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President Trump and key supporters with direct access to the White House have denied a New York Times report that the President conducted an Oval Office meeting wherein he favorably discussed the idea of invoking martial law to in essence overturn the 2020 presidential election. The Times reported Saturday that Trump asked during a White House meeting that also involved Flynn’s lawyer Sidney Powell about a recommendation his former aide had made on the conservative Newsmax TV to “rerun” the 2020 election under military supervision. While it was not clear if Trump endorsed the idea, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and White House counsel Pat Cipollone sharply pushed back on it, according to the newspaper. Meadows and Cipollone also reportedly shot down the idea of appointing Powell as a special counsel to investigate claims of widespread voter fraud. Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani also pushed back against this idea, according to the newspaper. President Trump in an early morning tweet dismissed the New York Times report that he had entertained the alleged proposal to declare martial law. “Martial law = Fake News. Just more knowingly bad reporting!” Trump tweeted Sunday. What’s more, Sidney Powell, who was purportedly at the meeting tweeted, “There was/is no discussion of a #militarycoup by @realDonaldTrump or anyone on his behalf.” In short, other than the usual anonymous and regularly wrong sources, there’s no evidence that what the New York Times and other outlets actually took place as reported. The genesis of this latest fake news seems to be an interview Georgia attorney Lin Wood gave to NewsMax TV program "The Count" wherein he discussed how a declaration of martial law could be used to in essence re-run the election. "If the Supreme Court does not act, I think the president should declare some extent of Martial law, and he should hold off and stay the electoral college. "Because we cannot have in this country, an election of our leader, where you have massive evidence of fraud and illegality. This country has to have a vote that has integrity. And the electoral college does not need to meet and vote until we have resolved these issues." The concept has also been explored by LTG Mike Flynn who told NewsMax's "Greg Kelly Reports" about "military capabilities": "He could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. He could also order, within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states. It's not unprecedented. "I mean, these people are out there talking about martial law like it's something that we've never done. Martial law has been instituted 64 times." We watched the Mike Flynn interview a couple of times just to make sure we were getting it right and concluded General Flynn was not advocating a declaration of martial law, rather, he was explaining that the capability and precedent exist – both of which are true. However, a declaration of martial law would require more than a tweet to bring it into effect, as attorney Lin Wood should well know. And since the Civil War courts have been very careful to constrain the President’s power to make such a declaration. The Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866), [an appeal from a military tribunal death sentence] is instructive on the limits of the military jurisdiction over civil life, here are a few of key points from that case: Neither the President nor Congress nor the Judiciary can disturb any one of the safeguards of civil liberty incorporated into the Constitution except so far as the right is given to suspend in certain cases the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. The guaranty of trial by jury contained in the Constitution was intended for a state of war, as well as a state of peace, and is equally binding upon rulers and people at all times and under all circumstances. The Federal authority having been unopposed in the State of Indiana, and the Federal courts open for the trial of offences and the redress of grievances, the usages of war could not, under the Constitution, afford any sanction for the trial there of a citizen in civil life not connected with the military or naval service, by a military tribunal, for any offence whatever. Military commissions organized during the late civil war, in a State not invaded and not engaged in rebellion, in which the Federal courts were open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their judicial functions, had no jurisdiction to try, convict, or sentence for any criminal offence, a citizen who was neither a resident of a rebellious State nor a prisoner of war, nor a person in the military or naval service. And Congress could not invest them with any such power. Associate Justice David Davis, writing for the Supreme Court majority put it this way: Those great and good men [the Framers of the Constitution] foresaw that troublous times would arise when rulers and people would become restive under restraint, and seek by sharp and decisive measures to accomplish ends deemed just and proper, and that the principles of constitutional liberty would be in peril unless established by irrepealable law. The history of the world had taught them that what was done in the past might be attempted in the future. The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false, for the government, within the Constitution, has all the powers granted to it which are necessary to preserve its existence, as has been happily proved by the result of the great effort to throw off its just authority. Bottom line: As the Supreme Court made clear over 150 years ago, the correct method of addressing the issue of the voting machines and their clearly demonstrated role in producing fraudulent election results is for the Department of Justice to subpoena them and for the FBI or US Marshall Service to seize them and for federal authorities to conduct the necessary computer forensics on the machines. A declaration of martial law, without a clear finding that a given state is in a state of war, rebellion or civil unrest, would amount to violating the Constitution in order to save it, a course of action no clear-thinking conservative should support. New York Times story martial law 2020 Election Sidney Powell Michael Flynn Mark Meadows Pat Cipollone Rudy Giuliani Lin Woos Donald Trump voter fraud Joe Biden

Weak kneed Republicans worry over appearances that Trump is holding on too long One week from today is Christmas Day. The quadrennial presidential election was held last month on November third. Counts, recounts and audits have taken place ever since. Lawsuits have been filed and heard in state and federal courts. Expert testimony and examinations have occurred in state legislatures. Names have been named -- and called. The United States Supreme Court has addressed the matter and concluded that the Justices would stay out of it. The Electoral College met in all fifty states this week and its members voted as the Constitution requires. Yet the election is still not over. While Democrat Joe Biden would appear to be the president elect according to the normal course of things, the fight to find the truth continues. And it should continue. Biden won the Electoral College vote and is now officially in line to take the oath of office in a little over a month, but popular support for his ascension is entirely lacking. The people who pay close attention to the evidence aren’t satisfied that a resolution has been reached. And that’s bad. Not entirely unexpectedly, some Republicans are getting antsy about how President Donald Trump’s holdout looks to the rest of the political world. W. James Antle III wrote at The Washington Examiner, “Monday’s Electoral College vote for Joe Biden has not ended the Republican Party’s dilemma over how to deal with President Trump’s election challenges, as he continues to assert an honest vote tally would show he won a second term. “Even as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led congressional Republicans toward an acceptance of Biden as the next president following the constitutionally decisive electoral vote, the White House and a large number of rank-and-file GOP voters are continuing to dispute the outcome… “Many Republicans publicly said the process should be allowed to play out, with some actively supporting the election challenges, while others waited patiently for Trump to exhaust his legal options, as Al Gore did during the 2000 Florida recount. But the Electoral College has now voted for Biden for president, and the Supreme Court has declined to hear any lawsuits that would overturn the results in the several states Trump is still contesting. Neither were sufficient to get Trump to back down.” Nor should they be. Baseball legend Yogi Berra famously said (among other things) “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” and in this sense, he was right. No matter what Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, the discredited losers in the #NeverTrump camp and the entirety of the Democrat Party say, this matter will not be concluded until one man says it’s so. Donald Trump is the one to call the troops home, compliment them for waging the good fight and either move into retirement in New York or down in Florida at his Mar a Lago club -- or begin a new venture. Maybe his “retirement” will include another run for president four years’ hence. Or there could be a damning revelation about this year’s vote that calls everything into question. Only God knows the future, and he’s not inscribing hints across the sky, that’s for sure. Trump isn’t harming anyone by refusing to utter the “c” (concede) word. As far as we know, he and Biden haven’t spoken and no “congratulations” expressed. It no doubt worries Grampa Joe a lot more than anyone else, since his boy is under federal investigation and it’s nervous time for Democrats waiting to see whether a Special Counsel will be assigned to get to the bottom of Hunter Biden’s sleazy dealings. Many, many of Trump’s supporters aren’t ready to call it a day. They need a signal from the commander. Historically speaking, causes don’t just peter out, particularly those as salient as the current controversy. In wartime, the ending isn’t always clear either, especially in the absence of absolute defeat or a final declaration. In the Civil War, for example, history teachers lecture that southern secession and military resistance ended on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House in central Virginia. There, Robert E. Lee officially surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union army commander Ulysses S. Grant. Pockets of southern soldiers wanted to rally into smaller units and keep fighting in the hard-to-get portions of the south. Lee wouldn’t have any of it. After considering a plan to break up and continue a guerrilla warfare type conflict, the great southern general saw no future in it. The healing process would begin with the South admitting defeat. Still, other southerners, such as General Nathan Bedford Forrest, continued with armed opposition for a time, but capitulated a month after Lee. The war concluded in North Carolina with Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrendering at Bennet Place. Still others say the final battle of the war took place at Palmito Ranch in Texas. World War II officially ended on the deck of the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay Harbor when Japanese Emperor Hiro Hito signed surrender documents. But elements of his army never stopped fighting. In Japanese culture, it was dishonorable to surrender. The final two holdouts were discovered and relented in 1974 -- yes, twenty-nine years after the war ended. Of course, our current dilemma is not a military conflict and President Trump isn’t a southern soldier -- or Japanese -- but there is some reason for keeping up the resistance to “surrender” here. It’s more than just being stubborn and it’s not an affront to societal order or the Constitution. Trump is doing what he considers the right thing. Contrary to frantic liberal predictions, Trump never said he won’t leave the executive mansion if he loses. The president hasn’t indicated what he’ll do if the status quo doesn’t change in his favor between now and January 20, but the sure bet is he won’t cause a constitutional crisis by forcing Biden to take power by force. The fact some Democrats are even still mentioning such a scenario is insulting. But they don’t have anything better to do. Trump has no incentive to concede now, and it might be harmful to the country if he did There are plenty of reasons why Trump should continue to dispute the official end. Number one, he’s setting a precedent here. American history is filled with presidential elections where one side wasn’t willing to play nice with the other upon relinquishing power. The Election of 1800 was the first where a member of the opposite party (Thomas Jefferson) took over for an outgoing president (John Adams) of the other party. Adams made it as difficult as possible for the incoming folks to take control, burning all of his official correspondence, issuing “midnight appointments” galore and skipping Jefferson’s inauguration. There’s nothing in the Constitution or tradition that says Trump must concede and walk away in a gentlemanly manner. Trump is no Adams and Lord knows, Biden is no Thomas Jefferson. If Trump is seen as giving in too easily, it would reflect badly on the system and encourage others to wantonly cheat to win the White House at any cost. Simply accepting the results and capitulating because Biden wants him to isn’t motivating Trump to do it. The New Yorker feels a sense of duty to his voters to get to the bottom of the fraud. Good for him. Two, any premature concession could endanger Trump’s presidential authority for the final month of his (first) presidency. The president initiated the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the Chinese Communist Party (CCP, or Wuhan, if you prefer) virus, and he clearly believes he’s the best one to make sure it’s distributed and administered properly and fairly. Who knows, if the Biden people take over, they could very well reward their donors and constituents before those who need it most. Don’t trust ‘em? Who in their right mind ever would? Three, the Georgia U.S. senate runoffs are only a few weeks away. Trump has every reason to keep conservative and Republican voters paying attention to the process. As more information comes out concerning the incompetence and outright malfeasance of the Peach State’s governor and secretary of state, every minute must be spent making sure the procedure is proper this time. It would be tragic for history to repeat itself on January 5. If Trump called off his search for the truth now, the Georgia grassroots might see it as a sign to ease-up on the drive to elect Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Opting for Democrats in Georgia and therefore giving Joe Biden a federal House and Senate majority would have awful consequences for the country. Yes, it’s that important. Lastly, it’s best for Trump to retain his position until the moment calls for him to step down. At this late hour, the hope of overturning the election might be microscopic in size, but it’s worth the chance. Simply put, Donald Trump is/was a great president in nearly every respect. I trust him with the presidency, which is arguably the most consequential title in the world. At best, Joe Biden will be a placeholder president. He survived in the swamp long enough to be perhaps the last Democrat candidate capable of winning a national election of this magnitude. And it’s not due to merit, it’s because Barack Obama needed a retirement age Caucasian man with experience to serve as his running mate and then vice president, just the way Biden chose Kamala Harris because she’s a woman and a minority to match his own demographic desires. Since Biden knows all the establishment swamp creatures -- including Mitch McConnell -- he’s able to pass himself off as a unifying figure. But it doesn’t make him competent. World leaders are laughing at us right now. They know what Grampa Joe is capable of -- and where he’s compromised. American foreign policy will suffer. Our enemies will test us. And with Biden at the helm, we’ll flunk. America’s future is too imperative to “concede” and give up the battle simply because there’s pressure to do so. I trust President Trump’s instincts on when the proper time is to walk away. Until then, the media can just stew over it. Biden tries to shame Georgia candidates because they’re sticking with Trump Everyone knows Joe Biden barely broke a sweat on the campaign trail this year, seemingly hiding to limit gaffes as well as give voters a chance to absorb the media’s 24/7 blame game over COVID-19. It helped convince states to adopt mail-in voting, and the results were predictable. Georgia was a perfect example of the mistake. The Democrat president-elect is trying to stir up trouble there to provide himself some semblance of governing power in the next two years. Barnini Chakraborty reported at The Washington Examiner, “Fresh off his Electoral College win, President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday headlined a drive-in rally in Georgia where he knocked Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler for embracing President Trump's numerous attempts to overturn the election results. Perdue and Loeffler ‘fully embraced nullifying nearly 5 million Georgia votes,’ Biden said. ‘You might want to remember that come Jan. 5.’… “’Send me these two men [Democratic senatorial candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock] and we will control the Senate, and we will change the lives of the people in Georgia,’ Biden said. “The Democratic challengers are hoping to capitalize on the former vice president's popularity in the Peach State to give their campaigns a boost.” Almost coughed up my lunch on that at one. Joe Biden… popular? In whose universe? Biden was the default choice for millions of people who were misled into believing Donald Trump allowed the CCP virus to get out of control. This was after years of being told Trump conspired with the Russians to steal the 2016 election. Biden joined in on both finger pointing fronts. He also fanned racial flames with his “need to restore the soul of the nation” crapola. Ossoff and Warnock should be forced to declare their undying devotion to Joe Biden and his radical leftwing agenda. Then we’ll see how many “moderate” voters go to chase him at campaign appearances. No wonder they stay in their cars and honk their horns. It's a sad fact that personal popularity -- and not the issues -- tends to determine elections. Donald Trump is both the most loved and most hated of politicians in America right now. And people tolerate Joe Biden because they have to. Trump will decide when the time is right to recognize Biden -- or not. Until then, it’s in his hands alone. 2020 Election Mike Pence Kamala Harris Donald Trump Joe Biden COVID-19 media polls Trump parades rallies lockdowns Thanksgiving Christmas

My Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, FedUp PAC, has several special projects that will add 2-3 points to the two Republican Senate candidates’ vote in Georgia’s January 5th runoff election and potentially make the difference between victory and defeat in those two crucial elections. I have produced three videos, three e-reports, and sample voter letters directed to Georgia voters. The first video deals with the Democrats’ campaign to Defund the Police. The second video shows Kamala Harris and other Democrat politicians’ (including governors, mayors, and members of Congress) support and encouragement of civil unrest and violence in our towns, cities, and neighborhoods. The primary audiences for these videos are women and seniors—two categories of voters where the Republicans need help. The third video deals with the issue that all national Democrats support—government-paid abortion on demand and repeal of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prevents taxpayer’s money from being spent to pay for most abortions. If Democrats are able to repeal the Hyde Amendment, all Americans will be complicit/involved in abortions. Most people of faith will be surprised, shocked, and angry to learn they will be paying for abortions if the Democrats win control of the Senate. FedUp PAC is very different from all other political committees, because we send our campaign material (videos, e-reports, sample voter letters) directly to Georgia voters, but we multiply their effect and distribution by also involving, encouraging, and activating thousands of Georgia conservative Republicans to forward all our campaign material, including the three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, etc. to their family members, friends, and neighbors, and encourage them to engage their family and friends in a conversation either in person or on the phone. And our team of professionals with decades of experience in grassroots mobilization design these materials expressly for easy, wide distribution and circulation. Also, we are contacting millions of conservative Republicans in the other 49 states, and asking them to forward our videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, etc. to any family members, friends, co-workers, school friends, etc. who live in Georgia. Studies show that a person is far more likely to be positively influenced by information they receive from someone they know, like, and trust—such as a family member or friend—rather than a stranger on TV, radio, or someone giving them a pamphlet at their door or in a shopping mall. In fact, it has been proven that it can be up to 1000% more effective. Also, in today’s world one of the most effective ways to get a message to someone is through a short video. That’s why YouTube is the second most popular search engine right behind Google. If I can raise about $425,000, we’ll be able to get these three videos, e-reports, and sample voter letters 4-5 times to most women, seniors, and people of faith who are Georgia voters. Again, it has been demonstrated that people need to hear something multiple times before it registers. Here’s a brief overview of how the $425,000 will be able to increase the GOP Senate vote by 2-3 points. Your donation will be used to send our three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, and other campaign materials to… • Most registered women voters in Georgia. • Most registered senior voters in Georgia. • Most registered Evangelical voters in Georgia. • Most registered Catholic voters in Georgia. • Most registered Jewish voters in Georgia. • 40,000+ conservative activists in Georgia. They will be encouraged to send the 3 videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, and other campaign material to everyone on their e-list of family, friends, neighbors, and others who live in Georgia several times to be sure they see, read, and forward everything to other Georgia voters. • 2,000,000+ conservative activists in the other 49 states will also be urged and encouraged to send the three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, etc. to any family members, co-workers, school friends, etc. who live in Georgia. • We’ll also post ads on social media websites with links to our three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, etc. that will have the potential to reach millions of voters in Georgia. The vast majority of Georgia voters will have received the three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, and other campaign material multiple times, and it’s reasonable to assume that hundreds of thousands of them will also send the three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, etc. to 10-20+ of their family, friends, and neighbors. So, before election day, January 5th, most Georgia voters will probably receive the three videos, e-reports, sample voter letters, and other campaign material 2-3-4 times or more. And as Coca-Cola knows the number one secret to advertising is repetition. We will regularly follow up with letters and phone calls, urging them to be sure and forward the material as well as talk (in person or over the phone) to those who have received the information. The three videos—Democrats: Defund the Police, Democrats: Burn America Burn, and The Abortion Industry is Calling You—can be viewed at www.FedUpPAC.org/videos . FedUp PAC is an Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, which means we can accept unlimited donations, including corporate contributions. Contributions are not tax deductible. Probably over $100,000,000 will be spent by each side to win the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia on January 5th. That’s right – One Hundred Million Dollars. However, in my opinion, the vast majority of that money will not be effective. Because Georgia voters have been bombarded by TV and radio ads for many months, the voters are mostly tuning them out. Today’s Democrats are not the Democrats of even 20 years ago. The New Democrats are mean, evil, violent, anti-police, anti-God, Socialists, and some are Marxists. If they win the two Georgia Senate races, giving them total control of the Federal Government, they will change whatever laws needed to prevent Republicans from ever again winning the Presidency or control of the U.S. House and Senate. I estimate that it will cost about 3 cents to get our three videos, e-reports, and sample voter letters to one Georgia voter, so… I urge you to be as generous as you can with a personal or corporate check today. Here’s some of the things we will make happen within a day or two of receiving your contribution: • $10,000 will allow us to reach about 300,000 Georgia women, seniors, and people of faith voters. • $25,000 will allow us to reach about 750,000 Georgia women, seniors, and people of faith voters. • $50,000 will allow us to reach about 1,500,000 Georgia women, seniors, and people of faith voters. • $100,000 will allow us to reach about 3,000,000 Georgia women, seniors, and people of faith voters. • $425,000 will allows us to reach most Georgia women, seniors, and people of faith who are voters at least 2-3-4 times. As a reminder of my experience and success in marketing conservative ideas and candidates here’s short bio on myself so you can see my background and my credentials. In January of 1965, I launched the world’s first conservative direct mail marketing company, then called The Viguerie Company, now called American Target Advertising. Many political historians said there never would have been a Ronald Reagan Presidency without the many new conservative organizations that were built using the direct marketing methods I pioneered. The result is time and again we’ve been able to shock the Democrats, the media, and the pollsters by producing conservative victory after conservative victory. So, now I’m trying to do this again. I, along with my team of some of America’s best direct marketing professionals are now using these same targeting methods to help elect the two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Please contribute as generously as you can. By the way, feel free to forward my letter on to anyone else you feel may be interested in helping. 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Every time a spineless judge refuses to hear the evidence of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election or even admits it, but claims there’s nothing that can be done, and every time spineless Republican legislative leaders say they won’t fulfill their constitutional duties or use their constitutional power to appoint Electors untainted by fraud, a chorus of pundits burst forth with demands that the President throw-in the towel and admit defeat. President Trump and Vice President Pence, to their great credit, are having none of it and have determined they will fight the election until every avenue to cleanse the tally of illegal votes has been exhausted. At a rally in Columbus, Ga., on Thursday, Mike Pence vowed that "we’re going to keep fighting, keep fighting for every legal vote in America." And the Vice President stressed that the presidential "election contest continues in courthouses across the land" and that "we’re going to keep fighting until every illegal vote is thrown out." And so should we. What’s more, as Mike Pence noted, the election contests are far from over, despite what the establishment media wants you to believe. Jesse R. Binnall* of Harvey & Binnall, testified recently that his team of investigators identified 130,000 UNIQUE instances of voter fraud in Nevada. He testified the data scientists made these calculations, not by estimations or statistical sampling, but by comparing the list of ACTUAL voters, with other lists, most of which are publicly available. To put it simply, they explained their methods so that others could check their work. And his evidence has NEVER been refuted, only IGNORED. Furthermore, Mr. Binnall testified that two Clark County, Nevada technical employees came forward, completely independent of each other, and explained that they discovered that the number of votes recorded by voting machines and stored on USB devices would CHANGE between the time the polls would close at night, and when they were re-opened the next morning. In other words, votes were literally appearing, and disappearing, in the dead of night. When Mr. Binnall’s team attempted to verify the integrity of these voting machines on behalf of President Trump, they were allowed only a useless visual inspection of the outside of a USB drive. They were denied a forensic examination. When they tried to obtain testimony or documents from Clark County, Nevada officials, they obstructed and stonewalled. When they filed suit, state officials and even courts delayed proceedings for days, but the offered the Trump lawyers merely hours to brief and argue their cases. These cases, and others with similar evidence and similarly oppressive procedural biases, should be pursued to the fullest extent of the law before any “Republicans” even think about throwing-in the towel. And the litigation in various state and federal courts doesn’t even take into consideration the plan of Rep. Mo Brooks** to invoke the direct constitutional power of Congress to make the final determination of which slates of Electors should be recognized as the legitimate Electors for the contested states of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. Mike Pence was right, the presidential "election contest continues in courthouses across the land" and if Trump and Pence are going to keep fighting until every illegal vote is thrown out so should we conservatives. *In addition to working on the Trump vote fraud litigation, Mr. Binnall was a member of the team defending General Mike Flynn. ** We constitutional conservatives must find a Senator with the same level of principled commitment to follow the Constitution that Rep. Mo Brooks is displaying. That means conservatives must call, email and visit their Republican Senators to demand that they object to the same slates of Electors to which Rep. Brooks objects. Call the toll-free Capitol Switchboard (1-866-220-0044), tell Republican Senators to object to the same slate of Electors that Rep. Mo Brooks objects to including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. 2020 Election Joe Biden Hunter Biden media censorship Kamala Harris Election riots vote count lawsuit voter integrity Antrim County Nancy Pelosi investigation GOP House freshman class Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG) Dominion Voting Systems Smartmatic, Harvey & Binnall

Joe Biden isn’t even president-elect yet and the Deep State is already implementing his anti- gun and anti-Second Amendment agenda. Ammoland Shooting Sports News reports that federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have raided the headquarters of Polymer80, one of the largest manufacturers of homemade firearm accessories. You might have heard an anti-gunner refer to a completed homemade firearm as a “ghost gun.” Anti-gunners have been advocating for a ban on homemade firearms for years, even recently appealing to the Trump Administration. According to the Ammoland Shooting Sports News report, the ATF, in numerous letters to Polymer80, held that their 80% receivers did not require a manufacturer's license, the unconstitutional Pittman-Robertson tax, a serial number, or a NICS check before purchase. Once again, much as it did with bump stocks, the ATF appears to be reversing its longstanding interpretive guidance and is arbitrarily redefining a crucial term to enact a gun ban. Ammoland reports the ATF has shown up at other companies that sell other kits that include 80% part kits, barrels, and slides that are not Polymer80. AmmoLand News says its sources inside the ATF say that the agency is now considering 80% kits with all the parts needed to finish a pistol as a firearm. Apparently, the ATF now considers an 80% lower receiver sold with a parts kit — such as the one offered by Polymer80 as a Buy Build Shoot Kit — to be a firearm requiring a background check. None of the companies had any warning on the change to ATF’s regulations before actual agents showed up making attempts to retrieve customer information. It should surprise no one that the ATF’s rogue actions have coincided with the stolen election that has positioned anti-gun radicals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to become President and Vice President. Harris is a cosponsor of The Untraceable Firearms Act of 2020 which would regulate parts and materials commonly used in hobby gun-making. A similar bill was proposed in 2018 by Sen. Richard “Danang Dick” Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who is leading a group of 15 senators co-sponsoring a renewed push that comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired a surge in demand for guns and for hobby gun-making kits. Under the proposed legislation, the parts would be reclassified as firearms and sellers would be forced to include serial numbers. People who buy the components would also be subject to the same background checks as those who buy completed firearms. In addition, the bill would ban guns that are modified to pass through metal detectors. Back in July Democrats wrote to the ATF claiming, "The widespread availability and use of ghost guns undermines gun safety laws and poses a danger to our communities." The letter—led by Representatives Jerrold Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, and Karen Bass, chairwoman of a crime subcommittee—stated. "Because the proliferation of ghost guns is a serious problem, we write to request...information and documentation to probe how the ATF is monitoring, overseeing, and regulating the sale of ghost gun kits and unfinished frames and receivers, amid the COVID-19 pandemic." Never mind that it is already illegal for a “prohibited person” to possess a gun, whether purchased, gifted or assembled from parts, so the proposed legislation saddles firearms parts manufacturers with new regulatory costs while burdening law-abiding citizens with another layer of bureaucracy, all in the name of what amounts to making kits doubly illegal for prohibited persons to own. We agree with Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America, this is more than cooperating with a transition team. ATF Acting Director Lombardo has begun advancing the Biden-Harris gun control agenda during the Trump Administration! We urge CHQ readers and friends to go to the GOA take action page and tell President Trump to fire Acting Director of the ATF Regina Lombardo and her anti-gun subordinates responsible for this anti-Second Amendment attack on homemade firearms. Second Amendment Gun rights ATF Joe Biden gun control gun confiscation gun bans Kamala Harris Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives raid Polymer80 ghost gun, homemade firearms Pittman-Robertson tax serial number NICS check Buy Build Shoot Kit The Untraceable Firearms Act of 2020 fire Acting Director of the ATF Regina Lombardo

Is it true that all Democrat candidates need from here on out is to be more like Joe Biden? Now that it appears America is destined to have Joe Biden as the country’s 46th president, liberal pundits and academics begin the arduous task of dissecting the recently concluded campaign to determine what went right for the successful candidate (not getting into fraud here, since it speaks for itself) and how other Democrats might borrow from the 78-year-old’s example and come to the voting booth next time with a better shot at prevailing. No doubt there will be volumes written about outgoing President Donald Trump and his lasting influence on the Republican Party. From the outset, Trump’s outsider campaign blew a gaping hole in the notion that the GOP would remain the “Stupid Party” in perpetuity, as his characteristic eagerness to address real issues while offering blunt appraisals of the failures of the establishment touched a nerve with millions of frustrated voters. It turns out that paying lip service to the Bush presidents and their anti-liberty, big government neoconservative foreign policy misadventures wasn’t a prerequisite after all. Thanks to Trump, conservative and Republican candidates were freed from the constraining rhetorical cages they’d been forced to occupy for years. Being “nice” and dignified and “presidential” didn’t guarantee love from the grassroots. If you don’t believe it, just ask Mitt Romney or John Kasich. Avoiding the hard stuff might win you the undying affinity of liberal Republicans and what we now call the #NeverTrump establishment crowd, but it will more often than not be a loser where it counts -- with the voters. But what about Grampa Joe? Has he set a new standard for leftists to aspire to? Liberal Fox News commentator Jessica Tarlov wrote at The Hill, “The truth is that all politics is national at this point. There is no other explanation as to why Democrats were unable to win everything from statehouse races to Senate elections in which they were favored. “In a general election, no one will penalize you for being too moderate or conciliatory — it can only help to reach out to voters who might not normally support Democratic candidates. We are a different party than even just 12 years ago when Barack Obama won the White House for the first time. The coalition that propelled Biden’s win is ripe for the taking on a long-term basis because Republicans continue to show no backbone when it comes to Trumpism. “All Democratic candidates can’t be Joe Biden, but they certainly can talk like him in a general election.” Talk like Joe Biden? Wouldn’t you love to ask Tarlov to provide specific examples of what Grampa Joe said that liberal Democrats should emulate in their campaigns? Should they stumble over words? Or call people names (“fat”, “damn liar,” “lying dog faced pony soldier”, “shut up man”, “you ain’t black”, “we choose truth over facts”, or the ultimate creepy utterance, “And I want to see these beautiful young ladies. I want to see them dancing when they’re four years older, too”)? How about saying that his sister was his wife? And telling everyone that his corrupted idiot son was a great guy and he’s proud of him? Chances are Tarlov wasn’t being literal in suggesting Democrats expand on Biden’s repertoire of gaffes. But she also probably wasn’t referring to the president-elect’s penchant for appropriating others’ words, either. It’s astonishing that people don’t talk about it much anymore, but what originally derailed Biden’s 1988 presidential campaign was his wholesale borrowing/stealing of someone else’s life story to make himself sound like a more compelling character. In most people’s books, that’s called plagiarism. The truth is, Biden didn’t have to talk about much of anything this year, which no doubt was the basis for electing him president in most of his voters’ outlooks. Locked away from sight, the doddering, mentally faltering half-century swamp dweller politician used COVID-19 as the ultimate get-out-of-campaigning-free card, a wonderful excuse to sit in his basement and snack on ice cream while his supporters were busy marching on big city streets using their federal stimulus checks to stage street protests, riot, assault innocent bystanders, loot and pull down and deface historic statues. What was Grampa Joe saying when all this was happening? Nothing? Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign will go down in history as the only modern example of victory by keeping his mouth closed. Not even the party convention deviated from the “less is more” theme. If there’s a lesson to be learned here, it’s that Democrats’ best chance to win is by sitting back and letting the media talkers lie through their teeth to generate support. That, and pursue mail-in voting using “health concerns” as the basis to trash every last bit of elections integrity. It’s doubtful future Democrat candidates could “Be like Joe” and end up in an equally good spot. All candidates, not just Democrats, should nationalize elections Tarlov was correct about one thing. To be successful, office seekers need to talk about the big national themes and tout the issues that motivate people. But Democrats are all the same, aren’t they? Presumably Tarlov was referring to Biden’s “moderate” reputation as the model for future Democrat candidates, not his penchant and proven talent for sticking his foot in his mouth. In this regard, Biden didn’t have much to say at all, since his primary opponents and the media were already doing the truth bending and fibbing for him. The only true “moderate” in the 2020 Democrat field was Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, but only because she enthusiastically bucked the party line on certain issues (like her recent willingness to support biological female-only sports and opposing military interventions that liberals are fond of). The media basically divided the Democrat candidates between the radical socialists (primarily Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, but all of them essentially espouse the same beliefs) and the so-called centrists (Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, “Beto” O’Rourke, Michael Bloomberg, etc.). Their only real differences were in the degree of left-wing activism. Did he or she believe in total government control of healthcare (Medicare for All)? How about the Green New Deal (for it or against it)? Gun rights (total gun confiscation or just an assault rifle ban and liability for gun manufacturers)? How about racial politics? Can a candidate come out with measured statements condemning rioting and still give proper deference to the “anger and hurt” of the garden variety racial justice warrior? How about LGBTQ issues? Joe Biden told an Iowa girl that there were “at least three” genders but then wouldn’t name them when pressed for the information. Would anyone who disputes that transgenderism is real have a chance in the Democrat party? Would a “moderate” on climate change be welcomed by Democrat general election voters? If for example, a candidate denied that the purportedly warming climate was an “existential threat” requiring massive government mobilization to save the planet, could they attract the wackos who swear climate is everything? What if a Democrat candidate championed further research on the subject and maybe proposed “investments” in green energy and jobs, but also would allow American fossil fuel production to continue to grow? How about abortion? Could a Democrat candidate be pro-life and still win? To my knowledge, there aren’t any such creatures on the national level any longer. All Democrats, Joe Biden included, must bow and pay homage to the “women’s reproductive rights” deity along with promises to end the federal ban on abortion funding. With the party moving ever closer to standing for abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, the old Big Bubba Bill Clinton “moderate” position (abortion should be safe, legal and rare) has been replaced by “it’s all fair game” mentality. Lastly, what about immigration? The old Democrat view was illegal immigration hurt the working man and woman because undocumented migrants competed for jobs and benefits that unions sought to provide to their members. Today, all Democrats perfunctorily must be for tearing down the border wall, abolishing (or vastly curtailing) ICE, supporting sanctuary cities and removing any and all restrictions on legal immigration. The “travel ban”? Don’t make me laugh! Sorry, Ms. Tarlov, talking like Joe Biden wouldn’t win future Democrats a primary race much less give them a leg-up on the general election. Why? No one would fall for it. No one but a fool and the hopelessly uninformed truly considers Joe Biden a “moderate” on anything. And no one believes a word that comes out of his mouth either. Should Democrats really be like Joe then? If anything, Democrat hopefuls need to be more like Trump, not doofus Joe Tarlov and her fellow Democrat pundits would never admit it, but for the party to start doing better at all levels, they should take after Donald J. Trump, not the compromised and principle-free meanderings of spineless Joe Biden. How so? People may not always like the way Trump phrases things, but they are drawn to his courage and willingness to enter the fray without fear. After the years-long onslaught of negativity that Trump endured, American voters still gave him high marks for his handling of the economy. This indicates they weren’t buying the Biden-pushed idea that Trump inherited a strong foundation from Obama. No, they appreciated that Trump’s America First policies paid dividends. Trump pushed optimism and American know-how. Democrats sat back like Joe Biden and promoted fear and hysteria. Remember how Democrats devoted an entire day of their party convention to defending vote-by-mail and accused Trump of stealing mailboxes? Who would go out of their way to back the always-in-trouble U.S. Postal Service? You might as well say you’d devote billions to bailing out AMTRAK. Oh wait, Biden did that. While Biden and Democrats talked about shoring up the government, Trump touched on the viability and talents of ordinary Americans. Trump’s was a positive message that motivated tens of millions to work for his reelection. Biden “won” because tech billionaires dumped hundreds of millions into helping government entities harvest votes for the Democrats in inner cities. It didn’t trickle down ballot. Democrats lost at the state level because they’re empty suits who didn’t offer an agenda beyond bashing Donald Trump. Who should candidates truly be more like, Joe Biden or Trump? Do people want results or platitudes? Can Democrats win anything without cheating or distorting the truth? In order to turn the page, you must first open the book Doing what he does best, Joe Biden took Monday’s Electoral College vote and spun it into some sort of momentous and historic victory and mandate for his presidency. In the process, he didn’t even acknowledge that millions felt the system is badly broken. Dave Boyer reported at The Washington Times, “President-elect Joseph R. Biden asked Americans to ‘turn the page’ on Monday night after his victory was confirmed in Electoral College voting across the nation, while President Trump showed no sign of conceding, even as he lost another election challenge in Wisconsin. “Mr. Biden, addressing Republican suspicions that he stole the election from Mr. Trump, said after one of the longest post-election disputes in history that the system worked. “’In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,’ Mr. Biden said. ‘‘We the People’ voted. Faith in our institutions held. The integrity of our elections remains intact. And so, now it is time to turn the page. To unite. To heal.’ He promised, ‘I will be a president for all Americans. I will work just as hard for those of you who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did.’” Any Democrats who emulate Biden are bound for a rude awakening. First he insultingly claims he won the “battle for the soul of America” and then asks for unity and healing. Translation: the dark forces on the other side who fought against the “soul” were defeated. In other words, you lost. Turn the page. Get over it. Get used to the new reality. Joe Biden’s assurance that he will “work hard” for us isn’t much comfort, because the things he’s working towards are culturally destructive and budget busting expensive. We’d rather be ignored entirely. No matter how you figure it, the president-elect is no “moderate” and he won’t act like one either. Brace yourself for years of his pontificating and lies. 2020 Election Mike Pence Kamala Harris Donald Trump Joe Biden COVID-19 media polls Trump parades rallies lockdowns Thanksgiving Christmas

A group of 26 incoming Republican House members yesterday sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging a House investigation into “any reported fraudulent activities surrounding the 2020 presidential election.” You can read the letter via this link provided by Tennessee’s WJHL News Channel 11. The letter dated December 15 does not call for overturning the results of the fraud-ridden election that increasingly looks like it will put Joe Biden in the White House on Jan. 20. It does, however, say that “reported gross violations of our elections process” merit investigation “with the intent of restoring confidence in our election process.” Among the “gross violations” noted are: • Absentee and mail-in ballots with missing or unverified signatures • Missing and unaccounted voting machine memory cards • Restrictions on bipartisan election observers during critical phases of the election process The letter also cited the multiple states engaged in litigation and thousands of witnesses have submitted sworn affidavits of reported fraud related to the 2020 presidential election and observed “One thing is clear – our elections process has devolved into chaos.” One of the more encouraging signs the release of the letter telegraphs is an unusual level of unity among the new Republican Members of the 117th Congress, who wrote: The American people expect and deserve free and fair elections, and any reported fraudulent activities surrounding the 2020 presidential election should be thoroughly investigated. Protecting the integrity of our nation’s elections process is not a partisan issue. This is an issue that we as incoming Members and as Americans are committed to addressing. The freshman class of the 117th Congress represents a diverse and wide swath of America. While there are tremendous differences in our districts and in some cases, our policy positions, one thing we can all agree on is that protecting the integrity of our elections is paramount The letter also tweaked Pelosi by noting, “The House has demonstrated a zest for all sorts of investigations, and we believe that you have a strong capacity to initiate a thorough investigation into these voting irregularities.” Signing the letter were the following Republican Members-elect of the 117th Congress: Kat Cammack (FL-03) Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) Andrew Clyde (GA-09) Lauren Boebert (CO-03) Pat Fallon (TX-04) Burgess Owens (UT-04) Scott Franklin (FL-15) Madison Cawthorn (NC-11) Tracey Mann (KS-01) August Pfluger (TX-11) Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) Byron Donalds (FL-19) Lisa McClain (MI-10) Ronny Jackson (TX-13) Randy Feenstra (IA-04) Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) Troy Nehls (TX-22) Cliff Bentz (OR-02) Jerry Carl (AL-01) Barry Moore (AL-02) Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) Mary Miller (IL-15) Victoria Spartz (IN-05) Yvette Herrell (NM-02) Jay Obernolte (CA-08) 2020 Election Joe Biden Hunter Biden media censorship Kamala Harris Election riots vote count lawsuit voter integrity Antrim County Nancy Pelosi investigation GOP House freshman class Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG) Dominion Voting Systems Smartmatic

A judge in Michigan has removed a protective order originally demanded by the State’s Democrat Secretary of State and permitted the release of the results of a forensic imaging examination of Dominion Voting Systems machines, with redactions of code. The 23-page report released shows how Dominion switched votes and is vulnerable to manipulation. The report focuses solely on Antrim County, where the drama started on election night reported 9and10news.com. The historically Republican county appeared to go blue for Joe Biden. The next morning it was reported the results were flipped in error and the winner was actually Donald Trump. You can read the full report through this link. According to the Detroit Free Press, Democrat state election officials did not want the report released, however, “Judge Kevin Elsenheimer of the 13th Circuit Court had ordered ‘forensic imaging’ of the Dominion Voting Systems voting tabulators and related software after Antrim County resident William Bailey filed a lawsuit that challenged the integrity of the election equipment, citing errors in how the county initially reported its unofficial results.” The audit was done by the Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG) a cybersecurity firm in Texas. One of the most damning bits of evidence disclosed is that the machine log files for the 2020 election are missing. The report explained that lack of records prevents any form of audit accountability, and their conspicuous absence is extremely suspicious since the files exist for previous years using the same software. Removal of those files violates state law and prevents a meaningful audit, even if the Michigan Secretary of State wanted to conduct and audit. The report concluded the 2020 election cycle records have been manually removed. The report further explained, “The system intentionally generates an enormously high number of ballot errors. The electronic ballots are then transferred for adjudication. The intentional errors lead to bulk adjudication of ballots with no oversight, no transparency, and no audit trail. This leads to voter or election fraud.” The report authors said they “observed an error rate of 68.05%” with ballot counts — a “significant and fatal error in security and election integrity” that far surpasses the “allowable election error rate” of 0.0008%, or one-in-250,000 ballots, that’s been established by the Federal Election Commission. While the county clerk stated that the election night result of the vote flip was human error, ASOG says it’s instead due to “machine error built into the voting software designed to create error.” They cite three different vote counts done on different days, each time showing a change in votes for Biden, Trump, and a swing in the overall vote total. The audit states that computer analysis shows that “On November 21, 2020, an unauthorized user unsuccessfully attempted to zero out election results. This demonstrates … direct proof of an attempt to tamper with evidence.” The audit also claims the Dominion machines have the ability to be connected to the internet, when it argues that “best practice is to disable the network interface card to avoid connection to the internet. This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity… because certain files have been deleted.” ASOG also states that “All server security logs prior to 11:03 pm on November 4, 2020 are missing. This means that all security logs for the day after the election, on election day, and prior to election day are gone. Security logs are very important to an audit trail, forensics, and for detecting advanced persistent threats and outside attacks, especially on systems with outdated system files.” The audit also says Antrim County’s computer security is out of date, in violation of state and federal standards. “Antrim County failed to properly update its system.” Antrim County “Antivirus is 4.5 years outdated …Windows updates are 3.86 years out of date… When computer was last configured on 04/10/2019 the windows updates were 2.11 years out of date. This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity.” The audit revealed that “of the 15,676 (lines or events) there were a total of 10,667 critical errors/warnings or a 68.05% error rate.” Later in the report, ASOG says, “These are not human errors; this is definitively related to the software and software configurations resulting in error rates far beyond the thresholds listed in the guidelines.” Also according to the 9and10news.com analysis of the ASOG, “The Election Event Designer Log shows that Dominion ImageCast Precinct Cards were programmed with new ballot programming on 10/23/2020 and then again after the election on 11/05/2020…. In accordance with the Help America Vote Act, this violates the 90-day Safe Harbor Period which prohibits changes to election systems, registries, hardware/software updates without undergoing re-certification. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures – Michigan requires full compliance with federal standards.” The ASOG report on the Antrim County, Michigan Dominion voting machines is just one report on one county, but it is strong evidence that the massive election fraud alleged by the Trump campaign is not only possible, but likely. In our view, all Dominion voting machines everywhere should be subjected to the same exhaustive analysis performed by ASOG on the Antrim County machines. 2020 Election Joe Biden Hunter Biden media censorship Kamala Harris Election riots vote count lawsuit voter integrity Antrim County missing seals whistleblower Release the Kraken Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG) Dominion Voting Systems Smartmatic

Being home for Christmas in 2020 ain’t all it’s cracked up to be “I’ll be hooommmeee for Christ-maaasssss, if only in myyyyy dreams.” Seeing as it’s holiday time, this WWII-era Christmas classic is typically found in American households tuned to the music and sounds that have brought everyone much needed joy over the years. December marks the end of the calendar year, a time for reflection and remembrance of the eleven months leading to the final one. No need to rehash here, it’s been a heck of a year, one which many, many people aren’t wild about recalling in any way, shape or form. The holiday season is a time for hosting friends and family, a labor of love for most people as their hours of preparation are ultimately rewarded with smiling faces and happy guests. There’s an added layer of satisfaction and joy in seeing plans come together -- the Christmas plays performed, concerts attended, church services observed, the dinners enjoyed and great tidings of comfort and joy realized. As the above song suggests, home is the center of the universe this time of year. But home takes on a different connotation when we’re effectively locked into it by government order. As expected, the authorities are telling us to stay home, for the good of ourselves and others around us. Due to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP, or Wuhan, if you prefer) virus, Thanksgiving celebrations were scaled back or flat out canceled for far too many last month. The powers that be -- largely from one side of the political spectrum -- said it would save lives to avoid human contact. Yet the “spike” in infections continues, despite all the cautions and warnings from the science crowd. Christmas is next. You’ll be home for Christmas alright, and this year you’ll dream you could get the heck out of it. Dr. Thomas Lew wrote at The USA Today, “We need to slow the spread of the virus. We failed at Thanksgiving. Despite pleas from medical experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay at home, there were a record number of flights this year. On the Sunday after Thanksgiving alone, almost 1.2 million people flew on packed airplanes. Already in the midst of a surge, cases continue to rise and we are beginning to see the ‘surge upon surge’ that Dr. Fauci predicted from these Thanksgiving get-togethers.” Hmmm. We failed at Thanksgiving? You mean all the closures and dire premonitions didn’t halt the spread of the dreaded CCP plague like they told us it would? This echoes what the medical “science” folks have said since March, that if Americans only give social distancing and mask wearing a little more time that the “curve” will be flattened or eliminated and we can return to our pre COVID existence of going places and interacting. It’s hard to contemplate, but someone like Dr. Fauci has become one of the world’s most famous people because of something that originated in China. Now, according to Dr. Lew, we must submit to one more self-imposed lockdown or things will be even worse for everyone! Scrubbing Christmas gatherings is the elites’ premier target, for if they can effectively eliminate the holiday season, they can direct us to do anything! The “sheep” will go along with it, too, since the portion of the population that automatically adheres to this line of autocracy is the same one that lectures others to do like they’re doing or be shamed into a massive guilt cult. Their hypocrisy is stunning, and I’m not just talking about the Gavin Newsoms of society who say one thing -- STAY HOME! -- and then do another. It’s the fact that so much of civilization is still functioning, yet it’s the private citizen who’s blamed for spreading the disease. As far as I know, we can still go out and purchase gifts and trinkets practically everywhere, but we can’t go to someone’s house? Here in Virginia, a few days ago we passed an outlet mall that was absolutely jampacked with holiday revelers making purchases and milling about. Yet this was mere hours before Gov. Ralph “Klan hood” Northam imposed a curfew that mandates people stay out of sight between midnight and five a.m. Sheesh, there must’ve been a lot of virus spreading drunks closing down bars in the middle of the night to generate such paranoia. Shouldn’t some media honk ask what basis there is to decree that no one leaves their home for five hours a day when 99.9 percent of folks are either sleeping in their beds or willfully ensconced in TV watching, reading or working on scrapbooking -- or whatever else people do who can’t catch a few winks in the deep dark of night? Don’t get me wrong -- I fully support retail outlets being open. And from what I gather from observation, most restaurants and bars are open as well, if only on a limited basis. And Lord knows, you can order pretty much anything you want from Amazon these days, and UPS and FedEx have been at full capacity for months due to people shopping electronically. How many online orders does it take to spread a virus? Maybe we’ll address the topic over Christmas dinner since we’ve been crammed in our spaces for month upon month and we’re running out of things to talk about. Churches will offer some sort of observances, though a good lot of them are either limiting attendance or cleverly getting around the more absurd restrictions by conducting services with doors and windows open. Sunday was almost seventy degrees in our neck of the woods, but hearing the Gospel would be a measure less gratifying if it were below freezing with a howling wind blowing. As far as we know, a re-reading of the Nativity story doesn’t require personal discomfort and suffering to appreciate. Are these continuing calls for COVID fright really worth it? And are they actually making a difference? Again, this is not arguing that the coronavirus isn’t serious. A church friend just sent out an email asking for prayers because an extended family member just succumbed with the virus. This story is repeated all across the country. People know of the danger. And the most vulnerable must do everything possible to keep the risk as low as feasible. 66-year-old Fox News commentator Juan Williams took a break from beating up Donald Trump this week to describe his own recent bout with COVID. As devoted liberals tend to do, Williams said he was extremely wary of contracting the virus, always wearing a mask and even stepping into the street to avoid potential contact with strangers. Yet still he caught the virus (as did his wife, a smoker). He wondered about his own mortality. And now he feels better again. Wouldn’t this indicate the virus is everywhere already? For the rest of us -- can’t we weigh our own risk factors? Does hospital capacity alone supply grounds to tell citizens what to do? Does everyone want to be (jailed at) home for Christmas? The concept of assumption of risk has disappeared in 2020 From the above cited op-ed, Lew additionally wrote, “There is hope on the horizon. Vaccines will be rolling out soon, but it is important to realize that wide distribution will not be for weeks or months. Plenty of death and devastation can happen in the meantime. In addition, vaccines will be more effective and quicker in controlling the pandemic in an environment where the incidence of COVID-19 cases is lower. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, put it well. ‘If I have a cup of water, I can put out a stove fire,’ she tweeted. ‘But I can’t put out a forest fire, even if that water is 100% potent.’” While certainly dangerous to those in the effected categories, COVID-19 isn’t akin to a forest fire, which indiscriminately destroys and kills everything in its path. The CCP virus is more like a nationwide wastebasket ignition that in most cases is extinguished before it necessitates a call to the fire department and the insurance adjusters. Enormous resources have been devoted to battling the spotty conflagration. We don’t need to stop living life just because the next fire instance could be worse than the previous one. It’s safe to say most people have friends or relatives who’ve caught the virus and either didn’t know they had it or recovered after a period of incapacity. Most people get ill sometime during the year, and prior to nine months ago, didn’t give such occasions much thought. Most businesses provide full-time employees paid leave for days when they’re not feeling their best. Kids could still go to school if they weren’t vomiting or feverish. Now the authorities take the kids’ temperatures before they’re allowed into a school building (if they can go at all). This despite less than one percent of COVID-19 deaths (not cases) occurring in people under 35. And the danger to kids is practically non-existent. Yes, it’s a strange world (Santa and Mrs. Claus tested positive in Georgia. Santa is a super spreader!). The powers that be have spread groupthink and anxiety faster than any virus could ever disseminate. I see lots of people wearing masks in their cars, for example. Unless they’ve really taken to the things, such deterrents aren’t logical. Doesn’t anyone ever wonder why the CCP virus still spreads yet masks are pretty much universal outside the home? Here in Virginia, we’re even directed to wear masks outdoors if there’s a situation where we can’t “social distance.” What’s the basis for the rule? Through contact tracing, how many humans have caught the virus outdoors? Why haven’t the masks saved us? Again, they’re mandatory inside buildings, yet people still catch the virus. Instead, fault those dang Thanksgiving get-togethers that most of us didn’t even have! The virus mindset has changed as well, largely through practical considerations that have nothing to do with containing the spread. Major sports leagues either canceled or delayed seasons earlier this year. The National Basketball Association fabricated itself a “bubble” (in Orlando, FL) where teams would stay and play games at a small number of approved venues with no outside interference. Major League Baseball shrank its season to 60 games and held its World Series at a neutral site to minimize travel. One of the winning team’s best players was removed from the final game in the eighth inning after test results showed he was positive. (Justin Turner then got in trouble for coming out onto the field to celebrate with his teammates and take a few pictures with the trophy… all while masked.) The National Football League appears headed for a complete season, but not without a plethora of practice facility closures and schedule disruptions (the Pittsburgh Steelers/Baltimore Ravens game was postponed three times before being played six days after it was originally slated) due to “outbreaks”. One team, the Denver Broncos, was forced to play without a rostered quarterback because its regular signal-callers were in a meeting without a mask and were suspended. In golf, the Masters was played in November. The winner, Dustin Johnson, was a COVID-survivor. The almighty dollar must’ve motivated the ruling class to allow these entities to play at all. Remember when everyone was warned to cease operations or face a likely visit from the grim reaper? These teams do generate a heck of a tax haul, don’t they? And they’ve got a powerful lobby. Gone is talk of playing games as the possible cause of an epic pandemic. Meanwhile, the lower level team employees, local bars and restaurants and the wage earning stadium personnel are still out of work, but who cares about them? Ditto for school sports teams. They’ll be home for Christmas, just like the rest of us. Only the elites get to do what they want and then dream about it. The vaccine is here! The vaccine is here! You’re still going to have to wait six months! Now that the federal authorities have greenlighted vaccines for distribution, the slow process of administering them begins. Even then, a big percentage of the population won’t step up to take the medicine. Tyler Van Dyke wrote at The Washington Examiner, “Many public health officials were concerned that skepticism regarding vaccines and fears of a politicized vaccine development process would lead to large shares of the population opting not to get the vaccine. Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, asked people in the United States to ‘hit the reset button’ on skepticism surrounding the vaccine's ‘astounding’ development timeline. “Only 15% of respondents said that they would never get the vaccine. Republicans were more likely to say that they would not get the vaccine, at more than one-quarter. Six percent of Democrats said they were more likely to not get the vaccine. “The poll also found that roughly one-third of respondents think states should make the coronavirus vaccine mandatory.” If they can annul Christmas, maybe they’ll feel empowered to order people to take a vaccine. Just saying. Everyone has an opinion on what to do about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but no one has a real answer. Freedom has taken a beating this year along with its close companion, common sense. Thanksgiving was canceled by the politicians and “science” pushers, and now it looks like Christmas is in grave danger of being banned too. How much can we take? 2020 Election Mike Pence Kamala Harris Donald Trump Joe Biden COVID-19 media, polls Trump parades rallies lockdowns Thanksgiving Christmas vaccine

Mitch McConnell wants Republican Senators to leave President Trump dangling by ignoring Rep. Mo Brooks constitutional remedy to the massive vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election. We say if any Senator wants the MAGA vote now or in the future, when Congress gathers to count the electoral votes on Jan. 6, they should join Rep. Brooks, and object to the slate of presidential electors from multiple states. With the support of a single senator, Brooks could disrupt the certification of the election and expose the massive election fraud by forcing both the House and Senate to debate and vote on the challenge. Under federal law, a member of the House or Senate can contest the Electoral College results from any state, forcing the House and Senate to separate for up to two hours of debate and vote on whether to accept a slate of electors. A majority of both chambers would have to support the motion to successfully challenge a given slate of electors, according to a Congressional Research Service reported by ABC News. "If the vote count was limited only to lawful votes cast by eligible American citizens, then Donald Trump won a majority of the Electoral College votes and was reelected to a second term," Brooks said in an interview. "It's Congress' responsibility to render the final verdict on all federal election contests, not the Supreme Court or any inferior court," Brooks told ABC. That means if a Senator joins Rep. Brooks Congress will be the final arbiter of the seating of Electors for Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. In an appearance on CSPAN Rep. Brooks explained the process this way: Underneath the constitution, the United States Congress is the final arbiter of all election contests involving federal officials whether it be Congress, Senators, or the President. There is a process by which we do that and that is initiated on January 6, when we have a roll call of the states -- on January 6 when we have a roll call of the states. At the appropriate time when a state's name is listed and they submit reported election results, if a house member and senator concur and be -- and we object to that vote, that triggers a floor debate in the house and senate and a vote in the house and senate on whether to accept or reject those returns. Rep. Brooks identified several states where the vote was so tainted by fraud Congress should intervene. And now the Trump Electors for Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico have met to cast their votes and give him the support he needs to keep the challenge alive. When asked why he was launching this rare, but not unprecedented challenge Rep. Brooks told the CSPAN audience: I can either surrender or fight to protect the integrity of our system. I'm choosing to fight. In my judgment, we have flaws with our election system that have resulted in millions of votes being cast in voter fraud… It is my teaching to protect our Republic and the underlying condition of any Republic is the right to vote and to have that vote accurately counted. Which only count lawful votes cast by eligible citizens and nobody else. That is clearly not happening in the United States [today]. We agree with Rep. Brooks’ interpretation of the role Congress has as the final arbiter of all challenges to the seating of a state’s Electors and the counting of their votes, but for Rep. Brooks’ challenge to succeed two things must happen: We constitutional conservatives must find a Senator with the same level of principled commitment to follow the Constitution that Rep. Mo Brooks is displaying. That means conservatives must call, email and visit their Republican Senators to demand that they object to the same slates of Electors to which Rep. Brooks objects. Call the toll-free Capitol Switchboard (1-866-220-0044), tell Republican Senators to object to the same slate of Electors that Rep. Mo Brooks objects to including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. 2020 Election Mitch McConnell Mo Brooks Electoral College voter fraud election challenge Contested Electors slate of electors Arizona Georgia Pennsylvania Wisconsin Michigan Nevada New Mexico

The “remedy” in our republican form of government for government lawbreaking and usurpations of constitutional power, according James Madison, was to elect politicians more faithful to the Constitution. In the Tea Party era, Richard Viguerie and I described this in THE LAW THAT GOVERNS GOVERNMENT: RECLAIMING THE CONSTITUTION FROM USURPERS AND SOCIETY’S BIGGEST LAWBREAKER. The Law That Governs Government is, of course, the Constitution. The chapter reprinted below is, I think, prescient. Through voter fraud in 2020, that remedy was stolen. Court-created doctrines such as “standing” have denied our rights and the constitutional guarantee of a republican form of government. We must continue our electoral training, study, and efforts to elect politicians faithful to the Constitution to reclaim it. A remedy obtained from the people Madison saw the tiered, divided system of government that ultimately derives its power from the consent of the people -- in a word, republicanism -- as the most effective way to prevent or at least limit the abuse of power by government. Republicanism, however, has been overrun and diminished by lawbreaking government, and it no longer secures the freedoms that enable America’s exceptionalism. What freedoms that remain are now at the mercy of the contemptuous political establishment that runs our lawmaking and law enforcement systems. Its members mock the notion that they must cease and desist from their lawbreaking. Their arrogant attitude about claims of injuries to our rights tends to be on the level of, “So sue us.” Even if suing Leviathan were an option, judge-made doctrines not found in the Constitution such as standing and sovereign immunity curtail citizens’ ability to succeed. “They” have rigged the rules to increase and protect their power at the expense of our freedoms, you see. The 18th Century English legal giant Sir William Blackstone heavily influenced the Founders’ views of the law. In his Commentaries on the Law of England, he addressed legal wrongs (injuries) and their remedies: “The one natural remedy for every species of wrong is the being put in possession of that right, whereof the party injured is deprived.” In the words of today, we are legally justified in reclaiming and restoring our rights stolen by government lawbreaking. That is the long-accepted remedy. The issue now becomes how Americans reclaim possession of the rights usurped by government lawbreaking. Government controls the corridors of power over our legal remedies against violations of our rights. Given its proclivities, government has and would continue to block our remedies of restoring those rights. Madison identified the ultimate solution to the abuse of power by government using the legal term, “remedy.” The great question of our day is whether Madison was too optimistic by claiming in Federalist No. 44, “in the last resort a remedy must be obtained from the people who can, by the election of more faithful representatives, annul the acts of the usurpers”? In other words, is it too late to save America? We don’t dare suggest we have the answer to this great question. Based on some decades of activism, marketing, strategic planning -- and fighting against government lawbreaking -- we will nonetheless share some thoughts. It isn’t merely elected officials with contempt for the Constitution who are the problem. We have an entrenched bureaucracy of lawbreaking government officials and agencies in numbers and with powers that may exceed Madison’s most pessimistic vision. We have stare decisis and other doctrines used by statist judges to protect deviations from the Constitution and enshrine them in our legal system for years to come. There would be a whole lot of annulling to do. Statist fiefdoms will oppose, disregard, obstruct and do their best to sabotage reforms. Witness the recent organized thuggery in the smaller model of Wisconsin following infinitely lesser reforms to public unions. The Democratic Party is now hostage to the progressive movement. It is of course important to defeat progressive Democrats where we can. However, Democrats are not the central problem. Replacing progressive Democrats with statist Republicans will not bring us our constitutional remedy. And, splitting the Republican Party by forming a constitutional conservative third party will only help Democrats, and will cement progressivism. Our solution as conservatives is, in part, to defeat in primaries GOP incumbents who have contributed to the violations of our paramount law. In 1992, James Carville regularly repeated a phrase to drive home a point to Democrats: “It’s the economy, stupid.” The phrase we urge constitutional conservatives to repeat is, “It’s the primaries, stupid.” The Soviet Union’s Brezhnev Doctrine was, in effect, what we have conquered and taken is ours, and we will only discuss the rest. Progressives follow that approach to what they have usurped. They claim and act as though their constitutional violations and theft of liberty are not on the table for discussion. We are, however, beyond the point of settling for Republicans merely willing to say “no” to more growth of government by Democrats only so the political establishment may keep the status quo, or worse yet, grow government the Republican establishment way. We need leaders with a constitutional conservative vision. We need leaders willing to ‘rock the boat’ who will reclaim lost constitutional ground. If we are to “annul the acts of the usurpers,” we must first review and audit federal agencies such as the Departments of Commerce (do American businesses really need government help?), Housing and Urban Development (shouldn’t people decide whether and how to buy their own homes?) and Education (wouldn’t we be better off returning education to the local level where it belongs?). Return rightful authority to the states. Let the states differentiate and compete, and give people the choice of which states best fit their needs instead of the federal one-size-fits-all. For example, citizens who want government-mandated health care, nanny state regulation and high taxes may live in Massachusetts. Those who want jobs and more freedom may live in Texas. Just as people are aware generally of the societal costs of lawbreaking, we also need leaders who can articulate the costs to society of government lawbreaking. The message must be delivered by those who fully believe it and who can articulate it. Like the Biblical Jews who wandered 40 years in the desert until that generation of failed, flawed leaders passed from the scene, constitutional conservatives need new leaders if we are to get to the political promised land. We must reward constitutionalists with our support, and defeat those who disregard the Constitution, who hold it in contempt, or who are wishy-washy about it. At federal and state levels, we must elect only those who surround themselves with constitutionalist staffers, aides and advisors, not establishment statists. We’ve learned the hard way that personnel is policy. Statists are the minority, but they are professionals. We must therefore train in electoral politics, get-out-the-vote activities and poll watching so elections aren’t stolen. Support and encourage young people to attend The Leadership Institute and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Support and train at American Majority and Smart Girl Politics. We even have our own online seminars at vmionline.com (the Viguerie Marketing Institute) about public relations, grassroots fundraising, and laws affecting fundraising. Constitutional conservatives need to get involved with political parties, learn the ropes, and then run for party positions so we may influence the nomination processes and party platforms. We must teach the younger generations the old truths, but using the language of their time. We cannot rely on the progressives and statists who have taken over our lower and higher education systems, and who seek to inculcate and poison our next generations. Like good teachers, we must learn and understand the subject matter better than our students are expected to learn it. We must continue to read. We must continue to study. In wars for freedom, our ancestors beat ploughshares into swords. We can do something less drastic. Read more of The American Spectator. Order the Liberty Fund Books catalogue; buy and read great books about liberty. Become learned in the principles of the Founders, and understand the lessons of history they understood. Don’t be intimidated by legal principles; embrace them as a soldier does a weapon. While reclaiming liberty is a marathon, we must begin by sprinting. The starting point, though, is not whether candidates will pay lip service to our founding ideals or who’s more like Ronald Reagan, but whether candidates articulate the best view of government constrained by our paramount law, and then practice that in office. Great man Reagan was, he could not sufficiently scale back the size of government to reclaim it from the scofflaws. However, we now have more resources available than Reagan had. Candidates for federal and state offices who fail to mention the Constitution in their campaign speeches or regularly in other public forums should not even be considered as worthy of our vote. If we are to reclaim the law that governs government, we must ‘cross-examine’ candidates, and make their replies part of the ‘public record.’ In Appendix I, we provide a list of 30 questions to ask candidates to test their knowledge of, and fidelity to, the Constitution. Citizens through their local Tea Party or other groups should send these and other written questions to candidates, stating the candidates’ answers will be posted on the Internet. Attend town hall meetings and candidate forums with video cameras, ask some of these questions of the candidates, and post the exchanges on the Internet. We encourage you to post your videos at our website, ReclaimtheConstitution.com. Professional politicians will tell you anything to get elected. Press them. One foolproof way of weeding out the poseurs is to ask them questions about what conservative organizations they belong to and support financially. They may talk the talk. Find out whether they walk with us. Candidates will come to understand they can no longer skirt the Constitution without being exposed. For some time Americans have felt abused, betrayed and fed up with our leaders. There is a growing feeling of distrust of our national leaders at many levels. Maybe it’s time we looked in the mirror. Perhaps we, as much as our elected officials, have failed. Perhaps we’ve spent too much time on recreation or idle matters rather than on the business of protecting our freedom. Maybe we’ve become so complacent about what we have that we have let it slip away. Some people in the political establishment have tried to place blame for the recent downgrade of our national credit rating on the Tea Party. Such arrogance and intellectual dishonesty will only bolster the constitutional conservative movement. If we constitutional conservatives are to be blamed, though, it may be for the reason that we didn’t act soon enough. Above all, though, let us proceed using the approach described by Thomas Jefferson:"In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." 2020 Election Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. 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The dirtiest two words in the English language to Democrats: Hunter Biden “This could complicate things.” I wasn’t there last week when president-elect Joe Biden received the news that son Hunter was under federal investigation for tax crimes, but it couldn’t have been a pretty and fragrant set of words emanating from the 78-year-old’s mouth as he reacted to the scenario. No president wants to have his first days -- or last days, or the days in between -- clouded by scandal, but the likelihood that boy wonder Biden will regularly make the headlines can’t be a pleasant realization for the aged liberal ruler. It also could be that the always jovial -- not! -- elder Biden knew of the investigation ahead of the official announcement but suppressed the truth just long enough to steal the media’s focus away from Donald Trump and his increasingly credible claims of massive mail-in vote fraud across several key swing states on election (day/week). But Joe’s such a practiced liar that he knew how to handle it. What he didn’t understand about “plausible deniability” while serving in the senate during Big Bubba Bill Clinton’s White House tenure, he honed and perfected in eight years as Barack Obama’s personal attendant and resident bootlicker. Joe’s great at it now! Just when Grampa Joe thought he was over the hurdle with family foibles, the faults crept back into his room like a cockroach through a miniscule hole. Time after time Joe was asked about his son’s business dealings and their relationship to him and his on-the-job responsibilities, and on every occasion, he batted them back at the accuser like a Raphael Nadal forehand over the net. (Actually, the media didn’t ask him nearly enough, fearing a venomous retort.) This time, however, the matter won’t be ignored or shouted down. Claiming that “My son didn’t do anything wrong and everybody knows it” won’t cut the loaf any longer. The president-to-be has been busy with appointments and convalescing from his dog-imposed ankle injury, and now he’s got additional concerns to occupy what’s left of his waning mental capacity. Niall Stanage wrote at The Hill, “Some Republicans are already calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the matter. It seems unlikely, for now, that Joe Biden will accede to that request anytime soon after his Jan. 20 inauguration. But the controversy does, at the least, give conservatives a cause around which to rally from Day One of the Biden presidency. “It emerged on Wednesday that the younger Biden’s tax affairs have been under investigation since 2018. In a statement, he said he had learned of the probe the previous day. He insisted he was ‘confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisers.’ “A statement released at the same time from the president-elect’s transition team said that Joe Biden was ‘deeply proud of his son, who has fought through difficult challenges’ — an apparent reference to Hunter Biden’s struggles with addiction.” What a crock. But, in the larger sense, what was Joe supposed to say, that he knows his jackass boy is an idiot and an embarrassment to the family name? Heck no! Simply default to the Democrat official position and deny everything! Brace yourself for the inevitable party fierce defense of Grampa Joe and his boy Hunter. Democrats and liberals will have a field day turning the accusations around to frame Trump and his family or some other Republican. They’ll make wild contentions that conservatives are endangering national security by weakening the man who’s about to be president in a month, as though the truth doesn’t matter and the Bidens haven’t already done the damage to their pathetic clan’s reputation. Remember, Democrats were gleeful in speculating how much dirt the Russians had on Trump after the release of the Steele dossier. They even enlisted their favorite turncoat pal, John McCain, to turn the unverified sleaze over to the federal law enforcement deep-staters. (As a side note, McCain might’ve got his revenge on Trump from beyond the grave as widow Cindy endorsed Biden and Arizona went Democrat for the first time in however many years. Voter fraud? Certainly looks like it!) But whereas the Steele dossier was about as bogus as bogus gets, Hunter’s foreign connections were quite real. Even a cursory rehashing of Hunter’s story begins with his receiving a huge ($50,000?) monthly “salary” from a Ukrainian energy conglomerate (Burisma), the fruit of his last name and his father’s cushy position. Yeah, Hunter didn’t speak Ukrainian and didn’t have any experience in oil or the company’ products, but so what? Wonder boy Hunter also received a big fat $3.5 million wire transfer for “consultancy work” from the mayor of Moscow’s ex-wife, billionaire Elena Baturina … but what kind of consulting? Maybe Hunter was “consulting” with her like he did the Arkansas stripper he impregnated and then denied his DNA contribution (which was subsequently confirmed by a test; liberals love “science”, don’t they?). The younger Biden’s Bill Clinton-like list of sexual liaisons is quite long, impressive enough that any Lothario would blush with envy! Who knows, perhaps Hunter was one of Fang Fang’s (of Rep. Eric Swalwell infamy) conquests, too. She came here in 2011, didn’t she? Fang wasn’t sent back to China until 2015, still on Obama’s watch! The Chinese spy must’ve known that Hunter was knee-deep in Chinese dirty dealings, having consummated “business” transactions with the communist regime’s henchmen while daddy was still palling around with Barack Obama. Nothing quite like a free ride on Air Force Two to reach the Far East and then be given the full red-carpet treatment on arrival! Papa Joe has sure gotten a lot of excuse mileage out of Hunter’s drug addiction, but the public’s sympathetic tolerance only goes so far. Millions of families have been touched by substance abuse of various kinds, but it doesn’t mean the addict gets off guilt-free from everything he or she did during their rampages. Hunter’s been living the high (forgive the pun) life for a long, long time, and how much of his corruption money literally went up in smoke in his crack pipes? How much did Hunter hide from the federal tax authorities? Inquiring minds want to know! Understandably, Republicans are demanding a special counsel be appointed to get a deep and thorough look at Hunter’s -- and the Bidens’ -- suspicious activity. When coupled with Special Prosecutor John Durham’s enduring investigation, the Biden administration should be chock full of interesting personal tidbits. Will Grampa Joe and Hunter be frog marched off to prison? Probably not. But it might provide some distraction from the leftist legal onslaught against Trump out of office. One almost -- almost -- feels sympathy for the back slappin’, hair sniffin’, shoulders massagin’, child repellin’, sexual assault denyin’, black people insultin’, nude swimmin’, president-elect. If the media had done its job and performed a halfway decent vetting job of the Hunter thing back when it could’ve easily been passed off as a prodigal son gone wrong, Joe might’ve weathered the storm and come out on the sunny side. After all, the public has short memories and there’s ample precedent for looking the other way at Democrat family sins. But it’s too late now. Grampa Joe is going to have to deal with all of Hunter’s baggage. After being asked about Hunter’s life for the thousandth time, maybe he’ll think that tangling with Mitch McConnell over tax rates and budget caps isn’t such a bothersome thing. The Joe n’ Hunter Saturday Night Live-type skit that you won’t see on any network I’ll fill-in the blanks of Joe’s and Hunter’s conversation when the son confessed to the father that he was under investigation. Bbbbuuuuuuzzzz. Bbbbuuuuuuzzzz. Bbbbuuuuuuzzzz. Joe Biden: “Good morning my beautiful son. I miss you and love you. How’s it hangin’, Hunter? Dang I miss you these days. I long for the summertime when I could just sit here behind this desk and look at family pictures and just show ‘em to the media to make us sound like we’re regular folks trying to make an honest buck. What can I do for ya today, man? Anyone you want me to call? Any prosecutors I need to threaten? Thanks to you, I’m well practiced!” Hunter: “Nope, nothing like usual at least,” the 50-year-old replied sheepishly. “Actually, dad, I’ve got something to tell you. I just found out myself yesterday (muffled choking and retching heard over the phone earpiece) that I’m under investigation by the feds for tax violations. Those damn Republicans have been using my old laptop again, apparently, and somebody in the government is poking around records and emails and, and… Oh, the remorse I feel right now! Taxes are the least of it -- there’s tons of nasty sh--, I mean stuff on that thing. Chinese girls, kiddie pix… um…” Joe Biden: (Silence for eight seconds.) “I told you, don’t ever feel remorse!” Joe bellowed in his best teeth gritting campaign voice at his only surviving son as though he was suddenly jerked back to consciousness. “Just ask your Uncle Jimmy. Regret and remorse, it means you have a conscience. We can’t have any of it. In politics, you never look back. So what you’ve got the FBI or whoever looking into your closets. I’m gonna be president next month, and heads will roll if they lay a finger on my little boy. Don’t you worry about nothin’, son. I’m proud of you and I’ll keep sayin’ it ‘til they put me in the ground or I get kicked out of office or somethin’.” Hunter: “Thanks, bud. I knew I could count on you. This is serious crap and I’m worried about it. I’m running a little short on cash of late, too. I’ve had to pay off a lot of people to keep ‘em quiet before the election. It ain’t easy being a crook and being chased by both the conservative press and the tabloids at the same time. Besides, I had an idea I wanted to run past you. “(Hesitatingly) Why not ask Nancy Pelosi for advice? She can conjure up guano about just about anything. Just last week she said it would be ‘unfairness for women’ if there wasn’t federal funding for abortion. San Fran Nan can make smoking crack and embezzling millions sound like it’s benefitting the poor, since most drug dealers live in the racial jungle (Joe Biden’s words) anyway. They’re just trying to make a little Cabbage, right? Pelosi also spouted something about no one being above the law. Well, we’ll just gloss over that part.” Joe Biden: “Not bad, son. I’ve been meaning to give Nancy a call anyway. She’s been telling everyone that the election wasn’t a disaster for Democrats because I won. We lost practically everything else despite all the polls being wrong. That’s a heck of a nice thing to say about me, don’t you think? All those organizations we paid to ramp up the vote did wonders, didn’t they? It's almost like you were in charge of distributing the dough yourself. Maybe if the Ukraine thing and the China thing don’t work out for you we could get Mark Zuckerberg to bring you on as the president of Facebook. “Say, how would you like to go to Georgia with me to campaign for those senate seats?” Hunter Biden: “I dunno, daddy-o. What time are you leaving? You know I hate getting up early unless it’s to meet a connection somewhere. And I’m not talking about a flight. I think you’re better off losing those seats anyway. If the party wins, people will actually expect you to pass laws and budgets and pack the Supreme Court and blah, blah, blah. Boring!” Joe Biden: “Great point, Hunter m’ boy. Obama said the same thing. He told me years ago that the pressure was off him once the Republicans took over Congress. He could just use his ‘pen and phone’ and tell the bureaucracy what to do with executive orders. I’ve already got a bunch of ‘em planned, too. On day one I’m gonna shut down the entire energy industry. We’re about to make this a green planet and a blue political map at the same time.” Hunter Biden: (chuckles) “Sure dad, whatever you say. You’re always so confident. I guess that’s why you’re the teetotaler and I’m the junkie. You never worry about anything. Living in your shadow’s been tough, but it’s easier now that I’m rich and I have all the babes I can handle. “(Ding dong!) Oops, gotta run. Literally! There’s a knock at the door and the cops -- or Tony Bobulinski -- might be looking for me!” Joe Biden: “Bye, son. Talk to you tomorrow! Run fast -- you’ve got two good ankles! Stay out of trouble!” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It will never be known whether a complete public vetting of Hunter Biden’s dirty laundry would’ve made a difference in this year’s election, but it’s a safe bet that Grampa Joe will be cleaning up his boy’s mess long after Inauguration Day (if he makes it to the White House, that is). Sooner or later the truth will come to light; not even Joe Biden can hide from it this time. 2020 Election Mike Pence Kamala Harris Donald Trump Joe Biden COVID-19 media polls Trump parades rallies lockdowns Thanksgiving Christmas Hunter Biden investigation