March 9th, 2024
Donald Trump: The Once and Future President
Ok, so comparing The Donald to King Arthur is a bit much, but it was tongue-in-cheek. I just like seeing leftist heads explode. Sue me.
We did it! Donald Trump swept not only Cass county, but the whole state of Missouri! On top of that, he won Bigly on Super Tuesday, and (finally) got Haley to drop out. As much effort as it took to get this far, the work continues. MAGA has a lot of work to do locally, to get the right people through the primaries, from the Precinct Committee elections, all the way up to the Missouri governor’s office (Let’s Go, Sen. Eigel!). It is my sincere hope and prayer that those of you that helped us get Donald Trump over the hump in the Missouri Caucus will now redouble your efforts to support local MAGA candidates to take back our cities, schools, counties, and state level offices.
Meeting This Week!
Please join us for our monthly meeting this week!
DATE: Thursday, February 8th, 2024
TIME: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
LOCATION: Harold’s Smoke House Restaurant
Highway 2 and C
Freeman Missouri 64746
AGENDA:
6:00-6:45 Greet, Meet, and Eat (Dinner on your own)
6:45-7:00 Pray, Pledge, and Greet Attendees (NOTE: We will start on time)
7:00-8:00 Shelly Harrison, Convention of States
8:00-8:30 Legislative Discussion
(FYI - Harold’s closes at 9:00pm)
Additional Information Contact:
Matt Goben Ph: 913-787-5563 (leave voicemail), Email: matt@Patri0t.com
Please note that the O in patri0t is a zero (0), not the letter O.
A Note on Sources
Normally, I try to focus the news and information that I bring you to Missouri specific topics, particularly related to Cass county. I don’t have the time, nor the inclination to try and keep up with nation-wide goings on. However, there are some topics that keep coming up in my conversations with 4Cs members that are not getting the coverage in the national media that they should. Even when they do get coverage, the information is usually from a terribly leftist bent. When I find a source that provides good information on a topic I know the group is interested in, I will include a link or two.
As with all news sites and sources, be suspicious, even of sources I provide. The very concept of “objective” journalism is a 20th century lie, which can be easily debunked by simply reading newspapers from any time prior to WW2, particularly articles of a political nature. I try to provide sources that lean our direction, but you be the judge. One source that is proving well worth the $1 a month it’s costing me right now is The Epoch Times. Their content is decidedly right leaning most of the time, but they do provide an almost neutral perspective on occasion. I will be providing links to their content periodically, some of which will be behind a pay wall. I try not to do that when it can be avoided, but there are times where they are the only ones covering a particular topic, or their coverage is more thorough than the free sources. Also, I have no connection to, or financial stake in The Epoch Times.
Education Data Collection of MO Children
Missouri’s P-20 Council is collecting data on our children, from “cradle to career”, and Local Control MO has brought the receipts.
Capitol Updates
MO Freedom Caucus Senate Press Conference, March 7th, 2024
Senator Mike Moon Capitol Update (from last week)
SOTU Response From Representative Mark Alford
Federal Government Censorship: The Receipts
The federal government, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the FBI, the CIA, have given millions of dollars ($39 million to-date) to universities and non-profit groups to develop Artificial Intelligence software to simplify censorship and election interference, and handed them over to Big Tech platforms, to be used under federal agency guidance, and at their direction. Below is a link to the original Epoch Times article:
How the Government Used ‘Track F’ to Fund Censorship Tools: Report
Below is a pdf of the Interim Staff Report of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives):
We are already seeing major search engines taking advantage of these tools to prevent the public from getting to source documents that prove the lies being spread by the left:
The first amendment to the US Constitution:
Textually interpreted, the first amendment only protects you from the federal government, not private businesses. However, when a private business acts under the direction of the federal government, say, at the behest of the FBI, the CIA, or some other alphabet agency, it effectively becomes an arm of the federal government, and your first amendment rights would then apply. The challenge will be that when the time finally comes that someone with the money to sue has enough evidence to prove collusion and wrongdoing, they get to wait on the court system, which will slow roll this until well after the November election cycle. That is if the courts will actually live up to their responsibilities, which history says they will not.
So, what can we do? I refer you back to my earlier article on sources. Find as many reliable sources of ongoing information as you can outside the mainstream media, and share them with friends. This is going to be extremely important, especially locally, because I am not aware of ANY Missouri based news sources that cover local, Cass county news in any kind of objective way. You certainly cannot depend on any of the existing local media outlets.
Guest Articles
Once again, this newsletter does not contain everything I wanted it to, because I just had things come up personally that got in the way. I have received no volunteers for any subcommittee work, so I’ll come at this from a different angle. If there is anyone in the group that would like to submit an article for the newsletter about a particular topic that is important to Cass county, the state of Missouri, or nationally from a perspective not being covered, please reach out to me, and we can discuss it.