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RAPID
RESPONSE (Archives)...Daily Commentary on News of the Day
This is a new
section. It will
offer fresh,
quick reactions by myself to news and events of the day, day by day, in
this rapid-fire world of ours. Of course, as in military
campaigns,
a rapid response in one direction may occasionally have to be followed
by a "strategic withdrawal" in another direction. Charge that
to
"the fog of war", and to the necessary flexibility any mental or
military
campaign must maintain to be effective. But the mission will
always
be the same: common sense, based upon facts and "real politick",
supported
by a visceral sense of Justice and a commitment to be
pro-active.
That's all I promise.
GS
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MONDAY through SUNDAY, June 25 through 30, 2024
"TRUE, TRUE...AND
RELATED".
GS
And the first round goes to…
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
Democrats
were hoping that Biden could turn this thing around with a “June
surprise” at tonight's debate. They stacked everything in his favor to
make that happen.
The rules. The moderators. The (total lack of) live audience.
But Trump won hands down.
Mic drop moment? This one comes to mind:
“I
wish he was a great president - because I wouldn’t be here right now.
I’d be at one of my many places enjoying myself. I wouldn’t be under
indictment because I wouldn’t have been his political appointment… I
wish he was a great president. I would rather have that. I wouldn't be
here –I don’t mind being here – the only reason I’m here is because
he’s so bad as a president that I’m going to make America great again.
We’re going to make America great again.”
He seemed to be enjoying himself up there. And I have to say… I was enjoying myself, too.
Another zinger:
“I really don’t know what he [Biden] said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said, either."
But
what stood out most to me tonight was seeing those two men standing
together in front of the cameras – the choice America faces is so much
bigger than these two men.
Did you see it, too?
Tonight was about a simple reality:
• A vote for Joe Biden is a vote to destroy America.
•
A vote for Trump is a chance to fight back against a political movement
that wants to destroy our way of life.
Biden
said it himself: “Extreme, MAGA Republicans are a threat to democracy.”
He means you and me. He means devout Catholics. He means blue-collar
workers. He means pro-life Americans.
Trump crushed it tonight.
And we need to crush it at the ballot box in November.
That’s why we are chasing every ballot, every vote. CatholicVote needs your help to make sure Trump wins.
Not just a debate.
But the White House.
SUNDAY, June 23, 2024
RR#1
A friend of mine, well - educated
and informed - who just had a Stroke (aka "cerebro-vascular
accident") can be temporarily excused for expressing a jaundiced view of
the world: "Nothing Good Going On".
But especially if we are not at
least Spiritual people - if not actually Religious - He's Right.
Consider the following, among a vast
number of examples:
- The
recent IMPRIMUS article entitled:"Sports Should Unify, Not
Divide Us". Then read about the college Head Coach - among
probably many - who agrees with trans-gender males being allowed to
compete with women athletes. IDIOCY!
- The
recent issue of CATALYST loaded with examples of anti-Catholic ( and
anti-Christian - possibly anti-religious) positions by organizations
including the National Football League. COWARDICE.
- The
current interference of the Appeals Court in Texas with the recent holding
of the USSC supporting the State of Texas in its border actions. UNLAWFUL.
- The
disruption of the entire field of Journalism, on which an entire
democratic nation depends to safe-guard its First Amendment Rights. See:
"The Purpose Of Journalism Is To Get The Story", by Peggy
Noonan (in WSJ June 22, 23, 2024, Opinion, pA13). "They are
obsessed with who's in the newsroom when their readers are obsessed with
what comes out of the newsroom. STUPID.
- The
Rape of Justice by acts of selective LawFare (eg. the Trump issues) and by
criminal Acts of Violence not only planned but also executed and
then not indicted. In addition to the daily activities of big city
Prosecutors, see: "The Making Of An American Radical", by
Jillian Kay Melchior, ( in WSJ June 22, 23, 2024, Opinion, pA11). NO EQUAL
JUSTICE AND LAW AND ORDER...EVENTUALLY DISORDER AND NO PEACE.
Enough for now...for my friend and
for myself.
GS
RR#2
April 8, 2024 Trump Statement on IVF and Abortion
Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, thriving and
healthy American families. We want to make it easier for mothers and families to have babies, not harder.
That includes supporting the availability of fertility treatments like IVF in every state in America. Like
the overwhelming majority of Americans, including the vast majority of Republicans, conservatives,
Christians and pro-life Americans, I strongly support the availability of IVF for couples who are trying to
have a precious baby. What could be more beautiful or better than that.
Today I’m pleased that the Alabama Legislature has acted very quickly and passed legislation that
preserves the availability of IVF in Alabama. They really did a great and fast job. The Republican Party
should always be on the side of the miracle of life and the side of mothers, fathers, their beautiful babies,
and that’s what we are. IVF is an important part of that, and our great Republican Party will always be
with you in your quest for the ultimate joy in life.
Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights, especially since I was
proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and,
in fact, demanded be ended: Roe v. Wade. They wanted it ended. It must be remembered that the
Democrats are the radical ones on this position because they support abortion up to and even beyond the
ninth month. The concept of having an abortion in the later months, and even execution after birth — and
that’s exactly what it is. The baby is born, the baby is executed after birth — is unacceptable, and almost
everyone agrees with that.
My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint. The states will
determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In
this case, the law of the state. Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks
or some will have more conservative than others, and that’s what they will be. At the end of the day this
is all about the will of the people. You must follow your heart, or in many cases your religion or your
faith. Do what’s right for your family and do what’s right for yourself, do what’s for your children, do
what’s right for our country, and vote. So important to vote. At the end of the day it’s all about will of the
people. That’s where we are right now, and that’s what we want. The will of the people.
I want to thank the six justices — Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett
Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch — incredible people, for having the courage to allow
this long-term, hard-fought battle to finally end. This 50 year battle over Roe v. Wade took it out of the
federal hands and brought it into the hearts, minds and vote of the people in each state. It was really
something. Now it’s up to the states to do the right thing.
Like Ronald Reagan, I am strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. You
must follow your heart on this issue, but remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and
in fact to have our country, which is currently and very sadly a nation in decline. Our nation needs help. It
needs unity, it needs all of us to work closely together. Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative,
everyone. We have to work together. We have to bring our nation back from the brink, and that’s where it
is. It’s at the brink. And we will. We will do it. I promise you, we will do it.
Always go by your heart, but we must win. We have to win. We are a failing nation, but we can be a
failing nation no longer. We will make our nation great. We will make our nation greater than ever before.
Thank you very much.
My Response to Trump April 8 Statement on IVF and Abortion
On April 8, 2024, former President Donald J. Trump made an important
statement on In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and abortion. Although
the media did not really pick up on it, the initial part of the
statement (see the full text attached), was devoted exclusively to
Trump’s support for IVF. While Trump’s purported goal to support
strong healthy families and "to make it easier for mothers and families
to have babies" is laudable, it is an axiom of ethics that the end
never justifies the means. IVF can never be morally justified or
permitted, insofar as it involves the destruction of innocent human
beings (embryos) and because it denies the natural right of a child to
be conceived in the marital embrace of its mother and father.
Trump did not cite
any specific polling data, but if his assertion that the overwhelming
majority of Americans supports IVF is true, I would say that the
support is largely based on emotion rather than the result of a
thorough examination of the complex ethical issues surrounding IVF.
Simply put, IVF is not a morally acceptable means of promoting babies
and families. (That being said, it is important to note that all
children are made in the image and likeness of God, regardless of the
circumstances of their conception.)
In his statement,
Trump then launched into a “clarification” of his position on
abortion. He took credit for the overturning of Roe vs. Wade,
which he said now shifts the issue of abortion entirely to the states
and “the will of the people.” He also expresssed his strong
support for the exceptions of “rape, incest and life of the mother.”
I believe Trump
accurately described the legal status of abortion today, which is
eerily similar to that of slavery immediately prior to the Civil
War. His shift in messaging was clearly an effort to distance
himself from the perceived political liability of taking an
anti-abortion stance. However, the current status quo of
relegating an immutable human right to the “will of the people” is
unsustainable. It risks tearing the country apart and can only be
resolved by recognizing, judicially and/or legislatively, the inherent
right to life of every human being as the supreme law of the
land. (We are witnessing exciting developments that give us great
hope that the recognition of constitutional personhood will come sooner
rather than later.)
Trump’s statement on
the “exceptions” could be an acknowledgment of political reality while
opposing all abortions. Or it could be a position that children
simply do not have the right to life in cases of rape, incest or life
of the mother. Given Trump’s other comments on the topic, it
sounds to me more like the latter. What it means is that Trump
supports the intrinsic evil of abortion in at least some situations.
Despite his
purported deference to states’ rights, Trump criticized the abortion
law that was upheld by the Arizona Supreme Court this past Tuesday as
going too far. That law is similar to laws in a dozen or so other
states. Trump has shown us very clearly that his policy positions
on the right to life issue are driven by politics rather than
principle. This is deeply disappointing given his words at the 47th
Annual March for Life in 2020, "All of us here today understand an
eternal truth: Every child is a precious and sacred gift from God.”
A candidate who
compromises on fundamental moral values renders himself unfit for
public office. In the words of Pro-Life Leader Frank Pavone,
“Every elected official on any level of government, who takes a
position in which they fail to recognize and work for the protection of
the right to life dishonors the very meaning of their office. Because
you can’t be a public servant, if you fail to tell the difference
between serving the public and killing the public.”
Yours for life,
Gerald (Gerry) Yeung
Let's start with what
I believe.
- I
believe that human life - and personhood - begin at conception, the union
of sperm and ovum.
- I
believe that there should be a Federal Law of Personhood enacted declaring
the above...and thus protecting the conceptus/human being under the U.S.
Constitution.
- I
believe that Abortion is the taking of a human life and should be always
illegal Except to protect the Life of the mother. Here I do not support
the exclusions of Rape or Incest. Those are not the fault or negligence of
either baby or mother. There are other solutions in those cases.
- Here
I believe that that the current reality of IVF runs counter to the above,
benefited partially by the "saving" of the other fertilized ova
or by donation to another recipient.
What i know is that
the strong majority of voters in this country do Not believe in the above...and
that they would vote down the candidacy of anyone who so declared,,,thus
eliminating any chance for anyone to enter Government to try to change the
status quo. I myself believe that I lost the State Senate race in 1990
largely for being clear on Abortion,
Mr. Yeung is clear in
his frustration with the above state of affairs. But he should give credence to
the above state of affairs in this Democracy.
President Trump has no
such problem. See his next-to-final paragraph of his own statement.
If Mr. Yeung seeks
more clarity and consistency, he should question the Cardinals of his and our
Church. When is Joe Biden going to be Excommunicated?
GS
SATURDAY, June 22, 2024
DRIP. DRIP. DRIP...
GS
MONDAY through FRIDAY, June 17 through 21, 2024
RR#1
RR#2
I FEEL A BIT GUILTY
POSTING THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS FACING AMERICANS TODAY.
But it's better to
deal with specific issues rather than to live with "free-floating
anxiety", especially as we approach the Elections.
- The
Democratic Leftists have embraced Lawfare, ('a legal absurdity") and
the politicization of critical Federal agencies like the CIA, the FBI and
the DOJ as they try to dismiss Trump as a Felon and a "danger to
democracy". They are banking on Election by Stupids. It won't work.
- The
nations bordering America... Canada and especially Mexico... will require
some real attention and protection in the future.
- This
Administration's approach to Iran will turn out to be its greatest error
in the relatively near future. And all avoidable. STUPID.
- This
Administration's approach to Climate Change will prove to be untenable -
and Wrong - once Facts are allowed to be presented.
- The
problem of Israel has been, from its Founding, the problem of a
Palestinian State. And the worst enemy of a solution has been, from 1946,
the Palestinians and their Arab supporters. There is abundant world-wide
support for a Palestinian State, although not much in Israel. This may be
the time.
- Law
and Justice are being undermined. Medical Care is on a downward spiral.
Education at all levels is already shabby. Is American democracy already
in the third century of historically typical democratic decline and fall?
We can still do something about that.
- "You
Want Peace? Prepare for War". America had better start
doing that.
- After
several decades of I-Phones and social media progeny having undermined the
intelligence, morality and drive of both adults and children, we now have
the specter of "AI". No good will come to the humanity of the
human race from this. But that will not stop it.
SO: HERE WE GO!
GS
SUNDAY, June 16, 2024
HAPPY FATHERS' DAY...TO ALL FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO ARE TRUE TO EACH
OTHER.
GS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, June 14 and 15, 2024
RR#1
Who rules whom?
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Today, however, our constitutional system is one that increasingly exists in name only.
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RR#2
A DAY AFTER EXPERIENCING JOE BIDEN'S
"HAND TROUBLE" IN HIS HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETING,
HIS HOLINESS FOUND THE BEST ANTIDOTE IN HIS MEETING WITH A BUNCH OF
COMEDIANS...
YET ANOTHER SIGN THAT THIS POPE IS A
"MENSCH", A PERSON OF THE PEOPLE
UNAFRAID TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS
AND HOPES REGARDLESS OF CURRENT CHURCH TEACHINGS.
YOU GO, HOLY FATHER.
GS
TUESDAY through THURSDAY, June 3 through 13, 2024
WHADDAYOUKNOW: A GOOD MAN. LET US ALL REJOICE THIS FINDING.
GS
MONDAY, June 3, 2024
Judicial Watch Denounces the Absurd Trump Verdict
Pure corruption. Judicial Watch denounces this absurd guilty verdict
and Soviet-style criminal proceeding that has so abused President
Trump. What just happened to Trump up in New York is criminal.
The verdict is no surprise considering the rigged, kangaroo court
proceedings run by a biased, conflicted judge and an unethical,
politicized Democratic Party prosecution team. May 30, 2024, the day
the verdict came down, was a terrible day for the rule of law that will
go down in infamy. This whole process is compromised, and this verdict
should be overturned in an emergency fashion.
The evidence shows that Trump committed no crimes, and this is a
prosecution about “nothing.” This and other Democratic Party-political
prosecutions of Trump are an abomination under law and are
destabilizing to our nation.
Judicial Watch will continue to expose in court the truth about these
attacks on the rule of law, free and fair elections, and the U.S.
Constitution. In the meantime, our elections have officially been
compromised by this politicized prosecution.
We have several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits related to the prosecutorial abuse targeting Trump.
In March 2024, we filed a Georgia Open Records Act lawsuit against
District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County, Georgia, for records
of any communication Willis and the county had with Special Counsel
Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. The lawsuit was filed in
the Superior Court of Fulton County after Willis and the county denied
having any responsive records.
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal court
to allow the agency to keep secret the names of top staffers working in
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office that is targeting former President
Donald Trump and other Americans.
(Before his appointment to investigate and prosecute Trump, Special
Counsel Jack Smith was at the center of several controversial issues,
the IRS scandal among them. In 2014, a Judicial Watch investigation
revealed that top IRS officials had been in communication with Jack
Smith’s then-Public Integrity Section about a plan to launch criminal
investigations into conservative tax-exempt groups. Read more here.)
In January 2024, we filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, for
records regarding the hiring of Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor by
Willis. Wade was hired to pursue unprecedented criminal investigations
and prosecutions against former President Trump and others over the
2020 election disputes.
In October 2023, we sued the DOJ for records and communications between
the Office of U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County,
Georgia, District Attorney’s office regarding requests/receipt of
federal funding/assistance in the investigation of former President
Trump and his 18 codefendants in the Fulton County indictment of August
14, 2023. To date, the DOJ is refusing to confirm or deny the existence
of records, claiming that to do so would interfere with enforcement
proceedings. Judicial Watch’s litigation challenging this is continuing.
Through the New York Freedom of Information Law, in July 2023, we
received the engagement letter showing New York County District
Attorney Alvin L. Bragg paid $900 per hour for partners and $500 per
hour for associates to the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm for the
purpose of suing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in an effort to shut down the
House Judiciary Committee’s oversight investigation into Bragg’s
unprecedented indictment of Trump.
You can expect that the government abuses targeting Trump will not stop
and will only increase – and you can also expect that Judicial Watch
will not stop investigating and exposing this dangerous threat to our
republican form of government.
Defense Department Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted ‘Drag Story Time’
Your nation’s military is being ruined by woke ideology.
Judicial Watch received 25 pages of records regarding drag shows, drag
story hours and other pride events for military personnel and their
dependent minors organized and paid for by the U.S. Air Force.
We obtained the documents through a May 5, 2023, Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) request submitted with CatholicVote Civic Action to the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD). The Defense Department issued at least
half a dozen “no records” responses to the FOIA request prior to
finally releasing these records. We requested:
All emails and text messages sent to and from the Secretary of Defense,
Lloyd J. Austin, III, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks
and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding drag shows and
drag story hours on U.S. military installations …
All Department of Defense documentation, including but not limited to
PowerPoints, flyers, handouts, that were or are being used to promote
any drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations …
All Department of Defense documentation regarding the funding of drag
shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations …
A June 10, 2021, social media post by the Ramstein & Vogelweh Air Force Libraries advertises:
We’re celebrating PRIDE month with our very first DRAG STORY TIME! Our
local Drag King, Sauvage, will be reading some of our favorite stories
about what makes each of us special. Story time begins at 1030!
Graphics included with the post include a rainbow flag and two books
from which Drag King Sauvage intends to read. The first book is titled
“I Am Perfectly Designed” by Karamo Brown. The second book is titled
“The HIPS on the DRAG QUEEN Go Swish, Swish, Swish” with a depiction of
three males in dresses.
The records also include a graphic for a June 2 “Drag Queen Story Time” event at the Ramstein Library.
An advertisement for an 18 and older event on June 4 called “Drag
Karaoke” at “Club E” with “special guest from Monarchy of RoyalTEA”
announces prizes for “best dressed” and drink specials.
An advertisement for a seven-week summer reading program re-promotes
“Drag Queen Storytime” on June 10 and shows each week given a different
color identification for events that include virtual story times, teen
socials and scavenger hunts.
The newly obtained records include several additional advertisements
for adult events (e.g. Bingo Night, Karaoke Night and D&I Pride
Night) at “Club E” and the “Galaxy Club.”
A communication from the marketing department of the 100th Force
Support Squadron discusses proofs of brochures, posters and tickets for
a “LGBT Obsurvance [sic] Event” to be held at the Galaxy Club on
February 25, 2022. The names of all participants in the chain are
redacted.
One individual requests:
Can you pretty please with a cherry on top please add, Drag In front of
Show? Drag Show: 7:pm, I will need it on the tickets as well. Will I be
getting a proof for the 250 pre-sale tickets? Please advise.
Later in the chain, an individual states:
I just had TSg [Redacted] in my office requesting LGBT Observance
removed and changed to Drag Show. She claims she spoke to the FSSS
[Force Support Squadron] commander. If you like [sic] to confirm with
her before changing. I will pick up what is printed. I will not need
anymore [sic] printed material except for an electronic sli.de with the
change so they can print as they wish. I will take the 60 tickets and
all printed material. It will work. No more printed material we are
fine with what was done.
May 2022 meeting minutes from an international diversity and inclusion
group called “Pathfinders” lists an extensive number of upcoming Pride
Month and Diversity Day events that will be supported at Ramstein Air
Force Base.
A May 2022 email with redacted sender and recipient(s) and subject line
“Diversity and Inclusion Events” contains a list of upcoming events:
• Luau at the Crown – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM)
• Lei Making at the CDC (RAFA & RAFC)
• Luau at the Stukeley (AAPIHM)
• Lunch and Learn (AAPIHM)
• Origami at the Youth Center (RAFA only)
• Color Run (RAFC)
• Juneteenth (RAFA & RAFC)
• Drag Show Bingo (RAFA)
• Glow Party/Karaoke (RAFA)
• Diversity Day (All bases) – Strat Calendar
In a May 30, 2022, email with redacted sender and recipient and the subject line “Drag Events” the sender writes:
I have attached our posters, FSS [Force Support Squadron] Calendar, and
screen shots of the Facebook events. I’ve also attached a screenshot of
the video the drag queen sent us to promote the events. The full video
is too big for the NIPR server. The images are too big for the server
so I am sending this in 2 emails. Also, I’m sure we also did at least
one e-blast but I can’t seem to find it in my email. Let me know if you
need anything else.
A June 2022 invoice for $400 covers booking Miss Lexi Andrews, Drag
Queen, for an appearance at “Drag Queen Bingo” on June 23 and a
performance at a “Glow Party” the following day.
“The Department of Defense has once again proven that radical leftist
ideology is more important than military preparedness and protecting
Americans from tangible threats at home and abroad,” said Tim
Huelskamp, Ph.D., CatholicVote senior advisor. “After an entire year of
stonewalling, the DOD finally returned materials from just one command
in one branch, which confirmed what we feared – that taxpayer funds
were being used to promote drag shows and radical gender ideology on
military bases, with full approval from Air Force leadership.”
How on Earth is it appropriate to spend our limited defense dollars on
promoting these sexually themed events for children and adults rather
than on advancing the military’s mission?
Judicial Watch Sues CIA for Records on Hunter Biden Investigation
Judicial Watch is digging into reports that federal agencies interfered in investigations of Hunter Biden.
In our latest effort, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency for all agency records
relating to the Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service
investigations of Hunter Biden and all records relating to efforts to
interview lawyer Patrick Kevin Morris regarding Hunter Biden (Judicial
Watch v. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (No. 1:24-cv-01537)).
Los Angeles-based lawyer Morris is reportedly a friend of Hunter
Biden’s, who allegedly loaned the president’s son millions of dollars.
Since 2019, Morris has allegedly loaned him approximately $4.9 million
for “personal expenses,” including federal taxes.
We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after
the CIA failed to respond to two FOIA requests. The first, dated March
22, 2024, asks the agency for:
All documents and communications referring or relating to the
Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigation of
Rober Hunter Biden, DPOB: February 4, 1970, Wilmington, DE.
All documents and communications referring or relating to Attorney
Patrick Kevin Morris, including but not limited to requests or efforts
to interview Mr. Morris concerning Robert Hunter Biden.
The second FOIA request, dated March 27, 2024, asks the CIA for:
All records of communications including, but not limited to, emails and
text messages between officials of the CIA and officials of the U.S.
Justice Department regarding Hunter Biden and/or Hunter Biden’s lawyer,
Kevin Morris.
In March 2024, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and
Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer revealed
that a whistleblower disclosed to the committees that the CIA
intervened to stop the IRS from interviewing Morris:
Recently, the Committees received information from a whistleblower
alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) intervened in the
investigation of Hunter Biden to prevent the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators from
interviewing [Morris]. We therefore write to request relevant material
from the CIA.
As part of the impeachment inquiry, the Committees are investigating,
among other things, whether President Biden “abuse[d] his power as
President to impede, obstruct, or otherwise hinder investigations or
the prosecution of Hunter Biden.” As background, for years, the IRS and
DOJ had been investigating Hunter Biden for tax crimes. The Committees
have documented how the DOJ deviated from its standard processes to
afford preferential treatment to Hunter Biden. The Committees learned
about the deviations in the spring of 2023 after two brave
whistleblowers testified to Congress that DOJ officials deviated “from
the normal process that provided preferential treatment, in this case
to Hunter Biden . . . .” Among other deviations, DOJ officials
restricted what investigative steps the investigators could pursue,
tipped off Hunter Biden's attorneys about investigative steps, and even
prevented investigators from conducting witness interviews. The
whistleblowers’ testimony about the preferential treatment provided to
Hunter Biden has been corroborated by testimony from other witnesses
and documents the Committees have received.
Hunter Biden faces two separate criminal trials in June. Biden’s trial
on gun charges in Delaware is scheduled to begin on June 3. On June 20,
his trial on various tax charges begins in California.
It is more than interesting that the CIA is stonewalling our Hunter Biden-related request.
We have several FOIA lawsuits and information requests focused on Biden family corruption.
We sued the FBI for records regarding the gun owned by Hunter Biden
that reportedly was thrown in a trash can behind a Delaware grocery
store. In a joint status report to the court, the FBI stated it would
not produce records about the incident due to an “ongoing criminal
investigation.”
In February 2023, from a separate lawsuit, we released records from the
United States Secret Service that implicate the FBI in the unusual
action to help Hunter Biden.
In response to a February 24, 2021, email inquiry from Politico
reporter Ben Schreckinger regarding the Secret Service’s involvement in
the investigation of the Hunter Biden gun incident, the Communications
Department asks for “more information or documentation.” Schreckinger
responds: “Sure thing.
Agents visited StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply and asked to
take possession of the paperwork Hunter had filled out to purchase a
gun there. The FBI also had some involvement in the investigation.”
In October 2020, The Blaze reported that in October 2018, Hunter
Biden’s handgun was taken by Hallie Biden, the widow of
then-presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son Beau. In 2021, Politico
reported:
Hallie took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone.
Delaware police began investigating, concerned that the trash can was
across from a high school and that the missing gun could be used in a
crime, according to law enforcement officials and a copy of the police
report obtained by POLITICO.
But a curious thing happened at the time: Secret Service agents
approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked
to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people, one
of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the other was
briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact.
In June 2023, we sued the CIA for all communications of the spy
agency’s Prepublication Classification Review Board (PCRB) regarding an
October 19, 2020, email request to review and “clear” a letter signed
by 51 former intelligence community officials characterizing the Hunter
Biden laptop story as having “all the earmarks of a Russian
disinformation campaign.”
In July 2023, we sued the DOJ for records from the Office of the
Attorney General and Office of the Deputy Attorney General regarding
the Internal Revenue Service investigation of Hunter Biden.
In June 2023, we filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice for
a copy of the FBI FD-1023 form that describes “an alleged criminal
scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national
relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.” Judicial Watch
also asked for communications about the FD-1023.
In May 2023, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the National Archives for
Biden family records and communications regarding travel and finance
transactions, as well as communications between the Bidens and several
known business associates.
On October 14, 2022, we sued the DOJ for all records in the possession
of FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten regarding an August
6, 2020, briefing provided to members of the U.S. Senate. Ron Johnson
(R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) raised concerns that the briefing was
intended to undermine the senators’ investigation of Hunter Biden.
We filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on April 20, 2022,
for messages sent through the SMART (State Messaging and Archive
Retrieval Toolkit) system that mention Hunter Biden.
In December 2020, State Department records obtained through a Judicial
Watch FOIA lawsuit showed that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie
“Masha” Yovanovitch had specifically warned in 2017 about corruption
allegations against Burisma Holdings.
In October 2020, weh forced the release of State Department records
that included a briefing checklist of a February 22, 2019, meeting in
Kyiv between then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and
Sally Painter, co-founder and chief operating officer of Blue Star
Strategies, a Democratic lobbying firm which was hired by Burisma
Holdings to combat corruption allegations. At the time of the meeting,
Hunter Biden was serving on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings.
Biden Agency Releasing Suspected Terrorists Threatens Military Bases, Infrastructure
The recent incident involving two Jordanian nationals trying to breach
the Marine base at Quantico is concerning. And it highlights the
national security risk of the Biden administration permitting a border
invasion, as our Corruption Chronicles blog reports.
Under the Biden administration the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has a pattern of releasing suspected terrorists at the southwest
border resulting in national security risks that include threats to
U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure, a
congressional committee affirms. Federal lawmakers reveal that since
Biden took office the U.S. Border Patrol has encountered at least 351
illegal aliens on the Terrorist Screening Data Set coming into the
country between ports of entry. Among them are two Jordanian nationals
who recently attempted to breach a military base not far from the
nation’s capital. The men drove a truck to the main gate of Marine
Corps Base Quantico earlier this month and ignored guards’ orders to
stop when they could not provide credentials required to gain access to
the facility. The Virginia base is about 35 miles south of Washington,
D.C.
Now the House Homeland Security Committee, established nearly two
decades ago to ensure that the American people are protected from
terrorist attacks, is investigating the matter and demanding action
from administration officials charged with safeguarding the nation,
including the secretaries of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas) and
Defense (Lloyd Austin) as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a
letter to the Biden officials, high-ranking committee members including
chairman Mark Green of Tennessee, ask for documents and other pertinent
information to aid in their investigation into threats posed by foreign
nationals to U.S. military bases and other critical infrastructure.
That includes communications such as text messages and electronic mail
between DHS, DOD and the FBI related to the May 3 incident at Marine
Corps Base Quantico, documents to identify the names and countries of
origin of the truck’s occupants and their current alien file. The
committee also wants files with all derogatory information in the
Terrorist Screening Data Set associated with any individual who
attempted to breach the military compound and all files containing
notes from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and
prosecutors referring to the individuals involved.
The attempted breach at the Marine Corps base reflects a possibly more
dire reality for the state of U.S. national security, the committee
members write, adding recent congressional testimony delivered by the
FBI director. “As Director Wray stated in a recent Senate hearing, ‘a
wide array of very dangerous threats . . . emanate from the border,
requiring ‘much greater vigilance’ to protect the country.” The
legislators point out that DHS’s relaxed vetting standards, which
complement Biden’s avowed desire to surge the border with inadmissible
migrants, have created an environment ripe for exploitation by
individuals aiming to undermine the United States at its most critical
points. “If individuals on the terrorist watchlist are so emboldened to
attempt to breach a Marine Corps base, the Department of Homeland
Security and the entire executive branch must act swiftly to identify,
apprehend, and detain such hostile actors on American soil,” the letter
states.
The recent incident in Virginia appears to be part of a broader
security issue involving U.S. military bases and foreign intruders.
Less than a year ago a mainstream newspaper published an alarming
exposé involving Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists,
accessing military bases and other sensitive U.S. sites as many as 100
times. In the story U.S. officials, from agencies such as the FBI and
DOD, describe the incidents as espionage threats designed to test
security practices at U.S. military installations and other federal
sites. Examples include Chinese nationals—required to report back to
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—crossing into a U.S. missile range in
New Mexico to scuba divers swimming in murky waters near a U.S.
government rocket-launch facility in Florida. The same Homeland
Security Committee also initiated an investigation into the Chinese
breaches after learning about them in the media. In a September 2023
letter to Mayorkas, Wray and Austin, the committee points out that the
“persistent and multi-faceted threats posed by the CCP to U.S. homeland
security have only intensified under the Biden-Harris administration.”
SUNDAY, June 2, 2024
"THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY
MEN'S SOULS".
So wrote Thomas Paine to begin his
series entitled "The American Crisis" during the American
Revolution.
"WE ARE STARTING TO ENJOY
HATRED".
So writes Peggy Noon in her most
recent column (WSJ June 1-2, 2024, Opinion, p13.).
But this is nothing new.
Human Nature is the same now as it
was in the Garden of Eden, beginning with Adam and Eve, with Cain and Able,
with the Ancients of the Middle East, with Rome, with the Dark Ages ...and
beyond - right up to present day.
See: "A Distant Mirror: The
Calamatous14th Century", by Barbara W. Tuchman.
See: "The Twentieth Century:
An Illustrated History Of Our Lives And Times". Lorraine Glennon -
Editor.
See Especially: "Modern
Times: The World From The Twenties To The Nineties", by Paul Johnson.
Yes, these currently are "times
that try men's souls". But "hatred"? I don't think so.
"Hatred" is an illness of the Soul, perhaps of the Mind, and also of
the stunted Intellect.
Those relatively few who do
"hate" are amoral or immoral, may be mentally ill or victims of
external toxins, or members of a Pandemic of Stupidity around us - the result
of the abject failure of the "teaching profession" turned crass unionism.
See: "The Long View Of
Higher Ed's Decline", an interview with Harvey Mansfield (WSJ June
1-2, 2024, Opinion, pA11).
The hundreds of millions of the rest
of us should have an intense dislike for the current state and current
leadership of America, and for the current take-over of "Journalism"
by the best of Nazi approaches to the manipulation of Truth.
We should decry and fight these
actions with everything in our power.
And we should vote for the better
Presidential leader, each of whom we have seen in action.
But this is nothing new.
GS
SATURDAY, June 1, 2024
Professor Alan Dershowitz: Always On
Point.
But "the fat lady" hasn't
sung yet.
GS
SUNDAY through FRIDAY, May 26 through 31, 2024
HERE'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE IN
A WHILE: "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 (OR SO) LOCATIONS."
Why do it? Because WW lll can begin
- and quickly end - in any one of these locations, especially considering the
studied inattention currently given by America in an election year.
- The Australian subcontinent, part
of China's designs on the entire region and on the South China Sea as well as
on Taiwan. Don't tell anyone...but the anemic American Navy would lose a
conventional conflict in that region.
- India is a simmering pot, both
internally and with reference to its eternal disposition toward Pakistan.
- Pakistan has throughout this 21st
century proven itself to be an unreliable partner, especially regarding its
support for the Taliban.
- Iran: need I say more, especially
given the Stupid approach of this Administration to any efforts toward its
containment.
- Saudi Arabia and other oil
producing States: currently friendly, but certainly NO NATO. Always Islamic and
thus always potential enemies of Israel and of its supporters.
- Turkey. Very important,
strategic...and probably reliable. But Beware.
- Russia...or a re-born Soviet
Union if Putin has his way. Always a reliable adversary / enemy.
- NATO NATIONS. Reliable, so long
as we keep supporting them.
- Central and South America. At
risk of being lost to Democracy, sooner rather than later...given America's
inattention, internal turmoil and external pressures from China.
- Many African Nations, already
compromised by the efforts of Russia and China and by the inattention of
America.
- North Korea: crazy and
dangerous.
- Japan and South Korea. Always
reliable, strategic and effective - with our help.
- THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND!
WHAT TO DO?
a) Rebuild Our Military, along the
lines of post-December 7, 1941!
b) Re-elect Donald Trump President
of the United States. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
GS
SUNDAY through SATURDAY, May 19 through 25, 2024
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Among increasing groups of citizens
who populate our Pandemic of Stupidity
and who never learned about God or
about America,
Memorial Day is just another
anachronism to be defiled or ignored.
But two recent articles clearly
describe our charge and our challenge as Americans.
1) "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE
AMERICA", by Peggy Noonan (in WSJ May 25- 26, 2024, Opinion, pA15).
2) "AMERICA HITS THE GLOBAL
SNOOZE BUTTON", by Walter Russell Mead (in WSJ Outlook, recently)
GS
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