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Sunday, December 19, 2021

Woke Former generals warn of coup, civil war in ’24, call for military purge over fear troops may ‘follow the Trumpian loser’

Three Trump-obsessed former generals penned a conspiracy theory laden op-ed for The Washington Post late last week warning of a potential coup and civil war in 2024 unless certain steps are taken now to nullify the threat.

These steps include purging the military of those accused of wrongthink, making it “perfectly clear to every member” of America’s armed forces “whom they answer to” and prosecuting any Republican who challenged the 2020 presidential election results.

Written by retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul D. Eaton, retired U.S. Army Major Gen. Antonio M. Taguba and retired U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Steven M. Anderson, the piece centers around the thesis that after Democrats win the 2024 election, Republicans will install a shadow government.

This shadow government, the generals claim, will be led by either former President Trump “or another Trumpian figure.”

“Imagine competing commanders in chief — a newly reelected Biden giving orders, versus Trump (or another Trumpian figure) issuing orders as the head of a shadow government. Worse, imagine politicians at the state and federal levels illegally installing a losing candidate as president,” the generals write.

“All service members take an oath to protect the U.S. Constitution. But in a contested election, with loyalties split, some might follow orders from the rightful commander in chief, while others might follow the Trumpian loser. Arms might not be secured depending on who was overseeing them. Under such a scenario, it is not outlandish to say a military breakdown could lead to civil war.”

As proof that this could happen, the generals cite “the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol” where a pro-Trump rioter, Ashli Babbitt, was killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer. According to the generals, this riot that lasted a few hours was a “coup” that’s destined to happen again.

“We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next time,” the generals write.

In fairness to them, many on the right worry that if Trump runs for reelection and wins in 2024, members of the left may one day stage their own “insurection” again like they did during the the Black Lives Matter “protests” of 2020:

Continuing their op-ed, the generals express feeling especially concerned because of “signs of potential turmoil” (or dissent, rather) in the military.

“On Jan. 6, a disturbing number of veterans and active-duty members of the military took part in the attack on the Capitol. More than 1 in 10 of those charged in the attacks had a service record,” they write.

The generals also complain about 124 retired military officials who’d simply penned a letter — kind of like an op-ed — “echoing” Trump’s claims that the 2020 election had been rife with fraud and...

DHS’ Mayorkas Says He’s Working with Social Media Giants to Circumvent Freedom of Speech

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed Tuesday that he is working with the social media giants to combat “misinformation,” which all too often recently has come to mean “dissent from the establishment political and media line.” What about the First Amendment? They’re working on ways to get around it.

Brad Stone, senior executive editor for Bloomberg News, asked Mayorkas if he considered “misinformation” a “part of your mandate at DHS, and how much resources are you devoting to fighting misinformation such as election falsehoods or Covid disinformation?”

Mayorkas responded: “I think that’s very much within, uh, our domain, uh, misinformation, uh, pointedly, disinformation have very serious and significant ramifications for homeland security. The integrity of our election system, the security of our election system is a prime example of that. And so, um, our office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans under Rob Silver’s leadership, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] under Jen Easterly’s leadership, uh, John Cohen leading, uh, the office of intelligence and analysis, uh, in an acting capacity, Samantha Winograd, a senior counselor to the Secretary and our Acting Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism, these are individuals very much involved in their respective workforces, very much involved in addressing misinformation, disinformation, and the threats that they pose to the homeland.”

Instead of pressing Mayorkas about how these officials distinguished what was actual misinformation or disinformation from what was claimed to be by hyper-partisans, Stone lobbed Mayorkas a softball: “I, I know you’ve been doin’ this a long time. Personally, do you ever get, um, you know, or — do you ever get upset by just the ubiquity of falsehoods and mysol — and myth —- in our public dialogue these days, and, and the ease with which they’re transported across social media and the Internet?

Speaking very slowly and deliberately, Mayorkas answered: “I, um, I do. I, I think that, uh, false narratives present a threat to our security. The propagation of false narratives is something to be condemned. Uh, we need our leaders, uh, to step up and fight against it, eyah, because the words of leaders, you know, they matter quite a bit. They can be very influential in the public discourse. You know, uh, the Department of Homeland Security, our, our work, uh, rests often at the epicenter of...

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Project Veritas releases name of Jake Tapper's CNN producer involved in new pedophilia scandal

Project Veritas has released the name of the latest CNN producer to be embroiled in a pedophilia scandal. Rick Saleeby, the staffer in question, is a producer on "The Lead with Jake Tapper."

Project Veritas has released the name of the latest CNN producer to be embroiled in a pedophilia scandal. Rick Saleeby, the staffer in question, is a producer on "The Lead with Jake Tapper."

Project Veritas released the name after ensuring that the family involved was safe, according to a press release.

The mother of the children sent a note via Project Veritas that read:

"I wanted to reach out to sincerely thank you again. I am very grateful toward you guys and everything you’ve done for me and my children. Our world has just been completely flipped upside down, but none of that matters. We are all safe. I’m hoping, praying, and pushing for charges to be brought against him, so he can never do this to another child/family again.

"I want the public and any predators to know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I will go to the absolute ends of the earth to protect my babies. And I am tremendously grateful that you guys have saved us all from him.

"Despite the hardships ahead, I am going to continue to sit with these feelings of gratitude toward you guys and the woman who provided you with the information. Gratitude will get us through to the other side of all this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and Merry Christmas."

According to the outlet, one text exchange featured the producer telling the source how his fiancé’s daughter was "wearing very closely cut bottoms at the pool," before graphically describing how he could see the outline of her genitals.

Saleeby allegedly solicited sexually explicit photos of the source’s underage daughter.

The messages and videos were allegedly obtained by a woman who was involved in a relationship with...

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #126

Pandemic: Fentanyl Overdoses Leading Cause of Deaths in America in 2020

The government has reported that, since the year 2020, fentanyl overdoses have become the new leading cause of death for American adults between the ages of 18 and 45, as reported by Fox News.

The analysis from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) shows that nearly 79,000 Americans died from the drug between 2020 and 2021. Of those, just over 37,000 died in 2020 while almost 42,000 died in 2021. Fentanyl is an opioid that is sometimes laced with other drugs such as meth and heroin when used by addicts, but can also be deadly on its own in even small doses. The primary foreign sources for imports of the drug are China and Mexico.

Fentanyl overdoses have surpassed all other leading causes of death in the last two years. By contrast, only about 53,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 49 died of the Chinese coronavirus from 2020 to 2021. Fentanyl has also claimed more lives in this age group than car accidents, suicide, gun violence, and breast cancer, among others. The number of overall fentanyl deaths in the last two years has also surpassed previous years’ totals, doubling from about 33,000 to 64,000 between 2019 and 2021.

James Rauh, the founder of Families Against Fentanyl, declared the opioid epidemic to be “a national emergency,” and said that “America’s young adults – thousands of unsuspecting Americans – are being poisoned.”

“It is widely known that illicit fentanyl is driving the massive spike in drug-related deaths,” Rauh continued. “A new approach to this catastrophe is needed.” He called for the federal government to “declare illicit fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction,” as doing so “would activate additional and necessary federal resources to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of illicit fentanyl and save American lives.”

One of the root causes of the opioid crisis has been mass immigration, with drug traffickers using the border to transport drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. In the fiscal year 2021, border patrol authorities have already seized over 11,000 pounds of fentanyl at the border, which Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says is a record high.

Although Joe Biden has taken an open-borders approach to immigration since taking office, he acknowledged the threat of the increased drug trafficking by...

Facebook allegedly censored a video from a Chinese whistleblower detailing the origins of COVID.

Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist, fled to America after exposing the origins of COVID-19. She spoke with The Daily Signal about what she said are the true origins of the virus, orchestrated in China with the approval of the Chinese Communist Party.

When The Signal published an exclusive interview with Yan about her research, Facebook flagged the video with a “partly false information” warning.

On some posts sharing the video, a warning from Facebook noting “Independent fact-checkers reviewed the information and said it was partly false. The post is no longer available” appeared.

Science Feedback’s FactCheck stated, “The virus causing COVID-19 most likely evolved in natural wildlife populations before spreading to humans.”

Yan said her research says the opposite.

“The virus actually does not come from nature. It came from the lab, the lab controlled by the Chinese Communist Party government and its military. … The Chinese government has developed a novel bioweapon,” she said. Yan also stated that she was warned not to go public with her research.

“Be silent, don’t cross a red line. If not, you will be disappeared,” Yan said her supervisor told her in early 2020.

When The Signal asked Facebook about the flag, the platform allegedly blamed the Fact checker.

“Just as all fact-checks, if you wish to issue a correction or dispute a rating, we ask that you please contact the fact-checking organization directly,” Facebook said. “Third-party fact-checkers apply their ratings independently from Facebook and are responsible for...