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A MAN WHO STANDS AGAINST INJUSTICE

TrePennie FOR U.S. CONGRESS

A NEW VISION FOR DISTRICT 30-TX

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SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH DR.TRE PENNIE

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A NEW VISION FOR DISTRICT 30

Dr. Demetrick “Tre” Pennie holds a Doctorate of Education Degree in Higher Education from Texas Tech University. He previously served as a college professor for two universities, specializing in Criminal Justice, Terrorism, Ethics and Cultural Diversity. He is also a 20-year-veteran police sergeant with the Dallas Police Department. Prior to joining the police force, Pennie served four years of honorable service in the U.S. Army as an artillery specialist. He strongly values philanthropy and is the executive director of three non-profit organizations that promote: education and advocacy for law enforcement, community engagement, and provides financial assistance and social events to the families of “fallen” officers – Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation, Texas Fallen Officer Foundation, and National Fallen Officer Foundation.

Pennie’s passion for public service and advocacy was cultivated from personal experiences early in life. Pennie was raised in a non-traditional household having his grandmother, Allene Pennie, as his greatest influence. Pennie’s grandmother was a devout Christian and lifelong member of Greater Zion Baptist Church. Because of her early influences, Pennie accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior at an early age.

Pennie grew up in the historic and predominately-Black neighborhood of Acres Homes in Houston, Texas. During the early 90’s, which defined Pennie’s most formable years, the community was stricken with poverty, drugs and violence.

He explained that although citizens were being victimized at a high rate, police intervention was wholeheartedly rejected by the community because of deep-seated fears of police oppression. In 1989, the gun violence and drug epidemic became so bad that it garnered the attention of the White House. At the age of 12, Pennie recalled sitting in a ditch at a neighborhood park called Carver Park and watching as United States President George H.W. Bush launched his “War on Drugs” in Acres Homes.

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PAGE 10 Based on the community’s mistrust for the police, many saw the President’s announcement as an attack on the Black community. These negatives ideas skewed Pennie’s worldview about the police and Government’s influence on

the

minority

community.

Ironically,

at

the

age

of

16,

Pennie’s

perspective on life changed after witnessing his female cousin, Jacqueline Smith, get shot and killed days before her wedding. Tormented by the tragedy, Pennie grew angry with his family’s reluctance to cooperate with the investigation, but appreciated the officers’ professionalism in solving the crime. That experience had a profound impact on Pennie’s life and ultimately inspired him to become a police officer. During that same period, Pennie’s struggle with the tragedy was overshadowed by a moral crisis – one that would weigh heavily on his religious convictions. As adolescents, Pennie and his teenage girlfriend learned that they would soon be expecting a child. Because they were both young, inexperienced, and lacked the

Jacqueline Smith Tre Pennie's Cousin

necessary resources to raise a child, members of the girl’s family wanted her to have an abortion. Pennie and his teenage girlfriend valued the life of

their unborn child and strongly contested the idea. Committed to protecting his family, at the age of 17, Pennie graduated early from high school, married his girlfriend and entered the U.S. Army.

In 1996, Pennie and his newly-formed family settled more than 3800 miles away on a military base in Hawaii.

Unfortunately, due to family stressors associated with military life, the young marriage would only last a few years.

Nevertheless, both parents would go on to witness their son graduate from college and become a microbiologist.

Pennie emphasizes that his respect for the “sanctity of life” has afforded him an opportunity to witness his son flourish and now have an impact of the world through his work in medicine.

Tre Pennie with his son

Allene Pennie Tre Pennie's Grandmother

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Pennie later re-married and had two beautiful daughters.

It is the one asset that can

He credits being blessed with additional children and

never

being

Pennie’s academic resume

happily

married

for

nearly

20

years

to

his

unwavering faith in God and conservative family values.

be

taken

away.”

speaks for itself. In 1998, he

earned

an

Associate

Degree in Administration of Justice from Honolulu Community College. This achievement marked the beginning of Pennie’s success in becoming an academic scholar and the first in his family to receive a college degree. As a testament to Pennie’s academic commitment, he has earned multiple other college degrees including: a Bachelor

degree

in

Criminal

Justice

from

Midwestern

State University, a Master’s degree in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University, and a Doctorate Degree from Texas Tech University.

In

1999,

Pennie

joined

the

Dallas

Police

Department,

where he has served the community for more than two decades. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards and has even chaired a committee in the selection of the new police chief. No stranger to adversity, Pennie has learned many lessons throughout his career – one being learning to face controversy head on.

As a young police officer, Pennie’s faith in God was tested after being accidentally shot in leg while inspecting a family member’s faulty weapon. Pennie explained that Pennie has always valued academia. As a kid, he read books and studied history to better understand life. He expressed that although he has faced significant hardships in life, he has always found refuge in education. He stated,

“I

know

it

sounds

cliché,

but

I

believe

that

education is the key to success because knowledge holds value.

when gun malfunctioned, the .45 caliber bullet crossed less than 0.5 centimeters from his femoral artery, leaving a

gaping

hole

and

causing

him

to

lose

a

significant

amount of blood. Although innocent in nature, the neardeath experience led Pennie to a “crossroad” and caused him to evaluate his family relationship relative to his

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police career. Pennie concluded that in order for him

Democratic Party including President Barrack Obama

progress

to

and Hillary Clinton for inciting violence against police

balance

that

law

enforcement,

relationship

–

he

of

had

which

to he

effectively did.

Pennie

officers.

Subsequent

to

that

filing,

Pennie

sued

would eventually go on to promote to the rank of police

Facebook, Google and Twitter to raise awareness about

sergeant and mentor other officers about their careers.

the companies’ negligence in managing their platforms

He

and allowing radicalized groups to recruit, organize and

expressed

negative career

that

he

experiences

because

all

appreciated

that

of

he

them

the

endured have

positive

and

throughout

helped

him

his

grow

fundraise for purposes of attacking the police.

During

the 2016 Presidential Election, while in Cleveland, Ohio

personally and professionally. Today, Pennie is a veteran

meeting

police

law

condemned then-Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s

enforcement advocate. As a law enforcement advocate,

endorsement of Black Lives Matter. At the time, Clinton

community leader, and experienced researcher, Pennie

sought to appeal to Black voters by meeting with BLM’s

has championed issues such as preventing radicalized

leaders.

attacks

and

former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Pennie

combatting divisive identity-politics. Pennie has been

explained that the Black Lives Matter Movement was

invited to speak at numerous conventions across the

illegitimate and expressed his support of Presidential

country and his research has been widely used in media

candidate Donald Trump. Pennie’s criticism of Black

reports and government presentations.

Lives

sergeant

on

and

police,

a

nationally-recognized

regulating

social

media,

with

the

Police

Conversely,

Matter

and

union

during

Hillary

a

Pennie

press

Clinton

publicly

conference

garnered

with

national

media attention; which led to him receiving numerous death

threats

and

media

became

so

prevalent

decided

to

embrace

attacks.

and the

The

death

threats

that

Pennie

unpredictable idea

of

being

“the

most

controversial police officer in America” – choosing to stand up for what was right instead of capitulating to the false narrative. Pennie’s principled stance on this issue further endeared him to the conservative movement. He has appeared on several radio and television interviews including Newsmax, CBS News, and Fox Business.

Unfortunately,

Pennie’s

greatest

concern

for

law

enforcement came to fruition on July 7, 2016, when five of

his

police

colleagues

were

shot

and

killed

by

a

gunman during a radicalized Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in Dallas, Texas. Subsequent to the attack, Pennie grew extremely frustrated with the false police-brutality

In

narratives that were sensationalized by the media. He

editorial entitled, “Section 230 of the CDA Must Align

2017,

understood the illegitimate and destructive nature of the

with

Black Lives Matter Movement and acknowledged that

publication, Law 360. Pennie wrote that the outdated

no politician wanted to condemn the group’s actions.

legislation

the

Pennie

21st

sparked

Century”

known

as

scholarly

was

interest

published

Section

230

after

in

of

the

the

his

legal

1996

Communications Decency Act provided broad immunity In contest of the politicians’ lack of involvement, Pennie

for

filed

third-party content posted on their platforms, but noted

a

federal

lawsuit

against

Black

Lives

(BLM), and other high-profile members of the

Matter

social

media

companies

in

avoiding

liability

that the social media companies were using the

for

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legislation as a shield against civil and criminal persecution for explicit illegal activities including promoting terrorism.

Today, this very issue is being highly debated in U.S. Congress.

In 2018, Pennie was considered for a presidential appointment to the White House, but elected to remain home to directly serve the citizens of his community by running for U.S. Congress in Texas District 30. Pennie values the diversity of the district and believes that he can offer “a new vision” that will improve public safety, enhance educational opportunities, create more jobs, stimulate the economy and improve resources for concerned veterans in the district. In August of 2019, Pennie announced his bid for U.S. Congress in Texas District 30. Pennie has developed a reputation for being a “fighter” and someone who will stand up against the status quo and elitist ideologies. Pennie is a community leader

that

believes

in

conservative

family

values

and

self-empowerment.

He

posits

that

his

experiences

accomplishments can serve to inspire others in the community to achieve and overcome systemic challenges.

and

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Special Interview with Dr. Tre Pennie Republican 2020 Candidate for US Congress District 30 (TX)

ANIL: Why

are

you

running

for

U.S.

Congress

ANIL: Do you support President Trump?

District 30?

TRE PENNIE: Yes, I support President Trump 100%. I TRE

in

believe that he that loves this country. Being an African

District 30 because I believe that God has led me down

PENNIE:

American, it is truly humbling to see the effort that he has

this

invested into improving the plight of minorities in this

path.

education

My and

I

am

running

unique advocacy

for

U.S.

experiences,

public

country including: addressing prison reform sentencing,

opportunity. I believe that I was spiritually guided along

creating opportunity zone for investments in underserved

this

and

minority communities and raising the employment rate

I

could

for African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities.

of

“The

success,

simply

understand

and

to

path keep

better

prepared

of

tragedy,

me

humble,

represent

the

me

service, this

unconventional

have

Congress

for

controversy so

that

interest

These

are

all

positive

believe that the community is ready for “A New Vision”.

resources. I will aggressively work to address the failed

The People want someone who cares, will fight for their

policies that have marginalized District 30 for so many

interests and is unwilling to capitulate to partisan politics.

years. I believe that the generational tide has turned and

That is something that I’m confident that the incumbent

now it’s time for new leaders to emerge that understand

can’t say.

the influences of globalism and the technology-age, so they

can

work

to

better

to

will

be

President

initiatives

I

can’t

overlooked.

Trump’s

Representative,

simply

more than 26 years of failed policy in District 30, I

America.

U.S.

that

People” in this district and throughout country. After

that

As

attributes

enhance

protect

the

leverage available

interests

of

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ANIL: Do your colleagues support President Trump?

TRE PENNIE: Yes, my colleagues in law enforcement support President Trump because he has openly advocated for their safety.

ANIL: Do you ever feel like you are singled-out for your views?

TRE PENNIE: As a Black conservative, I am often criticized for not being a liberal Democrat. Unfortunately, the Democrat Party has exploited the good-will of the minority community to promote leftist and socialist agendas that do not align with my minority beliefs. I am firmly against government-dependence and race-identity politics which have hindered progress in my community

for

years.

As

a

Republican,

I

believe

in

conservative

principles

such

as:

family,

lower

taxes,

personal

responsibility, limited government, and the rule of law. These principles are universal to all Americans.

ANIL: What has a Trump Administration done to help preserve law and order?

TRE PENNIE: President Trump has restored law enforcement’s access to tactical equipment needed for riots such armored vehicles. He has systematically dismantled the violent street-gang MS-13. He is aggressively fighting to combat opioid and drug abuse by ordering the DOJ to prosecute medical professionals for participating in healthcare fraud and drug schemes.

President Trump is also fighting to protect conservative speech on college campuses. These are all positions that I support wholeheartedly.

ANIL: What are your views on how to tackle gun crime in U.S.?

TRE PENNIE: I am a strong advocate for the 2nd Amendment. I will always fight to protect America’s right to self-defense.

As a veteran police sergeant and a researcher on mitigating the outcomes of shooting attacks in America, I believe that gun violence is more directly linked to behavioral and social issues such as: mental health, crime and nefarious influences on social media than guns themselves. My approach to tackling gun violence is to first address the conditions that facilitate crime.

ANIL: Will the Republican Party win back control in Congress?

TRE PENNIE: I believe that the Republican Party will win back control in Congress because the Democrats have moved too far to the left with their socialist agenda. Based on the fact that the Democrat Party has placed tribal politics ahead of the interest of this country, I believe that many voters will vote Republican out of frustration with the Democrats’ politics.

Unfortunately, at this time nothing is getting done in Congress.

ANIL: If the Republican Party wins back control in Congress, do you think Republican Lawmakers will roll back same-sex marriage law?

TRE PENNIE: No, I think that lawmakers now realize that those types of social arguments are distractions to progress and governance. As a pragmatic conservative who believes in the rule of law and limited government, I believe that morality discussions should be left to the Church. The federal government has no place in anyone’s personal life. My district is concerned about jobs, feeding their families, and being safe in their communities; this is where Congress should focus its efforts!

ANIL: Will the Republican Lawmakers help Trump abolish Obamacare?

TRE PENNIE: The jury is still out on this issue. I have followed the debate for a few years and many lawmakers have simply not been consistent in their decision-making on this issue.

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Pennie’s key qualifications: Doctor of Education, university professor, police sergeant, entrepreneur, principledfighter, columnist, non-profit leader, veteran, Christian, and Conservative

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The Democrats cannot be trusted to deliver a UK-US trade deal

By Matt Snape For a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal to happen, it is

Britain’s post-Brexit potential and that the Withdrawal

imperative

Agreement was a deliberate attempt to force the UK to

Donald

Trump

is

re-elected

to

the

White

House in November 2020. He has been a firm believer in

become

Britain’s potential outside the EU since he emerged as the

Prime Minister, progress towards a trade agreement has

Republicans’ candidate for the 2016 presidential election.

accelerated, with Channel 4 reporting that the deal could

A day after the EU Referendum, Trump began a two-day

be in place the day after the UK is supposed to leave the

tour round Scotland and called Brexit ‘a great victory’,

EU on October 31st. The President said that he and the

attributing the result to immigration and drawing parallels

current Prime Minister are ‘very much aligned’ as both

with opposition to what he called ‘a global elite’ in the

their respective countries are ‘working rapidly towards a

US and elsewhere around the world. He has been more

fantastic and big trade deal.’ Although Johnson called it a

enthusiastic about the UK’s EU exit than this country’s

‘tough old haggle’, he maintained his positivity and said

own

he will ‘get there.’

politicians.

Therefore,

he

invited

former

UKIP

an

EU

satellite

state.

Since

Johnson

became

leader Nigel Farage to one of his election rallies in 2016.

However, He

saw

right

Agreement,

through

which

would

Theresa have

May’s

bound

Withdrawal

the

UK

to

a

this

optimism

has

not

come

without

scaremongering. Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

warned

would

food

standards

have

be

some

of

chicken from entering the UK. As I reported for news

UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in

outlet Here In The City, the Labour Party is generally

1973, its Customs Union has always been the biggest

opposed to hormone beef being imported from the US,

barrier to any EEC, and later EU, member from forging

even though the then International Trade Secretary Liam

trade deals with the rest of the globe. To mimic this

Fox did not rule out this option. But as the head of the

arrangement post-Brexit would have misapprehended one

American Farm Bureau Zippy Duvall said: ‘There is no

of the key reasons why the majority of sensible Brexiteers

scientific basis to concerns about the procedure.’

leave.

Leaving

the

EU

was

never

prevent

sort

from signing a trade agreement with the US. Since the

to

to

to

agreement

voted

on

there

‘customs arrangement’ that would have prevented Britain

chlorinated

about

establishing a drawbridge with the rest of the world. It

Labour is also opposed to servicing out the NHS to

was about embracing trading opportunities with emerging

American companies. Even Blair supported initiatives to

economies like Brazil and India.

allow foreign private contractors to run NHS hospitals.

There is no reason why this measure would end the

That is why it is a relief that May has left Downing Street

principle that Britain’s health service should be free to the

and been replaced with a successor who campaigned for

point of use. If these private contractors do not charge

Brexit and is much more positive about the UK’s future

patients,

in

general.

The

Daily

Telegraph

obtained

Britain’s

healthcare

will

remain

free

for

leaked

everyone post-Brexit. Everything is up for negotiation in

documents that revealed the amount of progress May’s

a trade agreement. To close the health service off from

administration made in preparing for a UK-US trade deal

US-UK negotiations would send a message that the UK

were inadequate. This proves she never believed in

intends to become more protectionist once it leaves the

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EU, which is ironic given so many Brexiteers voted for

of the Democrats. Since the 2016 EU Referendum, senior

Brexit to escape Brussels’ protectionism.

Democrats have done all they can to undermine Britain’s decision to leave the EU. A week after the vote, former

Despite all the opposition from Britain’s left to a trade

Secretary of State John Kerry said Brexit might not even

deal, under Johnson the UK and the US have made more

happen. He also suggested May’s Withdrawal Agreement

progress in less than a month towards an agreement than

was the only offer available to the UK, and that leaving

May made in three years. With Liz Truss replacing Fox

the EU has the potential of reigniting Northern Ireland’s

as the British International Trade Secretary, Johnson’s

Troubles.

administration now has an enthusiastic advocate for free trade. Truss revealed herself that US trade would boost

Climate enthusiast Al Gore attributed Brexit to a shift

the British economy and The Guardian reports she met

towards ‘extreme’ political attitudes that were reflected

with representatives from the Heritage Foundation, which

by ‘climate change.’ It is no secret Gore must associate

endorses deregulation and ‘Reaganomics’, whilst she was

everything with the weather somehow (now there’s an

in Washington. This is nothing to be frightened of as it

‘Inconvenient

shows she wants a British-American trade deal to be a

different.

true

Dublin College University, Bill Clinton said Brexiteers

free

trade

agreement,

though

The

Guardian

and

Greenpeace would have you believe otherwise.

Truth’).

Upon

And

receiving

his

his

former

honorary

boss

is

degree

no

from

failed to realise that leaving the EU would mean quitting its Customs Union, thereby implying anyone who voted

If there is one policy that can unite the Republicans right

for

Brexit

is

‘stupid.’

His

virtue-signalling

wife

has

now, it is British trade. The Times reports that a group of

stressed that Britain’s EU exit must not undermine the

45 senators have signed a letter to Johnson pledging to

1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) her and her husband

support a trade deal with Britain regardless of whether it

both helped orchestrate.

leaves the EU with or without an agreement. They also vow to maintain full cooperation on intelligence through

But the biggest obstacle to a post-Brexit deal is House

the ‘Five Eyes’ alliance and NATO.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who now controls the House of Representatives.

She

is

using

Brexit

as

a

weapon

to

Regrettably, inadequate progress was made towards a

oppose a trade agreement on the grounds that it must not

British-American

thwart the GFA. As The Spectator claims, Britain’s EU

deal

when

Johnson

was

Britain’s

Foreign Secretary, but that was no doubt affected by the direction

of

May’s

government.

Johnson’s

exit and this 1998 settlement are not related.

successor,

Jeremy Hunt, also failed to prepare any groundwork for a

There are three types of border between the North and

trade agreement with his country’s closest ally. But since

South. There is the migration border which remains open

the Tories have elected a new leader, the UK’s new

thanks to the Common Travel Area Britain and Ireland

Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has done more than

signed in 1922 and reaffirmed their commitment to in

Hunt ever did to speed up a US-UK trade deal. The

May. Although the customs border was eradicated by the

Independent

EEC,

reports

that

Raab

welcomes

Trump’s

there

is

no

reason

why

both

nations

cannot

‘warmth and enthusiasm’ towards trade between their

immediately agree to a post-Brexit arrangement with or

respective countries and that he has a ‘huge appetite’ for a

without an EU trade deal. As GFA architect Lord David

post-Brexit trade deal. As The Sun suggests, the purpose

Trimble said, the EU would be mad to impose tighter

behind the current Foreign Secretary’s Washington visit

border controls even without a deal. And then there is the

was to speed up negotiations between both sides. It is a

military border, which was maintained after the 1998 deal

pity Hunt never did the same, which is why we should be

was made. Border checks are already in place between

grateful he is not Britain’s Prime Minister.

both countries to prevent smuggling and VAT evasion.

Pelosi and her colleagues do not believe in the UK’s

The Republicans are the only party that can be trusted to

potential and are using the GFA as an opportunity to halt

deliver a post-Brexit trade deal. The same cannot be said

Brexit, even though there is no reason why the Troubles should be reignited after October 31st.

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The Democrats cannot be trusted to deliver a US-UK trade deal and they must never be allowed in power until they promise to implement one. It is crucial that the Republicans ensure a trade agreement passes through Congress, even with Pelosi controlling the House of Representatives. Labour will also attempt to jeopardise a post-Brexit deal too.

Therefore, to guarantee Britain and America can strengthen their trading partnership, Trump has emerged as the right man who can make this happen at a time when the UK needs the US now more than ever.

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The Truth Is On His Side

By Steven P Ray

former GOP candidate for governor of Iowa

The Mueller Express has, at long last, left Washington,

should go back where they came, even though it didn’t

D.C.

matter that liberals said they were leaving the country

In its wake, the thundering boom of complete

dismay and disappointment among those who wished the

when

George

W.

Bush

or

Donald

Trump

won

the

investigation would culminate in the certain impeachment

presidency.

of a sitting president, despite all the evidence pointing

country based solely on a disagreement about who the

that the story of Russian collusion was a fabricated hoax

people voted for in the election?

created at the highest levels of government influence and

world we live in.

Did anyone question their allegiance to their

Such a double-standard

participation. That hoax was validated by the submission of the Mueller report to Congress.

Racism is a serious issue.

It is damaging and it has had

its evil presence in our nation and across the world for The first question one must ask is:

how can anyone

generations.

I am hopeful that many in our country are

sworn to uphold the constitution and serve in congress be

beyond such vile reasons to dislike another human being.

upset that an investigation comes to find no wrong-doing

We also know that President Donald Trump does not

on behalf of our nation’s leader, regardless of political

possess a racist bone in his body.

loyalty?

As a nation we should rejoice that President

more damaging, to accuse someone of being a racist

Trump was, indeed, telling the truth and there was no role

when nothing exists to support it and it is being done for

between his campaign and the Russians to influence the

only political benefit. That, alone, is shameful.

2016

presidential

Democrats

are

election.

fuming,

Yet,

and

still

those are.

It is as equal, if not

congressional That

“biggest

President

Trump’s

efforts

to

combat

bombshell” they told their supporters was coming was an

crossings is far from being a racist move.

epic fail.

our

So, now what?

Well, let’s keep on going and

now we will label Trump a racist and bigot. work, right?

Hold on, Democrats!

That should

You’ve got another

surprise coming your way.

very

constitution,

it

is

the

illegal

president’s

law

of

the

land

is

enforced.

This

ultimately led to his election victory.

The liberal elites have long

been labeling President Trump a racist.

is

exactly

When it is all

open and porous borders.

Voters do not want

come to this country to do so under the legal process so many others over the years have had to follow.

you’ll turn to anything nasty to try and take him down.

really simple:

try,

one

what

They want people who wish to

you have to fight against a goliath that wins with truth,

even

chief

responsibility to protect the homeland and to ensure the

President Trump campaigned on in 2015 and 2016, which

This is actually nothing new.

Why

border

In fact, under

may

ask?

Because

they

so

It is

come here with the intent to follow the

laws to gain citizenship for yourself, or your family.

If

desperately want to win the White House back with a

that is not your intent, then face the consequences.

very

are a nation of laws and we hold our own citizens to the

progressive,

liberal

candidate,

farther

left

that

Barack Obama and a candidate that does not represent

We

same standard.

what they had to “give-up” in a nominee like Hillary Clinton.

Along with the racism card, the hate-fueled left also is using recent shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH to

President

Trump

was

being

attacked

weeks

ago

suggesting a group of congressional representatives

for

paint President Trump as the divider and suggesting his way of governing has resulted in the shootings having

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occurred in the first placeI am still baffled by this conjecture. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.

The perpetrators who carried out these horrific acts, not even a day apart, are disturbed and influenced by something other than the current occupier of the White House. There is a systemic problem with society that has been eating slowly away at the core fabric of humanity for a long time. It is important for us to all put politics aside and recognize that there are far stronger forces working against humanity, especially in our younger generations, and finding solutions to work through all of it is paramount.

To imply, as some on the left and media have in the last couple weeks, that President Trump has contributed, in any way, to the gun violence in our country is preposterous. violence.

In fact, I believe, that talk is what helps those on the edge to commit

Such suggestions continue to implore others to look for disagreement and bring physical violence toward

others in acts of desperation with their own mental deficiencies and lack of clarity.

The Democrats are working hard to find every little thing they can go after President Trump on and they are continually exasperated that they cannot find a topic or solution to hurt his standing among well-informed Americans who know better.

If the voters of this nation continue to support the good deeds President Trump has done in putting our country first, stopping illegal immigration, strengthening our economy – all of which he has succeeded in so far – he will sail to victory again in 2020.

I’m so happy I belong to a party that wants what’s best for the United States and is not always looking for the worst to bring others down.

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Completely Crazy California

By Paul McCabe

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859)

Well-known

the

The state Senate is similar: 29 D (72.5%) and only 11 R

bizarre, the once-great Golden State surely has lost its

for

(27.5%). Observers call this a “supermajority” in both

shine. Its rich soil and natural beauty lured people long

houses, where the D party has been in control since 1970

before the discovery of gold there in 1848 captured the

– almost 50 years. In the 2016 election, Clinton won 33

imaginations of thousands of Americans and sent them

counties with almost 62% of the vote and the President

rushing toward Sacramento. Now the same capital city in

won

a

farthest-left

left/fringe candidates earned 7%. The President won in

legislature in the country. Like the other very blue state

the rural counties in the north and the center, while big

New York, it is dominated by a party named D, but to an

numbers went for Clinton along the coast and in suburban

even more lopsided degree. In the state Assembly, there

areas. For the first time since 1936, Orange County, home

are 61 D members (77%) and only 18 R members.

of Disneyland, voted for the D candidate.

“sanctuary”

years

state

is

as

a

the

social

seat

laboratory

of

the

for

25,

with

about

32%

of

the

total

vote.

Minor

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of

the

state’s

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population

of

more

than

39

“California

is

being

overrun

by

rodents”

said

Carl

million, only about 33% voted in the Presidential election

DeMaio, chairman of Reform California in July this year.

in 2016. But all 55 electoral votes – the largest number of

“Without

any state -- went to Clinton of course. It did not used to

government, we face significant economic costs and risk

be

Republican

a public health crisis.” Up in Sacramento, the state’s

candidate from 1952 until 1988, with a single exception

Environmental Protection Agency in June 2019 had to

in 1964. Since 1992 however the state has voted D by

close its own playground for fear that its employees’

wide margins.

children would catch rodent-borne diseases. What was the

this

way.

California

voted

for

the

emergency

action

by

state

and

local

official response? The rats seem to be winning.The EPA Until

recently

the

governor

was

Jerry

Brown,

whose

announced that it would ban “the use of rodenticides” and

father was governor 1959-67. By a quirk of history the

was

terms of father and son were separated by eight years of a

nearby state legislature is considering outlawing the most

famous

effective

governor

named

Ronald

Reagan.

Brown

the

seeking

“less

rat

toxic

poisons

--

alternatives.”

over

the

Of

loud

course

the

objections

of

younger had so many daft proposals, regulations, and

professional pest control operators and wary apartment

laws that reporters called him “Governor Moonbeam”. He

and restaurant owners. Los Angeles banned them in 2014,

had two terms, 1975-1983. Twenty-eight years later he

leading

ran again, succeeding another famous R governor, Arnold

According to pest control company Orkin, LA is the

Schwarzenegger.

second most rat-infested city in the country (Chicago is

By

the

time

Brown

left

office

in

January 2019, the state had filed 45 different lawsuits

directly

to

this

spike

in

rodent

population.

first.)

against the Trump administration (a new national record).

Ignoring the US Constitution’s Article 2, Section 2, he claimed that his state would stay in the Paris Climate Change

Agreement

international

of

meetings

2015 to

and

flew

jawbone

off

without

to

related

power

or

effect.

The new Governor, G. Newsom, is a worthy successor to Moonbeam, whose lieutenant governor he was. He has spent a lot of time this year promoting impeachment and trying to bar the President from the California ballot next year.

In

his

announcing

inaugural that

speech,

"There

is

he an

lost

no

time

administration

in in

Meanwhile the state is seeing a resurgence of rats, which

Washington hostile to California’s values and interests.”

can

back

Newsom continued both Brown’s whining about climate

before the Middle Ages. Highly-populated Los Angeles

change and the state’s lawsuits against the President’s

County now has skyrocketing rates of typhus spread by

policies.

rats (which also spread salmonella and plague). This is

national Republicans are destined to “go into the waste

directly related to the record number of 60,000 homeless

bin

people living on the streets amid garbage piles, used drug

Franciscan nutty Nancy Pelosi -- who is his aunt by

syringes, and human waste. California alone has about

marriage. With a net worth of $20 million, there is no

one-third of the nation’s homeless.

doubt that he oozes ambition to be President. Julius

carry

a

variety

of

harmful

diseases

dating

of

In

June

history.”

he

He

pointed

often

out

to

praises

Politico.com

fellow

leftist

that

San

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Caesar may have been referring to Newsom when he said

$12 million in Federal funds to the OneUnited Bank,

“Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look…such men are

where her husband was on the board of directors. She has

dangerous.” Junior senator K. Harris waited 12 whole

been

months in office before she declared for the White House.

appearing

Since then she has been busy in other states and has done

impeachment. In June 2018 Waters urged a rally in Los

little to represent the voters who elected her. Perhaps this

Angeles

to

is a blessing in disguise, because her shrill speeches and

officials

who

bitter partisan attacks turn off listeners. Harris shocked

they're not welcome anymore, anywhere." Waters, who

the nation with her callous language and savage lying at

has long supported well-known bigot Louis Farrakhan of

the Senate hearings for Justice Brett Kavanagh in October

the Nation of Islam group, is the most far-left member of

2018. She set a new all-time record for outright distortion

Congress.

a

snarling on

attack

TV

many

confront show

dog

and up

against times

harass

in

the

calling

Trump

public

President, for

his

administration

places:

"...tell

them

and brutal character assassination in the Congress. Her picture is in the dictionary next to the word “ruthless”.

E. Smalwell of the state’s 15th district is not far behind her.

Running

for

President

this

year

on

a

platform

California’s doddering senior senator, D. Feinstein, now

incorporating a laundry list of leftist positions, he quit the

86, is the oldest senator. She was mayor of San Francisco

race after making no impact and reaching less than 1% in

1978-88. Feinstein too attacked Justice Kavanagh last

the polls. His campaign mercifully lasted only from April

year, bringing in a strange witness with little credibility

to July. He is "the Snapchat king of Congress" according

who gave false testimony at the Judiciary Committee

to The Hill in April 2016. The silly Smalwell forcefully

hearings. Her net worth is about $100 million, according

proposes gun control, impeachment of the President, cuts

to press reports. In 2013, when Feinstein was chairman of

in defense spending, and abortion on demand.

the Senate Intelligence Committee, the FBI informed her that one of her long-term Chinese-speaking staffers was a

California’s

spy.

afflicted

Her

office

said

she

was

“mortified”

by

this

12th

with

district

has

Trump

sent

N.

Pelosi,

Derangement

severely

Syndrome,

to

revelation. Local observers said that she was “asleep at

Congress since 1987. The Speaker of the House is 79 and

the wheel” and perceived no problem for two decades.

has represented San Francisco for decades. Her father was a D Congressman from Maryland and later mayor of

The state’s Congressional delegation of 53 is the largest

Baltimore 1947-59. Her brother too was mayor there

in the nation, its numbers inflated by several million

1967-71. Pelosi has a net worth of $120 million in 2018,

illegal immigrants. To Washington California has sent

according to Money Inc, and lives in the so-called “Gold

some genuine nutcases. A. Schiff of the 28th district

Coast” neighborhood of Pacific Heights. She owns a $5

represents Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and other very rich

million vineyard in St. Helena in the Napa Valley where

areas.

she employs illegal immigrants.

He

is

a

fountain

of

loony

leftist

lies,

twisted

misstatements, and outlandish bias. Schiff strongly and regularly denounces President Trump whom he called

She has not deigned to participate in a political debate for

“the worst, most corrupt, most incompetent president ever

office since she first won in 1987. In 2003 she opposed

in the history of the United States.” He has used his

the war in Iraq and has a long record of bitter public

position

Intelligence

onslaughts against Presidents Bush and Trump. Pelosi

Committee to make empty threats and to repeat false and

pushed the expensive 2000-page Obamacare bill through

outrageous claims that the President is a Russian agent.

the House in 2010 without a single Republican vote, an

as

Chairman

of

the

House

event The

loudmouthed

history.

This

pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”

Starting

1991, she repeatedly has been the target of corruption

proponents of the fictional Russia collusion theory, later

charges

disproved

contracts

for

of

American

(29th) district, as required by law. In Congress since

and

Waters

in

Angeles, now 81 years old, does not even live in her own

jobs

M.

precedent

occasion yielded her most famous quote: “We have to

to

half-senile

without

Los

related

and

her

own

in

by

2017

she

events.

became

Recently

one

several

of

the

times

leading

she

has

relatives. The House Ethics committee charged her in

slurred or mistaken words in public speeches and has

2010 with violations of its rules in the matter of steering

exhibited peculiar behavior, leading observers to allege

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drug and alcohol problems in the elderly partisan leader.

What

changed

the

state

was

decades

of

D

mismanagement, D corruption, and relentlessly wacky and destructive D policies. Very high taxes, waves of illegal

immigration,

reckless

spending

crime, have

lower

quality

produced

a

of

life,

situation

and

where

California now is losing population as people vote with their

feet.

As

a

direct

result

of

leftist

environmental

policies, wide-ranging fires in 2018 caused billions in damage and destroyed homes all over the state. The death toll was 91. The town of Paradise in Butte County was completely destroyed.

Hollywood, millions,

which

has

poisonous

used

fallen

far

propaganda

to to

and

build

dreams

become

a

viciously

and

leftist

inspire

sewer

ignorant

of

Marxist

celebrities. There are too many examples of this to list in this short space. Young actors and actresses in the movie business report that Hollywood has been and still is a center

of

pervasive

pedophilia.

Coincidentally

it

is

a

major center of large contributions to the D party for state and national races and of vociferous support for the D party’s recent lunges to the far left. Few movie stars whether big or small have university degrees in public policy,

economics,

history,

or

finance.

Yet

they

feel,

despite this fundamental ignorance of elitist millionaires, that they must lecture us on these matters on TV talk shows or awards shows.

According

to

the

Washington

Free

Beacon,

“the

California Department of Education is facing backlash after permitting a host of anti-Israel activists to build a statewide

educational

curriculum

that

demonizes

the

Jewish state.” This is “the result of an effort by several leading educators who have expressed both anti-Israel and

anti-Semitic

among teacher,

these who

viewpoints.”

Samia is

Shoman,

attempting

Close a

observers

cited

Palestinian-American

“to

make

anti-Semitism

institutional” in the public school system which has 6.7 million students.

In

economic

phenomenally

and

financial

successful.

terms It

has

California made

has

been

trillions

in

production and profits, centered on agriculture, oil and minerals, Hollywood, defense, tourism, and the high-tech companies of Silicon Valley. UC Berkeley has produced more Nobel Prizes winners than any school on earth. This wondrous land had everything under the sun.

But now the previously glorious Golden State reminds us of first line of the 1915 classic Metamorphosis by Kafka: “One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed

into

a

monstrous

verminous

bug.”

Years

of

terrible and lunatic policy choices by D leaders have transformed

the

former

Garden

of

Eden

into

a

place

where dogs must walk carefully on sidewalks all over the state to avoid stepping in tons of human droppings.

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Marriage and Same Sex Unions, What’s the Difference?

By David Colbert

What is Marriage? Marriage is a God created covenant between a Man and Woman.

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What is a Same Sex Union? A Same Sex Union or

These questions are as old as sin itself. We have only

Sodomy as the U.S. government once called it. It is

been a nation for a little over two hundred years. If you

referred to in The Holy Bible as an Abomination before

want to know God’s answer and our ultimate destiny, just

God our Creator. Why is Homosexuality and Lesbianism

look at the Holy Bible, God’s Word. The King James

wrong and not inborn, but a condition learned through

Authorized Version is what I would suggest, because it is

this sinful world we live, you may ask?

the

closest

the

original

and

Greek

and

Hebrew

translations. A lot of the newer versions tend to remove important key words.

Fox News did a Poll on registered voters who are

in

favor of what some call “same sex marriage” and once again an improper statement. This poll was last updated on July16, 2018. The poll shows 54% favored legalizing “same-sex marriage” while 35% were opposed to it. They say that the shift in support since 2015 came entirely from women.

I

Let us go to God’s word to find out the truth.

mentioned

these

statistics

to

show

you

in

America

where this thing is going. I feel that it shows a removing Leviticus 18:22-25 – (KJV) 22. Thou shalt not lie with

of ourselves in this nation specifically: from the things of God and His Commandments. I feel as though it is a

mankind, as with womankind: it is Abomination.

blatant disregard for God’s warnings and His statutes.

You can play games with me, but don’t play games with 23. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

God, because you can’t win. God knows the best for us; because He created us. I want to take a moment to talk a little bit about media coverage on same sex marriage an

24. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

improper statement. I am a Christian first of all. I have been unhappy about the over all coverage in the media regarding the LBGT Community. I don’t know about

25. And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

you,

but

I

am

tired

of

hearing

about

peoples

sexual

activities in the News. I remember a time when we had a Sensor Board in this country. Since they abolished it, nothing is private anymore.

In short, we are fighting against a God that always wins.

We can declare anything we want to , but sin is sin in the sight of our Creator. He gives us an out, through trust in Christ Jesus who is God in the flesh. He surrendered His earthly

life

on

the

cross

to

satisfy

our

need,

for

forgiveness of our sin; but we trust in His finished work.

Why is everyone trying to get us to accept unnatural physical behaviors as though they are normal. In Norway you have women wanting to mate with beast of the field.

Norway’s practice of sex with animals has been going on for over 30 years, and only in recent years re-established a banned on such behaviors. In The Journal which is a

I

am

writing

involving

this

this

article

subject

to

what

help

clarify

some

call

some

things

“same

sex

marriage” which is an improper statement, It is a union

Scientist Magazine of the University of Oslo. In March 2011, the magazine published proof of widespread sexual abuse of animals in Norway.

not a marriage. It is a direct decision to disobey God’s word according Leviticus 18, and its bringing a curse on nations in the world. God does not change.(Heb.13:8) The United of America is not the first to deal with these questions about relationships.

In

Leviticus

behaviors,

18

along

Abominations.

God

first

with

Condemns

human

these

behaviors

perverted He

called

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I know in this society in which we live, you can talk

I want to thank you for reading this article. This is my

about abortions, the killing of babies and rape as a bad

take on the issues facing the world we live in today.

thing. If you talk about Homosexuality being wrong or a bad

a

I want to close by saying that I have friends of all races,

discrimination problem. Why are we still allowing babies

thing

you

are

looked

upon

as

a

person

with

creeds, colors and sexual preferences. I care about the

to be killed in this and other countries around the world

souls of each of them and love them enough to tell them

by legalized abortions? Wrong, is wrong. If we accepted

the truth from God’s word if they ask. I am not the Judge,

the Laws that hurt and kill people of African ancestry to

God Is and He has the last word.

be right, we would still have slavery in America. (i.e.

Buck Busting)

This is Pastor David Colbert saying, God Bless America and The World.

The time is now to humble ourselves and pray and turn from our wicked ways before it is too late. President Trump was placed in office for such a time as this. We need real change in this country.

We need to stop pretending that change is not needed.

Sodom

and

Gomorrah

was

destroyed

for

these

very

behaviors, should we wait for God’s judgment or change now. The choice is up to us. Read Leviticus 18 and tell me if we are exempt or not. If we allow it, we will suffer for it.

I agree that these are sensitive issues, but sin is sin. God’s judgment is final when it comes.

We can no longer look the other way and pretend that same sex couples are normal. The behavior is not normal and is not inborn. I do not want to put them in jail or make judgments on them, but I don’t need to hear about their behavior in every News broadcast every day and in every TV show trying to make it look normal, it’s not.

Please American media put it to sleep once and for all.

Let God deal with it, it is no longer News worthy.

America we need to protect our children from these people who seek to convert them to their abominable behaviors. They are winning in our schools as young men and young women are identifying with them, because they desire attention.

It is just like the drug culture in the 1960s. Young people want to belong to some group that is recognized, like violent clubs, gangs and other groups that support wrong behaviors for gaining of attention from others. I don’t know if you notice, but every radical violent group always makes sure we know that they were behind their heinous acts.

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