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DEEP STATE 10 Directing the Disorder by William F. Jasper — The CFR is the Deep State powerhouse undoing and remaking our world.

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Larabell case that he has filed against the governor more unqualified politicians than there Foreign Correspondent and various officials in Louisiana for their are qualified. Our focus needs to be on p l a z a Alex Newman attempt to shut down Pastor Tony Spell and removing the unqualified, not removing Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana. The a profession. Contributors article was written by Steve Byas. Peaceful demonstrations that sup- Bob Adelmann • Dennis Behreandt Because not many organizations for port justice for George Floyd’s death are Steve Byas • Raven Clabough religious freedom take principled ap- healthy actions that seek change. The min- Selwyn Duke • Brian Farmer proaches to the deprivation of constitu- ute that a demonstration becomes a riot it Christian Gomez • Larry Greenley tional rights, Judge Moore thought that needs to be stopped. Two wrongs do not Gregory A. Hession, J.D. your organization would be interested make a right. Ed Hiserodt • William P. Hoar in knowing that he and the Foundation Rioting is not new. Riots broke out in R. Cort Kirkwood • Patrick Krey, J.D. for Moral Law, which represents Pastor Washington, D.C., at the end of WWI. Warren Mass • John F. McManus Spell, have maintained the separation Army troops were sent in to quell the James Murphy • Dr. Duke Pesta Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. of powers, right of assembly, religious riots. One riot was quelled by a cavalry C. Mitchell Shaw • Michael Tennant freedom, and separation of church and unit, and the rioters disbursed rapidly. Rebecca Terrell • Fr. James Thornton state as envisioned by our Founding Fa- This was confirmed by my father, who Laurence M. Vance • Joe Wolverton II, J.D. thers. We have sued both in state and was in that unit. He indicated that they federal district court in Louisiana, and in moved to the rioters on horseback with Creative Director the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. We are sabers drawn. The disturbance was over Joseph W. 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Call 1-800-727-TRUE to subscribe today! 5 ZIGNEGO READY MIX, INC. W226 N2940 DUPLAINVILLE ROAD WAUKESHA, WI 53186 262-542-0333 • www.Zignego.com Inside Track Gates-funded Program Tests Biometric ID Vaccinations in Africa The biometric digital identity platform Trust Stamp, which claims Mastercard notes that “Trust Stamp is also exploring new ways to “evolve as you evolve,” is to be introduced in “low-income, to commercialize the hash” and that it is working on ways to remote communities” in West Africa as part of a partnership be- allow companies to “identify criminals prior to appointments.” tween the Bill Gates-supported Alliance of Vaccines and Immu- The question is: Will the definition of “criminals” eventually nizations (GAVI) and Mastercard, according to a July 15 article be extended to include those who refuse to get their vaccines? at Activist Post. The integration of biometric identification technology with The new program to be tested in West Africa will see Trust digital banking and vaccine records is a dangerous step that could Stamp’s technology integrated into the GAVI-Mastercard “Well- be used to force people to get their shots or else be blocked from ness Pass,” a digital vaccination record and identity system. making purchases. GAVI is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other elite foundations. Mastercard has stated its commitment to a “World Beyond Cash” and cre- ated a suite of services known as “Digital Wellness” to facilitate digital transactions. The Wellness Pass combines vaccines with Mastercard’s tech- nology “to leverage state of the art technology by bringing the Smart into traditional immunisation programs for optimal impact in terms of reach, adherence, efficiency and centralised record keeping of childhood immunisation.” By integrating with Trust Stamp, Wellness Pass will be able to track vaccines biometrically even in areas lacking cellular data or Internet connectivity. Trust Stamp co-founder Gareth Genner explains how it works: “Each time the child gets a vaccine and a new hash is created at the clinic, it is encoded with the updated health information…. The hash evolves over time, just as you evolve.” hadynyah/iStock/GettyImagesPlus

Flippy the Robot to Replace White Castle Workers at $3 an Hour tunes further, as there’s a desire to reduce worker contact with restaurant victuals. (While the chances of contracting the Wuhan coronavirus from food is low, there have been outbreaks affecting restaurant workers and patrons.) In fact, a major fast-food chain has announced its Flippy em- brace. As Fox Business reported July 14,

White Castle announced a pilot program [July 14] to help cook burgers and fries using a robot named Flippy. The fast-food chain and Miso ... have already been testing the robot’s ability to cook White Castle’s fried foods at one location. If the pilot is successful, White Castle may “hire” Flippy at more locations. ... Flippy is capable of cooking food, cleaning appli- Wikipedia/Dwstultz ances, switching kitchenware or appliances, timing its pro- Flippy the robot is a burger-flipping kitchen worker who does his cedures, recognizing and monitoring items, working up to job dutifully, never goes home, doesn’t get sick or take bathroom 10,000 continuous hours and taking orders and training breaks, and won’t unionize — and can be had for $3 an hour. He’s tips from staff. also a non-citizen who doesn’t need a visa and doesn’t care if you have a beef with his taking your job. The Los Angeles Times noted in February that Miso could Buck Jordan, the chief executive of the company that birthed “offer Flippys to fast-food restaurant owners for an estimated Flippy, Miso Robotics, had stated in February that the robot could $2,000 per month on a subscription basis, breaking down to appear widely in restaurants as soon as early 2021. But now it about $3 per hour. (The actual cost will depend on customers’ appears that the COVID-19 pandemic has improved Miso’s for- specific needs.)”

www.TheNewAmerican.com 7 Inside Track Biden’s “Climate Justice” Plan Includes Jail Time for Big Polluters Joe Biden intends to spend more than $2 trillion to transform trillion over the next ten years, leveraging additional private sector America’s energy infrastructure in order to address “environmen- and state and local investments to total to more than $5 trillion.” tal and climate justice,” according to a new plan rolled out by his The former vice president claims he would pay for his program campaign in July. by “reversing the excesses of the Trump tax cuts for corporations, Influenced by the recommendations penned by a unity task reducing incentives for tax havens, evasion, and outsourcing, en- force between his campaign and that of former primary rival Sen- suring corporations pay their fair share, closing other loopholes in ator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Biden’s climate-change plan would our tax code that reward wealth not work, and ending subsidies impose sweeping (and expensive) regulations, such as seeking to for fossil fuels.” make America “carbon-free” by 2035, instituting a federal green- Biden’s plan to meet a 100-percent clean-energy standard by energy jobs program, and establishing an Environmental and Cli- 2035 would have an undoubted effect on the coal and natural gas mate Justice Division to crack down on polluters. industries, which currently produce 63 percent of all electricity The Biden proposal would “make a federal investment of $1.7 in the country. Additionally, Biden wants to create an Environmental and Cli- mate Justice Division within the Department of Justice for crack- ing down on those who pollute the environment. The plan reads: “Biden will direct his EPA and DOJ to pursue these cases to the fullest extent permitted by law and, when needed, seek additional legislation to hold corporate executives personally accountable — including jail time where merited.” Joe Biden also pledges to create a New Deal-style “Civilian Climate Biden Corps,” which will perform various anti-climate change initiatives such as restoring wetlands, protecting water supplies, and planting trees. He touts it as a way of “creating more than a quarter million jobs immediately to clean up local economies.” Biden’s proposals are similar to an “environmental justice”

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City Council Unanimously Approves Reparations for Black People The city council of Asheville, North Carolina, voted 7-0 on July explained. “We need to be made whole in areas such as health- 14 in favor of a resolution that will give reparations to “black care, education, employment, criminal justice, business owner- Asheville” in the form of tax dollars targeted to the city’s black ship, home ownership and overall equity and, of course, genera- community. tional wealth.” The resolution calls for the city to establish a Community Rep- This new call for reparations is not limited to Asheville. The arations Commission, whose job will be to “make short, medium reparations movement in America has gained steam in the wake and long term recommendations that will make significant prog- of the death of Minneapolis criminal George Floyd while in po- ress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private lice custody in May. On July 15, Mayor Jorge Elorzsa of Provi- systemic racism.” dence, Rhode Island, signed an executive order that promises to The resolution — titled “Resolution Supporting Community pursue a “truth-telling and reparations process” in the city. Other Reparations for Black Asheville” — accuses white America in cities and states are also considering reparations legislation. n general and the City of Asheville in particular of unjustly enslav- ing, segregating, and incarcerating black people. The resolution’s chief proponent is Councilman Keith Young. Young claims that the resolution was necessary to combat the “systemic” racism that he believes exists in America today. “Reparations is a very complex issue and requires a solution that looks beyond a one-time payment or check,” Young told CBS News. “The same systemics that have allowed Confederate statues to go up and disparities in policing to continue are the very same systemics that recycle itself generation after generation.” “It’s set up to be something that will live beyond the current council and the current city manager to continually look at these issues that are affecting Black individuals in this country,” Young traveler1116/iStock/GettyImagesPlus

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Texas Senator Slams President Trump’s Citizenship Plan for 700,000 Illegals “There is zero constitutional authority for a president to create a road to citizenship by executive fiat. It was unconstitutional when Obama issued executive amnesty, and it would be a huge mistake if Trump tries to illegally expand it.” President Donald Trump indicated in an interview that he would cre- ate “a road to citizenship” for 700,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) strongly objected to such a plan. Ted Mayor Urges People to Stay Away Cruz From His City’s Popular Beaches “I never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d be telling tourists, GageSkidmore ‘Don’t Come to Our Beaches.’” In Corpus Christi, Texas, Mayor Joe McComb would ordinarily welcome tourists to his city’s popular beaches. But fear of spreading COVID-19 dramatically changed his attitude.

California Blacklists Idaho, Where Male Athletes Are Now Barred From Competing as Females “Where states legislate discrimination, California unambiguously speaks out. The state of Idaho has taken drastic steps to undermine the rights of the transgender community, preventing people from playing sports in school or having documentation that reflects their identity.” California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra proudly announced that all of California’s state agencies are henceforth forbidden to Xavier use state funds to travel to states with “discriminatory” practices, Becerra such as barring males who claim to be female from participating AP Images in female sporting events.

Colleges Face Faculty Refusals to Set Foot on Campuses “Until there’s a vaccine, I’m not setting foot on campus. Going into the classroom is like playing Rus- sian roulette.” An emeritus professor of political studies at Pitzer College in California, 70-year-old Dana Ward open- ly stated what many educators are thinking. College administrators are being forced by such a wide- spread attitude to cancel on-campus studies for the fall.

Black Lives Matter Leader Wants All Depictions of a White Jesus Taken Down “I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy.” A leader in the Black Lives Matter movement and a pronounced political liberal, Shaun King called for trashing all statues and pictures where Christ is portrayed as a white man.

Former White House Chief of Staff Condemns John Bolton’s Book “Bolton’s greatest transgression is not publishing a tell-all book, or even doing so while the president is still in office. Nor is it that he was apparently writing the book while still serving in the West Wing. Bolton’s cardinal sin is that he put himself before the president, be- fore service, and before the country. In doing so, he confirmed what those who worked with him already knew: Bolton was eager to ad- vance his own interests to the exclusion of everything else.” Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney pointed his ac- Mick cusing finger at the fired national security advisor and his book. n Mulvaney — Compiled by John F. McManus AP Images

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10 by William F. Jasper The nationalist vs. globalist conflict is not merely an he whole world has gone insane ideological struggle between shadowy, unidentifiable and the lunatics are in charge of T the asylum. At least it looks that forces; it is a struggle with organized globalists who have way to any rational person surveying the very real, identifiable, powerful organizations and networks escalating revolutions that have engulfed the planet in the year 2020. The revolu- operating incessantly to undermine and subvert our tions to which we refer are the COVID- constitutional Republic and our Christian-style civilization. 19 revolution and the Black Lives Matter revolution, which, combined, are wreak- ing unprecedented havoc and destruction — political, social, economic, moral, and spiritual — worldwide. As we will show, these two seemingly unrelated upheavals are very closely tied together, and are but the latest and most profound manifesta- tions of a global revolutionary transfor- mation that has been under way for many years. Both of these revolutions are being stoked and orchestrated by elitist forces that intend to unmake the United States of America and extinguish liberty as we know it everywhere. In his famous “Lectures on the French Revolution,” delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, the distinguished British historian and states- man John Emerich Dalberg, more com- monly known as Lord Acton, noted: “The appalling thing in the French Revolution is not the tumult, but the design. Through all the fire and smoke we perceive the evidence of calculating organization. The AP Images Comrades: Big Tech & Beijing — Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates meets with China’s communist managers remain studiously concealed leader Xi Jinping (right) at the Boao Forum in China’s Hainan province in 2013. In 2017, Gates and masked; but there is no doubt about was inducted into the elite Chinese Academy of Engineering. their presence from the first.” One of those revolutionary managers was Duke of Orleans Louis Philippe, the wealthiest parties), the megabanks and corporations, powerful organizations and networks man in France, head of the Grand Orient the think tanks, and academia — all with operating incessantly to undermine and masonic lodge, and cousin to King Louis the aim of sabotaging the pro-American subvert our constitutional Republic and XVI. Like George Soros, Bill Gates, Mi- agenda of Donald Trump and removing our Christian-style civilization. The pre- chael Bloomberg, and other billionaires him as president of the United States by mier organization leading this global- of today, Louis Philippe operated through any means necessary. ist effort is the New York City-based a Deep State network that provided the President Trump has correctly de- Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). It “calculating organization” that designed scribed the opposing forces in this con- is the “brain trust” and public face of and caused the murderous chaos and tu- flict as globalists vs. nationalists, and has the shadowy Deep State internationalists mult that engulfed revolutionary France. publicly cast his lot with the nationalists, who have been pushing to submerge the Since the 2016 U.S. presidential elec- announcing his “America First” position United States (and all other nation states) tions, the term “Deep State” has become and a refusal to yield America’s national under a world government for the past a popular expression referring to the pow- sovereignty to the United Nations or any century. As the accompanying charts on erful, murky forces operating throughout of its schemes for world government. pages 18-27 demonstrate, the CFR has the federal government, the major media, However, the nationalist vs. global- acquired unparalleled power and influ- the political establishment (of both major ist conflict is not merely an ideological ence not only in our government, but also struggle between shadowy, unidentifiable in virtually all of our society’s principal William F. Jasper is senior editor of forces; it is a struggle with organized glo- institutions. Unfortunately, many of the The New American. balists who have very real, identifiable, critics of the Deep State fail to mention www.TheNewAmerican.com 11 DEEP STATE

— whether out of ignorance or fear — the been that in a few short months not only COVID contact tracing; mandate vacci- central role of the Council in the Deep the United States of America but the entire nations and healthcare tracking in order State’s actions. But this is like whining world has lurched further into socialist- to work, travel, or engage in any com- about “organized crime” while refusing communist control than could have been merce; and much more. to mention the Mafia families by name. imagined by even the most far-sighted po- This sweeping revolution would not Or complaining about the evils of the litical seers. have been possible without the orchestra- narcotics trade while refusing to identify Governments at every level — local, tion provided by the CFR politicos and the drug cartels and their kingpins. We state, national — have rushed to imple- their academic, business, and media ac- will return further on for a brief history ment authoritarian (even totalitarian) mea- complices. They have relentlessly sown of how the Deep State CFR achieved sures that would be completely unthink- fear and hysteria to consolidate and per- its deep — and wide — penetration and able, except for the claim that these actions petuate this huge power grab, even though control. Before doing that, however, we are absolutely necessary to save humanity the actual findings of science, the real will look at the two revolutions referred from a uniquely deadly “pandemic.” medical facts, show that COVID-19 is to above, and the starring role the Council Politicians, bureaucrats, and “public nowhere near as deadly or contagious as on Foreign Relations has played in each health officials” have enthusiastically the fearmongers claim, and certainly not to topple the American system of govern- embraced their new COVID-19 powers serious enough to justify their dictatorial ment in favor of a socialist order both na- to close down virtually all normal human mandates. tionally and globally. activity; destroy millions of businesses In addition to lionizing Tedros Adha- and hundreds of millions of jobs; close nom, director-general of the UN’s World Tyranny Gone Viral completely or greatly shackle religious Health Organization (and one of Beijing’s For the first time in human history, the worship; totally take over and control most dependable cheerleaders), and Dr. entire world has been trapped in a global hospitals and healthcare; spend trillions Anthony Fauci, lead spokesman of the lockdown, at the behest of the United Na- of dollars; order everyone to adopt “soc­ White House Coronavirus Task Force, the tions’ World Health Organization. This ial distancing,” “isolation,” face-mask CFR media minions have ceaselessly pro- unprecedented action came about due to rules, and other social regimentation; moted the propaganda of the Bill & Me- the (supposedly unintentional) release of cancel or completely reorder elections; linda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates, one of a novel coronavirus by Xi Jinping and the hire hundreds of thousands of “contact the world’s richest billionaires, is a close Communist Party leadership of the Peo- tracers” and institute Orwellian monitor- comrade of Chinese dictator Xi Jinping ple’s Republic of China. The result has ing and surveillance under the guise of and has been inducted into the elite Chi- nese Academy of Engineering, an organ headed by “Premier” Li Kequiang, Chi- na’s “Number 2” communist boss. Besides being the largest nongov- ernmental funder of WHO, the Gates Foundation has obtained unparalleled influence over global health issues by pouring billions of dollars into national health agencies, medical research cen- ters, institutes, and universities around the globe that are promoting the COVID pandemic hysteria: Harvard, Johns Hop- kins, University of Washington, Emory, Yale, Scripps, Cambridge, Oxford, and many more. The foundation claims to be committing “more than $350 million for work on COVID-19 globally.” Cur- rent and former top Gates Foundation officials who are CFR members include Mark Suzman, Margaret Hamburg, and Christopher Elias. Bill Gates has written for the CFR journal Foreign Affairs, and Anthony Tedros Fauci Adhanom his foundation endowed the CFR’s Se- nior Fellow Chair for Global Health, now

National Institutes of Health Flickr.com/ITUpictures occupied by former advisor to the Gates Global medical mafia: Dr. Anthony Fauci, spokesman of the White House Coronavirus Task Foundation Thomas Bollyky. Gates is the Force, and Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) are principal funder of GAVI, the Global Al- the leading voices and faces of the CFR-UN-Beijing-Big Pharma pandemic dictatorship. liance of Vaccines and Immunizations,

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Revolution from above and below: While the CFR-led corporate-political-media mob attack our freedoms from their suites, the BLM/Antifa headed by CFR member Seth Berk- with the virus that the communist regime mobs they fund and promote (shown here in ley. The Gates Foundation is also a key unleashed on the planet. And, it just so Portland, Oregon) advance the agenda with funder of the Royal Institute of Interna- happens, each of these must-dos takea us violence in the streets. tional Affairs (aka Chatham House), the ever closer to resembling the Maoist dic- CFR’s globalist sister institute in Britain, tatorship of China’s “People’s Republic.” also for the Wall Street Journal op-ed by as are the Rockefeller, Soros, and Bloom- The enormity and influence of this CFR mega-globalist Henry Kissinger (CFR) berg foundations, all of which are joined propaganda operation defies exaggeration. titled “The Coronavirus Pandemic Will at the hip with the CFR. In the space we have here, we can cite only Forever Alter the World Order.” Ditto for The tie-in between U.S. and Chinese a tiny fraction out of many examples that Never-Trumper Max Boot, a CFR senior universities goes far beyond the Gates illustrate the “multiplier effect” of the fellow and one of the Deep State Wash- health initiatives. As The New American CFR’s strategic clout. ington Post’s window-dressing “conser- has been reporting for years, CFR mem- Take, for instance, Thomas J. Bollyky vatives.” bers and their corporations and hedge and Charles A. Kupchan, senior fellows Boot has used his Post column and his funds have been pouring billions of dol- at the CFR and professors at Georgetown Twitter feed to pound President Trump lars into both Chinese and U.S. universi- University. Bollyky, a former advisor to relentlessly for his alleged leadership ties, while China’s new Chinese Commu- the Gates Foundation and WHO, is much- failures regarding the virus epidemic nist Party-approved billionaires have been quoted these days in the CFR-dominant — and to promote the Beijing-Gates- doing the same, melding together a pro- mainstream media. In April 2020, Bol- WHO line. The same for CFR President China “convergence lobby” that promotes lyky and Kupchan teamed up to pen an Richard Haass, MSNBC commentators the Beijing line throughout academia. article for CNN entitled “Trump and Xi Joe Scarborough (CFR) and Mika Brze­ The China Medical Board, founded and must team up to fight Covid-19.” That zinski (CFR), CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is piece echoes (and is echoed by) articles (CFR), PBS’s Judy Woodruff (CFR), headed by Lincoln C. Chen (CFR), who, and media appearances by other CFR George Soros (CFR), science writer Lau- incredibly, told the U.S.-China Health luminaries that insist the COVID “cri- rie Garrett (CFR senior fellow), media Summit in March 2020, “It seems that sis” must be used to build “global health billionaire Michael Bloomberg (CFR), China has done everything right so far,” governance,” in unison with communist Blackstone CEO billionaire Stephen A. with regard to COVID-19. The U.S.-Chi- China. Schwarzman (CFR), Tom Frieden (CFR na Health Summit is chaired by William It is the same message sent by CFR senior fellow for global health and for- Haseltine (CFR). The CFR-Gates-WHO senior fellow (and CCP hack) Yanzhong mer head of the CDC under President choir dutifully regurgitates and promotes Huang, in an article for Foreign Affairs Obama), and dozens more of their CFR the party line dispensed by Beijing’s prop­ titled “The U.S. and China Could Cooper- confreres, who flood the globalist-run agandists, especially concerning what ate to Defeat the Pandemic: Instead, Their media empires with anti-Trump/pro-Bei- America and the world “must” do to deal Antagonism Makes Matters Worse.” Same jing COVID indoctrination.

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fascist tactics), the BLM revolutionar- ies have hijacked the outrage they have Many of the critics of the Deep State fail to mention fomented over America’s alleged insti- — whether out of ignorance or fear — the central role tutionalized racism to attack America’s foundations of Christianity, free-enter- of the Council in the Deep State’s actions. But this is prise capitalism, and limited government like whining about “organized crime” while refusing to under a constitutional republic. mention the Mafia families by name. In the matter of but a few weeks, the rule of law has been replaced by mob rule, as cowardly and/or traitorous political lead- ers have ordered police to stand down and allowed riotous thugs to run roughshod over the rights of the law-abiding and threaten the liberty and safety of all. Far from mollifying the rioters, each capitula- tion before the mob has only encouraged new outrages, as they follow the advice of French Revolutionist Georges-Jacques Danton to his fellow terrorists of Paris in 1792: “We need audacity, and yet more audacity, and always audacity!” The auda- cious demands of the BLM/Antifa mobs rapidly escalated from “reform the police” to “defund the police” and “abolish the police.” But it hasn’t stopped there. Unap- peased, the mobs intensified their frenzied attacks and demands: demanding trillions of dollars in race-based “reparations” and tearing down statues and monuments of everyone from Christopher Columbus to George Washington. But, like the COVID revolution, the BLM revolution could not possibly have succeeded in so rapidly rending our so- ciety’s fabric asunder without the crucial

AP Images “calculating organization” of many Deep Communist-capitalist convergence: Henry Kissinger (left), a David Rockefeller protégé and State operatives. To begin with, the BLM a luminary of the CFR-Trilateral Commission-Bilderberg Group globalists, at his secret 1971 crowds would never have even gotten off meeting with Chinese Premier Zho Enlai to begin the transformation of Communist China into a the ground except for the tens of millions global superpower. of dollars from George Soros (CFR) — and many millions more from CFR cor- Pressure From Above and Below the communities that the protesters/rioters porate and foundation spigots. Or con- While struggling with the fears, uncertain- claim to represent. sider, for instance, Stewart M. Patrick, ties, disruptions, and devastation brought The CFR-compliant Fake News media who is a CFR senior fellow and director on by the COVID revolution from above, conveniently ignore the fact that the found- of the organization’s International Insti- America and the world were slammed with ers and organizers of Black Lives Matter tutions and Global Governance Program, a second revolution from below: a racial (BLM) boast of being “trained Marxists,” as well as a prolific blogger, lecturer, and conflagration that used as an igniting pretext have laced their demands and propaganda media commentator. In his June 15 ar- the death of George Floyd, a black man, at with Marxist slogans and theory, and have ticle “Black Lives Matter — for Social the hands of a white Minneapolis police of- adopted communist terrorists/revolution- Justice, and for America’s Global Role,” ficer, on May 25. In response, across Amer- aries (Karl Marx, Mao Tse-tung, Vladi- he asserts, “The success of the Black ica cities burned. Day after day, week after mir Lenin, Che Guevara, Assata Shakur, Lives Matter movement is critical, not week, in dozens of cities, “protests” turned Angela Davis, and Mumia Abu Jamal) as only to achieve a more perfect union at into violent riots and looting. As usual, the their heroic symbols. Together with their home, but also to advance human liberty main casualties of the burning, destruction, mostly white, violence-prone, anarcho- and dignity worldwide.” Moreover, he and looting are the black and minority resi- communist allies of Antifa (who claim to cites anti-American socialist-communist dents, business owners, and employees of be anti-fascist, while employing textbook spokesmen at the UN as if to legitimize

14 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 outlandish charges of racism and human- rights violations in the United States. Or take CFR senior fellow David J. Scheffer, a law professor at Northwestern University and the Bill Clinton administra- tion’s main architect of the International Criminal Court, a UN institution aimed at stripping U.S. citizens of their constitution- al protections and subjecting them to the “justice” of the UN. He repeatedly slams our country’s allegedly ingrained “racism” and argues that we must accept “interna- tional law” under UN treaties to be good global citizens. These examples could be multiplied, literally, thousands of times. One of the CFR’s most potent (and dis- turbing) demonstrations of its clout has been its ability to bring out a string of retired gen- erals and admirals to openly criticize (or outright condemn) President Trump, espe- CFR.org cially concerning his statements and actions Tell us what to do and think: CFR President Richard Haass stands with Hillary Clinton (then in response to the BLM/Antifa rioting and secretary of state) in 2013 at one of her many appearances at the CFR, which, she said, is where revolution. Some of them even imply sedi- she and other officials “go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think.” tiously that they might favor a military coup to remove the president by force. One of the most outrageous appeals in this regard came from retired general John Allen (CFR, and now president of the leftist-globalist Brook- throughout our political, financial, indus- Rockefeller, Ford), the CFR was practi- ings Institution), who wrote a scathing trial, educational, cultural, military, and cally unknown outside of banking and po- anti-Trump, pro-BLM screed for the CFR- intelligence institutions. litical circles, even as its journal, Foreign aligned Foreign Policy journal. Another The Council began to take shape dur- Affairs, became the bible for government came from retired admiral William McRa- ing World War I. Following that confla- policy and its members assumed more and ven in the New York Times. More blasts have gration, the organized globalists attempted more control over our critical institutions. come from retired admiral James Stavridis to foist the League of Nations on a war- As the charts accompanying this article (CFR, now an officer in the globalist, im- weary world, as their “first try at World amply demonstrate, CFR members have mensely wealthy Carlyle Group) in Time, Order.” When the U.S. Senate balked at disproportionately laid claim not only to as well as retired admiral Michael Mullen ceding sovereignty to the League and our White House Oval Office, but also to (CFR) and retired general Michael Hayden refused to ratify the League treaty, the our National Security Council, our De- (CFR). Still more blistering attacks have globalists set about the long-term project partments of State, Treasury, and Defense come from generals James Mattis, Barry of creating the necessary organizational — and most other top Cabinet posts. McCaffrey, and others who are not CFR infrastructure that could gradually usurp John J. McCloy, a friend and advisor to members but have been given positions to control over America’s political levers of nine U.S. presidents and known as “the fire their salvos from CFR media platforms. power and provide the propaganda needed chairman of the Establishment,” served as This level of unprecedented seditious and to overcome Americans’ “obsession” with chairman of the CFR from 1953 to 1970. treasonous activity by general officers is freedom and independence. Formally In an interview with the New York Times, beyond outrageous, and indicates that the founded in 1921 with the financial back- he recalled the method by which he popu- insiders of the Deep State are pulling out all ing of Wall Street titans and globalist ideo- lated government ranks with CFR mem- stops to scuttle not only Donald Trump but logues, the CFR worked in the background bers. “Whenever we needed a man we the American Republic as well. and remained largely invisible to the gen- CFR, Club for Revolution eral public until the This incredible drama unfolding before 1970s. Although EXTRA COPIES AVAILABLE our eyes has not come about overnight. some of the most ➧ Additional copies of this issue of The It is the work of a “Deep State” cabal of famous American New American are available at quantity- ruling elites that has controlled both the fortunes bankrolled discount prices. To place your order, visit Democratic and Republican parties for the Council (J.P. www.shopjbs.org or see the card between decades, and has embedded its operatives Morgan, Carnegie, pages 34-35. www.TheNewAmerican.com 15 DEEP STATE thumbed through the roll of the Council mer FBI agent and constitutional scholar our nation has caused the CFR to mobi- members and put through a call to New Dan Smoot, None Dare Call It Conspiracy lize all of its immense resources to derail York,” McCloy said. by popular author Gary Allen, The Insid- him. Thus, its Fake News media armada More recently, Hillary Clinton has paid ers by John F. McManus, Kissinger on the (New York Times, Washington Post, Huf­ homage to the CFR’s influence. As Presi- Couch by Phyllis Schlafly and Admiral fington Post, Time, CNN, CBS, PBS, etc.) dent Obama’s secretary of state, she was Chester Ward, The Shadows of Power by and its Big Tech social-media controllers a featured speaker at the opening of the James Perloff, and In the Shadows of the (Google, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, In- CFR’s new Washington, D.C., headquar- Deep State by Arthur R. Thompson have stagram, etc.) have kept up a nonstop hate ters in 2009. “I have been often to … the lifted the lid on the Council’s activities, fest against Trump, while the CFR’s Deep mother ship in New York City, but it is revealing its unstinting support for com- State bureaucrats throughout the federal good to have an outpost of the Council munist regimes abroad, as well as support agencies sabotage the Trump agenda, and right here down the street from the State for Big Government programs at home. In the huge CFR-aligned corporations and Department,” she said. “We get a lot of ad- addition, the CFR has distinguished itself tax-exempt foundations lavish billions of vice from the Council,” Clinton continued, by dependably training all its big guns to dollars on left-wing AstroTurf organiza- “so this will mean I won’t have as far to attack and smear anti-communists, par- tions to give the appearance of popular go to be told what we should be doing and ticularly Senator Joseph McCarthy, other support for the fanatical “protesters.” how we should think about the future.” members of the House and Senate who Freedom has never been in greater Yes, the Council is much more than a mere were investigating communist activities, peril. The CFR revolution for world con- “think tank,” as it is usually described; it and patriotic organizations such as The trol is moving into its endgame phase, but has been picking our public officials and John Birch Society. These individuals and the globalists do not have all of the aces telling them what to think and what to do groups were being relentlessly smeared as they need. In fact, in their current haste for quite some time now. “racists,” “fascists,” and “Nazis” long be- and heavy-handedness they are stirring But, gradually, Americans have been fore Donald Trump was subjected to the a sleeping colossus. If enough liberty- getting wise to the CFR’s subversive, anti- same vicious label-lynching. minded patriots throw all of their efforts, American agenda. Books such as Tragedy The election of President Trump and his prayers, and resources into the battle now and Hope by Georgetown historian Carroll announced intention to reverse the suicid- to awaken, educate, and activate their fel- Quigley, The Invisible Government by for- al course on which the globalists had set low citizens, we can yet save freedom. n Your family. Your community. Your country. DO YOU WANT TO INFLUENCE THEIR FUTURE?

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“The whole world has gone insane and the lunatics — From the “Directing the Disorder” cover CFR MEMBERS are in charge of the asylum. At least it looks that way story by William F. Jasper on pages 10-16 of this issue to any rational person surveying the escalating revolu- IN EACH BRANCH tions that have engulfed the planet in the year 2020. Bill Jasper has exposed the CFR’s powerful influ- OF GOVERNMENT The revolutions to which we refer are the COVID-19 ence behind this year’s COVID-19 and Black Lives revolution and the Black Lives Matter revolution, Matter revolutions in this issue’s cover story. (See which, combined, are wreaking unprecedented havoc excerpts above.) Now we invite you to examine the and destruction — political, social, economic, moral, following lists and charts and verify for yourself the and spiritual — worldwide…. rising influence and dominance of the New York- EXECUTIVE The premier organization leading this globalist effort based, 5,100-member Council on Foreign Relations is the … Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). It is the (CFR) in government, the military, media, think tanks, National Security Council “brain trust” and public face of the shadowy Deep State consulting firms, nongovernmental organizations, and Secretary of Energy Dan R. Brouillette internationalists…. The CFR has acquired unparalleled healthcare. Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger power and influence not only in our government, but also If we are to restore and secure our God-given rights, United States Trade Representative Robert E. in virtually all of our society’s principal institutions…. and once again live the American Dream, we must Lighthizer Freedom has never been in greater peril. The CFR widely expose the CFR’s freedom-destroying domina- Deputy Assistant to the President, Senior Director for African Affairs Elizabeth E. Walsh revolution for world control is moving into its end- tion of our nation’s leading governmental and cultural game phase, but the globalists do not have all of the institutions! Homeland Security aces they need. If enough liberty-minded patriots Advisory Council Note: On the CFR chart for the various presidential administrations from Hoover Chairman William H. Webster throw all of their efforts, prayers, and resources into to Trump (see pages 23-27), we marked people as CFR members if they ever Member John R. Allen the battle now to awaken, educate, and activate their were a member. For example, Herbert Hoover did not join the CFR until after his Member Thad W. Allen presidency; nevertheless, because of his later membership, we have chosen to fellow citizens, we can yet save freedom.” mark him as a member. Member Norman R. Augustine Member Jane Harman Member James R. Jones Member Carie A. Lemack Member Jeff Moss U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Senior Advisor for Middle East and Africa Mona Navy Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad Yacoubian Office of the United States Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Senior Advisor on the USIP’s Task Force on Development, Vice Admiral Stuart B. Munsch Trade Representative Ambassadors Extremism in Fragile States Reuben E. Comoros — Michael P. Pelletier Commander, Special Operations Command United States Trade Representative Robert E. Brigety II Congo — Michael A. Hammer Central, Rear Admiral H. Wyman Howard III Lighthizer Senior Advisor on the USIP’s Task Force on India — Kenneth I. Juster Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven / Extremism in Fragile States Paul B. Stares Kuwait — Alina L. Romanowski Commander, Amphibious Force, U.S. Seventh State Department Director of East and Southeast Asia Programs Madagascar — Michael P. Pelletier Fleet, Rear Admiral Fred W. Kacher Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun Jennifer Staats Saudi Arabia — John P. Abizaid Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, Under Secretary of State for Economic Director of Program on Nonviolent Action Maria South Korea — Harry B. Harris Jr. Rear Admiral Peter A. Garvin Growth, Energy, and the Environment J. Stephan Keith J. Krach United Kingdom — Robert W. Johnson IV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Captain Director of Gender Policy and Strategy Kathleen Kevin M. Brand Assistant Secretary of State for: United States International R. Kuehnast • International Security and Nonproliferation Program Officer with the USIP’s Center for Air Force Christopher A. Ford Trade Commission Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein South and Central Asia Colin Cookman Special Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief • Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright of Staff, Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III Operations Denise Natali United States Institute of Peace Vice Commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Levant President and CEO Nancy Lindborg Defense Department Center, Brig. Gen. John M. Klein Jr. Affairs and Special Envoy for Syria Joel D. Chairman Emeritus J. Robinson West Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper Director, Air Force Security Assistance and Rayburn Chairman Stephen J. Hadley Senior China Analyst, USAF Reserve, Oriana Cooperation Directorate, Brig. Gen. Brian R. U.S. Special Representative for Syria Vice Chairman George E. Moose Skylar Mastro Bruckbauer Engagement and Special Envoy to the Global Board Member Stephen E. Biegun Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Maj. Gen. Coalition to Defeat ISIS James F. Jeffrey Board Member Stephen D. Krasner Joint Staff Brian M. Killough U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Senior Advisor Johnnie Carson Air Force — Director for Strategy, Plans and Commander of Second Air Force, Keesler Air Elliott Abrams Senior Policy Analyst for China Patricia M. Kim Policy Lt. Gen. David W. Allvin continued on page 19

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Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, Maj. Gen. Andrea D. Tullos Energy Smithsonian Institution U.S. House of Secretary of Energy Dan R. Brouillette Director of Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Representatives Senior China Analyst at the Pentagon and Under Secretary for Science Paul M. Dabbar Galleries Chase F. Robinson ACROSS THE LAND Political-Military Affairs Strategist at Pacific Air Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security Lisa E. Force (PACAF), Captain Oriana Skylar Mastro Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) Gordon-Hagerty Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.) Army Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and JUDICIAL Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Response Dr. Robert P. Kadlec Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg the United States Military Academy, West Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)* Transportation Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer Point and Officer in Charge of the West Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch* Point Model United Nations team, Major Rep. William B. Hurd (R-Texas) Kerney Scott Perlik Veterans Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) Other Cabinet LEGISLATIVE Rep. Brian J. Mast (R-Fla.) Departments Independent Agencies U.S. Senate Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Institutions Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) Treasury Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Justin G. Federal Reserve System Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) Muzinich Chairman Jerome H. Powell Senator Daniel R. Sullivan (R-Alaska) Rep. Donna E. Shalala (D-Fla.) Under Secretary for International Affairs Brent Vice Chairman Richard H. Clarida Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) J. McIntosh Governor Lael Brainard Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Monica Crowley

CFR MEMBERS IN THE MEDIA

The American Interest • Kori Schake • Andrea Mitchell Contributors Chairman and Co-Founder Francis Fukuyama • Amy B. Zegart • David E. Sanger • Melissa Chan Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Gedmin • Jerry Seib • Laurie Garrett Bloomberg • Kayla Tausche • Michael J. Green Editorial Board Founder and CEO Michael R. Bloomberg • Kenneth M. Pollack • Anne E. Applebaum Board Member Arthur Levitt Jr. The Daily Beast • Eliot A. Cohen Board Member Matthew Winkler Columnist Jonathan H. Alter Fox Corporation (Fox News, Fox • G. John Ikenberry Anchor David Westin Guest Contributor Kenneth M. Pollack Business, Fox Nation) • Stephen D. Krasner Co-Anchor of Bloomberg Surveillance Tom Chairman Rupert Murdoch* • Michael Mandelbaum Keene Devex Host of What Are the Odds? Kristen Soltis Founding President and Editor-in-Chief • Ruth Wedgwood Co-Anchor of Bloomberg Markets Vonnie Quinn Anderson Raj Kumar Contributing Editors Co-Anchor of Bloomberg Markets Matt Miller Anchor of Mornings with Maria and Maria • Larry Diamond Senior Editor Ethan Bronner Discovery, Inc. Bartiromo’s Wall Street Maria Bartiromo • Michael Mandelbaum Opinion Editor Nisid Hajari On the Case with Paula Zahn Producer and Political and Economic Analyst Edward Alden • Carla Anne Robbins Opinion Editor Romesh Ratnesar Host Paula A. Zahn Contributors American Spectator Bloomberg Businessweek (magazine) • Kristen Soltis Anderson Senior Editor Rose Brady Forbes • Newt Gingrich* Editor-in-Chief R. Emmett Tyrell Jr. Chief Content Officer Randall A. Lane Contributing Editor Grover G. Norquist • Dr. William Haseltine, Ph.D. BBC News • Mara Liasson Election Analyst Norman J. Ornstein Foreign Affairs Asian Affairs: CFR Vice President of Global Communications • Judith Miller An American Review China Security and Media Relations Lisa Shields • Deroy Murdock Editorial Board Member Jonathan D. Pollack Editorial Board Member Jonathan D. Pollack Editor and Peter G. Peterson Chair Gideon Rose • Kenneth M. Pollack Book Reviewers • Kiron K. Skinner Associated Press Commentary • Richard N. Cooper • Jessica Tarlov Board Member Isaac Lee Editor-at-Large John Podhoretz • G. John Ikenberry • Robert Wolf The Atlantic Corporation for Public • Jessica T. Mathews Chairman David G. Bradley • Andrew Moravcsik The Globalist Broadcasting Contributor Angela E. Stent Founder and President Laurene Powell Jobs Chairman Bruce M. Ramer Guest Contributors National Correspondent and Staff Writer James NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff • Thomas J. Bollyky Harper’s Magazine Fallows NewsHour Foreign Affairs and Defense • G. John Ikenberry Editor Emeritus Lewis H. Lapham Staff Writers Correspondent Nick Schifrin • Zachary Karabell • Anne E. Applebaum NewsHour Political and Economic Analyst • Kenneth M. Pollack Harvard Business Review Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius • Barton Gellman Edward Alden Contributing Writers Washington Week in Review panelists: Foreign Policy Editor in Chief Jonathan Tepperman The Hill • Eliot A. Cohen • Margaret M. Brennan Regular Contributor Daniel F. Runde Former Editor in Chief Moisés Naím • Zachary Karabel • Susan Davis Senior Advisor Antoine Van Agtmael • Yascha Mounk • Jonathan Karl Journal of Contemporary China Deputy News Editor and Senior Correspondent Editorial Board Member Jonathan D. Pollack • Norman J. Ornstein • Mark A. Landler • Kenneth M. Pollack Michael P. Hirsh continued on page 20 *Justice Neil Gorsuch, Rep. Mike Gallagher, Rupert Murdoch, and Newt Gingrich are former CFR members and no longer appear on the CFR’s membership roster.

www.TheNewAmerican.com 19 continued from page 19 CFR MEMBERS IN THE MEDIA Journal of the American Medical Association Board of Directors Contributors Contributor Thomas J. Bollyky • James R. Murdoch • Melissa Chan Wall Street Journal • Walter S. Isaacson Korean Journal of Defense Analysis Senior Editor Warren Bass • Angelina Jolie Editorial Board Member Jonathan D. Pollack Executive Washington Editor Jerry Seib • Jon Meacham National Security Correspondent Michael R. Gordon Los Angeles Times Global View Columnist Walter Russell Mead Townsquare Media, Inc. Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine Executive Chairman Steven Price Editor of the Editorial Pages Sewell Chan The New Yorker Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Goldberg Contributors Univision Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer Jonathan D. Schwartz Contributor Zachary Karabell • Mattathias Schwartz Columnist Doyle McManus • Zachary Karabell USA Today Member of the Board of Contributors David A. Andelman Miami Herald New York Post Columnist and Oppenheimer Report Host Andrés Oppenheimer Columnists U.S. News & World Report • John Podhoretz Publisher and Editor Mortimer B. Zuckerman Middle East Quarterly • Seth Lipsky Publisher Daniel Pipes Executive Chairman Eric Gertler The New York Review of Books ViacomCBS Motion Picture Association Contributors Chairman and CEO Charles H. Rivkin Political Contributor and former Face the Nation Anchor Bob Michael A. McFaul Schieffer The Nation CBS News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Face the United Nations Correspondent Barbara Crossette The New York Times Company Nation Moderator Margaret M. Brennan New York Times (newspaper) CBS News Correspondent Jacqueline Adams Managing Editor Joseph Kahn National Association for Science Writers CBS News Contributor Nicholas Thompson Member Laurie Garrett Assistant Managing Editor, International Michael Slackman CBSN Anchor and Correspondent Reena Ninan Editor, National Security and Foreign Policy Thom Shanker CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Martha A. Teichner National Public Radio (NPR) Chief Washington Correspondent and National Security All Things Considered Host Mary Louise Kelly 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl Correspondent David E. Sanger Weekend Edition Sunday Host Lulu Garcia-Navarro 60 Minutes Contributor Sanjay K. Gupta, M.D. Foreign Affairs Op-Ed Columnist Thomas L. Friedman International Correspondent Deborah Amos Reporter & Editor-at-Large Andrew Ross Sorkin Religion and Belief Correspondent Tom Gjelten Walt Disney Company London Bureau Chief Mark A. Landler (Owner of ABC) Correspondent and Video Host Elise Hu Editorial Board Member Carol Giacomo Board Members Correspondent Mara Liasson Former Deputy National Editor Ethan Bronner • Michael Froman Special Correspondent Dina Temple-Raston Former Military and Diplomacy Correspondent Michael R. • Maria Elena Lagomasino Congressional Reporter Susan Davis Gordon ABC News Political and Economic Analyst Edward Alden Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof Chief Anchor George R. Stephanopoulos The National Interest Columnist Steven L. Rattner Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl Publisher Dimitri K. Simes New York Times Magazine Contributing Editor Kenneth M. Pollack Contributing Writer Kwame Anthony Appiah The Washington Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Alexander T. J. Lennon Contributing Writer Mattathias Schwartz National Journal Editorial Board President Kevin Turpin II The New York Sun • Michael E. Brown Senior Vice President for Product Strategy & Consulting Luke Founder and Editor Seth Lipsky • Karen Donfried Hartig • Michael J. Green (Nuestra Tele Noticias 24), Colombian free-to-air Political Analyst Charles Cook NTN24 • Kenneth M. Pollack television news channel Research Analyst Jackie Sirc • G. John Ikenberry Efecto Naím Host Moisés Naím Contributing Editor and Columnist Norman J. Ornstein • Michael A. McFaul Politico Magazine • Joseph S. Nye Jr. National Review Contributing Editors • Meghan O’Sullivan Board of Directors • Ian Bremmer • Mitchell B. Reiss • John Hillen • David Greenberg • Ashley J. Tellis Contributors • Zachary Karabell • Fareed Zakaria • Eliot A. Cohen • Vin Weber Proceedings/U.S. Naval Institute Warner Media, LLC. Board Members CNN NBCUniversal • Chair Robert O. Work Senior Global Affairs Analyst Bianna Golodryga Chairman Cesar Conde • Chair Emeritus Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.) 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• Alan R. Batkin • Jonathan R. Stromseth • Bob Schieffer American Association for the • Richard C. Blum • Strobe Talbott • Brent Scowcroft Advancement of Science • Howard E. Cox • Caitlin Talmadge • Frederick W. Smith Board Member Robert B. Millard • Steven A. Denning • Daniel K. Tarullo • Frances Fragos Townsend • Kenneth M. Duberstein • Shibley Telhami Corporate Officers American Enterprise Institute • Ann M. Fudge • Susan A. Thornton • President and CEO John J. Hamre Board of Trustees • William A. Haseltine • Zach Vertin • Vice President and Director, Diversity and • Ravenel B. Curry III • Donald F. McHenry • David G. Victor Leadership in International Affairs Project • John V. Faraci • Steven L. Rattner • John Villasenor Talia Dubovi • Bruce S. Kovner • James D. Robinson III • Tamara Cofman Wittes • Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski • John A. Luke Jr. • Daniel H. Yergin • Janet L. Yellen Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, Officers Lifetime Trustees and Director, Middle East Program Jon B. • Director of Foreign and Defense • Chairman Emeritus James A. Johnson Alterman Policy Kori Schake Carnegie Endowment • Chairman Emeritus David M. Rubenstein for International Peace • Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan National Council • Chairman Emeritus John L. Thornton Chair Michael J. Green • Russell L. Carson Leadership • Kenneth W. Dam • President William J. Burns • Senior Vice President, Simon Chair in Politi- • Kerry Murphy Healey • Thomas E. Donilon cal Economy, and Senior Adviser for Asian • Kenneth A. Hersh • Vice President for Studies Evan A. Feigen- • Cyrus F. Freidheim baum Economics Matthew P. Goodman • H. Lee S. Hobson • Henry Louis Gates Jr. • Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger • Allan B. Hubbard • Vice President for Studies Andrew S. 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Call 1-800-727-TRUE to subscribe today! 21 continued from page 21 CFR MEMBERS IN THINK-TANKS, CONSULTING FIRMS, AND NGOS Advisory Council Carol C. Adelman • Joshua Shifrinson • Evan G. Greenberg • Jack David Institute for the Analysis of • Michael H. Van Dusen • Bob Kerrey • Douglas J. Feith Global Security • John Van Oudenaren USESC Co-Founder Robert C. McFarlane • John D. Negroponte • Bruce P. Jackson • Robin Wright From 1929Adviser Kenneth M. Pollack to Present (continued) RISING CFR INFLUENCE:• Lee A. Feinstein • Melanie Kirkpatrick • Earl Anthony Wayne • R. Pickering • Marie-Josée Kravis Kissinger Associates, Inc. • Samuel F. Wells Jr. Directors • Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr. Chairman Henry A. Kissinger • Kenneth S. Yalowitz CFR members in the last 15 State Departments are indicated below by bold• Senior Director italicized on China and the Pacific Lt.type. • Tod Lindberg Vice Chairman Robert D. Hormats • Ricardo Zúñiga General Wallace C. Gregson Jr. • Director for Chinese Strategy President Jami Miscik • Senior Director of Regional Security Pro- Michael Pillsbury 1929-1933 1933-1945 1945-1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 1969-1977Vice President Alan R. Batkin 1977-1981 1981-1989 1989-1993 1993-2001 2001-2009 2009-2017 2017-Present grams Geoffrey Kemp • Mario Mancuso Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg Cordell Hull James F. Byrnes John Foster Dulles Dean Rusk Dean• Japan Rusk Chair H.R. McMaster WilliamLondon P. Rogers Center for Cyrus R. Vance Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. James A. Baker III Warren Christopher Colin L. Powell Hillary R. Clinton Rex W. Tillerson Henry L. Stimson Edward R. Stettinius Jr. George C. Marshall Christian A. Herter The Century Foundation • Russell Mead HenryPolicy A. Kissinger Research Edmund S. Muskie HEALTHGeorge AND P. Schultz Lawrence S. Eagleburger Madeleine J. K. Albright Condoleezza Rice John F. Kerry Michael R. Pompeo Dean G. Acheson Board of Trustees • Heather Nauert Senior Fellow Monica Crowley • Jonathan H. Alter MEDICAL Under Secretary/Deputy J. Reuben Clark Jr. William Phillips Dean G. Acheson Walter B. Smith Chester B. Bowles George• William W. R. RhodesBall Elliot SeniorL. Richardson Fellow Deroy Murdock Warren M. Christopher William P. Clark Jr. Lawrence S. Eagleburger Clifton R. Wharton Jr. Richard L. Armitage John D. Negroponte John J. Sullivan Secretary of State Joseph P. Cotton B. Sumner Welles Robert A. Lovett Herbert Hoover Jr. • LewisGeorge B. Kaden W. Ball Nicholas• Nadia Schadlow deB. Katzenbach John N. Irwin II INSTITUTIONSWalter J. Stoessel AND Jr. Strobe Talbott Robert B. Zoellick James B. Steinberg Stephen E. Biegun William R. Castle Jr. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. James E. Webb Christian A. Herter • Bob Kerrey • William Schneider Jr. D. KennethNew America Rush Kenneth W. Dam John D. Negroponte William J. Burns Joseph C. Grew David K. E. Bruce C. Douglas Dillon • Richard Ravitch • Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III RobertCEO S. Anne-Marie Ingersoll Slaughter ORGANIZATIONSJohn C. Whitehead Antony J. Blinken Experts (USAF) Charles W. Robinson • Daniel P. Benaim Under Secretary of State DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Robert D. Murphy Livingston T. Merchant W. Averell Harriman U. AlexisU.S. Johnson Naval Institute Philip C. Habib David D. Newsom Michael H. Armacost Peter Tarnoff Marc I. Grossman William J. Burns Thomas A. Shannon Jr. for Political Affairs Livingston T. Merchant • BartonGeorge Gellman C. McGhee EugeneInternational V. D. Rostow Republican InstituteWilliamBoard J. Porter of Directors David D. Newsom Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Robert M. Kimmitt Thomas R. Pickering R. Nicholas Burns Wendy R. Sherman Stephen D. Mull • StephenW. Averell Schlesinger Harriman Board of Directors Joseph• JohnChair Robert Sisco O. Work Lawrence S. Eagleburger Arnold L. Kanter William J. Burns David M. Hale • Daniel Weiss • Chairman U.S. Senator Daniel R. Sullivan Philip C.• Chair Habib Emeritus Admiral James G. Michael H. Armacost (R-Alaska) Under Secretary of State DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Curtis W.Stavridis, Tarr USN (Ret.) Lucy Wilson BensonACCESS HealthJames International L. Buckley Reginald Bartholomew Lynn E. Davis John D. Holum Ellen O’Kane Tauscher Thomas M. Countryman • U.S. Representative Kay Granger (R-Texas) for Arms Control and Freeman Spogli Institute for William• H.Admiral Donaldson Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.)Matthew NimetzExecutive LeadershipWilliam Schneider Jr. Frank G. Wisner John D. Holum John R. Bolton Rose E. Gottemoeller C.S. Eliot Kang International Security International Studies at Stanford • James T. Kolbe Carlyle• E.Christine Maw H. Fox Chair and PresidentEdward William Haseltine, J. Derwinski Ph.D. Robert G. Joseph Thomas M. Countryman Christopher A. Ford Affairs University • Lt. General H. R. McMaster, U.S. Army (Ret.) • Kathleen H. Hicks Board of Directors John C. Rood Andrea L. Thompson Director and Senior Fellow Michael • Kristen Silverberg Board of Trustees • Chair and President William Haseltine, Ph.D. Christopher A. Ford A. McFaul • Frances Fragos Townsend • Margaret Crotty Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Dean Rusk John D. Hickerson Harlan Cleveland Harlan Cleveland Joseph• JohnVice Chair Sisco Michael M. WisemanSamuel W. Lewis Elliott Abrams Richard S. Williamson Douglas J. Bennet, Jr. Kim R. Holmes Esther D. Brimmer Kevin E. Moley Director, Stanford Internet Observatory • Olin L. Wethington State for International John D. Hickerson Robert D. Murphy Joseph John Sisco Samuel De Palma Charles W. Maynes• Robert D. HormatsGregory J. Newell John R. Bolton Princeton N. Lyman Kristen Silverberg Bathsheba N. Crocker Organization Affairs David McK. Key Alex Stamos Experts DavidWashington H. Popper Institute forRichard Lee McCall Jr. Alan L. Keyes C. David Welch Brian H. Hook Francis O. Wilcox Faculty Lecturers/Professors • Chief Operations Officer Daniel W. Fisk WilliamNear B. BuffumEast Policy Richard S. Williamson • Michael H. Armacost International Advisory Council SamuelBoard W. ofLewis Directors American College of Physicians Research Fellows • Coit D. Blacker • Paula J. Dobriansky • Chairman Emeritus Howard P. Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST Nelson A. Rockefeller Nelson A. Rockefeller John M. Cabot Thomas C. Mann Edwin M. Martin Charles A. Meyer Harry W. Shlaudeman• Adel A.F. Mahmoud,Thomas M.D. O. Enders Bernard W. Aronson Bernard W. Aronson Peter F. Romero Thomas A. Shannon Jr. Kimberly Breier • Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Berkowitz State for Western Spruille Braden Henry F. Holland Robert F. Woodward Thomas C. Mann Jack B. Kubisch Terence A. Todman• Margaret Hamburg,Langhorne M.D. A. Motley Alexander F. Watson Otto J. Reich Arturo A. Valenzuela Hemisphere Affairs Edward G. Miller Jr. Roy Richard Rubottom Jr. • EileenEdwin C. Donahoe M. Martin JackNational Hood Democratic Vaughn Institute William• D.Chairman Rogers Emeritus Martin J. GrossViron P. Vaky Elliott Abrams Jeffrey S. Davidow Roger F. Noriega Roberta S. Jacobson Thomas C. Mann • Rose E. Gottemoeller A.Board Lincoln of Directors Gordon Harry W.• Senior Shlaudeman Vice President Walter P.William Stern G. Bowdler Peter F. Romero Thomas A. Shannon Jr. • Stephen D. Krasner Covey• Chairman T. Oliver Madeleine K. Albright • Executive Director Robert Satloff Centers for Disease Control and • Brett H. McGurk • Vice Chair Thomas A. Daschle • Roger Hertog Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST George W. Perkins Jr. Livingston T. Merchant Foy D. Kohler William R. Tyler John M. Leddy Arthur A. Hartman George S. Vest Rozanne L. Ridgway Thomas M.T. Niles James F. Dobbins Jr. Philip H. Gordon A. Wess Mitchell • Scott D. Sagan • Vice Chair Marc B. Nathanson Prevention (CDC) State for European and James W. Riddleberger William R. Tyler John M. Leddy MartinFellows J. Hillenbrand George S. Vest Former Director (2009Lawrence – 2017) Tom S. EagleburgerFrieden, Raymond G. H. Seitz Stephen A. Oxman A. Elizabeth Jones Victoria J. Nuland • Jeremy M. Weinstein • Chairman Emeritus Walter F. Mondale Eurasian Affairs C. Burke Elbrick Walter •J. Simon Stoessel Henderson Jr. M.D. Richard R. Burt Thomas M.T. Niles Richard C. A. Holbrooke Daniel Fried Livingston T. Merchant • Amy B. Zegart • Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes Arthur •A. Matthew Hartman A. Levitt Rozanne L. Ridgway John C. Kornblum Walter C. Dowling Experts • Bernard W. Aronson • David Makovsky Marc I. Grossman Foy D. Kohler • Coit D. Blacker • J. Brian Atwood Adjuncts Coalition for Epidemic James F. Dobbins Jr. • Larry Diamond • Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Dean Rusk John M. Allison J. Graham Parsons Roger Hilsman Jr. William• P.J. ScottBundy Carpenter Arthur W. Hummel Jr. John H. Holdridge Gaston J. Sigur Jr. William Clark Jr. James A. Kelly Christopher R. Hill Daniel R. Russel • Howard L. Berman Preparedness Innovations State for East Asian and W. Walton Butterworth Walter S. Robertson • JamesWalter D. Fearon P. McConaughy Jr. William P. Bundy Marshall• SarahGreen J. Feuer Richard C. A. HolbrookeChair of the Joint CoordinatingPaul D. Wolfowitz Group Margaret Richard L. Armitage Winston Lord Christopher R. Hill Kurt M. Campbell W. Patrick Murphy Pacific Affairs John M. Allison J. Graham Parsons • FrancisW. Averell Fukuyama Harriman • Richard C. Blum G. McMurtrie Godley Hamburg, M.D. Gaston J. Sigur Jr. Richard H. Solomon Stanley O. Roth Daniel R. Russel David R. Stilwell • SiegfriedRoger S. HilsmanHecker Jr. • Johnnie Carson RobertWorld S. Ingersoll Press Institute William Clark Jr. • Colin H. Kahl • Jim O’Brien PhilipVice C. PresidentHabib and Director • Lt. General H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army (Ret.) • Nancy H. Rubin Arthur ClaudeW. Hummel Erbsen Jr Global Health Policy • Maurice Tempelsman Assistant Secretary DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST George C. McGhee Henry A. Byroade • CondoleezzaG. Lewis Rice Jones W. Phillips Talbot ParkerBoard T. Hart Member James Fallows Alfred L. AthertonCenter Jr. at the NicholasCSIS A. Veliotes Richard W. Murphy Robert H. Pelletreau Jr. William J. Burns Jeffrey D. Feltman David Schenker of State for Near Henry A. Byroade George V. Allen • JeremyW. Phillips M. Weinstein Talbot Raymond• Maureen WhiteA. Hare Joseph John Sisco Harold H. SaundersDirector J. StephenRichard Morrison W. Murphy John Hubert Kelly Martin S. Indyk C. David Welch Anne W. Patterson Eastern Affairs William M. Rountree • Amy B. Zegart SeniorLucius Advisory D. Battle Committee AlfredWoodrow L. Atherton Wilson Jr. International Edward P. Djerejian Edward S. Walker Jr. G. Lewis Jones Parker• Bill Bradley T. Hart Center for Scholars • Christopher J. Dodd Board of Trustees Harvard Medical School UN Ambassador DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. GeorgeAdlai W. E. Bush Stevenson II Adlai E. Stevenson II Charles W. Yost Andrew J. Young Jr. Jeane D. Kirkpatrick Thomas R. Pickering Edward J. Perkins John D. Negroponte Zalmay M. Khalilzad Nikki Haley Presidential Center • Richard A. Gephardt • Peter J. Beshar Associate Professor of Medicine Vanessa B. Warren R. Austin James J. Wadsworth Arthur J. Goldberg George H. W. Bush Donald F. McHenryKerry, M.D. Vernon A. Walters Edward J. Perkins Madeleine J. K. Albright John C. Danforth Susan E. Rice Kelly D. K. Craft Board of Directors George• Donald W. F. McHenry Ball John StaffA. Scali Leadership William B. Richardson III John R. Bolton Samantha J. Power • Kenneth A. Hersh James• Chuck Russell Robb Wiggins Daniel •Patrick President Moynihan and CEO Jane Harman Richard C. A. Holbrooke Zalmay M. Khalilzad • Jeanne L. Phillips Headquarter Leadership William• W.Senior Scranton Vice President and Director Institute for Health Metrics Leadership • Director for Democracy and Technology of International Security Studies Ambassador to NATO DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST William H. Draper Jr. William H. Draper Jr. W. Randolph Burgess Thomas K. Finletter Harlan Cleveland Robert Strausz-Hupé W. Tapley Bennett Jr. Alton G. Keel Jr. Reginald Bartholomew Alexander R. Vershbow Kurt D. Volker Kay Bailey Hutchison Moira Whelan and Evaluation at the University John C. Hughes • PresidentThomas and CEOK. Finletter Kenneth A. Hersh Harlan Cleveland Robert F.Robert Ellsworth S. Litwak W. Tapley Bennett Jr. David M. Abshire William H. Taft IV Robert E. Hunter R. Nicholas Burns Ivo H. Daalder George W. Perkins Jr. • Director, Bush Institute-Southern Methodist Ambassadors Circle David M.• Director, Kennedy Asia Program Abraham of WashingtonAlton G. Keel Jr. Reginald Bartholomew Alexander R. Vershbow Victoria J. Nuland Douglas E. Lute Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences W. Randolph Burgess University Economic Growth Initiative J. H. • Jeffrey L. Bleich Donald H.M. DenmarkRumsfeld Kurt D. Volker Cullum Clark • Mark F. Brzezinski DavidExperts K. E. Bruce Vin Gupta, M.D. Advisors and Fellows • Ertharin Cousin Robert• Strausz-Hupé Daniel P. Ahn • Nicole M. Bibbins Sedaca • Charles H. Rivkin • Peter I. Belk Ambassador to the DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST W. Walton Butterworth John W. Tuthill J. Robert Schaetzel Deane R. HintonNational AcademicThomas of MedicineO. Enders Alfred H. Kingon James F. Dobbins Jr. Richard L. Morningstar William E. Kennard Gordon Sondland European Union • VictorJohn D. Cha W. Tuthill J.• RobertTod Sedgwick Schaetzel Joseph• A.Ruth Greenwald Greenspan Bell Thomas O. EndersForeign Secretary MargaretGeorge Hamburg, S. Vest M.D. Thomas M. Niles Stuart E. Eizenstat Rockwell A. Schnabel Anthony L. Gardner Deane •R. Alan Hinton D. Bersin J. William Middendorf James F. Dobbins Jr. A. Vernon Weaver C. Boyden Gray Global Justice Center United States Energy • Abraham M. Denmark Alfred H. Kingon Richard L. Morningstar Kristen Silverberg President Akila Radhakrishnan Security Council • Jill Dougherty Resolve to Save Lives Ambassador to the Alanson B. Houghton Andrew W. Mellon John G. Winant Winthrop W. Aldrich David K. E. Bruce David K. E. Bruce David K. E. Bruce Anne L. Armstrong Kingman Brewster Jr. Charles H. Price II Raymond G. H. Seitz Philip Lader Robert H. Tuttle Robert W. Johnson IV • Norman R. Augustine • Haleh Esfandiari President and CEO Tom Frieden, M.D. United Kingdom Charles G. Dawes Robert Worth Bingham W. Averell Harriman John Hay Whitney Walter H. Annenberg Kingman Brewster Jr. John J. Louis Jr. Henry E. Catto Jr. Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. William S. Farish III Louis B. Susman • Gen. Wesley Clark, U.S. Army (Ret.) Andrew W. Mellon Joseph P. Kennedy Lewis W. Douglas Hudson Institute Elliot L.• BenjaminRichardson N. Gedan Charles H. Price II Raymond G. H. Seitz Philip Lader Robert H. Tuttle Matthew W. Barzun Leadership John G. Winant Walter S. Gifford • C. Boyden Gray Anne L.• SherriArmstrong Goodman Seed Global Health • Senior Vice President Lewis Libby • Alan Greenspan • Jane Harman NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Malcolm Toon Founder and CEO Vanessa B. Kerry, M.D. James F. Collins John R. Beyrle John F. Tefft Ambassador to William Christian Bullitt Jr. W. Averell Harriman Charles E. Bohlen Board Llewellynof Trustees E. Thompson Jr. Foy• John D. F.Kohler Lehman Jacob •D. John Beam Hamilton Arthur A. Hartman Jack F. Matlock Jr. Robert S. Strauss Russia/USSR Joseph E. Davies Gen. Walter B. Smith Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. Foy D. Kohler Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Thomas J. Watson Jr. Jack F. Matlock Jr. Robert S. Strauss Thomas R. Pickering Alexander R. Vershbow Michael A. McFaul Jon M. Huntsman Jr. • Chairman Emeritus Walter P. Stern • William J. Perry • Jan H. Kalicki Laurence A. Steinhardt Adm. Alan G. Kirk James F. Collins William J. Burns John F. Tefft John J. Sullivan • Chair Marie-Josée Kravis • James G. Roche Adm. William H. Standley George F. Kennan • Robert S. Litwak U.S. Food and Drug John R. Beyrle • Jack David W. Averell Harriman • George P. Shultz • Oriana Skylar Mastro Administration Experts • Aaron David Miller Commissioner (2009 – 2015) Margaret Chief U.S. Liaison/ DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS • DirectorNO DIPLOMATICof the Center for RELATIONSGlobal Prosperity NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS David K.• Diana E. Bruce V. Negroponte Thomas S. GatesHamburg, Jr. M.D. Leonard F. Woodcock Winston Lord J. Stapleton Roy Joseph W. Prueher Jon M. Huntsman Jr. Terry E. Branstad Ambassador to the George H. W. Bush Leonard F. Woodcock Arthur W. Hummel Jr. James R. Lilley James R. Sasser Clark T. Randt Jr. Gary Locke People’s Republic of Thomas S. Gates Jr. Winston Lord J. Stapleton Roy Joseph W. Prueher Max Baucus China (Communist China) 22 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020

RISING CFR INFLUENCE: From 1929 to Present The historic dominance of the Council on Foreign Relations over the government of the United States. CFR members in the last 15 presidential administrations are indicated below by bold italicized type.

1929-1933 1933-1945 1945-1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 1969-1977 1977-1981 1981-1989 1989-1993 1993-2001 2001-2009 2009-2017 2017-Present

President Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon (’69-’74) James E. Carter Ronald W. Reagan George H. W. Bush William J. Clinton George W. Bush Barack H. Obama Donald J. Trump Gerald R. Ford (’74-’77) Vice President Charles Curtis John Nance Garner Alben W. Barkley Richard M. Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey Spiro T. Agnew Walter F. Mondale George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle Albert Gore Jr. Richard B. Cheney Joseph R. Biden Jr. Michael R. Pence Henry Wallace Gerald R. Ford Harry S. Truman Nelson Rockefeller CIA Director DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Sidney W. Souers Gen. Walter Bedell Smith Allen W. Dulles John A. McCone Richard M. Helms Adm. Stansfield Turner William J. Casey William H. Webster R. James Woolsey George J. Tenet Gen. Michael V. Hayden John Brennan Hoyt S. Vandenberg Allen W. Dulles John A. McCone Adm. William F. Raborn Jr. James R. Schlesinger William H. Webster Robert M. Gates John M. Deutch Porter J. Goss Leon E. Panetta Mike Pompeo Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Richard M. Helms William E. Colby George J. Tenet Gen. Michael V. Hayden Gen. David H. Petraeus Gina Haspel Gen. Walter Bedell Smith George H. W. Bush John Brennan National Security Advisor DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Robert Cutler McGeorge Bundy McGeorge Bundy Henry Kissinger Zbigniew Brzezinski Richard V. Allen Brent Scowcroft W. Anthony Lake Condoleezza Rice Gen. James L. Jones Gen. Michael T. Flynn Dillon Anderson Walt W. Rostow Brent Scowcroft William P. Clark Samuel R. Berger Stephen J. Hadley Thomas E. Donilon Gen. Herbert R. McMaster William H. Jackson Robert C. McFarlane Susan E. Rice John R. Bolton Gordon Gray John M. Poindexter Robert C. O’Brien Jr. Frank C. Carlucci III Gen. Colin L. Powell National Economic DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Edwin G. Nourse Arthur F. Burns Walter W. Heller Walter W. Heller Paul W. McCracken Charles L. Schultze Murray L. Weidenbaum Michael J. Boskin Laura D’Andrea Tyson R. Glenn Hubbard Christina D. Romer Kevin A. Hassett Advisor Leon H. Keyserling Raymond J. Saulnier Gardner Ackley Herbert Stein Martin Feldstein Joseph E. Stiglitz N. Gregory Mankiw Austan D. Goolsbee Arthur M. Okun Alan Greenspan Beryle W. Sprinkel Janet L. Yellen Harvey S. Rosen Alan B. Krueger Martin N. Baily Ben S. Bernanke Jason Furman Edward P. Lazear

Secretary of Health, DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Ovetta Culp Hobby Abraham A. Ribicoff Anthony J. Celebrezze Robert H. Finch Joseph A. Califano Jr. Richard S. Schweiker Louis W. Sullivan Donna E. Shalala Tommy G. Thompson Kathleen Sebelius Thomas E. Price Education, and Welfare/ Marion B. Folsom Anthony J. Celebrezze John W. Gardner Elliot L. Richardson Patricia Roberts Harris Margaret M. Heckler Michael O. Leavitt Sylvia M. Burwell Alex Azar Secretary of Health and Arthur S. Flemming Wilbur J. Cohen Caspar W. Weinberger Otis R. Bowen Human Services F. David Matthews Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon William H. Woodin Henry Morgenthau Jr. George M. Humphrey C. Douglas Dillon C. Douglas Dillon David M. Kennedy W. Michael Blumenthal Donald T. Regan Nicholas F. Brady Lloyd Bentsen Paul H. O’Neill Timothy F. Geithner Steven T. Mnuchin Ogden L. Mills Henry Morgenthau Fred M. Vinson Robert B. Anderson Henry H. Fowler John B. Connally G. William Miller James A. Baker III Robert E. Rubin John W. Snow Jacob J. Lew Jr. John W. Snyder Joseph W. Barr George P. Schultz Nicholas F. Brady Lawrence H. Summers Henry M. Paulson Jr. William E. Simon Federal Reserve Board Roy A. Young Eugene Meyer Marriner S. Eccles William McChesney Martin Jr. William McChesney Martin Jr. William McChesney Martin Jr. William McChesney Martin Jr. Arthur F. Burns Paul Volcker Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Janet L. Yellen Janet L. Yellen Chairman Eugene Meyer Eugene R. Black Thomas B. McCabe Arthur F. Burns G. William Miller Alan Greenspan Ben S. Bernanke Jerome H. Powell Marriner S. Eccles William McChesney Martin Jr. Paul Volcker Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont Daniel C. Roper Henry A. Wallace Sinclair Weeks Luther H. Hodges Luther H. Hodges Maurice H. Stans Juanita M. Kreps H. Malcolm Baldrige Jr. C. William Verity Ronald H. Brown Donald L. Evans Gary F. Locke Wilbur L. Ross Jr. and Labor/Secretary of Roy D. Chapin Harry L. Hopkins W. Averell Harriman Frederick H. Mueller John T. Connor Peter G. Peterson Philip M. Klutznick C. William Verity Robert A. Mosbacher Mickey Kantor Carlos M. Gutierrez John E. Bryson Commerce Jesse H. Jones Charles W. Sawyer Alexander B. Trowbridge III Frederick B. Dent Barbara H. Franklin William M. Daley Penny S. Pritzker Henry A. Wallace C. R. Smith Rogers C. B. Morton Norman Y. Mineta Elliot L. Richardson U.S. Trade DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Christian A. Herter Christian A. Herter Carl J. Gilbert Alan Wm. Wolff William E. Brock III Carla A. Hills Michael Kantor Robert B. Zoellick Ronald Kirk Robert E. Lighthizer Representative William M. Roth William D. Eberle Robert S. Strauss Clayton K. Yeutter Charlene Barshefsky Rob Portman Michael B. Froman Frederick B. Dent Reubin O’D. Askew Susan C. Schwab Secretary of War/ James W. Good George H. Dern Henry L. Stimson Charles E. Wilson Robert S. McNamara Robert S. McNamara Melvin R. Laird Harold Brown Caspar W. Weinberger Richard B. Cheney Leslie Aspin Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates Gen. James N. Mattis Secretary of Defense Gen. Patrick J. Hurley Harry H. Woodring Robert P. Patterson Neil H. McElroy Clark M. Clifford Elliot L. Richardson Frank C. Carlucci III William J. Perry Robert M. Gates Leon E. Panetta Mark T. Esper Henry L. Stimson Kenneth C. Royall Thomas S. Gates Jr. James R. Schlesinger William S. Cohen Chuck Hagel James V. Forrestal Donald H. Rumsfeld Ashton B. Carter Louis A. Johnson George C. Marshall Robert A. Lovett Assistant Secretary Gen. Patrick J. Hurley Harry H. Woodring Stephen T. Early Roger M. Kyes Roswell L. Gilpatric Cyrus R. Vance David Packard Charles W. Duncan Jr. Frank C. Carlucci III Donald J. Atwood Jr. William J. Perry Rudy de Leon Gordon R. England Robert O. Work of War/Deputy Secretary Frederick H. Payne Louis A. Johnson Robert A. Lovett Robert B. Anderson Paul H. Nitze D. Kenneth Rush W. Graham Claytor Jr. W. Paul Thayer John M. Deutch Paul D. Wolfowitz William J. Lynn III Patrick M. Shanahan of Defense Robert P. Patterson William C. Foster Reuben B. Robertson Jr. William P. Clements Jr. William H. Taft IV John P. White Gordon R. England Ashton B. Carter David L. Norquist John J. McCloy Donald A. Quarles Robert F. Ellsworth John J. Hamre Robert O. Work Howard C. Petersen Thomas S. Gates Jr. Rudy de Leon James H. Douglas Jr. Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST John H. Ohly Frank C. Nash Paul H. Nitze Paul H. Nitze G. Warren Nuttler Eugene V. McAuliffe Francis J. West Jr. Richard L. Armitage Charles W. Freeman Peter W. Rodman Alexander R. Vershbow Robert Karem Defense for International Gen. James H. Burns H. Struve Hensel William P. Bundy Robert C. Hill David E. McGiffert Richard L. Armitage Henry S. Rowen Joseph S. Nye Jr. Mary Beth Long Derek Chollet Kathryn L. Wheelbarger Security Affairs Frank C. Nash Gordon Gray John T. McNaughton Robert Ellsworth James R. Lilley Franklin D. Kramer Mansfield D. Sprague Paul C. Warnke Eugene V. McAuliffe John N. Irwin II G. Warren Nuttler Joint Chiefs of Staff DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Gen. Omar Bradley Gen. Omar Bradley Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor Gen. Earle G. Wheeler Gen. George S. Brown Gen. David C. Jones Gen. Colin Powell Gen. Colin Powell Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton Adm. Michael Glenn Mullen Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. Chairman Adm. Arthur W. Radford Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor Gen. Earle G. Wheeler Adm. Thomas H. Moorer Gen. David C. Jones Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. Gen. John M. D. Shalikashvili Gen. Richard Bowman Myers Gen. Martin Edward Dempsey Gen. Mark A. Milley Gen. Nathan F. Twining Gen. George S. Brown Adm. William Crowe Jr. Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton Gen. Peter Pace Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer Adm. 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Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg Cordell Hull James F. Byrnes John Foster Dulles Dean Rusk Dean Rusk William P. Rogers Cyrus R. Vance Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. James A. Baker III Warren Christopher Colin L. Powell Hillary R. Clinton Rex W. Tillerson Henry L. Stimson Edward R. Stettinius Jr. George C. Marshall Christian A. Herter Henry A. Kissinger Edmund S. Muskie George P. Schultz Lawrence S. Eagleburger Madeleine J. K. Albright Condoleezza Rice John F. Kerry Michael R. Pompeo Dean G. Acheson Under Secretary/Deputy J. Reuben Clark Jr. William Phillips Dean G. Acheson Walter B. Smith Chester B. Bowles George W. Ball Elliot L. Richardson Warren M. Christopher William P. Clark Jr. Lawrence S. Eagleburger Clifton R. Wharton Jr. Richard L. Armitage John D. Negroponte John J. Sullivan Secretary of State Joseph P. Cotton B. Sumner Welles Robert A. Lovett Herbert Hoover Jr. George W. Ball Nicholas deB. Katzenbach John N. Irwin II Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Strobe Talbott Robert B. Zoellick James B. Steinberg Stephen E. Biegun William R. Castle Jr. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. James E. Webb Christian A. Herter D. Kenneth Rush Kenneth W. Dam John D. Negroponte William J. Burns Joseph C. Grew David K. E. Bruce C. Douglas Dillon Robert S. Ingersoll John C. Whitehead Antony J. Blinken Charles W. Robinson Under Secretary of State DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Robert D. Murphy Livingston T. Merchant W. Averell Harriman U. Alexis Johnson Philip C. Habib David D. Newsom Michael H. Armacost Peter Tarnoff Marc I. Grossman William J. Burns Thomas A. Shannon Jr. for Political Affairs Livingston T. Merchant George C. McGhee Eugene V. D. Rostow William J. Porter David D. Newsom Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Robert M. Kimmitt Thomas R. Pickering R. Nicholas Burns Wendy R. Sherman Stephen D. Mull W. Averell Harriman Joseph John Sisco Lawrence S. Eagleburger Arnold L. Kanter William J. Burns David M. Hale Philip C. Habib Michael H. Armacost Under Secretary of State DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Curtis W. Tarr Lucy Wilson Benson James L. Buckley Reginald Bartholomew Lynn E. Davis John D. Holum Ellen O’Kane Tauscher Thomas M. Countryman for Arms Control and William H. Donaldson Matthew Nimetz William Schneider Jr. Frank G. Wisner John D. Holum John R. Bolton Rose E. Gottemoeller C.S. Eliot Kang International Security Carlyle E. Maw Edward J. Derwinski Robert G. Joseph Thomas M. Countryman Christopher A. Ford Affairs John C. Rood Andrea L. Thompson Christopher A. Ford Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Dean Rusk John D. Hickerson Harlan Cleveland Harlan Cleveland Joseph John Sisco Samuel W. Lewis Elliott Abrams Richard S. Williamson Douglas J. Bennet, Jr. Kim R. Holmes Esther D. Brimmer Kevin E. Moley State for International John D. Hickerson Robert D. Murphy Joseph John Sisco Samuel De Palma Charles W. Maynes Gregory J. Newell John R. Bolton Princeton N. Lyman Kristen Silverberg Bathsheba N. Crocker Organization Affairs David McK. Key David H. Popper Richard Lee McCall Jr. Alan L. Keyes C. David Welch Brian H. Hook Francis O. Wilcox William B. Buffum Richard S. Williamson Samuel W. Lewis Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST Nelson A. Rockefeller Nelson A. Rockefeller John M. Cabot Thomas C. Mann Edwin M. Martin Charles A. Meyer Harry W. Shlaudeman Thomas O. Enders Bernard W. Aronson Bernard W. Aronson Peter F. Romero Thomas A. Shannon Jr. Kimberly Breier State for Western Spruille Braden Henry F. Holland Robert F. Woodward Thomas C. Mann Jack B. Kubisch Terence A. Todman Langhorne A. Motley Alexander F. Watson Otto J. Reich Arturo A. Valenzuela Hemisphere Affairs Edward G. Miller Jr. Roy Richard Rubottom Jr. Edwin M. Martin Jack Hood Vaughn William D. Rogers Viron P. Vaky Elliott Abrams Jeffrey S. Davidow Roger F. Noriega Roberta S. Jacobson Thomas C. Mann A. Lincoln Gordon Harry W. Shlaudeman William G. Bowdler Peter F. Romero Thomas A. Shannon Jr. Covey T. Oliver Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST George W. Perkins Jr. Livingston T. Merchant Foy D. Kohler William R. Tyler John M. Leddy Arthur A. Hartman George S. Vest Rozanne L. Ridgway Thomas M.T. Niles James F. Dobbins Jr. Philip H. Gordon A. Wess Mitchell State for European and James W. Riddleberger William R. Tyler John M. Leddy Martin J. Hillenbrand George S. Vest Lawrence S. Eagleburger Raymond G. H. Seitz Stephen A. Oxman A. Elizabeth Jones Victoria J. Nuland Eurasian Affairs C. Burke Elbrick Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Richard R. Burt Thomas M.T. Niles Richard C. A. Holbrooke Daniel Fried Livingston T. Merchant Arthur A. Hartman Rozanne L. Ridgway John C. Kornblum Walter C. Dowling Marc I. Grossman Foy D. Kohler James F. Dobbins Jr. Assistant Secretary of DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Dean Rusk John M. Allison J. Graham Parsons Roger Hilsman Jr. William P. Bundy Arthur W. Hummel Jr. John H. Holdridge Gaston J. Sigur Jr. William Clark Jr. James A. Kelly Christopher R. Hill Daniel R. Russel State for East Asian and W. Walton Butterworth Walter S. Robertson Walter P. McConaughy Jr. William P. Bundy Marshall Green Richard C. A. Hol- Paul D. Wolfowitz Richard L. Armitage Winston Lord Christopher R. Hill Kurt M. Campbell W. Patrick Murphy Pacific Affairs John M. Allison J. Graham Parsons W. Averell Harriman G. McMurtrie Godley brooke Gaston J. Sigur Jr. Richard H. Solomon Stanley O. Roth Daniel R. Russel David R. Stilwell Roger Hilsman Jr. Robert S. Ingersoll William Clark Jr. Philip C. Habib Arthur W. Hummel Jr Assistant Secretary DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST George C. McGhee Henry A. Byroade G. Lewis Jones W. Phillips Talbot Parker T. Hart Alfred L. Atherton Jr. Nicholas A. Veliotes Richard W. Murphy Robert H. Pelletreau Jr. William J. Burns Jeffrey D. Feltman David Schenker of State for Near Henry A. Byroade George V. Allen W. Phillips Talbot Raymond A. Hare Joseph John Sisco Harold H. Saunders Richard W. Murphy John Hubert Kelly Martin S. Indyk C. David Welch Anne W. Patterson Eastern Affairs William M. Rountree Lucius D. Battle Alfred L. Atherton Jr. Edward P. Djerejian Edward S. Walker Jr. G. Lewis Jones Parker T. Hart UN Ambassador DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Adlai E. Stevenson II Adlai E. Stevenson II Charles W. Yost Andrew J. Young Jr. Jeane D. Kirkpatrick Thomas R. Pickering Edward J. Perkins John D. Negroponte Zalmay M. Khalilzad Nikki Haley Warren R. Austin James J. Wadsworth Arthur J. Goldberg George H. W. Bush Donald F. McHenry Vernon A. Walters Edward J. Perkins Madeleine J. K. Albright John C. Danforth Susan E. Rice Kelly D. K. Craft George W. Ball John A. Scali William B. Richardson III John R. Bolton Samantha J. Power James Russell Wiggins Daniel Patrick Moynihan Richard C. A. Holbrooke Zalmay M. Khalilzad William W. Scranton Ambassador to NATO DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST William H. Draper Jr. William H. Draper Jr. W. Randolph Burgess Thomas K. Finletter Harlan Cleveland Robert Strausz-Hupé W. Tapley Bennett Jr. Alton G. Keel Jr. Reginald Bartholomew Alexander R. Vershbow Kurt D. Volker Kay Bailey Hutchison John C. Hughes Thomas K. Finletter Harlan Cleveland Robert F. Ellsworth W. Tapley Bennett Jr. David M. Abshire William H. Taft IV Robert E. Hunter R. Nicholas Burns Ivo H. Daalder George W. Perkins Jr. David M. Kennedy Alton G. Keel Jr. Reginald Bartholomew Alexander R. Vershbow Victoria J. Nuland Douglas E. Lute W. Randolph Burgess Donald H. Rumsfeld Kurt D. Volker David K. E. Bruce Robert Strausz-Hupé Ambassador to the DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST W. Walton Butterworth John W. Tuthill J. Robert Schaetzel Deane R. Hinton Thomas O. Enders Alfred H. Kingon James F. Dobbins Jr. Richard L. Morningstar William E. Kennard Gordon Sondland European Union John W. Tuthill J. Robert Schaetzel Joseph A. Greenwald Thomas O. Enders George S. Vest Thomas M. Niles Stuart E. Eizenstat Rockwell A. Schnabel Anthony L. Gardner Deane R. Hinton J. William Middendorf James F. Dobbins Jr. A. Vernon Weaver C. Boyden Gray Alfred H. Kingon Richard L. Morningstar Kristen Silverberg Ambassador to the Alanson B. Houghton Andrew W. Mellon John G. Winant Winthrop W. Aldrich David K. E. Bruce David K. E. Bruce David K. E. Bruce Anne L. Armstrong Kingman Brewster Jr. Charles H. Price II Raymond G. H. Seitz Philip Lader Robert H. Tuttle Robert W. Johnson IV United Kingdom Charles G. Dawes Robert Worth Bingham W. Averell Harriman John Hay Whitney Walter H. Annenberg Kingman Brewster Jr. John J. Louis Jr. Henry E. Catto Jr. Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. William S. Farish III Louis B. Susman Andrew W. Mellon Joseph P. Kennedy Lewis W. Douglas Elliot L. Richardson Charles H. Price II Raymond G. H. Seitz Philip Lader Robert H. Tuttle Matthew W. Barzun John G. Winant Walter S. Gifford Anne L. Armstrong Ambassador to NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS William Christian Bullitt Jr. W. Averell Harriman Charles E. Bohlen Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. Foy D. Kohler Jacob D. Beam Malcolm Toon Arthur A. Hartman Jack F. Matlock Jr. Robert S. Strauss James F. Collins John R. Beyrle John F. Tefft Russia/USSR Joseph E. Davies Gen. Walter B. Smith Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. Foy D. Kohler Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. Walter J. Stoessel Jr. Thomas J. Watson Jr. Jack F. Matlock Jr. Robert S. Strauss Thomas R. Pickering Alexander R. Vershbow Michael A. McFaul Jon M. Huntsman Jr. Laurence A. Steinhardt Adm. Alan G. Kirk James F. Collins William J. Burns John F. Tefft John J. Sullivan Adm. William H. Standley George F. Kennan John R. Beyrle W. Averell Harriman

Chief U.S. Liaison/ DID NOT EXIST DID NOT EXIST NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS David K. E. Bruce Thomas S. Gates Jr. Leonard F. Woodcock Winston Lord J. Stapleton Roy Joseph W. Prueher Jon M. Huntsman Jr. Terry E. Branstad Ambassador to the George H. W. Bush Leonard F. Woodcock Arthur W. Hummel Jr. James R. Lilley James R. Sasser Clark T. Randt Jr. Gary Locke People’s Republic of Thomas S. Gates Jr. Winston Lord J. Stapleton Roy Joseph W. Prueher Max Baucus China (Communist China) 25 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 www.TheNewAmerican.com 27 HEALTHCARE

INVESTIGATING Democrats’ Insurance Claims

Democrats claim Trump caused Americans to lose healthcare during COVID layoffs. While he discouraged ObamaCare sign-ups, he also made inexpensive insurance more available.

by Michael Tennant

ary Easley worked as a chef at the Four Points by Sheraton in Charleston, West Virginia, for 25 G AP Images years. On St. Patrick’s Day, he was laid Newly uncovered: Millions of Americans lost their health insurance along with their jobs because off, a victim of falling revenues. Corona- of coronavirus lockdowns. virus fears had led people to stay home. Others lost their jobs or were unable to travel because of state shelter-in-place coverage — an unfortunate thing to hap- Democrats Dump on Trump orders. Fewer and fewer were visiting the pen anytime, but especially in the midst What, then, of the remaining 4.3 million hotel’s restaurant. of the high unemployment caused by newly uninsured, not to mention the 27.5 Along with his paycheck, Easley’s governments’ response to COVID-19. million who, despite ObamaCare, still health insurance disappeared practically The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) didn’t have coverage prior to the corona- overnight. It was particularly frighten- estimated that as early as May 2, nearly 27 virus panic? ing for him because he suffers from a million Americans would have lost their Democrats have a ready answer: It’s variety of chronic conditions for which health insurance because of job loss. That President Donald Trump’s fault. he takes nine different prescriptions, number would probably have been higher The Center for American Progress which, absent insurance, would cost him but for the fact that, according to the Post, (CAP), a left-wing Washington, D.C., about $2,700 a month, he told the Wash- “the kinds of work disappearing the most think tank, published a lengthy article with ington Post. — restaurant jobs and others in the service the thesis “President Trump’s relentless at- Fortunately, Easley was able to get industry — have always been less likely to tacks on the Affordable Care Act [ACA] help from a free clinic. But his story has offer health benefits.” have depressed enrollment in the health been replicated all across the country as Still, of those who do lose their health insurance marketplace.” joblessness has reached levels not seen coverage along with their jobs, KFF be- “Fewer people with marketplace cov- since the Great Depression. Unlike the lieves 79 percent are eligible for govern- erage,” CAP continues, “not only means 1930s, however, most Americans now ment-subsidized insurance through such fewer people with health coverage but get their health insurance through their programs as ObamaCare, Medicaid, and also fewer people with financial security, employers. When jobs go, so does health the Children’s Health Insurance Program. timely access to care, and peace of mind Another five percent should be able to ob- — which are all the more important during Michael Tennant is a freelance writer and regular tain coverage through their spouse’s or par- the COVID-19 pandemic.” contributor to The New American. ent’s employer-sponsored plan. CAP lists several ways in which

28 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 Trump has allegedly contributed to lower and family to do likewise? Or is it just much. If anything, it has tilted more in ACA enrollment. possible that, as KFF points out, there are the direction of the healthy. Another KFF First, “While the enrollment period still “challenges in navigating the appli- study found that “the average number of for 2017 coverage was still open when cation and enrollment process,” and some days individual market enrollees spent in President Barack Obama’s term ended, people “may find marketplace coverage a hospital in 2019 was slightly lower than the Trump administration took actions to … unaffordable even with subsidies”? In inpatient days in the previous four years,” undermine the ACA within days of taking fact, Congress’ recent boost to unemploy- suggesting that “the individual market has office, including canceling television ads ment benefits may raise some out-of-work not become significantly less healthy” as for the marketplace outreach campaign. folks’ incomes enough that they don’t a result of the individual-mandate repeal. By one estimate, Trump’s actions resulted qualify for much in the way of subsidies, in 500,000 fewer people enrolling in cov- putting ObamaCare coverage completely The President’s Trump Card erage for 2017.” beyond their grasp. Trump’s changes to short-term insurance Next, Trump “slash[ed] the outreach While the repeal of the individual man- regulations, which extended such policies’ and enrollment assistance budget for the date probably induced some people to maximum terms, may turn out to be his HealthCare.gov portal by 90 percent,” drop coverage, the total reduction in ACA biggest contribution to insuring people “halved the duration of the [annual] open enrollment has been small (about three during the coronavirus panic. CAP, with enrollment period,” “zeroed out the indi- percent since 2018). Although many ob- its unlimited faith in government, derides vidual mandate penalty,” and “loosen[ed] servers expected healthy people to forgo these policies as “junk plans” because they regulation of short-term junk plans.” expensive ACA coverage that they could are the closest thing to free-market insur- Finally, Trump chose “to stop [the always buy later if they needed it, the ratio ance available under the ACA. Obama administration practice of] re- of healthy to sick people with exchange Former Trump advisor Brian Blase imbursing insurance companies for their coverage seems not to have changed wrote in a Forbes.com piece: expenses related to complying with the ACA’s financial assistance to low-income enrollees” because Congress had not ap- propriated the reimbursement funds. In- surance companies attempted to make up for the lost revenue by hiking premiums on their benchmark “silver” plans, which made them unaffordable for many people who were not eligible for subsidies. CAP “estimates that at least 1.26 mil- lion more people would be enrolled in marketplace coverage today if not for the Trump administration’s attacks on the ACA, and total enrollment would have at least held steady near its 2016 level in- stead of falling.”

ObamaCare Not as Advertised Trump, of course, has correctly main- tained all along that ObamaCare is bad AP Images law, and even now he continues to vo- Schlock exchange: Six years after the ObamaCare exchanges opened, people are still struggling cally back its being struck down by the to navigate them and to pay for their “affordable” care, says the Kaiser Family Foundation. Supreme Court. His decisions to weaken the law and to spend fewer taxpayer dol- lars on it, therefore, are in keeping with both his public pronouncements and his oath to uphold the Constitution. CAP is probably correct that cutting In fact, Congress’ recent boost to unemployment outreach budgets and shortening the open enrollment period tend to depress enroll- benefits may raise some out-of-work folks’ incomes ment. However, one must ask why, if enough that they don’t qualify for much in the way of ObamaCare is such a wonderful program, subsidies, putting ObamaCare coverage completely people need to be constantly reminded to participate in it. Shouldn’t they be rushing beyond their grasp. to enroll and encouraging all their friends

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Short-term plans are affordable and cies could last, from 364 days to just three enrollment period for those who have flexible since they are not subject to months. The Trump administration restored recently lost their jobs. On April 7, 28 Affordable Care Act requirements. the 364-day limit and allowed renewals for Senate Democrats sent a letter to Health They provide value for a lot of people up to three years. Thus, declared Blase, and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar who expect a short coverage gap — “The President can largely take credit for saying that since Congress had provided maybe a few months — because of the availability of this coverage.” Azar with the authority to reopen ACA job loss. COBRA [the Consolidated Consumers have certainly been taking enrollment because of “extenuating cir- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act advantage of the availability of short-term cumstances,” “it is inexcusable for you of 1985] allows many people to re- insurance in recent months. “One com- not to exercise that authority during per- main on their employer plan for up to pany that offers short-term plans, Pivot haps the largest extenuating circumstance 18 months [after losing their jobs]. But Health, saw a 165% increase in enroll- of our lifetimes, and to choose to lock out because workers typically bear its en- ment between February and March of millions of Americans from the ACA ex- tire cost, averaging more than $7,000 this year,” noted Blase. “According to its changes because they failed to predict a a year for individuals and $20,000 for survey, nearly 90% of new members were sweeping global pandemic.” families, most cannot afford it. previously uninsured.” Yet the decision as to whether to re- According to an analysis by Chris Americans who do want short-term cov- open enrollment didn’t have to fall on Pope of the Manhattan Institute, erage had better buy it before they need it. Azar. “Congress,” Vanity Fair observed, short-term plans often provide better While most plans cover coronavirus test- “declined to include the enrollment pe- value than ACA plans. For equivalent ing and treatment, because they are genu- riod in their recent stimulus package, insurance protection, short-term plan ine insurance (unlike ObamaCare), they throwing the matter into the Trump ad- premiums are much lower — in some won’t cover preexisting conditions any ministration’s hands” — and giving cases about half the cost. Moreover, more than homeowner’s insurance bought Democrats a convenient scapegoat for short-term plans generally cover far the day after your house burns down will their own oversight. more providers. pay to rebuild it. Regardless, as Azar explained in an April 3 press conference, a special en- The Obama administration, disdainful of Enrollment Exchange rollment period isn’t really needed. The the market and desirous of stamping out Besides Trump’s real or imagined attacks loss of employer-sponsored insurance ObamaCare’s competition, reduced the on ObamaCare, Democrats are also chid- automatically entitles a person to enroll term for which short-term insurance poli- ing him for refusing to create a special in ObamaCare. “The special enrollment period,” penned Vanity Fair, “would have enabled Americans who have lost their jobs to obtain new health insurance more easily and with less paperwork at an ur- gent time, however, as well as give those who have already been uninsured another chance to purchase insurance as the pan- demic ramps up.” But letting the previous- ly uninsured enroll now, especially if they have contracted COVID-19, runs counter to the logic, such as it is, of ObamaCare: Since insurers are forced to cover preex- isting conditions, people must in turn be forced to buy insurance at set times rather than waiting until they are sick so insurers aren’t stuck with expensive claims backed by meager premiums. Perhaps if ObamaCare hadn’t been such a mess from the beginning, Ameri- cans wouldn’t be stuck with this one- size-fits-all approach. The 11 states plus the District of Columbia that have their own exchanges have chosen to open special enrollment periods. The ACA’s disastrous rollout, though, caused the

AP Images remaining states to default to the federal Affordable Care Act: Trump’s extension of short-term insurance terms has enabled many exchange, leaving decisions regarding Americans to obtain inexpensive health coverage just when they may need it most. enrollment periods and other significant

30 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 matters centralized in Washington, where have seen few coronavirus patients. Or- ers are portraying Obamacare as a safe har- they are subject to presidents’ whims. For dered by state and local authorities to bor as economic fallout from the pandemic that, Democrats have only themselves to abandon their “nonessential”-but-lu- threatens job-based health plans that drive blame. crative other services, many have been their biggest profits,” says the website. forced to lay off staff. On top of that, Trump’s decision to let Negative Stimulus By signing the stimulus law, Trump also employers use tax-free health reimburse- None of this is to say that Trump is en- boosted Medicaid payments to states by ment arrangements to buy Obama­Care tirely blameless when it comes to health- as much as $50 billion and forced insurers plans for their employees may spur further care in the age of COVID-19. Some of his to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment. enrollment. “Though businesses didn’t actions have, in fact, made matters worse. The administration expanded Medicare to rush to embrace the idea at first,” wrote In early April, Trump announced that cover telemedicine and expedited Medi- Politico, “they’re now openly discussing his administration would use $100 billion care payments to providers, too. it — while insurers see it as a way to get a Congress appropriated in the coronavirus “President Trump is probably now big influx of customers.” “stimulus” law to reimburse hospitals for overseeing one of the biggest expansions In sum, Democrats’ charges that Trump treating uninsured COVID-19 patients, in government health spending in one year is directly responsible for people’s in- an approach that Politico described as ever,” Larry Levitt, KFF executive vice ability to get health insurance during the “essentially a narrow single-payer sys- president for health policy, told Politico. pandemic are mostly baseless political tem.” Critics argue that while this may Furthermore, whatever damage Trump posturing. The president can, however, be help certain hospitals and patients, mak- has done to ObamaCare enrollment — and faulted for failing to convince Congress ing it easier for people to sign up for it appears to be slight — may be undone to repeal ObamaCare in full, perhaps by ObamaCare might ultimately have been by both the coronavirus and one of his offering a replacement that would have less expensive because it would have en- own policies. rolled back other federal programs and abled them to obtain free or inexpensive According to Politico, the mounting job mandates that put care and coverage out of testing and treatment for the virus in its losses caused by governments’ ham-handed reach of so many, and for signing massive early stages, possibly obviating the need responses to the virus are actually driving deficit spending into law. But don’t expect for hospitalization. In addition, many of insurers back to the ACA exchanges that to hear any of that from the party of Nancy the hospitals that most need the money many of them had abandoned. “The insur- Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. n

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Bending the law: In a 6-3 decision on three cases regarding employment discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition in the Civil Rights Act against discrimination on the basis of sex should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. AP Images

by Laurence M. Vance tives and libertarians. But first, to under- tion, to extend the Commission on stand the court’s decision, we must go Civil Rights, to prevent discrimina- oes discrimination on the basis back to 1964. tion in federally assisted programs, of sex include discrimination on to establish a Commission on Equal Dthe basis of sexual orientation or The Civil Rights Act Employment Opportunity, and for gender identity? For several years now, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed other purposes. federal agencies and courts have been into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson split on the issue. Last year, the Supreme on July 2, 1964. It claimed to be: The Civil Rights Act was divided into Court agreed to hear three cases to settle 11 titles. Relevant to the subject of dis- the matter. And now the court has finally An act to enforce the constitutional crimination are Titles II (Injunctive relief ruled: Discrimination on the basis of sex right to vote, to confer jurisdiction against discrimination in places of public includes sexual orientation and gender upon the district courts of the United accommodation) and VII (Equal employ- identity. States of America to provide injunc- ment opportunity). There is much misunderstanding about tive relief against discrimination in Title II prohibits discrimination in public discrimination — even among conserva- public accommodations, to autho- accommodations. According to section 201: rize the Attorney General to institute Laurence M. Vance is an associated scholar of the suits to protect constitutional rights (a) All persons shall be entitled to Mises Institute. in public facilities and public educa- the full and equal enjoyment of the

32 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 goods, services, facilities, and privi- leges, advantages, and accommoda- Why is it that consumers can discriminate against tions of any place of public accom- modation, as defined in this section, merchants for whatever reason they want — no matter without discrimination or segregation how irrational, illogical, or unreasonable — and on on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. any basis they want — no matter how racist, sexist, or homophobic — but not the other way around? A “public accomodation” under the law could be an “inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests” or “any restaurant, caf- eteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally en- gaged in selling food for consumption on the premises,” including “any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment.” However, generally, “The provisions of this title shall not apply to a private club or other establishment not in fact open to the public.” Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment. According to section 703:

(a) It shall be an unlawful employ- ment practice for an employer — (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to dis- charge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individu- al with respect to his compensation,

terms, conditions, or privileges of Wikipedia/O.J.Rapp employment, because of such indi- Breaking the law through making law: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by vidual’s race, color, religion, sex, or President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, greatly infringed property rights, free enterprise, freedom of national origin; or assembly, freedom of association, and freedom of contract. (2) to limit, segregate, or clas- sify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any (EEOC) to enforce anti-discrimination nate against a woman because of preg- individual of employment opportu- laws relating to employment. nancy, childbirth, or a medical condition nities or otherwise adversely affect The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has been related to these things; the Americans his status as an employee, because supplemented over the years by vari- with Disabilities Act of 1990 protects of such individual’s race, color, reli- ous laws designed to prohibit even more “qualified individuals from discrimina- gion, sex, or national origin. forms of discrimination in employment. tion on the basis of disability in hiring, (b) It shall be an unlawful employ- According to the EEOC, the Equal Pay promotion, discharge, pay, fringe ben- ment practice for an employment Act of 1963 prohibits discrimination efits, job training, classification, referral, agency to fail or refuse to refer for on the basis of sex in compensation for and other aspects of employment”; and employment, or otherwise to dis- substantially similar work under similar the Genetic Information Nondiscrimina- criminate against, any individual be- conditions; the Age Discrimination in tion Act of 2008 “protects applicants and cause of his race, color, religion, sex, Employment Act of 1967 “protects ap- employees from discrimination based on or national origin, or to classify or plicants and employees 40 years of age or genetic information in hiring, promotion, refer for employment any individual older from discrimination based on age in discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job train- on the basis of his race, color, reli- hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe ing, classification, referral, and other as- gion, sex, or national origin. benefits, job training, classification, pects of employment.” These laws also referral, and other aspects of employ- “prohibit covered entities from retaliating Title VII also established the Equal Em- ment”; the Pregnancy Discrimination against a person who files a charge of dis- ployment Opportunity Commission Act of 1978 made it illegal to discrimi- crimination, participates in a discrimina-

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rienced housing discrimination may be able to pursue a claim” with the federal government under the Fair Housing Act or HUD’s Equal Access Rule. HUD is “committed to investigating violations of the Fair Housing Act against all individu- als regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.” And the HUD rule “requires equal access to HUD programs without regard to a person’s actual or per- ceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.”

The Supreme Court Cases Government departments have unilater- ally defined discrimination without the imprimatur of Congress, and so lawsuits have been lodged to clarify the issues. In 2013, a funeral director in Michigan informed his employer that he was tran- sitioning into a woman and would soon AP Images start to dress in female business attire at The legislature said no: Although Congress failed to pass any legislation to protect the rights of work consistent with “her” gender iden- LGBTQ workers, the Supreme Court ruled that “an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.” tity as a woman. Shortly thereafter, he was fired by the funeral home. He then filed a complaint with the EEOC, which then brought a lawsuit against the funeral home. A federal district court granted sum- tion proceeding, or otherwise opposes an The EEOC has itself, without any leg- mary judgment to the funeral home, but unlawful employment practice.” islation passed by Congress and duly in 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the signed into law by the president, expand- Sixth Circuit reversed the lower court de- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity ed the definition of sex discrimination. As cision. The man, who lived the rest of his For years now Democrats have been try- it states on its website, the EEOC is the life as a woman, died just a month before ing to redefine the prohibition in the Civil federal agency “responsible for enforcing the Supreme Court decision in question. Rights Act against discrimination on the federal laws that make it illegal to dis- In 2013, an employee of Clayton Coun- basis of “sex” to include discrimination criminate against a job applicant or an em- ty, Georgia, joined a “gay” softball league on the basis of “sexual orientation” or ployee because of the person’s race, color, and promoted his participation in it, for “gender identity.” In 2013, the Employ- religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender which was criticized in the workplace. ment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA identity, and sexual orientation), national Soon afterward, he was investigated for (S.815), passed the Senate with the help origin, age (40 or older), disability or ge- misspending funds and fired. He filed a of 10 Republicans. It was designed “to netic information.” complaint with the EEOC, and then, in prohibit employment discrimination on Also relevant here is the Civil Rights 2016, a lawsuit against his former em- the basis of sexual orientation or gender Act of 1968. Title VIII instituted the Fair ployer. A federal district court dismissed identity.” The bill was never voted on Housing Act (FHA). It originally prohib- the lawsuit. He appealed, but in 2018, the in the House. In 2019, the Equality Act ited discriminatory acts regarding the sale, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh (H.R.5) passed the House with the help of rental, and financing of housing based on Circuit affirmed the lower-court decision. eight Republicans. It is a bill “to prohibit race, color, religion, and national origin, In 2010, a homosexual man who discrimination on the basis of sex, gender but has been amended to include discrimi- worked as a sky-diving instructor was identity, and sexual orientation, and for nation based on sex (1974) and disability accused of inappropriately touching a fe- other purposes.” It would amend the Civil or familial status (1988). Like the EEOC, male client during a tandem skydive after Rights Act of 1964 “to include sex, sexual the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Op- informing her about his sexual orientation. orientation, and gender identity among the portunity (FHEO) in the Department of In response to the accusation, he was fired. prohibited categories of discrimination or Housing and Urban Development (HUD) He then filed a complaint with the EEOC, segregation in places of public accommo- has unofficially expanded the definition which issued a non-binding memo in 2015 dation” and expand the Civil Rights Act’s of sex to include sexual orientation and stating that sexual orientation was covered categories of public accommodations. The gender identity. “Persons who identify by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. How- Senate has sat on the bill for over a year. as LGBTQ who believe they have expe- ever, before this, the man filed a lawsuit

34 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 against his former employer, but died in The dissenting opinion by Alito and someone orders steak, he is discriminating a sky-diving accident in 2014. His family Thomas sums up in one word what the against chicken. When someone drinks a continued the case, but were ruled against court did: “legislation.” What Congress Coke, he is discriminating against Pepsi. by a federal district court. In 2017, the was unable to do (pass legislation to de- When a man puts on a black suit, he is U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Cir- fine discrimination based on sex as in- discriminating against blue suits. When a cuit affirmed the lower court decision, but cluding discrimination based on sexual family vacations in Florida, they are dis- then in 2018, meeting en banc, it reversed orientation or gender identity), the court criminating against California. the prior ruling and held for the plaintiff. has now done. The court’s decision will And it’s not just things we discriminate In R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes be analyzed and evaluated for weeks and against; we discriminate against people Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity months to come. However, the question as well. When a man asks for a particular Commission, the issue was whether Title of the constitutionality and legitimacy of barber when he goes to get a haircut, he VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits dis- anti-discrimination laws themselves will is discriminating against all of the other crimination against transgender people never be raised, although but this is the barbers in the barbershop. When a woman based on (1) their status as transgender or real issue. asks for a particular manicurist when she (2) sex stereotyping. In Bostock v. Clayton goes to get her nails done, she is discrimi- County, Georgia, the issue was whether The Meaning of Discrimination nating against all of the other manicurists “discrimination against an employee be- Discrimination in and of itself is neither in the nail salon. When a student selects a cause of sexual orientation constitutes a dirty word nor an evil deed. We used course taught by a particular teacher, he prohibited employment discrimination to laud a man for having discriminating is discriminating against all of the other ‘because of ... sex’ within the meaning of taste. Discrimination involves choosing teachers who teach the course. When we Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” between options. Any time we choose pick our friends, we discriminate against In Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, the issue one thing instead of another, we are dis- the people we reject. The biggest deci- was whether “discrimination against an criminating against the thing not chosen. sion that most people make in life is employee because of sexual orientation Consciously or unconsciously, everyone also the biggest case of discrimination. constitutes prohibited employment dis- discriminates every day. When someone When a man asks a woman to marry him crimination ‘because of ... sex’ within the buys a Ford, he is discriminating against a he is discriminating against every other meaning of Title VII of the Civil Rights Chevy. When someone shops at Walmart, woman in the world. When a woman ac- Act of 1964.” The latter two cases were he is discriminating against Target. When cepts a man’s marriage proposal, she is consolidated, and oral arguments before the court in all of the cases were heard on October 8, 2019. On June 15 of this year, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that covered all three cases. It concluded:

In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an em- ployer to rely on an employee’s sex when deciding to fire that employee. We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that leg- islative choice: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.

Or, in other words: discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual orienta- tion and gender identity. “Conservative” justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts joined with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ste- phen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan in the 6-3 decision. Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion. Justice Samuel Alito

filed a dissenting opinion in which he was AP Images joined by Justice Clarence Thomas. Jus- Injustices: “Conservative” Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts joined tice Brett Kavanaugh also filed a dissent- with the liberals on the court to declare that discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual ing opinion. orientation and gender identity. www.TheNewAmerican.com 35 CULTURE discriminating against every other man in community center to be staffed by Jews, Florida, this doesn’t mean that they hope the world. We can’t go through the day we expect a Catholic mass to be said by California has an earthquake or wildfires without discriminating. an unmarried male priest; we expect the that will keep tourists away. When some- Churches discriminate all the time — minister of a theologically conservative one prefers a particular barber, manicur- and even advocates of discrimination laws church to be a heterosexual; we expect a ist, teacher, friend, or spouse over other in general are usually willing to make an Baptist church to have a pastor who is a barbers, manicurists, teachers, friends, or exception for them. Churches practice Baptist; and we expect a Christian school potential spouses, this doesn’t mean that discrimination in employment and mem- to have Christian teachers. he wishes ill will to any of them. bership based on religion, sex, marital Even when it doesn’t concern religion, Discrimination is not even racism — a status, and sexual orientation. A church of some degree of discrimination by em- term that is never defined or explained, a particular denomination is free to limit ployers in hiring is accepted and expect- but merely employed by liberals, pro- offers of employment and membership to ed. People with physical disabilities are gressives, and social-justice warriors to people of that particular denomination and discriminated against by owners of coal smear and neutralize conservative and discriminate against all others; a church mines. People without engineering expe- libertarian opponents of various govern- that considers homosexuality to be a sin rience are discriminated against by owners ment programs and social movements. To is free to hire and accept as members only of engineering firms. People without driv- say that discrimination is racism and that heterosexuals and discriminate against er’s licenses are discriminated against by proponents of the freedom to discriminate homosexuals; a church that believes in owners of taxi companies. People without long for the return of the Jim Crow era having only men in leadership positions typing skills are discriminated against by is a gross misrepresentation. Jim Crow is free to hire only men and discriminate executives looking for secretaries. People laws, which banned white businessmen against women; and a church that believes without college degrees are discriminated from serving black customers, are just as in having an unmarried priesthood is free against by companies that require a col- wrong as anti-discrimination laws. These to employ as priests only those who are lege degree. government-mandated and government- unmarried and discriminate against those Discrimination is not hatred. When enforced laws denied the fundamental who are married. someone chooses a Ford over a Chevy, right of whites to freely associate with Regardless of anyone’s religious views this doesn’t mean that he hates Chevys, and engage in commerce with blacks as — or absence of religious views — this wants all Chevys to break down, and de- they saw fit. They were the antithesis of is what we expect when it comes to any sires to see all Chevy dealerships go out the voluntary association found in a free religious organization. We expect a Jewish of business. When a family vacations in society. The real problem with past seg- regation and discrimination is that they were de jure, not de facto; mandatory, not voluntary; public, not private. Discrimination is not aggression, force, coercion, threat, or violence. Discrimina- tion is therefore a crime in search of a victim. Every real crime needs a tangible victim with measurable damages. Thus, discrimination should never be a crime. To ban discrimination is to ban freedom of thought and freedom of association. In a free society, everyone has the natu- ral right to think whatever he wants to think about any individual or group and to choose to associate or not associate, in both personal or business relationships, with any individual or group on the basis of those thoughts. His thoughts may be erroneous, illogical, irrational, unreason- able, or nonsensical; his opinions may be based on stereotypes, conjectures, preju- dice, bigotry, or racism — but in a free society everyone is entitled to his own thoughts and opinions. The law should

AP Images be concerned with conduct and actions, Fined for having moral scruples: An Oregon bakery was ordered to pay $135,000 in damages to not thoughts and opinions. Thoughts and a lesbian couple “for emotional suffering stemming directly from unlawful discrimination” after opinions, like motives and desires, are the the bakery refused to bake a cake for the couple’s wedding. realm of morality and religion. Although

36 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 acts of discrimination may be arbitrary, capricious, subjective, unfair, or unjusti- fied, this doesn’t change the fact that no one has the right to any particular job, club membership, residence, product, or service. Refusing to sell a product, provide a service, or rent an apartment has every- thing to do with property rights and free- dom of association. Since no potential customer has a claim on the property of any business owner, he should have no legal recourse if the owner of the property refuses to do business with him. Public accommodations are still private busi- nesses. Just because they serve the public by offering to sell them goods or services doesn’t mean that they should be regarded as public libraries, public parks, and pub- lic buildings that have to accept all mem- AP Images bers of the public. There is a big differ- Blatant hypocrisy: Leftists cheered when President Trump’s former press secretary Sarah ence between the government’s protecting Huckabee Sanders (shown) was forced to leave a restaurant because of her political beliefs, even “constitutional rights in public facilities” though it was a blatant act of discrimination that they claim to be so opposed to. such as libraries and courthouses and the government’s providing “injunctive relief against discrimination in public accom- modations” such as restaurants and gas stations. The former is a legitimate pur- other way around? In a free society, the someone was refused service at a restau- pose of government; the latter is an ille- practice of discrimination must be an op- rant, gas station, or department store, and gitimate purpose. One protects rights; the tion for both buyers and sellers, property asked to leave because of the color of his other violates rights. The first ensures that owners and patrons. skin, his religion, or his sexual orienta- the government grants the public equal Keep in mind, too, that in a free market tion, then leftists would be calling for access and equal opportunity to what is consumers can make or break a business federal intervention, lawsuits, fines, boy- public; the second dictates how a private by where they spend their dollars. This cotts, and protests. business should operate. The former is a is as it should be. The liberal premise In a free society, the right to discrimi- legitimate purpose of government; the lat- that (say) a business that will only serve nate is essential and absolute. A free soci- ter is an illegitimate purpose. One protects white customers can thrive in America ety must include the freedom to discrimi- rights; the other violates rights. The first today is ludicrous. Those who think nate against any individual or group for ensures that the government grants the that racial desegregation can occur only any reason and on any basis. A free society public equal access and equal opportunity through government mandates should may or may not be free of discrimination, to what is public; the second dictates how consider how baseball was voluntarily but a free society is certainly free of dis- a private business should operate. desegregated through the on-field ex- crimination laws. By their very nature, the If a property owner cannot restrict ploits of Jackie Robinson — without any rights of private property, freedom of as- whom he employs, whom he engages in court orders or laws. sembly, freedom of association, free enter- commerce with, whom he rents or sells prise, and freedom of contract include the to, whom he admits, and whom he associ- Ill-favored Groups right to discriminate. ates with, then he has no property rights. The hypocrisy of the Left on discrimi- The cases of R.G. & G.R. Harris Funer- Why is it that customers can legally dis- nation is appalling. When then-White al Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Op- criminate against businesses by favoring House press secretary Sarah Huckabee portunity Commission, Bostock v. Clayton one over another but businesses cannot Sanders went out for dinner with her County, Georgia, and Altitude Express Inc. legally discriminate against customers? family at a restaurant in Virginia, she v. Zarda should never have gone to the Su- Why is it that consumers can discriminate was asked to leave in the middle of din- preme Court, any lower federal court, or against merchants for whatever reason ner by the owner of the restaurant. Left- even any state court. Since discrimination they want — no matter how irrational, ists generally cheered the actions of the is not aggression, force, coercion, threat, illogical, or unreasonable — and on any restaurant’s owner — even though they or violence, the government should never basis they want — no matter how rac- involved discrimination and refusal of prohibit it, seek to prevent it, or punish ist, sexist, or homophobic — but not the service based on political beliefs. But if anyone for doing it. n

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Land of the Free, No One Left Behind, a nonprofit that works “I really cannot impress upon you more to bring interpreters to the United States. — the tendency to invite friends, neighbors Home of the Brave That organization has helped more than over that you haven’t seen is there. Per- Janis Shinwari had been serving the U.S. 5,000 translators and their families come haps you’ve already done that,” he added. military as an Afghan interpreter for eight to the United States. “I hope you’ll reconsider those gatherings years before coming to the United States Meanwhile, Shinwari said he is beyond with people you do not live with that are in 2013. This past Fourth of July, Shinwari grateful for his new life in America. “Once not in your immediate household.” and his family celebrated their first Inde- you are here, you’re free,” he said. “You Los Angeles County announced a fire- pendence Day as American citizens. don’t have to worry, you can sleep well.” works ban and beach closures ahead of According to CNN, Shinwari decided to But he said he will continue to work holiday celebrations. Despite these bans, side with the United States after seeing the tirelessly to help rescue his coworkers still video after video appeared online featur- Taliban’s terror campaign. He knew the in Afghanistan and Iraq get to safety. “It ing the Southern California sky illumi- best way he could serve was by acting as doesn’t matter how long does it take,” he nated with fireworks on the Fourth of July a translator, despite the enormous dangers vowed. “But I will fight for them.” as individuals chose to shirk the bans and it posed. “If the Taliban catch you, they On June 29, acting Homeland Security celebrate America’s birthday. will torture you in front of your kids and Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli admin- And the city of Lancaster outright de- families and make a film of you and then istered the oath of allegiance to Shinwari fied the Los Angeles County fireworks send it to other translators as a warning and his wife in Fairfax, Virginia, CNN ban by hosting a public fireworks show, message to stop working with the Ameri- reported. “During his service, he saved City News Service reported. “The city has can forces,” Shinwari explained. the lives of five American soldiers,” Cuc- considered all risks and feels confident in CNN reported that Shinwari’s contri- cinelli said, according to NPR. “That is not our ability to safely host a show,” Lancas­ bution to the military in Afghanistan was something many people can say.” ter Mayor R. Rex Parris wrote on the city’s massive. Not only did he save multiple Facebook page days ahead of the celebra- American lives, but he also killed several tion. “A show our residents deserve after Taliban members, landing himself on the Let Freedom Ring a year of continuing challenges.” Taliban “kill list.” There is perhaps no better example of Mayor Parris added officials should Shinwari told NPR he was not supposed what Independence Day is all about than not be taking a cookie-cutter approach to to fight as an interpreter, but he found him- actions California citizens took on the the health crisis. “When you look around self in a position in 2008 in which he felt Fourth of July. here, this city is the safest city in Los An- he had no choice. “I saw [Captain] Matt California and its cities have enacted geles County,” he told KTLA-TV. “If you Zeller, that he was alive in a ditch and a number of draconian measures in re- look at the number of hospital admissions there were two Taliban behind him to kill sponse to the coronavirus pandemic, in- and our death rate — we are the safest him,” Shinwari recalled. “I shot the two cluding a lengthy shelter-in-place order city.” Taliban and I saved Matt Zeller’s life.” and a ban on public fireworks displays, Mayor Parris, who said he was fed up Zeller recalled seeing Shinwari stand- which affected July 4 celebrations, the with the politics, set off the fireworks him- ing above him and warning, “I’m Janis. OC Register reported. self so that he could assume responsibility And I’m one of your translators. You’re But it seems California citizens are fed and relieve anyone else of guilt. not safe.” Zeller and Shinwari have been up with the restrictions and double stan- “It’s lost all sense of principle, it’s lost all close ever since that fateful day. dards, particularly since California officials sense of public safety. I would suggest that But Shinwari’s actions placed him in said nothing against the massive protests that’s what’s wrong with America — that grave danger, and he was kept hidden on and riots following the in-custody death of we’ve become so polarized by ‘who’s the a U.S. military base near Kabul for his George Floyd in May. “For those of you out bigger bully.’ What the people of Lancaster safety, which meant he could not see his there protesting, I want you to know that you want is to celebrate Independence Day and family, including his children. matter,” California’s Democratic Governor that’s what we’re going to do. And we’ll Zeller wanted to do something to help Gavin Newsom said on June 1. “To those deal with the fallout later,” he said moments Shinwari and his family. He told CNN he who want to express themselves ... God before he set off the fireworks. “asked anyone who would listen” if they bless you. Keep doing it. Your rage is real.” To prevent virus spread, officials asked could help. By 2013, he was able to help But as Independence Day approached, of- people to either remain in their vehicles to Shinwari and his family obtain visas to ficials suddenly became concerned that large watch the display, or wear a mask if they come to America. Zeller also launched a group gatherings would cause COVID-19 wanted to stand outside. GoFundMe page to raise money for Shin- rates to spike. “One of the areas of biggest It’s nice to see a decidedly blue state as- wari and his family to help them get situat- concern as it relates to the spread of COVID- sert its freedoms in the face of government ed, but Shinwari refused the money, instead 19 in this state remains family gatherings,” overreach. n using it so that he and Zeller could set up Newsom said at the start of July. — Raven Clabough

38 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 HISTORYHISTORYPAST AND PERSPECTIVE

The Chinese Communist Murder of John Birch 75 Years Later

At the end of WWII, Army Intelligence Officer John Birch was killed by Chinese Communists. If his murder hadn’t been hidden from the American people, it is likely China never would have become communist.

sible. Once there, they would arrange for the surrender of Japanese forces before Chinese Communist forces could take advantage of the situation. Birch was ordered to Suchow, located near the Pacific coast, and he set out on August 20, less than a week after Hirohito’s capitulation. On August 25, Birch was brutally murdered by Chinese Communists before he could reach his destination. He was first shot in the leg, then bayonetted to death. Captain Birch was killed by a supposed ally while on a peaceful Army mission, and that fact was buried in a massive coverup by forces within the U.S. government who did not want the American people to know the truth — the commu- nists under Mao Tse-tung were not simply “agrarian reform- ers,” and they were not our allies. Adeline Gray, a newspaper reporter, wrote Birch’s parents that “had not the truth been suppressed, Captain Birch’s death would have headlined every newspaper in the United States.” Had the fact that an American intelligence officer and Bap- tist missionary was murdered by Chinese Communists been widely known in the United States, it might very well have derailed the effort by conspirators inside the U.S. government to hand China — the world’s most populous nation — over to the totalitarian dictatorship of Mao Tse-tung. Instead of dealing with the hostile China of today, Ameri- cans might very well be celebrating decades of friendship with that nation — if only John Birch’s murder had not been covered up. In 1962, the pop group known as the Chad Mitchell Trio released a song poking fun at the anti-communist John Birch Society (parent organization of The New American), in which the singers pose as goofy JBS members. In the song, they proclaim, “We only hail our hero from who we got our name. by Steve Byas We’re not sure what he did, but he’s our hero just the same!” The light-hearted song was actually very popular with fter Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Birchers, even being performed at the Society’s youth camps Japan in August 1945, Captain John Birch, a young for several years, but it raises a very good question. A American intelligence officer in the U.S. Army sta- So what did John Morrison Birch actually do to be honored tioned in China, was directed by General Albert Wedemeyer by having his name used for an organization dedicated to the and others to get to Japanese bases in China as quickly as pos- concept of “less government, more responsibility, and — with God’s help — a better world”? Steve Byas is a university history and government instructor, and the author of His early life certainly gave no indication that his name History’s Greatest Libels. would become associated with a society dedicated to educat- www.TheNewAmerican.com 39 HISTORYHISTORYPAST AND PERSPECTIVE

tized at seven. At age 11, he felt the call to Captain Birch was killed by a supposed ally while be a missionary. on a peaceful Army mission, and that fact was John’s exceptionally good grades land- ed him a scholarship to attend a Southern buried in a massive coverup by forces within the Baptist college, Mercer, located near his U.S. government who did not want the American home in Georgia. He had expected it to be a fundamental Baptist school, but he people to know the truth — the communists under was shocked when many of the professors Mao Tse-tung were not simply “agrarian reformers,” espoused views that were like the liberal views that had caused his family to leave and they were not our allies. the Presbyterian Church. Birch was never- theless a star on the debate team and was an actor in the Mercer Players. His English professor urged young Birch to pursue a career as a professional writer. Dean John B. Clark recommended him for consider- ation as a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated magna cum laude. But the school’s liberalism troubled him. In a 1939 sermon, he recalled, “I knew there was modernism at Mercer, that they were teaching the Bible was not infallible. I knew I ought to protest, but I kept my mouth shut.” He eventually spoke out against what he considered to be heretical teachings at the Southern Baptist college, and he chose not to seek a missionary appointment from that denomination, but rather attended the newly formed Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute in Fort Worth, Texas, founded by J. Frank Norris. Norris had been a prominent Southern Baptist pastor, but he eventually split from them. Independent Baptist and Bible Baptist churches sprang from his movement. Anxious to get to the mission field, Birch finished the two-year coursework in only one year.

Birch Arrives in China Imagining the communists were our friends: General Claire Chennault awarded Captain It was as an independent Baptist mis- John Birch the Legion of Merit medal. Despite Birch’s having been murdered by the Chinese sionary that Birch traveled to China, Communists, the U.S. government refused to award him a Purple Heart. They argued that Birch which had been fighting off the Japa- had not been killed in combat, but had instead been slain by our supposed allies. nese invasion for nearly a decade. Once in China, he launched into the difficult task of learning the Chinese language, ing Americans about the philosophy of John was a very bright boy. By the which did not have an alphabet. Instead, limited government — although that was age of seven, he had read John Bunyan’s there were thousands of different picto- without a doubt the philosophy held to by Christian classic, Pilgrim’s Progress, and graphic characters. Despite the difficulty, Birch. His parents were poor missionar- was a regular reader of The Saturday Eve- within six weeks, he could successfully ies on a mission in India when Birch was ning Post and National Geographic. He converse with Chinese people, and he born, on May 28, 1918. Bouts with malaria even built his own radio when he was 17. eventually became an expert in Manda- suffered by Birch’s father, George, forced The Birches had been Presbyterians, rin Chinese. the family to return to the United States but when their church got a “modernist” Birch’s missionary work quickly pro- when John was only about two years old, preacher, they left and joined a Southern duced a huge harvest of souls. His first and they went into the fruit-growing busi- Baptist congregation in Georgia. John sermon in China garnered 15 converts. ness, among other things. trusted Christ as his savior, and was bap- He preached and shared the gospel every

40 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 chance he had, even converting soldiers in American voice. “No Japanese could gking. Over the next several days, Birch the Nationalist Army of Chiang Kai-shek. make up an accent like that!” in response worked feverishly to find more of Doo- Despite letters from Norris admonishing to Birch’s Southern accent. little’s raiders and get them to safety. John to be careful in the war-torn coun- Inside, he saw five men stuffed into a The rescue efforts that John Birch per- try, Birch sneaked past Japanese lines to little hold. The commanding officer intro- formed for Colonel Doolittle eventually preach the gospel to the Chinese. duced himself. “Colonel James H. Doo- brought him into contact with General He had a meager income of only $50 little, United States Army Air Force. The Claire Chennault of the famed Flying a month, so friends and family would boys and I just delivered a little present Tigers. By this time, Birch reasoned that sometimes send him additional money to Tojo, and we’re having a bit of trouble his missionary efforts to the Chinese — which he used to purchase New Tes- getting back home.” would be futile unless the Japanese in- taments to give to Chinese soldiers, food The famous Doolittle raid over Tokyo vaders were expelled, so he tried to en- for fellow Christian believers, and other had done little damage on the Japanese list in the military as a chaplain to help expenses associated with evangelism capital, but it had strongly boosted morale the American war effort. But because of efforts. He did buy himself a radio, on inside the United States and among Amer- his knowledge of the Chinese language, which he could listen to KGEI out of San ican fighting men in the Pacific. It had also he was used as a translator for Doolittle, Francisco. One night, he was delighted enraged the Japanese, who wanted to track and later became an intelligence officer to hear his parents speak about his work down and execute those who had carried for Chennault. in China. out the bombing mission on their nation’s Writing in 20th Century Heroes, a col- China’s government at the time was capital city. lection of essays from this magazine by quite open to the gospel. The ruler of Doolittle explained that after bombing various authors, Steve Bonta noted, “But China, Chiang Kai-shek, was a convert, Japan, they had no place to land, and after Birch’s contribution to the war effort in who had written a book about it, Why I running out of fuel, had to bail out. Birch China went beyond the accurate and re- Believe in Jesus Christ. Had the country told him that the Japanese had spies all liable intelligence [that he would often been at peace, and had the communists not around the area, and were no doubt look- offer later, as an intelligence officer]. been threatening the survival of the Na- ing for them. He offered to take them to The brave young missionary also set up tionalist government, China might have Lanchi, where he knew some Chinese of- a network for rescuing fliers shot down become one of the world’s leading Chris- ficers who could then get them to Chun- behind enemy lines. About 90 percent of tian nations, with Birch among a multitude of missionaries. But the war made it increasingly diffi- cult for the young missionary, as it caused his already limited funds to often be cut off. He suffered bouts of malaria, as well as homesickness. He briefly became en- gaged to a Scottish nurse, but broke the engagement for fear he was endangering her life.

Birch Meets Doolittle Then, in April 1942, Birch decided to eat in a Chinese inn in a small village. While eating his spartan meal of boiled red rice, green bamboo shoots, and a meat scrap, a Chinese man sat down across from him, and asked in a whisper, “You American?” Birch nodded, and the man asked for him to follow him. After quickly finishing the meal, Birch followed the man to the nearby Lan River. They came to a sampan river boat, at which time the Chinese man hopped on board. John followed. The man turned and said quietly, “Americans.” Birch was skeptical, but knocked on the door of the boat and asked, “Are any Stellar soldier: Captain Birch (second from the left) was highly respected by his fellow American Americans in there?” soldiers, and our Nationalist Chinese allies, for his intelligence activities on behalf of the war He was surprised when he heard an effort — and for his exemplary personal character.

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meaning that Japanese planes were head- ed in the direction of Hengyang to attack American forces — Birch and others ran to their operations shack. They radioed that 14 Japanese bombers were on their way, with 16 Zeros escorting them. Four P-40s were able to intercept them, and catch them totally by surprise. The Japa- nese bombers turned tail, and the P-40s went after the Zeros. After a brief dog- fight, the Zeros also flew away. Despite this and many other daring and successful intelligence exploits, Birch longed for the end of the war, so he could return to his calling of preaching the gospel. But he was concerned that even after the de- feat of Japan, China would not be safe. He feared that the Chinese Communists were more interested in fighting the Nationalist government of China than the Japanese in- vaders, and he was not bashful in saying so to just about anyone who would listen. Five days before his death, Birch wrote in a letter The first killed — far from the last: Captain John Birch was buried with full military honors on to Lieutenant Bill Drummond, “Sooner or a hillside on the outskirts of Hsuchow, China. He was the first American killed by our communist later we’ll have to fight them.” enemies in the Cold War. A few years later, candy manufacturer Robert Welch named his anti- communist, freedom-loving organization — The John Birch Society — after this great patriot. The Murder of John Birch In his essay “The War Weary Farmer,” written in April 1945, Birch said, “I want to reach the sunset of my life sound in body and mind, flanked by strong sons Chennault’s downed fliers were rescued can war effort, particularly the Army Air and grandsons, enjoying the friendship by Birch’s system.” Force. Bravely going behind Japanese and respect of neighbors, surrounded by Chennault noted that this success was lines, he disguised himself as Chinese, and fertile fields and sleek cattle, and retaining “the highest percentage of any war the- preached on Sundays, when and where he my boyhood faith in Him who promised a ater.” He added, “I cannot praise his work could. This was increasingly difficult, as life to come.” sufficiently.” Chennault was not the only the Japanese made it a practice to burn any But it was not to be. On his way to American officer to praise Birch. Lieu- buildings used by Christians. Suchow by railroad handcar, he encoun- tenant Arthur Hopkins recalled of Birch: He recruited Chinese people into his in- tered a hostile band of communists. Al- “Without reservation, I will say that he telligence network, which often required though Lieutenant Tung of the Nationalist was the most brilliant, finest, most able, great physical stamina. He once rode a Chinese army (who was with Birch) at- bravest officer I ever met.” Mongol pony 60 miles through a snow- tempted to negotiate with the Communist Birch’s abilities in the intelligence field storm, in a 300-mile trek to the battle front. Chinese, he was unsuccessful, and Birch were so great that he was offered a posi- Once at his destination, he radioed infor- was murdered. tion in the war-time intelligence arm of the mation back to Colonel Wilfred Smith, Americans, however, would not learn U.S. government, the Office of Strategic using the prearranged code words, “I’ve of this until years later, as communist Services, the forerunner of the Central In- got the table laid for the banquet. When sympathizers inside the U.S government telligence Agency. But Birch had no desire can I spread the cloth?” classified the documentation. A letter from to work for the OSS, so it was arranged That night, Birch and Chinese guerrillas Major General Edward Witsell to Birch’s that he would serve as “officially on loan” spread white strips of cloth on the ground mother said only that he was killed “as the to the agency, as opposed to being formal- pointing to the target, which was soon result of stray bullets fired by communist ly transferred. bombed by a P-40, which Birch coded as forces.” But General Wedemeyer had al- So Birch became part of the U.S. Army a white Pontiac. ready — only five days after the murder as an intelligence officer, with the rank of Birch’s intelligence operation provided — confronted Mao Tse-tung about the in- lieutenant, being later promoted to cap- invaluable defensive operations, as well. cident. Mao promised to punish the guilty tain. He was sent to the coast to organize Another time, after a Chinese lookout ran parties (though it is extremely unlikely Chinese intelligence to aid the Ameri- up the jing bao ball on the flag pole — this ever happened).

42 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 Then, on September 5, 1950, Sena- JBS, would indicate that Birch would other believers familiar with the life of tor William Knowland, a Republican have been an enthusiastic supporter of the John Birch have no doubt he is presently from California, took to the Senate organ­ization that bears his name. enjoying the fruits of what he anticipated floor to denounce the coverup, blaming Birch’s views seem to match perfectly in “The War Weary Farmer,” of reaching pro-communsts inside the State Depart- with the society that bears his name. In the end of his earthly life, “retaining [his] ment. Robert Welch, a strongly anti- his “War Weary Farmer” essay, Birch boyhood faith in Him who promised a life communist candy manufacturer (Sugar wrote, “I want of government only pro- to come.” Daddies, Sugar Babies, and Junior tection against the violence and injus- All that Birch’s mother, Ethel, ever re- Mints), after reading with indignation tices of evil or selfish men.” This seems ceived back from China by the govern- about Birch’s murder and its subsequent to line up closely with the JBS motto, ment he served was his limited personal coverup by the U.S. government, pro- “Less Government, More Responsibil- effects — a well-marked Scofield Ref- claimed Birch the first American casu- ity, and — With God’s Help — a Better erence Bible, a Chinese Gold Air Hero alty of the Cold War. World.” medal (the highest award that could be He soon wrote the book The Life of John In a letter Birch wrote to an aunt in awarded to a foreigner), and a few other Birch and later named his anti-communist 1942, he certainly had concerns about personal items. Despite her asking for it, organization — The John Birch Society — the collectivist and globalist direction in his own nation denied him even a Purple in his honor. Though some have speculated which the world was headed. He told her Heart, arguing that he was not killed in that Birch would not have approved of the that “the world stage” was being set for battle by the enemy, but rather by “our use of his name for the group, the evidence “the rise of the anti-Christ.” It is almost allies.” is overwhelming that he would have been certain that Birch would have heartily The body of John Morrison Birch lies in deeply honored. A review of his life; the endorsed the program of The John Birch the soil of the China he sought to lead to anti-collectivist philosophy expressed in Society, which has fought against “the Christ, but his spirit is with his Lord. And his short essay “The War Weary Farmer”; federations” of the evil world system the society that bears his name continues his own words in his letters and to others, he denounced in 1942. While Birch’s to carry on the goals of that earthly life, voicing his concern about communism; life was summarily ended through what fighting for a government limited to “only and the fact that his parents not only ap- could only be described as an execution protection against the violence and injus- proved, but became life members of the by communists in 1945, this writer and tice of evil or selfish men.” n EMERGENCIES DON’T TRUMP LIBERTY

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Armed Couple Defends “By the time we looked up and we saw also protected violent protesters with her the marchers coming down Kings High- actions. With the couple being very aware Home & Goes Viral way and getting loud, we looked over of the repeated looting, killing, beatings, Until late June, Mark and Patty McClo- the gate, and there’s no police there. Our and arson that have been committed by skey of St. Louis, Missouri, lived a rela- private security wasn’t there. Nobody’s so-called protesters — added to the fact tively peaceful life as successful person- there.” Mark said the protesters then that threats were being made to the Mc- al-injury attorneys who spent decades broke the steel gate and forced their way Closkeys and that the crowd didn’t move restoring a famous mansion in the city. onto their private property, while making past the house for nearly 15 minutes — the St. Louis Magazine reported on the res- violent threats to the McCloskeys. “Peo- couple should prevail in this case. toration of the mansion in 2018, and the ple start coming in. And then a flood of Before the charges were issued, the McCloskeys’ hard work and attention to people start coming in…. They are angry, McCloskeys’ attorney, Albert Watkins, detail was praised as an admirable act of they’re screaming, they’ve got spittle told Fox News that under Missouri law, a historic preservation. But on June 28, the coming out of their mouth they’re coming person has “the absolute unmitigated right McCloskeys became household names toward the house.... I turned to my wife to protect his or her castle or family while across the nation when their brave reaction and I said, ‘Oh my God, we’re absolutely on their property.” Watkins added that the to a dangerous mob of trespassing leftists alone. There is nobody here to protect us.’ protesters were the ones who broke the went viral. The McCloskeys certainly did … When I saw that mob coming through law by forcing open the gate and trespass- not want this newfound fame, but it was the gate with their rage and their anger, ing, and “damaging and destroying private thrust upon them when Black Lives Matter I thought that we would be overrun in a property and acting in a threatening and (BLM) protesters decided to break down second…. By the time I was out there with hostile fashion…. If Kimberly Gardner the steel gated entrance to their commu- my rifle, the people were 20 or 30 feet wants to press charges against two attor- nity and illegally enter onto their private from my front wall.... I was literally afraid neys who are protecting their home and property. Some of the BLM protesters that within seconds they would surmount their family and themselves on their own were armed and made violent threats as the wall and come into the house, kill us, property, I will tell you that it will be noth- they forced their way into the gated com- burn the house down and everything that ing short of the proverbial clusterf*** with munity, and the McCloskeys knew there I had worked for and struggled for the last the ensuing assertions that she’s doing this was no time for hesitation. The McClo- 32 years…. I saw it all going up in flames for political purposes.” Watkins added that skeys quickly retrieved their personal and my life destroyed in an instant, and I he doesn’t think Gardner is smart enough firearms, with Mark carrying an AR-15 did what I thought I had to do to protect to know the law. “I just believe she prob- and Patty carrying a handgun. The couple my hearth, my home, and my family.” ably has a difficult time reading the Eng- rushed out on their front patio to tell the Police investigators corroborated what lish language,” Watkins derisively said to trespassers to leave. The entire confron- Mark told Tucker Carlson, and stated that Fox News. tation was livestreamed on Twitter by the the intruding protesters yelled violent The Left has continued with its attacks, intruders who intentionally mischaracter- threats at the couple and that the incident including organizing a protest outside the ized the situation as “racist gun-owners” is being investigated by police as “a case McCloskeys’ home on the day before the threatening “peaceful protesters.” of trespassing and assault by intimidation Fourth of July. The Daily Mail reported on A duplicitous media that is all too will- against the couple by protesters.” This in- July 5 that the McCloskeys retained a private ing to spread lies and disinformation if furiated the media and left-wing activists, security firm to protect their home while it furthers a leftist agenda then parroted who were clamoring for the McCloskeys protesters lined up outside their gated com- this false narrative. Fortunately for the to be charged for brandishing their weap- munity. The protest ended without incident McCloskeys,­ in addition to being well ons. St. Louis Prosecutor Kimberly Gard- as the McCloskeys watched from their bal- equipped to defend their homes, they ner, a leftist radical who received cam- cony. It’s not clear if protesters will continue also had the cognitive ability to verbally paign donations from George Soros and to harass these people or if the mob will defend themselves in the court of public has been throwing out charges brought by move on to tormenting others, but we can opinion. Mark McCloskey immediately police against people arrested for rioting, hope that the worst is over for the McClos- began giving media interviews where he is pressing charges against the McClo- keys. Finally, we should realize the alarming explained what actually transpired and re- skeys for exhibiting “in the presence of truth that if the current alliance of left-wing futed the false narrative propagated by the one or more persons, any weapon readily mobs and journalists could do something mainstream media and left-wing activists capable of lethal use in an angry or threat- like this to people who are wealthy enough on Twitter. ening manner,” a felony. She proclaimed, to own a mansion, imagine how much easier In an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s “We must protect the right to peacefully it would be for them to destroy middle-class Fox News program, Mark explained what protest,” though, again, the mob was gun-owners who don’t have the same means he and his wife witnessed and their mind- threatening the McCloskeys, and her cred- and resources to fight back. n set at the time of the horrifying ordeal. ibility has already been ruined because she — Patrick Krey

44 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 Wishes Notwithstanding, Ever-larger Deficits Won’t Cure Pandemic- hampered Economy Item: The Washington Post recounted in its July 7 print edition how Congress passed “four bipartisan [coronavirus] re- lief bills in March and April totaling about $3 trillion for individual stimulus checks, unemployment insurance and support for the health-care system, state and local governments, and more…. Congressional Republicans have recognized that another relief package will pass but are hoping to take a more limited approach in what they AP Images view as the final legislation.” Getting more Americans on the government dole: Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (left) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon­ Ron Wyden want to extend the federal $600 weekly benefit until unemployment numbers go down, nell (R-Ky.) “has privately stressed to but most people receiving the weekly check make more on welfare than they would working. top administration officials that the price tag on the next bill should not exceed $1 press release dated July 1, is named the health emergency but also an enduring trillion. Many Democrats view that as a American Workforce Rescue Act. The public-debt crisis. (The federal deficit is paltry sum. The Democratic-led House press release called it “bold, new legisla- the annual difference between govern- passed a sweeping coronavirus response tion that would establish ‘automatic sta- ment’s spending and revenue; the federal bill in May called the Heroes Act that cost bilizers’ to ensure unemployment benefits debt is the accumulation of past deficits, more than $3 trillion.” remain available for working families dur- minus surpluses — if any.) Item: ABC News for June 28 carried an ing periods of persistent unemployment, When the Democrats believe they can article about the virus outbreak and sub- a priority for Senate Democrats in the make a credible case that a potential GOP sequent economic lockdowns. The pan- next COVID-19 bill. Specifically, Leader trillion-dollar “stimulus” package — the demic, according to ABC News, “has only Schumer and Ranking Member Wyden’s fourth or fifth such package, depending on exacerbated income inequality, experts proposal would extend the $600 increase who is counting — is “paltry,” we are on say, stretching the racial wealth gap in in weekly UI [unemployment insurance] the road to ruin. the United States and making the rich- benefits, which Senate Democrats secured And we’re well down that path. Craig est wealthier while leaving many of the in the CARES Act, beyond July 31st, 2020 Eyermann, a research fellow at the Indepen- poorest without jobs.” The account cited until a state’s three-month average total dent Institute, ran the numbers in early July: a report from the Institute for Policy Stud- unemployment rate falls below 11%. The ies. That IPS study also generated similar benefit amount then reduces by $100 for Starting from March 15, 2020, just stories in CNBC, Business Insider, CNN, every percentage point decrease in the before the coronavirus pandemic Reuters, Newsweek, and the New York state’s unemployment rate, until the rate gave politicians a reason to open Post, among others. falls below 6%.” the federal government’s spending Between “March 18 and June 17, as Correction: COVID-19 lockdowns floodgates, the national debt stood the pandemic raged, the combined wealth have slammed the economy. Washington’s at a nearly even $23.5 trillion. Three of the 614 U.S. billionaires increased by already enacted and proposed “stimulus” months later, on June 15, the debt had $584 billion, according to an analysis re- responses to the virus outbreak threaten to increased to nearly $26.2 trillion. In leased late last week by the Institute for worsen and extend the damage. between, Uncle Sam borrowed $2.7 Policy Studies, a progressive think tank We are supposed to be tempered by a trillion — an average of more than based in Washington, D.C.” government of checks and balances, but $884 billion a month — just to sup- Item: Senate Minority Leader Chuck crisis-driven fiscal exuberance has generat- port the spending binge. Schumer has paired with Senate Com- ed outsized checks and staggering deficits. Put another way, the amount of na- mittee on Finance Ranking Member Ron Swamping the economy with deficit tional debt the U.S. government has Wyden (D-Ore.) on yet another stimulus spending doesn’t provide long-term relief. accumulated in the past three months bill. Their bill, according to a Democratic Then you wind up with not only a public- is over 2.4 times the $1.1 trillion the

Call 1-800-727-TRUE to subscribe today! 45 U.S. government planned to borrow The Democrat-backed HEROES Act, some aspects of the HEROES Act are in during its entire 2020 fiscal year championed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and play. That is how the political Left works: when it was already going to run a approved by the House, was not realisti- Take advantage of a crisis and throw out record budget deficit. cally expected to be passed by the Senate an asinine $3.4 trillion proposition. Then and make it to the president’s desk. It is settle for a half-asinine proposal that The budget deficit in June totaled $863 bil- indeed a left-wing wish list (as critics put would have been laughable in saner times. lion, according to the Congressional Budget it) and a placeholder for negotiating with You can always return for more. Office; that’s almost as much in one month congressional Republicans and the White Under the federal coronavirus legislation as the deficit for all of fiscal year 2019. And House. (The Congressional Budget Office enacted in March, those out of work are eli- much more spending is being negotiated as has estimated the HEROES Act would gible to receive as much as $600 per week we write — with plans ranging from that cost more than $3.4 trillion through 2030, (in addition to state unemployment benefits). “paltry” $1 trillion to the nearly $3.5 trillion with the vast majority of the cost coming Critics point out the clear disincentives: The on the Democrats’ table. this year and next.) jobless are less likely to look for work if they Even the already approved totals are Of course when the House Democrats’ can receive more from the government not staggering. The budget deficit earlier this bid tops $3.4 trillion, it makes it easier to to work than when they were employed. year was estimated at 19.3 percent of the describe Republican legislation, costing According to a University of Chicago study, Gross Domestic Product. As pointed out taxpayers $1 trillion, a “paltry” effort. A after federal pandemic unemployment ben- by Veronique de Rugy, a senior research few Democrats in the Congress, perhaps efits were included in a stimulus bill earlier fellow at the Mercatus Center at George fearing having to defend the bill, were this year, it was more profitable for 68 per- Mason University, this is “nearly double publicly uncomfortable with some of cent of recipients not to work. the peak deficits during the Great Reces- their party’s patchwork legislation. This Employers have been complaining that sion and second only to the deficits during included many aspects that have nothing their former employees were not willing World War II.” That projected spending, to do with the coronavirus, such as a re- to return. If a $600 weekly additional fed- over a decade, would add nearly $8 trillion quirement that federal banking regulators eral benefit were in place beyond the end to the National Debt, “pushing the debt deliver regular reports on “the availability of the year (another six months after its held by the public to $41 trillion, or 128 of access to financial services for minor- planned expiration at the end of July), ac- percent of the annual GDP, within a de- ity-owned and women-owned cannabis- cording to the Congressional Budget Of- cade. This debt-to-GDP ratio will exceed related legitimate businesses.” fice, a whopping five of six would receive even that at the height of World War II.” It Voting for the next economic stimulus more to remain unemployed than to return will get worse if even portions of the huge may well be taking place when readers see to their previous jobs. (Thwarting an eco- spending programs in play are passed. this in print. Most observers think at least nomic recovery is a political bonus for the Democrats. They have noticed that.) The HEROES bill that passed the House, as well as several pieces of legisla- tion offered by top Democrats in the Sen- ate, would retain the $600/week supple- mental payment. (Some “moderate” plans suggest lowering the payments under spe- cific circumstances.) HEROES also calls for the federal government (read: taxpay- ers) to bail out profligate state and local governments. An analysis by Casey Mulligan (a pro- fessor of economics at the University of Chicago) and Stephen Moore (a member of President Trump’s Economic Recovery Task Force) estimates that Pelosi’s HE- ROES plan “would eliminate 10 million jobs and increase the unemployment rate

AP Images by 6 to 8 points (after adjusting for mis- Savior or slayer? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) Heroes Act would cost nearly $3.5 classification errors). That would depress trillion. Sooner or later all this deficit spending will cause massive inflation, impoverishing the GDP for the rest of the year by roughly very people Pelosi claims to care about. 5%. Our estimate is lower than those of

46 THE NEW AMERICAN • AUGUST 10, 2020 at 3,230, before peaking at 3,380 on Thursday, February 20. The fol- lowing Monday, pandemic fears slammed the stock market (CNBC: “Dow plunges 1,000 points on coro- navirus fears”), and the S&P contin- ued falling to 2,436 by the close of March 17. A few days later, it began rebounding to 3,113 through June 17, after which it dipped back to 3,009 through June 26. A fair analysis of the stock mar- ket and the pandemic would roughly cover the time from February 20 to the present. Instead, IPS completely ignored the pandemic-driven 944- point drop between February 20 and March 17 and counted only the 677-point rebound that occurred be- tween March 18 and June 17. There is no intellectual justification for manipulating the timeframe in this some other researchers — for example, want to tie enhanced jobless benefits way. a Heritage Foundation study that put job to a state’s unemployment rate, but losses at 13.9 million.” this would maintain the incentive not But Marxists prefer to smear capitalism When it comes to an additional federal to work in states with already high and evil plutocrats. bailout, consider the source of the money. jobless benefits and retard the na- The co-authors of the IPS screed, as Keep in mind that some states wised up tional recovery. Riedl observed, and tucked away emergency funding after the Great Recession. Some did not. Most politicians feign empathy for the manipulated the timing window to A number of states, as noted in a policy unemployed. However, here’s what really build the dishonest narrative that the brief from the Mercatus Center, did not drives them: The politicians don’t want to pandemic has made America’s bil- take advantage join their ranks. lionaires $584 billion wealthier. It is Meanwhile, the coronavirus has opened the equivalent of saying the Cleve- of nine years of revenue growth to the door for propagandists to spread dis- land Browns went 6–0 last season if prepare for an inevitable economic information or lies. The Institute for you don’t count the ten losses. The downturn. For example, Illinois, Policy Studies (see above) is more than a pandemic pushed up stock values Kansas, New Jersey, and Pennsyl- “progressive” or “liberal” think tank; its if you don’t count the collapsing vania have little or nothing socked leaning, not to put too fine a point to it, part. The rich got richer if you don’t away while Alaska, New Mexico, is Marxist. The study pushed by the IPS count the downturns. That is not how North Dakota, and Wyoming have (and echoed by the mainstream press) is wealth-building works. reserves in excess of 20 percent of entitled “US Billionaire Wealth Surges to general fund spending. It is fair to $584 Billion, or 20 Percent, Since the Be- The point, noted Riedl, “is not to pity these ask, then, why taxpayers in states ginning of the Pandemic.” billionaires. Rather, it is that so many re- like New Mexico should be respon- Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Man- porters blindly accepted a partisan analy- sible for covering for the insufficient hattan Institute, has blown wide holes into sis that is so misleading as to border on planning of states like Pennsylvania. this disinformation and sent it to the bot- intellectual fraud.” tom. The IPS, Riedl explains, “seems to That, sadly, is not a rare exception. The Schumer-Wyden would-be Senate re- have deliberately narrowed the pandemic Leftists always offer promises. This one lief effort (cited above) is a Democratic timeframe to support a dishonest claim.” goes: Even though we are broke, we can variation — with its own downsides. As As he explained, the S&P 500 (or Standard spend (and tax) our way to prosperity. In pointed out by the Wall Street Journal, & Poor’s 500) stock market index began their dreams. n Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden the year 2020 — William P. Hoar www.TheNewAmerican.com 47 THE LAST WORD by William F. Jasper Total War and the Global Mafia

he world is being nist Party (CCP) immediately prepped for COVID decried the reference as “rac- T 2.0, the much-hyped ist.” The globalist media here “resurgence” or “second and around the world followed wave” of the coronavirus “pan- suit, adopting the CCP line. demic.” According to the prop­ Although some in the media aganda of the day, the threat have tepidly criticized the Bei- from this new outbreak, which jing regime for “fumbling,” allegedly is already upon us, is “bumbling,” and “mishan- so dire that we must allow our- dling” the COVID outbreak, selves to be subjected to new almost none have publicly lockdowns, mask mandates, contemplated the possibility quarantines, isolation, censor- that Xi Jinping and his CCP ship, de-platforming, contact comrades actually planned tracing, and much more. this global viral attack. Law Professor David But since Scheffer, Scheffer, a senior fellow at Kirschner, and their con- the Council on Foreign Re- AlexLMX/iStock/GettyImagesPlus freres are anxious to pros- lations (CFR), even suggests ecute those responsible, that the COVID-19 “crisis” may indicate it’s time to begin crim- shouldn’t they focus at least some of their ire on Xi and com- inally prosecuting public officials as well as private individuals pany? As prosecutors they are certainly familiar with the legal for “public health malpractice” and “crimes against humanity.” maxim in criminal cases made famous by the great Roman In his article “Is It a Crime to Mishandle a Public Health Re- lawyer-statesman Cicero: “Cui bono?” (In English, “Who sponse?” Scheffer proposes that the Rome Statute (which he benefits?”) The CCP has certainly benefited hugely from the helped write) of the UN’s International Criminal Court (which global outbreak. Consider: In a matter of months the entire he and the CFR vigorously promoted) could provide a model for world has adopted Mao-style “governance” to a degree few prosecuting those accused of “intentionally causing great suffer- would have imagined possible. ing, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.” The plutocrat world-government enthusiasts at the CFR are He puts forward the need for “new tort or criminal law covering cheering on the totalitarian transformation. No surprise there, as acts or omissions by public officials, corporate and religious the globalists have been building toward this capitalist-commu- leaders, and school administrators that exacerbate an emerging nist “convergence” (as they call it) for the past several decades, epidemic or pandemic.” intertwining our economic, political, and social institutions to Naturally, President Trump is the primary target. “Donald the point where we become totally interdependent. Trump may have criminal exposure for some level of negli- Hence, Stewart Patrick, who heads the CFR’s Global Gover- gent homicide or voluntary/involuntary manslaughter for the nance Program, penned an article entitled “Leaving the WHO way he’s mishandled the Coronavirus crisis,” says former fed- Is No Way to Deal With a Pandemic,” one of many such print, eral prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner. Of broadcast, and online commentaries pushing the CCP-WHO- course, there is no mention of prosecuting Democratic gover- CDC-CFR-Gates party line. nors across the country who forced nursing homes to accept CO- On July 14, the CFR’s State and Local Officials Initiative held VID-positive residents, causing the deaths of tens of thousands. a conference call/webinar with state legislators, county commis- The globalist elites are marching arm-in-arm with Beijing’s sioners, and school officials led by CFR Global Health senior communist elites in using the coronavirus to savagely attack fellow Thomas Bollyky. Entitled “Resurgence of COVID-19,” Trump — and all others that stand in the way of their tyranni- it aimed to get local officials on board with the WHO-CDC pro- cal edicts. Their demands for “global health governance” include gram for a second wave of lockdowns. The Atlantic, a longtime unlimited new powers to transform society, and to punish all who CFR-led organ, endorsed China-style censorship in a COVID- dare oppose their efforts. That includes anyone who voices criti- related article entitled “Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to cism of China’s COVID responsibility, the UN’s World Health Normal.” It carried the subtitle: “In the debate over freedom Organization, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom, the Centers for Dis- versus control of the global network, China was largely correct, ease Control, Dr. Anthony Fauci, or Bill Gates, the Daddy War- and the U.S. was wrong.” bucks of “global health” funding. The Chinese Communist Party is waging Total War against When Trump referred to COVID-19 as the “China virus,” America. But it is the traitors in our own country who are help- China Daily and other official organs of the Chinese Commu- ing them who are our greatest threat. n

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