September 29, 2023
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1- Warrior legislators in Michigan fighting against many leftist election cheating methods.
11 HERO Lawmakers Sue MI SOS Jocelyn Benson and MI Director of Elections In Federal Court For Violating US and MI Constitution To Change Election Laws
QUOTE: Eleven Michigan state legislators have filed a lawsuit today in federal court against state election officials.
The lawsuit claims the 2018 and 2022 state constitutional amendments regulating the times, places, and manner of federal elections are legally null and void.
The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 4 (the Elections Clause), requires the state legislature to regulate the times, places, and manner of federal elections. However, Michigan's constitutional amendments (Proposal 3 of 2018 and Proposal 2 of 2022) bypassed the state legislature and, in doing so, usurped the legislature's federally mandated constitutional authority.These state constitutional amendments included provisions that allow voters to sign affidavits instead of presenting valid identification when voting in person or applying for an absentee ballot; nine days of early voting; private funding of election administration; no-excuse absentee voting procedures; same-day voter registrations; state-funded absentee ballot drop boxes, and independent redistricting commissions. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, names as defendants Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Jonathan Brater, Director of the Bureau of Elections.
In a press conference webinar conducted Wednesday, state Senator Jonathan Lindsey, one of the legislator plaintiffs, said, "The United States Constitution, the supreme law of the land, contains limited, but critical, election regulations. We also have procedures in place at the state level to amend election law. However, these processes were violated in 2018 and 2022 when an alternative amendment process was used without regard to federal constitutional requirements. This lawsuit challenges recent attempts to subvert our constitutional process and will protect against such actions in the future."
Lindsey said progressives had tried and failed for years to pressure elected representatives to tear down safeguards that kept the state's elections convenient and secure. A lot of money was spent to deceive people. Now, these unlawfully enacted changes purport to limit our power as legislators to fix serious issues with our elections. Today, I stand with fellow legislators to challenge that notion."
2- Warriors appear in strange places. There is a group of scientists fact checking research and exposing fraudulent work. They recently forced the President of Stanford to resign.
The Band of Debunkers Busting Bad Scientists
QUOTE: An award-winning Harvard Business School professor and researcher spent years exploring the reasons people lie and cheat. A trio of behavioral scientists examining a handful of her academic papers concluded her own findings were drawn from falsified data.
It was a routine takedown for the three scientists—Joe Simmons, Leif Nelson and Uri Simonsohn—who have gained academic renown for debunking published studies built on faulty or fraudulent data. They use tips, number crunching and gut instincts to uncover deception. Over the past decade, they have come to their own finding: Numbers don't lie but people do.
Simmons and his two colleagues are among a growing number of scientists in various fields around the world who moonlight as data detectives, sifting through studies published in scholarly journals for evidence of fraud.
At least 5,500 faulty papers were retracted in 2022, compared with 119 in 2002, according to Retraction Watch, a website that keeps a tally. The jump largely reflects the investigative work of the Data Colada scientists and many other academic volunteers, said Dr. Ivan Oransky, the site's co-founder. Their discoveries have led to embarrassing retractions, upended careers and retaliatory lawsuits.
The hunt for misleading studies is more than academic. Flawed social-science research can lead to faulty corporate decisions about consumer behavior or misguided government rules and policies. Errant medical research risks harm to patients. Researchers in all fields can waste years and millions of dollars in grants trying to advance what turn out to be fraudulent findings.
3- A win for public school employees in Los Angeles. The mandate for injections has been removed.
Los Angeles Schools Drop COVID Vaccine Mandate — What's Next for Fired Employees Who Sued the District?
QUOTE: In a 6-1 vote late Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education rescinded the district's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all district employees. But critics worry the move is an attempt to thwart a lawsuit that seeks justice for the more than 1,000 employees affected by the mandate.
Mary Holland, J.D., president of Children's Health Defense (CHD), commented:
"People can get discouraged with lawsuits — they take a lot of time and money — but this is an example of the payoff — the authoritarian actor LAUSD backed down. No one should think for a minute that without HFDF [Health Freedom Defense Fund] this would have happened. It would not have. Pushing back against unconstitutional, dictatorial acts is incredibly important. It is a huge credit to the health freedom movement as a whole that there has not been a single COVID vaccine mandate imposed in a public school district in the country that has stuck. This feat would not have been possible without grassroots activism and lawsuits."Leslie Manookian, president and founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund, agreed the vote was "another huge victory" for the health freedom movement.
Still, she said, the district's choice to rescind the order now — more than two years after it was announced and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted COVID-19 vaccines don't prevent infection or transmission — is a "cynical attempt to evade justice as the judges signaled they believed LAUSD's vaccine mandate was irrational."HFDF provides legal representation for LAUSD employees negatively affected by the vaccine mandate. On Nov. 2, 2021, HFDF and LAUSD employees with California Educators for Medical Freedom sued top officials of the LAUSD, including board members, alleging the district's vaccine mandate violated employees' 14th Amendment "rights of personal autonomy, self-determination, bodily integrity, and the right to reject medical treatment."
4- As usual, the policies of the left never pan out they way they promise. It is always good to see crazy greenie schemes fall apart.
Daily Caller https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/27/electric-bus-proterra-bankrupt-wyoming-teton-operation/
E-Buses Bought From Now-Bankrupt Manufacturer By Blue Enclave Are Now All Out Of Commission
QUOTE: A Democratic enclave in Wyoming purchased electric buses to reduce emissions, but the buses are indefinitely inoperable after their manufacturer went bankrupt earlier this summer, the Cowboy State Daily reported.
Jackson, Wyoming, and Teton County formed the Southern Teton Area Rapid Transit (START) system, which bought eight electric buses from Proterra to add to its fleet of 31 diesel buses, the Cowboy State Daily reported. Proterra, which itself was at the center of a conflict of interest controversy including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, went bankrupt in August, and START's eight e-buses are now out of commission given that the manufacturer can no longer readily supply the parts needed for repairs.
The last of the START Proterra buses went out of service two months ago, according to the Cowboy State Daily. In fiscal year 2021, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) gave the Wyoming Department of Transportation $1.1 million in taxpayer funds to buy e-buses for START, according to the FTA website.
START will not scrap the buses, and it remains committed to finding ways to bring down the emissions of its operations, the spokesperson added.
The buses had operational problems before the company went bankrupt, according to the Cowboy State Daily. In the cold winter months, the battery range of the buses would significantly decrease, especially given that more energy is drained to heat the interior of the buses, according to the Cowboy State Daily. When cold weather drained the batteries, the electric buses reportedly needed to go back into their depots for charging while diesel-powered buses were used to ferry people around as the electric buses regained power.
Teton County voted overwhelmingly for President Joe Biden in the 2020 cycle, according to Politico.
5- Another state cancels the marxist American Library Association.
SC State Library Cuts Ties With Librarian Group That Hired 'Marxist' Coordinator, Cites 'Tone Deaf' Partisanship
QUOTE: The South Carolina State Library has officially terminated its partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), citing the group's alleged partisanship, according to a letter shared Sept. 26.
The ALA selected Emily Drabinski — who described herself as a "Marxist lesbian" in a since-deleted tweet — to head the group in 2022. Drabinski said she hoped to use her position at the library to examine the "consequences of decades of unchecked climate change, class war, white supremacy, and imperialism have led us here.
The Montana State Library (MSL) Commission voted in July to leave the ALA, writing that, "Our oath of office and resulting duty to the Constitution forbids association with an organization led by a Marxist."
"Your organization, the national organization for libraries, has a professional obligation to provide resources that can be utilized by libraries and librarians to serve their patrons," Aiken's letter continued. "While this can be challenging, it is possible with inclusion and diversity. My hope is that this letter, the loss of membership, and the additional voices of my colleagues in the field will create reflection and action within ALA to be guided by the mission 'to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.'"
The ALA has been working to kill legislation that prohibits librarians from distributing sexually explicit materials to minors. The group has argued such laws would "impair" librarians' ability to effectively distribute "diverse" materials to community readers. The ALA is using an "adverse library legislation tracker" to target these and other laws, including legislation that seeks to protect parents' rights. Members of the ALA were encouraged to work with "grasstops advocates who can engage with lawmakers and influencers" to defeat such "adverse" bills.
6- These numbers are down from the previous polls but, it is still true that most of Americans think of themselves as religious in some manner. We can work with that!
47% of Americans identify as religious, 33% as spiritual
QUOTE: The following is from Gallup News.
Nearly half of Americans (47%) describe themselves as religious, another 33% say they are spiritual but not religious, and 2% volunteer they are "both."Although the vast majority of U.S. adults have one of these orientations toward the nonphysical world, the 18% who say they are neither religious nor spiritual is twice the proportion Gallup measured when it first asked this question in 1999.
Over the same period, the percentage identifying as religious has declined by seven percentage points.
These results are based on a July 2023 Gallup poll, which updated a question that had been asked previously in 1999 and 2002.
All told, 82% of Americans have some type of spiritual belief system. This proportion is down from 90% in 1999 and 87% in 2002.
7- 2023 is the year of school choice. North Carolina is the most recent state to embrace school choice.
North Carolina is the 16th state to enact a new or expanded school choice program this year and the first state to pass a universal choice program without a Republican trifecta.
American Federation for Children
North Carolina Opens Opportunity Scholarship Program to All Families
QUOTE: The American Federation for Children applauds the North Carolina General Assembly for ushering in a new era of educational opportunity by passing a sweeping expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program within the state's budget. This landmark legislation, which received bipartisan support, will increase the program's funding to $520 million over the next decade, allowing families and students the option to choose a private school education for their children.
Under the newly approved budget, eligibility for Opportunity Scholarships will be extended to all families in a tiered system based on income. This policy will stipulate that lower-income households receive the highest priority, while middle and upper-income families may access the program if funds remain available.The Governor has indicated he will allow the budget to become law without his signature.
Statement from Tommy Schultz, CEO of the American Federation for Children: "North Carolina's bold step to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program is not just a victory for its families; it's a rallying cry for the rest of the nation. Let this be a resounding message to every state: the time is now to put students and families first, to break down barriers, and to empower parents with the freedom to choose the best education for their children.Today's victory would not have happened without the tireless families and advocates who worked for years to get to this moment, including our partners at Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina."
8- Another college revival with 124 students baptized.
Texas A&M Christian Revival Event Draws over 1,000 Students; 124 Baptized
QUOTE: A recent Christian Revival event at the Corpus Christi campus of Texas A&M University drew over 1,000 students and administered over 120 baptisms, The Christian Post reported Friday.
The August 31 worship event called "One Night," a yearly Christian gathering to kick off the school year, brought in nearly double the number at last year's event and saw more than twice as many students baptized.
One Night 2022 had some 600 attendees and 51 baptisms, whereas this year 1,078 participated in the event (out of a student body of roughly 10,800) and 124 were baptized.
"We've never seen anything like this," Whitmore told The Christian Post, noting that the crowd eventually had to relocate from the 1,300-square-foot house hosting the group because it ran out of room.
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