by Joseph Hippolito
The Establishment rejects America’s birthright for eternal power.
Western Christians commemorate Jan. 6 as Epiphany, the day Jesus Christ became known to the world through the Three Wise Men, according to tradition. One definition of "epiphany," per the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is "an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure."
So the timing was perfect for Americans to receive just such a powerful revelation about their government. It is a revelation both nauseating and frightening.
What is that revelation? The people Americans elected and trusted to run their government are incorrigibly and irredeemably corrupt.
Congress certified Joe Biden as President in the dead of night Jan. 7 with the rest of Washington, D.C. under curfew and despite massive evidence of electoral fraud in his favor.
Congress thus wrote the latest act of a two-month drama that featured judges in starring roles. Those judges – including Supreme Court justices -- arbitrarily used technicalities to deny President Donald Trump the chance to make his legal case as an aggrieved party victimized by fraud.
The only reason -- the only reason – for those authorities’ behavior was their own contempt for Trump.
The implications are stunning, and go far beyond any one man or Presidential election. Now, every American -- regardless of race, creed, class, gender or any other category -- can become a target for the capricious disregard of due process if that American is unpopular with the powers-that-be.
Americans have seen this before. They saw it in Judge Emmet Sullivan's unprofessional behavior during Gen. Michael Flynn's trial. They see it now in the lockdowns and mandates issued solely by executive fiat and based on medical quackery, despite scientific evidence showing that masks and social distancing create more harm than good.
But the events of Jan. 6 in Washington drained the last remaining drops of formaldehyde from the nation's political corpse.
As Congress met to decide Biden's fate, as Trump rallied thousands of supporters to demand a fair hearing, several protesters breached Capitol security. As a result, Congress had to be recessed and Congressional offices evacuated.
Many entered without resistance because Capitol security -- which Congress directly oversees -- allowed them to enter. Protesters walked through passages marked by security cords and acted with carte blanche in the empty building.
Regardless of who these protesters were or what cause they represented, people with local experience believe the episode was an inside job -- especially given the heavy security normally protecting the Capitol.
"My dad worked for both DOD and Homeland Security," Chris James tweeted. "You can't just take over a federal building, and do what we saw today without some help from the inside. This was orchestrated by members of the Senate and members of the capital police."
"Cosign," Lisa Edouard tweeted in response to a different comment. "Worked on the Hill. I barely remembered where my Member's hideaway was located. Total inside job."
If it was an inside job, it had its desired effect.
At 2:40 p.m., about two hours after the incident started, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a 12-hour curfew starting at 6 p.m. The overwhelming majority of Trump's supporters dispersed without incident.
At 6:55 p.m., Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, announced Congress would continue certification. At 8:10 p.m., Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the Senate resumed debate.
Conducting such activity during a curfew meant that not only legislators received special dispensations. So did their staff members, security guards, journalists and any required support personnel.
Besides, the Constitution does not demand that Congress certify a Presidential election in one day. The situation warranted an audit, regardless of any protesters' behavior.
Though the Electoral Count Act requires Congress to start tabulating electoral votes on Jan. 6, the counting "need not end that day," said Michael Thorning, the Bipartisan Policy Center's associate director.
"The statute recognizes that this process could be lengthy and imagines the process could take in excess of five days in some cases," Thorning said. "The statute does not provide a deadline to complete the counting but requires that the joint session not be dissolved until then and until the results are announced. Even if the counting went beyond January 20th, when a president and vice president’s term would end, the presidential line of succession would be activated."
But once Congress reconvened, several Republicans who planned to challenge electors from six states where fraud dramatically influenced the results announced that they changed their minds. Only electors from Arizona and Pennsylvania received challenges, and Congress rejected both challenges decisively.
Under such conditions did Congress certify Biden as the winner at 3:41 a.m. Jan. 7.
But reporters failed to examine the suspicious circumstances surrounding Biden's certification. Instead, they followed the lead of many officials and blamed Trump for supposedly inciting violence.
Reporters also failed to note two disturbing similarities. It was also in the dead of night when Biden received a sudden vertical spike in votes during the Presidential election. The two Democratic candidates in Georgia's Senate runoff Jan. 5 also received similar nocturnal spikes.
Such extended subterfuge proves Trump's assertions about the "deep state" and its allies in the boardroom, the newsroom and the classroom.
Americans now can see that this collection of politicians, bureaucrats and judges is an entitled, professionally-inbred caste of grifters who will suck money and power from lobbyists, foreign nations, corporations, foundations and anything else -- and try to preserve their privilege at all costs.
If doing so means sabotaging the Constitution or enslaving their fellow Americans, so be it.
That point became even more apparent immediately after Biden's certification. Congressional leaders desperately want to remove Trump through impeachment or the 25th Amendment, and to prevent him from seeking office again. Social media corporations rushed frantically to de-platform Trump and his supporters, and suppress any views that contradict the prevailing narrative.
Why the panic? Because the powers-that-be fear that Trump will use any information he might have to expose and destroy them.
The next move is Trump's. What he might do remains unclear. But one thing is certain:
Unless radical surgery is performed -- and soon -- the metastasizing cancer of unfettered corruption will kill the American republic.
Joseph Hippolito
Source: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/01/ultimate-betrayal-joseph-hippolito/
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