CSN - Citizen Voice Bulletin - 8/16/2022
Tuesday Bulletin
FOUNDER’S MESSAGE:
Many people across the nation are still reeling from the raid on Mar-a-Lago last Monday. The Tuesday edition the following day was lit up with the news and the views of many considered relevant in a more clear appraisal of what is truly happening in our nation. It certainly was the primary topic of last week and it does not seem to be going away as a focus of many weighing in on the incident.
In such a time as this, it is quite important to keep one’s head on straight and one’s heart in the right place. It is not easy, and trust in God is truly being tested at such a crucial moment in our nation’s history. Today’s edition is intended to help provide information and perspective on some of the main events in this time. The featured article is from Jim Bratten who has focused serious attention on the raid. His article referencing “One of the darkest days in America’s history” may not be an understatement because it represents the unraveling of respect for the rule of law on the one hand and the disintegration of respect for common citizens. Unfortunately, those caught up in self-absorption, or self-centered cells of cluelessness may never connect the dots.
Please check out Bratten’s observations as they may help readers to keep their heads on straight. If his perceptions are worthy of others attention, please share today’s Citizens Voice with those who may need enlightenment. We are here to help educate American voters who are still needing to be awakened, and to empower those who are.
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Mar-a-Lago “One of the darkest days in America’s history.”
By Jim Bratten
8/15/22
Few outside the Deep State Swamp are celebrating the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. For those who
are, you have no idea how much this action by the FBI and DOJ has changed things in America. We don't do this here; that is, until now. And even you on the Left will be affected; not by this action, but by those that will certainly follow. This is a new level of abuse. Leo Terrell’s quote above nails it.
American Marxists, now represented by the Democrat Party, cannot allow Donald Trump to
return to the presidency. His “America First” platform stands against every agenda they’ve
been working on for decades. So, what’s their endgame? Several noteworthy people were very
vocal last week about what they see as an attack on our representative republic – so egregious it can be interpreted as an attempt to void our Constitution. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have been politically weaponized against Trump. What the FBI did at Mar-a-Lago is unjustifiable.
Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan had this to say about the DOJ’s abuse of power:
“First, Attorney General Merrick Garland abused his power to weaponize the federal
government against parents who spoke up about what their children are being taught in schools. “Now, we are witnessing, for the first time in American history, an FBI raid of a former
president’s home. Again, this has NEVER happened before in American history. NEVER.
“Democrats have promulgated false narratives against President Trump since before he was
elected. They’ve spent millions of YOUR tax dollars on bogus investigations that have all been
debunked.”
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio commented: “Where does Biden’s Department of
Justice find the time? Despite doing nothing about the groups vandalizing Catholic Churches,
firebombing Pro-Life groups, or threatening Supreme Court justices, the FBI found time for an
unprecedented raid of Mar-a-Lago.
“I’ll say it plain and simple, using government power to persecute political opponents is
something we have seen many times from Marxist dictatorships; but now, we’re seeing it from
the Biden administration.”
Former Republican Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker commented on this act as familiar to
what he went through during the Obama Regime: “What took place at the Mar-a-Lago home of
former President Donald Trump this week is outrageous … As part of two different secret John
Doe investigations in 2010 and 2012, overzealous prosecutors and government bureaucrats in
several different state and local agencies harassed me and many of my supporters in Wisconsin
… aided by local officials as well as members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Members of the Democrat-led District Attorney’s office quickly moved into a politically
motivated witch hunt… The ultimate goal was simple: They wanted to take me and anyone
associated with me down – despite the will of the people at the ballot box.”
Governor Scott Walker has had “the experience.” What the FBI did to Trump’s home, he
implies, they can easily do to yours.
John Sullivan of JustTheNews.com reported: “In a statement Friday evening [August 12],
Trump’s office insisted that all documents taken to the Florida estate were declassified under an
order by the then president, who was the ultimate arbiter of a document’s classification status.
‘President Trump, in order to prepare work for the next day, often took documents including
classified documents to the residence. He had a standing order that documents removed from
the Oval Office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he
removed them. The power to classify and declassify documents rests solely with the president
of the United States,’ the statement concluded. ‘The idea that some paper-pushing bureaucrat
with classification authority delegated by the president needs to approve the declassification is
absurd.’”
Judicial Watch clarified this further: “The U.S. Constitution and federal law give unreviewable
authority to President Trump to take whatever records he wishes at the end of his presidency.
The Biden administration’s dishonest depiction of personal records of President Trump it
illicitly seized during the raid as ‘classified’ is further demonstration that the raid was a brazen
act of raw political abuse.”
As Townhall.com summarized on August 9: “Yesterday was an attack on our country, the first
salvo of the war openly declared on conservatives. The FBI raid of a former President’s home
has never happened in the history of our country. The radical left showed the corrupt lengths
they will go to in order to stop President Trump from running in 2024, but as Trump has always
said, “In reality they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.”
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James Bratten holds a BA from the University of Minnesota in Studio Art, is a veteran of the Vietnam conflict, having served in the United States Navy with Fighter Squadron VF-101, and retired from Chrysler, LLC in 2008.
Since 1980, Jim has belonged to dozens of conservative organizations, joining Tea Party Patriots in 2009. He co-founded Vanderburgh County Tea Party Patriots in 2011 and served as Indiana State Coordinator for TPP from 2010-2015, assisting Tea Party groups and speaking at many events in the state.
He was awarded “National Grassroots Activist of the Year, 2010” and the “2010 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship,” and was featured in the book, TEA PARTY – the Awakening. He accepted a position on the Board of Directors of Hoosier Patriots, Inc. that year. Jim has written weekly commentary since January 2011 as Editorial Director for the Hoosier Patriots Monday Morning Newswire and assumed the role of Director of Hoosier Patriots in March 2014. He continues research and writing weekly commentary in the Newswire, his work appearing in a variety of publications.
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Onward and Upward!
From Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov: Lawyer Reveals What FBI Agents Really Took From Trump's Resort | Facts Matter - 8/15/22
From The Dan Bongino Show: Stunning Revelations About The Raid (Ep. 1830) - 8/15/22
ICYMI> From The Dan Bongino Show: An FBI Agent Blows The Cover Off The Mar a Lago Raid (Ep. 1829) - The Dan Bongino Show - 8/12/22
From FOX News: Former FBI official rips bureau: The FBI asked for this - 8/15/22
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From FOX News: Mark Levin reacts to Trump raid 'cover-up' search warrant - 8/12/22
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From FOX News: Sen. Kennedy: Biden, Manchin will live to regret this - 8/12/22
ICYMI> From The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson: FBI Raids Mar-A-Lago Looking For Documents | Frank Speech the Home of Free Speech - recorded 8/9/22 - reposted 8/16/22
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Podcast - From Huckabee’s BREAKDOWN: BOMBSHELL Trump Details Emerge, Completely DESTROY the Narrative | BREAKDOWN - 8/16/22
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Podcast - From “Bold & Blunt” w/ Cheryl Chumley: Mar-a-Lago Raid Is A Ministry Of Truth MoveWashington Times - 8/11/22
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Recommended Reading…
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