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City councils: Lemon Grove, 3146 School Lane: 6 p.m. Tuesday

School boards: Grossmont Union High School District, 6 p.m. Thursday; Santee School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday

Health center hosts vaccine clinic Saturday

Family Health Centers of San Diego is hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the FHCSD PACE Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly campus, 3420 College Ave., in the College Grove Shopping Center next door to Sam Ash Music Store. To make an appointment, call (619) 906-5351. Walk-ins are available as well as scheduled appointments. For more information, or additional vaccination sites, visit fhcsd.org/covid-19-vaccines.

Gun owners group to meet Tuesday

San Diego County Gun Owners, a political action committee promoting Second Amendment rights, will host its monthly East County meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at American Shooters, 1464 Graves Ave., El Cajon. The free meeting is open to the public. Topics will include updates on the groups advocacy, educational and training efforts, as well as information on shooting socials, gun safety classes and new gun laws. Visit http://www.sandiegocountygunowners.com.

Community invited to goal-setting workshop

El Cajons City Council invites the community to its annual goal-setting workshop, which has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Community Center. At the workshop, the council will review last years priorities and establish city goals for 2022. At last years workshop, the council set five priorities and 16 specific goals related to the priorities. The 2021 priorities are communications and civic engagement; economic development; enhancing the citys image by focusing on its entry points; homelessness; and public safety. The Ronald Reagan Community Center is at 195 E. Douglas Ave. For information, call the City Managers Office at (619) 441-1716.

El Cajon to hold fourth redistricting hearing

The El Cajon City Council is hosting its fourth redistricting hearing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the El Cajon Valley High School, 1035 E. Madison Ave. Redistricting is the process of adjusting City Council voting districts after the U.S. Census, to ensure that each district has roughly the same number of residents. At the hearing, city staff will present an overview of redistricting, discuss draft maps, and potentially select the citys next council district election map. To view submitted draft maps, visit http://www.elcajon.gov/redistricting. Translated information including presentations, tutorials and flyers are also on that website. Materials are available in Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Pashto, and Dari. Residents may request an interpreter for the hearing by email at redistricting@elcajon.gov. Visit http://www.elcajon.gov/redistricting.

Santee holds Discovery Day for recreation

The city of Santee holds Discovery Day on Saturday for the community to sample several of its recreation amenities. Five locations are offering free samples of activities. The schedule:

Santee Discovery Day has options for all ages and abilities, so stop by one or more of these locations and start your year off with a new activity. Visit https://bit.ly/3f8V6xw.

Local students graduate

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio: Monica Cheng of El Cajon, Bachelor of Science in nursing; Kasey Woollard of Lakeside, Master of Science in geological sciences

Blood drives

The San Diego Blood Bank hosts these blood donor opportunities:

Those 17 and older, weighing at least 114 pounds and in good health may be eligible to donate blood. A good meal and plenty of fluids are recommended before donating. Appointments strongly encouraged. Photo ID required. Call (800) 469-7322 or visit SanDiegoBloodBank.org.

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Please speak up

A new (Jan. 3rd) NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64 percent of Americans believe U.S. democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing." That sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans: Two-thirds of GOP respondents agree with the verifiably false claim that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election" a key pillar of the "big lie" that the election was stolen from former President Trump.

A ReTrumplican is former Republican minus a moral compass who seeks to hold onto power through deceit, deception and insurrection. The GOP is lousy with ReTrumplicans. They corrupt society by attacking science, purging and replacing local election workers and public health officials. Their media outlets repeat the big lie and spew propaganda to pollute the civic universe. Their Constitution starts and stops with the Second Amendment. Their lust for power corrupts their ethical foundation.

My own Representative, Jack Bergman, has aligned with the ReTrumplicans by perpetuating the big lie. The shorter list is of true Michigan Republicans, who denounce the big lie, speaking truth to power: Peter Meijer, Fred Upton, Ed McBroom. They are the true patriots. Have I left any true Republicans off the list? Please speak up.

Steven Holl

Traverse City

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Letter: Holl | Letters To The Editor | record-eagle.com - Traverse City Record Eagle

Former President Donald Trump said the real insurrection took place on Election Day 2020 at a "Save America" rally Saturday night in Florence, Arizona. Trump promised "massive evidence" will be released "rapidly."

"Why aren't they investigating November 3rd, a rigged and stolen election, without getting to the bottom of which we will never have a fair and free democracy?" Trump asked. "Why aren't they looking at that? And there is massive evidence that shows exactly what I'm talking about, and it's coming out rapidly and it's come out. And is coming out very big in the great state of Arizona."

Trump told attendees that Democrats can't win "without doing a lot of bad things" and said their scheme is to "erase American votes with illegal votes." The former president also promised to "stage a comeback the likes of which nobody has ever seen."

"The American people deserve answers," Trump demanded. "The January 6th rally was a protest against a crooked election carried out by unhinged Democrats, Big Tech, and working with the fake news media, all working together to defeat Republicans and your favorite president. Me. And it was done in many cases without the necessary constitutional approval of state legislatures. You had these things changed by local politicians. In other words, how do we screw the Republicans? They didn't go back. The constitution says you have to go back to the state legislatures, and many of them did and they couldn't get the approval and they did it anywhere, which means it's unconstitutional and many other problems. They did everything you could do."

"The real insurrection took place on Election Day, November 3rd," Trump declared. "Never forget the reason the Democrats and their media allies conduct all of these hoaxes and which hunts is not because they think the American people are with them. It's because they know that the American people are actually against them."

"They have to cheat because with open borders, no Second Amendment, a bad economy highest ever inflation, sanctuary cities, a woke bunch of military leaders that don't know what the hell they're doing, an education system that's failed so badly and they don't want to go to the right system," Trump said.

"They can't win without doing a lot of bad things," Trump said of Democrats. "That's why the radical Democrats are also currently waging an unprecedented attack on voting rights. You see that happening right now. Their scheme is always been to erase American votes with illegal votes, and now they are doing so openly. They want to get rid of that filibuster, and they want to change it. Their legislation is not a voting rights bill. It's a voting fraud bill. That's what it is. Sounds so nice, voting rights."

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Trump: The Real Insurrection Took Place On Election Day, Why Aren't They Investigating The Rigged Election? - RealClearPolitics

A business owner from the Hudson Valley already awaiting trial for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC is among those charged with seditious conspiracy charges after being named in a federal indictment along with the leader of the Oath Keepers militia.

Roberto Minuta, age 37, who owns an Orange County tattoo shop in Newburgh, was among the members of the right-wing group who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. this week along with Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Minuta was caught on camera with former President Donald Trump's longtime advisor Roger Stone while wearing a baseball hat and military-style vest with the Oath Keeper logo prior to the violent insurrection, prosecutors said following his arrest.

Following his greeting with Stone, Minuta can later be seen among the crowd that approached the Capitol and interacting with Capitol Police officers while wearing goggles.

He was originally charged with obstruction of Congress and unlawful entry following his March 2020 arrest.

New charges include:

Other charges could be pending, prosecutors noted.

"Minuta and others affiliated with the Oath Keepers breached the U.S. Capitol grounds, where Minuta aggressively berated and taunted US Capitol police officers responsible for protecting the Capitol and the representatives inside of the Capitol, prosecutors said.

Video footage of the riot shows Minuta harassing officers along with other rioters before exiting a damaged Capitol door.

Specifically, Minuta yells at an officer, among other things, All thats left is the Second Amendment! while holding up two fingers, apparently referencing the right to keep and bear firearms, the complaint states.

Prosecutors said that Minuta was a flight risk, and asked that he be held until his trial. Minuta was also cited for opening his tattoo parlor in defiance of the states COVID-19 guidance during the peak of pandemic, which prosecutors said is evidence this man does not respect the law.

US attorneys prosecuting him also made note that Minuta had provided freelance security for various high profile individuals, though Stone wasnt specifically mentioned.

However, a judge released Minuta on bail, saying that he was not engaged in any acts of violence on Jan. 6.

"I think it is an overstatement of the situation to say that because Mr. Minuta was wearing particular gear he is predisposed to particular acts of violence.

Stone, a Fairfield County native (Norwalk) who attended high school in Northern Westchester County (John Jay in Lewisboro), made a statement toABC Newsalleging that he does not know Minuta, nor was he familiar with his name prior to his being identified in earlier media stories where it was alleged that he was involved in illegal events up at the Capitol.

If he was indeed among those who volunteered to provide security while I visited Washington DC I was unaware of it.

If convicted on the seditious conspiracy charge, Minuta will face a maximum term of 20 years in federal prison.

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Hudson Valley Man Among 11 Charged With Seditious Conspiracy For Role In Capitol Insurrection - Putnam Daily Voice

In the days between the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election and Jan. 6, the date Congress was scheduled to certify Joe Biden as winner and next occupant of the White House, Donald Trump and his inner circle were working to subvert the will of the American people, according to a memo obtained by the Washington Posts Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The plot that preceded the pro-Trump violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, involved conservative lawyer and Trump adviser John Eastman who argued that the Constitutions 12th Amendment gave then Vice President Mike Pence the discretion to decide which states electoral votes should be counted if there was a dispute.

Because GOP legislators had already been primed to make baseless allegations that widespread voter fraud had tainted the election, the plot would have several key states submit competing slates of electors,thereby throwing the election result into dispute. The 12th Amendment dictates that if no candidate achieves the necessary majority, the matter goes to the House of Representatives to be decided, where each state is given one vote. On Jan. 6, 2021 the GOP-controlled 26 state delegations, just enough to overturn the will of the people, and award the election victory to Trump.

Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with best-selling author and investigative journalist Greg Palast, whos been reporting on voter suppression for 22 years. In his recent article titled, What Do You Call a Failed Insurrection? PRACTICE, he explains how the same elements in the unsuccessful plot to steal the election in 2020, will likely be executed again by Trump and the GOP in the 2024 election. Palast warns that unless we can preserve democracy in this years 2022 midterm elections, Trump and the Republicans could very well succeed.

GREG PALAST: Yeah, the 12th amendment, one of the horror shows of our Constitution. If you think the Electoral College is unfair and a bad idea, that aint nothing compared to the 12th amendment. What the 12th amendment says is that if no one gets enough electoral votes, that is, if no one gets 270 electoral votes unchallenged, then the choice of president switches to the House of Representatives.

And its not one congressperson, one vote, which reflects the population of the U.S. It would be one state, one vote. So California, New York, Connecticut, each get one vote. So does Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota. And D.C. wont get any vote at the moment. Theres a Republican majority of 27 states, in which case the Republican, presumably Donald Trump would win.

How does this happen? First of all, it has happened 1824. Literally right after that amendment was added to the Constitution. John Quincy Adams, who lost the popular vote and the electoral vote to Andrew Jackson, was named president under the 12th amendment by a vote of the states. Jackson so overwhelmed him four years later that he became president. But its happened.

When I first brought up that Trump could steal the election by the 12th amendment, I was roundly criticized as a conspiracy nut that even Trump would not do that: Oh, Greg Palast has finally gone off the edge! But now we have from CNN and from Washington Post, they found the memo by John Eastman, Trumps lawyer, which Trump then gave to Pence on Jan. 4th of last year saying, Heres how we use the 12th amendment to stay in power. So I had it on the nose. Now, obviously I didnt know about the memo. I didnt know about the secret meeting between Trump and Pence and several of Trumps staffers, including Mark Meadows.

They were all in on this attempt to use the 12th, but they had not prepared the ground for it. So there were several senators and several congresspeople who would not challenge the certification of the votes of any of the states. But this time they are laying the groundwork by saying people like Cruz and others, Democrats are stealing the vote through fraudulent voters, illegal immigrants, double voters, you know, dead voters.

By the way, its always interesting that the double voters always happen to be a certain color. They never talk about white double voters. Its only black double voters and Hispanic double voters. But they assume that theres millions of these. Theyve never been able to prove that theres ONE. Im not talking about a million. Im not gonna even talking about a thousand. Im talking about lets try one. But theyre gonna use that to not certify the electoral vote from various states.

And in addition, I know it gets a little complicated here, but these guys are sharp. You should read the Eastman memo, which is also linked at GregPalast.com because under the second Article of the Constitution, not the Second Amendment not about the gun stuff. Im talking about the Second Article of the Constitution, it says that state legislatures, not voters Let me repeat this, state legislatures choose the president through the Electoral College. State legislators choose the Electoral College members. And if a state has a rule that says, listen to the voters, that has nothing to do with the U.S. Constitution in which there is no right to vote anywhere in the United States Constitution period except for the right to vote for U.S. senator. Thats your only right to vote, is for the U.S. Senate.

SCOTT HARRIS: Well, Greg, given what youve laid out here and what we know occurred and may occur again, what is our best protection as a democracy against these schemes that would steal another election in 2024?

GREG PALAST: Ill say it many times and youll hear from me in future broadcasts. They cant steal all the votes all the time. I tell this to people because when you hear Greg Palast talk about vote suppression, Why vote? Theyre gonna steal it. No, no, no, no, no. They cant steal all the votes all the time. What happened in Georgia in January, the voters simply overwhelmed the steal. When their secretary of state told Trump in that recorded call, I cant find you 12,000 more votes. Dont think that that guy, Secretary of State Raffensperger was a great hero. He wasnt. He found him a hundred thousand votes already. He already stole a hundred thousand votes from people. He just couldnt find anymore without going to prison.

So, you know, they did every trick you could imagine, but people simply went out and vote and overwhelmed it. So overwhelm the steal. Dont steal your own vote. And then if, if the popular will prevails in 2022, they wont have the votes in Congress. They wont have the popular support that they will need to pull off that stunt in 2024. So now is when you act. Protect your vote and be alert.

For more information, visit Greg Palasts website at gregpalast.com.

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