URI:
   DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Renewable Revolution
  HTML https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       *****************************************************
   DIR Return to: Who CAN you trust? 
       *****************************************************
       #Post#: 15008--------------------------------------------------
       U.S State Politics
       By: AGelbert Date: December 29, 2019, 8:07 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       #WVCantWait #TheZeroHour #PeoplesPlatform
       [center][img
       width=30]
  HTML http://www.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/3-210614221847.gif[/img]<br
       />Stephen Smith: A People's Platform for WV[/center]
       548 views•Dec 29, 2019
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/SUuXbDUFTlQ[/center]
       The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow
       25.9K subscribers
       #WVCantWait #TheZeroHour #PeoplesPlatform
       Find out more:
  HTML https://wvcantwait.com/peoples-platform/
       Subscribe to The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow for more:
  HTML https://www.patreon.com/thezerohour
       If you liked this clip of The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, please
       share it with your friends... and hit that "like" button!
       Some of the music bumpers featuring Lettuce,
  HTML http://lettucefunk.com
       .
       Category
       News & Politics
       #Post#: 15113--------------------------------------------------
       Republican and Democrat Controlled States: What's the Difference
       ?
       By: AGelbert Date: January 7, 2020, 6:09 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [center]Republican and Democrat Controlled States: What's the
       Difference?[/center]
       3,586 views•Jan 6, 2020
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/W0bPBXOyDGM[/center]
       Thom Hartmann Program
       202K subscribers
       What do Democrats and Republicans do when they have complete
       control over a state? Not what they say - but what they do.
       &#128308; Subscribe for more clips like this:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       14 states are controlled by Democrats and 22 states are
       completely controlled by Republicans.
       What could possibly go wrong? Thom Hartmann takes a look at what
       they do differently.
       &#11088; Join our Membership and Support the Channel:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhart...
       #Post#: 15276--------------------------------------------------
       White Supremacist &quot;President&quot; Does White Supremacist T
       hings
       By: Surly1 Date: January 19, 2020, 7:21 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       In case you were entertaining any doubt, these race warriors
       have planned their "boogaloo" for MLK Day. And fat orange is
       using his stubby fingers to do his best to get Uncle Fud to
       climb off his niece (or his nephew) and come to Richmond for the
       primate display behavior. Low T, low agency cosplayers
       compensating for their deep-seated inadequacy.
       [center][img
       width=640]
  HTML https://scontent.forf1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82379546_10157859704346870_4701621770317201408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_eui2=AeEoUUrHqZa60rj8zIgzVYoc4jtxHM4_22_Z-pmnEo-1Jt_m-nnI8nL5VXC8qQiLS6I1wu2gwMm7AdjxcMGluCpBJd3x9vfbWv47gMgh3Dj_mg&_nc_ohc=h34iHTDYKcYAX-WMiZC&_nc_ht=scontent.forf1-2.fna&oh=aced936c306f689ac8615cace5dd59bc&oe=5E90C7B5[/img][/center]
       [center]Trump Times Scare-Mongering Tweet for Maximum Impact as
       White Supremacists Prep for Richmond Rally
  HTML https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/trump-times-scare-mongering-tweet-for-maximum-impact-as-white-supremacists-prep-for-richmond-rally[/center]
       [center][img
       width=640]
  HTML https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5e232daf05c3580008785309/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/trump.jpg[/img][/center]
       [html]<h1 class="title"></h1>&#13;<div class="metadata
       singleline"><a
       href="safari-reader://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/jordan-hoff
       man"
       class="byline">Jordan Hoffma<span>n </span></a><span
       class="delimiter"></span><time class="date">January 18,
       2020</time></div>&#13;<p>A tweet from <strong>President Donald
       Trump</strong> Friday, one of the sort that <strong>Speaker
       Nancy Pelosi</strong> might categorize as &ldquo;<a
       href="
  HTML https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/pelosi-to-trump-you-are-impeached-forever-and-your-tweets-are-crazy">crazy</a>,&rdquo;<br
       />drew sharp <a
       data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"
  HTML https://www.politicususa.com/2020/01/17/trump-is-trying-to-whip-up-mlk-day-violence-in-virginia.html"}"<br
       />href="
  HTML https://www.politicususa.com/2020/01/17/trump-is-trying-to-whip-up-mlk-day-violence-in-virginia.html"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">criticism</
       a>
       for seeming to fan the flames of unrest ahead of a gun-rights
       rally in Richmond, Virginia.</p>&#13;<p>Trump&rsquo;s
       social-media eruption warns Virginians that their 2nd Amendment
       rights are &ldquo;under attack,&rdquo; and offers a sarcastic
       &ldquo;thank you&rdquo; to Virginia Democrats who will
       &ldquo;take your guns away.&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p></p>&#13;<div
       class="tweet-wrapper"
       data-reader-tweet-id="1218297464941314049"><twitter-widget
       class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered"
       id="twitter-widget-0"
       data-tweet-id="1218297464941314049">&#13;<div
       data-twitter-event-id="0" class="SandboxRoot
       env-bp-350">&#13;<div class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta
       js-clickToOpenTarget"
       data-click-to-open-target="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218297464941314049"<br
       />data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet"
       id="twitter-widget-0" lang="en"
       data-twitter-event-id="2">&#13;<div
       class="EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer">&#13;<div
       class="EmbeddedTweet-tweet">&#13;<blockquote class="Tweet
       h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded"
       cite="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218297464941314049"<br
       />data-tweet-id="1218297464941314049"
       data-scribe="section:subject">&#13;<div class="Tweet-header"><a
       class="TweetAuthor-avatar &#32;Identity-avatar u-linkBlend"
       data-scribe="element:user_link"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump"
       aria-label="Donald J.
       Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)"><img class="Avatar"
       data-scribe="element:avatar"
       data-src-2x="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg"<br
       />alt=""
       data-src-1x="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_normal.jpg"<br
       />src="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg"<br
       />/></a>&#13;<div class="TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget
       "
       data-scribe="component:author">&#13;<div
       class="TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span class="TweetAuthor-name
       Identity-name customisable-highlight" title="Donald J. Trump"
       data-scribe="element:name">Donald J. Trump</span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"></span></span>&#13;<div
       class="Icon Icon--verified " aria-label="Verified Account"
       title="Verified Account" role="img"></div>&#13;<span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"><b
       class="u-hiddenVisually">&#38;#38;#10004;</b></span></span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName"
       title="@realDonaldTrump" data-scribe="element:screen_name"
       dir="ltr">@realDonaldTrump</span></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="Tweet-brand">&#13;<div class="Icon Icon--twitter "
       aria-label="View on Twitter" title="View on Twitter"
       role="presentation"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="Tweet-body e-entry-content"
       data-scribe="component:tweet">&#13;<div class="Tweet-target
       js-inViewportScribingTarget"></div>&#13;<p class="Tweet-text
       e-entry-title" lang="en" dir="ltr">Your 2nd Amendment is under
       very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia.
       That&rsquo;s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will
       take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020.
       Thank you Dems!</p>&#13;<div class="TweetInfo">&#13;<div
       class="TweetInfo-like">&#13;<div
       data-scribe="element:heart">&#13;<div class="Icon Icon--heart "
       aria-label="Like" title="Like"
       role="img"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<a class="TweetInfo-heart"
       title="Like"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1218297464941314049"<br
       />data-scribe="component:actions"><span
       class="TweetInfo-heartStat"
       data-scribe="element:heart_count">169K</span></a></div>&#13;<div
       class="TweetInfo-timeGeo"><a class="u-linkBlend u-url
       customisable-highlight long-permalink"
       data-datetime="2020-01-17T22:22:05+0000"
       data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218297464941314049"><time<br
       />class="dt-updated" datetime="2020-01-17T22:22:05+0000"
       pubdate="" title="Time posted: January 17, 2020 22:22:05
       (UTC)">5:22 PM - Jan 17, 2020</time></a></div>&#13;<div
       class="tweet-InformationCircle" data-scribe="element:notice"><a
       href="
  HTML https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256"
       class="Icon
       Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget"
       title="Twitter Ads info and privacy"><span
       class="u-hiddenVisually">Twitter Ads info and
       privacy</span></a></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</blockquote>
       &#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="CallToAction-icon"
       data-scribe="element:conversation_icon">&#13;<div class="Icon
       Icon--replyCTA " aria-label="View conversation on Twitter"
       title="View conversation on Twitter"
       role="img"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div class="CallToAction-text"
       data-scribe="element:conversation_text">78.4K people are talking
       about this</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="resize-sensor">&#13;<div
       class="resize-sensor-expand">&#13;<div></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<di
       v
       class="resize-sensor-shrink">&#13;<div></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</d
       iv>&#13;</div>&#13;<p>While
       the rhetoric is fairly typical for Trump (albeit a smidge more
       blatantly <em>South Park</em> than usual), the unease stems from
       fears that a Richmond rally planned for this Monday, Martin
       Luther King Day, could turn violent.</p>&#13;<p>The Virginia
       capitol, which is a little over a one-hour drive from
       Charlottesville, is already reportedly &ldquo;on edge&rdquo;
       because of the pointedly timed event. The F.B.I. <a
       data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"
  HTML https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neo-nazis-virginia-gun-rally_n_5e221a24c5b63211761391ad"}"<br
       />href="
  HTML https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neo-nazis-virginia-gun-rally_n_5e221a24c5b63211761391ad"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has
       arrested</a> six suspected neo-Nazis and has noted increased
       chatter on extremist sites. The rally is <a
       data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"
  HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/us/fbi-arrest-virginia-gun-rally.html"}"<br
       />href="
  HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/us/fbi-arrest-virginia-gun-rally.html"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">being
       referred to</a> as a &ldquo;boogaloo,&rdquo; which is
       white-supremacist jargon for something that will
       &ldquo;accelerate the race war.&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p>Governor
       <strong>Ralph Northam</strong> has temporarily banned weapons
       from the grounds of the State Capitol and declared a state of
       emergency.</p>&#13;<p><strong>Sherrilyn Ifill</strong> of the
       NAACP Legal Defense Fund called Trump&rsquo;s comment
       &ldquo;irresponsible and utterly, truly
       unconscionable.&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p></p>&#13;<div
       class="tweet-wrapper"
       data-reader-tweet-id="1218382136920739840"><twitter-widget
       class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered"
       id="twitter-widget-1"
       data-tweet-id="1218382136920739840">&#13;<div
       data-twitter-event-id="1" class="SandboxRoot
       env-bp-350">&#13;<div class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta
       js-clickToOpenTarget"
       data-click-to-open-target="
  HTML https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1218382136920739840"<br
       />data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet"
       id="twitter-widget-1" lang="en"
       data-twitter-event-id="3">&#13;<div
       class="EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer">&#13;<div
       class="EmbeddedTweet-tweet">&#13;<blockquote class="Tweet
       h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded"
       cite="
  HTML https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1218382136920739840"<br
       />data-tweet-id="1218382136920739840"
       data-scribe="section:subject">&#13;<div class="Tweet-header"><a
       class="TweetAuthor-avatar &#32;Identity-avatar u-linkBlend"
       data-scribe="element:user_link"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF"
       aria-label="Sherrilyn
       Ifill (screen name: Sifill_LDF)"><img class="Avatar"
       data-scribe="element:avatar"
       data-src-2x="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1214056105573322758/P3uP5gul_bigger.jpg"<br
       />alt=""
       data-src-1x="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1214056105573322758/P3uP5gul_normal.jpg"<br
       />src="
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1214056105573322758/P3uP5gul_bigger.jpg"<br
       />/></a>&#13;<div class="TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget
       "
       data-scribe="component:author">&#13;<div
       class="TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span class="TweetAuthor-name
       Identity-name customisable-highlight" title="Sherrilyn Ifill"
       data-scribe="element:name">Sherrilyn Ifill</span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"></span></span>&#13;<div
       class="Icon Icon--verified " aria-label="Verified Account"
       title="Verified Account" role="img"></div>&#13;<span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"><b
       class="u-hiddenVisually">&#38;#38;#10004;</b></span></span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName"
       title="@Sifill_LDF" data-scribe="element:screen_name"
       dir="ltr">@Sifill_LDF</span></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="Tweet-brand">&#13;<div class="Icon Icon--twitter "
       aria-label="View on Twitter" title="View on Twitter"
       role="presentation"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="Tweet-body e-entry-content"
       data-scribe="component:tweet">&#13;<div class="Tweet-target
       js-inViewportScribingTarget"></div>&#13;<p class="Tweet-text
       e-entry-title" lang="en" dir="ltr">Is the President inflaming
       the situation in Virginia where the Gov. has had to declare a
       state of emergency ahead of potential violence by pro-gun groups
       on MLK Day? How irresponsible and utterly, truly unconscionable.
       Where is the bottom? <a href="
  HTML https://t.co/QnyXU34Em5"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr"
       data-expanded-url="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1218297464941314049"<br
       />class="link customisable" target="_blank"
       title="
  HTML https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1218297464941314049"<br
       />data-tweet-id="1218297464941314049" data-tweet-item-type="23"
       data-scribe="element:url"><span
  HTML class="u-hiddenVisually">https://</span>twitter.com/realdonaldtrum<span
       class="u-hiddenVisually">p/status/1218297464941314049
       </span>&hellip;</a></p>&#13;<div class="Tweet-card">&#13;<div
       class="QuoteTweet" data-scribe="section:quote"
       tabindex="0">&#13;<div
       class="QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer">&#13;<div
       class="TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget
       TweetAuthor--oneLine" data-scribe="component:author">&#13;<div
       class="TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span class="TweetAuthor-name
       Identity-name customisable-highlight" title="Donald J. Trump"
       data-scribe="element:name">Donald J. Trump</span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"></span></span>&#13;<div
       class="Icon Icon--verified " aria-label="Verified Account"
       title="Verified Account" role="img"></div>&#13;<span
       class="TweetAuthor-decoratedName"><span
       class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge"
       data-scribe="element:verified_badge"><b
       class="u-hiddenVisually">&#38;#38;#10004;</b></span></span><span
       class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName"
       title="@realDonaldTrump" data-scribe="element:screen_name"
       dir="ltr">@realDonaldTrump</span></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div></di
       v>&#13;<p
       class="QuoteTweet-text e-entry-title" lang="en" dir="ltr">Your
       2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great
       Commonwealth of Virginia. That&rsquo;s what happens when you
       vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans
       will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you
       Dems!</p>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="TweetInfo">&#13;<div class="TweetInfo-like">&#13;<div
       data-scribe="element:heart">&#13;<div class="Icon Icon--heart "
       aria-label="Like" title="Like"
       role="img"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<a class="TweetInfo-heart"
       title="Like"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1218382136920739840"<br
       />data-scribe="component:actions"><span
       class="TweetInfo-heartStat"
       data-scribe="element:heart_count">24.7K</span></a></div>&#13;<di
       v
       class="TweetInfo-timeGeo"><a class="u-linkBlend u-url
       customisable-highlight long-permalink"
       data-datetime="2020-01-18T03:58:32+0000"
       data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"
       href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1218382136920739840"><time<br
       />class="dt-updated" datetime="2020-01-18T03:58:32+0000"
       pubdate="" title="Time posted: January 18, 2020 03:58:32
       (UTC)">10:58 PM - Jan 17, 2020</time></a></div>&#13;<div
       class="tweet-InformationCircle" data-scribe="element:notice"><a
       href="
  HTML https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256"
       class="Icon
       Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget"
       title="Twitter Ads info and privacy"><span
       class="u-hiddenVisually">Twitter Ads info and
       privacy</span></a></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</blockquote>
       &#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="CallToAction-icon"
       data-scribe="element:conversation_icon">&#13;<div class="Icon
       Icon--replyCTA " aria-label="View conversation on Twitter"
       title="View conversation on Twitter"
       role="img"></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div class="CallToAction-text"
       data-scribe="element:conversation_text">6,983 people are talking
       about this</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div
       class="resize-sensor">&#13;<div
       class="resize-sensor-expand">&#13;<div></div>&#13;</div>&#13;<di
       v
       class="resize-sensor-shrink">&#13;<div></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</d
       iv>&#13;</div>&#13;<p>The
       three bills that <a
       data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"
  HTML https://wtkr.com/2020/01/17/three-gun-control-bills-pass-virginia-senate/"}"<br
       />href="
  HTML https://wtkr.com/2020/01/17/three-gun-control-bills-pass-virginia-senate/"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">passed the
       Virginia state Senate</a>, which Trump claims &ldquo;will take
       your guns away,&rdquo; prohibit firearm possession in public
       spaces, limit monthly handgun purchases and require background
       checks for firearm transfers.</p>&#13;<p>After the deadly events
       in nearby Charlottesville during the &ldquo;unite the
       right&rdquo; rally in 2017, the president was <a
       data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"
  HTML https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/index.html"}"<br
       />href="
  HTML https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/index.html"<br
       />rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sharply
       criticized</a> for blaming violence on &ldquo;both
       sides.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</twitter-widget></div>&#13;</twitter-widg
       et></div>[/html]
       #Post#: 15278--------------------------------------------------
       Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a goo
       d many Southerners in the room tonig
       By: AGelbert Date: January 19, 2020, 6:59 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Quora
       From Dick Gregory: &#10024;&#128077; ;D
       Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a
       good many Southerners in the room tonight. I know the South very
       well. I spent twenty years there one night.
       Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and
       this white waitress came up to me and said, "We don't serve
       colored people here." I said, "That's all right. I don't eat
       colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken."
       Then these three white boys came up to me and said, "Boy, we're
       giving you fair warning. Anything you do to that chicken, we're
       gonna do to you." So I put down my knife and fork, I picked up
       that chicken and I kissed it.
  HTML https://qr.ae/TVae7i
       #Post#: 15280--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a
        good many Southerners in the room t
       By: Surly1 Date: January 20, 2020, 4:50 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [quote author=AGelbert link=topic=321.msg15278#msg15278
       date=1579481945]
       Quora
       From Dick Gregory: &#10024;&#128077; ;D
       Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a
       good many Southerners in the room tonight. I know the South very
       well. I spent twenty years there one night.
       Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and
       this white waitress came up to me and said, "We don't serve
       colored people here." I said, "That's all right. I don't eat
       colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken."
       Then these three white boys came up to me and said, "Boy, we're
       giving you fair warning. Anything you do to that chicken, we're
       gonna do to you." So I put down my knife and fork, I picked up
       that chicken and I kissed it.
  HTML https://qr.ae/TVae7i
       [/quote]
       ;D ;D
       #Post#: 15281--------------------------------------------------
       Worst People on the Planet Plan Richmond Event
       By: Surly1 Date: January 20, 2020, 4:52 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [center]Richmond braces for giant gun rights rally on Monday
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/richmond-braces-for-enormous-gun-rights-rally-monday/2020/01/18/0dc41a76-3702-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html[/center]
       [img
       width=640]
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DQCADKBZP4I6VO33EZPUKVFPNU.jpg&w=1440[/img]
       [html]<div>&#13;<div
       data-qa="byline">&#13;<div>&#13;<div><span>By
       </span>&#13;<div>&#13;<div><span><a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/greg-schneider/">Gregory<br
       />S. Schneider</a>
       </span></div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</
       div>&#13;<figure>
       &#13;<figcaption>The Virginia State Capitol building is
       surrounded by fencing in preparation for a giant rally Monday by
       gun rights advocates. (Bob
       Brown/AP)</figcaption>&#13;</figure>&#13;<section>&#13;<div>&#13
       ;<p>RICHMOND
       &mdash; The convoys and militias are coming, if social media
       posts are to be believed, headed to Virginia's capital to take a
       stand for gun rights &mdash; or, in the words of some, to fan
       the flames of a civil
       war.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be
       rolling into town early. I can&rsquo;t give you my exact time
       for security reasons,&rdquo; said Christian Yingling, head of
       the Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia and a leader at the
       &ldquo;Unite the Right&rdquo; rally in Charlottesville in
       2017.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;</section>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;I
       organized a convoy, places we can meet up and drive up together.
       I&rsquo;ll be leading it,&rdquo; said Tammy Lee, a militia
       activist in Oklahoma.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Both Lee
       and Yingling were members of groups that signed consent decrees
       never to return to Charlottesville while armed, part of a
       lawsuit settlement over the violence there. But there is no
       restriction against coming to
       Richmond.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Thousands will join
       them, they say, for a rally Monday on Capitol Square to protest
       plans by the new Democratic majority in the General Assembly to
       pass gun-control laws. State and federal officials were
       preparing for a volatile mix of weapons, passions and
       anti-government fervor. Central Richmond was braced for road
       closures and extensive police
       presence.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>That was before
       President Trump decided to weigh in Friday afternoon on
       Twitter.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;Your 2nd
       Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth
       of Virginia,&rdquo; Trump tweeted. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what
       happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns
       away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you
       Dems!&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p><a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/prospect-of-gun-control-in-virginia-draws-threats-promise-of-armed-protest/2020/01/05/7e9b230c-2e38-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_12">Prospect<br
       />of gun control in Virginia draws threats, promise of armed
       protest</a></p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Gov. Ralph Northam
       (D) last week <a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/northam-temporarily-bans-firearms-other-weapons-on-capitol-grounds/2020/01/15/c432b55a-37a8-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_13"<br
       />target="_blank" title="www.washingtonpost.com">declared a stat
       e
       of emergency</a> and issued a ban on firearms or other weapons
       on Capitol grounds. The state Supreme Court upheld the ban after
       a challenge by two gun rights groups. The Federal Aviation
       Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions for
       Richmond airspace, making it illegal to fly planes or drones
       above the city on Monday. Northam has said officials are
       concerned about threats from weaponized
       drones.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>On Thursday, the <a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-arrests-alleged-members-of-white-supremacist-group-the-base/2020/01/16/ae8c01d4-386b-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_15"<br
       />target="_blank" title="www.washingtonpost.com">FBI arrested
       three alleged members</a> of a white-supremacist group on gun
       charges, in part out of concern that they planned to attend the
       Richmond rally and incite
       violence.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>The Virginia Citizens
       Defense League, a pro-gun advocacy group, sponsors what has
       always been a peaceful rally every year on Lobby Day, which
       coincides with the state&rsquo;s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
       With children out of school and state offices closed, it is a
       time for citizens to come to the Capitol and lobby lawmakers on
       a variety of issues.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>The pro-gun
       rally is always the most visible event, but this year it has
       virtually wiped out everything else. The Virginia Citizens
       Defense League has appealed for 10,000 supporters to show up
       unarmed to fill Capitol Square and asked several times that many
       stand outside with
       weapons.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Northam told all
       nonessential staff to stay home, and many lawmakers urged aides
       to stay away, though committees will still meet and both
       chambers will convene floor sessions. The young pages who run
       errands in the House and Senate were given the day off for
       safety.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>The Coalition to Stop
       Gun Violence canceled its annual vigil and lobbying day,
       announcing the decision on Twitter &ldquo;with a heavy
       heart.&rdquo; The organization&rsquo;s state director, Lori
       Haas, said it was because of &ldquo;ongoing, credible threats to
       public safety that have been promoted &hellip; by gun
       extremists.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>One of
       Richmond&rsquo;s staunchest gun rights Republicans, who needled
       Northam over the ban earlier in the week, closed ranks with the
       governor after a closed-door briefing on the security threats
       Friday.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;Any group that
       comes to Richmond to spread white supremacist garbage, or any
       other form of hate, violence, or civil unrest isn&rsquo;t
       welcome here,&rdquo; House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert
       (R-Shenandoah) said in a written statement Saturday.
       &ldquo;While we and our Democratic colleagues may have
       differences, we are all Virginians and we will stand united in
       opposition to any threats of violence or civil unrest from any
       quarter.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Gilbert declined
       to discuss the content of the briefing, but his statement
       referred to efforts to &ldquo;infuse&rdquo; the event with a
       &ldquo;twisted or extreme
       worldview.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Outside the
       Capitol, authorities used tall chain-link barriers to create a
       pie-shaped pen for the rally. The area takes up about a third of
       Capitol Square, a manicured park dotted with monuments to
       historical figures ranging from Native Americans and George
       Washington to a segregationist governor and civil rights
       leaders. The monuments were protected with additional fencing,
       as was the Executive Mansion to the
       east.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>The square is usually open
       on all sides to foot traffic. Under Northam&rsquo;s emergency
       order, access is restricted to one spot, at Ninth and East Grace
       streets. Just inside that entrance, the crowd will be split into
       17 lines for screening with metal
       detectors.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Anyone attempting to
       bring in weapons will be turned away, but police will not
       confiscate those items, officials have said. Demonstrators who
       do not want to part with their guns may remain armed on city
       streets. Authorities say they will cut off admission to the
       rally once the crowd hits a certain number, which they have
       declined to disclose.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p><a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-virginia-and-elsewhere-gun-supporters-prepare-to-defy-new-laws/2019/11/23/4a95fcc2-0c86-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_34">In<br
       />Virginia, and elsewhere, gun supporters prepare to defy new
       laws</a></p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Police expect
       rallygoers to start lining up Sunday night, despite freezing
       temperatures. Authorities are setting up two medical tents in
       the area in case of
       injuries.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>The hoopla is focused
       on promises by Northam to enact sweeping gun control this year,
       including limiting handgun purchases to one per month, banning
       military-style weapons and silencers, allowing localities to ban
       guns in public spaces and enacting a &ldquo;red flag&rdquo; law
       so authorities can temporarily seize weapons from someone deemed
       a threat.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Democrats across
       Virginia ran on the promise of gun control in last year&rsquo;s
       legislative elections, <a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/polls-open-in-virginia-balance-of-power-in-state-government-is-at-stake/2019/11/05/bdb57972-ff5b-11e9-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html?wpisrc=al_news__alert-national--alert-politics--alert-local-politics&wpmk=1&tid=lk_inline_manual_39"<br
       />target="_blank">winning majorities</a> in both the House of
       Delegates and state Senate for the first time in a generation.
       That gives them the power to act &mdash; and has inspired
       outrage from pro-gun
       activists.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>More than 110
       counties, cities and towns around the state have passed some
       type of resolution in support of gun rights, many of them
       &ldquo;Second Amendment sanctuary&rdquo; proclamations in which
       local officials pledge not to enforce laws they see as
       unconstitutional.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>National
       militia and extremist groups have mobilized, with some making
       threats against elected officials. Many promise to use Virginia
       as the place to take a stand against what they see as a rising
       tide of anti-gun sentiment, invoking language of insurrection
       and civil war.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Not all of the
       heated rhetoric has come from
       outsiders.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Sen. Amanda F. Chase
       (R-Chesterfield), who plans to speak at the rally, warned on
       Facebook that authorities might send a troublemaker into the
       crowd &mdash; a &ldquo;government plant,&rdquo; she said &mdash;
       to cause a disruption as an excuse to arrest attendees on
       &ldquo;domestic terrorist&rdquo;
       charges.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Some far-left
       organizations have also expressed sympathy with the cause. A
       coalition of groups at the site Richmondcommunists.org issued a
       statement Friday slamming gun control as a means of keeping down
       the working class.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Antifa Seven
       Hills, a Richmond-based anti-fascist group, said in a recent
       email interview that it also opposes gun control. But although
       it claimed no interest in disrupting the rally, it called on the
       Virginia Citizens Defense League to &ldquo;prevent racists and
       fascists from attending&rdquo; and promised to &ldquo;always
       confront fascist ideology when it shows up in our
       city.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Yingling, the
       Pennsylvania militia activist, said he believes turnout will be
       big. &ldquo;God, I hope it happens,&rdquo; he said in a
       telephone interview. &ldquo;Like it or not, the governor&rsquo;s
       trampling on the rights of millions of gun owners.
       .&thinsp;.&thinsp;. People are upset, and they should be.
       He&rsquo;s talking about people&rsquo;s right to defend
       themselves.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Yingling led
       his militia on the streets of Charlottesville for the rally
       there in 2017. He said they were not backing the neo-Nazis who
       defended the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, but were protecting
       the rights of all involved to exercise free speech.
       Monday&rsquo;s rally is another case of the Constitution under
       siege, he said &mdash; this time over gun
       rights.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>And yes, Yingling
       anticipates violence. He blamed Northam for pushing to limit
       access to guns.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;Let me
       make one thing unequivocally clear: I do not advocate for
       violence ever, ever,&rdquo; Yingling said. &ldquo;But if he
       &#91;Northam&#93; keeps pushing people, people are going to feel
       that they&rsquo;re not going to have another
       choice.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Yingling said law
       enforcement has been in contact with him ahead of the rally, but
       he declined to disclose what they talked
       about.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p><a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/prospect-of-gun-control-in-virginia-draws-threats-promise-of-armed-protest/2020/01/05/7e9b230c-2e38-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html?tid=lk_interstitial_manual_56">&lsquo;Make<br
       />bang bang&rsquo;: Virginia gun rights lobbyist duped into
       promoting pistols for
       tots</a></p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Lee, the convoy leader
       from Oklahoma, has promoted the Richmond rally in Facebook live
       videos. &ldquo;I can absolutely not wait,&rdquo; she said in
       one. &ldquo;This may possibly be the first time that almost the
       entire patriot movement is
       there.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>But in a video
       posted Friday, she also expressed dread. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re
       not apprehensive about going to this event, then I would worry
       about you and your mental state and your thought process,&rdquo;
       she said.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>In an interview, Lee
       said the convoy would kick off in Oklahoma on Saturday morning
       and swing through 10 states before its scheduled arrival in
       Richmond on Sunday afternoon. She declined to say how many
       vehicles or people would be
       involved.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Lee said she has
       participated in nearly 50 rallies in the past five years. That
       includes Charlottesville, which she attended as a member of the
       American Freedom Keepers. She later cut ties with that
       group.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>In a recent video, she
       indicated that the gun rights movement was fractured over
       whether the out-of-state militias would help or hinder their
       cause in Richmond.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;While
       some don&rsquo;t want outsiders coming in, it&rsquo;s too late
       for that,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;There are so many people woke
       to what&rsquo;s happening &hellip; that I don&rsquo;t think you
       could keep people away if you wanted
       to.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>Philip Van Cleave,
       president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, said he
       toured the grounds with Capitol Police on Friday to get a sense
       of the layout. He said he was hoping for a peaceful
       rally.</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p>&ldquo;The frustrating
       thing to me is, if something does happen, that&rsquo;ll be all
       people talk about,&rdquo; Van Cleave said. &ldquo;My view is, we
       have no control. We&rsquo;re telling police everything we know
       about and trusting them to do their
       job.&rdquo;</p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p><a
       href="
  HTML https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/#/bundle/localheads?method=SURL&location=ART&tid=lk_readmore_manual_66">Local<br
       />newsletters: Local headlines (8 a.m.) | </a><a
       href="
  HTML https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/#/bundle/buzz?tid=lk_readmore_manual_66"<br
       />title="subscribe.washingtonpost.com">Afternoon Buzz (4
       p.m.)</a></p>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<p><a
       href="
  HTML https://www.facebook.com/postlocal">Like
       PostLocal on
       Facebook | </a><a href="
  HTML https://twitter.com/postlocal"<br
       />title="twitter.com">Follow @postlocal on Twitter</a> | <a
       href="
  HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/?tid=lk_readmore_manual_67"<br
       />title="www.washingtonpost.com">Latest local
       news</a></p>&#13;</div>[/html]
       #Post#: 15282--------------------------------------------------
       Letter From Steward Rhoads to the &quot;Oath Keepers&quot;
       By: Surly1 Date: January 20, 2020, 4:56 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Motivated by the same contempt for decency as the Trump admin's
       elevation of pizza and French fries to the American dietary
       pantheon on Michelle Obama's birthday, replacing peas and
       carrots, and for the same reasons, these militarized cosplayers
       are descending on Richmond today, the MLK holiday. This shit is
       VERY close to home, and affects me directly as my daughter and
       her boyfriend live and work in Richmond. She said she
       "encountered" some of their number last night.
       This exercise can go sideways in a lot of different ways, and
       very quickly. The point is to defy the rule of law, and via such
       defiance, stop the advance of an equality-under-the-law based
       system of governance in favor of the rule of old white slavers
       with guns. And brought to you by the same cowboys that brought
       you the great moral victory at the Bundy Ranch and at Malheur.
       Now check this out:
       My wife got this email from a friend who lives and works in
       Richmond last night, who says she got it from a friend in Texas.
       She said, "it made my skin crawl.
       Are these people frikin INSANE?!"
       Why yes, Heidi, they are. This purports to be from the founder
       of the Oath Keepers. Note carefully the tone of grievance and
       perpetual victimhood.
       Urgent! Need Volunteers Monday, Jan. 20th
       to Protect Patriots At Richmond Gun Rights Rally
       Oath Keepers and patriots,
       Volunteers needed!  We need LEO and military veterans to
       volunteer to help us on the ground at the ARMED rally in the
       streets of Richmond, VA on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 (not in Gov.
       Northam’s absurd disarmed slave pen – out in the streets with
       the hardcore patriots who will NOT be disarmed).
       We put word out to our members on our Facebook page two days ago
       that we need to be there to do all we can to help prevent this
       event from going sideways.  We are still in need of men to
       assist.  You do NOT have to be an Oath Keepers member to help.
       Just be a qualified and trained LEO or military veteran who can
       keep your head and is physically capable of defending others.
       If you are in driving range of Richmond, VA, please come help.
       To volunteer, email us at:  oathkeepersok@gmail.com.
       Tell us about your service and training.  Attach a copy of your
       drivers license and CCW (if you have one) and your phone number.
       We know many of you will be there anyway, so please consider
       also linking up with us and helping in this critical mission.
       If you cannot make it in person to help, please donate to
       support those who can make it.
       DONATE HERE
       MISSION IS TO BE A CALMING INFLUENCE. On all sides.
       1. Keep the police cool by  making it clear to them that brother
       officers are on the ground, mixed in with the gun rights crowd.
       In our experience, after all the public events we have secured,
       from Bundy Ranch on, when the police know that other police are
       on the ground, among the patriots, it tends to prompt them to do
       their jobs better, and to prevent tragedies.  We will have
       patriot cops liaison with local and state LEOs, doing all we can
       to prevent a blue-on-blue or patriot on police incident.  We
       need as many patriot police officers here as possible for that
       mission.
       2. Keep patriots cool, focused on expressing their views but not
       going violent and not trying to crash the gates into the capital
       grounds. That is EXACTLY what Northam wants.  Don’t give it to
       him!  Best outcome is a calm, peaceful mass assembly of armed
       Americans exercising their rights to peaceably assemble (while
       armed!) and petition their government for a redress of
       grievances.  Make Northam look like an overreacting, tyrannical
       ass.  Keep our cool.
       3. Watch for false flags, hotheads, and agent provocateurs.  Do
       all we can to deter or stop them.
       4. Escort vulnerable people to and from the rally. And
       especially after, escort elderly, disabled, or any other
       vulnerable individuals that the left may target for assault.
       If things go sideways/kinetic then focus on protecting people
       and getting them to safety.
       Email us at oathkeepersok@gmail.com to volunteer.
       NOTE:  All that Navy SEAL veteran Matt Bracken has warned about
       regarding the VCDL organized Lobby Day rally in Richmond is a
       very real possibility.    I am in Richmond as I write this, and
       I can tell you that after seeing the downtown capitol grounds
       and nearby narrow streets surrounded by high rise buildings and
       multi-story, open sided parking garages, Bracken is correct
       about the dangers.
       However, the reality is that there will still be tens of
       thousands of armed American patriots there on Monday, Jan 20,
       2020, in those narrow streets.  It is now far too late to
       prevent that.  I do urge you to read Bracken’s analysis so you
       understand the danger.  You can read it here.    But I encourage
       those of you with the proper training and experience to then
       join us on the ground to do all we can, using our training and
       experience, to keep things from going FUBAR.  It may still go
       FUBAR despite our best efforts, but duty is ours, results are
       God’s, so we will be there to try to prevent or mitigate all the
       worst case scenarios that Bracken outlines – specifically agent
       provocateurs, false flags, hot-heads going kinetic, or
       over-reacting rally attendees and overreacting local LEOs.
       For us, this comes down to a matter of duty.
       The Governor or VA has only made Bracken’s forecast of a FUBAR
       “buffalo jump” all the more possible/likely by pushing tens of
       thousands of armed patriots out into the street s of Richmond
       instead of on the massive green of the capitol grounds.  Northam
       has done this by declaring an emergency and unlawfully decreeing
       that the capitol grounds are a “gun-free” zone and has ordered
       the police to set up massive fencing and metal detectors around
       the green, with anyone who wants to attend VCDL’s rally on
       Monday forced to go through metal detectors before doing so.
       Predictably, and understandably, tens of thousand of American
       patriots will not submit themselves to being disarmed and going
       through an absurd metal detector and police gauntlet to just
       stand on some grass and listen to speakers.  They are 100% right
       in their refusal to do so.
       Oath Keepers will NOT be entering Northam’s absurd slave pen,
       and we urge all other patriots to likewise refuse to disarm and
       go through metal detectors just to attend a “gun rights rally.”
       A disarmed gun rights rally in VA is an absurdity and an
       abomination.  As Patrick Henry would say, “Forbid it almighty
       God!”  Tens of thousands of American patriots agree, and we will
       all be outside of Northam’s sheep pen/slave pen in the streets
       of Richmond, standing in defiance and protest.
       But this does mean that instead of all of us standing on the
       green, we will now be crammed into those narrow streets,
       surrounded by high rise buildings and multi-story parking
       garages.  And all those gun owners crammed into those narrow
       streets just makes conflict with Antifa and other leftist
       agitators, provocateurs/false flag operators all the more likely
       and makes the plans of any nefarious actors all the easier.
       Unfortunately, VCDL has chosen to ask that 10,000 gun owners
       disarm and go inside Northam’s sheep pen/slave pen, with the
       rest remaining armed out in the streets.  We disagree with this
       decision.  It sends entirely the wrong message.  It lets Northam
       and his fellow-traveler oath breaking domestic enemies of the
       Constitution in the VA legislature know that they CAN disarm at
       least some Virginians, because they already did on Jan 20, 2020.
       And to have members of VCDL be the ones who willingly submit to
       being disarmed just to listen to some speeches sends a
       particularly damaging message of a willingness to comply with
       tyrannical edicts. We respect the past hard work of VCDL, but
       this is a tragic blunder.  It is not too late to change course
       and we sincerely hope they do.
       We are still hopeful that VCDL will listen to us and to their
       fellow Virginian patriots who are telling them the same thing:
       leave Northam’s absurd anti-constitution square empty.  Set not
       one patriot foot inside it.  Instead, surround it with armed
       patriots to mock and ridicule it.  Bring your speakers out into
       the streets with the armed free men.  Let them stand on a milk
       crate and yell into a bullhorn if that’s what it takes.  Don’t
       ask armed free men (Virginians!) to disarm and submit to a
       tyrant’s decree just to listen to some speeches.
       Defiance and refusal, not compliance and submission are the
       proper responses.  As the founders said, resistance to tyrants
       is obedience to God.
       But, that needs to be a refusal to enter Northam’s pen.  It does
       NOT need to be some absurd act of storming the gates/fences and
       attempting to enter the capitol grounds armed.  That is
       precisely what Northam wants you to do.  Don’t ‘do it!  Read
       retired SEAL Matt Bracken’s write up again.  And then read this.
       Bracken correctly states the the best course of action is to
       focus on the already growing resistance at the town and county
       level, and he urges patriots to gather THERE in defiance.  He is
       100% correct.  Follow the Founding Father’s example by using
       local resistance, defiance, and nullification as your wisely
       chosen method. That resistance is already underway with all of
       the town and county Second Amendment Sanctuary resolutions.
       build on it.  Amplify it.  And give it teeth!
       PROPER RESISTANCE IS DEFIANCE IN THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES, WITH AN
       ORGANIZED MILITA
       Now that Northam has issued his wanna-be King George tyrant’s
       decree, the proper response is for the patriots of Virginia to
       call up a muster of all able bodied men in each county, at the
       county seat.  Not a gun rights rally – A MUSTER.  Bring the men
       of the county together. Declare Northam to be a domestic enemy
       of the Constitution, with the evidence being his absurd “state
       of emergency” declaration and disarmed capitol grounds decree.
       Declare him to be illegitimate.  Declare all he does, all he
       signs into “law” from this moment on to be illegitimate and null
       and void from inception, without force or effect.
       And then put the senior military officers or NCO veterans
       present in charge of swearing all the men in as the county
       militia, in a mass oath swearing ceremony.  Form that militia
       right there on the spot, and then get those NCOs and military
       officers (especially the infantry veterans) busy training that
       militia.  Invite the sheriff to also swear them all in as his
       deputies to form his posse/reserve deputy auxiliary.
       And then get to training! That will send a message of defiance
       loud and clear, and will then force Northam to eventually come
       to you, where you are strong and he is weak, with him as the
       clear aggressor, rather than you going where he is strong, in
       some massive disorganized gaggle, with you being seen as the
       perceived aggressors.  Remember Three Percenter Founder Mike
       Vanderboegh’s wise admonition of “no Ft. Sumters” – meaning that
       we need to let the bad guys be the clear aggressors. If there is
       to be a fight, let it be one that begins on the best of terms
       for us.
       This is what the Founders did.  When General Gage landed in
       Boston and placed the city, and really all of Massachusetts,
       under martial law, the Founders did not call up the town
       militias to march on Boston. Instead. they organized, armed, and
       trained even more town militias and they also formed up special
       Minuteman Companies. They got strong in their local towns and
       rural counties, and they defied Gage’s decrees.  for example, he
       banned all town hall meetings. The patriots held town hall
       meetings anyway, in open defiance. They kept their patriot
       leaders out in the rural towns where Gage could not easily
       arrest them.  That’s why Gage had to send troops to Concord –
       that’s where patriot leaders John Hancock and Sam Adams were.
       They did not stay in Boston, like sitting ducks.  And when Gage
       finally had to go after them, he was forced to send troops out
       in to the country, where he was weak and the patriots were
       strong.  And because the patriot leaders were protected by
       organized militia, Gage couldn’t send just a handful of officers
       on horseback (his secret police) to arrest them.  He had to send
       a large regular military force of infantry.
       Eventually Gage was forced to go after the patriot leaders and
       to go after the arms of the militia.  He had no choice, because
       they were making a mockery against him.  He had to send troops
       out into the countryside to try to arrest Hancock and Adams, and
       to seize the guns and ammo of the patriot militia.
       And not only did that make Gage the clear aggressor, it also
       guaranteed his defeat when those troops were overwhelmed because
       they had marched out into patriot held territory where they were
       weak and the patriots were strong.  Follow that example. Don’t
       listen to hot head idiots who want to scream “Wolverines!” and
       rush the fences on Monday, in a bid to “storm the capitol and
       take it back for the people!’ or some other such nonsense.  The
       focus of effort needs to be in the rural towns and counties,
       where the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement is already
       catching fire.  Again, this is something that Navy SEAL veteran
       Matt Bracken has also been saying.  Read his detailed analysis
       of WHY this is the proper course here.
       Be wise as serpents, (or at least as wise as Hancock and Adams)
       and let Northam come to you where you are strong and he is weak.
       Declare him illegitimate.  Declare all he does, all he signs
       into “law” to be illegitimate and null and void from inception,
       without force or effect.  And then form up, arm up, and train
       your militia so you are strong when Northam does come, as he
       will be forced to do, just as Gage was forced to eventually
       march his men out into the countryside.
       The proper strategy today is the same.  Local resistance.
       Raising, organizing, arming, and training local town and county
       militia.  Encouraging and assisting all the patriot sheriffs to
       form posse or reserve deputy auxiliary.
       That is what Oath Keepers will be doing after the rally.  We
       will be out in the rural counties, assisting in raising and
       training official county militia and posse.  See our call to
       action here, on that vital training mission.  That mission is
       ongoing now, and will continue into the coming weeks and months.
       Please consider making a donation to support that effort, or
       purchasing a raffle ticket to support our work.
       Together we can make Monday a safe gathering of patriots and
       together we can grow the local resistance so strong that Northam
       and the rest of the oath breakers in VA are impotent and
       powerless to actually violate the rights of the people in their
       hometowns.  And if Northam nonetheless tries, he will suffer the
       same fate as General Gage; he will both fail, and open the door
       to his own downfall.
       As the Virginia flag famously made clear long ago:  Sic Semper
       Tyrannis!
       For the Republic,
       Stewart Rhodes
       Founder of Oath Keepers
       #Post#: 15287--------------------------------------------------
       Martin Luther King Jr's Radical Legacy!
       By: AGelbert Date: January 20, 2020, 9:04 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [center]Martin Luther King Jr's [img
       width=40]
  HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/1/3-120818185037-16412296.gif[/img]<br
       />Radical Legacy![/center]
       1,093 views•Jan 20, 2020
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/JEepg3Yr8hk[/center]
       Thom Hartmann Program
       203K subscribers
       Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered by Thom Hartmann callers
       for his revolutionary and radical work!
       
       &#128308; Subscribe for more clips like this:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       
       The true history and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is
       celebrated by Thom Hartmann and his audience on the anniversary
       of his birth, although King is often thought of today as a man
       who only had a dream, Thom Hartmann and callers remember his
       radical work, taking on the cause of civil rights, economic
       justice and his anti-imperialist and anti-war positions.
       Did you know that Dr. King was a radical democratic socialist?
       Let us know your favorite facts, quotes from Martin Luther King
       Jr in the comments.
       &#11088; Join our Membership and Support the Channel:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       [center]Martin Luther King Jr Sacrifice and Struggle (w/
       &#128077;Joe Madison)[/center]
       203 views•Jan 20, 2020
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/btDh9XYs1E0[/center]
       Thom Hartmann Program
       203K subscribers
       Martin Luther King Jr. made the ultimate sacrifice for civil
       rights, Joe Madison joins Thom Hartmann to discuss.
       
       &#128308; Subscribe for more clips like this:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       
       What was life like for Martin Luther King Jr. who made the
       ulimate sacrifice to push forward civil rights for
       African-Americans? Thom Hartmann and Joe Madison go over the
       life and legacy of the Reverend Doctor, Martin Luther King Jr.
       and his effect on our movements today, and our politics.
       What would Martin Luther King Jr say about Donald Trump?  The
       state our nation is in and the civil rights victories yet to be
       won?
       What can we do to honor King's legacy and to do our part to get
       to King's Mountain Top?
       &#11088; Join our Membership and Support the Channel:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       #Post#: 15416--------------------------------------------------
       West Virginia Can't Wait For Progressive Policies (w/ Stephen Sm
       ith)
       By: AGelbert Date: January 29, 2020, 7:38 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [center]West Virginia Can't Wait For Progressive Policies (w/
       Stephen Smith [img
       width=40]
  HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/1/3-120818185038-16442135.gif[/img])[/center]
       1,125 views•Jan 28, 2020
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/Mua0IqpSXTs[/center]
       Thom Hartmann Program
       204K subscribers
       [move]&#129413; Stephen Smith is taking on a
       &#127913;billionaire candidate and standing for election as
       Governor in West Virginia.[/move]
       &#128308; Subscribe for more clips like this:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       He wants to change the people who are elected for office and is
       building support from the ground-up. His volunteer team have
       between them brought together 32 different policies for WV.
       #Post#: 15557--------------------------------------------------
       &#129413; Greg Palast wins a Court victory for fair voting!
       By: AGelbert Date: February 11, 2020, 10:16 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       [center]
  HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/1/3-250718204530.gif[/center]
       [center]&#129413; Greg Palast [img
       width=40]
  HTML https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/2/3-300919160022-2281531.png[/img][/center]
       2,405 views•Feb 11, 2020
       [center]
  HTML https://youtu.be/KhTvmTAw7aY[/center]
       Thom Hartmann Program
       206K subscribers
       Up to 120 characters first para
       
       &#128308; Subscribe for more clips like this:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       Further paras here . . .
       &#11088; Join our Membership and Support the Channel:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann
       *****************************************************
   DIR Next Page