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EXCLUSIVE!
INTERVIEW DASHA PRUETT
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10 THE AWAKENING GIANT By Chris Grahn Howard
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FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN SCHOOLS: CALLED “TOXIC” AND “ANTI-AMERICAN”
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THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS OVER 9 MILES OF GAZA ‘TERROR TUNNEL’ DESTROYED IN AIRSTRIKES By Mary Hill
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DASHA PRUETT Anil: Today, we have a great guest Dasha Pruett, How are you Dasha?
start from scratch, in order to create a better life for their future generations.
Dasha: I am good, and thank you for this opportunity.
Anil: What are the issues at the forefront of the community's concern?
Anil: What is the scope of review of the 2020 Election that Pennsylvania will investigate? Dasha: It's a mess! There are still multiple lawsuits and a possible audit. No matter your affiliation, election integrity is a must. This is our sacred right as American citizens. We create change by voting. Elections have been more and more questionable with every cycle. If we can send robots, drones, and send live photos from Mars, we should be able to create better technology for voting. If I need ID to see my Dr, to travel, to purchase certain medication, you should have ID to Vote. Anil: What will be your main focus in your upcoming run for Congress? Dasha: Restoring America and the values it was built on "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" as well as protecting our Constitution. As an immigrant from Communist Russia, it is heartbreaking to watch our country turning Socialist/Communist/Marxist. We are destroying the fabric of the values of what this country was built on. There is a reason why immigrants were fleeing to this country, it's because they knew this was the only country in the world where you were able to own a home, a plot of land, and start a business. To raise yourself up from almost nothing to everything. Where you can make your dream a reality. Though now, socialism is very exciting. The coddled millennial babies (trophies for everyone), granted I am generalizing, feel that they are owed "something", that we are responsible for their decisions, and expected to pay for it. The opposite of their ancestors, who came here, the ones who gave up everything, to
Dasha: There are so many: Critical Race, Education, Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, Inflation, Taxes, Food Shortage, Jobs, Small Business... Each community faces its own to a degree, though these are the driving issues. Anil: How does your family feel about you running for Congress this time? Dasha: They are proud and supportive. They know why I am fighting for our country. They have watched me cry through every American Anthem, they know my patriotism, they know my love and pride being an American citizen. The love and support I receive from my family, and my community, is overwhelming. There were times in the last election, where I had to have my " Come to Jesus" moment, and thought of taking a step back, and at that moment, the good Lord would send me an Angel and move us to a new level. As I like to say, this was a God Driven campaign. Even with what is happening now, God is in control. This is for a reason. And just as with the last election, this is in God's hands. Anil: What change are you seeking to bring about if you are Elected? Dasha: Love for our country, patriotism, as well as bridging and creating a working relationship across bi-partisan lines. Working together to help and re-build our communities. To better our education, to create growth in our communities, to create prosperity in our district.
DASHA PRUETT
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The Awakening Giant BY
CHRIS
GRAHN
HOWARD
If moderates and disaffected Republicans thought
Many attempts to push the American people away
that Joe Biden was a moderate in the mold of Bill
from their culture and deny what truths ...” we hold
Clinton…they have been sadly mistaken. To be
self-evident,” our Judeo-Christian tradition. Over
clear, I have been often disappointed with the
decades the bedrock of this ocean floor has been
manner in which Donald Trump handled being
hacked into, fissures created, the values/ethics
president. However, I have been and still very much
weakened; the enormity of force from the ‘modern”
am a supporter of the Trump policies. The distinct
world has put unimaginable pressure on those
sprint to the extreme left of the Democratic party by
cultural tectonic plates. Thus further exacerbating
the Biden Administration leaves a horrible distaste
the chasm where many divided Americans find
in the mouths of those independents and others who
themselves.
thought that Biden was a more moderate choice.
bedrock/foundation is being denied by the people
The
nature
of
that
very
trying to build their lives on it. What I am beginning to see at the local level is telling. The people are awakening to what is
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, we are at a time for
happening now and at breakneck speed. The
choosing. We can choose to maintain the status quo,
democrats are running at “damn the torpedoes and
what is left of it, and hope for the best, or we can
full speed ahead,” as my grandfather would say. The
choose to set a bold new course that develops a
people are not happy with these turn of events. At
proud standard for the people to follow. The time
every level of government, I see more starting to
has come to pull the fractured Conservative and
organize in tiny groups. The leaders of these groups
Traditional Republican factions together and find
will begin to gather and become connected. These
the way clear to work for some common goals.
gatherings are how the people start to take back our Republic. The emergence of Trump was/is a
“I believe the Republican Party can hold and should
phenomenon
The
provide the political mechanism through which the
awakening of true conservatism that is bourn from
not
likely
to
be
repeated.
goals of the majority of Americans can be achieved.
that phenomenon will bring about a political revival
For one thing, the biggest single grouping of
to restore our Republic.
conservatives is to be found in that party. It makes more sense to build on that grouping than to break it
The deep is the ocean that is the American
up and start over. Rather than a third party, we can
electorate, a complicated cultural, social system,
have a new first-party made up of people who share
complete
temperature
our principles. I have said before that if a formal
variations, and depths. Contrary to the belief and
change in name proves desirable, then so be it. But
even wishes of the political parties, national media,
tonight, for purpose of discussion, I’m going to refer
and pundits, there is one American electorate, and
to it simply as the New Republican Party.” - Ronald
we all do share some basic principles.
Reagan, 1977
with
tides,
currents,
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While many within the GOP leadership and many
have built-in social time so that people can
elected officials know that there has been a seismic
genuinely get to know each other. Above all else,
shift in that electorate, they have not yet understood
this is important.
what
the
people
want.
It
is
incumbent
on
conservatives to take back the House and Senate in
Second, set goals that are immediate, short, and
2022. If not, it may be too late to restore the
long term. One goal should be to have different
Republic. I have written before on the topic of this
members lead meetings. An ancient proverb states, a
country descending into a true democracy. In any
trip around the world begins with one step.
true democracy, any minority opinions or rights will
Changing the world is no different.
be subjugated to the majority. We need to be building a grassroots effort that is educated on how
Third, rotate in experts for training and education
will be in great demand going forward.
in areas you want/need instruction, ie. Consultants, legislators, lobbyists, etc. Training and education
How? We need to do what happened in the early
are two different things. Know that and use that. No
’80s as Ronald Reagan began to move the solid
one can know everything. The good ones are more
ground from the despair and insecurity of the ‘70s.
than willing to help you.
Groups formed that educated people on retail politics issues like door knocking, phone banking, and primary messaging. These skills have been lost. Many GOP organizations have no clue what the voter ID is in many wards, precincts, and townships. Meaning, while they may know how many people voted Republican in the last election, they do not know who they are, why they voted, and what motivated them. Knowing these things about voters is how you can win future elections. We need people willing to step up and create working groups to conduct grassroots activities. Tain and educate during off years so that in election years, the team is well prepared. Right now is that time. Right now, get together with people you have met online in your areas, at school board meetings, etc. If you have never done this before, great! Come out anyway, and there are plenty of people who can show you the way. Grassroots 101 – Note, every one of these could be an article in itself. I have summarized them here. First, make it fun. Yes, it is hard, it is contentious, and yes, it will be draining. This effort will be so worth all of that. Have fun. Make sure the meetings
Fourth, “…if you know yourself and you know your enemy. You have not to fear the outcome of a thousand battles. “Sun Tsu – The Art of War Know what and who you are in a battle with. Know what your goals are (see first), and you plan to achieve them. Know your weaknesses – is it money, education, training, or other resources? If you can not answer these questions, you can not win. You should not look at this as some sort of personal battle, tilting windmills or attacking people. “Therefore, a wise prince should think of a method by which his citizens, at all times and in every circumstance, will need the assistance of the state and of himself; and then they will always be loyal to him.” - Machiavelli – The Prince Fifth, Messaging! How you advance the ideas of conservatism matter. In politics, it does not matter what something is; it only matters what it appears to be, so being the first to frame the debate matters. Framing it better matters more. Think of the last topic.
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Put yourself in the mind of your opponent. How would they respond? Literally, play this out with your team. Your group will be better able to react to critics. s Finally, You have to have partners willing to do the work. Partners willing to share the burden. I have watched too many good people go down or pushed out of the way for nothing less than they tried to go it alone. Politics is the ultimate team contact sport. The political landscape of both parties is littered with the one-hit wonders, almost ran, and just piles of…gave up. My fellow Conservatives, the time to act, organize and take action is now. Waiting till 2022 will be too late. The democrats are way ahead of you at every level. They know this next cycle is going to be hard on them. They know that historically mid-term elections are likely to go the other way. If it does go their way, there will be no stopping them. They will continue to transform this country until it is unrecognizable. If there is any chance to stop this effort, it is now. Join me in taking these steps to restore our Republic
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Former President Donald Trump on Critical Race Theory in Schools: called “toxic” and “anti-American”
Former President Donald Trump has thrown his
RealClearPolitics.com “The key fact about this
weight into the national debate about teaching Critical
twisted doctrine is that it is completely antithetical
Race
urging
to everything that normal Americans of any color
Republican lawmakers and parents around the country
Theory
(CRT)
in
U.S.
schools,
would wish to teach their children.” “Instead of
to act against what he called "toxic" and "anti-
helping young people discover that America is the
American" indoctrination. CRT has its roots in the
greatest, most tolerant, and most generous nation in
Marxist theory of class struggle, but with a special
history, it teaches them that America is systemically
focus on race. Advocates of CRT see racism in all
evil and that the hearts of our people are full of
aspects of the American public and private life and
hatred and malice,” Former President Trump wrote.
seek to dismantle American institutions, such as the
“Teaching even one child these divisive messages
Constitution and the legal system, that they view as
would
inherently racist and irreparable.
“Indoctrinating generations of children with these
verge
on
psychological
abuse.”
extreme ideas is not just immoral—it is a program “In classrooms across the nation, students are being
for national suicide,” Former President Trump
subjected to a new curriculum designed to brainwash
continued, criticizing the Biden administration for
them with the ridiculous left-wing dogma known as
undoing steps his administration has taken to
‘critical race theory,'” Former President Trump wrote
combat the prevalence of CRT. On his first day in
in an op-ed published Friday on
the White House, President Joe Biden dissolved the
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In a call to action, Trump urged all "concerned parents in America" to ask their state to pass a ban on taxpayer money going to the school district or workplace where CRT is taught. He also suggested that each state create its own 1776 commission to examine public school curricula to ensure students receive a "patriotic and pro-American education" and create their own versions of Teach for America to become "passionate and patriotic." - k12 educators.
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The Israeli military Says Over 9 Miles of Gaza ‘Terror Tunnel’ Destroyed in Airstrikes BY
The
Israel
Defense
Forces
announced
MARY
HILL
the
In response, Israel launched more than 1,000
destruction of 9.3 miles of a network called the
precision artillery shells and aerial attacks
"terror tunnel" used by Hamas forces as part of
against Hamas and other targets that are often
their efforts to undermine terrorist groups'
constructed near civilian monuments on the
ability to launch attacks against Israel.
densely populated coastal strip.
Hostilities erupted last Monday, when Hamas,
“Our fighter jets neutralized 9.3
Islamic Jihad, and other Islamic terrorist groups
miles of the Hamas ‘Metro’ terror
fired long-range missiles at Jerusalem after
tunnel system overnight. That’s 9.3
weeks of clashes in the holy city between
miles that can no longer be used for
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police. Hamas said its rocket attack was in response to weeks of
terror,” according to a statement
tension over a judicial case to expel several
on the official Twitter account of
Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, and in
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on
response to the Israeli police response to the Palestinian protests.
Monday.
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