[...]Journalist Glenn Greenwald comments:
Welcome to the American Police State.
Ryan is a cohost of Left Bitches, a podcast that examines the American political experience from a progressive point of view. He is also a social media content provider for Soapbox (which Twitter and Facebook have tagged as Russian state-controlled media for its affiliations with RT). I have a theory that there is a concentrated effort to stop international and alternative media outlets from being active in the US. This erasing of other outlets will be done under the guise that all other views are spreading "misinformation" that is a clear and present danger to the interest of the United States.
If Ryan Wentz is in trouble for his tame critique of AOC then it explains why some journalists refer to me as if I am public enemy number one. My revelations regarding Joe Biden's sexual misconduct were promptly swept under the corporate media rug but not without some character attacks on me for good measure. The result of the attacks on my credibility had a powerful negative domino effect.
Last summer, I was threatened with prison. After coming forward about Joe Biden, it was said I lied about my education. I did not. This led to a criminal investigation with sealed search warrants by the Monterey DA.
Later that month, a separate piece of information came my way. An attorney from Twitter contacted me.
He said that he had to file motions in court to even be allowed to tell me that my Twitter account was being subpoenaed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FBI. I asked if my other social media and email accounts were subpoenaed, I received no answer about this except some companies do not need to notify the subscriber if the search warrants are sealed.
I called the FBI and asked about it. I was told I could not be given any further information as the case was sealed even if it involved me. My attorney called the DOJ and the Twitter attorney but no further information was given. There was a grand jury impaneled.
Was I the subject of this investigation or was I not? This remains a mystery, all cloaks and daggers.
When I read Ryan's tweet about being intimidated by law enforcement, I felt great empathy. In the course of his activism and work he is being sent a message to be silent.
In the course of my coming forward about my experiences working in the Senate for Joe Biden, I have also been sent a clear message to be silent. It never occurred to me that simply telling the truth would become a political act.
All this, as we criticize other nations about their human rights records. Meanwhile, those of us that speak out with any critique of the Democrats in power will have to wonder whether that next knock at our doors is the police state coming for us.
"We will not do that. We don't have the facilities. We are not set up to do that. This is not our problem; this is the president's problem. He's the one that's opened the borders. He needs to be responsible for this and he needs to stop it. So, at this point, no. We have kids that we're having trouble placing right now that are Iowa children. States need to take a look at that and not be inundated."Reynolds reminded the program that Iowans are already shuffling to find placement for foster children in the state. Ten sheriffs in the state have slammed President Joe Biden over the crisis at the border, and all are opposed to the state taking in refugees.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds spoke on April 8 with local radio personality Jeff Angelo who hosts the Need to Know radio show, about her decision to decline a request by the Biden administration to provide foster care for migrant children in her state. According to Angelo, the decision "caused news stories across the state and a social media reaction." They also discussed vaccine passports, to which she is adamantly opposed, and gun control. She signed into law a constitutional carry law on April 2.Standing her ground, Reynolds is boldly outspoken and protective of her charge. Will she survive the accusatory tidal wave likely coming her way?
Reynolds believes that Biden's immigration policy and executive orders on gun control are irresponsible. She said that Biden, who said he would heal this country, has done anything but that."He is continuing to divide the country...with his outlandish executive orders," she continued. Particularly egregious is "what's happening at the border because of his irresponsible actions."Reynolds views the crisis at the border as an "Iowa problem." She told Angelo that the "open border policy that this president has implemented is a national security issue." She cited the two Yemeni men who recently crossed the border on the FBI's terror watchlist as one of the reasons for her sincere concern."The drugs and the human trafficking that are coming across these borders — we have interstates 35 and 80 that run directly through Iowa here in the heartland of America, and we have already seen an uptick of drugs, human trafficking, and Fentanyl...It's unconscionable what we're seeing and the cost and the dollars being put into supporting illegal immigrants and taking care of these children..."Reynolds does not think that Iowans should have to foot the bill to house the migrants. "We have said, 'No,' adding it is the one time she's been asked. During the Obama administration, Governors were subject to migrants moving into states "without any heads up," she explained. Reynolds believes her "number one priority is to protect the health and welfare of Iowa's citizens."
Her comments ignited fiery debate on many social media platforms. Some Iowans agree with Reynolds, but for many, her comments evoked vitriol.During the Trump administration, Reynolds was one of thirty governors who stated a willingness to accept refugees to her state after President Trump issued an executive order allowing states to decide for themselves about the housing of refugees. However, to clarify, reporting by the AP indicates that Reynolds issued a statement in 2019 saying that "refugees should not be confused with asylum seekers crossing the southern border at Mexico who don't go through a strict vetting process."
Iowa is an agricultural state which has long employed Mexican and Latino migrant workers.
As Steve Bannon has repeatedly stated in his War Room podcast, "all states are border states now."
"The levels of flows pose a challenge to Border Patrol, but the high level of recidivism means that we can't look at those flows as individual people. It's often the same people coming back through."
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