Note to Reader: Normally I will time stamp the important discussions in videos, in case the video disappears. This is an important interview for Vets who follow us, so I’m going to do that later as I feel the need to get this out there now. I will list some of the articles I’ve written about Veterans’ issues below. I am a US Army Veteran (Reagan-Bush 41 Era) and I’m diagnosed with nonspecific depressive disorder by my VA Psychologist in 2017. In 2019, I was in a program called Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) at the VA-Minneapolis. It’s job to find a job. I wasn’t technically an employee. I worked in the Logistic Tool Room, which was like a hardware store for the maintenance shops. So I know personally about 80% of the maintenance staff there. Since 2018 I’ve been a SNAP recipient, and since Spring 2020 I’ve been on a program called HUD-VASH which is basically Section 8 for Vets.
I have a lot of issues surrounding the VA, and how it’s run. Mostly the medical side of it is pretty good. The administrative side can be a nightmare as you’ll see below in the article with the word “Labyrinth” in the title (I need to do an update of it as there is some damning behavior from Rep Betty McCollum involved). I also posted an article about the DAV rides to and from the VA and I sent that article to Fred Melo who made the article get more attention. I’m working on one now about the addition of a Women Vet’s Clinic. Most of the Patients in the VA are men and while there are some Women Vets who get their needs met, there really isn’t more Woman focused facilities until now.
Saintpaulrepublicans.us is posting this as a courtesy and we do not get compensated for posting it. I didn’t need to list all my mental issues here, but following Shawn’s lead on this I thought if I list my depression here then other Vets like me will realize it’s okay to admit you’re vulnerable and seek out help. ~~ Publius Jr
At the end of Chapter 2 of Mel K’s book, “Americans Anonymous: Restoring Power to the People One Citizen at a Time,” lists 45 Goals of Communists for America from the book, “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen. This list is in the US Congressional Record of January 10, 1963. I, Publius Jr, noticed Rep A.S. Herlong Jr, from Florida, a Conservative Democrat submitted this into the Congressional Record had actually added this to his extended remarks. Communist aggression was still on the forefront of many minds because it was just 3 months after President John F Kennedy had ordered a US Navy Blockade of Communist Cuba because U2 Spy Planes had photographed Soviet Nuclear Missile launch sites being constructed around the island of Cuba.
The result of the blockade, which is an act of war at sea, was the Cubans pretended to dismantle the launch sites in exchange for the Muslim country of Turkey, a NATO partner removing the Nuclear Missiles from their soil. I bet the Cubans never removed the missiles, but just hid them better. Then submarine launched ballistic missiles were perfected and it didn’t matter where nuclear missiles were stored on land.
President Kennedy had already escalated the US Military’s involvement in Vietnam by increasing the number of troops there from the 200 of Eisenhower’s Administration, to 16,000 troops.
The following is not only at the end of Chapter 2 of Mel K’s book mentioned above but from the US Congressional Record of January 10, 1963.
Extension of Remarks of Hon. A. S. Herlong Jr of Florida
In the House of Representatives
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Mr. Herlong. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman’s request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following “Current Communist Goals,” which she identifies as an excerpt from “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen:
[From “The Naked Communist,” by Clean Skousen]
CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
*Cost: $30 (cash or check) at the door for Delegates or Alternates; $10 for Guests.
*At the time of the posting the pre-registration cost of $25 deadline has already passed by.
Convention Purpose
• Election of the Fourth Congressional District Executive Committee (each serving two year terms):
• Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary, State Executive Vice Chair and up to (8) Vice Chairs
• Consideration of changes to the CD4 Constitution
• Transacting such other business as may properly come before this convention
A light lunch of fruit and a 1/2 sandwich will be available.
CD4 Executive Officer Positions
Anyone seeking to run for an officer position (Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary, State Exec Vice Chair or Vice Chair) must complete an application and appear before the Nominating Committee no later than Wednesday April 2, 2025. For further information regarding the nominations committee or to schedule an appearance before the committee, please contact Chris Jacobson at 651-779-0839 or via email to: gopchris47@comcast.net
There will probably be people who will want to nominate people from the floor and a discussion on this. In the recent history they can’t fill all their Vice Chair positions because CD4 GOP has been run by some very inept people and going to monthly meetings just to have meetings can be really counterproductive.
I’ve heard from some of the candidates that they were not able to get a CD4 Delegate & Alternate list from CD4 nor from the State Party so one has to wonder if there is a slate of more inept people running for office. Slates usually have a couple of placeholders in them because the leader of the slate can’t find enough people so they find a few people who will just hold the office but not doing anything. The Vice Chair who does the “Expensive Stick” of a website must be one of those Placeholders. I think they spent about $800 on a Buzz360 website which many will say is necessary because they get all sorts of State Party licensed apps with it. This sounds like some unethical steering by someone at HQ who is tied to the Schneegans who own and operate Buzz360. The hosting fees on this WordPress site is about $8 per URL/month. I’ve been castigated for using WordPress by the inept people who have run CD4 the last 4 years and yet I have a functional website with information that I keep fresh on it.
I’ve been targeted by those inept people in the past but I’ve actually received compliments by some of the former inept people who ran CD4 but have moved to Western Wisconsin. Apparently their presence in Wisconsin hasn’t help Republican efforts recently in their State Supreme Court Election.
Why do Republicans who live in St Paul Have a Convention Outside of the City?
The Real inept Effort at the CD4 Convention is what comes after it. Imagine you’re a Delegate to CD4 from the East Side of St Paul. You get up early and get out to the convention at 9 am and sign in. You find where your local party unit is sitting. Then you have to sit through what might be a quick convention if intelligent people were running it. Instead you’ll get a good dose of rancor to go along with your boredom. After 4 or maybe 5 hours of sitting in an uncomfortable pew (at church it’s only for an hour) at the Advent Lutheran Church Sanctuary. You get up and stretch and then find out you have to stay for a St Paul City Committee Convention in Roseville Minnesota.
Why are they meeting there? That convention was called by 2 people who don’t live in St Paul. The termed out CD4 Chair Michelle Manke called it with Mikki Murray who used to live in St Paul until late last summer. They only have 1 Officer in the organization.
The answer is a very long story that involves CD4 Leadership run by Jim Carson, Bev Aplikowski & Pat Anderson forced a Constitution Change in 2014 on the old SPRCC largely because Jim & Bev didn’t like the leadership who had been elected by a citywide caucus in 2013. They essentially did an “Ottertail” to the SPRCC and the state party chair, a crony of the last State Party Chair David Hann, Keith Downey didn’t care that Jim & Bev were violating the State Party Constitution, the MN & the US Constitutions. Why? Those in the City Committee didn’t consent to the change. That’s how the government of our country, state, county, city and organization operates–at the consent of the governed. This change in leadership accompanied a barring of any of the caucus elected leaders of 2013 to running for the new positions Jim & Bev created. They even created a Constitution without the City Committee’s Constitution Committee because they weren’t going fast enough for the Destructive Duo. Then they installed a puppet who did nothing the entire time he was the Chair. One of the officers since then even suggested in 2019 to voters in St Paul’s Ward 6 to vote for Kassim Busuri a DFL candidate there over the Republican running in that Ward who wasn’t endorsed by the City Committee, which exists to endorse Republicans for office at the city level.
Btw this website has never been owned by the SPRCC. It was started up in 2012 to post about Republicans in St Paul. Before SPRCC was Ottertailed in 2014, we used to post events without compensation for them. Like we do now. If there’s a Republican running like Mike Hilborn who is running for the Mayor’s office of St Paul. His website is on our Candidates’ Page now. Just click on the colored hyperlinks. There was a rumor that someone had stolen a website and that would be a previous City Committee Chair, Scott Walker who used to have a get together each month at O’Gara’s bar. He walked off with that website. The current City Committee website copied this website then slapped on mngop on the end of it.
This posting was gleaned from the Expensive Stick of a website that is CD4. $800 a year? What a ripoff. They don’t even have the convention on their calendar. It’s funny because in 2015 I actually was nominated from the floor to be Vice Chair and at the time I had 50,000 views of this website then. I said I could do something similar for them and they didn’t vote me in saying WordPress is lousy. Well there’s a lot of Fortune 500 companies, local news outlets Pioneer Press and Alpha News use it.
The opinions and Truth telling are from me, that’s why I put up the category Opinion on this posting. I can go into more Truth Telling from the dusty draft that I started writing in 2014 about this travesty and unconstitutional action by a few inept leaders in CD4. ~~ Publius Jr.
You might think you are the only person on your block that is pro 2nd Amendment, but when you go to the MN Gun Owners Caucus Rally Day you’ll find out you aren’t the only one. You’ll be in a sea of pro 2A gun owners and State Legislators. You might actually see one of your neighbors who goes all “Gray Man” in public and is a huge 2A Supporter.
It’s a great Networking Event.
For more information on this event please visit the Event Notice on the MN Gun Owners Caucus website link here.
This post is a courtesy to the MN Gun Owners Caucus. 2A is the law of the land and if Congress can’t create gun laws then no one should be able to. MN Gun Owners Caucus is a nonpartisan non-profit organization and none of the donations you give them come to this website. ~~ Publius Jr.
People don’t like being lied to. Democrats in House District 40B are listening to Paul Wikstrom when he knocks on their door and offers to chat with them about the Special Election on Tuesday March 11th.
When they went to the polls on November 5th 2024, they saw their candidate was Curtis Johnson and they voted him not knowing that he had lied to them, and also to the MN Secretary of State Steve Simon, another Democrat.
The Secretary of State’s Office isn’t required by Minnesota State Law to verify if candidates for office in the district in which they are filing for actually live there. No kidding. In fact they’ve known of candidates filing for office in districts other than where they live for a long time but they said they couldn’t do anything about it. Going back to the days when the former Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was in office he knew that Sharon Anderson who filed as a Republican in Senate District 64 didn’t live there. She has long stated her house in Senate District 64 was taken from her. She felt she still lived there when her residence was elsewhere, most recently in Dayton’s Bluff which is in Senate District 67. Last year was the first time she filed for the House District she lived in and beat the endorsed Republican Candidate in HD 67B by about a dozen votes because Republicans who supported the endorsed candidate didn’t show up at the Primary in August last year.
David Gottfried KNEW at the Endorsing Convention that Curtis Johnson was Ineligible
In House District 40B the DFL Party endorsed a candidate that didn’t live in their district on April 13, 2024 at the SD 40 DFL Convention. Usually officers of a local political party unit will do a basic background check on the candidates or question them before they endorse anyone, and also require 60% of delegates to endorse a candidate. At the time David Gottfried was running against Curtis Johnson for the endorsement. Mr. Gottfried knew Mr. Johnson didn’t live in the District but didn’t say anything about it at the time of the endorsement.
Curtis Johnson’s campaign Treasurer had to know he was ineligible too, Clare Sorman, yet she declares on her MN CFB End of Year Report that everything is accurate.
IF David Gottfried KNEW Curtis Johnson was ineligible to run for office in HD 40B and didn’t bother to tell anyone in his party unit, nor did he tell fellow DFLer MN Secretary of State Steve Simon that Curtis Johnson was breaking election laws. Why should he be allowed to run in the Special Election? He withheld evidence of a law being broken and he didn’t tell anyone. He even helped Curtis Johnson campaign for office for just under 7 months prior to the November Election knowing Mr. Johnson didn’t live in the District.
If you look at David Gottfried’s MN Campaign Finance 2/25/25 Report for the Special Election, there are a lot of lawyers on it. It’s understandable as he works to coordinate pro bono cases for Stinson LLP. He works for lawyers. As a person who helps to arrange pro bono cases for those that need legal help he should know right from wrong.
You might notice that there isn’t a listing of a lot of Gottfried’s donors’ employment status. People who don’t mention where they are employed are dropping hundreds and up to a thousand dollars for some donors. Unemployed people don’t have that kind of money to give away usually. You’d think the LGN Lawyers, namely Charles Nauen the top DFL attorney, the “N” of LGN would have suggested an amendment to write in the employment of some of the donors.
Gottfried’s inaction of not alerting the Chair of the HD 40B DFL Endorsing Convention, nor the MN Secretary of State that Curtis Johnson was ineligible to run for office in a district he does not live in is clearly wrong. The Minnesota State Legislature requires people to serve in the most Ethical manner. David Gottfried currently has no sense of Right & Wrong.
VOTE PAUL WIKSTROM FOR HOUSE 40B
This post was not authorized by any candidate, or candidate’s committee, nor any Republican organization in the State of Minnesota nor at the national level. Saintpaulrepublicans.us is not the SPRCC. If Paul wins he’ll be the closest we have to a State Representative in the St Paul area who is a Republican. ~~ Publius Jr.
Preparatory Training Session for Legislative Meetings that day
Updates from the MN Gunowners Caucus Leaders and allies
Update There is a Pro Gun Hearing at 3 pm
If you can’t make it to the Lobby Day Event there is a Pro Gun Hearing at 3 pm. See image below for more details.
this post was not directed by MN Gun Owners Caucus, but I, Publius Jr, get their newsletter and I wanted to do this post. Unfortunately due VA-Mpls appointments this week, I’m unable to attend this and later the Rally Day on March 29th. Though I encourage others to attend both events if they can. ~~ Publius Jr.
Jennifer McPherson, the First Female Wrestler in St Paul Public Schools, at Harding High School
I am the first female wrestler for SPPS I also played baseball and football. I am immensely proud of my accomplishments and thankful I can say that however, in a way, it hurts to say it. I think about the females before me who wanted to wrestle or play football and were denied. Those females either took that no or tried to fight back without success. I had a mother who believed that everyone, regardless of race or gender, is equal. We may have distinct gender roles, but neither is greater than the other. The day I wrestled for the first time I was in the fourth grade I did not have any training I watched my brother’s matches and said I can do that. I won a lot of matches and trophies.
1994-1995 school year a 7th grade 12 year female student joins the wrestling team at Hazel Park Academy she practices with the boys, she does everything to prove herself lifting weights, running the hall, competing for a spot and one day the school paper takes team photos for the sports teams and the school admin gets together and decide that is not okay. This young female student is pulled out of class to meet with the principal to be told because of her gender she could not be on the wrestling team. The principal gives her the handbook and she notices that it says females 12 and under may compete on the boys’ teams. The principal is enraged snatches the handbook and says, “you’re in 7th grade you cannot wrestle.” The tears rolling off her face because the wrestling mat was her freedom she worked hard to develop her technique and talents. She believed she was able to do and be anything she wanted to be. She was raised in the era when military commercials aired on the television and the most heard slogan was, “be all you can be in the Army” little did this 12-year old little girl know that freedom and dreams were limited to the military. The next two weeks she did media interviews and was sidelined with no practice at all. Her mother went to the school district to meet with the board and superintendent her classmates protested and walked out of school in support. After her story gained support from people all over, she could compete, winning her first match.
I am Jennifer my story makes me who I am today it makes me fight harder because I don’t know who has my back so I can’t stand still and allow people to be treated unfairly I ran for school board twice drawing my motivation from my mother and the community leaders from the 80’s who had a hand in raising me through Inner City Youth League. I am currently in my first year in Criminal Justice and plan to make a career in politics to help my community and country.
–Jennifer McPherson
Jennifer McPherson wrote the above narrative when I asked her to write about her fight to be able to wrestle as a girl at Harding High School. She also shared the photo above as well. She said she knew local Civil Rights leaders when she was growing up: Kwame McDonald, Bobby Hickman, Bill Wilson, William “Corky” Finney.
Jennifer is a conservative and she ran for the St Paul Public School Board in 2019 and 2021. She ran as a nonpartisan candidate as it was a nonpartisan election. Upon reading the candidate articles in the Star & Tribune by Tony Lonetree, as well as the Pioneer Press Newspapers, plus watching the SPNN LWV Forum Saintpaulrepublicans.us suggested to Republican Voters to vote for Jennifer in both years. I, Publius Jr, might add without telling her when I made the suggestion.
Jennifer is a mother who is concerned about the world her children are growing up in. She follows the example her mother set when her mother fought for Jennifer to be able to compete on boys wrestling, baseball, and football teams.
I sometimes catch myself mispronouncing her name as Jennifer “McFearsome,” but upon reflection, Jennifer is exactly that, she’s Fearsome when she sets her mind to achieving a goal.
Black History Month is really a nod toward Republican Heroes who were the foundations of the Civil Rights Era of the 1860s and beyond; Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Lincoln was born on February 12th 1809, and Douglass was born on February 14th 1818. It was started in 1926 by Carter Woodson, a historian. It was Negro History Week up until 1969 when Kent State University Students and Faculty suggested it should be an entire month. The first Black History Month was February 1970. In 1976 President Gerald Ford recognized it for the first time.
With this in mind I thought I’d find a local resident to write about. It was a mere coincidence that I contacted Jennifer McPherson about a Minnesota Parents Alliance project. Then I just asked if I could post something about her. ~~ Publius Jr.
We often hear the United States is a “Nation of Laws.” I disagree. We are a Nation of People who enjoy Freedom and Liberty without Government Intrusion. When we let a Government decide on what Liberties and Freedoms we can enjoy because it is more convenient for them to control us; it’s time to bring them back to the Document they signed they promised not to infringe upon our Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: the US Constitution.
They even took an oath to defend it. I remember my oath of office when I enlisted in the United States Army. We didn’t protect the people, we defend the US Constitution from Enemies Foreign and Domestic. When I served I couldn’t imagine what a Domestic Enemy was because my Commander in Chief was the greatest President of my lifetime in my opinion, no not Trump, but President Ronald Reagan. Now State & Federal Government Elected Officers seem to be breaking their oath and ignoring the Supreme Law of the Land, the US Constitution and it’s Amendments. They’ve become Domestic Enemies.
Keep this in mind while I introduce you to Dexter Taylor a Political Prisoner of the State of New York. ~~ Publius Jr.
Meet Dexter Taylor
This is Dexter Taylor. He’s many things, but he isn’t a law breaker. Here is a run down of his accomplishments.
A New York native and a Dad
a Data Engineer with almost 30 years in the software industry
A carpenter; a metalworker; an old-school analog electronics geek
See his friend Carl’s glowing description of Dexter at his X Account click here
Here’s a good brief description of what happened in Dexter Taylor’s Case by Mr Colion Noir who is a Self Defense Attorney (the video was originally posted on Mr Colion Noir’s YouTube Channel on May 14, 2024).
A Brief Description of the Case of Dexter Taylor
Since I started to do the background work on my post about the only Classroom CCW Training inside the City called St Paul, (I need to update that post as there are more than one now) I’ve been interested in building an AR-15 rifle, and maybe modifying a Kentucky Long Rifle to shoot the Federal Firestick for Muzzleloaders. I’ve a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and I have a few other ideas on how to make truly 21st Century firearms. As I’ve gained knowledge on how one would put together a semiautomatic rifle I heard about the case of Dexter Taylor.
I thought I’d post something about it as there are probably millions of people around the planet who have constructed a rifle, muzzleloader, or what is called a Polymer 80 handgun. By the way it’s perfectly legal to build your own firearm and has been for hundreds of years. Daniel Boone a Patriot and Frontiersman used to do it.
I’m not the first person to report about this case about Dexter Taylor, and this is a good sign that people do care about him. I also notice that I’ve picked some of the same videos to explain this case as this website freedextertaylor.org has picked as well without my knowledge beforehand…even the term I made the Hashtag into. Here is Dexter talking about his background and how he was arrested (the video is from his YT Channel Carbon Mike first posted when he was still a free man on April 7, 2024. Jesse Kelly is a Marine Vet who has a Syndicated Conservative Talk Radio Show called The Jesse Kelly Show).
Yes, Dexter truly has a great voice for radio and future podcasts when someone who defends the US Constitution releases him from prison and tosses out his conviction. Just before the NY AG, Governor, the Judge in the case go to prison, their pensions and life savings need to be handed over to Dexter Taylor as compensation for interrupting his law abiding life.
In the meantime if you want to help Dexter with his Legal fees you can go to his GiveSendGo Account and toss in some donation. As of this writing he’s $139,000 short of his $400,000 goal. Surely there are some Patriots out there with deep pockets…Patriots with small pockets are are okay too.
My awareness of the case came about from some of the people I follow on X. The most well known is Rev Tim Christopher who is a Baptist Pastor from North Minneapolis, a high violent crime neighborhood of Minneapolis. He’s a huge 2A Supporter and has even testified at the Minnesota State Legislature at hearings about firearms and Second Amendment rights. In fact on Sunday nights starting around 6 pm Central Time, Rev Tim will have THE Dexter Taylor on a phone conversation on his Restream on his X account. Dexter Taylor is calling in from prison in the state of New York. Every so often he has to hang up and then call in some minutes later.
The State of New York is defying a few US Supreme Court Opinions that have supported the 2nd Amendment that allows citizens to keep and bear arms. One famous case that forced New York and other States that had a “May Issue” option to give citizens a permit to carry concealed. Most states like Minnesota are “Shall Issue” states that give permits out to law abiding citizens if they’ve met the training requirement to get the permit. The specific case, The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen Opinion said a similar law has to be on the books at the time of the passage of the 2nd Amendment in 1791 AD that allows the State of New York to keep the May Issue Permitting they had on the books–there wasn’t one. Read theBruen opinion here. Tom Grieve in the next video goes over what the State of New York has done to get their way in jailing Dexter Taylor. He even explains how rare it is to get a concealed carry permit in the State of New York–4% of applicants who have to wait 8 months to find out if they were lucky.
Here’s Tom Grieve Explaining How the State of New York Violated Dexter’s Civil Rights to Put him in Prison.
Tom Grieve is a former Criminal Prosecutor in Wisconsin and is a current Criminal Defense Attorney there as well. He currently does 2A Legal Tips on the USCCA YouTube Channel as well as part of their training videos on their website. This video is for his own channel Atty Tom Grieve, posted on April 29, 2024.
His Credit Card Snitched to the NY Police on his Legal Gun Purchases
The worst part of this nightmare is that without someone telling the NY Police and the ATF about the legal gun part purchases Dexter Taylor was making then he would still be practicing his hobby in his basement. Instead the credit card company he used to pay for the gun parts and tools to build them sent a note to the Police and then one day as Dexter was listening to an audiobook, the ATF broke down his door and the NY Police served a search warrant. They took his firearms, his tools, and his computer, phone and whatever they could steal out of his home and his hobby room in his basement.
He didn’t deserve this treatment. He isn’t a violent felon. None of his firearms have been outside of his home. Yet the way the State of New York portrayed him while violating his Civil Rights is very disrespectful and dishonorable. There are Foreign Invaders who are committing violent crimes without any punishment.
I would like to know what Credit Card Company he used, because I think they deserve the Bud Light Treatment. They acted very much like how the Central Bank Digital Currency would act. It would flag purchases that are deemed wrong or politically incorrect. In some cases you wouldn’t be able to purchase anything, forcing one to accept whatever in order to survive another day.
A few weeks back I asked Rev Tim to ask Dexter Taylor what credit card company it was and he said it was AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD.
#FreeDexterTaylor Call to Action
I really would like to meet Dexter Taylor sometime in the future. He seems like the kind of fellow I would find interesting. Perhaps he might have some ideas on my Kentucky Long Rifle Firestick idea. When it’s legal I’d like to build a modern version of the M16A1 with the Triangular hand guards, fully auto with a selector switch, and no 3 round burst nonsense. I see these guys holding AR-15s wrong and all sorts of gadgets on them that are very unnecessary except maybe a light or an optic on them. I miss the M16A1 I had when I served in the US Army under Reagan & Bush 41.
With Trump in office I had expected him to send troops to the State of New York to arrest the characters that have destroyed that state, yet that hasn’t happened yet. Businesses and people have left seeking a better life and finding States that recognize the supremacy of the US Constitution. Dexter says in his interview with Jesse Kelly that Conservatives need to wake up and realize that our Civil Rights are worth fighting for. That’s the real message of the 2nd Amendment. If you are not willing to stand up for your rights then you won’t be able to complain when those rights become a thing of the past.
We need to stand up to the Domestic Enemies of the US Constitution and Defend it.
Call on President Trump to release all the political prisoners of the State of New York. Dexter Taylor’s case wasn’t the first time they violated someone’s Civil Rights. Their act was very polished and they didn’t show remorse for trampling on his 2nd Amendment Rights. The Conviction needs to be tossed out and set Dexter Free.
#FreeDexterTaylor
The YouTube Channel creators in this post, Tom Grieve, Mr Colion Noir, Jesse Kelly, nor Carbon Mike (aka Dexter Taylor) are not associated with this website. I thought they accurately told the story of this case. Some people like listening to videos more than reading what I write. Rev Tim Christopher is not associated either with this website either. He tends to be an apolitical person but tends to have Conservative values. His sermons on his X Account some Sunday mornings are gold. He makes me smile which is often his goal every day to make people smile. I sincerely hope Dexter Taylor can be freed soon as I’d like to have him help me build my first AR. ~~ Publius Jr.
It’s been said if you want an influx of refugees from some country overseas the US Military needs to start a war there. Afghanistan is one of those places.
Most American school kids can’t find it on a map, let alone their own State Capitol’s location even when they live a couple of blocks from it. Ask them why the US Military dabbled in foreign aid to the country of Afghanistan in the 1980s or why more recently why we fought there for over 20 years before President Trump decided to pull out the Troops from there a year by negotiating with the Terrorists known as the Taliban in 2020, then pulling out a year later. More than likely they’ll blame Biden for the withdrawal in August 2021. Do you really think Biden was capable of negotiating an exit? C’mon Man! Nope it’s Trump’s fault, or that he listened to Generals who didn’t have allegiance to the nation like General Milley.
My New Neighbors from Afghanistan
Wednesday is my Yoga Day at the VA-Minneapolis. They have a department called the Center for Integrative Health & Healing. To get there I need to catch the 3A bus going westbound, then at Snelling Ave I have to catch the A-Line rapid transit bus to the 46th St Station in Minneapolis to travel 2 stops on the Blue Line Light Rail. The VA-MPLS is technically in Bloomington Minnesota which is either the 3rd or 4th largest city in the state.
Though the first leg of this journey is from my low income apartment building on Maryland Avenue to Como & Snelling. Early Fall roughly September 2024, there was a new group of people waiting at the bus stop, a husband, wife, and a small boy. I don’t know their names and even if I could spell them I wouldn’t use them here, I respect them too much. Let’s call the husband Arman and the wife Maryam.
Each Wednesday I see them at the bus stop. Their destination is the International Institute of Minnesota it is just across the street from the MN State Fairgrounds, about a block west of the Fairgrounds Business Office. There they join other Afghanis to learn to speak English. Arman I’ve learned was a lawyer in Afghanistan. I’m not sure to what capacity if that was part of their Sharia Law or Civil Law. I’m thinking the latter, though there’s probably a lot of Muslim faith culture mixed in there.
They seem like a nice couple. Maryam does wear a head scarf but she isn’t draped in a Burka where you can only see her eyes. I’ve noticed she has had different colored head scarves. Mostly I talk to Arman. Their boy & girl 4, and 6 respectively are like regular kids everywhere who can’t wait to play and enjoy life. Hopefully they have the chance to visit a free Afghanistan in the future.
From knowing Muslims in Minnesota they are a very family based conservative group of people. There are always some fringe who have abused their freedoms offered to citizens here, but the most part they aren’t fanatical as one stereotype of Muslims are. Those who supported our troops and hoped for a Free Afghanistan deserve our respect and honor.
The Lion of Afghanistan
He is the stuff of legends, and even a fictional novel by Ken Follett “Lie Down with Lions,” Ahmad Shah Massoud. He unified factions in Afghanistan during the war they had against the Soviet Union and with the CIA’s help to push the Soviets out of the country. He also fought against the Taliban as well. Ahmad Shah Massoud was the equivalent of their George Washington, a leader on the battlefield and a leader who was able to unite people politically.
Unfortunately on September 9th, 2001 in a coordinated attack at many places Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by an Al Qaeda suicide team posing as reporters.
His son Ahmad Massoud has taken up his mantle of leadership. He has written a book about his vision for a Free Afghanistan. Here is the Barnes & Noble Link to it. In the Name of My Father, by Ahmad Massoud.
The USA Has been Funding the Taliban Every Week
The interview above has chapters on different parts of the interview when different subjects are discussed. The most disgusting part of the Interview with Commander Massoud is at Time Stamp: 1:40:13. This is when he tells about how the US Government is funding the Taliban.
According to Sarah Adams, an Intelligence Analyst and a Terrorist Targeter for the CIA, who has been on the Shawn Ryan Show, says the US Taxpayers are funding the Taliban to the tune of $40 million a week.
With the attacks on US Citizens and our Allies around the world, we need to stop funding current and future terrorism aimed at the USA.
The interview by the Shawn Ryan Show was published on July 16, 2024. I’ve been busy otherwise I would have posted it sooner. Yet I looked at the Petition Shawn Ryan created and they are about 94,000 signatures short off their goal. The warnings from Commander Massoud, Sarah Adams and others are coming home now that we are seeing terrorism take place in New Orleans and other places. It’s seems like a self-inflicted wound as we are funding this nonsense ourselves. Please sign the petition above. I’m not getting compensated for posting this. I am US Army Veteran, Reagan Era, and I have new Afghani neighbors who would rather live in Free Afghanistan. Commander Massoud wants that too. ~~ Publius Jr.
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus has a big grassy area bordered by hedges south of Northrop Auditorium and North of Coffman Memorial Union and it is known as Northrop Mall, or simply The Mall.
Northrop Mall – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN – Photo by Barrett Doherty, 2021, from the Cultural Landscape Foundation website www.tclf.org/northrop-mall-university-minnesota
When I, Publius Jr, was a student in the late 90’s there I would pop out of Walter Library on the way to Akerman Hall where the vast majority of my Aerospace Engineering classes were at. On the way to Akerman, or toward Walter Library to study, I would sometimes see what became known as Mall Preachers. Often they would be made fun of by passing students yet most of the time they would gather a handful of students who would sit on the grass and listen to their testimonies for Jesus Christ.
Photo by Barrett Doherty, 2021, looking from Northrop Auditorium towards Walter Library. From the www.tclf.org/northrop-mall-university-minnesota website. The Mall Preachers would give their Christian Testimonies here.
When I would dither along the walkway across The Mall while listening to whomever was preaching there I thought it was madness to even be addressing others without some motivator. It took some real guts to stand up and talk about some belief one holds dearly only to be laughed at by ignorant people who pretend to be tolerant and having great wisdom.
Fast Forward to now while I’m writing articles about politics, events and such, I usually have something on in the background to listen to. Sometimes it’s an audiobook, sometimes it is Christian Rock, a podcast of Shawn Ryan Show, David Paulides, or Steve Isdahl, and lately it is Joe Kirby of Off the Kirb Ministries on YouTube.
What is Off the Kirb Ministries?
Saturdays at 8:30 Central Time a new video of Joe Kirby comes out and he usually has a “hook,” that pulls one in, then there is an explanation, then a Gospel Message. He never asks for money and mostly he just asks like all the other channel content creators to like & subscribe. I believe he also does not monetize his videos either. Very thought provoking videos like the one below.
Joe Kirby mentions the pyramid video in the video above. I know you’re curious about it so here it is.
You might be asking why I led with the Mall Preachers trip down memory lane. Well it’s because Joe Kirby’s best videos I think that shows the strength and courage is in his Street Preaching videos on the streets of Lancashire England. When I see videos like the one below I think of the Mall Preachers at the University of Minnesota.
Then there are some people who try all sorts of addictions that find no rest or peace in them. Then a man in the following video says his life was turned around by Jesus Christ…not the first guy dressed as Jesus on Halloween.
Speaking of Addictions…
Joe Kirby admits he had a pornography addiction. At least he was honest. He has some videos that addresses this addiction. He also has a specially written devotional that helps to wean people off this addiction plus others.
He says that addictions like pornography release dopamine in your brain and what this does is makes you feel good. When your brain gets used to this it needs more of it, so the addiction gets rooted. His devotional is called, “100 Pure Thoughts.” Each day you read the Pure Thought of the day. Eventually you wean yourself off of the addiction and replace it with a feel good message and a hit of dopamine centered upon truths from the Bible.
I actually bought it. I have a few addictions that are unhealthy. One is research. I love to research things so I tend to stay up too late because of it and don’t get enough sleep. Another is social media, I have several X accounts, 2 FB accounts, a couple Truth Social Accounts, 4 GETTR accounts though most are not mine, I just admin them for either the websites I do content for, or organizations I’m the guy who is the second person on them.
Here’s a good closing video of his that sums up his messages pretty well.
Joe Kirby’s ministry is based in Lancashire, England and is a full time Evangelist. He says on his “About” section of his YT Channel, his evangelistic outreach consists of open air preaching, church outreach events, pulpit preaching, youth ministry and of Christian YouTube videos.
As of this writing on Christmas 2024, Joe has 2.51 million subscribers on Youtube and he doesn’t monetize his videos.
If Joe, is reading this I hope you can come to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis some time when the Mall Preachers come out in the spring and do some Mall Preaching there. I might reluctantly join you. ~~ Publius Jr. University of Minnesota Institute of Technology alumni, Class of 2000.
