Optimism, which the Golden State’s ruling class has abandoned, is nonetheless in California’s cultural DNA & Recent History Suggests FBI Involvement in January 6

GREAT AMERICA

Fixing California—First of a Nine-Part Series

The Themes That Make Anything Possible

Optimism, which the Golden State’s ruling class has abandoned, is nonetheless in California’s cultural DNA.

By Edward Ring June 26, 2021

California is broken, hijacked by opportunists wielding overwhelming financial and political power. How does this change?

The solutions to be discussed can’t succeed merely on their merits, despite a compelling case for each of them. Politicians and influencers who want to fix California have to change how people think. They have to reiterate themes that change the filters through which people form opinions. California’s voters are the victims of 50 years of increasingly effective brainwashing by the media, the public school system, Democratic politicians, and more recently (and more virulently than ever), by social media. They have to be deprogrammed.

ELECTIONS

Recent History Suggests FBI Involvement in January 6

Sadly, the FBI is one of the least trustworthy agencies in the federal government—and that’s saying a lot.

By Julie Kelly June 21, 2021

If the past is prologue, there’s no reason to consider the FBI’s involvement a “conspiracy theory” rather than a solid likelihood. How many times have we been down this road over the past five years—assured that claims about the FBI’s malfeasance and abuse were “conspiracy theories” only later to learn they were true?

We were told the FBI did not use spies to infiltrate the Trump campaign. They did. We were told the FBI didn’t ambush and frame former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn. They did.

We were told the FBI would not mislead the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. They did. We were told the FBI wouldn’t doctor official reports or correspondence. They did. We were told the FBI would never use a sketchy Russian national to bolster the collusion case against Trump. They did.

We were told Officer Brian Sicknick was killed in the line of duty. He wasn’t.

We are told anywhere from five to seven people, including Sicknick, died as a result of the chaos that day. In fact, only one person, Ashli Babbitt, died by homicide that day. We were told it was an “armed” insurrection. It wasn’t. We were told rioters caused $30 million in damages to the Capitol building. They didn’t.

We were told Capitol Police didn’t let protesters into the building. They did.