September 2022 – We The People Speaking

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEMO

(Proposed memo from the White House National Security Council staff)

National Security Council

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Washington DC

30 September, 2020

Memorandum for: President Biden

Subject: Terrorist Threat

Mr. President, day-in and day-out we, members of your NSC staff, concern ourselves with the deeply important issues that impact both positively and negatively on the security of our nation. We take our work very seriously and feel obligated to keep you informed of all critical issues associated with security.

The purpose of this memo is to advise you of a possible eminent threat that could have catastrophic consequences. The issue centers around our open southern border. I know that you, the VP and all your loyal senior subordinates are telling the American people, “The border is not open” and “The border is secure”, but, Mr. President, no one else in America believes you because it is simply not true. America watches TV and we all see the multitudes wading across the Rio Grande River every day and gathering in large groups to be met and processed by the Border Patrol. So please just stop saying it. Morale among the Border Patrol agents is about as low as it can get because they know first-hand that the border is open and therefore not secure.

You may not get updates from your staff on the alarming statistics about what is really happening every day along the border with Mexico. Over 2 million illegals will have crossed the border during this fiscal year. That’s about 5500 per day. Also, about 265,000 unaccompanied children have walked or been carried across the border since you were inaugurated.

Notwithstanding these tragic open-border illegal migrant statistics, there is an additional jaw-dropping estimate. That is, since January 2021, on your watch, over a million illegals, referred to as “got-aways”, entered the U.S. without being apprehended. Many of them are criminals, gang members, sex traffickers, drug carriers and terrorists. This Mr. President is nothing less than an on-going national security crisis. And then there are the 300-plus Americans dying every day from illegal Chinese/Cartel drugs.

Conclusions from the above data: The agents are so overwhelmed on a daily basis processing illegal adult and unaccompanied children that willingly present themselves to be “apprehended” that the Border Patrol cannot adequately patrol the border looking for the got-aways. Therein lies the national security problem.

Now let’s get to the heart of the matter, terrorists. One of the most important security endeavors since 9/11 is the maintenance of the Terrorist Watchlist by the National Counterterrorism Center in connection with the U.S. intelligence community and security agencies. The U.S. counterterrorism strategy has focused on the risk of terrorist attacks from abroad. On 15 June, 2021 you, Mr. President, shifted that emphasis by announcing the Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. That would include parents objecting to local school board curriculum decisions, MAGA extremists and white supremacists. This is not to imply that you are not concerned with international terrorists but it begs the question, what are your priorities, political or national security?

Author’s note on assumptions: When planning for any complex operation one never has all of the facts necessary to complete the planning process. Therefore, it becomes necessary to make some assumptions in order to move the process forward. But assumptions should pass the smell test by being possible, feasible and maybe even probable. Also, it is essential that the assumptions get continuously evaluated as the plan unfolds because there is nothing more damaging that completing a plan that is based on an invalid assumption.

Some assumptions: The terrorists are not coming here to live the American dream. They are unlikely operating on their own. They are likely part of an organization that wants to severely damage America. They are likely trained, financed and know where they are to go once inside the U.S.

Some facts: Illegal immigrants who are on the terrorists watch list have been apprehended at our Mexican border; FY 17 (2), FY 18 (6), FY19 (0), FY 20 (3), FY 21 (15), FY 22 (as of 30 August, 66). Eighty-one terrorists apprehended on your watch, Mr. President, in less than two years compared to 11 during the four-year Trump administration. Something is going on and it can’t be good.

Another assumption: Terrorists who are especially selected, trained and financed by their organizations to come to the U.S. are much more likely to have sponsors already in the U.S. who will facilitate crossing the border without being apprehended. Going back to the previously stated estimate that since January 2021 over a million “got-aways”, entered the U.S. without being apprehended; one could/should conclude that out of that one million there could be at least hundreds, if not thousands, of terrorists who successfully crossed the border and faded into American society.

Questions: Are they already assigned to terrorist cells? Are they undergoing additional training (ala 9-11 pilot training) appropriate for their upcoming mission? How many cells could there be? What is their most likely mission(s)? Of the approximately 2800 mosques in the U.S. how many are housing and/or otherwise supporting terrorist cells? How soon can they strike? These are the questions we, in your National Security Council, need to be answering.

What could a few well organized, trained and equipped terrorists do to the United States? Let’s begin with an easy one, the Power Grid.

Power Grid Facts: The power grid is a distribution system of power plants, substations, transformers, and power lines that help connect energy sources with the people that use that energy. It consists of more than 10,000 functioning power plants, nearly 20,000 electrical generators and a combined 450,000 miles of distribution and transmission lines serviced by over 55,000 substations. The systems are increasingly decrepit, poorly maintained and frightfully vulnerable to a variety of mishaps, accidents, disasters and enemy action including cyber warfare.

A particularly powerful natural event or a deliberate enemy attack could quite literally fry the entirety of the grid in the blink of an eye, rolling us back to the Stone Age.

Most of these installations and components are totally unguarded. The vulnerability can be illustrated by looking back at the California Substation Sniper Attack, April 16th, 2013. That night multiple shooters began firing at and severely damaged 17 transformers at the Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California.

At that time, Jon Wellinghoff was chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a small government agency with jurisdiction over the U.S. high voltage transmission system. This is a summary of his on-scene findings and conclusions:

For about 20 minutes, gunmen methodically fired at high voltage transformers hitting them at least 90 times; all during darkness. Their primary targets were the narrow cooling fins, causing 17 of the 21 transformers to overheat and stop working.

The attackers had obviously reconnoitered the site and marked at least four firing positions with piles of rocks. Additionally, that night they broke into two underground vaults and cut off communications coming from the substation. There was no security at the site.

Someone outside the plant heard the gunfire and called 911. The gunmen disappeared without a trace about a minute before a patrol car arrived. The substation was down for weeks.

Though low-tech in nature, the attack was highly organized and professionally executed; the perpetrators are yet to be apprehended. It remains one of the best examples of how easily small organized teams can impact the power grid.

Because the entire grid is so complex and constantly operating at changing levels of effort throughout the grid, any failure in the system has the possibility of creating a “cascading failure effect.” When that happens, shutdowns can cascade like dominoes and it is possible for the entire grid to be subject to shutting down. Mercifully no cascading failure resulted from the 2013 attack in California.

BOTTOM LINE, HOW VULNERABLE ARE WE?

Of the 55,000 substations there are 30 that are most critical for interconnection of the entire grid. There are so many open-source-studies out there about grid vulnerability, I’m confident almost anyone could pin-point where those 30 are located. Furthermore, by initiating a coordinated attack (as in the 20-minute attack on Metcalf in 2013) and destroying only 9 of those 30 interconnection substations, studies estimate the entire United States grid could be down for, “At least 18 months, probably longer.”

Instantly it would not be 2022, it would be 1822 or perhaps 1722 and we are not prepared to live like that. What would happen in those few minutes? Consider this short list of what would be no longer available:

Water supply and wastewater treatment
Telecommunications and the internet
Food production and delivery
Fuel extraction, refining, and distribution
Financial systems
Transportation and traffic controls
Government, including public works, law enforcement, and emergency services
Hospitals and healthcare
Supply chains
The reality that you may never hear from family and loved ones again. Ever

Immediate anarchy would prevail across the nation. All food would be removed from stores and warehouses within about 48 hours. Tens of millions of Americans would be dead in the first month. And then what? Just let your imagination work that over for a few minutes. How long until 100 million are dead? Rural America would be the most likely to survive; huge metropolitan areas the least likely.

Could this happen? Yes. Another possibility is detonation of a nuclear weapon at high altitude thereby creating an electromagnetic pulse, EMP, that would instantly fry anything electrical to include every vehicle. The impact would be the same as the above list of what would be instantly unavailable. A massive, coordinated cyber-attack would be a possible third scenario.

WHO WOULD/COULD DO THIS AND WHY? Consider this scenario:

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, stating, “The barbaric Jewish state has no cure but to be annihilated.” Additionally, over the years he has repeatedly led the chants during Friday prayers, “Death to America.” Khamenei wants to go down in Islamic history as the man who defeated America.

Iran wants to be the Middle East kingpin and part of that plan is to become the Middle East’s only nuclear power. Their problem is that as recently as 21 September, before the United Nations General Assembly Biden declared, “We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.” Over the years Israel leaders have repeatedly said, “Israel must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.”

Iran sits on the world’s second largest gas reserves and has the fourth largest oil reserves, but U.S. sanctions hinder Iran’s progress in developing gas exports.

Note in March 2021 China and Iran, both subject to U.S. sanctions, signed a 25-year cooperation agreement to strengthen their economic and political alliance.

Note in February, 2022 Russia and China sign a partnership agreement which is considered a bold declaration of the “New World Order.”

Note in July 2022, Russia and Iran signed a deal wherein Russia will assist Iran in development of their gas and oil production and export. Russia is currently the third largest producer of oil and first in gas production.

Anyone see where all these China/Russia/Iran agreements are taking the world? We are already in the early stages of a world energy war with Russia/Putin controlling the energy supply to Europe.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an organization of 13 countries founded in 1960. With Iran in control of the Middle East, they and Russia could delete OPEC and become the controlling nations of world petroleum exporting; thereby setting prices and deciding which importing nations get what and how much. Given their long-term agreements with Russia and Iran, this outcome would solve China’s problem as the world’s largest importer of oil and gas.

CONCLUSIONS to, who would/could do this and why?

Why destroy America? The U.S. is hindering Iran’s progress towards becoming an equal partner with Russia and China in the overall movement for the three of them to control the world.

Who could destroy America? Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism with access to and some control over most terrorist organizations. Iran’s leadership is morally corrupt, power hungry and would like nothing more than to achieve their long-term stated goal of “Death to America.”

The above information leads one to believe that a dozen 3-4-person terrorist teams of marksmen could simultaneously take down the 9 critical substations out of the existing 55,000 and thereby take America into darkness.

Mr. President, if you are reading this memo, you will have noted that we did not route it through your National Security Advisor, our boss Jake Sullivan, who is one of your spokespersons for, “The border is secure.” We understand that we, “serve at the pleasure of the president” and you can fire us all immediately. But doing so, won’t make the terrorist issue go away.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Of the 55,000 substations, the 30 that are most critical to preventing a cascading nation-wide blackout need 24/7 security with sophisticated redundant alert systems that will immediately call up local law enforcement rapid reaction forces to quickly counter attack.

Get your priorities straight on domestic vs international threats. White supremacists not an existential threat. MAGA enthusiasts are not an existential threat. Parents speaking out on education are not an existential threat. But Mr. President, well organized, well trained, well financed international terrorists are an existential threat and we need to address the issue head-on before it is too late.

Mr. President, your number one responsibility is the safety and security of the American people. The terrorists need to take out only a specified list of 9 of the 55,000 substations and we cease to exist.

(Memo signed by National Security Council staff members)

Marvin L. Covault, Lt Gen US Army, retired, is the author of VISION TO EXECUTION, a book for leaders, and a new book May 2022, FIX THE SYSTEMS, TRANSFORM AMERICA as well as the author of a blog WeThePeopleSpeaking.com

PRESIDENT TRUMP: WILL HE RUN, SHOULD HE RUN

FACTS BEARING ON THE ISSUE:

Our country is becoming more chaotic, vulnerable and dangerous every day under Democrat power and control. Here are some of the reasons:

The FBI, Justice, IRS and Environmental Protection Agency are being weaponized against we-the-people. National security is being threatened by open borders. Three hundred Americans die every day from China/Cartel delivered drug overdoses. Taxes are going up. Net take-home pay for wage-earners is going down. Our strategic oil reserve is being diminished every day. Our enemies have lost all respect for our once-great military. Throughout America, the debilitating concept of diversity/equity/inclusion is the order of the day. Under Biden the national debt increased over $2.1 trillion in his first year with no relief in sight. Behind the scenes Democrats are pushing amnesty for tens of millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S. Democrats want total federal control legislation to “reform” elections. The concept of sanctuary cities is unamerican. 19 of 20 of the most violent cities in America are run by far-left Democrats. One out of every three San Francisco residents have been robbed during the current reign of lawlessness. Democrats push trillion-dollar legislation in Congress that has not been vetted or even read and is full of actions for greater government control. CRT taught in our schools is racially divisive. Foreign relations are a mess and getting worse. The Energy Information Administration predicts net crude oil imports in 2023 of 3.4 million barrels per day costing about $300 million and all of it is a Biden self-inflicted wound. In 19 months, Biden has offered leases for 126,000 acres of federal land for gas and oil exploration, the smallest amount in 77 years and 97% less than Trump in his first 19 months. Wokism in the military is a complete contradiction to warfighting expertise at every level.

WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

Based on this 20-month track record, recent polls have been reporting that between 74% and 88% of Americans believe Biden is leading us on the wrong track. What is that “track”? Is “it” really happening? How do we recognize what is happening? Here is some food for thought:

A doomsday opinion piece published by Tom Del Deccaro, NINE STEPS FROM FREEDON TO SOCIETAL BREAKDOWN:

Massive government spending with the federal government at the center of the economy.
Massive tax systems that reduce incentives.
Reduced growth leading to economic stagnation.
National debt and continued deficit spending.
Government printing money to pay for programs.

Any of this look familiar so far?

Government price fixing.
Underground economies rise.
Class warfare begins tearing at the fabric of society.
Total societal discord.

Here is another set of rules that have influenced our nation’s movement to the far left. Saul Alinsky, 1909-1972, was a radical social activist based in Chicago in the 1960’s; he published Rules for Radicals in 1971. A central theme was wealth-redistribution. Hillary Clinton wrote her bachelor’s degree thesis on him and was offered a job working for him but departed for Yale law school instead. Barack Obama was trained as a community organizer in Chicago by Alinsky’s disciples in the 1980’s.

Here are Alinsky’s eight steps from democracy to a socialist society:

Healthcare: Control healthcare and you control the people. (Obamacare)
Poverty: Increase the poverty level; poor people are easier to control. (Democrat identity politics)
Debt: Increase the national debt to an unsustainable level, leading to greater taxes, leading to greater poverty. (Obama increased the national debt by 88% in eight years)
Gun control leading to a police state. (Biden’s obsession)
Welfare: Cradle-to-grave control. Create dependency on the government. (Democrat policy for the last 50 years)
Education: control what people read, listen to and learn. (Democrat’s revisionist history)
Religion: Remove God from government and schools. (Democrat initiative for decades)
Class Warfare: Divide the people into the wealthy against the poor; destroy the middleclass. (Identity politics’ long-term strategy)

Do these lists tell us that there are tens of millions of Americans who want a socialist United States? No, but it does tell us that the Democrats have a history that favors elements of the movement. For example, many favor massive welfare programs, thereby creating a dependent voting class. Most favor gun control, with emphasis on the word “control”. They favor massive government, power and control vs states’ rights. “Medicare for all” is a common Democrat campaign theme. A regulation-nation gives them greater control over businesses and we-the-people. They have no sense of fiscal constraints. Considered individually, these Democrat platforms do not spell socialism, but the reality is that the totality of their efforts are relentlessly moving us towards a place we do not want to be; socialism. “If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it’s a duck.”

REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP:

Where the nation is headed is very scary stuff and someone has to clean up this mess and stop the movement before it destroys our once great nation. As the Democrat party moves further to the left, it will be up to the Republicans to counter it. This conclusion implies that there is a Republican leader who is available, recognizable and ready. Therein lies the problem; currently there is no leader.

Trump is not the Republican Party leader until he announces he will run in 2024. Mitch McConnell can’t lead himself around the block. The wannabe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, is afraid, unwilling or unable to lay out a Republican platform for the election only a few weeks away; recall Speaker Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America” which helped the Republicans win big in the 1994 midterm elections. The Republican National Committee should have a full-court-press in their website to guide every Republican candidate in America through a detailed discussion of the issues and the Republican solutions. Zip, nothing from the RNC. They get an “F” for this election cycle.

So, is it up to President Trump to pick up the guidon and change the course we are currently on? If so, can he? If so, should he? Those are the questions that need answers right now.

CAN TRUMP FIX AMERICA?

We only need to look at the blueprint for America that he campaigned on in 2016 to conclude that, yes, he can possibly change direction of our nation. Candidate Trump, in 2016 told us he would take the following actions: energy independence, year to year economic growth, lower taxes for everyone, employ more women and Black Americans, support for Israel, no nuclear weapons for Iran, shut down North Korea’s missile and nuclear testing, secure borders, best qualified leaders for Executive Branch Departments, each NATO country paying their share, deregulate the federal government, support to small businesses, lower corporate taxes, states’ rights, support for police, if you are able to work and there are jobs available, get one, etc. Given what politics is normally about, it was amazing to watch all of those promises become a reality for the benefit of all Americans, not just for some identity groups.

SHOULD TRUMP RUN?

It is easy to just say yes because he fixed the Obama/Biden mess, he can surely do it again. But that may be a shallow conclusion because 2024 will not be 2016-2020. On inauguration day, January 2021 no one could foresee the depth and breadth of the hate, ugliness and government weaponization that the Democrat Party would unleash against President Trump every day of his tenure as he persevered to accomplish all he had promised the American people.

One could conclude that if elected in 2024 the farther-left Democrats across the country would unite in creating an enhanced version of the culture of hate they perpetrated on the country 2017-2021. The mass media would, in all likelihood, reach new heights of irresponsible “reporting”, relentlessly tainting daily events and administration accomplishments. The embedded “deep state” buried in the government’s massive bureaucracy would be working cross purposes to the president’s intent every day.

No one likes to be irresponsibly criticized and Trump has demonstrated that he does not suffer fools lightly; we can expect him to immediately strike back at the opposition and from that will be blamed for dividing America. On 20 January, 2017, inauguration day, the Washington Post published an article, “The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.” The New York Daily News: “Here is how President Trump may have already set himself up for impeachment.”. On the same day, GQ Magazine published an article on how to impeach a president. If Trump is reelected in 2024, it is likely that 20 January 2025 would see the call for impeachment across the nation by the left loonies; Pelosi, Schumer, Maxine Watters, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, social media moguls, and activist billionaires like George Soros. Depending on the majority parties in the Congress, it is possible even Trump could not successfully govern through that environment.

THE BENCH:

The good news is that the Republican Party currently has perhaps the strongest bench of presidential candidates in recent history. Just to name a few: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has demonstrated bold and insightful leadership. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appears eminently qualified. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton would be great. Former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seems to have it all together; intelligence, perspective, leadership skills, articulate. But what is most important, as we look ahead, is a generational shift. The Republican Party needs a cast of new leaders in their 50s.

CONCLUSIONS:

Our once great nation is in serious trouble.

Given a few more years of the current Democrat programs, it may be too late to turn our country around.

The 2022 vote is already underway. It is too late to strengthen this campaign.

TO vs FOR intent. Trump’s presidency was a classic example of a clear intent to make things better FOR we-the-people, all of us. Contrast that with the Biden administration and all they are doing TO us. The next president has to get this right.

The 2024 campaign should begin on 9 November, 2022 with the strongest possible lineup of Republican contenders, all with a common theme taken from the Trump administration accomplishments.

BOTTOM LINE:

President Trump should do what is in the best interest of our country at this critical juncture in our history and not be a candidate for president in 2024.

BIDEN’S 2022 CAMPAIGN

Pathetic defined: Pitifully inferior or inadequate. Although those words are graphic, they don’t even begin to capture some of what is coming out of the mouth of our president as he moves into full-campaign mode.

FOR or TO? Those two little words can capture a politician’s campaign intent. Is Biden talking about what he can do for the American people or is his rhetoric about what he is going to do to all of us? Conclusions later on.

PREFACE

Let’s start at the beginning; literally the first few hours of the Biden administration. In the opening minutes during the inaugural address, our new president read an impassioned plea about the need to reunite America. Yes, we needed to reunite but who from what? In the previous four years the conservatives had not gone anywhere while the Liberals and Progressives were self-drowning in a culture of hate for President Trump; so much hate that they refused to see what his actions and policies were actually doing for we-the-people.

But, before the sun set on 20 January, 2021, Biden was in the Oval Office signing the “Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”, stating in part, “It is therefore the policy of my administration that the Federal Government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all” (equity, not equality). The EO went on to direct all the leaders in the Executive Branch to get in line with the program with six-month and one-year deadlines for action items. This EO action stemmed from his belief in the existence of systemic racism across America.

SYSTEMIC RACISM: Systemic racism was a central theme during Biden’s campaign; in his inaugural address he mentioned, “The sting of systemic racism”; a few weeks later in his State of the Union address he claimed that, “We have a real chance to root out systemic racism that plagues America.” All of this nonsense is without definition and no proof but yet he wants us all to believe systemic racism has become the bogeyman responsible for every problem in American society.

How did that evolve? During the 2020 campaign Biden and Bernie Sanders created the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force with a 110-page far left policy document. In it, they use systemic racism to justify overhauling the police and justice systems, a federal takeover of K-12 education, elimination of border security, a host of environmental measures and a transformation of the economy that moves the country towards socialism. Candidate Trump got it right in his Republican Convention acceptance speech when he said, “In the left’s backward view, they do not see America as the most free, just and exceptional nation on earth. Instead, they see a wicked nation that must be punished for its sins. Our opponents say that redemption for you can only come from giving power to them. This is a tired anthem spoken by every repressive movement throughout history.”

The inauguration-day Executive Order was specifically designed to unleash every element of the federal government to combat Biden’s claim of systemic racism across America. You can go on line and see the quotes from all the Secretaries of Departments, agency heads, the Vice President and senior White House officials, all dutifully talking about “systemic racism.” It is crystal clear who, in Biden’s mind, the offenders are; if you didn’t vote for Biden, you are a racist, all 73.6 million of us. Pathetic. It is right in line with Hillary’s infamous categorization of Trump supporters in 2016; “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables; the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it.”

If there was ever a day in our history when a president so forcefully set-the-stage for his administration, 20 January, 2021 was that day. In retrospect it is now clear that his intent was to instill in the minds of Americans the thought that Republicans are extremists in all they say and do. Was he successful? We will know the answer in a couple months.

PART 1: WHAT BIDEN WILL NOT CAMPAIGN ABOUT. (Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s what you don’t say that is important).

Border Crisis: His campaign is not about the border. The only thing he will say about the most egregious, willful, pre-ordained threat to our national security is that, “The border is not open.” It’s a lie and everyone knows it. The statistics are staggering. An estimated 5 million illegals have entered the U.S. since Biden took office and the monthly numbers are increasing at an increasing rate. Since 20 January, 2021, nearly 250,000 unaccompanied minors have entered the U.S.; shameful. The illegal immigrant cost to taxpayers is hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas routinely testifies before Congressional Committees under oath, “The border is not open”, while all the Democrats in Congress remain silent. Pathetic.

Taxes: He will not campaign specifically about raising taxes but he will push hard for his thousand-page bills in Congress that contain all manner of increased taxes. He may even stop saying his favorite tax promise, “No one earning less than $400,000 will pay a penny more in taxes.”, because it is a bold-faced lie and everyone knows it.

Amnesty: Amnesty for all illegal aliens is the Democrat’s objective but it is too pathetic a concept to say it out loud. He will, however, continue to put the amnesty requirement into his Build-Back-Better type legislation.

Inflation: He will not have much to say about inflation since it was 1.5% the day he was sworn in and he has no plan to fix it other than to change the name of legislation to the “Inflation Reduction Act.” His deep-seated economic philosophy of tax-and-spend will continue and it is the worst thing he could possibly do to combat inflation.

Recession: By all internationally accepted criteria the U.S. is in a recession. But he will not talk about it because King Biden has decreed to his subjects that recession does not exist in the U.S. End of discussion.

Fentanyl: His campaign is not about fentanyl coming across our open border. 2100 pounds of fentanyl were seized in July 2022, an increase of 202% over June 2022. One million fentanyl pills were seized at the Arizona border in one week. Question, how much fentanyl was not seized? Last year a record 108,000 Americans died of drug overdose; 70% involved fentanyl. Pem Schaeffer recently published an eye-opening analogy. If tomorrow morning the news was about a U.S. jumbo jet flying into a mountain killing all 296 people aboard, we would be shocked, saddened and want some answers. What if another plane crashed the very next day and the next, every day for a year; every day 296 more dead Americans? The country would be going crazy with 108,000 dead Americans and the President would be all over it. September, 2021 in the midst of a record year for drug-related American deaths, the Biden administration proposed eliminating quantity-based penalties for drug dealers trafficking in fentanyl. Last week Biden’s press secretary informed America that, “The president is securing the border against fentanyl.” No, he is not. There are two drug dealers the president should be holding accountable, “My old friend, Xi Jinping” and a couple Cartel leaders.

Energy Independence: He will not want to mention that on day-one of his administration, he pounded a stake in the heart of a 50-year American dream of energy independence that was finally achieved September, 2019. The U.S. has a strategic reserve capacity of about 714 million barrels. As of March, 2022 we had 568 million barrels on hand. In May, 2022 Biden began a six-month program of removing 1 million barrels a day from the strategic reserve in an attempt to lower gas prices and take the heat off of his administration. A pathetic self-inflicted anti-Trump action that has greatly increased America’s vulnerability.

Foreign Affairs: There is not much Biden can say about foreign policy because our enemies no longer respect our strength and our former allies do not trust us. He won’t mention his do-nothing approach to the growing threat by the nut-case Kim Jong-on in North Korea. He has insulted our long-time important ally Saudi Arabia. His non-support of Israel is disgusting. His weakness and appeasement towards Iran has strengthened the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. He insulted our centuries-old relationship with France over some stupid submarine deal. He is making nice with Venezuela, begging for oil. Nor will he discuss the Afghanistan debacle which he called an “extraordinary success.” Give him credit, he is half right, the withdrawal was extraordinary but it failed in so many terrible ways. His ineptitude in foreign affairs is embarrassing and makes us more vulnerable every day.

Law and Order: There are no new or ongoing Biden administration policies on law and order that will mitigate the crime wave sweeping across the U.S. He will talk a little about throwing a few billion dollars to hire more police officers in blue cities that defunded and demoralized their law enforcement organizations. Liberal prosecutors and the democrat’s bail reform agenda are also on the do-not-mention list.

Education: Education results across America are a disgrace. Biden is against school choice, for union dominance, for CRT and against parent involvement with local schoolboards. Not a positive campaign option for him to talk about.

Anti-States’ Rights: A massive domineering federal government with cradle-to-grave control is what he supports and is moving forward with all of his proposed legislation. Not a best-seller to the general public.

U.S. is on the move: There is a mass movement across America by businesses and the general population from blue states and cities to red ones. Various headlines: “300,000 households moved from blue to red during the first quarter of 2021.” “Census numbers show citizens fleeing by the millions from blue to red states.” “The IRS divulged there was a mass migration from blue to red states.” “Texas enjoyed an inpouring of new residents from blue states with a net income increase of $6.3 billion.” “They are leaving blue states with high minimum wages, pro-union work rules, high taxes on the rich, generous welfare benefits, expansive regulations and green energy policies.” But it is not just citizens: “More companies join the great migration from blue to red states.” “An economic wave has been building for years with no end in sight as companies flood out of blue states into red states.” How much of this information will Biden use in his campaign speeches? Zero.

We-The-People Speaking: 42% of adults say they are struggling economically. Just 10% say the country is on the right track while 88% say it’s on the wrong track. Only 8% say the government has helped their most important concern over the last six months and 57% say the government has hurt it. These are startling statistics but Biden cannot address them because he has no plan to fix it.

Conclusions from Part 1: The above subjects are about what is seriously impacting Americans every day. This is what we get up each morning worrying about. And our president won’t/can’t talk about them during this campaign season. Pathetic.

PART 2: WHAT BIDEN WILL CAMPAIGN ABOUT.

Deficit reduction: On 16 August he signed the mis-named Inflation Reduction Act which is to provide a $305 billion deficit reduction over the next ten years. Biden has said, “We are cutting deficits to fight inflation.” Note, however, the $305 billion deficit reduction is based on some very shaky assumptions in the out-years and, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it will likely never happen.

Student Debt Relief: As the campaign season shifted into high gear the president issued an edict that obligated the federal government to spend $500 billion to $1 trillion to cancel student-loan debt. First of all, it was an illegal action; the Congress must obligate that kind of spending. Secondly, it is a blatant attempt at vote-buying and everyone knows it.

Abortion: this is the issue that will turn out a massive democrat vote. June, 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, thereby ending the federal right to abortion on demand until birth and returning the issue to the individual states. The Democrats and main-stream media are all saying, “Abortion is a Constitutional right.” Two points of clarification:

First, abortion, is not discussed in the Constitution; it is a liberal interpretation of the Fourth Amendment on protection of privacy. The Fourth Amendment: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated……..” Calling this the constitutional right to an abortion a very far extension of the right to privacy. Even when the president calls abortion a constitutional right doesn’t make it so. But he can’t be bothered by such a detail while campaigning. Biden has said he is a 100% supporter of Roe v. Wade without placing restrictions of any kind on the procedure; that is, abortion on demand until birth.

Secondly, it is a well-accepted fact that the Founding Fathers’ intent for the Constitution and Bill of Rights was, to the maximum extent possible, create a Republic in which the power and authority of the federal government is limited. The power is to belong to the states and its people.

It is interesting to note that only 8% of Americans polled agree with abortion on demand right up to the date of birth; aka premeditated murder.

The Supreme Court: Because of the court’s ruling on abortion, Biden will take every opportunity to slam the court’s majority constitutionalists for their “outrageous and out of control behavior.”

Within his first 100 days in office, Biden formed a commission to study the issue of packing the Supreme Court. This was not because there is general agreement that nine justices is not the right number, but it was to seek an argument for quickly appointing a number of liberal justices that would likely secure a liberal view of the law for decades to come. His intent was to wipe out 153 years of a successful nine-judge court and in so doing transform the court from a separate impartial branch of government as opposed to being a rubber stamp for future liberal policies.

Electric Vehicles: Biden is obsessed with the idea that if we all get an EV the climate problems will be solved. His campaign is about electric vehicles as a single-minded approach to solving carbon buildup; his target is 50% of U.S. vehicles electric by 2030. But he won’t talk about the math. Here are some facts he will NOT mention:

The massive carbon profile associated with mining, transporting and processing 250 tons of earth materials for every battery. Considering that, what then is the net carbon reduction per battery?

What about the fact that China now controls about 80% of the world’s supply of mineable lithium for EV batteries? Lithium prices increased about 400% in 2021. At what point to EV batteries become unaffordable? Can we afford a new battery every 7-10 years?

EV batteries are only under warranty for about eight years. A Tesla Model 3 vehicle that sells for $47,000 will at some point need a new $16,000 battery (today’s price).

Can we generate enough electricity to power the EV fleet? It is estimated that by 2050 the U.S. will demand about 90% more power than it did in 2018 in a scenario in which all new passenger vehicles sold by 2030 are electric. There is a massive carbon buildup associated with construction of millions of wind turbines and solar farms. What is the net carbon reduction? And what is the backup when the sun doesn’t shine and/or the wind doesn’t blow. How many trillions of dollars will it take to double the nation’s power grid capability?

To defeat global warming, the whole world needs to be involved. Fact, 152 nations are classified as “developing”, aka countries that cannot afford a green new deal. For example, India’s (a developing country) response to the Paris Climate Agreement was, that they will, “need $2.5 trillion in aid.”

Can we even charge up 290 million U.S. vehicles? Consider this scenario: In order to match the 2,000 cars that a typical filling station can service in a busy 12 hours, an EV charging station would require 600, 50-watt chargers at an estimated cost of $24 million, plus a supply of 30 megawatts of power from the grid which is enough to power 20,000 homes and that’s just for one large filling station. How many wind turbines does it take to support one station and what if the wind doesn’t blow?

The worst part about Biden’s obsession on electronic vehicles is that he won’t even put other options for more electricity on the table and build a plan to use them. Nuclear power production is cheap, safe and carbon free. For example, the concept for mini-nuclear power production is ready, safe and clean; it just needs a sponsor, like the president, to get it started. Yes, it is safe, thousands of your sons and daughters in the navy are sleeping with a nuclear reactor every day on our aircraft carriers and submarines and have been for the last 65 years. I have canoed the Missouri River in Montana and there is very little commercial traffic. Why don’t we build a half dozen dams for hydroelectric power to feed into the western power grid with locks for boat traffic. Dams are a low-maintenance 24/7 source of electricity. The Hoover Dam has been putting out electricity for the last 84 years. Biden just needs to turn private industry loose with ideas, ingenuity and a can-do spirit; left to the government it would take forever with massive cost overruns. Why not run big trucks on natural gas? Waste Management does so with 6000 of their big garbage trucks. We have the largest natural gas reserves in the world, natural gas for electric power is 80% cleaner than coal and it works at night and when the wind doesn’t blow.

Voter ID: Biden’s position, “voter ID is racist” and, “The 2020 election was the most secure in American history.” Those statements are both false but that won’t keep him from striking out at Republicans for wanting to fix it. You will recall that Congressional bills HR1 and S1 in January 2021 were the Democrat’s immediate priority. The bills were an 800-page federal takeover from the states of all election rules to include mandating mail-in voting for every state. Additionally, he will not accept the following facts:

Election fraud is not new but it is real and it did exist in 2020 in the form of stopping the count, mail-in ballots, no witnesses allowed, too many voters, changing the vote, dead people voting, ballot mishandling.

Fact: Voter registration rolls are in terrible shape across the nation. January, 2020, Judicial Watch cited 378 counties with more voter registrations than citizens living there and old enough to vote. That’s about 2.5 million residents who will potentially get a mail-in ballot and what will they do with them? Los Angeles county alone had a 117% registration rate. Mail-in ballots have long been recognized as a fraud risk.

Voter ID solves all these problems. Simply add voter ID cards to the products the local DMV offices across the nation provide. For example, they are providing the new “Real ID” mandated by Congress. As of May 2023, everyone who may want to go through airport security will need a Real ID. To get one a person must provide documented proof of U.S. citizenship. No one is objecting or calling the Real ID racist. Every county/state voter registration roll would consist of accurate data from current Voter ID cards only and thereby always be accurate and current. When a voter goes to vote their card will be used to print a personal ballot with all of the voter’s verified information on the ballot. The voting machines will be programmed to only accept an individual’s Voter ID number one time. Is all of this racist, Mr. President?

“Republican MAGA extremists”: First of all, it is a ludicrous argument that Biden cannot or will not define beyond saying, “Equity and democracy are under assault by MAGA Republicans.” There are at least 70 million MAGA believers and here is some of what their extremism is all about. MAGAs believe in energy independence, year to year economic growth, lower taxes for everyone, employing more women and Black Americans than any time in history, support for Israel, no nuclear weapons for Iran, shutting down North Korea’s missile and nuclear testing, secure borders, best qualified leaders for Executive Branch Departments, each NATO country paying their share, deregulating the federal government, support to small businesses, lower corporate taxes, states’ rights, criminals in prison not on the streets, support for police, if you are able to work and there are jobs available, get one. That is what was happening in 2019 and all of that is an “assault on democracy?” Biden’s record in his first 18 months tells us he is against all of that.

Every Republican candidate across this country should open every campaign speech every day by reciting the above paragraph and throw Biden’s MAGA BS right back in his face.

Tax credits: Biden may campaign on the concept of tax credits. It is another classic vote-buying gimmick. For example, he is a big fan of the Child Tax Credit. It simply says that if a joint-filing family has children and makes less than $150,000 they can deduct $2000 per child. $150,000 and they need a tax credit?

Fascism: Biden said, “What we are seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the—-I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism.” What a statement; it seems he didn’t even know what the hell he was talking about. But here we are with a new label, semi-fascists.

Fascism emerged in Germany, Japan and Italy in the 1930s and we saw how all that turned out with an estimated 50 million casualties from World War II. Fascism was about total control of all things and all the people. They began by redefining their history and progressed through transformation of existing government organizations into weapons of the state. They controlled criticism and propagated fake claims against those who would oppose them. Their internal propaganda was all about accusing the opposition of doing exactly what their fascist agenda was all about. Liberty and freedom ceased to exist. Fascism is about altering the very fabric of a nation. Any of that sound familiar?

Blame: Every Biden campaign message will work its way back to blaming everything that is so wrong about this administration on Trump and MAGAs. Blame is the go-to position for a failed leader.

January 6^th: Of course, Biden will make frequent reference to the actions on Capitol Hill, January 6^th. He has called the January riot an “armed insurrection” and an “assault on democracy.” It was neither; it was a mob of impassioned citizens at a rally that turned into a riot. It was shameful but not an insurrection. There was no intent to topple the government. There was no leader to take charge of a successful rebellion. There was no plan that was more than a few minutes old. It was not an armed force. No charges of rebellion or insurrection have been filed. Video footage shows people walking single file past idle police officers. Of course people who damaged property and trespassed should be prosecuted. But words have meaning, especially coming from the president and Biden is completely out of his lane with a false narrative, about what happened January 6^th and he is doing it purely for political purposes. President Biden, can’t you for once just tell the truth?

Conclusions From Part 2: His hate-filled messages are directed at 70-plus millions of us; “Racist, fascists, domestic terrorist, white supremacist, existential threat to the nation.” and then wrap them all together and call it a “Republican movement to destroy democracy.” Apparently, this demonizing, name-calling path our president and vice president take is what they revert to when they have nothing positive to offer the American people?

So where is Vice President Harris on all this? We know where she stands on law and order. During the 2020 summer of left-wing rioting, burning and looting, thousands of small businesses were destroyed, a billion dollars in damages, 35 Americans were killed and hundreds of police officers were injured. Kamala’s law-and-order position was to seek doners to provide money to immediately bail out those arrested for assault, looting and arson so they could get back on the streets and into the action. Her request to the nation just before being selected as the vice presidential candidate, “If you’re able to, chip in now to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.”

And what did she envision going forward from the 2020 summer riots? On 24 September, 2020, well into the presidential campaign, she said of the rioters, looters, arsonists, “They’re not gonna stop, and everyone beware, because they’re not gonna stop. They’re not gonna stop before election day in November and they’re not gonna stop after election day.” Where in hell did she come from?

BOTTOM LINE:

This is the point where we should reflect on the Biden tweet 7 November,2020: “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature and listen to each other again. To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy. We are not enemies, we are Americans.” Perhaps that was the real Joe Biden, the Representative Biden, the Senator Biden. Perhaps it is still what he feels deep in his gut. But this is now President Biden and after eight years of being Sal Alinsky-ized by President Obama we have to judge him by his deeds and his ugly, demeaning rhetoric.

Keep in mind that on 20 January, 2021 Biden was handed an expanding economy successfully recovering from the COVID shutdowns, a plunging unemployment rate, gasoline about $2 per gallon, energy independence, a foreign policy successful at keeping international thugs in check, a secure border, inflation at 1.5% and a democrat-controlled Congress. And now he cannot even put together a positive campaign message.

Back to the question of TO or FOR and intent: From his campaign rhetoric, what can we infer that Biden intends to do for we-the-people, for all the people? Not much.

What then does he intend to do to we-the-people? Greater divisiveness and an expanding culture of hate, more demeaning rhetoric, more taxes, more spending, more federal government, more regulation, more bureaucratic oversight, more wokism, less freedom of speech, more vote buying, a fixation on electric vehicles, a weaponized FBI/Justice Department/IRS and greater vulnerability from encouraged enemies. Its all about power and control.

What comes to mind is the famous Thomas Paine quote from 1775: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Given what we-the-people are facing, we cannot be the “summer soldier or sunshine patriot”. In a few short weeks we can all speak out with our vote. Two years ago, 80 million Americans did not bother to vote. Disgusting and disappointing. We need to help each other through the mess our country is in and the direction we are headed. If you know one of these non-voting so-called patriots, take them to the voting booth with you. Voting is not just a right, it is a responsibility, it is our duty. Stand up for America on 8 November.