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WEST POINT, Va. —A high school teacher in Virginia
was fired on Thursday for declining to use masculine pronouns for a
female student who identifies as a boy. The termination, despite the
launch of a petition in support of the teacher and a large turnout at a
public hearing, resulted in a student walkout in protest the following
day. Peter Vlaming, who teaches French at West Point High School, had
reportedly told administrators that he could not refer to the girl as a
boy due to his Christian convictions. He sought to not use any pronouns
at all so as not to pose an issue, but did call the student by her new
name.
A petition launched in support of Vlaming states
that the teacher, who knew the student from recent years when she still
presented herself as a girl, inadvertently referred to the student with
a feminine pronoun twice this school year, resulting in a complaint
being lodged with the principal.
“Mr. Vlaming was asked to sign a paper stating he wouldn’t refer to
the student as a female,” the petition states. “He stated he couldn’t
promise that he wouldn’t ‘slip up’ again because for the previous two
school years the student identified as a female, still looks like a
female and he’s not used to the student as a male.”
Vlaming was specifically asked to refer to the student by her preferred pronouns, but he said he could not do so. On Oct. 31, Vlaming was placed on paid leave, and West Point Public
Schools Superintendent Laura Abel recommended that the teacher of seven
years be terminated for insubordination with directives in light of the
school board’s policies on discrimination. “As superintendent, it is my responsibility to enforce board policy,
and due to Mr. Vlaming’s non-compliance, I therefore recommended
termination,” Abel said in a statement.
On Thursday, a public hearing was held surrounding the matter, which
was filled to capacity and overflowing. Vlaming told those gathered that
he felt he was being forced to go along with a worldview with which he
disagrees and is against his religion.
“My religious faith dictates that I am to love and respect everyone,
whether I agree with them or not, because we are all made in God’s
image,” he said, according to local television station WRIC.
“I am also aware of, and agree, with speech limits that are placed on
public school teachers, concerning matters of religious faith,” Vlaming
also stated. “I represent the state in my role as a public school
teacher and therefore speak with a certain authority. That authority is
not to be used to promote any one specific worldview, and I don’t.
However, we are here today because a specific worldview is being imposed
upon me.”
He said that he sought to work out the matter in a way that was based
on “mutual tolerance,” but it was not accepted, and his job rather hung
in the balance because he held to views adhered to by “most of the
world for most of human history.”
“That is not tolerance,” Vlaming declared, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “That is coercion.”
However, the board voted unanimously to terminate Vlaming, and later
released a statement outlining that Vlaming “willfully violated school
board policy” by steadfastly declining to refer to the girl with
masculine pronouns.
“West Point Public Schools has the responsibility to ensure all
students have a safe and supportive school environment where they can
learn and thrive. We do not and cannot tolerate discrimination in any
form, or actions that create a hostile environment for any member of our
school family,” it said.
“Mr. Vlaming was asked repeatedly, over several weeks and by multiple
administrators, to address a student by the pronouns with which this
student identifies. The issue before us was not one mistaken slip of the
tongue. Mr. Vlaming consistently refused to comply going
forward—including in a statement made at the hearing—a willful violation
of school board policy,” the board stated.
On Friday, a number of students participated in a walkout, during
which they held signs and chanted slogans such as “bring him back!”
“I’m just outraged about it,” junior Forrest Rohde told local
television station WRIC. “He’s a really nice guy. … He really does care
about his students. The thing he will not do is change his ways of
thoughts and believing in things just to conform to someone else’s
ideologies.”
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The European Union is the continuation of the German plan for total dominance - the Fourth Reich / Greater Germany.
The citizens of nations across Europe are awakening in Yellow Vest protests ... they want out from under the thumb of the dictators who seek to destroy their identities.
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CIA declassified document showing that the European Union was an elite plan (1945).
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In this video I talk about fascism, corporatism & the way the Multinationals are using the UN and the EU to impose a so-called "rules based" international order on every citizen of Earth.
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I look at the negative implications of bureaucracy and try to show some ways in which we are all worse off under a mountain of directives, rules, policies, procedures & requirements. Also I speculate on who might have instigated the Yellow Vest uprising in France... some laughs in here for you too, I hope.
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YELLOW VEST PROTESTORS' UNRELENTING MARCHES IN FRENCH CITIES, HOLLAND, BELGIUM PUTS PRESSURE ON MACRON & GLOBALISTS
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GJ Acte 4 : Un Général de corps d'armée passe du côté des Gilets Jaunes !
Des milliers de Gilets Jaunes étaient de nouveau présents sur les Champs
Elysées pour demander la démission du Président Emmanuel Macron. Le
Général Christian Piquemal est venu apporter son soutien aux Gilets
Jaunes et propose un référendum d’initiative populaire.
A Paris, le samedi 8 décembre 2018.
Armoured vehicles deployed on Parisian streets as 'Yellow Vests' protests continue
Le Général Piquemal soutient les Gilets Jaunes et propose un référendum d’initiative populaire. Le Général Christian Piquemal était présent pour soutenir les Gilets
Jaunes sur les Champs Elysées, pour proposer un référendum d’initiative
populaire et pour alerter la population sur les dangers de la
ratification du pacte de Marrakech sur les migrations.
A Paris, le samedi 8 décembre 2018.
Paris on Lockdown and Macron in Hiding for Saturday’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests!!!
Farage on Paris Riots, 'Disconnected' Macron: 'Goodness Knows Where This Ends'
Burning their electoral cards...a group of yellow vests gather at this
roundabout in France's Alsace region...to spread their message of
social struggle...Similar scenes are multiplying across the country...
like here in Calais... on the road leading to the port...SOTIt's
unacceptable - as soon as we leave the house we're paying - for fuel,
for groceries. If we buy a dining room or a sofa we pay VAT, - we're
constantly paying!On this road leading to the south western city of
toulouse, a biker protest attracts a crowd from a range of social
backgrounds...SOTI'm here in solidarity with those who struggle to make
ends meet. The French people are going to have to realise they need to
get up off their sofas and help those in need.Here in the Basque region,
yellow vests are blocking road tolls leading towards the spanish
border... they're blocking heavy goods vehicles in a bid to provoke a
reaction from Spanish authorities. SOTThis is an important transit point,
and soon enough Spain's going to complain to the government, not to us,
they don't want to listen to us.In , police take the spokesperson for
the movement into custody... for organising an illegal protest.Around
600 supporters crowded around the police station to demand his
release...Meanwhile in Caen, some 2000 took to the streets to protest
low salariesSOTsome people earn millions of euros just sitting at a
desk, while we're working 40 hour weeks for a salary of 1500 euros.On
this motorway close to Marseille... another on- road invasion..As the
deafening message to French president Macron continues...(Out on upsot
horns blaring)
A Toulouse, la manifestation des gilets jaunes tourne à l'affrontement avec les forces de l'ordre
Deux heures après son commencement, la manifestation des gilets jaunes
(et des blouses blanches et des marcheurs pour le climat) a tourné à
l'affrontement avec les forces de l'ordre, samedi 8 décembre 2018 à
Toulouse.
Belgium: 'Yellow vest' protesters clash with police
in Brussels
'Yellow vest' protests turned violent as demonstrators marched on the
streets of the Belgian capital on Saturday.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters who tried to gain
access to blockaded areas housing European institutions, including the
offices of the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Around a hundred protesters were reportedly detained so far.
Protesters seemed to have been inspired by similar 'yellow vest'
protests upsetting cities across France in recent weeks.
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Imagine the moral corruption that would be required for someone to refuse to condemn Hamas, an organization that makes no secret of its genocidal intentions, and passes out candies
when Israeli civilians are slaughtered. The UN is as evil as Hamas, and
should not be receiving any American money or occupying any American
soil.
“US-Authored Anti-Hamas Resolution Thwarted at UN, but Israel Hails
Growing Support as ‘Historic Achievement,’” by Barney Breen-Portnoy, Algemeiner, December 6, 2018 (thanks to Phil):
A US-authored resolution condemning the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas
won a plurality of votes in the UN General Assembly on Thursday, but a
procedural move initiated by its opponents thwarted its passage.
While 87 countries backed the motion, compared to 57 that rejected it
(with 33 abstentions), it did not meet a 2/3 majority requirement that
was put in place — with the support of a group of Arab nations — just
before the vote.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon nevertheless hailed the vote
as a “historic achievement” — in that a “record number” of countries
got behind an anti-Hamas resolution.
The last time the US put forth a motion denouncing Hamas, in June, the vote was 62-58 in favor, with 42 abstentions — a smaller plurality that also failed to reach a 2/3 threshold.
“The broad support from the world demonstrates the changes we have
made in the UN,” Danon said on Thursday. “With the support of these
countries, we will continue our work in the UN against Hamas
terrorism.”…
A Communist / Socialist LIBERAL Terrorist in Elkhorn Nebraska, at Manchester Elementary School has decided to take it upon herself, without consulting anybody else, to BAN Christmas for all the kids, that includes anything with Candy Canes, Christmas Trees, Christmas Songs SEE the Full List in the Video and more !!! Leave a comment how YOU feel about this Communist/ Socialist Liberal Terrorist SKANK, tell it like it is, don't be shy !!!! *** Look What Liberal Policies have Done To California’s Homeless Population in ONE YEAR : https://www.youtube.com/watch?
PC Principal Tries to BAN Candy Canes at School, FAILS Miserably
Steyn blasts school principal who banned candy canes Nebraska elementary school principal bans candy canes claiming the 'J' shape stands for 'Jesus.'
School principal put on leave for Christmas decorations ban
Sending a Scholastic book that is a Christmas book — that’s Christmas-related
Making a Christmas ornament as a gift — this assumes that the family has a Christmas tree which assumes they celebrate Christmas
Candy cane — that’s Christmas-related. Historically, the shape is a
“J” for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ, and the white a
symbol of his resurrection. This would also include different colored
candy canes.
Red/green items — traditional Christmas colors
Reindeer
Christmas videos/movies and/or characters from Christmas movies
MARK DICE'S DEFENSE OF THE RED NOSED REINDEER CENSORED BY YOUTUBE
Youtube has demonitized a video by Mark Dice in which he defends the
Christmas classic Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer even after he asked them
to reconsider.
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ATLANTA —A Presbyterian Church of America (PCA)
teaching elder and church planter, who also heads a faith-based
non-profit organization and is chairman of a youth-focused group run by a
bishop in Atlanta, Georgia, recently promoted and partnered with a
secular non-profit organization to present an NFC Fight Night. The
unconventional fundraiser, held at a local brewery and complete with
“Vegas-style casino games,” served as an effort to benefit groups
working with inner city youth.
Westside Fight Night was held on Nov. 2 at Monday Night Brewing in
Atlanta, and was presented by X3 Foundation and Next Generation
Foundation, the second of which is chaired by Danny Iverson, who also
founded Shalom City Church and is the CEO of the organization Restore
Life.
“We believe it’s possible to have fun and change lives at the same
time,” a description for the event reads. “On November 2nd, X3
Foundation and Next Generation Foundation are teaming up with the NFC to
host the 2nd annual Westside Fight Night.”
“This red-carpet event will provide an opportunity for Atlanta’s most
influential people to directly impact the future generations of
Atlanta’s Westside neighborhoods. Here’s the thing, this will not be
your normal fundraising event,” it states. “It’s a night full of
official NFC fights, Vegas-style casino games, beer from Monday Night
Brewing, and supporting the work in Atlanta’s Westside. That’s a pretty
exciting Friday night, if you ask us.”
Ryan Denton of Christ in the Wild Ministries told Christian News
Network that he disagrees with the concept of a church planter and
faith-based non-profit leader promoting and participating in a
Vegas-style fight night—no matter that it was a secular event.
“Christians are called to be exiles and sojourners in the world,” he
said. “We’re called to be holy as Christ is holy. We’re called to be set
apart. Intentionally meshing with the world [and its ways] … is still a
matter of offering strange fire on God’s altar, since God most
definitely never prescribed such a move, especially for those who are
supposedly Christian leaders.”
2018 is the second year that Iverson is involved with the
fundraiser. Iverson, who is a fifth generation church planter and
received pastoral training at Reformed Theological Seminary, moved to
Atlanta in 2013 to undergo a residency with Perimeter Church, and soon
was sent to plant a church in the Grove City area on the northwest side
of Atlanta, and to conduct holistic outreach in the community.
Iverson became the CEO of Restore Life in 2014, and works with
various groups in the community to “see all sectors of Grove Park
flourish through the dignified empowerment of its leaders, specifically
in the areas of dignified housing, job development, and family
flourishing.” It works with the aim of “unit[ing] community assets
around the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
“Over the last 13 years, Danny has specialized in reaching children,
teens, gang members, drug addicts, and the homeless and marginalized of
society, and recently has begun teaching and empowering other leaders in
the Grove Park community through his experiences and expertise,”
Iverson’s bio on the Restore Life website reads.
According to a newsletter released by Iverson earlier this fall,
Iverson was asked to chair a new organization called Next Generation
Foundation, led by Larry Corker, a bishop from Generations Outreach
Ministries, who also worked with Iverson in his house church efforts
with Shalom City Church. The nonprofit seeks to develop and support
“high-impact and relationship-driven organizations and programs that
build character in youth resulting in productive citizens for our
community and city.”
Next Generation Foundation partnered with X3 to put present the
fundraiser this year, as Iverson outlined in his newsletter, “We partner
with X3 Foundation to put this high-end Vegas-style event on.” It
further states that the event was held at Iverson’s brother’s brewery,
Monday Night Brewing, and is the second year that Iverson has been
involved with the fundraising effort.
In 2017, the event was marked as being presented both by X3 and Restore Life, of which Iverson serves as CEO.
“Last year, we had our first Fight Night fundraiser at Danny’s
brother’s brewery, Monday Night Brewing. It was a great success! This
year we are doing it again and taking it to the next level,” the newsletter update
reads. “But we need your help! We still have 4 tables to sell and are
looking for sponsors. Please come, and if you can’t, please consider
sponsoring someone else from our community to be able to enjoy this
event.”
Iverson also promoted the event numerous times on his various
personal social media platforms, writing, “Check out our new Westside
Fight Night promo video. Enjoy. Be challenged. Join the fight. Get a
ticket or sponsor someone from our community to be able to come. It’s
gonna be an epic night” and “Let’s go!!!! 5 days away!”
“A lot of people want to support our fight night fundraiser, but
can’t make it to the fight. A lot of people in our community want to
come but these tickets are a bit outside their budgets. Solution –
sponsor a community member ticket!!!!,” he wrote in part in another post, adding the hashtags #westsidebestside ##Nextgenerationfoundation #X3sports #Warriorlife #Restorationstudios #Mentorlife
“Here we go. Getting started for a great night. If you would like to
give to help us reach our goal tonight, there are three ways,” Iverson posted on the day of the event.
The X3 Foundation, which is a part of X3 Sports, says in its
description that it “works to improve the health and social outcomes for
youth living in struggling communities through the power of sports,”
and that it provides “Atlanta’s at-risk youth with the athletic
opportunities, support, and assistance they need to build productive
futures for themselves.” It lists the NFC and The MMA Alliance among its
partners.
Iverson also is a Jiu-Jitsu instructor with the organization Warrior
Life, and writes in his newsletter, “Jiu-Jitsu and Jesus really go well
together, and we are super excited to see God develop body, mind, and
Spirit through this ministry.”
Photos from the event show Iverson on the red carpet, and he noted on
Instagram that “I go on stage after [the] fourth fight” to speak to
attendees. While distancing himself from the fundraiser when asked about
the matter by deferring to X3 Sports, Iverson told Christian News
Network that he believes X3 has helped a number of young people through
their MMA offerings.
“They use mixed martial arts to help mentor at-risk inner city youth,
and have had great success in helping many kids succeed,” he stated.
“Martial arts is a great discipline that helps many people emotionally
and physically, and has been proven to help many youth coming from
traumatic backgrounds.”
Follow-up questions inquiring about Iverson’s level of involvement
and his views about being a part of such an event were not responded to
by press time.
Westside Fight Night featured eight matches this year, including
Jabril Malik vs. Melvin Molina, Nadeem Khattack vs. Jesse Miele,
Mohammad Ibrahim vs. Kendall Hemmings and Jesus Diaz vs. Koyya Russell.
A promotional video for the 2018 event shows footage from the 2017
fundraiser, complete with poker, beer, and the various fights—which
included one competitor falling in the ring as he was knocked out by his
opponent. Some attendees cheer on fights and/or record segments with
their cell phones.
“Tonight, we fight together for the sake of our youth,” it says, “to
knock poverty to the ground, to help our youth fight for their futures.”
Following the event, Iverson posted a thank you to his Instagram,
writing, “What a night. Thanks everyone for the support and hard work to
pull this off.”
In addition to his part in Westside Fight Night and founding of
Shalom City Church—which is now reportedly on pause, according to a post
on Iverson’s blog site—and service as CEO of Restore Life, Iverson also
is the manager of Restoration Studios, which seeks to mentor young
people and give them training and opportunities in the recording
industry. His premier artist is the hip-hop/rap group Gapp Stars, which
stands for “God’s Anointed Purpose Pointing Sinners to a Risen Savior.”
The group’s posted videos include performing hip-hop in church
settings. One video Iverson posted was of his son dancing in a church
while Gapp Stars raps wildly in front of him. Another video in which
Iverson was tagged shows young boys dancing to a rap song with the
hashtag “#mentorship.”
Last month, Iverson posted, “So last night at the show, we had an
after party that turned into a spontaneous time of worship and free
styling. Somehow I ended up with a mic and my 20-year-old punk rock self
emerged. smh. Payload (my punk rock band from college) will rise
again.”
In October, Iverson told the outlet By Faith, the online news outlet of the Presbyterian Church in America, about his philosophy for his work in the community.
“[People] often start with the Fall, ‘Hey, you’re a sinner. You
shouldn’t be doing this.’ [But] people we work with already know they’re
sinners,” he said. “They already know this world is jacked up—the
amount of abuse, and systemic stuff from families and generational
poverty. No one hides that stuff.”
“But when you start with the fact that everyone can be a blessing
because they’re made in the image of God, that they have intrinsic value
given to them by their Creator, it calls out the dignity we all share
and opens up doors for honest conversations and deeper relationships,”
Iverson stated. Denton Photo Credit: Chike OzuegbunamHowever, Ryan Denton of Christ in the Wild Ministries,
who preaches at universities, abortion facilities and other locations
nationwide, and who formerly served as a pastor in New Mexico, told
Christian News Network that he disagrees with Iverson’s methodology for
reaching the lost.
“Iverson’s comments assume that just because someone knows they’re a
sinner, they understand the direness of it. I agree it’s wrong to start
with the Fall when it comes to sharing the gospel. But it’s even worse
to start with man,” he said.
“Rather, we should start by telling people who God is. We should
explain what it means that God is just. We should explain God as creator
and the rights God has over humans because of it. That will bring out
how heinous sin actually is,” Denton continued. “The fact that people
know they are sinners doesn’t mean they hate their sin, nor does it mean
they know how devastating sin actually is.”
He outlined that what is happening—whether or not it is realized—is
the exaltation of the sinner, rather than the exaltation of a holy God,
who commands all men to repent and believe.
“Iverson wants to skip both God’s glory and man’s sinfulness and get
right to some kind of exaltation of the sinner, which the Bible nowhere
condones,” Denton stated. “The Bible says ‘stop regarding man in whose
nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?’ (Isaiah 2:22). It’s true
that man has ‘intrinsic value’ since we are made in God’s image, but
this is exactly why the sin of man is so monstrous. We are the only
creatures in the universe made in God’s image, and with the exception of
fallen angels, we are the only creatures who rebel against God’s
commands.”
“Iverson wants to give people mushy half-truths about how great they
are so that it ‘opens up doors for honest conversations.’ Why not just
start with an honest conversation to begin with and see what God does
with it?”
The late preacher and author Art Katz exhorted in his sermon “And
They Crucified Him,” “[W]e ought to look different, speak differently,
act differently, that there ought to be such a savor and fragrance about
us of Christ that it is a savor of death unto death itself and life
unto life to others. The fact that the world can so easily tolerate us,
the fact of the almost complete absence of reproach, let alone
persecution, it itself a shameful testimony that we are so [much] like
the world that we cannot be distinguished from it. We have lost even the
difference, the sense of difference, between that which is sacred and
that which is profane.”
Christian News Network sought to reach out to Bob Cargo, the director
of church planting for Perimeter Church, but multiple phone calls were
not returned.
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Who appointed CAIR the ultimate arbiter on who should occupy
positions of authority? Western cowards have allowed the group to claim
this status.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the
nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today
called on the Trump administration to withdraw its nomination of Heather
Nauert for the position of U.N. ambassador, saying she is “Unqualified
and Islamophobic.”
Hamas-linked CAIR has a long memory. Here is what CAIR remembers:
In a 2009 Fox special on “stealth jihad,” she interviewed
Islamophobic panelists, including notorious Islamophobes like Robert
Spencer, Frank Gaffney and Nonie Darwish, who claims that “Islam should
be feared, and should be fought, and should be conquered, and defeated,
and annihilated.” Nauert has also defended Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
As for “stealth jihad,” the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategic plan for North America was not written by Spencer, Gaffney and Darwish. It was written by a top Muslim Brotherhood operative.
Those who read the writings and listen to the speeches of Mr. Spencer
know that CAIR’s charges are hollow. He is still waiting for feedback
on the question of what exactly makes him “Islamophobic.” What news that
is presented on Jihad Watch is fake? None. The problem is that
according to Sharia, crimes, murder and abuses committed in the name of
Islam are not supposed to be called out. Period. Speaking the truth
renders one “Islamophobic,” so anyone who is literate and knows the
abuses that are occurring in the name of Islam worldwide is
“Islamophobic.”
“CAIR Opposes Nomination of U.N. Ambassador Nominee Heather Nauert”, PR Newswire, December 7, 2018:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil
rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump
administration to withdraw its nomination of Heather Nauert for the
position of U.N. ambassador, saying she is “Unqualified and
Islamophobic.”
Early next year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a
nomination hearing for Nauert. CAIR is urging the Senate and members of
the Foreign Relations Committee to oppose and vote “NO” on Nauert’s
nomination for the position of U.N. ambassador.
CAIR said Nauert promoted Islamophobic smears while employed as a Fox News anchor.
In 2013, she criticized special swim classes for a group of
Somali-American girls, describing the classes as the “minority becoming
the majority at one community pool. Sharia law is now changing
everything.”
In a 2009 Fox special on “stealth jihad,” she interviewed
Islamophobic panelists, including notorious Islamophobes like Robert
Spencer, Frank Gaffney and Nonie Darwish, who claims that “Islam should
be feared, and should be fought, and should be conquered, and defeated,
and annihilated.” Nauert has also defended Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
Nauert previously bashed refugee students in Pennsylvania for wanting
“an even better” public education and falsely claimed that child
migrants from Central America were “an illegal health risk.”
Other than her current position as State Department spokesperson,
Nauert has no apparent diplomatic or government experience or expertise.
“Heather Nauert does not represent our nation’s diversity or its
commitment to treating all Americans with equality and respect,” said
CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
“Such an important post should not be occupied by someone who is
clearly unqualified and Islamophobic,” said CAIR Government Affairs
Director Robert McCaw. “There are many other individuals who do have the
knowledge and background necessary for this post. Ms. Nauert’s
nomination should be withdrawn.”….
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So
much has changed from a cultural standpoint over the past decade, but
nothing so unfortunate as the attempted legitimacy of lawlessness that
pervades our current American landscape. It
seems like only yesterday when encouraging a foreign invasion on our
southern border was considered a radical and dangerous sentiment. Now,
it’s practically the spoken word throughout the mainstream media,
Democrat political offices and Hollywood social media accounts. Of
course, we now live in a country where the American flag is considered a
“hate symbol” on certain college campuses, so I suppose nothing should
shock us anymore. Had
former presidential hopeful Barack Obama campaigned on the idea of
opening our southern border to anyone who wished to cross it, without
any verification whatsoever of who they are, what crimes they’ve
committed or what provable and legitimate claim to asylum they may have,
he would’ve been finished. Nowadays, an open border is essentially the Democrat party slogan. What happened? What happened was something that all Americans should take notice of—incremental destruction. Here’s a presidential quote about
the continued caravan invasion facing our nation: “Those who enter the
country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law
and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law. We
simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected,
undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are
waiting
patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this
country.” Sounds like the typical response from our current Commander-in-Chief, right? Actually, that quote was from a different man, a then-Senator of Illinois by the name of Barack Obama. Obama
was cunning enough to know that the American people would no more
accept open borders with Mexico than they would open doors with their
neighborhood, and so an incremental change was necessary. Incremental
or not, fast-forward a decade, and opinions like those expressed
explicitly by Obama would be enough to get you banned from social media
and called a Nazi by the mainstream press. Disingenuous or not, former Senator Obama’s words were spot on. There’s
nothing racist about locking your doors at night; millions of Americans
of every race, gender, religion do it every night. In
fact, it is those who are supporting this attempted invasion who are
disgracing legal immigrants such as myself, who had to go to
extraordinary lengths to achieve citizenship legally. Tens
of thousands of dollars were invested after years of penny pinching,
and countless hours were spent studying American civics and history.
Lawyers, paperwork, medical testing—it’s all part of the well-worth-it
process of coming to America the legal and legitimate way. Those
who took the time to follow the rule of law and went to these
extraordinary lengths, making tremendous personal and financial
sacrifices, are watching this caravan invasion on television and those
who support it with resentment and betrayal. After thousands of caravan members stormed the border at
the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry, border patrol agents were forced to
respond with nonlethal tear gas, after having lethal objects thrown at
them by the invaders. Rather
than express support and gratitude for those who put themselves in
harm’s way to protect this nation, Democrat officials chose a different
route—one that would have been political suicide a decade ago. Rep.
Eric Swalwell showed off his fantastically asinine understanding of
national security and, well, many things when he declared on Twitter: “Tear gas is a form of chemical weapon and I’m interested in learning more about whether any treaties were violated.” Swalwell
later added that the new Democratic Congress would seek to disarm
border patrol of any weapons they might use to defend themselves before
deleting the tweet and rightfully crawling back into a hole of
embarrassment. Barbara
Lee saw Swalwell’s radical claims and said, “I’ll raise you.” “The
tear-gassing of women and children at the border is an atrocity,” she
said. “It’s a violation of human rights. And it is a grotesque betrayal
of our founding promise, as a nation built by immigrants. I’ve called
for @UN inspectors on the border, and I reiterate that call today.” Miss
Lee seems to think that the United Nations should be allowed to tell
our border patrol agents how to defend their lives and do their jobs. I’ll
also add that as a mother, any woman who would use her child as a
shield, knowingly endangering their lives, is not someone who deserves
to call themselves an American. By
the way, we are not a nation built by immigrants, we are a nation
founded by settlers and built by citizens. Immigrants become citizens,
and then add to the fabric of the American ideal. Immigrants
who make this country better do so assimilating to America—not the
other way around—as well as by following the law, not breaking it.
In response Ocasio-Cortez threatened to harass and abuse Don Jr. with a subpoena to testify before Congress.
Ocasio-Cortez then doubled-down on her threat!
Ocasio-Cortez later tweeted in response to backlash, “For the GOP crying that this is a ‘threat’ — I don’t have power to subpoena anybody. Congress as a body, GOP included, has the power. No [individual] member can issue a subpoena unless they are a chair (which, as a freshman, I can assure you I will not be). Also must be under purview.”
It appears Ocasio-Cortez broke federal law by threatening a US citizen with retaliation for snarky tweets.
You can’t use the power of the law to get back at people for their Instagram memes, Alexandria!
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
(R.S. § 1979; Pub. L. 96–170, § 1, Dec. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 1284; Pub. L. 104–317, title III, § 309(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3853.)
