A Newsletter for Conservative Republicans

FLYING HIGH…AND DIGGING AND BORING TO KEEP BREVARD COUNTY RED AND GET CONSERVATIVES ELECTED

Editor and Publisher: Stuart Gorin Designer and Assistant Publisher: Frank Montelione

Number 105 August 2018

DESANTIS, SCOTT, OTHERS WIN FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: By Space Coast Tusk Editor Stuart Gorin MY TWO CENTS By Stuart Gorin The August 28 Primary Election in Florida gave victories to

I was flabbergasted when I learned that Congressman Ron DeSantis, Governor Rick Scott and a during a discussion with the media on host of other Republican candidates, all of whom will face border security, House Minority Leader Democrat challengers in the November 6 mid-term general Nancy Pelosi downgraded the 9/11 election. terrorist attacks as an “incident.” Incident? Since most of the Republican primaries were contested, the Hey, Baltimore-born Congressperson, the loss of 2,977 victims on planes and in buildings was a national tragedy. Editor remained neutral, but now that the primary is over, the -0- Space Coast Tusk strongly endorses all of our winners.

It must be something in the Left Coast water. We also have learned that in a bizarre speech at a California church, Congresswoman Maxine “Slapsy Maxie” Waters said she had been sent by God to stop President Trump, because rather than making America great again, he was intent on “taking America down.” Was her election “an incident” as well? -0- Three cheers to the Beef O’Brady’s restaurant in Brooksville, Florida! Because of the disrespect shown to the flag and national anthem at NFL football games, the restaurant has cancelled its

DIRECTV Sunday Ticket Package to show games at each booth, which will save more than $5,000 – AND it will use that money According to Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Lori instead to give a 40 percent discount to veterans on Sundays during Scott and her team, voter turnout in the primary – including the NFL season. mail-in ballots, early voting and election day itself – was -0- 31.23 percent of those eligible, and that was about equal to the Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of ’s statewide percentages. system for purging ineligible voters from the rolls. The birthdays listed for a number of voters was January 1, 1800, making them (Continued on Page 2) 218 years old. Gee, the report didn’t say whether or not any of the voters switched to the Republican Party in 1860. -0- INSIDE: Ever wonder why Conservatives are called the “right” while Liberals are called the “left”? No, it has nothing to do right and Trump Rallies for Candidates ...... page 2 wrong. It comes from the Bible, from Ecclesiastes 10:2: “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” Governor Scott’s Accomplishments ...... page 3 -0- Audacity and Inhumanity ...... page 4 is NOT a ham sandwich! -0- Political Cartoons and Photos ...... pages 13 Thru 18 More Two Cents next month. [1]

Data published by Florida’s State Division of Elections less over businessman Matt Nye, 56-44 percent. than three weeks before the August 28 primary, showed that more than a half-million Floridians already voted by mail. Of In the District 2 Board of County Commissioners race, the 510,155 ballots returned throughout the state by August attorney Bryan Lober over former commissioner Chuck 10, there were 238,051 from registered Republicans; 198,631 Nelson, 56-44 percent. from Democrats; 1,966 from other political parties; and 71, Incumbent District 4 County Commissioner Curt Smith 507 from independent voters. over former commissioner Trudie Infantini, 53-47 percent. There were eight names on Florida’s Republican In the District 5 Canaveral Port Authority Commissioner race, gubernatorial ballot, but effectively, it was a two-way contest attorney Robyn Hattaway defeated former commissioner between DeSantis, who garnered 57 percent of the vote, and Malcolm MacLouth 63-34 percent. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, with 37 percent. In the non-partisan races for the Palm Bay City Council, DeSantis, an Iraq War veteran and military attorney who has judicial seats and the Brevard School Board, winners had to served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and reach a 50 percent plus one threshold, or there will be a had the support of President Donald Trump, thanked him November runoff between the top two candidates. during a victory speech for “viewing me as somebody who could be a great leader in Florida,” and complimented Putnam In the Palm Bay City Council Seat 4 race, personal trainer on a hard-fought race and said, “to beat someone of his caliber Kenny Johnson with 49 percent of the vote will face retired is a big, big deal.” businessman Thomas Gaume, who garnered 30 percent. Incumbent Tres Holton, with 21 percent, was eliminated. DeSantis faces Democrat opposition in November, and soon will have to name a lieutenant governor running mate. In the Palm Bay City Council Seat 5 race, incumbent Jeff Bailey, with 49 percent of the vote, will face teacher Aaron For his part, Putnam promised in his concession remarks to Parr, with 29 percent. Engineer Erik Sandberg was support the Republican ticket. eliminated with 22 percent. Bob White, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of In the Circuit Judge race for the 18th Judicial Circuit, Group Florida, who came in third with 2 percent, said that while he 24, incumbent Melissa Dyan Souto defeated attorney Adam knew it was an uphill battle, he was pleased to make numerous Pollack, 54-46 percent. trips statewide to spread the RLC message. In the County Judge, Group 5 race, attorney Katie Jacobus, Scott, who is term-limited as Florida governor, captured 89 with 59 percent of the vote, defeated attorney Rod Kernan percent of the vote in the U.S. Senate primary to 11 percent with 29 percent and attorney Anthony Mechachonis with 12 for California businessman Roque De La Fuente, who earned percent. attention this year by mounting U.S. Senate bids in multiple states without campaigning in Florida. In the Brevard School Board District 1 race, incumbent Misty Belford defeated teacher David Meader 56-44 percent. Many Republicans, including President Trump, encouraged Scott to mount a November challenge to long-time Democrat In the Brevard School Board District 2 race, there will be a Senator Bill Nelson. Thanking his supporters and campaign runoff between clinical social worker Cheryl McDougall, volunteers, Scott said he looked forward to the campaign. with 42 percent of the vote, and teacher Charles Parker, with 37 percent. Businessman Frank Sullivan, with 21 percent, In the primary race for Florida Attorney General, former was eliminated. Circuit Court judge Ashley Moody defeated Florida State Representative Frank White 57 percent to 43 percent; and And in the Brevard School Board District 5 race, the runoff Florida State Representative Matt Caldwell defeated will be between teacher Kayte Campbell, with 37 percent of Florida State Senator Denise Grimsley 35 percent to 27 the vote, and former teacher Kelly Damerow, with 29 percent in a four-way race for Florida Commissioner of percent. Eliminated were incumbent Andy Ziegler, with 23 Agriculture. percent, and real estate investor Dean Patarakis with 11 percent. Following are the rest of the race results in Brevard County:

Incumbent District 50 State Representative Rene “Coach TRUMP RALLIES FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES P” Plasencia over college professor George Collins, 65-35 President Donald Trump made recent trips to states around percent. the nation to fire up supporters and tout the campaigns of local In the District 51 State Representative race, State Attorney candidates for office. Office Executive Director Tyler Sirois over Cocoa Mayor Overflowing, cheering, sign-waving crowds of thousands Henry Parrish, 62-38 percent. showed up at events in West Virginia, New York, Ohio, Incumbent District 52 State Representative Thad Altman Pennsylvania and Florida, where the President spoke to them, [2] as well as to audiences on national television, about topics immigration status, to ending “judicial activism” and ranging from Democrats to foreign trading partners, illegal repealing the “common core” education standards. immigrants, unemployment statistics and fake news. At the Tampa rally, Trump also renewed a call for voter ID in the United States, pointing to examples of Democrats pushing to allow non-citizens to vote, and added, “We believe that only American citizens should vote in American elections, which is why the time has come for voter ID.”

The president also referred to his efforts to get Congress to approve more funding for a border wall, predicted that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed by the Senate, and defended his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to seek denuclearization.

While Florida Governor Rick Scott did not attend the Trump rally, he did spend plenty of time with the president In Charleston, West Virginia, on August 21, Trump prior to the event. campaigned for Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who is running for the U.S. Senate, calling him “a real fighter,” and Scott – a candidate for the U.S. Senate – was at the White stressing his own efforts to bring clean coal production back House earlier in the day and watched Trump sign the to the state. “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which reauthorizes a program allowing states The August 13 fundraiser in Utica, New York, was for more authority in deciding how to spend federal money Representative Claudia Tenney, who said it was a privilege allocated for local technical education. to welcome the president to “help me get re-elected,” and said, he knows that “I’m an advocate, I’m a fighter” and that I’m The two men then flew together on Air Force One to Tampa, “trying to help him drain the swamp.” where they held a joint event at Tampa Technical High School to tout the new education bill. In Lewis, Ohio, on August 4, the president made a last-minute pitch to support State Senator Troy Balderson’s August 7 special election race for a U.S. Congressional seat, saying the GOVERNOR SCOTT’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Democrat opponent is a “puppet” of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and favors open borders. Balderson promised The team working to elect Governor the crowd he would “fight alongside” Trump on a variety of Rick Scott as Florida’s next U.S. issues, and he was declared the winner after a close race. Senator compiled a list of 100 of his accomplishments during the past 7 Regarding two other August 7 Republican primary races, years. Following are just a few of Trump tweeted out support for Kansas Secretary of State them: Kris Kobach, who defeated incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer’s re-election bid, and for Iraq War pilot John James, --Under his leadership, Florida has who won over businessman Sandy Pensler in Michigan’s created more than 1.5 million Senate race. private sector jobs – with Florida’s annual job growth rate outpacing On August 2 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he said the nation. the U.S. economy is soaring and American steel is coming back very strongly, Trump stumped for “an incredible --Believing that a strong infrastructure system helps bring champion” – Congressman Lou Barletta – a candidate for more families and visitors to the state, he has worked to invest the U.S. Senate who told the crowd that “ISIS is practically $85 billion to improve Florida’s roads, bridges, airports and gone, North Korea is at the table, the wall’s being built, and seaports. we’re not tired of winning.” --He has championed investments and legislation to support In Tampa, Florida, on July 31, Trump called Congressman Florida law enforcement officers, which has helped Florida’s Ron DeSantis – one of eight Republicans seeking the soon- crime rate reduce to an historic 47-year low. to-be-vacated gubernatorial seat – “a true leader, a proud veteran, my great friend, a tough, brilliant cookie. He’s tough, --He has worked to eliminate government waste and he’s smart, he loves Florida and he loves our country, and he’s bureaucracy, so Florida can have the most efficient government workforce in the country. going to be your next governor.” --Under his leadership, nearly 80 percent of Florida DeSantis praised Trump’s record and offered a laundry list of businesses don’t pay a business tax, which means companies conservative proposals he plans to enact if elected, from instituting an E-verify system, to check employees’ [3] can invest more in growing and creating new job --Fordham University Professor Christina Greer, for saying opportunities. on MSNBC that University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, who tragically was murdered by an illegal alien, was just “a --He rejected federal tax payer dollars for high speed rail to girl in Iowa that Fox News is talking about.” Is it time for keep Floridians from being on the hook for hundreds of Greer to go jogging? millions of dollars, and the State of Florida has begun the process to allow for private investment in a high-speed rail --The Santa Barbara, California City Council, for connection from Orlando to Tampa – which means zero unanimously passing an ordinance authorizing restaurant, bar, financial risk to Florida taxpayers. and other food-service employees to be punished with up to six months in jail or a $1,000 fine – for the horrific criminal --Since his election, Florida has invested more than $1 billion act of giving plastic straws to their customers. City in funding to better coordinate mental health and substance Councilman Jesse Dominguez at that time actually said, “We abuse services in Florida’s communities so vulnerable have to regulate every aspect of people’s lives.” It then took a Floridians can get the help they need. couple of weeks for him to apologize for the comment with this puzzling response: “I made a string of words in a --Under his leadership, 88,000 new Florida businesses have rhetorical fashion about regulation and they were not taken as been created, an increase of more than 19 percent. rhetorical and that’s my fault.” --He signed legislation to permanently expand Bright Futures to cover 100 percent of tuition for Florida Academic Scholars and 75 percent for Florida Medallion Scholars.

--He secured state funding to complete the PortMiami deep dredge project, which helped welcome bigger, more modern ships to increase trade and tourism.

---He worked with the Florida Legislature to establish the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, the first of its kind, to provide funding for public infrastructure and workforce training projects across the state.

--He does not take a salary as governor, which has saved Florida taxpayers nearly $1 million, and if elected, he will not take a salary as senator. --An unnamed history teacher at California’s Lodi High AUDACITY AND INHUMANITY School, for lecturing two students about why “guns are bad,” and sending one of them to the principal’s office because they --Opinion contributor Tina Dupuy, for taking Trump were wearing shirts featuring red, white and blue shell casings Derangement Syndrome to a new high, by writing in USA formed as an American flag with the words "National Rifle Today that “the U.S. presidency is broken, and democracy is Association" below. After one student’s mother complained in peril. It’s time to amend the Constitution and abolish the to the school, administrators found the shirts did not violate presidency.” the district’s dress code and said teachers will be re-informed about dress code policies. --New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, for drawing gasps from the crowd at a bill-signing ceremony by rebuking --Left-leaning Somerville, Massachusetts, Mayor Joseph President Trump’s signature slogan with the statement: Curtatone, who called for a boycott of Sam Adams Beer “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never because Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch had the that great.” “audacity” at a gathering of business executives to praise President Trump’s tax-cut plan that will allow his firm to --It was bad enough that a sixth grade Catonsville, Maryland compete fairly with foreign breweries. pupil knelt during the Pledge of Allegiance in school. What was worse was the “Keep up the good work” praise she --The Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania Borough Council, for received – from non-other than former First Lady, New York a “cease and desist” order and threat of a $500-a-day fine to Senator, Secretary of State and UNSUCCESSFUL the Fetterolf family for the “wanton, corruptively aggressive presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. activity” of hosting Bible study groups and religious retreats in the home on their 35-acre farm. The Independence Law --Columnist Frank Bruni for writing – and his paper “The Center has filed a lawsuit against the town bureaucrats on New York Times” for actually publishing – the argument that behalf of the couple, who were only continuing a tradition Vice President Mike Pence is unfit for office – solely because begun by the farm’s previous owners. he is a Christian.

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--Charles Davis, Dean of Journalism and Mass --Former Saltgrass Steak House waiter Khalil Cavil, in Communications at the University of Georgia, for bowing to Odessa, Texas, whose viral Facebook posting showed a pressure on Twitter to a group of liberals who were offended restaurant bill for $108.73 with a note at the top that read, “we because he had tweeted congratulations to a childhood friend don’t tip terrorist.” The waiter raised about $1,000 in on becoming the state’s Republican candidate for governor. sympathy tips, and the restaurant banned that customer from Davis apologized to the libs, who accused him of being a ever returning. But then there was an investigation, and it “racist” blind to his own “privilege,” for daring to suggest that turned out it was all a hoax, and the waiter staged the whole Brian Kemp is "a nice guy." thing and wrote the note himself. So the customer was invited back to the restaurant for a free meal, and Cavil is a waiter --Gun-control activist and Florida student David Hogg, for there no more. The money collected on Facebook reportedly hypocritically employing armed security personnel protection was being returned. while leading a protest at the Virginia headquarters of the National Rifle Association. --Iranian General Gholam Reza Jalali, who told reporters that Iran’s current water shortage is caused by the Israelis, by --Leftist forces in Houston, Texas, for creating a backlash stealing moisture from clouds before they can reach his including death threats to the owners of El Tiempo Cantina country. Refuting the general, and based on his knowledge, restaurant, for posting on social media a photo of Attorney the country’s chief meteorologist said this was not possible, General Jeff Sessions with the executive chef and because no country is able to steal snow or clouds. Still, commenting that it was an honor to serve him. “National Review” referred to the matter as “The International --Peter Fonda, the brother of “Hanoi Jane” Fonda, for Jewish Cloud Conspiracy.” tweeting – and then deleting but not fast enough – a call for --Mark Roberts, a rabid Trump hater who is running for Democrats to commit voter fraud. His message was: “If you Congress in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District as an have a millennial in your family, take their early ballots, fill Independent and whose website fails to list a profession, for a them out and mail them in, or take the ballot to the voting place and give to the officials… no more worrying.” totally tasteless tweet implying that First Lady Melania Trump is a prostitute who “works by the hour.” Yes, there was --The unnamed teacher at North East Carolina Preparatory backlash. School in Tarboro, North Carolina, who punished a ten-year- old boy and even threatened to throw something at him for the --University of North Texas art education professor Tyson outrageous act of saying “yes, ma’am” to her. Would she have Lewis, for contending in a new “Handbook of Race and Arts preferred “yes, sir” instead? in Education,” that K-12 teachers should work to combat

“geometrics of whiteness,” which is “a kind of one- dimensional way of being in the world," and educators should POLITICAL JOTTINGS AND DOTTINGS advance the "social justice agenda" of art education. President Donald Trump revoked John Brennan’s security

--Randa Jarrar, a novelist and English professor at California clearance on August 15, accusing the former CIA Director of State University, Fresno – reportedly because “The Nation” making “unfounded and outrageous” charges about his published a poem later deemed to be “culturally insensitive” administration, and casting the move as necessary to protect – has called on fellow writers to demand that white editors national security. “Mr. Brennan’s lying and recent conduct immediately resign from positions of power. This is the same characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly professor who kept her job four months ago despite sparking inconsistent with access to the nation’s most closely held a national backlash for cheering the death of former first lady secrets and facilities,”Trump said….

Barbara Bush, and saying she was a witch who “raised a war Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former staffer criminal.” and contestant on “The Apprentice” reality TV show, released --U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez in Oregon – an a tell-all book critical of President Trump on August 14, Obama appointee – for ruling that high schoolers must share claiming the president is trying to silence her by accusing her showers and toilets with members of the opposite sex but of violating a non-disclosure agreement…. added that parents who objected to the decision may remove their students from the school district. However, by switching FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich on August 10 fired to private schools or home schooling, they will be liable not Special Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau’s only to continue paying for the local public school, but for investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential additional costs as well. election until officials discovered that he had been sending anti-Trump texts to his then-lover, Lisa Page. The firing --Tanya Chutkan, another Obama-appointed federal judge, overruled a previous decision to just suspend him for 60 who gave no jail time and no fine to Imran Awan, days…. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz’s Pakistani IT staffer who pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges, because he The U.S. Senate voted 86-9 on July 23 to confirm Interim has “suffered enough.” Secretary Robert Wilkie as the permanent Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. [5]

THIS AND THAT the project’s aim is to ensure that many generations of Christians will MANAFORT, COHEN. Former Trump campaign chairman continue to support Israel and Paul Manafort was convicted on eight counts of bank and tax relationships between Christians fraud on August 21, and on the same day, former Trump and Jews around the world. Miles, lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty to eight felony counts and who spent one year in Israel and was implicated the president in a scheme to pay off two women in to return this month for a second order to prevent the release of information that could have year, said he first toured the country damaged his White House bid. While left-leaning Democrats in 2016 as part of the Sister Cities and media members were screaming “impeachment,” neither Program, and received such a warm development is directly related to Special Counsel Robert welcome from the community he Mueller’s inquiry into whether there was collusion between decided to become involved. In Trump’s campaign and Russia. And Republican pollster Brett Jerusalem, he said, he has had the opportunity to reach out to Loyd said the president’s long-term approval rating likely will elderly Holocaust survivors and the poor with distributions of not be affected negatively by the conviction or guilty plea. food and other gifts, repair bomb shelters, plant trees, go on excursions throughout the country, run the 26-mile Jerusalem U.S. SPACE FORCE. Speaking Marathon, and stay with an Israeli family. In their “free time,” at the Pentagon on August 9, Vice Miles and other participants in the program from other President Mike Pence asked countries, receive extensive training and education regarding Congress to appropriate $8 billion Israel and her place in the world. Noting that President Trump over the next five years for is very popular in Israel, Miles said he applauded the president President Trump’s proposed Space for sticking to his word to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Force, which would be the sixth Aviv to Jerusalem, and he recently presented the embassy branch of the U.S. military. with a gift from the Space Coast Sister Cities program that Quoting the president, Pence said, was placed in its museum – a plaque containing a hand and a “It is not enough to merely have an dove representing life, peace and joy. For more information American presence in space. We on the program visit the website: www.bridgesforpeace.com. must have American dominance in space, and so we will.” The websites for Act!, which is dedicated to uniting Detailing a four-step proposal for the Space Force, the vice Americans against the threat of radical Islam (but not Islam president said first would be the creation of the U.S. Space itself), are: Command led by a four-star flag officer; second would be to www.actforamerica.org create an “elite group of warfighters” drawn from men and and www.actspacecoast.org. women in all branches of the military to specialize in space operations; third would be to create a joint organization called the Space Development Agency that will focus on giving EDDIE EAGLE. The National Rifle members of the U.S. Space Force the most cutting-edge Association’s “Eddie Eagle Gunsafe technologies without “red tape”; and the fourth and final step Program” – which teaches children would be to create the position of assistant secretary of across inAmerica simple, effective defense for space – “a single civilian position reporting to the firearm-accident-prevention Secretary of Defense.” th principles – is celebrating its 30 RNC 2020 CONVENTION. The Republican National anniversary this year. It teaches Committee has selected Charlotte, North Carolina, to be the children in pre-K through the fourth site of its 2020 presidential nominating convention. Brad grade this safety message: “If you see Parscale, campaign manager for President Trump’s re- a gun: Stop! Don’t touch. Run away. election campaign, said, “Charlotte’s booming economy is a Tell a grown up.” More than 28,000 schools, teachers civic prime example of how President Trump’s agenda is organizations and law enforcement officers have helped improving lives, spurring growth, and creating opportunity for implement the program since 1988. NRA says its millions of Americans.” Even though Charlotte hosted the effectiveness is confirmed by declining gun accidents among 2012 Democrat convention, Dan Barry, chairman of the children and its popularity with those who teach it. For more nearby Union County Republicans, called the decision “a big, information, visit the website: www.eddieeagle.com. big deal. We’re a red-meat, red county.”

Jordan Miles, a 21-year-old resident Striking at the heart of of Merritt Island, Florida, who forfeiture abuse, a U.S. volunteers as publications web District Court judge in assistant for Bridges for Peace in New Mexico affirmed an Jerusalem as part of the Zealous Israel argument by the Institute Project, told the Space Coast Chapter For Justice (IJ) that the city of Albuquerque violates state law of Act! For America on August 9 that and due process rights by forcing property owners to prove [6] their innocence, and gives law enforcement agents an primary election, as well as those in non-partisan judicial and unconstitutional financial incentive to police and prosecute school board races. Only a couple of candidates elected not to for profit rather than for public safety. Three years ago, IJ was attend, but those who did were questioned by Club President instrumental in making New Mexico the first state in the Susan Hodgers about why they were running and what issues nation to abolish civil forfeiture through legislative reform, they would support if elected. Since Canon 7 rules prohibit but the city of Albuquerque raked in more than a million judicial candidates from speaking about how they would rule dollars every year through vehicle forfeitures, and city on issues or to which political party they belong, instead, officials refused to shut it down. IJ President Scott Bullock Hodgers asked them who their favorite justices on the U.S. said that together with a forfeiture victim, the institute sued to Supreme Court are. force the city to follow the law. “This ruling strikes at the heart of what drives forfeiture abuse – the ability of law HERITAGE ISLE REPUBLICAN CLUB. Florida District enforcement agencies to financially benefit at the expense of 53 State Representative Randy Fine, who is seeking re- American citizens and to impose unjust and unconstitutional election to the position, told the Heritage Isle Republican Club burdens on property owners in forfeiture proceedings,” on August 2, that the two major issues he is championing are Bullock said. “The decision will bolster all of IJ’s work in correcting problems with the Indian River Lagoon and with defense of property rights and the right to due process of law” political corruption at all levels of government. Noting that ….In another case, a federal judge struck down the city of the lagoon “is in bad shape” due to toxic algae blooms and Charleston, West Virginia’s tour guide licensing law as other sewage problems, Fine said leaking septic tanks are a “unconstitutional under the First Amendment.” This had major cause of the problem. Regarding corruption, he been a two-year legal battle in which IJ defined and pioneered identified as “the axis of political evil’ – politicians, crony the legal area around “occupational speech,” arguing that all capitalists from both the profit and non-profit communities, Americans have a constitutional right to speak for a living – and the establishment media. “They are all actively working whether they are journalists, health coaches, engineers, against us,” he said…. Also addressing the club, former Port teachers, or tour Canaveral Commissioner Mac McLouth, who is running to guides…. The website is www.ij.org. return to the commission, explained his proposal to build a tide-activated weir system in a cove to allow sea water to flow BREC Chairman Rick Lacey into the lagoon as a way to help clean it….Resident John reported at the August 8 Smallegan, who is seeking a position on the Heritage Isle meeting that the July 8 picnic CDD Board, said his main concern is replacement of storm- and straw poll was a “huge damaged trees on the park that abuts his property, noting that success” for the committee, after the board had the trees removed, they only covered over both financially and with the spots with dirt and grass. There was contention when attendees’ support for the board member Roger Teurfs, who originally had not intended candidates. He also reminded to speak, said the CDD works to keep within its budget level, members that the next evening, and there is no requirement to replace expensive fallen trees. there would be a special NEW MILLENNIUM CONSERVATIVE CLUB. Even showing of the Dinesh D’Souza film “Death of a Nation” for though early voting and mail-in balloting for Brevard County members at the local theatre (which was well received by residents was already underway, several candidates addressed more than 100 viewers)….Vetting Committee Chairman John attendees at the New Millennium Conservative Club meeting Weiler reported that ten candidates for State Legislature and on August 20 to discuss their backgrounds and ask for votes. Brevard County Commission seats in contested Republican Among non-partisan judicial candidates, this included Primary races were given a 20-question survey based on the incumbent Judge Melissa Souto and attorney Adam Pollack, national Republican platform, and five of them scored at least for the 18th Judicial Circuit Group 24 seat; and attorneys Katie an 85 on a 0-100 scale. They were challengers George Collins Jacobus and Rod Kernan for the open County Judge Group 5 in the District 50 State House race, Tyler Sirois in District 51, seat. “Citizen Watchdog” Matt Nye, a Republican candidate Matt Nye in District 52, Bryan Lober in the District 2 County for the State Legislature District 52 seat, also spoke, as did a Commission race and Trudie Infantini in District 4. Weiler representative for Ashley Moody, a Republican candidate for said the other candidates in the five races chose not to Florida Attorney General. participate in the vetting…. Brevard School Board member Matt Susin said there will be Teen Age Republican Clubs REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S NETWORK OF SOUTH (TARS) this school year in all 16 Brevard high BREVARD. In addition to its regular monthly meeting at the schools….Committeeman and committeewoman of the Eau Gallie Yacht Club, the Republican Women’s Network of month certificates were presented to BREC members Steve South Brevard is supporting a luncheon event at the Hilton Hamas and Cindy Olsen….Five new precinct members were Rialto in Melbourne on September 15, sponsored by the sworn-in. Florida Women’s Political Network. It will be a FWPN Leadership Training and Brainstorming Seminar with TRUMP CLUB OF BREVARD. A packed meeting of the Turning Point USA. For more information, visit Trump Club of Brevard on August 1 heard from nearly every www.floridawpn.com. Republican candidate on the ballot in the August 28 Florida

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EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS “It is a bizarre fact that, in this country, our jewelry stores and Independent Women’s Voice President Tammy Bruce, airports and banks are more writing on the Trump Derangement Syndrome in “The protected and, apparently, more Washington Times National Weekly”: important than our children. Think about it. Our NFL games, our NBA “Today’s ‘feeling as though the games, our office buildings, our world is going to end’ is now a politicians and our movie stars are hallmark of those suffering from all protected better than our Trump Derangement Syndrome, a children at school. There are term meant to identify and mock 132,800 public and private kindergartens through high people back from the edge of mass schools in the United States. According to survey information, hysteria assigning everything 65 percent of those schools have recorded one or more horrible in the history of humanity incidents of violent crime. Yes, it’s summer. But every parent, to a guy who was simply better and teacher, administrator, law enforcement officer, local smarter at campaigning, and liked the American people more politician and community leader needs to think – right now – than his opponent….Today’s distraught don’t like the man about protecting our children when they return to the elected president of the United States and are subjected to classroom. Nothing can be more important than protecting our various Obama and Clinton henchmen (and women) innocent children while they are at school. That is why the constantly telling them there’s treason, racism and Nazis, oh NRA launched its National School Shield Program in 2012. my! They have been goaded by a Democrat member of Its singular mission is to protect our children in their learning Congress to confront Trump supporters; a former Obama environment. Any American school that needs immediate official compared border enforcement to the Holocaust; and professional consultation and help with organizing and we hear that people are going to die because of whatever the defining their own security solutions should call the NRA day’s Trump Armageddon happens to be….There are so- National School Shield Program – we will provide immediate called journalists and Democrat leadership in the news every assistance absolutely free of charge…. This includes a school day telling people that the sky is falling; that literally climate evaluation, physical security, communications Armageddon is upon us; that Mr. Trump and most working systems, overall preparedness and more. We also facilitate with him are committing treason; that a foreign nation is in critical partnerships between school officials, law control of the country; and that ethnic cleansing is unfolding enforcement and local leadership to recognize strengths and at the border. All of these claims are as demonstrably vulnerabilities, and help institute the very best practices to as the lunatic ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy theory that protect our children….The national news media don’t report insisted Hillary Clinton and John Podesta were running a sex- it and the anti-freedom crowd will never admit it, but no one trafficking pedophile ring from the basement of a pizza shop cares more about the safety of our children at school than the in Washington, D.C. Here are the facts of the matter: Because six million women and men of the National Rifle Association of Mr. Trump’s policies, liberals like everyone else, have of America….There is no one-size-fits-all strategy, and more money in their pocketbooks, are keeping more of the NRA’s National School Shield is here to help every individual money they earn, are earning higher wages, are safer from district design its own safety strategy. And, if appropriate, that domestic and international threats, and have reason to be should include effective, trained, armed security to meet head optimistic about the future….Certain psychologists and on the evil our children could one day face….When we stand academics may want to assign a ‘disorder’ to those responding and fight for our freedom, we stand and fight for all to the hysteria coming from Democrat party leadership and Americans, whether they agree with us or not, because our media, as though their anxiety-ridden reaction is beyond their fight is for American freedom for all.” control, and perhaps even Mr. Trump’s fault. It’s not. Unsurprisingly, many Democrats are tired of being misled, American Civil Rights Union Policy manipulated and abused by people like Maxine Waters, John Board Member J. Christian Adams, Brennan, James Clapper and even Hillary Clinton herself, and writing on the coming war over the have decided to walk away from the party. Liberal and leftist Constitution, at www.theacru.org: politicians want their own base to be depressed, afraid and paranoid about Mr. Trump. After all, when you’re consumed “A war is coming over the with conspiracy theories about Trumphitler, you don’t have Constitution between those who any time to ask yourself about the disastrous failures of liberal would defend it and those who find it leadership, and why Donald Trump is making things a nuisance….To Brett Kavanaugh’s exponentially better while Democrats made things worse.” foes, the Constitution stands in the way of grand designs they have for the federal government and your lives. They want to National Rifle Association Executive Vice President control things in your lives – your healthcare, your lightbulbs, Wayne LaPierre, writing on school safety in NRA’s your land, your neighborhood, your dishwasher, your electric “America’s 1st Freedom”: bill, your employer. 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Constitution. Kavanaugh’s foes want the Constitution to mean Donald Trump is working uphill against the real and now whatever suits their transformative agenda. Kavanaugh unmistakable Hitlerian collective known as the DNC. I am believes the Constitution means what it said when it was certain that a liberal Ma and Pa Snopes is waiting even now written. That it was written in 1787 doesn’t trouble him at all. to help all you snowflakes through this time of ‘inconvenient’ His foes have millions upon millions of dollars ready to smear discomfort I have just laid on your heads. But, short of you both the nominee and the original meaning of the Constitution babies doing your own homework (which won’t happen), be for good measure. This is not just a war over a nomination, it prepared for a life of a whole lot of pain...It was another is an extension of the battle for the country…. The Progs dictator, we might call him a somewhat ‘softer’ dictator, King (Progressives) believe in courts deferring to unelected federal George III, who expressed this quite dictatorial statement: bureaucrats…. The Cons (Conservatives) believe the “Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a president is in charge of the executive branch, not unelected scoundrel.” And upon that very foundational sentiment the bureaucrats. The Progs also believe in federal control over new left is desperately trying to destroy our current and state elections. They don’t care that the Constitution of 1787 popularly elected president. They are partnered with the recognized that decentralized control over elections helps liberal media puppeteers, the modern-day Goebbels of preserve individual liberty. When no single entity is in control opinion-shaping Hitlerian publicists….They are, in concert of elections, no despot or malevolent faction can tamper with with a dumb bunch of citizenry, beating the hell out of our the system. The Progs hate election integrity rules like great, brave and noble (but still only human) president. A pox citizenship verification of voters or voter ID. They want upon them and all that concerns them. It is now in the name federal bureaucrats to have the power to invalidate those state of ‘America’, and kindred terms such as ‘American’, laws. The Cons believe that states have the power under the ‘Americanism’ and ‘patriotism’ – terms the left and their Constitution to write state election laws, as long as they are partnering news and celebrity entertainers have squirmed so genuinely not racially discriminatory…. The coming war over hard in redefining – that they are trying to appeal to all those Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is just the latest intensification who are stupid enough to join them in wrecking the real by the Left in the battle to undo the Constitution of 1787. thing….A great portion of our nation is truly not willing to Make no mistake, their aim is to replace its limits on walk into the trap that the left is currently trying to spring on government power. The Progs are heirs to the legacy of the our president and his disenchanted and burgeoning crowd of 20th century, where utopians across the globe sought supporters. Simultaneously, and again, unprecedented, is that government power to remake the world in their own image…. many of us are interlaced and unusually dependent upon a The coming fight over Brett Kavanaugh will feature two sides predominantly leftist-owned ‘information highway’…. with almost nothing left in common. Sure, we live in Without America, There Is No Free World!” And that fact, proximity to each other. But one side defends the Constitution more than any other, is why the very real devil so much wants and the other side will stop at nothing to replace it. The Progs us destroyed.” have turned to violence and intimidation to advance the transformation of the country. It’s why the Kavanaugh National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation nomination must be won.” President Mark Mix, writing on Big Labor doubling down on Artist and writer Dave Merrick, writing on Constitutional coercion in the NRWLDF America on www.canadafreepress.com: “Foundation Action” newsletter: “In the landmark Janus v. “A lot of really dumb people AFSCME (American Federation of are picking up the chant that State, County and Municipal Donald J. Trump and his Employees trade union) decision presidency are somehow issued June 27, 2018, the Supreme comparable to Hitler and his Court struck down mandatory Third Reich. You have to be union payments for government really stupid to even feel that employees as a violation of the way. For starters, Hitler owned First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and association. and used the media - When it comes to financially supporting a union, state and newspapers and radio - to local government employees in 25 states that had been forced control the people he absorbed beneath him. But to pay union dues or fees, finally have a choice. Not only does conservatively, ninety percent of President Trump’s enemy is this decision restore the First Amendment rights of over five easily ninety percent of the big network, liberal media empire million teachers, police officers, fire fighters and other now in complete collusion with the left who hates him and government workers like Mark Janus, who filed the First wants him destroyed. Next, I repeat that Donald Trump, Amendment lawsuit with legal representation from the unlike Hitler, is anything but an anti-Semite. And now to add National Right to Work Foundation, it also gives those even more grief to your fragile big media formed workers a way to hold union officials accountable…Union misconceptions, Trump is not using ‘socialism’ as any part of officials are predictably outraged by the Janus ruling that the disguise that so many despotic leaders have used in overthrows their force-fees privileges. Yet a look at history tricking the people into welcoming so many dictatorships. suggests top union officials haven’t always embraced [9] coercive powers and eschewed voluntary arrangements. One impeachment case remains hopelessly threadbare. In terms of notable proponent was Samuel Gompers, who founded the his Department of Justice mandate, he has made no progress American Federation of Labor and served as the longest- whatsoever. He is presiding over a ‘collusion’ probe that has tenured president of the group that later would become the absolutely nothing to do with collusion. Let him keep AFL-CIO. In 1916, as president of the AFL, Gompers wrote: indicting and convicting ham sandwiches. Most Americans ‘The workers of America adhere to voluntary institutions in won’t care. It just underscores the superfluous and abusive preference to compulsory systems which are held to be character of his probe. He is not compiling an air-tight legal impractical but a menace to their rights, welfare and their case for impeachment; he is simply using abusive liberty’…Unfortunately, Gompers’ vision for unions as prosecutorial tactics to foment an anti-Trump political voluntary institutions has been wholly rejected by today’s top firestorm.” labor officials…With their forced-dues-enhanced political --“The American Spectator” contributing editor George influence, union officials coast-to-coast have already Neumayr successfully lobbied for new privileges intended to limit -0- government employees’ ability to exercise their rights under the Janus decision, with others considering such measures “News of the Manafort verdict and the Michael Cohen plea now. One favored legislative means of evading Janus is deal breathed new life into the left’s campaign to oust mandatory union orientation requirements, where new hires President Trump. And they’re all on a mission to use this to are forced to meet with union officials who then pressure or inflict maximum damage on the President and his agenda…. even mislead them into signing themselves into nearly So deep is the hatred that has infected so much of our perpetual dues payments. A handful of states have already government, the mainstream media and the huge number of blocked workers from exercising their First Amendment Americans who receive their news from the mainstream Janus rights except during a few days each year…. While the media, it may be impossible to eliminate. Call it the deep state, Janus decision frees millions of public employees from the resistance, whatever you would like, but it’s become like mandatory union payments, don’t expect Big Labor to a systemic cancer that is slowly killing the patient, suddenly embrace Gompers’ view of a union movement build America…. Hopefully, all this insanity will help boost on workers’ voluntary support. Instead, expect more Republican turnout in November.” government-granted powers for union bosses over rank-and- --“Red State” writer Elizabeth Vaughn file workers and more lawsuits by workers like Mark Janus, -0- who want their rights to be respected.” “President Donald Trump and his opponents have loudly wrangled in recent months about whether a ‘deep state’ is out to get the president. The term ‘deep state’ commonly refers to THOUGHTS TO PONDER the officials who secretly wield power permanently in

“As an elected representative, I have always conducted myself Washington, often in federal agencies with vast sway and little as I would want my representative to behave. That’s been a accountability. According to a March poll, 74 percent of guiding principle of mine since first serving on the Rockledge Americans believe that a deep state probably exists.” City Council…. I have always believed that America’s --“USA Today” columnist and author James Bovard strength is derived from the goodwill, resolve and sacrifices -0- of hardworking Americans. I’m optimistic about our future “The hottest trend among some far-left Democrats is to because I recognize those qualities in the constituents whom I embrace socialism – calling it ‘Democratic socialism’ to make have had the great privilege of representing.” th it sound more appealing. Going off the deep end like this is a --Florida 8 District U.S. Representative Bill Posey sure-fire losing strategy for Democrats, because the farther -0- left they go the more Americans get left behind. It’s a safe bet

“There are three big bubbles in America – New York, that voters are more likely to support the party of Lincoln than Washington and Hollywood – maybe a fourth one – Silicon the party of Lenin.” Valley. People living in those bubbles don’t know the rest of --Republican National Committee national spokesperson America. They think they do, but they don’t. They resent the Kayleigh McEnany rest of America. They think they are better than the rest of -0-

America. We are the basket of deplorables. We are the people “I truly believe the government closest to the people should who are the great unwashed. But Donald Trump understands make the decisions that affect the quality of life in the that these great unwashed people – people like me – that grew community they represent.” up more comfortable working in the kitchen than sitting at the Florida State Senator Debbie Mayfield, upon receiving a head table, that we’re the people that give this country its “Defender of Home Rule” award from the League of Cities strength.” -0- --Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee -0- “We appeal to President Trump to take heed from the reports from foot soldiers in the field of battle. The forgotten Tea “For all of the media’s oohing and ahhing over Robert Party and marginalized patriots, who left farms and Mueller’s legal victories on Tuesday (August 21), his [10] businesses, labored to save our country from the complete “There is a deep state in this country that is far deeper than take-over of Obama-Communists in 2010. The Tea Party anyone ever thought. It took Donald Trump to bring out the Movement was despised by both parties and shunned. It has fact that some in the government are creating their own rules been stomped on by the Main Stream Media to this very day. and mechanisms to maintain power and control, and preserve The election of Republicans in November cannot happen an ideology that Americans may not buy into. Trump without the forgotten patriots. We are millions strong waiting instinctively knew a deep state was there.” recognition for our efforts. Mr. President, remember, foot --Fox News Channel Host Judge Jeanine Pirro soldiers are more valuable than fans.” -0- --St. Augustine Tea Party Media Chairman David Heimbold “You and I are living through the greatest mass hysteria in -0- American history…. At its core, it is an attempt to undo the 2016 election. The mainstream media refuse to accept that “President Trump deserves direct, unequivocal credit for the Hillary Clinton lost…. The media scream ‘treason’, current economic turnaround. His removal of unneeded, ‘impeachment’ and the like 24/7. Hollywood stars curse the punishing regulations and his tax-cutting measures have sent president; others curse his daughter or the first lady (one of an unmistakable signal to buyers of all stripes and sizes that the most regal in American history) and show President the country’s business conditions really are better and it’s safe Trump in various death poses. Meanwhile, leftist mobs shout to come out now. President Trump understands ‘buyer at administration officials and Republican members of psychology’ the way few, if any, past presidents have. This is Congress while they eat in restaurants, shop in stores and a prime example of presidential leadership, coming from a sleep in their homes.” skilled, experienced businessperson and exercised to the good --Radio talk show host Dennis Prager of all Americans.” -0- --Political analyst Steve Feinstein -0- “After his remark this week questioning America's greatness, New York GOP officials bought Governor Andrew Cuomo a “As Americans, let us commit ourselves to support the U.S. one-way bus ticket to Canada. Not a bad investment for Constitution, enact laws that protect the rights of every person $55…. But why Canada? Why not send Cuomo to some place from conception to natural death, mold public opinion on where he could gain a better appreciation for how great issues that affect our religious precepts, and promote virtue America truly is? How about Cuba, where socialism often and morality that must underlie a nation of, for and by the leads to shortages of toilet paper among other things?” people. It is when we live our religious beliefs conscientiously --Campaign For Working Families President Gary Bauer and faithfully and advance them in the public square that we -0- make our most beneficial contributions to the nation.” --The Catholic University visiting scholar Lawrence “Democrats in the media is a redundant term.” Grayson --Fox News analyst and author Greg Jarrett -0- -0-

“Can you think of one socialist experiment that worked in the “I remain a Marxist, as long as it is of the Groucho / Chico / last several hundred years? There were none: not small Harpo / Zeppo variety.” utopian communities, not massive states – they were all --“National Review” Vice President Jack Fowler failures. Children and young people are attracted to socialism because it seems to promise ‘fairness’ and security – but, in fact, this attraction is a product of unobservant, unthinking, UPCOMING BREVARD COUNTY EVENTS and immature minds.” --Improbable Success Productions Chairman September 3 – Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Richard Rahn Florida meeting, Memaw’s Restaurant, -0- Melbourne, 7 pm.

“The Justice Department has reminded its lawyers that the September 6 – Heritage Isle Republican Club meeting, legally correct term they should be using in their briefs is One Senior Place, Viera, 10 am. ‘illegal alien,’ not the euphemism ‘undocumented September 10 – Brevard Federated Republican Women immigrant’...a politically correct, made-up term adopted by meeting, Duran Golf Club, Viera, 11 am. pro-illegal alien advocacy groups and liberal media outlets to obscure the fact that such aliens have violated U.S. September 10 – The Space Coast Patriots meeting, Merritt immigration law and are in the country illegally.” Island Library, 6 pm. --American Civil Rights Union Policy Board member Hans von Spakovsky September 12 – Brevard Republican Executive Committee -0- meeting, Government Complex Building C, Viera, 7 pm.

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September 13 – ACT! For America Space Coast Chapter meeting, Government Complex Building C, Viera, 6:30 pm.

September 17 – New Millennium Conservative Club meeting, Suntree-Viera Library, 6:30 pm.

September 18 – North Brevard Republican Club meeting, Blue Heron Restaurant, Great Outdoors, outside Titusville, 7 pm.

September 19 – Trump Club of Brevard candidate forum, Tequila Azul Restaurant, Viera, 6 pm.

September 20 – Republican Women’s Network of South Brevard meeting, Eau Gallie Yacht Club, 11 am.

September 23 – RLCCEF Constitution Day Dinner, Hilton Rialto, Melbourne, 5:30 pm.

September 24 – Ronald Reagan Clubs meeting, Tuscany Grill restaurant, Suntree, 7 pm.

September 26 – Space Coast Republican Club meeting, Red Lobster, Merritt Island, 11 am.

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COMICAL CLOSERS

The following sign appeared in the window of a business in Vice President Mike Pence’s home state, in Whiting, Indiana:

“WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, HILLARY CLINTON, NANCY PELOSI, HARRY REID, ALL THE ELITES OF CONGRESS, THE MASS MEDIA, AND ALL OF HOLLYWOOD THAN WITH ONE CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN!!!”

Wow! It is just a sign, and our society does hold Freedom of Speech as our greatest liberty. But, what kind of business would dare post such a sign?

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A woman with two college degrees and was a former social worker and teacher was looking for work. She applied for a job at a Florida lemon grove as a picker. After reading her resume, the foreman said she seemed overqualified, and asked if she had any actual experience picking lemons. “As a matter of fact, I have,” she said. “I've been divorced three times, owned two American- made cars, invested in a company that went belly-up, and voted twice for Obama and once for Hillary." She started work the next morning.

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