By Joseph Farah
Published August 3, 2021 at 7:38pm
Do you know what today is?
It's supposedly Barack Obama's birthday.
Do you recall all of the contention about his birth certificate?
Have you ever seen a birth certificate cause as much controversy?
We considered it very important. You might want to re-examine some of
the articles on the subject in case you missed them. This was "Birth
Certificate Central" during the Obama years. It was akin to the only
place to find Hunter Biden laptop stories in the New York Post during
the presidential election. Of course, that was before Big Tech ran the
Internet like the secret police.
Why was it relevant then? Because Obama would become president of the
United States, a position that absolutely required him to be a "natural
born citizen" according to this nation's Constitution. Was he? Let's
review a few facts.
He claims he was born in Honolulu in late August 1961, to Ann Dunham,
a 17-year-old high school student, and Barack Obama, a visiting student
from Kenya.
Biographers agree without objection that Ann Dunham moved her son
from Hawaii to Seattle within three weeks of his birth. It is doubtful
that either a visiting student from Kenya or a minor from Hawaii could
confer "natural born" citizenship on their son.
That was the BIG question, the mystery – which has never been resolved or answered.
Of course, since then, the Democrats have run another presidential
candidate that stretches the boundaries of the Constitution. Both of
Kamala Harris' parents were foreign born – her mother was an immigrant
from India and her father was born in Jamaica.
It’s worth noting that Obama was fond of labeling himself as
"Kenyan-born" before he ran for president. He was labeled that way by
his own book publishers without any objections.
All of this was thoroughly documented in WND and in Dr. Jerome
Corsi’s No. 1 bestselling book published by WND Books, "Where's the
Birth Certificate?" In fact, it was of significant interest by Donald
Trump.
The stories in WND continued for several years, beginning with
Obama's candidacy for president in 2008 until the book hit the No. 1
bestseller ranks and an Obama "birth certificate" in April 2011 was
finally produced. It’s worth noting that even Democratic Hawaiian
governor Neil Abercrombie was perplexed at not being able to find a
birth certificate or "any slip of paper" designating the birth of Obama.
You may recall that it was the Democrats' favorite law firm, Perkins
Coie, which was assigned the task of defending against Republican
challenges to Joe Biden's "immaculate" election of 2020, that also
finally discovered the long lost "birth certificate," not to mention the
discredited Steele Dossier it helped Hillary Clinton produce.
So I guess it's about time for the big shindig of a 60th birthday
party for Barack Obama – on the posh island of Martha’s Vineyard, of
course.
"It's going to be big," said one anonymous source.
He will be presumably joined by Michelle along with friends such as
Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney on the Obama 30-acre estate.
One requirement for guests is a COVID-19 test before attending the
soiree at the seven-bedroom, nearly 7,000-foot mansion the Obamas
purchased for $11.75 million in 2019.
You can bet there will be no "birth certificate" jokes – or maybe there will be?
1. Bellwether counties: In 2020, former
President Donald J. Trump carried 18 of 19 “bellwether” counties (losing
only Clallam County, Washington state). The term “bellwether” in the
political arena refers to a county or state that aligns itself with the
ultimate winner of an election.
2. Bellwether states: In 2020, Trump
carried four vital bellwether states (Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and
Florida). These states represent a strong base consisting of urban,
suburban, rural, union and ethnic minority voters. Additionally, these
states have been won by the same candidate 13 times since 1896, and
every single time, that candidate won either the presidency or their
re-election.
3. Share of primary votes: Share of primary
votes during the primary elections is a way to judge outcomes of
presidential elections.
4. Incumbents who gain votes win: Incumbent
vote gain is another key indicator of presidential race outcomes. Since
1892, and as the expansion of the United States slowed, only six
presidents have lost re-election. All six had fewer total votes in their
re-election campaigns than in their initial campaigns. All incumbents
who gained votes won re-election.
5. Voter registration by party: Voter
registration by party is touted as one of the most accurate predictors
of determining presidential election outcomes. Not all states register
voters by party, but for those that do, the evidence is plain to see.
6. Down-ballot voting: House of Representatives down-ballot voting is an indicator of success for the top of the ticket.
7. Florida as a key trend indicator: Why is
Florida such an important indicator of presidential election success?
Since 1932, Florida’s trajectory has correlated perfectly with the
trajectory of Michigan and Pennsylvania as a reflection of working-class
political sentiment.
8. Gaining everywhere but losing
everything: Despite historic strength and gains of Trump in battleground
states and battleground counties, Trump “lost.”
9. Victory goes to the minority vote-getter: Trump achieved historic improvements with minority voters across the nation.
10. 2020 was “the most secure presidential
election in U.S. history”: Post-election behavior by politicians on both
sides and their mainstream media and Big Tech allies is beyond
contemptible.
It’s an oft-quoted saying: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”
A fact is something done, an action performed or an event or
circumstance that actually occurred. Essentially, facts are indisputable
truths about people, places and events.
The one seminal event that continues to fester like a boil on the American psyche is this past Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election.
Why does it continue to fester? It festers because people of all
stripes and backgrounds believe there were elements of election fraud,
misrepresentations of the truth, dishonesty due to lawfare and, in
certain cases, severe obstruction by politicians at all levels of
government.
In the days following the presidential election, there were vast
claims of a “conspiracy theory” that the election was somehow stolen in
the middle of the night. In fact, many people believe the “theft”
actually occurred during the days prior and subsequent to Election Day.
According to some accounts, the theft occurred as a result of machine
configurations and settings, misappropriated and fraudulent mail-in
ballots, false or fake paper used for ballots, multiple scans of the
same ballot, ballots in excess of the number of registered voters and
much more.
The claims of fraud in this election seemed never-ending. These
“conspiracy theory” claims continue to be challenged and debated across
the United States without any serious examination of the facts
surrounding the election itself.
What are the facts of the 2020 election? Are there any that we the
people can sink our teeth into? Do any facts exist that offer a sense of
honesty and truth?
Preliminary findings of the July 15, 2021, Arizona state Senate hearing
allege that blatant fraud occurred in at least one county (Maricopa) in
one state (Arizona). As one Arizona state senator exclaimed in an
interview: “It was a s*** show!”
What I want to offer for both believers and non-believers are some
facts. These facts and the data behind them come from research and
analysis of information gathered directly from federal, state and county
websites. These facts compare past elections to November 2020, and all
that is required to understand them is simple common sense.
I will offer some analysis and thoughts at the end, but as we
continue to move forward in our country, we the people need to be
fact-driven and knowledgeable about what occurred. While there is great
debate being pursued in the courts, a place not designed to determine
the outcome of elections, I believe people need to understand that our
nation experienced an unprecedented attack on the very fabric and
sacrosanct component of our liberties; our “one person, one vote”
privilege was severely violated.
Do you trust what the establishment media is saying about the 2020 election?
What follows are the true facts surrounding the Nov. 3, 2020, United States presidential election.
1. Bellwether counties: In 2020, former President Donald J. Trump carried
18 of 19 “bellwether” counties (losing only Clallam County, Washington
state). The term “bellwether” in the political arena refers to a county
or state that aligns itself with the ultimate winner of an election.
Political realignments (gerrymandering of districts for instance) can
cause some counties or states to lose “bellwether” status over time.
From 1980 to 2016, 19 counties, most of them industrial counties in the
northern and midwestern United States, voted for the winner of all 10
presidential elections. Additionally, since 1936, a key bellwether
county, Luzerne County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has gone to
the winner of Pennsylvania, regardless of party.
In 2016 and 2020,
Trump won that county handily. Any Republican winning Luzerne County in
that time frame (since 1936) has also never failed to carry the state
of Michigan.
2. Bellwether states: In 2020, Trump carried four
vital bellwether states (Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and Florida). These
states represent a strong base consisting of urban, suburban, rural,
union and ethnic minority voters. Additionally, these states have been
won by the same candidate 13 times since 1896, and every single time,
that candidate won either the presidency or their re-election.
Bellwether states also come in and out of existence with demographic realignments. For instance, in 2000, George W. Bush
became the first Republican to win the presidency without carrying
Vermont or Illinois. On all but two occasions since 1896, Ohio’s
electoral votes went to the ultimate winner of the presidency. Trump
overwhelmingly won Ohio in 2020.
3. Share of primary votes: Share of primary votes during the primary elections is a way to judge outcomes of presidential elections.
Since presidential primaries began in 1912, only four incumbents have
lost re-election, all garnering 72.8 percent of the primary vote or
less. Herbert Hoover lost in 1932 after earning 36.0 percent in the
Republican primaries, Gerald Ford lost in 1976 after earning 53.3
percent, Jimmy Carter (a Democratic incumbent) lost in 1980 after
earning 51.1 percent, and George H.W. Bush lost in 1992 after earning
72.8 percent.
The most dominant Republican landslide re-elections in this time
frame were won by Dwight Eisenhower (1956, 85.9 percent primary share),
Richard Nixon (1972, 86.9 percent) and Ronald Reagan (1984, 98.8
percent). Trump won 94.0 percent in 2020.
In contrast, Joe Biden
was trounced in the 2020 Democratic primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire
and Nevada — the traditional indicators of general election viability.
His running mate, Kamala Harris, dropped out before primary voting even
began.
4. Incumbents who gain votes win: Incumbent vote
gain is another key indicator of presidential race outcomes. Since 1892,
and as the expansion of the United States slowed, only six presidents
have lost re-election. All six had fewer total votes in their
re-election campaigns than in their initial campaigns. All incumbents
who gained votes won re-election.
In 2020, Trump gained a record 11 million votes. For perspective, former President Barack Obama lost 4 million votes nationally in 2012 and still won re-election.
5. Voter registration by party: Voter registration
by party is touted as one of the most accurate predictors of determining
presidential election outcomes. Not all states register voters by
party, but for those that do, the evidence is plain to see.
As far back as records are publicly available, three of the key
states in the 2020 election — Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina —
have moved in favor of the same party that made overall registration
gains since 2000. In Pennsylvania, from 2012 to 2016, 60 of 67 counties
trended more Republican in registration, suggesting a major GOP gain in
the state — consequently, Pennsylvania flipped for Trump in 2016.
A legitimate Trump loss in Pennsylvania would show a registration
lead expansion for Democrats. However, from 2016 to 2020, 60 of 67
counties became more Republican in registration once again, with the GOP
registering roughly 242,000 net new voters, compared to just 12,000 for
Democrats.
This number suggests that the margin of victory for Trump should have substantially increased.
6. Down-ballot voting: House of Representatives down-ballot voting is an indicator of success for the top of the ticket.
When Obama won a landslide victory in 2008, the Democrats took 14
U.S. House seats away from Republican incumbents, while losing only five
seats. When Reagan was elected in 1980, the Republicans gained a net of
34 seats. When Reagan was re-elected, Republicans clawed back a net of
16 House seats from the 26 lost in the 1982 midterms.
In 2020, with Trump at the top of the ticket, Republicans knocked out
13 incumbent Democratic seats, while not losing a single
Republican-held seat. Common sense suggests a Biden electoral landslide
would have taken at least a single Republican seat with it.
7. Florida as a key trend indicator: Why is Florida
such an important indicator of presidential election success? Since
1932, Florida’s trajectory has correlated perfectly with the trajectory
of Michigan and Pennsylvania as a reflection of working-class political
sentiment.
In every single election since then, if Florida became more
Republican from the previous election, Michigan and Pennsylvania did
exactly the same. These three states also largely move together to the
left when Democratic nominees make gains.
In 2020, Trump won Florida
by a margin greater than 2 percentage points higher than he did in
2016. Despite a massive Republican registration advantage in
Pennsylvania, both Pennsylvania and Michigan charted a separate
direction from Florida for the first time in nearly a century.
8. Gaining everywhere but losing everything: Despite historic strength and gains of Trump in battleground states and battleground counties, Trump “lost.”
Maricopa County, Arizona, which casts nearly two-thirds of all votes
in Arizona, has not voted for the Democratic nominee since it supported
Harry Truman in 1948. In 1996, Bob Dole became the first Republican in
nearly 50 years to lose Arizona, but he still won Maricopa County.
Trump carried the county by 3 percentage points in 2016 while
receiving fewer votes than Mitt Romney had in the county in 2012. In
2020, Trump set a Republican record for net additional votes in Maricopa
County by adding roughly 248,000 from his 2016 performance, only to
become the first Republican nominee (and incumbent president) to lose
the county in 72 years.
That was accomplished by Biden’s gain of nearly 338,000 net “new
votes” from 2016, which is nearly three times higher than the all-time
previous high Democratic vote gain in the county by John Kerry in 2004.
Similar record high vote totals and increases for Trump were also
eclipsed in 2020 in the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Nevada and Minnesota, in “losing efforts.”
Trump netted more than one-quarter of the non-white vote in his
re-election campaign, achieving a level of minority support seen just one time
since Nixon’s 1960 campaign. His progress was evident in urban areas in
the Midwest, such as Wayne County, Michigan; southern Texas, where
Trump won counties that had been in the Democratic column for decades;
and perhaps most notably, in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Trump’s vote increases in long-held Republican suburban counties, and
in working-class counties like Mahoning County, Ohio (which he flipped
for the first time since 1972), indicate that his white support did not
collapse as reported by the mainstream media. The absence of millions of
core Democratic base minority voters raises considerable questions as
to how Biden was able to surpass Obama’s popular vote record by 12
million.
10. 2020 was “the most secure presidential election in U.S. history”: Post-election behavior by politicians on both sides and their mainstream media and Big Tech allies is beyond contemptible.
In 2016, with narrow margins in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin,
Trump’s camp had no concern over recounts or potential audits in any of
those three states that decided the election. Biden’s certified margins
in Pennsylvania and Michigan are much larger than the margins in those
states in 2016, but opposition to full forensic audits either statewide
or in suspect counties has turned into an all-out legal and ideological
war in 2021 (sometimes referred to as “lawfare”).
If Biden’s team was 100 percent confident they won the election fair
and square, then they should feel there is nothing to hide. Audits
confirming his certified totals would certainly solidify his
administration and simultaneously deal an embarrassing defeat to
election skeptics.
Instead, the establishment media
insists that, despite thousands of affidavits and personal accounts
describing fraud along with the recent Arizona state Senate hearing on
Maricopa County’s audit, the 2020 election was “the most secure in U.S.
history.”
Democratic secretaries of state are running cover as well. In one
example of many, the Colorado secretary of state recently acted outside
of her authority, effectively banning
audits in the state. The single biggest question to ask all states’
legislatures is this: If your candidate won hands-down and there is
nothing to hide, why not conduct a full forensic audit of several of
your states’ counties?
A sacrosanct element within our constitutional republic is the
privilege, the right and the act of voting for our elected leaders. The
American people have taken many of our rights and responsibilities for
granted far too long, and this past presidential election clearly woke
us up to that fact.
Maybe what is needed now in America is for us all to stop taking our freedoms for granted.
What might be the eventual outcome of the 2020 election, only God
knows. I can say, as one who is paying very close attention to it from
the very outset, that the confusion, the complexity and the deception by
many in the media and within our very own government doesn’t offer the
citizenry of our great republic any sense of confidence.
Analysis of the facts:
So what happens if the results of the audit(s) show 2020 election fraud, and that Trump won? What are the potential outcomes?
My sense is that there are three outcomes, along with a set of
wildcard possibilities. Outcome one is that Biden and Harris resign — I
see the probability of this as zero, and readers can make their own
judgments as to why.
Outcome two is where states present recounted electoral votes to
SCOTUS (our illustrious U.S. Supreme Court justices). What happens then?
There are four scenarios. In scenario one, SCOTUS
declares the 2020 election invalid and suggests Congress reconvene and
recount electoral votes — Biden and Harris are then replaced. In
scenario two, SCOTUS declares the 2020 election invalid but says the
president and vice president remain in office with limited powers to be
specified (e.g., no executive orders, no veto power, only perfunctory
roles, past executive orders are declared invalid and all are rescinded,
and the vice president is not the presidential successor). In scenario
three, SCOTUS declares the 2020 election invalid but the Biden
administration remains in office (no loss of powers or authorities). In
scenario four, SCOTUS completely sidesteps the states’ request and does
nothing.
If scenario four plays out and SCOTUS sidesteps and avoids their
responsibilities to examine the constitutionality of our election
systems and processes, then enters outcome three. An outcome three
decision has responsibility landing square on “states rights” found in
the U.S. Constitution.
If this occurs, states have a set of options. They can reallocate
their electoral votes based on the new audit results and replace those
within their respective states who were illegitimately elected in 2020,
including governors, state legislators and other state officers, as well
as replace congressional members at the federal level (members of the
U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate). And a states convention
may be immediately held to decide on the presidency and vice presidency.
If the decision is to replace these top two positions, that would be unprecedented in U.S. history.
Bottom line, we have not been here before and yes, there remain many
unclear constitutional issues in play. If new audits indicate fraudulent
election outcomes in other states, we the people, through our states’
legislators, have somber and serious obligations to consider, if not for
us then for future generations of American citizens.
Regardless of outcomes, the people of the United States have some
very serious internal decisions to process. Do we choose a monopolistic
state-controlled oligarchy, where the few control the many, or do we
choose to remain a competitive free enterprise system under a republic
form of government, where the many control the few?
I’ll leave you with this because I believe readers know where I stand
regarding the future of our republic. However, I also firmly believe
that the United States of America has lost sight of our creator, and we
are now facing the truest of all tests.
I sense that we no longer have a just government that rules in fear
of God. In fact, God has been ripped out of the womb that is Mother
America. During the past several decades, America has thrown the law of
God out the window. There has been a systematic, intentional effort by
the state, by academia and by a select group of wealthy oligarchs to set aside God’s law so that it is not the rule of law in America.
If this is true and the piety reflected by many in our religious leadership ranks keep congregations asleep in their pews, we will lose our country as we know it, forever. As a Founding Father, John Adams, stated in 1798, our Constitution is designed “for a moral and religious people.”
If the essence of liberty is a limited government, then the positive
actions and involvement of its free citizens will forever sustain our
cause for freedom.
Therefore, get involved, citizen. Your actions at the local level can
and will have a national impact. May God bless and protect the United
States of America!
Local doctors urge school board to rethink protocols
Dear Board of Education:
We
first want to thank you for your leadership last year. Your good
judgment and incorporation of Centers for Disease Control and other
COVID-mitigation guidance so that in-person learning occurred was truly
remarkable. Our schools remained open and our children got the essential
education, socialization and other support that many did not because
their schools were closed. You truly put our kids’ best interests to
heart.
However, we, the physicians of the Mesa
County Medical Society are disheartened to learn that your 2021-22 Back
to School protocols are changing from requiring face coverings to
“heavily encouraging” them for students, staff or visitors. This change
is not consistent with the Centers for Disease Control or American
Academy of Pediatrics recommendations. We fear this will result in far
fewer people wearing masks and increase the risk of exposure to
students, staff and visitors.
We
are especially concerned that this change includes settings where
students under the age of 12 learn. These children remain at great risk
of contracting and spreading COVID because they are not currently
eligible to receive the vaccine.
This
is only amplified by the more infectious and aggressive delta variant
being the predominant form of COVID found in Mesa County presently.
While
we understand that you have competing concerns, we believe that the
health and safety of the students, staff and visitors in your buildings
needs to be paramount. In reality, what you did last year with
cohorting, masking and so forth worked and we fear that the proposed
changes will only result in more COVID outbreaks, school closures, less
in-person learning time, more mental illness, more COVID disease in our
community and increased morbidity and mortality.
We would gladly meet with you, Dr. Sirko, or any other person to discuss our concerns.
We are also happy to help work with you to make the 2021-22 school year as successful as last year.
Elections Expert
Seth Keshel Releases National Fraud Numbers: Finds 8.1 Million Excess
Votes in US Election, Affirms Trump Won PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA and MN
Retired Army intelligence captain, elections data expert, and former baseball analyst Seth Keshel released his final national fraud numbers over the weekend.
Seth Keshel examined the final vote counts in all 50 states compared
to the estimated numbers based on changing state dynamics and trends to
come up with his estimated voter fraud in each state.
And Keshel also believes cyber-flipping may have affected the results in NM, VA, NJ, and NH.
According to Keshel’s investigation there were conservatively 8,144,000 excess Joe Biden votes recorded in the 2020 election.
Here is Seth Keshel’s post from this morning.
Here is a tale of the tape for Excess Biden Votes based on trend
analysis in the modern political era, considering population
growth/decline, recent voter history, and registration information,
including registration by party.
My estimates are always lenient, and do not account for cyber flipping of votes.
Trump won: PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA, MN
Likely/Possible Trump if cyber flipping occurring: NM, VA, CO, NJ, NH
By Joseph Farah
