8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (12)
#20457511 at 2024-02-22 16:51:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25095: [DS] Runnning Out of Ammo Edition
>>20457497
> Courage to Serve Act
https://PatRyan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-Pat-Ryan-continues-push-action-migrant-crisis-introduces-courage
CONGRESSMAN Pat Ryan CONTINUES PUSH FOR ACTION ON MIGRANT CRISIS, INTRODUCES THE "COURAGE TO SERVE ACT" WITH WEST POINT CLASSMATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN JAMES
February 9, 2024
Press Release
Congressman Pat Ryan Continues Push for Action on Migrant Crisis, Introduces the "Courage to Serve Act" with West Point Classmate Congressman John James
Bipartisan legislation provides expedited Path to citizenship for migrants who pass security check and serve in military
Ryan, a co-sponsor of the bipartisan DIGNITY Act and member of the Border Security Task Force has prioritized practical and actionable steps to address the border crisis
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Pat Ryan, alongside his West Point classmate Congressman John James (R-MI), introduced the bipartisan "Courage to Serve Act.'' The bill creates a pilot program that would provide an expedited Path to citizenship for qualified and vetted migrants who serve in the military. The legislation addresses two challenges facing the United States: an influx of migrants looking to work, build a better life for their families, and contribute to our country, as well as a recruitment crisis within the ranks of our Armed Forces.
"I know it firsthand - there's no higher honor than serving your country in uniform. If folks have the courage to raise their right hand, swear an oath to protect and defend this nation, and put their lives on the line, then they sure as hell deserve the opportunity to become an American citizen," said Congressman Pat Ryan. "Earlier this week, partisan posturing got in the way of passing significant immigration reform. But I'm not giving up the fight. I'll keep pushing everyday for concrete, practical and actionable measures to secure our border, address critical military recruiting shortfalls, and help immigrants already in this country build a better life for their families.
"Over the past few years, we've witnessed serious threats to national security due to recruiting challenges in the military. In fact, in 2022, the Army missed its recruiting goal by 25%. To combat this concerning trend, and give heroic and America-loving immigrants a chance to gain citizenship, I am proud to sponsor the Courage to Serve Act," said Congressman John James. "Immigration is both an economic and moral imperative, and giving specific America-loving immigrants who want to serve the country the chance to become citizens is a no-brainer. Some of the heroes Pat and I served with in Iraq were immigrants, and I can't think of a more deserving person to become an American citizen than immigrants who are willing to serve in our military."
The "Courage to Serve Act" creates a pilot program that would allow a qualified and vetted set of migrants to receive an expedited Path to citizenship in exchange for military service, provided they:
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#19987337 at 2023-11-27 23:53:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24536: eBake Elon To The Promised Land Edition
>>19987333
2/2
During the Civil Rights era, Presidents Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower used the law to protect activists and students desegregating schools. Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect Black students integrating Central High School after that state's governor activated the National Guard to keep the students out.
George H.W. Bush was the last president to use the Insurrection Act, a response to riots in Los Angeles in 1992 after the acquittal of the white police officers who beat Black motorist Rodney King in an incident that was videotaped.
Repeated attempts to invoke the act in a new Trump presidency could put pressure on military leaders, who could face consequences for their actions even if done at the direction of the president.
Michael O'Hanlon, director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution think tank, said the question is whether the military is being imaginative enough with the scenarios it has been presenting to future officers. Ambiguity, especially when force is involved, is not something military personnel are comfortable with, he said.
"There are a lot of institutional checks and balances in our country that are pretty well-developed legally, and it'll make it hard for a president to just do something randomly out of the blue," said O'Hanlon, who specializes in U.S. defense strategy and the use of military force. "But Trump is good at developing a semi-logical train of thought that might lead to a place where there's enough mayhem, there's enough violence and legal murkiness" to call in the military.
Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan of New York, the first graduate of the U.S. Military Academy to represent the congressional district that includes West Point, said he took the oath three times while he was at the school and additional times during his military career. He said there was extensive classroom focus on an officer's responsibilities to the Constitution and the people under his or her command.
"They really hammer into us the seriousness of the oath and who it was to, and who it wasn't to," he said.
Ryan said he thought it was universally understood, but Jan. 6 "was deeply disturbing and a wakeup call for me." Several veterans and active-duty military personnel were charged with crimes in connection with the assault.
While those connections were troubling, he said he thinks those who harbor similar sentiments make up a very small percentage of the military.
William Banks, a Syracuse University law professor and expert in national security law, said a military officer is not forced to follow "unlawful orders." That could create a difficult situation for leaders whose units are called on for domestic policing, since they can face charges for taking unlawful actions.
"But there is a big thumb on the scale in favor of the president's interpretation of whether the order is lawful," Banks said. "You'd have a really big row to hoe and you would have a big fuss inside the military if you chose not to follow a presidential order."
Nunn, who has suggested steps to restrict the invocation of the law, said military personnel cannot be ordered to break the law.
"Members of the military are legally obliged to disobey an unlawful order. At the same time, that is a lot to ask of the military because they are also obliged to obey orders," he said. "And the punishment for disobeying an order that turns out to be lawful is your career is over, and you may well be going to jail for a very long time. The stakes for them are extraordinarily high."
#19239377 at 2023-07-25 18:07:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23629: Signs, Signs Edition
Embattled Democrats Accept Maximum Funds From Jeffrey Epstein-Associated Donor
Democrats running in competitive House and Senate races have accepted thousands of dollars from Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman, who reportedly visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island and helped the late pedophile rehabilitate his image.
Hoffman has donated more than $800,000 to Democrats during the 2023-24 cycle, the vast majority of it to President Joe Biden's reelection bid. He has also given the maximum $6,600 donation to Democratic New York Rep. Pat Ryan and Colorado businessman Adam Frisch, both of whom are running in toss-up races. Swing state Democratic Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Jon Tester of Montana have also received the $6,600 maximum from Hoffman, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Ryan is listed on the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) list of Democrats the GOP is targeting for pickups in 2024, while Frisch lost the closest House race of the 2o22 cycle, to Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Ryan, Frisch, Casey, Rosen, and Tester did not respond to Daily Caller questions about whether or not they would return donations from Hoffman.
"It's unfortunate that Democrats have no problem accepting money from shady characters so long as they can push their extreme political agenda," NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar said in a statement to the Daily Caller.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/25/Pat-Ryan-adam-frisch-accepted-max-donations-reid-hoffman-jeffrey-epstein/
#19106458 at 2023-07-01 19:45:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23464: Trump Rally July 4th Celebration Part II Edition
https://t.me/ResisttheMainstream/23396
? Here Are The Democrats That Soros' Son Met With Before Taking Over Father's Empire
A quick recap.
https://resistthemainstream.com/here-are-the-democrats-that-soros-son-met-with-before-taking-over-fathers-empire/?utm_source=telegram
Soros hosted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and a group of other high-ranking Democrats at the New York meeting earlier this month, including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY).
Other influential Democrats attending include Reps. Pat Ryan, Gregory Meeks and Ritchie Torres. Photos posted to Instagram show Soros and Nadler in rumpled suits and sneakers aloft Manhattan.
As Alex Soros steps into the shoes of his father, his interactions with key Democrats and his significant contributions to their causes continue to shape the political landscape.
#16099110 at 2022-04-18 13:46:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #203564: Follow The White Rabbit Edition
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/deprogramming-qanon-followers-ignores-free-will-and-why-they-adopted-the-beliefs-in-the-first-place/ar-AAWjbSR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a9eb8e40e44046ab9822f7e35bb653c9
The Conversation
'Deprogramming' QAnon followers ignores free will and why they adopted the beliefs in the first place
Paul Thomas, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, Radford University - Yesterday 12:23 PM
Recent calls to deprogram QAnon conspiracy followers are steeped in discredited notions about brainwashing. As popularly imagined, brainwashing is a coercive procedure that programs new long-term personality changes. Deprogramming, also coercive, is thought to undo brainwashing.
As a professor of religious studies who has written and taught about alternative religious movements, I believe such deprogramming conversations do little to help us understand why people adopt QAnon beliefs. A deprogramming discourse fails to understand religious recruitment and conversion and excuses those spreading QAnon beliefs from accountability.
These "cult-recovery experts," some of whom were involved with the old deprogramming model, are now being used for QAnon deprogramming advice.
Some, like Ross advocate for a more aggressive intervention approach. Others, like Hassan, offer a gentler approach that includes active listening. Cult specialist Pat Ryan says he only recommends intervention after a thorough assessment in conjunction with a mental health professional.
Despite the pivot to exit counseling, the language of deprogramming persists. The concept of deprogramming rests on the idea that people do not choose alternative beliefs. Instead, beliefs that are deemed too deviant for mainstream culture are thought to result from coercive manipulation by nefarious entities like cult leaders. When people call for QAnon believers to be deprogrammed, they are implicitly denying that followers exercised choice in accepting QAnon beliefs.
This denies the personal agency and free will of those who became QAnon enthusiasts, and shifts the focus to the programmer. It can also relieve followers of responsibility for perpetuating QAnon beliefs.
As I suggested in an earlier article, and as evident in the QAnon influence on the Jan. 6, 2021, capital insurrection, QAnon beliefs can be dangerous. I believe those who adopt and perpetuate these beliefs ought to be held responsible for the consequences.
But applying a brainwashing and deprogramming discourse limits our potential to understand the grievances of the QAnon community. To suggest "they were temporarily out of their minds" relieves followers of the conspiracy of responsibility and shelters the rest of society from grappling with uncomfortable social realities.
To understand the QAnon phenomenon, I believe analysts must dig deeply into the social, economic and political factors that influence the adoption of QAnon beliefs.
#12428649 at 2021-01-09 20:07:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15866: Declassification IMMINENT Edition
Any of u guys listen to the Patrick Ryan podcasts (cultstate)… i am a medfag (2018 off and on) and must have been out of the loop for the kappy business… dont even recognize the name. Apparently he was like autist in chief or something (rip). Anyway the 4chan thread said to listen to the Pat Ryan podcasts from that site to get caught up. Istarted with the most recent one. It seems like a very knowledgeable dig. Side note, apparently being an adequate digger requires technical literacy to understand computer encryption of sensittive info. Is there a way for those of us not there yet to get up to speed on that? just start learning encryption techniques?
#12414096 at 2021-01-09 02:27:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15848: These Are The Times That Test Men's Souls Edition
Who Is Pat Ryan?
He "appears" on Nixon & Stranahan @ 1:15:00
I'll withhold my comments so as not to influence anyone.
https://www.pscp.tv/stranahan/1yNxaQNBWoXxj
#8183162 at 2020-02-19 13:45:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10476: Forecast: Arkancide Watch In Effect for DC Metro Area Edition
Another court blocks NC voter ID law, citing 'racially discriminatory intent'
[Charlotte Observer]
Will Doran
,Charlotte Observer-February 18, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/another-court-blocks-nc-voter-155313756.html
North Carolina's new voter ID law appears to have been enacted with racially discriminatory intent and will be at least temporarily blocked during the 2020 elections, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
A federal court has already blocked the voter ID mandate at least through the 2020 primary elections, which are underway now. Tuesday's decision - in a separate lawsuit in state courts rather than federal courts - could also extend that block until the general election in November.
The voter ID law was written after voters passed a new constitutional amendment in 2018 requiring photo ID to vote. However, this is now the second court to rule that African-American voters could be harmed by the way the Republican-led legislature wrote the law behind the amendment.
The judges issued what's called a preliminary injunction, which is not a permanent ban on voter ID. It simply blocks the law from going into effect while the lawsuit is still underway. So if the case is still in the courts in November - which is entirely possible - then voters won't have to show ID then, either.
Based on the evidence they've seen so far, the three judges who heard the case wrote, it appears the legislature will lose in its defense of the law. At one point in their ruling, the judges summarize a major part of the GOP defense and then add that those arguments "fundamentally miss the point."
The activists who sued appear likely to be able to prove "that discriminatory intent was a motivating factor behind" the voter ID law, the judges wrote.
"Today, the state Court of Appeals has chosen to unanimously side with democracy," said Wayne Goodwin, chairman of the N.C. Democratic Party, in a press release. "This Republican legislature has repeatedly targeted African Americans with surgical precision to keep them from making their voices heard."
"We need to make it easier to vote - not harder," he added.
How voter ID was passed
The constitutional amendment won around 55% of the vote in November 2018. Lawmakers came back to Raleigh a few weeks later - after Democrats had flipped enough seats in the election to eliminate the GOP's veto-proof supermajority, but before those new Democratic lawmakers could be sworn in - to write the details of the law.
The judges wrote that the lame-duck voting session meant the law was written quickly, with "limited debate and public input and without further study of the law's effects on minority voters."
The Republican-backed bill passed almost entirely along party lines, and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed it, to no avail. One black Democrat, former Charlotte Sen. Joel Ford, co-sponsored the bill and voted to overturn Cooper's veto.
Last month, Ford told the News & Observer: "My motivation was the pure protection of the vote and to help people who did not have an ID secure one."
In the wake of Tuesday's ruling, Republicans have pointed to Ford's support of the law as evidence that it couldn't have been racist. Many have also echoed Ford's point about helping people get IDs. Before the law was blocked in federal court, local boards of election were giving out free ID cards to people who asked for them.
Pat Ryan, a spokesman for Republican Senate leader Phil Berger, said in an interview Tuesday that the legislature had been careful to write a grace period into the law, so that people would still be able to vote without an ID if they could claim one of several excuses that were written into the law.
Details of the ruling
In their ruling, the judges specifically pointed to the legislature's past history with racially motivated voter ID laws - a 2013 law that included voter ID among other election changes was struck down in federal court after it was found to "target African-Americans with almost surgical precision" - as well as issues in the 2018 law that indicate it, too, was motivated by a desire to make it harder for black people to vote.
"This is especially true where the Amendment itself allows for exceptions to any voter-ID law, yet the evidence shows the General Assembly specifically left out types of IDs that African Americans disproportionately lack," the judges wrote. "Such a choice speaks more of an intention to target African American voters rather than a desire to comply with the newly created Amendment in a fair and balanced manner."
That was a reference to the legislature's decision not to allow voters to use public assistance IDs, said Allison Riggs, a lawyer for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, which represented the challengers.
#8008474 at 2020-02-03 05:56:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10250: Late Night Testicular Fortitude Rep'd Edition
>>8008472
Resignations in the news 1/31/2020 thru 2/2/2020 - part 2
Cuyahoga County Chief Talent Officer Douglas Dykes Resigns from Dumpster Fire
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/01/27/cuyahoga-county-chief-talent-officer-douglas-dykes-resigns-from-dumpster-fire
Endemol Shine UK's factual chief Kim Shillinglaw to step down
https://tbivision.com/2020/01/31/endemol-shine-uks-factual-chief-kim-shillinglaw-to-step-down/
Bi-State chairman resigns from agency's board
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bi-state-chairman-resigns-from-agency-s-board/article_116c3f3d-c594-5283-a026-a264a49fdb34.html
Faulkenbury retiring from ministry after 61 years
https://www.gastongazette.com/lifestyle/20200131/faulkenbury-retiring-from-ministry-after-61-years
Pat Ryan retiring after 30 years at the helm of Metamora football program
https://week.com/2020/01/31/Pat-Ryan-retiring-after-30-years-at-the-helm-of-metamora-football-program/
Wood retiring after 55 years in banking industry
https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/wood-retiring-after-years-in-banking-industry/article_f0ae6180-2ab9-573e-834e-44955090b2fc.html
Big Bear football coach Dave Griffiths resigns
https://www.sbsun.com/2020/01/30/big-bear-football-coach-dave-griffiths-resigns/
College Basketball Coach Fired Over Sex Assault Allegation
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2020/01/30/college-basketball-coach-fired-sex-assault-allegation/
Trustee resignation
https://berthoudsurveyor.com/trustee-resignation/
Retiring Sgt. Andrew Belisle 'a class act'
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/01/31/retiring-sgt-andrew-belisle-a-class-act/
CBS chief Joe Ianniello stepping down, to be replaced by George Cheeks
https://nypost.com/2020/01/31/cbs-chief-joe-ianniello-stepping-down-to-be-replaced-by-george-cheeks/
One week after being disqualified, Jeremy Taylor officially resigns
https://ktiv.com/2020/01/31/watch-live-former-woodbury-county-supervisor-jeremy-taylor-hold-news-conference-to-address-future-plans/
Palm Coast spokesman resigns after 6-month stint
https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20200131/palm-coast-spokesman-resigns-after-6-month-stint
Calcasieu First Assistant D.A. Cynthia Killingsworth is retiring
https://www.kplctv.com/video/2020/02/01/calcasieu-first-assistant-da-cynthia-killingsworth-is-retiring/
Penn volleyball coach Iain Braddak resigns after scandal-rocked tenure
https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/01/penn-volleyball-coach-iain-braddak-resigns-scandal-posters
NYPD's Timothy Malin of 20th Precinct retiring amid UWS crime surge
https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/nypds-timothy-malin-of-20th-precinct-retiring-amid-uws-crime-surge/
New blood needed to run Portishead Carnival after organisers step down after 20 years
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/new-blood-needed-run-portishead-3797898
Rahul Bajaj to step down as Chairman of Bajaj Group
https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/rahul-bajaj-to-step-down-as-chairman-of-bajaj-group-1580449789-1
John Leverence, who has overseen the rules and growth of the Emmy Awards for 39 years, is retiring
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/emmys-rule-changes-announced-john-leverence-retiring-1275349
Charleston police officer fired, second resigns after investigation involving off-duty jobs
https://www.live5news.com/2020/01/31/charleston-police-officer-fired-second-resigns-after-investigation-involving-off-duty-jobs/
Bertie football coach resigns
https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2020/01/31/bertie-football-coach-resigns/
#7526503 at 2019-12-16 21:41:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9627: For Sale! Fast Cash for a Fren! Pic related!! Edition
>>7526418
>>7526418
>https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/intel-officers-running-against-trump-2018/index.html
"Abigail Spanberger, who served in the CIA for eight years and is one of the top Democratic candidates for her primary race in Virginia's 7th District, said she finds the political climate "stunning."
Elissa Slotkin, who recently secured an endorsement from former Vice President Joe Biden in her race for a Democratic nomination for Congress in Michigan, is a former CIA security analyst who served three tours in Iraq and worked for both the Bush and Obama administrations in various defense and intelligence roles.
Pat Ryan, who is running in a Democratic primary for New York's 19th District and is a West Point graduate, was an Army intelligence officer for two combat deployments in Iraq. Ryan emphasized that the complexity of foreign policy "cannot be boiled down to 240 characters in a tweet."
Jeff Beals, a former CIA intelligence officer who is running for Congress in the same New York district as Ryan, added, "I know what the manipulation of intelligence looks like because I've seen it. If I were in Congress, I'd be standing against that and standing up for diplomacy and sound decision making instead of fearmongering and saber rattling."
Gina Ortiz-Jones, who advances to a runoff for a congressional seat in Texas and has more than a decade of experience as an Air Force intelligence officer and defense intelligence officer, explained why she thinks individuals with backgrounds like hers are exactly what is missing in Washington:
#7201981 at 2019-07-26 17:36:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9214: Eggstein Island Series! Get your popcorn! Edition
Another STATE fair bans Country Band for their NAME:
Confederate Railroad are under fire once again for their name. The country-rock and Southern rock band have been removed from the lineup of an upcoming fair in New York, just weeks after they were fired from another fair over allegations their name is racist.
Confederate Railroad were slated to perform at the Ulster County Fair in New Paltz, N.Y., on Aug. 1. In a statement Thursday (July 25), a spokesman for Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan says the band, whose logo features a steam train flying two confederate flags, will not perform at the event. Ryan says he opposes what he calls "a symbol of division and racism," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. ttps://tasteofcountry.com/confederate-railroad-fired-fair-racist-name/
#2825631 at 2018-09-01 02:06:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3571 You mean FISA? Yeah, they were just a big-ass rubber stamp, dude Edition
>>2825391
Re last sauce
>Former intelligence professionals angered by what they view as attacks on the intelligence community by President Donald Trump are channeling their grievances by running for office in 2018.
5 ex intel guys running for 2018 office?
Unheard of I am sure!
Abigail Spanberger, C_A
Pat Ryan, Army Intel
Elissa Slotkin, C_A
Jeff Beals, C_A
Gina Ortiz-Jones, AF Intel