A Message from President-Elect Donald J. Trump

In case you missed it yesterday:

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Culture wars, Uniparty, and Deep Values research

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A few days after the election, the William A. Jacobson (Legal Insurrection blog) interviewed "Deep Values" researcher Anne Sorock, since she predicted a Trump candidacy and a Trump win before he even rode down the escalator. Her comments intersect in many places with the Conservative Treehouse’s ongoing exposure of “the Uniparty” and why Trump’s candidacy was an alternative. He was unique in offering the potential to destroy the unholy alliances between the donor class, the political class, and corporate media. Some extracts from the interview appear below:

WAJ [William A. Jacobson]: When I asked you who you supported at CPAC 2015, what made you not just respond, “Trump,” but insist upon it when no one else thought he would run much less win?

Anne: I remember that day we spoke at CPAC. The giddy atmosphere of insiders and wannabe-insiders  was almost ominous. I had been working at The Frontier Lab on mapping disaffiliation by conservatives from using the term “Republican” to describe themselves. These conservatives had had enough after 2012, being told to get in line and vote for Romney, and then the RNC Autopsy report came out basically as a rubber stamp to keep pursuing the same tired strategies.

Those aware of the Autopsy felt it simply confirmed what the Romney debacle had already shown them – that the GOP and its parasites were incapable of reforming themselves. The only answer was an outsider to blow it all up.

. . .

At the time, I was following these threads about conservatism:

The desire for a concrete way to demonstrate the action of “standing up for your beliefs”

Concern that they had been enabling “bad behavior” of the GOP in the same way that a parent enables a child. A taste of empowerment that had come from interaction with the Tea Party movement, but yearning for more.

WAJ: What about this outsider aspect?

Anne: That was the functional part — being an outsider would allow him to do what previous candidates, and all candidates being considered, were incapable of. And that was absolutely reject the king-makers at CPAC and in DC in general.

There was so much anger I had been cataloging at those in charge. There was a seething sense of being disrespected by those in charge. One of the insights from my research at the time was that when people were asked to “choose the lesser of two evils,” they were basically dropping like flies from the Republican label. They might vote that way, but they resented it even more each time. They were looking for an anti-hero.

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WAJ: So why didn’t all the others predict Trump, especially in the consultant/market research community?

Anne: Polling about the economy, jobs, national security, etc., might reveal superficial insights, even move the needle a few important points, but it failed in one major respect. They were asking about issues that are, at best, the outgrowths of their deeper concerns, but not explanatory or helpful in making predictions. What you don’t know about, you can’t ask about.

WAJ: What should we understand about the Americans who supported Trump that we still continue to miss?

Anne: They may care about all these conservative issues too, but they recognize that the enemy is within the gates. Our culture is what’s being eroded. Small government may be the mechanism to restore much of our country’s greatness but it isn’t the emotion, the value, that drives our country’s unique role in the world.

Read the rest here.

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Trump's 10-Point Immigration Priority Plan

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Robert Law at FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, reports:

Trump Unveils 10-Point Immigration Priority Plan

President-elect Donald Trump made immigration a core component of his campaign for the White House. Despite winning the election [then] just two days ago, his transition team has already released a 10-point plan to “restore integrity to our immigration system, protect our communities, and put America first”:

1. Build a Wall on the Southern Border
2. End Catch-and-Release
3. Zero Tolerance for Criminal Aliens
4. Block Funding for Sanctuary Cities
5. Cancel Unconstitutional Executive Orders & Enforce All Immigration Laws
6. Suspend the Issuance of Visas to Any Place Where Adequate Screening Cannot Occur
7. Ensure that Other Countries Take Their People Back When We Order Them Deported
8. Finally Complete the Biometric Entry-Exit Visa Tracking System
9. Turn Off the Jobs and Benefits Magnet
10. Reform Legal immigration to Serve the Best Interests of America and its Workers

It's a start.

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Supermoon over Lady Liberty

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Rent-a-Mobs once again

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Peter Hasson at The Daily Caller reports:

Anti-Trump Protests Funded By Left-Wing ‘Charity’

The Progress Unity Fund is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization — the same classification as the Red Cross. The group’s mission is to “provide a progressive alternative to mainstream charities,” according to its IRS filings.

The fund provides the financial backing for Act Now To Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, a left-wing activist group that began organizing “emergency protests” immediately after Trump’s election.

The link embedded in “emergency protests” takes you to the ANSWER Coalition webpage headed "Fight Back Against Trump" and announcing that it “is mobilizing across the country to organize and take part in emergency actions.”  

John Perazzo at Front Page Magazine sums it up:

Contrary to media misrepresentations, many of the supposedly spontaneous, organic, anti-Trump protests we have witnessed in cities from coast to coast were in fact carefully planned and orchestrated, in advance, by a pro-Communist organization called the ANSWER Coalition, which draws its name from the acronym for “Act Now to Stop War and End Racism.” 

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In short, the anti-Trump protests that are currently making headlines are 100% contrived, fake, phony exhibitions of street theater, orchestrated entirely by radicals and revolutionaries whose chief objective is to push America ever farther to the political left. Moreover, they seek to utterly demoralize conservatives into believing that public opposition to their own (conservative) political and social values is growing more powerful, more passionate, and more widespread with each passing day.

The bottom line is this: The leaders and organizers of the anti-Trump protests that are currently making so much noise in cities across America, are faithfully following the blueprint of Hillary Clinton's famous mentor, Saul Alinsky, who urged radical activists to periodically stage loud, defiant, massive protest rallies expressing rage and discontent. Such demonstrations are designed to give onlookers the impression that a mass movement is preparing to shift into high gear, and that its present size is but a fraction of what it eventually will become. A “mass impression,” said Alinsky, can be lasting and intimidating: “Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.... The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”

And that is precisely what we are witnessing at the moment.

Rent-a-Mobs once again.

World Series: It's a tie!

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This just in:

Everyone gets a trophy!!!

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Liberal riots and the Trump victory

Dionne Alexander on YouTube

This short video by Dionne Alexander is making the rounds on Facebook, and I LOVED it. I hope you will, too. (I posted this yesterday but found that only FB subscribers could access it, so I suspended it. Now it’s up on YouTube.)

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Supermoon

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Via Yahoo News:

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades will be on display in the coming days, promising Earth-bound sky-watchers a celestial "supermoon" spectacle.

The full moon will come nearer to Earth than at any time since 1948, astronomers said. 

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If skies are clear, the upcoming full moon will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than usual, making it what is called a supermoon, according to NASA. 

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Weather permitting, sky-watchers in North America and locations east of the International Dateline will have a better view on Sunday night since the moon will set less than three hours after closest approach on Monday.

"The difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it's cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday. Any time after sunset should be fine," Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, said in a statement.

The weather forecast (so far) shows clear skies on Sunday; Monday looks partly cloudy. So mark your calendar to go out to look at the Supermoon this Sunday Nov. 13 and Monday Nov. 14.

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The popular vote and the Electoral College

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Mr. Instapundit comments:  

THE NARRATIVE CHANGES TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE MOMENT: “I am already seeing Democrats blaming the Electoral College, which until a few hours ago was hailed as the great protector of Democratic virtue for decades to come, and Republicans were silly for not understanding how to crack the blue ‘wall.'”

Dems were praising the Electoral College just before the 2000 election, too, back when they thought Al Gore might win the electoral vote but lose the popular vote. They turned on a dime when the reverse happened, of course.

Not all the votes are tabulated, and not all of them will be, but even if Hillary does win the popular vote, Trump won by a yuge margin in the Electoral College. I was interested to find something of a refresher course in a column (“Hillary wins the Popular Vote – Not”) at American Thinker, by Steve Feinstein. Here are some extracts:

Okay, let’s address this “Hillary might win the popular vote, isn’t that Electoral College situation just awful” thing head on.

No, it’s not awful.  It’s great, and it protects the importance of your vote.  It’s also uniquely American and demonstrates yet again the once-in-creation brilliance of the Founding Fathers.

First of all, she’s probably not going to win the actual number of votes cast.  She may win the number of votes counted, but not the votes cast.

States don’t count their absentee ballots unless the number of outstanding absentee ballots is larger than the state margin of difference.  If there is a margin of 1,000 votes counted and there are 1,300 absentee ballots outstanding, then the state tabulates those.  If the number of outstanding absentee ballots wouldn’t influence the election results, then the absentee ballots aren’t counted. [UPDATE 11/12: this paragraph proves to be incorrect. Absentee ballots ARE counted, but often not until after the Election is called. IOW, the popular vote totals will change.] 

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Getting back to the “win the popular vote/lose the Electoral College” scenario: Thank G-d we have that, or else California and N.Y. would determine every election.  Every time.

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That means that the vast majority of 48 states and their populations will be subject to the whim and desire of just two states.  If those two states have similar demographics and voting preferences at any particular point in time (which they do now), then those two states call the shots for the entire country.

But the Electoral College brilliantly smooths out the variances in the voting proclivities among states and regions.  Farmers in the middle of the country and importers and exporters on the shore get roughly equal say, as do Madison Ave. execs and factory workers in Tennessee.

Shortcomings?  Sure.  The E.C. can make an R vote meaningless in a very few heavily D states or vice versa.  But without the Electoral College, the country’s entire population is subject to the disproportionate voting preferences of the few most populous states.

The entire article is here.

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Veterans Day: Thank You

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  Today is Veterans Day, the official United States public holiday that honors military veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. 

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About those polls: mistakes or lies?

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The Hill reports that

Pollsters and election modelers suffered an industry-shattering embarrassment at the hands of Donald Trump on Tuesday night.

Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, had long said the polls were biased against him. His claims — dismissed and mocked by the experts — turned out to be true.

“It’s going to put the polling industry out of business,” said CNN anchor Jake Tapper. “It’s going to put the voter projection industry out of business.”

This is rich. Tapper is shocked, shocked I tell you, that the polling industry got it wrong, so embarrassingly wrong. Tapper knows full well that CNN has been in collusion with the polling industry that DELIBERATELY manipulated the numbers. Sundance has been tracking this racket for years, and today he summarized his research during the 2015-16 election cycle:

THE MEDIA DIDN’T GET IT WRONG –  The pollsters did not work from the wrong data set; the media pollsters, consultants and professional political class did not work from the wrong assumptions, or use the incorrect baselines…..  THEY LIED.

The professional media polling agents knew exactly what the truth was. They lied and manipulated their data in a concerted effort to intentionally falsify reality. There should be no doubt, EVER, in the mind of any political observer as to what took place within the expressed and broadcast polling which fueled over two years of broadcast news. The media intentionally lied.

They knew the truth. The same tools available to us, and to those who were ridiculed for truth-telling, were available to them and many more. They did not get it wrong. They chose to lie to you the American electorate. So let’s name the liars so their names can forever be dispatched from the land where credibility is of value:

• Fox News, pollster Daron Shaw, Shaw Research and associates and the Wall Street Journal. Rupert Murdoch.
• NBC News, pollster Mark Murray, Hart Research and Associates.
• Monmouth University, pollster Patrick Murray.
• CBS News and New York Times writ large.
• ABC News and The Washington Post.
• CNN News Network and ORC Polling.
• Rasmussen and Reuters Polling Operations.

These individuals along with every single corporate national media polling outlet, which in turn contributed to -and skewed- the larger aggregate of the Real Clear Politics average of polls, were complicit in their intent to deceive the American electorate in an ideological scheme to manipulate the psyche of the American voter.

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They did not make mistakes; they did not operate from the wrong assumptions.  These organizations, as part of the larger corporate objectives from those who fund their endeavors, lied. Allowing them to say they made a mistake is only dooming ourselves to the continued cycle of battered electorate syndrome.

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There’s more at his blog post. And for icing on the cake, Sundance reproduces tweets and headlines from polling guru Nate Silver on Trump's candidacy. Go here and scroll down to see the composite of Silver’s propaganda. (If you want to get into the weeds to see HOW they lie, here's an earlier blog by Sundance with a detailed analysis.)

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The next President

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Our new President-Elect

Congratulations, especially to all you Deplorables!

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VOTE

It's Today. 

V O T E  !

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Get Out The Vote event : Photo gallery

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Decision 2016: Get Out The Vote Battleground State Bus Tour

Last Saturday, the Great America Pac “Decision 2016: Get Out The Vote Battleground State Bus Tour” came to the Cleveland area (the Holiday Inn in Independence). Speakers included

• Sheriff David Clarke (his remarks are here) 
• Former Navy Seal Carl Higbie
• Jessica Jane Duff
• Larry Elder
• Jay Hoffman

Here are a few photos of the event.

Jessie Jane Duff

Larry Elder

Carl Higbie

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The election and Conservative values

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...and Tea Party values

A blogger called The Z Man offers some thoughts about what’s going on with this election (h/t Bookworm):

A theme here over the years has been the fact that the Conservative Movement has managed to conserve nothing. The reason they are in a crisis is the same reason a losing ball coach finds himself in jeopardy. People will tolerate only so much losing. A salesman, who cannot close deals, gets fired, even if he is the nicest guy in the world. What’s happening today is Official Conservatism™ is being fired.

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Official Conservatism™ hates Donald Trump and they hate the people voting for him. That’s been a bit of an eye-opener for people. When [Fox News’ Brit] Hume detailed Trump’s deviationism, he was dismissive and condescending. He then had that gold plated phony George Will come in and dismiss Trump and the people supporting him as knaves and fools. The segment was ostensibly about Official Conservatism™, but it was really just an excuse for the two of them to bash Trump. 

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there’s the creeping realization that their brand of conservatism is all hat and no cattle. Their moral preening and appeals to as yet undefined principles are just postures. 

Read the rest here. And VOTE.

Your choices for First Lady

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Sheriff David Clarke in Ohio today

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Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County was one of the speakers at the Get Out The Vote Rally earlier today in Independence, Ohio. Ralph King made the introductions.

America's Sheriff's words [the link is to the Facebook video] will bring tears to your eyes. And inspire you to get more of your family and friends to go to the polls on Tuesday.

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Donald Trump's closing statement

Here is Mr. Trump's closing statement and final ad before Tuesday's election. I hope a lot of Tea Party people see it and share it. 

via Sundance / YouTube

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Get ready to cast your ballot next Tuesday

Review your sample ballot online at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website here. You will need the information on your voter’s postcard, showing your city, precinct, and ward. There’s a drop-down for “Party” but there’s only one choice, since it’s a federal election: “nonpartisan.” 

To access the ballot, you will need Adobe Reader to open the pdf file. You can review down-ballot candidates, judges, and an income tax levy. And as I posted before, you can look at a composite report card for some of the judicial candidates (but not all of them) at Judge4Yourself here. 

Lake County Board of Elections is here. 

Geauga County Board of Elections is here.

Lorain County Board of Elections is here.

Summit County Board of Elections is here.

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Jon Voight and Sheriff David Clarke event Saturday Nov 5

Click here to get your tickets now! 

This star studded panel of guests will host a round table discussion on the importance of getting out the vote to elect Donald Trump. Doors open at 12:30.

Date: Saturday November 5, 2016

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm  (Doors open at 12:30pm)

Location: Holiday Inn ~ 6001 Rockside Rd., Independence, OH 

           

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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Updated

Sundance at Conservative Treehouse has updated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic Paul Revere's Ride:

  

Listen my children and you shall hear

Of the consequence of a rational fear,

Through the days of October, in Twenty-Sixteen;

Hardly a man remains to be seen

Who remembers those famous days that year.

One man gave rise to corruptions’ removal

With steadfast admonishment despite their refusal

Held the Q-beam aloft and lighted their ruse

A billionaire walked in the average man’s shoes;

Elitists decried the demands to step down

As the rallies continued in village and town;

Admonished and more they were labeled deplorable

Yet the strong brilliant faces were simply adorable.

“How dare you to challenge”, snooty voices decried

Staying strong in the falsehood, retaining their lie;

Looming faces returned were both stoic and bold

“Is that all you have” the firm patriots told.

A weaponized congress, an unchecked regime

Continuing hard with their pillage and scheme;

“How dare you to challenge”, they shouted yet louder

Ignoring their place and their fate from dry powder,

“No longer your House”, their words seemed to scream

Forgetting their stewardship of America’s dream.

The horizon soon filled with a most monstrous sight,

A trumpeters call was heard all through the night.

Beyond scale, beyond scope, was the size of the crew

An unwashed arrival in plain well-worn shoe;

“Who can these folks be” the elitist’s decried,

These faces, these creatures, attacking our pride.

“Did you tell them their place is not ever near here?”

One well cultured leader remarkably sneered;

How dare they advance, this vulgarian team –

How dare they to challenge our most glorious scheme.

Yet advance they continued, the patriots all

Through the door, down the course and amid every hall;

“There are simply too many”, the palace guards fret,

Seeming silly not to notice the foregrounds Trump jet.

“Call to Ryan, or McConnell, Ms. Pelosi or Reid”,

These vulgarian hordes are dismounting their steed;

“We cannot let them stay”, a gulping voice muttered,

“Well then you tell them that”, a retreating voice stuttered.

As the voters then swarm through the well marbled halls,

The scope of indulgence leaves no-one enthralled;

Outrageous expenses turn stares into rage,

We’ve paid for a theater complete with a stage?

The silver adornments, mahogany desks,

the visual sense of comeuppance expressed.

How hoighty and arrogant the inhabitants became,

Oblivious all to the sense of their shame.

This grandiose mess is just why we are here,

Spending on foolishness, yet how you sneer.

Indeed you may spite us, and hate our appearance,

But our livelihood’s effort demands your adherence.

When you dismiss our values amid all your spending

You leave us no option, than to take over the mending.

When you contract our soil to the nations that hate,

It is our call to arms that controls our own fate.

When you sell out our efforts, then line your own pocket

We will move using recourse, and put your ass on the docket.

When you ignore us so much that you lie and you steal,

We will show up writ large and then force a repeal.

When your Jonathan Gruber can scheme with a grin,

Don’t blame us for arriving, that’s just where we begin.

If you think for a moment our resolve isn’t strong

Consider our leader, and you’ll know you are wrong.

Trump’s not the teleprompter tactician with prose,

He’s our glorious bastard who thinks on his toes.

Our leader may not be refined, or PC,

But for many of us, well, he’s just like me.

A man never wanting to run for these stakes,

Is exactly the type who can deal with these snakes.

We wouldn’t be here if you’d just done your jobs,

And stopped being a bunch of industrious snobs.

Your DC led schemes have our nation a mess

Embattled, worn out and fraught with distress.

Because of your efforts she’s tattered and torn,

One man has stood up to respond to the horn.

Donald Trump isn’t perfect, heck he’s far from that place,

But nobody else is as right in this race.

There’s another thing known about our candidate true,

It’s that none is more openly Red White and Blue.

He may not be the one who we needed before,

But Lord knows we need him – right now, even more.

~Sundance

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