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I must clarify and make the distinction between my disdain and disgust for what my country has become, and the vast majority of patriotic members of the armed services, present and retired, who have actually put it on the line.

To those in uniform and those who once wore it, my deepest respect and unconditional gratitude until my last breath.
 

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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Sunday for the ninth consecutive day after decreasing 78 of the previous 80 days, increasing 1.8 cents to $5.386.

The average price has increased 14 cents over the past nine days, including 1.6 cents Saturday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 10.4 cents more than one week ago and 98.6 cents higher than one year ago, but 2.6 cents less than one month ago.

The average price is $1.076 less than the record high of $6.462 set June 14. It decreased $1.216 during the 80-day run of dropping prices.


The Orange County average price rose for the 10th consecutive day after dropping nine of the previous 10 days to its lowest amount since March 4, increasing 1.9 cents to $5.351. It has increased 18.3 cents over the past 10 days, including 2.4 cents Saturday.

The Orange County average price is 13 cents more than one week ago, 4.8 cents higher than one month ago and 99 cents greater than one year ago. It has dropped $1.059 since rising to a record $6.41 on June 12.

The national average price dropped for the 89th consecutive day since rising to a record, falling six-tenths of a cent to $3.718. It has dropped $1.298 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14.

The national average price is 7.1 cents less than one week ago and 27.2 cents less than one month ago, but 54.2 cents more than one year ago.

Average LA County Gas Price Increases For Ninth Straight Day (msn.com)
 

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Texas or Floriduh.

Of course we both have the same problem, immigrants. Texas gets a metric shit ton of them crossing the border, FL gets them from NY, Aassachusetts, and greater liberal New England.

Same result, they bring their politics with them. Socialism
 

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Texas or Floriduh.

Of course we both have the same problem, immigrants. Texas gets a metric shit ton of them crossing the border, FL gets them from NY, Aassachusetts, and greater liberal New England.

Same result, they bring their politics with them. Socialism
Texas and Florida need to regain control of their educational institutions .. that is how many of the Blue States turned woke as heck .. leftist at the universities trained the teachers of the future .. and now look ..
 

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Florida tops all states in The Heritage Foundation’s Freedom in Education Report Card

Florida took the top spot in The Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card that was released on Friday. The organization took into account four broad categories when ranking what it referred to as education freedom: education choice, regulatory freedom, academic transparency and education spending return on investment.

In the inaugural 2022 edition of the Education Freedom Report Card, Florida is the top-ranked state across the board. The Heritage Foundation lauded Florida’s commitment to establishing and maintaining parental rights in their child’s education, a positive return on investment, and the state’s available options among private, charter, and district schools.

“If sunlight is the best disinfectant, it’s no wonder why the Sunshine State is one of the freest states for teachers and children to pursue an education that is largely devoid of red tape,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said to Fox News today. “Florida has led the way in expanding education choice, cutting red tape, and holding schools accountable to parents with academic transparency.”

The group also ranked Florida first among states for academic transparency. The conservative think tank praised Florida’s rejection of critical race theory-based curriculums through Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ ‘Stop WOKE Act’ that was signed into law this year.

Florida also picked up points for House Bill 1467, which requires that educational material and learning objectives be available to the public.

The Sunshine State’s alternative teaching certification was well-received by the group, leading to Florida’s second place ranking in the ‘Regulatory Freedom’ metric.

DeSantis in August launched a pair of teacher recruitment initiatives, expanding on the previously-announced certification opportunities for military veterans to attain teaching certificates.

Florida tops all states in The Heritage Foundation’s Freedom in Education Report Card | The Capitolist
 

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Hopefully nothing to see here but in these times it is concerning to see these kinds of remarks:

What in the world are they planning to do on September 24th, 2022? As you will see below, a member of the German legislature is openly warning that September 24th will be a day when everyone will remember “exactly where he or she was”.


 
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Texas and Florida need to regain control of their educational institutions .. that is how many of the Blue States turned woke as heck .. leftist at the universities trained the teachers of the future .. and now look ..

Here's an example. I've been hearing people warn that pedophiles would be the next group the libs would try to "normalize", looks like they may be correct and here's a schoolteacher leading the way:

 
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Here's an example. I've been hearing people warn that pedophiles would be the next group the libs would try to "normalize", looks like they may be correct and here's a schoolteacher leading the way:

True, but although IT slipped thru the cracks, IT was terminated...or so it seems.

At a public high school in El Paso, Texas, an English teacher was caught on video telling a group of students that they cannot refer to pedophiles as pedophiles. She commanded her students to refer to them as “MAPs,” or “minor-attracted persons.” Not being satisfied with that, she further chastised one of the students to not “judge people just because they wanna have sex with a 5-year-old.” I wouldn’t have believed it either if the video hadn’t surfaced and made its way around social media. Thankfully, the Board of Trustees for Franklin High School held an emergency meeting and placed Amber Parker on administrative leave pending termination. For once we have people in a public school system declaring an “emergency” when it absolutely, positively was a legitimate emergency.
 
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Persecution

Dear Patriots,


Elections have consequences. The consequences of the stolen 2020 election are shocking.
The political persecution of people the left fears has been going on for two years solid. It is now escalating.
The Biden Regime is going after the allies of his once and possibly future political opponent.
At the same time, we are escalating the government persecution of doctors who try to act in the best interests of their patients.



1- Last week, the FBI raided the homes of at least 35 people, maybe as many as 50, who have connections to President Donald Trump. How terrified must the left be to send the government police, a.k.a. the FBI, into homes of their political foes? How devoid of good ideas, solutions and results are they that they can not wage this war on the battlefield of ideas? How desperate are they that they must suppress news of their failures? There is no debating policy ideas, there is no compromising. The left is raiding, scaring, silencing, intimidating and bankrupting the opposition.

Where are all of our elected Republicans? Why are they not they speaking out?

Red State

Bombshell Report: Dozens of Trump Allies Raided or Served Subpoenas by FBI

QUOTE: Steve Bannon was indicted on Thursday in relation to charges concerning the "We Build the Wall" effort by the New York Attorney General's office.

But Bannon appeared on the Charlie Kirk show on Friday and he made some concerning remarks about efforts by the Biden FBI against Trump allies. Bannon said that we saw from Biden's "demonic" anti-MAGA speech that this was the "primal scream" of a "dying regime." Bannon claimed there were "35 FBI raids" on senior MAGA/Trump allies.

First Amendment attorney Harmeet Dhillon confirmed that she was aware of at least some of these cases.

Dhillon appeared with Tucker Carlson. She said that there had been a reporter reaching out asking if search warrants or subpoenas had been served on some 50 people. Dhillon confirmed to Tucker Carlson that search warrants or subpoenas had been served on three clients of hers — one of whom had their phone seized. The federal grand jury subpoenas were broad asking for any communications from October 2020, a month before the election to two months after the election. The subpoenas sought communications related to certification, fraud in the election, alternate electors, anything related to the rally before the Jan. 6 riot, and any communications related to the Save America PAC.

This is an incredible escalation by the Biden Administration and it's going to be hard to justify that this isn't an effort to go after and shut down political opponents. This would be incredibly out of control and something on a par with Stalinist regimes trying to stifle any challenge to their power.

As Dhillon noted, this raises all kinds of First Amendment questions. She also noted how improper this is that the DOJ is telling reporters about these search warrants and subpoenas even before they are executed. She said she thought this was to instill fear into people right before an upcoming election so they wouldn't challenge anything. She called it abuse by the DOJ and said it was illegal of them to leak this information.

"This will wreck the country," Tucker said. That's about the size of it if Republicans let this go without calling out the abuse.





2- For months we have watched the slow drip of evidence emerge proving that the Covid-CCP injections are dangerous and causing major health complications. All the while, the majority of our medical community has been silent. All the while, our Fake News has been silent on this subject. To this day, posting information of problems with the injection will put you in time-out on Facebook.

We pray that the number of medical professionals signing this declaration increases across the world and that all injections are immediately stopped.

The Daily Sceptic

400 Doctors and Professionals Declare International Medical Crisis Due to Covid Vaccine Injuries and Deaths

QUOTE: Over 400 doctors, scientists and professionals from more than 34 countries Saturday morning declared an international medical crisis due to "diseases and death associated with the 'COVID-19 vaccines'".

Launched at a press conference on Saturday, September 10th, the declaration states: "We are currently witnessing an excess in mortality in those countries where the majority of the population has received the so-called 'COVID-19 vaccines'. To date, this excess mortality has neither been sufficiently investigated nor studied by national and international health institutions."

The declaration, which originates among concerned medics and professionals in India, makes eight "urgent" demands, including an immediate stop to the vaccinations and investigation of all deaths in previously healthy people.

Read the full text at the links above, and if you are a doctor, scientist or other professional, do consider signing.





3- The government take over of health care combined with the power of drug companies is destroying doctors. Now is the time to get as healthy as you can.

Steve Kirsch on Substack

Why doctors aren't speaking out

QUOTE: Written by a doctor. Everyone should read this. We are headed for a perfect storm with escalating health needs and a shortage of doctors because of how we treat them.

Dear Steve,

You ask why doctors are silent. The electronic medical records (EMRs) are a ball and chain to physicians. We are tracked through them. When I wrote a prescription for Ivermectin for a patient, with informed consent (she was vaccinated), I received 5 letters threatening my medical license, my hospital privileges, and my insurance contracts. I would not have received 5 letters if I killed someone in negligence or malpractice. If I have my license pulled, I will no longer be able to help my patients.

I speak to patients on a one-on-one basis, but speaking out would destroy my family. I have children. Quite frankly, I have seen that patients want me to risk myself for them, but are wholly unwilling to support their physician. The population is lazy.

I can save your life, but I get paid less for my work than some hairdressers. My education is not valued by society, as supported by the rise of the "advanced practice provider." I am almost done with my profession. I hope to retire in the next 1-3 years, decades before I had planned. I love what I do, but cannot take this toxic and broken system any longer. This is why so many have retired in the past couple years, and this trend will continue.

I am attaching the latest California bill to throttle physicians. (See link below) I hear no outcry. I told patients over a year ago that the vax would not prevent them from getting COVID. It was never studied to do so. I actually read the studies. This of course was disinformation, but has now been proven to be true.

Who will be the truth czar for healthcare? How am I to keep up? I am left to assume that the population wants the government to guide their healthcare. That is, in fact, the plan. The healthcare system will be socialized within the next 5 years I predict. And the population will be shocked. No one is paying attention.

I thank you for all you are doing, and wish you the best of luck. I feel like you are David against Goliath.




California Approves Bill to Punish Doctors Who Spread False Information



4- Last year's lies are this year's facts.

The Federalist

New CDC Data Shows Covid Shot Myocarditis Concerns Are Legit

QUOTE: When reports first surfaced in 2021 that some cases of myocarditis — the inflammation of the heart muscle, potentially leading to blood clots and heart attack or stroke — were potentially associated with the Covid-19 vaccine, the corporate media and its fact-checkers were quick to label them as misinformation, saying the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh its small risks.

A year later, though, the media can no longer deny that what they called misinformation actually has data to back it up. As Matt Shapiro detailed in his Substack post on the matter, "Last year's misinformation on vaccine-associated myocarditis in young men is this year's well-established fact."

According to Vaccine Safety Datalink surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted in 2022, within a week of receiving the "Dose 2 Primary Series" of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, there were 14 verified cases of myocarditis or pericarditis among the 102,091 males aged 16-17 who got the shot. Among the nearly 206,000 12-15-year-old males who received the same series, 31 cases were confirmed within a week.

These numbers might seem small or meaningless, but in context, they represent a significant departure from last year's conventional wisdom pushed by health bureaucrats and parroted by the media: In 2021, the CDC's reported rates of myocarditis during the 0-7 day "risk period" following vaccination were significantly lower compared to recent numbers.

But as The Federalist reported, the ruling regime was the real purveyor of misinformation. In January 2022, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky finally admitted on CNN that the vaccines can't "prevent transmission."

Many pandemic concerns that were once labeled misinformation have since proved to be true, such as learning loss due to school closures, the effectiveness of natural immunity, the ineffectiveness of cloth face coverings, and the social and economic harms of mass lockdowns, just to name a few. The ruling class being wrong about myocarditis risk is just the latest in its long list of misinforming the public about what's misinformation — to the detriment of free speech, institutional trust, and public health.






One of the best actions you can do as an American is to pray.

It may not seem like much or enough but when done collectively it is powerful.
This week pray for those being bullied and harassed by the government for having conservative principles and working in the Trump administration. Pray that they will be strong in body, mind and conviction.
Pray for our elected Republicans that they will be brave enough to forcefully stand up to the leftist government mob in Washington.
Pray for our doctors and nurses. Ask for courage to stand up and push back on the lies that that keep us from having good health care.
Pray that all injections are ended. Pray for the millions who have been hurt by the injections.



Pray. Know. Share.
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Uncle Tom II

Chad O Jackson Expose Government Funded Propaganda

PBS docuseries, Making Black America, showcases government subsidized propaganda vs. Uncle Tom II's privately funded documentary.

Chad O. Jackson from the 'UNCLE TOM II' film reacts to the forthcoming PBS documentary, 'MAKING BLACK AMERICA', WITH @Henry Louis Gates, Jr. .
Both projects tackle the same subject matter from two vastly different perspectives, and credits two different world views;
PBS's which glorifies protesting and activism, and UT2's which portrays productivity and family values.

 

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Gingrich: January 6 Committee Is a ‘Show Trial in the Stalinist Tradition’

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot was a “show trial in the Stalinist tradition.”

"When asked if he would testify, Gingrich said, “Well, my attorneys are working all that out. I’m not directly engaged with the committee. But I will say, there has never been a more blatant misuse of the Justice Department this close to an election. You know, the ground rule used to be that 60 days out, they stopped all this stuff precisely to try to influence an election. Instead, you have a deliberate targeting process underway to intimidate Republican donors, Republican candidates, even Republican lawyers. This is as close to a police state tactic as we have ever seen in this country. Of course, this totally, I think, inappropriate. It’s not really a congressional committee. It’s a show trial [in the] Stalinist tradition. They are apparently sitting down this week with their Hollywood producer. Think about this – they are sitting down with a Hollywood producer to plan the next two months. This is an absurdity, and Americans should be insulted. These people think they are stupid enough to fall for this kind of thing.”"

Gingrich: January 6 Committee Is a 'Show Trial in the Stalinist Tradition' (breitbart.com)

My Comment: Finally somebody said it. If Newt does get called to the Jan. 6 committee his opening statement will be a doozy. :p
 

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Remember when the Swedes blasted Trump for pointing out the immigrant problem in Sweden?

Swedish politicians called Trump a racist and liar for talking about the no go zones… so did the progressives here… they said it was fake

well it’s a total disaster now as Swedish police have said there are 61 no go zones now that are completely lost
 

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