Patriot Neighbors: From Sea to Shining Sea

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By Robin Itzler

Bill Maher speaking to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  "Why run against Trump? You're trying to thread this needle that will never happen. You can't disavow him because that's the base, and yet you're  running against him. And that's why, I mean, let's face it Ron, if the campaign was going well, you wouldn't be on this show."—Real Time with Bill Maher—September 29, 2023

Israel: Putting it in perspective for Americans

To understand what is happening in Israel, consider what the American reaction would be if we were attacked by Iran-supported Hamas resulting in 30,000 Americans KILLED, 66,000 Americans INJURED, and 3,300 Americans KIDNAPPED.

Just like Barack Obama, Joe Biden sends BILLIONS to Iran, the world’s #1 exporter of terrorism. Several weeks ago, Biden gave Iran $6 BILLION. And now in Israel, we are watching in real time what Iran did with that money! Plus, Joey left $85 BILLION in military equipment in Afghanistan for the Taliban to use against America, Israel and all Judeo-Christian nations. (The numbers below continue to rise.)

 U.S. population of 330 million is 33 times that of Israel, nearly 10 million

1,000+ Israeli (= 30,000 Americans) killed

2,000 Israeli (= 66,000 Americans) injured

100 Israeli (= 3,300 Americans) kidnapped 

Election 2023: t to watch for THIS year

The November 2023 off-year election might give us a glimpse of what to expect in 2024, especially from these five states:

• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• Virginia

Patriots shouldn’t worry too much about Kentucky, Louisiana, or Mississippi staying red. However, we are hoping to see some surprises in New Jersey where they will be voting for state senators and representatives. Many Garden state residents work in Democrat-controlled New York City and have personally witnessed the catastrophic destruction of this once great metropolis due to rampant crime, lack of arrests, out of control violent mobs, and the uncontainable arrival of 100,000+ illegal aliens. Maybe this will be the year Jersey moves from solid blue to light red. (Then we could all meet at Tony Soprano’s Bada Bing to celebrate!)

However, the state to follow on Election night is Virginia. The Commonwealth has a divided legislature with each side holding a narrow majority: Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House of Delegates. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin currently leads the state where major statewide offices are also held by Republicans.

Let’s see if Virginia Republicans can hold or grow their majorities. Virginia seems to enjoy election see-sawing. Should most/all Republicans enjoy victory next month, we might say Old Dominion has become a red state. If it moves left again, it retains its purple status.

In Kentucky, we want Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron elected governor and Russell Coleman to become attorney general.

In Louisiana, no one is crying that Democrat John Bel Edwards is termed out. Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry would make a great governor.

In Mississippi, Republican Governor Tate Reeves is running for re-election.

There will be elections throughout the United States on November 7 with Americans voting on state senators, state representatives, propositions, school boards and city councils.

While school boards and city councils are considered non-partisan races, that’s bullocks! It is critical to learn school board and city council candidate party affiliation and vote Republican, hopefully they are America First Conservatives.

Patriots must vote on Election Day!

We absolutely must stop Marxist Democrat insanity.

Georgia RINO Governor Brian Kemp

Too bad Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore serves under spineless Governor Brian Kemp. Moore had requested that Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia Senate Republicans convene a special legislative session to investigate Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis's politically-motivated witch hunt against President Trump. However, RINO Kemp not only rejected Moore’s request, but kicked Moore out of the Republican caucus. How can we say Democrats act like communists when RINOs do the same thing to America First Conservatives?

Gov. Kemp needs to hear from Patriots. To share your thoughts with Gov. Kemp:

Phone:404-656-1776, Write: 206 Washington Street, 111 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334

 To thank State Senator Colton Moore for standing for Patriotism:

Email: colton.moore@senate.ga.gov, Phone:  404-656-0256, Write: P. O. Box 1516, Trenton, GA 30752

Fox's Dana Perino: Calls HRS “amazing sec of state”

One week before Fox’s Dana Perino co-moderated what has been called the worst moderated presidential debate ever (Republican National Committee’s second debate on September 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library), Perino hosted a panel discussion at the Clinton Foundation gala. Okay, let’s be fair. Maybe Perino’s boss told her she had to host the panel discussion. Then like all worker-bees, Perino agreed. Sort of like your boss telling you that you had to attend an all-day seminar on why white people are racist. To keep your paycheck, you go.

But it sure looked like Perino was happy to be at the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative annual conference hosting a panel titled “Journalism on the Front Lines: How Supporting a Strong, Free Press Strengthens Democratic Societies Worldwide.”

 As if that wasn’t enough to remind America First Conservatives why they should NOT watch Fox News, Perino introduced Hillary Clinton as “the amazing Secretary Hillary Clinton.” (Pause for you to get a barf bag.)

 Conservative commentator Lizz Wheeler:

“Unbelievable. Because Fox & the RNC don’t want authentically conservative politicians. They want uniparty elitists. Gross.”

Conservative Podcaster Josh Power:

“I thought Dana Perino and her team did a poor job moderating the debate last night. Seemed like they wanted a circus that would make the GOP look stupid. Then I woke up this morning and read a post that she was at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week.”

Last week, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was interviewed by fellow Marxist Christiane Amanpour. Hillary said that Trump supporters need some sort of “formal reprogramming.” She even suggested “reeducation” for Trump supporters.

“We always had very strong partisans in both parties in the past, and we had very bitter battles over all kinds of things gun control and climate change and the economy and taxes. But there wasn’t this little tale of extremism wagging the dog of the Republican Party as it is today. And sadly, so many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump, who has no credibility left by any measure. He’s only in it for himself. He’s now defending himself in civil actions and criminal actions. And when do they break with him? You know, because at some know, maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members. But something needs to happen.”

If you would like to share your thoughts with Dana Perino: Phone: 888-369-4762, Write:1211 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

House Speaker:  Entertainment for Democrats

Every time a bill passes the House or Senate solely because Republicans worked “across the aisle” with Democrats, MAGAs have gotten upset. To remove McCarthy (who we have had many issues with), EIGHT REPUBLICANS worked “across the aisle” with the same Marxist Democrats who seek to destroy our Judeo-Christian nation. This makes no sense. Ousting Speaker McCarthy would be an entirely different situation IF:

• Most/all the House Freedom Caucus had voted to remove Speaker McCarthy. Of the GANG OF EIGHT, six were Freedom Caucus members.
• The ouster had been done without partnering with Marxist Democrats, which is exactly what Gaetz complained McCarthy did. Then Gaetz did the same thing.

In 2018, there was chatter about removing Speaker Paul Ryan. Gaetz appeared on Fox Business Kennedy and said NOT to remove Paul Ryan as House Speaker. This was Gaetz’s reasoning:

“Here’s the problem: If we take (House Speaker) Paul Ryan off the field right now, instead of being able to finish strong in the 115th Congress, we will shatter into a bunch of factions fighting against each other for power. We’ve got enough of that in Washington already. Paul Ryan can be a caretaker of the speakership. We can have a leadership election. We could go into the midterms strong. And I don’t think they’re pushing him out early if he doesn’t want to go, is in any way advantageous.”

Regarding the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, below is the Gang of Eight that worked with the Marxist Democrats to oust McCarthy. (* = House Freedom Caucus):  

Andy Biggs of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Ken Buck of Colorado, Bob Good of Virginia, Tim Buchett of Tennessee, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Eli Crane of Arizona, and Matt Rosendale of Montana. 

Below are some pro and con excerpts from various articles. Read them, do research, and come to your own conclusion about what happened last week:

Rabbi Dov Fischer, contributor at Spectator “House in Chaos? It’s All Media Hype. -  “The November 2024 election will be decided by specific discrete things: - Events that unfold in the last 4 weeks before November 2024. - Whether the GOP can do better at getting out an early turnout. - How the GOP deals with vote harvesting, unsupervised drop-box voting, and six-week election windows. - How the GOP handles poll watching and vote counting. “Th-th-the-that’s all, folks.  “It won’t matter how many more indictments are filed against Donald Trump or how many convictions juries have handed down by then, or even whether he is in prison by then. The months of no baby formula in America won’t matter. Supply-chain disasters won’t matter. The catastrophic derailment in Palestine, Ohio, won’t matter. All the times Biden talked to himself, walked in circles, nibbled on children, and got led around by a bunny rabbit won’t matter. And certainly the House speakership change won’t matter.”

• Rich Kozlovich, Editor—Paradigms and Demographics “McCarthy is Done and Now,the Real Story Begins” - “Now we're hearing ..... Chaos, Chaos, Chaos, without McCarty we have chaos.  Really?  Ya gotta be kidden me! Why is it getting rid of a guy who was given a "F" rating by Conservative Review for his votes over the last six years, who loved more spending, more debt ceiling increases,....... massive spending and debt increases I might add, ......... abandoned every conservative principle he claims he believes in, was cozy with Democrats with back room deals is chaos, yet all that capitulation to the left isn't chaos?”
• Stephen Kruiser, Townhall - “Please Welcome to the Main Stage—YOUR Republican Dumpster Fire!” “…It should be noted up front that I like everything about what the Freedom Caucus stands for. “…The timing here was unfortunate. Gaetz is an ego-driven blunt object and it’s impossible to figure out if he thought beyond getting this wish of his. Only a Republican could come up with the idea to team with Democrats to punish a Republican for teaming with Democrats.”
• Gary Bauer, American Values - “Kevin McCarthy is a good man, but he is clearly not up to the task. Here’s just one example: Why did he adjourn the House for multiple weeks during the summer with so much unfinished business on the table? If only the rest of us could take a six-week break!.Fox News and The Wall Street Journal are worried that replacing the House will hurt the Republican Party. The Republican Party? What about America?!”
• Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics (tweet) - “Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry aggressively slams the gavel as he and 200+ other Republicans fume over Kevin McCarthy's ousting. “Where was this anger as millions of migrants poured over the southern border? “Where was this anger as US debt rises over $33T? “Where was this anger when the FBI rounded up Trump supporters and threw them in prison? “Where is this anger as the ‘justice’ system tries to take out Biden’s top opponent in 2024? “They sit back and do nothing as our country burns but fume when their buddy loses his Speaker role.”                                                                                    
  
• Mark Levin, Conservative commentator and author (tweet) “...The worst, to me, is Gaetz working with the Marxists in the Democrat Party, who are literally destroying our country politically, culturally, and every other way, then denying it, while accusing the former speaker of being the Democrats' speaker, trashing Jim Jordan and Jamie Comer's investigations, accusing Chip Roy of being a RINO, and not uttering one word against Hakeem Jeffries, AOC, or the rest of the reprobates. “At the same time, he was frantically fundraising off his anarchy, on behalf of the people and the republic, of course, positioning himself as the David taking on Goliath."
• Tom Renz - “Party Over Principles? What is Happening with Levin and Gingrich?”  Opening: “With due respect to a couple guys I normally like their reaction is bulls&$t. Mark Levin and Newt Gingrich are out bashing Matt Gaetz and the other seven Republicans that had the courage to what no one else would do by standing on principle. These guys are beating up Gaetz claiming he’s unprincipled because he showed loyalty to the country over the party and it is inexcusable. The GOP has sold Trump and the rest of our nation down the toilet since 2016 – it’s time to clean house and this was a good start.” Closing: “For me there is no more compromise. I’d work with any Democrat on the planet to get people like McCarthy or McConnell out of their seats. These guys threw the last election to keep America First candidates out and now we are supposed to show them loyalty? I’m just done with this crap! Thank you for your courage Matt Gaetz and you seven other republicans that choose to stand for principle over party – I hope more supposed America first leaders decide to do the same.”
• Ann Coulter, Conservative commentator (tweet) “Please stop doing this Matt Gaetz. You make great points, but your fellow Republicans aren’t all in safe seats like yours. YOUR NO. 1 JOB: WIN MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE & SENATE. Then get a better speaker.”
• Christian Ziegler, Chairman of the Florida Republican Party (tweet) “Some supported it and others opposed it, but no one can deny that FLORIDA—once again—is at the center of the political universe.”
• President Donald J. Trump (Truth Social) “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why aren’t they fighting the Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our Country?

Robert F Kennedy Jr. Expects to go third-party

On the DEMOCRAT/THIRD-PARTY side, it’s expected that on October 9 Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will announce from historic Philadelphia that he is leaving the Democrat Party to run for president as a third-party candidate. Can anyone blame Kennedy considering how awful the Democrat party/Biden administration have treated him? Also consider that the Biden administration has twice REFUSED to provide Kennedy with Secret Service protection. Kennedy is the FIRST presidential candidate to be denied protection, even after his own security personnel stopped a potential attack when he was speaking at a Los Angeles event.

Both leading parties claim that Kennedy running as a third-party candidate hurts the “other” guy. Fuhgeddaboudit! The ONLY Republicans voting for Kennedy would be RINO/Never Trumpers who would rather move to North Korea than vote for Donald Trump.

However, there are a lot of disenchanted former Biden voters who do not want him re-elected for a variety of reasons: dementia, age, agenda, or combination. RFK gives them someone to vote for as they would never vote for Donald Trump.

In a fair election Democrats would lose votes to Kennedy AND Green Party candidate Cornell West. But, with election integrity issues, who knows?

On the REPUBLICAN side, Newt Gingrich was recently on Laura Ingraham and said:

“It's Time To Unite Around Trump. Trump will be the nominee and the question now for everybody is do you want to see Joe Biden re-elected or do you want to help Donald Trump? There is no middle ground here, I don’t think because we either are going to get Trump as president or you are going to have Biden and Biden's re-election would be a disaster for the country." 

California Demeanin

Let’s start with the obvious: California’s Governor Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom is a failure. Since Democrats pray to the identity gods and he repeatedly promised that if he had to appoint a senator for Feinstein’s seat, the person would be a black woman, no one was surprised that Newsom picked a black woman. (Imagine if a governor said they would only look for a white woman!)

Gov. “Hair Gel” picked Laphonza Butler (who loves abortion the way some people love ice cream).

Senator-to-be Butler lives in MARYLAND! With nearly 40 million residents, “Hair Gel” could not find one qualified person in California’s Democrat party to be senator. So, Butler has THREE identity check marks: black, woman and lesbian!

Now, that Newsom has anointed Butler, there are two possible scenarios:

(1) Butler will be a “caretaker” appointment and not run in 2024. That means the three announced Democrats will continue campaigning, hoping to be one of the top two in the March primary. They are:

• Communist Barbara Lee—black and woman (checks two boxes, plus bonus for having been friends with Fidel Castro)
• Marxist Katie Porter—white, fat and woman (checks three boxes)
• Liar Adam Schiff—white, Jewish, man (checks one box, maybe)

— OR —

(2) Butler will be an “incumbent” candidate, which means the Democrat party will support her re-election. It also means that Lee, Porter, and Schiff will not primary against her. Considering how radical Butler is, it could help    Republican senatorial candidates.

Are We Now a Communist Nation? 

Some recent events that make us wonder if the republic can be saved.  In years past, almost all children entering kindergarten were potty-trained. However, today some parents (and our guess probably liberals) adopt “gentle parenting.” This means the necessities needed to sternly teach a child to go from diaper to toilet becomes more challenging.

This could be why kindergarten teachers have reported to We Are Teachers that 15 to 20 percent of their students are NOT potty-trained. Note: this does not include children with medical issues, or physical or cognitive disabilities. Is the concept of “gentle parenting” raising a weak generation that will always need assistance? First, from their parents and then from their government.

It isn’t surprising that the Democrat majority Supreme Court in blue state Michigan voted to require judges and court personnel to address transgender-identifying litigants or attorneys with the “THEY” pronoun if that’s what THEY want. As sort of an opt-out to the rule, which goes into effect in 2024, judges can avoid using any pronouns by referring to someone according to their role in the case, followed by their last name such as “Defendant Smith.”

Is the FBI investigating YOU? According to left-leaning Newsweek:

“The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.”

Per the article, all the supposed threats are coming from “America’s right.” The article goes on to say that as a result,  “...nearly two thirds of the FBI’s current (anti-government, anti-authority extremism) investigations are focused on Trump supporters.”

Or is the Tide Turning to Freedom?

With our prayers and involvement, we must have hope of saving our republic. Let’s look at some recent wins that show the tide might be turning in the direction of Conservative Judeo-Christian values. However, we need Republican LEADERSHIP, which seems to be in short supply:

• If you needed someone to represent “white hatred,” it would be Ibram X. Kendi. Following the Floyd riots, where progressive whites were profusely apologizing for being white, Boston University funded the “Center for Antiracist Research.” (Sorry, but we cannot include barf bags with the newsletter.) Here’s the good news from David Decosimo in The Wall Street Journal:

“After suddenly laying off over half his employees last week and his center producing almost nothing since its founding, Mr. Kendi is now facing an investigation and harsh criticism from numerous colleagues complaining of financial mismanagement, dysfunctional leadership, and failure to honor obligations attached to its millions in grant money.”

•  The compromise offered to keep trans women (MEN) out of girl’s and women’s sports was to offer a separate category just for transgenders. The Swimming World Cup did just that but had to cancel the 2023 trans swimming event because no one signed up for it. Seems that these guys (aka trans women) might only like to compete when it’s against women because they know their chances of winning are much higher. When trans women (MEN) have to compete only against other trans women (MEN), they don’t seem as interested.

NY Gov. Hochul:  Close the Border!

Speaking on Face the Nation, New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul sounded like a Republican:

“We want (Congress) to have a limit on who can come across the border. People coming from all over the world are finding their way through, simply saying they need asylum, and the majority of them seem to be ending up in the streets of New York, and that is a real problem for New York City. It's in our DNA to welcome immigrants. But there has to be some limits in place.”

If you want to remind Gov. Hochul that Republicans have been saying this since January 21, 2021, when Joe Biden opened the southern border: Phone: 518-474-8390, Write:  NYS State Capital Bldg. Albany, NY 12224

Close the Border!

Perhaps Joe Biden is reading Patriot Neighbors! Almost as soon as we started our weekly campaign, the Biden administration announced they would waive 26 laws to build additional border barricades in the Rio Grande Valley. They would also expand PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BORDER WALL! Our weekly campaign continues where we email one leading print publication and one senator with a very simple message: 

America is being invaded by illegal aliens! The Democrat-sanctioned open border is destroying the USA!

Fix the Border Now! 

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Illegal Invasion From Sea to Shining Sea

Below is the opening of Robin’s latest American Thinker column:

What do Massachusetts and Tennessee have in common? These two unique states each have a current population of 7 million people. Then there’s Arizona, which is slightly larger, with 7.3 million, while Ohio is just a bit smaller, with 6.8 million population.

Keep those state populations in mind every time you hear or read that, since January 2021, the Democrat Biden politburo has allowed        seven-million-plus illegal aliens to enter the United States of America. This is a staggering number of people who have been allowed to illegally waltz into the United States, with more invading every day (and these are just the ones in the official count)...............