The State of New California Is Taking Another Giant Step Forward with Its Statehood |

 What happened to the State of Jefferson?

The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Tyranny is now commonplace.  The border is open to the south.  The cities provide for illegal aliens.  The crime has skyrocketed as Soros backed DA’s indict the police and let criminals go free.

"The Great State of New California announces its “STEPS to STATEHOOD” event in Sacramento this Monday.

"The state of New California is doing everything right in becoming a new state.  The group of visionaries led by Paul Preston is using the US Constitution and the West Virginia model from the Civil War.

"When Americans lose their voice and their ballot to tyrants, there is a way out in the US Constitution.   This is what Americans in California are doing.

"This coming Monday, January 15, 2024, at 11 am Pacific Time, members of New California State will be “Affirming, Declaring and Proclaiming” their intent to make a new state.   New California members will be reading their statements on the California State Capitol steps.

“ 'Sacramento, CA will be the location for reading of the New California State Statehood Proclamation. In celebration of the 6th anniversary of New California Declaring Independence from the state of California the Affirmation, Declaration of Independence AND Statehood Proclamation will be read on the California state capital steps.' ” . . .

Joe Biden's Scary Speech on Jan. 6

 Frontpage Mag   "Just recently, ahead of the anniversary of Jan. 6, President Joe Biden gave a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to kick off his 2024 campaign. His theme was that the upcoming presidential election will determine whether or not America remains a democracy because a vote for Donald Trump is a vote to end democracy in America.

"Politically speaking, the purpose of the speech was clear. Given that Biden has among the lowest favorability numbers ever recorded for a sitting president, he cannot make the election about his achievements.

Because he has none that warrant his reelection. In every way, he has made America a worse country.

He has terribly damaged the economy — increased an already unsustainable national debt; changed an energy-independent and energy-exporting country into an energy dependent and energy-importing one.

He hurt America and the world by withdrawing — and in the way he withdrew — American troops from Afghanistan. He showed that America cannot be counted on by those who depend on us. He abandoned $7 billion in weaponry, much of it now being used by Islamic terror groups. For example, as NBC News reported, “Most of the weapons recovered so far, officials say, are from Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) or Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), both Pakistan-based militant groups that the U.S. designates as terrorist organizations.” Other weapons have ended up in Gaza, and others in Iran.

He has hurt America and Israel by enriching the Iranian regime. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The Iranian surge in oil exports since President Biden took over has brought Iran an additional $32 billion to $35 billion, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. … The cause of the Iranian windfall is clear: As part of Mr. Biden’s quiet diplomacy with Iran, the U.S. has curtailed sanctions enforcement. … Iran’s funding for Hamas ballooned in the past year to $350 million.” In addition, Biden paid Iran $6 billion to ransom five American hostages.

Why didn’t Russia invade Ukraine while Trump was president? Probably because Putin feared Trump. What foreign leader fears Biden? The only people who fear Biden are half of the American people.

CNN's First Electoral Map Shows Biden in Big Trouble, Trump in Position to Win

 RedState 

Joy Reid will label it "Jim Crow" in three...two...one....

Bad news is it comes from CNN; good news: it isn't from Ali Velshi.

"CNN has come out with its first electoral map of the campaign season and the "Road to 270." The map is based on polling and other factors they detailed. 

And it is that path to 270 that we attempt to explore here. We base this current outlook on public and private polling, conversations with campaign advisers, Republican and Democratic political operatives, members of Congress, and political professionals involved with outside groups poised to be active in the race.

 First, let's start by saying how hilarious it is that they spent multiple paragraphs downplaying the map before they even started talking about it. Here's a small sample. 

This is an exercise designed to capture where the race stands today. If we have learned anything in recent American political history, it is to expect the unexpected. We don’t even know for certain if Biden and Trump will be the two major party nominees in the fall. However, since that appears to be the likeliest choice at this point, we have explored this initial outlook through the lens of a Biden vs. Trump race. Future versions of this outlook will similarly reflect the realities of the race, as best we can assess them at the time.

"But once you get to the map, you see why they seemed to be trying to downplay it." . . . 

Leftists Hate MLK Because They Care More About Color Of Skin Than Content Of Character

 MLK-Hating Leftists Care More About Skin Color Than Character; Kendall Qualls; (thefederalist.com)

King’s challenge to judge people by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin, is in direct opposition to leftists’ narrative.

. . ."Ironically, it was in the first black president’s second term when race relations worsened. Now, less that 44 percent of Americans rate race rations as good or very good, according to Gallup’s 2021 poll. I contend that a major reason for that is the mass marketing of critical race theory (CRT), systemic racism, and DEI by Democrats.

"I belong to a significant percentage of the black population that agrees with MLK’s vision and disagrees with the radical agenda that uses racial disparities to reshape the country." . . .

Race Extremists Are Destroying Martin Luther King’s Legacy (thefederalist.com)   

Hard to come to grips with today is how the power, healing, and truth of his message can be overshadowed by today’s divisive and demoralizing philosophies of critical race theory (CRT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). These divide rather than unite society. MLK stressed the importance of bringing people together through constructive dialogue and seeing all people as made in God’s image. In contrast, those who have recently claimed to hold the torch of civil rights, such as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, generally do so through militant action, malicious language, and confrontation.

 

Federal Judges Maintain Race-Based Admissions at the Naval Academy and West Point, For Now (legalinsurrection.com)

We, of course, were of the opinion that while it was procedurally proper for the Court to defer ruling on race-based admissions at the academies, using race in admissions anywhere, especially at the service academies, is substantively improper: The Supreme Court Should Apply Its Affirmative Action Ruling to Military Academies:

What Was That About a Deep State? Check Out These Plans to Deal With Trump If He Wins

 Nick Arama – RedState  His voters are cut from the same cloth as Joe. Terrifying. TD

"Joe Biden and the Democrats truly take the cake. 

"Biden is down in the polls to former President Donald Trump, who is the leading GOP candidate. So they're doing all they can to play up the "threat to democracy" from Trump. Now I have no doubt whoever was leading would immediately become "Hitler" to them, because that's how they do things. That's their only play, given Biden has such a horrible record. He has no real accomplishments on which to run. 

According to an NBC report, the powers that be are already trying to work to put Trump in check. People talk about the deep state. Check out what they're saying here, it's something else. They're worried that Trump may win so the unelected people want to thwart how the elected representative of the people might exercise his power. 

Now, bracing for Trump’s potential return, a loose-knit network of public interest groups and lawmakers is quietly devising plans to try to foil any efforts to expand presidential power, which could include pressuring the military to cater to his political needs.

Those taking part in the effort told NBC News they are studying Trump’s past actions and 2024 policy positions so that they will be ready if he wins in November. That involves preparing to take legal action and send letters to Trump appointees spelling out consequences they’d face if they undermine constitutional norms.

“We’re already starting to put together a team to think through the most damaging types of things that he [Trump] might do so that we’re ready to bring lawsuits if we have to,” said Mary McCord, executive director of the Institution for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at 

Georgetown Law. . . .

NBC Admits Deep State Exists - Key Operative, Mary McCord - The Last Refuge . . ."“We’re already starting to put together a team to think through the most damaging types of things that he [Trump] might do so that we’re ready to bring lawsuits if we have to,” said Mary McCord, executive director of the Institution for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.

Part of the aim is to identify like-minded organizations and create a coalition to challenge Trump from day one, those taking part in the discussions said. Some participants are combing through policy papers being crafted for a future conservative administration. They’re also watching the interviews that Trump allies are giving to the press for clues to how a Trump sequel would look. (more)

"There she is again, Mary McCord, the former head of the DOJ National Security Division, and the one specific functionary that is found at the epicenter of every single deep state Lawfare operation against President Trump.   However, that citation is not the biggest reveal in the past several days….

"Pay very close attention to these next two citations:" . . .

How A Ballot Initiative To Save Kids From Trans Madness In California Could Save Them Elsewhere Too

 Child-Protection Group Fights To Stave Off Trans Insanity In CA (thefederalist.com)

If radical gender ideology goes down in California, it will fall everywhere.

"The Democrats who run California love “transitioning” kids, including chemically and surgically sterilizing them. But a courageous group of residents is betting California voters are less radical than their politicians and that the tide can turn against gender ideology even on the West Coast.

"A proposed ballot initiative by Protect Kids California would put the Golden State’s radical “trans kids” agenda — which has previously been checked only by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambition — before the people. 

"The initiative would enact three policies. First, it would end the practice of government schools socially transitioning children without telling parents. Schools would be required to inform parents about mental health issues, including gender-identity issues, and to have parental permission before pretending a boy is a girl, or vice versa. 

"Second, the law would require that sex-specific spaces and sports be based on sex, rather than self-declared “gender identity.” Boys would no longer be allowed to participate in girls’ sports or share the girls’ locker room, showers, and other private spaces. 

"Finally, the law would prohibit medically transitioning children with chemicals, hormones, and surgeries in an impossible quest to change a child’s sex. Chemically castrating boys and amputating the healthy breasts of troubled adolescent girls would be illegal." . . .

Full article

Martin Luther King Jr.: More Relevant Today than Ever

 "Were it possible to resurrect and transport King into the present, he would be shocked by the regression that has taken place in America in the three generations since he led the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s."

Scott S. Powell - American Thinker     . . ."What is hard to come to grips with today is how the power, healing, and truth of his message could be overshadowed by today’s divisive and demoralizing so-called woke philosophies of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) that divide rather than unite society. MLK stressed the importance of bringing people together through constructive dialogue and seeing all people as individuals made in God’s image. In contrast, those who have recently claimed to hold up the torch of civil rights, such as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, generally do so through militant action, malicious language, and confrontation.

"The woke movement in the United States is largely the progeny of BLM, an organization that was founded by Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, who both self-identify as Marxists. For those who relate wokeness with progress, a gnawing question still haunts: What good ever came out of Marxism? While some newcomers to the philosophy might idealistically presuppose their cause is about a socialist utopia, Marxist rule in practice has a sad history of delivering poverty, corruption, and mass death across diverse cultures.

"Were it possible to resurrect and transport King into the present, he would be shocked by the regression that has taken place in America in the three generations since he led the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He would reject the eclipse of the group, gender, and ethnic identity evaluation paradigm over the individual merit and character-based approach for acceptance and advancement -- whether in school admission or hiring and promotion in the workplace. King would condemn Critical Race Theory (CRT) because it perpetuates negative racial stereotypes, albeit in a reversal, which denigrate the White race." . . .

After Hamas atrocities, MLK’s embrace of Israel and disdain for antisemitism confronts liberals | Just The News  "Just 10 days before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at a podium with war raging between Israelis and Arabs in the Middle East and strife evident in urban American communities between blacks and Jewish shopkeepers. Without equivocation, he embraced Israel and condemned antisemitism in all its forms.

“ 'We cannot substitute one tyranny for another, and for the black man to be struggling for justice and then turn around and be anti-Semitic is not only a very irrational course but it is a very immoral course. And wherever we have seen anti-Semitism we have condemned it with all of our might,” King declared in a question-and-answer session in March 1968 at the Rabbinical Assembly.

"He added for good measure: “Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. I see Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.” . . .

Schadenfreude: Disruptive pro-Hamas protestor tries that in a small town -

In doing what they did to restore the peaceful exercise of representative democracy, the small town of Lucas, Texas, showed us all how it's done.

 Monica Showalter; American Thinker   "Pro-Hamas protestors are all over the place, disrupting highways, climbing the White House fence, spraying graffiti, ripping down posters of Hamas-held hostages, and generally doing all they can to discredit their cause as if October 7's orgy of rape, torture and murder were not enough. Some of them seem to have been paid handsomely for their efforts and in return, they sing for their supper.

"One of them tried that in a small town in Texas, and well, what happened happened:

Palestine solidarity activist assaulted for disrupting Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s visit to Lucas, Texas. #CeasefireNOW 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/XaUe6jAba6

— About Face: Veterans Against the War (@VetsAboutFace) January 13, 2024

. . ."The video is from About Face: Veterans Against War, a leftist pacifist group, and they posted their video like it was something bad.

"That doesn't seem to be the response as the video went viral and Twitter denizens enjoyed the schadenfreude of seeing some maniac who was undoubtedly convinced he could get away with this type of behavior as such protestors do in blue cities, try that in a small town.". . .

Well, there is Austin. That guy is probably glad the allies didn't bomb the railroad to Auschwitz.

Also here: Anti-Israel Protester Disrupts Abbott Event, Finds It's Not Good to Mess With Texans – RedState

"Exactly what did this guy think he was going to achieve by screaming during a political event? I'm not sure. That's the thing about these kinds of "protests" -- they're so ridiculously pointless. Yet they think they are doing something so noble because they want a ceasefire. But a ceasefire, if you had one at this point, would just leave Hamas terrorists in place. The activists are just antagonizing people who can't change anything about what's going on in Gaza. But they don't seem to care much about that, they just seem fixated on the chaos." 

 Hey, Arab Muslims and other Palestinian sympathizers in the West, where were you?

Nobody cares about the Palestinians, NOBODY, especially not their fellow Muslims.

Comment to the above video: "That’s why Israel should not care how much collateral damage they inflict, especially when Hamas intersperses itself among its civilians. The Muslim outrage is that Israel exists, not that Gazans are getting killed. So carpet bomb Gaza and be done with the war sooner with less risk to Israel’s troops. And remember, Gaza needs a population correction. But there are plenty more Muslims where those Gazans came from and any correction will ...not be apparent after 10 years.

Republicans sell out America -

  Don Surber (substack.com)

"Off the Press reported, “Conservative activists are up in arms as details of an immigration deal being negotiated in the Senate have been leaked. The proposed plan suggests that illegal border crossers will be immediately eligible for work permits, and the government will allow up to 5,000 illegal immigrants a day before new expulsion powers kick in.

“ 'Rosemary Jenks, government relations director at the Immigration Accountability Project, has been briefing others on the current framework. She has revealed that it includes a right to government-funded lawyers for illegal immigrant children and would also expand legal immigration, both of which are priorities for President Biden.”

"The Party of the Bushes once again rescues Democrats right in the nick of time. The public finally rose against illegal immigration and the invasion by immigrants — only to have these Trikki Nikki-level Faux Conservatives sell us out.

"Mitch McConnell and the rest are just a Ray Epps and a pack of Judas goats leading America astray. Enough RINOs will defect in the House to pass it."