As Debate Heats Up, the Masks Come Off
By: William R.Hawkins

As campus protests turned violent, necessitating police operations to clear illegal encampments, the true agenda of the activists became apparent. Initially, the demonstrations were presented as saving innocent lives in Gaza with a cease-fire and humanitarian aid. Within this demand lurked the desire to save the Hamas terrorist group from defeat; a group that was using civilians as human shields. They charged that Israel was conducting “genocide” in Gaza with its offensive to clear out the thugs who had purposely massacred civilians in Israel on October 7, 2023. However, the genocide issue quickly shifted as the campus radicals openly embraced the Hamas objective of destroying Israel “from the river to the sea.” Indeed, the only side in this conflict calling for genocide is Hamas.

Israel has shown incredible restraint in trying to separate Hamas fighters from the general Gaza population, using its excellent intelligence capability to direct precision strikes and targeted raids. Civilian casualties are a tragic part of any war, especially in urban areas where the people are openly in support of Hamas. But again, only Hamas has genocide as its declared policy backed up by brutal behavior. So, when activists declare “I am Hamas” and fly their f**g and repeat their genocidal slogans, no sympathy can be accorded them.

It is no surprise that l*****ts would take this stance. There is a large network of well-funded organizations that side with every enemy of the West. Most date back to the Cold War when the Soviet Union was seen as the main global “restraint” on the American Empire. Israel has long been a target, being seen as a Crusader State or “white colony” planted in the Middle East by Western imperialism. That there were Israelites 2,000 years before Mohammad was born, making the Jews an indigenous people to the region, is written out of “progressive” history.

The surprise, one that is incomprehensible to those of us who have spent our careers working on national security policy on the conservative side of the aisle, is the rise of similar sentiments on the supposed “far right.” It wasn’t just the “far left” Democrat Squad members who v**ed against aid to Israel, but 21 Republicans as well. And just to make their point clear, the core of this group of disgraceful GOP House members also v**ed against the Antisemitism Awareness Act in partnership with 70 Democrats. Thus, we have the shocking scene of Representatives Andy Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Andrew Clyde, Eli Crane, Warren Davidson, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, and Chip Roy v****g alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib, and Maxine Waters against both bills.

At first, GOP opposition to providing much-needed assistance to countries under attack or threat of attack (Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan) by common enemies of the United States (Russia, Iran, and China) was cast as a legislative tactic to pressure changes in Biden administration border policy. The demand was that defending the U.S. border should be part of a bill to help other countries defend their borders. There was a certain logic to that. The “open border” policies of President Joe Biden have generated massive economic and crime problems for American communities, as well as a national security danger as tens of thousands of military-aged men from hostile countries have infiltrated our country. The threat level has risen from terrorism to invasion.

But just as the humanitarian veil on the Left dropped to reveal open support for the enemy, the border security veil has come off among the “far right” extremists as they have also embraced our foreign enemies. The strategy of linking these issues was always flawed. The GOP approach was to match Democratic failure at the border with Republican failure overseas. Choosing which party could screw up the worst was not an optimal situation.

Ukraine was the centerpiece of the original debate and posed the greatest risk of catastrophe not only for Western security, but also for the GOP. Biden could have, but did not, deter the Russian attack. Vladimir Putin waited weeks to see what Biden would do before launching his war of conquest, moving only when Biden opened the door by abandoning years of partnership with Ukraine to declare the country outside NATO concerns (which it had never been for obvious strategic reasons). The valor of the Ukrainian people fighting an existential war against a known enemy with a genocidal record brought Biden slowly on board with other major NATO allies to provide support to Kyiv. Had Putin’s “useful i***ts” been successful in halting further aid to Ukraine, the blame for any bad outcome would have shifted from Biden’s early failures to the Republicans as the party of defeat. And defeat is a political k**ler.

Yet, the GOP radical Surrender Caucus wants defeat. This can be seen in their continued campaign to denigrate Kyiv as a corrupt regime that is destined to lose to a stronger Russia, a Russia than some have even championed in the same way the Progressive have championed Hamas. Rep. Greene went so far as to say Russia is "protecting Christianity" and echoed Moscow’s claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (a Jew) leads a N**i regime. Where is the conduit for this Russian propaganda into the party of President Ronald Reagan? Reagan’s policies won the Cold War and liberated hundreds of millions of people, including the Ukrainians. Who would want to see that triumph reversed?

Washington has many think tanks dev**ed to American national security, the Free World, and the preservation of a world order in which we can live and prosper. The Hudson Institute, the Institute for the Study of War, Center for Security Policy, American Enterprise Institute, National Review, and The Jamestown Foundation are familiar to conservatives and Republicans with a sincere interest in professional and expert analysis. They all support Ukraine (and Israel and Taiwan). Speaker Mike Johnson said he was persuaded to finally let the aid bill come to the floor (where it was always going to pass; 3-1 in the House and 4-1 in the Senate) after a briefing from the intelligence community. There have also been hearings where our military commanders had called for immediate aid to Kyiv. The chairmen of the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence committees also backed the aid package. Only a concerted effort to avoid wise counsel by backbenchers with no knowledge or experience in national security policy or global strategy can explain this radical cult’s ignorant behavior.

Libertarians have always been a cancer in the party on defense and foreign policy. They draw on classical liberal theory which has produced some of the most ridiculous ideas in the history of international relations theory. Thomas Paine, for example, thought all warships should be converted into merchant vessels as trade would bring people together. This was the idea behind globalization, the damage from which we are trying hard to recover. Will Cain on Fox News suffered intense blowback after having libertarian David Sacks on his show. Sacks is a venture capitalist with no background in anything other than stuffing money into his pockets. And he doesn’t want anything larger or more important to distract him, so he wants an isolationist policy -- the most discredited of all policies. The last time the U.S. went down that dead-end road was in the 1930s which left us unprepared to meet the rising totalitarian threats. Weakness invited aggression, as it always does. There were people then who embraced Benito Mussolini as the wave of the future, a gentler version of f*****m than Adolf Hitler and more appealing than the “socialist” FDR.

Rep. Gaetz is even less intellectual. He called his anti-Ukraine bill a “Fatigue” resolution. He is tired of American leadership; it is too much work to make American great again. Yet, a look at the degenerates pulled from their encampments gives us a look at what a world based on different principles under the thumb of hostile powers would create. Not on our watch!

“When the Lie becomes the T***h, there is no Moving Backwards”

The world is at a dangerous crossroads. The United States and its allies have launched a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity.

The ultimate objective is World conquest under the cloak of “human rights” and “Western democracy”.

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A principal duty of citizenship is to support our tiered governments—national, state, county, city---
by paying taxes in accordance with legislated laws.
In paying these taxes, citizens must expect a return on their money in the form of laws, regulations, entitlements, law and order, defense and so on. This sparked the idea of a Taxpayer's Manifesto to act as a scorecard for understanding where our money is spent or should be spent. The Manifesto covers over twenty subjects where our money is needed.

We must have a satisfactory budget for:

Health.- The NIH, the FDA, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Big Pharma must be tasked to provide necessary health services and medicines at reasonable cost.

Education.- From K12 through University, we expect our children to be given a classic, unbiased curriculum the prepares them to think for themselves, and to be able to navigate their future effectively. Student loans must be repaid and not forgiven.
The DOE should be terminated forthwith, and the states funded to perform the necessary management of education.

Retirement.- Social Security is meant to provide a basic 20% to 30% of income for retirees. The retiree is responsible for their principal retirement income.

Service.- A suggestion is put forward to form a National Service Administration that provides for up to two years of paid participation in our military, government and health sectors for K12 graduates
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Law and Order.- We expect to be served by well-trained, and well-managed law enforcement organizations throughout the land. Such inane ideas as defunding the police must be totally defeated.

Defense.- The world is not safe for democracy. Threats exist that must be countered, and a strong defense establishment designed to cope with our collective threats is a paramount consideration.

Infrastructure.- The need for overhauling our infrastructure is clear. It must be funded independently from any other item.

Foreign Relations.- One main concern is the UN. It is corrupt, the general assembly is for some 75% anti-American, and the charitable elements are at the center of the corruption. We must scale back our funding of the UN so long as the corruption exists.
We have mutual defense treaties, notably the NATO defense of Europe organization. We fund an outsized share of the expenses for this defense, and other members must match our 4% of GDP or we should cut back.
We have trade agreements around the world that must be fair for all parties, or they need renegotiation.

National Debt.- Our $34 trillion debt is a millstone around us. We will pay over $1 Trillion in interest per year to service this debt. There has to be a solid, unbreakable budget to reduce this debt over a reasonable time.

Budget.- We have not had a firm budget for about 20 years because of excessive spending over tax revenue. This must stop or we cannot work our way out of debt and have what we need elsewhere.

Undue Influences/Corruption.- It is with great heartache that I suggest our entire government is rife with corruption, waste and fraud. Our FBI has not done its job, nor has Homeland Security, nor have other investigative agencies we have. This must be corrected. That representatives go to congress with small incomes and leave as multimillionaires is proof enough to take action.

Seed Money.- We must support government appropriations for development of key industries that promise to benefit our society. Medical research, Aerospace, Fusion, Semiconductors, Cosmology, Desalination, Agriculture and a range of other subjects merit seed money.

Entitlements.- Currently, we are allocating over 68% of our tax revenue to fund help for the aged, infirm, destitute, and other needful cases. This level of expense must not be allowed to grow.

Immigration. The Biden administration has caused an absolute crisis nationwide because of the flood of i*****l i*******ts allowed into the nation. This must not only be stopped, it must be reversed. We need a new comprehensive immigration plan, and a plan for dealing with the i*****l i*******ts.

Energy.- Simply, we must exploit every manner of energy production that is economically available: coal, natural gas, oil, solar, wind, tide, and eventually fusion. It is obvious that solar is best available in the sun belt, and wind is available in the plains states and offshore. We need pipelines to supply the nation properly.

The electrical grid needs extension for solar and wind to customer t***sport, and it needs EMP proofing as best possible.

Agriculture/Food.- Continued research to increase yields and to use less fertilizer is needed.

Manufacturing.- The government must support industries in rebuilding our manufacturing base, if we are to replace the products lost from China.

Regulations.- All government regulations need to be overhauled in light of their economic impact, instead of their c*****e c****e impact. C*****e C****e is not caused by CO2 in the atmosphere, contrary to what the current political notion is all about. This fact is being better understood by scientists daily.

Administration.- The government currently has over 1,200 entities such as bureaus, committees, agencies, etc., each with a staff, a budget, a building or office, and a management team. Each has a mission statement, and mission creep. They must be reviewed for need, duplication, fraud, streamlining, and budget review.

Finance.- We need to master inflation, and the idea of a digital dollar will not suffice to help that. Neither will the Federal Reserve, I believe.

Contingencies.- There is always the need for having an allocation for unexpected and off-budget items, some controlled by the president and other funds controlled by the congress. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, p******cs, and the like do occur, and must be supported.

I never understood the current reasoning.
A state has the right to its own e******n rules in all state v****g, but there should be the same rules for every state in federal e******ns.
Not having the same rules for every state in federal e******ns opens up massive fraud in both democrat and republican states , fraud in the sense of favorable swaying to their respective parties.
In this manner , c***ting states can’t illegally change v****g rules at the last second like several states did in 2020.
Side note….
E******n f***d should be a capital crime punishable by death because IMHO, that is treason against all the honest people wanting what’s best for their lives and communities.
I also feel that this country has gotten soft on treasonous behavior because they feel it’s barbaric and extreme. Sadly if they would have enforced those laws and punished people for their acts of treason, we wouldn’t be in the situation that we are currently in.

03 May 2024—printed off 5/4/24--newsmax
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday. The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden's initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nation's poorest people.
But it will allow thousands of migrants to access lucrative tax breaks when they sign up for coverage after the Affordable Care Act's marketplace enrollment opens Nov. 1, just days ahead of the p**********l e******n. While it may help Biden boost his appeal at a crucial time among Latinos, a crucial v****g bloc that Biden needs to turn out to win the e******n, the move is certain to prompt more criticism among conservatives about the president's border and migrant policies. The action opens up the marketplace to any participant in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, many of whom are Latino. Xavier Becerra, the nation's top health official, said Thursday that many of those migrants have delayed getting care because they have not had coverage. “They incur higher costs and debts when they do finally receive care," Becerra told reporters on a call. "Making Dreamers eligible to enroll in coverage will improve their health and well-being and strengthen the health and well-being of our nation and our economy.” The administration's action changes the definition of “lawfully present” so DACA participants can legally enroll in the marketplace exchange. Then-President Barack Obama launched the DACA initiative to shield from deportation immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as children and to allow them to work legally in the country. However, the immigrants, also known as “Dreamers,” were still ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance programs because they did not meet the definition of having a “lawful presence” in the U.S. The administration decided not to expand eligibility for Medicaid for those migrants after receiving more than 20,000 comments on the proposal, senior officials said Thursday. Those officials declined to explain why the rule, which was first proposed last April, took so long to finalize. The delay meant the migrants were unable to enroll in the marketplace for coverage this year. More than 800,000 of the migrants will be eligible to enroll in marketplace coverage but the administration predicts only 100,000 will actually sign up because some may get coverage through their workplace or other ways. Some may also be unable to afford coverage through the marketplace.
Other classes of immigrants, including asylum seekers and people with temporary protected status, are already eligible to purchase insurance through the marketplaces of the ACA, Obama’s 2010 health care law, often called “Obamacare.” Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

By James Morley III--03 May 2024—printed off 5/4/24
Administration officials at several Middle Eastern universities offered enrollment this week to students in the U.S. and Europe who are facing consequences for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, Breitbart reported. Chaos has crippled dozens of college campuses in the United States with protesters that began April 17, demanding that schools divest from companies they claim "profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine." Columbia University; Yale University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were among the most active. More than 2,300 people have been arrested on more than 44 college and universities campuses across dozens of states, The Associated Press reported on Friday. As a result, many students are now facing expulsion, and some universities in Iran and Yemen have offered assistance. On Thursday, dean of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Seyed Mahmoud Aghamiri, encouraged any protesters in the U.S. or Europe who are facing discipline for their actions to apply to the school and even offered financial aid. "We accept students who have been expelled from European and American universities for protesting against the actions of the Z*****ts," Aghamiri said. "We have considered scholarship for these students and we fully cover the cost of education, dormitory and accommodation." Shahid Beheshti University followed the earlier example set by Shiraz University, which on Wednesday had extended its invitation to any professors that may find themselves out of work. "Students and even professors who have been expelled or threatened with expulsion can continue their studies at Shiraz University and I think that other universities in Shiraz, as well as Fars Province, are also prepared," the head of school Mohammad Moazzeni told Iranian state-owned Press TV. On Friday, an official at Sanaa University in Yemen, which is run by the Iranian-backed Houthis joined the movement as well. "We are serious about welcoming students that have been suspended from U.S. universities for supporting Palestinians," an official with this school told Reuters. "We are fighting this battle with Palestine in every way we can." Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was used in this report.

Earlier in the week, CBS News reported that the Biden administration is considering a plan to bring Gaza 'refugees' to the United States. I hesitated to share it at first, wondering whether this wasn't some sort of error that the White House would slap down immediately. After all, Joe Biden's approval ratings are especially dreadful on immigration and the Israel/Hamas war, and this sort of scheme might somehow drive both numbers lower. Indeed, the prospect of this president welcoming Gazan 'newcomers' into America almost felt like a caricature -- something a hardened Biden critic might dream up. Still, though, a major outlet reported it, so somebody must have given it to them.

But who, and why?

Four theories: First, this was just a big miscommunication and has no connection to any reality. Second, someone is blowing the whistle on a disastrous idea in order to prevent it from advancing or happening. Third, Bidenworld wants this possibility in the bloodstream as a bone-toss to the implacable 'Genocide Joe' crowd, without any real expectation of following through. Fourth, Bidenworld wants this in the bloodstream as a bone-toss to the implacable 'Genocide Joe' crowd, and they might actually plan to follow through. Based on this White House non-denial, it seems like the answer lies behind door number three or four.

“So, let me just, first, start saying that we just don't have anything to announce at this time... in terms of the refugee admissions program, which is what I believe you're asking me about, we are constantly evaluating policy proposals to further support Palestinians who are family members of American citizens and may want to come to the United States. So, we’re evaluating it. I don't have anything to announce at this time.”

With these leaked reports percolating, the administration could have issued a quick, categorical denial. What they offered is very much not a denial at all. The Biden administration is not a hard no on this idea, and might even be teasing a 'yes.' Donald Trump, however, is a hard no.

There are surely some innocent Gazans who could benefit from relocation, and who do not pose a national security threat. But how is that vetting process supposed to work? Just because they may have relatives in the US does not mean they would be safe to bring in. Popular opinion among Palestinians is exceptionally and lopsidedly anti-Semitic, anti-American, and pro-terrorism -- and has been for years. A number of critics of this alleged plan are re-circulating clips and reports like this.

And then there's this alarming data, which is far more recent (March 2024):

A poll released Wednesday found a growing number of Gazans view the terror group’s October 7 onslaught favorably, and 52% of Gazans also said they want Hamas to rule Gaza at the end of the war, up from 38% since December...According to the survey, which sampled 1,580 Palestinian adults in early March, 71 percent of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank believe that the October 7 massacres in which in terrorists k**led some 1,200 people and kidnapped 253 others was “correct,” versus 72% who said so when the organization’s previous poll was published in December... The poll found the number of Palestinians who admit Hamas committed war crimes fell from 10% to 5%.

Seven in ten Gazans endorse Hamas' orgy of murder, rape, torture and hostage-taking. Only five percent believe those acts were war crimes. Properly vetting a population in which these sorts of beliefs are so widespread (including, sickeningly, among children, who are indoctrinated from birth to h**e and k**l Jews) will strike most Americans as extremely difficult and risky, if not impossible. Nearby Arab states like Egypt want to no part of it. UNRWA employees were presumably "vetted" in some way, and we know how that turned out. How many Americans would have confidence in the Biden administration's competence (ahem) to exclusively admit harmless, innocent "refugees" from a territory long dominated by virulently America-hating, bloodthirsty terrorists? Maybe this guy could vouch for them? Or these guys? Is Biden trying to lose?