Remember that phrase?
What I see is we’ve all been to hell and back the last few years so it makes sense that some of us might be a wee bit concerned about some of the recent stuff we’ve been seeing published by the DOD.
I mean who could forget 2020/2021, when those of us who had questions about COVID and the vaccines (like George, you, and me) were labeled Domestic Terrorists?
In response, a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin was released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday, August 13, 2021 titled, “Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland.” It proposed “there was a growing domestic terrorist threat which included individuals and groups “engaged in grievance-based violence, inspired or motivated by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences.”
But that was then. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-definitions-terminology-methodology.pdf/view
And this is now.
This new directive from the DOD, dated September 27, 2024, mentions nothing about potential homeland terrorist threats in opposition to COVID measures, election fraud, or a specific anniversary.
In other words, this new directive may be coming from a different place altogether. If that weren’t the case, why the need for something new?
What the DOD has authorized this time around is to lend a hand to authorities should a situation arise where lives are on the line. This presumes they are cooperating with appropriate law enforcement agencies in the first place, which they spell out in great detail.
What comes to mind for me are the days when ANTIFA was running amuck and civil authorities were helpless to stop the mayhem and violence. This was primarily in blue states where civil authorities, who normally assume responsibility for the administration of laws and regulations in their respective states, decided to “take a long lunch” instead.
Civil authorities were in short supply during the ATIFA days and we all had to stand down and watch while they burned down our mostly black cities under the auspicious of promoting BLM. At the end of the day, it was clear these ANTIFA thugs were the hired hands of people with foreign interests whose sole purpose was to destabilize our communities through chaos.
Now imagine a situation where the stakes are even higher due to the Soros/NGO types who brought literally millions of military age men into our countries because . . . well, because white, Northern European types don’t “float their boat” so to speak. We’re too difficult to manage, en masse, according to their earlier UN documents. In the U.S., the migrants are purportedly being paid and have been relatively quiet, except for places like Aurora, CO where Venezuelan immigrants staged a takeover of an apartment complex it’s residents were told was a “simulation.”
That’s a weird way to put it. But maybe that’s exactly what it was. Like Event 201 before COVID.
Frankly, the residents looked tougher than the illegals and seemed insulted we would even think they needed anyone’s help, but it scared the rest of us which may have been the point.
Now imagine a scenario where all these migrants are “activated.” With so many, it makes sense that local law enforcement might need some type of reinforcement. Maybe that’s what the DOD is going for, here. What this new directive is saying is mostly in Section 3:
SECTION 3: DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL AUTHORITIES (Excerpts)
3.2. PERMISSIBLE ASSISTANCE
a. In accordance with Section 2.6 of E.O. 12333, as amended, unless otherwise precluded by
such E.O. or applicable law, Presidential directive, other E.O., or policy, and except as indicated
in Paragraphs 1.1.b. and 3.1. of this issuance, the following Defense Intelligence Component
intelligence assistance to any Federal department or agency, including a Federal law enforcement
agency, or to a State or local law enforcement agency when lives are in danger, are authorized:
- Cooperating with appropriate law enforcement agencies to protect the IC’s
employees, information, property, and facilities of any element.- Unless otherwise precluded by law or E.O. 12333, participating in law enforcement
activities to investigate or prevent clandestine intelligence activities by foreign powers or their
agents, international terrorist activities, or international narcotics activities.- Providing specialized equipment, technical knowledge, or assistance of expert
personnel for use by any Federal department or agency, or when lives are endangered, to support
State and local law enforcement agencies. The Defense Intelligence Component’s legal office,
subject to Paragraph 2.2.c., will approve assistance from expert personnel in each case.- When lives are in danger, rendering any other lawful assistance to law enforcement
agencies or other civil authorities provided such assistance is consistent with, and has been
approved by an official pursuant to Section 2 of this issuance. Such official will ensure that the
legal office of the providing DoD Component concurs in such assistance.- Dissemination of intelligence information where such information may be relevant to
a violation of any Federal or State law within the recipient’s jurisdiction, in accordance with
Section 271 of Title 10, U.S.C.- Disseminating lawfully collected information reasonably believed to indicate a
violation of Federal, State, local, or foreign laws, in accordance with the August 22, 1995
Memorandum of Understanding between the DoD and the Department of Justice, or other
applicable memorandums of understanding.b. Assistance described in Paragraph 3.1.a.
c. Defense Intelligence Component personnel providing intelligence assistance to law
enforcement agencies or other civil authorities will conduct such assistance in accordance with
this issuance. Such personnel are prohibited from collecting, retaining, or disseminating U.S.
persons’ information during such assistance except when pursuant to DoDM 5240.01. Any
incidentally acquired U.S. persons’ information reasonably believed to indicate a violation of
Federal law must be provided to civilian law enforcement officials in accordance with
E.O. 12333, as amended, and DoDM 5240.01. . .3.3. LEVELS OF AUTHORITY
Subject to Paragraph 3.1., Defense Intelligence Components may provide personnel to assist a
Federal department or agency, including a Federal law enforcement agency, or a State or local
law enforcement agency when lives are in danger, in response to a request for such assistance, in
accordance with the following approval authorities:a. Secretary of Defense Approval.
- The Secretary of Defense may approve any type of requested permissible assistance
described in Paragraph 3.2- The decision to approve requests for these types of permissible assistance described
in Paragraph 3.2. to law enforcement agencies and other civil authorities are reserved to the
Secretary of Defense:(a) Provision of personnel to support response efforts for civil disturbances, which
may also require Presidential authorization.(b) DoD response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield
explosive incidents.(c) Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation
in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use
of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also
includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation
between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated.
Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially as further restricted
based on the specifics of the requested support.(d) Provision or use of DoD unmanned systems in the United States except as
delegated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the October 31, 2023 Secretary of Defense
Memorandum(To Read the Entire Document: DoDD_5240.01_DoD_Intel_Intel-Related_Assist_to_LE_and_Civil_Authorities_27_Sep_24
I’m not so sure this directive is coming from the same place we were in 2021. To me, it looks more like “forward thinking” in the event these migrants spring into action against our country when something happens their bosses don’t like.
In other words, it’s not an indictment against normal citizens who just want to know what’s going on so they’re talking about it on-line. Using the word “lethal” is an uncomfortable looking word, but that’s where we are, folks. We’re in a war.
I could see these migrants being set off by a specific event. It’s entirely possible they’re presently being trained with this specific agenda in mind. . . Like Trump winning by a landslide, for example.
If this were to happen, I predict the blue states will suddenly be unable to certify their own results due to all the anomalies brought forward in the last election. Then what happens? All hell breaks loose to obfuscate the results. We will have to have some way of managing the chaos, and the DOD may just be planning their role.
Certifying an election under our present circumstances is seemingly impossible in my mind. The military may have to step in to maintain order until we straighten this mess out.
Until then, it couldn’t hurt having the DOD helping out civilian authorities if all the migrants turn into ANTIFA types bent on burning us to the ground.
Just thinking out loud. . .
Brendan says
It’s make-your-mind-up-time…
Paul Craig Roberts | “On November 5 the Decision
Will Be Made Between Freedom and Tyranny”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/paul-craig-roberts/on-november-5-the-decision-will-be-made-between-freedom-and-tyranny/
‘ Democrats Continue to Block All Efforts to Restore Electoral Integrity.
Some Democrat courts rule contrary to the law on the books. J. C. Hawkins Best Price: $7.84 Buy New $11.66 (as of 08:20 UTC – Details)
The Democrat Nevada Supreme Court ruled contrary to law that non-postmarked ballots that arrive 3 days after the election can be counted. This permits non-mailed mail-in ballots to be filled in after the vote count and used to reverse the electoral result. The federal US Appeals Court for the fifth circuit ruled that the US Constitution requires ballots to be counted on election day. The Democrats have declared the US Constitution to be a racist document that they will not abide by despite their oath of office to uphold the Constitution.
Democrat federal district courts required the state of Virginia to restore non-US citizens to its voter rolls. This allows the Democrats to vote the non-citizens. The Democrat Department of Justice (sic) required the state of Alabama to have non-US citizens on the state’s voter rolls. A federal judge dismissed the Republican attempt to have only US citizens on Michigan’s voter rolls.
The Democrat Pennsylvania supreme court illegally ruled that improperly cast mail-in ballots can be counted.
The Democrat district attorney in Philadelphia is suing Elon Musk in an effort to stop Musk’s support of the US Constitution.
Democrat states legalized street corner drop-in ballot boxes that permit anonymous individuals to stuff with fraudulent votes that the Democrats have ruled must be counted. Robert Nisbet Best Price: $8.88 Buy New $13.00 (as of 08:20 UTC – Details)
O’Keefe Media Group reports that in totally corrupt Maricopa County, Arizona, Democrat election officials instructed poll watchers not to interfere with illegal ballot harvesting or to report any voting irregularities.
American universities have produced a generation of Woke leftwing business leaders. The consequence is that the business leaders are no longer Republican, and their money, especially that of billionaires, has gone to the Democrats. The latest campaign filings for the first half of October show that Kamala spent $304.5 million on her election campaign which raised $295.3 million. Trump came in with less than half of that. Trump raised $117 million and spent $143.7 million.
If these reported figures are correct and representative of the campaign, it means that American money is aligned with the revolutionary Democrat Party which intends to overthrow the Constitution and citizen rule. Voters are committed differently, but the election is easily stolen from them.
I agree with Elon Musk. If Trump does not regain office, America will never again experience a free election. Voting will be used as a ratification for the one-party state.
November 5 is the day the decision is made between freedom and tyranny. If tyranny wins, there will be no going back. ‘
Brendan says
* Canada Begins Euthanizing Citizens with
‘Covid Vaccination Syndrome’ | Frank Bergman *
https://slaynews.com/news/canada-begins-euthanizing-citizens-covid-vaccination-syndrome/
Canada has just killed the first citizen under the Canadian government’s controversial new plans to begin euthanizing patients who have been injured by Covid “vaccines.”
An Ontario man in his late 40s has become the first person to be euthanized for “post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome.”
The man was killed under Canada’s “assisted suicide” laws via the government’s taxpayer-funded Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program.
Doctors had determined that the patient had become a burden on the socialized healthcare system.
They warned that he wouldn’t recover from “post-vaccine syndrome” and ruled that MAiD was a better option than long-term care.
The patient, identified only as “Mr. A,” had experienced “suffering and functional decline” following three Covid mRNA vaccinations.
The doctors said the patient was suffering from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and personality disorders as a result of the “post-vaccine syndrome.”
The man was twice admitted to hospital, once involuntarily, due to his condition.
Doctors noted that the patient had “thoughts of suicide” while “navigating his physical symptoms.”
The anonymized case is one of several highlighted in a series of reports issued by a 16-member MAiD death review committee struck by Ontario’s chief coroner’s office in January.
“Amongst his multiple specialists, no unifying diagnosis was confirmed,” according to the report.
However, his MAID assessors “opined that the most reasonable diagnosis for Mr. A’s clinical presentation (severe functional decline) was a post-vaccine syndrome, in keeping with chronic fatigue syndrome.”
Yet, there were no “pathological findings” at a post-mortem that could identify any underlying physiological diagnosis, the report notes.
The term “post-vaccine syndrome” has itself become controversial.
Canada’s current vaccine reporting system for adverse events doesn’t include “post-vaccine syndrome.”
Despite agreeing that the man’s condition was caused by a vaccine injury, multiple specialists consulted before his death couldn’t agree on a diagnosis.
The lack of a clear diagnosis raises further questions as to whether the man’s condition met the criteria for an “irremediable,” meaning a hopeless, incurable condition.
However, Canada’s assisted dying law requires people to have a grievous and irremediable physical condition.
Psychiatric experts raised concerns about whether the man’s mental illnesses would or should have rendered him ineligible for MAiD.
Some members of the MAiD death review panel also questioned whether a condition “previously unrecognized in medicine” — namely, a possible “post-vaccine somatic (meaning affecting the body) syndrome” — could be considered incurable.
Canada’s rapidly expanding euthanasia industry has been a growing concern for some time.
The Canadian government first introduced MAiD in June 2016.
By relaxing the laws, the nation legalized assisted suicide for those whose death was reasonably foreseeable.
The MAiD program was supposed to offer an alternative option for terminally ill people so they could avoid a painful death and die with dignity.
However, the nation’s Liberal government has increasingly expanded the laws since 2016.
Today, the Canadian government is euthanizing citizens for depression, hearing loss, autism, and even poverty and homelessness.
The government is even pushing to expand euthanasia laws to include children and infants.
What started as an option for terminally ill people is now being used to eliminate those who have become a burden on the nation’s socialized healthcare system.
The recent MAiD death review committee report highlights another case involving a different unemployed male in his 40s with inflammatory bowel disease.
The man was living with few social supports, was dependent on family for housing and financial support, and had struggled with alcohol and opioid addictions.
He wasn’t offered treatment for his addictions and was put forward for MAiD.
His family had concerns that he was railroaded into “assisted suicide” by doctors.
During a psychiatric assessment, the man was asked if he was aware of MAiD, and given information on the option.
His MAiD provider later personally drove the man to the location where he was euthanized.
Multiple members of the death review committee considered the case a transgression of professional boundaries that could be seen as “hastening a person towards death.”
Other members disagreed, however, and claimed the doctor’s actions were “helpful and compassionate.”
The news comes after a new study revealed that the Canadian government’s socialized healthcare system is saving millions of dollars a year by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.
The study found that Canada’s healthcare system saves up to $136.8 million annually thanks to the government’s MAiD program.
However, critics are warning that vulnerable patients are being pressured into choosing death over “costly” care.
Many argue that euthanizing citizens to relieve the burden on the government is “heartless utilitarianism” that must be rejected.
The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
A “cost analysis of medical assistance in dying [suicide] in Canada” found that the policy saves the Canadian federal government up to $136.8 million every year, the study notes.
“As death approaches, healthcare costs increase dramatically in the final months,” the study states.
“Patients who choose medical assistance in dying may forgo this resource-intensive period.”
Brendan says
Here is a Facebook video post on behalf of
Kamala Harris [Err… sorry: Donald J Trump]
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1720455955392369
[Video – 02:27]
“Shortages will lead to rationing
and rationing, that leads to equity”
I hope this one is NOT fake… 🙂
Brendan says
* Meet Microsoft’s new woke Word, no more “Mothers”
and “Fathers” allowed | Redacted w Clayton Morris *
https://rumble.com/v5kj295-meet-microsofts-new-woke-word-no-more-mothers-and-fathers-allowed-redacted-.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
[Video – 02:07]
‘Microsoft can make sure your documents are woke if you’re not woke enough.
It’s new “Inclusive” grammar tools will change your writing to make sure
it does not have cultural, ethnic or or gendered terms.
This way you don’t accidentally use offensive
terms like “mother” or “father”.’
LibreOffice lacks all this cr*p
and works on any platform.
It is ‘free’ as in ‘speech’
and ‘free’ as in ‘beer’.
What’s not to like?
Brendan says
Kamala Care in action…
*Black Mother Exposes Kamala!*
https://curtiscost.substack.com/p/black-mother-exposes-kamala
[Video – 13:27]
‘ Cheree Peoples, an African American mother…shares her story of how Kamala Harris had her falsely arrested because her very sick daughter had missed a certain number of school days. The school’s records clearly showed that her daughter Shalya Peoples was often hospitalized because of her condition.
Despite these facts, Kamala Harris put this woman and her daughter through a very disturbing nightmare that resulted and their becoming homeless, and a two-year battle to prevent the mother from going to jail. … ‘
Brendan says
*Benjamin Netanyahu’s explanation how terrorism is defined in 1986 -Paris Telegraph*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBm-Fpg34Jo
[Video – 01:40]
The Mirror of Time…?
Brendan says
*Bill Gates Indicted & Donates $50 Million to Harris*
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/bill-gates-indicted-donates-50-million-to-harris/
“Will Gates show up in the Netherlands? If he refuses, he will have to be extradited. Then, the Biden administration would either send him in chains or refuse to give him up. Is that what the $50 million is for? Protection? He knows RFK and Trump would send him as fast as possible in a Stealth Bomber no less.”
*I Bought Myself A Politician – MonaLisa Twins (Original)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAKz_cxTlQ
[Video – 03:44]
Christine says
Dear Orthodox Christians who don’t want to vote for Mr. Trump,
Believe me. I get it. I started out this election cycle that way too. I had that very real “ick” pit in my stomach too. Trump’s a hard pill to swallow. Some commenters here on this blog have expressed their unwillingness to vote in two weeks and on some level I understand that. But then I started seeing the Facebook profile pictures of Orthodox friends and big names in Orthodoxy turn to Harris-Walz campaign buttons. After some highly unsuccessful attempts to discuss this with them, I realized I wasn’t covering the right ground and didn’t get through. Then I found this and it’s helped me with those conversations.
So if you:
-hate Trump and can’t figure out if you should really vote for him
-hate Trump so much you’ve become a Never Trumper and are now voting for Harris-Walz
-are planning to sit this election out
-have friends in any of the above categories but aren’t getting through to them
watch this quickly and take notes. Seriously, take notes. Post it, share it with them and ask for their thoughts and to have a follow-up conversation. And as always, let us keep each other in prayer.
https://youtu.be/OHfSRzilzOo?feature=shared
Gail Sheppard says
Thanks, Christine. Interesting piece.
Brendan says
That was a masterclass in how
to handle misinformed youth:
clear, direct and gentle.
Thank you Christine.
I really enjoyed it.
Brendan says
*If Trump Wins, Guess Who Will Be In Charge Of Certifying The Election?*
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/if-trump-wins-guess-who-will-be-charge-certifying-election
‘ Do you know who will be in charge of certifying this election? In January 2021, it was Vice-President Mike Pence, and we all remember how that turned out. Well, an even more interesting scenario is shaping up this time around. In January 2025, Vice-President Kamala Harris will be in charge of certifying the election. In other words, if Donald Trump wins the person that he was running against will be in charge of certifying his victory. … ‘
*Jamie Raskin plans to not certify election if Donald Trump wins*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwYo3TAzxA&t=74s
[Video – 01:14]
Gail Sheppard says
Certification of this election is going to be difficult because of a handful of states who practices in 2020, as well as the current election, fail to ensure the possibility of a fair election. AZ is a example and because it’s been in the news to such a great degree, I probably don’t need to go into it but they’re letting people vote in the Federal election that they acknowledge shouldn’t be. And it’s a LOT of people. They’ll never be able to certify their election results under these circumstances because of the path they’ve chosen.
Mike Pence turned out to be a traitor to this country. He knew what some of the issues were and he SHOULD NOT have certified the results. I think he should be in jail. He didn’t do right by this country and when we see the results of 2024, it will become even more apparent why.
If Kamala Harris has to certify the election, I believe she’ll fulfill her duty. Given the amount of scrutiny she’s under, she’ll have no choice.
Brendan says
I hope you are right. The alternative
would likely have terrible effects…
Brendan says
*Florida Sues Federal Government, Seeking Data on Noncitizen Voters*
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/florida-sues-federal-government-seeking-data-on-noncitizen-voters-5743068?utm_source=RTNews&src_src=RTNews&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2024-10-17-4&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2024-10-17-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=digital&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAceE5JjMByMKG77wDxNBNQoYsGSf8AwYnR4TN9A%3D%3D
*The lawsuit alleges the federal government isn’t cooperating
with Florida’s effort to purge noncitizens from its voter rolls.*
‘ Florida authorities on Oct. 16 sued the U.S. government, alleging that U.S. officials are illegally refusing to cooperate with Florida’s effort to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls.
State law requires state authorities to maintain accurate voter registration records. Federal law requires the federal government to respond to inquiries from federal, state, and local government agencies that are “seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency.” Bovard, James Best Price: $11.33 Buy New $19.99 (as of 08:29 UTC – Details)
But when the Florida Department of State asked U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for data on individuals whom Florida authorities identified as potentially being noncitizens who are registered to vote, USCIS’s director wrote back and said the agency could not offer any information that is not contained within the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program.
Florida authorities have access to the program, but it is insufficient to check all possible noncitizens, according to the suit, because the program requires officials to have biographic information and an immigration identification number to check a person’s citizenship status.
“Without further information from [the Department of Homeland Security], Florida is unable to fulfill its statutory duties to ensure the integrity of its elections and maintain accurate voter registration records,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and other state lawyers said in the complaint. “Florida’s inability to carry out its statutory obligations inflicts sovereign injury upon the state.”
The complaint was filed in federal court in Pensacola.
Florida authorities are asking the court to declare USCIS’s refusal to provide information on the individuals illegal, compel U.S. officials to provide the information, and award Florida costs and attorneys’ fees.
The suit is against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—the parent agency of USCIS—and the DHS secretary. … ‘
Gail Sheppard says
Another reason they won’t be able to certify the results right away. We’re looking at May, at this point, unless the Brunson Case is seen by the POTUS. They’ve reclused a few of themselves (Democrats) which they haven’t done before and there is talk that they’re discussing the case BEFORE the case is officially heard which they do on occasion.
Brendan says
“…unless the Brunson case is seen by the SCOTUS” ?
Brendan says
“If you see something, say something…”
Senator Lidia Thorpe [Aus] did:
‘This is not your land’: Senator Lidia Thorpe shouts at King Charles in Australian parliament’
https://news.sky.com/video/this-is-not-your-land-senator-lidia-thorpe-shouts-at-king-charles-in-australian-parliament-13238098
[Video – 03:00]
Reminders of an earlier land grab…
Brendan says
“FBI, Cyber Agency Issue ‘Disinformation’ Warning 2 Weeks Before Election”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fbi-cyber-agency-issue-disinformation-warning-2-weeks-before-election-5744593?utm_source=goodeveningnoe&src_src=goodeveningnoe&utm_campaign=gv-2024-10-20&src_cmp=gv-2024-10-20&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAceokYRoD2uHO7aAas2RQB%2Fp5xE4E8VJnKOBDOov8%2FUkQJvgT
‘ The FBI and a federal agency dedicated to cybersecurity issued a warning on Oct. 18 about efforts by foreign actors trying to “spread disinformation” regarding the upcoming Nov. 5 election—with just over two weeks ago before the contest.
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said they have “no information suggesting cyber activity against U.S. election infrastructure” that has “compromised the integrity of voter registration information, prevented an eligible voter from casting a ballot, impacted the integrity of any ballots cast, or disrupted the ability to count votes or transmit unofficial election results in a timely manner.”
But the two agencies said that foreign adversaries still might promote “false or misleading narratives” to sway the election or to undermine American confidence in its election systems and processes. ‘
Foreign adversaries?
Do they mean me?
Gail Sheppard says
I doubt you are a foreign adversary. But if you are, enjoy your freedom!
They’ve got themselves in a pickle this time. If they cheat, they’ll be caught for both 2020 and 2024. If they don’t cheat, they won’t win 2024.
It is now understood how the courts are operating and even they have made “mistakes.” If that weren’t true, three of the justices wouldn’t have recused themselves from the Brunson case, which I told you all we had not heard the last of.
They will let anyone cheat at will. . . but they will be watching and recording, making certifying this election near impossible. At least not immediately. However, they now know what the court needs to hear to render the elections (both 2020 and 2024) illegitimate. Come May, it will be sorted out. At least that’s the plan from what I hear.
Brendan says
I think there is less freedom in the UK
under the dictatorship of Starmer
than there is (still) in the US.
Gail Sheppard says
Could be.
Hilber Nelson says
Gail is right. It can happen here.
Watch this chilling report by Infowars on the Dept of Defense preparing to use lethal force against Americans “to save democracy.”
https://www.infowars.com/posts/dod-authorizes-lethal-force-against-americans
With the deep state glob having set the table to make war on dissenters, ‘misinformation’ makers, ‘domestic extremists’, and ‘Christian nationalists’, all that remains is staging a black swan, false flag event to pull the trigger on all-out tyranny.
Don’t be shocked either by mass arrests, deportations to re-education centers, you getting fired, or being personally attacked at church or disowned by family members. And don’t expect support from our already missing-in-action clergy.
This stop-at-nothing globalist glob is hellbent on preventing Trump from ever stepping foot in the White House. So, prepare yourself and your family with prayer, reading the saints, and Rod Dreher’s excellent ‘Live Not By Lies.’
And fight like hell with what remains of our freedoms.
Gail Sheppard says
Actually, I think Alex Jones is wrong on this one.
What the DOD is saying is this (and I quote): “Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated.”
Nowhere does it say they are preparing to use lethal force against Americans so we should probably stop saying that.
They are talking about “civilian individuals or groups” who are targeting “civilian law enforcement.” Civilians are defined as those who are not on active duty in the military, police, or fire department. Civilian law enforcement is a term used to describe non-military law enforcement agencies, or the work performed by civilians in law enforcement agencies.
Think Portland, December 2020. The “civilian group” in that case was ATIFA. “Civilian law enforcement” was the police. The governor did not call on the National Guard to quash the rebellion. People could not travel down their street to get food and water. Toilets had to be put in due to a blockade these thugs created. It was mayhem for the residents. The police did not have the power to protect them. The rest of us were screaming, “Go in there and do something!”
In a situation like this, most people would want the military to help the police protect the people. They couldn’t.
Think about the likelihood that Trump wins the election. Is it reasonable to assume we can expect migrant riots all over the country putting us “real citizens” at risk? I think it is. We know this particular group, called “migrants,” is here to cause chaos. That they’re going to do it if Trump wins is a certainty IMO. Our local police will not be able to handle it, especially if these migrants have guns, which they undoubtedly do.
Who is going to protect us real citizens against the migrant ones?
The DOD is not targeting Homeland Security Terrorists (AKA, peaceful citizens who care enough about this country that they want to have conversations about it) as the FBI did in 2021. I think they’re talking about something else and it’s not what we think. We cannot afford to make a mistake here and it is a mistake to jump to conclusions without taking a moment to challenge our assumptions.
Those of us like Alex Jones (he’s far bigger than us, obviously, but we are generally on the same side) are triggered by anything having to do with confronting “citizens,” given our narrow understanding of the term (we actually think it means us), because of what we collectively went through with the FBI and the CIA. The “three-letter agencies, we’ve discovered, are heavily infiltrated by the deep state.
But the DoD, which is the military, may be thinking about scenarios like Portland and the fact that if problems like this pop up all over the country due to the elections, the American people will be at serious risk. Local law enforcement will absolutely need the help and the military is the only option we have to provide it.
Trump keeps saying, “The military is the only way.” I, for one, believe him.
This could be the reason for the DoD directive. I don’t think it’s an unreasonable assumption, but very few are considering this as a possibility. Too few. That’s got to change.
Hilber Nelson says
Thx Gail for this informative reply. Much appreciated.
Gail Sheppard says
Of course!
Brendan says
“Nowhere does it say they are preparing to use lethal force
against Americans so we should probably stop saying that.”
Nowhere does it say they are not.
Gail Sheppard says
It’s kind of stupid to maintain something for which there is no evidences. We could go around saying the sun is really the moon, but it wouldn’t make it anymore true. Those who deal in truth, deal in evidence. I tend to be one of those people.
Brendan says
Under the influence of marxist thought,
States will grasp the levers of power
and pull them where they can.
The days of limited government
working FOR the people
are long gone.
There is plenty of evidence for that.
George Michalopulos says
The dog that didn’t bark.
George Michalopulos says
BTW, here’s the The Posse Comitatus Act in its original form:
18 U.S. Code § 1385 – Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
U.S. Code
“Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1904.)
In practice, this means that members of the military who are subject to the law may not participate in civilian law enforcement unless doing so is expressly authorized by a statute or the Constitution.
Gail Sheppard says
RE: In practice, this means that members of the military who are subject to the law may not participate in civilian law enforcement unless doing so is expressly authorized by a statute or the Constitution
History supplies the grist for an argument that the Constitution prohibits military involvement in civilian affairs subject to only limited alterations by Congress or the President, but the courts do not appear to have ever accepted the argument unless violation of more explicit constitutional command could also be shown.
The express statutory exceptions include the legislation that allows the President to use military force to suppress insurrection or to enforce federal authority, 10 U.S.C. Sections 251-255, and laws that permit the Department of Defense to provide federal, state and local police with information, equipment, and personnel, 10 U.S.C. §§ 271-284.
The Constitution permits Congress to authorize the use of the militia “to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.” And it guarantees the states protection against invasion or usurpation of their “republican form of government,” and, upon the request of the state legislature, against “domestic violence.” These constitutional provisions are reflected in the Insurrection Acts, which have been invoked numerous times both before and after passage of the Posse Comitatus Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 1385, in 1878.
The act is a criminal statute under which there has been but a handful of known prosecutions, so I’m not sure one could make the case that it is observed “in practice,” especially with regard to the DOD. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42659#:~:text=At%20least%20in%20this%20context,%3B%20or%20(3)%20the%20military
See CHAPTER 15—MILITARY SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter15&edition=prelim
George Michalopulos says
The question is: will the Feds invoke this statute if the Lefties lose it should Trump win?
I have a dreadful feeling that this was recrafted because they think us MAGA types will go ballistic should we call “shenanigans” on the election (as we did in 2020).
Curious minds want to know.
Gail Sheppard says
Yes. That’s WHY they have it. If they start rioting like in Portland they will then be able to go in and stop it.
MAGAs are not the ones who go ballistic. At no time have you seen MAGA hurt a city to get out their angst. We’re the “law and order” people. If this was for “us” they would have used inflammatory words to make it look like they had to do it because we were beginning to swarm. MAGA doesn’t run down the middle of the streets, loot, and burn things to the ground. That sort of behavior comes from a spirit that is not from the left or the right: it’s evil.
They do and I’m not talking about Americans. Their leadership. Frankly, many Dems have jumped ship because of it.
Trump’s slogan should have been, “You don’t have to like me to vote for me.”
The funny thing is, the people he makes cringe WOULD like him if they got to know him.
What they will not be able to abhor is seeing the pure evil they’re going to see with those Diddy tapes and whatever they’ve been holding back with Epstein. They’re also going to see us get closer to an all out kinetic war on our soil and be glad the military can step in and fight those migrants.
Brendan says
“MAGAs are not the ones who go ballistic. At no time
have you seen MAGA hurt a city to get out their angst.
We’re the “law and order” people.”
According to the MSM, MAGA made an insurrection
on January 6, 2021 as Congress met to certify,
or not to certify, the 2020 election results.
Perhaps the Dems are sharpening their swords?
Gail Sheppard says
Well, there’s that! To me it looked like a frat party that got out of hand. George and I had been with those people just a few weeks before. I was standing between General Flynn and the head of the Oath Keepers. Alex Jones was wandering around somewhere with his possie and Mike Lindell the “pillow guy” was there. Felt like we were back in the 60s. You know when I realized something was amiss Jan 6? When they started scaling those walls like Spiderman. I remember calling George, who hadn’t yet seen it, saying “It’s a fake!” How many guys do you know who can scale a wall? No one who can remember the 60s, I’ll tell you that.
If we had been there Jan 6, I would have had a hell of a time keeping George out of that building. So glad we weren’t there.
George Michalopulos says
To all those Normies out there who still believe “it can’t happen here because of muh Constitution”, I would like to paraphrase Ernest Hemingway in his novel “The Sun Also Rises”: I believe it was Nick Caraway who was asked how he went broke: “Slowly at first, then all of a sudden.”
Or Herb Stein, the economist who headed the Office of Management and Budget under Nixon: “Things go on forever until they don’t.”
Paraphrases.
Brendan says
Meanwhile Benjamin Netanyahu is working hard
to create a wholly unnecessary war with Iran
into which he intends to drag the USA.
“…enemies foreign and domestic” ?
Gail Sheppard says
Meets the definition.