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KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S ENEMIES DONALD TRUMP & THE U.S. CONSTITUTION By Katherine Shcoonover
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When the cell door clanked shut at Kuwait’s notorious
pension
Sulaibiya prison as Marsha Lazareva began her ten-year
sometimes refused to give her food or have a shower and
jail sentence, her faith, hope, and values were about to be
often did not permit her to make a phone call.
tested
wasn’t allowed a Bible. I know it is her faith in God that
as
never
League-educated
before. fund
The
Russian-born
manager
had
served
and
Ivy
time
on
funds.
“The
guards
were
the
worst.
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They
She
has pulled her through.”
remand and knew that, as an affluent, foreign Christian female, she was in for an extremely hard time, despite
Early Years
the glaring injustice of her conviction and sentence.
Marsha Lazareva was born in Moscow, Russia, on a bright spring day in May 1973 to Russian Orthodox
“The hardest part was the first six months,” Marsha’s
Christian parents. Lydia worked as a medical doctor,
mother
in
while her father Vladimir was a strong-minded inventor
captivity. “Everyone in Kuwait knew about her case and
Lydia
and engineer. Marsha’s dream was to make a successful
was
career
prejudiced
says
of
against
her
her.
daughter’s
Some
of
474
them
days
saw
my
daughter as this wicked foreigner who had stolen their
in
business,
and
in
2003,
the
permanent
resident graduated with an MBA from the Wharton
US
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funds and one charge of money laundering. It increased School of the University of Pennsylvania, currently the
her sentence to 15 years imprisonment with hard labor.
top-rated business school in the U.S., where professor Robert J. Borghese regards her as “one of the most ethical and principled students” he ever mentored.
Business Career Upon graduation, Marsha embarked upon a career in private equity and fund management and later moved to
The court examined 167 total commercial transactions by The Port Fund and agreed that 165 of them were completely legal. Bizarrely, it found two transactions
MARSHA LAZAREVA IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WOMAN CEO IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
that it considered improper, even though they were very the Middle East. There, she became one of the region’s
similar to other transactions that were found to be legal
best known businesswomen and the only foreign female
and were supported by similar evidence.
chief
executive.
She
co-founded
KGL
Investment
YVAN WITH SIMBA THE DOG 2020
Company (KGLI) in 2006 and served as its CEO and
Released
vice-chair. She also joined the board of Port Link GP, a
the
Cayman Islands company managing The Port Fund, a
who
vehicle through which the Kuwait Port Authority and the
not
$125m between 2007 and 2013. KGLI was responsible
receiving
a
the
two
return
Kuwait
of
government
$223m—nearly
a
before Marsha,
five-year-old
have
her from
freedom. all
over
the globe are praying for
Port Fund successfully exited its investments by the end with
has
bail
trial,
Supporters
for marketing The Port Fund to potential investors. The
2017,
on
latest
son named Yvan, still does
Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security invested
of
Global Support
Marsha and Yvan and
investors
double
their
original investments.
fighting for her cause. In Defense of Christians and other global
human
rights
organisations
such
as
Amnesty
International and IADL have taken up her case, accusing What Went Wrong?
Kuwait
Marsha Lazareva was arrested and arbitrarily detained
celebrated British human rights lawyer Cherie Blair QC
for
of
(the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair), has
before
spoken about Marsha’s plight at the United Nations in
474
days
embezzlement.
on
She
unsubstantiated
was
tried
and
charges
convicted
getting the judgment overturned, after it emerged that the
of
breaching
human
rights.
In
addition,
New York and Geneva.
only prosecution witness had forged vital documents. Despite this, a Kuwait Court of First Instance issued a
Faith Inside
verdict
Marsha believes her faith, the love and support of her
finding
Marsha
guilty
of
one
charge
embezzling or facilitating the embezzlement of public
of
parents, and her responsibility for her son have played
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key roles in her survival. She prayed to God every day
Secretly baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church in
during her incarceration, often in a secluded corner of
Moscow in the Soviet Union at a time when practicing
the prison mosque. Pages of the Bible had to be brought
any faith raised the risk of state action, she called on her
into the jail by supporters. “In the 34 years I have served
faith earlier in her career to spare her colleagues while
this
parish,
as
trapped on a Philippines island during a hurricane. When
reflects
she finally returns to Pennsylvania, she plans for Yvan to
Marsha’s pastor Reverend Mark Shinn of St. Andrew’s
be baptised at St Andrew’s Orthodox Cathedral. Her
Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia.
mother Lydia, meanwhile, has become ill with cancer, a
appalling
as
I
have the
never
fate
of
encountered Marsha
a
situation
Lazareva,”
condition exacerbated by her daughter’s ordeal.
CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA WHERE MARSHA WAS SECRETLY BAPTIZED BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Gaining Momentum Former FBI director Louis Freeh testified in Kuwait that the charges should never have been filed against Marsha, and that evidence withheld by the prosecution supports
FATHER MARK SHINN ST ANDREW'S ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL PHILADELPHIA, PA
her innocence.A prominent British lawyer, Lord Carlile CBE QC, believes Marsha was deprived of fundamental rights, not having documents used against her translated into
a
language
she
could
understand,
not
receiving
proper legal advice, and not being able to call evidence and make submissions at her trial. Lord Carlile states,
PORT FUND TEAM 2011, WITH MARSHA, (STANDING) AND MARK WILLIAMS (CENTER) “The
Kuwait
Marsha.
The
procedural chalk-up
MARSHA & YVAN’S CHURCH IN ST ANDREW'S ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
justice number
errors, to
mere
and
system of
has
obvious
irregularities
oversight,
completely legal are
violations,
too
indifference,
failed
many or
incompetence.” On the internet, Marsha’s campaign
to
even
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pages and related online material have produced millions
Bush,
of well-informed supporters.
Family.
Political Motives
A Call to Action
Marsha’s Marsha’s
lawyers lawyers
of
the
UK
Royal
evil will prevail that she returned to Kuwait in 2017, even though she knew she would face proceedings. US
agendas. agendas. The The real real target target of of the the action action is is believed believed to to be be
citizens are urged to contact the Trump administration,
Saeed Saeed
their
Dashti, Dashti,
national, national,
he he
who who
was was
was was
also also
chairman chairman
of of
repeated repeated
member
treatment treatment is is based based on on political political motivations motivations and and private private
conduct conduct
of of
a
Marsha is so convinced that God, justice, and good over
arbitrary arbitrary
pattern pattern
and
her her
and and
a a
Bondi,
legal legal
violations violations
say say
Pam
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suggests suggests
convicted. convicted. his his
that that
A A
family’s family’s
Kuwait Kuwait
senators,
and
US
Representatives,
letting
them
company, company,
know that taxpayers will not support such conduct by a
KGL, KGL, a a competitor competitor for for a a $1.3bn $1.3bn US US contract contract to to deliver deliver
close US ally. “The time to act is now,” says Marsha’s
food to to US US troops troops in in the the region. region. Competitors Competitors cited cited the the food
counsel and supporter Ross Gow. “Every individual is
convictions convictions as as a a reason reason why why KGL KGL should should not not win win the the
entitled
contract. One One key key competitor competitor is is Agility, Agility, a a company company run run contract.
prominent, foreign Christian female in Kuwait, Marsha
to
protection
from
state
abuse.
“As
a
rare,
by by Tarek Tarek Sultan, Sultan, an an individual individual with with close close ties ties to to the the
is a victim of serious human
Kuwaiti elite. elite. Kuwaiti
rights
violations.“
It
is
necessary for the public and United Nations Support
the
Complaints have been lodged with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Diego Garcia-Sayan, the
UN
Special
Rapporteur
on
the
Independence
of Kuwait’s human rights record at the end of January 2020
in
a
process
known
as
the
Universal
take
Christian positive
violations we have witnessed
Judges and Lawyers, who in September publicly stated
UN Human Rights Council is also conducting a review
to
action to bring an end to the
of
concerns about Marsha’s ability to get a fair trial. The
international
community
in Kuwait. “Marsha and Yvan
MARSHA LAZAREVA IS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, BELOVED MOM TO HER SON YVAN AND SUCCESSFUL CEO.
cannot
fight
a
systemically
corrupt state on their own.”
Periodic
Review.
Diplomatic Strains Members
of
the
US
Congress
have
called
for
investigations into whether sanctions should be imposed against Kuwait government officials and others behind the corruption and human rights abuse targeted toward Marsha. The US Embassy in Kuwait has been following Marsha’s case closely, while other Trump administration members have raised her plight directly with Kuwaiti officials.
Experts say the saga is starting to put strains on the close relationship between the US and Kuwait. There is no reason why it should escalate into a full diplomatic crisis or
have
a
detrimental
impact
on
President
Trump’s
Middle Eastern policy, but Kuwait needs to address the stain on its reputation for not upholding human rights. It is concerning, though, that there has been very little bilateral
engagement
from
the
Kuwait
government,
despite additional efforts by dignitaries including Neil
YVAN IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA. YVAN IS TRAPPED IN KUWAIT AND WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED.
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Killing Two Birds with One Stone The Democratic Party’s Enemies
Donald Trump & the U.S. Constitution By Katherine Shcoonover
But it is happening here.
The impeachment of Donald
Trump is clearly not an emergency measure to remove a criminal from the White House.
The House Democrats
have openly discussed their plans to keep or get Trump out of the White House from the moment he won the election, prior
to
any
supposed
criminal
activity.
Even
if
you
choose to ignore that evidence, consider the flagrantly unconstitutional process that they created just for Trump, the absurdity of the charges that included no crime of any kind,
as
well
as
the
House
Democrats
holding
their
Articles of Impeachment hostage in an effort to force the Senate to ignore the Constitution as well. clearly
demonstrates
that
this
more than a political attack. The idea that we would ever need to impeach any President of the United States for criminal activity is deeply troubling. But it is alarming to imagine a constitutional safeguard like impeachment being degraded and used as a mere political weapon, which is exactly what is happening now.
Set aside
impeachment
All of this is
nothing
More specifically, it is a
political attack on the Democratic Party’s two greatest political enemies, the U.S. Constitution and the one man standing between them and their dreams of a Socialist state, Donald Trump.
If they succeed, then they will be
killing two birds with one stone.
your opinion of Donald Trump the man and consider why he was impeached, the shockingly unconstitutional process that was used to impeach him, the nature of the charges leveled against him, and the damage that it does to our Republic.
If
this impeachment is allowed to stand unchallenged, then it establishes precedents that undermine the civil rights of all Americans, government,
damages and
the
safeguards
diminishes
of
our
impeachment
system
of
from
an
emergency measure to protect the nation from criminals to a trivial political tool to be used capriciously to gang up on political
opponents.
The
Constitution
was
written
The Takeover
Socialists, and other radical Leftists, have now completely taken control of the Democratic Party, and many of them are not even bothering to try to hide behind the mask of "Progressivism" anymore. their gloves.
As their masks came off so did
They are fighting tooth and nail for power
and control of the United States and they are not willing to let little things like the law or elections get in their way.
specifically to prevent things like this from ever happening here.
The
thought
that
any
American
would
actually
try
to
damage his own country or be willing to hurt our President seems shocking, and it is shocking.
Why He Was Impeached?
surprising believe consider
in
when
you
Socialism,
damaging
understand or
their
other country
However, it is not
that
those
totalitarian and
its
who
truly
ideologies,
leaders
to
be
necessary steps in the process of creating a Socialist state.
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“They believe that the freedoms and legal protections of a nation like the U.S. should be weaponized against it"
But their Socialist debut is not going quite the way that they planned.
that
the
freedoms
and
legal
protections
of
They had spent the previous two terms
rebranding and promoting Socialism as Progressivism with one of the most persuasive frontmen in history, crooning from the steps of the White House, while their propaganda reverberated through the media. It was one of the most brilliantly effective, and deceptive, marketing campaigns in history.
Joseph Goebbels himself would have been
proud.
If you read any of the Leftist literature you will see that they believe
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the
Constitution, in a nation like the U.S., should be weaponized against it, human nature suppressed, society destabilized, and the market economy destroyed. They start by working within the system through social pressure and incremental change. If that fails, or they gain enough power, then they transition
“The Progressives gleefully anticipated controlling the U.S. with your very own little iron fists”
into violent revolutionary action where personal property is stolen and people physically injured as they force everyone to comply with their dictatorial rule.
We have seen this in
legislation, the courts, the media, protests, and even violent riots.
Hillary was supposed to continue to promote their policies as Progressivism until they could build enough support to seamlessly
transition
into
open
Socialism.
The
Progressives gleefully anticipated controlling the U.S. with We have been in the “pressure people to comply” phase of a Socialist takeover for the last decade.
Now, we are seeing
our own systems of government weaponized against a duly elected
President,
with
a
majority
of
House
members
completely ignoring core constitutional protections that they swore to uphold.
They actually impeached a President of the
United States without any semblance of due process, with no evidence of any criminal activity whatsoever, and no actual
your
very
own
little
iron
fists,
when
Donald
Trump
stepped in their path and caused them to have to accelerate their plans.
It was risky to change too much too fast but
they knew that Trump would undo all of their hard work and keep them from the power that they had been drooling over.
They seem to have decided that they are willing to
take the chance.
crime included in their charges; all of which are required by the Constitution. attempted privileges
to of
This group of rogue House Democrats has
criminalize the
or
Executive
nullify and
legal
powers
Judicial
All on The Line
and
Branches.
Trump is not just reversing their efforts to transform the
Meanwhile, we have Antifa taking to the streets and attacking
U.S.
people for having the nerve to think for themselves.
effective system of government that the world has ever seen.
but
proving
that
Americanism
is
truly
the
most
He is slowly freeing the American People from the
None of this behavior is out of the ordinary for Socialists
burdens that the government has been heaping upon them
because it is what they always do.
for decades in the name of help and protection.
Our Socialists were just
We are
pretending to be Democrats while they were in the “laying
now being reminded of the prosperity that freedom truly
low” phase of their plan. Now that most of them have finally
brings, and the Leftists know that they have to stop him.
come out of the closet, they are using the same oppressive, manipulative,
and
predecessors did.
tyrannical
techniques
that
all
their
This is a critical time for the Leftist leaders in the United States
who
are
trying
Socialism to gain power. Plans Gone Wrong
to
use
the
false
promises
of
They had been focusing their
efforts on the future by indoctrinating young people who are not old enough to remember the untold millions who
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suffered and died under Socialism.
They were going to have
time to continue the gradual transition into Socialism, slowly moving all of the pieces into place, but Trump’s successes have cut them off at the knees.
Most of these Leftist leaders do not actually believe that Socialism will create peace on earth.
criminal activity to use for impeachment. Apparently, they have decided that they are just going to make up some crimes and impeach him anyway.
The Process
No one who knows
anything about Socialism, history, economics, or the human spirit is foolish enough to believe that Socialism will bring peace and prosperity.
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They cannot allow Trump to succeed
They have ignored the Constitution completely, held a secret trial in a basement in DC, and created special rules specifically
to
prevent
Trump
from
defending
himself.
in providing the peace and prosperity that they have been
When they could no longer get away with keeping their
telling everyone can only come through Socialism or it will
sham trial a secret, they decided that it was time to take
prove everything they have been saying has been nothing but
their show on the road. The Leftists and their allies finally
lies.
hit the big time, taking center stage in the Democratic Party’s
MAGA
off-off-off-off-Broadway
Impeachment
of
the
President
production of
the
of
United
The
States,
otherwise known as The Coup or How to Take Over the Trump told the world that America was open for business
World One Fake News Story at a Time, with backers in all
again and the market lept in response.
of the major news outlets.
He has now been in
office for several years and the economy is booming. is
record
low
unemployment,
particularly
in
the
There
African
Civil Rights Violations
American and Hispanic communities, and all of this is in spite of the constant attacks on his administration and the underlying
economic
problems
that
will
take
decades
of
prosperity and sound financial decisions to overcome.
Every aspect of the impeachment investigation was a farce from beginning to end.
or protection that the Democrats could ignore or outright defy,
They have to get rid of Trump and the Constitution that protects us from power-seekers like them.
You cannot have
the
U.S.S.R.,
Socialist
State
of
America,
like
the
or
the
National Socialist American Workers Party, like the Nazis, in the United States, unless you remove our Constitution and
they
did.
Consider
the
basic
civil
right
to
due
process that the Constitution guarantees to every single American.
It is such an important protection that it is
mentioned not once but twice.
It is in the 5th Amendment
and then reiterated again in the 14th Amendment.
As you
can see, the Democrats ignored it completely.
those who protect our freedom like Donald Trump.
But how do you get rid of a president who is doing a good job and who is highly likely to get re-elected?
If there was a constitutional right
You have to
Due Process
⦁ Citizens have a right to an attorney.
destroy his reputation to the point where no one will vote for him
and
find
a
way
to
remove
him
from
office.
The
Democrats have spent the last several years attempting to make the American people hate Donald Trump.
The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to an attorney.
You cannot
open a newspaper, turn on the television, or use the internet
⦁
without being inundated with anti-Trump messaging.
evidence against them.
According to their ridiculous propaganda, Donald Trump is Hitler reincarnated, a secret member of the KKK, a bumbling idiot, a secret spy for the Russians, as well as an evil genius using his office to make billions.
Unfortunately for the
Democrats, Donald Trump is none of those things and he is doing a very good job.
Trump’s successes have left them
very little ammunition to use to remove him from office. They have spent years investigating him and found no
Citizens have the right to be made aware of the
The House Democrats conducted significant portions of their investigation in secret, and to this day they have not provided all the evidence to Donald Trump, to all of the members of Congress, or to the American People.
How
can a citizen prepare his defense if he is not even aware of the evidence being used against him?
How can a “jury”
determine
a
the
guilt
or
innocence
knowing what the evidence is?
of
citizen
without
How can the American
People decide whether they support the impeachment or not without knowing the evidence?
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and “obstruction of Congress.”
⦁ Citizens have the right to present a defense.
are The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to
crimes
and
both
of
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Neither of these charges
which
directly
contradict
the
specific intent of the Founders.
present a defense.
Abuse of Power
⦁ Citizens have the right to confront their accusers. The Democrats accused the President of “abuse of power” The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to
for “solicited the interference of a foreign government,
know who all of his accusers were, as well as denying him
Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election.”
the
right
to
confront
his
accusers
during
the
legal
It should be noted that there is no criminal statute for “abuse
proceedings.
of
power.”
In
other
words,
if
the
Democrats
suspected or even proved that the President had abused his
⦁ Citizens have the right to call witnesses as a part of their
power, the accusation of “abuse of power” is not an actual
defense, and to cross-examine the witnesses.
crime, and therefore not an impeachable offense. in the U.S. Constitution or the criminal code.
The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to call witnesses in his defense and denied him the right to ask critical questions of the witnesses they called without their prior approval.
It is not
Interestingly
enough, the Founders considered including the concept of abuse of power in the articles of impeachment and ended up rejecting it because of concerns that it was too broad and that it would be used as a political weapon, which is precisely what is happening now.
⦁ Citizens have the right to an unbiased tribunal.
evidence
to
prove
that
the
In addition, there is no
president’s
actions
were
improper or extraordinary in terms of their legality or While the House is made up of partisans, in the sense that they all have political associations, at the very least it was their duty to refrain from pronouncing judgment until the end of the investigation.
A number of Democrats had announced
historical precedent. We have the transcript of the call and the President of Ukraine himself confirmed that there was nothing improper in their interactions.
their determination of his guilt prior to the completion, and in some cases, commencement, of the investigation, forgetting
Obstruction of Congress
that in America we are all innocent until proven guilty. Some had
called
for
his
impeachment
before
there
were
any
accusations of impeachable wrongdoing or even before he
The Democrats also accused the President of “obstruction of Congress” for “defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives” demanding Executive Branch
was sworn in, just because he won the election.
testimony before Congress.
“Obstruction of Congress,”
which is not the same thing as obstruction of justice, for not testifying, is not a crime that the President or his staff
The Charges
can
commit.
This
ignores
the
years
of
historical
interpretation that the President and his staff are exempt from Congressional testimony.
That means that it is not a
The charges that the Democrats leveled against Donald
crime for the Executive Branch to refuse to testify before
Trump were just as unconstitutional as their “indictment.”
Congress. If it is not a crime, then it cannot possibly be an
Citizens who hold the office of the President of the United
impeachable offense as the Constitution requires that a
States can only be impeached for “Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” other
words,
a
citizen
is
protected
from
crime be committed.
In
impeachment
without being convicted by the House of some kind of serious crime. That is not in any way what happened here.
The Damage to Our Republic
The House Democrats voted to impeach the President of
We now have a President who has been impeached for two
the United States on December 18, 2019.
actions that were neither illegal nor impeachable.
Their rationale
The
was outlined in two Articles of Impeachment where they
Democrats have set the precedent that our government can
charged
ignore the civil rights of any citizen of the United States
the
President
with
“high
crimes
and
misdemeanors” that they described as “abuse of power”
and take legal action against them if that citizen does not
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share the same political views. They have also set a precedent for weaponizing the government against any of our representatives or elections if they do not like the candidates or outcome.
We cannot make exceptions to our Constitution and its protections for Donald Trump without removing the protections for us all. America is in a very precarious position right now. We are deciding whether we are going to live in a free constitutional republic or an oppressive Socialist state.
If you want to live in a Socialist state, then the U.S. Constitution, with all of its rights and
freedoms, as well as its protectors, are your enemies.
If you want to live in a free nation, then you must defend the Constitution
even when it protects the rights of those you do not like. Today it is Donald Trump but tomorrow it could be you.
Katherine Shcoonover
Columnist at Christian Times Magazine
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In Defense of Donald J. Trump By Charles Lingerfelt, CTM Associate Publisher
The impeachment saga against Donald Trump began 19 hours
Immediately after his inauguration, The Independent and The
after he was Sworn in as President of the United States, when
Washington Post each reported on efforts already underway to
The Washington Post made a post in its pages that “The
impeach Mr. Trump, based on what the organizers regarded as
impeachment of Donald J. Trump has just begun.” That was
conflicts of interest arising from Trump's ability to use his
on January 20, 2017.
political position to promote the interests of "Trump"-branded businesses,
and
ongoing
payments
by
foreign
entities
to
From the inception of his administration, Democrats were
businesses within the Trump business empire as a violation of
crying out: “Impeach Donald Trump,” “Impeach 45” and
the
many other cryings forth. It seemed that from ‘Day One’ hate-
provisionally granted 38 "Trump" trademark applications set
filled Democrats wanted him gone: they wanted to Impeach
to take permanent effect in 90 days, which were noted to
him. To me, it seemed that the Only reason they wanted him
come in close proximity to the president's making policy
to be impeached for was that He had defeated ‘The Darling of
decisions favorable to China.
Foreign
Emoluments
Clause.
In
March
2017,
China
The Democrat Campaign:’ Hillary Clinton. The
Washington
Post
further
noted
the
creation
of
For the Christians in America, Donald Trump’s win in the
ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org by Free Speech For People
2016 campaign was truly an “answer to prayer.” We prayed
and RootsAction, two liberal advocacy groups. On February
for God to send us a president with backbone and spine,
9, 2017 Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D, NY) had filed a
stamina and spirit, and a president with determination to
resolution of inquiry titled "H.Con.Res. 5" to force the Trump
combat evil in the federal government.
administration to turn over documents relating to potential conflicts of interest and to ties with Russia. Some sources
The answer to our prayers came when Donald Trump was
identified this as the first step in the process of impeaching
elected.
Trump.
Fox
News
outlined
two
potential
bases
for
impeachment, one being the Emoluments Clause and the other God gave to us a president who was as “imperfect” as a man
being “complicity with Russian interference” in the 2016
could
imperfect
United States presidential election. On March 21, 2017 it was
individuals, ‘touch them’ by the fire of His holy Spirit –
widely reported that Congresswoman Maxine Waters tweeted
bending their will to meet His will – and when surrendered,
"Get ready for impeachment," which Waters explained was in
God Really Does Use Them For His glory!
reference
be;
but
we
knew
that
God
could
take
to
the
allegations
of
“collusion
with
Russian
interference” in the election. In
December
2016,
Democrat
senators
Elizabeth
Warren,
Dick Durbin, Chris Coons, Ben Cardin, and Jeff Merkley
On
introduced
surfaced,
a
bill
that
would
require
the
president
of
the
January
17,
2019,
claiming
surrounding
Trump lawyer,
involvement with the Russian government to erect a Trump Tower in Moscow. This also sparked calls for an investigation
impeachment clause of the U.S. Constitution" and Vanity Fair
and for the president to "resign or be impeached" should such
characterized this move as a preemptive effort to lay the
claims be proven genuine. The Mueller Report was released
groundwork for a future impeachment argument. Concerns
on April 18, 2019, and Robert Mueller himself made follow-
had previously been raised that Trump's extensive business
up comments on May 29. The report reached no conclusion
and real estate dealings in the world, especially with respect to
about whether Trump had or had not committed criminal
governmental
possibly
obstruction of justice. Mueller strongly hinted that it was “up
violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution,
to Congress to make such a determination.” Congressional
sparking debate as to whether that would be the case.
support for an impeachment inquiry increased as a result.
may
oath
involving long-time
would constitute high crimes and misdemeanors "under the
countries,
under
his
interest, including a statement that failure to divest such assets
other
lie
accusations
instructed
Michael
in
to
new
United States to divest any assets that could raise a conflict of
agencies
Cohen,
he
Trump's
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A formal impeachment inquiry was launched on September
campuses and universities have all declared that those two
24, 2019, as a response to the Trump–Ukraine scandal, in
“articles”
which Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed
misdemeanors.’ I have a great respect for Donald J. Trump,
the Ukrainian government repeatedly since at least May 2019
his leadership and for what he has been able to accomplish in
to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of 2020 presidential
his first three years as president.
candidate
Joe
Biden.
The
purpose
of
the
do
Not
rise
to
the
level
of
‘High
Crimes
and
requested
investigation was “alleged” to be to hurt Biden's campaign for
I voted for him in 2016, because of how The Holy Spirit was
President.
leading me and speaking to me – and my wife and I will vote
In
July,
Trump
issued
a
hold
on
military
aid
scheduled to be sent to Ukraine, releasing it in September
for him again in November 2020.
after controversy arose. There was widespread speculation that the withholding of the aid was intended to force Ukraine
We believe that God “gave to us a great president in 2016, in
to investigate Biden; both Trump and Giuliani seemed to
answer to our prayers;” and we will continue to ‘Stand With’
confirm that there was such a connection.
and
Support
the
presidency
of
Donald
John
Trump.
We
believe He was ‘installed by God’ as our president in January In an October 8, 2019 letter to House Democrat leaders, the
2017. And we believe He will be re-elected in November
White House stated it would not cooperate with "your partisan
2020.
and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances." The eight-page letter was widely interpreted by legal analysts as containing political rather than legal arguments. On December
Sincerely,
18, 2019, the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump almost entirely along party lines. Charles Lingerfelt Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of The House of Representatives in
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Washington, DC, held up the Impeachment paperwork for 33 days, and finally the paperwork was walked across to the U S
CHRISTIAN TIMES MAGAZINE
Senate on January 17, 2020. And, then, the Impeachment
P. O. Box 360722
Trial in The U S Senate began on January 21, 2020.
Dallas, Texas 75336
Throughout
the
entire
Trump
Impeachment
saga
in
The
House, and up until and through the Trial in The Senate, a constant bickering, political fighting and finger-pointing from the Democrats incurred all along the way.
My own personal point in this article is not to list every “detail” along the way during the saga of “Impeaching Donald Trump.” Rather, it is to emphasize and express herewith my sincere defense of my president: Donald J. Trump.
In My viewpoint, Donald Trump had NOT committed any crime
that
reaches
the
level
of
a
“High
crime
or
misdemeanor.” If he had “committed a crime” it would have been named in the Impeachment charges – according to The U S Code and it would have given the specific number of the violation
in
The
U
S
Code.
That
didn’t
happen!
The
Democrat-controlled House of Representatives charged him with two articles of Impeachment: 1.) Abuse of Power 2.) Obstruction of Congress
The sharpest of minds in the nation, and those who teach the Constitution at the nation’s most respected Constitutional
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What Did It All Mean? By Paul McCabe
If a man is not a socialist when he is 20, he has no heart. If he is still a socialist when he is 40, he has no head. – Winston Churchill The Sixties did not end on 31 December 1969, a freezing
“May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse.
evening I spent in Providence in the company of my high
We certainly did that, to the limit. Of course we thought of
school girlfriend. In May 1970, an Ohio National Guard force
ourselves
shot and killed four students at Kent State University during
more…” in e.e. cummings’ well-known poem. We were quite
an antiwar demonstration. It shocked us and led right away to
intent on changing the world. Did we?
when
we
read
“…muscles
better
and
nerves
bigger new protests. It also gave rise to a hit song, Four Dead in Ohio, by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, broadcast all over
To understand the Sixties, it is necessary to discuss youth and
the country within a few weeks. Did those shots end the
death.
Sixties?
troubadours
The
death and
of
heroes
legends
--
-has
for
centuries
always
been
a a
subject
of
source
of
disillusionment for the young. At the same time it pushes Perhaps
when
them to greater maturity as they naturally step up to fill the
President Nixon resoundingly beat Senator McGovern and his
places vacated. In his inaugural speech, John Kennedy spoke
antiwar platform by a resounding landslide vote, 61% to 37%.
directly to the young and challenged us to do something for
This
the country.
is
the
still
presidential (South
Sixties
the
widest
election.
Dakota),
finished
an
in
popular
McGovern event
November
vote even
almost
1972,
margin lost
his
without
in
any
home
US state in
In the same memorable speech, when the Sixties were three
American history. They might have ended the following year,
precedent
weeks old, he told the world that it was a new ballgame: “the
on 15 August 1973, when Congress officially stopped funding
torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans --
the war. Or maybe they ended a year after that, when Nixon
born in this century…” This seminal speech and his other
resigned his office. There was no neat, exact, end to the
actions set the tone for the following ten years. Somehow, that
Sixties, no clear dividing line… Are they with us still?
generation
seemed
to
be
ours,
though
it
wasn’t;
he
was
referring to his own generation, which fought fascism in We felt that we were part of history. We knew we were
Europe and Japanese imperialism and won the war in the
special, occupying a unique place in the long continuum of
1940s. That speech, spoken as the decade began, was one of
the centuries: a generation who grew up in peace. It was a
the best speeches I have ever heard or read. Its rhetoric was
special kind of peace with prosperity, a Pax Americana. When
powerful, its ideas inspiring, its form carefully crafted, its
a war came along to disturb our quiet sanctuary, it woke us up
scope encompassing both the nation and the world.
out
of
a
deep
sleep,
like
that
of
Rumplestiltskin
in
the
children's tale.
JFK was born seven weeks before my father in 1917, but he had the knack of appearing a much younger man. Though he
We thought then that we were special…are we still? A hit
was 43 when elected, he looked and acted young. His two
song of the time sang “We are stardust, we are golden…”
small children played in the White House. It was an easy
Perhaps we were…maybe every generation feels that way.
contrast to his predecessor in office, General Eisenhower, a
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man 27 years older, a man who graduated from West Point
magnified by our youthful point of view to seem all the more
two years before JFK was born. Early in his term, JFK started
unfair. All three were killed in the prime of life; all advocated
the Peace Corps, an imaginative new program that used our
changing America; all had accumulated powerful enemies in
energy
the course of their political lives and, more specifically, in the
and
idealism
around
the
world
in
a
surprising
departure for staid US foreign policy.
few years before they got killed.
By doing so, JFK created a model of change from the top
When
down. He did the same thing when he proposed significant
nation was stunned. A very large majority regretted it deeply.
changes in civil rights, which made him quite unpopular in a
Those who mourned later for MLK and RFK were smaller
dozen states that had voted for him in 1960. He went so far as
constituencies, or maybe larger ones. In any case, they were
to send federal troops to enforce his new rules in Mississippi,
us.
the
President
was
assassinated
in
1963,
the
Alabama, and other places. It was the biggest confrontation of states’ rights versus the federal government since the Civil
To an Athlete Dying Young
War a hundred years before. To make sure things were done right, the president put his own brother, conveniently his Attorney General, in charge of changes in civil rights. Neither Kennedy earned much praise for this, and a lot of criticism,
was
the
model
that
was
important.
We
saw
the
government’s power being exercised for a clear moral good, and that exerted a powerful attractive force. This was the promise in the Constitution: that federal power would be used “to
establish
Justice…
promote
the
Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high.
until much later when both were long dead.
It
The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place;
general
Welfare,
Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.
and
secure the blessings of Liberty…” Hadn’t the astonishing strength and overwhelming power of the United States been used, in the decade before I was born, to defeat utterly and unconditionally the fascist powers in Europe and a cruel and
Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay, And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose.
rapine armed force in Asia? Wasn’t this more of the same, from the great generation that had fought that war? Didn’t they know what they were doing when they proposed to run
Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers
the country in new and different ways?
After earth has stopped the ears. The President upset so many apple carts that he was murdered after 1000 days in office. By his third year in the White House,
he
had
made
plenty
of
enemies
who
resisted
his
pushes for change, for new directions, for taking chances, for doing
the
long
list
of
things
mentioned
in
his
inaugural
Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man.
address. His brother Bobby inherited this burden two days after his own 38th birthday, a cold day in Washington but a
So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
sunny one in Dallas.
And hold to the low lintel up JFK was not the only one of our heroes murdered young.
The still-defended challenge-cup.
From Georgia, there was Martin King, who with his personal charisma and courage led the civil rights movement quite far in a short time. He was killed in April 1968. And sixty days later,
Bobby
primary
and
Kennedy getting
died
after
achingly
winning
close
to
the
the
California Democratic
And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.
nomination for President. All three were shot in the head, two of them on camera, in a series of gross and shocking injustices
By A. E. Housman (1896)
entire
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The total and cumulative effect of these
three
leaders’
public
and
untimely deaths can never be fully known. That is part of the tragedy. We
shall
always
be
left
to
speculate on a long series of “what
By the end of 1968, America had had enough of the war and enough of the Democrats after eight years. A long seldombroken
historical
pattern
indicates
that
after
two
terms,
Americans elect the party out of power. This proved true again that year as Americans voted for a man who promised to end the war. But Nixon took a long time to end the war,
if…” questions. Some authors
fighting the Congress and prolonging the US military efforts already have published articles or books along these lines: If JFK had lived, he was going to take the troops out of Viet
there. About half of all Americans killed in Viet Nam died there while Nixon was President.
Nam…If King had lived, the civil rights movement would not have splintered into infighting factions…If Bobby had lived, the
divisions
in
American
society
would
have
healed
quickly… if, if, if…
The
This
questions about what might have been. The brazen and public murders of three of our principal heroes had precisely the effect of stopping action, of freezing politics, of numbing and us.
Was
of
boys
and
men
eventually
numbered
about
America. Many were drafted. Most were not college grads.
But young people want action now, not endless philosophical
alienating
deaths
58,000 -- guys like me from towns and farms all across
any
other
reaction
possible?
was
another
tragedy
that
continued
throughout
the
Sixties. Nixon’s plan to end the war did not work until he was getting inaugurated a second time. The armistice began the week that LBJ died in retirement in Texas in January 1973. Maybe that is when the Sixties came to a close?
Taken
together, those three killings changed the country for some time and changed my own generation for all time. Radicalized and made less reasonable by the premature death of our heroes, we knew that desperate times called for desperate measures, and so we undertook them. If the system killed those who worked in it, then our place had to be outside it. Injustice begat radicalism, plain and simple, as the country moved through the late Sixties.
Several years later, on a cold and sunny November day, another president dedicated the new Viet Nam Memorial in downtown Washington DC. It was the site of several War Department buildings in the 1940s. I attended the ceremony as a member of the public, wearing a few old peace badges from my protest days. More than one veteran, wearing his own military badges and attending with his own memories, embraced me and said “Peace, brother”. We traded buttons; I have them still. They mean a lot to me for many reasons.
The well-publicized and well-analyzed deaths of our leaders had a sinister parallel: death came by the thousands to our post-war
generation
that
had
grown
up
in
peace
But the principal meaning of
and
our
prosperity. By 1968, there was widespread discontent with the
understanding
that
day
was that the war was really
conduct of the Viet Nam war and it was coming not only from
over. We knew it right away,
college campuses. It came from every state across the country,
at that moment, because that
from many of the thousands of families of the soldiers who
knowledge crystallized in the
went off to save democracy, and to do their duty, and who
By @506thcurrahee
died in the jungle in a far-away country they did not much
clear frigid air for all to see. President Reagan helped by his
understand.
conciliatory speech that day: 'The war in Viet Nam threatened to tear
our
society
apart,
and
the
political
and
philosophical
There was so much death in the Sixties, plenty to go round.
disagreements that separated each side continue, to some extent.
Eventually all those deaths affected national politics. Some
These memorials reflect a hunger for healing.'' Moreover we
occurred on the evening news in our living rooms. The view
made the peace ourselves by coming together. We all shared
of the great middle class changed from early support of the
deep
war to opposition later. People changed their minds when they
monument. It could hardly be more personal, like that war was
personally knew a young man who died there. From my tiny
– the black granite wall contained the name of every American
home state of Rhode Island, 209 died in Viet Nam. But from
whose life was lost. We buried our differences there under the
California the number was 5,575. An inexorable political
grass on the National Mall, near the site where as a Georgetown
arithmetic was catching up with the White House: stop the
student I had attended protest marches and speeches. We cried
war before my son gets sent over there and killed. Lyndon
and laughed and remembered, and we ended the long war --
Johnson, as shrewd a politician as ever walked the earth,
ourselves. It was an emotional milestone, a spontaneous bridge
realized this and threw in the towel in late March 1968.
we built together in the shadow of the Washington Monument.
feelings
at
the
sight
of
the
new
and
very
personal
Maybe the Sixties finally ended on that chilly Veteran’s Day?
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One Lie + Two Lies = A Lie By David Colbert
It is Amazing to me the day that we are living in. People will
The Democratic Party backs abortions and want to make it
curse you out when you do good. They will throw you a
legal even in late term. We as people of God need to fight for
vulgar sign when they cut you off in traffic. It is like there is
the unborn. I believe that the Democratic Party candidates
no sense of right or wrong anymore. We have a Democratic
running for President live in La La Land. I believe they need
run Congress that think that if you tell enough lies it will
to be tested for illegal drug use. I think they are high on
somehow equal the truth.
something and I don’t think it is life.
A lie is a lie is a lie. There is no lie in the truth, and surely no
I am going to tell you why the Democratic Party is against
truth
Impeachment
President Trump. He took away their thunder. All of the
proceedings for a few months. I still can’t believe how the
platforms that the Democratic Candidates have run on in the
Democratic Party majority in the House thought they had a
past, President Trump has clean the swamp and resolved.
in
lies.
I
have
been
watching
the
case against President Donald J. Trump. President Trump is actually doing what the Democratic Party There
are
investigations
and
used to get elected.Unemployment is down, Jobs creation is
completed and they are still acting as if the investigation is
up and the minorities realize that Trump really cares about the
still ongoing. Every time I look at this fiasco I feel like I am at
American people most of all. I have watched the Trump
the movies watching a fictional story. I believe Adam Schiff
rallies. He is just reminding the people that he is seeking most
wants a part in a Hollywood movie. I believe also after the
of all to help them. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but
theatrics at the Senate trial he might just get it. He made a
Hilary Clinton was always focused on what she thought the
convincing
government
argument
of
that
the
have
lies
been
and
investigated
innuendos
he
was
need,
but
now
President
Trump
was
always
spewing out. He deserves an Academy Award. I don’t think
talking about what he wanted to do for the people. I picked up
he cares about truth, just telling a good story true or not,
on something I heard in the liberal media back in 2017. They
mostly not.
were angry with President Trump for jumping right in and fulfilling his campaign promises to the American people. I
The Democratic Party members of Congress have promised
don’t know if anyone else heard it, but I did.
that even if President Trump is acquitted that they intend to continue to keep on trying to unseat President Donald J.
President Trump is going about fulfilling all the promises that
Trump. I am requesting that we vote in November 2020 to
the Democratic Party candidates used to be elected. A lot of
unseat
what he is doing has been supported by the Democratic Party.
Nancy
congressional
Pelosi
crew
and
from
the
her
Partisan
Control
of
the
Democratic of
Nancy Pelosi had to help pass the USMCA to avoid political
Representative. I believe if we want peace and balance in this
House
suicide. We the people are watching. The Democratic Party
country, this must occur. It’s amazing to me as well, how that
wanted the border wall, but only for bragging rights, but
those elected to Congress so gladly ignore their constituents,
Trump stole their thunder once again. I believe that President
especially with the homelessness occurring in their districts in
sincerely wants to do the best he can for America and I think
California.
he proves it every day. The policies he has set in place will not be easily unraveled by the President after him.
President Trump has made a promise that does not do something
if the Governor
about these conditions in California
We in this country have been played my Washington too long.
that the Federal Government will intervene. I can’t believe
They
that President Trump is the first President ever to consider it a
engineered recessions every 4 years causing people to lose
played
necessity to address those involved in the March for Life.
their livelihood like clockwork. The Democratic Party have
I applaud our President for truly standing up for the unborn
kept
children, that are being killed here and around the world by
Donald J. Trump is just a very successful businessman who
Plan Parenthood and their cohorts.
used his smarts to give America the upper hand in the World.
this
gamed
country
in
with
a
the
economy
financial
roller
for
years.
coaster.
They
President
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The Democratic Party is afraid we will make President Trump, King Donald J. Trump. The swamp of a government we have had in the past, makes a Monarchy look tempting, especially for a leader that truly cares about his Countrymen.
I am not saying I want a Monarchy, but I do want leadership that truly understands that the Framers of our Constitution didn’t want a Monarchy either. They wanted a Country ran by the people and for the people. If you do not understand and honor the American people, you should not be our President. I believe that leadership should truly know and participate in our communities.I don’t particularly like Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee, but I believe she is not afraid to communicate and understand the people who elected her to Congress.
I will also
say this, it is time we put race on the front burner and stop acting like we are different just because of the color of our skin. I have learned over the years that racism solves absolutely nothing on either side of the coin.
We were all Created by God, and we all bleed red.
David A Colbert