Political Pistachio
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
A friend of mine, who used to talk to me until his Christian Conservative self decided to go off the deep end regarding President Trump and believe he was something worse than Hillary emailed me recently because I used the word “scamdemic,” to tell me: “The pandemic was real.”
When I use the word “scamdemic,” I am not saying that the COVID virus was completely a lie. The virus was out there, for sure, but it wasn’t what they made it out to be, and the hysteria surrounding it was a big scam. Did you notice that the deadly virus never left any dead bodies in the streets, or inside homes? People died in the hospitals, from the treatments, rather than the disease. And, if indeed the virus was floating around in the air when we breathed, six feet was not going to do it. Viruses move through the air like smoke, they don’t suddenly plunge to their death at the six feet mark. Then, there’s the mask thing. Big pores, little viruses. I lost friends telling people that the masks did nothing to protect anyone. It was like trying to stop mosquitoes with chain-link fences.
Then, a few months ago, I had a very enlightening conversation with one of my hard left sisters-in-law. She said, “Doug, you and Virginia didn’t wear masks, right?”
I responded, “I didn’t, except maybe on five occasions in total in the beginning. She had to for work, and did a few times in stores, but for the most part neither did Virginia.”
“Hmm,” she said. “And you guys didn’t get the vaccine?”
“No,” I told her. “Neither one of us did.”
“And you never got COVID?”
“I had a flu,” I said, “In December of 2020 that might possibly have been, but I never checked, and I got over it in four days. Virginia never got sick at all with anything. So, no, I don’t believe we ever got COVID.”
“I see. Curious,” she said. “Mom and me and my sisters all wore masks faithfully, got the shots, and the boosters, and we got COVID three times each.”
Now, the following headline has been provided to me:
Masks Caused Increase in Covid Infections, Major Study Finds
Excuse me? Are we saying that a major peer-reviewed study has concluded what I knew all along simply using common sense? Is it true that face masks not only did not work, but may have been a component in spreading Covid infections?
The cross-sectional study, titled “Association between Face Mask Use and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection,” was conducted by a team of Norwegian researchers.
According to the paper, published in the renowned British Cambridge University journal, the researchers conducted an “observational study that analyses data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time.”
In this case, the point in time they analyzed was data from early 2022.
They examined a cross-section of data for people who reported testing positive for Covid and revealed how often they wore a mask.
According to their research, “We examined the association between face masks and the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 using cross-sectional data from 3,209 participants in a randomized trial of using glasses to reduce the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2.”
“Face mask use was based on participants’ responses to the end-of-follow-up survey.
“We found that the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 was 33% (aRR 1.33; 95% CI 1.03 – 1.72) higher in those wearing face masks often or sometimes, and 40% (aRR 1.40; 95% CI 1.08 – 1.82) higher in those wearing face masks almost always or always, compared to participants who reported wearing face masks never or almost never.”
In the raw data, regular mask-wearers had a 74-75% higher risk of testing positive for Covid.
“The crude estimates show a higher incidence of testing positive for COVID-19 in the groups that used face masks more frequently, with 8.6% of participants who never or almost never used masks, 15.0% of participants who sometimes used masks, and 15.1% of participants who almost always or always used masks reporting a positive test result,” the researchers wrote in their paper.
“The risk was 1.74 (1.38 to 2.18) times higher in those who wore face masks often or sometimes and 1.75 (1.39 to 2.21) times higher in those who wore face masks almost always or always, compared to participants who reported never or almost never wore masks.”
Covid infections were more prevalent among those who wore masks more often.
Personally, I always believed the mask wearing thing was a) tyrannical…how dare governments force people to wear masks in the first place, and b) demonic. To hide one’s true self, and be possessed by the demon depicted on the mask. That’s history. It’s not something we should ignore.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
“Governments, in general, have been the result of force, of fraud, and accident. After a period of six thousand years has elapsed since the creation, the United States exhibit to the world the first instance, as far as we can learn, of a nation, unattacked by external force, unconvulsed by domestic insurrections, assembling voluntarily, deliberating fully, and deciding calmly concerning that system of government under which they would wish that they and their prosperity should live.” — James Wilson, November 26, 1787 in remarks in Pennsylvania ratifying convention.
John Adams once wrote, “The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people.”
The Revolution that forged America into existence began long before the first shot was fired on Lexington Green, and continued after the British surrender at Yorktown. The idea of Thanksgiving goes all the way back to the pilgrims, and in reality even further back than that. The Colonists used thanksgiving ceremonies and feasts to thank God for their survival and bounty, while sharing their bounty with their new found friends, the Indians. However, the holiday did not find its first governmental recognition until President George Washington recognized it in 1789 with a proclamation. Thanksgiving wasn’t celebrated nationally on the fourth Thursday of every November until President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it to be in his Thanksgiving Address of 1863. Thanksgiving was not even a formal federal holiday until 1941.
In 1787, in an effort to create a more perfect union, the federal government was born through the pages of the U.S. Constitution. It took the sovereign States uniting as one to defeat the great British Empire, so it was reasonable to assume a strong union would be necessary to weather the storms the new country would encounter in the future. With God’s guidance, the Founding Fathers studied history, and labored for four months to give us the greatest document, second only to the Holy Bible, this world has ever seen: The U.S. Constitution.
Understanding that history reveals the danger of too much power in any one group’s hands, the Founding Fathers aimed to divide power as much as possible, and rather than make the new union of states a democracy fully run by the vote of the people, or an oligarchy fully run by the whims of a few powerful men, the Founders chose to make this country a republic based on law, operating under the rule of law, and that law was not to be based upon the opinions of a bunch of judges or politicians, but forged in the text of the U.S. Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
The Founding Fathers used history, and the guiding principles of their faith in God, to structure the federal government. Fashioned based on a godly foundation, the federal government has only limited powers granted to it by the States and delegated to it by the pages of the Constitution. The enumeration of certain powers in the U.S. Constitution is known as The Enumeration Doctrine. If the federal government desires a new authority, they may propose an amendment, but such authority is not to be granted unless the States approve the request by ratifying the amendment with a 3/4 approval. The States can propose amendments as well, through convention – a method not used since the ratification of the Constitution (though the call for a convention has been applied for over 750 times by 49 States). The federal government, however, as history has proceeded, has seized power without the consent of the people, and is becoming a governmental system the Founding Fathers feared may emerge. . . hence the reason for the detail that went into the U.S. Constitution – to stop the formation of a tyranny before it can take root.
Storms were on the horizon, and the Founding Fathers knew this. They recognized that there were those out there that desired a more centralized government, those that place as much faith, if not more, in government than they did God. These learned men understood that challenges would arise. Knowing these things, they wrote the Constitution with the intention to address each of those issues, and ensure that the great experiment of the United States of America would stand the test of time.
The Constitution, and the principles of America contained within its pages, are not out of date, no more than liberty and freedom can be out of date. The philosophies of the Founding Fathers are contained within the pages of the founding documents (Articles of Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution), and if we as a country based on liberty were to simply adhere to its wisdom, the United States would continue to prosper. George Washington realized that the U.S. Constitution was not written only for the era of America’s founding, but to outlast empires and other foreign governments as a government structured to fit the requirements of human nature. Freedom is the same regardless of the time period, and the challenges are always present, as well. However, the United States survived the obstacles it had experienced, and the U.S. Constitution was written to be a sound document rooted in the wisdom of the ages. Therefore, George Washington felt it important to give credit where credit is due, and proclaim a day of thanksgiving to the Lord for the miracle that was, and is, the United States of America.
The original Thanksgiving found the Pilgrims celebrating more than just giving thanks to God for their bounty. The Pilgrims had tinkered with a communal system, a centralized community basket, or what today we call “socialism.” The socialistic system failed, and many pilgrims literally starved to death. Without the personal incentive of a free market environment, the people did not work their fields as they should, becoming dependent on others to supply the food and supplies to the community stash, and becoming more dependent than they should be on trade and help from the Indians. However, when the system was changed to one of a free market, where the citizens kept most of what they produced, and then were able to sell or trade their excess in a vibrant market within the community, and eventually with other communities, the new settlements began to flourish, and prosper.
Once per year we have the opportunity to give thanks as the Pilgrims did, and as the early Americans did; giving thanks for survival and prosperity, giving thanks for the loved ones we have around us and around this country, giving thanks to God for the birth of this great federal republic, giving thanks for the miracle of the U.S. Constitution, and to thank God for our defeat of socialism way back in the 1600s, which may have very well destroyed America before the country had the chance to take its first deep breath. It was freedom, liberty, and a free market that gave the Pilgrims their bounty, and the Founding Fathers understood that. The real question now is, though the Founding Fathers understood the principles of liberty, do we?
Happy Thanksgiving, and may America continue to be the shining beacon on the hill – the light of the world that serves as an example of freedom, prosperity, and one republic under God for all to see, and emulate.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Repost from December 22, 2022
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.
He did not say he wants the founding document terminated, he said that the election fraud, if it continues and if the past fraud is ignored and allowed to stand, will lead to the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution. The people heard what they wanted to hear, not what Donald J. Trump actually said. When you believe something so deeply it just hurts, even if it is not true, like those who hate Trump do, you find a way to twist it into reality. Such are the practices of the woke crowd, conspiracy theorists, and Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers. Remember when they began the “Trump is racist” campaign? It began when Donald Trump said that among the illegal alien population are criminals and murderers. I am figuring we all believe that murderers and criminals are no good for our country. The never-Trump lefties and GOP lefties and “Never-Trumpers” screamed he claimed all Mexicans are murderers and criminals. Trump never said such a thing, but people sometimes hear only what they want to hear. If your twisted mind is convinced he’s racist, no matter what he says, racism will scream true for your ears to hear. If you believe racism is everywhere, even if it’s not, you will see it everywhere. When Donald Trump first burst on the political scene, I had my reservations. He’s been very successful, but stories were circulating that he was unhinged, unprincipled, and his business practices were less than honest. Principles and integrity are a huge consideration when deciding if a particular candidate for office, any political office, measures up to what one wants. So, I did some deep diving to make sure that Trump was, at the very least, better for the country than Hillary Clinton. The bar set by Clinton, to be honest, was pretty low. If a candidate was breathing and not a raging communist they were better than she. But, I still needed to know if Trump was the right choice after he clinched the Republican nomination.
So with the revelation of MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies, the DNC, & the Democrat Party, do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution. Our great “Founders” did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!
The American People have already been conditioned to believe such talk is “fringe conspiracy theory” language, and that Trump is some kind of monster so if he opens his mouth about something what he said is actually worse than what he said.
The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American people that I said I wanted to ‘terminate’ the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of their other HOAXES & SCAMS. What I said was that when there is “MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION,” as has been irrefutably proven in the 2020 Presidential Election, steps must be immediately taken to RIGHT THE WRONG. Only FOOLS would disagree with that and accept STOLEN ELECTIONS. MAGA!
Trump later added in a second post:
“SIMPLY PUT, IF AN ELECTION IS IRREFUTABLY FRAUDULENT, IT SHOULD GO TO THE RIGHTFUL WINNER OR, AT A MINIMUM, BE REDONE. WHERE OPEN AND BLATANT FRAUD IS INVOLVED, THERE SHOULD BE NO TIME LIMIT FOR CHANGE!”
His initial remarks were mischaracterized just like the “rapists and criminals” statement regarding illegal immigration was mischaracterized. Context was set aside, and meanings were assumed through a foggy pair of political spectacles that only sees “Orange Man Bad”.
Fox News has reported that an FBI agent testified the FBI held weekly meetings with Big Tech companies in Silicon Valley ahead of the 2020 presidential election to discuss ‘disinformation’ on social media and how to censor information, and that Twitter had been tagging tweets as “disinformation” ahead of the 2020 Election. The news is flush with the evidence piling up regarding the 2020 Election, and Trump has been watching these reports showing “massive fraud”. With that context in play he knows the system is screwed up. He knows that what the judges are “interpreting to be constitutional” is out of whack. So, with that in mind, he posted, “fraud [of] this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.” Read that carefully. He wasn’t calling for the termination of the rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution, he was saying that the “massive fraud” perpetrated through the collusion of Big Tech, the media, the Democratic Party, and federal government intelligence agencies is leading to the “termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.” In other words, if we keep allowing this fraud it will terminate the Constitution. He’s not calling for the Constitution’s termination, he’s saying the fraud is terminating the Constitution.
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
The Democrats are desperate to keep Trump as far away from politics as possible. His election in 2016 put a monkey wrench in their sixteen year plan to move America into a one-party system. Trump’s policies ran opposite of their policies, and his administration threatened to reveal how evil their criminal political enterprise really is. Their propaganda, their false Russia-Gate fabrication, their multiple impeachments, their multiple legal attacks and court cases, and their constant smear campaign has not yielded the results they have needed. Donald J. Trump is as popular as ever, and may even be capable of exceeding their cheat in 2024. They can’t take that chance, so they are desperate to do anything they can to keep Trump off of the ballot.
Among their latest schemes to stop the Trump Train from running them off of the political road has been the Fourteenth Amendment, Section Three. The writers of the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment sought to punish anyone who supported the secession of the Confederate States prior to the War Between the States for their unconstitutional insurrection against the Union. Never mind that secession was perfectly constitutional since the firmer union created by the Constitution remained a voluntary union, despite arguments to the contrary by Hamiltonian-minded historians and politicians. The “Radical Republicans” of Congress at the time hated any supporter of secession with the same kind of vitriol we see today being pointed at Trump. They were willing to do anything to force the Southern States into compliance. The Union, after all, had already used military force and the destruction of war to beat The South into submission, so why would they worry about any repercussions for disallowing anyone who supported the “rebellion” to ever be able to hold political office again? Nonetheless, the clause is in the Constitution. The question is, does it apply to Donald J. Trump?
Typically, in the American Legal System, if you are going to be considered “guilty” of something, that guilt must be proven in the court of law. In other words, mere accusations does not make something a conviction. To be convicted of something and to reap the legal consequences that accompanies that conviction a person must be entitled to the full due process of law. Even a burglar caught red-handed robbing a liquor store is not sentenced and thrown in jail without the benefit of a trial. Natural Rights are a big deal when it comes to American Liberty, and no matter the situation, legally we are all supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty, and may not suffer the consequences of the accusation unless a conviction is achieved.
That said, our courts are definitely being used as a weapon. Our patriots being accused of insurrection on January 6, 2021 are being convicted, even though the evidence does not support the accusations, and the juries have been fully convinced before they even took their seats in the jury box that anyone present at the Capitol who is a Trump Supporter is guilty of all charges despite, in many cases, the fact that the person in question never stepped onto the steps of the Capitol, and in the case of some friends of mine, arrived long after the “insurrection” had ended.
But, the enemies of the Constitution and Liberty, who now claim they love the Constitution when it comes to the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that was designed to keep insurrectionists out of political office, are convinced that Trump incited insurrection, his supporters committed insurrection, and Trump doesn’t even need to be convicted of participating in insurrection to be considered guilty of insurrection, and therefore as per the Fourteenth Amendment Donald Trump is disqualified to run for office, including for the Presidency in 2024.
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said on CNN that former President Donald Trump does not need to be criminally convicted of insurrection to be disqualified to run for President as per the Fourteenth Amendment.
Raskin said, “The authors of the 14th Amendment themselves dealt with that question. They felt that if someone sets themselves at war against the Constitution, and engages in the most profound anti-democratic act of trying to overthrow an election by installing themselves in office with an insurrection, then at that point, they are constitutionally barred. So, when people say, it is undemocratic what the voters decide, that’s like saying, let Vladimir Putin run for president, even though he’s not a U.S. citizen because it would be undemocratic to deny that choice to the voters. The Constitution has already made that judgment.”
He continued, “I think what we need is a judicial determination of whether or not an impeachment by the House, 57 to 43 vote in the Senate, enough to establish as a civil proposition that he’s engaged in insurrection or whether you need additional adjudicated fact finding by the court. But nowhere does it say that you need to have a criminal conviction in order to make section three of the 14th Amendment apply.”
Let’s break-down what Raskin said, shall we?
“If someone sets themselves at war against the Constitution” — The Democrats (and most Republicans, for that matter) have been operating against the Constitution through government for over two-hundred years. A study a friend of mine and I conducted in 2007 found that 85% of federal spending is unconstitutional. In addition to the unconstitutional operations of government’s politicians and bureaucrats, in 2020 they were so worried that Trump would continue his dismantling of their criminal schemes they rigged the election, and stole it from a man that actually won by a landslide. And yet they say “he” is the one at war against the Constitution?
“most profound anti-democratic act of trying to overthrow an election by installing themselves in office with an insurrection” — Our country is not supposed to be a democracy, it is a republic. For those of you who think the words are synonymous, please read my book, “Repeal Democracy,” inside which I explain the difference between the two very different governmental systems. Also, the Electoral College, and even the perception regarding it (such as, Pence was not there to “certify” the election, but to count the electoral votes. Certification, according to the Constitution, is achieved by the Electors), is completely unconstitutional in the first place.
Was January 6, 2021 an example of insurrection?
First, let’s go over the timeline on January 6, 2021, in Washington D.C.:
- 12:00 pm: Trump’s speech began.
- 1:00 pm: Outer barricades stormed by protesters.
- 1:10 pm: Trump’s speech ended according to Washington Post (which means no Trump supporters who were there to hear Trump’s speech were among the protesters who breached the outer barricades ten minutes earlier).
- 1:30 pm: Capitol Police overtaken at steps of Capitol (at this time no Trump Supporters who heard Trump speak had arrived at the Capitol, yet, which means none of them were among the protesters who stormed the Capitol Police on the steps of the Capitol, which means those who stormed the Capitol were people other than those who attended Trump’s speech).
- 1:41 pm: Likely arrival of first Trump speech attendees, which would be those who did not stop to use the restroom, grab a bite to eat, or go to their hotel first, but walked immediately to the Capitol at the pace suggested as the average time it takes according to Google Navigator. Understand, it likely took longer since so many people clogged the streets. This time is only provided due to what Google Navigator provided as the average time to walk, unencumbered, to the Capitol from where Trump spoke.
- 2:15 pm: Interior of the Capitol building breached by protesters.
- 2:50-3:00 pm: Likely earliest arrival time of Trump supporters from rally who heard Trump speak if they lingered, or grabbed a bite to eat, or went to their hotel rooms before proceeding towards The Capitol, or did not walk at a brisk pace that was likely only achievable by younger persons, persons in athletic shape, and unencumbered by crowds (most of which do not typically describe the average Trump supporter). My friend, Derek Kennison, who was convicted just a few days ago by all counts against him for his participation on January 6 arrived at the Capitol at 2:45 pm, after all of the “insurrection” events had transpired. He also never set foot on the steps or inside the building, never confronted any Capitol Police, and remained on the West Side of the Capitol, which is the grassy area where, for the most part, no alleged confrontations with law enforcement occurred.
So, if the people who heard Trump speak, even if hypothetically the “Capitol Riot” was an insurrection (by unarmed, mostly elderly Trump supporters) weren’t even on the grounds yet because they were still walking there when the “insurrection” happened, how is it that Trump is guilty of inciting insurrection?
As for the definition of insurrection, in the Fourteenth Amendment it is given that insurrection is against the Constitution. But, the Electoral College was originally designed to only be Electors voting for President, not the general public. The public’s vote was originally intended to be for their Elector, not for President. The unconstitutional practice of Electors voting based on a democratic popular vote by the people for President did not emerge until the 1820s when Andrew Jackson demanded change based on his argument that he was popular among the people, and in order to save the Constitution the country needed to operate in a more democratic manner. So, the Electoral College is not operating in line with its original constitutional expectations. Second, according to the 1860 American Dictionary of the English Language, and the 1828 Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, Insurrection is defined as being:
A rising against civil or political authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the execution of a law in a city or state. It is equivalent to sedition, except that sedition expresses a less extensive rising of citizens. It differs from rebellion, for the latter expresses a revolt, or an attempt to overthrow the government, to establish a different one or to place the country under another jurisdiction. It differs from mutiny, as it respects the civil or political government; whereas a mutiny is an open opposition to law in the army or navy. insurrection is however used with such latitude as to comprehend either sedition or rebellion.
But, the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”
The Declaration of Independence states, “…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…[and when government] reduce[s] them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.”
What we deduce from the Fourteenth Amendment, the dictionaries of the time, the First Amendment, and the Declaration of Independence, insurrection is something that is committed against the Constitution, not a government that fails to follow the Law of the Land; insurrection tends to be violent, peaceful gatherings and protests are not insurrection; and if government is acting in a despotic manner in violation of the Constitution as it does today, to stand against it, even violently, is not insurrection, but rather is a right, and a duty, of the people.
No guns, or other weapons, were found to be present on January 6, 2021. No violence was committed, except by perpetrators who were acting in a destructive manner prior to the arrival of those who heard Donald Trump speak. If the argument by Trump and the protesters is accurate that the 2020 Election was indeed performed in an illegal manner, or that fraud was somehow a part of the election, the people standing against the government on that day had the right and the duty to do so. The protesters were not acting against the Constitution, but against a governmental system that has been operating against the Constitution, therefore it is the political officeholders who are participating in unconstitutional actions, therefore, it is actually the officeholders claiming that the pro-Trump protesters were insurrectionists who are the actual insurrectionists.
Donald Trump, therefore, cannot be refused the opportunity to hold office based on the Fourteenth Amendment because he has not been convicted of insurrection (and of the 91 charges against him in the current court cases being held, not a single indictment is for insurrection), and because he could not have incited insurrection because a) his supporters had not arrived yet at the Capitol when the alleged insurrection activities were being performed and b) because his supporters did not commit insurrection, they were instead exercising their First Amendment enumerated rights and protesting against a rebellious governmental system what is operating outside the legal limits of the United States Constitution.
So, no, Mr. Raskin, you cannot keep Trump out of office by merely accusing him of insurrection.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
This morning I was looking through headlines and found articles reporting that a Jewish man in Thousand Oaks died from a head injury after an altercation with a pro-palestinian protestor. I read a few different articles, local news, Fox News, and CNN and they all repeated the same line: the victim hit his head “when he fell backward.” This afternoon NBC was reporting the same thing: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/jewish-man-dies-israel-palestine-rally-thousand-oaks/3262171/
Like most Americans, my first thought was one of sadness, and “what an unfortunate accident.”
“A couple of older gentlemen,” I thought to myself, “got into a pushing match, and the Jewish man fell backward, stumbled, fell, and fatally cracked his head open.”
The police report also provided, based on witness testimony, that the man fell backward and hit his head.
Why would anyone believe differently?
Either the original witnesses questioned lied, the police lied, the media lied (or a combination, thereof), or the new information being provided is false, the latter I believe to be true.
Updated reports (not being recognized by any of the mainstream media sources I have visited) indicate an added wrinkle in the story. “…a ‘pro-Palestinian protester,’ reportedly threw a megaphone at Kessler during the altercation.” Another line in the story states:
Was the megaphone used to “bludgeon” the victim as suggested? Why wasn’t the megaphone mentioned in earlier reports? Why were we led to believe no weapon was used, and it was simply a bumping of the head after a person fell?
We have already seen, since the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, the fabrications made to make the stories one-sided. Unfortunately, support for the animal savages of Hamas even runs rampant in this country, and through the corridors of our institutions under the spell of the hard left Democrats, their allies, and the false religion of Islam.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/07/nbc-news-edit-death-jewish-man-pro-palestine-protest/
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host
A massive Pro-Palestine protest demonstrating against any U.S. support for Israel blanketed the streets of Washington D.C. today. Aerial photos revealed dozens of streets loaded with protestors, occupying spaces that January 6, 2021 protestors occupied and were called “insurrectionists” because of their presence at the Capitol. Sources state that the number of pro-Hamas protestors was somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 people.
The protest, the largest since the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, rallied against President Biden’s policy to give any support to Israel. They expect the Democrats to support their Islamic Monolith attitude; all actions must be in full support of Islam. The protestors claim the Israeli response to the Hamas attack is genocide against Palestinians, and charged Biden with being complicit in that alleged genocide.
About a month has passed since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7, killing more than a thousand people, and abducting hundreds, in a horrific manner that is pretty much a norm for Islamism. Israel’s response has been limited, and papers have been dropped in Gaza to alert civilians of impending attacks before Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops. Troops were engaged by Hamas fighters immediately, but despite the confrontations, the Israeli Defense Force has begun moving into the tunnels being used by Hamas under the region.
I wonder how many arrests were conducted in Washington D.C. as the pro-Hamas protestors invaded the streets of Washington D.C., and if any of those arrests will result in federal trials as we’ve seen regarding largely peaceful ralliers in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021.
I’m not going to hold my breath on that one, but I welcome the protestor’s claim that since the Democrats are not one thousand percent with them, and since they quickly forgot about the hundreds of millions of dollars sent to Gaza in the name of COVID relief, and Biden’s call for Israel to pause their military efforts, they plan to put out the word for their political brethren to not vote for Biden in 2024. With so many people abandoning Biden on election day, it may be possible for Trump to overcome the cheat. We’ll see.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary