First Week November - Time to Vote

REMINDER - Some of us retained our mail-in ballot for the first week of November. If you have not yet voted, it is time to go find your ballot and fill it out. Schedule sometime during the first week of November to take your ballot to the Alameda County drop box at your City Hall. … or … schedule to vote in-person on November 8 (taking your mail-in ballot with you). ANY voting center in Alameda County can print a blank ballot specifically for your home residence precinct.

  • Harry Briley, TVR member and elected GOP Central Committee member.

Plan to Vote - Consider Jesus Taking Responsibility

If every conservative voted [instead of 33% of them], we could take America [and especially California] out of the socialist’s hands and put her back into the hands of God who created our Republic.  Too many people leave it to God.  But when Jesus discovered the evils in the Temple, he didn’t say, I’ll just leave it to God.  Jesus was so filled with justifiable anger at the desecration of the Temple that he drove the exchangers out and cleansed the Temple of greed and profit.   He did that for his Father’s Temple.  We should be filled with [productive] anger at the desecration of America at the hands of socialists in our government and we must do the same thing with our votes for America.  Vote them all out and return our country to the land of the free as was intended by God through the efforts of our Founding Fathers. 

  • Phyllis Couper, TVR Board Member

Run and Learn Role of School Board

School Board Training - The Heritage Society is offering some training for those who are involved with local school boards.  It is free.  I have signed up.  There are six sessions lasting 75 minutes each.  The link below provides an outline of each session.  Here is the link:

https://www9.heritage.org/THF-2022-04-School-Board-Training.html?utm_campaign=hfcultivation&utm_medium=email&utm_source=housefile&utm_content=andrew_0414&email_ID=84973

- Doug Miller, Lead for Schools Team, Vice-Chair Central Committee

RNC affirms Party Platform (Whew!)

The Republican National Committee (GOP) at its February 2022 meeting in Salt Lake City, made clear that Republicans remain firmly in support of traditional, family values. The committee passed a resolution supporting the strongest party platform to date on religious liberty and moral/social issues. The Resolution to Reaffirm Our Commitment to the Current Republican Party Platform stated:

“The RNC reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the Republican Party Platform and pledges to continue to structure all initiatives in a manner that furthers the policies reflected therein.”

The resolution was in response to significant backlash from grassroots conservatives against GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel's social media post celebrating homosexual "Pride" month and in favor of the GOP election initiative with the Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBTQ group. McDaniel, celebrating LGBTQ "Pride Month" in June 2021, said the Republican party

"…will continue to grow our big tent by supporting measures that promote fairness and balance protections for LGBTQ Americans and those with deeply held religious beliefs."

This tweet was considered veiled support for the Fairness for All Act, which is similar to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Equality Act against religious liberty (e.g. traditional Christian beliefs). Months later, also under the leadership of Chairwoman McDaniel, it was reported that the Republican party:

"… announced its first ever 'RNC Pride Coalition' …, partnering with the Log Cabin Republicans to invest and mobilize LGBTQ communities ahead of the 2022 midterm elections."

Log Cabin Republicans is against traditional Christian principles and a staunchly pro-LGBTQ group which states that its agenda includes:

  • Fighting for "legal protections ensuring that LGBT (lesbian, gay/homosexual, bisexual, transgender) couples may adopt or provide foster care in any program sponsored by federal, state, and local governments."

  • Advancing "a nationwide ban on conversion therapy for anyone under the age of 18," meaning the GOP is partnering with a group opposing the parental right to secure Christian counseling for a child struggling with same-sex attraction or sexual identity.

  • Supporting the radical Fairness for All Act that would destroy Christian business owners' religious liberty protections because it offers no legal religious liberty protections for business owners.

In response to the GOP LGBTQ "Pride" tweet and Log Cabin partnership, GOP leadership from every state in the nation experienced backlash. The GOP admitted

"… outreach initiative [with Log Cabin Republicans] create the impression that… it was undermining essential aspects of our platform, including our planks on marriage and religious liberty."

It is good that the GOP issued a course correction and solidified its support for religious liberty, traditional family values, and human sexuality rooted in biology.

  • Written by Tim Wildmon, President, American Family Association

  • Shortened by Harry Briley, TVR Webmaster and Alameda Central Committee AD16 Chair

Resistance to Bills to Curb Violence

Many California. Senators and Assembly members of the majority party are resisting any laws to control widespread violence. Please email representatives to press the legislature for severe penalties for any violence involving in a crime. - A. Dwight Burchett, California Association of Evangelicals

Ethnic Studies Curriculum - Summary Chart

Ethnic Studies Curriculum - I researched the California Department of Education web site to create a 3-page comparative chart. Candidates and conservative activists need this chart to know useful talking points and concerns about each point. Learn what is being taught and specific problems with concepts taken from BLM and CRT as used in this State-wide curriculum. So while public schools are “not teaching CRT”, you need this chart to know questionable aspects that the State is promoting K-12 under the topic of “Ethnic Studies”.

Here is the link to download my summary analysis chart:: Ethnic Studies Curriculum (PDF) - Xaviaer DuRousseau, Alternate Member, Alameda Central Committee

Marks of the Beast

Revelation 13:17 in the Bible says of the mark of the beast, "And that no man might buy or sell save that he had the mark." And what is a vaccine passport but a type of mark that controls what we can and cannot do.

From the very begin­ning, the COVID situation was entrusted to political and medical entities. Instead of this virus being treated like any other annual flu, it became a political vehicle to drive lockdowns, masks, distancing, destruction of jobs and businesses, and increased suicides. Mistrust and suspicion have sprung up toward the political and medical entitles that are dictating the COVID rules. Fear has become a huge factor, creating shame and blame over receiving, or not receiving, the passports.

Transparencies about the negative risk of COVID are not easily found. The FDA announced it would add the warning of developing heart inflammation after the Cen­ters for Disease Control and Prevention report on same. Heart inflammation, either myocarditis or pericarditis, had been found in young adults and children after they received the vaccines, which use mRNA technol­ogy, according to the Epoch Times, June 29, 2021.

Dr. Robert Malone in­vented the mRNA and DNA vaccine core platform tech­nology. In an interview with Dr. Mercola on June 6, 2021, Dr. Malone stated grave concerns about the lack of transparency of side effects, censoring of discussion and the lack of informed consent that these bring. He stated that free SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is biologically active con­trary to initial assumptions, and causes severe problems. It is responsible for the most severe effects seen in COVID, such as bleeding disorders, blood clots and heart problems.

Herbert Spencer on the i State Sanitary Supervision ' (1851), warned about a similar threat to liberty in 1851 in his book "Social Statics" by what he called "sanitary supervision."

Are Americans on a march to Marxist Com­munism via a medically dictatorial mindset? Do we really want to wear a patch or armband like the Jews in Germany or like the children in Russia? Are we willing to accept a "Mark of the beast"? What does this beast look like?

 - Phyllis Couper, TVR Board Member – The Independent Newspaper, 8/19/2021, Page 4

Afghanistan, RIP - Thoughts about Two Wars

This past weekend, 8/15/2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.  Much is being made about the parallels between the fall of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, and the events in Kabul yesterday.

Here is a personal parallel.  I served for two tours as an Army helicopter pilot in South Vietnam.  More recently, my son served for two tours as an Army helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.  Today, both of us remember our Army friends who never came home or who came home with grievous injuries that have affected them for the rest of their lives.

And it is the same for several thousand Alameda County veterans who served in Afghanistan during the past twenty years.  Their service and sacrifice have been rendered meaningless in a matter of a few days.

And another parallel:  The collapse of South Vietnam began in August 1974 when a Democrat controlled congress voted to stop all assistance to the country.  By the end of the year North Vietnam began a conventional invasion of South Vietnam.  The collapse of Afghanistan began the day President Biden announced all US forces would leave the country by the end of this month.

It gets much worse.  The collapse of Kabul has encouraged our enemies once again.  One day what we faced in Afghanistan and Iraq will seem insignificant in comparison to what we will face.  What will we do?

Doug Miller, ACRP Central Committee

City Councils to fly LGBTQIA+ flag all June

City Councils plan to fly the LGBQTIA+ flag all June (one new Livermore council member asked that it be in perpetuity). The flag decision is likely to be on May 24 Monday 7pm. Here is the Livermore link for finding agenda when it gets posted (also where to sign up to get future agendas). Write out your thoughts to fit within three (3) minutes (write out in advance to help you stay on track). Only in-person and Zoom public comments affect the City Council. Check your own city web site for this agenda item (if not already voted upon) and for the mechanics how to speak your message to your local City Council

https://www.cityoflivermore.net/citygov/clerk/default.htm

They WILL vote for this unless they get a negative public reaction. - Harry Briley, Board Member

CDE Adopts curriculum founded on CRT

According to the Hoover Institute, Tuesday, March 23, 2021, The California Department of Education (CDE) voted to adopt the fourth version of an ethnic studies curriculum after four years, three previous versions, and more than 100,000 objections. The objections are based on the curriculum which continues to be founded on critical race theory (CRT), which is the view that our legal, economic, and social institutions are inherently racist.  https://www.cde.ca.gov

For Background: Critical Race Theory (CRT) derived from one of the main pillars of communist theory hammered out by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in 1848 in the Communist Manifesto. Marx and Engels believed only two classes of people existed: the oppressors and the oppressed. Pitting the two classes against each other would provoke a communist revolution. In education, teachers who teach CRT will view every subject through the lens of race, keeping in mind that one race is the oppressed and the other race is the oppressor. All existing thoughts on racial justice are to be challenged and altered to explain the struggles of the oppressed.  - via Intercessors for America, 5-11-21

- Phyllis Couper, TVR Board Member

Ruth Weiss of Election Integrity Project Tues 4/27 Zoom

The San Ramon Valley Republican Women Federated (SRVRWF) is having Ruth Weiss, VP and Co-founder of Election Integrity Project (EIPCa), speak at their Tuesday, April 27th Zoom meeting (Zoom starts at 11 AM, Mtg. begins at Noon). FREE to both members and non-members.  Please visit the link below to view the meeting announcement flyer and to sign up for the event. http://www.sanramonvalleyrepublicanwomen.com/

Michael Winther to Speak in May

“Who could have imagined that federal, state and local governments in America would mandate the closure of millions of businesses; that it would be illegal for most of the country to go to work; that churches would be shut down; that those few churches who were allowed to meet would be prohibited from singing; that curfews would make it illegal to leave your home at certain times of the day; and that, when allowed to leave our homes, it would be against the law to go anywhere except those locations deemed “essential” to the state?  America, we have a problem!” …..Michael Winther, The Institute for Principle Studies

Institute for Principle Studies plays a pivotal role in reforming society by restoring the institutions of family government, church government and civil government to their God-ordained roles. Come hear Michael Winther at our May Dinner. - Phyllis Couper- TVR Board Member

California Republican Party - Spring Convention

The Spring 2021 Organizing Convention of the California Republican Party occurs this weekend – February 19 – 21. It meets twice a year. Delegates come from Central Committees and exOfficio members who ran for office in 2020. The web site now lists the CAGOP Candidates, Schedule of Events, and ByLaw Change Proposals - See: https://www.cagop.org/s/convention. Invited Speakers are: Senator Rick Scott - FL, Political Analyst Karl Rove, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik - NY, and Governor Kristi Noem - SD

  • Harry Briley, AD16 Chairman

So Much for the Big Blue Wave!

It is hard to remember but less than two months ago the mainstream media was running numerous stories about “the big blue wave” that would sweep Republicans out to sea.  Instead, Republicans picked up 14 congressional seats including three in California!  And now Nancy Pelosi is fighting to maintain her position as Speaker of the House.

If you are a California Republican, there is reason to be optimistic.  We have just seen that vulnerable California Democrats can be defeated.  After the election, the far-left website Axios published a detailed story about Mr. Swalwell’s ties to a Chinese Communist spy.  In fairness to Swalwell, he was not only Bay Area Democrat who was targeted by this foreign agent.  However, he was the only targeted Democrat who serves on the House Intelligence Committee.

Eric Swalwell was also the first Democrat to drop out of the 2020 Presidential Primary because he attracted so little interest.

Is this Democrat congressman now vulnerable?  The answer is up to us.  In the next few months, we need to keep this issue alive by writing letters to the local press, attending Mr. Swalwell’s public events to ask him questions, search for competitive candidates and register Republicans to vote in 2022. 

And think about this:  Does Congressman Swalwell really represent his voters in the East Bay?  When was the last time Mr. Swalwell talked about local issues like crime, transportation, and the high cost of living is this area?  And does Mr. Swalwell still live in his district?

I suggest that he can and should be replaced in 2022. - By Doug Miller, ACRP Vice Chairman

Run, Conservatives, Run!

No, not run away, but run for office! We need to build up our “Farm Team” of conservatives with experience whom we can vote in for County and State Offices. This training ground often starts at Citizen panels, City Councils, School Site Committees, School Boards, Water and Park Districts. If you have a passion for schools , parks, or your local city, start by regularly attending existing meetings of such committees and boards. That prepares you to be up on the front table behind the microphone when YOU get elected! Your volunteering for local governing committees and boards gives us reasons to push your name forward for higher office. So, papa, do run run! (OK, that dates me. LOL!) - Harry Briley, AD16, Republican Central Committee

Vote Conservative ! My Personal Voter Guides

We have a HUGE ballot with propositions, local races (mayors, city councils, school boards, and special districts), and the state-wide , and national races. It is nearly impossible for the general voter to know in advance who are the conservatives (or lesser of two evils) on the crowded ballot. They appear as a sea of names listing only a a brief title (teacher, incumbent, business person, etc). I offer my private Voter Guide for Alameda County and for Contra Costa County here. Even so, there are many races in which I simply could not find the data in the newspapers, candidate websites, or candidate statements. My links are at least a first-stop in your own research prior to voting: - Harry Briley, Member of Alameda County Republican Central Committee, AD16 Area.

https://brileyh.weebly.com/guide--alameda.html

https://brileyh.weebly.com/guide--contra-costa.html

Two members seated early on Central Committee

On 5/20/2020, two of our TVR club members who won the Primary Election for the Republican Central Committee, 16th Assembly District, were seated early. Normally such action occurs in January following the election. There were two vacancies for 16AD and the Central Committee voted to advance the seating process to May. Congratulations to Chung Bothwell and Harry Briley.

Virus Shelter in Place

We are still abiding by the shelter-in-place, especially given our many older members at risk. LARPD (Livermore Parks and Rec) has likewise yesterday decided to keep closed their facilities through May 1. Our Board has cancelled the April dinner at Beeb’s.