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Monday, March 20, 2017

Action Alert: American Health Care Act

art credit: Click Americana

From Ralph King at the Main Street Patriots blog:

Action Alert: American Health Care Act

The GOP should be ashamed of themselves — Speaker Ryan for introducing such a bad bill, and the so-called conservatives for allowing him to take the lead on repealing Obamacare!  After seven years of campaigning to repeal Obamacare and Paul Ryan’s “American Health Care Act” is the best they can come up with?!?
While we applaud some members of the GOP fighting to make Speaker Ryan’s bill better – had some of them fought this hard against him becoming Speaker – we would not be in the position we are today.
Knowing the tentacles of Obamacare would run deep when the over 2,000-page Obamacare bill was passed in 2009, most of us knew it would not be easy to repeal, and there was no one magic bill that would undo it.  Speaker Ryan needs to understand that his American Health Care Act is a terrible starting point, and while no starting point will satisfy those of us who want Obamacare repealed in its entirety, it is a starting point if amendments are allowed.
In the Senate, Mitch McConnell has already said he is open for amendments. In addition, as proposed by Rep. Louie Gohmert, the “Byrd Rule” needs to be thrown out so that more amendments are allowed during the reconciliation process.
If amendments are allowed in both the House & the Senate, and if “We the People” remain engaged, then hopefully something acceptable can be cobbled together.  President Trump is a deal maker – and if we do not get a good deal, we can urge him to use his pen and veto the final version of the bill.
As the bill stands, without substantive amendments, it is a non-starter. The legislative process needs to be played out, and we need to remain engaged.
Call Speaker Paul Ryan (202) 225-3031 and tell him to allow Amendments to be made to the American Health Care Act.
Call your Congressman and tell them to push Speaker Ryan to allow amendments. To find your Congress members contact information click here.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017


From the Townhall cartoon page, cartoon by Steve Kelley:

And here is the latest from Sundance on the run-up to President Trump's meeting with the Freedom Caucus on the Health Care bill. (Let's hope the take is not overly optimistic.)
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

The War Against Trump



David Horowitz of the Freedom Center was raised a Communist. He rejected Communism in favor of freedom, and his perspective is always inspiring and insightful. And he knows how to call them [the Progressive left] out. Here’s his short piece on Front Page Magazine today (I’d bookmark it or email it to yourself for reference when you anticipate a discussion around the dinner table!):
the Democrats and their media accomplices have declared all-out war on the Trump White House. Under the guise of “resistance” – as though the Trump was the head of an occupying army rather than an elected president - they have set out to destroy his administration. They are not “sore losers,” as many had surmised when their hysterical attacks on Trump as an American Hitler began, they are an army of saboteurs bent on destroying the government the voters preferred. Their general, Barack Obama, is an unrepentant radical who abused the office of the presidency when he was in power, and as ex-president is now leading a war to overthrow his successor.  
With the election over, the Democratic Party is now in the hands of the Bernie Sanders-Tom Perez-Keith Ellison-Barack Obama radical left. Abetted by a corrupt media, funded by the anti-American billionaire George Soros, egged on by Obama’s corrupt attorney general, Loretta Lynch, and a collusive press, the left has launched vile and violent demonstrations in the streets, rancid witch-hunts in the halls of Congress posing as “confirmation hearings,” and treasonous intelligence leaks, which have already claimed Trump’s National Security advisor General Michael Flynn as their victim. Their next target Attorney General Jeff Sessions is already in their crosshairs, the object of character assassinations by senators Schumer, Warren, and other Democrats, and by their disgraced and disgraceful media accomplices. 
For none of this would have been possible without the active collusion of the Washington Post, the New York Times and the media networks who have promoted the false narrative of an alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians to fix with the election. There is zero evidence of such collusion but plenty of evidence that Obama and his cohorts have disregarded the Constitution and the law to spy on reporters they don’t like, to use the IRS and other government agencies to take down their opponents and undermine the democratic system.
As I explained in my book Big Agenda: President Trump’s Plan to Save America, the source of this civil war mentality is a profound rejection of the American idea. This is the idea that we are equal citizens regardless of our origins, and that we are accountable as individuals for what we do. The left’s creed – identity politics – is an anti-American, racially charged determination to reject individual accountability and individual freedom, and to establish in their place group privileges, and racial/gender hierarchies. These hierarchies are based on the malicious premise that whites, heterosexuals and males are oppressors and - in the words of the Democratic platform - America is a society governed by “systemic racism,” which needs to be fundamentally transformed.
This collectivist, racial creed is the heart and soul of today’s Democratic Party and its allies in the mainstream media. It is the inspiration for the war Democrats have declared on the newly elected government of Donald Trump. In his inaugural address, Trump addressed the war in uncompromising but thoroughly American terms. “Through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other…. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice…. Whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.” This is the American creed, and it is the voice of the American people who elected Trump in November 2016.
A War Against Trump??? Surely that is an overstatement. Um, ask Monica Crowley. (And for back-up on CNN's Crowley hit job, see here.) And look what CRTV / Mark Levin / and “a billionaire named Cary Katz” just did to Mark Steyn. And that’s on top of  Michael “Hockey Stick graph” Mann’s lawsuit again Steyn -- that is still stuck in the circuit court.
Unfortunately, it does not seem possible to overstate the case, and Horowitz sums it up.

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Sunday, March 5, 2017

Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland - video #3

The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland yesterday, March 4, was video-taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the third of 3 videos (this is the one with Rev. Darrell Scott):


Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland - video #2


The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland today was video taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the second of 3 videos:


Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Spirit of America Rally Cleveland - Video #1

The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland today was video taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the first of 3 videos:




Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Spirit of America Rally Cleveland
Report 
 Keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott greets patriots

 Steve Loomis, Cleveland Police Patrolman's Assoc.
Keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott
Main Street Patriots founder and rally host, Ralph King


THANK YOU to all who emailed with positive messages, patriots who contributed to the GoFundMe page or the Big Box at the Rally, and THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at the Spirit of America Rally! And a big shout out to The Cleveland Police Department, who were there on horseback, on bikes, on foot, on rooftops, and onstage. 

Next up on this blog ~ Spirit of America Rally Cleveland: The Video. If you could not make the rally (or if you would like to enjoy some of it again), I'll post several segments later today. Meanwhile, cleveland.com updated its report this morning:

Supporters of President Donald Trump are scheduled to gather in downtown Cleveland and nine other locations around the state on Saturday to show support for the newly elected commander in-chief .
The prime organizer of the "Spirit of America" rallies is the Main Street Patriots., whose slogan is "It's not about left or right, it's about right or wrong."
. . .
The rallies are geared less toward countering Democratic opposition to Trump and more to expressing displeasure with the establishment Republicans that have not rallied around the new president, said Bedford resident Ralph King, who besides being a founder of Main Street Patriots, was a Trump elector and cofounder of the Cleveland Tea Party.
"Donald Trump's biggest road block is going to be the Republicans," King said. 
. . .

Other locations hosting 'Spirit of America" events in Ohio are Toledo, Belmont County, Boardman, Jackson, Zanesville, Marietta, Mansfield area, Clark County and Cincinnati.
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Friday, March 3, 2017

Spirit of America rally is ON!

We are ON for tomorrow!

We are not going to let a few "snowflakes" keep us away from supporting President Trump and our country!  With the same American Spirit President Trump spoke about in his address to Congress - the "Spirit of America Rally" is still on!!!! (And be sure to scroll to the bottom for Parking and Weather updates.)


 Keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott (Photo credit: ABC) 

Spirit of America Rally
  
Main Street Patriots are holding Spirit of America Rallies across the country in support of President Trump, the policies he is enacting and in support of our country. As heard about on Rush Limbaugh and posted by Breitbart, there are currently over 65 locations across the US and growing.

The Main Street Patriots "Spirit of America Rallies" are a spontaneous uprising of grassroots activists made of people that voted for President Trump as a way to let people know that we support his agenda. Unlike those protesting against President Trump’s vision, we are a diverse coalition that are the heart and soul of America that wants our nation to fulfill our potential, as the greatest nation on God’s green earth!

Please join us at the Spirit of America Rally to be held in Cleveland on Saturday March 4, 2017 and stand united as one across this great nation. These rallies will be positive, patriotic, uplifting, and open to anyone that supports President Trump and an America First agenda.

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Voinovich Park
Address: E. 9th Street Pier Cleveland, OH (Click for Map)

Speakers

Debbie Vance 
Navy Veteran / Navy Seal Association Volunteer

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Chris Long

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Steve Loomis

And More....

Keynote Speaker
Pastor Darrell Scott

Bring your Trump signs, rally signs, Pro-America signs and help us send a positive message of support!

To join and share our event on Facebook click -- https://www.facebook.com/events/1096367760485791/

To make this event a success we need your help!

To help offset the costs of sound system, insurance, etc.... please donate what you can at a Go Fund Me Page set up for the event. (Click Here To Donate).

To volunteer with setup, clean up, security or a greeter please email Lucy Sticken at lucygop@aol.com or Cynthea Sabolich at cynthea_sabolich@yahoo.com and please put in the Subject Header “Re: Volunteer.”

PARKING UPDATE: For a small fee (less than the Huntington or Willard garages), you can park in the Ninth Street Pier parking lot. If you are lucky, you might find a space on the access roads leading in and around the Park and Stadium. 

DOWNTOWN WEATHER: Unlike the suburbs, there is very little snow accumulation downtown. After (today’s) Friday morning’s blizzard/white-out, there was a dusting of snow on the rooftops, streets and sidewalks. By 10am, everything was clear. But dress warmly.

See you there! 
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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Oregon rocked! So can Cleveland!

  

 photo via PJ Media

Mark Ellis at PJ Media Reports: Last weekend, in the blue state of Oregon, thousands rallied at a Freedom Rally keynoted by Gov. Mike Huckabee. Hey, Cleveland: let’s top that at the Spirit of America Rally on Saturday. Keynote speaker will be Pastor Darrell Scott.

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm
Contact: Ralph King / kingsrightsite@yahoo.com
Location: Voinovich Bicentennial Park / E. 9th Street Pier Cleveland, OH 44114

Speakers

Sal Salvino
First Generation American

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Steve Loomis

And More....

Keynote Speaker
Pastor Darrell Scott

Bring your Trump signs, rally signs, Pro-America signs and help us send a positive message of support!

To make this event a success we need your help! To help offset the costs of sound system, insurance, etc., please donate what you can at the Go Fund Me Page set up for the event. (Click Here To Donate).

To volunteer with set-up, clean-up, security, or as a greeter, please email Lucy Sticken at lucygop@aol.com or Cynthea Sabolich at cynthea_sabolich@yahoo.com  In the Subject line please use “RE: Volunteer”.
  

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UPDATES: Spirit Of America rallies



 Image by Keln via Conservative Treehouse

  UPDATES:
Spirit of America Rallies

Join in the Main Street Patriots nationwide "Spirit of America" Rallies! These rallies will be positive, patriotic, uplifting, and open to anyone who supports President Trump and an America First agenda.

As heard about on Rush Limbaugh and posted by Breitbart, there are currently *70* locations across the US (and growing). Come join us and stand united as one across this great nation and rally in the Spirit of America.

Below are the Spirit of America Rallies being held in Ohio this weekend.

Belmont County

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:30pm
Contact: Bob Connors / wtpov@reagan.com
Location: Corner of Lincoln Ave & Main St Bridgeport, OH 43912

Boardman

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Contact: Mark / mark@compcoind.com
Location: Summitville Tile
631 Boardman-Canfield Rd (Rt 224) Boardman, OH 44512


Cincinnati

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Contact: Alysha Johnson / ajohnson.ohio@gmail.com
Location: Sharon Woods 
11450 Lebanon Rd. (S. Meadow Dr), Sharonville, OH 45241


Clark County

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm
Contact: Laura Rosenberger / larosenbrgr@att.net
Location: State Route 41 & N. Bechtle Ave. Springfield, OH 45504


Cleveland

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm
Contact: Ralph King / kingsrightsite@yahoo.com
Location: Voinovich Bicentennial Park
E. 9th Street Pier Cleveland, OH 44114


Columbiana County

Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017
Time: 12:00pm Noon
Contact: Anita Fraser / anitateaparty@gmail.com
Event Page:
Location: 124 W. Lincoln Way (Marching to Downtown Gazebo)
Lisbon, OH 44432 


Jackson

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 1:00pm
Contact: Regina Matson
Location: Jackson County Court House
295 Broadway St. Jackson, OH 45640


Mid-Ohio / Mansfield Area

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Contact: Bonnie Oleksa / info@bloodofpatriots.org
Event Page: Click Here
Location: W. 4th St & Lexington-Springmill Rd. Ontario, OH 44906


Marietta

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: TBA
Contact: GlennNewman / rightwayoh@yahoo.com
Event Page:
Location: TBA


Toledo

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Contact: Tommy Mori /
Event Page: Click Here
Location: International Park
2 Main St.  Toledo,  OH 43605  (Click for Map)


Zanesville

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact: Kay Clymer / clymerkay@gmail.com
Event Page: Click Here
Location: Muskingum County Court House
401 Main St.  Zanesville, OH 43701 (Click for Map)



For more on the Cleveland Spirit of America Rally (with keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott), go here.



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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

In the news: ‘Spirit Of America’ Rallies This Week




The Spectacle Blog, a feature of the online magazine The American Spectator, ran an article on the Spirit of America rallies this week across the country. Cleveland’s own Ralph King was quoted!

Main Street Patriots Gather Nationwide For ‘Spirit Of America’ Rallies This Week

Americans throughout the country will be rallying this week to show support for President Trump and his policy agenda.
The rallies will be taking place in nearly 60 cities, with some taking place on Monday, while others are planned later in the week, including on Saturday. [See full schedule, with locations.]
“These rallies are inclusive, non-partisan, and open to anyone supporting President Trump in his efforts to bring back manufacturing jobs to America, put the security of our nation ahead of political correctness, improve our infrastructure, revitalize the inner cities and secure our nation’s borders,” stated Debbie Dooley, one of the rallies’ organizers, in a press release.
Although the rallies are to show support for President Trump and his agenda, the Spirit of America rallies “have no direct tie with the White House or Trump’s campaign organization,” rally organizer Ralph King told Cleveland.com.
“This is literally grassroots,” King stated. “Whether you’re doing this with 1,000 people or you’re doing this with a handful, get out there. That’s what it’s about.”
Since the surprise election of President Trump in November, left-wing agitators and disappointed Democrats have engaged in raucous protests and riotous actions in various cities across the country.
In a way, the Spirit of America rallies are a grassroots’ counter to the left’s protests.
“This is not about left or right. This is about right and wrong. Enough is enough! Our voices will be heard in a peaceful approach, and we will continue to let others know that we are proud of our president and of our country,” stated Barbara Hemingway, a host of a March 4 rally in Sarasota, Florida.
For more information on the March 4 rally in downtown Cleveland,go to our previous announcement here.

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