SERVING THE
BILLIONAIRE CLASS
SERVING THE
BILLIONAIRE CLASS
“Restructuring El Paso: O’Rourke supported a
plan in 2006 to redevelop downtown El Paso by taking down tenements and
gentrifying the area. His father, billionaire William Sanders, was involved in
the project. The plan angered barrio residents and small business owners, who
feared they would lose their homes through the eminent domain process.”
The 2020 Democrats: Beto O’Rourke
Who: Beto
O’Rourke
State: Texas
- Healthcare: O’Rourke
considers healthcare,
“a basic human right, not a privilege,” and opposed the
idea of repealing Obamacare. He supported expanding Medicaid coverage to prevent
childbirth-related deaths, as well as covering,
“vulnerable children, the disabled, and the elderly.” He wanted
politicians to focus on, “achieving universal healthcare coverage- whether
it be through a single payer system, a dual system, or otherwise - so that
we can ensure everyone is able to see a provider when it will do the most
good and will deliver healthcare in the most affordable, effective way
possible.”
- Immigration: "Absolutely,
I'd take the wall down," O’Rourke told MSNBC's
Chris Hayes in February. The former representative supported the DREAM Act
and “modernizing” the visa system to allow U.S. businesses to seek employees
for jobs, “that American workers can’t fill.”
- Environment: O’Rourke
said in 2012 that he would work with members of the House to come up with
plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that can be absorbed
by the ecosystem. “I believe that in tackling climate change and the
greatest environmental threat we have ever faced,” he said.
“We need to take unprecedented action in building a foundation for a clean
energy economy. Harmful emissions that contribute to climate change also
pollute our air and water. Climate change threatens our food supply, our
security and the complex ecosystem that sustains humanity.” O’Rourke is
also a supporter of
the Green New Deal, calling it the best proposal he's seen to combat
climate change.
- Economy: O’Rourke supported federal
stimulus spending. He co-sponsored the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, which requires a $10.10 per hour federal
minimum wage by 2016. The former congressman said he wanted, “policies that
encourage companies to focus on returning investments back to their
consumer, their employees, and to the community.”
- Criminal
Justice: On Monday,
O’Rourke told supporters that he will push for completely legalized
marijuana across the nation and call for expunging records of people
imprisoned for possession. “Giving low-level offenders a second chance no
matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold can create
opportunity for all of us,” he wrote in an email to supporters. O’Rourke
also called for non-violent offenders to receive alternative sentences to
prison and to get access to rehabilitation programs.
- Gun
Control: O’Rourke advocated for
universal background checks to regulateonline and gun-show sales. He
also wants to ban the sale of, “weapons of war and high-capacity
magazines.”
- Abortion: O’Rourke
is pro-abortion.
He co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act in 2013 as well as bills
S.217 and H.R.448 in 2015, which prohibit the passage of certain abortion
restrictions. He said that he want to ensure, “that a woman’s right to choose
is not compromised by limited access to safe and legal abortion services
or family planning help.”
Weaknesses/Controversies:
-
Restructuring El Paso: O’Rourke supported a
plan in 2006 to redevelop downtown El Paso by taking down tenements and
gentrifying the area. His father, billionaire William Sanders, was
involved in the project. The plan angered barrio residents and small
business owners, who feared they would lose their homes through the
eminent domain process.
- Denies
Fleeing the Scene: In his 2018
debate with Sen.Cruz, Beto claimed that he didn't attempt to flee the
scene of a crime back in August 1998. Beto was arrested on
DWI charges east of the New Mexico border. The Anthony Police Department
confirmed the authenticity of a 12-page police report attached to a Houston
Chronicle article, which states that an,
"unidentified motorist ‘then turned on his overhead lights to warn
oncoming traffic and to try to get the defendant (O’Rourke) to
stop.'"
- Only
Passed One Bill in Congress: During
his time as a House representative, O’Rourke helped pass only one bill.
In 2016, H.R.5873 went into law, which designated, "the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio
Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the 'R.E. Thomason Federal Building and
United States Courthouse.'"
- Flip/Flop
on Cop Support: Civil rights
groups were angered by O’Rourke’s votefor
the Thin Blue Line Act in 2017, which, “calls for death penalty to anyone
who kills or attempts killing ‘a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or
other first responder.’” O’Rourke also called modern
law enforcement, "The new Jim Crow," and last year expressed his
admiration for the NFL players who took a knee in retaliation to acts of
police brutality against black people.
- Demeaning
Comments About Women: O’Rourke
wrote a review of the Broadway musical "The Will Rogers Follies"
while studying at Columbia University. In it, he criticized the,
"perma-smile actresses whose only qualifications seem to be their
phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks." O’Rourke apologized
for his article, saying that he had, “no excuse for making disrespectful
and demeaning comments about women."
Ilhan Omar has consistently
made news with her anti-Semitism
What
is surprising is the extent to which her narrative consists of complaints
about the intolerance, racism, inequity, and filth that she found
when she came to the United States, and since.
*
* We will use their own welfare system to
provide us with food, housing, schooling, and health care, while we out breed them
and plot against them. We will Caliphate on their dime.
* We will use political correctness as a
weapon. Anyone who criticizes us, we will take the opportunity to grandstand
and curry favor from the media and Democrats and loudly accuse our critics of
being an Islamophobe.
* We will use their own discrimination
laws against them and slowly introduce Sharia Law into their culture.
DYING AMERICA: Poverty,
Open Borders, Widespread Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Opioids, Corrupt
Politicians and Then Suicide!
"In a state like Florida,
where immigrants make up about 25.4 percent of the labor force, American
workers have their weekly wages reduced by perhaps more than 12.5 percent. In
California, where immigrants make up 34 percent of the labor force, American
workers’ weekly wages are reduced by potentially 17 percent." JOHN BINDER
Source:
AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez
State: Texas
Current
position: Former U.S. House Representative of Texas
Campaign
Website: https://betoorourke.com
Background: O’Rourke earned a
B.A. in English from Columbia University in New York. While studying, he worked
as an intern on
Capitol Hill for the office of former Rep. Ron Coleman (D-TX). After working a
few jobs, as
an internet service provider and at a publishing company, he returned to El
Paso where he was born. There he sat on the city council from 2005 to 2011. He
served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
O’Rourke ran an unsuccessful campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018,
despite running the most expensive Senate
campaign in U.S. history.
The Issues:
- Healthcare: O’Rourke
considers healthcare,
“a basic human right, not a privilege,” and opposed the
idea of repealing Obamacare. He supported expanding Medicaid coverage to prevent
childbirth-related deaths, as well as covering,
“vulnerable children, the disabled, and the elderly.” He wanted
politicians to focus on, “achieving universal healthcare coverage- whether
it be through a single payer system, a dual system, or otherwise - so that
we can ensure everyone is able to see a provider when it will do the most
good and will deliver healthcare in the most affordable, effective way
possible.”
- Immigration: "Absolutely,
I'd take the wall down," O’Rourke told MSNBC's
Chris Hayes in February. The former representative supported the DREAM Act
and “modernizing” the visa system to allow U.S. businesses to seek employees
for jobs, “that American workers can’t fill.”
- Environment: O’Rourke
said in 2012 that he would work with members of the House to come up with
plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that can be absorbed
by the ecosystem. “I believe that in tackling climate change and the
greatest environmental threat we have ever faced,” he said.
“We need to take unprecedented action in building a foundation for a clean
energy economy. Harmful emissions that contribute to climate change also
pollute our air and water. Climate change threatens our food supply, our
security and the complex ecosystem that sustains humanity.” O’Rourke is
also a supporter of
the Green New Deal, calling it the best proposal he's seen to combat
climate change.
- Economy: O’Rourke supported federal
stimulus spending. He co-sponsored the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, which requires a $10.10 per hour federal
minimum wage by 2016. The former congressman said he wanted, “policies that
encourage companies to focus on returning investments back to their
consumer, their employees, and to the community.”
- Criminal
Justice: On Monday,
O’Rourke told supporters that he will push for completely legalized
marijuana across the nation and call for expunging records of people
imprisoned for possession. “Giving low-level offenders a second chance no
matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold can create
opportunity for all of us,” he wrote in an email to supporters. O’Rourke
also called for non-violent offenders to receive alternative sentences to
prison and to get access to rehabilitation programs.
- Gun
Control: O’Rourke advocated for
universal background checks to regulateonline and gun-show sales. He
also wants to ban the sale of, “weapons of war and high-capacity
magazines.”
- Abortion: O’Rourke
is pro-abortion.
He co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act in 2013 as well as bills
S.217 and H.R.448 in 2015, which prohibit the passage of certain abortion
restrictions. He said that he want to ensure, “that a woman’s right to choose
is not compromised by limited access to safe and legal abortion services
or family planning help.”
Weaknesses/Controversies:
-
Restructuring El Paso: O’Rourke supported a
plan in 2006 to redevelop downtown El Paso by taking down tenements and
gentrifying the area. His father, billionaire William Sanders, was
involved in the project. The plan angered barrio residents and small
business owners, who feared they would lose their homes through the
eminent domain process.
- Denies
Fleeing the Scene: In his 2018
debate with Sen.Cruz, Beto claimed that he didn't attempt to flee the
scene of a crime back in August 1998. Beto was arrested on
DWI charges east of the New Mexico border. The Anthony Police Department
confirmed the authenticity of a 12-page police report attached to a Houston
Chronicle article, which states that an,
"unidentified motorist ‘then turned on his overhead lights to warn
oncoming traffic and to try to get the defendant (O’Rourke) to
stop.'"
- Only
Passed One Bill in Congress: During
his time as a House representative, O’Rourke helped pass only one bill.
In 2016, H.R.5873 went into law, which designated, "the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio
Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the 'R.E. Thomason Federal Building and
United States Courthouse.'"
- Flip/Flop
on Cop Support: Civil rights
groups were angered by O’Rourke’s votefor
the Thin Blue Line Act in 2017, which, “calls for death penalty to anyone
who kills or attempts killing ‘a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or
other first responder.’” O’Rourke also called modern
law enforcement, "The new Jim Crow," and last year expressed his
admiration for the NFL players who took a knee in retaliation to acts of
police brutality against black people.
- Demeaning
Comments About Women: O’Rourke
wrote a review of the Broadway musical "The Will Rogers Follies"
while studying at Columbia University. In it, he criticized the,
"perma-smile actresses whose only qualifications seem to be their
phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks." O’Rourke apologized
for his article, saying that he had, “no excuse for making disrespectful
and demeaning comments about women."
Ilhan Omar has consistently made news with her anti-Semitism
Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Rasputin
Meet Saikat Chakrabarti, the Rasputin of the 14th Congressional District and arguably the real brains behind the bright new shiny Democrat bauble of Congress now famously branded by the media as AOC, joining the exclusive club (JFK, LBJ, RFK, HRC) of politicians widely referred to by three initials.
In the space of just a few short months, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, with fewer than 16,000 votes in a primary election, went from the role of obscure bartender to perhaps the most famous and powerful freshman member of Congress ever. She instantly became a media darling who drives ratings and Internet clicks. Senior Democrats such as Sen. Ed Markey gush over her and edge in to get their picture taken with her as they appear to hang on her every word.
Ocasio-Cortez was given a plum seat on the House Financial Services Committee. Her placement on the exclusive House Banking Committee, as well as the appointments of other newbie progressives to top committees was part of a larger deal to re-secure the speakership for Nancy Pelosi ahead of the midterms. Pelosi agreed to 40 percent progressive representation on the five top House committees.
How could this have happened? Look behind the curtain. You’ll find her mysterious chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, a well-funded radical left wing activist who, with other veterans of the 2016 Sanders campaign, including “Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur (later purged over past allegedly sexist, racist, pro-rape statements), established a web of campaign organizations and LLC’s, including Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress. As many as 16 groupswere housed in the same office space in Knoxville, TN, with no apparent legally-required “walls of separation.”
The larger plot was and remains to recruit attractive people to run for Congress. The longer-term strategy seems to be to gain control of the Democrat Party, Congress and ultimately the United States government itself. Their stated goal “was to run hundreds of Democratic candidates” who do "not take corporate money and serve the voters rather than the donors," as well as "capture a significant amount of Congress with strong progressives" and "overpower the corporate Democrats."
In the 2018 elections, 26 of the 79 candidates endorsed by Justice Democrats won their respective primary elections. Along with AOC, six other of these progressive minority candidates won in the general election: Raúl Grijalva, Ro Khanna, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal. The districts where they won were all solidly Democrat. This suggests why the far left wing newbies were not only given key committee assignments and but quickly found senior Democrats fawning over them. When Rep. Ilhan Omar was accused of anti-Semitic remarks, Democrats could not find the will to directly condemn her. Instead they passed a watered down meaningless resolution against hate. Pelosi and other establishment Democrats are understandably afraid of who will be targeted by the Justice Democrats in 2020 and they don’t want to antagonize them.
In her primary, Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Joe Crowley's 42.5% (11,761) to defeat the 10-term incumbent. Ocasio-Cortez won the general election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas's 14% (17,762). The Democrats all got the message.
With the win, Chakrabarti became AOC’s chief of staff. He and his left-wing associates, including her communications chief Corbin Trent, co-founder of Brand New Congress, and Sanders campaign veteran Zack Exley (an open borders advocate) had scripted and produced AOC’s campaign video and organized her entire grass roots campaign effort, including fund raising and social media. They turned her into a brand to take control of the House seat from Crowley. There is evidence that most all of Ocasio-Cortez’s communications are created by these men who appear to tell her what to say.
Watch as the video below as it shows Trent talking about 40% of Americans, or 160 million people making less than $20,000 a year and then five days later, obviously reading from a script, Ocasio-Cortez makes the identical claim.
With Chakrabarti as Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff, Ocasio-Cortez released the highly controversial far-left policy initiative known as the Green New Deal. It is designed to totally and fundamentally make over the American economy and the American political system. Casio-Cortez’s office, led by Chakrabarti, released an “FAQ” which it withdrew after criticism for its extremist positions, including appearing to demand the elimination of animal agriculture, replacing commercial aviation with “high-speed rail,” and providing “economic security for all who are . . . unwilling to work.” Chakrabarti was forced to admit the office’s authorship of the FAQ after Green New Deal supporters retweeted Rep. Ocasio-Cortez asserted quotes from the document about “unwilling to work” were fabricated.
The Green New Deal was drafted over a single December weekend by Ocasio-Cortez’s staff and representatives of like-minded progressive groups including the Sunrise Movement, a grassroots climate organization; the Justice Democrats and a freshly organized policy shop called the New Consensus. Chakrabarti wasquoted as saying, “We spent the weekend learning how to put laws together. We looked up how to write resolutions.” It’s unclear whether AOC was even present.
A complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission alleging that two political action committees founded by Chakrabarti funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies. The cash transfers from the PACs that he manages make a mockery of her pledges to increase transparency and reduce the influence of "dark money" in politics. His companies appear to have been set-up for the sole purpose of obscuring how the political donations were used.
The arrangement skirted reporting requirements and may have violated the $5,000 limit on contributions from federal PACs to candidates, according to the complaint filed by the National Legal and Policy Center. There was no way of telling where the political donations went — meaning they could have been pocketed or used by the company to pay for off-the-books campaign operations.”
How all this will shake out is uncertain. It’s unlikely, however, that this will deter the main focus and effort of Chakrabarti, who wears his ideology on his shirt. He has been seen on video wearing a T-shirt with the image of Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian anti-colonial nationalist.
YouTube screen grab
During World War II, Bose tried to overthrow British colonial rule of India with the help of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Bose was personally helped by Hitler who he met with before going to the Dutch East Indies on a Nazi submarine and setting up an Indian composed army to support Imperial Japan. He proclaimed his ideology as a synthesis between Nazism and Communism.
Listen as AOC describes a marriage between the government and corporations in order to regulate what people can and can’t do with their private property/business/investments.
“We should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government.” @AOC explains why she is in favor of democratic socialism at #SXSW #tictocnews
Might these thoughts have come from Chakrabarti?
So, you can hardly be shocked when you find Chakrabarti praising freshman congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez for organizing a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi’s as well as helping to chase the intended new Amazon headquarters out of New York. It’s all about disruption. And the Democrats already have the message. Stand with us or we’ll take you out. As her tendency toward demagoguery inevitably grows, the situation will likely become more and more dangerous.
This is who Chakrabarti is and therefore ultimately who AOC is. It easier now to understand why mainstream Democrats are being sucked into the whirlpool of the Left. Some of it is ideology. But much of it is fear. They fear Chakrabarti and his friends will turn the ideological blowtorch and campaign challenges on them. This does not bode well for either moderate Democrats or America.
Frank Hawkins is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, Associated Press foreign correspondent, international businessman, senior newspaper company executive, founder and owner of several marketing companies, and published novelist.
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