Well, it can backfire on them<\/p>\n
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\nThe Left clearly intends to gain full control, and will not settle for less. If it cannot achieve its ends via ballot boxes (no matter how stuffed or harvested they might be), then agencies will connive with print, electronic and social media \u2013 in clear violation of First Amendment prohibitions against government abridging freedom of speech. Failing that, it will resort to cartridge boxes and Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n
Unless, that is, We the People stop this assault on Americas\u2019 democracy and personal freedoms.<\/p>\n
Leftist Intimidation \u2013 and Assassination?<\/a><\/p>\n One year ago,\u00a0ProPublica published<\/a>\u00a0illegally leaked IRS data on America\u2019s wealthiest taxpayers. The \u201cnewsroom\u201d said it obtained the information from \u201can anonymous source,\u201d thanks to the ease with which people with access to information can secretly copy and transmit it with a few mouse clicks.<\/p>\n ProPublica piously claimed its actions were meant to advance \u201ctax fairness\u201d and help Congress and the Biden administration pay for all the trillions of dollars lavished on Covid and Build Back Better, by making it harder for the \u00fcber-rich \u201cto avoid tax burdens borne by ordinary citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n But as I\u2019ve\u00a0noted previously<\/a>, their approach is hideously complicated. Assets that increase in value from some retroactive mythical or arbitrary acquisition price would get taxed whopping amounts. If assets later\u00a0depreciate,\u00a0<\/em>the wealthy will require credits or refunds for billion-dollar unrealized\u00a0losses.<\/em>\u00a0Worse, the initial 700-1,000 ultra-rich would likely balloon to millions of taxpayers, as happened with the\u00a0Alternative Minimum Tax<\/a>, under this accountant, appraiser, auditor and lawyer appreciation legislation.<\/p>\n The IRS and Justice Department say they are deeply concerned, devoted to protecting taxpayer information, and committed to getting to the bottom of the data theft scandal. But the perpetrators have yet to be identified, prosecuted or punished \u2013 and ProPublica certainly hasn\u2019t been canceled by or banished from Facebook or Twitter.<\/p>\n Indeed, ProPublica published more stolen confidential data this year. Again, no accountability for the perps \u2013 any more than there was for\u00a0Lois Lerner<\/a>, who used the IRS to target conservative groups and obstruct their tax-exempt certifications, so that they could not engage in activities that might have affected the outcomes of multiple elections.<\/p>\n Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) says the ProPublica saga is just \u201cone more example of the government being weaponized\u201d against the American people. However, only the chairs of relevant committees can demand that the IRS Inspector General brief Congress, the IRS told Jordan, and those Democrat chairs have little interest in doing so.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The saga also further documents how \u201cpublic servants\u201d too often assist \u201cprogressive\u201d Democrats, Big Media, Big Tech and Big Academia in driving far-left economic, energy and \u201csocial and climate justice\u201d agendas \u2013 employing the full heft of the Deep State and wealthy corporations.<\/p>\n Yet some still say they\u2019re baffled that so many distrust and despise the IRS and Federal Government.<\/p>\n Despite the gravity of these data thefts, the anniversary was barely mentioned in most news media. Nor were other anniversaries. Five years ago this month, a former Bernie Sanders volunteer tried to gun down Republican congressmen during baseball practice. Six years ago, Antifa thugs and arsonists were ramping up their multiyear assault on 2016 election results, America\u2019s democracy, police stations and courthouses, people\u2019s homes and livelihoods, and conservative families in their favorite restaurants.<\/p>\n What did get extensive attention was the partisan House of Representatives inquisition into the January 6, 2021 \u201cviolent attack\u201d on the Capitol, in an \u201cattempt to prevent certification\u201d of the 2020 election results. President Trump and others have been charged with \u201chigh crimes and misdemeanors\u201d and \u201cengaging in insurrection or rebellion against the United States,\u201d despite asking his supporters to \u201cpeacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d It\u2019s a good distraction from our\u00a0economic and energy problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some of President Trump\u2019s rhetoric was certainly intemperate, and some marchers certainly broke windows and entered the Capitol. However, the only serious violence was the unjustifiable killing of Ashli Babbitt by Capitol Hill policeman Michael Byrd, and Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) clearly failed to ensure adequate security that day.<\/p>\n But if some of President Trump\u2019s language rose to the level of \u201cinciting violence,\u201d what are we to make of other rhetoric? Then-Senator\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0declared that the \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests are \u201cnot gonna stop before Election Day, and they’re not gonna stop after Election Day.\u201d She also supported a Soros fund that helped bail rioters out of jail. Standing outside the Supreme Court, Senator\u00a0Chuck Schumer<\/a>\u00a0(D-NY) warned: \u201cI want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n The far-left group\u00a0Ruth Sent Us<\/a>\u00a0published the home addresses of conservative Supreme Court justices, and even the school attended by Justice Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s children. An anti-Israel Boston-area\u00a0Boycott Divest Sanction<\/a>\u00a0(BDS) outfit posted maps of Jewish organizations it wants to \u201cdisrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n The consequences are predictable. Violent protests rage on, with more promised if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.\u00a0Jane\u2019s Revenge<\/a>\u00a0extremists is firebombing pro-life and pregnancy counseling offices in multiple states. And a pro-abortion gunman arrested at 1:00 am outside the Kavanaugh residence told police he intended to assassinate the Justice. (The\u00a0NY Times<\/em>\u00a0barely covered the murder plot.)<\/p>\n Threats and protests following a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision reversing past abortion rulings prompted the US Senate to unanimously pass legislation protecting the Justices\u2019 families. But Speaker Pelosi sat on the measure for five weeks, including a full week after the attempted assassination. It finally passed the House with\u00a027 Democrats<\/a>\u00a0voting against it, including five Squad members.<\/p>\n Our system cannot abide blatantly different standards of justice and discourse. It\u2019s flat-out illegal to threaten or intimidate judges or justices, to advance desired decisions. And censorship of unwanted opinions and inconvenient facts brings dictatorship and disastrous policies.<\/p>\n But the Democrat-run Congress and Executive Branch are clearly taking America down this path, weaponizing government institutions, imposing different rules and standards against different classes of citizens, and colluding with print, electronic and social media to control information and debate.<\/p>\n This final problem is rapidly metastasizing. Press Secretary\u00a0Jen Psaki<\/a>\u00a0admitted the White House is collaborating with social media companies to censor alleged COVID \u201cdisinformation,\u201d while government agencies ramp up \u201cdisinformation research and tracking\u201d \u2013 and flag \u201cproblematic posts that spread disinformation,\u201d so that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can cancel and delete them.<\/p>\n Having already succeeded in getting social media to silence those who question climate crisis claims, White House climate adviser\u00a0Gina McCarthy<\/a>\u00a0now wants Big Tech titans to\u00a0cancel anyone who says<\/a>\u00a0\u201cgreen\u201d energy and other climate \u201csolutions\u201d will harm the environment and living standards. Even pointing out limitations of lithium-ion batteries is \u201cdisinformation\u201d that threatens public health, she says.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has proposed a\u00a0Disinformation Governance Board<\/a>\u00a0that might forge \u201cpublic-private partnerships between DHS and Twitter\u201d \u2013 the better to combat disinformation about masking, vaccines and other \u201cserious homeland security risks,\u201d say internal DHS emails.<\/p>\n The Left clearly intends to gain full control, and will not settle for less. If it cannot achieve its ends via ballot boxes (no matter how stuffed or harvested they might be), then agencies will connive with print, electronic and social media \u2013 in clear violation of First Amendment prohibitions against government abridging freedom of speech. Failing that, it will resort to cartridge boxes and Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n Unless, that is, We the People stop this assault on Americas\u2019 democracy and personal freedoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it can backfire on them BLUF The Left clearly intends to gain full control, and will not settle for less. 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\nCongresswoman\u00a0Maxine Waters<\/a>\u00a0(D-CA) demanded \u201cNo peace, no sleep!\u201d for Trump officials. \u201cIf you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station,\u201d she ranted, \u201ctell them they\u2019re not welcome anymore, anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n