Fair And Needed

On Thursday, The Federalist posted an article about President Trump’s proposed 1776 Fund, which some Congressmen and some liberal judges are trying to block.

The article reports:

The Trump v. IRS settlement announced May 18 created a $1.776 billion compensation pool — already dubbed the “1776 Fund” — to provide redress for victims of the political weaponization of our government institutions. Drawn from the U.S. Treasury’s permanent Judgment Fund, the money will compensate Americans who believe they were targeted for political, personal, or ideological reasons. The fund is open to any U.S. person or entity with no partisan test, though President Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization are explicitly barred from payouts. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has described it as a mechanism to hear claims from those subjected to “lawfare and weaponization” by the prior administration.

As the fund is being discussed, many of us are starting to realize the depth and scope of the Biden administration’s use of the government to destroy its political opponents.

The article notes:

The scale of the targeting is now public. The Senate Judiciary Committee has revealed that in then-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” operation 197 secret subpoenas were issued to 34 individuals and 163 businesses seeking records on at least 430 Republican individuals and entities. Targets included election integrity analysts, private citizens, elected officials, and attorneys. Many subpoenas carried nondisclosure and gag orders, so victims often learned years later they had been placed under surveillance.  

…The roughly 430 Republican individuals and entities targeted in the Arctic Frost operation were placed under secret subpoenas and gag orders without their knowledge, often only learning years later that they had been swept up in the dragnet. Parallel civil litigation often amplified the toll. Defendants in cases like Fair Fight v. True the Vote and parallel voter-challenge lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan faced massive defense costs and uncertainty while the Biden DOJ actively supported the opposing side. Those harms — financial, professional, and physical — cannot be dismissed as collateral damage. They are the predictable result of weaponizing government levers of power against lawful activity.

The article concludes:

Democrats established and defended the rules that allowed expansive use of the Judgment Fund. Republicans are now using those same rules to compensate victims of the weaponization those rules enabled.

Restitution today is necessary. Prevention tomorrow is imperative. Government power must never again be turned on lawful private citizens doing the work of democracy — challenging voter rolls, researching election integrity, or petitioning officials for redress of grievances. Only then will the machinery of justice serve all Americans equally.

Equal justice under the law used to be an American principle. It needs to be re-established.

Common Sense

On Saturday, Sundance posted an article at The Conservative Treehouse titled, “I Fully Support Donald Trump Because the Alternative Is to Support a Republican.” That is the truth.

The article notes:

When the Tea Party surfaced in 2010, the grassroots voter base (unvoiced in DC) did not have a figurehead. So, the UniParty apparatus weaponized the DOJ, IRS and regulatory agencies to target, divide and destroy us.

When the Tea Party reassembled in 2016, the grassroots voter base (unvoiced in DC) now had Donald Trump. So, the same UniParty weaponized the DOJ, FBI and Intelligence Community to target, divide and destroy him first (Spygate, Russiagate, Impeachments etc.), until they could get back to targeting us (Arctic Frost).

The difference between the Tea Party targeting in 2010, and MAGA targeting 2016-through today, is the pesky impediment called Donald Trump.

Review the 15-year history and you will see these commonalities, including DC’s use of Main Justice and the FBI.

The McConnell-minded Republicans were happy to see the Tea Party targeted in 2011/2012. The same is true for the targeting of MAGA in later years.

This core reality is why I support President Trump; indeed, I actually cherish his fighting for us, because the alternative is reliance on our Republican abusers.

The article concludes:

If we, well, really he, does not get that thing accomplished in the next three years, well, it’s unlikely to happen. That clock ticking raises the stakes for us and makes policy issues sensitive and urgent. This is an entirely understandable sentiment.

I fully support Donald Trump, because the alternative is dependency on a Republican.

Don’t forget to pray.

Today I pray for our nation. ♦ I ask that You give our President wisdom beyond his own understanding, and the courage to choose the right path no matter how narrow the gate. ♦ I pray for all in authority over us that You would give them grace and strength to stand against the temptation to use power as a weapon, but rather to carry it reverently as one would a child. ♦ I pray for the spiritual leaders of our country, that they would hear Your voice and know Your heart. ♦ I pray they would lead from their knees, and by that simple grace bring each one of us to our knees before Your throne. ♦ Have mercy on our nation Lord; In Jesus name, Amen

The Washington Republicans do not represent average Americans. They represent the Chamber of Commerce, the business elite, big pharma, China, etc. The coalition that President Trump has put together represents the people who have to live under the laws that Congress passes. We are not allowed to partake of insider trading, we don’t have money from questionable sources coming into our Political Action Committees (PAC’s), campaigns or businesses that we are involved in . We can’t sell ridiculous artwork for millions of dollars. It’s time that the people of America ran the country–not a bunch of people who don’t live in the real world and think they should totally control us.

One Phone Company Pushed Back

There is a lot of information coming out lately about the government operation Arctic Frost. I am not sure any of the actions involved in this operation were in line with the U.S. Constitution, but there is one area that violated the Constitution that is very troubling.

On Wednesday, John Hinderaker posted the following at Power Line Blog:

Arctic Frost was the FBI investigation that tried to associate Donald Trump and many other Republicans with the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest. It was the basis for one of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictments of Trump. That indictment was dismissed. Senator Chuck Grassley has been on this case for a long time; whistleblowers approached him long ago to explain the corruption of the FBI and Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.

Arctic Frost can best be seen as a continuation of the Russia Collusion Hoax and the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, which sought to prevent Trump from being elected, and then to cripple his administration after he won the 2016 election. Also the Dirty 51 scandal, which sought, successfully, to swing the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

Arctic Frost included service of 197 subpoenas in which Special Counsel Jack Smith sought incriminating information about hundreds of Republicans, including ten Republican senators and one House member. There was no basis for suspecting any of these individuals of criminal actions, and in fact, no criminality was found. Smith subpoenaed telephone records of those Republicans from various telecom vendors, and rogue Democrat Judge James Boasberg entered a gag order, directing the phone companies not to disclose the subpoenas to their customers–United States Senators–for one year. There is precedent for such orders in organized crime investigations.

The article quotes Fox News:

Verizon justified complying with the subpoenas, saying they were “facially valid” and contained only phone numbers, not names. Verizon said that with the “benefit of hindsight” and recent discussions with the Senate Sergeant at Arms, which handles congressional phone services, it has modified its policies so that it puts up more of a challenge to law enforcement requests pertaining to Congress members.

…AT&T, meanwhile, did not comply with the subpoenas.

“When AT&T raised questions with Special Counsel Smith’s office concerning the legal basis for seeking records of members of Congress, the Special Counsel did not pursue the subpoena further, and no records were produced,” David Chorzempa, general counsel for AT&T, wrote.

The article at Power Line Blog notes:

Taken together, these Democratic Party scandals, from the Russian Collusion Hoax to Crossfire Hurricane to the Dirty 51 to Arctic Frost–and likely others that have not yet come to light–represent by far the worst political corruption in American history. There has never been anything like it.

The Republican voters have been patient, but when will the Republicans hold someone accountable?

Why Americans Don’t Trust The Mainstream Media

On Wednesday, The American Thinker posted a list of questions the mainstream media never asks Democrats.

Here are the some of questions:

What do you think of Arctic Frost where the Biden administration’s Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, illegally appointed Get Trump special counsel Jack Smith and Judge James Boasberg secretly issued subpoenas to target over 400 Republicans and groups, including Senators, to see what they said about the 2020 election and protest?

…Isn’t it legal to protest an election and have private conversations about it?

Isn’t it weaponization of the Justice Department when they use it in this fashion to target political opponents?

What would the reporting have been if Democrats had been targeted in this fashion after they protested the 2000, 2004, and 2106 elections? I am sure there would have been absolute outrage and wall-to-wall reporting. 

Didn’t Trump ask on Jan. 6 that the protesters march peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol?

Why have those words been buried in most reports?

How is that fomenting violence and an insurrection? 

Do you believe that people and families who make over $200,000 should have their health care paid for by taxpayers?

Isn’t that many of the people you are fighting for when you hold the country hostage and keep the government closed?

Why should the rest of us support people and families who make more than almost all of us?

Didn’t Democrats vote that these subsidies would be temporary and end on Dec. 31, 2025 when they passed them and said that COVID was the reason?

Why are they going back on their promise? 

Why do Democrats continue to claim that Obamacare has made health care more affordable when prices have skyrocketed since the bill passed in 2010?

Should mentally and physically able people be required to work or volunteer to get government benefits? If not, why not? After all, Democrats voted for that in the 1990s when Bill Clinton was president.

Isn’t it better for people to start moving up the economic ladder instead of being relegated to poverty for their entire lives by being dependent on the government? 

Isn’t capitalism the best method to reduce poverty instead of socialism?
It is a shame that young people have been taught that socialism is a good system.

Didn’t poverty hit record lows during Trump’s term with lower taxes, fewer regulations, low energy prices, and low inflation?

Why do Democrats continue to lie that Trump’s tax rate cuts only helped the rich and cost the government trillions when the facts show the opposite is true? 

Please follow the link to the article for the rest of the questions. I would love to hear the answers!