Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Dept. of Defense Sued for Details of Labeling Right to Life Groups as Terrorists

By Tim Gamble
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The following is an unedited press release by Judicial Watch, dated October 15, 2024.

10-15-2024  (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense for details of U.S. Army training materials that designate pro-life organizations or individuals as “terrorists” (Judicial Watch Inc. v U.S. Department of Defense (No 1:24-cv-02895).

Judicial Watch filed suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia after the Department of the Army failed to respond to an August 13, 2024, FOIA request for:

  • All emails of Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo, Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, and/or Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus regarding the designation of pro-life groups or individuals as “terrorists.”

Judicial Watch made a subsequent FOIA request to Special Command Operations, U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Liberty, NC, a component of the Army, for:

  • Records related to the designation of the National Right to Life Committee or any other pro-life organization as “terrorists” in anti-terrorism training materials used by Fort Liberty.
  • All emails of Garrison Commander Col. John Wilcox regarding the designation of pro-life groups as “terrorists” in Army training material.

A photo reportedly circulating on social media shows one slide from a presentation used to train soldiers. The slide, titled “Terrorist Groups,” lists several groups, including National Right to Life and Operation Rescue, and “opponents of Roe v. Wade.” The Army responded to the news report, saying the material had not been vetted correctly. 

“Let’s be blunt – the radical leftist Biden-Harris administration is trying to set our military against conservative American citizens,” Judicial Watch Tom Fitton said. “And that we have had to sue after being denied basic records about the Army’s targeting of pro-life Christians makes the scandal worse.”

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Dystopian Survival is Tim Gamble's other website, which focuses on self-reliance, survival, resilience, preparedness, and building  community, in order to survive our dystopian future (which has arrived!). It is more concerned with helping people survive modern threats (world wars, economic collapse, and a technocratic police state, for three examples) rather than surviving bear attacks and getting lost in the woods. Dystopian Survival currently has over 650 articles on a wide variety of topics. Please check it out! 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Get Radical! Spread the Constitution!

By Tim Gamble
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Here is a radical idea in today's world: Spread Constitutional Literacy by giving away pocket copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It's an idea that I've been promoting (and doing) for many years. 

Pocket Constitutions are available from Amazon (the one pictured here is currently $1.50 each with free shipping for both prime members or when ordering 24 or more). You may also be able to order pocket Constitutions from various political and educational organizations that occasionally offer them for sale. I am an Amazon Affiliate, so ordering them through my links to Amazon will help to support this site in a small way (at no extra cost to you). 

Pocket Constitutions  make great giveaways for:
  • Back-to-School 
  • History and Social Studies Classes
  • Halloween Trick-or-Treat
  • Spring and Fall Festivals
  • Campaign Events and Political Rallies
  • Business Events and Promotions
  • Homeschoolers
  • Scout Troops
  • Churches and Sunday School Classes
  • Bible Study and Prayer Groups
  • Clubs and Civic Organizations
  • "Little Free Libraries" (those boxes in many neighborhoods)
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Dystopian Survival is Tim Gamble's other website, which focuses on self-reliance, survival, resilience, preparedness, and building  community, in order to survive our dystopian future (which has arrived!). It is more concerned with helping people survive modern threats (world wars, economic collapse, and a technocratic police state, for three examples) rather than surviving bear attacks and getting lost in the woods. Dystopian Survival currently has over 650 articles on a wide variety of topics. Please check it out! 

Thursday, October 10, 2024

U.S. Government’s Involvement in Global Censorship Efforts

By Tim Gamble

Tim's comments: Free Speech is under attack. Even in the United States, despite the First Amendment to our Constitution. Governments, government agencies, politicians, activists, and even corporations are all trying to curtail Free Speech. The excuses are many, but the bottom line is the control of information, and especially control of the narrative - what people are and are not talking about, and how they are talking about it. Ultimately, control of speech is control of thought, and control of thought is control of the populace. 

Make no mistake. What they are trying to do has nothing to do with making people be polite to each other, stopping "hate" speech or even stopping "misinformation." It is about control. 

The following is an unedited press release from  America First Legal (AFL), dated October 9, 2024. Links are to web pages of the AFL.

10-9-2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Agency for International Development for refusing to provide records related to the U.S. government’s involvement in recent global efforts to suppress free speech, specifically the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France and social media censorship in Brazil.

On August 29, 2024, after French authorities detained Mr. Durov and charged him with a host of crimes related to alleged illegal activity on Telegram, AFL launched an investigation to determine the Biden-Harris Administration’s involvement in his arrest.

Telegram, which Mr. Durov founded, is a secure social media and messaging platform with nearly 1 billion users worldwide. If convicted, Mr. Durov faces up to 10 years in prison and a $550,000 fine. 

Given Mr. Durov’s prominence and the implications these charges could have on free speech around the world, there is significant reason to believe that the Biden-Harris Administration may have had advance knowledge of, or even played a role in, Mr. Durov’s arrest.

On September 10, after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued an order blocking Elon Musk’s X in Brazil, AFL launched an investigation to determine the Biden-Harris Administration’s role in social media censorship by Brazil’s government.

Over the past few years, the Brazilian government has increasingly engaged in censorship efforts in an apparent attempt to silence political dissent. Justice Moraes has demanded that X suspend or remove more than 150 accounts of government critics, including conservative members of the federal legislature, members of the judiciary, journalists, a gospel singer, and even a pop radio station — all for allegedly spreading “disinformation.”

Justice Moraes’ order blocking X is a serious escalation in the Brazilian government’s use of censorship to silence critics — and an unprecedented attack on free speech.

Last week, a shocking new report by Michael Shellenberger revealed that U.S. government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency, have been “funding pro-censorship advocacy and advising the Brazilian government on how to engage in censorship.”

On the heels of this report, Justice Moraes lifted the ban on X in Brazil and allowed the social media company to go back online this week.

Government censorship and attacks on free speech are fundamentally anti-American. The American people — and the world — must know if the Biden-Harris Administration supported or coordinated with the Brazilian government to censor an American social media company committed to upholding free speech.

Despite meeting the legal requirements to be granted expedited processing in these investigations, AFL has not received any communications or records from these agencies pertaining to either matter.

AFL will continue working to expose and combat the tyrannical Biden-Harris Administration assault on free speech.  

Statement from Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Executive Director:

“The American people have every right to know whether their government and their taxpayer dollars are being used to suppress free speech around the world. The collusive censorship enterprise is well-resourced, well-placed, highly motivated, and willing to do anything to silence viewpoints and voices with which they disagree. We are committed to getting to the bottom of this and will deliver the truth for the American people,” said Gene Hamilton.

Read the complaint here.

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Appalachia Disaster Update; Grindstone Ministries

The situation in Appalachia, particularly parts of western NC, remains dire. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene is massive. There have literally been hundreds of dead bodies recovered so far, with the final death toll expected to potentially be in the thousands by the time all are found. Much of the region, especially parts of western NC, remains largely unsearched. Entire towns have been destroyed. Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure have been destroyed. Some areas are expected to to be without power for six months or more. 

See the Grindstone Ministries YouTube channel for more updates: 

Want to help Appalachia recover from Helene? Consider donating to or volunteering with the folks at Grindstone Ministries. They have "boots on the ground" in Eastern Tennessee and and are also surreptitiously moving some supplies into parts of Western NC. I say "surreptitiously" because FEMA is doing their best to NOT allow supplies and volunteers into western NC that are not under their direct control. It is a bureaucratic nightmare and people are suffering because of it.. Grindstone will be sending more volunteers, supplies and equipment into the region in the coming weeks and months.

Grindstone Ministries - A disaster relief ministry that provides disaster cleanup & construction services and critical materials distribution in the aftermath of natural disasters, such as tornados and hurricanes. Grindstone is largely a volunteer-based ministry that does not charge anyone (victims, insurance companies, or government) for their services. Link = https://grindstoneministries.com/

Monday, October 7, 2024

American History: Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore (by Fat Electrician)

By Tim Gamble

Sadly, Americans are taught very little real history these days. Here is a GREAT American history video by the Fat Electrician (YouTube channel link). Lots of comparisons to be made and lessons to be learned. But for now, enjoy the video (and visit and subscribe to his channel):

Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats - Samuel Whittemore



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