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Eagle Council 52 Registration is Open! Student Scholarships Available!


August 2, 2024

Stay tuned for updates! Come join the group of us attending from Georgia, we would love to have many more of you with us! Don't forget to contact Suzi to take advantage of the drastically lower price to attend with our group.

For Deeply Discounted Group Rate of $199, contact Suzi Voyles

Eagle Council 52: Thursday, 9/26/24 to Saturday, 9/28/24

St. Louis, Missouri | Marriott St. Louis Airport

 

 

Student Scholarships available

 

Student Eagle Full Registration (age 14 to 21 only)

Includes: all sessions, Thursday dinner - pizza party, Friday lunch, Friday dinner, Saturday lunch.$100.00

 

Limited Student Scholarships

 

For those students (14-21) who are unable to raise their own funds to attend, though we encourage you to do what you can via appeal letters written and submitted to family and friends, and/or extra work to earn your way, we have a limited number of scholarships available to teens and collegians who desire to attend EAGLE COUNCIL 52 in ST. LOUIS.

 

Scholarship recipients will receive a full scholarship – one applicant per family (includes full registration for student, and one hotel room (for two nights) for out-of-state applicants only. NOTE: One parent must accompany and attend the conference with their student (discounted registration rate of $199).

 

To apply, applicants must CREATE a 2-3-minute YouTube video or submit a 300-to-500-word essay addressing the following:

  1. Name, age, school, major, and future aspirations.
  2. What policy issues have you gotten involved with, how, and why? If none, what issue would you like to learn more about and why does it interest you?
  3. What will you look forward to the most while at the conference and why?
  4. What will you do with the information, connections, and experience after that?

Please send your YouTube or written essay application to Julia@eagleforum.org by August 20. Questions? Please don’t hesitate to contact Julia!

 

Speakers

 

Tania Beck

Eagle Forum Fulltime Homemaker Award

Mrs. Tania Beck, wife of Glenn Beck, will receive our annual Fulltime Homemaker Award during our Dinner Banquet on Friday, September 27!
 

The Eagle Forum Fulltime Homemaker Award celebrates the value of the fulltime homemaker and her worthy contributions by providing a stable environment for teaching morals and values to the next generation.

 

Margaret Byfield

This Land is Your Land: American Stewardship

Margaret Byfield is the Executive Director of American Stewards for Liberty. Margaret’s education began on Pine Creek Ranch in Central Nevada where her family became one of the first Western landowners targeted by the radical environmental agenda resulting in the 27-year legal battle, Hage v. United States. She formed Stewards of the Range out of her home in Idaho to help protect America’s landowners from federal overreach.

 

Anne Schlafly Carpenter

Anne Schlafly is Chairman of Eagle Forum and has served on Eagle Forum boards of directors since 2008. Anne is the daughter of Phyllis Schlafly, and the author of Is Our Constitution in Jeopardy, Faithfully, Phyllis In the Kitchen: the Phyllis Schlafly Cookbook and How to Speak LiberalLessons In LEADERSHIP.

 

Elaine Donnelly

Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Founded in 1993, CMR advocates high, single standards in all forms of military training and sound priorities in the making of military/social policies. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger appointed Mrs. Donnelly to be a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) for a three-year term (1984–1986). In 1992, Pres. George H. W. Bush appointed her to the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces

 

Timothy Garrison, JD (ADF)

Two Years After Dobbs: Taking Back the Moral High Ground on Life

Tim Garrison serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of matters involving constitutional freedoms and the sanctity of life.

Previously, Garrison was a partner at Husch Blackwell LLP, representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden.

 

Becky Gerritson

Gambling: Against All Odds – One Vote Can Change Everything!

Becky Gerritson is the Executive Director of Alabama Eagle Forum. She began her journey in conservative grassroots politics when she and her husband founded the Wetumpka TEA Party in 2009, which quickly grew to be the largest and most active TEA Party in Alabama. In June 2013, she garnered national attention after delivering her impassioned congressional testimony about IRS abuses of the Wetumpka TEA Party.

 

Stanley Goldfarb, MD

Say ‘NO’ to DEI-Trained Doctors: Do No Harm

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb is the board chairman of Do No Harm. He has had a long career in academic medicine as a Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. During that career, Dr. Goldfarb was funded by the National Institutes of Health to research the mechanism of kidney disease. Doctor Goldfarb has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. He has also published over 150 invited reviews and commentaries. He has also served on several editorial boards of important medical journals such as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the journal Diabetes, and as editor-in-chief of the journal NephSAP published by the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Goldfarb has also been active in the world of medical education as the Associate Dean for Curriculum at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Stanley Kurtz, PhD

Reinventing Higher Education: the General Education Act.

Stanley Kurtz is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. As a contributing editor at National Review Online, Dr. Kurtz has written on a wide range of public issues for nearly two decades. He is a longtime friend of Eagle Forum and we are thrilled to welcome him to our Eagle Council 52 slate of speakers!

 

Alvin Lui

Courage is a Habit – Parent Power!

Alvin Lui, the dynamic President of Courage Is A Habit, is a political refugee from California who sought a new beginning in the heart of the Midwest. Alvin quickly realized that the same anti-American ideologies he fled were taking root across the nation. Fueled by this discovery, he dedicated himself to protecting future generations through Courage Is A Habit. This innovative organization equips parents and legislators with practical tools and strategies to protect children's innocence.

 

Peter McCullough, MD

Medicine for Future Generations

Dr. Peter McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist holding degrees from Baylor University, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, University of Michigan, and Southern Methodist University. He manages common infectious diseases as well as the cardiovascular complications of both the viral infection and the injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas TX, USA. Since the outset of the pandemic, Dr. McCullough has been a leader in the medical response to the COVID-19 disaster and has published “Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection” the first synthesis of sequenced multi-drug treatment of ambulatory patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the American Journal of Medicine and subsequently updated in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. He has dozens of peer-reviewed publications on the infection and has commented extensively on the medical response to the COVID-19 crisis in The Hill, America Out Loud, and on FOX NEWS Channel. Dr. McCullough testified multiple times in the US Senate, Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, Colorado General Assembly, New Hampshire Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, and South Carolina Senate concerning many aspects of the pandemic response. Dr. McCullough has had years of dedicated academic and clinical efforts in combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in doing so, has reviewed thousands of reports, participated in scientific congresses, group discussions, and press releases, and has been considered among the world's experts on COVID-19.

 

Mark Morgan

Overcoming Lawlessness on the Border

Mark Morgan joined The Heritage Foundation as a Visiting Fellow in February 2021 after serving as Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Trump administration.

 

Alex Newman

Communist China’s Goal for World Dominance, W.H.O.

Alex Newman is an award-winning international journalist, educator, author, and consultant who seeks to glorify God in everything he does. In addition to serving as president of the small media and information consulting firm Liberty Sentinel Media, Inc., he has written for a wide array of publications in the United States and abroad. He currently serves as a contributor to WND (World Net Daily), an education writer for FreedomProject Media, a foreign correspondent for The New American magazine, a contributor to the Law Enforcement Intelligence Brief, and more. He has also written for numerous newspapers and magazines such as the Gainesville Sun, Liberty magazine, The Diplomat magazine, Crisis magazine, Swiss News magazine, Sunshine State News, Campus Reform, Alachua County Today, and many more. His work has been featured on Drudge, Breitbart, Fox News, and many other outlets. His writing has been published in major newspapers across America.

 

Mary Margaret Olohan

Mary Margaret Olohan is the author of "Detrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult" and she covers culture and politics for The Daily Signal. A graduate of The Catholic University of America, she is the proud eldest daughter of an Irish Catholic family of eleven children.

 

Joy Pullmann

Standing Against the Tide of Today’s Radical Culture

Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist, the author of five books, the mother of six children born in nine years (no twins!), a Hillsdale College honors graduate, and perhaps the happiest wife in the country. She's appeared on major media from CNN to Fox News to Dennis Prager to Ben Shapiro and more, as well as testified before more than a dozen state legislatures on education policy.

 

A.J. Richards

Where’s the Beef? Protecting Our Food Supply

AJ Richards is the Chief Executive Officer and founder at From the Farm and President at Wyoming Legacy Meats. The Farm champions food sovereignty and a resilient food supply chain. Every choice you make supports a family-owned farm, ranch, or homestead creating a secure parallel economy. Together, we're not just sharing meals – we're cultivating a legacy of freedom and independence in our food choices.

 

Kristen A. Ullman, JD

Kristen A. Ullman is the president of Eagle Forum. Kris served as Executive Director of Eagle Forum’s D.C. office from 1995-1998. She has served on the Eagle Forum Board of Directors since 2017.

 

Governor Scott Walker

How to Attract and Win Future Generations of Americans

President of Young America’s Foundation and 45th Governor of Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker was raised with a heart for public service, patriotism, and hard work. He moved to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when he was in third grade. There, his father was a minister, and his mother worked part-time as a bookkeeper and secretary. Scott was active in school, sports, church, Scouts, and American Legion’s Badger Boys State and Boys Nation programs.

 

J. Michael Waller

Big Intel: Inside the CIA

J. Michael Waller is a Senior Analyst for Strategy at the Center for Security Policy.

His academic and professional areas of concentration are foreign propaganda, political warfare, psychological warfare, and subversion.
 

He is the former Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics, a graduate school in Washington, D.C.

 

Big Intel - An interview with J Michael Waller.

 

 

Suzi Voyles, President

Eagle Forum of Georgia

 

 

Carminthia Moore, Vice Chairman

Eagle Forum of Georgia

 


Trump Prayers & California Eagle Forum Meetings


I'm sure you heard about the attempted assassination of Trump that took place at a rally for him in Pennsylvania yesterday, July 13. He miraculously escaped with the bullet grazing his ear.  We need to continue to pray for his protection. There may be similar attempts with the terrible vitriol and lies spewed by the Democrats and leftist media. 

Announcing Important Events:
Sunday, July 14 (today) Kurt Streutker, a member of our Eagle Forum of Sonoma County Board, a former science teacher for 24 years, and an expert on climate change will be on Steven Elkins radio show on RepublicBroadcastingNetwork.org. from 11:00 - 1:00 Pacific time. 
 
Steven will also have Dane Wigginton on, either the first or second hour or they may be on together.  Dane is the one who has the website Geo-EngineeringWatch.org and always has much to say about what is going on in our skies with Chem trails and all the ways that weather can be manipulated.  

Monday, July 15, 11:00 Pacific time - Orlean Koehle has been asked to come on with Steve Elkins on the same show she was on last week on RepublicBroadcastingNetwork.org, but this time I will be talking about my book on the Maui Fires, since it is just almost one year ago (July 17) that Governor Josh Green signed the Emergency Land Development Law as an Executive Order.  It is called the "Emergency Proclamation Relating to Housing EO" (EP for short).  The law gives the governor broad powers to declare an emergency if a serious natural disaster occurs, and suspends half a dozen protection laws that "would impede a response to emergencies."  Some of those deal with "private ownership of land, historical preservation, and environmental review."  The EP allows for 50,000 new low-cost, high-rise "workforce housing" to be built.  

A new EP board was established of 22 members.  It is to oversee the development of the EP.  It is called "Build Beyond Barriers Working Group."  It replaced all the other state and county agencies that had anything to do with land use and environmental programs. 
 
Then on August 7, with all in place in preparation for a "serious natural disaster," the disaster happened - the Maui Fires, but many, including myself, do not believe it was natural. Listen in to hear what really happened. My book is called Inferno Enigma, What Really Happened in the Maui Fires?

June 20 - Saturday evening 6:30 - please attend a fundraiser for Mike Greer, who is running for the Assembly for California.  It is at a winery and he has a musician playing country western music. See a link to his fundraiser here:

July 22 - Zoom Webinar - "The War on Meat, Dairy and Eggs." Please see the accompanying flyer for more details.     

July 25 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Sonoma County Eagle Forum meeting - we'll be watching an important movie about the "End of the American dollar. See the attached flyer for more information.

Hope to see you at some of these events either in person or on Zoom or to hear that you listened in on the radio to the broadcasts today and tomorrow.

Blessings:

Orlean 

Eagle Forum California Webinar and Early 4th July BBQ


Don't miss out on our upcoming EFCA webinar and Independence Day BBQ

Please see the attached flyer telling of our coming Zoom webinar, on Monday night June 24 at 7:00 p.m. Our national President for Eagle Forum, Kris Ullman, will be speaking to us about the WHO (World Health Organization) and their evil plans to take over as a world government if there is a global crisis - which could come from a new "plandemic" or even from a new crisis with "climate change." They were trying to get a treaty through last month to make that happen, but it was thwarted. Kris Ullman will tell us all about it and what, possibly, the future plans are for the WHO, who will not be giving up on this idea. Go to eagleforumca.us for the link to join the Zoom call.   

Please see the second attachment.  If you are in the area of Sonoma County, we hope you can join us for a delicious barbecue and potluck dinner and informative and enjoyable program featuring Pastor Andy Springer speaking on " “Ready or Not – Each of Us Must Take Our Place and Build on the Foundation of Liberty Left by our Founders”  

Pastor Andy is also speaking this coming Saturday in Costa Mesa for those of you in Orange County - as part of the Patriot Force conference. The address is given after you purchase the tickets with a QR code. Here is the link to the website where you can purchase the tickets: - G3CA.US  

The event will be held at:

Balearic Community Center,
1975 Balearic Dr. 
Costa Mesa, CA  92626

I hope to see some of you at one or two of the above events.

Blessings:
Orlean 
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"For God, Family, and Country"
 
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"For God, Family, and Country"
BooksForTruth.com
Contact Orlean Koehle at 707-539-8393 for more information.

GEORGIA: Gambling is NOT “Good for the Children”





Gambling is NOT “Good for the Children”

James Magazine/Insider Advantage OPINION: Gambling is Not Good "For the Children!"

by Jeanne Seaver | May 14, 2024 | The Forum |

As a lifelong activist on issues affecting women and children, I cannot stand by silently, while Georgia legislators promote legalizing predatory gambling in Georgia.

Neither should you.

They use the false narrative“it’s for the children.” Gambling will not help the children of Georgia. Research shows gambling addiction destroys families, reduces productivity, and leads to job loss, bankruptcy, domestic violence, and suicide. Nothing in free pre-K can ever prepare children to cope with the trauma gambling brings to families.

Expanding legalized gambling would be no good for Georgians – except the profiteers. Studies consistently report high rates of problem gambling among minorities A large national study found that “Blacks had twice the rate of disordered gambling compared to Whites” and they were also “more likely to be women in the lowest income brackets” (Alegria et al. 2009).

Legalized gambling will not bring Georgia a revenue windfall. In states where gambling is legal, for each dollar that gambling brings in, studies show three to five dollars are spent by the state to combat the negative impacts of gambling.

Legalized gambling would add fuel to the mental health crisis we seek to quell. No amount of revenue justifies bringing this destabilizing force upon the citizens of Georgia. Suicide attempt rates for problem gamblers hover at 25-30%.

Where gambling goes, vice and crime follow. Added to the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, legalized gambling would be a boon to sex trafficking Perhaps that is why Georgia has so much outside pressure to legalize predatory gambling.

The industry acknowledges the connection between gambling and human trafficking. In 2022, the American Gaming Association issued a report, Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in the Gaming Industry. The report addresses sex trafficking and forced labor, as well as anti-money laundering measures in gambling operations.

Georgia has been the target of the gambling industry for years. Our airwaves and in-boxes are filled with ads for gambling, many cartoon-like, appealing to children. The gambling industry intentionally targets children. Specifically, young adolescent boys, getting them hooked to provide the industry with lifelong customers. Children as young as 11 have been identified as gambling addicts.

Nearly a hundred gambling lobbyists – including a former Governor of Mississippi – are dispatched annually to influence our legislators. They represent powerful out-of-state special interests, funded by billionaires. Slick, persuasive propaganda and nifty perks are the norm. They hold invitation-only meetings at swanky hotels and restaurants, to schmooze and strategize with our legislators. Sadly, the gambling lobby is gaining the support of influential legislators in Georgia, including some “pro-family” Republicans.

In the latest attempt to legalize sports betting, one of the most addictive forms of gambling,

This year, the Republican ballot has a non-binding, but quite misleading question. “Would you support a statewide vote to allow gaming in Georgia so the voters can decide this issue instead of politicians in Atlanta?” First, “gaming” commonly refers to video games, not gambling. Ask Siri. The politicians in Atlanta need a 2/3 vote to put the gambling referendum on the ballot. Backers hope to use this deceptive question to justify themselves and pressure opponents to change their vote. A statewide referendum on gambling would be required because gambling is prohibited by our state Constitution.

Big gambling is at work to influence public opinion to force this binding referendum. Georgians are bombarded with gambling ads and promotions. The Braves advertise a casino on the playing field, while their games broadcast on a network synonymous with gambling. Even young children are groomed as future gamblers, with pop-up ads on their phones and computer games!

With the gambling lobby pumping millions of dollars into bamboozling Georgians, would the people get balanced, accurate information on which to base their votes? Not a chance. Historically, the gambling lobby outspends gambling opponents by 250 to 1.

We are already inundated by coin-operated amusement machines (COAMs) under the Georgia Lottery in many convenience stores. That will increase with this year’s passage of the COAM bill. Those who can least afford it will pour money into those machines, away from their families and into the pockets of some legislators who own them.

Expanding legalized gambling would hurt Georgia’s families, change our state forever, and do irreparable harm. Protect the future of Georgia. Prevent the legalization of predatory gambling in our state!

Jeanne Seaver is the founder and president of Moms Against Gambling and a Member of the Board of Eagle Forum of Georgia

Please READ and VOTE on all of the Referendums.


Respectfully for Faith, Family, and Freedom,

Suzi Voyles

President

Eagle Forum of Georgia

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Help Texas GOP Remove Art. V Platform Plank



From Judi Caler:

 

Emergency TEXAS GOP ACTION ALERT
Not Your Usual Blast!

 

When all else fails, sometimes Republican legislative leaders can be influenced by the grassroots of the Republican Party. This is the time of year when the grassroots meet at GOP conventions and vote on their party platform.

 

In Texas, one of the planks being considered for inclusion in the 2024 platform is to support the Convention of States application (COS), which passed in 2017—with the help of a compromise resolution to sunset COS and all future Art. V convention applications 8 years from the date of passage.

 

Thanks to you and our relentless boots on the ground, the sunset remains in place today, and the COS application is slated to expire, as intended—on May 10, 2025—unless the Republican Leadership manages to renew the application before it expires. And you can bet they're going to try again in 2025! But they don't need help from the GOP grassroots!

 

Our Mission is to Remove Plank #37 from the 2024 Republican Party Platform! Texas GOP Plank #37

 

37. Article 5 Convention of States: The Texas Legislature shall extend the call for a Convention of States to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. See the bottom of page 6 of the GOP party platform.

A subcommittee will be taking testimony and voting on Plank #37 Monday, May 20, 2024 @ 1:00 pm (CDT). The full Platform committee will be voting on all planks on Wednesday, May 22.

 

So please get your letter in before Monday's meeting if possible, and if not, by Tuesday!

 

Your Letter to 2024 Platform Committee Members

 

The talking points are at the end of this blast.

 

Please write all 31 GOP Platform Committee Members, and ask them to REMOVE Plank #37 (Art. V Convention) from the party platform. They need to know why you're opposed to an Article V Convention.

 

Also, please emphasize, in your own words, that this issue is heated and splitting the party during an election year.

 

A short letter is more likely to be read. So it's best to focus on one talking point per letter.
 

Platform Committee Members' Addresses

 

(Copy the addresses below as a block into “BCC,” and copy your own address into the “To” box; and place "Plank #37" and perhaps something catchy on the subject line.)

 

Texas GOP Platform Committee Members (31)—Dear Platform Committee Member:

 

matthewgpatrick@aol.comdyork.tx@aol.comDennis.london@gmail.comtony.robertson@rocketmail.comDALE77304@GMAIL.COMmichelleevansfortexas@gmail.commarga0207@gmail.comjr.haas4liberty@gmail.comAccordingtokallas@att.netgop_3247_tx@yahoo.comcarycheshire@gmail.comgina@drginasmith.comccastilla@sbcglobal.netprecinctchair0490@gmail.comtxdra@yahoo.comgbrianvachris@att.netbriankbodine@gmail.compbatura@reagan.comcarter.thomas@frontier.comwlausterman@me.comandrewduartesr@gmail.comgop.terryharper@gmail.comjon@jonrker.comelaine@sd23texas.orgajeller921@att.netpatrick@votepatrick.orgMelindaRoberts@kw.comIsela.ccrw@gmail.comdanpick46@gmail.comDunhamMark@yahoo.comchristine.whitmore@protonmail.comLILYELLOWBUS37@GMAIL.COM,


Talking Points

 

Please choose one or write your own letter.

 

"State Legislatures cannot dictate Amendments to be considered at an Art. V Convention" (flyer) shows that Lobbyists' assurances that a convention would be limited to considering only amendments requested by 34 State Legislatures are false. A proposed Congressional "call," H.CON.RES. 24 (2023-2024), proves that Congress may count all applications together—including centuries-old, obsolete applications on any subject, including gun control, to reach the 34-state threshold! This contradicts what State Legislators are being told to secure their votes on the applications.

 

"State Legislatures have no power to select & control Delegates" (flyer) shows that those who promise that State Legislators will select and control the Delegates are making stuff up! No one can predict how the convention Delegates will be selected or what the convention rules will be. The delegate-selection process is up to Congress, and the rules are up to the Delegates. Delegates would have more power than State Legislatures and are not subject to state law—including the restrictions in state applications and unfaithful delegate laws. No one has power over Delegates!

 

"George Mason Never Said It!" shows that James Madison warned that those who secretly wish for a new Constitution would push for an Article V Convention under the pretext of getting Amendments. No Framer, including George Mason, ever said that the convention method was added to Article V in order to rein in the federal government, should it become tyrannical.

 

The “Brilliant Men” flyer shows that James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, four US Supreme Court Justices, and other jurists and scholars warned that Delegates to an Article V convention can't be controlled.

 

The "Myths v. Facts" flyer exposes a number of the false assurances made by the convention lobby. You can copy and paste one myth & fact into a short letter and link the entire flyer, if you wish. Or write your own letter using information from this flyer.

 

The "Declaration of Independence” flyer shows why Delegates to an Article V convention have the power to throw off the Constitution we have and set up a new one, with a new and easier mode of ratification.
 

Talking Points Specific to COS

 

The Phony Petitions & Polls flyer tells of how, during 2018, two Idaho Legislators reported that the "Convention of States" petitions they received were digitally "signed" by some constituents who, when contacted, said they never signed. Rep. Priscilla Giddings (R) called this practice "hi-tech fraud." Former Rep. Dorothy Moon (R) called it "dirty tricks."

 

"Dark Money—Not the Grassroots—Is Behind the Convention of States Organizations (COS)" proves that almost 2/3 of the money driving COS's effort to apply to Congress for an Article V Convention, is coming from major donors giving COS $5,000 to $2,000,000 over the latest 3 years of reporting available. Right out of the gate, Convention of States was funded with over $1 million in seed money and a big salary. Why are billionaires trying to get their hands on our Constitution?

 

"COS adopts Newspeak to sell the Con-Con" debunks the Convention of States' (COS) narrative that a convention called under Article V is different than a “constitutional convention.” COS is waging a semantics war by using the term "convention of states" to imply that an Art. V Convention is controlled from start to finish by State Legislatures. We're all talking about the same thing—a convention called by Congress under Article V of the US Constitution. Any convention dealing with drafting or amending a constitution is a constitutional convention.

 

"COS Board Member shows that an Art. V Convention (A5C) can result in a new Constitution" (flyer) highlights the fact that Convention of States (COS) board member Robert P. George has already co-drafted a new constitution that grants massive powers to a new federal government & imposes gun control with red flag confiscations! It shows why an A5C provides the opportunity, under the pretext of seeking amendments, to replace our Constitution and its ratification process.
 

Still More Talking Points

 

1. An Article V Convention is controversial and causing a split in our party. Republicans could be working together on important issues instead. Please delete Plank #37 from the Party Platform! (This can be included, in your own words, with any other talking point.)

 

2. Ratification by 3/4 of the states is not a safeguard against a runaway convention. Delegates to the Convention can change the ratification process and make it easier as they did when they set a precedent in 1787. Under the Articles of Confederation, all 13 states plus the Continental Congress were required for ratification. Yet only 9 states were sufficient to ratify our current Constitution. See Article VII.

 

3. A vote to keep plank 37 is a vote for gun control and a runaway convention. The subjects of the Convention of States' applications sound good, but the convention can't be limited to those subjects. Gavin Newsom and George Soros also want a convention for their purposes. The entire Constitution would be up for grabs at a convention.

 

4. Glenn Beck reversed his support for the Convention of States saying, "We are not the people to open up this sacred document."

 

5. Congress has never called a convention under Article V. No one knows what will happen!

 

6. Convention of States tells you that states control Delegates, but a government official cannot be prosecuted in the official execution of his duties. Do you trust the 60 Republicans, who voted to impeach Paxton, to select and manage delegates to a convention with the power to rewrite our Constitution?

 

7. The Constitution isn't the problem! It needs to be enforced, not amended! Thank you for defending our Constitution!