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The mass murdering Swamp reminds us who’s Boss as they proceed with our genocide. Trump helped them by selling us out to the first lockdown under the pretense that it was just to help hospitals. The whole world marveled at how easy it was to imprison 300 million healthy Americans for something that mainly affected nursing homes. And everyone said, wow, since we’ve got them there, let’s keep them there, they’re powerless anyway. Now we know lockdowns are far deadlier than Covid especially for Americans. Not one US elected official–certainly not Trump, elected because we believed he’d get us out of NATO, not use it against us-has stood up for us to stop lockdowns or the trillions of tax dollars taken from us. NATO is using the lockdown Trump achieved by lying to continue our slow genocide….At a Senate hearing on 6/24 a GOP Establishment member called for billions more tax dollars because we might have more pandemics: “Our second pandemic [as opposed to a second wave of Covid 19] might come in about three months, so that’s why it’s important to do what we’re doing,” said [Deep Swamp former GOP Senator Bill] Frist, [at a Senate hearing] who is also a physician. He suggested a mandatory yearly appropriation for public health of about $4.5 billion.”...“Experts outline how to prepare for second wave of coronavirus or next pandemic,” 6/24/20, Roll Call via MSN.com
[Image: “Even before winning his first election Trump has discussed pulling out of NATO,” You Tube video, Strategic Culture
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June 16, 2020, “NATO prepares for a second wave of Covid-19 [in nursing homes],” Shafaq News (Iraq)
“NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced, on Tuesday [June 16], that the coalition is preparing to confront a possible second wave of Covid-19 [in nursing homes] by storing medical equipment and supplies.
“We are preparing for a possible second wave of Covid-19 [in nursing homes]”, Stoltenberg said, in a video conference on the eve of a meeting of NATO defense ministers.
Stoltenberg indicated that an executive plan will be presented to the defense ministers, on Wednesday, confirming the storage of protective equipment and other supplies to enable the Alliance to distribute them quickly [to nursing homes] if the need arises.
A multi-million dollars’ fund will be allocated
to purchase medical supplies [for nursing homes] and reimburse the
transportation expenses of doctors and patients [at nursing homes], if needed.
These measures, “will allow us to respond quickly to a possible second wave of the pandemic [in nursing homes], in order to ensure that aid reaches the right place at the right time,” Stoltenberg added.
The alliance coordinated more than 350 air transfers [from nursing homes] of equipment and patients to hospitals in other countries.”
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June 12, 2020, “Trump Confidants Call for Brad Parscale to be Fired as Re-Election Campaign Stalls with “No Strategy,”” Big League Politics, Shane Trejo
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“Some of President Donald Trump’s top confidants are urging for campaign manager Brad Parscale to be fired
and replaced with someone deemed by observers as more competent and
qualified heading into this year’s election against former Vice
President Joe Biden….
A Republican insider noted that Parscale was put into the position because of his connections to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has been pushing the administration to the Left throughout his tenure as senior adviser. Parscale has even brought disgraced Bush-era globalist Karl Rove into the fold.
“Jared put Brad in charge of the whole thing because he is loyal to the family--not because he is a political operator,” the GOP insider said. “Brad has zero experience running a national campaign.”
Parscale has been cashing in, living a lavish lifestyle while Trump’s re-election campaign spins its wheels.
“The money stuff rankles people in a major way,” a long-time GOP campaigner told the [NY] Post, referencing Parscale’s $2.4 million mansion on a Fort Lauderdale, Fla beachfront, his new $400,000 yacht, and a stable of luxury automobiles.
Big League Politics has reported frequently on Parscale’s management and misunderstanding of the Trump base:
“President Donald Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale told Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Monday when he said that immigration wouldn’t be one of the top issues that Trump focuses on while trying to obtain re-election this November.
When Dobbs asked Parscale what the top three issues would be for the President on the campaign trail, Parscale claimed jobs, national security and healthcare would be what Trump would focus on. Dobbs, who has been a proponent for border security his entire career, was surprised that immigration was not included.
“You didn’t mention border security. You didn’t mention immigration,” Dobbs said.
“Well, I think on immigration he’s already in the winning column. I think that those people we already have voters. I think these other issues we have to continue to get the other voters to come across and make this a landslide victory,” Parscale responded.”…(above image from Big League Politics)
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Added: “Trump Era,” if it ever existed, is dead, now just more of the globalist Republican Establishment era:
10/23/2019, “How a Political Newcomer Learned to Thrive In Trump Era,” PoliticalWire, Taegan Goddard
“When Brad Parscale was looking for advice about how to navigate Washington
after running the digital strategy for Donald Trump’s upstart
presidential campaign in 2016, the brash political newcomer turned to a Beltway power couple,” the Washington Post reports.
“Katie Walsh and Mike Shields, both former chiefs of staff at the Republican National Committee, advised him on how to make the most of his new perch… Since then, the three have helped each other flourish inside the Republican Party ecosystem, recommending each other’s services to top GOP officials and candidates. Together, the trio have broad influence across the party — drawing millions of dollars from 23 party committees and organizations since the beginning of 2017, according to campaign finance filings and people familiar with their work.”
“Their dominance has alarmed other Republican Party strategists, who say the three have a disproportionate amount of sway–and have helped each other sustain that power.”
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Comment: Trump’s greatest value to the country in 2016 was
his defeat of the cancerous globalist Republican Establishment (which
despises Republican voters). Trump has thrown that value in the trash.
First, he put globalist elite liberal Jared in charge. Any globalist
elite liberal would welcome the globalist GOP Establishment in a heartbeat
over a toothless Trump voter. Brad Parscale–running the pathetic Trump 2020 campaign-is not only backed by Jared, he has bonded with two longtime poisonous RNC insiders Kate Walsh and husband Mark Shields as described in above article. Even Karl Rove
is part of the “team” now–though all involved naturally downplay his
influence. Supposedly Rove “advised” Trump to say more negative things
about Biden. I guess that’s what you do when you can’t run on your own
policies. Trump knows the GOP Establishment never wanted him,
doesn’t want him today, wouldn’t want him if he let Karl Rove and Jeb
Bush run everything, and would rather lose than have his 63 million
voters. He’s just running out the clock. His heart extends no further
than Ivanka and her husband.
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“We conservatively estimate that the national lockdown is responsible for at least 700,000 lost years of life every month, or about 1.5 million so far–already far surpassing the COVID-19 total.“...Sunlight and vitamin D deprived persons are at “higher risk of death from respiratory tract infections.”…The “preventing hospital overcrowding” notion by “scientists” immediately switched to simple imprisonment.…As to Covid vaccine trials, Africans are once again guinea pigs. The UK monarchy is of course represented in Soweto vaccine trials by Prince William.
May 25, 2020, “The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life,” The Hill, By Scott W. Atlas, John R. Birge, Ralph L Keeney and Alexander Lipton, Opinion Contributors
“Our governmental COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focuses on containing the spread of the disease at all costs, instead of “flattening the curve” and preventing hospital overcrowding. Although
[presumably] well-intentioned, the lockdown was imposed without
consideration of its consequences beyond those directly from the
pandemic.
The policies have created the greatest global economic disruption in history, with trillions of dollars of lost economic output. These financial losses have been falsely portrayed as purely economic. To the contrary, using
numerous National Institutes of Health Public Access publications,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Bureau of Labor
Statistics data, and various actuarial tables, we calculate that these policies will cause devastating non-economic consequences that will total millions of accumulated years of life lost in the United States, far beyond what the virus itself has caused.
Pandemics have afflicted humankind throughout history. They devastated the Roman and Byzantine empires, Medieval Europe, China and India, and they continue to the present day despite medical progress.
The past century has witnessed three pandemics with at least 100,000 U.S. fatalities: The “Spanish Flu,” 1918-1919, with between 20 million and 50 million fatalities worldwide, including 675,000 in the U.S.; the “Asian Flu,” 1957-1958, with about 1.1 million deaths worldwide, 116,000 of those in the U.S.; and the “Hong Kong Flu,” 1968-1972, with about 1 million people worldwide, including 100,000 in the U.S. So far, the current pandemic has produced almost 100,000 U.S. deaths, but the reaction of a near-complete economic shutdown is unprecedented.
The lost economic output in the U.S. alone is estimated to be 5 percent of GDP, or $1.1 trillion for every month of the economic shutdown. This lost income results in lost lives as the stresses of unemployment and providing basic needs increase the incidence of suicide, alcohol or drug abuse, and stress-induced illnesses. These effects are particularly severe on the lower-income populace, as they are more likely to lose their jobs, and mortality rates are much higher for lower-income individuals.
Statistically, every $10 million to $24 million lost in U.S. incomes results in one additional death. One portion of this effect is through unemployment, which leads to an average increase in mortality of at least 60 percent. That translates into 7,200 lives lost per month among the 36 million newly unemployed Americans, over 40 percent of whom are not expected to regain their jobs. In addition, many small business owners are near financial collapse, creating lost wealth that results in mortality increases of 50 percent. With an average estimate of one additional lost life per $17 million income loss, that would translate to 65,000 lives lost in the U.S. for each month because of the economic shutdown.
In addition to lives lost because of lost income, lives also are lost due to delayed or foregone health care imposed by the shutdown and the fear it creates among patients. From personal communications with neurosurgery colleagues, about half of their patients have not appeared for treatment of disease which, left untreated, risks brain hemorrhage, paralysis or death.
Here are the examples of missed health care on which we base our calculations: Emergency stroke evaluations are down 40 percent. Of the 650,000 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in the United States, an estimated half are missing their treatments. Of the 150,000 new cancer cases typically discovered each month in the U.S., most – as elsewhere in the world – are not being diagnosed, and two-thirds to three-fourths of routine cancer screenings are not happening because of shutdown policies and fear among the population. Nearly 85 percent fewer living-donor transplants are occurring now, compared to the same period last year. In addition, more than half of childhood vaccinations are not being performed, setting up the potential of a massive future health disaster.
The implications of treatment delays for situations other than COVID-19 result in 8,000 U.S. deaths per month of the shutdown, or about 120,000 years of remaining life. Missed strokes contribute an additional loss of 100,000 years of life for each month; late cancer diagnoses lose 250,000 years of remaining life for each month; missing living-donor transplants, another 5,000 years of life per month–and, if even 10 percent of vaccinations are not done, the result is an additional 24,000 years of life lost each month.
These [presumably] unintended consequences of missed health care amount to more than 500,000 lost years of life per month, not including all the other known skipped care.
If we only consider unemployment-related fatalities from the economic shutdown, that would total at least an additional 7,200 lives per month. Assuming these deaths occur proportionally across the ages of current U.S. mortality data, and equally among men and women, this amounts to more than 200,000 lost years of life for each month of the economic shutdown.
In comparison, COVID-19 fatalities have fallen disproportiontely on the elderly, particularly in nursing homes, and those with co-morbidities. Based on the expected remaining lifetimes of these COVID-19 patients, and given that 40 percent [or more] of deaths are in nursing homes, the disease has been responsible for 800,000 lost years of life so far. Considering only the losses of life from missed health care and unemployment due solely to the lockdown policy, we conservatively estimate that the national lockdown is responsible for at least 700,000 lost years of life every month, or about 1.5 million so far–already far surpassing the COVID-19 total.
Policymakers combating the effects of COVID-19 must recognize and consider the full impact of their decisions. They need to be aware of the devastating effects in terms of lost life from shutting down significant parts of the economy. The belated acknowledgement by policy leaders of irreparable harms from the lockdown is not nearly enough. They need to emphatically and widely inform the public of these serious consequences and reassure them of their concern for all human life [if in fact they have such concern] by strongly articulating the rationale for reopening society.
To end the loss of life from the economic lockdown, businesses as well as K-12 schools, public transportation, parks and beaches should smartly reopen with enhanced hygiene and science-based protection warnings for any in the high-risk population. For most of the country, that reopening should occur now, without any unnecessary fear-based restrictions, many of which repeat the error of disregarding the evidence.
By following a thoughtful analysis that finally recognizes all available actions and their consequences, we can save millions of years of American life.
When the next pandemic inevitably arises, we need to remember these lessons and follow policies that consider the lives of all Americans from the outset.”
“Scott W. Atlas is a physician and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution....John R. Birge is a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business….Ralph L Keeney is professor emeritus in business at Duke University and in engineering at the University of Southern California….Alexander Lipton is a visiting professor and dean’s fellow at the Jerusalem Business School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.”
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Added: Lockdowns themselves are killers: They force healthy populations to have weaker immune systems. Thus, greater chance of endless new “waves” excitedly sold by media:
“Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020 Apr 14 : 1–2.
doi: 10.1038/s41430-020-0635-2 [Epub ahead of print]
PMCID: PMC7155155
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“Quarantine could be associated to a less time spent outdoors, less sun-exposure, and reduced production of vitamin D as a result of lower levels of 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin. Vitamin D deficiency in winter has been reported to be associated to viral epidemics. Indeed, adequate vitamin D status reduces the risk of developing several chronic diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension that significantly higher risk of death from respiratory tract infections than otherwise healthy individuals [10]. Further, vitamin D protects respiratory tract preserving tight junctions, killing enveloped viruses through induction of cathelicidin and defensins, and decreasing production of proinflammatory cytokines by the innate immune system, therefore reducing the risk of a cytokine storm leading to pneumonia. Since the time spent outdoors and consequently the sun exposure is limited, it is encouraged to get more vitamin D from diet. Foods containing vitamin D include fish, liver, egg yolk and foods (e.g., milk, yogurt) with added vitamin D. Another essential trace element that is crucial for the maintenance of immune function is zinc. It has been reported that zinc inhibited severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) template binding and elongation in Vero-E6 cells [11]. Although oysters contain the most zinc per serving, the most common food to get zinc are represented from poultry, red meat, nuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, beans, and lentils. All the above described nutrients are enclosed in Mediterranean Diet pattern that could represent a healthy nutritional pattern to be followed in quarantine. Key ingredients of Mediterranean cuisine include olive oil, fresh fruits and vegetables, protein-rich legumes, fish, and whole grains with moderate amounts of wine and red meat.
In conclusion, due to the quarantine-related situational stress-eating, nutrition becomes a priority at this time.Many
people probably have much of what they might need at home, and so there
is no reason to rush to buy groceries creating mass gatherings that
could contribute to the spread of CoVID 19 because during quarantine
food stores stay open throughout. Keeping foods that are good sources of immuno-supportive nutrients,
planning times to eat, meals, portions and having a cutoff time for
eating but mostly having in mind positive attitudes could be helpful to
tackle the negative health effects of quarantine….
This epidemic began with animal-to-human infection, and the direct cause of death is generally due to ensuing severe atypical pneumonia….People in all countries are under quarantine….Since quarantine is associated to the interruption
of the work routine, this could be result in boredom. Boredom has been
associated with a greater energy intake, as well as the consumption of higher quantities of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins [1].
Further, during quarantine continuously hearing or reading about the pandemic without a break can be stressful. Consequently, the stress pushes people toward overeating, mostly looking for sugary “comfort foods” [2]. This desire to consume a specific kind of food is defined as “food craving”,
which is a multidimensional concept including emotional (intense desire
to eat), behavioral (seeking food), cognitive (thoughts about food),
and physiological (salivation) processes [3]. Of interest, a gender difference has been reported in food craving, with a higher prevalence in women than in men. Carbohydrate craving encourages serotonin production that in turn has a positive effect on mood.
In a sense, carbohydrate-rich foods can be a way of self-medicating anti stress. The effect of carbohydrate craving on low mood is proportional to the glycemic index of foods. This unhealthy nutritional habit could increase the risk of developing obesity that beyond being a chronic state of inflammation, it is often complicated by heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease that have been demonstrated to increase the risk for more serious complications of CoVID-19 [4].
Quarantine-related stress also results in sleep disturbances that in turn further worsen the stress and increase food intake thus giving rise to a dangerous vicious cycle. Therefore, it is important to consume food containing or promoting the synthesis of serotonin and melatonin at dinner. A considerable variety of plant species including roots, leaves, fruits, and seeds such as almonds, bananas, cherries, and oats contain melatonin and/or serotonin. These foods may also contain tryptophan, which is a precursor of serotonin and melatonin. Protein foods such as milk and milk products are the main sources of the sleep-inducing amino acid tryptophan.
Moreover, tryptophan is involved in the regulation of satiety and
caloric intake via serotonin that mainly lowers carbohydrate and fat
intake, and inhibits neuropeptide Y, the most powerful hypothalamic
orexigen peptides [5]. Further, beyond sleep-inducing properties, milk products such as yogurt could also augmented natural killer cell activity and reduce the risk of respiratory infections [6] During quarantine the increased intake of macronutrients could also be accompanied by micronutrients deficiency as occurs in obesity [7], which is commonly associated with impaired immune responses, particularly cell-mediated immunity, phagocyte function, cytokine production, secretory antibody response, antibody affinity, and the complement system, thus making more susceptible to viral infections [8].
Thus, during this time it is important to take care of nutritional
habits, following a healthy and balanced nutritional pattern containing a
high amount of minerals, antioxidants, and vitamins. Several studies reported that fruits and vegetables supplying micronutrients can boost immune function. This happens because some of these micronutrients such as vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta-carotene are antioxidants.”…
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US government “regime change” group “NED” spent $1,743,898 interfering in Belarus in 2019. As list of activities below indicates, US is obsessed with commandeering the flow of political “information” to the people of Belarus. Why does Belarus allow a foreign military power using foreign funds to interfere in the relationship between the people of Belarus and their government?
“Belarus 2019,” National Endowment for Democracy
“Broadening Understanding of Security Issues”
Freedom of Information
$17,000
To increase access to quality information and analysis on security issues. The program will produce and make available related analytical materials. In addition, it will monitor and analyze the security environment in regions impacted by neighboring countries. The project will engage with media outlets, hold events on regional security issues, and organize a conference on malign influence.
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Developing Civil Society in the Gomel Region
NGO Strengthening
$28,400
To increase local and regional civic engagement. The program will
hold coordination meetings to identify local problems and develop
advocacy strategies to address them. It will also bring together experts, civic activists, and citizens through town hall meetings to press local authorities to resolve key local issues. The project will also produce and disseminate informational bulletins.
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Expanding Freedom of Information
Freedom of Information
$40,000
To expand freedom of information. The program will maintain and
expand an online depository of publications not readily accessible in
the country, including works on politics, civil society, history, human rights, and independent culture.
It will also add to its broad collection of archived periodicals.
Additionally, the program will promote the library’s content via social
media and public events.
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Fostering Freedom of the Media
Freedom of Information
$43,000
To defend and support independent journalists and media. The project will monitor freedom of information, document and disseminate information about violations, and assist journalists and media outlets. To raise awareness of its monitoring findings, the project will convene a series of meetings as well as publish and disseminate a regular newsletter and a report on press freedom issues.
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Fostering Freedom of the Media
Freedom of Information
Supplement: $10,400
To protect and support independent media. The project will monitor freedom of information. It will document and publish information about violations, and assist media outlets. The project will organize meetings, disseminate an electronic newsletter, and publish a report on the state of media freedom. Ahead of elections, it will monitor, assess and report on the fairness of national and regional media coverage.
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Fostering Independent Public Discourse and Democratic Values
Democratic Ideas and Values
$40,000
To promote public debate on democratic ideas and values. The program will convene public meetings featuring moderated talks by leading domestic, regional, and international pro-democracy intellectuals and cultural figures on current events and issues.
Discussions with participants will follow the talks. The program will
record and transcribe the contents of the public meetings, as well as of
their resulting discussions, and publish them online.
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Fostering Youth Activism
NGO Strengthening
$22,000
To foster youth civic engagement. The program will offer trainings on civic activism for regional youth. It will also raise the skills of representatives of local NGOs in fundraising and social media marketing, communication, and media outreach skills. The program will promote civic activities through a website, social media pages, newsletter, and other public outreach tools.
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Increasing Capacity of Civil Society in Belarus
NGO Strengthening
$50,000
To foster coordination and enhance the effectiveness of civic society. The program will organize study trips and internships for civic activists. The participants will learn from and exchange ideas with their counterparts on how to encourage local communities to promote government accountability. Following the program, the participants will establish an international network.
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Increasing Party Capacity In Citizen Outreach And Issue Advocacy
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$300,000
To enable a broad, diverse group of political activists representing democratic political parties and movements to conduct effective and systematic citizen outreach. The institute will assist political leaders in utilizing important pre- and post-election periods to carry out constructive citizen outreach by training democratic parties and movements in effective advocacy campaigns.
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Increasing the Impact of Belarus’ Third Sector
NGO Strengthening
$50,000
To build the capacity of regional civil society groups. To foster local activism, the program will hold a series of trainings, organize regional meetings,
and support local civic initiatives. It will also oversee a study visit
for civic activists, produce a training manual on grassroots activism,
and organize a human rights exhibition.
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Increasing the Professionalism of Independent Media
Freedom of Information
$89,498
To increase the professionalism of independent journalists. The program will support the professional development of and enhance networking among media professionals. It will organize public lectures, master classes, and other educational meetings, as well as conferences and roundtables. In addition, the program will produce and distribute professional development content for media workers.
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Promoting Accountability through Civic Engagement
Accountability and Governance
$25,000
To increase civic engagement in fostering government accountability. The project will maintain and further develop an independent web portal that allows citizens to file appeals on pressing civic issues to state bodies. It will publicize the website and stimulate petition campaigns in the country’s regions through public presentations, briefings, and social media.
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Promoting Citizen Engagement
Accountability and Governance
$14,000
To foster civic participation and government accountability. The initiative will oversee civic campaigns focusing on local quality of life issues, cultural and historical topics, and political accountability. It will publish a bulletin and a booklet, as well as maintain and upgrade a website. The initiative also will organize roundtables to increase civic engagement.
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Promoting Civic Journalism and Engagement
Freedom of Information
$45,000
To promote civic engagement and freedom of information. The program will train local activists in civic journalism, including reporting for online platforms. The trainees will employ their learned skills by interning at news and information websites. The program will also organize offline events that promote civic engagement on local issues.
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Promoting Independent Analysis
Democratic Ideas and Values
$35,000
To promote democratic ideas and values. The project will promote
critical thinking by regularly producing and disseminating original
analysis. The analysis will focus on key events and challenges facing the country. To inform its analysis, the project will convene expert roundtables, organize a regular discussion forum, and carry out public surveys. The project will also aggregate and promote other analytical texts.
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Promoting Regional Civic Engagement
NGO Strengthening
$16,000
To promote local independent media and civic engagement. The project will maintain and expand an independent web portal that
produces and disseminates local and national news and information. It
will promote civic engagement by assisting local civic initiatives,
holding regular public discussions, and organizing a series of
independent cultural events.
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Promoting Youth Activism through Independent Culture
Democratic Ideas and Values
$32,000
To promote youth activism and independent culture.
The project will organize a series of independent civic activities, such
as cultural events, meetings, lectures, and trainings, to foster
indigenous cultural identity. It will assist innovative initiatives
supporting youth activism and independent culture around the country.
The project will also maintain its website.
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Providing Objective Economic Information
Freedom of Information
$40,300
To increase access to independent information. The project will support a website that increases citizens’ understanding of the country’s economic situation and developments. It will produce and disseminate weekly news and analysis that provides objective information on key economic issues
affecting the government, business, and the general public. The project
will also produce targeted content to increase its audience, and
develop long-term sustainability strategies.
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Strengthening Access to Independent Information
Freedom of Information
$25,000
To strengthen access to independent information. The project will produce a website that offers independent political news and information,
and informs the public of major issues facing the country, including
local, national, and international political and economic developments. To broaden its audience and serve as a counterweight to Russian propaganda, the project will continue to develop the site’s content and capacity, create more accessible news formats, and boost its social media presence.
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Strengthening and Defending Independent Online Media
Freedom of Information
$50,400
To foster freedom of information and the Internet. The program will support and safeguard independent print and online media outlets
by providing secure, reliable hosting and technical support, as well as
legal and audit consultations and assistance. It will also conduct
trainings and webinars on digital security, legal compliance, and
sustainable development for media workers.
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Strengthening Public Debate on Reforms
Democratic Ideas and Values
$38,800
To strengthen public understanding of and debate on reforms. The program will promote young experts and their ideas in the digital sphere
by producing and publicizing articles, reports, and videos on key
reforms necessary for the country’s democratic development. In addition,
it will organize a series of reform-related offline events, including regional discussions.
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Strengthening Regional Civil Society
NGO Strengthening
$18,000
To strengthen the capacity of regional civil society by engaging and assisting civic activists and citizens in addressing urban and quality of life issues. The program will conduct a survey to identify pressing issues; hold meetings with citizens, business, and local officials
to discuss them; and publish its findings. It will also organize
trainings for activists and assist civic projects that address local
challenges.
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Supporting a Leading Independent Media Outlet
Freedom of Information
$60,000
To promote independent media and foster freedom of information. The program will maintain and develop an online newspaper,
which provides timely coverage of key social, political, and economic
developments. It will expand the publication’s content, improve its
sustainability, and increase its audience by employing new innovative
formats and by boosting its presence on social networks.
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Supporting an Independent Online Newspaper
Freedom of Information
$60,000
To support freedom of information. The project will maintain an independent online publication. The outlet serves as a free source of objective political, economic, and social information
for civil society and ordinary citizens. The publication will post
daily news items and analytical articles on politics, international
relations, economics, social issues, and civic society.
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Supporting an Independent Periodical
Freedom of Information
$16,000
To foster a free exchange of ideas. The project will produce an independent print and online publication.
It will expand its readership and sustainability by launching a digital
news platform and partnering with other publications through a digital
bookstore. The publication supports the dissemination of independent ideas and fosters freedom of expression, critical thinking, and democratic ideas and values.
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Supporting Civil Society
NGO Strengthening
$35,000
To assist independent civic initiatives. The program will assist a network of NGO resource centers that provide physical space and independent information,
networking and training opportunities, and other support to local civil
society groups and initiatives. It will also foster civic activism,
publish a bulletin, and serve as civil society hub.
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Supporting Independent Culture
Democratic Ideas and Values
$73,300
To foster independent civic identity, critical thinking, and civic activism. The
educational program will employ an innovative methodology that promotes
civic engagement, human rights, and democratic values. Its courses will
feature guest lectures and performances by independent experts and cultural figures. The program will also train instructors, produce a textbook, and launch new tools that facilitate learning.
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Supporting Independent Media
Freedom of Information
$194,400
To help ensure the continued viability of independent media. The project will continue to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable independent media groups
whose ability to disseminate news and information of public interest is
threatened. Through this mechanism, the project will also work to
improve the longer-term economic sustainability of independent
publications.
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Supporting Independent Media
Freedom of Information
$76,000
To promote freedom of information and the sustainability of independent media. The program will support news outlets in pursuing an innovative collaboration and growth strategy. It will assist publications with sharing office space and operating expenses,
and engaging in co-branding, cross promotion, and content sharing. The
program aims to expand a model for greater media sustainability.
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Supporting Independent Online Media
Freedom of Information
$35,000
To foster freedom of information and promote public debate.
The program will expand an online platform that engages young, educated
audiences in discussions on needed reforms. The program will continue
to expand its audiences in the regions by enhancing the quality of its
information content, thereby stimulating debate and increasing its
outreach.
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Supporting Independent Regional Media
Freedom of Information
$46,800
To promote independent media and freedom of information. The program will expand the content and audience of an independent online publication by helping it to develop new digital capabilities, increase its multimedia content, and boost the participation of citizen journalists. It will also expand a new digital publication in another region.
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Supporting Local Civil Society
NGO Strengthening
$50,000
To strengthen civil society and independent media at the local and regional levels.
The program will support and coordinate civil society initiatives. It
will assist regional resource centers, support local civic initiatives, publish online news and a print bulletin, and organize meetings that bring citizens together with civil society leaders.
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Supporting Local Media and Civic Initiatives
Freedom of Information
$27,600
To support local and regional civil society and independent media groups. The program will inform citizens and promote civic initiatives in underserved areas
around the country. It will produce and disseminate independent news
and information through online and traditional media outlets, and engage citizens to participate actively in local governance.
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Supporting the Independent Press
Freedom of Information
$40,000
To support independent media and freedom of information. The project will promote freedom of information by producing and disseminating independent news.
It will play an important role in informing citizens about key social,
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[Image: 6/24/20, Seattle, Washington, Interstate 5 is blocked by criminals, getty]
6/24/20, “Horowitz: 10 ways Trump can push law and order – and make it stick," Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review
“Tweeting out “Law and Order!” every few days with an exclamation mark is OK, but it’s little solace to this country when we are actually suffering from the most widespread and protracted period of anarchy and violence in the modern era.
It’s time for Trump to act on law and order, push a winning legislative and budgetary agenda with safety and security as its cornerstone, and communicate those ideas every day to the silent majority [which doesn’t include Trump's “star” Jared, Jared's billionaire investors, or his shadow government] looking to the president to fight back.
There is no need for federal action on the George Floyd case. It is getting swift justice. There is however, a need for federal action against the nationwide insurrection in nearly every state, blocking of roads and highways, dismantling and violent occupation of public and even private property, and rising crime from five years of weak-on-crime policies and neutralized police.
Rather than promoting federal legislation to further incentivize weak policing and validate the false narrative of the mob, it’s time for Trump to champion a bold contrast addressing the needs of the silent majority of all races and creeds who want law and order, safety and security.
Every day Republicans spend validating the lies of BLM is another day when anarchy and Marxism will consume this country. Aside from the insurrection itself, the war on the police has caused massive increases in crime in major cities. There were 1,600 reports of gunfire in Minneapolis over the past 30 days, up 300 percent relative to the same period in 2019.
Every weekend, Chicago, which has tough gun laws, becomes a lawless
shootout, with black victims, including children, as casualties. Even New York, which became the safest major city over the past two decades, is now seeing rapid increases in shootings after the NYPD has been neutralized. This is the true systemic crisis that requires a federal response. To that end, Trump should push the following provisions in stand-alone legislation and in the fiscal year 2021 budget at the end of September:
One. Funding for states that prosecute violent criminals: Rather than threatening states with a carrot and stick through federal grants to make police more like social workers, how about dangling funding to states that work on prosecuting violent criminals? There is an epidemic of repeat violent offenders who continuously violate probation and are out to murder and harm people.
Congress needs to condition grant funds to states meeting benchmarks in
prosecuting repeat offenders and probation violators. While there has
been swift justice for George Floyd, there is no justice for people like 3-year-old Mekhi James, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago this past weekend in one of over 100 shootings. Chicago has gone beyond soft on gun felons and probation violators, and now the police are standing back and taking a hands-off approach to violent criminals. Do Republicans want their federal legislation focused on incentivizing more of these shootings or disincentivizing them?
Two. Defund states that are sanctuaries for criminal aliens and anarchists: Defund sanctuary cities and states. These
are the same jurisdictions that are allowing rioters and anarchists to
take over city streets. Ignoring federal law was the first step toward
today’s breakdown of order. It’s time to condition any law enforcement grants, including existing programs, on cooperation with federal law. Also, Congress should focus on the forgotten victims of illegal aliens by allowing citizens to sue sanctuary officials who release criminal aliens. Congress should also create a fund for victims of illegal aliens out of the money saved from denying grant programs to sanctuaries.
Three. Increase funding for court systems to expedite cases: The governing elites have made it clear that they will not spend another penny on enforcement and convictions.
As the population grows and they throw endless funding at public
education or other poplar services to keep up with the growth, a
decision has been made in most states to stop building more prisons and
jails and not to add funding to the court system. Doing so conveniently
provides them with the talking point that prisons are overcrowded and that trials are backlogged for too long, so it’s unfair to hold people in jail either. As such, there is an epidemic of career criminals out on bond (or with no bond) who await their trial for years and commit heinous crimes intermittently and are often still not locked up. Congress should grant more funding for state court systems to expedite court cases so that the guilty will be taken off the streets.
Four. Toughen mandatory minimums for gun felons: Felons possessing firearms is a federal crime. The courts gutted the mandatory minimums in the 2005 Booker decision. They need to be reinstated and strengthened. This will box the Left in on the issue of gun control.
Five. A real anti-lynching bill: Republicans included in their bill an anti-lynching provision that would set the mandatory maximum sentence (not minimum) for lynching at 10 years. First, the crime must be premediated. Also, it actually lowballs the punishment for any murder, much less a horrific murder.
A 10-year maximum is nothing. We have all seen horrific attacks posted
on the internet in recent weeks, with entire mobs beating individuals
severely. We need mandatory minimums against any serious bodily injury that results from one of these pack attacks on individuals, regardless of their race or whether it was premediated.
Six. Anti–gang bill: Gang violence is the elephant in the room when it comes to violent crime and is responsible for thousands of black homicides in inner cities every year. According to the FBI, “Criminal gangs commit as much as 80 percent of crimes
in many communities.” We need a backstop of a federal anti-gang statute
that provides federal prosecutors with a tool to prosecute someone who
commits a violent crime in furtherance of gang activity. This will open
an avenue for the feds to take all of the most dangerous career criminals off the streets when states let them off with a slap on the wrist.
Seven. Close court loopholes letting off violent criminals: The Armed Career Criminal Act was one of Reagan’s great legacies, which led to a generation-long decline in crime. Four years ago, in Johnson v. U.S, the Supreme Court ruled that the “crime of violence” provision in the ACCA
is unconstitutionally vague. That has allowed thousands of the worst
career gun felons and other violent individuals to get out of jail early
or escape reasonable sentencing to begin with. Just this year, in v. Davis, Justice Gorsuch joined with the four liberals in expanding the
assault on the ACCA, this time by saying that 924(c)(3), the statute
that prohibits using or carrying a firearm during a federal “crime of
violence,” is unconstitutional and therefore vetoed out of existence. It is simply astounding that the GOP-controlled Senate has not tried to fix this law, especially in light of Democrats supporting gun control. Now, armed robbers pointing short-barreled shotguns at store clerks avoid tougher sentencing at the same time liberals claim they want to “do something!” about gun violence.
Eight. Federalize the National Guard to protect interstates and property: When states fail to protect citizens, public monuments, and roadways, it is the responsibility of the federal government to step in. Trump should call the National Guard into federal service under Title 10 to protect people on interstates being blocked, monuments from being destroyed, and entire swaths of public areas from being violently occupied. Trump promised, “There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President.” But he is not the mayor of D.C.; he is the president of the United States. He must use 10 U.S.C. 253 to put down any occupied insurrection anywhere, including in places like Seattle.
Nine. Prosecute ANTIFA/BLM violent organizers and financiers under anti-terrorism statutes:
18 U.S. Code 2339A provides for federal prosecution of those who
provide material support to terrorists — foreign or domestic. Subsection
C provides for prosecution against those who finance terrorists. 18 U.S. Code § 2384 makes it a crime under seditious conspiracy to “prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof.” This applies to many of the rioters, especially on federal lands. It’s
time to ratchet up those prosecutions and direct all intelligence
agencies to work on identifying those behind the violent insurrection.
Ten. Reimburse business owners for property damage: The media is not reporting on the extent of the damage done by the rioting. Black business owners have been disproportionately harmed. Republicans should focus on law-abiding citizens rather than the looters by offering to reimburse those businesses damaged by the riots, with the exception of any businesses that donated to the organizers of these riots.
Yes, this will cost some federal money and require some federal involvement in the states. But that ship has sailed. If both parties can get together and push weak-on-crime funding and laws, then we can just as easily promote tough-on-crime laws and use federal funding as a tool to influence criminal justice in America. Why is it only the criminals and terrorists who get their voices heard in Washington? Trump promised to be the voice of the forgotten American and the silent majority. It’s
time for him to educate a confused generation of youths that crime
indeed does not pay and that violence is not the answer.”
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[Image: “Even before winning his first election Trump has discussed pulling out of NATO,” You Tube video, Strategic Culture
