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At least 20 Indian Army soldiers killed in a face-off with Chinese troops.

At least 20 Indian soldiers have died at Galwan Valley, in Ladakh, in a face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers, according to government sources. Chinese forces also suffered casualties, ANI reports. It’s the first loss of life in at least 45 years and comes after weeks of tension between the two sides.

In making surprise public declarations against the President’s promise to quell anarchist uprisings in cities across the nation, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Mike Milley, appear to have engaged in open insubordination toward the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces.

What to make of it? Are they simply disagreeing in principle with the President’s strong talk and actions toward Antifa anarchists and Black Lives looters, whom they gently refer to as “protesters”? Will their insubordination end there? What do they really have planned? In their eagerness to oppose the American President, Esper and Milley may have unwittingly facilitated the detection of an unpatriotic Pentagon faction. Moreover, their willingness to disobey the orders of the President, could indicate a willingness to forcibly REMOVE the President from office.

Just consider that the Fake News Media has been entertaining scenarios in which Donald Trump refuses to vacate the White House, if Democrats win the election in November. They have already pushed a number of phony narratives in Trump’s first term, so why not push a phony, LOST ELECTION narrative? This would give an un-American Pentagon faction a pretext to use military force, to remove the President from the White House.

This may be the coup plotters unspoken, but tacitly understood plan to deny Donald Trump a legitimate, second 4-year term in the Oval Office. Many indicators point toward a Trump victory in November 2020 and this could be pushing the Deep State, out of desperation, to think the unthinkable: the military overthrow of a legitimately elected President of the United States. 

America knows what the Left and the unpatriotic top brass have for such a show-down: ANTIFA anarchists, Black Lives militants, looters, ass-clowns, and control of the major news networks. What the patriotic Right has to bring to the fight is still unclear: there are 60 million gun owners, hundreds of thousands of police, and as many active-duty Military and Reservists, who share the President’s vision for a strong, God-fearing, and respected America. But it remains unclear how many will answer the call of duty and support the President, should the day come. They are an unknown quantity.

And that question must weigh in the minds of the coup plotters – as well as patriot leaders.

Patrick Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939. Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

It can no longer be avoided, Mr. President. It is time to use lethal force against Antifa and their looter allies.

245 years ago today, on April 19, 1775, American farmers, artisans, and townspeople from the area of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts, resisted British attempts to disarm them. What followed was the 8-year Revolutionary War, which ended on September 3, 1783, with the Treaty of Peace With Great Britain.

In the Treaty, “His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, proprietary and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.”

In the brief period under the Articles of Confederation, the several States would settle territorial disputes in a peaceful manner, which would have proved impossible in Europe, and would go on to create institutions of civil governance under the U.S. Constitution, whose protections of civil liberties are still a model to be emulated, in the world today.

As it has been said: “God, guns, and guts made America great. Let’s keep all three.”

Mr. Cloutier is author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939. Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

President Trump has ordered that gun sales are an essential activity, during this period of business and government shut-downs. It is laudable that he is supporting the vital civil liberty of gun ownership, in times such as these.  The freedom for people to come together and worship God in a house of prayer, however, is even more essential – more essential than going to WalMart, some would argue – and for that reason, it is part of the 1st Amendment.

It would be a great moment indeed, if, during this national crisis, the President rounded out his defense of American freedoms, with a well-defined statement regarding freedom of Worship.

Mr. Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939. Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd3HQiNlNvrBnSVv8MLTDIw/community?lb=Ugy9sEiXoa3dWH8qK1x4AaABCQ

I wonder if a foreign intelligence agency – or even a domestic US agency – is testing a new form of poison, and using Americans as the test subjects…

“A Long Island pizzeria owner joins the growing list of tourists who have died suddenly in the Dominican Republic.

Vittorio Caruso, 56 of Glen Cove, died June 17 while staying at the Boca Chica Resort in Santo Domingo, the US State Department confirmed to Fox News Friday.

His sister-in-law, Lisa Marie Caruso, said he was in good health when he suddenly went into respiratory distress after “drinking something.” ”

https://nypost.com/2019/06/22/long-island-pizzeria-owner-is-latest-american-to-die-in-dominican-republic/

Calvo Sotelo, a stalwart right-wing leader and a former Minister of Finance under the Spanish Monarchy, made a speech in the Cortes on 11 July 1936, in which he attacked the Popular Front government for not taking the necessary measures to suppress the waves of unrestrained anarchy, bloodshed, and arson taking place all over Spain. Soon after, he was dragged out of his home in the Calle Velazquez in the middle of the night by a squad of shock police (Guardias de Asalto), one of whom shot him in the back of the neck for the sole reason of his being a very popular, honest, and fearless nationalist leader. His body was dumped in a suburban cemetary.

Spurred by this assassination, on 15 July 1936, Gil Robles, leader of the C.E.D.A. (Catholic Party) in the Spanish Parliament, summarized the real causes, which, in a matter of days, led to the Spanish Civil War. Among other things, he said:

…has the state of emergency declared by the Government accomplished any of its objectives whatsoever? Has it curbed the wave of anarchy that is ruining Spain morally and materially? Consider what is happening in the country and in the towns. Recall to mind the statistics I read in the last session of the Cortes. I am going to supplement them with statistics covering the current month…From 16 June to 13 July the following acts of violence have been committed, and my listeners must bear in mind that these statistics refer only to plainly established facts and not to rumors, although the latter are being confirmed each succeeding day: 10 churches burned down; 9 priests expelled from their parishes; 11 thefts and acts of confiscation; 5 monumental crosses demolished; 61 violent deaths; 224 wounded, with varying degrees of seriousness; 17 holdups; 31 estates plundered; 16 cases of seizure of private property and confiscation of assets; 10 political buildings burned; 15 general strikes; 129 partial strikes; 74 bombs; 58 grenades; 7 inflammable bottles thrown at people or objects; 19 cases of arson excluding churches. All of this in 27 days. In the final analysis, after the “state of emergency” has been in effect for four months, providing the Government with all kinds of extraordinary powers to impose its authority, what has been its efficacy? Are not these statistics the most explicit admission that the Government has failed utterly and completely in the exercise of its extraordinary powers? – that it has not been able to fulfill the solemn pledge made to the Cortes that these very extraordinary powers which the Constitution bestows upon the Government and which Parliament places at its disposal would serve to bring to an end the state of anarchy and subversion that exists in Spain? The following liberties have been swept aside by or with the extraordinary powers granted to the Government: the right of existence, the liberty of association, freedom of syndication, freedom of employment, the inviolability of the home. On the contrary, the Government has become an instrument of persecution for all those who do not share the same political views as the members of the Popular Front.

The situation is extremely grave, and I must examine it in the true light. I recognize the seriousness of the statements which I am about to make. I am acutely aware of the consequences that my words may have for me personally, but I cannot shrink from this great responsibility…

The Minister, with his characteristic vehemence – and I am sure with the greatest sincerity, which is also one of his characteristics – has come here to refute in the most disturbing manner, the imputations or accusations that could be deduced from the speech read by Mr. Suarez de Tangil in the name of the Monarchist minorities, in which the Government was accused of playing a direct role in the crime. It is not my intention to direct unfounded accusations…Your Excellency will not find in my words anything which might be a calumny insinuating that the Government has taken a direct path in criminal actions of this kind. But…the Government’s responsibility is not only to avoid complicity; its moral and political responsibility is tremendous, and to this I am obliged to refer.

I attribute paramount responsibility to the person who possesses supreme authority, and consequently, the maximum moral responsibility must fall upon the Prime Minister, who, having attained the highest position in the Government, stated that the Government would take action against Mr. Calvo Sotelo, or “persons entertaining similar ideologies.” Imagine!…the Government a belligerent against its own people! But the Government must never be a belligerent, but must be an impartial instrument of justice for all, and for all alike.

On one occasion, Mr. Calvo Sotelo, refuting the Prime Minister’s violent attacks, said: “I have broad shoulders, Mr. Casares Quiroga. I am aware of Your Excellency’s threat: Your Excellency has charged me with a passive and active responsibility for I do not know what incidents. I repeat, my shoulders are broad. I accept and do not shrink from any of the responsibility that can be a consequence of my own actions, and, if it be for the good of my country and the glory of Spain, I also accept the responsibility of others as well. I repeat the words with which Santo Domingo de Silos answered a Castilian king: “Sire, you can take my life, but no more; it is preferable to die with glory than to live in contempt.” Death has come to him with glory. But you, as the Government – even though you may not be to blame, directly or indirectly – are criminally responsible – you are guilty of the enormous crime of having patronized a policy of violence which has armed the assassin’s hand; of having prompted violence; of not having censured those who from the majority benches have uttered threats of violence against the person of the murdered statesman. You will never be able to rid yourselves of this guilt; you can, by means of censorship, prevent my words from reaching the people; no doubt, you can ask for a vote of confidence; but…you can rest assured that his blood is on your hands, and you will never be able to wash it off…

After this, I have few words left to say; perhaps there remain very few to be uttered in this Parliament. With each succeeding day, excitement mounts, provoked on the one hand by the majority groups, on the other hand by the newspapers inspired by you, to the effect that the opposition must be crushed, that a policy of radical extermination must be carried out. You are practicing it daily: people are murdered and wounded. Assaults, coercion, fires, acts of violence are a daily occurrence.

There is a very well-known saying that revolutions are like the Devil; they devour their own children. You are overconfident now now because you see your opponents on the defensive; the day will come when the very violence which you have loosened will turn against you with a vengeance.”

Notably, according to Alejandro Lerroux, a Radical party leader in 1930, who was on the Revolutionary Committee that prepared the way for the Popular Front government, and who was Home Secretary of Spain and the Representative of Spain in the League of Nations, had this to say about the resulting Nationalist Uprising:

“Neither Franco nor the Army infringed upon the law, nor did they rebel against a legitimate and normally functioning democracy. They did no more than replace the [Popular Front Government] when it dissolved in an anarchy of blood, mud, and tears.”

From Combat Over Spain. Memoirs of a Nationalist Fighter Pilot 1936-1939. By Captain Jose Larios, Marquis of Larios, Duke of Lerma.

Posted by Patrick Cloutier.

Mr. Cloutier is author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939.

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump retweeted about a dozen messages Saturday morning, including two by a well-known right-wing personality, as he continued to assail what he says is bad treatment of “conservative thinkers” on social media such as Facebook.

Facebook on Thursday said it was banning a number of contentious far-right personalities, including Infowars founder Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, a former editor of Breitbart News, and far-right activist Laura Loomer, for violating the social-media company’s policies on hate speech and promoting violence.

“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement.

Paul Joseph Watson, a British radio host and YouTube personality who goes by the Twitter handle @PrisonPlanet, was among those banned on Facebook and Instagram. He tweeted on Thursday that Trump should take action against Facebook.

On Saturday, Trump retweeted a message from the 36-year-old urging his followers to “keep up the pressure,” and a second wondering why his opinions should be deemed “dangerous.”

Also retweeted on Saturday were posts by Lauren Southern, a far-right Canadian political activist, and Jeremy Boreing, a filmmaker who directed “The Arroyo,” a 2014 movie about vigilante justice on the U.S.-Mexican border and contributes to The Daily Wire, a conservative news and opinion website.

“I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms. This is the United States of America – and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH! We are monitoring and watching, closely!!” Trump tweeted on Friday.

See complete story at the link below:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-retweets-far-youtube-star-132334110.html

Less than 24 hours after Notre Dame Cathedral was destroyed in a fire, and before an investigation could hardly have begun, French officials ruled out arson as a cause of the blaze.

Yet one onlooker with a camera caught what appears to be a Muslim man, moving along a walkway on the facade of the Notre Dame Cathedral – while it is on fire. The footage can be viewed here: Still Report #2641, on YouTube.

The footage has yet to be verified as authentic, but French President Macron and his government appear to be in no hurry to find out. Nor are some major US news networks. Shepherd Smith and Neal Cavuto of FOX News both dumped live guests, who suggested arson might be a cause. So far, only Lou Dobbs has considered the question.

The silence of the French Establishment with regard to arson, may be motivated, among other things, by fear that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist right party, Rassemblement National, or National Rally, will gain strength in the European Parliament elections to be held on May 26th. For the sake of France, let’s hope that they do.

Patrick Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939.

Below: photo of a man in Muslim garb moving on Notre Dame Cathedral walkway.

Below: Lou Dobbs condemns “political decision” to avoid considering arson.

In what may turn into a totalitarian absurdity for the Trump Presidency, Julian Assange was arrested by British police at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, with the blessings of the U.S. Government.

Julian Assange faces conspiracy charges in the United States, for his role in making sensitive documents available to the American public and world opinion. He faces lesser charges in the United Kingdom.

The irony of it all is that President Trump in part owes his 2016 Electoral victory to revelations made by Assange’s “Wikileaks”, of Hillary Clinton’s mass-scale security and criminal violations, during her tenure as Secretary of State in the Obama years. And now the Trump White House appears to be ready to throw this man under the bus.

Shall it be said that being Trump’s friend is more dangerous than being his enemy?

And if the President is prepared to jail Julian Assange, who is a champion of First Amendment freedoms, how unthinkable would it be for Donald Trump to pardon “Crooked Hillary”?

Mr. Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939.

In 1885, retired and ailing General Ulysses S. Grant, who had also served two terms as President of the United States, completed his memoirs. He had this to say about the Democrats: “National success by the Democrat party means irretrievable ruin.”

Jayda Fransen is a leader of the Britain First Party. You retweeted videos she had posted, which depicted Muslim violence and intolerance toward Christians and Europeans.

British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned you for sharing those posts on your Twitter account.  And as a demonstration that your admirers will not be tolerated in the U.K., her government has been systematically imprisoning and harassing Ms. Fransen and her associate, Paul Golding.

You have since distanced yourself from Jayda Fransen, perhaps as a diplomatic gesture to Theresa May, but what commitment for British freedoms or Western values has she shown in the last 18 months? Through her duplicity, she is doing all she can to sabotage BREXIT, the act of separation from the EU, which was ratified by the British people in a national referendum – and she would sabotage you, if only she could.

Last year, U.S. Ambassador Sam Brownback lobbied on behalf of British journalist Tommy Robinson, who was jailed for accurately reporting on Muslim pedophile gangs in the U.K. Though he is threatened with heavy fines and re-imprisonment, he has since been released, thanks to your intervention. All who support freedom of speech and the press are thankful.

Yet it remains that you did not retweet Tommy Robinson: you retweeted Jayda Fransen. And the U.K. government vengefully oppresses her in retaliation. It is a clear signal that you, your worldview, and your support for Western values will not be tolerated in a once-free nation. But what shall your message be? Shall you help Ms. Fransen, who has admired you, or shall you signal silence?

Mr. Cloutier is author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939: Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

According to a Newsweek article featured on ATT.NET:

The Fox News show Justice With Jeanine Pirro was pulled from programming Saturday evening, one week after Pirro’s controversial comments about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar.

“Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested,” Pirro said. “Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”

– A valid question in the opinion of this blogger, in light of the experience of nations like the United Kingdom, or Germany, where criticism of Islam is essentially illegal and is punished with heavy fines or imprisonment. Perhaps it is time to drop FOX News.

https://start.att.net/news/read/article/newsweek-fox_news_pulls_jeanine_pirro_after_antimuslim_rema-rnewsweek/category/entertainment

Mr. Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in Spain 1936-1939: Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

Concern has been expressed over an attempt by several states to, in essence, alter our form of government, by altering the way in which their Electoral College votes are awarded in Presidential elections.

Each state has a certain number of Electoral votes, based on the number of U.S. Senators and Congressmen who represent it. No state can ever have less than 3 Electoral votes. The system was designed as a compromise to protect smaller states from being politically overwhelmed by larger states, and to prevent any handful of very populous states from dictating to the rest of the Union.

However, according to well-known and respected journalist Bill Still, 12 states have formed a so-called National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), by which these states would award their Electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than to the candidate who captures the vote within their respective boundaries. And perhaps predictably, 2 of the 12 states are the most populous states in the Union – just the sort of combination the Electoral College was designed to counter.

However, their NPVIC is dead on arrival, since the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from entering into compacts, without Congressional approval.

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I, Section 3, Paragraph 3:

“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress…enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State…”

Even if both Houses of Congress could be so thoroughly corrupt as to permit a group of rogue states to attempt such a thing, it would be unlikely to survive a legal challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court. Moreover, such a course of action would constitute a rebellion against the authority of the United States (the authority of the United States is the Constitution) and could result in an unwelcome military response, with Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Rhode Island, New York, Colorado and Connecticut ending up as Reconstruction States – perhaps to the great relief of their citizens.

Patrick Cloutier is the author of “Mussolini’s War in Spain. Italian Intervention in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939“.

I cannot see how Nancy Pelosi can legally block a State of the Union Address – according to Article II, Section 3, the President is required by law to deliver the SOTU:

“He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union…he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them…as he shall think proper”.

And: [He] shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…” – thus it appears that by law, President Trump cannot permit Nancy Pelosi to block the SOTU…