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ABCU|8 STAFF Op-Ed >>22
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- Is Voter Fraud Really an Issue? - >>887
- Should George Floyd Be Put on a Pedestal? - >>900
- Special Treatment for Minority Students Could Backfire - >>951
- Congressional Display of "Solidarity with Protesters" Goes Horribly Wrong - >>1049
- Why the FBI Relied on Crowdstrike Examination of DNC Server after Alleged Russian Hack - >>1217
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If you don't tell the truth who can you trust too??
OP_PlaceHolder
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THESE BOARDS WILL BE CREATED BY BO [sticky].
WHEN AND ONLY WHEN OPERATIONS and PATRIOTS are READY
You will know, WE are always watching! Do well Patriots!
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1 Operation TRUTH BQMB
There are more of us than any media outlet. We can flood Social Media at a rate that the MSM cannot keep up with they will have to embrace the truth or suffer from continuing to lie to us. >>> OP_T_BQMB
2 Operation MEME warfare
ARM yourself with memes to spread facts and knowledge. Or just for the LULZ >>> OP_MW_2020
3 Operation Echo-chamber Backfire
Counter operation to C_A "MOCKINGBIRD", Use Combo of T_BQMB >>> OP_ECB
4 Operation Kill AP
Kill the Associated Press, [Infiltration instead of Invasion] >>> OP_K_AP[Y]
[$^ Dark; C_L/invalid^$]
5 Operation
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6 Operation
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7 Operation
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8 Operation
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9 Operation
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[$^Clear; C_L/change^$]
[{(C_L C-0)} O-S-OP |90-99| Green_OnActive]
10 Operation
…The Silent War Comes to an End! >>> OP_HUSH
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OP-Ed General #1
Citizen Editorials
if you like to become a Volunteer or Reporter start by producing some work then reach out to @babyfist or express your desire in a thread.
Commentary on work created by CommUnity Journalist, Citizen Editorials. Always Link to OP in your rebuttal
Or
Rebuttals to FAKE NEWS MSM Provide Sauce (Video, Article, ETC) provide sauce to back up your claims.
If you do not provide sauce for OP or your sauces the post will be removed WE are NOT the MSM
OP-Ed Journal #1
Editorials
if you are not Volunteer or Reporter use OP-Ed General if you like to become a Volunteer or Reporter start by producing some work then reach out to @babyfist or express your desire in a thread.
Commentary on work created by CommUnity Journalist. Always Link to OP in your rebuttal
Or
Rebuttals to FAKE NEWS MSM Provide Sauce (Video, Article, ETC) provide sauce to back up your claims
If you do not provide sauce for OP or your sauces the post will be removed WE are NOT the MSM
Q FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
About Q and the Anons
· Who is Q? >>5033
· What Does WWG1WGA Mean? >>5038
· Who are Anons? >>5035
· What is the Q Movement? >>5036
· Why All the Frogs? >>5073
· What are Q Proofs? >>5040
· How Can We Know if a Post is Really Q, on an Anonymous Message Board? >>5041
· Is Q Anon a Cult? >>5042
· What is the Q Clock? >>5043
· What is a Red Pill? >>5044
· Why Does Q Say "Wake Up!"? >>5045
· Why Does Q Post on Message Boards? >>5046
· Who Owns the News? >>5047
· What is Project Mockingbird? >>5049
· What is Censorship? >>5050
· What is a Patriot? >>5051
· What is the Great Awakening? >>5052
· Where Can I Learn More About Q? >>5053
· How Can I Help Q? >>5054
· Why Should I Help Q? >>5055
· What is the "Cabal" or "Deep State"? >>5056
· What do These Symbols Mean? (owl, pyramid/triangle, horns) >>5057
· Is this Movie Rated? >>5058
· What is Pedophilia? >>5059
· What is Human Trafficking? >>5060
· Are Q Supporters Right-wing Nut-jobs? >>5061
· Is the Q Movement Violent? >>5062
· Why are the Anons so Hopeful? >>5063
· What is Meant by "Drain the Swamp"? >>5064
· Why Should I Believe You? >>5065
· Is Q Dangerous? >>5066
· What is Treason? >>5067
· What is the "Silent War"? >>5068
· Urgent Message! >>5069
· The Q Anon Code of Ethics >>5070
· The Great Awakening Code of Ethics >>5071
· Thank You! >>5072
Welcome #8 - Chat freely
WELCOME TO /abcu/
Welcome #WeAreTheNewsNow refugees and all deplatformed patriots!
This Topical thread is open for free chat, memes, & shitposting.
This board /abcu/ is for facts and news.
This board /abcu/ is open to Q Anons.
Famefagging and Namefagging are welcome in this thread.
You can shitpost in Topical threads (like this one). Our /abcu/ policy prohibits shitposting in GENERAL Threads; those are for specific topics. If you need a new thread created, just ask!
Welcome!
Write For Rights
ITT: No shitposting, Memes and Images are fine. Try to remain on topic or move to another thread.
p.s. I am CivAnon!
Called "Operations Megaphone" by Anon from /QR/
Hello Anons,
Calling all Writefags, Lawfags, Newsfags, SocialMediaFags, Politicfags, GrammerFags, ALLfags and Anons in general to help anons prepare letters to News, Newspapers, and Local/State/Federal Representatives.
This is an attempt to make our voices heard on a massive scale. If done correctly "WE" should receive even MSM news coverage, which will blow their cover letting them know that WE will no longer tollerate FAKE_NEWS.
They mobilize in similar fashions to achieve their goals, TWO can play that game. And their are many more of US.
This is a call to CALL OUT any FAKE NEWS or other disinformation given to the people by "TRUSTED" sources.
This is to make it clear that if they would like to remain as a "TRUSTED" source they must prove that they are trustworthy.
If our voices are not heard WE are prepared to make MSM obsolete. More details will come regarding HOW…
Remember friends WE are the NEWS NOW! Our Voices are strong. Our Voices are Loud. Our Voices will be heard.
They can no longer silence us. They can no longer lie to us. WE have the ability to EXPOSE their lies.
#FACTSMATTER #ExposeFakeNews #Write4Rights #YourVoiceIsOurVoice #ShowThem #FactsNotFear #TogetherWeWin
If anyone is interested just lurk on it not trying to slide bread. We can create a thread if anons are interested
Lies have many answers.
Truths have ONE.
See, Tell
Hear, Speak
Know, SHOW!
I recommend you NOT ONLY send an email but also a physical letter.
Most Reps have 1 - 5 staffers who deal with all incoming mail.
Anons need to send enough letter that they cannot deny that they have heard our voices.
I will not tell you what to write, WE are not the same, WE may have separate grievances, WE are Untied in cause not Identity. I just ask that you stick to FACTS.
All I request is that you participate in this attempt to Write for our Rights.
This idea was inspired after I reviewed all of the Sgt. B and W&W posts uploaded by Archiveanon. Thanks Anon.
HELPFUL LINKS
Local/State/Federal Officials
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/
Senate Contacts
https://www.senate.gov/senators/How_to_correspond_senators.htm
https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm
http://www.senate.gov/senators/leadership.htm
House Contacts
https://www.house.gov/representatives
https://www.house.gov/committees
https://www.house.gov/leadership
See below links for tips on writing
Sample Letter to Elected Officials
Sample Letter to Representatives, Senators or Committee Chairs.
[Date]
[Your Name]
[RE: Topic/Bill/Grievance/Complaint/Injury/Criticism/Ojbection of Action(s)/BLANK]
The Honorable_____
(House of Representatives) or (United States Senate) or (Committees)
[Office Address of [Representative], [Senator], [Mr. Chairman or Madam Chairwoman]]
Dear [[Representative], [Senator] or [Mr. Chairman or Madam Chairwoman]] ____,
(In your first paragraph include personal information)
Example Text: I am very fortunate to have been provided with an excellent education that prepared me for the future. I currently have children in both elementary and middle school. Recently, I have become very concerned about legislative impact on education. As a parent yourself, I am sure that you share many of these concerns.
(Include facts)
Example Text: Research has shown that schools with strong school library media programs have better rates of success. For example, in Alaska it was found that schools with a full time librarian scored higher on standardized tests than schools with only part time librarians. These schools were able to have longer hours of operation, leading to higher rates of circulation, thus impacting student achievement. Similar findings have been made in many other states across our country.
(State what you are asking for)
Example Text: I ask that you support (Insert name of bill here). In supporting this bill funding will be provided that will support school library media programs. This is a very small price to invest in the futures of our nations children. All children should have the opportunity to achieve and develop skills necessary for the future. I believe that in supporting this bill you will impact the lives of countless children.
Sincerely,
(Signature)
[Your Name]
(You must provide a return address to contact. According to some sources)
[Your Address]
[Your City, State, Zipcode]
[Your E-mail] (Optional)
[Your Phone Number]
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HELPFUL LINKS
News or Newspaper
Use their tools against them
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/send-letter-editor-newspapers-your-state
Writing Tips
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-action/letters-to-editor/main
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-action/letters-to-editor/examples
Try to keep it relatively brief, sticking to the point will make your message clear.
To the Editor of [Name of publication or news source.]_______.
Paragraph 1 (Include facts)/(Rebuttals)/(Quotations)/(Erroneous Reporting)
Paragraph 2 (State your opinion or argument)/(Requested action or coverage)/(Express concern in more detail)
[Appropriate Salutation],
(Signature)
[Your Name]
(Optional)
[Your Address]
[Your City, State, Zipcode]
[Your E-mail]
[Your Phone Number]
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HELPFUL LINKS
Op-Ed
Use their tools against them
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/send-letter-editor-newspapers-your-state
Writing Tips
https://commskit.duke.edu/writing-media/writing-effective-op-eds/
https://www.the-learning-agency.com/insights/write-an-op-ed
- Submit another anons work as your op-ed (Anons are Anon for a reason. Maybe they can't submit it themselves..)
- Ask for an examples for the relevent topics we have plenty of writefags, lawfags, newsfags… (I would assume.)
- Use FACTS if you are writing a FACT based article.
- If using fiction as a method of story telling be sure your message is clear, do not allow anyone to skew your message in a way you would not like.
- Many Papers accept Anonymous submissions for OP-ED articles.
- Do not limit your OP-ED to print outlets. (Reach out Blogger, Youtubers, Twitchers, Journalist, Independent Journalist)
- Use Social Media to get these same messages out if they will not do it for us.
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MAKE OUR MESSAGES SO LOUD EVERYONE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HEAR.
They can choose to listen or not, that is up to them. Doing just this will wake many people.
This is to show them we know we have the power. This is intended as a flex of WE THE PEOPLE's STRENGTH!
Graphics Exchange
Graphic designers collaborating on /abcu/ projects exchange graphical components here. Interim and final versions may be posted for discussion.
This is a TOPICAL thread.
Shitposting and commenting is allowed, but please stay on topic: graphic designers collaborating on /abcu/ projects.
Spam will be deleted without warning.
U.S. Constitution General
Education, discussion, and inspiration regarding the founding documents of the United States of America.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Constitution - https://constitutionus.com/
Declaration of Independence - https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
Bill of Rights - https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
This is a General thread. Which means all posts must be ON TOPIC. Discussion of constitutional topics is welcome. Off-topic posts will be deleted without warning.
Welcome #7 - Chat freely
WELCOME TO /abcu/
Welcome #WeAreTheNewsNow refugees and all deplatformed patriots!
This Topical thread is open for free chat, memes, & shitposting.
This board /abcu/ is for facts and news.
This board /abcu/ is open to Q Anons.
Famefagging and Namefagging are welcome in this thread.
You can shitpost in Topical threads (like this one). Our /abcu/ policy prohibits shitposting in GENERAL Threads; those are for specific topics. If you need a new thread created, just ask!
Welcome!
Current News
Track major developments here. Link sources and give context if you want, link relevant posts from /abcu/ catalog, link exceptional /qr/ notables.
Try to list multiple topics per post. Original addresses are better than archive links because you can see what it's about. Keep summaries and dialog brief (or in off-thread links) so anons can scan through news updates.
The major developments right now are Biden's laptop and the falcon wizard (Alan Parrot).
>UBL, seal team 6's killing, Iran bribe, Benghazi connected in detail
Swamp General #1
Focus on Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell.
Discussion for Deep State - Politics, Government Corruption Local, State, Federal, International.
The SWAMP runs deep the only way is to drain it all. VOTE EVERYONE OUT REGARDLESS OF PARTY, NO MORE CAREER politicians…. LESS THAN 10 years for all positions.
Edited description on 10/4/2020 to reflect actual content after 323 posts, and created a Swamp General #2 so that other swampy politicians aren't left out!
Welcome #6 - Chat & Meme Freely!
WELCOME TO /abcu/
This Topical thread is open for free chat, memes, & shitposting.
This board /abcu/ is for facts and news.
This board /abcu/ is open to Q Anons.
Famefagging and Namefagging are welcome in this thread.
You can shitpost in Topical threads (like this one). Our /abcu/ policy prohibits shitposting in GENERAL Threads.
Welcome!
The Holy Bible/Jesus Christ is a PSYOP? Let’s talk about this.
Disturbing?
Clarification and discussion on cover graphic.
Does this chart claim to originate from the concept: God= Good+Evil [?]
If we believe any part of the narrative that follows that “initial concept”- does the rabbit hole lead to coming into agreement with that initial concept?
Seems like without accepting the initial concept- none of it adds up.
[sorry for the redundancy there Frens- couldn’t bring myself to repeat the equation over and over].
Thought?
Idea Lab
Fleeting ideas with potential as Op-Ed, Meme, Article, Tweet, etc.
The flood of ideas is continual. Often, it's not possible to convert an idea into a deliverable in a timely manner.
Ideafags, toss your ideas into the lab.
Wordfags, toss your pithy phrases and epithets here.
Writefags, find inspiration and do your magic
Imagefags, deposit image candidates here.
Memefags, find inspiration for your magic.
Collaboration fosters creativity, and maybe more of those fleeting ideas will get turned into consumable content.
This is not a general meme depository.
Shitposting unwelcome and subject to removal without notice.
COVID-19 and HCQ General
Refute fake news about the novel coronavirus and with facts and credible experts.
Added HCQ-Hydroxychloroquine to thread description - 26July2020
No One Has Died from the Coronavirus says respected pathologist Dr. Stoian Alexov, President of the Bulgarian Pathology Association.
–It's impossible to create a vaccine for it, since viruses mutate rapidly
–CDC tests deliberately miscount cases
–Testing is fraudulent; no specific novel-coronavirus-antibodies have been found
–There is no proof that specific RNA fragments caused illness, or may have been present in the body of a healthy person
–COVID-19 is a fatal disease only in exceptional cases, but in most cases it is a predominantly harmless viral infection
–Fatal outcomes from causes like heart attack, brain hemorrhage, or aneurysm being fraudulently classified as COVID-19
–Pathologists find no hard physical evidence that COVID-19 is deadly.
This is a GENERAL thread. You may post facts, relevant information, articles, and graphics. You may discuss the topic and the materials posted.
Off-topic posts are subject to removal without warning. No shitposting in this thread.
Constitutional Money General
(Gold, Silver, Precious Metals as Money)
"No state shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." ~US Constitution, Article I, Section 10
This General thread is for research that may lead to anon-written articles regarding CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY, how far we have strayed from the original definition of money, and movements to restore sound money in America. Other directly-related topics are fair game: Fiat Money, Central Banking, the Federal Reserve, and Precious Metals.
This thread is NOT for investment advice. Do NOT provide investment recommendations or general market commentary. Do NOT discuss bitcoin here.
No shitposting in this thread. All posts must be on topic. Shitposts are subject to deletion without warning.
There are plenty of websites devoted to Constitutional Money.
Murray Rothbard was an economist of the Austrian School. https://mises.org continues Rothbard's work.
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin is a book covering how the Federal Reserve was founded and why. Recommended reading to get up to speed quickly.
Let's begin with a nice article on Constitutional Money
https://deanclancy.com/the-constitutions-seven-money-clauses/
August 5, 2014 by Dean Clancy
The Constitution’s Seven Money Clauses
They protect liberty and prosperity — when we follow them.
Seven clauses of the United States Constitution touch on questions that might be described as relating to monetary policy.
Properly interpreted, these seven clauses together form a system of rules that strongly protects economic prosperity and political liberty.
Four of the clauses include the word ‘money,’ three include the word ‘coin,’ and two include the word ‘dollars.’ /1
Below is the text of each of the clauses, followed by some definitions and comments. I’ve modernized the punctuation for readability.
The Seven Money Clauses
Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the United States. ~ Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 2.
Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. ~ Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 5.
Congress shall have power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. ~ Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 6.
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. ~ Art. I, sec. 9, cl. 7.
The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person. ~ Art. I, sec. 9, cl. 1.
No state shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts. ~ Art. I, sec. 10, cl. 1.
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved. ~ Amdt. VII.
The Constitution’s Five Monetary Rules
Read in conjunction with the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, and the obligation-of-contracts clause (Art. I, sec. 10, cl. 1), we can identify five monetary policies that are constitutionally requisite in the United States:
The basic unit is the dollar, a silver coin containing 371.25 grains of pure silver.
Only gold or silver coins and currency (specie-backed banknotes) can be legal tender.
No state may issue coins or currency.
No one may counterfeit U.S. Government-issued coins or currency.
Fiat money notes (‘bills of credit’) are forbidden.
The remainder of this article defines some of the foregoing terms, and explains how we get to these five rules.
Definition: ‘Dollar’
The Constitution makes the ‘dollar’ the basic unit of account for the republic. It does not explicitly define the dollar. Why? Because everyone at the time knew exactly what a dollar was. It was a silver coin of a fixed weight and fineness, the most popular edition of which was the Spanish milled dollar. That popular coin, remembered today as ‘pieces of eight,’ contained on average 371.25 grains of pure silver or 416 grains of standard silver. ‘Standard silver’ is pure silver mixed with other metals, such as nickel or copper, for added durability. /5
Prior to the Coinage Act of 1792, ‘pieces of eight’ was basically the only ‘dollar’ Americans knew or used. The U.S. government did not mint its own version of the dollar coin until after the ratification of the Constitution (1788) and the Bill of Rights (1791).
In the Coinage Act of 1792, sometimes also called the Mint Act (because it established the first United States Mint to coin the first United States dollars), Congress duly codified the existing, universally understood definition of ‘dollar, as follows:
DOLLARS OR UNITS — each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver.
That is what a ‘dollar’ is, for constitutional purposes.
The value of the dollar is fixed, because it is a known quantity incorporated by reference into the constitutional text. Congress has no power to alter the value of the dollar. Only a constitutional amendment could do that.
Definition: ‘Regulate the Value’
The term ‘power to regulate the value thereof,’ with respect to ‘coined’ money, means simply the power to adjust the amount of gold in U.S. gold coins, in order to keep both gold and silver money in circulation — that is, to counteract Gresham’s Law. (Indeed, because of the Legal Tender Clause, this is not just a power but a duty.) Additionally this power allows Congress to adjust the Mint exchange rates of foreign specie coins vis-à-vis their U.S. equivalents. Importantly, this power does not allow Congress to arbitrarily redefine the value of the dollar any way it pleases.
Definition: ‘Currency’
The term ‘currency,’ as I use it here, is synonymous with banknotes, paper money. When banknotes are backed by specie or some other commodity, they may be regarded as honest money. When unbacked by anything of value, they are typically called ‘fiat money’ (the Constitution refers to them as ‘bills of credit’). Such money is forbidden. Neither the federal or state governments may issue it.
Definition: ‘Legal Tender’
The term ‘legal tender’ means a specific kind of coin or currency that the government requires creditors to accept in payment of debts. (‘Public’ debts can refer to government taxes, fines, and the like.) Under the Constitution, only gold and silver coins may be required to be used as legal tender (‘a tender in payment of debts’). Today in the United States, legal tender is statutorily defined as all coins and currency issued by the United States Treasury or the Federal Reserve System, including fiat money coins and notes. As we shall see when we get to the term ‘fiat money,’ this definition exceeds Congress’s power under the Constitution. The existing legal tender law (31 U.S.C. 5103), first passed in 1862, declares Federal Reserve Notes to be legal tender. But such notes are not legal tender in the constitutional sense, because they are fiat money and bills of credit, which the Constitution forbids.
The Founders intended that only gold and silver coins, and notes freely redeemable in and fully backed by such coins, may serve as legal tender in the United States. And they put this intention into the constitutional text. Therefore, honest money is not just a good idea, it’s the law!
Definition: ‘Fiat Money’
The term ‘fiat money’ means currency with legal-tender status that is not backed by anything of value.
Fiat money retains its value only so long as its users have confidence that its issuer (the government) will faithfully repay its debts. When that confidence evaporates, fiat money begins to lose value and can even becomes worthless.
The Supreme Court, in its famous Legal Tender and Gold Clause Cases, ruled that Congress has ‘plenary power’ to issue fiat money and dictate its value, pursuant to its power to ‘regulate the value’ of foreign and domestic coin. This interpretation is erroneous. Congress has no such ‘plenary’ power. Its power to regulate the value of gold and silver coins is a limited power that exists for the limited purpose of ensuring that both kinds of coin remain in circulation, that is, to counteract Gresham’s Law.
In these famous rulings, the Court made the incorrect assumption that the people had endowed their federal government with attributes of ‘national sovereignty’ like those found in European governments. That assumption has no grounding in the constitutional text and turns the American Revolution on its head. The whole point of the Revolution, indeed its greatest achievement, was to deny the existence of ‘sovereignty’ in the ‘rulers’ and recognize it in the people, considered as individuals. ‘All men are created equal’ — even you, King George! From which it follows that government must be by consent, and the power of the rulers (understood as the people’s servants) must be limited. Congress’s powers are of course limited in myriad ways. Among these are the five monetary rules that derive from the Constitution’s seven money clauses.
To be absolutely clear (for the true pedant), the Constitution does permit paper currency to serve as legal tender. But that currency must be backed by gold or silver coin. /6
Definition: ‘Bills of Credit’
The term ‘bills of credit’ in the Constitution refers to government-issued notes that represent a debt to the holder, and are typically intended to circulate as money in private transactions.
Bills of credit are a form of paper money that can be backed by something of value, but might not be. Typically they are not. When they are not, they run afoul of the Constitution’s explicit prohibition on bills of credit.
Interestingly, the Constitution is silent on whether the federal government may emit bills of credit. Does this mean it may? No. A provision specifically authorizing Congress to do so was struck from a draft of the Constitution. And the Ninth and Tenth Amendments remind us that, in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, we must assume Congress has not been granted a power. From this conclusion follows the important policy conclusion that Congress, like the states, may not make anything but gold and silver coin a legal tender in payment of debts.
In short, in the United States only gold and silver coins, or banknotes readily redeemable in such coins, can be legal tender.
In American history, examples of federal bills of credit include:
United States Demand Notes, issued in 1861 and 1862.
United States Notes, issued from 1862 to 1971.
Federal Reserve Notes, which have been issued since 1914.
All of these issues are unbacked by anything of value and are therefore, as a legal matter, unconstitutional.
By contrast, notes that are not ‘bills of credit’ in the constitutional sense, because they are fully backed by gold or silver coins, include:
United States Gold Certificates, issued from 1863 to 1933.
United States Silver Certificates, issued from 1878 to 1964.
Fractional Reserve Banking
Does the Constitution require banks to maintain 100 percent reserve ratios? That is, does it ban fractional reserve banking? No, it does not. But legal tender does have to be honest money.
Aside: Do I think fractional-reserve lending is a bad thing? No, I do not. It is naturally self-regulating: the same money that a bank creates through making too many loans is destroyed when those loans are repaid. And it adds helpful flexibility to the system.
The Twenty-Dollar Rule
It is common these days for legal scholars to profess not to know the meaning of the Seventh Amendment’s twenty-dollar rule, the rule that a jury trial is not required in civil disputes involving amounts less than twenty dollars. They claim the dollar’s value has changed since the eighteenth century, to an extent we cannot fathom. This is silly. Our modern Federal Reserve Notes are labeled as ‘dollars,’ but they are not dollars in the constitutional sense, and are therefore not relevant to the twenty-dollar rule. In applying that rule, a judge need not be intimidated. All he has to do is translate FRNs into constitutional dollars. This is not too difficult. It takes knowing a little middle-school math, and having a bit of familiarity with how precious metals are weighed and measured. Precious metals are defined in terms of troy ounces (note: not imperial ounces), which are subdivided into grains. One troy ounce is 480 grains. A constitutional dollar equals 371.25 grains of pure silver, which is the same as 77.344 percent of a troy ounce. Therefore, when a troy ounce of silver is worth one dollar in FRNs, a constitutional dollar is worth 77.34 cents in FRNs. And when a troy ounce of silver is worth ten dollars in FRNs, a constitutional dollar is worth $7.73 in FRNs. And so on. Got it? Okay. Now let’s do the calculation for the twenty-dollar rule. Take the current troy-ounce price of pure silver in terms of FRNs and multiply it by 77.344 percent. The result is one constitutional dollar, expressed in FRNs. Now multiply that figure by twenty. You’ve got it! Now just compare your resulting figure to the amount of money in controversy, which is expressed in FRNs. If twenty constitutional dollars, expressed in FRNs, is less than the amount in controversy, the plaintiff is entitled to a jury trial. If not — not.
Of course, this would all be simpler if there were no FRNs and we just used constitutional dollars.
Sidebar: Dates
In the list of money clauses quoted at the beginning of this article:
The first six of the Constitution’s seven money clauses are part of the original U.S. Constitution, which was proposed on September 17, 1787, and ratified on June 21, 1788.
The seventh money clause, found in the Seventh Amendment, is part of the Bill of Rights, which was proposed on September 25, 1789, and ratified on December 15, 1791.
The Coinage Act of 1792 was passed by Congress on April 2, 1792.
An Act to Provide for a Copper Coinage (whence the humble penny) was signed into law on May 8, 1792. Note: While Congress has the power to issue base-metal coins, such coins cannot be legal tender. That status only applies to gold and silver coins.
Notes
1/ Interestingly, the words ‘bank’ and ‘currency’ do not appear in the Constitution, nor its amendments. In this analysis, I have disregarded words like ‘taxes,’ ‘duties,’ and ‘excises’ — revenue provisions.
2/ The principle of enumerated powers expressed in the Tenth Amendment is inherent in the Constitution by virtue of the document’s structure. The federal government would be limited to a finite set of delegated powers even if there were no Tenth Amendment explicitly stating the fact.
3/ The Ninth Amendment is worded in a confusing, eighteenth-century way, but when read in light of eighteenth-century legal concepts and the text of its nearby companion, the Tenth, the amendment’s meaning becomes clear: federal powers are to be construed narrowly. The Ninth Amendment is not an ink blot. For more on this topic, see the writings of Professor Kurt T. Lash.
4/ The obligation-of-contracts clause is relevant because most contracts involve promises to pay money, and some contracts require payment specifically in gold. Since the 1930s, the federal government has refused to enforce so-called ‘gold clause contracts,’ contracts that require payment, under certain conditions, of some amount of money in physical gold, usually gold coin. Such clauses are used by contracting parties as a shield against inflation. Congress bans the agreements to facilitate inflation. It does so by emitting ‘bills of credit,’ paper money unbacked by anything of value. Gold clauses frustrate this design. Congress’s inflationary scheme is unconstitutional. Article I of the Constitution, in sections 8 and 10, bars the states explicitly, and Congress implicitly, from emitting bills of credit or impairing the obligation of contracts, including gold-clause contracts.
5/ 371.25 grains equals about 24 grams or about 77 percent of a troy ounce. 416 grains equals about 27 grams or about 87 percent of a troy ounce.
6/ To use the language of modern economists, the Constitution permits representative money to serve as legal tender, but only so long as it represents commodity money.
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Patterns of cosmic coincidence mirroring something as sacred and consequential as ‘Transitions of Power’ in the United States shouldn’t be reduced to ‘divine circumstance’ - rather, a measured investigation into these astrological redundancies suggest we’re living under an ‘Illusion of Democracy’, and have been for some time. That being said, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy at 12:30pm (-06:00 UTC) in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 is key to understanding the story, as well as the motivating ideology behind it.
Qanon & (((You))) General #1
Qanon & (((You))) - General Discussion among [Q]Anons about anything Team Q.
NOT for baking use the proper board(s) for baking. (If you don't know what baking is you probably don't bake, stick to Serving.) Here on these boards we take the delicious bread created by bakers and serve it to the Masses.
This board is for open discussion about the facts of Q and the Breads posted by the diligent BAKERS.
ThanQ BAKERS, We appreciate all your hard work!!
The Tao of Memes
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or What makes a good meme GREAT?
Memes (images with added text) are a valuable tool in our info warfare arsenal. Not all memes are created equal, though. We'll pick apart meme examples and critique them, with the goal of raising our craft to the next level. You don't have to be an artist (but it helps); pithy verbiage alone can be a meme! We'll also delve into web apps and standalone tools that make meme crafting easier.
A meme is like the ultimate cluster munition. No blood loss, no damage to property, the only thing a meme can destroy is a narrative. It causes a brain not used to independent thought to begin mental exercise. A meme stimulates a mind to question that which is and begin to visualize that which could be. Unlike a cluster munition a meme can impact thousands in moments but have a residual effect whereby other minds encounter the meme later. A meme is the most dangerous of weapons, for it does not end, it creates a beginning.
Appropriate topics for this thread include:
Images
How to select an image.
Image modifications.
Size and shape to maximize exposure on social media.
Image formats, their pros and cons.
Tricks to vary a banned image to revive its life online
Can AI actually read the text on memes? Tricks to circumvent
Text, anyone?
How much text?
Where to find text ideas
Font selection
Making your text readable (if they can't read it, what good does it do?)
Hashtag on the meme, or in the Tweet, or both?
Selecting a Twitter #hashtag. For Twitter campaigns: if we #hashtag together, our trends can expand exponentially
Does repetition really help?
Meme strategies
Do you confront and punish, or get inside the viewer's head to tease, delight, or inspire?
Does it present an idea from viewer's point of view like marketers do?
Does it get deleted and not forwarded because it insults the viewer?
What about foul language? There's a time and a place for it…and it's a turnoff for some viewer segments.
Will it go viral?
Is it funny? Wry? Sarcastic? Surprising? Emotional? Beautiful? Elevating? Memorable? Insulting? Provocative? Boring?
What target audience do you have in mind?
Where to Post Memes
Symbolism and Subliminals
Is there a place for subtle (below-conscious-awareness) imagery on memes? Is it ethical? How to do it…
Existing Meme Archives
Yes! Tens of thousands of Truth Memes are already made and archived.
I could probably write a book on these topics. But I'll let you speak first…
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Absolutely no shitposting in this thread. Off-topic posts will be deleted.
This is not a general meme depository thread.
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Theories of Moral Development General
Lawrence Kohlberg's theory holds that moral reasoning, a necessary but insufficient condition for ethical behavior, has six developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than its predecessor. His six stages of moral development elaborate upon psychologist Jean Piaget's theory of child development. In Kohlberg's view, the process of moral development principally concerns "justice". This psychological theory has philosophical implications.
Since part of our mission is to reeducate society on moral and ethical values that have become partially degraded or lost, we need to educate ourselves too, and figure out how to talk about morality to folks who may initially have no grasp of the ideas.
We can start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development
This is a GENERAL THREAD. Posts should remain on topic or risk removal without warning.
Graphic courtesy of Lawrence Kohlberg, Em Griffin, cmglee - Kohlberg Model of Moral Development.png, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74374453
Unsolved_Q[l]ues General #1
Unsolved Qs
Discussion for items missed (or thought to be missed) in older drops.
Your have more than you know…
THE TRUTH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
If any of the work done here would help the BAKING community /qresearch/ or other QAnons be sure to Identify the post as Notable and the BO/Vol will make sure the proper bakers receive the info
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict General
Open source information and discussion on the hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan involving the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Turkey is a player in the conflict.
Oil pipelines also appear to be involved.
Who benefits from firing up this conflict at this time?
What strategic interests are involved?
What is the relationship with USA, Russia, China, EU and its member countries, NATO?
What is the relationship with China CCP's proposed 'belt and road initiative'?
Q_Codes General #1
Q_[De]Codes
Open discussion for breaking down the codes and cryptic clues left by Q.
If any of the work done here would help the BAKING community /qresearch/ or other QAnons be sure to Identify it as Notable and the BO/Vol will make sure the proper bakers receive the info
Hunter Biden and Corruption
including Burisma, Ukraine, and China
Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns
On Sept 23, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance released a 87-page report entitled '''Hunter Biden, Burisma,
and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns'''.
This GENERAL thread is for documentation, news, and discussion of that report and related matters.
The final report is available from the Senate website:
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Ukraine%20Report_FINAL.pdf
CIA & Gina Haspell's Appointment of Vaughn Bishop 8/22
THREAD: This article describes the full CIA leadership team now aiding Gina Haspel:
— Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop
— Chief Operating Officer Andy Makridis
— Chief Diversity/Inclusion Officer Sonya Holt
Inspired choices, all. Let me explain.
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https://twitter.com/DavidPriess/status/1032364251724361729?s=19
https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/cia-adds-new-senior-leadership/
Q,
Is this what you were pointing to ?
Welcome #5 - Chat and Meme Freely
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Trump Hospitalized
As you all may know, Trump is in the hospital with the novel coronavirus. Why would a man in good health end up in the hospital over a mild flu-like infection? Could the deep state be pulling a trick here? He could be in grave danger.
See pic related. That is not a picture of a seriously ill man.
Joe Biden's Lies
September 30, 2020
Correct The Record: Biden Makes 33 False Or Misleading Claims At The Debate
BIDEN: “I’m not opposed to the Justice.”
FACT: Biden and Harris have both publicly opposed Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, despite glowing reviews from the legal community and her colleagues.
Biden put out a statement in opposition to Judge Barrett’s nomination.
Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, tweeted that she strongly opposed Judge Barrett’s nomination.
BIDEN: “There’s a hundred million people with preexisting conditions and [their insurance will] be taken away as well.”
FACT: Biden’s claim has been called “misleading,” and President Trump has said he will always protect Americans with pre-existing conditions.
Just last week, President Trump signed an Executive Order making it the official policy of the federal government to protect those with pre-existing conditions.
BIDEN: “So the thing that should happen is we should wait. We should wait and see what the outcome of this election is, because that is the only way the American people get to express their view, who they elect as president and who they elect as Vice President.”
FACT: History is on the side of filling the Supreme Court vacancy now, and Joe Biden previously said the President had an obligation to name a nominee, even in an election year.
There have been 29 prior Supreme Court vacancies in American history during a Presidential election year, and in all cases, the President nominated a Justice.
17 out of 19 times the Senate has confirmed the President’s Supreme Court nominee in an election year when the President’s party controls the Senate as it does today.
In 2016, Biden said that he supported confirming a Supreme Court Justice in an election year “even a few months before a presidential election.”
Biden in 2016: “In my view, [Senators] are required to give the nominee a hearing and a vote.”
BIDEN: “We expand Obamacare and we increase it. We do not wipe any and, one of the big debates we had, with 23 of my colleagues trying to win the nomination that I won, were saying Biden wanted to allow people to have private insurance still. They can. They do. They will.”
FACT: Biden’s public option will crowd out private health insurance plans.
Biden’s government-backed “public option” will crowd out private health insurance plans, destroying the health care that 180 million Americans rely on.
One of the architects of Obamacare, Jonathan Gruber, said a public option would crowd out private insurance.
In 2009, Barack Obama admitted that a “public option” could crowd out private insurance.
BIDEN: “He’s been promising a health care plan since he got elected. He has none, like almost everything else he talks about. He does not have a plan. He doesn’t have a plan.”
FACT: President Trump has a health care plan.
On September 24, President Trump unveiled his America First Health Care plan, outlining the key policies and reforms the President supports, including protecting Americans with pre-existing conditions.
In August, President Trump released his second term agenda, which includes health care as a central focus.
TRUMP: “You agreed with Bernie Sanders to the manifesto and now you’re disavowing it.” BIDEN: “There is no manifesto.”
FACT: There is a manifesto, and Biden’s campaign worked with Sanders' associates to write it.
In July, the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force released a 118-page document filled with far-left, radical policies the Biden campaign has embraced.
The task force included socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Castro-sympathizer Rep. Karen Bass.
BIDEN: “What did he do? He went in, and he, we were insisting that the Chinese, the people we had on the ground in China should be able to go to Wuhan and determine for themselves how dangerous this was. He didn’t even ask [Chinese President] Xi to do that.”
FACT: The Trump Administration first tried to get American officials into China in early January; Biden didn’t call for sending experts into China until February 25, 50 days later.
This often repeated claim by Biden has been repeatedly debunked by fact-checkers.
The Washington Post fact checker gave Biden’s claim three Pinocchios.
CDC Director Robert Redfield offered to send CDC experts to China as early as January 4, and the issue was raised multiple times by Administration officials in the weeks after.
President Trump personally raised the issue in a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Biden did not call on China to admit U.S. experts until February 25, after U.S. officials were already on the ground.
WALLACE: “But you and Senator Harris are saying you can't trust a scientist.” BIDEN: “No, you can trust a scientist. She didn't say that.” WALLACE: “She said they would be ‘muzzled and suppressed.’” BIDEN: “Well, that’s what he’s going to try and do.”
FACT: President Trump has listened to scientists and public health experts every step of the way.
Dr. Fauci has said on multiple occasions that he has never been muzzled.
FactCheck.org: “Biden went too far when he claimed that Trump ‘hasn’t allowed his scientists to speak’ about the coronavirus.”
TRUMP: “But he wants to shut it [the economy] down.” BIDEN: “No.”
FACT: Biden and his campaign have admitted that he would potentially shut down the economy again.
In August, Joe Biden openly said that he was prepared to shut down the country again.
Biden campaign spokesperson Symone Sanders admitted that Biden would shut down the economy again.
Biden surrogate Senator Chris Coons admitted Biden would shut down the economy again.
WALLACE: “The president says it's a V-shaped recovery, you say it's a K-shaped recovery. What's the difference?” BIDEN: “The difference is millionaires and billionaires like him in the middle of the Covid crisis have done very well.”
FACT: President Trump is leading an unprecedented economic recovery that is benefitting all Americans.
The economy has added back 10.6 million jobs over the last four months, half of all the jobs lost due to the pandemic.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in August and saw the second-largest one month decrease in U.S. history.
Retail sales have increased four months in a row, with consumer spending already reaching pre-pandemic levels.
Consumer confidence in September posted the biggest gain in 17 years.
Weekly jobless claims continue a downward trend, beating expectations and falling to their lowest level since mid-March.
American manufacturing has grown for four straight months.
The stock market has rebounded, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both recently achieving new record highs.
BIDEN: “He’s been totally irresponsible the way in which he has handled the social distancing and people wearing mask, basically encouraging them not to.”
FACT: President Trump has strongly advocated that Americans wear masks, and he has worn one himself many times.
In March, President Trump recommended that people could use a scarf as a mask.
In April, President Trump announced that the CDC was recommending wearing face masks.
In July, President Trump recommended that all Americans wear masks “whether they like the mask or not.”
In July, President Trump tweeted a photo of himself wearing a mask and said wearing masks is patriotic.
BIDEN: “[The Trump Administration has] done nothing to help small businesses. Nothing.”
FACT: President Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program was undeniably successful in keeping Americans employed and small businesses afloat during the pandemic.
The Paycheck Protection Program has provided $525 billion to over 5.2 million U.S. businesses, protecting more than 51 million jobs.
President Trump ensured that $30 billion of the Paycheck Protection Program was reserved for small financial institutions serving minority communities.
BIDEN: “He pays less tax than a schoolteacher … This guy paid a total of $750 in taxes.””
FACT: President Trump has paid millions of dollars in taxes in 2016 and 2017.
President Trump paid millions in taxes during years that The New York Times falsely claimed that President Trump only paid $750 in federal taxes.
BIDEN: “The economy is busted.”
FACT: Before the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump built the greatest economy in American history, and he is working to bring it back.
Through the first three years of the Trump Administration, the U.S. economy saw nearly 7.3 million new jobs, higher growth, and a record setting stock market.
Workers saw higher wages, lower taxes, record low unemployment rates, and a thriving labor market.
6.6 million Americans were lifted out of poverty and millions were lifted off food stamps.
In just four months, the economy has already recovered over 10.6 million jobs, nearly half the jobs lost due to the pandemic.
BIDEN: “We inherited the worst recession short of a depression in American history. I was asked to bring it back. We were able to have an economic recovery that created the jobs you're talking about. We handed him a booming economy.”
FACT: Biden oversaw the slowest recovery since the Great Depression, leaving behind millions of hard-working Americans.
Joe Biden’s economic recovery was a once-in a century failure: he’s even said so himself.
Biden himself has admitted that many Americans “were left behind” during his recovery.
BIDEN: “My economic plan would create 7 million more jobs than his in four years”
FACT: Biden’s economic plans would destroy jobs and shrink the economy.
According to the Tax Foundation, Biden’s tax plan would destroy 585,000 full-time jobs.
Biden’s tax plan would shrink the economy by 1.5 percent.
According to the Penn-Wharton Budget Model, Biden’s tax plan would slow economic growth.
BIDEN: “My son did nothing wrong in Burisma.”
FACT: Multiple State Department officials expressed alarm about Hunter Biden’s financial dealings at the time, concerned over the clear conflict-of-interest.
BIDEN: “[President Trump] said there were very fine people on both sides.”
FACT: This is an often-repeated Biden lie; President Trump specifically condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville.
Fact checkers have debunked Biden’s claim and said that President Trump condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
CNN’s Jake Tapper admitted that President Trump did in fact condemn Neo-Nazis.
Fox News’ Brit Hume has debunked the “very fine people” lie.
TRUMP: “[Hunter Biden] got $3.5 million dollars.” BIDEN: “That is not true.”
FACT: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently released a report saying that Hunter Biden’s firm did in fact receive $3.5 million from the wife of the Mayor of Moscow.
Biden’s firm, Rosemont Seneca Thornton, received a $3.5 million wire transfer in 2014 from Russian billionaire Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow.
BIDEN: “Even before COVID, manufacturing went in the hole.”
FACT: Half a million manufacturing jobs were created during the first three years of the Trump Administration.
The economy added 510,000 new manufacturing jobs between President Trump’s Election and February 2020.
In 2018, the U.S. added 264,000 new manufacturing jobs, the best one-year total in 30 years.
The U.S. has added more than 13,000 factories under President Trump.
During the Obama-Biden Administration, the United states lost 192,000 manufacturing jobs.
During the Trump Administration’s first 37 months, manufacturing production grew at a rate 11 times greater than the last 37 months under the Obama-Biden Administration.
TRUMP: “I think it's a party issue. You can bring in a couple of examples but when you look at Chicago, what's going on in Chicago where 53 people were shot and eight died … If you look at New York where it's going up like nobody has ever seen anything. Numbers are going up 100, 150, 200% crime.” BIDEN: “Republican cities.”
FACT: A vast majority of the most violent cities in the U.S. are cities run by Democrats.
17 out of the top 20 most violent cities in the United States are Democratic-run cities, including Chicago and New York.
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BIDEN: “His own former spokesperson said, ‘you know riots and chaos and violence help his cause’ … Kellyanne Conway said that.”
FACT: Biden misquoted and misconstrued comments from former Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway.
Conway was responding to a question about something Biden supporter Pete Buttigieg said, falsely blaming President Trump for the violence occurring in Democrat-run cities.
In response, Conway said “The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns, the better is for the very clear choice on who’s best on public safety and law and order.”
This is not the first time Biden has misquoted Conway.
BIDEN: “Look, what I support is the police having the opportunity to deal with the problems they face. I am totally opposed to defunding the police officers.”
FACT: As Vice President, Joe Biden oversaw cuts in federal funding for state and local law enforcement, breaking a pledge to increase funding.
Biden said “yes, absolutely” when asked if he would redirect funding away from police to other government programs like housing.
Kamala Harris recently said a Biden-Harris Administration would “reimagine” public safety, which is the same language used by left-wing “defund the police” activists.
The Biden-Sanders unity platform’s proposed destruction of qualified immunity for police would financially eviscerate local police departments even further.
Biden cut police funding when he was Vice President.
Despite candidate-Biden’s promise in 2008 to fully fund the COPS program, the Obama-Biden Administration slashed COPS funding from $1.55 billion to $222 million.
At the time, police groups protested the Obama-Biden cuts, calling the funding reductions “simply irresponsible.”
Federal funding for state and local law enforcement fell during the Obama-Biden Administration.
BIDEN: “The fact is that I’ve gone head to head with Putin.”
FACT: Biden has a record of being weak on Russia.
The Russia "reset," which Biden was the first Obama official to publicly propose, was a failure.
The Obama-Biden Administration refused requests by Ukraine for lethal weapons to use against Russian aggression in Crimea.
Russian election interference occurred on Biden’s watch.
In 2012, Biden mocked the idea that “Russia is still our major adversary,” saying Russia was “working closely with us.”
TRUMP: “…for cocaine use. And he didn’t have a job until you became Vice President.” BIDEN: “None of that is true.”
FACT: As was widely reported, in 2014 Hunter Biden was discharged from the military for cocaine use.
USA Today: “Biden, who had no prior military experience, was one of six officers commissioned nationally into the Navy Reserve public affairs division … Biden, 44, was discharged from the Navy Reserve in February.”
The Wall Street Journal: “Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine.”
BIDEN: “The way you talk about the military, the way you talk about them being losers and being ah- and just being suckers.”
FACT: At least 14 officials who were on the trip to France with President Trump have gone on the record to refute the anonymous sources and allegations in The Atlantic article.
Sarah Sanders, former White House Press Secretary: “The Atlantic story on @realDonaldTrump is total BS. I was actually there and one of the people part of the discussion - this never happened.”
Hogan Gidley, former White House Deputy Press Secretary: “These are disgusting, grotesque, reprehensible lies. I was there in Paris and the President never said those things.”
Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief Of Staff for Communications: “I was with POTUS in France, with Sarah, and have been at his side throughout it all. Complete lies by ‘anonymous sources’…”
Jordan Karem, former Personal Aide to President Trump: “This is not even close to being factually accurate. plain and simple, it just never happened.”
Karem: “Again, this is 100% false. I was next to @POTUS the whole day! The President was greatly disappointed when told we couldn’t fly there. He was incredibly eager to honor our Fallen Heroes.”
Johnny DeStefano, former Counselor to the President: “I was on this trip. The Atlantic bit is not true. Period.”
John Bolton, former National Security Advisor: “‘I didn’t hear that,’ Mr. Bolton said in an interview. ‘I’m not saying he didn’t say them later in the day or another time but I was there for that discussion.’”
Stephen Miller, White House Senior Adviser: The accusation is a “despicable lie … The president deeply wanted to attend the memorial event in question and was deeply displeased by the bad weather call.”
Tony Ornato, White House Deputy Chief of Staff and then-Head of the Secret Service's Presidential Protective Detail has said the story is false.
Derek Lyons, Staff Secretary and Counselor to the President: “I was with the President the morning after the scheduled visit. He was extremely disappointed that arrangements could not be made to get him to the site, and that the trip had been cancelled.”
Dan Walsh, former White House Deputy Chief Of Staff: “I can attest to the fact that there was a bad weather call in France, and that the helicopters were unable to safely make the flight.”
Zach Fuentes, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff: “I did not hear POTUS call anyone losers when I told him about the weather.”
First Lady Melania Trump: “@TheAtlantic story is not true. It has become a very dangerous time when anonymous sources are believed above all else, & no one knows their motivation. This is not journalism - It is activism. And it is a disservice to the people of our great nation.”
Jamie McCourt, U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco: “In my presence, POTUS has NEVER denigrated any member of the U.S. military or anyone in service to our country. And he certainly did not that day, either. Let me add, he was devastated to not be able to go to the cemetery at Belleau Wood. In fact, the next day, he attended and spoke at the ceremony in Suresnes in the pouring rain.”
Major General William Matz (ret.), Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission: “I was the host of the event discussed by the false and despicable article published in The Atlantic magazine on 3 September. On 10 November 2018, I was at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery awaiting the arrival of President Trump. As a former Army infantryman who has flown on many helicopters, I knew that morning the weather was bad and the ceiling was too low for a safe landing that day. When the President’s visit was appropriately canceled due to weather, I received word also that he was upset he would not be able to make the wreath-laying visit and to pay his respect to the 2300 fallen soldiers and Marines interred there. … Those who know President Trump know that the anonymous smears peddled by The Atlantic have no basis in fact or reality, and do a terrible disservice to journalism and to our veterans, living and deceased.”
Additionally, The Atlantic’s reporting has been refuted by a White House email and Navy documents that directly show a “bad weather call” was the reason for the canceled presidential trip to Aisne-Marne cemetery in 2018.
WALLACE: “You propose $2 trillion in green jobs, you talk about new limits, not abolishing, but new limits on fracking. Ending the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity by 2035 and zero net emission of greenhouse gases by 2050. The President says a lot of these things would tank the economy and cost millions of jobs.” BIDEN: “He is absolutely wrong.”
FACT: Biden’s energy plan would cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Biden admitted he would willingly “sacrifice” “hundreds of thousands” of fossil fuel jobs in pursuit of his anti-energy agenda.
Biden has made clear – he wants to “end” fossil fuels, saying they would have “no place” in a Biden presidency.
Biden has said he would “love to make sure we can’t use any oil or gas, period” and that he would “make sure” fossil fuels and fracking are “eliminated.”
Over 10.3 million American jobs are supported by the oil and gas industry.
Biden has vowed that there would be no place for fracking in a Biden Administration, saying it would be “eliminated.”
Biden’s plan to ban new energy permitting on federal lands alone would threaten an estimated 268,000 jobs.
Completely banning fracking would destroy anywhere from 1 million to 19 million jobs.
Biden has proposed completely eliminating oil, gas, and coal from the U.S. power grid by 2035.
Prior estimates show eliminating oil, gas, and coal from the U.S. energy grid would cost anywhere from $4.5 trillion to $5.7 trillion, with an average cost of $35,000 per household.
BIDEN: “That is not my plan. The Green New Deal is not my plan.”
FACT: Joe Biden has embraced the Green New Deal in all but name.
Biden’s own climate plan on his website cites the Green New Deal as a “crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face.”
The Washington Post: “Joe Biden is embracing the framework of the Green New Deal in his bid for the White House…”
Inside Climate News: “In embracing it, he proclaimed his support for the central principles … of the Green New Deal.”
TRUMP: “What he did is he said, he called the military ‘stupid bastards.’” BIDEN: “That is not true.”
FACT: In March 2016, Biden called service members “stupid bastards” during a speech at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
After airmen didn’t applaud at one of Biden’s lines, he insulted them by saying: “Clap for that you stupid bastards.”
BIDEN: “You don’t have to solicit the ballot, it’s sent you—it’s sent to your home. What we are saying is, they are saying it has to be postmarked by Election Day. If it doesn’t get in until the seventh, eighth, ninth, it still should be counted. He’s just afraid of counting the votes because of the outcome.”
FACT: Biden is wrong that states with mass vote by mail require postmarks; Pennsylvania's Supreme Court explicitly said ballots, even those without postmarks, will be assumed to be valid.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that ballots received up to three days after Election Day, even if they’re not postmarked, must be counted.
In Wisconsin, ballots that were not postmarked in time for an April 7 ballot-measure election were counted in some counties.
BIDEN: “[Judge Amy Coney Barrett] thinks that the Affordable Care Act is not constitutional.”
FACT: Judge Amy Coney Barrett has not expressed a view about the Constitutionality of Obamacare or about the current case pending before the Supreme Court.
BIDEN: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
FACT: The trade deficit with China is falling and “fell sharply” in 2019.
BIDEN: “The fact of the matter is violent crime went down 17%, 15%, in our administration.”
FACT: Fact checkers have said this claim is “overstated,” and violent crime rose by more than 4 percent during the last two years Biden was Vice President.
Meanwhile, the FBI recently announced that violent crime has fallen during the first three years of the Trump Administration.
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Swamp General #2
Research and Discussion of the Deep State - Politics, Government Corruption. Local, State, Federal, International.
The SWAMP runs deep. The only way is to drain it all. VOTE EVERYONE OUT, REGARDLESS OF PARTY. NO MORE CAREER politicians…. LESS THAN 10 years for all positions.
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Human Trafficking General
Document specific human trafficking instances–including sex trafficking of minors. Build a case for our reporters to write about.
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Al Sharpton dig General
Who pays for Sharpton to fly private?
Does BLM 'donated' money end up in Sharpton's [+other 'propped up' narrative drivers] foundation [National Action Network (NAN)] and/or other private account(s)?
What outside [F] groups donate large sums of money to BLM 'knowing' it is then routed to Biden campaign for president and other 'friendly' [D] service providers?
How do you avoid campaign finance laws?
How do you 'wash' [clean] money?
Is this about improving the quality of life for Black Americans OR SOMETHING ELSE?
Q
July 10, 2020 hint:
>hunter soon
>right now maxwell, sharpton, blm, soros, hillary, sdny, berman, laptop, weiner, huma, mb
>but mostly 3 things maxwell connections, sharpton/blm, clinton/andrew pics out
>Godspeed
>you will know you are loud enough when you see sharpton on the news; until then, keep turning up the volume.
In the Meme Warehouse:
Al Sharpton – BLM - Connected to Black Lives Matter. Why so well hidden? Is he protected? DIG!
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4D Chess
Game Theory - Game theory is the study of the ways in which interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents, where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents.
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herd immunity
Our MSM and Government is presenting us all with lies on the daily to keep the people at bay
As social media, internet, etc. has grown, this has given more power to the people
As a result, more lies have been created to keep people at bay. More bullshit has been happening
Every story they tell you is complete and total shit of the bull
When our economy is destroyed, that's the rich people shaking off the poor people like a case of bad fleas.
They stay one step ahead of where we will go and what we will think at all times
They will start a war abroad to prevent a civil war here at home
All are cover ups, all are designed to distract from things that could lead to
1. distrust of government and
2. revolution
They are bull herders and the bulls are starting to communicate. If they communicate then they will learn they can get rid of their abusive leaders
So they disrupt communication
FF General #1
False Flags - A false flag is a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.
Speculation should be limited to Active events.
STICK TO FACTS!! when speaking about previous FF attacks. Share untold FF's provided you have sauce.
FVEY General #1
Five Eyes - an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence.
Trading Dirt for Dirt to circumvent Rights of Citizens. Our Job is to expose and abolish the illegal intelligence gathering against its own peoples.
[UN]SEALED General #1
Indictments - FISA, DOJ, Sealed, Unsealed, Federal, State, Local, Foreign (Int) ETC.
Dig Researchers and find facts to support the [un]sealed indictments and any other corruption that needs exposed.
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SCUM General #1
Kabal / NW0 / Elites - DO NOT CALL THEM ELITES, THEY ARE SCUM. Discuss FACTS about the SCUM of the earth. For "Non-Conspiracy Theory" discussions of Secret Society's, Intermarriage of Famli[Y]s, The Boys, and Class separatism.
They are only the top of the SWAMP not the WORLD.
_._._. General #1
Letter Agencies (C_A, FB_, DOJ, NSA, State Dept., ETC)
This thread will cover letter agencies corruptions and cover ups. USE TOR if you feel you are leeking sensitive info.
DO NOT LEEK CONFIDENTIAL INFO. DO NOT PROMOTE DOXXING of AGENTS, OFFICERS, OFFICIALS.
We believe in Patriotism not Tratriotism. Honor your oaths. If you feel the need to leek for the greater good. We can halp you access the proper channels.