[EL] Is this a coup?

Sun Jan 8 15:10:46 PST 2017

Perhaps not concerned about a coup, but one of the Commissioners on the EAC
put out this statement.

https://t.co/NCvCkYjSPv

On Jan 8, 2017 5:19 PM, <jon.roland at constitution.org> wrote:

> 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/
>
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