that the hospital systems in just one state by the end of 2023 will have staggering losses.
    Feel free to add your anecdotal or inside info in comments below for your state regarding hospital systems and money.
    — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) March 1, 2023

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  • “Order Tucker Carlson… to Stop Spreading the Big Lie” – Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer Demands Rupert Murdoch Silence Fox News Hosts

    “Order Tucker Carlson… to Stop Spreading the Big Lie” – Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer Demands Rupert Murdoch Silence Fox News Hosts

    Chuck Schumer
    What First Amendment?
    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) on Wednesday demanded Rupert Murdoch silence Tucker Carlson and other Fox News hosts.
    “Order Tucker Carlson and other hosts on Fox News to stop spreading the Big Lie.” Schumer said.
    Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent Rupert Murdoch a letter demanding he censor Fox News hosts.
    “As noted in your deposition released yesterday, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and other Fox News personalities knowingly, repeatedly, and dangerously endorsed and promoted the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Though you have acknowledged your regret in allowing this grave propaganda to take place, your network hosts continue to promote, spew, and perpetuate elections conspiracy theories to this day,” the Democrat wrote in a letter to Rupert Murdoch referring to the Dominion lawsuit.
    The Democrats complained about Speaker McCarthy’s decision to give Tucker Carlson access to the January 6 tapes.
    Schumer and Jeffries demanded Tucker Carlson and others participate in a Mao struggle session and publicly apologize for saying words they don’t approve of.
    “We demand that you direct Tucker Carlson and other hosts on your network to stop spreading false election narratives and admit on air that they were wrong to engage in such negligent behavior,” the Democrats wrote.
    “We ask that you make sure Fox News ceases disseminating the Big Lie and other election conspiracy theories on your network,” they wrote.

    Rupert Murdoch could have stepped in but chose not to.@RepJeffries and I are demanding that he do what he should have done a long time ago:
    Order Tucker Carlson and other hosts on Fox News to stop spreading the Big Lie. pic.twitter.com/I7hAGgBJza
    — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 1, 2023

    The Democrat-media complex knowingly lied for years about Trump-Russia collusion.
    Here’s 24 minutes of Democrats denying election results:

    NEW VIDEO: 24 minutes of Democrats denying election results. pic.twitter.com/gDnNqfruWD
    — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 17, 2023

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  • Almost 700 Schoolgirls Poisoned by Toxic Gas in Iran

    Almost 700 Schoolgirls Poisoned by Toxic Gas in Iran

    Since November 2022, almost 700 schoolgirls in Iran have been poisoned by toxic gas.  While there have been no fatalities, some believe the attacks are a deliberate attempt to force schools to shut down to deprive young women of an education.
    Others contend that the attacks may be in retaliation for the mass protests that swept Iran after the brutal murder of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini from injuries sustained at the hands of regime thugs. Mahsa was arrested for the “improper” wearing of a hijab.
    In December 2022, The Gateway Pundit reported on the more than a thousand Iranian students who were allegedly poisoned ahead of a massive anti-regime national protest.
    In October, video captured young women  removing their hijabs and making an obscene gesture at portraits of their clerical leaders in their classrooms.

    The Iranian government claims to be investigating the attacks, but their record on human rights and protecting women is abysmal, and public concern, fear and frustration continue to grow.

    The BBC reports:

    The first poisoning took place on 30 November, when 18 students from the Nour Technical School in the religious city of Qom were taken to hospital.

    Since then, more than 10 girls’ schools have been targeted in the surrounding province.

    At least 194 girls are reported to have been poisoned in the past week at four schools in the city of Borujerd, in the western province of Lorestan.

    And on Tuesday another 37 students were poisoned at the Khayyam Girls’ School in Pardis, near the capital Tehran.

    The poisoned girls have reported the smell of tangerine or rotten fish before falling ill.

    Earlier this month, at least 100 people protested outside the governor’s office in Qom.

    “You are obliged to ensure my children’s safety! I have two daughters,” one father shouted in a video widely shared on social media. “Two daughters… and all I can do is not let them go to school.”

    “This is a war!” declared a woman. “They are doing this in a girls’ high school in Qom to force us to sit at home. They want girls to stay at home.”

    Some parents have said their children were ill for weeks after the poisoning.

    Another video from a hospital shows a teenage girl lying dazed on a bed, with her mother beside her.

    “Dear mothers, I’m a mother and my child is in a hospital bed and her limbs are weak,” says the distraught mother. “I pinch her but she doesn’t feel anything. Please don’t send your children to school.”

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  • Newly Unsealed Search Warrant Reveals What FBI Found at Bryan Kohberger’s Parents’ Home – One Key Piece of Evidence Has Lawyers Talking

    Newly Unsealed Search Warrant Reveals What FBI Found at Bryan Kohberger’s Parents’ Home – One Key Piece of Evidence Has Lawyers Talking

    Bryan Kohberger enters Idaho courtroom
    A newly unsealed search warrant for Bryan Kohberger’s parents’ home in Pennsylvania revealed a number of items seized by law enforcement during a December 30 raid.
    Bryan Kohberger, 28, is accused of fatally stabbing 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of Avondale, Arizona; and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves of Rathdrum, Idaho on November 13.

    Murder victims from left: Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen
    The FBI seized a number of items including four medical style gloves and a pair of black Under Armour socks.

    List of items seized from Kohberger’s parents’ home in Pennsylvania
    One item however has the legal eagles talking – a pair of size 13 black and white Nike sneakers.
    A men’s size 13 shoe is uncommon.
    It was previously revealed in the probable cause affidavit that police found a “latent shoe print” in blood at the crime scene.
    Legal experts at NewsNation weighed in on the unsealed search warrant and the size 13 shoes.
    WATCH:

    The circumstantial evidence in this case is strong.
    According to the court documents, Kohberger’s DNA was found on a tan leather knife sheath left behind on Maddie Mogen’s bed on the 3rd floor at the King Road Residence.
    “The sheath was later processed and had ‘Ka-Bar’ ‘USMC’ and the United States Marine Corps eagle globe and anchor insignia stamped on the outside of it,” Idaho police officer Brett Payne wrote in the 19-page affidavit. “The Idaho state lab later located a single source of male DNA (suspect Profile) left on the button snap of the knife sheath.”
    According to People, Kohberger had “more than one picture” of one of the female victims stored on his phone.
    Kohberger also reportedly messaged one of the female victims on Instagram two weeks before the murders.
    Police also executed a search warrant at Kohberger’s Pullman, WA apartment which was located approximately 10 miles from the crime scene.
    The search warrant was unsealed last month.
    Police found one nitrite type glove, 13 possible hair strands (one possible animal hair strand), 1 collection of dark red spot (possible blood), 2 cuttings from uncased pillow of reddish/brown stain (possible blood) among other pieces of evidence.
    No weapons were recovered.
    Kohberger could face a firing squad if convicted since a GOP state lawmaker introduced a new bill that would bring back the method of legal execution.
    Click here to read the probable cause affidavit and read through and analysis.
    Click here to read the unsealed search warrant on Bryan Kohberger’s Pullman, Washington apartment.
    The preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 26 at 9 am.
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  • Supreme Court Justices Raise Concerns About Biden’s Ability To Forgive Student Debt

    By Casey Harper (The Center Square)
    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt.
    Biden announced in August of last year that his administration would “forgive” $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 per year or $250,000 for married couples. Debtors who borrowed money before July 1 can qualify. 
    For Pell Grant recipients, the debt reduction would total $20,000. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office estimates that the plan would cost taxpayers roughly $400 billion.
    The Biden administration argued that the administration has the legal authority to cancel the debt. Justices poked back at that claim, asking whether Congress’ HEROES ACT, which allowed the federal government to delay debt collection because of national emergencies, really grants power to cancel that debt.
    Related: CBO Says Biden Plan To Wipe Out Student Loan Debt Set To Cost Taxpayers $400 Billion
    Justices point out that the law does not explicitly allow for the waiving of student debt in this way, but the Biden administration argued that forgiving the student debt was still in line with the purpose of the bill.
    Justices also raised concerns that using a questionable legal argument to allow such a large release of federal funds may go beyond the power of the legislation. The Biden administration, though, argued that the legal challengers did not have a real injury because of the policy that would give them legal standing to challenge the plan in the first place.
    The Biden administration has paused student loan repayment until the Supreme Court rules on this case, expected by June and no later than July.
    “Today, my Administration argues our case for student debt relief in the Supreme Court,” Biden said in a statement. “This relief is critical to over 40 million Americans as they recover from the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. We’re confident it’s legal. And we’re fighting for it in court.”
    Related: Biden Student Loan Amnesty Specifically Benefits D.C. Staffers
    A poll from August 2022 found Americans are concerned that forgiving the student loan debt will hike inflation.
    A CNBC/Momentive survey found that 59% of those surveyed said they are concerned forgiving the debt will make inflation worse.
    “Republicans are especially concerned: 81% of Republicans say student loan forgiveness will make inflation worse, nearly double the number of Democrats who say the same (41%),” Momentive said.
    Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
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  • Chinese Communism Survivor Warns Of ‘The Woke Revolution Aiming To Undo America’

    Outspoken anti-communism activist Xi Van Fleet gave New York Times racial injustice reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones a lesson on “the current Woke Revolution aiming to undo America” during a recent Twitter exchange.
    Van Fleet took exception to a tweet by The 1619 Project founder attacking “American exceptionalism” and a heated debate ensued.

    I appreciate EVERYONE who participated in the debate yesterday about American Exceptionalism, natural rights, slavery, and the 1619 Project. The author should be challenged by us since the mainstream media no longer does its job. @ConceptualJames https://t.co/t9SDv2wbPj
    — Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) February 27, 2023

    RELATED: Why This Teenage Ukrainian Refugee Prefers a War Zone to American Public Schools
    Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project
    If you’re not familiar with Nikole Hannah-Jones, she won a Pulitzer for The 1619 Project which “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States’ national narrative.”
    The New York Times project explores the legacy of Black Americans starting with African slaves who landed in Virigina in 1619. Whether those were America’s first African slaves is disputed but yet was cemented into history by President Barack Obama. Even Smithsonian Magazine penned ‘The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History.’
    Notably, Hannah-Jones’ journalism project bears a similar name to a local history effort by Calvin Pearson called Project 1619.
    In her tweet that drew Van Fleet’s attention, Hannah-Jones bemoans that Black history is under attack because “our very presence on these lands is the greatest rebuke to the narrative of American exceptionalism.”
    “Yourself and I, an immigrant from China with 200 borrowed dollars in my pocket when I arrived more than 30 yrs ago, are the proof of American Exceptionalism,” Van Fleet counters.

    Yourself and I, an immigrant from China with 200 borrowed dollars in my pocket when I arrived more than 30 yrs ago, are the proof of American Exceptionalism.
    — Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) February 26, 2023

    RELATED: Radical Left-Wing Fairfax County School Board Member Abrar Omeish Calls Battle of Iwo Jima ‘Evil’
    Xi Van Fleet Predicted Rise of the “Social Justice Warrior”
    You might remember Van Fleet as the brave mom, a survivor of communist China under Mao Zedong, who warned a Virginia school board of the parallels she noticed between critical race theory and social conditioning within schools during China’s Cultural Revolution from 1966-1976 which left millions dead.
    Van Fleet was just 6 when the revolution started pitting citizens against one another, young and old, and where critics were branded “impure” and eventually silenced.
    It’s ironic now that Hannah-Jones would be sparring with the Chinese immigrant mother who spotlighted the dangers of turning America’s children into “social justice warriors”.
    “You are now teaching, training our children to be social justice warriors and to loathe our country and our history,” said Van Fleet to the Loudoun County school board in 2021.

    Watch a brave parent who grew up in Mao’s China point out all of the identical traits b/n the Cultural Revolution and what LCPS, and really every school system, are doing through the use of CRT. pic.twitter.com/zH7XuyBmW6
    — The Virginia Project UAC (@TVPUAC) June 9, 2021

    RELATED: Democrats Moving to Make Reparations a Reality, and Not Just In San Francisco
    Xi Van Fleet Schools Nikole Hannah-Jones on American Exceptionalism
    When asked to elaborate on how Hannah-Jones herself and Van Fleet could stand as living examples of American Exceptionalism, that’s where the lesson begins.
    First, the Chinese immigrant contrasts the enjoyment of natural rights here in America versus other countries. Pointing to the enjoyment of these rights as being a unique tenet to America while slavery is not.

    Natural rights is unique to American founding. Bc of it we were able to abolish slavery, Jim Crow, anti-Chinese laws … to allow individuals to succeed. What is not unique to America is slavery, which still exists today. Ppl fighting for human rights in China are jailed by CCP.
    — Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) February 26, 2023

    Hannah Jones challenged Van Fleet on the idea of natural rights.
    “Ma’am, the idea of natural rights may have been unique, but 1/5th of the population was enslaved at our founding and had no “natural rights.” Further, you do not think protesters in the US face state violence and arrest? You think the US has no political prisoners?”, Hannah Jones rebutted.

    Ma’am, the idea of natural rights may have been unique, but 1/5th of the population was enslaved at our founding and had no “natural rights.” Further, you do not think protesters in the US face state violence and arrest? You think the US has no political prisoners?
    — Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 26, 2023

    At this point, Hannah-Jones cannot see from her social justice pedestal that she is out of her league. So, she condescends to Van Fleet, “I’m afraid your vision of America does not match the reality.”
    The Woke Revolution
    That’s when Van Fleet drops the crushing blow. 
    The communism survivor isn’t an academic who has read about history or the experiences of others in books.
    Van Fleet lived through China’s Cultural Revolution. She has LIVED the alternative and came to America for a better life. A way of life which she now holds dear and staunchly defends.
    “Mine is not a “vision”. Mine is “lived experience” under the enslavement of Communism, freedom in America, and the current Woke Revolution aiming to undo America,” Van Fleet declares.
    Van Fleet then ends on a final pointed note to Hannah-Jones, “Black Americans are enslaved no more thanks to the persevering principles and humanity of this country.”
    Mic drop.
    Ironically, Hannah-Jones is currently benefiting directly from the “Woke Revolution”.
    Streaming service Hulu is turning Hannah-Jones ‘The 1619 Project’ into a six-part docuseries. The Wrap recently wrote the docuseries “couldn’t be timed better” citing Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ rejection of AP African American Studies course.

    Mine is not a “vision”. Mine is “lived experience” under the enslavement of Communism, freedom in America, and the current Woke Revolution aiming to undo America.
    Black Americans are enslaved no more thanks to the persevering principles and humanity of this country.
    — Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) February 26, 2023

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    Coleman Hughes Spars with Nikole Hannah-Jones
    Real-life communism survivor Xi Van Fleet isn’t the only opposing view to recently spar with Nikole Hannah-Jones.
    American writer and podcast host Coleman Hughes went a few rounds with Hannah-Jones earlier this month.
    Hughes, of African American and Puerto Rican descent, is a prominent commentator on race and class and has even testified before the House against reparations. In 2019, Hughes testified that paying reparations “would only divide the country further.”
    The 27-year-old New Jersey native took issue with Hannah-Jones recent criticism of Thomas Sowell.
    “Other than being Black, what exactly is Sowell’s expertise in slavery or history?” Hannah-Jones asks. Her question in a response to user’s suggestion that she read Thomas Sowell’s essay “The Real History of Slavery”.  
    Hughes’ response credits Sowell with publishing “multiple tomes on the history of race, conquest, and slavery – replete with thousands of citations.”

    Sowell: *Publishes multiple tomes on the history of race, conquest, and slavery––replete with thousands of citations*
    Nikole Hannah-Jones: pic.twitter.com/tTVxFSliRw
    — Coleman Hughes (@coldxman) February 11, 2023

    Hannah-Jones then asks for specific titles before levying a personal insult.
    “And do you notice I never tweet about nor mention you. Why do you think that might be?”

    “Conquests & Cultures,” “Race & Culture,” “The Real History of Slavery” from “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”, “Americans from Africa” from “Ethnic America”.
    Large chunks of these books tell the history of slavery. Over a thousand citations on the topic, easily. And you? https://t.co/nyKJ3Qut3X
    — Coleman Hughes (@coldxman) February 11, 2023

    The irony here is rich. First, that she felt compelled to respond. Second, that she is attempting to dress down Hughes, a young black man who has made the 2021 Forbes 30-under-30 list has been called “one of the most prolific and insightful commentators on race and class in the United States.”
    Hughes was quick to point out that Hannah-Jones’ reaction said more about her than him.

    To explain: She screenshotted some of my Tweets that had received very few likes and highlighted the like numbers in red.
    Here’s a screenshot of the now-deleted Tweet. pic.twitter.com/2rRfihA6bg
    — Coleman Hughes (@coldxman) February 12, 2023

    Human rights champion Kofi Annan once said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.”
    If Nikole Hannah-Jones can take some knowledge away from these exchanges, we’ll count that as progress.
    These simple yet powerful words of Xi Van Fleet from a 2021 call with Fox News seem like a poignant final note. A reminder of the tie that binds yet so many take for granted.
    “I just want Americans to know that their privilege is to be here living in America, that is just the biggest privilege,” said Van Fleet.

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  • AZ Senate Investigation Shows Evidence Gov. Katie Hobbs and Other Officials Allegedly Took Bribes From Sinaloa Drug Cartel

    A number of high profile Arizona politicians and officials have been accused of receiving bribes from the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, but at the top of the list is new Governor Katie Hobbs.
    The California-based Harris/Thaler Law Corporation has evidence that connects Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Runbeck Election Services, and a disturbing number of mayors, judges, city council members, and county supervisors of receiving bribes from the notorious drug cartel.
    This discovery was announced during a recent hearing in front of the Senate Elections and Municipal Oversight & Elections Joint Committee. The presentation was conducted by principle investigator Jacqueline Breger from Harris/Thaler, who went into excruciating detail as to how what started as an investigation into allegations of money-laundering turned into this major scandal.

    Just so we are clear: AZ has two issues. First, phantom election workers on the Maricopa County payroll. Second, see below. pic.twitter.com/nYtStvIN3R
    — John Thaler (@Thaleresq) November 11, 2022

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    The Investigation
    According to Breger, “In 2006, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa investigated the laundering of drug cartel monies through a complex series of single-family home purchases in those states.
    “By 2009, numerous real estate agents, escrow companies and title insurers had been indicted, charged and convicted of racketeering.” She continued, “In 2014, our office was asked to review the case files and to determine whether monies from the sales of the properties had filtered to property purchases in Arizona, specifically in Maricopa and Pima County.”
    The Sinaloa Cartel, which is ran by the infamous Joaquín  “El Chapo”Archivaldo Guzmán Loera who is serving a life sentence in a supermax prison in Colorado, is considered to be the most powerful and deadly drug cartel in the world.
    Investigators connected their discoveries back to Arizona when they found out that it was several real estate agents from Iowa who “had set up a laundering system in Arizona and thereafter had transferred the proceeds of sales to Panamanian Corporations.”
    Bregers pointed out “In 2018, Mr. Thaler discovered, incidental to another matter, a series of trust deeds evidencing that cash laundering through single family residences in Arizona was pervasive and ongoing. With that, a new investigation began with the focus being on money laundering and related racketeering activities in Maricopa County and several other Arizona counties.”
    It was also noted that Harris/Thaler also currently represents several parties “directly damaged by the racketeering activities” discovered.
    In the lengthy report Breger provided, Arizona residents Dawna Rae Chavez and her daughter Brittany Rae Chavez were accused of being the “principal preparers of the documents necessary to effect the racketeering enterprises.”
    According to Bregers, “To date, more than 10,000 falsified documents have been recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder. We estimate that more than 35,000 warranty deeds/trust deeds evidencing fraudulent transactions exist in the database. 11. The number of falsified notarizations exceeds 15,000.  12. Dawna and Brittany’s participation in racketeering activities also includes facilitation of bribes to public officials, tax evasion, payroll theft, bankruptcy fraud, insurance fraud, and extortion.”
    The money from these activities allegedly went directly to a number of politicians and election officials going back to 2004.
    “Since 2004, elections within Pima County and Maricopa County have been manipulated through infiltration of the county databases resulting from bribes paid to executives at election service providers including, but not limited to, principals of Runbeck Election Services,” Bregers said. “In addition to impacting local elections, bribes and infiltration were used to affect the outcome of the races during the November 3, 2020 election, including the outcome of the race for Maricopa County Recorder, and the outcome of the November 8, 2022 election (race for Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General).”

    BREAKING: Katie Hobbs and Runbeck election services have been named as recipients of Sinaloa cartel bribes via deeds of trust and phony mortgages in AZ senate investigation.
    When are the criminals running this country going to be held accountable? pic.twitter.com/kFY1qgn5vg
    — Melissa Tate (@TheRightMelissa) February 25, 2023

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    Into the Rabbit Hole
    According to Breger’s report, the list of those who allegedly accepted cartel bribes include but are not limited to “multiple state office holders (State House/State Senate), local office holders, county supervisors, judges of the Maricopa County Superior Court, judges of several city courts (including two presiding judges), judge’s assistants, prosecutors within certain cities within Maricopa County, prosecutors for Maricopa County, peripheral legal specialists including attorneys, ‘approved’ mental healthcare providers (court appointed advisors) and related specialists.”
    She added that in the Superior Courts for Maricopa County, Pinal County and Pima County, “at least 25 percent of the active judges have accepted bribes in exchange for protecting the racketeering activities.”
    Towards the later end of the report, a list of the officials who allegedly falsified deeds connected to the money laundering operations include Gov. Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Sen. Krysten Sinema, Rep. Ruben Gallego, Mayor  John Giles of Mesa, Arizona Speaker of the House Ben Toma, and many others.
    Bregers noted that “This list comprises individuals where investigation has been completed. Additional officials including judges and election officials for Maricopa County and spouses are currently implicated by the evidence obtained to date.”

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  • DeSantis Signs Bill To Strip Disney Of Self-Governance Privileges

    DeSantis Signs Bill To Strip Disney Of Self-Governance Privileges

    By Andrew Powell (The Center Square)
    The Walt Disney Company has officially lost its cozy relationship with Florida.
    Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Monday in Lake Buena Vista to sign House Bill 9B that will put an end to many of Disney’s governance privileges with the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
    Critics charge that Disney will retain much of its tax privileges and that DeSantis has appointed political contributors to the new board.
    “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end, there’s a new sheriff in town and accountability will be the order of the day.” DeSantis said.
    “Since the 1960’s they’ve [Disney] enjoyed privileges unlike any other company or individual in the state of Florida.” DeSantis said, adding that Disney essentially had its own government, including exemptions from laws.
    DeSantis noted that Disney had also been given huge benefits, had not paid their fair share of taxes and had amassed a municipal debt of over $700 million.
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    One DeSantis critic in the Legislature says that a better idea than stripping Disney of its privileges with Reedy Creek was to close corporate tax loopholes that she says the company exploits. 
    State Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, said in a statement that Disney retains the same tax breaks as before and that the new board would be filled with DeSantis-appointed “hostile conservative cronies.”
    “It’s absolutely wild to see a self-proclaimed capitalist like DeSantis celebrate the government takeover of a private board which is exactly what the governor just did today,” Eskamani said. “Disney still maintains the same tax breaks — but their First Amendment rights have been suppressed, and it sends a message to any private individual or company that if you don’t purport to what the governor wants, then you’ll be punished.”

    Today Governor DeSantis signed into law a bill that seals his hostile takeover of Reedy Creek. Below is Representative Eskamani’s response.
    You can also read it here: https://t.co/ROVNLaWfGR pic.twitter.com/ULLGaaFHSW
    — Rep. Anna V. Eskamani (@AnnaForFlorida) February 27, 2023

    DeSantis mentioned the objection Disney had in 2022 to the Parental Choice in Education Act, which banned educators from teaching children about gender identity and other issues from kindergarten through third grade.
    “Disney came out against something that was really just about protecting young kids, and making sure that students are able to go to school learning to read, write, add and subtract and not having a teacher tell them they can change their gender.” DeSantis said.
    DeSantis noted that the protest from Disney about the legislation was only a “mild annoyance” but added that Disney’s actions had shown that there was a movement within the corporation itself to inject sexualized material into children’s programming.
    “We want our kids to be kids, we want them to enjoy entertainment, school, without having an agenda imposed upon them.” DeSantis said, adding, “If you’re going that way as a corporation, those are not values we want to promote in the State of Florida.”
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    DeSantis pointed out that the situation with Disney was indefensible from a policy perspective, noting that it is not fair one theme park gets preferential treatment over another.
    “We believe that was not good policy, we believe, being joined at the hip with this one California-based company was not something that was justifiable or sustainable,” DeSantis said, adding, “So, we said we were gonna do something about it.”
    Disney will be treated like any other theme park in Florida, according to DeSantis, and that includes Florida laws that the area has been exempt from up until this point.
    The $700 million municipal debt incurred during the corporation’s period of self governance will be paid by Disney and not by the taxpayers who live in Orange and Osceola counties.
    Disney will also be responsible for paying its share for infrastructure, something that DeSantis said they weren’t paying for years. 
    “I’m glad that we could stand up against some of the madness,” DeSantis said, adding that he was also happy that the Legislature is working on more permanent protections for every Floridian.
    Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
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