Republicans: To Win the Midterms, Hit Black Lives Matter
Most of us already know how we are going to vote in November. "Use Your Head and Vote Red" is a good answer to the other side's "Vote Blue, No Matter Who." We know in advance how the elections are going to turn out in hardcore Republican and Democratic states and enclaves. We do not expect California or New York to elect Republicans, nor are Wyoming and Idaho likely to elect Democrats. All the other races will, however, be decided by the swing voters who hold the balance of power, and it is to them we must appeal.
Sun Tzu noted in his Art of War that one should attack what the enemy cannot defend and defend what the enemy cannot attack. This is why we must direct our complete attention to BLM and its ties with the Democrat party.
BLM's Fall from Grace
The murder of George Floyd propelled Black Lives Matter into the forefront of American politics, where people perceived it as a champion of civil rights and police reform. Its subsequent behavior demonstrated instead that it is little if at all better than the evils against which it claimed to fight. All of these should become Republican talking points this summer and, more importantly, in September and October prior to the midterm elections.
- BLM has provoked and incited the very kinds of incidents that have resulted in the justifiable homicides of Black people along with two of Kyle Rittenhouse's Caucasian assailants.
- When BLM libelously accuses a police officer of "murdering," for example, Hakim Littleton, who is on bodycam video pointing a gun at the head of another officer, it is telling people it is OK to point guns at police officers. Then they wonder why Black people and "allies" who act on this guidance get shot.
- When BLM protests the shooting of Ricardo Munoz, who is on bodycam video advancing on a police officer while brandishing a knife, it is telling its listeners that it is OK to menace police with knives. The same goes for calling it murder when a cop shot Ma'Khia Bryant, who was on bodycam video with an upraised knife over another Black person.
- When BLM libelously accuses Kyle Rittenhouse of "murdering" two of his assailants, they are telling people it is OK to commit strong-arm robbery involving a firearm, as Rittenhouse's first assailant did, and to run after somebody while yelling violent threats and brandishing weapons.
- When a (Caucasian) BLM activist records a video that shows how to break into occupied cars, cut seat belts, and "remove" drivers, she is telling them how to get shot legally, run over legally, and/or sent to prison for up to a life sentence in places like Florida that seem (not legal advice) to call this "burglary-battery."
- Black Lives Matter has also endorsed looting, a property-only crime that does not justify deployment of deadly force. If, however, the looting involves a physical confrontation with, for example, a store owner, it can easily escalate to robbery (forcible taking), which does justify deadly force. It can also leave the looter with the kind of felony record that BLM complains ruins Black lives. Teen Vogue reports that one looter is facing three to seven years in prison for stealing some dish soap even though the dish soap was doubtlessly worth far less than the $500 cap for misdemeanor petty theft. The individual in question was, however, charged with burglary and looting, which escalates the action to a felony. The article adds that 160 people are facing felony charges for similar behavior, and BLM as represented by one of its leaders said it was OK to do this.
- Black Lives Matter, as represented by Patrisse Cullors, has denied the right of Israel to exist. Cullors said to "step up boldly and courageously to end the imperialist project that's called Israel." Neither the Anti-Defamation League nor the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance define mere disagreement with the policies of Israel as anti-Semitic, but both classify denial of Israel's right to exist as such.
- The Democrat party, as of June 11, 2022, still links to BLM Organizing Resources as well as Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the arguably racist and anti-Semitic hate group that chanted racist slogans like "white interloper" outside Freddy's Fashion Mart in 1995. A deranged individual later acted on this hate speech by setting the store on fire and killing seven people, including a Black security guard, whom the NAN depicted as a "cracker-lover."
- The Democrat party page links to BLM petitions, and this is but one click away from a page that says, among other things, "Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement" and links in turn to the BDS movement itself. I am sure that, if the RNC website linked, even via two clicks, to a white supremacist website, the Democrats would be all over it, and rightly so, but the Democrats have no problem linking to the Hamas-American Bund.
- Black Lives Matter was exposed as long ago as 2020 for using 501(c)(3) tax-exempt resources to campaign against Donald Trump. The organization no longer claims to be able to accept tax-deductible contributions, nor does the contribution link to ActBlue Charities appear on its website. If the IRS acted against BLM's 501(c)(3) status, it has certainly not confided in me, nor should it do so, but there is plenty of precedent. First, political activity is a top priority for investigation by the IRS's Exempt Organization Division, as shown by the fast-track Political Activity Compliance Initiative (PACI). Second, the IRS has revoked numerous tax exemptions, generally from churches that have tried to influence elections. The Church at Pierce Creek, for example, lost its tax exemption for publishing an ad that said Christians should not vote for Bill Clinton. The material BLM published on its website was equally explicit against Donald Trump.
- Allegations of election fraud in 2020 carry less and less weight with swing voters, who hold the balance of power to decide the 2022 elections. Evidence of BLM's efforts, while accepting tax-deductible contributions, to influence the 2020 presidential election, including, among other things, an explicit interview in which Patrisse Cullors said the goal was to get Trump out of office, plus a website that equated Trump with a Nazi with a neck tattoo, is, on the other hand incontrovertible. The swing voters can see for themselves how BLM abused their trust and the trust of the American people in general.
All of these are strong arguments to "use your head and vote red" this November.
Civis Americanus is the pen name of a contributor who remembers the lessons of history and wants to ensure that our country never needs to learn those lessons again the hard way. The author is remaining anonymous due to the likely prospect of being subjected to "cancel culture" for exposing the Big Lie behind Black Lives Matter.
Image: Johnny Silvercloud via Flickr (cropped), CC BY-SA 2.0.
BLACKS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT SUBCULTURE IN THE WORLD!
On May 25, 2020, a Black man who’d ingested huge quantities of illegal drugs died while a White cop restrained him as an angry crowd threatened. Democrats seized this incident as an opportunity to reclaim the White House and dominate government by racially dividing the nation.
https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2022/06/mexifornia-reparations-for-blacks-when.html
Let me be blunt. Throwing more money at Blacks will make virtue-signaling White leftists feel a little more virtuous. It will not help those Blacks who are sinking into a morass of poverty, crime, abuse, and despair. The only thing that will change is when they stop looking for reparations (even arguably deserved ones) and start repairing their broken communities. ANDREA WIDBURG
So how did it all begin?
BLM used the business model pioneered by veteran race hustler Al Sharpton. Sharpton’s functioned with the implicit message ‘support me or you are a racist’ which also means ‘donate (to my charity) or you are a racist.
Sharpton used his charity to enrich himself and his family. Sharpton was also a tax dodger. In 2016, Sharpton personally owed over $3 million in federal taxes.
The money trail grows murkier with Cullors’ transfer of funds to her activist wife, Janaya Khan. Ms. Khan runs her own social action charity, M4BJ, in Canada, which received BLM funds and recently purchased a $6.3 million Victorian mansion in Toronto for a multi-use social and arts center.
Black Lives Matter: Tracking $60 Million in Unaccounted Donations
By Robyn Dolgin
Social justice warriors appear to know when a house of cards is ready to collapse.
Top executives are fleeing the most famous “social cause” network, now that more than one attorney general has come knocking on their door with inquiries about “unaccounted funds” at the non-profit: Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. (BLMGNF). It’s difficult to know who is in charge, but the organization recently received a demand for an accounting of the more than $60 million collected in 2020, according to a letter from the Department of Justice in California. Other liberal states would soon follow.
Among those who were warned they would be “held personally liable” for the unaccounted donations are the founders and top three executives, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi (all no longer with the foundation). An attempt was made at damage control with the public announcement of two newly recruited candidates -- Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele -- to replace the former executives. The announcement turned out to be premature, owing to the fact that Themba and Bandele never actually stepped into the executive roles, according to the Daily Mail. They were unable to arrive at “the terms of their employment.”
Founder Patrisse Cullors became one of the first red flags to garner national headlines exposing her $3.2 million real estate portfolio. She amassed four private residences and the “self-trained” Marxist never mentioned how these material holdings match up to her communist doctrine of “…each according to his needs.”
Apparently, Cullors’ real estate holdings represent a paltry sum in comparison to BLM’s transfer of funds to “worthy causes” dating back to 2019: The group has funneled millions of dollars to “other” non-profits, in which those dollars appear to go through a revolving door. A case in point: Reform LA Jails received $1.4 million in which those funds found their way into the pockets of Cullors and her wife, Janaya Khan, for consulting fees ($205,000); and other BLM associates and friends to receive payouts include Christman Bowers, treasurer of BLLM PAC ($270,000); Asha Bandelle, who cowrote Cullors’ memoir ($211,000); and Damon Turner, founder of Trap Heals LCC and father of Cullor’s child ($86,000), according to the Daily Mail.
The money trail grows murkier with Cullors’ transfer of funds to her activist wife, Janaya Khan. Ms. Khan runs her own social action charity, M4BJ, in Canada, which received BLM funds and recently purchased a $6.3 million Victorian mansion in Toronto for a multi-use social and arts center.
Attorney General Rob Bonta in Sacramento is acutely aware of the controversy swirling around the group’s lack of financial transparency and has issued a “delinquency notice” demanding copies of the organization’s Form 990 required for filing with the IRS for 2020. The group has 60 days to respond to the notice issued on January 31.
The days of indiscriminate spending are certainly over for the top brass at the flagship organization. This would include a luxurious $26,000 stay for “meetings” at a five-star Malibu resort, Calamigos Guest Ranch and Beach Resort, and use of the adjacent owned Malibu Conference Center. Such luxurious taste led one television commentator, Megyn Kelly, to comment that BLM “must stand for Babes Lounging in Malibu,” leading some to deduce that self-proclaimed socialists know how to live -- even if it’s on the backs of their donors.
Money that had come pouring into BLMGF is now a thing of the past. The group is “prohibited” from collecting funds and must “immediately cease” collection activities, according to a letter issued from the State of Washington. Any violation of the order would result in a $2,000 fine per donation.
If that weren’t bad enough, BLMGNF was labeled an “illegal enterprise” by Indiana attorney general Todd Rokita. He didn't mince words, saying that there is a clear pattern of misconduct at the organization. “I see patterns that scams (typically) take on: failure to provide board members, failure to provide even executive directors, and failure to make your (financial) filings available.”
In the meantime, attorneys general in various states where BLMGNF remains out of compliance may find it difficult to deliver notices of action in those states (i.e. California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, and State of Washington). The group provided the wrong address on previous tax forms submitted to the IRS, where the occupant of the listed building claimed to be receiving numerous in-person inquiries.
Perhaps the mail could be forwarded to one of Cullors’ several residences or the Victorian mansion in Toronto, which was on the receiving end of BLM funds.
Image: Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.
BLM is imploding
By Rajan Laad
Last week the Washington Examiner reported that "no one appears to have been in charge at Black Lives Matter for months. The address it lists on tax forms is wrong, and the charity's two board members won't say who controls BLM’s millions."
The report also referred to “BLM's shocking lack of transparency surrounding its finances and operations raises major legal and ethical red flags, multiple charity experts”.
Back in April 2021, the New York Post had reported that BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, then its executive director, had spent $3.2 million on various real estate properties across the U.S.
Last February, BLM had published an 'impact report' which states that it closed out 2020 with $60 million in its bank accounts. The outfit failed to file taxes for 2020, the year it raised millions after George Floyd’s death.
Indiana’s AG general slammed BLM as a “scam” whose “house of cards may be falling” amid the growing legal attention.
The states of Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia have all revoked BLM’s charitable registration, while California and Washington are threatening to hold the nonprofit’s officers personally liable for its lack of financial transparency.
So how did it all begin?
BLM used the business model pioneered by veteran race hustler Al Sharpton. Sharpton’s functioned with the implicit message ‘support me or you are a racist’ which also means ‘donate (to my charity) or you are a racist.
Sharpton used his charity to enrich himself and his family. Sharpton was also a tax dodger. In 2016, Sharpton personally owed over $3 million in federal taxes.
BLM also used ploys frequently adapted by Obama operatives that criticism of Obama’s presidency was motivated by racism. It was effective causing Republicans and media personnel to hesitate to be critical of Obama which enabled Obama to win a second term, despite his myriad fiascos.
BLM began as a trend on social media that evolved into a slogan chanted by 'protestors.' Next, they set the narrative that those who refused to say “Black Lives Matter” were racist. Cowardly politicians and media folks submitted.
Then BLM convinced people in politics, showbiz, and business that they were the sole adjudicators in matters of race.
While BLM was founded in 2013 following Trayvon Martin's death and raised funds following the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and Michael Brown. It was the death of George Floyd in 2020, that BLM took their movement to new depths with widespread riots and looting across the country.
Celebrities posted photos of Floyd and logos of BLM on social media. Corporate houses, including big tech firms such as Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft supported BLM.
Google committed $12 million, Facebook and Amazon donated $10 million and Apple pledged a whopping $100 million. Walmart announced a contribution of $100 million while Target announced $10 million and Home Depot announced $1 million.
Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie, Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Kate Beckinsale, and Ryan Reynolds donated handsomely to BLM.
Perhaps corporations and stars didn’t know or care about BLM and weren’t keen on parting with their money. But the climate created was such that donating was the sole way to prove that they were the ‘good ones.’ It was also like protection money to prevent the vandals from banging at their doors. In addition to accepting donations, BLM also sell merchandise on their website which enables them to enhance their brand.
BLM never concedes any improvements in matters of race because that could make them irrelevant and hamper fund-raising which is usually based on lies and overstatements.
Their branding strategy was clever with sinister motives that cause their astronomical rise. They had a terse and catchy slogan, virtue attached to their brand which implicitly meant that those who didn’t donate were immoral.
In a country such as the U.S. there will always be an instance of crime that can magnified through the lens of race, that presents an opportunity for fundraising. When activism becomes a profession, the cause has to be kept alive.
Despite the claims of being Marxist, they conduct their business and enrich themselves like capitalists, however unlike capitalists, theirs is not a free market. Their totalitarian ‘my way or the highway’ proclivities to establish a monopoly among donors for race issues.
Like most big multi-national corporations, BLM has offices in the U.K. and Canada where more funds can be raised.
If this was just a scam that conned myriad wealthy corporations and celebrities, BLM could have been forgiven.
But their influence has been damaging to the social fabric of the U.S.
The rioting, looting, burning, and thefts by BLM thugs have caused losses of could range between $1 million to $2 million dollars. The vandals always targeted working-class localities even hurt businesses run by black people. The wealthy have already paid their protection money are spared. Perhaps BLM knows if their thugs rioted in affluent localities, the police will be empowered to take severe action.
Much like their vandalism and rioting, their call to 'defund the police' only applies to working-class localities. The powerful in Washington are permitted to allow to have ample police protection from protests.
The media is also culpable since they frequently downplay the violence, describing them as protests.
When BLM rioters were arrested, Hollywood stars bailed them out.
Now that BLM has been caught committing fraud, expect them to play the race card again. The media and their donors who should question them will remain silent.
So, what is BLM’s legacy?
The money they raised could have been invested to improve the lives of people of color, if that had happened the founders would have been pardoned for making some money on the side.
Instead, it appears that the only people of color who benefited from BLM were the founders.
What makes it worse is venom they spread through their rhetoric and actions. In addition to causing loss of property and lives, BLM’s toxicity may have permanently damaged the social fabric of the country.
Their relentless campaign may have convinced a section of black people that their country hates them. This may cause some to stay away from education and hard work because they think systemic racism will prevent them from being successful irrespective of their qualifications or talents. Their prolonged despondency causes them to be destructive both towards themselves and others. They see their own countrymen as their persecutors merely because of their skin color. The divide is permanent.
They are brainwashed to think that every law enforcement official is an enemy. Some day they react badly, perhaps violently to the most innocuous inquiry from a policeman, and in worst cases even end up with a bullet in their body.
BLM turns up at the crime scene once again using to raise funds and the ugly cycle continues.
Perhaps many among these disillusioned youths could have been the next great inventors, writers, teachers, and leaders but now their lives are wasted.
What BLM has done is disgraceful.
Like vultures, they have enriched themselves on the corpses of black men. Hopefully they will be stopped!
Brooks terrorized the 89% White population in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Still, he wasn’t charged with a hate crime or domestic terrorism, the media downplayed the racial aspects of his crime, and this horrific tragedy had a news life that rivaled reports that Brooks complained of racism in prison, or the April 12 shooting of ten people on a New York City subway by Black nationalist/supremacist Frank James, and the suggestion that murdering innocent White parade goers was justified because they were White supremacists, like all the people of Whiteland.
The Great Replacement Now Drives American Political Discourse
Earlier: The Great Replacement: Cat Out Of Bag, Democrats Frantic
House Democrats condemned the Great Replacement this week. No, not the immigration policies that are leading to the dispossession of the Historic American Nation. Instead, they just denounced those who have Noticed what’s going on. Every Republican voted against resolution, but only two Democrats (Maine Rep. Jared Golden and Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin). It claimed the Great Replacement “has been used to falsely justify racially motivated, violent acts of terrorism domestically and internationally” and committed Congress to “combating White supremacy, hatred, and racial injustice.” “The Great Replacement myth is a racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, nativist and hateful lie,” said New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, right, the resolution’s sponsor [House Democrats Pass Resolution Condemning ‘Great Replacement Theory’, by Mychael Schnell, The Hill, June 8, 2022]. But the condemnation can’t suppress the truth. It’s just more evidence that the Great Replacement now drives the political discourse in America–and Democrats can only look on in shock.
Rep. Bowman is one of those in shock. He admits Great Replacement, which he calls “Nazi thinking,” is now mainstream. “These are no longer fringe elements of our society,” the black congressman said. “'Great Replacement Theory has gone mainstream thanks to rightwing Republicans like Tucker Carlson who have mentioned this theory more than 400 times on the most-watched news network in the country.” [Democratic Rep Jamaal Bowman calls Great Replacement Theory 'Nazi thinking veiled as political banter', by Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail, June 8, 2022].
He’s right, of course. VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow charted the Great Replacement (“The Pincers” —see our featured image) in his book Alien Nation back in 1995, but Tucker Carlson is certainly responsible for waking up millions of Americans to this civilizational problem.
And concern over the Great Replacement is now shared by a majority of Republicans.
Three new polls show the widespread belief in this obvious fact. YouGov asked respondents last week: “Do you personally believe that in the U.S., Democrats are trying to replace white Americans with immigrants and people of color who share Democrats’ views?” Seventy-three percent of Trump voters, 61 percent of Republicans overall, and 33 percent of independents said yes. Seventy-six percent of Trump voters, 67 percent of Republicans, and 38 percent of independents say immigration is a very serious problem. Fifty-five percent of Trump voters, 52 percent of Republicans, and 31 percent of independents say immigrants have a negative effect on America.
A YouGov survey from last month also shows similar results. In that poll, 61 percent of Trump voters, 58 percent of Republicans, and 36 percent of independents believe whites are being replaced by non-whites. Sixty-three percent of Trump voters, 59 percent of Republicans, and 30 percent of independents believe racial diversity will weaken American customs and values. (Interestingly, only 43 percent of Democrats believe it will strengthen American customs and values.) Fifty-five percent of Trump voters, 54 percent of Republicans, and 34 percent of independents believe racial diversity will lead to more racial conflicts. Roughly 40 percent of Trump voters and Republicans believe it’s a bad thing that America will no longer be a majority-white country. Just nine percent of Trump voters and 12 percent of Republicans think it will be a good thing.
Most Democrats are the opposite of Republicans but, again, their enthusiasm for the Great Replacement isn’t that great. Fifty-seven percent say immigrants have a positive impact on America, 43 percent say immigrants will strengthen American customs and values, and 44 percent say America no longer being majority-white is a good thing. It’s hardly an overwhelming majority.
Other polls are finding similar results. The Southern Poverty Law Center conducted a poll in April that also showed most Republicans believe in the Great Replacement. In the communist group’s survey, 47 percent of Republicans believe it’s negative that America will no longer majority-white (just 28 percent see it as a positive); 53 percent believe changing demographics pose a threat to whites, their culture, and values; and 68 percent believe the recent demographic changes in our country are driven by progressives wanting to replace white conservative voters [SPLC Poll Finds Substantial Support for ‘Great Replacement’ Theory and Other Hard-Right Ideas, by Cassie Miller, Southern Poverty Law Center, June 1, 2022].
It’s clear the Republican base is gravely concerned about being replaced. They know it threatens their way of life and their values. They know it will lead to more conflict among the races and weaken America. This is no longer a “fringe” idea.
As I highlighted last month, more and more Republican leaders are also Noticing the Great Replacement. From Elise Stefanik to Blake Masters, serious GOP lawmakers or candidates are speaking out about how Democrats want to replace Americans with foreigners. And some of these candidates are starting to notice other racial problems.
Masters, the Trump endorsed Arizona Senate candidate, recently acknowledged the color of crime. “We do have a gun violence problem in this country, and it’s gang violence,” he said during an April podcast appearance. “It’s people in Chicago, St. Louis shooting each other. Very often, you know, black people, frankly. And the Democrats don’t want to do anything about that.” [Blake Masters Blames Gun Violence on ‘Black People, Frankly’, by Roger Sollenberger, Daily Beast, June 5, 2022]
Masters, of course, is right that it’s black people behind the crime wave. FBI crime data shows that blacks were responsible for 56.5% of all murders in 2020 where a suspect was identified. The true number is probably higher when accounting for unsolved murders. The media branded Masters a racist for simply stating this obvious truth.
Thankfully, he chose to ignore the controversy and did not issue any mealy-mouthed apology.
Democrats are very worried that the American people are becoming aware of their dispossession. But instead of doing anything to address the causes of dispossession, they’re utilizing state power to crack down on those who dare mention it.
The Associated Press reported last week that federal officials are directing more resources to monitoring social media for alleged “white nationalist” threats. The AP claims “white supremacists are riling up thousands on social media.” Free speech is not a crime—yet—but the Regime Media and left-wing bureaucrats behave as if it is:
White nationalists and supremacists, on accounts often run by young men, are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok, evading detection with coded hashtags and innuendo.
Their snarky memes and trendy videos are riling up thousands of followers on divisive issues including abortion, guns, immigration and LGBTQ rights. The Department of Homeland Security warned Tuesday that such skewed framing of the subjects could drive extremists to violently attack public places across the U.S. in the coming months.
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They signal their beliefs in other ways: a Christian cross emoji in their profile or words like “anglo” or “pilled,” a term embraced by far-right chatrooms, in usernames. Most recently, some of these accounts have borrowed the pop song “White Boy Summer” to cheer on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis by Zignal Labs, a social media intelligence firm. [White Supremacists Are Riling Up Thousands on Social Media, by Amanda Seitz, Associated Press, June 10, 2022]
This extremely mild behavior apparently requires the primary attention of Homeland Security and the FBI. The collapse of the southern border is just not as important as alleged racists talking about “White Boy Summer” on Telegram.
There’s also DHS’s infamous Disinformation Governance Board. This project, which has since gotten a new leader in former Bush official Michael Chertoff, is dedicated entirely to monitoring right-wing speech on the internet. Leaked documents reveal that the board was particularly concerned with “falsehoods surrounding U.S. government immigration policy.” Translation: any information that discredits Open Borders or points out the reality of the Great Replacement.
The documents said that DHS looked to work with Twitter and other social media platforms to target “disinformation” [GOP Senators Release Documents Showing Biden Admin Lied About Disinfo Board, by Michael Ginsberg, Daily Caller, June 9, 2022]
But it’s unlikely these efforts will succeed. The federal government can’t take Tucker Carlson off the air, nor can they blind ordinary people to the dramatic changes they see all around them.
Regular Americans know the Great Replacement isn’t a conspiracy theory–it’s a fact of life. And they want it stopped.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.
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