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1️⃣ IDAHO Headlines
Commentary and Events from Idaho primary election candidates
Heather Scott
Scott Herndon
Christy Zito
Glenneda Zuiderveld
Doug Traubel
Political Vandals
STOP IDAHO RINOS: Campaign 2A Giveaways, Endorsements & More
Miscellaneous headlines
Bundy cattle; Ammon Bundy Update
Supreme Court ruling on Idaho’s ban on child transgender treatments
Consent Calendar or Executive Order?
Forced organ harvesting prohibited
Flags fly half-staff for fallen Ada County Deputy
Idaho Freedom Index — get yours
Brian Almon
Weekly Roundup
Main Street Caucus dissected
Liberty bill H626
A Closer Look at Idaho Chooses Life
IDAHO MAY 21, 2024 ELECTIONS
Nowhere to Hyde: Bryan Hyde & Fiscal Fridays: Niklas Kleinworth
Rewriting Right & Wrong
2024 Legislative Recap (failing grade!)
Fiscal Fridays: Caging the Rogue Bureaucracy
Idaho GOP
“Get Dorothy Moon”
Idaho GOP loves the grassroots
Press releases and newsletters from…
Governor Brad Little, Attorney General Raúl Labrador, U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson, and U.S. Senator James Risch
2️⃣ National & International Headlines (with a bit of Idaho sprinkled on your national potatoes)
Epoch Times headlines
Getting the Country Back on Track
TYRANNY, CENSORSHIP, SURVEILLANCE, ESPIONAGE, WAR & MILITARY
Schedule F Won’t Tame the Deep State
FISA 702 Passes again
Musk & free speech
Tucker Carlson, Pavel Durov on Telegram and free speech
Sasha Latypova on free speech and impersonation
Tik-Tok “Ban” Bill tied to Ukraine and Israel Funding Passes
American Thought Leaders: Inside the CCP’s Fentanyl Warfare Strategy to Kill Americans (Peter Schweizer); Exposing the ‘Nudge Units’ Helping Governments Control People’s Behavior (Laura Dodsworth)
Robert Malone on No-Go Zones
AND Magazine: Pro Hamas Demonstrators Take Over College Campuses; Hamas Marches On Your Streets; Olympus Has Fallen; Why Our Policy Now Favors Terrorists
Debanking: Bank of America, USAA ‘Debank’ Conservative Election Fraud Attorney
Debanking: How Financial De-Banking Is Being Used to Control Behavior
Highwire Episode 368: A New Dawn
ELECTION FRAUD / ELECTION INTEGRITY / 2024 ELECTIONS
Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election
Voter ID Law Upheld in Unanimous Idaho Supreme Court Decision
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, OPEN BORDERS, RELATED CRIMES & NATIONAL SECURITY
Sen Risch on border crisis and Detain and Deport laws
Mayorkas impeachment trial cancelled
3️⃣ COVIDian, Vaccine & Health Tyranny (next time)
4️⃣ Other Health News (next time)
5️⃣ Take Action (quick index)
1️⃣ IDAHO Headlines
REPORTS & ACTION ITEMS
Here are the best updates we’ve received recently. We encourage you to subscribe to the newsletters and Substacks listed below to fill in your knowledge and understanding of Idaho Legislative issues.
⩥ How the Bundy Family Got their Cattle Back April 12, 2014 (video posted 04/13/24, 3 min 14 sec): Watch | Related: Ammon Bundy Status Update 04/21/24 (video 6 min)
⩥ US Supreme Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban on Sex Changes for Children - Healthcare Professionals Can Face Up to 10 Years in Prison For Mutilating Kids. By Cristina Laila (04/15/24). H71 (2023) - Genital mutilation of a child was upheld: Read
⩥ Consent Calendar or Executive Order? By Charity Joy (04/16/24). An important article for anyone who attends public meetings (you should!). Be sure the consent agenda / calendar for the meeting is a timesaver, not an authoritarian executive order used to rubber stamp actions. ADVICE: If you suspect an “executive order” consent calendar, speak up, write to the board or commissions, sign up to make public comment at meetings, and write editorials: Read | More Information about Public Meetings
⩥ Idaho Enacts Law Aimed at Combating CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting. By Frank Fang (04/17/24). Idaho made the Epoch Times with H670 - Organ harvesting, genetic tech, which passed almost unanimously in the Idaho House and Senate and becomes effective on 07/01/24: Read
From the Statement of Purpose: This bill prohibits health insurance providers in Idaho from issuing reimbursements for organ transplant operations performed in China or other countries known to have participated in forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience and other persecuted people. The bill also prohibits hospitals and medical research facilities from using genetic sequencing machines or software that come from foreign adversaries
⩥ Gov. Little orders flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor Ada County Deputy Tobin Bolter, who was tragically killed during a traffic stop in Boise (killer is dead now): Read
IDAHO MAY 21, 2024 ELECTIONS
2024 PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE KEY
❌VOTERS: Please don’t sit out the primaries unless you want to move to the socialist states of California, Oregon, and Washington without hiring a van! If you fail to elect principled people in the primaries, we’re all in for more of the above: Find Out How Your Legislators Voted | & More?
The judgment of many Republicans in the 2024 Idaho legislature has been less than stellar, bordering on outright socialistic, especially in the Senate! VOTERS — WE MUST DO BETTER! Please, vote CAREFULLY in the Primaries coming up on May 21. It’s all over if you wait for the General elections in November.
👉Statewide Races (Idaho Secretary of State Website): Read
👉County Races (visit your County Clerk’s Website): Find Your Clerk
👉Voting Guide: Read
👉Who’s Running & More: Read
Related articles and videos: Ranting and Raving. Let’s Not Be Caving! | Jungle Primaries & Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Ballot Initiative: A Race to the Bottom | Rocky Mountain Heist (video 45 min) | Texas Heist (video 38 min)
⩥ IDAHO VOTING GUIDE QUICK INDEX
Please check out our Idaho Voting Guide. This guide is divided into three main parts, shown below, with lots of helpful subheadings in the complete QUICK INDEX,
GENERAL INFORMATION (All Idaho Voters) | Jump
IDAHO CONSERVATIVES & CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES | Jump
RECOMMENDATIONS | Jump
IDAHO FREEDOM CAUCUS (IDFC) MEMBERS
⩥ HEATHER SCOTT: Heather Scott’s 2024 Legislative Recap. Editorial from Representative Heather Scott, District 2 (04/14/24). One of the best recaps we’ve seen of what went well and what went badly for citizens who cherish freedom and small government in the 2024 Idaho Legislature: Read
⩥ SCOTT HERNDON: The Signs are coming! And, events (04/17/24). A brilliant side by side comparison, upcoming events, and donation request: Read
⩥ SCOTT HERNDON: Side by Side Comparison charts - Great idea for all candidates in contested races
Sen. Scott Herndon is running a fiercely contested race for his seat in District 1. He produced a brilliant "me" vs. "the other guy" side-by-side comparison for his re-election campaign. This approach could help voters easily compare and contrast candidates ahead of the May 21, 2024 primary.
According to Sen. Herndon's 4/17/24 newsletter, his opponent Jim Woodward "voted against protecting you from mandatory Covid jabs. In both SJM105 in 2021 and S1381 in 2022, Jim voted against your health freedom."
Candidates in contested races: If you haven't created side-by-side comparisons already, please take a look at Scott Herndon’s examples:
Comparison web page: https://herndonforidaho.com/herndon-vs-woodward/
Printable comparison: https://herndonforidaho.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Herndon-vs-Woodward.pdf (also above for download)
Related:
More Health Freedom: IDAHO & Beyond (04/17/24) ~ Must-Read HEALTH FREEDOM Edition
Politicians: Take the Pledge for Medical Freedom
Tips for Idaho Voters (especially Conservative Voters, updated regularly): Idaho Voting Guide
⩥ CHRISTY ZITO: A Victory for Idaho's Children. (04/17/24). As a member of the House a few years ago, Senate candidate Zito was the first to introduce protection from gender mutilation surgeries for children (at a time we were told that these surgeries and treatments didn’t happen in Idaho). She’s now celebrating the recent Supreme Court decision upholding H71 (2023), which protects children from life-altering, health-destroying transgender-affirming surgeries and medications. Idaho can now enforce this law while the case advances to the 9th Circuit Court. NOTE: Her opponent in district 8 voted against H71: Read
⩥ GLENNEDA ZUIDERVELD: My True Challenger? When you vote May 21st who do you want to represent you? Me or IACI (04/18/24). The big, well-funded, corporate favoring IACI (and its Idaho Prosperity Fund PAC) has outsized control over the legislature, legislators and ultimately election outcomes, even though most voters would not agree with IACI’s policies. Glenneda shows graphs and charts illustrating the differences between conservative leaders like her and “R”epublicans supported by IACI and similar organizations. Research carefully before you vote on May 21: Read
[ED NOTE: See our Voter Guide for information on how your legislators voted and whether they support conservative values or not.]
SHERIFF WISDOM
Sheriffs are executive officers and as such are “Constitutional,” meaning they are required by Article VI of the US Constitution to be bound by oath or affirmation to support the US Constitution (the highest law in the land). The Sheriff does not answer to a mayor, judge, county commissioners, governor, police chief, prosecutor, or the president. His oath is to the US Constitution and State Constitution, not a person. His boss is “We the People”— the very source of governmental power and existence… Authority is meaningless without the integrity and courage to uphold the oath. ~Doug Traubel
⩥ DOUG TRAUBEL: Op-Ed: By What Authority is The Sheriff the (CLEO) Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the County? Part 1 of 3 (04/17/24). The Sheriff is the only elected law enforcement officer in the country, granting unique and heavy responsibility because sheriffs serve “We the People,” with constitutional authority. Do not miss reading this excellent article about the US and Idaho constitutional duties and responsibilities of sheriffs, and why the sheriff’s oath and integrity are essential to performing their law enforcement duties for “We the People.”: Read | More Info
[ED NOTE: If Ada County is smart, there soon will be a new sheriff in town. Please vote for Doug Traubel in the May 21 primaries (if on your ballot) and the Nov 5 general. Doug Traubel’s integrity — personally known by this author — is impeccable. He is experienced, smart, fair, kind, tough and a Constitutional Sheriff through and through.]
VANDALSM IN IDAHO
⩥ Joan Hurlock, Candidate for Precinct Committeeman, Discovers Signs Vandalized. By MVLA (04/13/24): Read
Yes, even in Idaho, stupid political sign destruction happens, especially if you're over the target like Idaho and national hero Joan Hurlock is. Joan is running against Chuck Reinke (Precinct 2, Buhl), who Joan states was recruited by the Republican establishment to run against her. Joan says the signs were damaged in broad daylight on Monday, April 10, around 12:30 PM, and a person was seen driving away in a white Toyota Camry with tinted windows. Joan Hurlock can be contacted at 208-539-5395, and joanofarc66@protonmail.com.
[ED NOTE: NO ONE has the right to vandalize someone else's sign or property. Though we've been tempted to tear down signs on occasion, we just remember the Golden Rule and refrain — except we do rip them down in our head, just to feel better.]
STOP IDAHO RINOS: Campaign 2A Giveaways, Endorsements & More
⩥ Newsletter: Incudes Rep. Dale Hawkins (District 2B) and Rep. Spencer Hutchings (District 1A) are running 2A Campaign Fundraisers. Primary endorsements. Think Liberty Idaho Incumbents Score Tracker.
IDAHO FREEDOM FOUNDATION (IFF)
NOWHERE TO HYDE - BRYAN HYDE
⩥ Nowhere to Hyde: Rewriting Right & Wrong (04/20/24). Establishment “R”epublicans such as former Attorney General Jim Jones and left-leaning activists (from both sides of the aisle) support teaching sexual acts to our kids in schools and libraries, mutilate them surgically via “gender affirming care,” and kill them in the womb through abortion. They lecture conservatives about right and wrong and they get a lot of help from mainstream media, left-leaning “R”epublicans, and big money from forces within and outside Idaho that are working overtime to turn our state blue. Their strategies are working, too! Conservatives must realize this is happening, push back, and keep our sense of right and wrong. Transcript included (video 17 min 47 sec) Watch
[ED NOTE: We cannot overemphasize the importance of our May 21 Primary Elections!]
⩥ Nowhere to Hyde: Dropping the Ball (04/17/24): The 2024 Idaho legislative session earned a dismal F grade in many areas. On A side, the innocent are protected from abortion, surgical mutilation and adult materials in the children's section. Transcript included (video 18 min 25 sec). This video covers much the same ground as Parrish Miller and Heather Scott in their 2024 legislative assessments, previously summarized here: Watch
⩥ Fiscal Fridays (Niklas Kleinworth): Caging the Rogue Bureaucracy (04/19/24). The leftist policies from California, Oregon, and Washington are here in Idaho, and taxpayers have been funding them! Unelected bureaucrats in the executive branch are advocating for these destructive programs, with the Idaho Department of Health (IDHW) and Welfare being the most egregious example. While the Legislature has made some effort to rein-in this out of control agency by cutting, limiting, or repealing some programs this year, they have a long way to go (video 5 min 52 sec): Watch | Related The Rogue Bureaucracy: Shining a Light on the Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare (video 6 min 18 sec) | Related Schedule F Won’t Tame the Deep State
IDHW Topics include: Harm Reduction Project pulled back (H180 (2019), sponsor was District 8’s Megan Blanksma), revised JFAC Committee process, Planned Parenthood sex-ed curricula in schools, childcare funding abuses, bureau of equity and strategic partnerships, database of non-COVID jab citizens, funding for COVID jabs and “disease control,” expanded unaccountable foster care ombudsman office, and much more expansion outside the proper role of government.
2024 IDAHO FREEDOM INDEX
⩥ Get Your Free Copy of the 2024 Idaho Freedom Index (03/22/24) Sign up for an emailed digital copy or a physical copy, or both. No charge!: Read | Request Your Report | Related Composite “Think Liberty Idaho” Indexes including IFF, American Conservative Union (ACU), Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA), and Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI)
BRIAN ALMON (Gem State Substack / Chronicle)
Brian’s new Primary Pulse will help you make informed choices. So will our Voting Guide. Check them out.
⩥ Weekly Updates: SATURDAY ROUNDUP (04/20/24). Catching up with the week's news including the stories below plus Lincoln Day Dinner attendance and speeches; call for interviews with candidates running for May 21 primary office; video interviews and podcasts with Christopher Rufo, Curtis Yarvin, and Auron MacIntyre as well as Scott Yenor, Greg Pruett, Freedom Bros, Tucker Carlson, and Joe Rogan: Read
⩥ A Closer Look at Idaho Chooses Life. Is the cause of life a cover for funneling money to establishment politicians? (04/19/24). Brian analyzes Idaho Chooses Life (ICL), a PAC whose stated mission is “to provide accurate information and resources to mothers, families, health organizations, and elected officials to help them preserve the sanctity of life.” He explains that ICL’s campaign donations may indicate mission creep supporting establishment candidates whose stance is not fully pro-life: Read
For example, Brian cites ICL’s donations to Sen. Treg Bernt, an establishment legislator who opposed H71 banning child gender mutilation using drugs or surgeries. Based on his voting record, Bernt’s Idaho GOP Platform ranking is a solid F. The bottom line for voters is:
Meet the candidates.
Follow the money.
Look closely at which organizations support the candidate.
Study their voting records.
Ask hard questions about why they voted a certain way.
Check out a variety of voting guides.
IGNORE lies, smears, and obfuscations in mailers, media, social media.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!
Check out our Voting Guide for tons more suggestions, resources, tools, and a few specific recommendations.
⩥ The Most Important Bill You Missed This Year. H626 was a huge win for liberty (04/17/24). Thank you Rep. Mike Moyle and Rep. Vito Barbieri! H626 establishes that court cases involving administrative rules must be reviewed without regard for past case law or agency interpretation (de novo). When ambiguity exists, courts must rule on the side of limiting agency power and maximizing individual liberty. This is a huge repudiation of the harmful, longstanding Chevron Deference, which soon may (if we are lucky) be struck down by the US Supreme Court: Read | Chevron Deference (Dr. Robert Malone) | Chevron Deference (Epoch Times)
⩥ Main Street or Dead End? What's really behind the "Main Street Caucus" (04/15/24). A thorough analysis of the left-of-center “R”epublican Idaho Main Street Caucus vs. the conservative Idaho Freedom Caucus: Read
Note: Think Liberty Idaho’s SCORES section includes composite rankings and caucus membership for each incumbent.
IDAHO REPUBLICAN PARTY (GOP)
⩥ “Get Dorothy Moon.” By Brent Regan, KCRCC Chair (04/14/24). Regan addresses the many lies that establishment Republicans Trent Clark, Tom Luna, and others in the “Gem State Conservatives” PAC are spreading about Idaho GOP Chair Dorothy Moon in an effort to unseat her as Chair and to unwind the influence of grassroots conservative Republicans: Read (slightly different version here) | Related article
⩥ IDGOP Loves the Grassroots. By Dorothy Moon, ID GOP Chair. Moon writes that the IDGOP works best when authority and legitimacy come from the ground up rather than the top down. The election of Moon as Chair at the 2022 State Convention was a return to grassroots bottom-up leadership after years of political elites and power brokers calling the shots. Those elites clearly were not happy with losing power, and they’ve been trying to claw it back ever since. When voting in the May 21 primary, be sure to analyze true grassroots representatives of the people vs. stand-ins for elite power brokers: Read
OTHER IDAHO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
It’s an election year, folks! Please look behind the headlines and at the totality of an incumbent’s votes. See voting guide for tips.
Please visit the websites for your elected representatives and sign up for their newsletters and press releases! We generally will not be including most press or newsletter information in news roundups. Some of these are linked on our Resources page.
⩥ Governor Brad Little Press Releases: Read
⩥ Attorney General Raúl Labrador Newsletter: Read
⩥ U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson Press Releases: Read
⩥ U.S. Senator James Risch Press Releases: Read
2️⃣National & International Headlines
⩥ HEADLINES FROM THE EPOCH TIMES
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04/20/24 [Don’t miss this inspiring story of “9-Year-Old Boy Becomes Pro Carpenter, Sets up Woodshop, Own Business in Grandma’s Garage”]
⩥ GETTING THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK
Attorney Jeff Childers, author of the always amazing Coffee & Covid Substack, offered seven suggestions for getting our country safe and back on track. We thought these were a terrific roundup and present them lightly edited below (04/17/24): Read full article
Admit we’re in a hole and stop digging.
Acknowledge we’ve lost, abandon the Ukraine project, and close our borders tight. Send illegals back where they came from, or anywhere but here.
Support historic allies and stop mucking about the rest of the world. Focus on rebuilding our own country. Rebuild our economy. Rebuild our military.
Limit the government to only a hundred classified documents a year, Require secret classifications to expire in five years.
Restore merit in all of America’s public and private endeavors. Delete victim status and grievance politics.
Restore patriotism, morality, honor, and family as central values in American life.
Shame and drive out of public life (lovingly and compassionately) people who advocate for 🦇 💩 crazy ideas (e.g., men can transform into women with enough surgery and medicine).
We could add more items to the list — and so could you — but the above is a GREAT start. Even if Childers is “just a lawyer,” as he’s so fond of saying just after he drops truth bombs.
TYRANNY, CENSORSHIP, SURVEILLANCE, ESPIONAGE, WAR & MILITARY
⩥ Schedule F Won’t Tame the Deep State. There is no magic button. Trump would have to go further than even allies assume. By Theo Wold (04/15/24). This excellent (though lengthy) article will open your eyes about how deep the deep state really is, how things got so bad, and why Donald Trump’s initial solution to employ “Schedule F“ is not enough to tame the bureaucratic beast: Read
⩥ FISA DOUBLES DOWN: FISA 702 Passes House by Vote of 259-128. Passes Senate 60-34. Spying extended for 2 more years.
HOUSE Report: By Jordan Conradson (04/15/24): Read | Final House Votes
SENATE Report: By Cullen Linebarger (04/20/24): Read | Final Senate Votes
House IDAHO Vote below:
Senate “R”EPUBLICAN Vote below:
Key points:
Shortly before passing this legislation, the House rejected an amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), which would have required a warrant to spy on Americans.
Senate defeated six amendments attempting to expand civil liberties, including an amendment by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) requiring the federal government to obtain a warrant from the FISA Court before spying on Americans’ private communications (failed 42-50).
86 Republican House members voted for the authoritarian FISA 702 renewal, with Speaker Mike Johnson casting the decisive vote. IDAHO: Mike Simpson voted YES while Russ Fulcher voted NO.
30 Republican Senators voted for authoritarianism. IDAHO: Both Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch voted YES.
According to official documents, the FBI illegally used FISA 278,000 times to spy on Americans, including people like President Trump, Trump donors, and January 6 families.
Members of Congress are not subject to warrantless searches.
⩥ ELON MUSK. Conservatives Close Ranks Around Musk in His Fight for Free Speech Against Brazilian Tyrannical Censorship. By Paul Serran (04/12/24). X/Twitter owner Elon Musk is engaged in an epic censorship battle with the tyrannical Brazilian Supreme Court Justices, which is reverberating throughout Latin America and the world. Musk’s tweets have generated hundreds of million views on X, bringing the Brazilian censure to a massive audience. Musk’s courage is affecting Brazilian and world politics in an epic battle for free speech, with the Brazilian people and conservatives worldwide embracing him in a major way. Argentina’s Milei and other political figures are taking Musk’s side: Read
⩥ TUCKER CARLSON: Tucker Carlson interviews Telegram founder Pavel Durov about free speech and more (Video ~1 hr). Ep. 94 The social media app Telegram has over 900 million users around the world. Its founder Pavel Durov spoke with Carlson at his offices in Dubai: Watch
⩥ SASHA LATYPOVA: URGENT: Impersonators on Substack. Someone is attempting to fake Latypova’s account (04/20/24). Be careful on all internet platforms. Avoid responding to private messaging, Telegram, or other unsolicited communication. It could be a trap or designed to discredit people: Read
⩥ House Passes Legislation to Ban Chinese-Owned Tik-Tok (and similar foreign-owned companies) in America – 25 Republicans Voted No. By Cullen Linebarger (04/20/24): Read
The US House of Representatives voted 360-58 to pass legislation (HR8038 | Roll call) that likely will ban Chinese-run TikTok in America while spending lavishly on foreign aid. The 25 GOPers voting NO (listed in the article and here) traditionally defend constitutional and conservative values. The potential TikTok ban was tied to a completely unrelated $95 billion foreign aid package that included $60+ billion for Ukraine and $26 billion for Israel. Democrats cheered and waved UKRAINIAN flags after the vote. [ED NOTE: We agree with the NO/NAY votes because the TikTok and foreign funding issues never should have been combined into a single bill. Both Idaho representatives Simpson and Fulcher voted YES/AYE.]
AMERICAN THOUGHT LEADERS
⩥ Inside the CCP’s Fentanyl Warfare Strategy to Kill Americans with Peter Schweizer (04/20/24). Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45. Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer says fentanyl trafficking is a “CCP-run operation” aided and abetted directly and indirectly by powerful people in the US government (including Joe Biden and Sen Mitch McConnell). Schweizer explains the Chinese regime’s disintegration-warfare strategies to destroy America from within—from killing young Americans with fentanyl, to growing marijuana illegally to dumb down Americans, to employing Tik-Tok’s brain altering techniques on kids, to radicalizing protestors in America (including pro-Hamas demonstrators) so they adopt increasingly violent tactics. Excellent discussion (podcast | video with transcript 1 hr 2 min): Listen | Watch
⩥ Exposing the ‘Nudge Units’ Helping Governments Control People’s Behavior with Laura Dodsworth (04/17/24). Dodsworth explains that nudge units are embedded in governments or advising governments all around the world, trying to change the will of the people from the top down. Without the consent of “We the People,” governments (and legacy media and social media) are sneakily using pre-conscious subliminal and covert techniques to change the way we behave, to make us model citizens. We often aren’t aware this is happening, especially if we aren’t paying attention and exercising independent (aka critical) thinking skills (podcast | video with transcript 48 min): Listen | Watch
“One study in 2007 estimated that the human brain receives the equivalent of 174 newspapers worth of information every day. So, that’s the first thing. You’re overwhelmed with information. And the human brain simply can’t cope with it all. So, what you do is you depend upon shortcuts—cognitive biases to make sense of the world.” ~Laura Dodsworth.
Dodsworth was one of the first journalists to expose COVID-era government manipulation and how “nudge units” used fear to change behavior. Socially and politically, the net is tightening and truth is being squashed, with more surveillance, more censorship, and institutions captured by woke ideology. Dodsworth and Jan Jekielek discuss the real threat of AI, social media, pornography, net-zero, transgenderism, and more on the human brain. We must learn how to recognize and fight this manipulation.
[ED NOTE: Tips on identifying media bias | More tips and resources in our Voting Guide.]
⩥ ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS: No Go Zones (04/20/24) No-go zones are areas within cities where it is unsafe to enter if one is not Muslim (but this term could apply to many now-unsafe areas where rule of law no longer applies, including US College campuses, see next). In no-go zones, police, emergency services, and other non-residents are not allowed to enter or consider it unsafe and won’t enter. Massive immigration campaigns are mainly responsible for these zones: Read
AND MAGAZINE (Sam Faddis)
⩥ Pro Hamas Demonstrators Occupy U.S. College Campuses (04/21/24). Example: The Orthodox Rabbi on the campus of Columbia University in New York had to tell Jewish students to go home until it is safe for them to return because no law enforcement would protect them. Similar protests are escalating across the country with participants chanting and carrying signs, intimidating Jewish students on campus, and attempting to drive them out of school. The demonstrators are linked to terrorist organizations. Where are the FBI and other law enforcement authorities? Read
⩥ Hamas Marches On Your Streets - The Biden Administration Does Nothing (04/16/24). As pro-Palestinian protesters stage actions across the nation (and mass media mostly ignore the attacks), the current administration does nothing to stop the threat. Using New York as an example, Faddis explains that these attacks — so called “marches” — are coming from terror groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). These are not benign supportive protests to help beleaguered Palestinian people. They are attacks from groups with stated goals to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and destroy America. The police and the Biden administration are doing nothing and will do nothing: Read
⩥ Olympus Has Fallen (04/14/24). The current administration is fomenting war in the Middle East and favoring Iran over our long-time ally Israel. The author states “We gave Iran the money to pay for all those weapons and for the thousands more they still have in their arsenal. We did that with the full understanding that those weapons would be used against Israel and against our own forces in the Middle East. In fact, the Iranians are now publicly threatening to attack American bases if the United States takes any action in support of an Israeli counterattack.” Read
⩥ Want To Know Why Our Policy Now Favors Terrorists? Maybe This Is The Reason (04/19/24): Faddis exposes Maher Bitar, the Senior Director for Intelligence at the National Security Council: Read
Summary: Bitar coordinates intelligence between the White House and the Intelligence Community and has access to all of the intelligence we collect worldwide. He also decides who sees what inside the administration. Faddis says Bitar is a radical Palestinian with a long history of anti-Israeli activism and close association with known terrorist groups. Bitar possesses immense power amongst friends and allies and exerts huge influence over American foreign policy. He hates Israel. He supports people who murder indiscriminately and use rape as a weapon of war. This man and others like him in the current administration helps to explain why our foreign policy now favors terrorists.
DEBANKING
⩥ Bank of America, USAA ‘Debank’ Conservative Election Fraud Attorney Dr. John Eastman. By Ben Kew (04/18/24). Bank of America and USAA closed the accounts of conservative attorney John Eastman in retaliation for his advocacy against Democratic election fraud. Eastman had moved most of his money from BofA to USAA after BofA closed his account. Two months later, USAA canceled him: Read
[ED NOTE: This story is a cautionary tale for people whose money still remains in large anti-conservative, woke banks. Research carefully. Consider switching to small non-woke community banks and credit unions. Get to know your banker personally. Ask questions! See Choosing a good banker series from FINANCIAL REBELLION > ALL > Year 2023 > search for “Your Bankers”].
⩥ Fallout: How Financial De-Banking Is Being Used to Control Behavior (04/19/24). The weaponization of financial tools against those who do not adhere to accepted views is a new tool for political persecution in the West. Groups and individuals increasingly are being cut off from financial services or bank accounts, like the truckers in Canada, Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Robert Malone in America, and the Constitution Party in Idaho. Governments increasingly punish people for "against the narrative” behavior by pushing big corporations such as banks to do their bidding. All this is leading to central bank digital currencies and China’s social credit system being deployed in the West (video 44 min 35 sec): Watch
In this week's FALLOUT, Dr. Malone shares his personal battle with Stripe and Substack (involving high-powered Dhillon Law Group) that could help us fight back de-banking. The first steps are to know it's happening and to choose your banker well (or exit banks, especially big ones, where possible). See Choosing a good banker series from FINANCIAL REBELLION > ALL > Year 2023 > search for “Your Bankers”.
In the final segment Dr. Malone and co-host Jan Jekielek visit Malone's farm where Jekielek learns how to drive a tractor, till the soil, and then remove a large rock and a rod from newly tilled soil.
❤️🩹 THE HIGHWIRE INSIDERS EPISODE 368: A NEW DAWN (04/17/24). Includes episode highlights and show notes archive links (video 2 hr 6 min). Watch | Read
Artificial intelligence now has the frightening ability to reshape society and life. Listen to songs AI created in just minutes for a Highwire theme and another about an AI’s loneliness. Jefferey Jaxen reports on the crumbling narrative around the medical transitioning of children. How big government is working to secure its monopoly on surveillance with the FISA vote (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). Hate speech laws are backfiring in a big way in other countries. Journalist and podcast host Shannon Joy discusses her journey from being arrested at a school board meeting in 2021 over mask mandates to launching her own show. She is articulate on every issue and is doing her part to prevent the medical liberty movement from splintering into infighting. The ICAN Legal Match Campaign is attempting to reach a goal of $500,000 thanks to a donor’s doubling every dollar donated.
ELECTION FRAUD / ELECTION INTEGRITY / 2024 ELECTIONS
Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States: “Out of fraud no action arises.” CLICK to Read Full Report
🔥Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States: “Out of fraud no action arises.” Read Full Report
ELECTION INTEGRITY! TimOhDee’s Substack. Tim covers election integrity issues in Idaho and beyond: Read
VOTERS! As the primary and general elections approach, you will be subjected to lies, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from traditional media, social media, radio and TV news and ads, slanted flyers, government “official sources,” and even friends and family.
RESIST! Use your own independent thinking skills. Research widely. Get to know candidates in person. DO NOT BE LAZY. DO NOT rely on out-of-context snippets. And DO check out our voting guide for tips on immunizing your brain against washing.
AVOID MAIL-IN! “Dirty voter rolls” or otherwise ineligible voters and mail-in voting are key contributors to cheating in elections. There’s not much everyday citizens can do about this power-grabbing executive order. But we can resist using mail-in voting. Educate others about its dangers. Vote in person unless you are sick or certain to be out of town. “Convenience” is not a good excuse to vote by mail.
“This is a strong victory for election security and the minimum standards that must be met in order to vote. The Idaho legislature took steps to improve our election security, but rather than encouraging young people to obtain their free state voter IDs, advocacy groups took legal action against the State, alleging age discrimination. We are pleased with this victory but acknowledge liberal advocacy groups are bringing similar claims in Federal court, and we will continue to defend these laws.” ~ said Attorney General Raúl Labrador
⩥ IDAHO Voter ID Law Upheld in Unanimous Idaho Supreme Court Decision: Advocacy groups challenged Idaho’s 2023 voter ID laws — H124 and H340 — but their challenges failed in a 5 - 0 Idaho Supreme Court decision. The plaintiffs no doubt will escalate to Federal court, but for now, the laws stand: Read in Idaho Dispatch | Read in Epoch Times | Read AG Labrador Newsletter
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, OPEN BORDERS, RELATED CRIMES & NATIONAL SECURITY
Article 4, Section 4 of the United States Constitution: The Federal Government shall protect each state against invasion. The Constitution also gives the States the right to defend their borders in an invasion.
The open borders plan is not going well for American cities and citizens, leaving the country open to terrorism, widespread violence, bankruptcy, drug and human trafficking, and poverty for all. The “historic crisis” was artificially created. We have laws. We had strong border policies in place. The current administration has lit them on fire, and all of America — and many of the illegal migrants — are paying an immense price. Ask your legislators to propose and support good bills!
Little to nothing is being done by Idaho or Federal authorities. The border remains wide open with no help — and only opposition — from the Federal government, whose job is to protect the US from invasion. Moreover, many Idaho farmers and legislators continue to defend cheap illegal immigrant labor and workers paid under the table.
Several immigration bills (some good, some not) are or were considered in Idaho, but most are stuck in committees: Support HB615, HJM8, HB464; Oppose SJM102. Please take action and make your voices heard. See also Standing Strong. You are the only defense! By IDAHO FREEDOM CAUCUS (Guest post from Idaho Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld, 02/25/24): Read
⩥ Detain and Deport Is the Law (04/15/24) By U.S. Senator Jim Risch. An unvarnished, commonsense view on the border crisis, including Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas’ failure to enforce the rule of law, and the upcoming impeachment trial of Mayorkas in the Senate. This short but pithy editorial is a must-read: Read
⩥ Senate KILLS Articles of Impeachment Against Open Borders Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Breaking 227 Years of Congressional History. By Cullen Linebarger (04/17/24): Read
A letter at Townhall.com summarized the Senate inaction well:
Last week, 43 Republican members of the United States signed a letter to Schumer highlighting the upper chamber’s “constitutional duty” that “requires the Senate to hold a trial.”
“In every previous congressional impeachment of the past 227 years, Congress has been faithful to the process set out by the framers,” the letter emphasized. “Never before has the Senate abandoned this duty, even when certain members believed the basis for impeachment was tenuous at best.”
“Since 1797, twenty-one individuals have been impeached by the House of Representatives,” the Senate Republicans’ letter further recounted. “Trials were held in every single instance, except once when an impeached judge resigned from office before the trial commenced. Absent Secretary Mayorkas’ immediate resignation, this impeachment should remain faithful to Senatorial precedent,” senators wrote.
⩥ Senate Democrats Abdicate Their Constitutional Duty. By Senator Ron Johnson (04/19/24). Don’t miss Senator Johnson’s thorough explanation and videos of the egregious abdication of duty by Senate Democrats who summarily dismissed the impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Sen Johnson’s chart above illustrates the Southwest Border Encounter monthly totals from 2012 to 2024. Notice that sharp rise starting in early 2021? What happened then? Is this chart and its underlying data and human tragedy what the Democrat Senators are trying to hide? Read | 40 second video
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