Month: January 2021

Making the moves! Time to get your communication house in order!

~ Ann Corcoran ~ 11 Comments

As I am sure you are all painfully aware, conservative voices are being silenced. BIG Tech and BIG government have colluded to make it very hard for us to communicate and disseminate news. I expect it to get even harder!

And, if you are like me— OLD!—it is a challenge to break long held habits and learn new tricks.

But, before I get to that, let me mention again that right now you can follow at least three (but there are many more) websites/blogs to fill you in on breaking news throughout the day.  Gateway Pundit, Conservative Tree House, and Just the News.

(Sorry if I am missing some of your favorites.)

You don’t need me to repeat what they are reporting.

For immigration news I check the news aggregator Borderhawk News that is linked in my sidebar.

So what am I doing to distance myself from BIG TECH that is working with the Socialists to change America?

First, I am dumping Google from my life. It will take time.  But, know that in a few days, I will no longer be using gmail that is linked in my sidebar at both of my blogs.

And, I have gone to Brave for all of my browsing needs. Be prepared for some additional work as you may have to make changes to passwords and get notices from say your credit card company wondering if someone other than you is accessing your account.

You can read about Brave here at The Federalist:

How To Stop Using Google Search On Your Computer And Phone

You will then most likely look to Duck Duck Go for your searches.

The Federalist also published a useful piece about the right-wing witch hunt which I will get to in a minute, but which contains this bit of information on changes you should be making.

Modify Your Online Presence. One of the most important steps you can take is to modify your online presence by jumping out of Google, Facebook, and iChat and into technologies that are less intrusive. Here are a few to use:

These are all examples of ways that you can search and communicate on the internet without having intrusive data collectors follow you around the whole time!

I don’t know Element and am staying on Facebook as long as I am able to reach the thousands I am reaching now with my Refugee Resettlement facebook page.  Or, LOL! Until they dump me.  I will eventually move to MeWe.

As I reported Twitter has blocked me from reaching my account there and I refuse to give Google any more information. Why stay at Twitter as they work to diminish your reach.  I am on Gab (@Refugeewatcher), but not super active and don’t have many followers yet.

Now to that Federalist article yesterday, the one with the tips above by Dan Carpenter (hat tip: Scott).  Readers may remember I discussed prepping last summer, see here reposted in December.

Who knew there were so many Americans of all stripes who don’t think it is a joke to be ready to take care of themselves and their loved ones.

But, LOL! Beware the Lefties think you are planning to overthrow the government because you have a stash of canned beans in your basement!

And, God forbid, we don’t want the government coming for our toilet paper trove as Biden forbids the destruction of trees ….

The Right-Wing Witch Hunt Makes It A Good Time To Keep Your Well-Stocked Pantry A Secret

More and more, people taking common-sense steps to incorporate resiliency into their lives are being labeled ‘insurrectionists’ and incriminated in the latest right-wing witch hunt.

Most “preppers” don’t dress in camouflage and live in underground bunkers, waiting for zombies. Nor do they sit in front of a conspiracy board plotting a government overthrow.

Today’s preppers come in all flavors. They’re Prius-driving data analysts who convert their homes to solar energy. They’re soccer moms who keep the spare room stocked with canned produce from last year’s garden. They’re outdoorsmen who know how to filter water in the backcountry.

Simply put, a “prepper” is someone who takes common-sense measures to prepare for future disasters. They do sensible things like storing food and water for potential supply chain interruptions, or having a generator to provide electricity in the wake of a devastating natural disaster. They shoulder the responsibility for their own wellbeing in the face of potential misfortunes.

Yet more and more, people taking common-sense steps to incorporate resiliency into their lives are being labeled “insurrectionists” and incriminated in the latest right-wing witch hunt. As the grip of fear tightens, the mainstream-media-consuming majority is quick to accuse people who have done no wrong.

Keep reading!

One last point on communicating.  I have been saying (begging!) for years for more of you to start your own blogs.  It is not difficult! There is a critical need for bloggers to write about their towns/cities/counties or states!

And, if you only reach a small number of people each, but tens of thousands of you have a blog, they will not be able to silence everybody!

What are you waiting for!

This post is archived in my Fight Back category.

Texas Brings First Successful Lawsuit Against Biden Executive Orders

~ Ann Corcoran ~ 1 Comment
“I promise my fellow Texans and Americans that I will fight against the many unconstitutional and illegal actions that the new administration will take, challenge federal overreach that infringes on Texans’ rights, and serve as a major check against the administration’s lawlessness.”

(Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton)

 

What is good for the goose is good for the gander, right!

Do you remember how the Socialist Democrats at places like the ACLU and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society et al stopped most of Trump’s efforts to reform immigration and the Refugee Resettlement process (to keep us safe!) and Trump was sued in virtually every effort.

Let’s hope this is the beginning of a trend!

From the Austin-American Statesman:

(hat-tip: Cathy)

Federal Texas judge halts Biden’s 100-day deportation ban after Paxton challenge

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium, an immigration priority of President Joe Biden.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday had asked U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton, a nominee of former President Donald Trump who took the bench in Corpus Christi last June, to block the Biden administration’s new policy that pauses most deportations for the next 100 days.

“Texas is the FIRST state in the nation to bring a lawsuit against the Biden Admin,” Paxton, a conservative Republican, wrote on Twitter. “AND WE WON. Within 6 days of Biden’s inauguration, Texas has HALTED his illegal deportation freeze. *This* was a seditious left-wing insurrection. And my team and I stopped it.”

[….]

….Tipton said the Biden administration and key federal agencies that deal with immigration “do not have discretion to completely disregard” federal code that says “when an alien is ordered removed, the Attorney General shall remove the alien from the United States within a period of 90 days.”

[….]

The case appears poised to make its way to the federal appeals courts quickly.

More here.

Wow! 1,008 Deportation Flights in 2020!

Just so you know, the open borders agitators were pretty ticked-off at the Trump Administration as it got so many illegals/criminals deported in its final days, including on these flights to Africa.

Going home were “Somali, Ethiopian and Kenyan deportees.”

To the Socialist Dems, they are all “asylum seekers” rather than criminals….

From The Guardian:

 

 

Twitter AND Google Want to Know if I am Real

~ Ann Corcoran ~ 11 Comments

Update:  This is what you see if you go to my Twitter account (I can’t see it, but you can).  “Unusual activity!”  Yes, from Twitter as they drive conservatives from their platform.

 

It was just a matter of time…

I have been on Twitter for years and years and had at one point 16,000 followers (small by Twitter standards). They know I am not a robot.

But this is how they are going to do it.

They aren’t going to outright ban voices like mine, they are doing this:

So Google wants to collect more information on me so that I might have the privilege of using Twitter!

 

I am on Gab, but have barely gotten started there:

https://gab.com/RefugeeWatcher

By the way, my Refugee Resettlement page at Facebook (which I had been remiss in keeping up for months) had a reach of 98,000 in the last month as I resumed posting there.  Visit while it lasts!

Florida Patriots Rally in Support of My Pillow Guy!

~ Ann Corcoran ~ 11 Comments

We told you the other day that the cancel-culture was busy at work and had pressured major retailers to drop My Pillow from its shelves because of Mike Lindell’s support of President Donald Trump.

Fight back!

This is the kind of peaceful protest we all need to be doing more of!

From Steve Bannon’s War Room:

Patriots Rally in Florida for My Pillow

Karyn Turk reports live from the rally to support My Pillow in Boca Raton, Florida where patriots are standing up against Big Tech oligarchs and the left who are trying to cancel Americans.

This is a screenshot. Visit the War Room to see the video.

Turk says the key is for patriotic Americans to unite together. “The left does a very good job of sticking together, we as conservatives need to do the same…and say we’re not going to tolerate this.”

Mike Lindell’s completely American-made business is under attack from the left since he has been an outspoken voice against the fraud that occurred on Nov. 3. Big Tech tyranny has led to My Pillow being dropped from Bed Bath and Beyond, Wayfair, Kohl’s, and Kroger. [Kroger is new to the list since I reported on the mean trick being done to Lindell–ed]

The War Room has contact phone numbers, so go get ’em.

Here is what I did today.  I took one of the many 20%-off flyers I get from Bed, Bath and Beyond and sent it back to the company with a note—told them I will never shop there again because of their political views and what they did to Lindell.

By the way, I put my post the other day on my Refugee Resettlement Facebook page and got a great response.  See it here.  (And, I don’t monitor comments there, so join in!).