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Jeff and C&Cers:

Re: Jeff’s link yesterday to the Fox 35 News piece regarding Dr. Ladapo and their interview of Dr. Michael Sparks.

Here is his website:

https://www.sparksfamilymed.com/

Here is his email address:

info@sparksfamilymed.com

Here is the email I sent him yesterday morning:

Dear Dr. Sparks:

I just watched your interview on Fox 35 News Orlando which I believe aired on January 22nd.

https://twitter.com/c_plushie/status/1749353998367477891

You stated in this interview:  

“There have been so many millions of doses of this vaccine delivered though that if we were to expect to see some of these theoretical problems, we should start seeing them.”

I can assure you -  these “problems” are NOT theoretical. 

Dr. Peter McCullough is the most published cardiologist in the world. Please listen to what he has to say, along with Dr. Ryan Cole (pathologist) and Dr. Kirk Milhoan (pediatric cardiologist).  This hearing took place in Washington, DC on January 12, 2024. It is now a part of the official congressional record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-p0kFdcVkA

I suggest you follow some of the many physicians (worldwide) that are talking about these “problems” after the covid shots:

https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/

https://makismd.substack.com/

https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/

https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/

I’d like to also suggest the book, Cause Unknown written by Edward Dowd.  He writes extensively about “all-cause mortality” since the rollout of the shots. 

https://www.amazon.com/Cause-Epidemic-Sudden-Childrens-Defense/dp/1510776397/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cause+unknown+edward+dowd&sr=8-1

Here is an interview with Edward Dowd:

https://rumble.com/v2ailv0-tucker-carlson-interview-ed-dowd.html

I pray that you will indeed look into these resources.  The health and well-being of your patients may depend upon it.

Sincerely,

Laura Kasner

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Excellent! I think I would add about the research Aaron Siri is presenting on vaccines in general. https://icanlegislate.org/arizona-legislature-gets-eye-opening-vaccine-history-lesson-from-ican-legislates-lead-attorney/

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Susan - excellent addition! Email that to Dr. Sparks !

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please don't advertise in the comments section.

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What did you not understand about my request re: advertising here?

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Oh I see what you mean. Yes Carl should not link advertisements. Thanks Doug

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Advertise??

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Laura, I just sent this:

Subject: Altering protein production inside cells is what Thalidomide did to create birth defects

Dr Sparks,

Covid19 shots alter protein production in cells.

It took 60 years for “science” to understand the mechanism of harm engaged by Thalidomide. The mechanism of harm was altering production of proteins inside human cells which lead to the various malformations suffered by babies impacted with Thalidomide. https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2018/after-60-years--scientists-uncover-how-thalidomide-produced-birth-defects/

Covid19 shots alter protein production in cells. So.

There are tons of researchers and doctors documenting harms and deaths. Medical science moves very very slowly when discovering harms and moves at the speed of light when gaining approval for new treatments.

https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/

https://makismd.substack.com/

Excerpt from Dr Wolf’s Substack:

Our 3,250 research volunteers, in 39 fully cited reports to date, have documented evidence of what I’ve been calling “360 degrees of harm” to reproduction.

The Pfizer documents reveal monstrous damage to menstruation, harm to the testes and epididymis, harms to the penis, horrible harm to the ova and ovaries, mechanisms for compromising the placenta, contamination of amniotic fluid, and damage to newborns. They reveal that four women’s breast milk turned blue-green. They reveal injuries to at least one newborn that extend to death (or murder) from ingesting tainted breast milk. They reveal horrific levels of miscarriages. They reveal that Pfizer defined “exposure” to the vaccine as including sexual intercourse, especially at conception. They reveal a weird focus on mammalian sexual and reproductive issues.

All of these horrors make extended appearances in the Pfizer documents, which were never expected to see the light of day. https://dailyclout.io/category/campaigns/pfizer-documents-analysis/

Please read thePfizer study documents and analysis by independent researchers. You might realize just how bad the harms are.

VR,

Lauri

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Because, with pHarma, it’s all about the money and then population control. The “ruling” class has been working toward getting everyone “fully” vaccinated for decades. It was easy to do with the kids because all they had to do was scare the parents into thinking childhood diseases were deadly. 🙄 But, with adults, who could make their own decisions and most who had grown up without any boosters or even very many vaccines, it’s been a hard sell. COVID got them their goal, except for the multitude that gave them the bird.

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I am one of that multitude. I have a plush angry bird pencil topper that fits perfectly on my middle finger. I am not afraid to use it when appropro. LOL

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Hahaha! I met an older woman in a grocery store a number of years ago. I don’t remember what our conversation was about, but I do remember her response to something I said. She said, “I only have two things to say to them,” and she held up both middle fingers. We laughed really hard, and I agreed with her. Ah, now, I wish she’d been one of my grandmothers or aunts. She wasn’t that much older than me. Certainly, I would’ve loved to have been a friend. I hope she is well now.

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Too funny! Yes, we older women tend to lose our filters and never pull any punches. It keeps life interesting. Haha!

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I'm with you on that one Annie! It's so great to be old during this time of madness. I'm going on 65 and I used to care what others thought of me. Not anymore!

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71 and the FREEDOM of not caring what most of the world thinks is beyond belief wonderful!

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Not just a bird but an Angry Bird :)) love it!

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Is THIS the Dr. Michael Sparks to which you're referring? https://health.usnews.com/doctors/michael-sparks-1189205

Because, if it is--this guy is a "newbie" to the "doctoring world" - only been in practice for about 7 years!! He's "in love" with corporate medicine and making as much $$ as he can. He's not concerned with the REALITY of the faulty and pernicious mRNA platform (that contains fragments of DNA buried in the lipids used to 'house' this bioweapon "vaccine") that was developed by huge pharma to KILL OFF at least 10% of the world population and sterilize our young peoplel! Dr. Sparks is a LIGHTWEIGHT - I wouldn't waste your time and effort in sending him anything--but I hope he at least READS your letter--it's very well written Laura Kasner.

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That would be him!

Thank you Sharon. I feel certain my efforts are in vain, but it made ME feel better! And knowing that he may be getting a bunch of emails from C&C readers makes me feel great! I knew that if I was one of the first commenters this morning, it would be seen and liked by many.

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I'm surprised that Dr. Ladapo "tangled" with someone so young and inexperienced--perhaps he thought this young guy would be more "open minded"--I do not believe that is the case. Perhaps when someone he loves develops a "strange and unusual" autoimmune disorder or dies in their bed, he'll "believe"!! I pray it doesn't take that!!

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That’s usually what happens before the change their minds. It either happens to them or a loved one.

Also, I find the younger doctors are more arrogant right out of med school. It’s not always the case, but I’d say 99% of the time it is.

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Hopefully, WISDOM comes with AGE!

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Yeah, maybe someone he knows will have a ‘theoretical’ death.

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This Dr Sparks is still paying off his med school debt and pHarma is fast-tracking that for him. I wonder if he knew he would have a For Sale sign on his chest when he graduated.

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Actually...pharma has been "promoting" doctors and hospitals for DECADES--I remember some of my clients' staff who had friends/family working for pharma (this is back in the 1990's) sharing with me how they would "promote" the doctors with expensive vacations, SPEED BOATS, FURS for their wives/girlfriends--depositing funds in a numbered bank account in the Grand Caymans--YES....all of this corruption has been going on for DECADES. Did you know there are only TWO COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD that permit huge pharma companies to advertise on mass media--U.S.A. is #1 and I believe SWEDEN (one of the Nordic countries) is #2!!

There you have it friends...this is nothing new--but they were never as BRAZEN as they were with this "SCAMdemic" BIOWEAPON JAB!!

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Lauri - this is EXCELLENT! I thought after I sent my email to Dr. Sparks that I should have included the Pfizer documents analysis reports. Thank you!

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I just wanted to make sure we weren’t doing a canned message. Who knows, perhaps he will read the emails. Keep being brave enough to share the truth. That’s how we change minds and move the needle.

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Lauri - amen to that!

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Right on and way to go! There's nothing theoretical at all, pharma knew they were deadly. I would be curious to know if you get a response.

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FourWinds - I’m not holding my breath for a reply.

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Although, I emailed Mark Cuban regarding him paying people to narc on covid rules breakers and he actually emailed me back, silly man.

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What did he reply?

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I'd love to know how he responded too! Though I know he uses topical steroids on his child's eczema and we in the steroid withdrawal community have been begging him for years to bring awareness to the misuse of these drugs on kids and the numerous harms. He won't do it. So. I am betting you didn't get a response from him about his narc encouragement.

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Just wondering (seriously) is “narc” a verb?

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Marsha you must have missed the '70s. "Narc" is most definitely a verb!

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Yes! Its synonym is tattle 😏

(Edited for grammar 🙈)

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Well done. Thank you.

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Sorry, I didn’t see this but it was handled very well by others : )

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Thank you for doing this Laura! I find it ironic that they are saying millions of doses have been distributed and we are not seeing any issues. Well, maybe you need to open your eyes and ears! I watched this episode with John Beaudoin, the Systems Engineer & Analyst, , Sr.https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/new-data-reveals-tsunami-of-covid-19-vaccine-deaths/ where he discusses how he matched the death certificate data with Vaers data and it points out that vaccine was a cause of death in a lot of cases. Many death certificates have covid listed as a cause of death but it’s not true, many died of strokes and other cardiovascular problems, there is a temporal association with the vaccine. It is illegal to falsify a death certificate. We need to get access to all the data state by state and it needs to be audited. We need an investigation at this point and analyze the data. I’m also going to leave the link here where John Beaudoin, doctors and scientists brief the Massachusetts Legislature https://x.com/drCParks1/status/1749588693210337733?s=20

I think what’s been happening is a crime.

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IR - I watched Del's interview of John. It was so moving seeing him moved to tears when talking about these tragic deaths.

I need to take the time to listen to that hearing. It gives me such hope. Some big names on that panel!

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Yes, it’s hard to watch and realize how many lives were cut short, especially of young children and more than likely the cause of this was a fraudulent data. It’s unspeakable. I do hope things will move forward. I’m hearing there are over 100 legislators now calling for withdrawal of these dangerous shots from the market but FDA seems not concerned. Maybe it’s a coincidence but I pass Walgreens on my way almost every day and I kept seeing their promotion of Covid vaxes. I see they removed the sign recently. I don’t know if it’s because no one wants them or they are realizing they are harming people.

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They don't care what he has to say. That's the problem.

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Nicely done Laura. I will drop a line as well.

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Laura Kasner...Amen and Thank you!

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Excellent letter!! 👏👏👏

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Way to go sissy. ♥️🤍💙

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Written as if you heard my thoughts verbatim. Thank you!

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As much as it helps, I sent him an email also.

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This is excellent, Laura! May I share it on my substack (giving you credit, of course)?

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Anne - absolutely! 🥰

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Thanks for the links

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Laura, you are brilliant to submit such an inclusionary comment/suggestion to this sad, uninformed Dr Sparks. Are such medical professionals isolated and devoid of access to any kind of information beyond that which CNN and MSNBC provide? Thank you!

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Marsha - I am highly motivated and pissed off because I fell for the lie and got two Moderna shots. I believe God spared me in order to be a loud voice in this fight.

I think at this point, it is willful blindness (as Dr. Malhotra says).

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Balls Deluxe, LK!

Later Jay

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Thanks for making me laugh out loud, Jay.

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HOORAY, Laura! THAT IS THE EXACT MOMENT MY BULLSH*T monitor started dinging!!

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"We simply cannot allow people to pour into the U.S., undetected, undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, lawfully to become immigrants in this country" — 2005, Senator Barack Obama

"You're going to make sure those cowboys don't stop the surge of military aged men from entering." — 2024, Obama Puppet, Fake President Biden

The treasonous US government is overtly inciting, financing, and then shuttling in torrents of invaders from every hellhole imaginable - the inhabitants of which each have a thousand different axes to grind. Brace yourself, you're witnessing the planned destruction of America from within by traitors in our government and armed forces.

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Controlled demolition.. as Jeff has dubbed it.

We, humanity, must eventually reach a status of OneWorldGovt with a "mark required" to buy or sell goods. THAT is a milestone destination. We can and should protect ourselves, our children, our country. Just know, if we believe the Bible is the word of God, then we know A. Hell on earth will come- for a time and B. this is NOT our home.

Keep the Faith 🙏 Hold the Line ✝️

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Amen. this is truth. A hell on earth WILL come. Many just believe the rapture will occur at different times. I am one who believes it will come before that hell on earth.

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Amen! I am 100% certain that it will happen before. The body of Christ is taught by the Lord to study his word, and that is by rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15 kjv) and considering what the Apostle Paul says, that the Lord give us understanding in all things (2 Tim. 2:7) {pertaining to understanding his word}. We must know who our apostle is for this dispensation of the grace of God and that is the Apostle Paul, and he fulfilled the word of God.

Col. 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

The Lord has put Israel's prophetic fulfillment on hold until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in (Rom. 11:25).

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Thank you, Paula, for this last Biblical reference. I continued to read more context (Rom 11:25-32) and it seems confusing but it is a wonderful explanation of how God’s mercy works.

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Same. I am too. But I know others don’t believe that. ;)

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Texas needs to cede the most pressed border areas to the Apache and Comanche Nations; give them ALL the wire and obstacles possible. No Gvt. entity is obligated to place signage or safety apparatus to warn or dissuade entering a body of water. Mexican medical personnel are obligated to rescue persons in distress on their side of the river, and US on our side; there are no guarantees of timeliness of response in an invasion zone with terrain and deterring obstacles---otherwise both gvts need to co-fund building a paved bridge for them with handrails to ensure safety at every single point that someone wants to cross the river without being observed. Supreme Court is currently filled with Supreme C--ts.

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Amen and Amen! Psalms 121.

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Thank you for this. Was a salve to my soul.

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From Cernovich on Twitter: Post

Cernovich

@Cernovich

I serve no man, my loyalty is to the country.

It’s Trump 2024 or the country faces a Rwandan style genocide once Democrats activate their gangs from the border.

Let no man deny the stakes.

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That is a legitimate Biden statement??? Insane!

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Sounds almost too competent. And unlikely to use the term “military aged men” imo.

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It could be AI generated voice. In the country I used to believe in, those two border patrol agents would have stopped dead in their tracks--"say again".

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Yep! Too canned…

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Probably AI. Not sure what the jury has said on final voice print analysis? Can tech discern real from AI?

And... harkening back to 9/11 and planes, but AI was so crude then... can tech discern between images of real live humans and "people" we see, even in live, real-time feeds, or heck, even if you're in the room! -? Are we living in a holodeck?

Tin foil hat? Check.

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Hot mic moment...

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Could be, but I trust nothing that sounds too good to be true. Of course that’s the plan though.

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Planned and refined since the 1940s and final implementation phase underway, wait til you see what's coming next...

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Not gonna like it, whatever it is. Any suggestions?

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That's difficult to believe, TriTorch - not impossible, but really difficult. Won't say biden isn't THAT stupid, because we all know better, lol - but hell I'd love to be within bitch-slapping distance of him if he ever confirms making that statement.

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I kinda doubt Joe really said this, only because he didn't stutter and stammer and all the words are understandable. The man can't complete a simple sentence, even when reading from paper or a teleprompter.

Biden did say, on national TV that he was advising illegals to SURGE THE BORDER as soon as he took office.

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Where are all these millions of people? Has anyone personally seen them? I was in downtown Chicago last week during the subzero temperatures. There on the street corner was a shady group of Hispanics, men women and children, with a makeshift lemonade stand in the back of a kids wagon, I kid you not, and let me remind you it was sub zero temps… Maybe they were typical downtown chicagoans? I don’t know, I was on the lookout the whole time. Where are these people living and working?Temporary housing and kickbacks from the government will only last so long, then what??

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I doubt a single one of them is working. If they are, it's under the table. I understand some parts of Chicago O'Hare airport have been closed off to house them. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-ohare-airport

NYC has housed them in hotels. And no, I have not seen this with my own eyes. You are right - this will only last so long. I'm not sure what the plan is here, but I do know these people at the border I see are arriving bathed, fed, and the men don't have the facial hair they would if they had walked for weeks. Something stinks.

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Most of them are also overweight. Not judging, but they didn't just get done with a 2000-plus mile trek

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I noticed that too. And how exactly did they get 3 meals a day walking 2K miles? Who cooked it? Where did the food come from? How about all the clean water? Women had hairstyles, too.... not that overgrown shaggy look when a hairstyle grows out. Clothing was clean. Tell me where they got the shoes to walk that long and that the shoes are still intact. I call b.s. on the whole thing.

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Much is provided by NGOs (ie Open Society, Gates and other foundations). Once in the country, the Catholic and Lutheran Charaties take over. Those charities get funding/reimbursement from taxpayer/government money.

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NGOs coordinate buses and planes through their recruitment camps at Darrien Gap, Panama.

I saw a commenter saying their relative in Mexico got a random text, encouraging them to migrate to the US for all of the freebies being offered by the US govt.

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They often ride buses or trains, I think.

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They’re flown into Tijuana and Yuma. IDK from where.

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All over the world. If they can afford what all this costs... why not go through the immigration process?

Because they really DON'T want to become citizens. They want all the freebies and benefits WITHOUT the responsibilities. Cut off ALL the incentives and they will quit coming. Then start sending them back. THE ENTIRE FAMILY. Even the ones born here (of illegal parents). Let them challenge the 14th...

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There are no buses nor trains thru the Darien Gap. Forty years ago a guy on an offroad BMW motorcycle made two-wheel history by being the first human known to get a motorized vehicle thru the Gap.

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Their clothes were new looking and clean, not messy or dirty as you would expect. New looking shoes, backpacks, etc. The women's hair looked well taken care of, clearly they'd all gotten off a plane or bus or something.

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I have seen documentaries and articles on Epoch Times reporting that NGO's are literally flying them to the border. Why not just fly them right in? Why stop at the border. Also, the reports were showing that NGO's are making tons of federal money off the illegal immigration. Kinda like the NGO's that make tons of money off of the homeless in CA. It's a win win win for the left. They change the landscape of the country and make tons of money to boot and to top it off, they can virtue signal that they are the ones that care for every single human being in the world..

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The Colorado Dems want Federal funds and resources, the cities, counties, hospitals whining for $$$$$ to process and settle the masses for citizenship and full Revolution/transformation of culture and governance. Blaming House Republicans for problems and lack of resources; Congress needs all data collected from past 3 years (at least) to see that each home country is billed minimum of $8,000 for each and every person entering that won't leave regardless of reason or excuse given. Price of admission, you're not an invited guest.

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Just like NY and Chicago. It seems to all be part of their agenda. Take red money and send it to blue areas. Seems like we are funding our own destruction. I remember that Trump sued to keep from counting illegals in the census because representation in US House is based on those numbers. He lost that case. Bottom line is the more we ship them to blue areas the more representation the Democrat areas will have in the US House.

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Socialize the Demise, as they Globalize, and Ultra-Privatize, to Tyrannize

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NY has housed them in schools, shutting down those schools and requiring kids to attend online. There is also an already empty school in San Diego where they are housing illegals. Isn’t it just great! 🙄

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We have a children's home with in-house school, for kids who have been abandoned, can't live at home behavior problems, etc. It is supported by local Methodist churches and private donations. The home has been the recipient of bus loads of young children from the border since last year. It is a 'secret' as no one is permitted to talk about it.

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Well, a child is a child is a child - regardless of what nationality, and not responsible for their parent's actions.

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There’s a lot of them in construction. My neighbor had a pool installed by non-English speaking Hispanics. He had a roof installed by different non English Hispanics -one of which was a child around 11 or 12 years old. It was extremely upsetting for me to see that boy going to work on the roof. My neighbor only commented that he was probably an unaccompanied minor. He didn’t care about the child at all.

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https://youtu.be/JS0dU-BMtPA?si=BwExAz2-hfORfXBM

Tucker Carlson did a piece on Twitter about Chicago - this clip from YouTube, not sure if it is an abbreviated version....

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James Okeefee of OMG (citizen journalist) has been doing many videos on these places where they are taken to, then hidden behind walls and fences with tarps hiding them from the public. He recently video tapped a place in Tucson. He has been doing many videos for the past month on the white busses and Where they go.

Trying to talk to the drivers.

He was on the east coast and southwest.

X Tucson resident.

Boyfriend worked at DM AFB and it was seen in the beginning of 2021 early in the morning (4am) the white buses unloading “people” and then loading them onto waiting planes on a remote tarmac

Nogales is a quick ride from the old Pueblo

Also

Nick Johnson on his YT channel went down to the Texas border (Eagle Pass) a couple weeks ago. Trying to video and talk to anyone he can.

Redacted on YT recently interviewed 2 brothers who made a recent documentary (their with Muckracker) tracking the entire route the illegals take.

I have to watch it but Clayton’s interview with the brother journalists was eye opening

I’m wondering why isn’t AOC at the border crying?!

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I live in Maryland and cannot go shopping anywhere in my area without hearing multiple languages being spoken. Then you have this BS in Aberdeen where a 20 yr old autisitc girl was raped and murdered.

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1749418630452826187

I believe it is going to get much worse before it gets better and we will start seeing many more violent crimes. Keep your families and guns close by now.

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Same thing here. Anytime I go out and about in Charlotte, NC, I hear 4 or 5 languages and none of them are english. I keep asking myself, has this aways been and I am just now noticing? No, if I think back, it really ramped up during the lockdown, when people were home and didn't notice the change. Now they are all here. We have a TON of people that are ineligible to work legally, using our pubic services & schools, not putting into the system, and competing with us for housing, transportation, and food.

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I noticed it during the holidays when I was walking down Main St in the small town I live in. I have lived here for 40 years and this was the first time I heard multiple languages being spoken.

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Fundamental Transformation was Obombya's promise; what did people think?? Left has called for the "Browning of America" for decades. What they really meant was importing hordes of unassimilated, stooges to wreck it all and let the masses of working and shirking and criminal classes fight over the scraps afterward. Middle Class Equity will be the innocuous term to disguise the chaos and brutality

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In Louisville, about 1/5 of the students do not speak English as their first language.

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Same here. My fiancee was given flashcards to communicate with all the illegal aliens added to her kindergarten class this year. She says it has made things very hard, especially for the english speaking kids because it changes the class dynamics big time when a portion of them cant take part in the lessons planned. She said the administration is pushing all of the kids through to the next grade regardless of if they met the required milestones or not. She is worried because she said the teachers in the higher grade levels report the same thing.

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As a teacher in South Florida, having multiple non English speaking students, takes away teacher time from the rest of the class. You literally have to plan so much extra to service them, all while maintaining a positive environment and dealing with unruly behavior from kids who don't care about learning.

It can be done in a better way like putting an aide or volunteer to help the non English speaking children. I worked at a poor school and they do not have the same resources as affluent schools which makes it worse.

I went to college to make less than a garbage man.

I quit over mask wearing. Never again... and neither will my children go.

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Please don’t automatically equate the speaking of a language other than English with illegals. I was born in the US but grew up speaking a different language with my parents and also speak a non English language with my children and spouse. But we all speak perfect English and are not illegals. I’m sure a lot of the ones you have seen and heard may very well fall into that category but I am just cautioning you not to jump to conclusions every time you hear someone not speaking English.

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This latest view is not confusing your situation with what is happening now, by any means. University town all of my life. Same routine pretty much, shop in the same places, attend same events, etc. My local Publix sees a huge difference between now and 3 years ago. It is not just different languages, it's different demeanors, different behaviors, different selections. Stood behind the family in front of me with two shopping carts crammed with products unknown to me. You see, our Publix has added far more "international foods and products"... not hard to see. Their purchases were 80% sodas, sweets, beer, processed foods, processed bakery goods, and it was stunning how many Visa cards they produced! The tab was nearly $800 for

80% junk food! The elder of the group produced the stack of cards, then wrapped them in a rubber band before returning them to her pocket. They were a group of five 20-30 something

males, two females with infants and older children plus the elder. How do you feed that many people with sugary sweets, sugary drinks and sodas, and junk food? Spend govt support.... I don't know. None of them spoke a word of English. Nothing I saw prior to 2021... This is an invasion.

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Just a thought - sometimes people buy that kind of crap food to resell it. Whenever my store has a super sale on pop, this one customer comes in and buys 2 shopping carts full. He then takes it to his convenience store and re-sells it at a substantial markup. Our manager has talked to him, not because she wants to stop him, but because she wanted to know how anyone drank that much pop and he flat out admitted what he did.

I'm not saying there is not a huge problem and it's possible they really do eat all that garbage. If so, their life spans will certainly be reduced.

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Agreed. However, I understood their Spanish and it seemed to me to be for their consumption... And, yes, you are correct, so much for a healthy lifestyle. The canned dried beans they bought were the cheapest, numerous packages of tortillas were the same cheapest. No fresh anything. Charcoal, foil, t-paper, detergent. They loaded everything into an old, beat up truck, some of the men climbed in the back of the pickup, everyone else crowded into the pickup. No childseats, no elderly men.... I've seen folks at Sam's and their purchases for resale. I do not believe this and the other similar groups I see frequently are resale purchasing.

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"If so, their life spans will certainly be reduced." And likely see chronic disease for want of proper nourishment. Good for business in the medical-pharmaceutical complex, which is primarily institutional with reimbursement contracts through both managed care (what a euphemism!) and public programs. Can't refuse care and all that. Yadda. Downward spiral on numerous levels. Human tragedy. Insupportable. ...No answers. Sadness, anger difficult to rationalize away > personal tragedy multiplied by how many clear-seeing Americans plus the fight with the other side of the divide; how ugly will it/we get (justified, but still ugly)... Speak for myself?💔

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Guys we didn't take them to raise. Let them get a tooth ache and go back home. I don't care, just send them home.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00060-1/fulltext

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434327/

Later Jay

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Oh yeah that’s an interesting point!

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Look at Disney to see unspeakable behavior. When I was a child no one pooped in line. Now it is common there.

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We don't do Disney anything. Our daughter danced every Thanksgiving and Christmas for years at Disney. But that was back when she was in her teens and early 20s... and we got in free. No more.

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See, that is additional and potentially relevant information. Not just based on the language. Although I would argue that the international section of the supermarket is equally likely to have been influenced by more travel abroad and more interest in ethnic foods in the past couple of decades. But yeah the rest of it is definitely something that makes you wonder 😕

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But also don't assume it isn't illegal.

If it is different from what you experienced, say, three years ago it is reasonable to conclude it is illegal.

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Possibly but like I said, I’m sure people wonder about us when they hear us out and about but my point is, wait for other evidence than simply speaking other languages. There are far more bilingual families in this country than there were 20 years ago.

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Yes! And speaking another language is a benefit to the American born, not a detriment. I worked very hard to teach my children the language of my grandparents. It has greatly enriched them imo. Knowing another language opens your mind to a different culture which can never be experienced the same way in another country without really knowing the language.

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In my hometown (just up the hill from Fetterman's) there have been multiple ethnic groups, many self-segregated into individual neighborhoods, since the industrial revolution. The 1910s thru 1940s saw tens of thousands of Poles, Germans, Slavs, Hungarians, and Irish land in the Mon valley and go to work in the mills and mines. To this day, toursits come to Pittsburgh to enjoy the still-extant and thriving "ethnic enclaves", and the FOOD!

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Unfortunately.

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My father was a first generation Greek American. At home, he spoke greek, primarily with my grandmother. But like all other immigrants (like your family too it sounds like) English was society's language. Thanks to the GI Bill, he went onto an Ivy League education (back when that was something to be proud of). I personally think that allowing "Press 2 for Spanish" was instrumental in weakening our culture. A blended culture worked because people worked hard, assimilated and shared values. With that base, our cultural differences could be celebrated. But without any common base? Now what?

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Same background here. My grandparents were Greek immigrants and they were proud to have learned to speak English so well. My grandfather became a successful businessman so it was important as well. Ofcourse, they spoke Greek at home and taught their children.

As for the Press 2 for Spanish thing, I think that what our country needs is the same English language assimilation importance that our relatives faced, (this eliminating the press 2 for Spanish) but perhaps we could as a country, take advantage of so many Spanish speaking immigrants, and use it as an opportunity to get our American children to be bilingual. We are the only country I know where the population only knows one language fluently.

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Yes there needs to be a common base and generally shared values.

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Oh c'mon that's not that common. You are probably a family of one in a million that does that. If you are choosing to speak a different language out in public then be prepared bro be judged . And what do you care anyway what people think ? Apparently you don't , so don't be telling others what not to assume. You set yourself and your family up for it by simply not speaking English in public. Just sayin.

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Um you’d be wrong, I am very connected to bilingual communities and it’s far more common than it was even 20-30 years ago. And really? I set myself up? You clearly know nothing about what it takes to support a bilingual child’s language learning. I don’t care what people think but I do object to someone equating speaking another language to being an illegal immigrant 🙄 That is totally simplistic. All I am saying is, don’t jump to conclusions without additional evidence. Why is that so hard? I think that is one of the problems of our society, people love jumping to conclusions before they know the whole story.

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I agree with you. There is nothing wrong with calling on people to NOT jump to conclusions. I am all for securing the southern border. At the same time, I welcome legal immigrants here. We have several legal immigrant families in our neighborhood, and they are all such lovely people. America is a melting pot and always has been. It is sad to see Americans become extremists and hateful, instead of keeping cool heads and kind hearts.

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People in Montreal have been bilingual for maybe two centuries. Ditto Hull, across the river from Ottawa. Ditto cities in New Brunswick.

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Real Americans speak English. That’s the language the founders of this country spoke. It was a mistake to allow immigrants in that don’t assimilate and make English their primary language. It’s what is dragging America down to craphole territory. If people want to speak the language of their mother country they should move back there.

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I'm trying to say that you have as little right to try to control or suggest what people should think as I would to tell anyone how to speak in public . You do you and everyone will think whatever they want.

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Well, I do think it's more common to retain one's native language than it was a generation or 2 ago, and it's a good thing. My great grandparents were immigrants from what is now the Czech Republic. My grandparents and their siblings were never taught Czech, and my grandparents never cooked any Czech dishes. I didn't think to ask, they've been gone for 40 years now, but only learned of Czech food when we started going to different ethnic festivals. A good friend's mom was born in Italy, met her dad when he was stationed there in the Army, got married and moved to the US. She still gets together with friends from Italy for card games every Sat night and they all speak Italian, but she never taught the language to my friend or her siblings. I asked her why once, and she said, what's the point? She does cook some great Italian food though! Bottom line for me - I think it's good to retain your language - where I draw the line is when these groups insist that they be accommodated in their native language. I recently read that a local school district (KC) has hired a bunch of translators to accommodate parental notifications and communications, and that the primary hospital that provides indigent (uninsured) care has had to do the same.

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That’s what I’m saying- how can you tell?! There’s no scarlet letter to differentiate a legal from an illegal

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You can somewhat tell in CA and AZ. They’re all wearing matching (new, clean) sneakers. Truth.

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