[EL] Is this a coup?

jon.roland at constitution.org jon.roland at constitution.org
Sun Jan 8 14:18:18 PST 2017 

Is anyone on the list as concerned about this as the author of this
article?

By Jon Rappoport

 On Friday, the traditional day of the week for quietly releasing big
news that will hopefully be ignored by the public­and also obscured
by the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting­the chief of Homeland
Security announced that his office will be taking over US elections.

 If you can’t see the coup in progress, you need to keep looking
until the message comes through.

 Read carefully­ABC News reports. My comments are in brackets:

 “Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election
infrastructure that’s ‘vital to our national interests’,
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that he’s
designating U.S. election systems critical infrastructure…”

 [Also known as: "we’re taking over.”]

 “’Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is
clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet
the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law’,”
Johnson said in a statement. He added: ‘Particularly in these times,
this designation is simply the right and obvious thing to do’.”

 [A[Also known as: "we’re taking over.”]p>

 “The determination came after months of review and despite
opposition from many states worried that the designation would lead to
increased federal regulation or oversight on the many decentralized
and locally run voting systems across the country. It was announced on
the same day a declassified U.S. intelligence report said Russian
President Vladimir Putin ‘ordered’ an influence campaign in 2016
aimed at the U.S. presidential election.”

 [Als[Also known as: "we needed an excuse, a fake cover story for our
takeover, and Russia is it.”]

 “Such a change [in wh[in who controls the US election process]not
require presidential action [or Co[or Congressional approval]only
requires the secretary [of DH[of DHS]rst consult with the assistant to
the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.”

 [Also [Also known as: "this is a coup by the White
House.”]p>“Johnson said election infrastructure included storage
facilities, polling places and vote tabulation locations, plus
technology involved in the process, including voter registration
databases, voting machines and other systems used to manage the
election process and report and display results.”

 [Also kn[Also known as: "We’re taking over every significant aspect
of the national election process.”]“The designation [of US ele[of
US elections as critical infrastructure]r information to be withheld
from the public when state, local and private partners meet to discuss
election infrastructure security ­ potentially injecting secrecy into
an election process that’s traditionally and expressly a transparent
process. U.S. officials say such closed door conversations allow for
frank discussion that would prevent bad actors from learning about
vulnerabilities. DHS would also be able to grant security clearances
when appropriate and provide more detailed threat information to
states.”

 [Also know[Also known as: "we can intercede in the election process
and determine its outcome without any need to pretend we’re being
transparent; only people we approve will know the details of how we
run elections; secrecy works.”]dman_adcode (middle, 1) -->

 “The Obama administration has proposed international cyber rules
for peacetime that would expressly note that countries shouldn’t
conduct online activity targeting critical [US] infrast[US]ure, which
will now also include election systems.”

 [Also known [Also known as: "in case there is any doubt, elections
systems in America will be property of the federal Executive
Branch.”] is a coup.

 This is equivalent to declaring a national state of emergency,
including martial law: the DHS, if it deemed it necessary, could
utilize armed agents to enforce the new directive and take over
states’ offices that resist.

 Election-processes belong to the states. But not anymore.

 And of course, with this awesome new power, the DHS could intercede,
behind the scenes, in the voting process and rig elections.

 There is an additional aligned factor at work in this op: the
proposed elimination of the Electoral College­yet another measure
designed to “federalize” the election process.

 Most people are entirely ignorant of the fact that the Constitution
was a pact among states. With reluctance, the independent states
agreed to relinquish certain specified powers to the newly created
central government, while retaining all other powers.

 The Electoral College was, therefore, a natural invention, because
the states would maintain crucial influence in determining the outcome
of presidential elections. State Electors would cast their
presidential votes based on which candidate won in their state.

 Eliminating the Electoral College now would add one more layer of
federal control over the whole country, and take control from the
states. More centralization.

 Imagine it. Only the popular vote counts. The states are dumped. And
on top of it all, the Dept. of Homeland Security has the power to run
the election process as a piece of “critical infrastructure.”

 Rigging the vote in New York and California, plus a few other
populous states, would decide the election. And in time, no one would
think about “New York” or “California” as separate
entities­because they wouldn’t be. They would just be “more land
and people” that are part of “wholly unified” America.

 This is perfect for the “unity politicians” who spout empty
rhetoric every chance they get­“we’re all in this together.” As
I tirelessly point out, such slogans are nothing less than covert ops,
and their goal is roping in as many dullards as possible under a
messianic banner of A Better Life for All under a Beneficent
Government.

 Also known as: we the rulers decree, you the people submit; your
survival depends on us; we give and take as we will, and that shall be
the whole of the law.

 Eventually, why have presidential elections at all? Just allow the
DHS to determine which candidate will best serve the needs and desires
of the controllers.

 It’s cleaner, simpler, and more direct.

 It’s a coup.

 Will Trump cancel it?

 Obama is basically challenging him to do it­which would create one
more firestorm in the press directed at Trump.

 “See, the new president just stopped the DHS from protecting our
sacred free elections. Trump is exhibiting more treasonous cooperation
with his Russian masters…he’s leaving the door wide open for their
secret invasion against our liberties…”

 The timeline is clear. One: Hillary will surely win the election.
Two: Trump won the election. Three: Trump won because Russia “hacked
the election” in his favor. Four: We must protect our national
election process from foreign hacking. Five: Homeland Security must
put itself in charge of national elections.

 Stay tuned.

 A coup just occurred.

 https://investmentwatchblog.com/this-is-a-coup-the-homeland-security-takeover-of-us-elections/
[1]

_________________________________
New Amazon Kindle book by Jon Roland
Wayward World: A new kind of hero must set history on a different
course to save Earth from destruction a thousand years in the future.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MPW3Y10

-- Jon

 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Constitution Society http://constitution.org [2]
 11447 Woollcott St twitter.com/lex_rex
 San Antonio, TX 78251 512/299-5001 jon.roland at constitution.org [3]
 ----------------------------------------------------------


Links:
------
[1]
https://investmentwatchblog.com/this-is-a-coup-the-homeland-security-takeover-of-us-elections/
[2] http://constitution.org
[3] mailto:jon.roland at constitution.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://webshare.law.ucla.edu/Listservs/law-election/attachments/20170108/d752f705/attachment.html>

View list directory