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Cheerleading

2026-02-05T15:54:40Z

DMorris: /* Expression of faith and conflict with the left */ Should be noted that he was homeschooled but played for their team

[[File:PCHS Girls.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Cheerleaders from Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, [[Florida]]. Most cheerleaders are not [[obnoxious]] or indecent.]]
'''Cheerleading''' is a [[sport]] in which performers cheer on sports teams at games or compete in cheerleading competitions. Participants in cheerleading are known as '''cheerleaders'''. A popular implement for gaining cheer is the pom-pom. [[Hollywood]] liberals often depict cheerleaders as being mean bullies in movies whereas most real cheerleaders are nice girls.

== U.S. Presidents who were cheerleaders ==

''See also:'' [[Presidents of the United States]]

The [[Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George W. Bush]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] were cheerleaders.<ref>[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]</ref>

Article:

*[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]

==Expression of faith and conflict with the left==
Cheerleaders, including those in [[public schools]], have on many occasion boldly expressed their faith and conservative values, sometimes individually, sometimes as an entire unit. For example, cheerleaders at Kountze High School in [[Texas]] faced persecution by the [[ACLU]] and other liberals for quoting Bible verses on banners intended to raise school spirit.<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> Members of all three public high schools in Charlotte County, Florida (along with the football team at Port Charlotte High School, which was specifically attacked by Freedom From Religion Foundation)<ref>https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ffrf-fights-for-your-constitutional-rights/</ref> and Ponte Vedra High School (also in Florida)<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> have engaged in similar expression. It should be noted that Ponte Vedra High School is [[Tim Tebow]]'s alma mater team, and the team in question has scored number one in the Florida High School Athletic Association's state wide competitive cheer championship three times. It is likely for these reasons that administrators (who are active on the site to this day) at the liberal atheist [[RationalWiki]] have previously expressed a desire for all cheerleaders to die.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Punching_Bag&diff=595844&oldid=593423</ref>

==Examples of indecency in cheerleading==

In 2007, varsity cheerleaders at a [[California]] high school were suspended from school for lifting their skirts to show "Indians #1" spelled out on their undergarments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/14612729/detail.html|title=Ripon Cheerleaders Suspended For Showing Bloomers|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2009-12-27|publisher=Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.}}</ref> This is always a symptom of liberalism, in that liberals promote promiscuity, and when liberals infiltrate a group of young girls (especially if adult coaches are liberals) they try to corrupt them. It is important to note, however, that some cheerleading squads have made good-faith efforts to reduce indecency or never performed in indecent ways in the first place. For example, cheerleaders at [[Pensacola Christian College]] and [[Liberty University]] display much less skin than many cheerleaders at secular universities, with PCC's cheerleading uniforms coming down to the cheerleaders' knees in accordance with the institution's standard dress code.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/Athletics/CheerleadersAndTumblers.aspx</ref> Many Christian schools have cheerleading squads that would not promote liberal ideas.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sports]]

Cheerleading

2026-02-05T15:46:25Z

DMorris: /* Expression of faith and conflict with the left */ PVHS is Tim Tebow's alma mater and their cheer team has been state champions three times.

[[File:PCHS Girls.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Cheerleaders from Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, [[Florida]]. Most cheerleaders are not [[obnoxious]] or indecent.]]
'''Cheerleading''' is a [[sport]] in which performers cheer on sports teams at games or compete in cheerleading competitions. Participants in cheerleading are known as '''cheerleaders'''. A popular implement for gaining cheer is the pom-pom. [[Hollywood]] liberals often depict cheerleaders as being mean bullies in movies whereas most real cheerleaders are nice girls.

== U.S. Presidents who were cheerleaders ==

''See also:'' [[Presidents of the United States]]

The [[Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George W. Bush]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] were cheerleaders.<ref>[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]</ref>

Article:

*[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]

==Expression of faith and conflict with the left==
Cheerleaders, including those in [[public schools]], have on many occasion boldly expressed their faith and conservative values, sometimes individually, sometimes as an entire unit. For example, cheerleaders at Kountze High School in [[Texas]] faced persecution by the [[ACLU]] and other liberals for quoting Bible verses on banners intended to raise school spirit.<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> Members of all three public high schools in Charlotte County, Florida (along with the football team at Port Charlotte High School, which was specifically attacked by Freedom From Religion Foundation)<ref>https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ffrf-fights-for-your-constitutional-rights/</ref> and Ponte Vedra High School (also in Florida)<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> have engaged in similar expression. It should be noted that Ponte Vedra High School is [[Tim Tebow]]'s alma mater, and the team in question has scored number one in the Florida High School Athletic Association's state wide competitive cheer championship three times. It is likely for these reasons that administrators (who are active on the site to this day) at the liberal atheist [[RationalWiki]] have previously expressed a desire for all cheerleaders to die.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Punching_Bag&diff=595844&oldid=593423</ref>

==Examples of indecency in cheerleading==

In 2007, varsity cheerleaders at a [[California]] high school were suspended from school for lifting their skirts to show "Indians #1" spelled out on their undergarments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/14612729/detail.html|title=Ripon Cheerleaders Suspended For Showing Bloomers|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2009-12-27|publisher=Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.}}</ref> This is always a symptom of liberalism, in that liberals promote promiscuity, and when liberals infiltrate a group of young girls (especially if adult coaches are liberals) they try to corrupt them. It is important to note, however, that some cheerleading squads have made good-faith efforts to reduce indecency or never performed in indecent ways in the first place. For example, cheerleaders at [[Pensacola Christian College]] and [[Liberty University]] display much less skin than many cheerleaders at secular universities, with PCC's cheerleading uniforms coming down to the cheerleaders' knees in accordance with the institution's standard dress code.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/Athletics/CheerleadersAndTumblers.aspx</ref> Many Christian schools have cheerleading squads that would not promote liberal ideas.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sports]]

Cheerleading

2026-02-05T15:43:23Z

DMorris: /* Examples of indecency in cheerleading */ That part is covered in the new section

[[File:PCHS Girls.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Cheerleaders from Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, [[Florida]]. Most cheerleaders are not [[obnoxious]] or indecent.]]
'''Cheerleading''' is a [[sport]] in which performers cheer on sports teams at games or compete in cheerleading competitions. Participants in cheerleading are known as '''cheerleaders'''. A popular implement for gaining cheer is the pom-pom. [[Hollywood]] liberals often depict cheerleaders as being mean bullies in movies whereas most real cheerleaders are nice girls.

== U.S. Presidents who were cheerleaders ==

''See also:'' [[Presidents of the United States]]

The [[Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George W. Bush]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] were cheerleaders.<ref>[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]</ref>

Article:

*[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]

==Expression of faith and conflict with the left==
Cheerleaders, including those in [[public schools]], have on many occasion boldly expressed their faith and conservative values, sometimes individually, sometimes as an entire unit. For example, cheerleaders at Kountze High School in [[Texas]] faced persecution by the [[ACLU]] and other liberals for quoting Bible verses on banners intended to raise school spirit.<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> Members of all three public high schools in Charlotte County, Florida (along with the football team at Port Charlotte High School, which was specifically attacked by Freedom From Religion Foundation)<ref>https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ffrf-fights-for-your-constitutional-rights/</ref> and Ponte Vedra High School (also in Florida)<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> have engaged in similar expression. It is likely for these reasons that administrators (who are active on the site to this day) at the liberal atheist [[RationalWiki]] have previously expressed a desire for all cheerleaders to die.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Punching_Bag&diff=595844&oldid=593423</ref>

==Examples of indecency in cheerleading==

In 2007, varsity cheerleaders at a [[California]] high school were suspended from school for lifting their skirts to show "Indians #1" spelled out on their undergarments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/14612729/detail.html|title=Ripon Cheerleaders Suspended For Showing Bloomers|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2009-12-27|publisher=Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.}}</ref> This is always a symptom of liberalism, in that liberals promote promiscuity, and when liberals infiltrate a group of young girls (especially if adult coaches are liberals) they try to corrupt them. It is important to note, however, that some cheerleading squads have made good-faith efforts to reduce indecency or never performed in indecent ways in the first place. For example, cheerleaders at [[Pensacola Christian College]] and [[Liberty University]] display much less skin than many cheerleaders at secular universities, with PCC's cheerleading uniforms coming down to the cheerleaders' knees in accordance with the institution's standard dress code.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/Athletics/CheerleadersAndTumblers.aspx</ref> Many Christian schools have cheerleading squads that would not promote liberal ideas.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sports]]

Cheerleading

2026-02-05T15:40:44Z

DMorris: /* Examples of indecency in cheerleading */ Any time cheerleaders are indecent it's a symptom of liberalism.

[[File:PCHS Girls.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Cheerleaders from Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, [[Florida]]. Most cheerleaders are not [[obnoxious]] or indecent.]]
'''Cheerleading''' is a [[sport]] in which performers cheer on sports teams at games or compete in cheerleading competitions. Participants in cheerleading are known as '''cheerleaders'''. A popular implement for gaining cheer is the pom-pom. [[Hollywood]] liberals often depict cheerleaders as being mean bullies in movies whereas most real cheerleaders are nice girls.

== U.S. Presidents who were cheerleaders ==

''See also:'' [[Presidents of the United States]]

The [[Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George W. Bush]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] were cheerleaders.<ref>[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]</ref>

Article:

*[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]

==Expression of faith and conflict with the left==
Cheerleaders, including those in [[public schools]], have on many occasion boldly expressed their faith and conservative values, sometimes individually, sometimes as an entire unit. For example, cheerleaders at Kountze High School in [[Texas]] faced persecution by the [[ACLU]] and other liberals for quoting Bible verses on banners intended to raise school spirit.<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> Members of all three public high schools in Charlotte County, Florida (along with the football team at Port Charlotte High School, which was specifically attacked by Freedom From Religion Foundation)<ref>https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ffrf-fights-for-your-constitutional-rights/</ref> and Ponte Vedra High School (also in Florida)<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> have engaged in similar expression. It is likely for these reasons that administrators (who are active on the site to this day) at the liberal atheist [[RationalWiki]] have previously expressed a desire for all cheerleaders to die.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Punching_Bag&diff=595844&oldid=593423</ref>

==Examples of indecency in cheerleading==

In 2007, varsity cheerleaders at a [[California]] high school were suspended from school for lifting their skirts to show "Indians #1" spelled out on their undergarments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/14612729/detail.html|title=Ripon Cheerleaders Suspended For Showing Bloomers|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2009-12-27|publisher=Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.}}</ref> Some network administrators have even blocked access to websites related to cheerleading due to concerns of indecency. This is always a symptom of liberalism, in that liberals promote promiscuity, and when liberals infiltrate a group of young girls (especially if adult coaches are liberals) they try to corrupt them. It is important to note, however, that some cheerleading squads have made good-faith efforts to reduce indecency or never performed in indecent ways in the first place. For example, cheerleaders at [[Pensacola Christian College]] and [[Liberty University]] display much less skin than many cheerleaders at secular universities, with PCC's cheerleading uniforms coming down to the cheerleaders' knees in accordance with the institution's standard dress code.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/Athletics/CheerleadersAndTumblers.aspx</ref> Many Christian schools have cheerleading squads, and there are many cheerleaders themselves who are Christians. Some cheerleading squads at public high schools have been attacked by [[atheists]] for publicly praying at cheer events and otherwise promoting Christianity.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sports]]

Cheerleading

2026-02-05T15:26:27Z

DMorris: Most cheerleaders are conservatives a lot of them Christian. Probably only 10% are slimy liberals involved in it for promiscuous reasons, and a lot of the time those don't make it far.

[[File:PCHS Girls.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Cheerleaders from Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, [[Florida]]. Most cheerleaders are not [[obnoxious]] or indecent.]]
'''Cheerleading''' is a [[sport]] in which performers cheer on sports teams at games or compete in cheerleading competitions. Participants in cheerleading are known as '''cheerleaders'''. A popular implement for gaining cheer is the pom-pom. [[Hollywood]] liberals often depict cheerleaders as being mean bullies in movies whereas most real cheerleaders are nice girls.

== U.S. Presidents who were cheerleaders ==

''See also:'' [[Presidents of the United States]]

The [[Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George W. Bush]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] were cheerleaders.<ref>[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]</ref>

Article:

*[https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders 4 U.S. Presidents You Didn't Know Were Cheerleaders]

==Expression of faith and conflict with the left==
Cheerleaders, including those in [[public schools]], have on many occasion boldly expressed their faith and conservative values, sometimes individually, sometimes as an entire unit. For example, cheerleaders at Kountze High School in [[Texas]] faced persecution by the [[ACLU]] and other liberals for quoting Bible verses on banners intended to raise school spirit.<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> Members of all three public high schools in Charlotte County, Florida (along with the football team at Port Charlotte High School, which was specifically attacked by Freedom From Religion Foundation)<ref>https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/ffrf-fights-for-your-constitutional-rights/</ref> and Ponte Vedra High School (also in Florida)<ref>https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/cheerleaders-and-bible-verses</ref> have engaged in similar expression. It is likely for these reasons that administrators (who are active on the site to this day) at the liberal atheist [[RationalWiki]] have previously expressed a desire for all cheerleaders to die.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Punching_Bag&diff=595844&oldid=593423</ref>

==Examples of indecency in cheerleading==

In 2007, varsity cheerleaders at a [[California]] high school were suspended from school for lifting their skirts to show "Indians #1" spelled out on their undergarments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/14612729/detail.html|title=Ripon Cheerleaders Suspended For Showing Bloomers|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2009-12-27|publisher=Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.}}</ref> Some network administrators have even blocked access to websites related to cheerleading due to concerns of indecency. It is important to note, however, that some cheerleading squads have made good-faith efforts to reduce indecency or never performed in indecent ways in the first place. For example, cheerleaders at [[Pensacola Christian College]] and [[Liberty University]] display much less skin than many cheerleaders at secular universities, with PCC's cheerleading uniforms coming down to the cheerleaders' knees in accordance with the institution's standard dress code.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/Athletics/CheerleadersAndTumblers.aspx</ref> Many Christian schools have cheerleading squads, and there are many cheerleaders themselves who are Christians. Some cheerleading squads at public high schools have been attacked by [[atheists]] for publicly praying at cheer events and otherwise promoting Christianity.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sports]]

RationalWiki

2025-11-16T17:43:10Z

DMorris: They were a troll farm like Kiwi Farms

[[File:Image-Alexa-cp-22-May-2011.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Rationalwiki]] Alexa rankings in relation to [[Conservapedia]], May 2011.]]
[[RationalWiki]] was an online [[wiki]] and trollfarm whose stated mission statement was:
*Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
*Documenting the full range of crank ideas;
*Explorations of [[authoritarian]]ism and fundamentalism;
*Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.

==Non-compliance with its non-profit status==
On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref>

== RationalWiki and web traffic ==

=== August 2025 SimilarWeb data for RationalWiki: RationalWiki is losing global market share ===
 
[[File:Rationalwiki similarweb.png|thumbnail|center|1000px|In August 2025, SimilarWeb indicated that RataionalWiki.org was losing its ranking in terms of global market share of internet traffic.
 
 
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.]]
{{clear}}

=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com ===

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]
 
 
[[File:Rationalwiki semrush september 2025.png|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of September 17, 2025 it receives 36,500 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 44 domain authority score on September, 2025. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic according to SEMRush as of 6-30-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of June 30, 2023 it receives 136,000 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 43 domain authority score on June 30, 2023. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}
[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic past 2 years SEMRush data October 21, 2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px||According to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from November 2020 to October 21, 2022.
 
 
In November 2020, RationalWiki.org was receiving 413,529 web visits a month according to SEMRush.com. On October 21, 2022, RationalWiki.org received 152,236 web visits in the last 30 days according to SEMRush.com. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}

===Long-term technical issues===
As of November 16, 2025, the wiki has been offline for an extended period of time, and it is questionable whether it will ever recover from this.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Wikis]]

RationalWiki

2025-11-16T17:37:25Z

DMorris: RW is done. There's no doubt they will lose users over this outage, and if it ever comes back online the trolls will overwhelm whoever sticks around.

[[File:Image-Alexa-cp-22-May-2011.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Rationalwiki]] Alexa rankings in relation to [[Conservapedia]], May 2011.]]
[[RationalWiki]] was an online [[wiki]] whose stated mission statement was:
*Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
*Documenting the full range of crank ideas;
*Explorations of [[authoritarian]]ism and fundamentalism;
*Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.

==Non-compliance with its non-profit status==
On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref>

== RationalWiki and web traffic ==

=== August 2025 SimilarWeb data for RationalWiki: RationalWiki is losing global market share ===
 
[[File:Rationalwiki similarweb.png|thumbnail|center|1000px|In August 2025, SimilarWeb indicated that RataionalWiki.org was losing its ranking in terms of global market share of internet traffic.
 
 
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.]]
{{clear}}

=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com ===

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]
 
 
[[File:Rationalwiki semrush september 2025.png|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of September 17, 2025 it receives 36,500 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 44 domain authority score on September, 2025. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic according to SEMRush as of 6-30-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of June 30, 2023 it receives 136,000 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 43 domain authority score on June 30, 2023. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}
[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic past 2 years SEMRush data October 21, 2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px||According to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from November 2020 to October 21, 2022.
 
 
In November 2020, RationalWiki.org was receiving 413,529 web visits a month according to SEMRush.com. On October 21, 2022, RationalWiki.org received 152,236 web visits in the last 30 days according to SEMRush.com. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}

===Long-term technical issues===
As of November 16, 2025, the wiki has been offline for an extended period of time, and it is questionable whether it will ever recover from this.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Wikis]]

Greg Steube

2024-11-17T22:47:10Z

DMorris: Undo revision 2086233 by DMorris (talk) Readding but clarifying

[[Image:Greg Steube of FL.jpg|300px|right|thumb|U.S. Representative Greg Steube, R-FL]]

'''William Gregory Steube''' (born May 19, 1978) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, his district stretches across a large swath of south-central Florida, from the outer suburbs of Sarasota and Fort Myers through the Everglades to the shores of Lake Okeechobee. Prior to his election to Congress, Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016, as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018, representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.

He voted to object to certification of both [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Arizona]]'s electorates in the sham presidential election of 2020.

He also voted to remove [[Liz Cheney]] as the chairman of the House Republican Conference.<ref>https://floridapolitics.com/archives/428920-florida-republicans-join-in-exiling-liz-cheney-from-house-gop-leadership/</ref>

==References==
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Abortion

2024-11-17T22:45:26Z

DMorris: Abortion is murder

{{See also|Sara}} -- ''the famous rock music song whose meaning is actually [[pro-life]].''
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[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An unborn child in the womb. [[Liberal]]s pretend the unborn child has no right to life.]]
'''Abortion''' destroys a baby during [[pregnancy]], often causing [[fetal pain]]. Abortion has two victims: the unborn child, and the mother who can never forget the loss. Breast cancer rates increase by ''more than six times'' for women who have abortion.<ref>[http://www.indianjcancer.com/article.asp?issn=0019-509X;year=2013;volume=50;issue=4;spage=316;epage=321;aulast=Bhadoria AS Bhadoria, U Kapil, N Sareen, P Singh, "Reproductive factors and breast cancer: A case-control study in tertiary care hospital of North India," 50 ''Indian Journal of Cancer'' 4, 316-321 (2013)</ref> After-born children are victims too, from premature birth and birth defects from a prior abortion on the mother.

Abortion is a betrayal of the defenseless unborn child, who fights as hard as he or she can against it. That child loves his or her mother and depends on her protection. Choosing life is the path to happiness amid hope; choosing abortion is the path to despair and loneliness.

As a society we lose our future heroes, caregivers, teachers, rescuers, [[Good Samaritan]]s, singers, artists, and star athletes, due to abortions. '''''Every unborn child has [[infinity|infinite]] potential'''''.

A woman can change her mind about her scheduled abortion at any time, but abortion clinics often lie to them and say it is "too late." Abortion clinics typically fail to help women who suffer complications, even rudely asking the women "why are you calling us?"

Abortion is a billion-dollar industry in the [[United States]]. Although [[Planned Parenthood]] likes to claim that abortion accounts for just 3% of its services, according to its 2007-08 budget it received $1.038 billion of revenue, and half to two-thirds relates to its abortion services. (''See [[Abortion#Planned Parenthood.27s Budget|Planned Parenthood's Budget]]'') Dr. George Tiller "estimated that he performed 250 to 300 late-term abortions in 2003, each costing an average of $6,000."<ref>Hegeman, R. (2009, March 25). [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/03/25/kan_doctor_testifies_in_abortion_case_against_him/ Kan. doctor testifies in abortion case against him]. ''Associated Press''.</ref> There have been more than 60 million abortions in the [[United States]] since 1973.<ref name=factsheet>''Number of Abortions''. [http://www.christianliferesources.com/?/library/view.php&articleid=1042 U.S. Abortion Statistics By Year (1973-Current)]. National Right to Life Factsheet, January 2012. (Privacy laws and likely desire to keep this silent holocaust from raising alarm hinder data collection on abortion. CDC researchers have admitted they probably undercount the total number of abortions because reporting laws vary from state to state and some abortionists probably do not report or under-report the abortions they perform. Abortions from CA and NH have not been counted by the CDC since 1998, and reports from other states are also missing for some years.)</ref> In a [[pro-life]] victory on June 24, 2022, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] reversed the pro-abortion ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' decision.<ref>''See [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]''.</ref>

Right to choose is no solace, because doing something so wrong will have devastating consequences. A right to privacy would not permit the taking of life when that life is inconvenient. But [[forgiveness]] is available to help heal.
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Historically, abortion was first made legal and unrestricted nationwide in the [[Soviet Union]] under [[Lenin]] and his [[Bolsheviks]].<ref>https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/11/17/november-1920-2020-a-century-of-abortion-in-russia/</ref> After [[communism]] was overthrown in [[Poland]], [[Abortion in Poland|abortion there]] declined by 99% after abortion was abolished,<ref>''Catholic World News'' (2007, April 11). [http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=50451 Liberal abortion law takes effect in Portugal]. Trinity Communications.</ref> and women's health has dramatically improved there due to fewer abortions.<ref>Johnston, W.R., Dr. (2008, October 9). [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/ab-poland.html Historical abortion statistics, Poland]. ''Johnston's Archive'.</ref>

Rape or the life of the mother are extremely rare circumstances accounting for less than 1% of all abortions, with little bearing on the broader "abortion on demand" issue, particularly since all legislation the [[pro-life]] movement has been putting out recently has included exceptions for them, and many states had laws allowing abortion for such cases before ''Roe v. Wade'' - abortion was legalized for other reasons. (''See [[Abortion#Arguments On Abortion|Arguments On Abortion]]'')

Ultimately, this debate is about when a fetus becomes a human being worthy of all applicable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness under the [[Declaration of Independence]], for once it is we should not take its life lightly. And when it comes to that, 18,150 abortions occur after the 21st week of pregnancy<ref name=induced>(2011, August). [https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html/ Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States]. ''Guttmacher Institute''.</ref> - the earliest point children can be born prematurely and live.<ref name=tooyoung>Rochman, B. (2011, May 27). [http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/27/baby-born-at-21-weeks-survives-how-young-is-too-young-to-save/ A 21-Week-Old Baby Survives and Doctors Ask, How Young is Too Young to Save?] ''Time Magazine''.</ref> An additional 45,980 abortions occur in the 16th-20th weeks of pregnancy.<ref name=induced /> These are 60 thousand abortions each year that are clearly murder since the child is at or near the same stage of pregnancy as children born prematurely via C-Section. Furthermore, substantial fetal development occurs within the first 12 weeks (1st trimester) of pregnancy, including brain wave activity at 6 weeks, complete body sensitivity at 10 weeks, and all facial expressions (including smiling) at 11 weeks.<ref name=clowes>Clowes, Brian, PhD. 2001. [https://www.hli.org/index.php/the-facts-of-life/480?task=view The Facts of Life]. Ch. 12. Front Royal: Human Life International.
Also in: Sharing the Pro-Life Message. Chicago: Pro-Life Action League, 2009. Print.</ref> By not erring on the side of caution when potentially infringing on the inalienable right to life given by our Creator, the Pro-Choice movement has brought the blood of countless children on their hands, and on our nation's. (''See [[Abortion#When Does Life Begin.3F|When Does Life Begin?]]'')

A growing body of evidence increasingly suggests that abortion is linked to Breast Cancer, later premature births, and other health concerns. Millions of women who had an abortion later suffer psychologically or physically from it, and support groups exist to help.<ref>Rodgers-Melnick, A. (2002, January 20). [http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020120abortion0120p3.asp Groups support those who regret abortions]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''.</ref> Many victims of abortion find healing by speaking out against, and discouraging, similar harm to other mothers and their children.<ref>"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born," observed President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He also observed, "With me, abortion is not a problem of religion, it's a problem of the Constitution. I believe that until and unless someone can establish that the unborn child ''is not a living human being'', then that child is already protected by the Constitution, which guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all of us."</ref> "Abortion doesn't solve your problems, it only creates different ones," warned a full-page ad by women who had abortions.<ref>''Anglicans for Life'' and ''Priests for Life''. [http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/signaturead/ad.pdf We Regret Our Abortions]. ''Orange County Right to Life''.</ref> Abortion always ends the life of the unborn child, typically by dismemberment. Abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, future premature birth, mental illness, and other long-term health problems for the mother, as detailed below. (''See [[Abortion#Health Concerns|Health Concerns]]'')

One of NARAL's founders, [[Bernard Nathanson]], acknowledged that NARAL in the early days of the Pro-Choice movement simply fabricated statistics on back-alley abortions; inflating the actual numbers ten-fold to get abortion legalized. Rather than making abortion rare, the annual number of abortions has increased by 1500% since [[Roe v. Wade]].<ref name=nathanson>Kupelian, David (2005, January 20). "[https://www.wnd.com/2005/01/28544/ Blood Confessions: Ex-Abortionists Spill Their Guts]." ''Whistleblower Magazine''. ''Whistleblower Magazine'' (2003, January 2). "[https://www.wnd.com/2003/01/16460/ Ex-Abortionists Expose America's Greatest Scandal]."</ref> (''See [[Abortion#History|History]]'') Gallup polling in 2012 reveals that just 24% of Americans support abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy,<ref name=gallupabortion>''Gallup''. "[https://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx/ Abortion]." Do you think abortion should be legal in most circumstances or only in a few circumstances?</ref> even though abortion is allowed in all 9 months.<ref name=ninemonths>[http://www.whyprolife.com/is-abortion-legal-all-9-months-of-pregnancy/ Is Abortion Legal All 9 Months of Pregnancy?] ''WhyProLife.com''.</ref> Just 25% believe abortion should be legal under all circumstances, and an additional 13% believe it should be legal under most circumstances. Most Americans believe abortion should usually be illegal save in rare cases.<ref name=gallupabortion /> (''See [[Abortion#Public Opinion|Public Opinion]]'')

==Statistics on abortion==

''See also:'' [[Abortion statistics]]

* As of 2012, it is estimated there have been over 59.8 million babies murdered by abortion since the Supreme Court handed down its 1973 ''Roe v. Wade'' decision. After reaching 25 percent from a high of over 1.6 million in the year 1990, the number of abortions performed annually in the U.S. has leveled off at about 1.2 million infants murdered by abortion a year, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI). By 2016, the number of yearly abortions in America dropped to a historic low of less than 1,000,000.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/health/us-abortions-historic-lows-trnd/ Abortions in the US have been dropping. Now it's at a historic low</ref>
* Approximately 22% of all U.S. pregnancies ended in abortion.<ref>Jones RK and Kooistra, K., [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1363/4304111/abstract Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States], 2008, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011, 43(1):41-50. (Excludes miscarriages.)</ref>
* Only about 1 percent each year are attributed to rape and incest.<ref name=rare>Johnston, W.R., Dr. (2008, October 9). [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html Reasons given for having abortions in the United States]. ''Johnston's Archive'.</ref> 40% of women ages 15 to 44 have had at least one abortion. 4 out of 10 teen pregnancies end in murder by abortion. Based on the rate of abortion, it was estimated (2000) that 43 percent of American women would have at least one abortion by the age of 45.
* 7 out of 10 U.S. women are sexually active (usually as fornicators) but do not want to become pregnant.<ref>''Alan Guttmacher Institute'', In Brief: Fact Sheet, [https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html/ Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States], August 2011.</ref>
* Women who have never married and are not cohabiting account for 45% of all abortions. 57% of all women having abortions between 15 and 44 are in their 20's. 36% of non-Hispanic women are abortions were white, 30% are non-Hispanic black, and 25% are Hispanic.<ref name=patients>Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S, [https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/US-Abortion-Patients.pdf Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients], 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.</ref>
* 37% of women killing babies by abortion were Protestant, (including those who identified as “Christian” but who did not specify a denomination) while 28% were Catholic, and 20% identified themselves as born-again, evangelical, charismatic, or fundamentalist (in 2000, some 13% of abortion patients aged 18 and older identified as born-again or evangelical before the question was reworded slightly for the 2008 survey), while 27% gave no religious affiliation, increasing from 22% in 2000. (Protestants were under-represented among those committing abortion in proportion to the total number of Protestants nationwide, and the relative abortion rate for this group was lower than the rate for all women.)<ref name=patients />
* Although 66% of women having abortions had some type of health insurance, 57% paid for their abortion out of pocket. Among women with private health insurance, 63% paid out of pocket.<ref name=patients />

==Arguments On Abortion==

''See also:'' [[Abortion arguments]]

The following are some common Pro-Choice arguments on abortion, and problems with their reasoning.
===Right to Choose===
The obvious question not being confronted is what choice is at stake? The choice to kill another human being to bypass the consequences and responsibilities that should accompany the choice to create another life; in essence the choice to murder one's own children so sex can be engaged in freely without responsibility or consequence.<ref>Hoffman, M.C. (2012, May 28). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-is-murder-for-the-purpose-of-population-control-says-turkish-prime Abortion is ‘murder’ for the purpose of population control, says Turkish prime minister]. ''Life Site News''.</ref> Sometimes women die from abortion.<ref>See "Documented Incidents of 365 Women Who Have Been Killed by "Safe" and Legal Abortion." [http://abortionviolence.com/DEATHS.HTM 365 women who have been killed by 'Legal' abortion]</ref> Since abortion is deliberate and thought about in advance, it is comparable to a premeditated killing.<ref>First-degree murder is defined as "a killing which is deliberate and premeditated." [http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/first+degree+murder First Degree Murder]. ''The Free Dictionary''.</ref>
====Rare Circumstances: Life of Mother and Rape====
''BBC News'' has an article called "Abortion in self-defence" arguing that abortion should be allowed in cases where the mother's life and health are at risk, and that this is justifiable self-defense. However, ''BBC News'' acknowledges that abortion is NOT justified for the following reasons: {{cquote|"But supposing the mother is not in physical danger, what then? There are a number of cases where some people argue that a woman should have the right to an abortion, such as: damage to mental health, damage to family, damage to career prospects, damage to financial prospects, damage to plans for her life. The self-defence argument for abortion seems to fail here, because although a threat to life can be a defence to a charge of killing someone, none of the above would be an adequate defence in a case of homicide, nor would they be regarded as reasons that justified euthanasia. But if we don't regard the foetus as a person with a right to live, or if we regard it as a being that doesn't have a full right to life, then these cases of self-defence may be arguable."
-''BBC News''.<ref name=bbc>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/philosophical/selfdefence.shtml Abortion in Self-Defence]. ''BBC News''. Retrieved July 23, 2012.</ref>}} However, (A) danger to life of the mother, like rape, is a very rare circumstance that accounts for less than 1% of all abortions,<ref name=rare /> (B) all major legislation put out by the Right to Life movement over the past decade has included exceptions allowing abortions for rape and life of the mother (e.g. [[Mexico City Policy]], [[Born Alive Infant Protection Act]], [[Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act]], etc.) and (C) at least 13 states had legislation allowing abortion for rape or life of the mother BEFORE Roe v. Wade<ref>[https://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortiontimeline.html Abortion History Timeline]. ''National Right to Life Committee''.</ref> - abortion was legalized for other reasons.

The bottom line is that apart from such extremely rare circumstances, ''BBC News'' acknowledges that "''The self-defence argument for abortion seems to fail here, because although a threat to life can be a defence to a charge of killing someone, none of the above would be an adequate defence in a case of homicide, nor would they be regarded as reasons that justified euthanasia.''"<ref name=bbc /> Choosing to kill another person, in other words, is unjustifiable unless the mother's life is in danger or, debatably, if rape occurred. In fact, those who bring up cases like rape and life of the mother are doing so because, deep inside, they themselves know that choosing to murder another human being is justifiable only under such extreme circumstances, and NOT for abortion on demand.

The only way to justify abortion apart from such circumstances is, as ''BBC News'' says, "''if we don't regard the foetus as a person with a right to live, or if we regard it as a being that doesn't have a full right to life''".<ref name=bbc /> You see, this is not about the right to choose at all, and such a slogan distracts from the real issue - the real issue is whether the fetus is a human being deserving of a full right to life. Because if it is a human being worthy of the right to life, then there is no excuse for "choosing to kill" via abortion on demand.

===Right to One's Body===
The Pro-Choice movement likes to say that women should have a right to their bodies. However, such a right should logically not allow one to harm others with that body, including physical assault, murder, rape, or theft, and therefore, this is not an absolute right, but a privilege that is not intended to exceed another's unalienable rights, including the right to life. As Hugh V. McLachlan of ''Glasgow Caledonian University'' pointed out in 1997, there is no entitlement to one's body, and "''we have rights duties, liabilities, restrictions and
disadvantages as well as rights concerning our own bodies.''" {{cquote|"Consider the assumption at issue in the abstract: 'That particular X is your X and, therefore, you are entitled to do what you want with it'. As a matter of pure logic, the claim is an absurdity. What if 'X' stands for a Thompson Machine Gun? Should we say: 'That is your machine gun and, therefore, you can do whatever you like with it?' On the contrary, although there might be some things which you and only you can of right do to and with the gun, if that particular machine gun is your machine gun then it is incumbent upon you in particular to ensure that certain things are not done with it. Is the situation any different when 'X' pertains to one's body or to parts of it? I do not think so."
-Hugh V. McLachlan, ''Glasgow Caledonian University''.<ref name=mclachlan>McLachlan, H.V. (1997). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1377347/ Bodies, Rights, and Abortions]. Journal of Medical Ethics. Vol. 23. p. 176.</ref>}}
As McLachlan continues to point out, this emphasis on rights neglects the other side of the coin, responsibilities or duties. He gives on pg. 177 the example of an insurance policy, and how using one's body to commit suicide can invalidate such a contract.<ref name=mclachlan /> Logically, creating another human life should likewise bring responsibility for actions toward that life - how is the decision to create another human life of lesser importance than the decision to sign an insurance contract? Why should one be able to kill a separate person to void the sexual decision to bring about another life, yet not be able to kill oneself without voiding an insurance contract? {{cquote|"Certainly a woman has a right to control her own body, but the unborn entity, though for a time living inside her body, is not part of her body. Hence, abortion is not justified, since no one's right to personal autonomy is so strong that it permits the arbitrary execution of others."
-Francis J. Beckwith, ''Christian Research Journal''.<ref>Beckwith, F.J. (1991). [https://christiananswers.net/q-sum/q-life009.html Doesn't a woman have the right to control her own body?] ''Christian Research Journal''. At ''ChristianAnswers.net''.</ref>}}Ultimately, the real question is whether the fetus in question is another human being to be accorded unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness under the Declaration of Independence, for if so, no right to one's body should give power to infringe on its unalienable right to life. Your right to your body does not include the right, in other words, to kill others using that body to avoid the responsibilities and consequences of a sexual decision to create another life. That is what in the real world is called "murder" and it is reprehensible. Therefore, the real question is at what point a fetus becomes a human being.

===Right to Privacy===
To get abortion legalized, the Pro-Choice movement had to argue that women should have a "right to privacy".<ref>Levin, M.R. (2005, March 14). [http://old.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200503140754.asp Death by Privacy]. ''The National Review''.</ref> However, logically, if the fetus is a human being and thus murder would be committed, privacy is no excuse for such murder. Logically, killing someone in the privacy of one's own home should no more be an excuse for murder than killing them in the privacy of one's body. Furthermore, as Judge Henry J. Friendly pointed out in the nation's first major abortion case, [[Hall v. Lefkowitz]], abortion is actually a complete violation of privacy when you look at it, requiring intervention in a woman's most private areas by a physician and variety of medical personnel.
{{cquote|A holding that the privacy of sexual intercourse is protected against governmental intrusion scarcely carries as a corollary that when this has resulted in conception, government may not forbid destruction of the fetus. The type of abortion the plaintiffs particularly wish to protect against governmental sanction is the antithesis of privacy. The woman consents to intervention in the uterus by a physician, with the usual retinue of assistants, nurses, and other paramedical personnel, indeed the condition calling for such intervention may very likely have been established by clinical tests... Yet, even if we were to take plaintiffs’ legal position that the legislature cannot constitutionally interfere with a woman’s right to do as she will with her own body so long as no harm is done to others, the argument does not support the conclusion plaintiffs would have us draw from it. For we cannot say the New York legislature lacked a rational basis for considering that abortion causes such harm. Even if we should put aside the interests of the father, negligible indeed in the many cases when he has abandoned the prospective mother but not in all, the legislature could permissibly consider the fetus itself to deserve protection.<ref name=friendly>Randolph, A. Raymond. [http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Randolph.pdf Before Roe v. Wade: Judge Friendly's Draft Abortion Opinion]. ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''. Vol. 29.</ref>}}
===Women Choose, Not Men===
The Pro-Choice movement likes to say men and fathers should have no say in the abortion debate, only women. However, as Thomas J. Lucente Jr. points out, this is similar to saying one can't criticize the President unless one is the President.

"The pro-abortion crowd will argue that because I am a man, I should not be allowed to have an opinion on abortion, unless, of course, I support the mass murder of 50 million babies in the last 39 years. That's akin to saying I can't criticize the president unless I have been the president." -Thomas J. Lucente Jr.<ref>[https://creationwiki.org/Abortion Abortion] at [[CreationWiki]]</ref>

As [[Alan Keyes]] has pointed out, the Pro-Choice movement essentially is arguing for the baby's rights to be dependent on the mother's desire for it, making women slave-owners, essentially - this is very different from the [[Declaration of Independence]] which says the Creator gives us our unalienable rights, rather than them being dependent upon other people.<ref>Jefferson, T. (1776, July 4). [http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm The Declaration of Independence]. Retrieved from ''USHistory.org''. Independence Hall Association.</ref> {{cquote|"Either you can subscribe to the American creed which says that God endowed us with our rights, or you can subscribe to the abortion creed which says that those rights are the consequences of our mother's will."
-Alan Keyes, speech at Southern Methodist University, Feb. 24, 1997.<ref>[http://www.abortiontv.com/Words/Slavery.htm Former Presidential candidate, Alan Keyes shares his views on the commonalities between abortion and slavery]. ''AbortionTV.com''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|"... abortion is to our time what slavery was to the 19th Century, and if anyone of conscience went anywhere in the 19th Century and did not confront the American people with the evil of slavery, then they were not doing what statesmanship required... Well, it's a part of her body utterly dependent on her body, not viable apart from her body. She has, therefore, absolute power over this being, and given that absolute power she has the absolute right to dispose of it according to her will. We don't recognize what that's saying? What that's saying is that power makes for right. Might makes for right. If I have you in my power, I may dispose of you and your life according to my will. And if that argument is now accepted, and we have embraced it as a fundamental principle of law, then we have rejected the right principle. For if our right, our most basic and conditional right, the right to life itself comes to us not from God but from our mother's choice, then there is no human right that transcends in its claim, human choice and human power. Abortion is the paradigm, the ultimate paradigm of despotism, tyranny, oppression, slavery, holocaust."
-Alan Keyes, speech in San Francisco, March 3, 2003.<ref>[http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/abortion_quotes.html Abortion Quotes]. ''NotableQuotes.com''.</ref>}} Ultimately, every American has a responsibility to stand up for the rights of other Americans when they are being murdered - regardless of gender. And to say a mother should be able to murder her children whenever she feels like it, apart from the father's opinions, is simply wrong.

== When Does Life Begin? ==

''See also:'' [[When does life begin?]]

Logically, one ought to be erring on the side of caution when potentially infringing on another person's inalienable right to life, rather than seeing how close we can come to committing murder without doing so. Abortion in the U.S. is legal in all 9 months (36 weeks) of pregnancy.<ref name=ninemonths />
===Premature Birth===
Even though children can be born as early as 21 weeks after pregnancy<ref name=tooyoung /> the Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood's research arm, reports that 1.5% of the 1.21 million abortions in the United States occur after the 21st week of pregnancy.<ref name=induced /> Therefore, 18,150 abortions occur each year after the earliest point that children can be born prematurely and live. An additional 3.8% occur 16–20 weeks after pregnancy, an additional 45,980 abortions each year that is most certainly murder given proximity to time of premature birth.<ref name=induced /> Why is a baby considered human outside the womb, yet nothing more than a fetus to be aborted at or near the same point in pregnancy if still inside the womb? And what will abortionists argue? That this is "only" 50-60 thousand innocent lives being taken each year?

===Fetal Development===
{{cquote|"Modern biology instructs that the genetic code that will dictate the entire future of the fetus is formed as early as the ___ day after conception; the fetus is thus something more than inert matter. The rules of property and of tort have come increasingly to recognize its rights."
-Judge Henry Friendly, [[Hall v. Lefkowitz]].<ref name=friendly>Randolph, A. Raymond. "[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Randolph.pdf Before Roe v. Wade: Judge Friendly's Draft Abortion Opinion]." ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''. Vol. 29.</ref>}}
According to Brian Clowes, Ph.D.,<ref name=clowes /> as cited by the Pro-Life Action League,<ref>(2009). [http://www.whyprolife.com/life-in-the-womb/ Sharing the Pro-Life Message]. "Life in the Womb." Pro-Life Action League. Chicago.</ref> fetal development occurs as follows after conception:
* 2 weeks: First completed brain cells appear.
* 3 weeks: Heart begins beating, eyes form; brain, spinal column, and nervous system virtually complete.
* 4 weeks: Muscle development, arm and leg buds visible, neocortical cells appear, blood flows in baby's veins separate from mother's blood.
* 5 weeks: Pituitary gland forms, mouth, ears, and nose take shape.
* 6 weeks: Brain waves can be detected.
* 7 weeks: Cartilage skeleton completely formed, umbilical cord complete, brain coordinates voluntary muscle movement and involuntary organ movement, lips sensitive to touch.
* 8 weeks: Based on nervous system development, a fetus can likely feel pain, teeth present, all organs present save lungs, taste buds and fingerprints forming, responds to tapping on amniotic sac.
* 9 weeks: Fingernails form, can bend its fingers around an object and suck its thumb.
* 10 weeks: All parts of body sensitive to touch; can swallow, squint, frown, and pucker brow.
* 11 weeks: Breathing amniotic fluid and does so until birth, urination, all facial expressions (including smiling) possible, taste buds complete.
* 12 weeks: Can kick, turn over, make a fist, hiccup, cry, open its mouth, press its lips together, and practice breathing.
* 13 weeks: All senses are present, including vocal chords.
* 20 weeks: Can be surprised by loud external noises.
* 23 weeks: A fetus demonstrates REM (Rapid Eye Movement).
* 4 months: Can grasp, swim, and turn somersaults.
* 6 months: Hair growth on head and eyebrows, eyelashes form.
* 7 months: A fetus' hands can support its entire weight.
* 8 months: Fetus weighs more than 4 lbs., all body systems present.
* 9 months: After this point, the fetus gains a half lb. each week and 41 of the 45 total generations of cell replication have already taken place.

Given this, it is small wonder that 76% of Americans in 2011 disapprove of abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
 (''See [[Abortion#2nd Trimester|Public Polling]]'')

Objectively and logically speaking, based on a large amount of evidence, abortion is a form of murder.<ref>Taylor, Paul F (May 2, 2014). [https://answersingenesis.org/sanctity-of-life/abortion/is-it-really-a-matter-of-life-and-death/ Chapter 12: Abortion: Is It Really a Matter of Life and Death?]. ''Answers in Genesis'' (from ''The New Answers Book 3''). Retrieved January 22, 2017.</ref> as well as child sacrifice.<ref>Ham, Ken (October 26, 2015). [https://answersingenesis.org/sanctity-of-life/abortion/abortion-and-child-sacrifice/ Abortion and Child Sacrifice]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved January 22, 2017.</ref>

==Health Concerns==

''See also:'' [[Abortion health risks]]

===Mental Health Risks From Abortion===
A comprehensive review of literature, published in the ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' suggests that "there is a significant increase in mental health problems after abortion."<ref name="BJP">{{cite web|url = http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/A11.full#sec-3|title =Abortion, mental health and dental disease|publisher = British Journal of Psychiatry|quote=A comprehensive review of the literature suggests that there is a significant increase in mental health problems after abortion. Coleman (pp. 180–186) suggests that these risks need to be reflected in the delivery of abortion services, and raises the thorny issue that 90% of UK abortions are justified on the presumption that abortion actually reduces the risk to mental health associated with continuing the pregnancy. There is an increasing awareness of increased comorbid physical illness in patients with severe mental illness. Kisely and colleagues (pp. 187–193) found that the levels of advanced dental disease were increased threefold in patients with severe mental illness. The authors suggest that there needs to be improved recognition of this problem – reflected in a more proactive approach to dental hygiene in these patients.|accessdate = 1 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="DavenportMD">{{cite web|url = https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/major_study_links_suicide_and_other_mental_health_problems_to_abortion.html|title =Major Study Links Suicide and Other Mental Health Problems to Abortion|publisher = [[American Thinker]]|quote=An important meta-analysis published today in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry demonstrates that nearly 10% of mental health problems in women are directly attributable to abortion. "Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009," by Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green University, shows that women with an abortion history have an 81% increased risk of mental health problems and 155% increased risk of suicide. This meta-analysis combines 22 studies of 877,181 women, 163, 831 of whom have had abortions. A meta-analysis is an especially powerful type of study because it includes a large number of subjects, and by combining studies is much more reliable than a single study.|author=Mary L. Davenport, MD|accessdate = 1 September 2011}}</ref>

===Abortion and Breast Cancer ===
The vast majority of scientific studies have shown that abortion causes an increase in breast cancer, including 16 out of 17 statistically significant studies.<ref name=trumped>Malek, K. (2003). [http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec.pdf The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: How Politics Trumped Science and Informed Consent]. ''Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons'', 8(2), 41-45.</ref> "A new study coming from researchers in [[Sri Lanka]] finds women who had abortions ... [had a] 3.42 [increased risk] ... compared with those who kept their baby. ... The Sri Lankan study is the fourth epidemiological study in fourteen months to report an abortion-breast cancer link, including studies from the U.S., China and Turkey."<ref>Ertelt, S. (2010, June 22). [https://www.lifenews.com/nat6451.html Study Confirms Abortion Triples Breast Cancer Risk Among Sri Lanka Women]. ''LifeNews.com''.</ref> LifeNews also reported in 2009 that a [[National Cancer Institute]] researcher admitted there was a link between abortion and breast cancer.<ref>Ertelt, S. (2009, January 1). [https://www.lifenews.com/nat5850.html National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion-Breast Cancer Link True]. ''LifeNews.com''.</ref> Studies showing that abortion increases breast cancer predate the political controversy.<ref>(2002). [http://www.bcpinstitute.org/brochure.htm Breast Cancer Prevention Institute Online Brochure]. ''Breast Cancer Prevention Institute''.</ref> A study at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published in 2009 confirmed a 40% increase in the risk of breast cancer from abortion.<ref>Byrne, D. (2010, January 11). [http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/dennis-byrne-barbershop/2010/01/breast-cancer-oral-contraceptives-abortion-and-lies.html Breast cancer, oral contraceptives, abortion and lies (?)] ''ChicagoNow''.</ref><ref>It is undisputed that childbirth protects against breast cancer, and thus early termination of pregnancy must increase the risk of cancer for the mother compared to carrying that same pregnancy to birth.</ref> Yet the abortion industry conceals this increased risk, just as the tobacco industry concealed its cancer risk for decades.<ref>Addison, T.E., M.D. (1998, July). [http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Tobacco-ChronologyJul98.htm A Chronology of Tobacco in the Civilized World], ''San Francisco Medicine''.</ref>
[[Image:Abortion Hurts Women.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Walk for Life rally]]
A new study on breast cancer in Turkey published in April 2009 in the peer-reviewed World Journal of Surgical Oncology found, through a surveying process, that induced abortion was a statistically significant cause of breast cancer risk. The study concludes, “Our findings suggest that age and induced abortion were found to be significantly associated with increased breast cancer risk….”<ref>Ozman, V. et al. (2009, April 8). [http://wjso.com/content/7/1/37 Breast cancer risk factors in Turkish women – a University Hospital based nested case control study]. ''World Journal of Surgical Oncology'', 7(37). doi:10.1186/1477-7819-7-37</ref>

Specifically, the study found that Turkish women who received one or more induced abortions had a 66% higher risk of breast cancer than women who never had an abortion.<ref>Baklinski, T.M. (2009, July 29). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jul/09072903.html Study: Breast Cancer Risk 66% Higher in Turkish Women with Abortions]. ''LifeSiteNews.com''.</ref><ref>Malek, K. (2009, July 28). [http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_releases/090728/index.htm Study: Turkish Women with Abortions Have Statistically Significant 66% Increase in Breast Cancer Risk / Researchers Likely Underestimated the Risk, Reports Scientist]. ''Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer''.</ref>

Dr. Janet Daling, who considers herself supportive of a right to perform abortions, brought the abortion-breast cancer link into the mainstream with her federally funded research on the topic. Her report, released in 1994, found a 50% increase in breast cancer risk due to induced abortion.<ref>Janet R. Daling et al., "Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Women: Relationship to Induced Abortion," 86 Journal of the National Cancer Institute; (1994);1584</ref><ref>(2001, March 28). [http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/032801.htm Women's Organization Accuses MAMM of Misleading Public About Abortion-Breast Cancer Link]. ''Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer''.</ref> She said, "I have three sisters with breast cancer and I resent people messing with the scientific data to further their own agenda, be they pro-choice or pro-life. I would have loved to have found no association between breast cancer and abortion, but our research is rock solid and our data is accurate."<ref>L.A. Daily News, Sept. 1997.</ref> Similarly, an early study published in Japan in 1957 showed that women who have abortions have a much higher risk of breast cancer than those who decide to keep their baby.<ref>Segi M, et al. An epidemiological study on cancer in Japan. GANN. 1957; 48:1-63.</ref>

In a peer-reviewed medical journal, Karen Malec observed that:<ref name=trumped />

:Thirty-eight epidemiological studies exploring an independent link [between abortion and] breast cancer have been published. Twenty-nine report risk elevations. Thirteen out of 15 American studies found risk elevations. Seventeen studies are statistically significant, 16 of which report increased risk.

Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S., a specialist in breast cancer and a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has explained the physiology and epidemiology of the abortion-breast cancer link. She made the following observation:<ref>Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S, "The breast physiology and the epidemiology of the abortion breast cancer link," 12 Imago Hominis, No. 3, 228 (2005) (emphasis added).</ref>

:This past August in Minneapolis, Patrick Carroll, director of the Pension and Population Research Institute of London, presented a paper to the largest gathering of statisticians in North America. '''He showed that abortion was the best predictor of breast cancer in Britain.''' Breast cancer is the only cancer in Britain that has the highest incidence and mortality rate among the upper rather than lower social classes. Abortion before a full-term pregnancy and late pregnancy were the best explanations for this incidence. He also found that there had been a 70% increase risk of breast cancer between 1971 and 2002 and that for women between 50 and 54 years of age incidence was highly correlated with abortion.

Demographic evidence of abortion causing breast cancer includes the following. Breast cancer rates are far lower in Western countries that prohibit abortion than in those that promote it. Ireland, which historically banned abortion, reportedly has a lifetime rate of breast cancer of only 1 in 13, nearly half the rate of 1 in 7.5 in the United States.<ref>"Probability of breast cancer in American Women," National Cancer Institute (Apr. 15, 2005); K. O'Flaherty, R. Oakley, "Self-checks 'useless' in breast cancer fight," Sunday Tribune (Ireland), at 8 (Oct. 6, 2002).</ref> The rate of breast cancer increases steadily as one travels from Ireland, where abortion is illegal, to Northern Ireland, where abortion is legal but rare, to England, where abortion is common.<ref>R. O'Reilly, "New weapon in war against breast cancer," The Press Association Limited (Dec. 17, 1998); "Portugal-abortion referendum," Associated Press Worldstream (June 27, 1998).</ref>

In Romania, abortion was illegal under two decades of rule by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the country enjoyed one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the entire world during that time, far lower than comparable Western countries. Romania's breast cancer rate was an astounding one-sixth the rate of the United States.<ref>A. Khan, "The role of fat in breast cancer," The Independent (May 18, 1998).</ref> But after the execution of Ceausescu on Christmas Day, 1989, Romania has taken the opposite approach, embracing abortion to the point that Romania now has one of the highest abortion rates in the world.<ref>N. Abdullaev, "Russians are quickest to marry and divorce," Moscow Times (Dec 8, 2004).</ref> One Romanian observer decried, "The liberalization of abortions in Romania in 1990, the significant increase of the number of abortions at relatively short intervals, determined a rise in the incidence of breast and uterine cervix cancer in my country."<ref>Information packet, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) World Conference on Breast Cancer (July 1997).</ref>

Studies on rats, which are an accepted method for identifying causes of cancer in humans, further confirm that abortion does indeed increase the risk of breast cancer. As Dr. [[Joel Brind]] observed, "Researchers also widely admit to the biological plausibility of abortion as an independent cause of breast cancer, through the estrogen-mediated stimulation of breast growth in the absence of differentiation. This was demonstrated experimentally in rats in the landmark experiments of Russo and Russo."<ref>[[Joel Brind]], "[http://www.jpands.org/vol10no4/brind.pdf Induced Abortion as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Critical Review of Recent Studies Based on Prospective Data]," J. of Am. Physicians & Surgeons 105 (Winter 2005) (citing Russo J, Russo IH. Susceptibility of the mammary gland to
carcinogenesis. 1980;100:497-512).</ref> Additional scientific information on the abortion-breast cancer link is available at [http://www.bcpinstitute.org BCPInstitute.org].

An expert (Dr. Lynn Rosenberg) hired to defend abortion felt compelled to admit, under cross-examination, that a woman increases her risk for breast cancer by having an abortion compared to carrying her pregnancy to childbirth:<ref>[http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/rosenberg's_testimony.htm Rosenberg's Testimony]. ''Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer''.</ref>

:Question by the attorney: 'So in other words, a woman who finds herself pregnant at age 15 will have a higher breast cancer risk if she chooses to abort that pregnancy, than if she carries the pregnancy to term, [is that] correct?'

:Dr. Lynn Rosenberg: 'Probably, yes.'

:Question: 'Looking at that another way, let's compare two women. Let's say both got pregnant at age 15-- one terminates the pregnancy, but the other carries the pregnancy to term. And both women go on to get married and have two kids, say, at age 30 and age 35. Is the risk of breast cancer higher for the woman who had an abortion at age 15 or the woman who had a baby at age 15, all other things being equal?'

:Dr. Lynn Rosenberg: 'It's probably higher for the one who had an abortion at age 15.'

Despite the overwhelming evidence—and inescapable logic—for abortion increasing breast cancer, promoters of abortion cite flawed articles in an attempt to deny the link. The flaws in these articles are exposed in the [[Harvard abortion study]] and "Legal Implications of a Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer" by Andrew Schlafly in the ''Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons''.<ref>Schafly, A. (2005, Spring). [http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/aschlafly.pdf Legal Implications of a Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer]. ''Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons'', 10(1), 10-14.</ref>

As Dr. Lanfranchi has explained:<ref>Lanfranchi, A. (2008, Spring). [http://www.jpands.org/vol13no1/lanfranchi.pdf The Federal Government and Academic Texts as Barriers to Informed Consent]. ''Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons'', 13(1), 12-15.</ref>

:Well-documented breast physiology accounts for the fact that oral contraceptives and abortion are risk factors for breast cancer. There is an effort to suppress this information by federal agencies and those in academic medicine. Without this information, women cannot make a fully informed choice about their method of fertility control or about whether to maintain an unplanned pregnancy. Medical ethics demands that they be informed.

Pro-choice should include ''informed'' choice.<ref>The Archdiocese of St. Louis, for example, remarked about abortions and increased risk for breast cancer: "To dismiss that link is irresponsible." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5620863.html (Link no longer works)</ref> Yet efforts continue to suppress awareness that abortion increases breast cancer. Pro-life scientists were almost entirely barred from the National Cancer Institute's "study" of the link, and its resulting statements were fatally flawed as explained in [[National Cancer Institute on Abortion]].

Just as organizations denied or failed to disclose the connection between smoking and lung cancer, many organizations aligned with [[liberal]] politicians deny the correlation between abortion and breast cancer despite numerous studies published in peer-reviewed journals indicating a likely connection.

[[File:Smelliesdoublecrochet.jpg|right|thumb|250px| The Smellie's double crochet abortion tool was used to grab and forcibly remove the fetus from the womb.]]

===Abortion Causes Future Harm with Premature Births===

"At least 49 studies have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in premature births (PB) or low birth weight (LBW) risk in women with prior induced abortions (IAs)."<ref>Brent Rooney and Byron C. Calhoun, "Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Births," 8 J. Am. Physicians & Surgeons 46 (Summer 2003). [http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf]</ref> Premature birth tragically causes brain damage, and an array of other severe, lifelong injuries ranging from Cerebral Palsy to blindness, or even death, and few mothers would knowingly increase the risk of that happening. "There are at least seventeen (17) studies that have found that previous induced abortions increase preterm birth risk” and thereby increase debilitating Cerebral Palsy in children."<ref>Brent Rooney, Letter, 96 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 239 (2001) (citations omitted).</ref>

In 2008, the generally pro-abortion British medical journal, ''The Lancet'', admitted that a procedure often used in abortion increases the risk of premature birth:<ref name=lancet>Dr, Jay D. Iams, Dr. Robert Romero, Jennifer F. Culhane (PhD), Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg. [http://www.v2020la.org/pub/PUBLICATIONS_BY_TOPICS/ROP/Primary,_secondary,_and_tertiary_interventions.....pdf] Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality of preterm birth. Lancet 2008;371:164-175. While the text of this article conceals the connection with abortion, it cites as support for its claims two studies showing how abortion increases the risk of premature birth: the 2004 'Ancel' study of ten European countries and the 2005 'Moreau' study that used French subjects. Ancel P-Y, Lelong N, Papiernik E, Saurel-Cubizoilles M-J, Kaminski M. [http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/3/734.full History of induced abortion as a risk factor for preterm birth in European countries: results of the EUROPOP survey]. Human Reproduction. 2004;112:734-740. Moreau C, Kaminski M, Ancel PY et al. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15777440 Previous I induced abortions and the risk of very preterm delivery; Results of the EPIPAGE study]. British J Obstetrics Gynaecology 2005; 112:430-437.</ref>

:"For example, greater public and professional awareness of evidence that repeated uterine instrumentation--eg, uterine curettage or endometrial biopsy--is associated with increased risk of subsequent preterm birth might over time influence decision-making about the procedure."

Researchers Rooney and Calhoun observed:<ref name=lancet />

:Large studies have reported a doubling of [early premature birth] EPB risk from two prior IAs. Women who had four or more IAs experienced, on average, nine times the risk of [extremely early premature births] XPB, an increase of 800 percent. These results suggest that women contemplating IA should be informed of this potential risk to subsequent pregnancies, and that physicians should be aware of the potential liability and possible need for intensified prenatal care.

Demographic evidence of how abortion increases premature birth includes the following:

:* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): "[T]he abortion rate for black women has been approximately '''three times''' as high as that for white women (range: 2.6--3.1) since 1991"<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5407a1.htm (emphasis added)</ref>
:* ''Science Daily'''s report on a study by the Washington University School of Medicine: "African-American women are '''three times''' more likely to deliver babies three to 17 weeks prematurely than Caucasian women"<ref>Washington University School of Medicine (2007, February 12). [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070209074144.htm African-American Mothers]. (emphasis added)</ref>

In 2002 an article entitled "Preterm Birth: A Continuing Challenge" noted that premature births are abnormally high in the United States, citing a study that observed that a previous abortion is a "risk factor for both infertility and preterm birth."<ref>Moore, M.L. (2002, Fall). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595132/ Preterm Birth: A Continuing Challenge]. ''The Journal of Perinatal Education'', 11(4), 37-40. doi: 10.1624/105812402X88948</ref>

The rate of premature birth is elevated by the same amount as the abortion rate, as expected if abortion increases the risk of premature birth.

===Other Health Risks from Abortion===

The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled in 2007 that:<ref>''Gonzales v. Carhart'', 127 S. Ct. 1610, 1634 (2007).</ref> {{cquote|"While we find no reliable data to measure the phenomenon, it seems unexceptionable to conclude some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained. See Brief for Sandra Cano ''et al.'' as Amici Curiae in No. 05-380, pp 22-24. Severe depression and loss of esteem can follow."}} A study published in the Southern Medical Journal observed that there are higher death rates associated with women who have abortion, and that these higher death rates persist over time and across socioeconomic boundaries.<ref>D.C. Reardon, P.G. Ney, F.J. Scheuren, J.R. Cougle, P.K. Coleman, T. Strahan, "Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome: a record linkage study of low income women," 95 Southern Medical Journal 8, at 834-41 (August 2002).</ref>

In [[England]], the "Royal College of Psychiatrists says women should not be allowed to have an abortion until they are counseled on the possible risk to their mental health." The Medical Royal College warned that women who have abortions may be at risk of mental health problems.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3559486.ece (Link no longer works)</ref> A New Zealand study found that abortion in young women may be associated with increased risks of mental health problems.<ref>Fergusson, D.M., et. al. (2006, January). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16405636 Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health]. ''The Journal of Child Psychology andPsychiatry'', 47(1), 16-24. PMID 16405636.</ref> The researcher in this study, who was not pro-life, was shaken by the study and had to go to four journals before he could find one that would publish it.<ref name=gilson>Gilson, T. (2006, February 24). [https://www.thinkingchristian.net/C1148465919/E20060224082323/index.html Abortion and Mental Health]. ''Thinking Christian''.</ref>

The study concludes with the following statement:
{{cquote|These findings are inconsistent with the current consensus on the psychological effects of abortion. In particular, in its 2005 statement on abortion, the American Psychological Association concluded that “well-designed studies of psychological responses following abortion have consistently shown that risk of psychological harm is low...the percentage of women who experience clinically relevant distress is small and appears to be no greater than in general samples of women of reproductive age” (American Psychological Association, 2005). This relatively strong conclusion about the absence of harm from abortion was based on a relatively small number of studies that had one or more of the following limitations: a) absence of comprehensive assessment of mental disorders; b) lack of comparison groups; and c) limited statistical controls. Furthermore, the statement appears to disregard the findings of a number of studies that had claimed to show negative effects for abortion (Cougle et al., 2003; Gissler et al., 1996; Reardon & Cougle, 2002).<ref name=gilson />}}

Professor David Fergusson, lead author of the New Zealand study stated:
{{cquote|It borders on scandalous that one of the most common surgical procedures performed on young women is so poorly researched and evaluated. If this were Prozac or Vioxx, reports of associated harm would be taken much more seriously with more careful research and monitoring procedures." <ref>Throckmorton, W. (2006, January 20). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jan/20/20060120-091648-6456r/?page=all#pagebreak Abortion and Mental Health]. ''The Washington Times''.</ref>}}

Another study published in the OB/GYN Survey detailed long-term physical and psychological health consequences of induced abortions.<ref>J.M. Thorp, Jr., K.E. Hartmann, and E.M. Shadigian, "[content.silaspartners.com/156/41045/156_41045_shadigian.1.pdf Long-Term Physical & Psychological Health Consequences of Induced Abortion: Review of the Evidence]," 58 OB/GYN Survey 1, at 67-79 (2003)</ref>

Suicide rates among women who had abortions are six times higher than women who gave birth in the prior year. Overall, deaths from suicide, homicide and accidents were 248% higher after an abortion, as found by a 13-year study in Finland of its entire population.<ref>http://www.abortionrecoverycounseling.com/Page8.html (Link no longer works)</ref>

In the United States, only one state (Missouri) requires that the abortionist have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion.<ref>Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.080 prohibits abortion by a physician "who does not have clinical privileges at a hospital which offers obstetrical or gynecological care located within thirty miles of the location at which the abortion is performed or induced."</ref> In the other 49 states, an abortion patient can and often is left without prompt medical care by the treating physician.

One of the largest abortion providers in the United States, the Metropolitan Medical Associates of New Jersey, was shut down in 2007 by state health officials after one of its botched abortions left a 20-year-old woman in a coma for more than four weeks. She "became severely ill following the abortion and was transferred to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where she needed blood transfusions and had her uterus removed. She also suffered a stroke due to the serious blood loss and had one of her lungs collapse." The State of New Jersey had shut down the same facility in 1993.<ref>Ertelt, S. (2007, March 1). [https://www.lifenews.com/state2137.html Woman Comatose for a Month After Botched Abortion Caused Center’s Closing]. ''LifeNews.com''.</ref>

== Communist China and the consumption of powdered baby flesh from abortions ==

''See also:'' *[[Atheists eat babies meme#Atheistic China and baby eating|Communist China and the consumption of powdered baby flesh]] and [[Atheism, Chinese doctors and baby eating]]

[[File:China on globe.png|right|thumb|250px|In 2014, ''The Washington Times'' reported: "China’s one child policy, baby trafficking, and sex trafficking of [[North Korean]] women aren’t the worst human rights violation happening in the country. Aborting innocent and healthy unborn children and eating them to boost one’s stamina and sexual health is.<ref name="washingtontimes.com">[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/chinese-cannibalism-infant-flesh-outrages-world/ Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world], ''Washington Times'', 2014</ref>]]
In 2014, ''The Washington Times'' reported:
{{Cquote|China’s one child policy, baby trafficking, and sex trafficking of North Korean women aren’t the worst human rights violation happening in the country. Aborting innocent and healthy unborn children and eating them to boost one’s stamina and sexual health is.

South Korean customs officials recently seized thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh arriving from China. Since August 2011, South Korean officials have intercepted more than 17000 pills smuggled from China.

South Korean officials became aware of the horrific practice of eating aborted fetuses after Seoul Broadcasting System showed a documentary on Chinese doctors who performed abortions and then ate the fetuses. One Chinese doctor in the documentary took out fetuses from his refrigerator.<ref name="washingtontimes.com">[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/chinese-cannibalism-infant-flesh-outrages-world/ Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world], ''Washington Times'', 2014</ref>}}

For additional information, please see:

*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140702/South-Korea-customs-officials-thousands-pills-filled-powdered-human-baby-flesh.html Thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh discovered by customs officials in South Korea], ''The Daily Mail'', 2012

*[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/horrifyingly-ground-baby-pills-are-real-thing/328490/ Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing] by Alexander Abad-Santos, ''The Atlantic'', May 7, 2012

*[https://abcnews.go.com/Health/chinese-made-infant-flesh-capsules-seized-korea/story?id=16296176 Chinese-Made Infant Flesh Capsules Seized in S. Korea], ''ABC News'', 2012

==History==
[[Image:115523-004-FA619CA3.jpg|thumb|right|250px| The perverse and cruel [[atheism|atheist]] [[Marquis de Sade]] advocated induced abortion.<ref>https://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>]]
''Please also see:'' [[History of abortion]] and [[Legal cases about abortion]]

Abortion was an extremely harsh '''''punishment''''' in the [[Old Testament]], imposed against those who have "rebelled against" God:

:"Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb." (Hosea 9:16)

:"Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up." (Hosea 13:16)

:"Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up." (2 Kings 15:16)

The father of [[medicine]], [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his ethical [[Oath]] long before [[Christianity]].

The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' article declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] [[Marquis de Sade]]:
{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern times. It is suggested that it was largely due to de Sade's writing that induced abortion received the impetus which resulted in its subsequent spread in Western society.<ref>Farr, A.D. (1980). [https://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract The Marquis de Sade and induced abortion]. ''Journal of Medical Ethics'', 6, 7-10. doi:10.1136/jme.6.1.7</ref>}}

[[Population control]] is based on [[pseudoscience]] and ill founded [[economics|economic]] assumptions.<ref>Egnor, M. (2010, November 30). [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/11/pz_myers_on_abortion040971.html P.Z. Myers on Abortion]. ''Evolution News and Views''.</ref>

=== Adolf Hitler and Abortion ===
''For more information see:'' [[Abortion and Adolf Hitler]]
[[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg|thumb|290px|right|[[Adolf Hitler]]]]‎In 1942 [[Adolf Hitler]] declared:
{{cquote|In view of the large families of the Slav native population, it could only suit us if girls and women there had as many abortions as possible. We are not interested in seeing the non-[[German]] population multiply…We must use every means to instill in the population the idea that it is harmful to have several children, the expenses that they cause and the dangerous effect on women's health… It will be necessary to open special institutions for abortions and doctors must be able to help out there in case there is any question of this being a breach of their professional ethics.<ref>Hoffman, M.C. (2007, September 7). [Israeli Doctor Exposes Nazi Abortion Program https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html]. ''LifeSiteNews.com''.</ref>}}

After [[World War II]], the War Crimes Tribunal indicted ten [[Nazi]] leaders for "encouraging and compelling abortion," which the tribunal considered a "crime against humanity."<ref>Wilke, J.C., Dr., et. al. (2006). [https://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_25.asp#But%20didn%E2%80%99t%20Hitler%20oppose%20abortion? Why Can't We Love Them Both: Chapter 25, Euthanasia]. ''AbortionFacts.com''.</ref>
===Hall v. Lefkowitz===
[[Hall v. Lefkowitz]] was a court case on November 4, 1969<ref>"[https://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=19691335305FSupp1030_11150.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 Hall v. Lefkowitz]." 305 F.Supp. 1030 (1969). www.Leagle.com.</ref> during which Roy Lucas, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and his self-founded James Madison Constitutional Law Institute, sued to challenge New York's abortion laws. A three-judge court presided which included famous judge Henry Friendly. Friendly wrote a draft opinion in the spring of 1970 declaring government had the right to regulate abortion and protect a fetus, contrary to the later [[Roe v. Wade]] ruling. However, shortly thereafter the New York legislature amended state abortion law to allow abortion within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, and Hall's case was dismissed as unnecessary.<ref name=friendly>Randolph, A. Raymond. "[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Randolph.pdf Before Roe v. Wade: Judge Friendly's Draft Abortion Opinion]." ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''. Vol. 29.</ref> [[Hall v. Lefkowitz|Read some of Friendly's arguments]] made years before Roe v. Wade.

===NARAL's Lies About Back-Alley Abortions===
Bernard Nathanson, one of NARAL's co-founders, described how he and the organization fabricated abortion statistics and used slogans to sway the public during the early days of Roe v. Wade.
{{cquote|I remember laughing when we made those slogans up. We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these slogans today are very, very cynical. We persuaded the media that the cause of permissive abortion was a liberal, enlightened, sophisticated one. Knowing that if a true poll were taken, we would be soundly defeated, we simply fabricated the results of fictional polls. We announced to the media that we had taken polls and that 60 percent of Americans were in favor of permissive abortion. We aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions done annually in the U.S. The actual figure was approaching 100,000, but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000. Repeating the big lie often enough convinces the public. The number of women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The figure we constantly fed to the media was 10,000. These false figures took root in the consciousness of Americans, convincing many that we needed to crack the abortion law. Another myth we fed to the public through the media was that legalizing abortion would only mean that the abortions taking place illegally would then be done legally. In fact, of course, abortion is now being used as a primary method of birth control in the U.S. and the annual number of abortions has increased by 1,500 percent since legalization.<ref name=nathanson />}}

=== Roe v. Wade ===
Prior to 1973, abortion was illegal in most of the United States, though a few states (such as Hawaii and New York) allowed it with restrictions.<ref>''A Timeline of Reproductive Rights'' [http://ecampus.bentley.edu/org/wc/reproductiverights.html The Women's Center]</ref> The U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 [[Roe v. Wade]]<ref>Online text of [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=410&page=113 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)]</ref> decision ruled that abortions are lawful under the [[U.S. Constitution]] up to the point at which the fetus becomes able to survive outside the womb, and an accompanying decision issued the same day captioned [[Doe v. Bolton]] essentially legalized abortion in the unlimited discretion of the abortionist at any time during pregnancy, up to and including birth. Conservatives immediately criticized these decisions as examples of [[Judicial Activism]]. Ironically, Norma McCorvey, also known as "Jane Roe," only sought an abortion for herself. She did not wish for her personal battle to result in a nationwide "legalization" of the procedure. The only reason the case bore her name was because of her pro-abortion [[feminist]] lawyer, Sarah Weddington, who sought to have Texas' abortion ban overturned.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2017/02/18/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-of-roe-v-wade-passes-away-she-never-had-an-abortion-and-became-pro-life/</ref> Even more importantly, Roe became pro-life and sought to have the Supreme Court's decision overturned.

===Present Day ===
In 2008, worldwide there were approximately 115,000 abortions done per day.<ref name=abortionno>[https://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html Abortion Facts]. ''The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform].</ref> In 2008, approximately 83% of all abortions were performed in developing countries and 17% occurred in developed countries.<ref name=abortionno /> From 2006 to 2015, the number of abortions in the U.S. fell 24% to 638,169, still a very large number.<ref>Multiple references:
*Freiburger, Calvin (November 21, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-abortions-drop-to-record-low-since-roe-v.-wade-cdc-reports US abortion rate drops to record low since Roe v. Wade, CDC reports]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (November 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/417876-number-of-abortions-in-us-drops-24-percent-from-2006 Number of abortions in US declines to lowest level since 2006]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
*Leonard, Kimberly (November 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/us-abortions-hit-record-post-roe-v-wade-low US abortions hit record post-Roe v. Wade low]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 21, 2018.</ref>

States may regulate abortion, such as requiring a 24-hour waiting period and parental consent for minors. Abortion clinics often fail to comply with the health standards of surgical facilities, and States can require compliance (but often do not, resulting in discomfort and harm to the victims of abortion). Many abortionists lack hospital admitting privileges at nearby facilities, so women having complications must go on their own to emergency rooms to see physicians unfamiliar with what actually happened. For any other operation, the cost of treating complications is included in the cost of the operation, but for abortions, the abortion clinics take their money and typically do not pay for the care of complications.

The more pro-abortion the State regulations are, the larger the number of abortion clinics it will have. [[Arizona]], though a pro-life State, has a regulatory system that results in twelve abortion clinics operating within its borders. In contrast, [[Mississippi]] has only one abortion clinic, and [[Missouri]] has only two.

====Abortion and Eugenics====
{{See also|Abortion and eugenics}}
Abortion and eugenics are often very strongly related. Abortion is commonly used to kill those babies who happen to suffer from [[Down Syndrome]]<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521836</ref><ref>Bilger, Micaiah (February 7, 2017). [https://www.lifenews.com/2017/02/07/european-nations-are-using-abortion-to-create-a-down-syndrome-free-world/ European Nations are Using Abortion to Create a “Down Syndrome Free” World]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref><ref>Gee, Alison (September 29, 2017). [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37500189 A world without Down's syndrome?] ''BBC News''. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref> and other physical and mental issues, to remove said physical and mental issues from the human race. [[Eugenics]] is essentially the unethical removal of those with physical and mental issues to "purify" the human race.

[[Iceland]] has very pro-abortion policies and nearly 100% of babies with Down Syndrome are aborted.<ref>Multiple references:
*Quinones, Julian; Lajka, Arijeta (August 14, 2017). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/down-syndrome-iceland/ "What kind of society do you want to live in?": Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
*Williams, Thomas D. (August 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/15/iceland-approaches-100-percent-termination-rate-down-syndrome/ Iceland Approaches 100% ‘Termination Rate’ of Babies with Down Syndrome]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
*Desanctis, Alexandra (August 16, 2017). [https://www.nationalreview.com/article/450509/down-syndrome-iceland-cbs-news-disturbing-report Iceland Eliminates People with Down Syndrome]. ''National Review''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref> According to Dr. Peter McParland, an obstetrician from the National Maternity Hospital, and Anne Trainer:<ref>[http://liveactionnews.org/legal-abortion-leading-downs-syndrome-free-world/ Quote of the day: Legal abortion is leading us to a ‘Down’s syndrome-free world’]. ''Live Action News''. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref><ref>Trainer, Annie (February 4, 2017). [https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/the-eighth-amendment-protected-my-son-3217231-Feb2017/ 'Abortion is leading us to a 'Down's Syndrome-free' world. I can barely type the words']. ''thejournal.ie''. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref>

{{cquote|'In Britain, 90% of babies with Down’s Syndrome are aborted before birth. In Iceland, every single baby, 100% of all those diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome, are aborted. There hasn’t been a baby with Down’s Syndrome born in Iceland in the past five years.'

Denmark is following suit and is expected to be “Down’s Syndrome-free” by 2030 and these cold and chilling statistics show us exactly where legal abortion is leading the rest of Europe.}}

==Reasons Given For Abortions==

[[File:AbortionReasons.jpg‎|thumb|400px| Primary reasons women reported for undergoing abortions]]

''See also:'' [[Reasons given for abortion]]

The Alan Guttmacher Institute, which is not a [[conservative]] or [[pro-life]] organization, conducted a poll of more than 1,200 patients undergoing induced abortions at 11 large-scale [[abortion facilities]] in the United States. The women were asked to identify reasons for seeking abortions and identify the primary motivation. An additional 38 women at four sites were interviewed in-depth.<ref name="agiSurvey">[https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/psrh/full/3711005.pdf Lawrence Finer, et al., "Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives", ''Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health'', September 2005]</ref>

The poll omitted any reference to whether the women were able to see an ultrasound of their unborn children before choosing to have an abortion. For the vast majority of women who have abortions, the reason is a lack of knowledge about the unborn child as displayed by an ultrasound. Because a large part of their campaign funds are bankrolled by the abortion industry, liberals are frequent opponents to laws making available ultrasound treatment for patients not certain of the decision. Some physicians have been reported intimidating and pressuring patients to continue with an abortion after the patient has had a change of heart, either on the operating table or before surgery. One doctor, who was also employed as a spokesman for a prominent liberal pro-abortion think tank, reportedly forced a patient to undergo the procedure to fill a quota on insurance claims.

Among the reasons provided to the women as part of the poll, the two most common selections were "Having a baby would dramatically change my life" (74%) and "I can't afford a baby now" (73%).<ref name="agiSurvey"/> Concerns about their health were mentioned by only 13% of the women, while only 12% mentioned concerns about the baby's health, though only 3% and 4% respectively gave those as their primary reason for seeking an abortion.<ref name="agiSurvey"/>

Interestingly, only 14% indicated "[[husband]] or partner wants me to have an abortion" as a reason, down from 24% in a previous survey in 1987.<ref name="agiSurvey"/> This contrasts with research on women post-abortion, among whom 64% reported feeling pressured by others to abort, and may indicate pressure to abort comes not so much from husbands now as other relationships.<ref name="reardon">[http://www.theunchoice.com/pdf/FactSheets/ForcedAbortionFactSheet.pdf David Reardon, "Forced Abortion in America", April 2010]</ref>

What is often ignored in studies of why women submit to abortions is an ambivalence by some in early pregnancy. Such ambivalence typically resolves when the mother becomes more aware of her unborn child, as displayed by an [[ultrasound]].<ref>Lederman, ''Psychosocial Adaptation in Pregnancy'', 1984</ref><ref>"The Unwanted Pregnancy," ''Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology'', 1970, Cited in Gardner, ''Abortion: The Personal Dilemma'', 1972</ref><ref>Nichols and Humenick, ''Childbirth Education: Practice, Research, and Theory'', 1988</ref>

Less than one percent of all abortions are due to rape. Abortion does not liberate women. It liberates men from the responsibilities of raising children, as well as responsibility for their sexual behavior, including emotional and financial support. Here is a comparison. The founding feminists Susan B. Anthony and Liz Stanton were pro-life. The radical feminists (feminazis) believe that pregnant women are inferior to non-pregnant women. The biggest financial contributor to abortion rights is the Playboy Foundation, which is supportive of the philosophy of uncommitted, anonymous sex without consequences; women are reduced to the status of a consumer item which, if “broken” by pregnancy, can be “fixed” by abortion. A large majority of women who got an abortion said that they did so because they felt pressured by others. This is why before abortion became legal in the US, women who got an abortion did not receive jail time, but instead, were treated as a second victim while the abortionist gets punished. Instead of legalizing abortion in cases of rape, overturn the 1977 US Supreme Court case of [[Coker v. Georgia]], in which the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for rapists as a violation of the eighth amendment.

Disability does not do anything to take away happiness. Eugenics is a waste of lives and delays the research needed to treat disabilities. We need to help the disabled live independent lives. There eventually be a cure for them as technology advances. In July 2013, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester learned to shut down the extra chromosome that causes Down's syndrome.<ref>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/17/downs-syndrome-cells-fixed-chromosome-therapy</ref>

==Public Opinion==

''See also:'' [[Views on abortion]]

Public polling, as seen below (sourced from Gallup<ref name=gallupabortion/>), reveals that Americans are increasingly calling themselves Pro-Life (50%) and continue to say abortion should be legal only in a few circumstances (59%) such as rape (75%) and life of the mother (83%).
===Legal or Illegal===
According to Gallup's most recent poll (May 3–6, 2012), 20% of Americans believe abortion should always be illegal, and 39% believe it should be legal only in a few circumstances, a combined 59% believe it should always or usually be illegal. 25% believe abortion should always be legal, and 13% believe that it should be legal in most circumstances, a combined 38% believe it should always or usually be legal. 4% hold no opinion. The percentage of Americans who believe abortion should always or usually be illegal has varied from a low of 51% (Sept. 6–7, 1994, and Sept. 22–24, 1995) to a high of 62% (May 2–5, 2005). Gallup has polled the question 33 times since it began asking in 1994.<ref>''Gallup''. "[https://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx/ Abortion]." Do you think abortion should be legal in most circumstances or only in a few circumstances?</ref>
===Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice===
Currently, 50% of Americans describe themselves as Pro-Life, 41% describe themselves as Pro-Choice, and 4% as Mixed/Neither, as of the most recent poll (May 3–6, 2012). The percentage of Americans describing themselves as Pro-Life has varied from a low of 33% (Sept. 3–6, 1995) to a high of 51% (May 7–10, 2009). Gallup has polled the question 41 times since it began asking in 1995.<ref name=gallupabortion/>
===By Trimester===
Gallup has asked the following question four times from 2003 to 2011: "Thinking more generally, do you think abortion should generally be legal or generally illegal during each of the following stages of pregnancy? How about -- [RANDOM ORDER]?"<ref name=gallupabortion/>
====1st Trimester====
The following results were given for "In the first three months of pregnancy" (1st Trimester):
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! Polling Date
! Should be legal
! Should be illegal
! Depends (vol.)
! No opinion
|-
| 2011, June 9–12
|align="center"|62%
|align="center"|35%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|1%
|-
| 2003, January 10–12
|align="center"|66%
|align="center"|29%
|align="center"|3%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| 2000, March 30-April 2
|align="center"|65%
|align="center"|31%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| 1996, July 25–26
|align="center"|64%
|align="center"|30%
|align="center"|4%
|align="center"|2%
|-
|}

====2nd Trimester====
The following results were given for "In the second three months of pregnancy" (2nd Trimester):
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! Polling Date
! Should be legal
! Should be illegal
! Depends (vol.)
! No opinion
|-
| 2011, June 9–12
|align="center"|24%
|align="center"|71%
|align="center"|3%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| 2003, January 10–12
|align="center"|25%
|align="center"|68%
|align="center"|4%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| 2000, March 30-April 2
|align="center"|24%
|align="center"|69%
|align="center"|4%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| 1996, July 25–26
|align="center"|26%
|align="center"|65%
|align="center"|7%
|align="center"|2%
|-
|}
====3rd Trimester====
The following results were given for "In the last three months of pregnancy" (3rd Trimester):
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! Polling Date
! Should be legal
! Should be illegal
! Depends (vol.)
! No opinion
|-
| 2011, June 9–12
|align="center"|10%
|align="center"|86%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|1%
|-
| 2003, January 10–12
|align="center"|10%
|align="center"|84%
|align="center"|4%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| 2000, March 30-April 2
|align="center"|8%
|align="center"|86%
|align="center"|3%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| 1996, July 25–26
|align="center"|13%
|align="center"|82%
|align="center"|3%
|align="center"|2%
|-
|}
===By Circumstances===
According to the most recent Gallup poll (June 9–12, 2011), the following percentages of Americans say abortion should be legal under each circumstance:<ref name=gallupabortion/>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! Circumstance
! Should be legal
! Should be illegal
! Depends (vol.)
! No opinion
|-
| When the woman's life is endangered
|align="center"|83%
|align="center"|13%
|align="center"|1%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| When the woman's physical health is endangered
|align="center"|82%
|align="center"|15%
|align="center"|1%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| When the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest
|align="center"|75%
|align="center"|22%
|align="center"|1%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| When the woman's mental health is endangered
|align="center"|61%
|align="center"|35%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| When there is evidence the baby may be mentally impaired
|align="center"|51%
|align="center"|46%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| When there is evidence the baby may be physically impaired
|align="center"|50%
|align="center"|45%
|align="center"|2%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| When the woman or family cannot afford to raise the child
|align="center"|36%
|align="center"|61%
|align="center"|1%
|align="center"|2%
|-
|}
===Pro-Life Initiatives===
According to Gallup's most recent poll (July 15–17, 2011), these proposals by the Pro-Life movement have received the following public support levels. Those marked "(2005)" were polled most recently on November 11–13, 2005. Those marked "(2003)" were last polled on January 10–12, 2003.<ref name=gallupabortion/>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! Proposal
! Favor
! Oppose
! No opinion
|-
| (2003) A law requiring doctors to inform patients about alternatives to abortion before performing the procedure
|align="center"|88%
|align="center"|11%
|align="center"|1%
|-
| A law requiring doctors to inform patients about possible risks of abortion before performing the procedure
|align="center"|87%
|align="center"|11%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| A law requiring women under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion
|align="center"|71%
|align="center"|27%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| A law requiring women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having the procedure done
|align="center"|69%
|align="center"|28%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| A law making partial-birth abortions illegal except for life of the mother
|align="center"|64%
|align="center"|31%
|align="center"|5%
|-
| (2005) A law requiring that the husband of a married woman be notified if she decides to have an abortion
|align="center"|64%
|align="center"|34%
|align="center"|2%
|-
| A law requiring women seeking an abortion to be shown an ultrasound image of their fetus at least 24 hours before
|align="center"|50%
|align="center"|46%
|align="center"|3%
|-
| A law letting pharmacists and health providers opt out of medicine/surgical procedures resulting in abortion
|align="center"|46%
|align="center"|51%
|align="center"|4%
|-
| (2005) A constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all circumstances, except to save the life of the mother
|align="center"|37%
|align="center"|61%
|align="center"|2%
|-
|}

==Abortion Alternatives==

''See also:'' [[Abortion Alternatives]]

[[Optionline]] provides consultants that connect individuals to nearby pregnancy centers that offer the following services: free pregnancy tests and pregnancy information; Information about the risks of abortion and the morning-after pill; medical services, including [[STD]] tests; early ultrasounds and pregnancy confirmation. In addition, some of these centers provide information regarding free housing to women who are facing housing concerns.<ref>[http://www.pregnancycenters.org/ OptionLine]. ''OptionLine.org''.</ref>

The primary alternative to abortion is adoption. [[Liberty Godparent Foundation]] is a [[Christian]] organization focused on improving the lives of unwed pregnant teens, babies and adoptive families by providing two alternatives, The Liberty Godparent Maternity Home and Family Life Services Adoption Agency.<ref>[http://www.godparent.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=59 Family Life Services]. ''GodParentFoundation.org''.</ref> [[Catholic Social Services]] provides adoption assistance to people of all beliefs in addition to supporting families in need.

==Planned Parenthood's Budget==

''See also:'' [[Planned Parenthood's budget]]

[[Planned Parenthood]] likes to claim that abortion accounts for just 3% of its services.<ref>[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-glance-5552.htm Planned Parenthood At a Glance]. ''Planned Parenthood''.</ref> However, an examination of its finances reveals that much if not most of its [[income]] relates to abortion.<ref>Barto, N. & Musgrave, M. (2012, July 29). [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2012/07/27/20120727womens-health-care.html Diverting Funds Betters Women's Health Care]. ''The Arizona Republic''.</ref> According to Planned Parenthood's 2007-08 budget, it received $1.038 billion of [[revenue]] from the following sources:<ref>[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/AR08_vFinal.pdf Annual Report 2007-2008]. Pg. 18. ''Planned Parenthood''.</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
!
! Revenue (millions)
! %
|-
| Health Center Income
|align="center"|$374.7
|align="center"|36.1%
|-
| Govt. Grants & Services
|align="center"|$349.6
|align="center"|33.7%
|-
| Contributions & Requests
|align="center"|$244.9
|align="center"|23.6%
|-
| Other Operating Revenue
|align="center"|$68.9
|align="center"|6.6%
|-
|align="center"|'''Total Revenue'''
|align="center"|'''$1,038.1'''
|align="center"|'''100.0%'''
|-
|}
Planned Parenthood's reported $374.7 million of revenue from "Health Center Income". Given that it reported performing 305,130 abortions,<ref>Page 9.</ref> at an average cost of $450 (which lines up with statistics from the [[National Abortion Federation]]<ref>Dudley, S. (2003). [http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/economics.html Economics of Abortion]. ''National Abortion Federation''.</ref>), approximately $137.4 million of that $374.7 million Health Center Income came directly from performing abortions per analysis by [[Live Action]].<ref>Schmidt, D. (2010, May 14). [http://liveaction.org/blog/data-36-7-of-planned-parenthoods-health-center-income-is-from-abortions/ DATA: 36.7% of Planned Parenthood’s 'Health Center Income' is from Abortions]. ''Live Action''.</ref>

Since much of its money comes from Government Grants and Services or Contributions and Requests ($595.5 million) likely related to abortion, in addition to this $137.4 million of direct abortion revenue, it appears probable that as much as half to two-thirds of Planned Parenthood's revenue relates to abortion.

==Targeted Demographics==

''See also:'' [[Abortion and various groups]]

===Women in China===
Forced abortion caused by China's One-Child Policy leads to deaths of mothers,<ref>Bo Gu, B. (2012, June 14). [http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/14/12222877-gruesome-photos-put-spotlight-on-chinas-one-child-policy?lite Gruesome Photos Put Spotlight on China's One-Child Policy]. ''NBC News''.</ref> as well as "gendercide".<ref>Hayes, A. (2012, April 30). [http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-30/asia/world_asia_china-forced-abortions_1_reggie-littlejohn-china-s-national-population-abortions?_s=PM:ASIA Activists allege forced abortions, sterilizations in China]. ''CNN''. Littlejohn, R. (2012, April 27). [https://www.lifenews.com/2012/04/27/the-real-war-against-women-forced-abortion-gendercide/ The Real War Against Women: Forced Abortion, Gendercide]. ''LifeNews''.</ref> Because men tend to be higher wage earners, many families choose to abort their female children, opting instead for males.<ref>Ling, C. [http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/category/topics/one-child-policy-china One-Child Policy Statistics]. ''AllGirlsAllowed.com''.</ref> Photos in 2012 of these forced abortions led to national outrage and calls to end China's One-Child Policy.<ref>Riviera, G. (2012, June 14). [https://abcnews.go.com/International/chinas-forced-abortions-child-rule-hits-women/story?id=16558428 How China's Forced Abortion Policy Hits Two Women]. ''ABC News''. Wong, E. (2012, July 22). [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/world/asia/pressure-to-repeal-chinas-one-child-law-is-growing.html?pagewanted=all Reports of Forced Abortions Fuel Push to End Chinese Law]. ''New York Times''. MacLeod, C. (2012, July 24). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/story/2012-07-25/China-forced-abortions/56465974/1 Pressure mounts to stop China's forced abortions]. ''USA Today''. Sudworth, J. (2012, June 15). [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18453995 Chinese officials apologise to woman in forced abortion]. ''BBC News''.</ref> The sex-selective abortion policy has led to a huge gender disparity in China, 122.66 boys for every girl born, the highest ratio in the entire Asia Specific region,<ref>(2010, March 9). [https://www.un.org.cn/cms/p/news/27/1346/content.html Gender Inequality Persists in China]. ''United Nations in China''. Ward, C. (2011, August 12). [https://abcnews.go.com/International/chinas-census-shows-growing-gender-gap/story?id=14288216 China's Preference for Boys Shows Growing Gender Gap]. ''ABC News''.</ref> and resulted in 32 million single males.<ref>LaFraniere, S. (2009, April 10). [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11china.html Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million]. ''The New York Times''. AFP (2010, January 12). [http://news.discovery.com/human/china-birth-rate-single-men.html China's Gender Gap Leaves Millions of Single Men]. ''Discovery News''.</ref> Logically this is a driving force behind human trafficking, prostitution, and the female slave trade which occurs near China.<ref>Weisenthal, J. (2010, April 12). [http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-04-12/news/30049254_1_boys-and-girls-selective-abortions-village-hall Amazing First-Hand Account Of The Massive Gender Disparity In China]. ''Business Insider''.</ref> In 2015, the one-child policy was scrapped and by new year 2016, the two-child policy took effect. Now there are discussions to scrap child limits altogether.

===Minority Communities===
[[File:4287336112 d3f9126c99.jpg|right|thumb|325px|According to [[Cybercast News Service]]: "An analysis by the Cybercast News Service compared the location of [[Planned Parenthood]] abortion clinics with population data from the U.S. Census in 2000. The results appear to bolster the charge that the organization targets black communities."<ref name="cnsnews.com">https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=%5CSpecialReports%5Carchive%5C200502%5CSPE20050207a.html (Link no longer works.)</ref>
 
(photo obtained from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/muriel215/4287336112/ Flickr, see Creative commons license agreement)] ]]
"Each day '''1,786''' African American children are aborted." According to the [[U.S.]] Census of 2006, African Americans have a 1.96 birth rate which is beneath the replacement level of 2.1.<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1685410938.html African American Pro-Life Group Holds Protest at NAACP] Christian News Network, July 13, 2009</ref> At the continued rate, [[racism]] by abortion will decimate the black population of the U.S.

According to writer George Grant, the author of ''Killing Angel'':

"During the 1980s when [[Planned Parenthood]] shifted its focus from community-based clinics to school-based clinics, it again targeted inner-city minority neighborhoods...Of the more than 100 school-based clinics that have opened nationwide in the last decade [1980s], none has been at substantially all-white schools....None has been at suburban middle-class schools. All have been at black, minority or ethnic schools.” <ref>Green, T.L. (2001, May 10). [https://www.citizenreviewonline.org/special_issues/population/the_negro_project.htm The Negro Project: Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Plan for Black Americans]. ''Concerned Women For America''.</ref>

Planned Parenthood itself reported that its abortions on minorities in 1991 were 42.7% of its total abortions.<ref name=ppracism>Murphy, L.K. (1994, June). [http://www.ewtn.com/library/PROLIFE/PPRACISM.TXT Planned Parenthood's Racism]. ''Life Research Institute''.</ref> However, during that time period, minorities comprised only 19.7% of the U.S. population.<ref name=ppracism />

According to [[Cybercast News Service]]: "An analysis by the Cybercast News Service compared the location of Planned Parenthood abortion clinics with population data from the U.S. Census in 2000. The results appear to bolster the charge that the organization targets black communities."<ref name="cnsnews.com"/>

According to the ''Open Journal of Preventive Medicine'' in June 2016, abortion was the cause of death of 61% of Black Americans.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (August 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/04/report-abortion-accounts-for-61-of-black-deaths-in-america/ Report: Abortion Accounts for 61% of Black Deaths in America]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</ref>

==Political Support of Abortion==

''See also:'' [[Abortion and politics]]

The most powerful political action committee (PAC) is EMILY's List.<ref>http://www.emilyslist.org/newsroom/releases/20070201.html (Link no longer works.)</ref> EMILY's List contributes money to Democratic candidates who support abortion-on-demand, including forced taxpayer funding of abortion. EMILY's List candidates also oppose regulations such as:

* Providing health information to abortion patients;
* Requiring that the abortionist have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital in case there is a complication; and
* Providing parental notification if the patient is a teenager.

Due to the influence of the abortion industry and EMILY's List, nearly every Democratic presidential candidate and senatorial candidate supports abortion-on-demand. "EMILY's List, the nation's largest political action committee, continues to be the dominant financial resource for Democratic candidates," its above-referenced website declares.

There is no comparably funded organization opposing abortion, because there are no monetary rewards to defending human life. Instead, candidates and supporters who oppose abortion are motivated by religious and ethical principles.
===Pro-Life Democrats===
''See also:'' [[DFLA#2009-2010 Obamacare Influence]]

While most Democrats support abortion, a growing number have been affiliating with [[Democrats For Life of America]], also known as Pro-Life Democrats. ObamaCare in 2009-2010 would have passed rapidly if not for their influence, since Democrats had a Supermajority allowing them to pass anything without a single Republican vote. However, 40 Pro-Life Democrats, led by Congressman [[Bart Stupak]] signed a letter refusing to let ObamaCare pass without reforms on the abortion issue, and fought the bill from June 2009 to March 2010, in an attempt to add the Stupak Amendment to the bill (which was added to the House bill but removed in the Senate despite attempts by Sen. [[Ben Nelson]] to add it there as well).
===Politics and Demographics===
''See also:'' [[American atheism]] and [[Global atheism]] and [[Decline of atheism]] and [[liberal]]

The Birkbeck College, University of London professor Eric Kaufman wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?'' concerning America:
{{cquote|High evangelical fertility rates more than compensated for losses to liberal Protestant sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white secularism has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious fundamentalists of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the [[Culture War|culture wars]] towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as abortion. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.<ref>[https://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}

==Ultrasound images==
About 80% of women who see an ultrasound of their fetus (unborn child) decide not to abort.<ref>(2005, April 22). [http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/145703/abortion_foes_use_ultrasound__focus_on_the_family_budgets/ Abortion Foes Use Ultrasound; Focus on the Family Budgets Millions for Pricey Equipment]. ''RedOrbit''.</ref>

*http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/frames.htm
*https://www.flickr.com/photos/drakelelane/388759116/
*http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/pregnancy_information/ultrasound/13_weeks.htm
*http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/pregnancy_information/ultrasound/ultrasound_3d.htm
*http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/pregnancy_information/ultrasound/triple_jump.htm

== See also ==
*[[Abortion and the Bible]]
*[[Abortion and eugenics]]
*[[Abortion Facts]]
*[[Abortion funding]]
*[[Abortion genocide]]
*[[Abortion procedures]]
*[[Abortion rates by country]]
*[[Abortion rates by US state]]
*[[Abortionist]]
*[[Anti Abortion activism: a personal essay]]
*[[More News/Abortion|Articles about '''Abortion''' from "More News"]]
*[[:Category:Abortion]]
*[[Culture of life]]
*[[Separate Life|Essay on abortion]]
*[[Eugenics]]
*[[Fetus]]
*[[Harvard abortion study]]
*[[Abortion breast cancer studies]]
*[[Homosexual activists and abortion]]
*[[Margaret Sanger]]
*[http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/abrpt/2006abrpt.pdf Minnesota official abortion statistics]
*[[National Right to Life Committee]]
*[[Partial birth abortion]]
*[[Planned Parenthood]]
*[[Right to life]]
*[[Right to life movement]]
*[[Sanctity of life]]
*[[Silent scream]]
*[[Taxpayer-funded abortion]]
*[[Communist China and baby eating]]

==External links==
* [http://creationwiki.org/Abortion Abortion] by [[CreationWiki]]
* [https://www.abortionfacts.com/ Abortion Facts]
* [http://www.carm.org/abortion.htm Abortion] by [[Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]]
* [https://www.lifesitenews.com/ LifeSiteNews.com]
* [http://www.ProLifeOnCampus.com/ Pro Life on Campus]
* [http://www.aim.org/wls/category/abortion/ What Liberals Say - Category: Abortion], [[Accuracy In Media]]
* [http://www.investigatemagazine.com/mar3abrt.htm Abortion and breast cancer in New Zealand]
* [http://www.numberofabortions.com/ Real Time Estimation of Abortions Worldwide]
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{{Liberalism}}

==Further reading==
The Choice: The Abortion Divide in America by Danielle D'Souza Gill

==References==
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[[Category:Sexuality]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]
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Florida

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|governor=Ron DeSantis
|gparty=Republican
|senator2=Marco Rubio
|s2party=Republican
|s2phone=(202) 224-3041
|s2email=http://rubio.senate.gov/office_locations.cfm Contact
|senator1=Rick Scott
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'''Florida''' is a state located in the southeastern [[United States]], traditionally [[conservative]] and prominent amid the [[COVID-19]] pandemic in opposing lockdowns, mask mandates, and [[vaccine passport]]s. It is bound by [[Georgia]] and [[Alabama]] to the north, the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the west, the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east, and the Straits of Florida to the south. Originally a colony of [[Spain]], it was purchased by the U.S. in 1819 and in 1845 became the 27th state to join the Union. The capital of Florida is [[Tallahassee]], and the main metropolitan areas are [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Miami]], St. Petersburg and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State," and its state tree is the sabal palm. Florida has grown very rapidly, pulling in thousands of hard-working retirees from the cold [[New England]] and [[Midwest]] areas, along with refugees fleeing the communist governments of [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], and other Latin American countries giving it the 3rd largest population of the 50 states. But Florida is also an [[abortion]] center for [[the South]], which ostensibly [[conservative]] (actually [[RINO]]) Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] has not curtailed.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/12/republicans-desantis-florida-abortion-legacy-00086640</ref>

The state Constitution of Florida, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.''

==History==
''See also [[History of Florida]]''.

Florida was first settled by Europeans in 1513, when Spaniard [[Juan Ponce de Leon]] landed near where [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] stands today. de Leon originally spotted Florida on Easter Sunday, so he named it ''Pascua Florida'', which means "Flowery Easter" in Spanish.<ref>[http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Florida/FloridaNameOrigin.html Florida state name origin]</ref>

For some time, Spain and France ran competing colonies in Florida, with the Spanish eventually expelling the French. [[John Quincy Adams]], serving as the Secretary of State for President [[James Monroe]], negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty with the Spanish in 1819, purchasing the territory of Florida from Spain.<ref>[http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1801_timeline/acquisition_of_florida.html Acquisition of Florida]</ref>

Florida seceded from the Union in 1861 and joined the [[Confederate States of America]]; there was little military action in the remote state.

==Geography==
[[Image:Florida ref 2001.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The state of Florida]]
The southernmost of America's "Lower 48" states, Florida is a largely subtropical state whose southernmost point (at Key West) is only about 90 miles north of Cuba. It has a land area of about 58,560 square miles, ranking 22nd among the states. Most of its land is part of the long, tapering Florida peninsula that juts in a south-southeastward direction toward the Caribbean, with the rest, a narrow northwestern arm extending as far west as the Perdido River just west of Pensacola, known as the Florida panhandle. The state's highest elevation, the peak of Britton Hill in Walton County near the Alabama state line, is only 345 feet above sea level (the lowest "high point" of any state), while its whole coastline lies at or just above sea level. Florida's average elevation, of only about 100 feet above sea level, is lower than every other state except [[Delaware]] and [[Louisiana]].

The state has three major natural regions: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the East Gulf Coastal Plain, and the Florida Uplands.
* The '''Atlantic Coastal Plain''' is a low, level expanse that covers the eastern part of the Florida peninsula, gently sloping towards the Atlantic Ocean. A considerable portion of the plain consists of freshwater and saltwater marshes, separated by small, drier heights known as "land islands." The largest of the wetlands, lying south of Lake Okeechobee, are Big Cypress Swamp and the Everglades. Just off the coast, for practically the entire length of the peninsula, is a broken string of long, very narrow islands, terminating in the Florida Keys.

* The '''East Gulf Coastal Plain''', which wraps around most of Florida's western and northwestern coast, is similar in terrain and other features to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, except that it is somewhat narrower in width (typically 30 miles or less). Its southernmost portion, in the Everglades, effectively merges with the other coastal plain, the two being indistinguishable except for the direction of water flow. There are fewer offshore islands on the Gulf Coast, except along the Florida panhandle.
[[File:800px-The Beach - Panama City Beach Florida.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|[[Panama City Beach]], Florida]]
* The '''Florida Uplands''' comprise the state's interior portion, including the central part of the peninsula and most of the Florida panhandle. It consists largely of rolling red-clay hills, divided by fertile valleys. In central Florida, the Uplands are characterized by numerous lakes, many of them formed by sinkholes, water-filled holes created by a collapse in the underlying bed of limestone.

===Climate===

Because of its southerly location, Florida is famed for its warm climate. North and Central Florida are regarded as being within the humid subtropical climate zone, with hot summers and generally mild winters, though killing frosts usually occur every year as far south as Lake Okeechobee. South Florida, by contrast, has a tropical climate, with the monthly average temperature above 64°F every month; it is extremely uncommon for temperatures to fall below freezing, even in January. Most of the state, especially further south and along the coasts, is influenced to a degree by monsoon wind patterns, so that summers are distinctly wetter than winters; Miami, for instance, averages a combined 15 inches of rainfall in June and July, but fewer than 4 inches in December and January.

Though Florida is known for its sunny weather--averaging about 220 days of sunshine per year--it is also prone to severe weather. Most parts of the state lie less than 50 miles from a coastline, meaning that hurricanes are a recurring threat, especially in late summer and early autumn. It is not uncommon for a hurricane to approach from the Atlantic, pass over the entire peninsula, and head into the Gulf, or vice versa. The interior regions of Central Florida, being farthest from the coasts, are less prone to severe hurricane damage, but high temperatures and the collision of sea breezes from opposite directions make severe thunderstorms and tornadoes frequent in the summer months. This area is sometimes known as "Lightning Alley," due to the regularity of lightning strikes during these storms.

==Economy==
A large sector of Florida's economy is based on the cultivation of citrus fruit. As of 2006, Florida produced 67 percent of the [[United States]]' total citrus fruit. This breaks down to 74 percent of [[oranges]] grown in the US, 58 percent of tangerines and 54 percent of grapefruits.<ref>[http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Florida/fruit_orange.html Florida state fruit: orange]</ref> The orange blossom is Florida's state flower, the orange is the state fruit and orange juice is the official state beverage.

Tourism is one of the state's largest economic sectors, with over 112 million tourists visiting in 2016 and with 1.4 million people employed in the industry (as of 2016). Particularly popular attractions include the Everglades, Walt Disney World, and Miami's South Beach district.

NASA's presence in Cape Canaveral makes Florida a very good environment for the aerospace industry. Florida is the 4th largest employer of workers in the aerospace industry, with over 23,000 employed.

As Florida has no state [[income tax]], and due to its generally warm weather, it has become a haven for retirees. The largest senior adult community in the world, [[The Villages, Florida|The Villages]], is located in Central Florida.

== State Government ==
Florida has a republican form of government (as guaranteed to every State by Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution) that is modeled on the United States government and has three distinct branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

The head of the executive branch is the Governor of Florida. He is elected by the voters of Florida for a term of four years, and is limited to two consecutive terms. In the State of Florida, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected on the same ticket in the general election. The Governor of Florida exercises the following powers and duties:
He is commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the State.
He takes care that the laws are faithfully executed and commissions all the officers of the State and counties.
He is the chief administrative officer of the State and is responsible for budgeting.
He may initiate judicial proceedings against any executive or administrative officer.
He may request judicial opinions from the Florida Supreme Court.
He calls forth the militia to execute the laws.
He communicates by message with the Legislature.
He fills vacancies.
He may veto bills passed by the Legislature.

The other elected officers of the executive branch are the Chief Financial Officer, the Attorney General, and the Agriculture Commissioner, who are also elected for four year terms and subject to term limits. Those three officers plus the Governor comprise the '''Florida Cabinet'''. For any matter requiring a vote of the Cabinet, in the event of a tie vote, the side on which the Governor voted (for or against) is the outcome.

In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor for the remainder of the term.

The legislative branch consists of the Florida Legislature. The Legislature consists of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives. Senators serve four year terms and are limited to two consecutive terms, while Representatives serve two year terms and are limited to four consecutive terms. Bills are passed by a majority of each chamber. The Legislature may override the Governor's veto by a two-thirds vote of each chamber.

The Florida Supreme Court, district courts of appeal, circuit courts, an county courts. The Florida Supreme Court is composed of seven justices who are appointed by the Governor and subject to a retention election. Justices may not be seventy-five years old or older.

==Politics==
Florida is a swing state in presidential elections. The South Florida region ([[Miami]], [[Fort Lauderdale]], and [[Palm Beach]], along with the [[Florida Keys]]) along with the [[Tallahassee]] capital area, are heavily Democratic and the urban areas of [[Tampa]] and [[Orlando]] lean Democratic, while the northern parts of the state (especially the panhandle, due to the presence of significant military bases, but excluding the Tallahassee area), rural areas of central Florida, and the southwestern portion of the state ([[Naples]], [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], and [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]) are heavily Republican. The swing state phenomenon was most pronounced during the 2000 presidential election when the margin of victory for eventual winner George W. Bush was a mere 537 votes (triggering a mandatory recount under Florida state law, an ensuing number of lawsuits and judicial rulings, and never-ending speculation as to the real winner).

===2020 Elections===
In the 2020 presidential elections, Floridian Latinos' (mainly devoutly religious [[Cuban-Americans]] who are strongly opposed to [[socialism]]) in the very populous [[Miami-Dade]] area, turned out strongly for [[Donald J. Trump]]. That was after [[Obama]] campaigned in Miami for [[Biden]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/elections/in-florida-trump-shows-strength-with-latino-voters.html "In Florida, Trump shows strength with Latino voters."] New York Times, Nov.3.2020 ...''Florida, a must-win battleground for President Trump with 29 electoral votes, appeared to be edging toward the president on the strength of his support among Latinos in the Miami area. In populous Miami-Dade, Mr. Trump was overperforming his 2016 vote totals, with 512,000-plus votes so far counted in 2020 compared with about 334,000 total four years ago — an enormous improvement. The Biden campaign had sent former President Barack Obama to Miami on the eve of the election to try to rally supporters to the polls. “The reason why I’m back here in South Florida is that I know some of you have not voted yet,” Mr. Obama had said on Monday. But Mr. Biden was showing strength in other parts of the state, and the margins were too narrow to declare a winner. Mr. Biden, for instance, was leading in Duval County, home of the city of Jacksonville, which Mr. Trump carried in 2016.''</ref>

Next day there was celebration among Cuban-Americans Trump-supporters in Miami.<ref>[https://www.kake.com/story/42866534/trump-supporters-took-to-streets-of-little-havana-after-florida-win "Trump supporters took to streets of Little Havana after Florida win"]. Wednesday, November 4th 2020. (WFOR). Kake.com</ref>

Nicaraguan-American Ana Navarro said next day: Florida... I feel like have been beaten like a piñata...<ref>CNN, Nov.4.2020 7:56 am [https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/11/04/republican-narrative-latino-miami-dade-elexnight-election-2020-navarro-vpx.cnn Time stamp: 00:36]</ref>

==State symbols==
<center>
<gallery perrow="3">
Image:Florida_panther.jpg|The Florida panther is the state's official animal.
Image:Orange_blossom.jpg|The orange blossom is Florida's official flower.
Image: Manatee Keith Ramos WEB.jpg|The manatee is Florida's official marine mammal.
</gallery>
</center>

==Elected officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Rick Scott]] (R)
*Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] (R)
*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] [R, FL–1]
*Rep. [[Neal Dunn]] [R, FL–2]
*Rep. [[Kat Cammack]] [R, FL–3]
*Rep. [[John Rutherford]] [R, FL–4]
*Rep. [[Al Lawson]] [D, FL–5]
*Rep. [[Michael Waltz]] [R, FL–6]
*Rep. [[Stephanie Murphy]] [D, FL–7]
*Rep. [[Bill Posey]] [R, FL–8]
*Rep. [[Darren Soto]] [D, FL–9]
*Rep. [[Val Demings]] [D, FL–10]
*Rep. [[Daniel Webster]] [R, FL–11]
*Rep. [[Gus M. Bilirakis]] [R, FL–12]
*Rep. [[Charlie Crist]] [D, FL–13]
*Rep. [[Kathy Castor]] [D, FL–14]
*Rep. [[Scott Franklin]] [R, FL–15]
*Rep. [[Vern Buchanan]] [R, FL–16]
*Rep. [[Greg Steube]] [R, FL–17]
*Rep. [[Brian Mast]] [R, FL–18]
*Rep. [[Byron Donalds]] [R, FL–19]
*Rep. [[Alcee L. Hastings]] [D, FL–20]
*Rep. [[Lois Frankel]] [D, FL–21]
*Rep. [[Ted Deutch]] [D, FL–22]
*Rep. [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] [D, FL–23]
*Rep. [[Frederica Wilson]] [D, FL–24]
*Rep. [[Mario Diaz-Balart]] [R, FL–25]
*Rep. [[Carlos Giménez]] [R, FL–26]
*Rep. [[Maria Elvira Salazar]] [R, FL–27]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] (R)
*Lt. Governor [[Jeanette Nunez]] (R)
*Chief Financial Officer [[Jimmy Patronis ]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Ashley Moody]] (R)
*Agriculture Commissioner [[Wilton Simpson]] (R)

==Metropolitan Areas==
*[[Daytona Beach]]
*[[Deltona, Florida|Deltona]]
*[[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]]
*[[Fort Walton Beach]]
*[[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]
*[[Homosassa Springs]]
*[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]
*[[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]]
*[[Miami]]
*[[Naples, Florida|Naples]]
*[[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]]
*[[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]
*[[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]]
*[[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]]
*[[Port St. Lucie, Florida|Port St. Lucie]]
*[[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]]
*[[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]
*[[Sebring, Florida|Sebring]]
*[[Tallahassee]]
*[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]
*[[Titusville, Florida|Titusville]]
*[[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]]

== References ==
<references/>
<ref>Constitution of the State of Florida</ref>

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Byron Donalds

2024-11-17T22:43:28Z

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Byron Lowell Donalds
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'''Byron Lowell Donalds''' (born October 28, 1978) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for [[Florida]]'s 19th congressional district since 2021. Donalds is one of two [[African-American]] [[Republican Party|Republicans]] in the House, the other being [[Burgess Owens]] of [[Utah]].

Donalds became a Christian at Age 21.<ref>https://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/25/u-s-house-district-19-byron-donalds-black-conservative-national-office/5793284002/</ref>

==Tenure==
Donalds objected to the certification of disputed 2020 presidential election returns in both [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Arizona]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html</ref>

Donalds voted against a bill that would assist [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in the passage of bills by voice vote.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll125.xml</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1384580525180981256</ref>

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Greg Steube

2024-11-17T22:41:32Z

DMorris: Huh?

[[Image:Greg Steube of FL.jpg|300px|right|thumb|U.S. Representative Greg Steube, R-FL]]

'''William Gregory Steube''' (born May 19, 1978) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, his district stretches across a large swath of south-central Florida, from the outer suburbs of Sarasota and Fort Myers through the Everglades to the shores of Lake Okeechobee. Prior to his election to Congress, Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016, as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018, representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.

He also voted to remove [[Liz Cheney]] as the chairman of the House Republican Conference.<ref>https://floridapolitics.com/archives/428920-florida-republicans-join-in-exiling-liz-cheney-from-house-gop-leadership/</ref>

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Lakeland, Florida

2024-11-17T22:40:32Z

DMorris: Arguably part of the Bible Belt

'''Lakeland''' is a city in [[Florida]], located roughly midway between [[Tampa]] and [[Orlando]].

Though it has been a suburb of both Tampa and Orlando, it is a decent-size city in its own right. It is arguably part of the [[Bible Belt]]

It is best known as the headquarters for Publix Supermarkets, one of the largest American grocery chains (one of a very few having over 1,000 locations) and one of the largest employee-owned businesses of any type. Publix is world-renowned for exceptional customer service, thus allowing it to compete effectively with the much larger [[Wal-Mart]]. Lakeland is also known as being the home of Sheriff Grady Judd, a no-nonsense conservative who has held the position since the mid-2000s, and the Lakeland Dreadnaughts, who are back-to-back state champions in high school football. Lakeland has one of the state's level II trauma centers: Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

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Punta Gorda, Florida

2024-11-17T22:40:07Z

DMorris: Arguably part of the Bible Belt

'''Punta Gorda''' is a city in Charlotte County in southwestern Florida, nestled on Charlotte Harbor, and arguably part of the [[Bible Belt]]. According to the 2010 census, the city of Punta Gorda was home to 16,641 people,<ref>https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=12</ref> and the greater Punta Gorda area is home to 38,241. Punta Gorda is home to many historic buildings and sites including the old Charlotte County Courthouse, Charlotte High School, the old train depot, the Punta Gorda Women's Club, the old ice factory, numerous churches, and many homes and businesses in the historic district. At one point, Punta Gorda was home to the Punta Gorda Hotel, a fancy resort which had hosted famous people before it burned down. In the early part of the twentieth century, the greater Punta Gorda area was home to a [[United States Army|U.S. Army Air Corps. Base]], which later became the Punta Gorda Airport, now a civilian airport featuring the annual Florida International Air Show, commercial airline flights via Allegiant Air, and services to private aviators. After World War II, Punta Gorda was mainly known as a fishing town. Many structures in the city were destroyed by [[Hurricane Charley]] in 2004. Punta Gorda is the county seat of Charlotte County, which is home to 159,978.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/ City government website]
*[http://www.charlottecountyfl.gov County government website]
*[http://www.puntagordahistory.com/ Punta Gorda Historic Society]
*[http://www.flypgd.com Punta Gorda Airport (PGD)]
*[http://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/ Charlotte County Public School district]

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Lakeland, Florida

2024-11-17T22:38:10Z

DMorris: It's also known for Grady Judd, the Lakeland Dreadnaughts, and a level II trauma center

'''Lakeland''' is a city in [[Florida]], located roughly midway between [[Tampa]] and [[Orlando]].

Though it has been a suburb of both Tampa and Orlando, it is a decent-size city in its own right.

It is best known as the headquarters for Publix Supermarkets, one of the largest American grocery chains (one of a very few having over 1,000 locations) and one of the largest employee-owned businesses of any type. Publix is world-renowned for exceptional customer service, thus allowing it to compete effectively with the much larger [[Wal-Mart]]. Lakeland is also known as being the home of Sheriff Grady Judd, a no-nonsense conservative who has held the position since the mid-2000s, and the Lakeland Dreadnaughts, who are back-to-back state champions in high school football. Lakeland has one of the state's level II trauma centers: Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

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Tallahassee

2024-11-17T22:33:55Z

DMorris: Liberals

'''Tallahassee''' is the capital city of [[Florida]] and the home of both [[Florida State University]] (one of the state's two flagship universities) and Florida A&M University (a historically black university). Being a college town, it is one of the most liberal cities in Florida.

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Florida

2024-11-17T22:31:05Z

DMorris: Not everybody in Florida is from New England.

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'''Florida''' is a state located in the southeastern [[United States]], traditionally [[conservative]] and prominent amid the [[COVID-19]] pandemic in opposing lockdowns, mask mandates, and [[vaccine passport]]s. It is bound by [[Georgia]] and [[Alabama]] to the north, the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the west, the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east, and the Straits of Florida to the south. Originally a colony of [[Spain]], it was purchased by the U.S. in 1819 and in 1845 became the 27th state to join the Union. The capital of Florida is [[Tallahassee]], and the main metropolitan areas are [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Miami]], St. Petersburg and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State," and its state tree is the sabal palm. Florida has grown very rapidly, pulling in thousands of hard-working retirees from the cold [[New England]] and [[Midwest]] areas, along with refugees fleeing the communist governments of [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], and other Latin American countries giving it the 3rd largest population of the 50 states. But Florida is also an [[abortion]] center for [[the South]], which ostensibly [[conservative]] (actually [[RINO]]) Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] has not curtailed.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/12/republicans-desantis-florida-abortion-legacy-00086640</ref>

The state Constitution of Florida, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.''

==History==
''See also [[History of Florida]]''.

Florida was first settled by Europeans in 1513, when Spaniard [[Juan Ponce de Leon]] landed near where [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] stands today. de Leon originally spotted Florida on Easter Sunday, so he named it ''Pascua Florida'', which means "Flowery Easter" in Spanish.<ref>[http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Florida/FloridaNameOrigin.html Florida state name origin]</ref>

For some time, Spain and France ran competing colonies in Florida, with the Spanish eventually expelling the French. [[John Quincy Adams]], serving as the Secretary of State for President [[James Monroe]], negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty with the Spanish in 1819, purchasing the territory of Florida from Spain.<ref>[http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1801_timeline/acquisition_of_florida.html Acquisition of Florida]</ref>

Florida seceded from the Union in 1861 and joined the [[Confederate States of America]]; there was little military action in the remote state.

==Geography==
[[Image:Florida ref 2001.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The state of Florida]]
The southernmost of America's "Lower 48" states, Florida is a largely subtropical state whose southernmost point (at Key West) is only about 90 miles north of Cuba. It has a land area of about 58,560 square miles, ranking 22nd among the states. Most of its land is part of the long, tapering Florida peninsula that juts in a south-southeastward direction toward the Caribbean, with the rest, a narrow northwestern arm extending as far west as the Perdido River just west of Pensacola, known as the Florida panhandle. The state's highest elevation, the peak of Britton Hill in Walton County near the Alabama state line, is only 345 feet above sea level (the lowest "high point" of any state), while its whole coastline lies at or just above sea level. Florida's average elevation, of only about 100 feet above sea level, is lower than every other state except [[Delaware]] and [[Louisiana]].

The state has three major natural regions: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the East Gulf Coastal Plain, and the Florida Uplands.
* The '''Atlantic Coastal Plain''' is a low, level expanse that covers the eastern part of the Florida peninsula, gently sloping towards the Atlantic Ocean. A considerable portion of the plain consists of freshwater and saltwater marshes, separated by small, drier heights known as "land islands." The largest of the wetlands, lying south of Lake Okeechobee, are Big Cypress Swamp and the Everglades. Just off the coast, for practically the entire length of the peninsula, is a broken string of long, very narrow islands, terminating in the Florida Keys.

* The '''East Gulf Coastal Plain''', which wraps around most of Florida's western and northwestern coast, is similar in terrain and other features to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, except that it is somewhat narrower in width (typically 30 miles or less). Its southernmost portion, in the Everglades, effectively merges with the other coastal plain, the two being indistinguishable except for the direction of water flow. There are fewer offshore islands on the Gulf Coast, except along the Florida panhandle.
[[File:800px-The Beach - Panama City Beach Florida.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|[[Panama City Beach]], Florida]]
* The '''Florida Uplands''' comprise the state's interior portion, including the central part of the peninsula and most of the Florida panhandle. It consists largely of rolling red-clay hills, divided by fertile valleys. In central Florida, the Uplands are characterized by numerous lakes, many of them formed by sinkholes, water-filled holes created by a collapse in the underlying bed of limestone.

===Climate===

Because of its southerly location, Florida is famed for its warm climate. North and Central Florida are regarded as being within the humid subtropical climate zone, with hot summers and generally mild winters, though killing frosts usually occur every year as far south as Lake Okeechobee. South Florida, by contrast, has a tropical climate, with the monthly average temperature above 64°F every month; it is extremely uncommon for temperatures to fall below freezing, even in January. Most of the state, especially further south and along the coasts, is influenced to a degree by monsoon wind patterns, so that summers are distinctly wetter than winters; Miami, for instance, averages a combined 15 inches of rainfall in June and July, but fewer than 4 inches in December and January.

Though Florida is known for its sunny weather--averaging about 220 days of sunshine per year--it is also prone to severe weather. Most parts of the state lie less than 50 miles from a coastline, meaning that hurricanes are a recurring threat, especially in late summer and early autumn. It is not uncommon for a hurricane to approach from the Atlantic, pass over the entire peninsula, and head into the Gulf, or vice versa. The interior regions of Central Florida, being farthest from the coasts, are less prone to severe hurricane damage, but high temperatures and the collision of sea breezes from opposite directions make severe thunderstorms and tornadoes frequent in the summer months. This area is sometimes known as "Lightning Alley," due to the regularity of lightning strikes during these storms.

==Economy==
A large sector of Florida's economy is based on the cultivation of citrus fruit. As of 2006, Florida produced 67 percent of the [[United States]]' total citrus fruit. This breaks down to 74 percent of [[oranges]] grown in the US, 58 percent of tangerines and 54 percent of grapefruits.<ref>[http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Florida/fruit_orange.html Florida state fruit: orange]</ref> The orange blossom is Florida's state flower, the orange is the state fruit and orange juice is the official state beverage.

Tourism is one of the state's largest economic sectors, with over 112 million tourists visiting in 2016 and with 1.4 million people employed in the industry (as of 2016). Particularly popular attractions include the Everglades, Walt Disney World, and Miami's South Beach district.

NASA's presence in Cape Canaveral makes Florida a very good environment for the aerospace industry. Florida is the 4th largest employer of workers in the aerospace industry, with over 23,000 employed.

As Florida has no state [[income tax]], and due to its generally warm weather, it has become a haven for retirees. The largest senior adult community in the world, [[The Villages, Florida|The Villages]], is located in Central Florida.

== State Government ==
Florida has a republican form of government (as guaranteed to every State by Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution) that is modeled on the United States government and has three distinct branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

The head of the executive branch is the Governor of Florida. He is elected by the voters of Florida for a term of four years, and is limited to two consecutive terms. In the State of Florida, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected on the same ticket in the general election. The Governor of Florida exercises the following powers and duties:
He is commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the State.
He takes care that the laws are faithfully executed and commissions all the officers of the State and counties.
He is the chief administrative officer of the State and is responsible for budgeting.
He may initiate judicial proceedings against any executive or administrative officer.
He may request judicial opinions from the Florida Supreme Court.
He calls forth the militia to execute the laws.
He communicates by message with the Legislature.
He fills vacancies.
He may veto bills passed by the Legislature.

The other elected officers of the executive branch are the Chief Financial Officer, the Attorney General, and the Agriculture Commissioner, who are also elected for four year terms and subject to term limits. Those three officers plus the Governor comprise the '''Florida Cabinet'''. For any matter requiring a vote of the Cabinet, in the event of a tie vote, the side on which the Governor voted (for or against) is the outcome.

In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor for the remainder of the term.

The legislative branch consists of the Florida Legislature. The Legislature consists of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives. Senators serve four year terms and are limited to two consecutive terms, while Representatives serve two year terms and are limited to four consecutive terms. Bills are passed by a majority of each chamber. The Legislature may override the Governor's veto by a two-thirds vote of each chamber.

The Florida Supreme Court, district courts of appeal, circuit courts, an county courts. The Florida Supreme Court is composed of seven justices who are appointed by the Governor and subject to a retention election. Justices may not be seventy-five years old or older.

==Politics==
Florida is a swing state in presidential elections. The South Florida region ([[Miami]], [[Fort Lauderdale]], and [[Palm Beach]], along with the [[Florida Keys]]) along with the [[Tallahassee]] capital area, are heavily Democratic and the urban areas of [[Tampa]] and [[Orlando]] lean Democratic, while the northern parts of the state (especially the panhandle, due to the presence of significant military bases, but excluding the Tallahassee area), rural areas of central Florida, and the southwestern portion of the state ([[Naples]], [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], and [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]) are heavily Republican. The swing state phenomenon was most pronounced during the 2000 presidential election when the margin of victory for eventual winner George W. Bush was a mere 537 votes (triggering a mandatory recount under Florida state law, an ensuing number of lawsuits and judicial rulings, and never-ending speculation as to the real winner).

===2020 Elections===
In the 2020 presidential elections, Floridian Latinos' (mainly devoutly religious [[Cuban-Americans]] who are strongly opposed to [[socialism]]) in the very populous [[Miami-Dade]] area, turned out strongly for [[Donald J. Trump]]. That was after [[Obama]] campaigned in Miami for [[Biden]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/elections/in-florida-trump-shows-strength-with-latino-voters.html "In Florida, Trump shows strength with Latino voters."] New York Times, Nov.3.2020 ...''Florida, a must-win battleground for President Trump with 29 electoral votes, appeared to be edging toward the president on the strength of his support among Latinos in the Miami area. In populous Miami-Dade, Mr. Trump was overperforming his 2016 vote totals, with 512,000-plus votes so far counted in 2020 compared with about 334,000 total four years ago — an enormous improvement. The Biden campaign had sent former President Barack Obama to Miami on the eve of the election to try to rally supporters to the polls. “The reason why I’m back here in South Florida is that I know some of you have not voted yet,” Mr. Obama had said on Monday. But Mr. Biden was showing strength in other parts of the state, and the margins were too narrow to declare a winner. Mr. Biden, for instance, was leading in Duval County, home of the city of Jacksonville, which Mr. Trump carried in 2016.''</ref>

Next day there was celebration among Cuban-Americans Trump-supporters in Miami.<ref>[https://www.kake.com/story/42866534/trump-supporters-took-to-streets-of-little-havana-after-florida-win "Trump supporters took to streets of Little Havana after Florida win"]. Wednesday, November 4th 2020. (WFOR). Kake.com</ref>

Nicaraguan-American Ana Navarro said next day: Florida... I feel like have been beaten like a piñata...<ref>CNN, Nov.4.2020 7:56 am [https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/11/04/republican-narrative-latino-miami-dade-elexnight-election-2020-navarro-vpx.cnn Time stamp: 00:36]</ref>

==State symbols==
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Image:Florida_panther.jpg|The Florida panther is the state's official animal.
Image:Orange_blossom.jpg|The orange blossom is Florida's official flower.
Image: Manatee Keith Ramos WEB.jpg|The manatee is Florida's official marine mammal.
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==Elected officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Rick Scott]] (R)
*Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] (R)
*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] [R, FL–1]
*Rep. [[Neal Dunn]] [R, FL–2]
*Rep. [[Kat Cammack]] [R, FL–3]
*Rep. [[John Rutherford]] [R, FL–4]
*Rep. [[Al Lawson]] [D, FL–5]
*Rep. [[Michael Waltz]] [R, FL–6]
*Rep. [[Stephanie Murphy]] [D, FL–7]
*Rep. [[Bill Posey]] [R, FL–8]
*Rep. [[Darren Soto]] [D, FL–9]
*Rep. [[Val Demings]] [D, FL–10]
*Rep. [[Daniel Webster]] [R, FL–11]
*Rep. [[Gus M. Bilirakis]] [R, FL–12]
*Rep. [[Charlie Crist]] [D, FL–13]
*Rep. [[Kathy Castor]] [D, FL–14]
*Rep. [[Scott Franklin]] [R, FL–15]
*Rep. [[Vern Buchanan]] [R, FL–16]
*Rep. [[Greg Steube]] [R, FL–17]
*Rep. [[Brian Mast]] [R, FL–18]
*Rep. [[Byron Donalds]] [R, FL–19]
*Rep. [[Alcee L. Hastings]] [D, FL–20]
*Rep. [[Lois Frankel]] [D, FL–21]
*Rep. [[Ted Deutch]] [D, FL–22]
*Rep. [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] [D, FL–23]
*Rep. [[Frederica Wilson]] [D, FL–24]
*Rep. [[Mario Diaz-Balart]] [R, FL–25]
*Rep. [[Carlos Giménez]] [R, FL–26]
*Rep. [[Maria Elvira Salazar]] [R, FL–27]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] (R)
*Lt. Governor [[Jeanette Nunez]] (R)
*Chief Financial Officer [[Jimmy Patronis ]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Ashley Moody]] (R)
*Agriculture Commissioner [[Nikki Fried]] (D)

==Metropolitan Areas==
*[[Daytona Beach]]
*[[Deltona, Florida|Deltona]]
*[[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]]
*[[Fort Walton Beach]]
*[[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]
*[[Homosassa Springs]]
*[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]
*[[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]]
*[[Miami]]
*[[Naples, Florida|Naples]]
*[[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]]
*[[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]
*[[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]]
*[[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]]
*[[Port St. Lucie, Florida|Port St. Lucie]]
*[[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]]
*[[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]
*[[Sebring, Florida|Sebring]]
*[[Tallahassee]]
*[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]
*[[Titusville, Florida|Titusville]]
*[[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]]

== References ==
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<ref>Constitution of the State of Florida</ref>

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TikTok

2024-10-01T13:18:04Z

DMorris: /* Bans on TikTok */ fixing typo

''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''.
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'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''.

As an unfiltered [[grassroots]] platform, overall TikTok appears to be [[conservative populist]] in ideology. [[Political correctness]] has been unable to take control of the platform, and accounts such as the "Libs of TikTok" have been able to influence many by exposing shocking examples of the [[homosexual agenda]]. the [[transgender agenda]], and [[illegal immigration]].

Nearly half of [[American]]s - 150 million people - are active users on TikTok, according to a statement by its CEO Shou Chew on March 21, 2023.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/tiktok-150-million-us-users/index.html</ref> [[Liberal]]s dislike how TikTok users post videos and comments objecting to [[public school]] [[illiteracy]] or regretting [[abortion]].

[[Biden]], in a tight race for reelection, proposed in March 2023 to try to ban TikTok,<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html</ref> which hinders [[Democrat]] efforts to exploit and mislead young voters. Dems depend heavily on young voters to win presidential elections. But later Biden's campaign established its own account on TikTok to promote his reelection.

[[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition. TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]].<ref>Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:
#TikTok.com
#Google.com
#Facebook.com
#Microsoft.com
#Apple.com
#Amazon.com
#Netflix.com
#YouTube.com
#Twitter.com
#WhatsApp.com

https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref>

The average [[time]] spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 minutes daily for Instagram. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones, without [[liberal censorship]]. More females use TikTok than males.

TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and ByteDance runs a likewise popular version in China known as Douyin.

TikTok sued in federal court in [[San Francisco]] to block Trump's [[Executive Order]] against it in late 2020.

On September 14, 2020, TikTok announced a deal with [[Oracle]] to try to remain in the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-users-rejoice-over-oracle-deal-but-saga-with-trump-isnt-over/</ref>

TikTok was largely unknown to the American public until [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] name-dropped the platform while bragging online about TikTok being used to largely cut into attendance at a Donald Trump rally in [[Tulsa]] during the [[2020 presidential election]] campaign via fake ticket registrations by teenage anti-Trump TikTok users (some of which she also identified as fans of Korean pop music, or "K-Pop") who would then no-show the event, done with the intent of sabotaging the rally by preventing legitimate attendance by Trump supporters (who were also slandered by Ocasio-Cortez as "white supremacists").<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-gloats-that-trumps-tulsa-turnout-was-sabotaged-by-teens-on-tiktok AOC gloats that Trump’s Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by ‘teens on TikTok’] at Fox News</ref>

In October 2022 [[Russia]] fined TikTok for pushing [[LGBT]] content.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russia-fines-tiktok-for-pushing-lgbt-content/</ref>

== Conservative content on TikTok ==
Some of the videos on TikTok are pro-parent and also pro-family. Almost none of the videos promote the kind of [[liberal]] [[elitism]] preferred by political [[Leftists]]. The popular videos concerning relationships are virtually all [[heterosexual]] in their message.

Some of the most popular videos on TikTok are by or about mothers, without the [[political correctness]] presented by the [[liberal media]].

It's the Wild West on TikTok, and thus no political impact can be intended (unlike [[Facebook]] and the pre-[[X]] [[Twitter]]). But a checklist of issues indicates an overall [[conservative]] impact by TikTok on its predominantly youthful voter demographic:

:pro-Establishment (no), pro-liberal-social-agenda (no), anti-homemaker (no), pro-authority (no), pro-parent (yes), pro-kids (yes), pro-drugs (no), pro-video-games (no), pro-young-voters-thinking-for-themselves (yes).

== Marketing on TikTok ==
"TikTok is the number-one app for driving consumer spending, surpassing Tinder for the top spot."<ref name="Hootsuite">https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/</ref>

TikTok is rapidly becoming a top site for marketing:
{{cquote|TikTok can’t be overlooked in marketing. The short-form video platform now hosts 750 million monthly users worldwide, making it the third-largest social media network, according to ''Insider Intelligence''.

About 34 percent of travelers were influenced by TikTok in 2022, a 10 percentage point increase from 2021, ....<ref>https://skift.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-chips-away-at-googles-dominance-in-travel-discovery/</ref>}}

TikTok, unfortunately, allows some inappropriate ads.

== Greater Influence than other Social Media ==
"In terms of time spent, TikTok is tied for second place with Facebook. YouTube is still in the top position, holding users’ interest for an average of 23.7 hours each month."<ref name="Hootsuite"/>

{{cquote|TikTok has considerably more engagement than either of the other two networks [Instagram and YouTube] at all follower levels. For example, Upfluence found micro-influencers had engagement rates of 17.96% on TikTok, 3.86% on Instagram, and 1.63% on YouTube. At the other extreme, mega-influencers had engagement rates of 4.96% on TikTok, 1.21% on Instagram, and 0.37% on YouTube.<ref>https://influencermarketinghub.com/tiktok-stats/</ref>}}
== Video length ==
TikTok video length continues to lengthen with new releases, and as of January 2023 allows up to 10 minutes.<ref>https://www.tribegroup.co/blog/how-to-make-longer-tiktoks</ref>
== Bans on TikTok ==
Donald Trump’s administration planned on banning TikTok as a national security threat long before Biden’s 2021 inauguration, but Biden originally over turned his order. <ref> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57413227/</ref> The Biden administration later reversed course and introduced it’s own ban proposal, more or less putting the Democrats’ foot in their mouths.
After mostly [[Republican]] states banned the use of TikTok on government-issued devices in 2022, the [[University of Texas]] blocked access to TikTok through its networks on its [[Austin]] campus on Jan. 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.kxan.com/news/ut-austin-bans-tiktok-access-on-campus-networks/</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Anti-Free Speech]]
[[Category:China]]
[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:TikTok]]

TikTok

2024-10-01T13:17:19Z

DMorris: /* Bans on TikTok */ Trump was for banning it first.

''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''.
[[File:TikTok.PNG|right|300px|]]
'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''.

As an unfiltered [[grassroots]] platform, overall TikTok appears to be [[conservative populist]] in ideology. [[Political correctness]] has been unable to take control of the platform, and accounts such as the "Libs of TikTok" have been able to influence many by exposing shocking examples of the [[homosexual agenda]]. the [[transgender agenda]], and [[illegal immigration]].

Nearly half of [[American]]s - 150 million people - are active users on TikTok, according to a statement by its CEO Shou Chew on March 21, 2023.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/tiktok-150-million-us-users/index.html</ref> [[Liberal]]s dislike how TikTok users post videos and comments objecting to [[public school]] [[illiteracy]] or regretting [[abortion]].

[[Biden]], in a tight race for reelection, proposed in March 2023 to try to ban TikTok,<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html</ref> which hinders [[Democrat]] efforts to exploit and mislead young voters. Dems depend heavily on young voters to win presidential elections. But later Biden's campaign established its own account on TikTok to promote his reelection.

[[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition. TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]].<ref>Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:
#TikTok.com
#Google.com
#Facebook.com
#Microsoft.com
#Apple.com
#Amazon.com
#Netflix.com
#YouTube.com
#Twitter.com
#WhatsApp.com

https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref>

The average [[time]] spent (wasted?) on TikTok is reportedly 91 minutes per day, compared with 60 minutes daily for Facebook and 32 minutes daily for Instagram. TikTok became popular because it facilitates the creation and distribution of short videos on cell phones, without [[liberal censorship]]. More females use TikTok than males.

TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and ByteDance runs a likewise popular version in China known as Douyin.

TikTok sued in federal court in [[San Francisco]] to block Trump's [[Executive Order]] against it in late 2020.

On September 14, 2020, TikTok announced a deal with [[Oracle]] to try to remain in the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-users-rejoice-over-oracle-deal-but-saga-with-trump-isnt-over/</ref>

TikTok was largely unknown to the American public until [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] name-dropped the platform while bragging online about TikTok being used to largely cut into attendance at a Donald Trump rally in [[Tulsa]] during the [[2020 presidential election]] campaign via fake ticket registrations by teenage anti-Trump TikTok users (some of which she also identified as fans of Korean pop music, or "K-Pop") who would then no-show the event, done with the intent of sabotaging the rally by preventing legitimate attendance by Trump supporters (who were also slandered by Ocasio-Cortez as "white supremacists").<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-gloats-that-trumps-tulsa-turnout-was-sabotaged-by-teens-on-tiktok AOC gloats that Trump’s Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by ‘teens on TikTok’] at Fox News</ref>

In October 2022 [[Russia]] fined TikTok for pushing [[LGBT]] content.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russia-fines-tiktok-for-pushing-lgbt-content/</ref>

== Conservative content on TikTok ==
Some of the videos on TikTok are pro-parent and also pro-family. Almost none of the videos promote the kind of [[liberal]] [[elitism]] preferred by political [[Leftists]]. The popular videos concerning relationships are virtually all [[heterosexual]] in their message.

Some of the most popular videos on TikTok are by or about mothers, without the [[political correctness]] presented by the [[liberal media]].

It's the Wild West on TikTok, and thus no political impact can be intended (unlike [[Facebook]] and the pre-[[X]] [[Twitter]]). But a checklist of issues indicates an overall [[conservative]] impact by TikTok on its predominantly youthful voter demographic:

:pro-Establishment (no), pro-liberal-social-agenda (no), anti-homemaker (no), pro-authority (no), pro-parent (yes), pro-kids (yes), pro-drugs (no), pro-video-games (no), pro-young-voters-thinking-for-themselves (yes).

== Marketing on TikTok ==
"TikTok is the number-one app for driving consumer spending, surpassing Tinder for the top spot."<ref name="Hootsuite">https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/</ref>

TikTok is rapidly becoming a top site for marketing:
{{cquote|TikTok can’t be overlooked in marketing. The short-form video platform now hosts 750 million monthly users worldwide, making it the third-largest social media network, according to ''Insider Intelligence''.

About 34 percent of travelers were influenced by TikTok in 2022, a 10 percentage point increase from 2021, ....<ref>https://skift.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-chips-away-at-googles-dominance-in-travel-discovery/</ref>}}

TikTok, unfortunately, allows some inappropriate ads.

== Greater Influence than other Social Media ==
"In terms of time spent, TikTok is tied for second place with Facebook. YouTube is still in the top position, holding users’ interest for an average of 23.7 hours each month."<ref name="Hootsuite"/>

{{cquote|TikTok has considerably more engagement than either of the other two networks [Instagram and YouTube] at all follower levels. For example, Upfluence found micro-influencers had engagement rates of 17.96% on TikTok, 3.86% on Instagram, and 1.63% on YouTube. At the other extreme, mega-influencers had engagement rates of 4.96% on TikTok, 1.21% on Instagram, and 0.37% on YouTube.<ref>https://influencermarketinghub.com/tiktok-stats/</ref>}}
== Video length ==
TikTok video length continues to lengthen with new releases, and as of January 2023 allows up to 10 minutes.<ref>https://www.tribegroup.co/blog/how-to-make-longer-tiktoks</ref>
== Bans on TikTok ==
Donald Trump’s administration planned on banning TikTok as a national security threat long before Biden’s 2021 inauguration, but Biden originally over turned his order. <ref> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57413227/<ref> The Biden administration later reversed course and introduced it’s own ban proposal, more or less putting the Democrats’ foot in their mouths.
After mostly [[Republican]] states banned the use of TikTok on government-issued devices in 2022, the [[University of Texas]] blocked access to TikTok through its networks on its [[Austin]] campus on Jan. 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.kxan.com/news/ut-austin-bans-tiktok-access-on-campus-networks/</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:Anti-Free Speech]]
[[Category:China]]
[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:TikTok]]

Kamala Harris

2024-10-01T01:36:18Z

DMorris: Her alleged religion

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'''Kamala Devi Harris'''<ref>pronounced similar to "commie-la".</ref> (b. 1964, she/her) also known as '''Krazy Kamala''', '''''¡Qué mala!'''''<ref>Spanish: '''¡Qué mala!''',(''pron. kā-mǎla'', How sick, How bad, How horrible, How mean. Sp. ''mal'' as in Eng malady, malign, malignant, malicious, malediction, etc.; ''Que'' is an interrogatory akin to "what?" or "how?" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-did-kamala-harris-let-herbalife-off-the-hook_n_5c8fab16e4b03e83bdc39a37</ref><ref>[[Google]] Translate from [[Finnish]] to [[English]]: Kamala -> Horrible. https://translate.google.com/?sl=fi&tl=en&text=Kamala&op=translate</ref> or '''Kalifornia Kamala''', is the undemocratically selected Presidential nominee of the American [[Democrat party]] for whom nobody voted. Not since [[United States presidential election, 1968|1968]] has the Democrat party nominated a Presidential candidate who [[McGovern-Fraser_Commission#Background|never appeared on any primary election ballot]] anywhere.<ref>[https://theconversation.com/kamala-harris-is-no-hubert-humphrey-how-the-presumed-2024-democratic-presidential-nominee-isnt-like-the-1968-party-candidate-235358 Kamala Harris is no Hubert Humphrey − how the presumed 2024 Democratic presidential nominee isn’t like the 1968 party candidate], Aram Goudsouzian, ''The Conversation'', Published: July 26, 2024.</ref> Her 2024 presidential bid is backed by [[Russia]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/09/05/vladimir-putin-endorses-kamala-harris-for-president-praises-her-infectious-laugh/ Vladimir Putin Endorses Kamala Harris for President, Praises Her ‘Infectious’ Laugh]</ref> Harris was, according to [[Joe Biden]], a [[diversity, equity, and inclusion]] (DEI) hiree as [[vice president]].
<ref>[https://archive.ph/VKWwo BIDEN: DEI are the core strength of America, and it starts at the top with the Vice President], Libby Emmons, ''The Post Millennial'', May 29, 2024. "The values of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) are literally the core strengths of America. That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. And it starts at the top with the Vice President." thepostmillennial.com</ref> Harris is known to have considerable [[alcoholism|drinking problem]].<ref>[https://archive.is/arGQl#selection-3343.0-3371.13 Kamala Harris, the only major candidate who drinks booze, has great taste in wine], Esther Mobley, ''The San Fransisco Chronicle'', Aug. 12, 2020. www.sfchronicle.com</ref>

According to [[mainstream media|mainstream]], [[liberal media]],<ref>[https://archive.is/tWUIa Harris to visit Mexico and Guatemala to address "root causes" of border crossings], Shawna Chen. ''[[Axios]]'', Apr 14, 2021. "Vice President Harris said Wednesday she plans to visit Mexico and Guatemala "as soon as possible" in a diplomatic effort to address surging migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, [[Reuters]] reports.
Why it matters: The number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border has reached crisis levels. Harris, appointed by Biden as '''border czar''', said she would be looking at the "root causes" that drive migration." https://www.axios.com/2021/04/14/harris-immigration-visit-mexico-guatemala</ref> Harris was appointed Border Czar by Joe Biden, who was ousted from the 2024 Democratic Party Presidential ticket in a [[coup]] over questions of his fitness to serve office.<ref>[https://archive.is/5g6Rz#selection-1455.48-1463.249 Why Biden finally quit], By ELI STOKOLS, JONATHAN LEMIRE, ELENA SCHNEIDER and SARAH FERRIS, ''[[Politico]]'', 07/21/2024. politico.com</ref> In June 2023 [[NBC News]] reported that Harris had achieved the lowest approval rating for a vice president in the history of the poll.<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2023/06/26/kamala-harris-poll-2024-election-biden NBC News poll: Kamala Harris hits record low for VP net favorability, Erin Doherty, ''Axios'', Jun 26, 2023. www.axios.com</ref> Democrat [[powerbroker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] was quoted as saying Harris is a worse candidate than Joe Biden,<ref>[https://therightscoop.com/watch-kevin-mccarthy-says-nancy-pelosi-is-not-a-fan-of-kamala-for-president/ </ref> who was removed suffering from [[dementia]].<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/other/joe-biden-may-be-suffering-due-to-vascular-dementia-and-not-parkinson-s-according-to-this-expert-neurologist/ar-BB1q1MUO</ref>

Harris was ranked 'most [[liberal]] compared to all senators' in a 2019 report card published by GovTrack.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/greg-gutfeld-kamala-harris-egregious-dangerous-political-cover-up-american-history Greg Gutfeld: Kamala Harris egregious dangerous political cover-up in American history], ''Fox news'', July 24, 2024</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Harris Mpls riot.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Sen. Kamala Harris solicited money for the [[MFF]] to bail out [[Antifa]] [[terrorist]]s who burnt down the [[Minneapolis]] Police Station.]]
Harris previously occupied the position of the first childless [[birthing person]] of color<ref> https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/10/biden-admin-replaces-mothers-birthing-people-new-budget-proposal/</ref> in the office of [[Vice President of the United States|vice-president of the United States]]. Known for her obsession with Venn diagrams, she is perhaps best known for inciting [[riot]]s across [[America]] causing some $2 billion in property damage and at least 40 lives,<ref>[https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/kamala-harris-about-riots-theyre-not-gonna-stop-and-they-should-not/ VP Candidate Kamala Harris chilling interview about BLM riots: “They’re not gonna stop. And they should not.”], Law Enforcement Today, Aug 30, 2021</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/29/kamala-harris-praises-anti-semite-who-incited-race-riots-anti-jewish-pogroms/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/26/kamala-harris-blasted-for-praising-blm-as-essential-and-brilliant-amid-violence/</ref> and vowing not to take the [[coronavirus]] [[vaccine]]<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/06/biden-administration-should-look-in-mirror-before-casting-stones-over-vaccinations/</ref> before peddling the [[Big Pharma]] [[bioweapon]] [[vaccine]]<ref>https://slaynews.com/news/renowned-expert-covid-shots-weapons-mass-destruction/ </ref> to minorities and all Americans.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/07/12/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-a-vaccine-mobilization-event/</ref> As California Attorney General she is known for separating parents from children and splitting up families.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/31/kamala-harris-laughed-jailing-parents-truancy</ref> On March 24, 2021 Harris was put in charge of implementing the Democrat administration's "babies in cages" policy.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-endorses-ripping-children-from-their-parents-at-the-border</ref> Harris has expressed extremist anti-government positions in questioning the integrity of the [[Supreme Court]].<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/09/10/vp-harris-openly-questioning-integrity-of-activist-scotus-could-hint-at-wh-strategy-for-midterms-1283492/</ref> She has been labeled "the boss from hell" by co-workers.<ref>https://okmagazine.com/p/vp-kamala-harris-boss-from-hell-aides-quit/</ref>

Harris is a [[racist]] [[Democrat]] and former Senator from [[California]] who publicly ridiculed [[Jamaica]]ns as pleasure-seeking [[marijuana|pot]] smokers (Harris herself has publicly bragged about smoking marijuana during college).<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/kamala-harris-marijuana-policy-tulsi-gabbard-debates-866102/</ref> Harris' racist views have been disavowed by her own family.<ref>https://www.waynedupree.com/2020/08/kamala-harris-father-identify-politics/</ref> Harris is one-quarter black Jamaican, one-quarter [[white]] descendant of slave owners, and half South Asian ([[India]]n).<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=125330757 Obituary for Kamala Harris's mother which describes her background]</ref> Harris was an ardent supporter of [[Jussie Smollett]]'s [[hate crime hoax]] to incite a race war in America.<ref>https://biznewspost.com/news/joe-biden-kamala-harris-democrat-politicians-rushed-to-defend-guilty-jussie-smolletts-hoax/</ref> Smollett was later convicted of five felonies in connection with the fraud.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/still-posted-twitter-kamala-harris-tweet-calling-jussie-smolletts-sick-race-hoax-modern-day-lynching/</ref>

Harris famously said at the 2023 Munich Security Conference, "When one country attacks another, the whole world is in danger" to peals of laughter after the U.S. invasions of [[Yugoslavia]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Somalia]], [[Iraq]], [[Libya]] and [[Syria]]. Her efforts to recruit the [[Global South]] in the [[Russia sanctions]] regime fell flat.<ref>https://twitter.com/Marianna9110/status/1632305633142685696</ref> Harris is under [[economic sanctions|sanctions]] and a travel ban by the [[Russian Federation]] for her racist, [[xenophobic]], and [[Russophobic]] agenda.<ref>https://archive.is/kdv8P</ref>
[[File:Kamala partying down.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Kamala partying down, Sept. 2023.<ref>https://twitter.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1700616309849858267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>]]
Harris is an outspoken advocate of defunding the police,<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/view-meghan-mccain-kamala-harris-police-defunding-explanation-a9555436.html</ref> which she euphemistically refers to as "re-imagining",<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethcohen/2020/06/08/ragine-the-police-kamala-harris/#499188215c6d</ref> despite 81% of [[Black]]s opposing [[lawlessness]] in [[Democrat urban issues|predominantly Democrat-run cities]]. According to the [[Gallup Poll]], [[African American]]s in fact would like to see more policing in their communities.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gallup-poll-81-of-black-people-want-police-to-stay-in-their-neighborhoods</ref> Harris publicly lent her name to a fundraising campaign to bail out insurrectionists who burnt down the [[DFL riots|Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct]] in June 2020; on the issue of defunding the [[Capitol Police]], Harris has remained silent.

Harris again proved herself incapable of compassion and empathy for the suffering of other people publicly on the world stage by laughing at the plight of refugees from the [[Russia-Ukraine war]] - many of whom were people of color from [[Africa]] and [[India]] discriminated against and held back from leaving by the [[neo-fascist]] border guards of the [[Zelensky regime]].

Former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] announced Harris as his running mate for the [[2020 presidential election]] on August 11, 2020.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (August 11, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/11/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-as-running-mate/ Joe Biden Selects Kamala Harris As Running Mate] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2020.</ref> The Biden/Harris ticket lost 10% support among "people of color" in a nationwide [[CNN]] poll of registered voters conducted in days following the announcement.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/17/poll-biden-loses-black-and-hispanic-support-kamala-harris-joins-ticket/</ref> Harris is known for her faux "ghetto talk".<ref>https://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/2019/03/kamala-harris-profile-of-fake-african.html</ref>

Like her white master Joe Biden, Harris is also a descendant of [[Slave Power|slave owners]] and is not ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery).<ref>https://nationalfile.com/kamala-is-descended-from-slave-owner-will-it-affect-the-race/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Woj_Pawelczyk/status/1145441281809821696</ref> It was indeed her [[white privilege]] that gave her family a [[bourgeois]] lifestyle in Jamaica and in the United States, and later a successful career in politics. Harris announced her candidacy for the [[2020 presidential election]] in early 2019, with [[Marc Elias]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm serving as her general counsel. Harris has promised [[riot]]s will not stop before or after the election.<ref>https://twitter.com/chiIIum/status/1299077701916073984</ref> Harris has shown no compunction about stepping on the backs of the alleged oppressed people she supposedly represents to promote her career.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tulsi-gabbard-just-humiliated-kamala-harris-in-front-of-10-million-people</ref>

After the majority [[white]] liberal [[Black Lives Matter]] movement and [[Antifa]] caused over $2 billion in property damages over the Summer of 2020<ref>https://fee.org/articles/george-floyd-riots-caused-record-setting-2-billion-in-damage-new-report-says-here-s-why-the-true-cost-is-even-higher/</ref> and 35 lives lost in [[riot]]s,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled</ref> Harris solicited bail fund money for the insurrectionists and incited more [[violence]]:
{{quotebox-float|"Everyone beware, because they’re not gonna stop, they’re not gonna stop before election day in November, and they’re not gonna stop after election day. And that should be – everyone should take note of that. They’re not gonna let up. And they should not. And we should not.”<ref>https://www.facebook.com/colbertlateshow/videos/sen-kamala-harris-the-nationwide-protests-are-a-movement-theyre-not-going-to-sto/551018095596188/</ref>}}
Harris is not a birthing person,<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/10/biden-admin-replaces-mothers-birthing-people-new-budget-proposal/</ref> supports destruction of the [[nuclear family]] and removal of fathers from the home,<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/10/black-lives-matter-foundation-aims-to-disrupt-family-structure-excludes-fathers-from-vision-of-community/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8617275/How-Kamala-Harris-political-identity-eluded-her.html</ref> and is pro-Black [[genocide]] through [[abortion]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/since-roe-abortion-has-killed-more-black-babies-than-the-entire-black-population-of-the-u-s-in-1960</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-adds-abortion-extremism-to-democratic-presidential-ticket/</ref> She is considered by many to be the handmaid of [[Wall Street]].<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/512972-nina-turner-on-harris-as-vp-salute-the-history-but-wall-street-has-the-ticket</ref> Failing to gain support among [[African American]]s, Harris withdrew from the Democratic primary contest before voting began.<ref>Multiple references:
*McLaughlin, Seth (December 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/3/kamala-harris-end-democratic-presidential/ 'Speak truth' message, pricey campaign sink Kamala Harris' 2020 bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
*Parti, Tarini (December 3, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-sen-kamala-harris-is-dropping-out-of-presidential-race-aide-says-11575396911 California Sen. Kamala Harris Is Dropping Out of Presidential Race]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
See also:
*Bleau, Hannah (December 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/03/kamala-harriss-top-9-fails/ Kamala Harris’s Top 9 Fails]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref>

Kamala Harris is officially a member of a [[Baptist]] church in California,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://religionnews.com/2020/10/28/kamala-harris-talks-about-her-own-faith-and-how-it-might-influence-a-biden-harris-white-house/|title=Kamala Harris talks about her own faith and how it might influence a Biden-Harris White House |date=2020-10-27|accessdate-2024-09-30|work=Religion News}}</ref> though most of her positions (such as that on abortion) are in direct conflict with Baptist teaching. It is common for unsaved people in American politics to claim membership in a religious body, as many would never vote for a self-proclaimed atheist.

===Rise===
[[File:When Willie met Kamala.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris with [[Willie Brown]]. Brown authored the 1975 law making homosexuality legal in California and compared the [[Rev. Jim Jones]] of the [[People's Temple]] to Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Harris made [[gay marriage]] legal in California by not defending [[Proposition 8]] in federal court.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
Harris's rise to prominence in the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] came about by having a sexual affair with a powerful married California Democrat three decades her senior, earning her the nickname, "HeelsUp Harris."<ref>https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a26077919/kamala-harris-willie-brown-dating-explained/</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/kamala_heelsupharris_ascends_to_the_top_of_the_biden_vp_list_what_could_go_wrong.html</ref> California House Speaker and former San Francisco mayor [[Willie Brown]] used his clout with donors to fund Harris' run for San Francisco D.A.
Brown bought her a [[BMW]] and promoted her from a low-level clerk in the Public Defenders office to several six-figure income jobs in the California Democrat political machine.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref> According to the ''New Yorker'', Harris had no meaningful long-term [[heterosexual]] relationships with men for twenty years after her affair with Willie Brown ended.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref> Harris' failure as California Attorney General to defend California's citizen ballot referendum, Proposition 8, in federal court - which passed overwhelmingly to amend the California Constitution defining [[marriage]] as between a biological man and woman, led to the alleged "legalization" of [[same-sex "marriage"]] in California.<ref>https://www.dailynews.com/2013/06/29/life-after-prop-8-the-fight-over-gay-marriage-to-continue-after-supreme-court-decision/</ref>
[[File:Kamala Harris forcibly separated children from families.PNG|right|350px|thumb|On Kamala's orders, children are forcibly separated from their parents.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/31/kamala-harris-laughed-jailing-parents-truancy</ref>]]
Harris's qualifications consist of checking off multiple [[intersectional]] boxes in the Democrats' program of [[identity politics]] and, according to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', her "black, low-rise Chuck Taylor All-Stars, the classic Converse shoe that has long been associated more closely with cultural cool than carefully managed high-profile candidacies."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-kamala-harris-shoes-slammed</ref> ''[[NBC News]]'' is enthralled by her bold fashion statement "Harris wears Timberlands to survey [[California wildfires|California wildfire]] damage" and people's lives turned to ash. ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' published a probing analysis of the way Harris "bounced" off her private plane to view the devastation in California: "Was it the shoe choice itself or just Harris’ assured manner that sold the look so hard? Perhaps a mixture of both. That jaunty strut? A construction boot made popular by [[New York]] rappers? [[Mike Pence]] could never."<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-wore-timberlands-the-internet-responded?via=twitter_page</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' published an article as well as a photo essay on Harris's trendy shoes.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/parody/kamala-harris-shoe-sexism/</ref> [[Yahoo]] Finance assessed that Harris "may have made Timberland boots cool again," citing a tweet from the official BET account: "What better validation of Timberland ruggedness — mixed with comfort — than Harris’ entire day in them. And what better signal to shoppers that Timbs could be cool again — maybe not early ‘90s cool — but cool now that Harris is wearing a sneaker-like version of the iconic footwear."<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-may-have-made-timberland-boots-cool-again-174021441.html</ref> By contrast, incumbent VP [[Mike Pence]] has a discernible record of failure to have reporting on his shoe choice over a 20-year career in electoral politics.<ref>https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/freepress/story/2020/sep/13/cooper-eye-left/532074/</ref>

Harris has become an articulate spokesperson to legitimize the unhinged mob. She is doggedly committed to free goodies and social programs such as free healthcare for illegal aliens, free daycare, female [[affirmative action]] quotas, more single-parent families<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies-12872.html</ref> and its effect on high juvenile offender rates.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756061616300957</ref> To cultivate a "get tough" image as California Attorney General, Harris imprisoned parents for the truancy of their children,<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-truancy-arrests-2020-progressive-prosecutor_n_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e</ref> which was widespread, separating children from families and leaving them without a breadwinner and in state custody subject to sexual abuse by [[civil service system]] employees.<ref>https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/kamala-harris-spins-facts-on-truancy-law/</ref> Harris endorses the [[Green New Deal]] based on the [[pseudoscientific]] claim that "[[global warming]]" and carbon emissions can be reduced by "[[slave]] [[reparation]]s," a guaranteed [[universal basic income]], and [[Medicare for All]]. Harris believes, without legitimate evidence, that the United States can afford the cost estimated at 120% of [[World GDP]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZpmsBm3u9g</ref><ref>[https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2019/01/10/039green_new_deal039_would_cost_more_than_gdp_of_most_countries_40543.html 'Green New Deal' Would Cost More Than GDP of Most Countries], Tyler O'Neil, PJ Media January 10, 2019.</ref>

Harris opposes U.S. jobs and energy independence,<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2016/12/20/california-sues-to-block-offshore-oil-fracking/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/kamala-harris-no-question-i-would-ban-fracking</ref> and would prefer the United States be dependent on [[Vladimir Putin]] and Saudi Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] for oil imports.<ref>https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russia-saudi-arabia-us-oil/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-cant-afford-to-be-left-out-of-an-opec-20/2020/04/06/ff627136-7823-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html</ref>

In 2018 Harris was the leading fundraiser bred by elite party donors to challenge [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 presidential election]]. Harris is a product of the [[progressive]] [[far-Left]] excrement capital of the United States,<ref>https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/08/san-franciscos-sidewalk-poop-problem/566621/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness</ref> the [[San Francisco values|San Francisco political machine]] of Willie Brown, [[Nancy Pelosi]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbAJykg_ncAC&pg=PT81&lpg=PT81&dq=Brown-burton+machine&source=bl&ots=3EW4AnMCyu&sig=ACfU3U0AVUlcPhkGIcv6cgvEiLgw58CDdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwistJPIvpPgAhWW94MKHZCRAAMQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Brown-burton%20machine&f=false She's the Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi], Rochelle Schweizer, Penguin, Sep 23, 2010.</ref> [[Harvey Milk]] and [[Jim Jones]].<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> She announced her candidacy for president on January 21, 2019,<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31248-lying-leftist-harris-i-ll-fight-for-american-values-as-president Leftist Kamala Harris: I’ll Fight For "American Values" as President]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 21, 2019. See also:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31325-will-harris-get-a-pass-on-her-past Will Harris Get a Pass on Her Past?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> and is aligned with socialist [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31324-harris-i-m-an-ocasio-cortez-socialist-cultural-marxism-foes-will-be-dealt-with Harris: I’m an Ocasio-Cortez Socialist; Cultural Marxism Foes Will Be Dealt With]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> Harris has used vulgar and profane language in public.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/07/video-sen-kamala-harris-uses-f-word-public-event-health-care/ VIDEO: Sen. Kamala Harris Uses the F-Word at Public Event About Health Care]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> This was despite her condemning Republican values. Harris blamed "racist" and sexist Democrats for her failing presidential campaign for the Democrat nomination.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2019/11/04/oops-kamala-harris-makes-excuses-for-her-failing-campaign-and-accidentally-admits-how-racist-and-sexist-dems-are-watch/</ref>

Harris is not a [[natural born citizen]] of the United States, however (as both of her foreign-born parents did not become naturalized citizens prior to her birth<ref>[https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2020/08/20/accountability/executive/kalamity-kamala-harris-calamity-america/ Kalamity Kamala a Calamity for America] at Conservative News and Views</ref>), and she is thus ineligible under [[United States Constitution:Article II|Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution]] and the [[Twelfth Amendment]] to run for or serve as Vice-President or President.

==2024 presidential election==
{{See also|United States presidential election, 2024}}
[[File:Weekend at Biden's.PNG|right|300px|thumb|]]

Upon the untimely and unfortunate demise of [[US]] [[socialist]] [[fuhrer]] [[Joe Biden]], Kamala was thrust into the spotlight.<ref>[https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/kamala-harris-floated-biden-replacement-her-past-may-weigh-down-her Kamala Harris is floated as a Biden replacement, but her past may weigh down her candidacy], By Steven Richards, ''[[JuswttheNews]]'', July 3, 2024. justthenews.com</ref>

After the failed assassination attempt on [[Donald Trump]], whoever was in control of Joe Biden's [[X]] (formerly Twitter) account posted a notice of Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/it-didnt-sound-joe-biden-pelosi-questions-dropout-letter-biden-fingers-her-ouster "It Didn't Sound Like Joe Biden": Pelosi Questions Dropout Letter As Biden Fingers Her In Ouster], by Tyler Durden, Aug 12, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref> A few minutes later they posted Biden's endorsement of Kamala on X. Kamala never faced voters and not a single vote was cast for her in any Democrat [[primary election]], ever.

Kamala is famous for a speech at a 2023 [[White House]] ceremony, in which Harris recalled a phrase of her mother who lived for a time in [[Jamaica]], with Harris laughingly saying: “She would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’”<ref>[https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/what-is-the-khive/ What is the ‘KHive?’] by: Russell Falcon, Posted: Jul 25, 2024. ktla.com</ref>

Harris picked as her running mate Gov. [[Tim Walz]] of [[Minnesota]] over the leading contender, [[Pennsylvania]] Gov. [[Josh Shapiro]], largely as a concession to the [[violent]] and [[anti-Semitic]]<ref>[https://jewishinsider.com/2024/08/shapiro-boosters-view-vp-pick-as-sign-of-rising-antisemitism-within-the-democratic-party/ Shapiro boosters view VP pick as sign of rising antisemitism within the Democratic Party] ''JewishInsider'', Aug 6, 2024</ref> pro-[[Hamas]] and pro-[[Palestinian]] elements of the [[Democrat party]].<ref>[https://therightscoop.com/watch-van-jones-admits-that-kamala-appeased-the-anti-jewish-bigots-by-picking-minnesota-gov-for-running-mate/ Van Jones admits that Kamala appeased the ‘anti-Jewish bigots’ by picking Minnesota Gov for running mate], [[CNN]], August 6, 2024.</ref>
[[File:Musk July 1 2024.PNG|left|300px|thumb|[[Elon Musk]] responds to Kamala's misinformation.]]
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==Biden-Harris regime==
[[File:Democracy is the biggest threat.PNG|right|400px|thumb|In an interview with Margaret Brennan of CBS ''[[Face the Nation]]'', Harris insisted that ballot harvesting, midnight drop boxes, locking out election observers, and No ID laws is about “keeping our standing in the world."<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/kamala-harris-insists-ballot-harvesting-midnight-drop-boxes-locking-election-observers-no-laws-keeping-standing-world/</ref>]]
{{See also|Biden regime}}
A YouGov poll conducted after the [[junta]]'s first 100 days showed a staggering 36 percent of voters have a “very unfavorable” opinion of Kamala Harris. The same poll showed Harris 25 points underwater with Independents and 10 points negative among voters overall.<ref>https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/lftymxzxfl/econTabReport.pdf</ref> Political analyst Charlie Cooke observed:
{{quotebox-float|"Still, that Harris is unpopular should come as no great surprise, given that she somehow manages to combine into a single package a transparent insincerity, an unvarnished authoritarianism, and a tendency toward precisely the sort of self-satisfied progressivism that helped the Republicans to limit their losses at the last general election. If her apologists wish to, they can pretend that the reaction Harris yields is “gendered” or “systemic” or “inequitable” or whatever other bastardized academic term is fashionable this week, and they should feel free to knock themselves out doing so. Deep down, though, they must know that America isn’t the problem here. The problem is that Harris is a phony.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/the-democrats-have-a-kamala-harris-problem/</ref>}}
Harris encouraged liberal activists and terrorists to harass unvaccinated people at home.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/kamala-harris-tells-activists-knock-doors-harass-people-havent-vaccinated-desperate-push-meet-4th-july-goal-video/</ref>

===Democracy is the biggest threat to national security===
In September 2021 Harris alleged that [[democracy]] was the biggest threat to [[national security]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/12/26/kamala-harris-says-democracy-biggest-national-security-threat/</ref>

===Biden border crisis===

:{{See also|Biden border crisis}}
Kamala Harris responded with her signature cackling laughter when asked if she would visit the humanitarian crisis created by the Biden junta where children were being locked in cages and held in "jail-like facilities" longer than the law allows.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/03/23/kamala-harris-bursts-out-awkward-laugh-when-asked-about-visiting-the-border-not-today-1048624/</ref> Texas Lt. Governor [[Dan Patrick]] told Fox News,
{{quotebox-float|"There was a little girl that drowned in the river. Kamala Harris must think that’s amusing to her. She must think that the sex offenders who are coming into this country, who are coming into communities all over this country to assault children is funny to her. This is not a laughing matter to our country or to these people or for future victims. So far they won’t call this a crisis. It’s a designed disaster. This is their plan… Sex offenders are up 1,967% in just the Del Rio sector in Texas. Sexual offenders are defined by people we already arrested for offenses against children and they’re crossing back two or three times."<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/kamala-harris-must-think-amusing-tx-lt-gov-dan-patrick-goes-off-child-sex-trafficking-1967-video/</ref>}}
A border agent described conditions in the cells to the ''[[Epoch Times]]:''
{{quotebox-float|"The family-unit holding cells smell like [[urine]] and [[vomit]]. Fights break out in the unaccompanied-minor cells. [[Scabies]], [[lice]], the [[flu]], and COVID-19 run rampant. Up to 80 individuals are squeezed into each 24- by 30-foot cell, and there aren’t enough mattresses for everyone. Sheets of plastic divide the rooms. “Any diseases that are in there, it’s being kept in there, like a petri dish. The smell is overwhelming.”<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-border-agent-gives-inside-account-of-overcrowded-facilities_3746058.html?amp</ref>}}
After White House chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] denied a border crisis existed,<ref>Steven Nelson and Aaron Feis, [https://nypost.com/2021/03/09/wh-refuses-to-call-mexico-border-rush-child-detainment-a-crisis/ White House refuses to call Mexico border rush, child detainee tripling a ‘crisis’], NYPost, Mar 9, 2021</ref> the [[Biden junta]] put Kamala Harris in charge of managing the catastrophe.<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/03/24/biden-just-named-a-new-person-in-charge-of-the-border-youll-know-her-by-the-sound-of-her-cackle-n349562</ref> Harris previously compared [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] officials to the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/kamala-harris-tapped-to-fix-the-border-despite-attacking-immigration/</ref> A week into the Harris' appointment as border czar, Harris had no immigration-related meetings on her schedule and made no public statements about the border crisis.<ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/kamala-has-no-immigration-meetings-scheduled-despite-leading-crisis-response/</ref> ''Axios'' reported "If you give someone a sh***ty assignment because the president doesn’t want to do it himself, you can’t be mad when the treacherous situation looks treacherous.”<ref>https://www.axios.com/kamala-harris-trip-problems-rekindle-2020-campaign-doubts-f08f807e-c00a-432a-a562-3c2a2beaa634.html</ref> [[Symone Sanders]], an [[African American]] woman who was relegated to a subordinate position in the White House [[propaganda]] apparatus, told the [[Associated Press]], "The vice president is not doing the border."<ref>https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-diplomacy-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-central-america-c89f7b50d980dce085ec5e9f2d17dee2</ref> Harris refused to visit the border for six months and laughed at the unfolding human tragedy.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/03/23/kamala-harris-bursts-out-awkward-laugh-when-asked-about-visiting-the-border-not-today-1048624/</ref> Not until President Trump announced he and Texas governor [[Greg Abbott]] would visit the border did Harris announce she would visit the border.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/06/23/kamala-harris-announces-border-visit-just-days-before-president-trump-event/</ref>

Democrat Rep. [[Henry Cuellar]], whose district was hardest hit by disaster, had been calling for months for the Biden junta to listen to the people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, to him, and to [[law enforcement]] that is overwhelmed called Harris' visit to [[El Paso]] in the Upper Rio Rio Grande Valley a “politically safe” trip, a “check the box” kind of trip and a "joke". Harris never consulted with Cuellar, Texas governor [[Greg Abbott]], or other local people.

After alleged human rights violations, Harris demanded an investigation into the Biden regime's failed border policies that she is in charge of.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/21/kamala-harris-wants-biden-administration-investigated-for-failed-border-policies-she-is-in-charge-of/</ref>

====Unsanitary conditions====
According to ''[[Politico]]'',<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/06/28/the-white-houses-centrists-strike-back-493400</ref> White House and [[Health and Human Services]] officials were frustrated after being left with the task of cleaning up remarks about the Mexican border by [[Symone Sanders]], senior spokesperson for Harris. Sanders told reporters that Biden and Harris “have instructed [[Xavier Becerra|[HHS Secretary Xavier] Becerra]] to do a thorough investigation” of the El Paso army base where migrant children locked in cages. But Psaki and others had to tell ''[[The Guardian]]'' that no such investigation exists. “At no time did The White House recommend a probe of the facility,” a White House spokesman told ''The Guardian''.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/25/kamala-harris-us-mexico-border-visit-migration</ref> [[CBS News]] also reported that a White House official said that Biden did not order a formal investigation.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-orders-probe-into-fort-bliss-base-holding-migrant-children/</ref>

According to a [[whistleblower]] complaint, children were forced to sleep in tents that “were dirty and often had a foul odor,” at times smelling of sewage at the Fort Bliss, Texas army base, one of the camps the Biden junta used to hold 5,000 children. Children were not given prompt medical care when experiencing health crises, including one girl who had a panic attack after learning that her old sister was dying and another who, after not receiving her period for months, began bleeding profusely. One 13-year-old from [[Honduras]] at Fort Bliss recounted that a friend was served raw or undercooked chicken “that still had feathers in it.”<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/07/whistleblowers-detail-poor-hygiene-for-migrant-kids-at-texas-site/</ref>

The complaint was sent to various congressional committees and to the [[Health and Human Services]] (HHS) inspector general. The Health and Human Services Department hired a water-and-fire damage repair contractor with no training to supervise migrant children at the Texas army base. As of July 2021 there were roughly 14,500 children in HHS custody at several of its concentration camps.

When chief border czar Kamala Harris visited Texas in June 2021, she studiously avoided Fort Bliss.

====Babies in cages====
[[File:Biden-cages-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Biden / Harris regime kept babies in cages..]]
The junta renewed the Obama era program of locking migrant children in cages.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2021/02/23/bidens-kids-cages-moment-carrizo-springs-facility-re-opens/</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' initially reported the junta was holding 3250 kids in "jail-like facilities"<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/03/09/nyt-nails-biden-for-holding-migrant-children-in-violation-of-law-but-they-do-a-little-spinning-in-the-process-n340404</ref> 38% longer than the law allows.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-immigration-detention-increase/</ref> The figure was later revised to 9,400 in February alone,<ref>https://www.vox.com/2021/3/21/22343184/as-bidens-immigration-policy-faces-scrutiny-the-dhs-chief-says-the-border-is-closed</ref> and by the third week of March [[DHS]] said the number of babies in cages was 15,500.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-migrant-children-in-border-patrol-custody-hits-15500/</ref> The Former head of CBP said Homeland [[Commissar]] [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] "lied to the American people" about the crisis.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-administration-lied-american-border-crisis</ref>

According to [[CBS News]], children were held in overcrowded conditions, and some were having to sleep on the floor and were going hungry. One immigration lawyer representing the children said there were kids who had showered only once in seven days and weren’t allowed to shower more often. The children were not allowed outdoors and complained of not seeing the sun in days. The Donna complex which is supposed to hold only 250 people held 1,800, or 729% of its pandemic-era capacity. The migrants were not able to practice any social distancing because of the massive number of people.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-detained-in-overcrowded-conditions/</ref> The ''New York Post'' wrote in an editorial, "While we feel Trump was wrongly vilified for these facilities, Biden deserves every knock of hypocrisy leveled against him."<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/02/24/bidens-kids-in-cages-prove-his-hypocrisy-on-immigration/</ref> ''[[Time magazine]]'' pleaded for the Dear Leader to end locking babies in cages.<ref>https://time.com/5945307/biden-end-detention-migrant-children/</ref>
[[File:McGowen Harris Clinton Giuffre.PNG|300px|thumb|McGowan tweet in response to Kamala Harris/Bill Clinton "Women's Empowerment" event.]]
''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported “[y]oung people are waiting in cramped, austere holding cells with concrete floors and benches. Lights remain on 24 hours a day, agents say, and there are few places to play.”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/unaccompanied-minors-detention-cells/2021/03/10/a0d39390-81c6-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html</ref> [[CNN]]’s Pamela Brown reported that “as the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border gets worse, the media is being kept from it despite calls of transparency from the Biden administration. Reporters and photographers were not been allowed inside the facilities where thousands of unaccompanied children are being kept in similar to jail-like conditions."<ref> https://youtu.be/FrUwXhmgLlM</ref>

When negative publicity arose, the Biden team then emptied the cages and forced children to sleep in buses overnight, according to [[NBC News]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/05/13/joe-bidens-america-migrant-children-stuck-overnight-on-parked-buses-for-consecutive-days-and-nights/</ref>

====Skips border conference to visit bakery====
As the Border Czar, Kamala skipped attending an international conference in [[Mexico City]] to examine the root causes of illegal immigration into the United States in order to visit a bakery in New Jersey.<ref>https://youtu.be/-mFnoEaYlsI</ref>

====Blaming whom?====
Outrageously, Kamala Harris, after she denied there is a crisis at the border, refused to visit there, in Dec 2022, she rather blamed Republicans, no less.<ref>Hanna Panreck, [https://www.foxnews.com/media/harris-blames-republicans-border-crisis-unwillingness-engage-any-meaningful-reform Harris blames Republicans for border crisis: 'Unwillingness to engage in any meaningful reform'], Fox News, Dec 20, 2022.<blockquote>
Harris was tapped by President Biden to address the root causes of the border crisis in 2021.</blockquote></ref><ref>
[https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/12/20/youll-never-guess-whom-kamala-harris-blames-for-the-border-crisis-n1655216 You’ll Never Guess Whom Kamala Harris Blames for the Border Crisis], pjmedia, Dec 20, 2022.
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Nominal Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a series of softball questions from NPR Monday and promptly blamed Congressional Republicans for the border crisis. The only surprise was that she didn’t figure out a way to blame the Left’s feared and loathed Emmanuel Goldstein figure, Donald Trump, for the fiasco of our open Southern border. But anyone who has been paying attention knows who is really responsible for the never-ending influx of migrants, an influx that promises to inflict poverty and rising crime on Americans for years to come: Harris herself, her putative boss Joe Biden, and those who are really running this administration.

Harris told NPR that the problem at the border stemmed from Republicans refusing to cooperate: “And sadly, what we have seen in particular, I am sad to say, from Republicans in Congress is an unwillingness to engage in any meaningful reform that could actually fix a lot of what we are witnessing.”

By “meaningful reform,” Harris means the removal of any remaining restrictions on entry into the United States, so that virtually anyone can come in at any time for any reason without any difficulty. That’s essentially the case already, but Harris, Biden, and their henchmen want this chaotic situation codified into law. “I think that there is so much that needs to happen to address the issue,” she said. “Reform of our immigration system can only happen through Congress in terms of the passage of an immigration bill that allows for a legal pathway to citizenship and a legal presence in the country.”

Remember, Kamala Harris is Old Joe Biden’s “Border Czar,” although after she was given that job early in the present dumpster fire, er, administration, she raised eyebrows by never actually visiting the border she was supposed to fix. When NBC’s Lester Holt asked her why she hadn’t been to the site of the crisis she was supposed to be working on ending, she snapped, “And I haven’t been to Europe, I don’t understand the point you’re making.”

She might not have gone because there was nothing there she was interested in seeing: As far as she was concerned, there was apparently no crisis at all. In September, Harris declared, “The border is secure, but we also have a broken immigration system, in particular, over the last four years before we came in, and it needs to be fixed.” This once again suggested that the problem wasn’t the massive numbers of people streaming into the country, but the lack of an established mechanism to give them immediate citizenship and register them as Democrats. Harris continued, “We have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours and our administration. But there are still a lot of problems that we are trying to fix given the deterioration that happened over the last four years. We also have to put into place a law and a plan for a pathway for citizenship for the millions of people who are here and are prepared to do what is legally required to gain citizenship.”

What did Harris mean by “the deterioration that happened over the last four years”? She was obviously referring to the Trump administration and claiming that Biden’s handlers had fixed some problem at the border that they found upon taking office. So let’s look at the record. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in 2020, 458,088 people were apprehended crossing the border. In 2021, Old Joe’s first year in office, that number nearly quadrupled, to 1,734,686. In 2022, the number shot up again, to 2,378,944. That’s the “deterioration” Harris was talking about: not the essential erasure of our nation’s Southern border, but the prevention of that erasure. The problem that Harris said that the administration was “trying to fix” was not that America is open and vulnerable to its enemies, but that for four years, it was less open and vulnerable.

What the remaining sane Americans see as a border crisis, Kamala Harris and her cohorts see as a fine state of affairs. The only border crisis they see is that the dastardly Republicans, those threats to Our Democracy, won’t immediately grant American citizenship to everyone on the face of the planet. So of course she blames the Republicans for the border crisis. There would be no border crisis if they were just socialist internationalists like everyone else, intent on erasing the very idea of a nation-state. If it weren’t for them, our blissful socialist utopia may already have dawned.</blockquote></ref>
====Migrants bussed to her home====
In 2022, migrants were bused to Kamala Harris’ home on Christmas Eve intended for NYC.<ref>Mark Moore. [https://nypost.com/2022/12/25/migrants-bused-to-kamala-harris-home-on-christmas-eve-intended-for-nyc-report Migrants bused to Kamala Harris’ home on Christmas Eve intended for NYC], NYPost, December 25, 2022</ref>

===Women’s Empowerment===

Vice President Harris co-hosted a virtual Women’s Empowerment event for women and girls with serial sexual abuser [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-clinton-accusers-upset-vp-harris-holding-womens-empowerment-event-with-former-president/</ref> [[Rose McGowan]] tweeted a response:
{{quotebox-float|"This is obscene @KamalaHarris. You speaking with Bill Clinton about empowering women & girls is disgusting. Have you no soul? Have you no [[ethics]]? Ask him about being on an [[Jeffrey Epstein|island of human trafficking]] victims 27 times. You are showing us exactly who you are."<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/rose-mcgowan-kamala-harris-bill-clinton</ref>}}

===Toxic work environment===

In her first three years as Vice President, 92% of her staff quit due to a toxic work environment.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/23/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp/</ref>

In the wake of her disastrous photo ops in Guatemala, Mexico, and El Paso, staffers began to quit, citing that Kamala is impossible to work with.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/06/26/top-travel-aides-for-kamala-harris-are-quitting-and-it-could-hardly-come-at-a-worse-time-n2591632</ref> ''[[Politico]]'' reported that Kamala's office is ''"Not a healthy environment’: rife with dissent. There is dysfunction inside the VP’s office, aides and administration officials say. And it’s emanating from the top."''<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290</ref>
{{quotebox-float|"Harris’ team is experiencing low morale, porous lines of communication and diminished trust among aides and senior officials....22 current and former vice presidential aides, administration officials and associates of Harris and Biden described a tense and at times dour office atmosphere. Aides ....created an insular environment where ideas are ignored or met with harsh dismissals and decisions are dragged out. Often, they said, she refuses to take responsibility for delicate issues and blames staffers for the negative results that ensue.... “It all starts at the top,” said one of the administration officials, who like others requested anonymity to be able to speak candidly about a sensitive matter.

“People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it’s an abusive environment,” said another person with direct knowledge of how Harris’ office is run. “It’s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s---.”

The dysfunction in the VP’s ranks threatens to complicate the White House’s carefully crafted image as a place staffed by a close-knit group of professionals working in concert to advance the president’s agenda. It’s pronounced enough that members of the president’s own team have taken notice and are concerned about the way Harris’ staffers are treated....for some of the people who know Harris best, it’s become an all-too-familiar pattern for a politician who has churned through several iterations of staff on her rise and took office with a team almost entirely new to her.

Just six months in, some of those aides in the Office of the Vice President said they are eyeing other employment opportunities. Others have left already. ...The morale level for current Harris staffers is “rough” and in many ways similar to the failed presidential campaign and her Senate office, according to the former Senate aide."}}
[[File:Symone Sanders We don't need white people.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Symone Sanders]]: "You might be the last woman I work for".<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ex-kamala-harris-spox-hints-at-bad-experience-working-with-vp-you-might-be-the-last-woman-i-work-for/ar-BB1qI39b</ref>]]
Aides describe Harris as unpredictable and at times demeaning to her staff. She often hung up on her aides, berated them when she didn’t think they were prepared enough for briefings, and had a reputation for churning through interns and lower-level staff.<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2021/07/14/progressive-brawl-over-antitrust-measures-gets-personal-493575</ref> Some of her former staffers claimed to be suffering from a form of post-traumatic stress after Harris started her ascension to the White House. According to the ''Washington Free Beacon'', “they sought therapy to ‘resolve trauma from the on-the-job abuse’ after Harris was selected as Biden’s running mate in 2020.”<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-staffer-trauma/amp/</ref> Some former Harris staffers sought therapy after leaving the Democrat presidential hopeful's employment.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/former-kamala-harris-staffer-tells-therapist-about-vp-office-dysfunction-2021-7?op=1</ref> When an ''Axios'' hit piece on Kamala,<ref>https://www.axios.com/kamala-harris-office-dysfunction-2024-e2f9a9c0-f391-4c1d-8042-aa4f24a292e3.html</ref> the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported the knives were out for Kamala in the racist and [[misogynist]] Biden White House.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/07/03/democrats-fear-harris-cant-beat-any-goper-in-2024-including-trump/</ref> Biden regime chief propagandist Jen Psaki cited racism, sexism, and [[misogyny]] among Biden White House staffers and the [[liberal media]] for press leaks criticizing Harris.<ref>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/11/18/the-shake-ups-begin-at-kamala-hq-n478274</ref>

Before the first year was up, Kamala Harris's approval ratings by American citizens, taxpayers, and voters, stood at 28% - the worst approval ratings for any vice president in human history. Sanders bailed on her White House position to protect her career and viable job prospects. Symoner Sanders joined a mob of Harris aides abandoning the abusive atmosphere.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-hit-by-staffing-exodus-as-symone-sanders-becomes-latest-high-profile-exit/ar-AARnzN0</ref> Some former Harris staffers sought therapy after leaving the Democrat presidential hopeful's employment.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/former-kamala-harris-staffer-tells-therapist-about-vp-office-dysfunction-2021-7?op=1</ref>

===Bargain basement fundraising===
The DNC slashed prices for a photo with Kamala Harris in her home state of California at the Women's Leadership Forum. Prices started at $15,000, but it failed to sell enough tickets and was postponed. The price of a photo with Kamala at her fundraiser was reduced to $5,000.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/06/21/ha-ha-ha-breathes-ha-ha-ha-dnc-drastically-slashing-prices-for-photo-with-kamala-harris-and-people-have-brutally-hilarious-thoughts/</ref>

===Coronavirus===

{{See also|CCP global pandemic}}
After Kamala was vaccinated in a much-publicized photo-op, she and her husband were seen kissing through masks in another photo-op.

When the Democrat statehouse delegation fled [[Texas]] to avoid voting on [[election integrity]] laws, Kamala met with them in Washington, D.C. for a photo-op. The photo-op turned into a coronavirus superspreader event. The next day 3 state legislators with whom Kamala had been in close contact tested positive for [[Covid]]. On Sunday, July 18, 2021, Kamala was hospitalized for a "routine doctor’s appointment,” according to the White House press office.<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/07/18/kamala-harris-heads-to-walter-reed-after-meeting-with-covid-texas-dems-n412762</ref>

Although fully vaccinated, after the CDC restrictions were lifted, Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff publicly displayed their lack of confidence in the science when seen kissing with masks on.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/05/05/kamala-harris-and-doug-emhoff-kiss-with-masks-on-despite-being-vaccinated/</ref>

===Guatemala & Mexico visits===
[[File:Guatamala protest.png|right|300px|thumb|When Kamala Harris made her first visit to [[Guatemala]], she was greeted by Guatemalan protesters with banners reading, "Kamala, Trump Won."<ref>https://rumble.com/vi73x9-protesters-taunt-kamala-harris-in-guatemala-with-trump-won-sign.html</ref>]]
According to the [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]], "Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar, said she would be looking at the 'root causes' that drive migration."<ref>https://www.axios.com/2021/04/14/harris-immigration-visit-mexico-guatemala</ref>

When Harris visited Guatemala and Mexico, she said that if you want to fix a problem, you have to go to where the problem is and listen to the people. “I almost believe that if you want to fix a problem, you have to go where the problem exists,” Harris declares. “If you want to address the needs of a people, you must meet those people. You must spend time with those people. Because the only way to fix the problem, is to understand the problem.”<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/06/24/border-dem-busts-the-real-reason-kamala-is-going-to-el-paso-border-area-n401824</ref>

In [[Guatemala]], President Alejandro Giammattei there told Harris the massive influx at the border was due to the Biden/Harris policies. The people of Guatemala were very angry with the Biden junta for its empowerment and support of Latin American criminal gangs and drug cartels. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei told CBS News, “We asked the United States government to send more of a clear message to prevent more people from leaving,” Giammattei said. When Biden took office, “The message changed too: ‘We’re going to reunite families, we’re going to reunite children,’” he said. “The very next day, the coyotes were here organizing groups of children to take them to the United States.” When Border Czar Kamala Harris arrived for a visit, the 56-year-old pro-abortion childless woman was not well received in the Catholic country. The junta facilitated the trafficking of [[Central America]]n children in criminal gangs. Protesters greeted her "Kamala Go Home" and made clear her anti-pro-abortion messages and failure to protect Hispanic child immigrants were not well received.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/06/07/guatemala-protesters-tell-kamala-harris-trump-won/</ref>

According to President Giammattei, by December 2021 there were no further contacts between the government of Guatemala and Harris who was allegedly assigned to get to the "root of the immigration crisis."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/breaking-fox-news-reporting-on-possible-replacement-for-kamala/</ref>
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[[File:Bizarre moment Kamala honors McCain in Vietnam.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Bizarre moment Kamala Harris pays tribute to John McCain at monument erected to the memory of 50,000 victims of bombing in North Vietnam.<ref>https://www.rt.com/op-ed/533131-harris-mccain-memorial-vietnam-confusion/</ref>]]

===Fall of Kabul===

{{See also|Rape of Afghanistan}}
According to ''Yahoo News'', Kamala giggled and cackled at questions about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan when Biden/Harris made the unilateral decision, without consulting American allies and in defiance of Pentagon and intelligence community warnings, to pull abandoned stores of modern weapons, pull troops out, leave 40,000 American citizen contractors and aid workers stranded, and re-empower [[Taliban]] [[terrorist]]s.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/harris-laughs-shuts-down-questions-191500087.html</ref>

===Vietnam disaster===
[[File:Kamala Ho Chi Minh.jpeg|left|250px|thumb|Kamala Harris doing a fascist salute before a bust of Vietnamese Communist Party founder and North Vietnam dictator [[Ho Chi Minh]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/kamala-harris-poses-front-communist-ho-chi-minh-bust-worst-photo-op-american-country-since-jane-fonda-donned-helmet-1972/</ref>]]
In August 2021, during the [[Fall of Kabul]], Harris was sent on an official diplomatic visit to [[Vietnam]]. In Vietnam Harris and/or her staff and media convinced themselves that a monument the Vietnamese erected commemorating the shoot-down of [[John McCain]], who spent 8 years in a Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp as a [[war criminal]], was built to honor John McCain.<ref>https://www.fr24news.com/a/2021/08/kamala-harris-visits-the-john-mccain-monument-in-vietnam-3-years-after-his-death.html</ref> McCain flew 22 bombing missions over Vietnam during the [[Vietnam war]]. Approximately 50,000 North Vietnamese civilians were killed in bombings by the United States.<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.TAB6.1A.GIF Rummel, 1997], line 61</ref>

On the official diplomatic visit, Harris expressed effusive words of honor, affection, and heroism for the person whom the Vietnamese government and people regard as a war criminal.

At the very moment the Biden regime was resurrecting the Taliban terrorist state, leaving behind the most sophisticated modern weapons in a bungled and embarrassing retreat with needless loss of life for both American servicemen and Afghan civilians, Harris proclaimed "America is back."<ref>https://youtu.be/wUF-RkIZgFo</ref>

While in [[Vietnam]] Harris may have been exposed to Havana Syndrome.
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===French farce===
[[File:Kamala racism.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Kamala mocking French people with a farcical parody of a French accent.]]
As part of her diplomatic visit to [[France]], Harris stopped at the world-renowned biomedical research facility where her scientist mother worked in the ’80s, CNN reported. Harris was tasked with smoothing over relations between France and the U.S. after the raucous [[AUKUS]] rollout, but mocking the nation’s language with a microaggression was the wrong way to go about it. It was p[ainful to watch.

Harris demonstrated her lack of couth and basic self-awareness during a visit to the Institute Pasteur in [[Paris]] by slipping into what sounded like a very bad, and bizarre, French accent. Harris was speaking about her affinity for scientific hypotheses, which she said were far superior to government plans because of the ability to pivot when things are not working out. “We campaign with ‘The Plan’ — uppercase ‘t’ uppercase ‘p’ — the plan,” she repeated in what sounded like a phony accent if not simply an awkward affectation. “And then the environment is such that we’re expected to defend ‘The Plan,'” Harris added.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-harris-raises-eyebrows-bizarre-moment-breaks-french-accent-talk-french-people/</ref>
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===Embarassing at Ukraine-Russia war===
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
[[File:Harris in Poland.PNG|thumb|Harris, awkwardly laughs, after, in Poland, being asked whether the US will make a specific allocation for Ukrainian refugees (NYPost, Mar/2022)<ref name=mypost-10mar2022/>]]
After failing on all fronts. In Feb 2022, she was the one the [[White House]] sent to Europe to lead on [[Putin]] vs Ukraine crisis. <ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/09/white-house-sends-kamala-harris-to-europe-to-lead-on-ukraine-crisis/ White House Sends Kamala Harris to Europe to Lead on Ukraine Crisis], ''Breitbart'', Feb 9, 2022.</ref><blockquote>
The White House announced Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris would travel to Europe as the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate.
Harris will travel to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference, as European leaders weigh increased tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin continues weighing a decision whether or not to further invade Ukraine as he continues building up troops along at the border.</blockquote>

On Mar 10, 2022, visiting [[Poland]], in the days of the Ukraine-Russia war, Harris was asked about the US accepting fleeing [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] refugees, Harris laughed, awkwardly at this important human tragedy question.<ref name=mypost-10mar2022>Emily Crane, "[https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/latest-russia-ukraine-news-live-updates-of-the-war-3/#21478753/ Kamala Harris laughs after she's asked if the US will commit to taking in allocation of Ukrainian refugees]," NYPost, Mar 10, 2022. [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/harris-poland-presser-03.jpg]<blockquote>
Vice President Kamala Harris laughed during a press conference in Poland on Thursday after being asked whether the US will make a specific allocation for Ukrainian refugees.
Harris and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda had both just been asked to answer questions from the same reporter about the US accepting Ukrainian refugees.
The VP chuckled awkwardly before President Duda began answering the important humanitarian question first.</blockquote> Emily Crane, [https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/harris-slammed-for-laughing-after-question-about-ukrainian-refugees/ Chuckling under the pressure: Harris slammed for cackling over a question about Ukrainian refugees], ''NY Post'', Mar 10, 2022. "Only Kamala Harris would find it appropriate to laugh when talking about the topic of Ukrainian Refugees," tweeted Benny Johnson of conservative group Turning Point USA.</ref><ref>Misty Severi, "[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/kamala-harris-awkwardly-laughs-when-asked-about-ukrainian-refugees Kamala Harris awkwardly laughs when asked about Ukrainian refugees]", ''Washington Free Beacon'', March 10, 2022.</ref>
It lasted some 15 seconds.<ref name=ijrt>Bradley Cortright, "[https://ijr.com/harris-laughs-15-seconds-straight-ukrainian-refugees/ Watch: Harris Awkwardly Laughs for 15 Seconds Straight When Asked About Ukrainian Refugees]", ijr.com, March 10, 2022.</ref>
As remarked:<ref name=ijrt/><blockquote>
This is, of course, not the first time Harris burst out in laughter when addressing a serious question.

Amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, a reporter tried to ask Harris a question about the situation.
However, she cut them off and laughed.</blockquote>

==='Passage of Time'===
Harris has been roasted for her "bizarre" speech in [[Louisiana]] where she mentioned the "significance of the passage of time" four times in less than 30 seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DvAmoMGK80 Kamala Harris mocked for 'rambling' speech about 'passage of time' - YouTube] Sky News Aus., March 22, 2022<blockquote>Vice President Kamala Harris has been roasted for her latest "bizarre" speech where she mentioned the "significance of the passage of time" four times in less than 30 seconds.</blockquote></ref>

===Embarassing with Jamaican PM===
At a March/2022 White House event with [[Jamaica]]n Prime Minister, Harris was mocked for offering “Word Salad” in her speech.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/kamala-harris-mocked-for-offering-word-salad-in-her-speech-at-white-house-event-with-jamaican-prime-minister/articleshow/90597499.cms Kamala Harris mocked for offering “Word Salad” in her speech at White House event with Jamaican Prime Minister], ''The Economic Times'', Apr 01, 2022.</ref>

===Racist trees===

While at Goddard Space Center, Harris asked NASA if it could use its satellites to track trees “by race” in various neighborhoods as part of “environmental justice”.
“Can you measure trees — part of that data that you are referring to, [and it’s an issue of] EJ, environmental justice — that you can also track by race their averages in terms of the number of trees in the neighborhoods where people live?” Her comments led to online ridicule and the hashtag “Black Trees Matter”.<ref>https://theblacksphere.net/2021/11/kamala-harris-sees-racism-in-trees/</ref>

===Support for Pakistani terrorism===
On August 5, 2019, Kamala Harris along with other leaders of the Democratic Party met with representatives from "Justice for Kashmir" which is funded and run by the Pakistani ISI. The meetings were arranged by Asif Mahmood, a Pakistani doctor who was at the time running for Lieutenant governor of California.<ref>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1369855/triple-threat-trump-pakistani-immigrant-run-california-governorship</ref>

===Racist Biden advisors===
''Politico'' reported,
{{quotebox-float|"Some of Harris’s advisers believed the president’s almost [[white privilege|entirely white]] inner circle did not show the vice president the respect she deserved,” Martin and Burns write. “Harris worried that Biden’s staff looked down on her; she fixated on real and perceived snubs in ways the West Wing found tedious.”

At one point, Harris dispatched [incoming chief of staff Tina] Flournoy to talk to top Biden adviser [[Anita Dunn|ANITA DUNN]] to convey displeasure that White House staff was not standing up for Harris when she entered the room the way they did for Biden. “The vice president took it as a sign of disrespect,” according to the excerpt.<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/03/22/when-anna-wintour-pissed-off-kamala-00019368</ref>}}

==2020 vice-presidential campaign==
[[File:Harris Acceptance (2).png|right|400|thumb|To give the appearance of viewer participation and a large audience for Kamala Harris' Acceptance Speech, the DNC doubled the images circled in red, purple, and yellow, who are all the same people.]]
Democrats nominated [[segregation]]ist [[Joseph R. Biden]], commonly known as the "Architect of Mass Incarceration" of minorities.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-fires-back-after-booker-slams-him-as-an-architect-of-mass-incarceration/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/AeqEYMBSdp0</ref> Both Biden and Harris are descendants of [[Slave Power|slave owners]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/10/kamala-harris-ancestors-owned-slaves-too/</ref>

Harris hired [[Marc Elias]], the bagman who paid off [[Christopher Steele]] more than $900,000 on behalf of [[Hillary Clinton]] and the [[DNC]] for the [[fraud]]ulent ''[[Steele dossier]]'', which became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] and the [[Obama administration]] used to meddle in the [[2016 presidential election]], is Harris' senior counsel. Elias was the paymaster in the what has been described as the biggest political scandal in modern American history.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fusion-gpss-ties-to-clinton-campaign-russia-investigation-what-to-know</ref>

Historically, the ticket enjoys a rise or "bump" in the polls coming out of the convention.<ref>https://youtu.be/fRzaRJlpKJw</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/08/trump-approval-soars-during-bleak-dnc.html/</ref> However, the DNC ticket of slave-owner descendants Biden/Harris<ref>https://nationalfile.com/kamala-is-descended-from-slave-owner-will-it-affect-the-race/</ref><ref>[https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/ KAMALA HARRIS’ JAMAICAN HERITAGE – UPDATED – 14.01.2019]</ref> dropped in the polls in what was widely viewed as one of the most despicable displays of [[hate]] and divisiveness in American political history.<ref>https://youtu.be/ENQlgoSbF60</ref><ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-our-party-democrats-embrace-linda-sarsour-at-national-convention</ref><ref>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/18/whitmer-irreverent-joke-shark-week-makes-sense-internet/3388789001/</ref>

A ''[[Time magazine]]'' survey found 570 leftwing [[terrorist]] incidents in 220 cities between May 24, 2020 and August 22, 2020.<ref>https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/</ref> After the conventions Democrat protesters marched through [[Oakland]], California chanting "Death to America!".<ref>https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1300200578367152129</ref> Harris has promised [[riot]]s will not stop before or after the election.<ref>https://twitter.com/chiIIum/status/1299077701916073984</ref>

Harris refused to take the Covid vaccine if Donald Trump said to.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/video/2020-vp-debate-kamala-harris-on-coronavirus-vaccine/</ref>

===The largest voter fraud organization ever===

:{{See also|Cloward-Piven strategy|Voter fraud|Ballot harvesting|2020 Voter fraud timeline}}
The probability of mail-in voter fraud creating chaos after Election Day, November 3, 2020, is very real. Some states may force residents to use mail-in ballots during the current health emergency. Voting by mail makes it easier to commit [[fraud]], intimidate voters, and destroy the protections of the secret ballot. Without the oversight of election and polling officials, mail-in ballots are the ballots most vulnerable to being altered, stolen, or forged. Fraud by duplicate voting can occur, once by absentee or mail-in ballot, and then again in person. Employees of private companies hired to contact and register voters have been known to change party affiliations of voters and forge signatures on voter registration forms, among other things.

Ten days before the election Biden went back into hiding and boasted of having assembled "the most extensive and inclusive [[voter fraud]] organization in history.”<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/24/joe-biden-brags-about-having-most-extensive-voter-fraud-organization-in-history/</ref> When Democrats want to tilt elections in their favor outside the ballot box, [[Marc Elias]] of [[Perkins Coie]] is the go-to guy. Perkins Coie is the Democratic law firm, paid by [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign|the Hillary Clinton campaign]], that hired [[Fusion GPS]] to dig up dirt on Donald Trump in 2016. They failed, but still compiled the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' full of foreign-solicited lies about Trump and Russia, which was leaked by Obama intelligence officials to try to sabotage the new president’s administration, sow doubt in his election victory, and invalidate the votes of 63 million Americans. From [[Wisconsin]] to [[Nevada]], to [[California]], Marc Elias and the Democrats pushed lawsuits disguised as “election reform” to water down important election safeguards and increase the opportunity for fraud, abuse, and corruption. In August 2020 ''[[Politico]]'' reported,
{{quotebox|[[Coronavirus]] has turned the [[Democratic Party]]’s voter contact program, one operative said, into something more like a tech support operation than a traditional door-knocking effort.....[[Priorities USA]], the Democratic super PAC, is spending $24 million on voter mobilization, which includes vote-by-mail education. Fair Fight, a group founded by [[Stacey Abrams]], has rolled out voter protection programs in 17 states....
[[File:Ballots in dumpster.png|right|350px|thumb|Mail-in ballots were found inside of a dumpster and a Postal worker arrested; [[mainstream fake news media]] repeatedly claimed mail-in voting was secure.<ref>https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-repeated-false-attacks-on-mail-in-ballots/</ref>]]
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the USPS and on mail voting is raising concern among voters, operatives say.

“We've seen such an increase from young people in terms of concern about their ballot casting,” said Jared DeLoof, the states director of [[NextGen America]], which targets younger voters. “They want to vote, they want to make sure that that vote is going to count.” [...]

Democrats believe they will also have to follow up with some voters after their ballot has been cast, in an effort to help them fix ballots that have been rejected for technical reasons. State rules vary widely on if or how voters can correct their ballots, and the time windows to do so can be short.

While Democratic campaigns and groups navigate the patchwork of state rules governing mail ballots to encourage turnout, Democratic election attorney Marc Elias is trying to change many of those rules.

This is the other half of the party’s vote-by-mail efforts: a sprawling legal effort that spans every battleground state and is costing tens of millions of dollars. Priorities USA, just one of Elias’ clients, has expanded its voting litigation budget to $32 million.
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“One of the features of vote by mail is that between the point that the voter cast the ballot and the point that the ballot is counted, several things have to go right,” Elias said in an interview. “One is that the ballot has to be received by the election officials in time. ... And the second is that the ballot needs to be verified and accepted.”

Elias, who was the lead attorney in former Sen. [[Al Franken]]’s (D-Minn.) 2008 recount victory and the general counsel for [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[John Kerry]]’s presidential campaigns, is pursuing what he calls “four pillars” of legal changes to election laws during coronavirus. The first, that mail ballots should include paid postage with them, has some cross-partisan support.

The other three do not, locking Elias in a wide-range legal fight with Republicans all over the country, including the Republican National Committee and its legal budget of at least $20 million. Those fights are over Elias’ push to mandate that states count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after the fact; overhauling signature matching laws, which Elias derides as based on pseudoscience; and allowing for third parties to collect and turn in voters’ sealed absentee ballots, which Democrats call “community collection” and Republicans largely deride as “[[ballot harvesting]].”

“One thing you do is you make sure that people whose ballot is being challenged based on signature matching, that the people that are doing that have been trained, are applying uniform non-discriminatory standards. And most importantly, the voter is notified and has an opportunity to cure,” Elias said of his legal strategy. (A cure process mandates that a state contacts voters whose ballots have been rejected to give them the ability to fix — or cure — their ballot.)

Several Democratic-backed lawsuits have also pushed to expand who can cast absentee ballots. In 44 states, any voter can, at a minimum, request an absentee ballot if they choose to do so, and some states have changed that requirement as a response to the pandemic. [...]

Republicans argue that allowing for outside parties to collect and deliver ballots could lead to coercion or fraud. [...]

Depending on how close the races for the White House and battleground Senate seats are, "we could be headed for a ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'' situation in every battleground state, depending how close the results are."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/democrats-vote-by-mail-plan-399671</ref>}}
The RNC and the Trump campaign pushed back against the Democrats’ assault on the integrity of elections. All across the country, Democrats tried to use coronavirus and the courts to legalize ballot harvesting, implement a nationwide mail-in ballot system, and eliminate nearly every safeguard in our elections.

One in five mail-in ballots have been rejected in several 2020 elections. Nearly two-thirds (62%) say there is fraud in U.S. elections, and that fraud would concern them under Democrats’ nationwide mail-in ballot system. Americans overwhelmingly approve of the safeguards Democrats are suing to eliminate like signature matching (84%), voter identification (80%), and a ballot receipt deadline of election day (83%). Voters also oppose (67%) allowing campaign workers to collect mail-in ballots, also known as ballot harvesting.<ref>https://www.protectthevote.com/</ref>

===Identity politics===
[[File:No Communista Kamala.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|The [[Democrat]]s message was not well received by [[Latino]]s during the [[2020 Presidential election]].]]
Harris, who is running on a platform of [[identity politics]], criticized identity politics when Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked her and suggested that candidates should be evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ideas, not identity politics. {{quotebox-float|"They bring this term up when you talk about issues that are about [[race]], about sexual orientation, about [[religion]]. They’ll bring it up when we are talking about [[civil rights]] issues as a way to marginalize the issue, as a way to frankly try to silence you or shut you up. We need to call it what it is, which is to try and divert away from a conversation that needs to happen in America. Why? One, because we must speak truth. Racism, [[sexism]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]], [[anti-Semitism]] are all real in this country, so we need to have that conversation and address it. Two, and this is equally important, how America deals with the issues and the disparities, and also the [[hate]] that can be — that causes these issues to become lethal in proportion — how America deals with these issues is a matter of American identity. This is not about identity politics, and if it is, it’s about the identity of the United States of America. How we handle the issues will be about our [[collective]] identity.”}}

Despite her open attacks on Biden as a racist and a defender of segregation, Harris accepted Biden's offer to be on the Democratic ticket as the nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-President]] in the 2020 election. After the selection was announced on August 11, Harris issued a public statement completely at odds with her previous attitude towards Biden: "Joe Biden can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us. And as President, he'll build an America that lives up to our ideals." In response, the Trump re-election campaign dubbed the two "Slow Joe and Phony Kamala."<ref>Caplan, Joshua (August 11, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/11/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-as-running-mate/ Joe Biden Selects Kamala Harris As Running Mate] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2020.</ref>

===Racism and bigotry===
Harris promoted a racist stereotype that Jamaicans smoke marijuana.<ref>Morton, Victory (February 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/19/kamala-harris-jamaican-father-donald-harris-rips-2/Kamala Harris' Jamaican father rips her for pushing pot stereotype 'in pursuit of identity politics']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Starr, Penny (February 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/20/kamala-harriss-dad-calls-her-out-for-perpetuating-pot-smoking-jamaicans-stereotype/ Kamala Harris’s Dad Calls Her Out for Perpetuating Pot-Smoking Jamaicans Stereotype]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref>

Harris instigated hate by comparing the men and women serving in [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) to the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref> while more than half of all ICE agents are [[Hispanic]].<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref> Harris has been confronted by Hispanic women for her racist exploitation of Hispanic women and children for votes.<ref>https://twitter.com/i/status/1122294504621518849</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/kamala-harris-stunned-and-speechless-after-conservative-chicana-confronts-her-at-airport-for-exploiting-hispanic-children-video/</ref>
Harris promotes anti-white hate, racism and bigotry by continuing to claim on the presidential campaign trail in 2020 that Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri was "murdered" by a white police officer.<ref>https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/harris-warren-wrong-about-brown-shooting/</ref> The [[United States Justice Department]] under Barack Obama and [[Eric Holder]] determined the shooting of Michael Brown was a justifiable homicide in self-defense.<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/14/death-michael-brown-legal-facts-democratic/</ref> The [[Black Lives Matter]] movement was founded upon the misinformation, [[hate]], and bigotry of [[liberal bias]]ed [[fake news]] reporting of the Michael Brown shooting.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/08/five-years-ago-michael-brown-died-and-a-movement-based-on-lies-was-born/</ref>

====Father rejects her racial stereotypes====

Donald J. Harris, a [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and the father of Kamala, severely rebuked Kamala after she was asked on a radio broadcast if she had ever smoked [[marijuana]]. Kamala invoked a vulgar and [[racist]] stereotype of [[Jamaica]]ns: {{quotebox-float|"look, half my family is from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?”}}
Her father responded: {{quotebox-float|"My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not, with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of [[identity politics]]. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty."<ref>http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20190217/dad-blasts-harris-stereotyping-jcans-presidential-aspirant-criticised</ref>}}

====Jussie Smollett====

:{{See also|Hate crime hoax}}

Kamala Harris once called [[Jussie Smollett]]'s outrageously false claims of a supposed "MAGA anti-black homophobic" attack an 'attempted modern day lynching'.<ref>Paul Best , [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-kamala-harris-jussie-smollett-an-attempted-modern-day-lynching Flashback: Kamala Harris once called Jussie Smollett's claims of an attack an 'attempted modern day lynching'], Fox News, Aug 11, 2020
 
Harris eventually reversed course when police accused Smollett of lying</ref>

Harris refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as having paid for and staged a [[hate crime]] hoax to spark racial animosity. Harris alleged MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref>
[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching threat to draw attention to the bill.]]
According to [[Jussie Smollett]], he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in 7 degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, wearing red baseball caps (the type of hat upon which MAGA hats portray their printed slogan to convey their political message) in uber-blue [[Chicago]], allegedly called him a "f****t", "n****r", and told him "This is MAGA country!" before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. Harris immediately tweeted that the attack was a "modern day lynching."

Kamala Harris sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate in late December 2018 to make [[lynching]] a new federal crime. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett's faked "noose assault" in Chicago on January 29, Harris's anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism], William Marshall, ''Townhall'', Feb 19, 2019</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, though no matching bill has passed the House of Representatives.

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (i.e., black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for the purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett, and later a video recording of them purchasing items used in the attack was located.

Smollett claims victim status in two groups: black and [[gay]]. [[Mainstream media]] bought the [[hoax]] hook-line-and-sinker. [[ABC News]]'s Robin Roberts of ''[[Good Morning America]]'' proved the most gullible (among dozens of others).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk</ref> In December 2021, Smollett was convicted on five felony counts of perpetrating a [[hate crime hoax]].

====War on Cops====
Harris claims Michael Brown, who spawned the [[Obama riots]], was "murdered by a white police officer,"<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/11/sharyl-attkisson-fact-check-2020-democrats-murder-michael-brown/</ref> provoking widespread criticism. Even the far left ''Wadhington Post'' fact checkers awarded her four Pinocchios for lying.

====Bigotry toward people with disabilities====
During a campaign event, Kamala Harris was asked by an audience member (with a microphone): “what are you going to do in the next one year to diminish the mentally r*****ed action of this guy?” In response to the question a laughing Senator Harris replied: “Well said. Well said.”<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Sx57OYT_M&feature=youtu.be</ref> When called out for her insensitive comments and bigotry, Harris later denied the R-word was used in the exchange.

===Women's rights and sex crimes===
During an interview with the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' in April 2020, Harris said in reference to [[Tara Reade]],
[[File:Tarareade2.png|right|300px|thumb|Biden and Tara Reade. Beginning in 1993 Reade made credible allegations about being assaulted and penetrated by Joe Biden and was hounded out of her job in his Senate office in retaliation for doing so.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/12/poll-bidens-support-among-women-drops-after-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegations/</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|“Listen, this woman has a right to tell her story, and I believe that, and I believe Joe Biden believes that, too. I’ve spent my whole career fighting like you said, Joe, to give women a voice, and this brings up I think a bigger structural issue frankly, which is that women must be able to speak without fear of retaliation…She has a right to tell her story, and she shouldn’t face any repercussions for that."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-potential-running-mates-run-away-from-questions-of-tara-reade-sexual-assault-allegations</ref>}}
Reade told ''Newsbusters,
{{quotebox-float|“Journalists should be asking her pointedly why there was a smear campaign on me and why Kamala was so aggressive and assertive with [[Kavanaugh smear|[then-Supreme Court nominee Brett] Kavanaugh]] and here she knows there is a credible sexual assault accusation against Senator Biden...I don’t care if [[oligarch]]es or celebrities are supporting him. What is more important to me is sexual assault survivors are allowed to come forward and have their stories told. By coming out, I lost a lot. But I don’t regret it....To approach sexual violence as a partisan issue is not only dismissive to the survivors and dangerous to the victims. It is the reason why survivors are afraid to come forward,” Reade said. “The Democratic Party has become an enabler to sexual predators.”}}
Reade asked if Harris will “ignore it out of a will for power” or “will she hold Biden accountable? Will she be silent?”<ref>https://saraacarter.com/tara-reade-demands-media-question-harris-about-biden-allegations/</ref>

====Protected a known sexual predator on staff for 14 years====
[[File:Harris El Paso Dayton.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Harris sent out a fundraising email after the [[Dayton nightclub shooting|Dayton nightclub]] and [[El Paso Walmart shooting]]s. The Dayton shooter was a member of [[Antifa]] and the Walmart shooter was a [[socialist]] who feared legal immigration was slowing down adoption of a [[universal basic income]]. The fundraising letter was sent out before the [[Leftwing violence in the Trump era|31 victims of leftist violence]] were buried.]]
A longtime top staff member of Harris resigned after ''The Sacramento Bee'' inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article223053155.html</ref>

Larry Wallace, who served as the director of the Division of Law Enforcement under Attorney General Harris, was accused by his former executive assistant in December 2016 of “gender harassment” and other demeaning behavior, including frequently asking her to crawl under his desk to change the paper in his printer.

The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, when Harris was still attorney general but preparing to be sworn in as California's newly elected Democratic senator. It was settled less than five months later, in May 2017, by [[Xavier Becerra]], who was appointed to replace her as attorney general.

Harris, who has known Wallace for 14 years, then hired him in March 2017 as a senior adviser in her Sacramento U.S. Senate constituent services office.

A misconduct claim naming Wallace arrived at the California Department of Justice three months before Harris left the attorney general's office in early 2017. An intake form from the Equal Employment Rights and Resolution Office, which oversees discrimination investigations and compliance at the Department of Justice, shows that the department was first notified on Oct. 3, 2016, of Danielle Hartley's intent to pursue legal action.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272256/senator-kamala-harris-aide-sexual-harassment-claim-daniel-greenfield</ref>

Wallace resigned 6 weeks before Harris announced her candidacy for president.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sen-kamala-harris-aide-resigns-400000-sexual-harassment-settlement-emerges</ref>

According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', the amount of money paid out to settle sexual harassment claims during Harris' tenure as California Attorney General was nearly three times more than previously reported. Total sexual harassment claims between 2011 and 2017 were $1.1 million, including several payments to men who apparently were victims of [[homosexual]] harassers at work in the states highest law enforcement bureau.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-kamala-harris-attorney-general-settlements-20190301-story.html</ref>

====Bob Filner====
Harris drew considerable criticism in 2013 for allowing [[San Diego]] mayor and former Democrat congressman [[Bob Filner]] to plead guilty to charges of false imprisonment and battery against three women in exchange for a light sentence. 20 women accused Filner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Some said he put them in “Filner headlocks.” Filner could have faced up to five years in prison, but the plea bargain instead gave him three months of house arrest, three years' probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension. The plea deal let him escape registering as a sex offender. Filner was allowed to keep his [[civil service system]] pension.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/plea-deal-by-kamala-harris-ag-office-for-sexual-harassing-san-diego-mayor-was-too-lenient-critics-say</ref>

====No equal pay ever in her office====
Harris has never practiced gender pay equity with either her Senate staff or her presidential campaign.

In her Senate office's most recent six-month disclosure, covering the period from April 1, 2018, through Sept. 31, 2018, the median male salary disbursement was $34,999 and the median female salary disbursement was $32,999, leaving women with just 94 cents of every dollar paid to men.

The gender pay gap for the previous six-month period, during which the median male salary was $27,167 and the median female salary was $25,749.97, was a nearly identical 6 percent.

The pay gap was even greater during the first full month of Harris's presidential campaign in February—the median female salary disbursement for the month, $5,763.97, was about 87 percent of the median male salary disbursement, $6,632.23, a further analysis of her campaign filing found.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/men-paid-more-than-women-in-kamala-harriss-senate-office-and-campaign/</ref>

===China connections===
[[File:Hunter Biden Bohai.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|[[Hunter Biden]], right, flew to China in 2013 aboard Air Force Two, with his father, Joe Biden, left, December 4, 2013. 10 days later Hunter Biden signed a $1.5 Billion deal with the [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese military]].<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-s-trip-china-son-hunter-2013-comes-under-new-n1061051</ref>]]
:{{See also|Chinese Communist Party}}
DLA Piper, a multinational law firm, boasts nearly 30 years of experience in China and over 140 lawyers dedicated to its “China Investment Services” branch. Harris’s links to the company are found with her husband, Douglas Emhoff, who has served as a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice and its Media, Sport, and Entertainment sector since 2017. DLA Piper boasts of having “long-established and embedded “China Desks” in both the U.S. and Europe” to assist their China-focused consulting.

To facilitate DLA Piper’s China practice – which has received countless prestigious awards from the China Business Law Journal and China Law and Practice – the company employs a host of former Chinese Communist Party officials. The hires serve to bolster DLA Piper’s China operation, which it outlines as necessitating “liaising with the central and local authorities” in China.

The company listed itself as an adviser to two government-owned airlines: China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. DLA Piper has also advised China Merchants Group (CMG), a state-owned company “under the direct supervision” of the Chinese Communist Party’s State Council, on a $2.5 billion tech deal. CMG also identifies itself as a “crucial participant and promoter of the national initiative of the [[Belt and Road]],” the Chinese Communist Party’s scheme to expand its economic and political control across the developing world.

The firm has also advised Huarong Investment Stock Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of one of China’s largest state-owned bad debt managers, and China National Gold Group, a state-owned mining and refining company. Tencent, the host of the WeChat app which is set to banned by the [[Trump administration]] for its compromising links to the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses, partnered with DLA Piper on a $230 million deal with the Chinese tech giant’s food delivery app known as Miss Fresh. The Cohen Group, a consulting firm started by former Secretary of Defense and Joe Biden endorser [[William Cohen]], has a self-described “strong strategic partnership with DLA Piper.”<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/harris-husband-ccp/</ref>

In January 2021, the chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, Lai Xiaomin, was executed on corruption charges.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/china-asset-management-chief-lai-xiaomin-executed-in-bribery-case/</ref>

===Marxist uprising===

:{{See also|2020 Marxist uprising}}
Kamala Harris praised the 'brilliance' and impact of the Black Lives Matter organization, deeming them necessary,<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/26/kamala-harris-blasted-for-praising-blm-as-essential-and-brilliant-amid-violence/</ref> which led some on [[social media]] to slam her as [[insane]]. Harris said,
{{quotebox-float|"I always am going to interpret these protests as an essential component of [[evolution]] in our country."}}
[[File:Biden 2020.png|right|350px|thumb|The Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California was defaced with [[swastika]]s, Biden 2020, upside down crosses and [[BLM]] imagery.<ref>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/chaldean-catholic-cathedral-vandalized-in-san-diego-with-white-power-blm-and-swastikas-29343]</ref>]]
Harris never condemned the [[violence]] at rallies held in the organization's name in cities across the country, nor the shooting of two police officers in [[Louisville]]. Critics slammed her support for the organization whose co-founder described herself as a 'trained Marxist' in 2015. Many suggested she was supporting riots, violence, and intimidation. [[GOP]] operative Arthur Schwartz posted a clip of her interview with the comment"
{{quotebox-float|"Unmoved by the violence in our streets, in the brutal attacks on our police officers, Kamala Harris says the protests are 'essential' for our 'evolution' as a country."}}
Others on [[Twitter]] slammed Harris as 'insane' and said she should ask the business owners whose shops have been destroyed
if they feel 'evolved'. Daniel Babinski tweeted,
{{quotebox-float|"I'd like to publicly thank Kamala Harris for telling Americans that the protests, aka riots, need to continue and hold her personally responsible for the violence and the medical bills, and yes, the deaths, too....I lay this at the feet of Congressional Democrats.}}
[[Robby Starbuck]] tweeted,
{{quotebox-float|"Voters should remember her comments when you see cities on fire and people attacked."}}

==="Keep your hands off our Medicare"===
On August 30, 2017, Harris announced that she would co-sponsor Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]' [[Medicare for All]] bill, creating a [[single-payer]] system.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weigel|first1=David|title=Sen. Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders's single-payer bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/31/sen-kamala-harris-backs-bernie-sanderss-single-payer-bill/|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, Harris co-sponsored the Choose Medicare Act that increased government spending on [[ObamaCare]] and rendered higher income individuals eligible for subsidized assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|date=April 18, 2018|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
Harris' so-called "healthcare plan" places a balloon payment on Americans' healthcare, i.e. "kicks the can down the road" past the next election to solve the "crisis" in this year's election cycle. It's another "get more, pay less" scheme, not really possible under basic laws of mathematics, science, logic, rational argument or reasoning.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/kamala-harriss-health-plan-put-balloon-mortgage-american-taxpayers-wallets/</ref>

While campaigning Harris encountered a senior voter. The elder woman asked "you are advocating health care for everyone … who's going to pay for it?" Harris said, "Well, we're going to pay for it" The woman responded, "No we're not. Leave our health care system alone. We don't want you to mess with it."<ref>https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1161010740821577728</ref>

===Immigration and human trafficking===
Harris supports San Francisco's [[sanctuary city]] policy.<ref>Jesse McKinley (November 16, 2006), [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/us/12sanctuary.html "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire"], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 28, 2010.</ref>
[[File:Biden babies in cages.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Biden junta held children separated from their parents in cages.<ref>https://time.com/5945307/biden-end-detention-migrant-children/</ref>]]
On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill and promised a government shutdown until Congress addressed the [[DACA]] program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-wont-back-federal-1508949513-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris won't back federal spending bill without DACA fix |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide President Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/kamala-harris-s-early-no-on-wall-may-give-her-an-edge-in-2020|title=Kamala Harris’s Early ‘No’ on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020|last=|first=|date=2019|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>

In a January 2018 interview, when asked by Hiram Soto about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on DACA, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/hoy-san-diego/noticias/san-diego/sdhoy-sen-kamala-harris-talks-daca-future-run-for-president-20180112-story.html|title=Senator Kamala Harris talks DACA amid heated negotiations |date=January 12, 2018|first=Hiram|last=Soto|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref>

Immigration and Customs Enforcement ([[ICE]]) agency was created by a [[bipartisan]] Congress on a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and [[9/11 attacks|murdered 3,000 Americans]]. In November 2018 Harris compared ICE workers, half of which are [[Hispanic]] to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The suggestion sparked horror and outrage.<ref>Piccolo, Jason (November 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/kamala-harris-hateful-comparison-of-ice-to-the-kkk-is-even-more-unjust-than-it-seems Kamala Harris' hateful comparison of ICE to the KKK is even more unjust than it seems]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref> In July 2019, the [[Tacoma suicide bomber attack]] by a leftwing extremist occurred on an ICE facility housing hundreds of children. Harris never condemned the violence.

Kamala Harris refused to stand, applaud, and sat motionless, shaking her head "no" during the 2019 [[State of the Union Address]] when President Trump called upon Congress to take action to end [[human trafficking]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/kamala-harris-trump-stop-drug-cartels-human-trafficking/</ref> Harris was a staunch fighter of human trafficking as San Francisco DA. Harris proposes taking away American's private health insurance and making them pay for illegal immigrants healthcare.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/13/kamala-harris-take-away-americans-health-insurance-make-pay-illegal-immigrants-health-care/</ref>

As a presidential candidate, Harris flip-flopped and became in favor of legalizing prostitution to appeal to the Democrat's criminal element.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/on-prostitution-another-kamala-harris-reversal/</ref> As California Attorney General, Harris refused to prosecute an illegal alien [[MS-13]] gang member only months before he murdered an entire family.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/21/kamala-harris-failed-to-prosecute-ms-13-gang-member-before-bologna-murders/</ref>

===Crime===
Harris uses the [[code words]] "[[reimagining police]]" for [[defunding the police]].
====Biden Crime Bill====
Harris openly criticized [[Joe Biden]], who authored the 1994 Crime Bill. Harris said the bill contributed to "mass incarceration in our country," established the "federal three strikes law," and "funded the building of more prisons in the states." Harris' brother-in-law, Tony West,<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-eric-holder-welcomes-assistant-attorneys-general-antitrust-civil-and</ref> along with [[Joe Biden]], helped author the 1994 Crime Bill that incarcerated 2.5 million Blacks, one-tenth of the Black male population.<ref>https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/biden-accountable-for-bad-crime-bill/article_a48d5523-61d0-5123-bd7f-cc010883c4cf.html</ref>

====Marijuana====
In the Second Debate, Harris was called for joking about her smoking marijuana while having locked up over 1,500 people for the same crime. The ''Washington Free Beacon''' later issued a correction of its finding that Harris had locked up at least 1,560 people for marijuana-related offenses. According to California's Department of Corrections, the figure now is at least 1,974 were admitted to prison under Harris for marijuana offenses.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/correction-kamala-locked-up-more-people-for-weed-than-we-thought/</ref>

====Prisoners voting====
Harris is for convicted murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers and terrorists to vote while in prison.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-want-to-give-terrorists-the-right-to-vote/</ref>

===Education===
Harris claims {{quotebox|"the schools of America are as segregated if not more segregated today than they were when I was in elementary school. And we need to put every effort including busing into play to desegregate the schools.”<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-30/harris-stands-by-decision-to-speak-the-truth-on-race-matters</ref>}} On federally mandated busing, she replied: “I believe that any tool that is in the toolbox should be considered by a school district.”<ref>https://apnews.com/586b1e81cb684654b0cf689b9074c1cb</ref> Harris’ old Berkeley school district has today, despite its high level of integration, the worst test-score racial gap in the United States, with its median black student testing at only the fifth percentile of its white students.<ref>https://www.takimag.com/article/san-francisco-vs-frisco/#.XR6_Cs8PAv4.twitter</ref>

A vast database at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis demonstrates that the biggest racial divides in school achievement are found in highly [[liberal]] districts. Black students achieve less in school in highly Democratic places, whether poor or rich. Anechoic Media's analysis of the Stanford database found that: {{quotebox|Black students in counties that voted Trump significantly overperform their socioeconomic status baseline. Going from a strong blue county to a strong red county increases expected district black NAEP score by an effect roughly similar to a ~3.17 percentage point reduction in black poverty.<ref>https://twitter.com/AnechoicMedia_/status/1145209471502888960</ref>}}

===Housing===
Harris boasts, "as attorney general of California, I took on the big banks who preyed on the homeowners." Harris and several other state attorneys general negotiated a $25 billion nationwide settlement with five of the top U.S. mortgage lenders to provide debt relief and other financial services to struggling homeowners. But in 2012 then-California Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] illegally diverted $331 million from California's portion of the settlement to pay off state budget deficits incurred before the 2008 housing crisis. The beleaguered homeowners never got the funds.

Harris remained silent on the court battles raging since 2014 as attorney general, Senator and presidential candidate.
:''“She’s running for president of the United States, saying she took on the big banks and looked out for the little guys – this has become a platform for her -- and she won’t even meet with us or deal with us,”'' Faith Bautista, president and chief executive of the National Asian American Coalition, or NAAC, told RealClearPolitics.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/14/harris_silence_on_diverted_funds_rankles_housing_advocates_141005.html?utm_source=rcp-today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp-newsletter Harris' Silence on Diverted Funds Rankles Housing Advocates], Susan Crabtree, RCP, August 14, 2019.</ref>

California courts deemed the diversion of funds illegal three times already. Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] has not complied with court orders, and Sen. Harris remained silent.

===Reparations===
Kamala Harris seek to cause hatred between Black Americans and others by imposing reparations. Harris has expressed support for reparations for Black people as her presidential campaign kicks off in earnest according to [[Newsweek]].<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-repararations-black-peopel-1931159 What Kamala Harris Has Said About Reparations for Black People]</ref> Majority of Americans are against that.<ref>https://x.com/RedEaglePatriot/status/1818096909363609718</ref>

Harris originally opposed slave reparations and in its place offered a tax credit for all families earning under $100,000.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwq41Sm0QZE</ref> Harris moved toward reparations as the Democrats' strategy of promoting and emphasizing racial divisiveness in the 2020 elections took shape.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430999-warren-harris-back-reparations-for-black-americans-affected-by-slavery</ref> Harris has not elaborated on whether the descendants of people who did not own slaves such as [[Native American]]s, [[Republican]]s, [[Italian]]s, [[Polish|Pole]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Hispanic]]s and other [[ethnic group]]s that migrated to the United States after the [[American Civil War]] would be granted an exemption from paying reparations, or if Americans such as [[Barack Obama]] and herself, who have no ancestry connected to North American slaves, would qualify.

Harris is 50% South Asian (India), 25% African, and 25% [[Irish]]. Under Harris' reparations proposal, if it were based on any notion of justice, she would be exempt; her mother immigrated from India and her father from Jamaica. Even if an argument could be made that she were entitled to reparations based on her father's African heritage, it would be canceled out by her father's other one-half Irish heritage. At best she'd be entitled to one-half the standard benefit, of which she'd be liable to pay to herself (plus administrative overheard costs).

===War on Cow Farts===
:{{See also|Green Leap Forward}}
Harris advocates "banning certain behaviors," not in regards to deviant sexual habits and practices, but in regards to the food people eat.

===Bullying===
Harris is noted for her nasty wit and [[bullying]] in Senate hearings with Chairman [[Chuck Grassley]],<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/09/04/kamala_harris_challenges_and_interrupts_judiciary_committee_chairman_grassley_a_charade_and_a_mockery.html]</ref> Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm1GPnlqmU</ref> Attorney General [[Bill Barr]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHd_UlebyoM</ref> and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement head.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxunaTHh8QM</ref>

After Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] eliminated Harris from the top tier of candidates with series of questions about her record during the Second Debate, Harris press spokesmen claimed it was a Russian plot to end her presidential bid.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/01/kamala-harris-campaign-claims-russians-are-behind-tulsi-gabbard-after-hawaii-democrat-lands-attack/</ref> Shortly after, it was reported the California Attorney general's office removed arrest records during Kamala's tenure, making it difficult to research her claims.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/california-removes-arrest-reports-from-kamala-years/</ref>

==2020 primary dropout==
[[File:Kamalatweet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tweet put out by the Harris Campaign after Nancy Pelosi's famous Oval Office meltdown.]]
:{{Main article|Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|2020 Presidential election}}
Early on, Kamala was the choice of major big money Democrat party donors. However Kamala was also the first candidate to drop out, even before the voting began in the first primary election.

The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007 but not as big as the 100,000 that attended Donald Trump's campaign announcement event. Harris made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> The establishment pick, weeks after her announcement supposed "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Harris to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket (Caitlan Hurley-Burns of [[CBS News]]).<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>

When Harris has made contradictory or embarrassing statements she habitually falls back on a claim that she "misheard" the question.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/08/kamala-harris-trump-retarded/</ref> In the 3rd pre-Primary debate, Harris appeared drunk, causing donors to flee.<ref>https://theblacksphere.net/2019/09/kamala-harris-angry-black-chick-routine-failed/</ref> An Emerson poll showed [[Andrew Yang]] outpolling Harris in her own home state.<ref>https://emersonpolling.reportablenews.com/pr/california-2020-biden-sanders-warren-in-statistical-tie-in-democratic-primary-harris-struggles-in-home-state</ref> [[NBC News]] started writing her epitaph after her Third pre-Primary debate performance.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/live-blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1055706#liveBlogHeader</ref>

Harris, who called Biden out on his racism, was perfectly fine with Biden's [[obstruction of justice]] when Biden successfully got a prosecutor fired through [[extortion]] and [[bribery]] to thwart an investigation into his son, [[Hunter Biden]]'s [[money laundering]] schemes/<ref>https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1178189148194254848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

Harris thinks the entire [[Colin Kaepernick]] fiasco is a Russian plot.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIuoaDJSwps</ref>

As her campaign faltered in the polls yet with still much cash on hand, Harris made desperate appeals to [[hate]] and [[racism]] trying to keep it afloat.

===Staff===
The Harris campaign announced on January 21, 2019, that DNC election lawyer [[Marc Elias]], will be the general counsel; Lily Adams, Clinton's Iowa communications director and daughter of former [[Planned Parenthood]] president Cecile Richards, will be its national communications director; Angelique Cannon, Clinton's deputy national finance director and national finance director for Senate Majority PAC, will be its national finance director; and David Huynh, Clinton's director of delegate operations and ballot access, will be its senior adviser.

As of 2019, Elias is general counsel for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group led by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]], who is actively considering his own run for president.

Harris began stacking her Washington, D.C. congressional office with former [[Hillary Clinton]] campaign veterans almost immediately after making her way to Capitol Hill.

In addition to Lily Adams, who was top press aide in the D.C. office, Harris brought in Sergio Gonzales as senior policy adviser. Gonzales was a regional director for [[Hillary for America]].

Kate Waters, who worked as the deputy press secretary for Clinton's campaign during the Iowa caucus and as press secretary during the [[West Virginia]] primary, Iowa primary, and [[Nebraska]] caucus, was brought in as press secretary early in Harris's tenure, among other Clinton vets.

In July 2017 Harris's Senate campaign was renting office space from a small travel agency on Capitol Hill just a few minutes away from the Capitol and congressional offices. Harris's campaign never answered inquiries on why they were renting the office space 2,800 miles away from her home state.

As Harris tapped Clinton campaign vets to her D.C. office—and now presidential campaign—she has used progressive public relations firms to project her message.

Harris's presidential campaign's digital arm is run by Authentic Campaigns, a D.C.-based full-service digital strategy company that was founded by Mike Nellis, former vice president of campaigns of Revolution Messaging LLC. Revolution Messaging was considered instrumental in propelling Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]'s candidacy against Clinton during the 2016 elections. Harris has already paid Authentic Campaigns and Revolution Messaging millions of dollars from her Senate campaign committee for advertising and consulting services since entering Congress.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-stacks-presidential-campaign-with-hillary-clinton-alums/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=fb5b59762f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_22_10_12_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-fb5b59762f-45956325 Kamala Harris Stacks Presidential Campaign With Hillary Clinton Alums], BY: Brent Scher and Joe Schoffstall, ''Washington Free Beacon,'', January 22, 2019, 1:55 pm</ref>

At the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, staff exit has been Kamala Harris' staff exodus continued as her approval rating plummeted. <ref>[https://video.foxnews.com/v/6290265229001/ Kamala Harris staff exodus continues as her approval rating plummets], ''Fox News'', Jan 6, 2022</ref>

In Jan 2022, Harris hired a new communications chief after a wave of departures.<ref>Steven Nelson, [https://nypost.com/2022/01/07/kamala-harris-hires-new-communications-chief-after-departures/ Kamala Harris hires new communications chief after wave of departures], NYPost, Jan 7, 2022</ref>

===Fundraising===
Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 [[Democratic party]] hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> She is the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars from elite Hollywood liberal donors arrested in the College Admissions scandal.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-donors-charged-in-college-admissions-scam/</ref>

====Shomik Dutta and the 1MDB scandal====
[[File:Kamal dutta.jpg|right|300px]]
From 2011 – 2012 Shomik Dutta served as the National Finance Consultant to President Obama's re-election campaign. In 2013 he became Managing Director of DuSable Capital Management, founded by [[Frank R. White, Jr.]], Vice-Chair of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160722205357/http://www.dusablecapital.com/our-team/</ref> DuSable had only one client, 1Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB), whose global network of conspirators face indictment in the United States for [[money laundering]] in what the Justice Department calls the "largest single action ever brought by the department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative" (''kleptocracy'' is defined as a government of thieves).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-remarks-press-conference-announcing-significant</ref> 1MDB was wholly owned by the Malaysian government's Ministry of Finance, and cut a deal on paper to partner with DuSable in green technology and a photovoltaic electric power plant. DuSable, through a [[front group]] called Yurus, sold it's 49% share ''which it had invested no money in'',<ref>"The crucial evidence from the records available (illustrated above) shows that the Private Equity fund Yurus, set up by White, registered the entire US$69 million it received from 1MDB as additional profit, implying it had not invested any of its original US$505 million fund in the venture." [https://medium.com/@sarawakreport/1mdb-sleaze-casts-shadow-over-us-democrats-on-eve-of-obama-visit-investigation-1MDB Sleaze Casts Shadow Over US Democrats On Eve Of Obama Visit], ''Sarawak Report'', 15 November 2015.</ref> to 1MDB for $69 million six months after the paper agreement was made. Some of the proceeds of the $69 million sale ended up as foreign [[dark money]] contributions to Democratic candidates.

Overall, 1MDB embezzled $4.5 Billion from the [[poverty|impoverish]]ed people of [[Malaysia]] in possibly the largest [[globalism|globalist]] investment scam to date.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/suspect-malaysian-fund-tied-to-lobbying-of-white-house-1476403764 Malaysian Fund 1MDB Linked to White House Visit], By Bradley Hope and Colleen McCain Nelson, ''Wall Street Journal'', Oct. 13, 2016.</ref>

In March 2019, a $2800-a-plate fundraiser was held by the Malibu Democrat Club in a private residence with Shomik Dutta as a featured guest. The event notice was taken down from the Malibu Democrat Club after inquiries were made to the Harris campaign if Harris was aware of DuSable and Dhutta's involvement in a global money laundering scandal.<ref>https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/</ref>

====Connor Betts and Patrick Crasius====
:{{See also|Leftwing violence in the Trump era}}
Harris used the murder of 31 people by two violent [[leftist]]s to solicit funds for her 2020 presidential campaign.<ref>https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1158088968707198977</ref> [[Connor Betts]] was a member of [[Antifa]] who murdered nine people in Dayton, including 6 [[African American]]s, and Patrick Crasius was a socialist who killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso he blamed for impeding the passage of [[universal healthcare]] and a [[universal basic income]], tuition debt, underemployment and not recycling plastics.<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref>

===Endorsements===
The Harris campaign proudly announced an endorsement from Democratic Rep. [[Alcee Hastings]] (Fla.), who was at the center of a $220,000 taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement. The $220,000 sexual harassment settlement was paid in 2014. ''Roll Call'' obtained documents showing a former staffer said Hastings "touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job." Hastings also employed a convicted [[money laundering|money launderer]], is paying his girlfriend the maximum congressional salary, and is known as one of the top ethics violators in Congress. While on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Hastings was charged with soliciting a $150,000 bribe from undercover FBI officers. Hastings was acquitted after his alleged conspirator refused to testify despite a promise of immunity, but he was instead successfully [[impeach]]ed by a Democrat-controlled Congress. Harris said she is proud to have Hasting's endorsement.

Harris was endorsed by Rep. [[Al Green]] (D., Texas), who was made Texas co-chairman of her campaign and has also been accused of [[sexual harassment]] by a staffer.

Harris's husband headlined a fundraiser by the law firm that defended [[Jeffrey Epstein]] hours before Harris criticized the firm for defending Epstein.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/kamala-harris-criticized-epsteins-law-firm-while-her-campaign-fundraised-off-it/</ref>

===One hit wonder===
[[File:Annotation 2019-07-05 135356.png|right|350px|thumb|Tweet sent out in a coordinated media attack 30 seconds after Harris' First Round knockout punch of former VP Joe Biden.]]
In the First Debate Harris confronted former Obama VP [[Joseph Biden]] over his role in repealing sections of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] that restored funding to schools refusing to integrate with [[Black]]s after the 1954 ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' desegregation order.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-says-she-was-a-victim-of-bidens-racial-policies 'That little girl was me': Kamala Harris says she was a victim of Biden's anti-busing racial policies], by Ellie Bufkin, ''Washington Examiner'', June 27, 2019.</ref> The Biden Amendment,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration], By JASON SOKOL, ''[[Politico]]'', August 04, 2015.</ref> originally written by segregationist Democrat Sen. [[James Eastland]], but with Biden's name on it with few modifications, restored federal funding for schools that refused to comply with court-ordered desegregation and busing.<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?], By Eric Levitz, ''Intelligencer'', Mar. 12, 2019.</ref> Harris told [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]]: {{quotebox-float|If those segregationists would have had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, and I certainly would not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. ... Barack Obama would not have been in a position to appoint Joe Biden Vice President of the United States. So the consequences of their actions were very real, and on the shoulders of the history of our country of really a very bad, awful, dark, dangerous, and lethal time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p23VyNxnOQ&feature=youtu.be</ref>}}
The next morning there were T-shirts bearing the words “That little girl was me” with the image of a young, pigtailed Harris, ready for sale on her website the following morning. Her ex-lover, 85-year-old Willie Brown,<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref> wrote an op-ed saying that no Democrat could beat Trump.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlDgiytgrQ</ref> After wiping the floor with Biden, Harris' poll numbers were cut in half from 20& to 12% to 7% in the space of two weeks, with only 1% of black Democrats supporting her,<ref>[https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/06/hoo-boy-new-national-poll-shows-harris-sliding-second-dem-debate/ Hoo boy: New national poll shows Harris sliding further after second Dem debate] ''Hot Air'', Aug 6, 2019</ref> her chosen group to identify with.

In the Third Debate, Harris appeared drunk.<ref>https://twitter.com/AriCohn/status/1172391925841678336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref> [[NBC News]] reported that Harris' Hollywood big money donors were beginning to bail.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/13/wealthy-donors-unimpressed-with-kamala-harris-debate-performance.html</ref>

By the fourth debate [[Tulsi Gabbard]] moved ahead of Harris,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/10/30/revenge-tulsi-gabbard-now-leads-kamala-harris/</ref> with some polls having Harris in 10th place. Harris began laying off staff and folding up shop in [[New Hampshire]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/30/harris-slash-campaign-lays-off-cash/</ref> As her campaign sputtered, Harris lashed out at [[Elizabeth Warren]], citing the fact that Harris had never represented [[corporation]]s, unlike the doubletalking Warren who began her career doing so.<ref>https://dmlnewsapp.com/video-kamala-harris-snaps-elizabeth-warren-never-represented-corporation/</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring [[Jim Jones]], Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]
Harris began her career in politics at the age of 29 by having an extra-marital affair with the corrupt 60-year-old California politician [[Willie Brown]].<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Sure-I-dated-Kamala-Harris-So-what-13562972.php?t=c1bc437ba8</ref> As [[San Francisco]] mayor, when they were having their affair, Brown was dogged by conflict of interest accusations, and as speaker of the California Assembly was investigated by the [[FBI]]. When the tryst began, she was a low level clerk in a city office of Mayor Brown's political machine.<ref>http://www.citireport.com/2012/04/inside-the-willie-l-brown-money-machine/</ref> Mayor Brown gave her a brand new 1994 [[BMW]]. As Speaker, Brown appointed her to high-paying jobs on the California Medical Assistance Commission and Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.<ref>https://amgreatness.com/2018/04/21/poontronage-when-kamala-met-willie/</ref> These positions paid more than $400,000 over five years. During her first bid for electoral office as [[district attorney]] of [[San Francisco]] in 2003, which Speaker Brown assisted by raising money and introducing her to deep-pocketed donors, she excused the gift of a brand new BMW away, telling reporters she traded it in for a 1997 BMW which she then drove.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref> After dumping Harris, having a child with a lobbyist he awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to, and divorcing his wife, 84-year-old Willie Brown took up with [[Russia]]n model Sonya Molodetskaya.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref>

Like [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Michelle Obama]], Harris failed her bar examination.<ref>https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/often-unqualified-affirmative-action-students-like-kamala-harris-fail-the-bar-exam/72088040/</ref> ''The Washington Post'' describes her as "charmless."<ref>https://youtu.be/ROWd8_he3M8</ref>

===Bay Area Democrats===

''[[The New York Times]]'' describes Harris as "rooted in the Bay Area Democratic establishment."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-president.html Kamala Harris Declares Candidacy, Evoking King and Joining Diverse Field], By Astead W. Herndon, ''The New York Times'', Jan. 21, 2019.</ref> CalWatchdog.com<ref>[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/calwatchdog-com/ MediaBias Factcheck: CalWatchdog.com].</ref> which describes itself as "an independent, [[Sacramento]]-based journalism venture providing original investigative reports and news stories" that "adheres to traditional journalistic standards and focuses on improving government transparency,"<ref>[https://calwatchdog.com/about-calwatchdog/ About CalWatchdog]</ref> reports ''"Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats."''<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> According to a 2012 article on ''[[Salon]]'', a [[liberal]] website:
[[File:The Jimmy Carter Jonestown Massacre.jpg|right|400px|thumb|'''[[Socialist]] paradise in Guyana.''' Lack of beef and living off of jungle plants is said to have added to the mass irrationality. Its leader, a [[community organizer]] named [[Jim Jones]], was very active in [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] politics.]]
{{quotebox-float|"Jones could be counted on to deliver busloads of obedient, well-dressed disciples to demonstrations, campaign rallies, and political precincts. The city’s liberal Burton machine — run by congressional powerhouse Phil Burton — quickly identified the Peoples Temple juggernaut as a potentially game-changing ally in its long battle to take over city hall. “It was Burton ally Willie Brown – a rising force in California’s state capital — who first recognized that Jones’s organization could play a pivotal role in his friend [[George Moscone]]’s run for mayor…. “In the December runoff between Moscone and [conservative Republican John] Barbagelata, [[Peoples Temple]] went even further to secure victory for its candidate. On the eve of the election, Jones filled buses with temple members in Redwood Valley and [[Los Angeles]] and shuttled them to San Francisco. Security at polling places was lax on Election Day, and many nonresidents were able to cast their ballots for Moscone, some more than once. ‘You could have run around to 1200 precincts and voted 1200 times,’ said a bitter Barbagelata later, after losing by a whisper of a margin. But he was not the only one who claimed that the Peoples Temple stole the election for George Moscone. Temple leaders also claimed credit. “Moscone at first tried to appease him with a harmless post on the Human Rights Commission. But the temple leader insisted on a position that had more clout, and the mayor decided he was in no position to alienate Jones. In October 1976 Moscone announced that he was naming Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority, which oversees the operation of the city’s public housing. The agency, the largest landlord in the city, was a notorious maze of corruption, and it provided Jones’s organization with ample opportunity for shady self-dealing."<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}} And [[Harvey Milk]], later assassinated with Moscone:
{{quotebox|“But no political figures were more gushing in their praise of Jones than Willie Brown and Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s rising tribune of gay freedom. Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor’s seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones’s political blessing. ‘Our paths have crossed,’ Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. ‘They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: “Take one of us, and you must take all of us.” Please add my name.’”<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}}

===San Francisco district attorney===
[[File:Pelosi poop map.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The City of San Francisco official "poop map" to warn tourists of areas to avoid due to reportings of human feces on the street covers Democrat [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s 12th Congressional district.<ref>https://www.mrctv.org/blog/new-report-shows-nancy-pelosis-district-seat-piled-high-dirty-needles-and-human-feces</ref>]]
Harris was elected San Francisco District Attorney in 2003.

In April 2004, San Francisco Police Department Officer Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed in the line of duty. Three days later, Harris announced she would not seek the [[death penalty]], infuriating the San Francisco Police Officers Association. During Officer Espinoza's funeral, Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] rose to the pulpit and called on Harris, who was sitting in the front pew, to secure the death penalty, prompting a standing ovation from the 2,000 uniformed police officers in attendance. Harris still refused. Officer Espinoza's killer was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bazelon | first = Emily | title = Kamala Harris, a ‘Top Cop’ in the era of Black Lives Matter | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/kamala-harris-a-top-cop-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0 | work = The New York Times Magazine | date = May 25, 2016}}</ref>

Harris refused to seek the death penalty for an [[illegal alien]] and alleged [[MS-13]] gang member accused of a triple [[homicide]].<ref>Finnegan, Michael. [http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/22/local/me-harris22 San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold], ''Los Angeles Times'', June 22, 2009.</ref><ref>Van Derbeken, Jaxon. [https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/11/BAM819L7NE.DTL "Edwin Ramos won't face death penalty"], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 11, 2009.</ref>

In 2012, a Superior Court Judge ruled that San Francisco District Attorney Harris's office violated defendants' rights by hiding damaging information about a police crime lab technician, and was indifferent to demands that it account for its failings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/21/BAN01DHVMU.DTL#ixzz0od05q8Qb|title=Judge rips Harris' office for hiding problems|last=Van Derbeken|first=Jaxon|date=May 21, 2010|work=SF Gate|accessdate=}}</ref>

Harris opposed San Francisco's Proposition K ballot initiative to legalize [[prostitution]]. Harris said, {{quotebox|“I think it’s completely ridiculous, just in case there’s any ambiguity about my position. It would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.”}} Harris argued prostitution exposes girls and women to drug, gun and sexual crimes, and “compromises the quality of life in a community.” Harris noted that 65 percent of cases handled by her department's sexual assault unit involved sex workers as victims.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/01prostitute.html?_r=0</ref>

Harris filed an [[amicus brief]] in ''District of Columbia v. Heller'', arguing that the [[Washington, D.C.]], gun law at issue did not violate the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/07-290_amicus_district_attorneys.pdf|title=''D.C. v. Heller'' Amici Curiae brief of District Attorneys in support of Petitioners|accessdate=|author=Kamala D. Harris|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

==California attorney general==
{{See also|Kamala Harris as a prosecutor}}
Harris was elected [[Attorney General]] in 2010.

===Prison overcrowding===
After the [[United States Supreme Court]] in ''Brown v. Plata'' (2011) declared California's prisons so overcrowded they violated prisoners' [[Eighth Amendment]] right against [[cruel and unusual punishment]], Harris fought federal court supervision. When California failed to fully implement the court's order to reduce overcrowding, and was ordered to implement new parole programs, the State of California appealed the decision, and in court filings Harris's office argued that if forced to release these inmates early, prisons would lose an important source of [[slave]] labor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=St. John|first1=Paige|title=Federal judges order California to expand prison releases|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html|access-date=October 12, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> Prisoners in California earn between 8 and 37 cents per hour in maintenance and kitchen jobs; prisoners fighting [[California wildfires]] receive $1 per hour.<ref>Annika Neklason, [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/how-much-longer-will-inmates-fight-californias-wildfires/547628/ California Is Running Out of Inmates to Fight Its Fires], ''The Atlantic'' (December 7, 2017).</ref>

===Direct democracy===
In 2008 the people of California passed [[Proposition 8]], the state's [[referendum]] on [[same-sex marriage]] by an overwhelming popular vote. Harris refused to defend Proposition 8 in court. The decision was significant. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that proponents of the measure did not have the legal standing to defend Proposition 8 on appeal after Harris refused to do so. The case was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, removing the ban on same-sex marriage in California.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-milestones-20160706-snap-htmlstory.html</ref> These actions were a blow to direct [[democracy]].<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2013/06/26/editorial-prop-8-ruling-blow-to-direct-democracy/</ref>

She supported the [[Obama administration]]'s [[Executive Order]]s on [[transgender]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/10/25/kamala-harris-rises-as-lgbt-favorite-for-2020-theres-just-one-thing/|title=Kamala Harris rises as LGBT favorite for 2020 — there's just one thing|date=2017-10-25|website=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>

===Jessica's Law===
Harris refused to enforce [[Jessica's Law]], requiring residency restrictions on [[sex offender]]s.<ref>https://nielsen.cssrc.us/content/ag-harris-orders-cdcr-not-enforce-jessicas-law</ref>

===Inmate sex change operations===
:{{Main article|Transgenderism}}
In 2015 a male inmate of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was paroled early. The inmate had sued the state in federal court claiming he was being denied a [[sex change operation]]. The court ordered the state to provide the inmate with the requested medical services. Harris represented the Department of Corrections and appealed the decision. The [[Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] opined the inmate was released early while the case was on appeal to render the case [[moot]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/michelle-lael-norsworthy-sex-reassignment-prison|title=Michelle's Case|date=May 17, 2016|work=The California Sunday Magazine|author=Brown, Annie|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Three Strikes Law===
Daniel Larsen, found innocent by a federal judge, had been in prison for 13 years. In 1999, when two police officers claimed they saw Larsen, who had earlier in his life been convicted for burglary, pull a six-inch-long knife from his waistband and throw it under a car, he was sentenced to twenty-seven years to life under the three-strikes law supported by Harris.

Police wrongly targeted Larsen in the first place, and witnesses reported that it wasn't Larsen but the man he was with who had thrown the knife. In the trial, Larsen's incompetent lawyer (who would later be disbarred) didn't investigate a single witness, nor present one in trial.

Eleven years later, a judge reversed the conviction due to the lack of evidence and incompetence of Larson's attorneys. Yet two years later, Larsen was still in jail. Harris appealed the decision on the basis that Larsen had filed his paperwork too late.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/daniel-larsen-innocent-federal-judge-prison-13-years_n_1813819.html</ref>

Tens of thousands of people petitioned Harris to release Larsen, and numerous civil rights groups similarly called on her to do the right thing. But even when he was eventually released from custody after fourteen years, Harris challenged his release, and five months later Larsen was back in court, fighting to stay out of prison for a crime he didn't commit.

===Foreclosure crisis===
:{{See also|Financial Crisis of 2008}}
When Harris took office in 2011, California was still reeling from the effects of the subprime mortgage crisis. In 2012, she participated in the National Mortgage Settlement against five banks, securing for homeowners weighed down by average debt of close to $65,000 each — around $1,500 to $2,000 each. One called it “a slap in the face for a lot of us.”<ref>https://www.scpr.org/news/2016/05/27/61049/california-foreclosures-ripple-even-after-major-se/</ref> Under the deal, loans owned by [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] didn't qualify for the debt relief. Given they were the country's biggest [[mortgage]] holders, this meant even fewer homeowners stood to benefit from the deal. Only 84,102 California families had any mortgage debt forgiven — far short of the 250,000 originally predicted.

Writing in the ''[[LA Times]]'', Michael Hiltzik savaged the deal and what he called the “rosy self-congratulation” that followed it, particularly the new foreclosure standards it imposed, which he called a “big whoop.” “The provisions mostly require mortgage lenders and servicers to comply with what I would have thought was already the law, which prohibits, you know, criminal fraud,” he wrote.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/11/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120212</ref>

Harris opened her Mortgage Fraud Strike Force to much fanfare in 2011. It employed twenty-five Department of Justice lawyers and investigators with a budget of more than $2 million to go after foreclosure fraud. The strike force managed to prosecute just ten cases in three years, an ''East Bay Express'' investigation in 2014 found.<ref>https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-strike-force-that-never-struck/Content?oid=3933743&showFullText=true</ref>

The paper found that not only had the strike force prosecuted fewer foreclosure fraud cases than many other states, but it had filed fewer lawsuits than attorneys general in smaller states with fewer victims, and even fewer than some county district attorneys. Yet California led the country in terms of such scam operations, with many thousands of complaints since 2010. One housing rights activist who had lost his home in a fraud called the strike force a “public relations effort.”

''The Intercept'' obtained a 2013 memo to Harris from prosecutors in the attorney general's office saying they had “uncovered evidence suggestive of widespread misconduct” at OneWest bank, and urging Harris to “conduct a full investigation of a national bank’s misconduct and provide a public accounting of what happened.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/|title=Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin's Bank Accused of "Widespread Misconduct" in Leaked Memo|author=David Dayen|website=The Intercept}}</ref> Yet Harris never did. In 2016, [[Steven Mnuchin]] donated $2,000 to Harris's campaign,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=steven+mnuchin&order=desc&sort=D|title=Donor Lookup|publisher=}}</ref> making her the only 2016 Senate Democratic candidate to get cash from Mnuchin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harris-was-the-only-democrat-in-2016-to-receive-cash-from-mnuchin|title= Harris Was Only 2016 Senate Democratic Candidate to Get Cash From Mnuchin |date= February 14, 2017|work=[[Roll Call]]|author= Garcia, Eric|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Refused to investigate police sex trafficking ring===
An underage sex-trafficking scandal implicated dozens of police officers and other local authorities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. [[Oakland]] went through two police chiefs trying to address it, with a third doing only questionably better. People were pleading for Harris's office to step in and oversee an independent investigation,<ref>https://www.change.org/p/kamala-harris-demand-an-investigation-of-the-bay-area-police-sex-scandal</ref> since local governments seemed more motivated to quash a public relations nightmare than punish public officials. Harris and her office refused to intervene.<ref>https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/11/the-performative-feminism-of-kamala-h</ref>

===Prosecutorial misconduct===
In 2015, Harris defended convictions obtained by county prosecutors who had inserted a false confession into an interrogation transcript, committed perjury, and withheld evidence. A federal appeals court threw out the convictions, telling Harris's lawyers, "Talk to the [[attorney general]] and make sure she understands the gravity of the situation."

Harris appealed the dismissal of an indictment when it was discovered a Kern County prosecutor perjured in submitting a falsified confession as court evidence. Harris asserted that prosecutorial perjury was not sufficient to demonstrate prosecutorial misconduct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2781830/people-v-velasco-palacios-ca5/|title=People v. Velasco-Palacios CA5, F068833|date=February 24, 2015|website=Court Listener|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/03/california-prosecutor-falsifies-transcript-of-confession/|title=California Prosecutor Falsifies Transcript of Confession|date=March 4, 2015|website=The Observer|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Religious discrimination===
A [[Sikh]] man was barred from working as a prison guard because of his [[religious]]ly mandated beard. Harris argued that his beard prevented him from being properly fitted with a gas mask, thus disqualifying him from the job, despite California's corrections and rehabilitation department's regulations allowing guards to have beards for certain medical reasons. A number of [[civil rights]] and legal organizations wrote Harris a letter pointing out this inconsistency. She argued that the medical exemption only applied to guards who passed the mask fitting before the policy took effect, although the man's attorney said this was untrue.<ref>https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-calif-sikh-barred-from-job-over-beard-settles-2011oct27-story.html</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
In 2016 Harris was the first South Asian elected to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/californias-kamala-harris-becomes-first-indian-american-us-senator-2016-11 California's Kamala Harris becomes first Indian-American US senator], ''[[Associated Press]]'', Nov 8, 2016. www.businessinsider.com</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3oflr7rEU4 Kamala Harris first Indian-American US Senator], Scripps News, Nov 8, 2016. [[YouTube]]</ref> She served on the Senate Committee on the Budget, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]] and Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Senate Harris has earned a reputation for her rudeness and [[bullying]]. Harris was the very first Democratic operative to initiate the orchestrated disruptions of the Kavanaugh Hearings. During the hearings she referred to a pocket-sized version of the [[U.S. Constitution]] as "that book you carry" while addressing another Senator.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (September 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/watch-kamala-harris-calls-kavanaughs-pocket-constitution-that-book-you-carry/ Watch: Kamala Harris Calls Kavanaugh’s Pocket Constitution ‘That Book You Carry’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> Harris earned the distinction as Most Dishonest Senator.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/kamala-harris-earns-title-as-most-dishonest-senator/?utm=pushnami</ref>

===2nd Amendment===
Harris earned an "F" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kamala Harris on Gun Control|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Kamala_Harris_Gun_Control.htm|website=www.ontheissues.org|accessdate=}}</ref>

=== Taxes ===
Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which has spawned the current recovery,<ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-tax-cut-economy-is-booming-but-kamala-harris-wants-tax-hikes-and-welfare/</ref> and has proposed her own set of alternative [[socialist]] tax increases.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article220495795.html</ref>

[[File:Rules-for-radicals-Obama-tribe-and-cabinet-768x456.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
===Democratic Socialism===
In early 2013, mainly [[Democratic Socialists of America]] aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Obama to award posthumously the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr. The [[Saul Alinsky]] trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both [[Cesar Chavez]] and [[DSA]]er [[Dolores Huerta]], and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect [[Communist Party USA]] affiliate Ed Roybal<ref>DSA organizer Peter Dreier wrote in ''[[HuffPo]]'', [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/from-organizer-to-elected_b_124971.html From Organizer To Elected Official], September 8, 2008.</ref> as Los Angeles's first Latino council member, "Ross’ influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".

Endorsers of the proposal included Kamala Harris.<ref>[http://quartz.he.net/~beyondch/news/nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=11057 Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross], by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05</ref>

===Kavanaugh smear===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear}}
Staff members for Sen. Harris submitted an undated handwritten letter to committee investigators that her California office had received signed under the alias “Jane Doe from Oceanside, California.” Three days before Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, Judy Munro-Leighton wrote an email to the committee claiming, “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA — Kavanaugh raped me.”''

Under questioning, Munro-Leighton admitted she was a [[left-wing]] [[activist]] who never met Kavanaugh. After Kavanaugh's confirmation, the Senate Judiciary Committee referred her to the DOJ and FBI for criminal [[prosecution]] because she lied to Congress.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/02/brett-kavanaugh-rape-accuser-admits-she-made-up-her-story-doj-fbi/ Brett Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Admits She Made Up Her Story]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Richardson, Matt (November 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kavanaugh-accuser-referred-to-doj-for-false-statements-grassleys-office-announces Kavanaugh accuser referred to DOJ for false statements, Grassley’s office announces]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Dinan, Stephen (November 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/3/another-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-fabricating-rape-/ Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
See also:
*Shaw, Adam (November 3, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-democrats-after-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-to-making-false-rape-accusation-where-are-the-dems-on-this Trump challenges Democrats after Kavanaugh accuser admits to making false rape accusation: ‘Where are the Dems on this?’] ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (November 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30532-grassley-seeks-fbi-probe-of-another-kavanaugh-rape-liar Grassley Seeks FBI Probe of Another Kavanaugh Rape Liar]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
*https://www.westernjournal.com/kavanaugh-accuser-admits-made/</ref>

===Harris' stupidity & Genocidal Palestinians===
On Sep 29, 2021, for probable fear of being seen as anti-woke, she didn't clarify the facts, at a Yemeni/Iranian<ref>Emily Schrader (@emilykschrader) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/1443215741302583303?s=20 Sep 29, 2021]):
A Yemeni student in a [[U.S.]] university claims problems in America are because the US is funding “ethnic genocide of Palestinians” and “giving money to #Israel” and @VP responds with “no one can silence your truth”.
No part of that is true Kamala, and you know it. https://t.co/lGwX6bzosk</ref> Muslim bigot student's libelous terminology about a so-called "genocide" -ironically- on IDF (who fights against genocidal Palestinian terror [[Hamas]]<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/a-fatwa-for-genocide-wiesenthal-center-slams-hamas-charter-595634 'A Fatwa for Genocide', Wiesenthal center slams Hamas charter]. JPost, Jul 14, 2019.</ref> etc. the only side that targets<ref>[https://www.standwithus.com/factsheets-hamaswarcrimes Hamas's War Crimes]</ref> the unarmed intentionally).
Her damage control after that and clear statement that she opposes<ref>Ron Kampeas," [https://www.jta.org/2021/10/01/politics/kamala-harris-strongly-disagrees-with-student-who-said-israel-was-carrying-out-ethnic-genocide Kamala Harris ‘strongly disagrees’ with student who said Israel was carrying out ethnic genocide]," JTA, October 1, 2021. 
She took questions, and one woman, who said she was Yemeni and Iranian, challenged Harris’ claim that speaking out brings change...</ref> that statement by that "student", did little to undo her sheer dangerous<ref>Herb Keinon, "[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/kamala-harris-silence-vs-sarah-silvermans-noise-comment-680950 Kamala Harris’ silence vs Sarah Silverman’s noise - comment]," Jerusalem Post, Oct 3, 2021.
<blockquote>
There are some truths that cannot be refuted - Israel not committing genocide is one of them. US Vice President Kamala Harris didn't fight back at it, but Sarah Silverman did.

A lie left unchallenged just spreads roots and grows.

And therein lays the problem with Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance on Wednesday in front of a political science class at Virginia’s George Mason University when she didn’t object to a student who slandered Israel by accusing it of ethnic genocide and displacement of people.
... said the student, who identified herself as Yemini and Iranian.

Harris’s response to the student was not to tell her she had her facts dead wrong, was maliciously libeling Israel, or somehow had become confused, but rather to wax on about how her truth must be heard.

Harris said she was glad the student spoke up, saying, “your voice, your perspective, your experience, your truth should not be suppressed.”

“The point that you are making about policy that relates to Middle East policy, foreign policy, we still have healthy debates in our country about what is the right path, and nobody’s voice should be suppressed on that,” she continued.

Wrong.

Not every “truth” should be heard or legitimized by the vice president of the United States. Not everyone is entitled to turn lies into their own truths. Not everything is a narrative. Some views should be suppressed, such as the one about Israel committing ethnic genocide. Why? Because it is a lie. There are facts. And one fact is that Israel is not committing ethnic genocide. Period

How can one prove that fact to those who will only think the worst about Israel? Simple: by looking at the numbers.

Before the Six Day War in 1967 when Israel won control of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, there were some 955,000 Palestinians in those areas; today that number stands at about five million. Say what you will about Israel’s policies in the territories over the last 54 years, but those numbers do not add up to genocide.

The fallout from Harris’s appearance followed a predictable pattern. The Israeli press jumped on the story while, except for Fox News, it did not make that much noise in the non-Jewish media in the US.

AT LEAST in the beginning.

Israel supporters then pushed back, the Vice President’s office realized it had a problem on its hands, and then did damage control by reaching out to a few major Jewish organizations. The story then started to gain traction in the general media.

The message from the VP’s office was simple: she did not mean what her silence implied.

And surely she didn’t. .. Neither anything she has ever said nor would her voting record on Israel lead one to believe that she actually thinks the Jewish state is committing ethnic genocide.

Then what’s the problem?

The problem is that she didn’t challenge the statement in real-time, with the other students in the room. The problem is that her silence could be interpreted by them, and others who might have seen a video clip of the exchange, as implicit consent.

“Hey” they might think, “someone said Israel is committing genocide, and the vice president just nodded. Maybe it is committing genocide.”

And that is how a lie unchallenged spreads.

It’s good that Harris’s office issued a clarification to Jewish groups, which obviously were carried widely in the Jewish press and read by thousands and thousands of Jews.

But not everyone in the world follows the Anti-Defamation League’s Twitter feed or reads the Jewish Telegraphic Agency where her explanations were spelled out. Harris’s explanations need to be aimed not only at the Jewish public but at the general public. Most of the Jewish public – except for outliers like activists in IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace – know full well that Israel is not committing ethnic genocide.

It’s the non-Jewish public, which is hearing these lies now with increasing frequency, including from some Jews, which must be addressed and for whom these slanders must be exposed for what they are.

Why was Harris quiet in the face of this outrageous statement?

Perhaps ... as the author Norman Lebrecht wrote in his 2019 book Genius & Anxiety: How Jews changed the world, 1847-1947, “It is cool to be cruel about Jews (though not about other minorities).”

BUT NOT all is lost, apparently.

Last week the in-your-face Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman, who would most definitely place herself among America’s “cool” class, had some critical words on her podcast for the “Squad,” that group of Progressive US representatives whom Silverman has said she adores. Her criticism came because of the Squad’s move to defund the Iron Dome defense system and because of their deafening silence on Hamas.

Where Harris was silent, Silverman – per her style – was loud....

After gaining Progressive cred ... Silverman – who strongly backed Bernie Sanders in the last two US presidential elections – asked about Hamas, “Why do none of them [the Squad], even mention Hamas, a group that until just a few years ago had a mission statement to kill all Jews. A group that just congratulated the Taliban for taking over Afghanistan. No, Israel is not good for Palestine, but you are kidding yourself if you think Hamas is good for Palestine.

‘Please do not defund the Iron Dome,” she said, adding that she was “talking to the Squad here. You know, my family lives there. It just seems to prove the point that I didn’t think existed, which is that some people really only like Jews if they are suffering. Dead Jews get a lot of honor.

“I want to love them [the Squad],” she continued. “I really do love AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], I love Rashida Tlaib, I love Ilhan Omar. Their domestic policies are completely aligned with mine. And I think they are so cool and kick-ass. But this is really scary. You make it hard. Not having the Iron Dome is going to kill people. A lot of people.

“You will finally get that higher body count from Israel. I am for a Palestinian state... but I do also believe there should be an Israel, too. There are Muslim states all over the place; we can’t have one Jewish state?”

There it was: a distinctly uncool comment, coming from someone who is – or at least aspires to be – culturally cool, hip and very with it. And her push back actually matters more than Harris’s clarification to Jewish groups, because what Silverman said she said out loud in her own voice –not through aides or spokespeople – to a general audience, not only a Jewish one.
</blockquote></ref> stupidity.
===Bail fund===
In 2023, Kamala-backed Bail Fund sees revenues plummet by 98 percent

The Minnesota Freedom Fund used donations to free alleged murderers and pedophiles.{{Cquote|
The Minnesota Freedom Fund is just the latest social justice darling to suffer dwindling support after receiving a surge of cash during the 2020 riots. Black Lives Matter, which raised $90 million following Floyd’s death, reported last week that its revenues plummeted 88 percent in its 2022 fiscal year. The group blew a sizable portion of its windfall on luxury mansions and lucrative contracts for the family and friends of the group’s co-founder, Patrisse Cullors.<ref>Andrew Kerr, [https://freebeacon.com/democrats/kamala-backed-bail-fund-sees-revenues-plummet-by-98-percent/ Kamala-Backed Bail Fund Sees Revenues Plummet By 98 Percent], ''Free Beacon'', May 31, 2023</ref>}}

==Family==
[[File:Donald Trump with Snoop Dogg.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Donald Trump keepin' it real with Snoop Dogg. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris claimed she used to listen to Snoop Dogg when she was in college (during the 1980s). Snoop Dogg hadn't released his first album until 1993.]]
Harris is a child of privilege. She was born in [[Oakland]] in 1964. Her father is from [[Jamaica]] and her mother from [[India]]. Her father, who is of mixed race, is a descendant of Jamaican plantation slave owners. She has less than half African ancestry. Her mother is from the rich class of [[India]]'s [[caste]] system. Both were research scientists at the University of California at Berkeley. She grew up in a privileged neighborhood. Like Obama, her family has no connection to the historical and cultural experiences of American Blacks who lived under slavery and segregation.

While contemplating a run for the presidency. Harris married Doug Emhoff in 2014, a Los Angeles-based managing partner of a law firm. According to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', between her break-up with Willie Brown in the mid-1990s and her first marriage at the age of 50 she had no long-term [[heterosexual]] relationships with [[men]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/kamala-harriss-choices</ref> Another July 2019 ''New Yorker'' profile portrays Willie Brown as a major influence on Harris while her husband is portrayed as a political prop and nuisance. The author quotes a longtime donor to Harris who suggests she would have stayed single if it weren't for her presidential ambitions, saying, "When she married Doug, I knew she was running for President."<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref>

Harris, who has been preoccupied with her career and has used sex to advance her ambitions, has no children.

Her sister is Maya Harris, an [[MSNBC]] political analyst. Maya's husband worked on the [[Biden Crime Bill of 1994]] which led to the mass incarceration of 2.5 million blacks.<ref>Tony West is married to Maya Harris, Kamala Harris's sister and campaign chair. West, a former [[Obama administration]] official, also chaired Kamala Harris's transition team after she was elected to the Senate in 2016. West featured his work on the crime bill in 2012 when he was nominated to be Associate Attorney General. It was the chief achievement he listed for his two years working as a special assistant under former attorney general [[Janet Reno]].

"From 1993 through 1994, I served as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Justice," West wrote in his official questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Under the direction of U.S. Deputy Attorneys General Philip Heymann and [[Jamie Gorelick]], as well as Attorney General Janet Reno, I worked on the development of national crime policy, including the [[The New Jim Crow|1994 Omnibus Crime Bill]]."

The work was also featured in his biography when former attorney general [[Eric Holder]] hired him in 2009. "West worked on the development of national crime policy, including the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill," a DOJ press release stated. https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harriss-brother-in-law-helped-write-1994-crime-bill/</ref>

===Sexual Immorality===
Kamala Harris have dated [[Willie Brown]] who is 30 years older than her when he was Speaker of the California State Assembly. Brown was married and was father of three children, but to get political advantage, she ruined the Black family. After getting the advantage she left him.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/media/megyn-kelly-says-kamala-harris-relationship-with-willie-brown-fair-game/ Megyn Kelly says it’s ‘fair game’ to question Kamala Harris’ past relationship with ex-San Fran Mayor Willie Brown: ‘That affair is sus’ ]</ref>

One comments of her with no shame she said: As woman, there is balance to be struck between being tough and being a b*tch.<ref>https://x.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1820238850108846108</ref> Kamala Harris also support decriminalization of [[Prostitution]].<ref>[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/sex-work-legalize-2020-presidential-candidates We Asked All The 2020 Candidates If The US Should Stop Arresting Sex Workers. Only Four Said Yes.]</ref>

===Approval rating===
As of Dec 15, 2021: Half of registered voters disapprove of Kamala Harris' work as VP: poll
Fifty percent of registered voters disapprove of the job Kamala Harris is doing as vice president, a new poll has found.<ref>C. Patteson, [https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/kamala-harris-work-as-vp-gets-failing-marks-from-half-of-registered-voters-poll/ Half of registered voters disapprove of Kamala Harris’ work as VP: poll], NYPost, Dec 15, 2021</ref>

In 2024, MSM wen into overdrive to improve her image, especially since she became the Dems. Nominee.

===Ridiculous===

Harris has been ridiculed for her multiple gaffes,<ref>
Jessica Chasmar, [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-gaffes-awkward-moments Kamala Harris, gaffe machine: VP's public appearances marked by awkward moments, controversies], ''Fox News'', Nov 26, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/montage-kamala-harris-most-awkward-moments-vice-president Montage: Kamala Harris' most awkward moments since becoming vice president], ''Fox News'', March 2, 2022 .</ref> including a word salad in July 2022,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/highland-park-shooting-kamala-harris-viral-seriously-word-salad.amp Highland Park shooting: Kamala Harris goes viral with 'seriously' word salad], Fox News, Jul 5, 2022.</ref> and unexplained / misplaced laughs.<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dr3tRna3t0U</ref><ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=BPaBR3GNVe4</ref>

In Sep/2022, Harris said:<ref>Breaking911 @Breaking911 Tweeted:<blockquote>
VP HARRIS: "We invested an additional $12 Billion into community banks because we know community banks are in the community..."</blockquote>
([https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1572305481036595201 Sep 20, 2022)].</ref> "We invested an additional $12 Billion into community banks because we know community banks are in the community..."

In Apr 2024: Harris revealed the depths of her knowledge about College Basketball.
{{Cquote|
Harris offered a “history lesson” Thursday to explain the recent resurgence of popularity in women’s college basketball. The only problem? Her “history” is very, very wrong. In a conversation with Spectrum News’ Tim Boyum, Harris stridently and confidently claimed that women’s basketball was gaining popularity because, in the past, the women’s tournament didn’t have brackets.<ref>Dylan Gwinn, [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/04/05/watch-kamala-harris-reveals-the-depths-of-her-knowledge-about-college-basketball/ WATCH: Kamala Harris Reveals the Depths of Her Knowledge About College Basketball], Breitbart, 04/05/2024</ref>}}

===Worse than just ridiculous===
At the days of operation [[Swords of Iron]],
"faced with rise in Jewish hate, Kamala Harris tackles made-up ‘Islamphobia.'<ref>[https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/opinion/faced-with-rise-in-jewish-hate-kamala-harris-tackles-made-up-islamphobia/ Faced with rise in Jewish hate, Kamala Harris tackles made-up ‘Islamphobia’]. By Douglas Murray, ''NY Post'', November 2, 2023</ref>

'''WH Cartoon-in-chief'''
{{Cquote|
Israel’s got their Hamas. Ignorant college kids have their anti-semitic pro-Palestinian mantras. Rashida Tlaib and Omar Ilhan have their anti-Jewish ethnic cleansing causes. But the White House? For this White House, the war’s on hate. And President Joe Biden has set his trusty-wusty VP Kamala Harris as commander-in-chief of this war.
<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/2/white-house-cartoon-in-chief-kamala-harris-wages-w/ White House cartoon-in-chief, Kamala Harris, wages war on hate: We hate hate!]. By Cheryl K. Chumley, ''The Washington Times'', November 2, 2023.</ref>}}

==Quotes==
*''"I acknowledge one must acknowledge that prices are going up."''

==Further reading==
*[https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/23/18184192/kamala-harris-president-campaign-criminal-justice-record Kamala Harris’s controversial record on criminal justice, explained]. As she launches her presidential campaign, Harris is characterizing herself as a reformer. Critics disagree. By German Lopez, ''[[Vox]]'', Jan 28, 2019.
*[https://filtermag.org/2019/01/23/presidential-hopeful-kamala-harris-has-helped-make-sex-workers-lives-more-dangerous/ Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Has Helped Make Sex Workers’ Lives More Dangerous], by Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard / January 23, 2019.
*[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general The Two Faces of Kamala Harris], By Branko Marcetic, ''Jocobin''.
*[https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/ Does Kamala Harris Fundraiser Co-Host Have Connection to Global Money-Laundering Scandal?], Jordan Chariton, StatusCoup, Mar 13, 2019.
*[https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/ Reflections of a Jamaican Father], By Donald J. Harris, January 13, 2019. www.jamaicaglobalonline.com

==See also==
*[[Misandry]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001075 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], YouTube
*[https://youtu.be/SDgtsI4egaU Kamala Harris is PROUD of Jacob Blake - Has Anyone Thought About His Victim?], [[Andrew Klavan]], Sep 8, 2020.
*[https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/KamalaHarris Deleted Tweets From Kamala Harris, D-Calif.] Kamala Harris's accounts: KamalaHarris, VP. Tracking Since: January 05, 2017
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Freedom From Religion Foundation

2024-10-01T01:22:21Z

DMorris: Calling a red spade a red spade

[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor.jpg|thumbnail|right|275px|[[Annie Laurie Gaylor]] is an [[Atheist feminism|atheist feminist]]. She is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
 
 
Gaylor’s husband, [[Dan Barker]], who heads the organization along with her, is usually the person invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her many books on atheism.<ref>Bekiempis, Victoria (Summer 2011). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club "Why the New Atheism is a boys' club"]. Bitch Magazine, no. 51. Retrieved from September 26, 2011 edition of The Guardian/CommentaryIsFree.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and sexism]] ]]
The '''Freedom From Religion Foundation''' (FFRF) is an [[American]] [[atheist]]/[[humanist]] terrorist hate group based in Madison, [[Wisconsin]]. The FFRF was co-founded in 1976 by Anne Nicol Gaylor and her daughter, [[Annie Laurie Gaylor]]. It was incorporated nationally on April 15, 1978.

Its purposes are to [[censor]] or prevent:<ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref>

*"Prayers in public schools"

*"payment of public funds for religious purposes"

*"government funding of pervasively sectarian institutions"

*"the ongoing campaign against civil rights for women, gays and lesbians led by churches"

It describes its agenda has promoting "freethought", when in practice it amounts to [[censorship]] of religious truths.

The Foundation publishes a [[newspaper]] called ''Freethought Today'', broadcasts Freethought Radio (also carried on [[Air America]]), engages in litigation (it has lost nearly double the number of cases it has won) and sponsors and hosts other activities to educate the public about atheism, humanism, and "freethought." The Foundation often demands that taxpayers pay its own legal fees in its lawsuits against governmental entities.

== Leadership ==

The [[atheism|atheist]] [[Dan Barker]] and his wife [[Annie Laurie Gaylor]] serve as co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

=== Gaynor's complaint about speaking engagement invitations ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and sexism]]

Writing on the [[sexism]] within the atheist community, atheist Victoria Bekiempis wrote in a ''Guardian'' article entitled ''Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club'': "Annie Laurie Gaylor, who founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation with her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, in 1978, sums it up succinctly: “One word — sexism.” Gaylor’s husband, Dan Barker, who helms the organization along with her, is usually the one invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her numerous books on atheism."<ref>Bekiempis, Victoria (Summer 2011). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club "Why the New Atheism is a boys' club"]. Bitch Magazine, no. 51. Retrieved from September 26, 2011 edition of The Guardian/CommentaryIsFree.</ref>

== Loss of Google referral traffic for the Freedom From Religion Foundation website ==

''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]

[[File:Freedom From Atheism Foundation Google referral traffic - SEMRush 9-20-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|In 2023, the Freedom From Atheism website saw a large drop in Google referral traffic.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}
== Google Trends: The amount of people searching for the term Freedom From Religion Foundation has declined ==

''See also:'' [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]

[[File:Freedom From Atheism Foundation Google Trends 9-20-2023.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|According to Google Trends, the number of people searching for the term Freedom From Religion Foundation has declined.]]

== Freedom From Religion Foundation: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit ==

''See also:'' [[Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance review of the Freedom From Religion Foundation]]

=== 2022: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit ===

In terms of evaluating a nonprofit, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance focuses on nationally-soliciting charities, Better Business Bureaus in the U.S. and Canada report on regionally soliciting charities. In 2022, the Freedom From Religion Foundation failed to meet the standards of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance.<ref>[https://give.org/charity-reviews/national/Civil-Rights/Freedom-from-Religion-Foundation-in-Madison-wi-18414 2022: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit]</ref>

[[File:Freedom From Religion Foundation 2022 BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit.jpg|center|thumbnail|1600px|In 2022, the Freedom From Religion Foundation failed to meet the BBB Wise Giving Alliance standards for a nonprofit.<ref>[https://give.org/charity-reviews/national/Civil-Rights/Freedom-from-Religion-Foundation-in-Madison-wi-18414 2022: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit]</ref> ]]

=== 2018: Failure to meet the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance standards ===

See also: [[Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance review of the Freedom From Religion Foundation]] and [[Atheist organizations and scandals]] and [[Atheism and leadership]]

According to the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance's website, the Freedom From Religion Foundation fails to meet the Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance's standards as of May 4, 2018.<ref>[http://www.give.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/freedom-from-religion-foundation-in-madison-wi-18414 CHARITY REVIEWIssued: June 2016 Expires: September 2018 Freedom from Religion Foundation]</ref>

The Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance's website indicated on May 4, 2018:
{{Cquote|Freedom from Religion Foundation does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 1 (Oversight of Operations and Staff)
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fund raising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.

FFRF does not meet this Standard because its board of directors does not:

Review the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.

Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

FFRF does not meet this Standard because:

Although it has produced a written effectiveness assessment report in October 2015, the report did not include recommendations for future actions.<ref>[http://www.give.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/freedom-from-religion-foundation-in-madison-wi-18414 CHARITY REVIEWIssued: June 2016 Expires: September 2018 Freedom from Religion Foundation]</ref>}}

== Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website. Majority of web visitors are men ==

''See also:'' [[Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]
[[File:Freedom From Religion Foundation website demographic as of 1-14-2023 SimilarWeb.com data.jpg|center|thumbnail|1500px|According to SimilarWeb.com, the Freedom From Religion Foundation website receives a majority of its web traffic from men.<ref>[https://www.similarweb.com/website/ffrf.org/#demographics Demographics of the web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website - SimilarWeb.com]</ref> ]]
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==The name of the Foundation==
The Constitution guarantees us rights to free exercise, such as free speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. The name of the Foundation, "Freedom ''From'' Religion Foundation," does not reflect a Constitutional right. For example, no one has freedom ''from'' speech; likewise, the idea of freedom ''from'' religion is fallacious.

== Freedom From Religion Foundation and the War on Christmas ==

''See also:'' [[Atheist lawsuits]]

[[File:Atheist Dan Barker.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, says his group is opposed to the nativity scenes and other Christian symbols that appear on public spaces during the holiday season.<ref>[https://thehornnews.com/you-wont-believe-this-atheist-attack-on-christmas/ You won’t believe this atheist attack on Christmas], The Horn News]</ref> ]]
The [[War on Christmas]] refers specifically to the controversy surrounding the celebration or acknowledgment of the [[Christmas]] [[holiday]] in government, media, advertising and other [[atheist|secular]] environments.

''The Telegraph'' reported about the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the War on Christmas:
{{cquote|Across the United States, many of the FFRF’s 23,000 members have mobilised to ban Jesus from classroom plays, silence school choirs and take down nativity scenes.

At this time of year, Mr Barker said, his office is transformed into a war room: "It really ramps up. Our legal staff get ready, writing template letters for each state and district, ready to deploy them at any moment."<ref>[American atheists go to war against Christmas], The Tegraph</ref>}}

The ''Horn News'' reported:
{{cquote|For the seventh year in a row, the anti-religion activists at the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) have erected an outrageous sign outside the Illinois state house denouncing Christmas and Christianity.

[[Dan Barker]], FFRF co-president, said his group is opposed to the nativity scenes and other Christian symbols that appear on public spaces during the holiday season. So the atheist organization wants equal space to spread its anti-religion rhetoric during the Christmas season.

The Illinois state house grounds now feature an offensive red and green sign that reads, “At this season of the Winter Solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”

And the FFRF is not stopping at Illinois.

FFRF has announced plans to erect similar signs at the Texas and Florida state houses.

This isn’t the only attack to remove Christmas from the public view, either. Already this month the anti-religion organization put up a “Reasons Greetings” (an attack on the term Season’s Greetings) display at the Warren, Michigan city hall.
The organization also recently announced a lawsuit that has banned the Concord Community Schools in Indiana from performing their traditional live nativity scene at the school’s 2015 Christmas Spectacular holiday concert.<ref>[https://thehornnews.com/you-wont-believe-this-atheist-attack-on-christmas/ You won’t believe this atheist attack on Christmas], The Horn News]</ref>}}
=== Atheist lawsuits, manger scenes and public relations ===

See: [[Atheist lawsuits and public relations]]

==Misleading information on website==

The "Our Purposes" page on the Freedom From Religion Foundation website <ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref> contains several incorrect or misleading statements. The statements, along with rebuttals, follow.

"The history of Western civilization shows us that most social and moral progress has been brought about by persons free from religion."

*Actually, Western civilization is built upon the Judeo-Christian ethic and the accomplishments of ancient Greece and Rome. The great Greek philosophers ([[Socrates]], [[Plato]], and [[Aristotle]]) all believed in the existence of a supreme being, even Aristotle, who was a [[deist]]. Social and moral accomplishments have actually been made almost solely by religious people. The great scientists [[Galileo]], [[Kepler]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], and [[Louis Pasteur|Pasteur]], were all devout Christians. The great artists such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and other Renaissance artists were motivated by Christianity. It was the Christian monasteries which preserved the ancient learning, and Christian orders such as the Jesuits which served as educators. The founders of America, especially [[George Washington]], were either deist or Christian.

"In modern times the first to speak out for prison reform, for humane treatment of the mentally ill, for abolition of capital punishment, for women's right to vote, for '''death with dignity for the terminally ill''', and for the right to choose '''contraception, sterilization and abortion''' have been freethinkers, just as they were the first to call for an end to slavery."

*The bolded "accomplishments" are not accomplishments at all. In America, abolitionists and early feminists were largely Christian. The early feminists such as [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and Susan B. Anthony were pro-life. In Britain, the anti-slavery activists were mostly deist or Christian.

There is a reference to the religious right "...attacking our secular public schools."

*The public schools were not secular until 1963, when not the people but the Supreme Court banned school prayer. Since then, education quality has suffered, and fewer notable people have used the public school system.

"Our Constitution was very purposefully written to be a godless document, whose only references to religion are exclusionary."

*America was built upon the [[Mayflower Compact]] which began with the words "In the name of God, Amen," and the [[Declaration of Independence]], which acknowledges [[God]] as the source of rights and freedom. The Constitution is not "godless" but secular, and its major reference to religion is to say that Congress shall not ''interfere'' with religious practice. The only other reference to religion is one that states that the President shall not be held to a religious test. This means freedom ''of'' religion.

"It [The Constitution] is vital to buttress the Jeffersonian "wall of separation between church and state" which has served our nation so well."

*The "Jeffersonian 'wall of separation between church and state'" is not in the US Constitution at all! In fact, it was written in a letter by Jefferson ''over ten years after the First Amendment was ratified'', and furthermore, Jefferson was the least religious of all the early Presidents. Jefferson himself played no role in the formation of the Constitution. A better guiding principle is that expressed in George Washington's Farewell Address: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."
**Furthermore, twelve amendments have been added to the constitution before the time of Jefferson's death, with [[James Madison]] writing the first ten and Jefferson himself writing none of them. Furthermore, the organization that makes the claim that the Constitution is vital isn't actually upholding the Constitution.

==Wisconsin and Washington State Capitol signs==
[[Image:SigninCapitol.png|right|thumb|200px]]
In the mid-1990s, the Foundation began displaying a sign at the Wisconsin State Capitol during the Christmas season. It reads:

{{cquote|At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail.

There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell.

There is only our natural world.

Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.}}

In fact, the great figures of history have been religious, and charitable giving by theists is significantly higher than giving by atheists, even when church giving is excluded.<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/12-faithspirituality/102-atheists-and-agnostics-take-aim-at-christians</ref><ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/12-faithspirituality/102-atheists-and-agnostics-take-aim-at-christians</ref>

In response to the display of a nativity scene at the Washington State Capitol, the Foundation placed an identical sign there as well.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461424,00.html</ref>

==Billboard and bus sign campaigns==
In many cities across the nation, the FFRF has sponsored the display of "thought-provoking,"<ref>http://www.ffrf.org/news/2009/sleep_madison.php</ref> anti-Christian billboards. Some of the slogans on these billboards include:

*"Beware of Dogma"<ref>http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/jan/10/atheist-organization-lands-billboard-nlr-20090110/</ref>
*"Imagine No Religion"<ref>http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/123199170457020.xml&coll=7</ref>
*"Praise Darwin. Evolve Beyond Belief."<ref>http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/435401</ref>
*"Don't believe in God? You are not alone."<ref>http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A63903</ref>
*"Sleep in on Sundays."

In late 2008, the FFRF began sponsoring the display of anti-Christian signs on and in Madison, Wisconsin, buses. These signs included quotations from famous atheists like Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and Richard Dawkins.<ref>http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/02/25/new_anti-religion_ad.php</ref> This sign campaign was inspired by a similar campaign begun in Europe.

A church in Monroe, Wisconsin, responded by sponsoring its own signs, which read (from Psalms 14:1): "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."<ref>http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/41142042.html</ref> The Foundation refers to this psalm quotation as a "biblical insult to atheists",<ref>http://www.ffrf.org/news/2009/sleep_madison.php</ref> yet their slogans, especially "Praise Darwin: Evolve Beyond Belief," contain implicit insults.

== "Atheists in foxholes" monument ==

''See also:'' [[Atheists in foxholes monument]] and [[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes]] and [[Endurance of the saying "There are no atheists in foxholes"]]

The Freedom From Religion Foundation declares on their website:
{{Cquote|The Freedom From Religion Foundation erected its monument to “Atheists in Foxholes” in 1999 at Lake Hypatia, Alabama. FFRF dedicated its second monument at the Rose Zerwick Memorial Garden and Courtyard adjoining Freethought Hall's new entrance.

The monument is dedicated to the many members of the military who were “atheists in foxholes,” as well as to all [[freethinker]]s (atheists, agnostics, and skeptics of any persuasion) who serve in the U.S. military.<ref>[https://ffrf.org/outreach/atheists-in-foxholes ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES], Freedom From Religion Foundation website</ref>}}
== Dan Barker: Google trends data from 2004 to 2020 ==

''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]] and [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]

[[File:Dan Barker Google trends 2004 to 2020 (1).png|800px|thumbnail|center|According to Google Trends from 2004 to 2020 there has been a significant decline in web searches for the term "Dan Barker" in the United States.]]
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== Annie Laurie Gaylor: Google trends data from 2004 to 2020 ==

''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]] and [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]

[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor Google trends 2004 to 2020.png|800px|thumbnail|center|According to Google Trends from 2004 to 2020 there has been a significant decline in web searches for the term "Annie Laurie Gaylor" in the United States.]]
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== Dan Barker Google Trends data contrasted with Annie Laurie Gaylor Google Trends data ==

[[File:Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Google trends jan 2019.png|800px|thumbnail|center|According to Google Trends, there are considerably more Google searches for Dan Barker than Annie Laurie Gaylor. In addition, according to Google Trends from January 2004 to January 2020, there was a considerable decline of search volume for Dan Barker than Annie Laurie Gaylor.]]

== See also ==

*[[Atheist organizations]]

*[[Atheist organizations and scandals]]

== External links ==

*[https://ffrf.org/ Freedom From Religion Foundation website]
*[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2020/01/freedom-from-atheism-foundation-and-its.html Freedom From Atheism Foundation and its supporters are victorious over the Freedom From Religion Foundation]

==References==
<References/>
[[Category:Atheist Organizations]]
[[Category:Organizations]][[Category:Atheism]][[Category:Terrorists]]
[[Category:Anti-Christianity]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]

Talk:RationalWiki and its branding problems

2024-10-01T01:20:08Z

DMorris: Did I say anything about any of that? Nice strawman though.

Rationalwiki doesn't seem to have as near a [[brand]]ing problem as the author of this article created for [[Conservapedia]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']] 19:38, September 29, 2024 (EDT)
:Honestly, Conservapedia has ceased to be a project worth spending any significant time on, in my opinion. Years ago, this project was small but had interesting content, now most of what is churning out is a bunch of rambling like I'd expect from the rat nest. But... I'll still hang in there for now. Maybe one day things will turn around. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:10, September 29, 2024 (EDT)

::Well, there's no new or timely content being created because of [[User:Conservative]]'s massive [[trolling]] which targets users and continues for years without Andy intervening. It's not worth putting the effort in if User:Conservative is never disciplined or restrained. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']] 20:37, September 29, 2024 (EDT)
:::Now now, you've been responsible for some nonsense too. Although I largely agree with you in supporting Russia. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:01, September 30, 2024 (EDT)
::::I've never targeted specific users on the internet for harassment and trolling, specific [[malicious]] harassment and trolling. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']] 20:41, September 30, 2024 (EDT)
:::::Did I say anything about any of that? Nice strawman though. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:20, September 30, 2024 (EDT)

Talk:RationalWiki and its branding problems

2024-10-01T00:01:40Z

DMorris: RE:

Talk:RationalWiki and its branding problems

2024-09-30T00:10:25Z

DMorris: RE:

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2024-09-30T00:07:31Z

DMorris: Her use of Mario as her avatar is a copyright violation.

If only [[Conservapedia]] [[troll]]s could learn such humility, too, rather than continue year after year in such [[narcissistic]] [[pride]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']] 19:36, September 29, 2024 (EDT)
:Her use of Mario as her avatar is a copyright violation. Wonder if Nintendo is aware? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:07, September 29, 2024 (EDT)

RationalWiki

2024-09-29T22:59:30Z

DMorris: Edits to lede, lets not sugar coat

[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a [[leftism|left]]-leaning troll farm that promotes radical [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]]. The website is under the auspices of nonprofit foundation the Rational Media Foundation. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]). The cited is frequented by [[ratroll]]s.

The RationalWiki website lost a huge amount of web traffic in the latter part of 2019 and throughout most the first half of 2020 (see graphics below). In January of 2022, SimilarWeb.com reported that the RationalWiki.org website was dropping in terms of its global ranking of web traffic (see: [[RationalWiki_and_web_traffic#2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics|2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics]]). In the latter part of 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a very large portion of its Google referral traffic (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic#From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush|From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush]]).

As of December 5, 2021, a RationalWikian put a "this section needs updating" in the "scope and statistics" section of the RationalWiki web page describing itself.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=2389486 RationalWiki], December 5, 2021</ref> But as of July 25, 2022, the "scope and statistics" section has yet to be thoroughly updated. Apparently, RationalWiki does not want its readers to know about the tremendous amount of web traffic it lost.

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref> On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: KarmaPolice wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> On November 6, 2022, RationalWiki user Rairyu75 wrote: "See, what I'm trying to ask, in a really roundabout sort of way is... are you all confident this website will continue to exist? Not like into next week, or next month but like, next year, or 5 years from now? Cause I would kinda like to edit this place... and I just can't tell if it would be futile or not. Like fixing the engine of a car that's destined for the scrapheap. I just can't f@cking tell if one day, in the near future, I will type the URL into my search bar and I'll get nothing in response."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&diff=2499178&oldid=2494043 Revision as of 00:56, 6 November 2022 (edit) (undo) Rairyu75 (talk | contribs) (→‎You guys doing okay?: new section)]</ref>

The data clearly indicates that [[woke]]ness has peaked in the [[United States]] and in the world and that it will eventually die (See: [[Woke]]). RationalWiki is a woke website that skews toward secular leftism. And woke and secular leftist individuals and organizations generally double down and are resistant to change (see: [[Atheism and intolerance]] and [[Atheism and groupthink]]). As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which measures the close-mindedness/intolerance and groupthink of a wiki.

==History==
RationalWiki was originally created by a group of cyberstalkers dedicated to the harassment of homeschoolers and their teacher, who had created Conservapedia. This behavior was noted in an article about Conservapedia published in the ''Los Angeles Times''. The rattrolls' behavior is not simply limited to documenting and anaylizing the activities at Conservapedia as they claim, it extends to blatant harassement, as demonstrated by the abuse of Conservapedia users by RationalWikians Pysgremlin, Paul Birkholz of Austin, Texas (Keegscee), and Arthur Kerensa of the United Kingdom (Dyskliver), just to name a few. Some RationalWikians became bored with their stalking of Conservapedians and expanded to trolling and harassment on other websites, such as Wikipedia. At least two members of RationalWiki (Keegscee and Dyskliver) have been banned from all Wikimedia Foundation projects by the WMF office for their harassment of Wikipedians.

Beginning in the mid-2010s, some naive teenagers took the site's stated mission at face value and started to create serious content on the site, although a significant amount of NSFW content remains. With WIGO CP alive and well, the more serious content on the wiki could be considered a [[Front group|front]] for the criminal cyberstalking activities on the site.

In 2024, the RationalWiki Foundation was sued by Hassim Haramein, represented by Aaron Cress of [https://latenightlaw.com/ Late Night Law Firm] for defamation. The organization's board of directors publicly acknowledged that the article was problematic and accepted a proposed settlement in which Haramein's article was permanently deleted from the website. They accepted the settlement after a short period of fleecing the site's viewership of a few thousand dollars supposedly to hire an attorney (knowing full and well that would not happen). <ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&oldid=2681720#RationalWiki_has_been_sued</ref>

Also in 2024, a respected member of the RationalWiki community suggested that President Donald Trump be sent to gas chambers and that conservatives be mowed down with machine guns, later admitting that he has mental health issues and specifically that he dreams of violence, though he claims he would never act on such fantasies.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&oldid=2681599#Luigifan_wants_to_talk_about_mass_shootings_and_gas_chambers_for_people_he_doesn.27t_like</ref>

Until recent years, any discussion of RationalWiki was forbidden on Conservapedia.

== RationalWiki and web traffic ==

See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]] and [[Internet atheism]]

=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com ===

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic according to SEMRush as of 6-30-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of June 30, 2023 it receives 136,000 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 43 domain authority score on June 30, 2023. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic past 2 years SEMRush data October 21, 2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px||According to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from November 2020 to October 21, 2022.
 
 
In November 2020, RationalWiki.org was receiving 413,529 web visits a month according to SEMRush.com. On October 21, 2022, RationalWiki.org received 152,236 web visits in the last 30 days according to SEMRush.com. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company Ahrefs.com ===

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic as of December 22, 2022 according to Ahrefs.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki has lost a huge amount of Google referral traffic since the latter part of 2019. As of December 22, 2022, Ahefs.com reported that RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 111,000 Google visits per month.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
{{Clear}}
[[File:RationalWiki.org Ahrefs monthly Google referral traffic last 6 months on 10-3-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from August 10, 2022 to October 3, 2022. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Specifically, according to Ahrefs.com, on August 10, 2022, the website RationalWiki was receiving 240,713 monthly referral web visits by Google. By October 3, 2022, RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 131,083 monthly referral web visits by Google.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]

=== May 2024 SimilarWeb data for RationalWiki: RationalWiki is losing global market share ===
 
[[File:Rationalwiki similarweb May 2024.png|thumbnail|center|1000px|In May 2024, SimilarWeb indicated that RataionalWiki.org was losing its ranking in terms of global market share of internet traffic.
 
 
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.]]
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=== RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023 according to the Mangools SEO tool ===

[[File:Popularity of RationalWiki from August 2020 to January 2023 according to SEO tool produced by the company Mangools.jpg|thumbnail|center|2001px|According to search engine optimization tool produced by the company Mangools, RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023.]]
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== RationalWiki's significant branding problem ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and its branding problems]]

The Innis Maggiore Ad Agency, which works with major corporations, says concerning [[rebranding]]/repositioning: "When a brand’s meaning is strongly established in the mind, it’s extremely difficult — if not impossible — to change. It is possible to refine, adjust and hone a brand’s meaning when necessary. But repositioning a brand with a wholesale change? Hardly a chance."<ref>[https://innismaggiore.com/blog/jcpenney-showed-brand-reinvention-can-stretch-only-so-far/ Repositioning a Brand: JCPenney showed brand reinvention can stretch only so far] by Dick Maggiore at the Innis Maggiore Ad Agency</ref>

[[Margaret Thatcher]] said: “Being powerful is like being a lady... If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”<ref>[https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_109592 Margaret Thatcher quotes]</ref> So perhaps the name RationalWiki was a poor website name if RationalWikians wanted to convey that its contributors and web content is rational. RationalWiki has been called irrational by so many people that it created an essay at its website entitled ''I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki'' which is highly linked to on its website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki Essay:I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki RationalWiki web pages linking to the RationalWiki essay I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref> RationalWiki, by its own admissions, has experienced various incidences of mental illness being displayed on its website (see: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Category:RationalWiki#RationalWiki_and_mental_illness RationalWiki and mental illness]).

RationalWiki contributor User: User:TornadoLTS wrote:
{{Cquote|But to give a more complete picture, there is a concept in branding that "Everything counts". Everything that an organization does either creates and builds its brand or weakens and/or destroys its brand. If there are any incongruencies or inconsistencies, it is harmful to a brand. I will give an illustration. I was in communication with a RationalWiki contributor who was unhappy with the amount of dysfunction that was happening at RationalWiki at the time. He was complaining about User:Oxyaena, User: [[GrammarCommie]] and others. And he made the charge that there was a lot of mental illness among RationalWiki contributors. If his charge is true, that would be a brand incongruency/inconsistency for a website called RationalWiki.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477671&oldid=2477669 Revision as of 15:51, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) TornadoLTS (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

=== Los Angeles Times reporting that RationalWikians vandalize Conservapedia ===
According to an article published in the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2007, RationalWiki members "by their own admission" vandalize Conservapedia. So early on, RationalWiki had a branding problem.<ref>[Simon, Stephanie (June 19, 2007). "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-19-na-schlafly19-story.html A conservative's answer to Wikipedia]". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.]</ref>

=== Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue ===

[[File:Brand searches vs. domain strength and SEO.jpg|thumbnail|500px|center|According to the leading SEO and web marketing website MOZ.com, the number of brand searches for a domain is significantly correlated with a website's Google referral traffic - even more so than a website's domain strength (Domain strength is the quality and quantity of inbound links to a website.).
 
 
As can be seen below, the number of brand searches for the term "RationalWiki" is on a downward trend.]]

[[File:RationalWiki worldwide Google trends data for 2-20-2023.jpg|right|800px|thumbnail|Google Trends worldwide data for the keyword "RationalWiki". Click the graphic above to see a duplicate of the graph. And then click the graphic a second time to enlarge it.]]
Seer Interactive is a big data digital marketing firm [https://www.seerinteractive.com/about/clients/ with many Fortune 500 clients].

Seer Interactive [https://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-google-trends-for-marketing/ points out] "When branded traffic is down year-over-year or month-over-month but organic visibility has not fluctuatuated, this may indicate a decrease in either brand demand or brand awareness. By leveraging Google Trends, you can quickly understand if interest in your brand has changed." When Seer Interactive refers to "organic traffic" they are referring to a website's Google traffic going to its website.

Snark is mocking in a sarcastic way. There is a logical fallacy called the [[Appeal to ridicule|appeal to ridicule logical fallacy]]. From a branding perspective, RationalWiki readers may have the perception that there is an incongruence between the name RationalWiki and a website that is overreliant on mocking. And because RationalWiki covers a lot of medical science topics, readers may feel uncomfortable with snark because it involves humor and the public doesn't usually associate science with sarcastic humor.

The RationalWiki Moderator Bongolian wrote at RationalWiki: "Over time, RW has clearly become less snarky over time, particularly in 2017 when the Scientific Point of View became favored over the Snarky Point of View when there was any issue over SPOV." <ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477600&oldid=2477597 Revision as of 06:33, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) Bongolian (talk | contribs) (→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> Historically speaking, atheists have a reputation for having an overreliance on mockery in terms of their rhetoric (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]).

RationalWiki tripled its organic traffic from 2017 to late 2019 in a big way and then various things happened to cause a massive decrease in organic traffic in November 2019 and beyond (See: [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]). [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=RationalWiki Google Trends data] from 2017 to November 2020 indicates that worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" bounced between a somewhat narrow range between 2017 to June 2020 (The range on a relative scale varied between 67 and 90) which presumably was due to websites with large amounts of web traffic mentioning RationalWiki periodically during that time (see graph to the upper right in this section). Starting in June 2020, worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" saw a significant decline.

The data does not support the notion that a change from a less Snarky point of view to a more Scientific Point of View made a big improvement in RationalWiki's brand awareness. RationalWiki's brand awareness stayed about the same from July 2014 to June 2020 even though its organic traffic tripled during some of this time period. And then, as noted above, something happened around June 2020 that caused RationalWiki's brand awareness to go significantly down.

=== Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data) ===

See: [[RationalWiki and its branding problems#Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)|Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)]]

=Criticisms=
== RationalWiki and its poor leadership ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and leadership]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

The godless have a reputation for having poor leadership (see: [[Atheism and leadership]]) and as can be seen below RationalWiki is no exception to this matter which helps explains its socially challenged atmosphere and impoverished state as well as it falling web traffic and falling influence. See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

On July 14, 2022, during the election process for the RationalMedia Foundation board of directors, RationalWiki users admitted that RationalWikians were offering weak candidates so far.<ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2022/07/rationalwiki-users-admit-election-for.html RationalWiki users admit the election for its Board of Trustees is offering weak candidates so far], [[Examining Atheism]] blog, July 14, 2022</ref>

=== GrammarCommie ===

[[Image:Nicolo.jpg|right|thumb|GrammarCommie is known for his bullying.
 
 
Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]
 
 
Portrait of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by Santi di Tito.]]
''See also:'' [[GrammarCommie]]

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]). He is an atheist and leftist.

As noted above, GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

GrammarCommie frequently bans people which contributes to RationalWiki being a wiki that has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]. He also frequently reverts other editors. A wiki with a low edit to block ratio tends to be a closed-minded wiki that is dogmatic and intolerant (see also: [[Atheism and dogmatism]] and [[Atheism and intolerance]]).

He is also known for his bullying. Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]

In June of 2022, GrammarCommie was banning and unbanning himself. Before banning himself initially, GrammarCommie said that RationalWiki was "half-dead" and filled with "twits".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> Specifically, he wrote: "You know what, fine. Take your half dead site, where most of you twits obsess over one or two articles and et the rest of the site rot, where I can't even perform basic category maintenance without someone getting on my ass, which by the way is why i haven't touched mainspace in ages, where trolls are humored as long as there's the barest minimum level of plausible deniability, and shove it right up your f**king *ss."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. On July 3, 2022, the RationalWiki Moderator [[LeftyGreenMario]] gave Grammarcommie an ultimatum. He could either unblock himself and "contribute to the community without taking swipes at other people" or he could stay blocked.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref> In response, GrammarCommie replied: "@LeftyGreenMario What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute? I try to deal with trolls and asshats, I get burned. I try to clean up categories, I get burned. So. What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref>

GrammarCommie often pontificates about politics and economics and sees himself as very knowledgeable about these areas despite describing himself as being lower middle class. On July 30, 2021, GrammarCommie wrote: "I asked for data, not random factoids. Just as we can't infer that every white person lives at the lower middle class level because I do...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2348120&oldid=2348116 RationalWiki Saloon Revision as of 04:33, 30 July 2021 (view source) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs) (→‎Critical Race Theory)]</ref> He is also known for correcting people's grammar and being intolerant of people's grammatical errors.<ref>[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar%20Commie Grammar Commie - Urban dictionary]</ref>

GrammarCommie describes himself thusly, "Deeply [[cynicism|cynical]] and borderline [[misanthropy|misanthropic]]. Very much not [[Utopian]]. Unconventional left-winger. If you want more info engage me in a conversation. I'm an asshole, but I'm honest."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:GrammarCommie GrammarCommie user page at RationalWiki]</ref> GrammarCommmie is admin at RationalWiki, which is a wiki that intentionally lies about its web traffic statistics on its article about itself in that it greatly inflates its web traffic and global market share

=== LeftyGreenMario ===

''See also:'' [[LeftyGreenMario]]

[[File:LeftyGreenMario.JPG|thumbnail|right|500px|LeftyGreenMario (LGM) is a RationalWiki moderator.
 
 
LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment. She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.
 
 
The above screenshot was taken from the RationalWiki Discord server.]]
[[LeftyGreenMario]] (LGM) is a lady RationalWiki (RW) moderator and administrator. She is also a RationalWiki Foundation trustee. [[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning [[wiki]] website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. LeftyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator in January of 2018.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:LeftyGreenMario&diff=1917739&oldid=1908438 LeftyGreenMario's post on her user page that she became a RationalWiki Moderator]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a [[feminism|feminist]], self-described [[asexual]], [[atheism|atheist]], [[evolution]]ist, proponent of [[abortion]], [[environmentalism|environmentalist]] and a video game enthusiast.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:LeftyGreenMario LeftyGreenMario - RationalWiki]</ref> She works as a dental lab technician and driver.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2504324&oldid=2504120 LeftyGreenMario, works as a dental lab technician and driver.]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a student of [[Herbert Marcuse]]'s [[partisan tolerance]], and almost singlehandedly destroyed what little bit of balance and tolerance of diverse viewpoints existed in the Rationalwiki community since its founding in 2007. As a Trustee of the RationalMedia Foundation,<ref>https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nm/4330247</ref> LeftyGreenMario has led the project down the road of leftist intolerance. Many longtime contributors abandoned the project after her rise as a central figure. See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
and [[RationalWiki and web traffic#LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic|LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic]]

Google has a number of quality indicators by which is rates a website. According to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 1.49 million monthly referral visits from Google in January of 2018 (which is when LeafyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator). According to SEMRush, RationalWiki's peak Google referral traffic was 3.5 million visits per month in August 2019. In June of 2020, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 464,000 monthly referrals from Google. In January of 2022, according to SEMRUsh, RationalWiki had 185,661 monthly referrals from Google. RationalWiki has lost a massive amount of web traffic since its peak in August of 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment (see screenshot graphic to the right). She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.

She was threatened with impeachment by a former RationalWiki Moderator and current Administrator of RationalWiki, who goes by the username Ace McWicked, due to her involvement in the RationalWiki GossipGate scandal (She gossiped about Ace McWicked). She apologized to Ace McWicked to turn things around, to no effect (see screenshot graphic to the right).
==== LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior as a RationalWiki Moderator in 2023 ====

On March 4, 2023, the RationalWiki editor Ace McWicked wrote about the RationalWiki Moderator LeftyGreenMario: "You have no justification in blocking a user or reverting comments just because you say the conversation is done. We don't do that here... Are the rest of us just peons who must cease talking when a mod says so?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531062&oldid=2527930 Revision as of 01:47, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531078&oldid=2531071 Revision as of 04:02, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref> The RationalWiki Administrator DuceMooseolini concurred with Ace McWicked's commentary about LeftyGreenMario's behavior and wrote: "This is actually very disturbing behavior to see from a mod."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531085&oldid=2531084 Revision as of 04:42, 4 March 2023 (view source) DuceMoosolini]</ref> RationalWiki editor FairDinkum, who is in the midst of creating a series of essays on the academic discipline of argumentation based on the scholar David Zarefsky's lecture on the subject, wrote about LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior, "For once I agree with Ace."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531669&oldid=2531666 Revision as of 16:21, 6 March 2023 (view source) FairDinkum]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Argumentation_-_An_Introduction Essay:Argumentation - An Introduction] by RationalWiki editor FairDinkum</ref>

==== RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament being unsuitable for a moderator ====

[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki moderator.JPG|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2399454&oldid=2399448 Latest revision as of 14:46, 5 January 2022 (view source) Hastur (talk | contribs)]</ref> According to RationalWiki policy, ill-behavior on the RationalWiki Discord Server is not a recallable offense. However, RationalWikians do ignore their policies and act arbitrarily. For example, a RationalWikian was permabanned from the RationalWiki website without a 2/3rds vote which by RationalWkiki's policies is required.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&diff=prev&oldid=2296799 Revision as of 21:46, 11 March 2021 (view source) Christopher (talk | contribs)]</ref>]]
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==== LeftyGreenMario's influence on RationalWiki according to RationalWiki Admininstrator Ace McWicked ====
[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki.png|thumbnail|600px|center|On May 23, 2020, a RationalWiki (RW) administrator who goes by the moniker Ace McWicked essentially admits that RationalWiki is becoming an echo chamber of its most prominent administrator.
 
 
In the above quote, LGM is an acronym for the lady, RationalWiki administrator LeftyGreenMario. See: [[Atheism and groupthink]] ]]
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=== RationalWiki and anti-feminist language by RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud ===

[[File:Sexist language used by RationalWiki Moderator User Spud.jpg|center|800px|thumbnail|RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref>
 
 
Above is a screen capture of one of the instances of RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud using language that would be considered derogatory to women by some [[feminism|feminists]]. ]]
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== RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors ==

[[File:RW has less than 40 active editors.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|In December of 2022 RationalWiki had elections for a site moderators. The screeshot taken above shows that the vote tally revealed that RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] website with less than 40 active editors.]]

RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors. Many double as active editors on [[Conservapedia]].
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=== Blocking vote for User: FairDinkum merely had about 20 voters after 5 days of voting ===

In March of 2022, a vote was held about blocking RationalWiki editor FairDinkum about whether to block him and for how long. After 5 days of voting, there were only about 20 people who voted.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&oldid=2532960 RationalWiki:Chicken coop], March 2022</ref>

== RationalWiki and closedmindedness ==

=== RationalWikians and censoring, banning and permabanning ===

At RationalWiki users who post information contrary to [[secular]] [[Leftism|leftist]]/[[liberal]] ideology are vandal-binned, topic-banned and eventually put on trial and shunned/banned. All facts and opinions which are at variance with secular leftist/liberal ideology are reverted/erased/obscured at RationalWiki. The trials are not fairminded in terms of the application of the rules. For example, despite RationalWiki's rules requiring a 2/3rds majority to permaban a user, a RationalWiki user was permabanned despite the vote not reaching a 2/3rds majority.

RationalWikians have banned a very large proportion of individuals from their website compared to most [[wiki]]s (see: [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]). See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]

==== Permabanning ====

''See also:'' [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users. Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community. See also: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

[[File:Amish youth groups at Behalt 11.jpg|thumbnail|center|251px|RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users, notably [[Conservapedia]] [[User:Conservative]] for persistent [[trolling]].
 
 
Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community.
 
 
For more information, please see: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]] ]]
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== RationalWiki and mental illness ==

RationalWiki users are alleged to have a higher incidence of mental illness than the general public which is said to be common for the Western atheist and Western secular leftist population as a whole (see: [[Atheism and mental illness]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]).

The abstract for the journal article ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members'' published in the ''Journal of Religion and Health'' indicates: "On dimensions related to psychological well-being, atheists and agnostics tended to have worse outcomes than either those with religious affiliation or those with no religious preference."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743877 ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members''] by Hayward RD, Krause N, Ironson G, Hill PC, Emmons R., ''Journal of Religion and Health'', 2016 Jun;55(3):1024-1037. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0179-2.</ref>

=== RationalWiki admin LeftyGreenMario and another editor on the website not being a website conducive to mental health on the day of March 25, 2021 ===

[[File:RationalWikians on their wiki not being a place conduscive to mental health at the present time.PNG|thumbnail|2000px|center|
 
 
"Can't everyone just calm down. It's not like it's the end of the world... yet." - Unclescrooge (talk) 04:12, 25 March 2021 (UTC)<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303279&oldid=2303278 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation]</ref>]]

The incident above was triggered by the former RationalWiki Foundation Board member and RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] (GC) threatening to harm himself and commit suicide if he didn't get his way in some matters (see: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

=== RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracted "all sorts of weird people" ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and social outcasts]]

In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people". [[Conservapedia]] trolling Admin [[User:Conservative]] frequently is attracted to the site and has shown an obsession with documenting insignificant minutia about the eccentricates of the site's anonymous trolling activity.

[[File:Atheism and social outcasts.png|thumbnail|1200px|center|In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people".]]
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=== RationalWikians and autism/Asperger's syndrome ===

Research indicates [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] are [[genetic]] conditions, i.e. that's the way [[God]] created them. According to [[Conservapedia]] [[narcissistic]] [[troll]] and frequent Rationalwiki contributor [[User:Conservative]], atheists have an above-average incidence of [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] (see: [[Atheism and autism]]).

The atheist [[PZ Myers]] and his blog audience scored higher than average on a [[Asperger's syndrome]] test (see: [[Atheism and autism#Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results|Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results]]).

Atheists are known for having poor social skills (see: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]). According to an international study done by William Bainbridge, [[atheism]] is frequent among people whose interpersonal social obligations are weak and is also linked to lower fertility rates in advanced industrial nations (See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref> Bainbridge, William (2005). "[http://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr01002.pdf Atheism]" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 1 (Article 2): 1–26.</ref> The RationalWikian user/editer base has a significant number of quarrelsome, socially challenged males as evidenced the archives of the dispute resolution areas of their website - specifically the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Chicken_coop/Archive_list archives for RationalWiki's "Chicken Coop"] and the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation/Archive_List archives for RationalWiki's "All things in moderation"].

[[File:Cerebellum.jpg|center|thumb|200px|Brain researchers have conducted a number of studies focusing on the differences between atheists and the religious. See: [[Atheism and the brain]] ]]
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== Rationalwiki website and anger management issues ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and forgiveness]]

[[RationalWiki]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

=== GrammarCommie: RationalWiki Foundation board of director member and Admin with anger management issues ===

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

GrammarCommie is an [[atheism|atheist]] and [[Leftism|leftist]].

GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

=== RationalWiki admin Oxyaena and anger ===

[[File:Rationalwiki editor 5-24-2020.png|thumbnail|800px|center|RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] primarily consisting of atheists/[[agnosticism|agnostics]].
 
 
As can be seen above, on 5-24-2020, the RationalWiki administrator Oxyaena wrote: "it's just that i am probably raging too much most of the time to form coherent sentences." The statement was made on their Discord channel (Discord is a chat website). See also: [[Atheism and irrationality]] ]]
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=== RationalWWiki User: Luigi3 and anger ===
[[File:RationalWikian Plutocow telling RationalWikian Luigifan3 to have better emotional control in terms of behavior - November 29, 2022 at 1936.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|On November 29, 2022 at 19:36 the RationalWikia admin Plutocow told RationalWiki User:Luigi3 to exhbit greater emotional control in terms of their behavior on their website.
 
 
The above excerpt is from a screen capture. ]]
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== RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]

=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in January of 2023 ===

[[File:RationalWiki's percentage of female viewership fell since May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in January of 2023, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.
 
 
In January of 2023, according to SimilarWeb.com, 67.54% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male. This represented a slight increase in its male viewership from May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.com. In May of 2022, according to SimilarWeb.com, 66.36% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male (See: [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]]).
 
 
In 2022, RationalWiki contributors failed to launch a major initiative to recruit more women editors nor was there a major increase in RationalWiki content related to women's issues. [[Wikipedia]] has an article entitled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia Gender bias on Wikipedia]. RationalWiki does not have an article entitled "Gender bias at RationalWiki". ]]
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=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in May of 2022 ===

[[File:RationalWiki lack of appeal to a women audience.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in May of 2022, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.]]
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== RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography|RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography]]

[[File:RationalWiki audience interest in pornography 1-10-2022 1.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]] leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]].
 
 
The editors of the website RationalWiki try to portray the website as a thinking person's [[wiki]] where the editors carefully analyze various matters.
 
 
But SimilarWeb.com data shows a significant portion of RationalWiki's web audience is interested in "adult" material as can be seen by the "adult" audience interests in the above graphic.
 
 
 
 
Atheists have played a significant role in both the production and consumption of pornographic material (See: [[Atheism and pornography]] and [[Atheism and child pornography]]).
 
 
Many feminists contend that pornography exploits women.<ref>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-sex-markets/ Feminist Perspectives on Sex Markets], The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 6, 2020</ref> RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref> ]]
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=== Trustworthiness of websites linking to RationalWiki ===

[[File:RationalWiki domain inbound links trustflow vs. citation flow.jpg|thumbnail|center|1000px|According to the leading search engine optimization website Search Engine Land: "Citation Flow is a number of predicting how influential a URL might be based on how many sites link to it. Trust Flow is a number predicting how trustworthy a page is based on how trustworthy sites tend to link to trustworthy neighbors."<ref>[https://searchengineland.com/majestic-seo-announces-new-link-metrics-trust-flow-citation-flow-121230 Majestic SEO Announces New Link Metrics: Trust Flow & Citation Flow]</ref>
 
 
As far as a website's domain, high authority and trustworthy websites commonly have their trustflow metric higher than their citation flow metric. As can been above, RationalWiki has the exact opposite. Perhaps its web visitors who visit adult websites link to RationalWiki from low quality websites that are untrusted. ]]
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== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food ==

''See also:'' [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]]
[[File:Cheetos.jpg|thumbnail|right|301px|Picture of [[Cheetos]].
 
 
According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot Cheetos due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>]]
[[File:Cheeseburger.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Picture of a cheeseburger.
 
 
The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> ]]

On April 27, 2023, the Rational Media Board of Director and Moderater User: Spud wrote:
{{Cquote|Long term editors would have known this was coming. Sunday 30 April would have been my younger sister's birthday if she hadn't died suddenly and unexpectedly 5 years ago at the age of 42, leaving a husband and a young daughter. As always, instead of raising a glass in her memory, I'll be having a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar in her memory. It's what she would have wanted. If you'd like to join me in having some crisps and chocolate in her honour, preferably British brands or the closest you can get to them, that would be great. And when I say "crisps", I mean any potato or corn snack, including such things as Monster Munch, Frazzles, Wotsits, Cheetos, Doritos and Funyuns. Alternatively for you Americans, my sister was lucky enough to visit New England one year and absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen, so you might like to go there in her honour. Looking at their current menu, I'd say my sister would have an Original Cheeseburger Meal Deal with a strawberry sundae.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=prev&oldid=2544316 Revision as of 12:06, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

In response to his post, RationalWiki editor Bob M responded "Count me in."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544332&oldid=2544331 Revision as of 13:14, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo), Bob M (talk | contribs)]</ref> RationalWiki admin User:DuceMoosolini, who sits on the board of directors of the Rational Media Foundation and whose user page is filled with various types of food, wrote in response to User: Spud's post: "I’ll get a strawberry sundae in her honor, Spud."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544547&oldid=2544546 Revision as of 19:05, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo)
DuceMoosolini (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister0]</ref> RationalWiki User: The Blade of the Northern Lights, wrote: "I'm on the Dairy Queen, actually took a group of my clients there last week...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544433&oldid=2544402 Revision as of 01:29, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo) The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister: Re)]</ref> See also: [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot [[Cheetos]] due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>

The ''New York Post'' wrote concerning Doritos:
{{Cquote|Steven A. Witherly, a [[food science|food scientist]] and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods...

To maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat. With that ratio, it feels like the chip melts on your mouth and your brain is tricked into thinking the calories have vanished too. This is called “vanishing caloric density” and it comes with cotton candy too, for example.

To boot, there’s the three artificial colorings which research shows consumers are attracted to.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>}}

According to numerous peer-reviewed [[medical science]] journals, ultra-processed food (often called merely processed food by laymen and others) poses numerous, serious health risks.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/ Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'', 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.</ref> PubMed has over 1,800 medical journal articles related to the health risks of ultra-processed/processed food.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=processed%20food PubMed search results for the keyword "Processed food"]</ref>

The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>
[[File:Ice-cream-sundae.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Picture of an ice cream sundae.
 
 
According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>]]
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=== Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating ===

''See also:'' [[Comfort food#Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating|Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]] and [[Atheism and negative emotions/thoughts]] and [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and health]]

[[File:Nacho Cheese Flavor Doritos.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Steven A. Witherly, a food scientist and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods. In order to maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>]]

[[Comfort food]] is [[food]] that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone. In many cases, it is characterized by its high caloric nature and high carbohydrate level.

According to the Henry Ford Health website:
{{Cquote|"The foods we tend to lean toward for comfort are often high in fat and sugar," says Sayde Beeler, MSW, RDN, a registered dietitian at Henry Ford Health. "Those types of foods stimulate the brain's reward system, the same pleasure center that gets activated when you take drugs."

A variety of factors converge to signal your brain to crave specific foods. Some people gravitate toward sweet foods. Others lean toward warm and hearty foods, particularly when the weather is cold. In each case, a combination of psychological and physiological factors drives the craving.

"Food can be a sort of antidote to messy, painful emotions," Beeler says. "People turn to food when they're feeling lonely, depressed or guilty, and to celebrate success and achievements. During the pandemic, people may be eating to self-medicate. You want foods that help you feel safe, comfortable and warm." And sometimes, food just provides us with a hit of nostalgia.

The drawback, of course, is that food doesn't address the emotion that triggered the craving. "If you're feeling guilt, sadness or grief, food may help numb those emotions in the moment, but then the feeling returns," Beeler says. "And if you're overconsuming foods that are high in fat and sugar, that can lead to increases in blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides over time."<ref>[https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/12/do-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-comfort-food#:~:text=%22The%20foods%20we%20tend%20to,activated%20when%20you%20take%20drugs.%22 Do You Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Comfort Food?], Henry Ford Health website</ref>}}

=== User: Spud's user pages features french fries atop the page. Healthline.com indicates that french fries are "junk food". ===
[[File:ChipButty.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which is featured above.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>
 
 
According to Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'': "In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy."<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>]]
Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which are featured to the right.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

According to the website Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'':
{{Cquote|French fries are one of the most popular fast food items around.

In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy.

Studies have linked deep-fried foods to inflammation, heart disease and impaired artery function, among other health problems.

What’s more, fries are extremely high in calories and fast-digesting carbs.<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>}}

=== Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline ===

''See also:'' [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks#Consumption of processed foods and brain impairment|Consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment]]

See: [https://cam.mbi.ufl.edu/2023/01/31/6089/ Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline], University of Florida's Center for Aging and Memory - Clinical Translational Research - Evelyn and William L. McKnight Brain Institute

For more information, please see: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline|Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline]]
==== Journal articles related to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment ====

*[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2799140 Association Between Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Cognitive Decline], JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(2):142-150. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4397

*[https://n.neurology.org/content/99/10/e1056 Association of Ultraprocessed Food Consumption With Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study], ''Neurology'', July 27, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200871

=== User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with RationalWiki's purported missions of "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas" ===

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]]

RationalWiki's main page indicates that the purpose of the website is "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page RationalWiki's main page]</ref> User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with these two purported missions of RationalWiki.
==== User: Spud admits eating processed food is not a healthy practice and claims that he did not engage in science denialism ====

''See also:'' [[Atheist hypocrisy]]

[[File:Hippocrates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Drawing depicting [[Hippocrates]] ]]

In 2020, the medical journal ''The Lancet'' published the article ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA'':
{{Cquote|A substantial proportion of poor health in populations is preventable. Previous work from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study suggests that nearly half of all health burden in the USA is attributable to a list of 84 modifiable risk factors. Globally, it is also generally accepted that a quarter, or perhaps up to half, of all deaths fall into the category of preventable deaths, making illness that can at least theoretically be avoided an accepted part of our health accounting.<ref>[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30204-8/fulltext ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA''] by Sandro Galea
and Nason Maani, ''The Lancet'', VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10, E513-E514, OCTOBER 2020, Published:October, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30204-8</ref>}}

On May 1, 2023, User: Spud wrote about his post advocating that people eat processed/ultra-processed food: "...there was no science denial involved. When did I say processed food was healthy? I'll tell you when. Never. That's when. Of course, it's bad for you. Every nudnik knows that. I would never suggest that anyone should eat large quantities of it or eat it regularly. But indulging once a year on 30 April isn't going to do anybody much harm."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Spud&diff=2545354&oldid=2545211 Latest revision as of 13:38, 1 May 2023 (view source) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>

According to the National Institutes of Health website:
{{Cquote|The [[Hippocratic Oath]] (Ορκος) is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards. It also strongly binds the student to his teacher and the greater community of physicians with responsibilities similar to that of a family member. In fact, the creation of the Oath may have marked the early stages of medical training to those outside the first families of Hippocratic medicine, the Asclepiads of Kos, by requiring strict loyalty.

Over the centuries, it has been rewritten often in order to suit the values of different cultures influenced by Greek medicine. Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by most modern medical schools, although some have adopted modern versions that suit many in the profession in the 21st century. It also does not explicitly contain the phrase, "First, do no harm," which is commonly attributed to it."<ref>[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html#:~:text=The%20Hippocratic%20Oath%20(%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82)%20is,number%20of%20professional%20ethical%20standards. Greek Medicine], National Institutes of Health</ref>}}

The Hippocratic Oath is widely known for its advocacy of "Do no harm". The oath does not advocate the much weaker and morally inferior position of not doing "much harm" which User: Spud uses in his [[Rationalization (Psychology)|rationalization]] of his bad behavior. In addition, when people eat unhealthy food, there is an [[opportunity cost]] in such an instance because they are not eating nutritious food that would nourish their body in such an instance.

User: Spud is an atheist. Not possessing a [[Religion and morality|religious basis for morality]], which can provide a basis for [[objective morality]], [[atheism]] is fundamentally [[Moral relativism|incapable]] of providing a coherent system of [[morality]].<ref>
*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and ethics]] and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]

The Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]] wrote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Before User: Spud made his post advocating eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, his user page prominently featured the junk food of french fries atop its page. And his user page still prominently displays french fries which is a type of junk food.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

And of course, every bad habit such as the eating of ultra-processed/processed/junk food begins with its first act. Young and impressionable viewers of the User: Spud's post could begin a lifelong habit of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food due to his low-quality web content relative to this unhealthy food.

Furthermore, it is inappropriate and nonsensical for User: Spud to ask people to engage in eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, which is a type of food that has caused many people to die prematurely (heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, etc.) as an act of remembrance for his sister who died suddenly 5 years ago at the age of 42 (And as noted above, ultra-processed/processed/junk food may cause brain impairment). This would be especially true if she was a regular eater of ultra-processed foods (Other than mentioning that she "absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen", User: Spud does not mention how much of ultra-processed/processed/junk food she ate as a proportion of her diet).

The [[secular left]]-leaning website RationalWiki criticizes the medical science and other science claims of others, but engages in the promotion of ultra-processed/processed/junk food (See: [[Atheist hypocrisy]]). As noted above, User: Spud still has a picture of the junk food french fries atop his user page and he has yet to disavow telling people to eat ultra-processed/processed/junk food.

==== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D. ====

See: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.|Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.]]

=== Trent Toulouse (one of the founders of the website RationalWiki) and obesity ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]]

Trent Toulouse is one of the founders of the atheist/agnostic/[[Philosophical skepticism|skeptic]] website RationalWiki.<ref>[https://www.winterwatch.net/2018/02/rationalwiki-a-lonely-trolls-pseudoscience-project/ : A Troll’s Pseudoscience Project?]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=892479808 RationalWiki]
*[https://uncommondescent.com/legal/rationalwiki-copyright-infringement/ Trent Toulouse posted: "I am the 'owner' of RationalWiki, though it not ownership in the traditional sense."]</ref> He is also one of the board of trustees of the RationalMedia Foundation.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:RationalMedia_Foundation/List_of_board_members RationalMedia Foundation - List of Board Members]</ref>

A picture of an obese Trent Toulouse can be found [https://cnmchronicle.com/2019/12/17/cuff-you/ HERE] and [https://pnb.mcmaster.ca/beckerlab/ HERE].

The RationalWiki website has a significant amount of content criticizing [[alternative medicine]].<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Alternative_medicine RationalWiki articles on alternative medicine]</ref> Its alternative medicine article describes alternative medicine thusly: "Alternative medicine is any medical treatment that is not part of conventional evidence-based medicine, such as one would learn in medical school, nursing school or even paramedic training."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Alternative_medicine&oldid=2070465 Alternative medicine - RationalWiki]</ref> Evidence-based medicine strongly indicates that [[Health risks linked to obesity|obesity poses significant health risks]].

== RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science and living an unhealthy lifestyle that could reduce his longevity ==

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]] and [[Atheism and medicine]] and [[Atheism and health]] and [[Atheism and life expectancy]]

RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science by living an unhealthy lifestyle which could reduce his longevity and/or cause chronic diseases: "I'm in the office and fee like I am having a heart attack. Pretty sure I walked too quickly while doing an overview of the work-site and smoked too heavily in the process. Or maybe it was the lashings of Jagermeister and mac'n'cheese I had for dinner. Either way not much changes with ol' Ace. Being in my early 40's now I don't feel the need to make any lifestyle changes anymore. I'll just the age happen and see how long I last. I reckon I have another 20 years left." - RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked, May 8, 2023<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blue&diff=2547064&oldid=2547045 Latest revision as of 19:54, 8 May 2023 (edit) (undo) Ace McWicked (talk | contribs)(→‎Wait what)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and life expectancy]] and [[Atheism and smoking]] and [[Atheism and alcoholism]] and [[Macaroni and cheese, processed food, and health risks]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

== RationalWiki's cowardly refusal to debate Conservapedian User: Conservative ==

''See also:'' [[Narcissistic rivalry]], [[Atheism and cowardice]], [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|251px|right|The Oxford University Professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote to the New Atheist [[Richard Dawkins]]:: "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
Initially, in order to taunt RationalWikians, the [[Conservapedia]]n [[User: Conservative]] offered to debate the RationalWikian Ace McWicked, if he agreed to donate $17,000 to a Christian relief organization of his choice. User: Conservative stipulated that the money be given to a third party of his choice. Instead, Ace McWicked merely agreed to give it to one of his relatives which is a condition User: Conservative refused to find acceptable.

Later, User: Conservative repeatedly won debates against RationalWikians using various sockpuppets at their website - despite RationalWiki attempting to futilely block him. The RationalWikian User: Brx noted that they could no longer falsely claim that User: Conservative was afraid to debate them after repeatedly blocking him. RationalWikians, supposedly permablocked User: Conservative, after holding a sham trial at their website which failed to meet the 66% vote threshold that they supposedly required in order to permanently block someone (Please the screencapture below).

User: Conservative has noted a number of times that it is not due to his debating prowess that he easily and effortlessly wins debates against atheists. It is due to the utter weakness of the [[atheist worldview]].

In recent times, there have been a number of notable cases of prominent atheists cowardly refusing to debate Christians and even pulling out of agreed-upon debates at the 11th hour (See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]). When atheists do debate Christians they generally lose their debates badly (See: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism vs. Christianity debates]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]).
=== After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the User: Conservative account at Conservapedia, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground ===

[[File:RationalWiki admits Conservapedian has moral high ground.jpg|thumbnail|900px|center|After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the [[User: Conservative]] account at RationalWiki, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground. Administrator Brx basically admits that blocking him was cowardly. LeftyGreenMario then essentially acknowledges that RationalWiki does not have the moral high ground and cedes moral high ground to administrator User: Conservative at Conservapedia. See also: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
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== RationalWikians paranoid about catching monkeypox ==

[[File:RW Monkeypox.png|thumbnail|1700px|center|RationalWikians discussing how they are paranoid about catching monkeypox.
 
 
The above screen capture was taken from RationalWiki's Saloon Bar.]]
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== RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]

Several [[Internet atheism|atheist websites]] did very poorly during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] and lost a large amount of their traffic since the early part of 2020 (see: [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]]). The RationalWiki website very large amount of web traffic during the coronavirus pandemic (see: [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]).

Historically, religiosity increases during pandemics. Pew Research found people's religious faith grew during the pandemic - especially in the United States.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/#:~:text=A%20similar%20pattern%20occurs%20in,as%20do%2049%25%20of%20Americans. More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Research, 2021</ref> Nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults say the outbreak has boosted their faith; about four-in-ten say it has tightened family bonds.<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/ More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Forum</ref>

In addition, many [[atheist organizations]] have significant difficulty in getting their fellow atheist to financially support them (see: [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]]), so their web marketing budgets could have been low during the pandemic. In addition, many atheist organizations have poor fiscal management so they may not have had reserves built up before the pandemic (see: [[Atheist organizations and financial mismanagement]]).

As noted above, on May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref>

RationalWiki may never gain that traffic back again as the number of [[Global atheism|atheists in the world]] is expected to drop soon after 2022 according to the scholars at the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]].<ref>[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2022.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2022, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref> Currently, the [[Global atheism|global atheist population]] is losing market share in terms of the world's population (see: [[Global atheism statistics]]).
=== RationalWikians and fear/paranoia of getting a coronavirus infection ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death anxiety]] and [[Atheism and death]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

An RationalWiki user wrote on March 12, 2021: "Can't wait to get the [[Covid-19|COVID]] vaccine. Been extremely paranoid for the past year. At least more paranoid than I normally would be." - User: Eggs Over EASyPlus

Another RationalWiki editor wrote in response: "There's a story floating around about a [https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-medical-examiner-moms-death-after-taking-covid-vaccine-temporally-related 39 year old from Utah who died after taking the covid vaccine]. As tragic as that situation is, really hope it doesn't scare people off from taking it. Even if this was directly caused by the vaccine (we're still unsure it was or not), far less will die from this vaccine vs COVID itself. But expect this to make the front lines of anti-vax websites everywhere." - User: Aaronmichael5, March 12, 2021
[[File:Atheism and death.jpg|thumbnail|200px|center|According to a study performed in the United States by the researchers Wink and Scott, very religious people fear death the least.<ref>[http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/050628_deathfearfrm.htm Fear of death: worst if you’re a little religious?], World of Science]</ref>
 
 
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and death anxiety]] ]]
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=The Thatcherism debate=

''See also:'' [[The debate that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost very badly]]

From July 31, 2022 to August 1, 2022, a debate/discussion occurred about the merits of [[capitalism]] vs. [[socialism]] at RationalWiki's forum which is called their Saloon Bar. The discussion thread that sparked this debate/discussion was entitled ''US is officially facing a recession''<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&oldid=2474522#US_is_officially_facing_a_recession US is officially facing a recession]</ref>

Debate summary: A member of RationalMedia Foundation's board of directors became furious when [[User: Conservative]] (User: Lipsen) pointed out that: the [[conservative]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and in the 1980s, Britain's economy under Thatcher grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain. In addition, the squalid conditions of the UK when various manufacturing companies were nationalized and the public sector enlarged was pointed out. Furthermore, it was pointed out that abusive language is not a substitution for sound arguments. There were so many other arguments which led to the creation of a "Criticism of [[socialism]]" article.

[[LeftyGreenMario]], a lady board member of the RationalMedia Foundation and a moderator of RationalWiki, accused the User: Lipsen, a [[sockpuppet]] troll, of misspelling the word sanctimonious (She spelled it "sacrimonious")<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2474490&oldid=2474478 Revision as of 21:14, 1 August 2022 (edit) (undo) LeftyGreenMario (talk | contribs)]</ref> banned the troll.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which is a measure of Admin blocking activity.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

[[User: Conservative]], an Admin at [[Conservapedia]], was [[trolling]] RationalWiki using the RationalWiki account User: Lipsen, one of several sockpouppet accounts.

=== The Thatcherism debate led to a draft "Criticism of socialism" article ===

RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism" (See graphic below). Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." (See second graphic below). The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum. RationalWiki User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism at the politically left-leaning website RationalWiki (see third graphic below).

The RationalWiki website was launched largely in response to User: Conservative's articles on [[evolution]] and [[atheism]]. User: Conservative continues to have an influence on RationalWikians through his periodic posts at RationalWiki's discussion forum and his posts at Conservapedia. According to SimilarWeb.com, one of the top web traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki (see fourth graphic below). Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] related articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]).

[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK draft of his upcoming RationalWiki article Criticism of socialism.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism".]]
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[[File:RationalWiki admin GeeJayK indicating the discussion in RationalWiki's discussion forum the Saloon Bar gave him some incentives to start a Criticism of socialism article at RationalWiki.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK user page screen capture 8-1-2022.png|thumbnail|1500px|center|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism according to his user page. Most of the political content at RationalWiki is politically left-leaning. ]]
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[[File:Referral traffic to Conservapedia from RationalWiki according to Similarweb.jpg|thumbnail|1500px|According to SimilarWeb.com of the top traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki.
 
 
Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]). ]]
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=== Key points Conservapedia troll User: Conservative (User: Lipsen) made during the debate ===

==== Socialism-lite/socialism in the UK vs. the economic policies of the conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Socialists used abusive language instead of sound arguments ====
[[File:Margaret Thatcher.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The conservative [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. ]]
1. I said about post WWII UK that: a significant portion of the UK's manufacturing base was taken over by the government, it's tax rate was jacked up, its public sector of the economy greatly increased partly due to its labor unions donating to the Labour Party. The public sector labor unions went on strike causing mountains of trash, corpses and rats to fill the streets.

If you want to call that socialism-lite instead of full-blown socialism that's fine. But socialism doesn't have a good track record either - unless you want to make the lame, utopian argument that socialism has never really been tried (Soviet Union, Chinese socialism with Chinese characteristics, Cuba, etc.).

2. WWII ended in 1945 and the German bombing campaign commonly called the Blitz caused much damage to Britain. The website History.com [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1#:~:text=The%20Marshall%20Plan%2C%20also%20known,Secretary%20of%20State%20George%20C. points out] that "The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent." In the 20th century, the USA/UK had what is often called a "special relationship" and still continues to this day although it was damaged by the Iraq War, etc. So the UK received a decent size portion of the Marshall Plan money.

3. Socialism-lite/socialism had 30 years to prove its worth in the UK and it failed in the eyes of the UK public which is why Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979.

4. Although AMG wrote that I said "Thatcherism fixed everything", I never said this. But I did point out that Margaret Thatcher privatized formerly nationalized companies and "In the 1980s, Britain's economy grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain."

5. Margaret Thatcher was in power from 1979 to 1990 and was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. Much of the British public thought she did a good job or she wouldn't have served for so long (The UK is a Western democracy with free and fair elections so Thatcher would have been thrown out before she became the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century).

6. When I have participated in online discussions at websites that have civil discourse or watch public figures debate, I don't see individuals calling people imbeciles. If RationalWiki contributors want to stoop to using abusive language rather than making strong arguments, RationalWiki is free to do so, but it will pay a price. It will be much harder (or impossible) to attract new contributors who make quality contributions. Lipsen (talk) 18:14, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

==== Nordic countries are capitalist and not socialist utopias. Excessive big government debt is a drag on the economy ====

I pointed out in my short recap of how socialism adversely affected the UK/Britain that the government took over some manufacturing companies. I did this because KarmaPolice's user page indicates that he is a socialist. As far as the Nordic countries, Foreignpolicy.com's article [https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/27/nordic-countries-not-socialist-denmark-norway-sweden-centrist/ Nordic Countries Aren’t Actually Socialist says: "Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias." With that being said, each country is going to have to decide how big the public sector is. I am not an anarchist who believes in no government, but more of a limited/small government proponent with local government doing a lot of the "government lifting" - except for obvious exceptions such as the military. Local governments are often more responsive to the people. In somewhat recent economic history, there are non-socialist countries that have large amounts of federal government debt which is not healthy for an economy once it gets over a certain percentage of GNP. That is one of the main reasons that I think the federal government should not get too big.

==== Socialistic policies in the UK, India and Israel failed. The notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking ====

KarmaPolice, I just looked at your profile and it says you are a socialist. Israel, India, and the UK all adopted socialism as an economic model following World War II and it failed in each case. The reason you resorted to the illogical argumentation of the ad hominem argument by calling me a "moron" when it comes to understanding economics is that you cannot defend the failure of a system called socialism. Your notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking.

==== Swiss economy has lower inflation than USA under the Biden administration which had excess money printing, big government spending, anti-fossil fuel public policy and funded a foreign war in Ukraine ====

It was recently [https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi#:~:text=US%20Inflation%20Rate%20Rises%20to,above%20market%20forecasts%20of%208.8%25.reported] that the annual inflation rate in the USA accelerated to 9.1% in June of 2022. Reuters [https://freopp.org/switzerland-health-system-profile-1-in-the-world-index-of-healthcare-innovation-e4f513a20f19 reported] that Swiss inflation in June hits 29-year high of 3.4%. The Biden administration did a lot of money printing, a lot of federal government spending and it had very anti domestic fossil fuel policy plus it did not handle Covid-19 well. This largely explains why the USA has a higher inflation rate than Switzerland. In addition, the USA spends a lot on its military and funding the Ukrainian military during the war in Ukraine. Lipsen (talk) 14:34, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

== See also ==

*[[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
*[[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography]]
*[[RationalWiki, pornography and pedophilia]]
*[[RationalMedia Foundation board of trustees and the lack of Black representation]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki and Holocaust denial|RationalWiki and Holocaust denial]]
*[[RationalWiki and internet trolls]]

Essay:

*[[Essay: Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest|Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest]]

== Humor about RationalWiki ==

*[[Essay: RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right|RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right]]
*[[Essay: Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?|Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki theme song|RationalWiki theme song]]
*[[Essay: The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish|The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]
*[[Essay: The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians|The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians]]
*[[Essay: Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)|Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)]]
*[[Essay: Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.|Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.]]
*[[Essay: British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor|British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor]]
*[[Essay: BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest|BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest]]
*[[Essay: A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith|A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith]]
*[[Essay: Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song|Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song]]

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tRgsXeV4 Rationalwiki caught LYING about PPSIMMONS - gets SLAMMED by moderator] by [[PNN News and Ministry Network]]

==References==
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RationalWiki

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[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. The website is under the auspices of nonprofit foundation the Rational Media Foundation. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]). The cited is frequented by [[ratroll]]s.

The RationalWiki website lost a huge amount of web traffic in the latter part of 2019 and throughout most the first half of 2020 (see graphics below). In January of 2022, SimilarWeb.com reported that the RationalWiki.org website was dropping in terms of its global ranking of web traffic (see: [[RationalWiki_and_web_traffic#2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics|2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics]]). In the latter part of 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a very large portion of its Google referral traffic (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic#From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush|From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush]]).

As of December 5, 2021, a RationalWikian put a "this section needs updating" in the "scope and statistics" section of the RationalWiki web page describing itself.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=2389486 RationalWiki], December 5, 2021</ref> But as of July 25, 2022, the "scope and statistics" section has yet to be thoroughly updated. Apparently, RationalWiki does not want its readers to know about the tremendous amount of web traffic it lost.

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref> On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: KarmaPolice wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> On November 6, 2022, RationalWiki user Rairyu75 wrote: "See, what I'm trying to ask, in a really roundabout sort of way is... are you all confident this website will continue to exist? Not like into next week, or next month but like, next year, or 5 years from now? Cause I would kinda like to edit this place... and I just can't tell if it would be futile or not. Like fixing the engine of a car that's destined for the scrapheap. I just can't f@cking tell if one day, in the near future, I will type the URL into my search bar and I'll get nothing in response."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&diff=2499178&oldid=2494043 Revision as of 00:56, 6 November 2022 (edit) (undo) Rairyu75 (talk | contribs) (→‎You guys doing okay?: new section)]</ref>

The data clearly indicates that [[woke]]ness has peaked in the [[United States]] and in the world and that it will eventually die (See: [[Woke]]). RationalWiki is a woke website that skews toward secular leftism. And woke and secular leftist individuals and organizations generally double down and are resistant to change (see: [[Atheism and intolerance]] and [[Atheism and groupthink]]). As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which measures the close-mindedness/intolerance and groupthink of a wiki.

==History==
RationalWiki was originally created by a group of cyberstalkers dedicated to the harassment of homeschoolers and their teacher, who had created Conservapedia. This behavior was noted in an article about Conservapedia published in the ''Los Angeles Times''. The rattrolls' behavior is not simply limited to documenting and anaylizing the activities at Conservapedia as they claim, it extends to blatant harassement, as demonstrated by the abuse of Conservapedia users by RationalWikians Pysgremlin, Paul Birkholz of Austin, Texas (Keegscee), and Arthur Kerensa of the United Kingdom (Dyskliver), just to name a few. Some RationalWikians became bored with their stalking of Conservapedians and expanded to trolling and harassment on other websites, such as Wikipedia. At least two members of RationalWiki (Keegscee and Dyskliver) have been banned from all Wikimedia Foundation projects by the WMF office for their harassment of Wikipedians.

Beginning in the mid-2010s, some naive teenagers took the site's stated mission at face value and started to create serious content on the site, although a significant amount of NSFW content remains. With WIGO CP alive and well, the more serious content on the wiki could be considered a [[Front group|front]] for the criminal cyberstalking activities on the site.

In 2024, the RationalWiki Foundation was sued by Hassim Haramein, represented by Aaron Cress of [https://latenightlaw.com/ Late Night Law Firm] for defamation. The organization's board of directors publicly acknowledged that the article was problematic and accepted a proposed settlement in which Haramein's article was permanently deleted from the website. They accepted the settlement after a short period of fleecing the site's viewership of a few thousand dollars supposedly to hire an attorney (knowing full and well that would not happen). <ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&oldid=2681720#RationalWiki_has_been_sued</ref>

Also in 2024, a respected member of the RationalWiki community suggested that President Donald Trump be sent to gas chambers and that conservatives be mowed down with machine guns, later admitting that he has mental health issues and specifically that he dreams of violence, though he claims he would never act on such fantasies.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&oldid=2681599#Luigifan_wants_to_talk_about_mass_shootings_and_gas_chambers_for_people_he_doesn.27t_like</ref>

Until recent years, any discussion of RationalWiki was forbidden on Conservapedia.

== RationalWiki and web traffic ==

See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]] and [[Internet atheism]]

=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com ===

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic according to SEMRush as of 6-30-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of June 30, 2023 it receives 136,000 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 43 domain authority score on June 30, 2023. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic past 2 years SEMRush data October 21, 2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px||According to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from November 2020 to October 21, 2022.
 
 
In November 2020, RationalWiki.org was receiving 413,529 web visits a month according to SEMRush.com. On October 21, 2022, RationalWiki.org received 152,236 web visits in the last 30 days according to SEMRush.com. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company Ahrefs.com ===

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic as of December 22, 2022 according to Ahrefs.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki has lost a huge amount of Google referral traffic since the latter part of 2019. As of December 22, 2022, Ahefs.com reported that RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 111,000 Google visits per month.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki.org Ahrefs monthly Google referral traffic last 6 months on 10-3-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from August 10, 2022 to October 3, 2022. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Specifically, according to Ahrefs.com, on August 10, 2022, the website RationalWiki was receiving 240,713 monthly referral web visits by Google. By October 3, 2022, RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 131,083 monthly referral web visits by Google.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]

=== May 2024 SimilarWeb data for RationalWiki: RationalWiki is losing global market share ===
 
[[File:Rationalwiki similarweb May 2024.png|thumbnail|center|1000px|In May 2024, SimilarWeb indicated that RataionalWiki.org was losing its ranking in terms of global market share of internet traffic.
 
 
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.]]
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=== RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023 according to the Mangools SEO tool ===

[[File:Popularity of RationalWiki from August 2020 to January 2023 according to SEO tool produced by the company Mangools.jpg|thumbnail|center|2001px|According to search engine optimization tool produced by the company Mangools, RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023.]]
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== RationalWiki's significant branding problem ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and its branding problems]]

The Innis Maggiore Ad Agency, which works with major corporations, says concerning [[rebranding]]/repositioning: "When a brand’s meaning is strongly established in the mind, it’s extremely difficult — if not impossible — to change. It is possible to refine, adjust and hone a brand’s meaning when necessary. But repositioning a brand with a wholesale change? Hardly a chance."<ref>[https://innismaggiore.com/blog/jcpenney-showed-brand-reinvention-can-stretch-only-so-far/ Repositioning a Brand: JCPenney showed brand reinvention can stretch only so far] by Dick Maggiore at the Innis Maggiore Ad Agency</ref>

[[Margaret Thatcher]] said: “Being powerful is like being a lady... If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”<ref>[https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_109592 Margaret Thatcher quotes]</ref> So perhaps the name RationalWiki was a poor website name if RationalWikians wanted to convey that its contributors and web content is rational. RationalWiki has been called irrational by so many people that it created an essay at its website entitled ''I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki'' which is highly linked to on its website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki Essay:I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki RationalWiki web pages linking to the RationalWiki essay I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref> RationalWiki, by its own admissions, has experienced various incidences of mental illness being displayed on its website (see: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Category:RationalWiki#RationalWiki_and_mental_illness RationalWiki and mental illness]).

RationalWiki contributor User: User:TornadoLTS wrote:
{{Cquote|But to give a more complete picture, there is a concept in branding that "Everything counts". Everything that an organization does either creates and builds its brand or weakens and/or destroys its brand. If there are any incongruencies or inconsistencies, it is harmful to a brand. I will give an illustration. I was in communication with a RationalWiki contributor who was unhappy with the amount of dysfunction that was happening at RationalWiki at the time. He was complaining about User:Oxyaena, User: [[GrammarCommie]] and others. And he made the charge that there was a lot of mental illness among RationalWiki contributors. If his charge is true, that would be a brand incongruency/inconsistency for a website called RationalWiki.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477671&oldid=2477669 Revision as of 15:51, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) TornadoLTS (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

=== Los Angeles Times reporting that RationalWikians vandalize Conservapedia ===
According to an article published in the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2007, RationalWiki members "by their own admission" vandalize Conservapedia. So early on, RationalWiki had a branding problem.<ref>[Simon, Stephanie (June 19, 2007). "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-19-na-schlafly19-story.html A conservative's answer to Wikipedia]". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.]</ref>

=== Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue ===

[[File:Brand searches vs. domain strength and SEO.jpg|thumbnail|500px|center|According to the leading SEO and web marketing website MOZ.com, the number of brand searches for a domain is significantly correlated with a website's Google referral traffic - even more so than a website's domain strength (Domain strength is the quality and quantity of inbound links to a website.).
 
 
As can be seen below, the number of brand searches for the term "RationalWiki" is on a downward trend.]]

[[File:RationalWiki worldwide Google trends data for 2-20-2023.jpg|right|800px|thumbnail|Google Trends worldwide data for the keyword "RationalWiki". Click the graphic above to see a duplicate of the graph. And then click the graphic a second time to enlarge it.]]
Seer Interactive is a big data digital marketing firm [https://www.seerinteractive.com/about/clients/ with many Fortune 500 clients].

Seer Interactive [https://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-google-trends-for-marketing/ points out] "When branded traffic is down year-over-year or month-over-month but organic visibility has not fluctuatuated, this may indicate a decrease in either brand demand or brand awareness. By leveraging Google Trends, you can quickly understand if interest in your brand has changed." When Seer Interactive refers to "organic traffic" they are referring to a website's Google traffic going to its website.

Snark is mocking in a sarcastic way. There is a logical fallacy called the [[Appeal to ridicule|appeal to ridicule logical fallacy]]. From a branding perspective, RationalWiki readers may have the perception that there is an incongruence between the name RationalWiki and a website that is overreliant on mocking. And because RationalWiki covers a lot of medical science topics, readers may feel uncomfortable with snark because it involves humor and the public doesn't usually associate science with sarcastic humor.

The RationalWiki Moderator Bongolian wrote at RationalWiki: "Over time, RW has clearly become less snarky over time, particularly in 2017 when the Scientific Point of View became favored over the Snarky Point of View when there was any issue over SPOV." <ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477600&oldid=2477597 Revision as of 06:33, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) Bongolian (talk | contribs) (→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> Historically speaking, atheists have a reputation for having an overreliance on mockery in terms of their rhetoric (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]).

RationalWiki tripled its organic traffic from 2017 to late 2019 in a big way and then various things happened to cause a massive decrease in organic traffic in November 2019 and beyond (See: [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]). [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=RationalWiki Google Trends data] from 2017 to November 2020 indicates that worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" bounced between a somewhat narrow range between 2017 to June 2020 (The range on a relative scale varied between 67 and 90) which presumably was due to websites with large amounts of web traffic mentioning RationalWiki periodically during that time (see graph to the upper right in this section). Starting in June 2020, worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" saw a significant decline.

The data does not support the notion that a change from a less Snarky point of view to a more Scientific Point of View made a big improvement in RationalWiki's brand awareness. RationalWiki's brand awareness stayed about the same from July 2014 to June 2020 even though its organic traffic tripled during some of this time period. And then, as noted above, something happened around June 2020 that caused RationalWiki's brand awareness to go significantly down.

=== Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data) ===

See: [[RationalWiki and its branding problems#Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)|Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)]]

=Criticisms=
== RationalWiki and its poor leadership ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and leadership]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

The godless have a reputation for having poor leadership (see: [[Atheism and leadership]]) and as can be seen below RationalWiki is no exception to this matter which helps explains its socially challenged atmosphere and impoverished state as well as it falling web traffic and falling influence. See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

On July 14, 2022, during the election process for the RationalMedia Foundation board of directors, RationalWiki users admitted that RationalWikians were offering weak candidates so far.<ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2022/07/rationalwiki-users-admit-election-for.html RationalWiki users admit the election for its Board of Trustees is offering weak candidates so far], [[Examining Atheism]] blog, July 14, 2022</ref>

=== GrammarCommie ===

[[Image:Nicolo.jpg|right|thumb|GrammarCommie is known for his bullying.
 
 
Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]
 
 
Portrait of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by Santi di Tito.]]
''See also:'' [[GrammarCommie]]

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]). He is an atheist and leftist.

As noted above, GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

GrammarCommie frequently bans people which contributes to RationalWiki being a wiki that has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]. He also frequently reverts other editors. A wiki with a low edit to block ratio tends to be a closed-minded wiki that is dogmatic and intolerant (see also: [[Atheism and dogmatism]] and [[Atheism and intolerance]]).

He is also known for his bullying. Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]

In June of 2022, GrammarCommie was banning and unbanning himself. Before banning himself initially, GrammarCommie said that RationalWiki was "half-dead" and filled with "twits".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> Specifically, he wrote: "You know what, fine. Take your half dead site, where most of you twits obsess over one or two articles and et the rest of the site rot, where I can't even perform basic category maintenance without someone getting on my ass, which by the way is why i haven't touched mainspace in ages, where trolls are humored as long as there's the barest minimum level of plausible deniability, and shove it right up your f**king *ss."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. On July 3, 2022, the RationalWiki Moderator [[LeftyGreenMario]] gave Grammarcommie an ultimatum. He could either unblock himself and "contribute to the community without taking swipes at other people" or he could stay blocked.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref> In response, GrammarCommie replied: "@LeftyGreenMario What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute? I try to deal with trolls and asshats, I get burned. I try to clean up categories, I get burned. So. What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref>

GrammarCommie often pontificates about politics and economics and sees himself as very knowledgeable about these areas despite describing himself as being lower middle class. On July 30, 2021, GrammarCommie wrote: "I asked for data, not random factoids. Just as we can't infer that every white person lives at the lower middle class level because I do...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2348120&oldid=2348116 RationalWiki Saloon Revision as of 04:33, 30 July 2021 (view source) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs) (→‎Critical Race Theory)]</ref> He is also known for correcting people's grammar and being intolerant of people's grammatical errors.<ref>[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar%20Commie Grammar Commie - Urban dictionary]</ref>

GrammarCommie describes himself thusly, "Deeply [[cynicism|cynical]] and borderline [[misanthropy|misanthropic]]. Very much not [[Utopian]]. Unconventional left-winger. If you want more info engage me in a conversation. I'm an asshole, but I'm honest."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:GrammarCommie GrammarCommie user page at RationalWiki]</ref> GrammarCommmie is admin at RationalWiki, which is a wiki that intentionally lies about its web traffic statistics on its article about itself in that it greatly inflates its web traffic and global market share

=== LeftyGreenMario ===

''See also:'' [[LeftyGreenMario]]

[[File:LeftyGreenMario.JPG|thumbnail|right|500px|LeftyGreenMario (LGM) is a RationalWiki moderator.
 
 
LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment. She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.
 
 
The above screenshot was taken from the RationalWiki Discord server.]]
[[LeftyGreenMario]] (LGM) is a lady RationalWiki (RW) moderator and administrator. She is also a RationalWiki Foundation trustee. [[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning [[wiki]] website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. LeftyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator in January of 2018.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:LeftyGreenMario&diff=1917739&oldid=1908438 LeftyGreenMario's post on her user page that she became a RationalWiki Moderator]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a [[feminism|feminist]], self-described [[asexual]], [[atheism|atheist]], [[evolution]]ist, proponent of [[abortion]], [[environmentalism|environmentalist]] and a video game enthusiast.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:LeftyGreenMario LeftyGreenMario - RationalWiki]</ref> She works as a dental lab technician and driver.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2504324&oldid=2504120 LeftyGreenMario, works as a dental lab technician and driver.]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a student of [[Herbert Marcuse]]'s [[partisan tolerance]], and almost singlehandedly destroyed what little bit of balance and tolerance of diverse viewpoints existed in the Rationalwiki community since its founding in 2007. As a Trustee of the RationalMedia Foundation,<ref>https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nm/4330247</ref> LeftyGreenMario has led the project down the road of leftist intolerance. Many longtime contributors abandoned the project after her rise as a central figure. See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
and [[RationalWiki and web traffic#LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic|LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic]]

Google has a number of quality indicators by which is rates a website. According to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 1.49 million monthly referral visits from Google in January of 2018 (which is when LeafyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator). According to SEMRush, RationalWiki's peak Google referral traffic was 3.5 million visits per month in August 2019. In June of 2020, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 464,000 monthly referrals from Google. In January of 2022, according to SEMRUsh, RationalWiki had 185,661 monthly referrals from Google. RationalWiki has lost a massive amount of web traffic since its peak in August of 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment (see screenshot graphic to the right). She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.

She was threatened with impeachment by a former RationalWiki Moderator and current Administrator of RationalWiki, who goes by the username Ace McWicked, due to her involvement in the RationalWiki GossipGate scandal (She gossiped about Ace McWicked). She apologized to Ace McWicked to turn things around, to no effect (see screenshot graphic to the right).
==== LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior as a RationalWiki Moderator in 2023 ====

On March 4, 2023, the RationalWiki editor Ace McWicked wrote about the RationalWiki Moderator LeftyGreenMario: "You have no justification in blocking a user or reverting comments just because you say the conversation is done. We don't do that here... Are the rest of us just peons who must cease talking when a mod says so?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531062&oldid=2527930 Revision as of 01:47, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531078&oldid=2531071 Revision as of 04:02, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref> The RationalWiki Administrator DuceMooseolini concurred with Ace McWicked's commentary about LeftyGreenMario's behavior and wrote: "This is actually very disturbing behavior to see from a mod."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531085&oldid=2531084 Revision as of 04:42, 4 March 2023 (view source) DuceMoosolini]</ref> RationalWiki editor FairDinkum, who is in the midst of creating a series of essays on the academic discipline of argumentation based on the scholar David Zarefsky's lecture on the subject, wrote about LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior, "For once I agree with Ace."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531669&oldid=2531666 Revision as of 16:21, 6 March 2023 (view source) FairDinkum]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Argumentation_-_An_Introduction Essay:Argumentation - An Introduction] by RationalWiki editor FairDinkum</ref>

==== RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament being unsuitable for a moderator ====

[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki moderator.JPG|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2399454&oldid=2399448 Latest revision as of 14:46, 5 January 2022 (view source) Hastur (talk | contribs)]</ref> According to RationalWiki policy, ill-behavior on the RationalWiki Discord Server is not a recallable offense. However, RationalWikians do ignore their policies and act arbitrarily. For example, a RationalWikian was permabanned from the RationalWiki website without a 2/3rds vote which by RationalWkiki's policies is required.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&diff=prev&oldid=2296799 Revision as of 21:46, 11 March 2021 (view source) Christopher (talk | contribs)]</ref>]]
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==== LeftyGreenMario's influence on RationalWiki according to RationalWiki Admininstrator Ace McWicked ====
[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki.png|thumbnail|600px|center|On May 23, 2020, a RationalWiki (RW) administrator who goes by the moniker Ace McWicked essentially admits that RationalWiki is becoming an echo chamber of its most prominent administrator.
 
 
In the above quote, LGM is an acronym for the lady, RationalWiki administrator LeftyGreenMario. See: [[Atheism and groupthink]] ]]
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=== RationalWiki and anti-feminist language by RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud ===

[[File:Sexist language used by RationalWiki Moderator User Spud.jpg|center|800px|thumbnail|RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref>
 
 
Above is a screen capture of one of the instances of RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud using language that would be considered derogatory to women by some [[feminism|feminists]]. ]]
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== RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors ==

[[File:RW has less than 40 active editors.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|In December of 2022 RationalWiki had elections for a site moderators. The screeshot taken above shows that the vote tally revealed that RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] website with less than 40 active editors.]]

RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors. Many double as active editors on [[Conservapedia]].
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=== Blocking vote for User: FairDinkum merely had about 20 voters after 5 days of voting ===

In March of 2022, a vote was held about blocking RationalWiki editor FairDinkum about whether to block him and for how long. After 5 days of voting, there were only about 20 people who voted.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&oldid=2532960 RationalWiki:Chicken coop], March 2022</ref>

== RationalWiki and closedmindedness ==

=== RationalWikians and censoring, banning and permabanning ===

At RationalWiki users who post information contrary to [[secular]] [[Leftism|leftist]]/[[liberal]] ideology are vandal-binned, topic-banned and eventually put on trial and shunned/banned. All facts and opinions which are at variance with secular leftist/liberal ideology are reverted/erased/obscured at RationalWiki. The trials are not fairminded in terms of the application of the rules. For example, despite RationalWiki's rules requiring a 2/3rds majority to permaban a user, a RationalWiki user was permabanned despite the vote not reaching a 2/3rds majority.

RationalWikians have banned a very large proportion of individuals from their website compared to most [[wiki]]s (see: [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]). See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]

==== Permabanning ====

''See also:'' [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users. Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community. See also: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

[[File:Amish youth groups at Behalt 11.jpg|thumbnail|center|251px|RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users, notably [[Conservapedia]] [[User:Conservative]] for persistent [[trolling]].
 
 
Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community.
 
 
For more information, please see: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]] ]]
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== RationalWiki and mental illness ==

RationalWiki users are alleged to have a higher incidence of mental illness than the general public which is said to be common for the Western atheist and Western secular leftist population as a whole (see: [[Atheism and mental illness]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]).

The abstract for the journal article ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members'' published in the ''Journal of Religion and Health'' indicates: "On dimensions related to psychological well-being, atheists and agnostics tended to have worse outcomes than either those with religious affiliation or those with no religious preference."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743877 ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members''] by Hayward RD, Krause N, Ironson G, Hill PC, Emmons R., ''Journal of Religion and Health'', 2016 Jun;55(3):1024-1037. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0179-2.</ref>

=== RationalWiki admin LeftyGreenMario and another editor on the website not being a website conducive to mental health on the day of March 25, 2021 ===

[[File:RationalWikians on their wiki not being a place conduscive to mental health at the present time.PNG|thumbnail|2000px|center|
 
 
"Can't everyone just calm down. It's not like it's the end of the world... yet." - Unclescrooge (talk) 04:12, 25 March 2021 (UTC)<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303279&oldid=2303278 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation]</ref>]]

The incident above was triggered by the former RationalWiki Foundation Board member and RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] (GC) threatening to harm himself and commit suicide if he didn't get his way in some matters (see: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

=== RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracted "all sorts of weird people" ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and social outcasts]]

In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people". [[Conservapedia]] trolling Admin [[User:Conservative]] frequently is attracted to the site and has shown an obsession with documenting insignificant minutia about the eccentricates of the site's anonymous trolling activity.

[[File:Atheism and social outcasts.png|thumbnail|1200px|center|In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people".]]
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=== RationalWikians and autism/Asperger's syndrome ===

Research indicates [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] are [[genetic]] conditions, i.e. that's the way [[God]] created them. According to [[Conservapedia]] [[narcissistic]] [[troll]] and frequent Rationalwiki contributor [[User:Conservative]], atheists have an above-average incidence of [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] (see: [[Atheism and autism]]).

The atheist [[PZ Myers]] and his blog audience scored higher than average on a [[Asperger's syndrome]] test (see: [[Atheism and autism#Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results|Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results]]).

Atheists are known for having poor social skills (see: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]). According to an international study done by William Bainbridge, [[atheism]] is frequent among people whose interpersonal social obligations are weak and is also linked to lower fertility rates in advanced industrial nations (See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref> Bainbridge, William (2005). "[http://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr01002.pdf Atheism]" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 1 (Article 2): 1–26.</ref> The RationalWikian user/editer base has a significant number of quarrelsome, socially challenged males as evidenced the archives of the dispute resolution areas of their website - specifically the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Chicken_coop/Archive_list archives for RationalWiki's "Chicken Coop"] and the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation/Archive_List archives for RationalWiki's "All things in moderation"].

[[File:Cerebellum.jpg|center|thumb|200px|Brain researchers have conducted a number of studies focusing on the differences between atheists and the religious. See: [[Atheism and the brain]] ]]
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== Rationalwiki website and anger management issues ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and forgiveness]]

[[RationalWiki]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

=== GrammarCommie: RationalWiki Foundation board of director member and Admin with anger management issues ===

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

GrammarCommie is an [[atheism|atheist]] and [[Leftism|leftist]].

GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

=== RationalWiki admin Oxyaena and anger ===

[[File:Rationalwiki editor 5-24-2020.png|thumbnail|800px|center|RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] primarily consisting of atheists/[[agnosticism|agnostics]].
 
 
As can be seen above, on 5-24-2020, the RationalWiki administrator Oxyaena wrote: "it's just that i am probably raging too much most of the time to form coherent sentences." The statement was made on their Discord channel (Discord is a chat website). See also: [[Atheism and irrationality]] ]]
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=== RationalWWiki User: Luigi3 and anger ===
[[File:RationalWikian Plutocow telling RationalWikian Luigifan3 to have better emotional control in terms of behavior - November 29, 2022 at 1936.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|On November 29, 2022 at 19:36 the RationalWikia admin Plutocow told RationalWiki User:Luigi3 to exhbit greater emotional control in terms of their behavior on their website.
 
 
The above excerpt is from a screen capture. ]]
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== RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]

=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in January of 2023 ===

[[File:RationalWiki's percentage of female viewership fell since May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in January of 2023, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.
 
 
In January of 2023, according to SimilarWeb.com, 67.54% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male. This represented a slight increase in its male viewership from May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.com. In May of 2022, according to SimilarWeb.com, 66.36% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male (See: [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]]).
 
 
In 2022, RationalWiki contributors failed to launch a major initiative to recruit more women editors nor was there a major increase in RationalWiki content related to women's issues. [[Wikipedia]] has an article entitled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia Gender bias on Wikipedia]. RationalWiki does not have an article entitled "Gender bias at RationalWiki". ]]
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=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in May of 2022 ===

[[File:RationalWiki lack of appeal to a women audience.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in May of 2022, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.]]
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== RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography|RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography]]

[[File:RationalWiki audience interest in pornography 1-10-2022 1.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]] leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]].
 
 
The editors of the website RationalWiki try to portray the website as a thinking person's [[wiki]] where the editors carefully analyze various matters.
 
 
But SimilarWeb.com data shows a significant portion of RationalWiki's web audience is interested in "adult" material as can be seen by the "adult" audience interests in the above graphic.
 
 
 
 
Atheists have played a significant role in both the production and consumption of pornographic material (See: [[Atheism and pornography]] and [[Atheism and child pornography]]).
 
 
Many feminists contend that pornography exploits women.<ref>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-sex-markets/ Feminist Perspectives on Sex Markets], The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 6, 2020</ref> RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref> ]]
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=== Trustworthiness of websites linking to RationalWiki ===

[[File:RationalWiki domain inbound links trustflow vs. citation flow.jpg|thumbnail|center|1000px|According to the leading search engine optimization website Search Engine Land: "Citation Flow is a number of predicting how influential a URL might be based on how many sites link to it. Trust Flow is a number predicting how trustworthy a page is based on how trustworthy sites tend to link to trustworthy neighbors."<ref>[https://searchengineland.com/majestic-seo-announces-new-link-metrics-trust-flow-citation-flow-121230 Majestic SEO Announces New Link Metrics: Trust Flow & Citation Flow]</ref>
 
 
As far as a website's domain, high authority and trustworthy websites commonly have their trustflow metric higher than their citation flow metric. As can been above, RationalWiki has the exact opposite. Perhaps its web visitors who visit adult websites link to RationalWiki from low quality websites that are untrusted. ]]
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== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food ==

''See also:'' [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]]
[[File:Cheetos.jpg|thumbnail|right|301px|Picture of [[Cheetos]].
 
 
According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot Cheetos due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>]]
[[File:Cheeseburger.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Picture of a cheeseburger.
 
 
The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> ]]

On April 27, 2023, the Rational Media Board of Director and Moderater User: Spud wrote:
{{Cquote|Long term editors would have known this was coming. Sunday 30 April would have been my younger sister's birthday if she hadn't died suddenly and unexpectedly 5 years ago at the age of 42, leaving a husband and a young daughter. As always, instead of raising a glass in her memory, I'll be having a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar in her memory. It's what she would have wanted. If you'd like to join me in having some crisps and chocolate in her honour, preferably British brands or the closest you can get to them, that would be great. And when I say "crisps", I mean any potato or corn snack, including such things as Monster Munch, Frazzles, Wotsits, Cheetos, Doritos and Funyuns. Alternatively for you Americans, my sister was lucky enough to visit New England one year and absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen, so you might like to go there in her honour. Looking at their current menu, I'd say my sister would have an Original Cheeseburger Meal Deal with a strawberry sundae.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=prev&oldid=2544316 Revision as of 12:06, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

In response to his post, RationalWiki editor Bob M responded "Count me in."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544332&oldid=2544331 Revision as of 13:14, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo), Bob M (talk | contribs)]</ref> RationalWiki admin User:DuceMoosolini, who sits on the board of directors of the Rational Media Foundation and whose user page is filled with various types of food, wrote in response to User: Spud's post: "I’ll get a strawberry sundae in her honor, Spud."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544547&oldid=2544546 Revision as of 19:05, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo)
DuceMoosolini (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister0]</ref> RationalWiki User: The Blade of the Northern Lights, wrote: "I'm on the Dairy Queen, actually took a group of my clients there last week...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544433&oldid=2544402 Revision as of 01:29, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo) The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister: Re)]</ref> See also: [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot [[Cheetos]] due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>

The ''New York Post'' wrote concerning Doritos:
{{Cquote|Steven A. Witherly, a [[food science|food scientist]] and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods...

To maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat. With that ratio, it feels like the chip melts on your mouth and your brain is tricked into thinking the calories have vanished too. This is called “vanishing caloric density” and it comes with cotton candy too, for example.

To boot, there’s the three artificial colorings which research shows consumers are attracted to.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>}}

According to numerous peer-reviewed [[medical science]] journals, ultra-processed food (often called merely processed food by laymen and others) poses numerous, serious health risks.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/ Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'', 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.</ref> PubMed has over 1,800 medical journal articles related to the health risks of ultra-processed/processed food.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=processed%20food PubMed search results for the keyword "Processed food"]</ref>

The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>
[[File:Ice-cream-sundae.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Picture of an ice cream sundae.
 
 
According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>]]
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=== Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating ===

''See also:'' [[Comfort food#Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating|Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]] and [[Atheism and negative emotions/thoughts]] and [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and health]]

[[File:Nacho Cheese Flavor Doritos.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Steven A. Witherly, a food scientist and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods. In order to maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>]]

[[Comfort food]] is [[food]] that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone. In many cases, it is characterized by its high caloric nature and high carbohydrate level.

According to the Henry Ford Health website:
{{Cquote|"The foods we tend to lean toward for comfort are often high in fat and sugar," says Sayde Beeler, MSW, RDN, a registered dietitian at Henry Ford Health. "Those types of foods stimulate the brain's reward system, the same pleasure center that gets activated when you take drugs."

A variety of factors converge to signal your brain to crave specific foods. Some people gravitate toward sweet foods. Others lean toward warm and hearty foods, particularly when the weather is cold. In each case, a combination of psychological and physiological factors drives the craving.

"Food can be a sort of antidote to messy, painful emotions," Beeler says. "People turn to food when they're feeling lonely, depressed or guilty, and to celebrate success and achievements. During the pandemic, people may be eating to self-medicate. You want foods that help you feel safe, comfortable and warm." And sometimes, food just provides us with a hit of nostalgia.

The drawback, of course, is that food doesn't address the emotion that triggered the craving. "If you're feeling guilt, sadness or grief, food may help numb those emotions in the moment, but then the feeling returns," Beeler says. "And if you're overconsuming foods that are high in fat and sugar, that can lead to increases in blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides over time."<ref>[https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/12/do-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-comfort-food#:~:text=%22The%20foods%20we%20tend%20to,activated%20when%20you%20take%20drugs.%22 Do You Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Comfort Food?], Henry Ford Health website</ref>}}

=== User: Spud's user pages features french fries atop the page. Healthline.com indicates that french fries are "junk food". ===
[[File:ChipButty.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which is featured above.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>
 
 
According to Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'': "In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy."<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>]]
Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which are featured to the right.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

According to the website Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'':
{{Cquote|French fries are one of the most popular fast food items around.

In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy.

Studies have linked deep-fried foods to inflammation, heart disease and impaired artery function, among other health problems.

What’s more, fries are extremely high in calories and fast-digesting carbs.<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>}}

=== Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline ===

''See also:'' [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks#Consumption of processed foods and brain impairment|Consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment]]

See: [https://cam.mbi.ufl.edu/2023/01/31/6089/ Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline], University of Florida's Center for Aging and Memory - Clinical Translational Research - Evelyn and William L. McKnight Brain Institute

For more information, please see: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline|Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline]]
==== Journal articles related to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment ====

*[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2799140 Association Between Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Cognitive Decline], JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(2):142-150. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4397

*[https://n.neurology.org/content/99/10/e1056 Association of Ultraprocessed Food Consumption With Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study], ''Neurology'', July 27, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200871

=== User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with RationalWiki's purported missions of "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas" ===

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]]

RationalWiki's main page indicates that the purpose of the website is "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page RationalWiki's main page]</ref> User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with these two purported missions of RationalWiki.
==== User: Spud admits eating processed food is not a healthy practice and claims that he did not engage in science denialism ====

''See also:'' [[Atheist hypocrisy]]

[[File:Hippocrates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Drawing depicting [[Hippocrates]] ]]

In 2020, the medical journal ''The Lancet'' published the article ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA'':
{{Cquote|A substantial proportion of poor health in populations is preventable. Previous work from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study suggests that nearly half of all health burden in the USA is attributable to a list of 84 modifiable risk factors. Globally, it is also generally accepted that a quarter, or perhaps up to half, of all deaths fall into the category of preventable deaths, making illness that can at least theoretically be avoided an accepted part of our health accounting.<ref>[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30204-8/fulltext ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA''] by Sandro Galea
and Nason Maani, ''The Lancet'', VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10, E513-E514, OCTOBER 2020, Published:October, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30204-8</ref>}}

On May 1, 2023, User: Spud wrote about his post advocating that people eat processed/ultra-processed food: "...there was no science denial involved. When did I say processed food was healthy? I'll tell you when. Never. That's when. Of course, it's bad for you. Every nudnik knows that. I would never suggest that anyone should eat large quantities of it or eat it regularly. But indulging once a year on 30 April isn't going to do anybody much harm."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Spud&diff=2545354&oldid=2545211 Latest revision as of 13:38, 1 May 2023 (view source) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>

According to the National Institutes of Health website:
{{Cquote|The [[Hippocratic Oath]] (Ορκος) is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards. It also strongly binds the student to his teacher and the greater community of physicians with responsibilities similar to that of a family member. In fact, the creation of the Oath may have marked the early stages of medical training to those outside the first families of Hippocratic medicine, the Asclepiads of Kos, by requiring strict loyalty.

Over the centuries, it has been rewritten often in order to suit the values of different cultures influenced by Greek medicine. Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by most modern medical schools, although some have adopted modern versions that suit many in the profession in the 21st century. It also does not explicitly contain the phrase, "First, do no harm," which is commonly attributed to it."<ref>[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html#:~:text=The%20Hippocratic%20Oath%20(%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82)%20is,number%20of%20professional%20ethical%20standards. Greek Medicine], National Institutes of Health</ref>}}

The Hippocratic Oath is widely known for its advocacy of "Do no harm". The oath does not advocate the much weaker and morally inferior position of not doing "much harm" which User: Spud uses in his [[Rationalization (Psychology)|rationalization]] of his bad behavior. In addition, when people eat unhealthy food, there is an [[opportunity cost]] in such an instance because they are not eating nutritious food that would nourish their body in such an instance.

User: Spud is an atheist. Not possessing a [[Religion and morality|religious basis for morality]], which can provide a basis for [[objective morality]], [[atheism]] is fundamentally [[Moral relativism|incapable]] of providing a coherent system of [[morality]].<ref>
*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and ethics]] and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]

The Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]] wrote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Before User: Spud made his post advocating eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, his user page prominently featured the junk food of french fries atop its page. And his user page still prominently displays french fries which is a type of junk food.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

And of course, every bad habit such as the eating of ultra-processed/processed/junk food begins with its first act. Young and impressionable viewers of the User: Spud's post could begin a lifelong habit of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food due to his low-quality web content relative to this unhealthy food.

Furthermore, it is inappropriate and nonsensical for User: Spud to ask people to engage in eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, which is a type of food that has caused many people to die prematurely (heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, etc.) as an act of remembrance for his sister who died suddenly 5 years ago at the age of 42 (And as noted above, ultra-processed/processed/junk food may cause brain impairment). This would be especially true if she was a regular eater of ultra-processed foods (Other than mentioning that she "absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen", User: Spud does not mention how much of ultra-processed/processed/junk food she ate as a proportion of her diet).

The [[secular left]]-leaning website RationalWiki criticizes the medical science and other science claims of others, but engages in the promotion of ultra-processed/processed/junk food (See: [[Atheist hypocrisy]]). As noted above, User: Spud still has a picture of the junk food french fries atop his user page and he has yet to disavow telling people to eat ultra-processed/processed/junk food.

==== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D. ====

See: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.|Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.]]

=== Trent Toulouse (one of the founders of the website RationalWiki) and obesity ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]]

Trent Toulouse is one of the founders of the atheist/agnostic/[[Philosophical skepticism|skeptic]] website RationalWiki.<ref>[https://www.winterwatch.net/2018/02/rationalwiki-a-lonely-trolls-pseudoscience-project/ : A Troll’s Pseudoscience Project?]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=892479808 RationalWiki]
*[https://uncommondescent.com/legal/rationalwiki-copyright-infringement/ Trent Toulouse posted: "I am the 'owner' of RationalWiki, though it not ownership in the traditional sense."]</ref> He is also one of the board of trustees of the RationalMedia Foundation.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:RationalMedia_Foundation/List_of_board_members RationalMedia Foundation - List of Board Members]</ref>

A picture of an obese Trent Toulouse can be found [https://cnmchronicle.com/2019/12/17/cuff-you/ HERE] and [https://pnb.mcmaster.ca/beckerlab/ HERE].

The RationalWiki website has a significant amount of content criticizing [[alternative medicine]].<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Alternative_medicine RationalWiki articles on alternative medicine]</ref> Its alternative medicine article describes alternative medicine thusly: "Alternative medicine is any medical treatment that is not part of conventional evidence-based medicine, such as one would learn in medical school, nursing school or even paramedic training."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Alternative_medicine&oldid=2070465 Alternative medicine - RationalWiki]</ref> Evidence-based medicine strongly indicates that [[Health risks linked to obesity|obesity poses significant health risks]].

== RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science and living an unhealthy lifestyle that could reduce his longevity ==

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]] and [[Atheism and medicine]] and [[Atheism and health]] and [[Atheism and life expectancy]]

RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science by living an unhealthy lifestyle which could reduce his longevity and/or cause chronic diseases: "I'm in the office and fee like I am having a heart attack. Pretty sure I walked too quickly while doing an overview of the work-site and smoked too heavily in the process. Or maybe it was the lashings of Jagermeister and mac'n'cheese I had for dinner. Either way not much changes with ol' Ace. Being in my early 40's now I don't feel the need to make any lifestyle changes anymore. I'll just the age happen and see how long I last. I reckon I have another 20 years left." - RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked, May 8, 2023<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blue&diff=2547064&oldid=2547045 Latest revision as of 19:54, 8 May 2023 (edit) (undo) Ace McWicked (talk | contribs)(→‎Wait what)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and life expectancy]] and [[Atheism and smoking]] and [[Atheism and alcoholism]] and [[Macaroni and cheese, processed food, and health risks]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

== RationalWiki's cowardly refusal to debate Conservapedian User: Conservative ==

''See also:'' [[Narcissistic rivalry]], [[Atheism and cowardice]], [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|251px|right|The Oxford University Professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote to the New Atheist [[Richard Dawkins]]:: "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
Initially, in order to taunt RationalWikians, the [[Conservapedia]]n [[User: Conservative]] offered to debate the RationalWikian Ace McWicked, if he agreed to donate $17,000 to a Christian relief organization of his choice. User: Conservative stipulated that the money be given to a third party of his choice. Instead, Ace McWicked merely agreed to give it to one of his relatives which is a condition User: Conservative refused to find acceptable.

Later, User: Conservative repeatedly won debates against RationalWikians using various sockpuppets at their website - despite RationalWiki attempting to futilely block him. The RationalWikian User: Brx noted that they could no longer falsely claim that User: Conservative was afraid to debate them after repeatedly blocking him. RationalWikians, supposedly permablocked User: Conservative, after holding a sham trial at their website which failed to meet the 66% vote threshold that they supposedly required in order to permanently block someone (Please the screencapture below).

User: Conservative has noted a number of times that it is not due to his debating prowess that he easily and effortlessly wins debates against atheists. It is due to the utter weakness of the [[atheist worldview]].

In recent times, there have been a number of notable cases of prominent atheists cowardly refusing to debate Christians and even pulling out of agreed-upon debates at the 11th hour (See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]). When atheists do debate Christians they generally lose their debates badly (See: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism vs. Christianity debates]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]).
=== After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the User: Conservative account at Conservapedia, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground ===

[[File:RationalWiki admits Conservapedian has moral high ground.jpg|thumbnail|900px|center|After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the [[User: Conservative]] account at RationalWiki, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground. Administrator Brx basically admits that blocking him was cowardly. LeftyGreenMario then essentially acknowledges that RationalWiki does not have the moral high ground and cedes moral high ground to administrator User: Conservative at Conservapedia. See also: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
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== RationalWikians paranoid about catching monkeypox ==

[[File:RW Monkeypox.png|thumbnail|1700px|center|RationalWikians discussing how they are paranoid about catching monkeypox.
 
 
The above screen capture was taken from RationalWiki's Saloon Bar.]]
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== RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]

Several [[Internet atheism|atheist websites]] did very poorly during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] and lost a large amount of their traffic since the early part of 2020 (see: [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]]). The RationalWiki website very large amount of web traffic during the coronavirus pandemic (see: [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]).

Historically, religiosity increases during pandemics. Pew Research found people's religious faith grew during the pandemic - especially in the United States.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/#:~:text=A%20similar%20pattern%20occurs%20in,as%20do%2049%25%20of%20Americans. More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Research, 2021</ref> Nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults say the outbreak has boosted their faith; about four-in-ten say it has tightened family bonds.<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/ More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Forum</ref>

In addition, many [[atheist organizations]] have significant difficulty in getting their fellow atheist to financially support them (see: [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]]), so their web marketing budgets could have been low during the pandemic. In addition, many atheist organizations have poor fiscal management so they may not have had reserves built up before the pandemic (see: [[Atheist organizations and financial mismanagement]]).

As noted above, on May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref>

RationalWiki may never gain that traffic back again as the number of [[Global atheism|atheists in the world]] is expected to drop soon after 2022 according to the scholars at the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]].<ref>[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2022.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2022, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref> Currently, the [[Global atheism|global atheist population]] is losing market share in terms of the world's population (see: [[Global atheism statistics]]).
=== RationalWikians and fear/paranoia of getting a coronavirus infection ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death anxiety]] and [[Atheism and death]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

An RationalWiki user wrote on March 12, 2021: "Can't wait to get the [[Covid-19|COVID]] vaccine. Been extremely paranoid for the past year. At least more paranoid than I normally would be." - User: Eggs Over EASyPlus

Another RationalWiki editor wrote in response: "There's a story floating around about a [https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-medical-examiner-moms-death-after-taking-covid-vaccine-temporally-related 39 year old from Utah who died after taking the covid vaccine]. As tragic as that situation is, really hope it doesn't scare people off from taking it. Even if this was directly caused by the vaccine (we're still unsure it was or not), far less will die from this vaccine vs COVID itself. But expect this to make the front lines of anti-vax websites everywhere." - User: Aaronmichael5, March 12, 2021
[[File:Atheism and death.jpg|thumbnail|200px|center|According to a study performed in the United States by the researchers Wink and Scott, very religious people fear death the least.<ref>[http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/050628_deathfearfrm.htm Fear of death: worst if you’re a little religious?], World of Science]</ref>
 
 
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and death anxiety]] ]]
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=The Thatcherism debate=

''See also:'' [[The debate that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost very badly]]

From July 31, 2022 to August 1, 2022, a debate/discussion occurred about the merits of [[capitalism]] vs. [[socialism]] at RationalWiki's forum which is called their Saloon Bar. The discussion thread that sparked this debate/discussion was entitled ''US is officially facing a recession''<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&oldid=2474522#US_is_officially_facing_a_recession US is officially facing a recession]</ref>

Debate summary: A member of RationalMedia Foundation's board of directors became furious when [[User: Conservative]] (User: Lipsen) pointed out that: the [[conservative]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and in the 1980s, Britain's economy under Thatcher grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain. In addition, the squalid conditions of the UK when various manufacturing companies were nationalized and the public sector enlarged was pointed out. Furthermore, it was pointed out that abusive language is not a substitution for sound arguments. There were so many other arguments which led to the creation of a "Criticism of [[socialism]]" article.

[[LeftyGreenMario]], a lady board member of the RationalMedia Foundation and a moderator of RationalWiki, accused the User: Lipsen, a [[sockpuppet]] troll, of misspelling the word sanctimonious (She spelled it "sacrimonious")<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2474490&oldid=2474478 Revision as of 21:14, 1 August 2022 (edit) (undo) LeftyGreenMario (talk | contribs)]</ref> banned the troll.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which is a measure of Admin blocking activity.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

[[User: Conservative]], an Admin at [[Conservapedia]], was [[trolling]] RationalWiki using the RationalWiki account User: Lipsen, one of several sockpouppet accounts.

=== The Thatcherism debate led to a draft "Criticism of socialism" article ===

RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism" (See graphic below). Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." (See second graphic below). The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum. RationalWiki User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism at the politically left-leaning website RationalWiki (see third graphic below).

The RationalWiki website was launched largely in response to User: Conservative's articles on [[evolution]] and [[atheism]]. User: Conservative continues to have an influence on RationalWikians through his periodic posts at RationalWiki's discussion forum and his posts at Conservapedia. According to SimilarWeb.com, one of the top web traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki (see fourth graphic below). Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] related articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]).

[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK draft of his upcoming RationalWiki article Criticism of socialism.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism".]]
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[[File:RationalWiki admin GeeJayK indicating the discussion in RationalWiki's discussion forum the Saloon Bar gave him some incentives to start a Criticism of socialism article at RationalWiki.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK user page screen capture 8-1-2022.png|thumbnail|1500px|center|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism according to his user page. Most of the political content at RationalWiki is politically left-leaning. ]]
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[[File:Referral traffic to Conservapedia from RationalWiki according to Similarweb.jpg|thumbnail|1500px|According to SimilarWeb.com of the top traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki.
 
 
Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]). ]]
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=== Key points Conservapedia troll User: Conservative (User: Lipsen) made during the debate ===

==== Socialism-lite/socialism in the UK vs. the economic policies of the conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Socialists used abusive language instead of sound arguments ====
[[File:Margaret Thatcher.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The conservative [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. ]]
1. I said about post WWII UK that: a significant portion of the UK's manufacturing base was taken over by the government, it's tax rate was jacked up, its public sector of the economy greatly increased partly due to its labor unions donating to the Labour Party. The public sector labor unions went on strike causing mountains of trash, corpses and rats to fill the streets.

If you want to call that socialism-lite instead of full-blown socialism that's fine. But socialism doesn't have a good track record either - unless you want to make the lame, utopian argument that socialism has never really been tried (Soviet Union, Chinese socialism with Chinese characteristics, Cuba, etc.).

2. WWII ended in 1945 and the German bombing campaign commonly called the Blitz caused much damage to Britain. The website History.com [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1#:~:text=The%20Marshall%20Plan%2C%20also%20known,Secretary%20of%20State%20George%20C. points out] that "The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent." In the 20th century, the USA/UK had what is often called a "special relationship" and still continues to this day although it was damaged by the Iraq War, etc. So the UK received a decent size portion of the Marshall Plan money.

3. Socialism-lite/socialism had 30 years to prove its worth in the UK and it failed in the eyes of the UK public which is why Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979.

4. Although AMG wrote that I said "Thatcherism fixed everything", I never said this. But I did point out that Margaret Thatcher privatized formerly nationalized companies and "In the 1980s, Britain's economy grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain."

5. Margaret Thatcher was in power from 1979 to 1990 and was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. Much of the British public thought she did a good job or she wouldn't have served for so long (The UK is a Western democracy with free and fair elections so Thatcher would have been thrown out before she became the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century).

6. When I have participated in online discussions at websites that have civil discourse or watch public figures debate, I don't see individuals calling people imbeciles. If RationalWiki contributors want to stoop to using abusive language rather than making strong arguments, RationalWiki is free to do so, but it will pay a price. It will be much harder (or impossible) to attract new contributors who make quality contributions. Lipsen (talk) 18:14, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

==== Nordic countries are capitalist and not socialist utopias. Excessive big government debt is a drag on the economy ====

I pointed out in my short recap of how socialism adversely affected the UK/Britain that the government took over some manufacturing companies. I did this because KarmaPolice's user page indicates that he is a socialist. As far as the Nordic countries, Foreignpolicy.com's article [https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/27/nordic-countries-not-socialist-denmark-norway-sweden-centrist/ Nordic Countries Aren’t Actually Socialist says: "Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias." With that being said, each country is going to have to decide how big the public sector is. I am not an anarchist who believes in no government, but more of a limited/small government proponent with local government doing a lot of the "government lifting" - except for obvious exceptions such as the military. Local governments are often more responsive to the people. In somewhat recent economic history, there are non-socialist countries that have large amounts of federal government debt which is not healthy for an economy once it gets over a certain percentage of GNP. That is one of the main reasons that I think the federal government should not get too big.

==== Socialistic policies in the UK, India and Israel failed. The notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking ====

KarmaPolice, I just looked at your profile and it says you are a socialist. Israel, India, and the UK all adopted socialism as an economic model following World War II and it failed in each case. The reason you resorted to the illogical argumentation of the ad hominem argument by calling me a "moron" when it comes to understanding economics is that you cannot defend the failure of a system called socialism. Your notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking.

==== Swiss economy has lower inflation than USA under the Biden administration which had excess money printing, big government spending, anti-fossil fuel public policy and funded a foreign war in Ukraine ====

It was recently [https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi#:~:text=US%20Inflation%20Rate%20Rises%20to,above%20market%20forecasts%20of%208.8%25.reported] that the annual inflation rate in the USA accelerated to 9.1% in June of 2022. Reuters [https://freopp.org/switzerland-health-system-profile-1-in-the-world-index-of-healthcare-innovation-e4f513a20f19 reported] that Swiss inflation in June hits 29-year high of 3.4%. The Biden administration did a lot of money printing, a lot of federal government spending and it had very anti domestic fossil fuel policy plus it did not handle Covid-19 well. This largely explains why the USA has a higher inflation rate than Switzerland. In addition, the USA spends a lot on its military and funding the Ukrainian military during the war in Ukraine. Lipsen (talk) 14:34, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

== See also ==

*[[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
*[[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography]]
*[[RationalWiki, pornography and pedophilia]]
*[[RationalMedia Foundation board of trustees and the lack of Black representation]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki and Holocaust denial|RationalWiki and Holocaust denial]]
*[[RationalWiki and internet trolls]]

Essay:

*[[Essay: Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest|Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest]]

== Humor about RationalWiki ==

*[[Essay: RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right|RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right]]
*[[Essay: Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?|Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki theme song|RationalWiki theme song]]
*[[Essay: The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish|The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]
*[[Essay: The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians|The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians]]
*[[Essay: Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)|Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)]]
*[[Essay: Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.|Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.]]
*[[Essay: British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor|British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor]]
*[[Essay: BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest|BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest]]
*[[Essay: A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith|A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith]]
*[[Essay: Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song|Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song]]

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tRgsXeV4 Rationalwiki caught LYING about PPSIMMONS - gets SLAMMED by moderator] by [[PNN News and Ministry Network]]

==References==
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RationalWiki

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DMorris: Adding information that Wikipedia doesn't want you to know.

[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. The website is under the auspices of nonprofit foundation the Rational Media Foundation. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]). The cited is frequented by [[ratroll]]s.

The RationalWiki website lost a huge amount of web traffic in the latter part of 2019 and throughout most the first half of 2020 (see graphics below). In January of 2022, SimilarWeb.com reported that the RationalWiki.org website was dropping in terms of its global ranking of web traffic (see: [[RationalWiki_and_web_traffic#2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics|2022 state of RationalWiki.org in terms of web traffic and web marketing metrics]]). In the latter part of 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a very large portion of its Google referral traffic (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic#From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush|From June 5, 2022 to November 5, 2022, the RationalWiki website lost a major amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush]]).

As of December 5, 2021, a RationalWikian put a "this section needs updating" in the "scope and statistics" section of the RationalWiki web page describing itself.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=2389486 RationalWiki], December 5, 2021</ref> But as of July 25, 2022, the "scope and statistics" section has yet to be thoroughly updated. Apparently, RationalWiki does not want its readers to know about the tremendous amount of web traffic it lost.

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref> On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: KarmaPolice wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> On November 6, 2022, RationalWiki user Rairyu75 wrote: "See, what I'm trying to ask, in a really roundabout sort of way is... are you all confident this website will continue to exist? Not like into next week, or next month but like, next year, or 5 years from now? Cause I would kinda like to edit this place... and I just can't tell if it would be futile or not. Like fixing the engine of a car that's destined for the scrapheap. I just can't f@cking tell if one day, in the near future, I will type the URL into my search bar and I'll get nothing in response."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&diff=2499178&oldid=2494043 Revision as of 00:56, 6 November 2022 (edit) (undo) Rairyu75 (talk | contribs) (→‎You guys doing okay?: new section)]</ref>

The data clearly indicates that [[woke]]ness has peaked in the [[United States]] and in the world and that it will eventually die (See: [[Woke]]). RationalWiki is a woke website that skews toward secular leftism. And woke and secular leftist individuals and organizations generally double down and are resistant to change (see: [[Atheism and intolerance]] and [[Atheism and groupthink]]). As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which measures the close-mindedness/intolerance and groupthink of a wiki.

==History==
RationalWiki was originally created by a group of cyberstalkers dedicated to the harassment of homeschoolers and their teacher, who had created Conservapedia. This behavior was noted in an article about Conservapedia published in the ''Los Angeles Times''. The rattrolls' behavior is not simply limited to documenting and anaylizing the activities at Conservapedia as they claim, it extends to blatant harassement, as demonstrated by the abuse of Conservapedia users by RationalWikians Pysgremlin, Paul Birkholz of Austin, Texas (Keegscee), and Arthur Kerensa of the United Kingdom (Dyskliver), just to name a few. Some RationalWikians became bored with their stalking of Conservapedians and expanded to trolling and harassment on other websites, such as Wikipedia. At least two members of RationalWiki (Keegscee and Dyskliver) have been banned from all Wikimedia Foundation projects by the WMF office for their harassment of Wikipedians.

Beginning in the mid-2010s, some naive teenagers took the site's stated mission at face value and started to create serious content on the site, although a significant amount of NSFW content remains. With WIGO CP alive and well, the more serious content on the wiki could be considered a [[Front group|front]] for the criminal cyberstalking activities on the site.

In 2024, the RationalWiki Foundation was sued by Hassim Haramein, represented by Aaron Cress of [https://latenightlaw.com/ Late Night Law Firm] for defamation. The organization's board of directors publicly acknowledged that the article was problematic and accepted a proposed settlement in which Haramein's article was permanently deleted from the website. They accepted the settlement after a short period of fleecing the site's viewership of a few thousand dollars supposedly to hire an attorney (knowing full and well that would not happen). <ref>https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&oldid=2681720#RationalWiki_has_been_sued</ref>

== RationalWiki and web traffic ==

See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]] and [[Internet atheism]]

=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com ===

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic according to SEMRush as of 6-30-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of June 30, 2023 it receives 136,000 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.
 
 
In addition, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki dropped from a 66 domain authority score on October 21, 2023 to a 43 domain authority score on June 30, 2023. Domains with low domain scores typically have less traffic, less authoritative websites linking to them and more lower quality websites linking to them.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic past 2 years SEMRush data October 21, 2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px||According to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from November 2020 to October 21, 2022.
 
 
In November 2020, RationalWiki.org was receiving 413,529 web visits a month according to SEMRush.com. On October 21, 2022, RationalWiki.org received 152,236 web visits in the last 30 days according to SEMRush.com. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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=== RationalWiki and Google referral traffic as reported by the leading web marketing company Ahrefs.com ===

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic as of December 22, 2022 according to Ahrefs.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki has lost a huge amount of Google referral traffic since the latter part of 2019. As of December 22, 2022, Ahefs.com reported that RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 111,000 Google visits per month.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki.org Ahrefs monthly Google referral traffic last 6 months on 10-3-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website Ahrefs.com, the website RationalWiki lost a large amount of Google referral traffic from August 10, 2022 to October 3, 2022. Google referral traffic is commonly referred to as organic traffic by web marketing professionals.
 
 
Specifically, according to Ahrefs.com, on August 10, 2022, the website RationalWiki was receiving 240,713 monthly referral web visits by Google. By October 3, 2022, RationalWiki.org was merely receiving 131,083 monthly referral web visits by Google.
 
 
Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]

=== May 2024 SimilarWeb data for RationalWiki: RationalWiki is losing global market share ===
 
[[File:Rationalwiki similarweb May 2024.png|thumbnail|center|1000px|In May 2024, SimilarWeb indicated that RataionalWiki.org was losing its ranking in terms of global market share of internet traffic.
 
 
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.]]
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=== RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023 according to the Mangools SEO tool ===

[[File:Popularity of RationalWiki from August 2020 to January 2023 according to SEO tool produced by the company Mangools.jpg|thumbnail|center|2001px|According to search engine optimization tool produced by the company Mangools, RationalWiki lost a significant amount of its popularity from August 2020 to January 2023.]]
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== RationalWiki's significant branding problem ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and its branding problems]]

The Innis Maggiore Ad Agency, which works with major corporations, says concerning [[rebranding]]/repositioning: "When a brand’s meaning is strongly established in the mind, it’s extremely difficult — if not impossible — to change. It is possible to refine, adjust and hone a brand’s meaning when necessary. But repositioning a brand with a wholesale change? Hardly a chance."<ref>[https://innismaggiore.com/blog/jcpenney-showed-brand-reinvention-can-stretch-only-so-far/ Repositioning a Brand: JCPenney showed brand reinvention can stretch only so far] by Dick Maggiore at the Innis Maggiore Ad Agency</ref>

[[Margaret Thatcher]] said: “Being powerful is like being a lady... If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”<ref>[https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_109592 Margaret Thatcher quotes]</ref> So perhaps the name RationalWiki was a poor website name if RationalWikians wanted to convey that its contributors and web content is rational. RationalWiki has been called irrational by so many people that it created an essay at its website entitled ''I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki'' which is highly linked to on its website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki Essay:I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki RationalWiki web pages linking to the RationalWiki essay I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki]</ref> RationalWiki, by its own admissions, has experienced various incidences of mental illness being displayed on its website (see: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Category:RationalWiki#RationalWiki_and_mental_illness RationalWiki and mental illness]).

RationalWiki contributor User: User:TornadoLTS wrote:
{{Cquote|But to give a more complete picture, there is a concept in branding that "Everything counts". Everything that an organization does either creates and builds its brand or weakens and/or destroys its brand. If there are any incongruencies or inconsistencies, it is harmful to a brand. I will give an illustration. I was in communication with a RationalWiki contributor who was unhappy with the amount of dysfunction that was happening at RationalWiki at the time. He was complaining about User:Oxyaena, User: [[GrammarCommie]] and others. And he made the charge that there was a lot of mental illness among RationalWiki contributors. If his charge is true, that would be a brand incongruency/inconsistency for a website called RationalWiki.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477671&oldid=2477669 Revision as of 15:51, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) TornadoLTS (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

=== Los Angeles Times reporting that RationalWikians vandalize Conservapedia ===
According to an article published in the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2007, RationalWiki members "by their own admission" vandalize Conservapedia. So early on, RationalWiki had a branding problem.<ref>[Simon, Stephanie (June 19, 2007). "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-19-na-schlafly19-story.html A conservative's answer to Wikipedia]". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.]</ref>

=== Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue ===

[[File:Brand searches vs. domain strength and SEO.jpg|thumbnail|500px|center|According to the leading SEO and web marketing website MOZ.com, the number of brand searches for a domain is significantly correlated with a website's Google referral traffic - even more so than a website's domain strength (Domain strength is the quality and quantity of inbound links to a website.).
 
 
As can be seen below, the number of brand searches for the term "RationalWiki" is on a downward trend.]]

[[File:RationalWiki worldwide Google trends data for 2-20-2023.jpg|right|800px|thumbnail|Google Trends worldwide data for the keyword "RationalWiki". Click the graphic above to see a duplicate of the graph. And then click the graphic a second time to enlarge it.]]
Seer Interactive is a big data digital marketing firm [https://www.seerinteractive.com/about/clients/ with many Fortune 500 clients].

Seer Interactive [https://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-google-trends-for-marketing/ points out] "When branded traffic is down year-over-year or month-over-month but organic visibility has not fluctuatuated, this may indicate a decrease in either brand demand or brand awareness. By leveraging Google Trends, you can quickly understand if interest in your brand has changed." When Seer Interactive refers to "organic traffic" they are referring to a website's Google traffic going to its website.

Snark is mocking in a sarcastic way. There is a logical fallacy called the [[Appeal to ridicule|appeal to ridicule logical fallacy]]. From a branding perspective, RationalWiki readers may have the perception that there is an incongruence between the name RationalWiki and a website that is overreliant on mocking. And because RationalWiki covers a lot of medical science topics, readers may feel uncomfortable with snark because it involves humor and the public doesn't usually associate science with sarcastic humor.

The RationalWiki Moderator Bongolian wrote at RationalWiki: "Over time, RW has clearly become less snarky over time, particularly in 2017 when the Scientific Point of View became favored over the Snarky Point of View when there was any issue over SPOV." <ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477600&oldid=2477597 Revision as of 06:33, 14 August 2022 (edit) (undo) Bongolian (talk | contribs) (→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref> Historically speaking, atheists have a reputation for having an overreliance on mockery in terms of their rhetoric (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]).

RationalWiki tripled its organic traffic from 2017 to late 2019 in a big way and then various things happened to cause a massive decrease in organic traffic in November 2019 and beyond (See: [[RationalWiki and Google referral traffic]]). [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=RationalWiki Google Trends data] from 2017 to November 2020 indicates that worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" bounced between a somewhat narrow range between 2017 to June 2020 (The range on a relative scale varied between 67 and 90) which presumably was due to websites with large amounts of web traffic mentioning RationalWiki periodically during that time (see graph to the upper right in this section). Starting in June 2020, worldwide Google searches for the keyword "RationalWiki" saw a significant decline.

The data does not support the notion that a change from a less Snarky point of view to a more Scientific Point of View made a big improvement in RationalWiki's brand awareness. RationalWiki's brand awareness stayed about the same from July 2014 to June 2020 even though its organic traffic tripled during some of this time period. And then, as noted above, something happened around June 2020 that caused RationalWiki's brand awareness to go significantly down.

=== Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data) ===

See: [[RationalWiki and its branding problems#Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)|Additional analysis: Google data indicating that RationalWiki has a branding problem and RationalWikian commentary on this issue (with additional SimilarWeb data)]]

=Criticisms=
== RationalWiki and its poor leadership ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and leadership]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

The godless have a reputation for having poor leadership (see: [[Atheism and leadership]]) and as can be seen below RationalWiki is no exception to this matter which helps explains its socially challenged atmosphere and impoverished state as well as it falling web traffic and falling influence. See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

On July 14, 2022, during the election process for the RationalMedia Foundation board of directors, RationalWiki users admitted that RationalWikians were offering weak candidates so far.<ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2022/07/rationalwiki-users-admit-election-for.html RationalWiki users admit the election for its Board of Trustees is offering weak candidates so far], [[Examining Atheism]] blog, July 14, 2022</ref>

=== GrammarCommie ===

[[Image:Nicolo.jpg|right|thumb|GrammarCommie is known for his bullying.
 
 
Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]
 
 
Portrait of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by Santi di Tito.]]
''See also:'' [[GrammarCommie]]

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]). He is an atheist and leftist.

As noted above, GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

GrammarCommie frequently bans people which contributes to RationalWiki being a wiki that has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]. He also frequently reverts other editors. A wiki with a low edit to block ratio tends to be a closed-minded wiki that is dogmatic and intolerant (see also: [[Atheism and dogmatism]] and [[Atheism and intolerance]]).

He is also known for his bullying. Research on the dark triad of personality traits ([[narcissism]], [[Machiavellianism]], and [[Psychopath|psychopathy]]) indicate a correlation with bullying.<ref>Chabrol H.; Van Leeuwen N.; Rodgers R.; Séjourné S. (2009). "''Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency''". ''Personality and Individual Differences''. 47 (7): 734–39. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and narcissism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]]

In June of 2022, GrammarCommie was banning and unbanning himself. Before banning himself initially, GrammarCommie said that RationalWiki was "half-dead" and filled with "twits".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> Specifically, he wrote: "You know what, fine. Take your half dead site, where most of you twits obsess over one or two articles and et the rest of the site rot, where I can't even perform basic category maintenance without someone getting on my ass, which by the way is why i haven't touched mainspace in ages, where trolls are humored as long as there's the barest minimum level of plausible deniability, and shove it right up your f**king *ss."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. On July 3, 2022, the RationalWiki Moderator [[LeftyGreenMario]] gave Grammarcommie an ultimatum. He could either unblock himself and "contribute to the community without taking swipes at other people" or he could stay blocked.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref> In response, GrammarCommie replied: "@LeftyGreenMario What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute? I try to deal with trolls and asshats, I get burned. I try to clean up categories, I get burned. So. What, exactly, am I supposed to contribute?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GrammarCommie&oldid=2467127#two_choices LeftyGreenMario's ultimatum to GrammarCommie]</ref>

GrammarCommie often pontificates about politics and economics and sees himself as very knowledgeable about these areas despite describing himself as being lower middle class. On July 30, 2021, GrammarCommie wrote: "I asked for data, not random factoids. Just as we can't infer that every white person lives at the lower middle class level because I do...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2348120&oldid=2348116 RationalWiki Saloon Revision as of 04:33, 30 July 2021 (view source) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs) (→‎Critical Race Theory)]</ref> He is also known for correcting people's grammar and being intolerant of people's grammatical errors.<ref>[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar%20Commie Grammar Commie - Urban dictionary]</ref>

GrammarCommie describes himself thusly, "Deeply [[cynicism|cynical]] and borderline [[misanthropy|misanthropic]]. Very much not [[Utopian]]. Unconventional left-winger. If you want more info engage me in a conversation. I'm an asshole, but I'm honest."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:GrammarCommie GrammarCommie user page at RationalWiki]</ref> GrammarCommmie is admin at RationalWiki, which is a wiki that intentionally lies about its web traffic statistics on its article about itself in that it greatly inflates its web traffic and global market share

=== LeftyGreenMario ===

''See also:'' [[LeftyGreenMario]]

[[File:LeftyGreenMario.JPG|thumbnail|right|500px|LeftyGreenMario (LGM) is a RationalWiki moderator.
 
 
LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment. She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.
 
 
The above screenshot was taken from the RationalWiki Discord server.]]
[[LeftyGreenMario]] (LGM) is a lady RationalWiki (RW) moderator and administrator. She is also a RationalWiki Foundation trustee. [[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning [[wiki]] website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. LeftyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator in January of 2018.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:LeftyGreenMario&diff=1917739&oldid=1908438 LeftyGreenMario's post on her user page that she became a RationalWiki Moderator]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a [[feminism|feminist]], self-described [[asexual]], [[atheism|atheist]], [[evolution]]ist, proponent of [[abortion]], [[environmentalism|environmentalist]] and a video game enthusiast.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:LeftyGreenMario LeftyGreenMario - RationalWiki]</ref> She works as a dental lab technician and driver.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2504324&oldid=2504120 LeftyGreenMario, works as a dental lab technician and driver.]</ref>

LeftyGreenMario is a student of [[Herbert Marcuse]]'s [[partisan tolerance]], and almost singlehandedly destroyed what little bit of balance and tolerance of diverse viewpoints existed in the Rationalwiki community since its founding in 2007. As a Trustee of the RationalMedia Foundation,<ref>https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nm/4330247</ref> LeftyGreenMario has led the project down the road of leftist intolerance. Many longtime contributors abandoned the project after her rise as a central figure. See also: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
and [[RationalWiki and web traffic#LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic|LeafyGreenMario and Google referral traffic]]

Google has a number of quality indicators by which is rates a website. According to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 1.49 million monthly referral visits from Google in January of 2018 (which is when LeafyGreenMario became a RationalWiki moderator). According to SEMRush, RationalWiki's peak Google referral traffic was 3.5 million visits per month in August 2019. In June of 2020, according to SEMRush, RationalWiki had 464,000 monthly referrals from Google. In January of 2022, according to SEMRUsh, RationalWiki had 185,661 monthly referrals from Google. RationalWiki has lost a massive amount of web traffic since its peak in August of 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

LeftyGreenMario is not sure if she has bad judgment (see screenshot graphic to the right). She feels as if she is a bad person due to her gossiping about other RationalWikians at the RationalWiki Discord server.

She was threatened with impeachment by a former RationalWiki Moderator and current Administrator of RationalWiki, who goes by the username Ace McWicked, due to her involvement in the RationalWiki GossipGate scandal (She gossiped about Ace McWicked). She apologized to Ace McWicked to turn things around, to no effect (see screenshot graphic to the right).
==== LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior as a RationalWiki Moderator in 2023 ====

On March 4, 2023, the RationalWiki editor Ace McWicked wrote about the RationalWiki Moderator LeftyGreenMario: "You have no justification in blocking a user or reverting comments just because you say the conversation is done. We don't do that here... Are the rest of us just peons who must cease talking when a mod says so?".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531062&oldid=2527930 Revision as of 01:47, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531078&oldid=2531071 Revision as of 04:02, 4 March 2023 (view source) Ace McWicked]</ref> The RationalWiki Administrator DuceMooseolini concurred with Ace McWicked's commentary about LeftyGreenMario's behavior and wrote: "This is actually very disturbing behavior to see from a mod."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531085&oldid=2531084 Revision as of 04:42, 4 March 2023 (view source) DuceMoosolini]</ref> RationalWiki editor FairDinkum, who is in the midst of creating a series of essays on the academic discipline of argumentation based on the scholar David Zarefsky's lecture on the subject, wrote about LeftyGreenMario's disturbing behavior, "For once I agree with Ace."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LeftyGreenMario&diff=2531669&oldid=2531666 Revision as of 16:21, 6 March 2023 (view source) FairDinkum]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Argumentation_-_An_Introduction Essay:Argumentation - An Introduction] by RationalWiki editor FairDinkum</ref>

==== RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament being unsuitable for a moderator ====

[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki moderator.JPG|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki administrator Hastur on LeftyGreenMario's temperament.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2399454&oldid=2399448 Latest revision as of 14:46, 5 January 2022 (view source) Hastur (talk | contribs)]</ref> According to RationalWiki policy, ill-behavior on the RationalWiki Discord Server is not a recallable offense. However, RationalWikians do ignore their policies and act arbitrarily. For example, a RationalWikian was permabanned from the RationalWiki website without a 2/3rds vote which by RationalWkiki's policies is required.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&diff=prev&oldid=2296799 Revision as of 21:46, 11 March 2021 (view source) Christopher (talk | contribs)]</ref>]]
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==== LeftyGreenMario's influence on RationalWiki according to RationalWiki Admininstrator Ace McWicked ====
[[File:LeftyGreenMario RationalWiki.png|thumbnail|600px|center|On May 23, 2020, a RationalWiki (RW) administrator who goes by the moniker Ace McWicked essentially admits that RationalWiki is becoming an echo chamber of its most prominent administrator.
 
 
In the above quote, LGM is an acronym for the lady, RationalWiki administrator LeftyGreenMario. See: [[Atheism and groupthink]] ]]
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=== RationalWiki and anti-feminist language by RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud ===

[[File:Sexist language used by RationalWiki Moderator User Spud.jpg|center|800px|thumbnail|RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref>
 
 
Above is a screen capture of one of the instances of RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud using language that would be considered derogatory to women by some [[feminism|feminists]]. ]]
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== RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors ==

[[File:RW has less than 40 active editors.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|In December of 2022 RationalWiki had elections for a site moderators. The screeshot taken above shows that the vote tally revealed that RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] website with less than 40 active editors.]]

RationalWiki has less than 40 active editors. Many double as active editors on [[Conservapedia]].
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=== Blocking vote for User: FairDinkum merely had about 20 voters after 5 days of voting ===

In March of 2022, a vote was held about blocking RationalWiki editor FairDinkum about whether to block him and for how long. After 5 days of voting, there were only about 20 people who voted.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Chicken_coop&oldid=2532960 RationalWiki:Chicken coop], March 2022</ref>

== RationalWiki and closedmindedness ==

=== RationalWikians and censoring, banning and permabanning ===

At RationalWiki users who post information contrary to [[secular]] [[Leftism|leftist]]/[[liberal]] ideology are vandal-binned, topic-banned and eventually put on trial and shunned/banned. All facts and opinions which are at variance with secular leftist/liberal ideology are reverted/erased/obscured at RationalWiki. The trials are not fairminded in terms of the application of the rules. For example, despite RationalWiki's rules requiring a 2/3rds majority to permaban a user, a RationalWiki user was permabanned despite the vote not reaching a 2/3rds majority.

RationalWikians have banned a very large proportion of individuals from their website compared to most [[wiki]]s (see: [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]]). See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]

==== Permabanning ====

''See also:'' [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users. Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community. See also: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]

[[File:Amish youth groups at Behalt 11.jpg|thumbnail|center|251px|RationalWiki does permanently ban some of its users, notably [[Conservapedia]] [[User:Conservative]] for persistent [[trolling]].
 
 
Atheists are known for being more unforgiving than Christians (see: [[Atheism and forgiveness]]). For example, the [[Amish]] do excommunicate/shun members, but if they are contrite, they do allow ex-Amish to return to the Amish community.
 
 
For more information, please see: [[The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]] ]]
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== RationalWiki and mental illness ==

RationalWiki users are alleged to have a higher incidence of mental illness than the general public which is said to be common for the Western atheist and Western secular leftist population as a whole (see: [[Atheism and mental illness]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]).

The abstract for the journal article ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members'' published in the ''Journal of Religion and Health'' indicates: "On dimensions related to psychological well-being, atheists and agnostics tended to have worse outcomes than either those with religious affiliation or those with no religious preference."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743877 ''Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members''] by Hayward RD, Krause N, Ironson G, Hill PC, Emmons R., ''Journal of Religion and Health'', 2016 Jun;55(3):1024-1037. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0179-2.</ref>

=== RationalWiki admin LeftyGreenMario and another editor on the website not being a website conducive to mental health on the day of March 25, 2021 ===

[[File:RationalWikians on their wiki not being a place conduscive to mental health at the present time.PNG|thumbnail|2000px|center|
 
 
"Can't everyone just calm down. It's not like it's the end of the world... yet." - Unclescrooge (talk) 04:12, 25 March 2021 (UTC)<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303279&oldid=2303278 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation]</ref>]]

The incident above was triggered by the former RationalWiki Foundation Board member and RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] (GC) threatening to harm himself and commit suicide if he didn't get his way in some matters (see: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

=== RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracted "all sorts of weird people" ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and social outcasts]]

In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people". [[Conservapedia]] trolling Admin [[User:Conservative]] frequently is attracted to the site and has shown an obsession with documenting insignificant minutia about the eccentricates of the site's anonymous trolling activity.

[[File:Atheism and social outcasts.png|thumbnail|1200px|center|In 2020, at the RationalWiki Discord server, the RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini said the RationalWiki website attracts "all sorts of weird people".]]
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=== RationalWikians and autism/Asperger's syndrome ===

Research indicates [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] are [[genetic]] conditions, i.e. that's the way [[God]] created them. According to [[Conservapedia]] [[narcissistic]] [[troll]] and frequent Rationalwiki contributor [[User:Conservative]], atheists have an above-average incidence of [[autism]] and [[Asperger's syndrome]] (see: [[Atheism and autism]]).

The atheist [[PZ Myers]] and his blog audience scored higher than average on a [[Asperger's syndrome]] test (see: [[Atheism and autism#Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results|Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results]]).

Atheists are known for having poor social skills (see: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]). According to an international study done by William Bainbridge, [[atheism]] is frequent among people whose interpersonal social obligations are weak and is also linked to lower fertility rates in advanced industrial nations (See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref> Bainbridge, William (2005). "[http://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr01002.pdf Atheism]" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 1 (Article 2): 1–26.</ref> The RationalWikian user/editer base has a significant number of quarrelsome, socially challenged males as evidenced the archives of the dispute resolution areas of their website - specifically the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Chicken_coop/Archive_list archives for RationalWiki's "Chicken Coop"] and the [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation/Archive_List archives for RationalWiki's "All things in moderation"].

[[File:Cerebellum.jpg|center|thumb|200px|Brain researchers have conducted a number of studies focusing on the differences between atheists and the religious. See: [[Atheism and the brain]] ]]
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== Rationalwiki website and anger management issues ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and forgiveness]]

[[RationalWiki]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. RationalWiki has a small fraction of the web traffic it had before October 2019 (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]).

=== GrammarCommie: RationalWiki Foundation board of director member and Admin with anger management issues ===

[[GrammarCommie]] (GC) is largely a former RationalWiki administrator. He retired and vowed to never come back a few times (He came back a few times. His last post was July 13, 2022).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GrammarCommie GrammarCommie contributions]</ref>

He formerly served on the RationalWiki Foundation board of directors until he had a mental health crisis which consisted of him threatening to cut himself and commit suicide in order to get his way at RationalWiki (See: [[GrammarCommie#Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie|Screenshot captures of RationalWiki posts related to GrammnarCommie]]).

GrammarCommie is an [[atheism|atheist]] and [[Leftism|leftist]].

GrammarCommie has anger management issues which sometimes results in him angrily posting abusive posts in all caps laced with profanity (see also: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399206&oldid=2399203 Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref><ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2399207&oldid=2399206 Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)]</ref> The RationalWiki admin who goes by the moniker CorruptUser wrote about GrammarCommie on March 25, 2021: "GC has this belief that there's a Certain Way you have to make arguments, and seeing anyone deviating from that Certain Way results in him losing control, and he has little ability to regain his composure. During this time he will write vicious screeds, make threats, or engage in blockwars including removal of rights."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2303295&oldid=2303292 RationalWiki talk:All things in moderation - March 25, 2021 post by Admin CorruptUser]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence]]

=== RationalWiki admin Oxyaena and anger ===

[[File:Rationalwiki editor 5-24-2020.png|thumbnail|800px|center|RationalWiki is a [[wiki]] primarily consisting of atheists/[[agnosticism|agnostics]].
 
 
As can be seen above, on 5-24-2020, the RationalWiki administrator Oxyaena wrote: "it's just that i am probably raging too much most of the time to form coherent sentences." The statement was made on their Discord channel (Discord is a chat website). See also: [[Atheism and irrationality]] ]]
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=== RationalWWiki User: Luigi3 and anger ===
[[File:RationalWikian Plutocow telling RationalWikian Luigifan3 to have better emotional control in terms of behavior - November 29, 2022 at 1936.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|On November 29, 2022 at 19:36 the RationalWikia admin Plutocow told RationalWiki User:Luigi3 to exhbit greater emotional control in terms of their behavior on their website.
 
 
The above excerpt is from a screen capture. ]]
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== RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]

=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in January of 2023 ===

[[File:RationalWiki's percentage of female viewership fell since May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in January of 2023, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.
 
 
In January of 2023, according to SimilarWeb.com, 67.54% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male. This represented a slight increase in its male viewership from May of 2022 according to SimilarWeb.com. In May of 2022, according to SimilarWeb.com, 66.36% of RationalWiki's web visitors were male (See: [[RationalWiki's lack of appeal to a women audience]]).
 
 
In 2022, RationalWiki contributors failed to launch a major initiative to recruit more women editors nor was there a major increase in RationalWiki content related to women's issues. [[Wikipedia]] has an article entitled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia Gender bias on Wikipedia]. RationalWiki does not have an article entitled "Gender bias at RationalWiki". ]]
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=== RationalWiki website's percentage of female visitors in May of 2022 ===

[[File:RationalWiki lack of appeal to a women audience.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website SimilarWeb.com, in May of 2022, RationalWiki's audience skewed heavily male.]]
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== RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography|RationalWiki and its web visitor interest in pornography]]

[[File:RationalWiki audience interest in pornography 1-10-2022 1.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki.org]] is a politically [[leftism|left]] leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]].
 
 
The editors of the website RationalWiki try to portray the website as a thinking person's [[wiki]] where the editors carefully analyze various matters.
 
 
But SimilarWeb.com data shows a significant portion of RationalWiki's web audience is interested in "adult" material as can be seen by the "adult" audience interests in the above graphic.
 
 
 
 
Atheists have played a significant role in both the production and consumption of pornographic material (See: [[Atheism and pornography]] and [[Atheism and child pornography]]).
 
 
Many feminists contend that pornography exploits women.<ref>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-sex-markets/ Feminist Perspectives on Sex Markets], The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 6, 2020</ref> RationalWiki is a pro-[[feminism]] website.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feminism RationalWiki - Feminism]</ref> ]]
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=== Trustworthiness of websites linking to RationalWiki ===

[[File:RationalWiki domain inbound links trustflow vs. citation flow.jpg|thumbnail|center|1000px|According to the leading search engine optimization website Search Engine Land: "Citation Flow is a number of predicting how influential a URL might be based on how many sites link to it. Trust Flow is a number predicting how trustworthy a page is based on how trustworthy sites tend to link to trustworthy neighbors."<ref>[https://searchengineland.com/majestic-seo-announces-new-link-metrics-trust-flow-citation-flow-121230 Majestic SEO Announces New Link Metrics: Trust Flow & Citation Flow]</ref>
 
 
As far as a website's domain, high authority and trustworthy websites commonly have their trustflow metric higher than their citation flow metric. As can been above, RationalWiki has the exact opposite. Perhaps its web visitors who visit adult websites link to RationalWiki from low quality websites that are untrusted. ]]
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== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food ==

''See also:'' [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]]
[[File:Cheetos.jpg|thumbnail|right|301px|Picture of [[Cheetos]].
 
 
According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot Cheetos due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>]]
[[File:Cheeseburger.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Picture of a cheeseburger.
 
 
The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> ]]

On April 27, 2023, the Rational Media Board of Director and Moderater User: Spud wrote:
{{Cquote|Long term editors would have known this was coming. Sunday 30 April would have been my younger sister's birthday if she hadn't died suddenly and unexpectedly 5 years ago at the age of 42, leaving a husband and a young daughter. As always, instead of raising a glass in her memory, I'll be having a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar in her memory. It's what she would have wanted. If you'd like to join me in having some crisps and chocolate in her honour, preferably British brands or the closest you can get to them, that would be great. And when I say "crisps", I mean any potato or corn snack, including such things as Monster Munch, Frazzles, Wotsits, Cheetos, Doritos and Funyuns. Alternatively for you Americans, my sister was lucky enough to visit New England one year and absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen, so you might like to go there in her honour. Looking at their current menu, I'd say my sister would have an Original Cheeseburger Meal Deal with a strawberry sundae.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=prev&oldid=2544316 Revision as of 12:06, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>}}

In response to his post, RationalWiki editor Bob M responded "Count me in."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544332&oldid=2544331 Revision as of 13:14, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo), Bob M (talk | contribs)]</ref> RationalWiki admin User:DuceMoosolini, who sits on the board of directors of the Rational Media Foundation and whose user page is filled with various types of food, wrote in response to User: Spud's post: "I’ll get a strawberry sundae in her honor, Spud."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544547&oldid=2544546 Revision as of 19:05, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo)
DuceMoosolini (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister0]</ref> RationalWiki User: The Blade of the Northern Lights, wrote: "I'm on the Dairy Queen, actually took a group of my clients there last week...".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544433&oldid=2544402 Revision as of 01:29, 28 April 2023 (edit) (undo) The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk | contribs) (→‎Spud is remembering his sister: Re)]</ref> See also: [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot [[Cheetos]] due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>

The ''New York Post'' wrote concerning Doritos:
{{Cquote|Steven A. Witherly, a [[food science|food scientist]] and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods...

To maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat. With that ratio, it feels like the chip melts on your mouth and your brain is tricked into thinking the calories have vanished too. This is called “vanishing caloric density” and it comes with cotton candy too, for example.

To boot, there’s the three artificial colorings which research shows consumers are attracted to.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>}}

According to numerous peer-reviewed [[medical science]] journals, ultra-processed food (often called merely processed food by laymen and others) poses numerous, serious health risks.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/ Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'', 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.</ref> PubMed has over 1,800 medical journal articles related to the health risks of ultra-processed/processed food.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=processed%20food PubMed search results for the keyword "Processed food"]</ref>

The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>
[[File:Ice-cream-sundae.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Picture of an ice cream sundae.
 
 
According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>]]
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=== Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating ===

''See also:'' [[Comfort food#Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating|Comfort food, unhealthy food, negative emotions and self-medicating]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]] and [[Atheism and negative emotions/thoughts]] and [[Atheism and emotional problems]] and [[Atheism and health]]

[[File:Nacho Cheese Flavor Doritos.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Steven A. Witherly, a food scientist and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods. In order to maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>]]

[[Comfort food]] is [[food]] that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone. In many cases, it is characterized by its high caloric nature and high carbohydrate level.

According to the Henry Ford Health website:
{{Cquote|"The foods we tend to lean toward for comfort are often high in fat and sugar," says Sayde Beeler, MSW, RDN, a registered dietitian at Henry Ford Health. "Those types of foods stimulate the brain's reward system, the same pleasure center that gets activated when you take drugs."

A variety of factors converge to signal your brain to crave specific foods. Some people gravitate toward sweet foods. Others lean toward warm and hearty foods, particularly when the weather is cold. In each case, a combination of psychological and physiological factors drives the craving.

"Food can be a sort of antidote to messy, painful emotions," Beeler says. "People turn to food when they're feeling lonely, depressed or guilty, and to celebrate success and achievements. During the pandemic, people may be eating to self-medicate. You want foods that help you feel safe, comfortable and warm." And sometimes, food just provides us with a hit of nostalgia.

The drawback, of course, is that food doesn't address the emotion that triggered the craving. "If you're feeling guilt, sadness or grief, food may help numb those emotions in the moment, but then the feeling returns," Beeler says. "And if you're overconsuming foods that are high in fat and sugar, that can lead to increases in blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides over time."<ref>[https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/12/do-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-comfort-food#:~:text=%22The%20foods%20we%20tend%20to,activated%20when%20you%20take%20drugs.%22 Do You Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Comfort Food?], Henry Ford Health website</ref>}}

=== User: Spud's user pages features french fries atop the page. Healthline.com indicates that french fries are "junk food". ===
[[File:ChipButty.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which is featured above.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>
 
 
According to Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'': "In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy."<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>]]
Atop the user page of User: Spud is the picture of french fries which are featured to the right.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

According to the website Healthline.com's 2017 article ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America'':
{{Cquote|French fries are one of the most popular fast food items around.

In spite of their popularity, these deep-fried potatoes are very unhealthy.

Studies have linked deep-fried foods to inflammation, heart disease and impaired artery function, among other health problems.

What’s more, fries are extremely high in calories and fast-digesting carbs.<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/unhealthiest-junk-foods ''The 15 Unhealthiest Junk Foods in America''], Healthline.com, 2017</ref>}}

=== Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline ===

''See also:'' [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks#Consumption of processed foods and brain impairment|Consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment]]

See: [https://cam.mbi.ufl.edu/2023/01/31/6089/ Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline], University of Florida's Center for Aging and Memory - Clinical Translational Research - Evelyn and William L. McKnight Brain Institute

For more information, please see: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline|Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline]]
==== Journal articles related to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and brain impairment ====

*[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2799140 Association Between Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Cognitive Decline], JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(2):142-150. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4397

*[https://n.neurology.org/content/99/10/e1056 Association of Ultraprocessed Food Consumption With Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study], ''Neurology'', July 27, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200871

=== User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with RationalWiki's purported missions of "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas" ===

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]]

RationalWiki's main page indicates that the purpose of the website is "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page RationalWiki's main page]</ref> User: Spud's advocacy of eating ultra-processed/processed junk food (which poses health risks) is at variance with these two purported missions of RationalWiki.
==== User: Spud admits eating processed food is not a healthy practice and claims that he did not engage in science denialism ====

''See also:'' [[Atheist hypocrisy]]

[[File:Hippocrates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Drawing depicting [[Hippocrates]] ]]

In 2020, the medical journal ''The Lancet'' published the article ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA'':
{{Cquote|A substantial proportion of poor health in populations is preventable. Previous work from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study suggests that nearly half of all health burden in the USA is attributable to a list of 84 modifiable risk factors. Globally, it is also generally accepted that a quarter, or perhaps up to half, of all deaths fall into the category of preventable deaths, making illness that can at least theoretically be avoided an accepted part of our health accounting.<ref>[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30204-8/fulltext ''The cost of preventable disease in the USA''] by Sandro Galea
and Nason Maani, ''The Lancet'', VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10, E513-E514, OCTOBER 2020, Published:October, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30204-8</ref>}}

On May 1, 2023, User: Spud wrote about his post advocating that people eat processed/ultra-processed food: "...there was no science denial involved. When did I say processed food was healthy? I'll tell you when. Never. That's when. Of course, it's bad for you. Every nudnik knows that. I would never suggest that anyone should eat large quantities of it or eat it regularly. But indulging once a year on 30 April isn't going to do anybody much harm."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Spud&diff=2545354&oldid=2545211 Latest revision as of 13:38, 1 May 2023 (view source) Spud (talk | contribs)]</ref>

According to the National Institutes of Health website:
{{Cquote|The [[Hippocratic Oath]] (Ορκος) is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards. It also strongly binds the student to his teacher and the greater community of physicians with responsibilities similar to that of a family member. In fact, the creation of the Oath may have marked the early stages of medical training to those outside the first families of Hippocratic medicine, the Asclepiads of Kos, by requiring strict loyalty.

Over the centuries, it has been rewritten often in order to suit the values of different cultures influenced by Greek medicine. Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by most modern medical schools, although some have adopted modern versions that suit many in the profession in the 21st century. It also does not explicitly contain the phrase, "First, do no harm," which is commonly attributed to it."<ref>[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html#:~:text=The%20Hippocratic%20Oath%20(%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82)%20is,number%20of%20professional%20ethical%20standards. Greek Medicine], National Institutes of Health</ref>}}

The Hippocratic Oath is widely known for its advocacy of "Do no harm". The oath does not advocate the much weaker and morally inferior position of not doing "much harm" which User: Spud uses in his [[Rationalization (Psychology)|rationalization]] of his bad behavior. In addition, when people eat unhealthy food, there is an [[opportunity cost]] in such an instance because they are not eating nutritious food that would nourish their body in such an instance.

User: Spud is an atheist. Not possessing a [[Religion and morality|religious basis for morality]], which can provide a basis for [[objective morality]], [[atheism]] is fundamentally [[Moral relativism|incapable]] of providing a coherent system of [[morality]].<ref>
*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and ethics]] and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]

The Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]] wrote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Before User: Spud made his post advocating eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, his user page prominently featured the junk food of french fries atop its page. And his user page still prominently displays french fries which is a type of junk food.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spud&oldid=2543911 User: Spud's user page]</ref>

And of course, every bad habit such as the eating of ultra-processed/processed/junk food begins with its first act. Young and impressionable viewers of the User: Spud's post could begin a lifelong habit of eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food due to his low-quality web content relative to this unhealthy food.

Furthermore, it is inappropriate and nonsensical for User: Spud to ask people to engage in eating ultra-processed/processed/junk food, which is a type of food that has caused many people to die prematurely (heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, etc.) as an act of remembrance for his sister who died suddenly 5 years ago at the age of 42 (And as noted above, ultra-processed/processed/junk food may cause brain impairment). This would be especially true if she was a regular eater of ultra-processed foods (Other than mentioning that she "absolutely loved the hot food and ice cream from Dairy Queen", User: Spud does not mention how much of ultra-processed/processed/junk food she ate as a proportion of her diet).

The [[secular left]]-leaning website RationalWiki criticizes the medical science and other science claims of others, but engages in the promotion of ultra-processed/processed/junk food (See: [[Atheist hypocrisy]]). As noted above, User: Spud still has a picture of the junk food french fries atop his user page and he has yet to disavow telling people to eat ultra-processed/processed/junk food.

==== Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D. ====

See: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food#Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.|Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, nutrition and his rejected application to study for a Ph. D.]]

=== Trent Toulouse (one of the founders of the website RationalWiki) and obesity ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]]

Trent Toulouse is one of the founders of the atheist/agnostic/[[Philosophical skepticism|skeptic]] website RationalWiki.<ref>[https://www.winterwatch.net/2018/02/rationalwiki-a-lonely-trolls-pseudoscience-project/ : A Troll’s Pseudoscience Project?]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki&oldid=892479808 RationalWiki]
*[https://uncommondescent.com/legal/rationalwiki-copyright-infringement/ Trent Toulouse posted: "I am the 'owner' of RationalWiki, though it not ownership in the traditional sense."]</ref> He is also one of the board of trustees of the RationalMedia Foundation.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:RationalMedia_Foundation/List_of_board_members RationalMedia Foundation - List of Board Members]</ref>

A picture of an obese Trent Toulouse can be found [https://cnmchronicle.com/2019/12/17/cuff-you/ HERE] and [https://pnb.mcmaster.ca/beckerlab/ HERE].

The RationalWiki website has a significant amount of content criticizing [[alternative medicine]].<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Alternative_medicine RationalWiki articles on alternative medicine]</ref> Its alternative medicine article describes alternative medicine thusly: "Alternative medicine is any medical treatment that is not part of conventional evidence-based medicine, such as one would learn in medical school, nursing school or even paramedic training."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Alternative_medicine&oldid=2070465 Alternative medicine - RationalWiki]</ref> Evidence-based medicine strongly indicates that [[Health risks linked to obesity|obesity poses significant health risks]].

== RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science and living an unhealthy lifestyle that could reduce his longevity ==

''See also:'' [[Science denialism]] and [[Atheism and medicine]] and [[Atheism and health]] and [[Atheism and life expectancy]]

RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked on flouting medical science by living an unhealthy lifestyle which could reduce his longevity and/or cause chronic diseases: "I'm in the office and fee like I am having a heart attack. Pretty sure I walked too quickly while doing an overview of the work-site and smoked too heavily in the process. Or maybe it was the lashings of Jagermeister and mac'n'cheese I had for dinner. Either way not much changes with ol' Ace. Being in my early 40's now I don't feel the need to make any lifestyle changes anymore. I'll just the age happen and see how long I last. I reckon I have another 20 years left." - RationalWiki admin Ace McWicked, May 8, 2023<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blue&diff=2547064&oldid=2547045 Latest revision as of 19:54, 8 May 2023 (edit) (undo) Ace McWicked (talk | contribs)(→‎Wait what)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and life expectancy]] and [[Atheism and smoking]] and [[Atheism and alcoholism]] and [[Macaroni and cheese, processed food, and health risks]] and [[Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health risks]]

== RationalWiki's cowardly refusal to debate Conservapedian User: Conservative ==

''See also:'' [[Narcissistic rivalry]], [[Atheism and cowardice]], [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|251px|right|The Oxford University Professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote to the New Atheist [[Richard Dawkins]]:: "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
Initially, in order to taunt RationalWikians, the [[Conservapedia]]n [[User: Conservative]] offered to debate the RationalWikian Ace McWicked, if he agreed to donate $17,000 to a Christian relief organization of his choice. User: Conservative stipulated that the money be given to a third party of his choice. Instead, Ace McWicked merely agreed to give it to one of his relatives which is a condition User: Conservative refused to find acceptable.

Later, User: Conservative repeatedly won debates against RationalWikians using various sockpuppets at their website - despite RationalWiki attempting to futilely block him. The RationalWikian User: Brx noted that they could no longer falsely claim that User: Conservative was afraid to debate them after repeatedly blocking him. RationalWikians, supposedly permablocked User: Conservative, after holding a sham trial at their website which failed to meet the 66% vote threshold that they supposedly required in order to permanently block someone (Please the screencapture below).

User: Conservative has noted a number of times that it is not due to his debating prowess that he easily and effortlessly wins debates against atheists. It is due to the utter weakness of the [[atheist worldview]].

In recent times, there have been a number of notable cases of prominent atheists cowardly refusing to debate Christians and even pulling out of agreed-upon debates at the 11th hour (See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]). When atheists do debate Christians they generally lose their debates badly (See: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism vs. Christianity debates]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]).
=== After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the User: Conservative account at Conservapedia, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground ===

[[File:RationalWiki admits Conservapedian has moral high ground.jpg|thumbnail|900px|center|After losing a series of debate exchanges with one of the editors of the [[User: Conservative]] account at RationalWiki, RationalWiki administrators block him from their website and then cede the moral high ground. Administrator Brx basically admits that blocking him was cowardly. LeftyGreenMario then essentially acknowledges that RationalWiki does not have the moral high ground and cedes moral high ground to administrator User: Conservative at Conservapedia. See also: [[Atheism debates]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] ]]
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== RationalWikians paranoid about catching monkeypox ==

[[File:RW Monkeypox.png|thumbnail|1700px|center|RationalWikians discussing how they are paranoid about catching monkeypox.
 
 
The above screen capture was taken from RationalWiki's Saloon Bar.]]
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== RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic ==

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]

Several [[Internet atheism|atheist websites]] did very poorly during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] and lost a large amount of their traffic since the early part of 2020 (see: [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]]). The RationalWiki website very large amount of web traffic during the coronavirus pandemic (see: [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]]).

Historically, religiosity increases during pandemics. Pew Research found people's religious faith grew during the pandemic - especially in the United States.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/#:~:text=A%20similar%20pattern%20occurs%20in,as%20do%2049%25%20of%20Americans. More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Research, 2021</ref> Nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults say the outbreak has boosted their faith; about four-in-ten say it has tightened family bonds.<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/ More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Forum</ref>

In addition, many [[atheist organizations]] have significant difficulty in getting their fellow atheist to financially support them (see: [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]]), so their web marketing budgets could have been low during the pandemic. In addition, many atheist organizations have poor fiscal management so they may not have had reserves built up before the pandemic (see: [[Atheist organizations and financial mismanagement]]).

As noted above, on May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021‎. Rationalwiki.org.</ref>

RationalWiki may never gain that traffic back again as the number of [[Global atheism|atheists in the world]] is expected to drop soon after 2022 according to the scholars at the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]].<ref>[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2022.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2022, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref> Currently, the [[Global atheism|global atheist population]] is losing market share in terms of the world's population (see: [[Global atheism statistics]]).
=== RationalWikians and fear/paranoia of getting a coronavirus infection ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death anxiety]] and [[Atheism and death]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and anxiety]] and [[Atheism and mental toughness]]

An RationalWiki user wrote on March 12, 2021: "Can't wait to get the [[Covid-19|COVID]] vaccine. Been extremely paranoid for the past year. At least more paranoid than I normally would be." - User: Eggs Over EASyPlus

Another RationalWiki editor wrote in response: "There's a story floating around about a [https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-medical-examiner-moms-death-after-taking-covid-vaccine-temporally-related 39 year old from Utah who died after taking the covid vaccine]. As tragic as that situation is, really hope it doesn't scare people off from taking it. Even if this was directly caused by the vaccine (we're still unsure it was or not), far less will die from this vaccine vs COVID itself. But expect this to make the front lines of anti-vax websites everywhere." - User: Aaronmichael5, March 12, 2021
[[File:Atheism and death.jpg|thumbnail|200px|center|According to a study performed in the United States by the researchers Wink and Scott, very religious people fear death the least.<ref>[http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/050628_deathfearfrm.htm Fear of death: worst if you’re a little religious?], World of Science]</ref>
 
 
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and death anxiety]] ]]
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=The Thatcherism debate=

''See also:'' [[The debate that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost very badly]]

From July 31, 2022 to August 1, 2022, a debate/discussion occurred about the merits of [[capitalism]] vs. [[socialism]] at RationalWiki's forum which is called their Saloon Bar. The discussion thread that sparked this debate/discussion was entitled ''US is officially facing a recession''<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&oldid=2474522#US_is_officially_facing_a_recession US is officially facing a recession]</ref>

Debate summary: A member of RationalMedia Foundation's board of directors became furious when [[User: Conservative]] (User: Lipsen) pointed out that: the [[conservative]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and in the 1980s, Britain's economy under Thatcher grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain. In addition, the squalid conditions of the UK when various manufacturing companies were nationalized and the public sector enlarged was pointed out. Furthermore, it was pointed out that abusive language is not a substitution for sound arguments. There were so many other arguments which led to the creation of a "Criticism of [[socialism]]" article.

[[LeftyGreenMario]], a lady board member of the RationalMedia Foundation and a moderator of RationalWiki, accused the User: Lipsen, a [[sockpuppet]] troll, of misspelling the word sanctimonious (She spelled it "sacrimonious")<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2474490&oldid=2474478 Revision as of 21:14, 1 August 2022 (edit) (undo) LeftyGreenMario (talk | contribs)]</ref> banned the troll.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which is a measure of Admin blocking activity.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Log/block RationalWiki block log]</ref>

[[User: Conservative]], an Admin at [[Conservapedia]], was [[trolling]] RationalWiki using the RationalWiki account User: Lipsen, one of several sockpouppet accounts.

=== The Thatcherism debate led to a draft "Criticism of socialism" article ===

RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism" (See graphic below). Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." (See second graphic below). The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum. RationalWiki User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism at the politically left-leaning website RationalWiki (see third graphic below).

The RationalWiki website was launched largely in response to User: Conservative's articles on [[evolution]] and [[atheism]]. User: Conservative continues to have an influence on RationalWikians through his periodic posts at RationalWiki's discussion forum and his posts at Conservapedia. According to SimilarWeb.com, one of the top web traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki (see fourth graphic below). Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] related articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]).

[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK draft of his upcoming RationalWiki article Criticism of socialism.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK was so inspired by the debate/discussion that RationalWiki's leftists/socialists lost badly that he started creating a draft of the upcoming RationalWiki article "Criticism of socialism".]]
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[[File:RationalWiki admin GeeJayK indicating the discussion in RationalWiki's discussion forum the Saloon Bar gave him some incentives to start a Criticism of socialism article at RationalWiki.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|Upon creating his RationalWiki draft article "Criticisms of socialism", RationalWiki admin User: GeeJayK wrote: "Discussion on the bar gave me some incentives to write this." The bar refers to RationalWiki's Saloon Bar which is their discussion forum.]]
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[[File:RationalWiki User GeeJayK user page screen capture 8-1-2022.png|thumbnail|1500px|center|RationalWiki's Admin User: GeeJayK is a supporter of capitalism according to his user page. Most of the political content at RationalWiki is politically left-leaning. ]]
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[[File:Referral traffic to Conservapedia from RationalWiki according to Similarweb.jpg|thumbnail|1500px|According to SimilarWeb.com of the top traffic sources to Conservapedia is RationalWiki.
 
 
Conservapedia's [[atheism ]] articles continue to receive hundreds of thousands of views each year (see: [[Conservapedia:Atheism articles statistics]]). ]]
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=== Key points Conservapedia troll User: Conservative (User: Lipsen) made during the debate ===

==== Socialism-lite/socialism in the UK vs. the economic policies of the conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Socialists used abusive language instead of sound arguments ====
[[File:Margaret Thatcher.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The conservative [[Margaret Thatcher]] was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. ]]
1. I said about post WWII UK that: a significant portion of the UK's manufacturing base was taken over by the government, it's tax rate was jacked up, its public sector of the economy greatly increased partly due to its labor unions donating to the Labour Party. The public sector labor unions went on strike causing mountains of trash, corpses and rats to fill the streets.

If you want to call that socialism-lite instead of full-blown socialism that's fine. But socialism doesn't have a good track record either - unless you want to make the lame, utopian argument that socialism has never really been tried (Soviet Union, Chinese socialism with Chinese characteristics, Cuba, etc.).

2. WWII ended in 1945 and the German bombing campaign commonly called the Blitz caused much damage to Britain. The website History.com [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1#:~:text=The%20Marshall%20Plan%2C%20also%20known,Secretary%20of%20State%20George%20C. points out] that "The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent." In the 20th century, the USA/UK had what is often called a "special relationship" and still continues to this day although it was damaged by the Iraq War, etc. So the UK received a decent size portion of the Marshall Plan money.

3. Socialism-lite/socialism had 30 years to prove its worth in the UK and it failed in the eyes of the UK public which is why Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979.

4. Although AMG wrote that I said "Thatcherism fixed everything", I never said this. But I did point out that Margaret Thatcher privatized formerly nationalized companies and "In the 1980s, Britain's economy grew faster than any other economy - except for Spain."

5. Margaret Thatcher was in power from 1979 to 1990 and was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. Much of the British public thought she did a good job or she wouldn't have served for so long (The UK is a Western democracy with free and fair elections so Thatcher would have been thrown out before she became the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century).

6. When I have participated in online discussions at websites that have civil discourse or watch public figures debate, I don't see individuals calling people imbeciles. If RationalWiki contributors want to stoop to using abusive language rather than making strong arguments, RationalWiki is free to do so, but it will pay a price. It will be much harder (or impossible) to attract new contributors who make quality contributions. Lipsen (talk) 18:14, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

==== Nordic countries are capitalist and not socialist utopias. Excessive big government debt is a drag on the economy ====

I pointed out in my short recap of how socialism adversely affected the UK/Britain that the government took over some manufacturing companies. I did this because KarmaPolice's user page indicates that he is a socialist. As far as the Nordic countries, Foreignpolicy.com's article [https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/27/nordic-countries-not-socialist-denmark-norway-sweden-centrist/ Nordic Countries Aren’t Actually Socialist says: "Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias." With that being said, each country is going to have to decide how big the public sector is. I am not an anarchist who believes in no government, but more of a limited/small government proponent with local government doing a lot of the "government lifting" - except for obvious exceptions such as the military. Local governments are often more responsive to the people. In somewhat recent economic history, there are non-socialist countries that have large amounts of federal government debt which is not healthy for an economy once it gets over a certain percentage of GNP. That is one of the main reasons that I think the federal government should not get too big.

==== Socialistic policies in the UK, India and Israel failed. The notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking ====

KarmaPolice, I just looked at your profile and it says you are a socialist. Israel, India, and the UK all adopted socialism as an economic model following World War II and it failed in each case. The reason you resorted to the illogical argumentation of the ad hominem argument by calling me a "moron" when it comes to understanding economics is that you cannot defend the failure of a system called socialism. Your notion of a government controlling wages and prices via supercomuters and governmental workers better than the people working in the actual industries/markets/niches everyday is an example of failed socialist thinking.

==== Swiss economy has lower inflation than USA under the Biden administration which had excess money printing, big government spending, anti-fossil fuel public policy and funded a foreign war in Ukraine ====

It was recently [https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi#:~:text=US%20Inflation%20Rate%20Rises%20to,above%20market%20forecasts%20of%208.8%25.reported] that the annual inflation rate in the USA accelerated to 9.1% in June of 2022. Reuters [https://freopp.org/switzerland-health-system-profile-1-in-the-world-index-of-healthcare-innovation-e4f513a20f19 reported] that Swiss inflation in June hits 29-year high of 3.4%. The Biden administration did a lot of money printing, a lot of federal government spending and it had very anti domestic fossil fuel policy plus it did not handle Covid-19 well. This largely explains why the USA has a higher inflation rate than Switzerland. In addition, the USA spends a lot on its military and funding the Ukrainian military during the war in Ukraine. Lipsen (talk) 14:34, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

== See also ==

*[[RationalWiki and web traffic]]
*[[RationalWiki and web visitor interest in pornography]]
*[[RationalWiki, pornography and pedophilia]]
*[[RationalMedia Foundation board of trustees and the lack of Black representation]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki and Holocaust denial|RationalWiki and Holocaust denial]]
*[[RationalWiki and internet trolls]]

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*[[Essay: Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest|Biblical Mary and Deborah vs. RationalWiki's LeftyGreenMario and Techpriest]]

== Humor about RationalWiki ==

*[[Essay: RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right|RationalWikians, say goodbye to much of your political leftists traffic. World and Europe are moving to the right]]
*[[Essay: Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?|Comrade RationalWikian, can you spare a dime?]]
*[[Essay: RationalWiki theme song|RationalWiki theme song]]
*[[Essay: The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish|The key differences between RationalWiki and the Amish]]
*[[Essay: The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians|The seven profound differences between Phyllis Schlafly and RationalWikians]]
*[[Essay: Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)|Andy Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly and the Amish. All they do is win against secular leftists (Rap song)]]
*[[Essay: Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.|Darth Dietician: RationalWikians, I find your lack of trust in nutritional science disturbing.]]
*[[Essay: British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor|British agnostic acknowledges the reasonableness of a Conservapedia editor]]
*[[Essay: BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest|BullyGate: RationalWiki Administrator and RationalWiki Media Foundation board member DuceMoosolini left RationalWiki due to the public shame of being bullied by the female, RationalWiki Moderator Techpriest]]
*[[Essay: A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith|A pontificating, godless, British, socialist at a skeptical wiki has blind faith]]
*[[Essay: Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song|Modern day digital marketing Christians vs. luddite, digital marketing atheists rap song]]

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tRgsXeV4 Rationalwiki caught LYING about PPSIMMONS - gets SLAMMED by moderator] by [[PNN News and Ministry Network]]

==References==
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China

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DMorris: Socialist asset disposition makes China richer

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'''China''' is the world's second largest country by population,<ref>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/video/governance/india-surpasses-china-to-become-most-populous-country-in-the-world-87257#:~:text=According%20to%20projections%20by%20the,now%20stands%20at%201.41%20billion.</ref> currently a totalitarian [[communist]] [[one-party state]].<ref>Gallagher, Mike (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/469429-seeking-truth-from-facts-on-china Seeking truth from facts on China]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref> With thousands of years of continuous traditions, in three decades under the [[free trade]] policies of [[the West]] and access to foreign markets China has dramatically changed into a world power and is one of the world's top economies, second only to the [[United States]].

It has emerged as a major regional power in East Asia, and formerly it was averaging over 9% economic growth per year since 1978 when it introduced a market-based economic system known as socialism under capitalist management. Foreign businesses have flocked to invest in China, Americans and others rush to buy its cheap factory output, Chinese exports flooded the world. It has vast reserves of dollar holdings. China is modernizing its military, has joined numerous regional and international institutions, and plays an increasingly visible role in international politics. However, the paper statistics of China's growth hide the fact that it may have a weaker economy than it admits, as seen in the many "ghost towns", among other factors.<ref>Fong, Dominique (June 15, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-ghost-towns-haunt-its-economy-1529076819 China’s Ghost Towns Haunt Its Economy]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> Since 2020, China has been in the midst of a real estate crisis (See: [[Chinese real estate crisis (2020–present)]]). Since 2021, China’s stock markets have lost about $7 trillion in value (See: [[Chinese stock markets]]).<ref>[https://www.marketplace.org/2024/02/06/why-chinas-stock-market-struggling/ What’s going on with China’s stock market?], MarketPlace.org</ref> On February 17, 2024, the ''South China Morning Post'' reported that China’s young adults choose to be ‘full-time children’, paid by their parents to do chores amid record-high youth unemployment.<ref>[https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3252039/chinas-young-adults-choose-be-full-time-children-paid-their-parents-do-chores-amid-record-high-youth China’s young adults choose to be ‘full-time children’, paid by their parents to do chores amid record-high youth unemployment], ''South China Morning Post'', February 17, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHTk5hM-DY China’s ‘full-time’ children], video</ref> The Chinese phrase "full-time children" refers to young people who give up working and just live off their parents (See: [[Youth unemployment in China]]).<ref>[https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3252039/chinas-young-adults-choose-be-full-time-children-paid-their-parents-do-chores-amid-record-high-youth China’s young adults choose to be ‘full-time children’, paid by their parents to do chores amid record-high youth unemployment], ''South China Morning Post'', February 17, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHTk5hM-DY China’s ‘full-time’ children], video</ref>

The nation is under the control of the [[Chinese Communist Party]], which encompasses mainland China, albeit with many border disputes. Since taking power in 1949, an estimated 60 million to 80 million Chinese people have been killed by [[democide]]. This number exceeds the total number of deaths in two World Wars combined.<ref>''Commentary 7, On the Chinese Communist Party's History of Killing. ''Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.'' http://www.ninecommentaries.com/english-7</ref> The communist Beijing regime claims [[Taiwan]] as a province, but Taiwan has never been part of the People's Republic of China and the survival of Taipei's democratic sovereignty is threatened.

Unlike most other nations, the [[People's Liberation Army]] does not exist to defend the country or the people of China. Nor is it under the control of the state council, or government, of China. The PLA is the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party and also the largest military establishment in the world. Its origins are in the Chinese Communist Party, and control of it has always remained within the party. The government or [[bureaucracy]] is called the State Council, and all [[civil service system|civil servants]] are required to be party members. The PLA exists to maintain and defend the Communist Party's control over the State Council and the people, and further the Party's interests. Not only is there no civilian control over the military, there is separation of the military from all government or State Council control.

Since China's accession to the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) in 2001, China represents a vast market that is growing more affluent and sophisticated while remaining a low-cost base for export-oriented production. The CCP has encouraged a form of Chinese ethno-centric [[national socialism]] amongst the younger generation.<ref name="aspistrategist.org.au">https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/xi-jinpings-conception-of-socialism/</ref> Educationally, China is forging ahead with partnerships, and exchanges with foreign universities to steal [[intellectual property]] and [[subvert]] foreign governments and societies.

Socialist asset disposition in the developed world has played a large part in China's fortune. Because people in most of the developed world can put things there is nothing wrong with in the public right of way for the government to collect and bury in a hole, people of liberal mindset (even if they identify as conservative) give into [[sin|sinful]] [[lust]] and excessively buy low quality goods produced in China and taxpayer dollars pay for goods they are no longer interested in to disappear out of sight and out of mind. Socialized asset disposition also makes it profitable for companies to purchase low quality products from China that have high return rates; the ability to simply throw defective junk into a dumpster to bury in a hole continues to make the biggest threat to America richer.

For more information on China, see [[World History Lecture Three]].

==Name==
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The word "China" is derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''Cin'' (چین), which is from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''Cīna'' (चीन).<ref name="AmHer">"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/China?qsrc=2888 China]". ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' (2000). Boston and New York: Houghton-Mifflin.</ref> It is first recorded in 1516 in the journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa.<ref>"China". ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (1989). ISBN 0-19-957315-8. ''[https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=edzW9fuOF-cC&pg=PA211&dq=#v=onepage&q=%22Very%20Great%20Kingdom%20of%20China%22&f=false The Book of Duarte Barbosa]'' (chapter title "The Very Great Kingdom of China"). ISBN 81-206-0451-2. In the [http://purl.pt/435/ Portuguese original], the chapter is titled "O Grande Reino da China".</ref> The journal was translated and published in England in 1555.<ref>Eden, Richard (1555). ''Decades of the New World'': {{cite book | title=Western Views of China and the Far East, Volume 1 | publisher=Asian Research Service | year=1984 | page=34 |first=Henry Allen |last=Myers}}</ref> The traditional theory, proposed in the 17th century by Martino Martini, is that ''Cīna'' is derived from "Qin" (秦), the westernmost of the Chinese kingdoms during the [[Zhou Dynasty]].<ref name="Martini">Martino, Martin, ''Novus Atlas Sinensis'', Vienna 1655, Preface, p. 2.</ref> However, the word was used earlier in [[Hindu]] scripture, including the ''Mahābhārata'' (5th century BC) and the ''Laws of Manu'' (2nd century BC). Indian writers were not aware of China until the second century AD. Earlier usage of the word presumably refers to another entity, perhaps a country near the Tibetan-Burma border.<ref>See Liu, Lydia He, ''The Clash of Empires'', p. 77 Wade, Geoff. "[http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp188_yelang_china.pdf The Polity of Yelang and the Origin of the Name 'China']". ''[[Sino-Platonic Papers]]'', No. 188, May 2009, p. 20.</ref>

==People==
Although the CCP has lifted restrictions on income and penalties for success in recent years, the CCP opposes what it calls "celebrity culture" as is common in Western societies among highly paid athletes and movie stars. Many successful role models have found themselves "disappeared" or "unpersonned". A few have reemerged after being "rectified" and rehabilitated in reeducation camps, expressing their effusive praise for the CCP for allowing their success, and deeply apologetic to the public for having strayed from the leftist line and notions of [[social justice]].

According to Yan Shitong, director of Shingwa University's Institute of International Studies, Chinese university students born in 2000 or later ([[Gen Z]]) "usually have a strong sense of superiority and confidence and they tend to look at other countries from a condescending perspective." They look at international relations through wishful thinking and
believe that China's foreign policy goals can be achieved easily. ''Nikkei Asia'' quoted the leading Chinese scholar as saying, "They think humankind's universal values such as peace, morality, fairness and justice are China's inherent traditions. They think that only China is just, while all other countries, especially the [[Western civilization|Western countries]], are evil." This is the legacy of China's one child policy, which has given rise to single children brought up as pampered royalty by parents and grandparents, impacting their perception of China and the world.

According to ''Forbes'' magazine, as far as the fertility rate of China: "...the Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) dropped in 2021 to just 1.15, far below the 2.1 required for a stable population."<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/franklavin/2022/10/12/chinas-demographics-it-gets-worse/?sh=6102ba4331d1 China’s Demographics: It Gets Worse], Forbes magazine, Oct 12, 2022</ref>

===Ethnic groups===
:''See also: [[Atheistic China and racism]]''
[[File:China Ethnic language.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese Ethnolinguistic Groups.]]
China officially recognizes 56 distinct ethnic groups. The largest ethnic group is the Han Chinese, who constitute about 91.9% of the total population. The remaining 8.1% are Zhuang (16 million), Manchu (10 million), Hui (9 million), Miao (8 million), [[Uighur]] (7 million), Yi (7 million), Mongolian (5 million), Tibetan (5 million), Buyi (3 million), Korean (2 million), and other ethnic minorities.

In July 2009 large-scale rioting erupted as the [[Uighur]] minority fought Chinese riot police in major cities in Xinjiang or East Turkmenistan. Hundreds were killed.<ref>See [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/asia/07kadeer.html?ref=world Wrik Eckholm, "China Points to Another Leader in Exile," ''New York Times'' July 6, 2009]</ref> Uighurs are angry at political, cultural and religious persecution as well as the growing presence in the region of Han Chinese - China's main ethnic group. Han now predominate in the cities, and Uighurs in the countryside. This was the first major violent unrest in China reported that received global attention in two decades.

===Language===

There are seven major Chinese dialects and many subdialects. [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (or Putonghua), the predominant dialect, is spoken by over 70% of the population. It is taught in all schools and is the medium of government. About two-thirds of the Han ethnic group are native speakers of Mandarin; the rest, concentrated in south and southeast China, speak one of the six other major Chinese dialects. Non-Chinese languages spoken widely by ethnic minorities include Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur and other Turkic languages (in occupied East Turkestan), and Korean (in the northeast).

All Chinese dialects use the same written character sets. In mainland China, the [[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]] characters have been in use since 1949.

====Pinyin system of Romanization====
On January 1, 1979, the Chinese Government officially adopted the [[Hanyu pinyin|pinyin]] system for spelling Chinese names and places in Roman letters. A system of Romanization invented by the Chinese, pinyin has long been widely used in China on street and commercial signs as well as in elementary Chinese textbooks as an aid in learning Chinese characters and for common character input systems. Variations of pinyin also are used as the written forms of several minority languages.

Pinyin has now replaced other conventional spellings in China's English-language publications. The U.S. Government also has adopted the pinyin system for all names and places in China. For example, the capital of China is now spelled "Beijing" rather than "Peking."

In 2008 the Republic of China government finally adopted the pinyin system, replaces the [[Wade-Giles]] system which is gradually pushed away by the Chinese diaspora.

==Religion==

''See also:'' [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[China and atheism]] and [[Future of atheism in China]]

A February 2007 survey concluded that 31% of Chinese citizens ages 16 and over, representing 300 million persons, follow some kind of religion,<ref>This is approximately three times the official figure reported by the Government in April 2005. See [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108404.htm U.S. State Department "International Religious Freedom Report 2008"]</ref> provided that the Communist Party is recognized as the supreme entity above any deity.

There are reportedly more than 100,000 officially recognized sites for religious activities, 300,000 officially recognized clergy, and more than 3,000 officially recognized religious organizations.

The Government officially recognizes five main religions: [[Buddhism]], [[Taoism]], [[Islam]], [[Catholicism]], and [[Protestantism]]. There are five state-sanctioned "Patriotic Religious Associations" (PRAs) that manage the activities of the recognized faiths. The Russian Orthodox Church operates in some regions, particularly those with large populations of Russian expatriates or with close links to Russia. Foreign residents in the country who belonged to religious faiths not officially recognized by the Government were generally permitted to practice their religions. There is very little freedom for Christians however.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25502760</ref>

It is difficult to estimate the number of Buddhists and Taoists because they do not have congregational memberships and many practice exclusively at home. The following are informed estimates published by Freedom.org or religious communities (with the exception of Taoism, for which no figures were available), drawing on official figures, public opinion surveys, academic studies, media reports, and religious groups’ own reporting as of 2019.<ref>https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/FH_ChinasSprit2016_FULL_FINAL_140pages.pdf</ref>
[[File:CCP religion.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Traditional Buddhist allowed to pray to the gods of communism, Mao and XI]]
*Chinese Buddhists 185-250M
*Protestants 60-80M
:*Registered ~30-50M
:*Unregistered ~30M

*Muslims 21-23M
:*Hui 12M
:*Uighur 11M

*Catholics 12M
:*Registered 6M
:*Unregistered 6M

*Falun Gong practitioners 7-20M

*Tibetan Buddhists 6-8M

The Government estimated that there are 16,000 Buddhist temples and monasteries, 200,000 Buddhist monks and nuns, more than 1,700 reincarnate lamas, and 32 Buddhist schools. Most believers, particularly ethnic Han Buddhists, practice Mahayana Buddhism, while the majority of Tibetans and ethnic Mongolians, as well as a growing number of ethnic Chinese, practice Tibetan Buddhism, a Mahayana adaptation. Some ethnic minorities in southwest Yunnan Province practice Theravada Buddhism, the dominant tradition in parts of neighboring Southeast Asia.

There are more than 25,000 Taoist priests and nuns, more than 1,500 Taoist temples, and 2 Taoist schools. Traditional folk religions (worship of local gods, heroes, and ancestors) are practiced by hundreds of millions of citizens and are often affiliated with Taoism, Buddhism, or ethnic minority cultural practices.

The government says there are twenty million Muslims. Independent estimates range as high as fifty million or more. There are more than 40,000 Islamic places of worship, more than half of which are in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), more than 45,000 imams nationwide, and 10 Islamic schools. The country has ten predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, the largest of which is the Hui, estimated to number more than ten million. The Hui are centered in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, but there are significant concentrations of Hui throughout the country, including in Gansu, Henan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Hebei Provinces, as well as in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and the XUAR. Hui Muslims slightly outnumber Uighur Muslims, who live primarily in the XUAR. According to an official 2005 report, the XUAR had 23,900 mosques and 27,000 clerics at the end of 2004, but fewer than half of the mosques were authorized to hold Friday prayer and holiday services. The country also has more than one million Kazakh Muslims and thousands of Dongxiang, Kyrgyz, Salar, Tajik, Uzbek, Baoan, and Tatar Muslims.

Officials from the Three-Self Patriotic Movement/China Christian Council (TSPM/CCC), the government branch (committee) in charge of the Christianity Churches (officially led by the CPC), estimated that at least twenty million citizens worship in official churches. Government officials stated that there are more than 50,000 registered TSPM churches and 18 TSPM theological schools. The Pew Research Center estimates that between 50 million and 70 million Christians practice without state sanction. However, some estimates over 100million people are Christians. The World Christian Database estimates that there are more than 300 unofficial house church networks.

The Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) reports that 5.3 million persons worship in its churches and it is estimated that there are an additional 12 million or more persons who worship in unregistered Catholic churches that do not affiliate with the CPA. According to official sources, the government-sanctioned CPA has more than 70 bishops, nearly 3,000 priests and nuns, 6,000 churches and meeting places, and 12 seminaries. There are thought to be approximately 40 bishops operating "underground," some of whom are in prison or under house arrest. During the reporting period, at least three bishops were ordained with papal approval. In September 2007 the official media reported that Liu Bainian, CPA vice president, stated that the young bishops were to be selected to serve dioceses without bishops and to replace older bishops. Of the 97 dioceses in the country, 40 reportedly did not have an acting bishop in 2007, and more than 30 bishops were over 80 years of age.

==Disputed territories==
:{{See also|China disputed territories}}
[[File:3-march-2012-001.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Map of China including the disputed territories of Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Trukestan.]]
The PRC lays claim to almost all of the [[South China Sea]] bordered by the [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]], and Taiwan. Beijing has sought to bolster its claims in the strategic waterways by building artificial islands in the area and building military outposts on them. In one and half years, between 2013 and 2014 under Xi's rule, the PRC created more than 3,200 acres of territory.

In relation to Taiwan, the regime views the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has vowed to bring Taiwan under its fold with force if necessary. CCP academics openly teach students the regime could bribe Taiwanese politicians, ban trade and tourism from China, convince the few remaining countries that recognize Taiwan diplomatically to switch to the PRC, block Taiwan's participation in international organizations and meetings, and [[assassination|assassinate]] some Taiwanese to instill fear among the population.

During the opening ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, NBC Sports broadcasting network did not represent Taiwan or the South China Sea as part of the PRC on a map as the People's Republic of China athletes were being introduced. The Chinese Consulate General in New York said in a statement that [[NBC]] “hurt the dignity and emotions of the Chinese people. We urge NBC to recognize the serious nature of this problem and take measures to correct the error."<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/24/china-olympics-opening-ceremony-nbc-taiwan-south-sea/</ref> The official state funded media organ ''Global Times'' called it a "dirty political trick."<ref>https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1229509.shtml</ref>

Since 1950, the PRC has been illegally occupying the countries of [[Tibet]] and [[East Turkestan]].

====Taipai province====
{{See also|Quad Alliance}}

The People's Republic of China has threatened aggression against the sovereign republic of Taiwan since Mao's founding of the PRC in 1949. According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine,<ref>https://archive.is/4YC4C#selection-3285.0-3443.121</ref> to have any chance of conquering Taiwan, China might need to transport as many as two million troops across the Taiwan Strait. This would be a larger invasion force than the [[Normandy Invasion]]. The invasion force would have to land under fire at the island's 14 potential invasion beaches or 10 major ports.
[[File:Flag of Taiwan ROC.png|left|225px|thumb|Flag of the [[Republic of China]].]]
That is far more troops than the People's Liberation Army Navy can haul in its 11 new amphibious ships that can only haul around 25,000 troops. To transport the bulk of the invasion force, Beijing would take into service thousands of civilian ships. To that end, the Chinese Communist Party has created a legal and bureaucratic framework for taking control of thre PRC's commercial shipping, around 2,000 large commercial vessels crewed by around 650,000 mariners. On Jan. 1, 2017, China's National Defense Transportation Law went into effect. “Among other things, the law mandated that all of China’s basic infrastructure and related transportation platforms would henceforth be treated as military-civil fusion assets,” Ian Easton with the Project 2049 explained. “At the CCP’s discretion, they were now legally required to be designed, built and managed to support future military operations. In the event of conflict, they would be pressed into wartime service. Now they had to prepare accordingly in peacetime.” Meanwhile, naval engineers have begun modifying key vessels to make them better assault ships. Their crews actively are training for a possible assault on Taiwan.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), told ''[[Al Jazeera]]'' in 2018,<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/23/fake-news-rattles-taiwan-ahead-of-elections/</ref> "We received propaganda warfare coming from China for years, but this is taking a very different form,. It’s coming in not from newspapers or their propaganda machine but through our [[social media]], online chat groups, [[Facebook]], the zombie accounts set up, somewhere, by the Chinese government....It’s a more serious problem because China is so close to Taiwan, language-wise. They don’t have the cultural or language barrier and can easily fabricate news and they know the mentality of Chinese thinking, so it’s easier for them to orchestrate this misinformation.” Fake news was traced to servers in the PRC, the Chinese Communist Party, and it's [[50 Cent Army]]. Beijing has reached deep into Taiwan, sowing division and confusion through online disinformation, recruiting business figures, and funnelling cash to pro-Beijing politicians.

===South China Sea===
[[File:SouthChinaSea.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Disputed claims in the South China Sea.]]
The [[South China Sea]] lies to the south of the China mainland and is bounded by the coastlines of the People's Republic of China (PRC), [[Vietnam]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Taiwan]]. In the south-west it becomes the Gulf of Thailand. To the south the Serat Karimata gives access to the Java Sea; to the east the Balabac and Mindoro straits give access to the Sulu Sea and the Luzon Strait north of the Philippines gives access to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The South China Sea contains a number of small island groups, uninhabited or inhabited only on a temporary basis by fishermen or by military detachments. These include the Paracel Islands and the [[Spratly Islands]].

China has constructed artificial islands around seven reefs in the Spratly Islands archipelago. The islands are central to Beijing's apparent ambition to "have absolute control" over the South China Sea, which holds an estimated 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 11 billion barrels of oil in proven and probable reserves, in addition to maritime resources such as fish.<ref>https://amti.csis.org/south-china-sea-energy-exploration-and-development/#:~:text=The%20South%20China%20Sea%20holds,with%20much%20more%20potentially%20undiscovered.</ref>

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimates that roughly 80% of global trade by volume and 70% by value is transported by sea. Of that volume, 60% of maritime trade passes through Asia, with the South China Sea carrying an estimated one-third of global shipping.

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==Government==
The People's Republic of China is a [[totalitarian]]/[[authoritarian]] regime in which the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) is the base structure and source of power. Moreover, the society has been forced to run according to the motive of the Communist Party in the past decades, although not successful. Party members hold almost all top government, police, and military positions. The children of high-level officials, dubbed “[[princelings]]” (''taizi'') in colloquial Chinese, are particularly prominent at the highest levels of the Chinese political system. The party is controlled by roughly 800 political dynasties, likened to [[mafia]] families, spread throughout the country. China's most prominent princeling is '''[[Xi Jinping]]'''.<ref>[https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf Understanding China’s Political System], ''Congressional Research Service'', March 20, 2013.</ref> Ultimate authority rests with the 25-member political bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its nine-member standing committee. Xi Jinping holds the three most powerful positions as CCP general secretary, president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission. To remain in power the party, under Xi, is obsessed with not having "another [[Gorbachev]]."<ref>https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Xi-s-Gorbachev-obsession-put-China-on-a-Soviet-path</ref> Since Xi's rise to power in 2012, by 2021 more than 600,000 political refugees applied for asylum in other countries, and the number continues to grow.<ref>https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/07/28/under-xi-jinping-the-number-of-chinese-asylum-seekers-has-shot-up</ref>

===State Council===

The State Council is the civilian administrative or bureaucratic civil service. It is subservient to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). All members are required to be CCP members. The Chinese military, the Peoples Liberation Army, is wholly independent of the government and is Party organ.

The Chinese Government is constructed around the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); its role is to implement party policies. The primary organs of state power are the National People's Congress (NPC), the President (the head of state), and the State Council. Members of the State Council include Premier Li Keqiang (the head of government), a variable number of vice premiers (now four), five state councilors (protocol equivalents of vice premiers but with narrower portfolios), and 22 ministers and four State Council commission directors.

Under the state constitution, the NPC is the highest organ of political power in Mainland China. It meets annually for about 2 weeks every March to review and approve major new policy directions, laws, the budget, and major personnel changes. These initiatives are presented to the NPC for consideration by the State Council after previous endorsement by the Communist Party's Central Committee. Although the NPC generally approves State Council policy and personnel recommendations, various NPC committees hold active debate in closed sessions, and changes may be made to accommodate alternate views.

When the NPC is not in session, its permanent organ, the Standing Committee, exercises state power.

In 2010, China's national domestic security spending exceeded its spending on external defense for the first time.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110305</ref> According to some estimates, on a purchasing power parity basis, China's domestic security spending in 2017 was equivalent to about $349 billion, more than double the United States’ estimated $165 billion. Besides major increases in spending, security officials have adopted advanced technologies for surveillance and security purposes, such as facial recognition and “social credit” rating schemes through information technologies.<ref>https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/responsibly-competing-with-china</ref> The increasing expansion of [[law enforcement]]
capabilities and international outreach raises the risk that Chinese security forces will extend their hunt for political opposition abroad.48 Already, requests by Chinese police officials to establish extradition agreements has raised concern that the MSS and MPS may serve as vehicles
for capturing political dissidents.<ref>https://psmag.com/news/is-china-using-interpol-to-try-to-bring-back-political-dissidents-from-the-u-s</ref>

====Ministry of State Security====
The MSS is the country's main civilian intelligence and [[counterintelligence]] agency. Its missions include protecting China's national security, securing political and social stability, conducting counterintelligence, and implementing the State Security Law and related laws.42 The provincial and municipal departments of the MSS are responsible for carrying out surveillance and domestic intelligence work. Some of the departments also carry out foreign intelligence work.

====Ministry of Public Security====
Chinese leaders rely on the MPS and the MSS as the primary forces for ensuring public order and controlling threats in the country. The MPS is responsible for domestic law enforcement, as well as overall maintenance of “social order,” riot control, and antiterror duties. Unlike the PAP
or PLA, however, the MPS provides oversight of local police forces, most of which are controlled and funded by local and provincial officials. Locally hired Chinese police forces are generally regarded as poorly paid, poorly trained, and corrupt.

===Legal system===
The government's efforts to promote rule of law appeared to be advancing, but impossible under the political structure constructed around the Communist Party. After the Cultural Revolution, China's leaders aimed to develop a legal system to restrain abuses of official authority and revolutionary excesses. In 1982, the Communist's National People's Congress adopted a new state constitution that emphasized the rule of law under which even party leaders are theoretically held accountable.

Since 1979, when the drive to establish a functioning legal system began, more than 300 laws and regulations, most of them in the economic area, have been promulgated. The use of mediation committees—informed groups of citizens who resolve about 90% of China's civil disputes and some minor criminal cases at no cost to the parties—is one innovative device. There are more than 800,000 such committees in both rural and urban areas.

Legal reform became a government priority in the 1990s. Legislation designed to modernize and professionalize the nation's lawyers, judges, and prisons was enacted.  The criminal law amendments abolished the crime of "counter-revolutionary" activity, although many persons are still incarcerated for that crime. Criminal procedures reforms also encouraged the establishment of a more transparent, adversarial trial process. The Chinese constitution and laws provide for fundamental human rights, including due process, but these are often ignored in practice. In addition to other judicial reforms, the Constitution was amended in 2004 to include the protection of individual human rights and legally-obtained private property, but it is unclear how those provisions will be implemented. Although new criminal and civil laws have provided additional safeguards to citizens, previously debated political reforms, including expanding elections to the township level, and other legal reforms, including the reform of the reeducation through labor (RTL) system, have been put on hold. However, it is still impossible for certain groups to defend themselves as the legal system is constructed around the Communist Party.

==Chinese Communist Party==

''See also:'' [[Chinese Communist Party]]

The 89 million-member CCP, totalitarian in structure and ideology, continues to dominate government. Nevertheless, China's population, geographical vastness, and social diversity frustrate attempts to rule by fiat from Beijing. Core leaders are attempting to adopt several changes in order to support their own greed in power as a totalitarian state.

In periods of greater openness, the influence of people and organizations outside the formal party structure has tended to increase, particularly in the economic realm. This phenomenon is most apparent today in the rapidly developing coastal region. Nevertheless, in all important government, economic, and cultural institutions in China, party committees work to see that party and state policy guidance is followed and that non-party members do not create autonomous organizations that could challenge party rule. Party control is tight- although not being felt directly.

Theoretically, the party's highest body is the Party Congress, which traditionally meets at least once every 5 years. The primary organs of power in the Communist Party include:
*The [[Politburo Standing Committee]], which currently consists of seven members;
*The Politburo, consisting of 24 full members, including the members of the Politburo Standing Committee;
*The Secretariat, the principal administrative mechanism of the CCP, headed by the General Secretary;
*The Central Military Commission;
*The [[Discipline Inspection Commission]], which is charged with maintaining loyalty among party cadres.

Member of the Politburo Standing Committee do not have equal voice or representation. Rather, they are ranked 1 to 7.

===Principal party and government officials===
Most senior party officials living today were indoctrinated into the socialist system as teenagers during the [[Cultural Revolution]] of the 1960s.

(After Oct. 2017)
*General Secretary of the CCP, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and President of the State Council—Xi Jinping
*Politburo Standing Committee—(responsible for day-to-day affairs, ranked 1–7) Xi Jinping (General Secretary), Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, [[Wang Huning]], Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi
*Party Politburo members (meets irregularly, mostly provincial heads and Senior State Council members)— Ding Xuexiang, Wang Chen, Liu He, Xu Qiliang, Sun Chunlan (Arrested), Li Xi, Li Qiang, Li Hongzhong, [[Yang Jiechi]], Zhang Youxia, Chen xi, Chen Quanguo, Zhao Leji, Guo Shengkun, Huang Kunming, Cai Qi. (alternate)
[[File:Xi and Mao.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Xi an Mao]]
*Alternate Politburo Members—Wang Gang

*Vice President—[[Wang Qishan]]
*Premier, State Council—Li Qiang
*NPC Chair—Wu Bangguo
*Vice Premier—[[Zhang Gaoli]]
*Foreign Affairs—Yang Jiechi
*Minister of Commerce—Zhong Shan
*Minister of Finance—Jin Renqing
*Minister of Defense—Adm. Dong Jun
*Minister of Agriculture—
*Minister of Industry and Digitalization —Wang Xudong
*Governor, People's Bank of China—Zhou Xiaochuan
*Minister, State Development and Reform Commission—Ma Kai
*Ambassador to the U.S.--Zhou Wenzhong
*Ambassador to UN—Wang Guangya

===Military===
{{cquote|It is indeed brutal to kill one or two hundred million Americans. But that is the only path that will secure a Chinese century, a century in which the CCP leads the world. We, as revolutionary humanitarians, do not want deaths, but if history confronts us with a choice between deaths of Chinese and those of Americans, we’d have to pick the latter, as, for us, it is more important to safeguard the lives of the Chinese people and the life of our Party.|||Chi Haotian, ex-Vice-Chairman of China’s Military Commissionm<ref>https://eagleforum.org/publications/efr/may21/chinas-communist-party-wants-to-kill-you.html</ref>}}
:{{See also|Peoples Liberation Army}}
The establishment of a professional military force equipped with modern weapons and doctrine was the last of the "Four Modernizations" announced by [[Zhou Enlai]] and supported by Deng Xiaoping. In keeping with Deng's mandate to reform, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which includes the strategic nuclear forces, army, navy, and air force, demobilized millions of men and women beginning in 1978 and introduced modern methods in such areas as recruitment and manpower, strategy, and education and training.

Following the June 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, ideological correctness was temporarily revived as the dominant theme in Chinese military affairs.

In just one generation, China has transformed itself from a largely agrarian country into a manufacturing and trading powerhouse — with a matching boom in military and technology power. In 2010 the budget of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was roughly $35 billion. By 2020 it was around $250 billion. China's military boasts capable long-range ballistic missiles, 5th-generation fighter aircraft, aircraft carriers, and the largest surface combatants in the world. Its forces are increasingly active in not just the [[Pacific]] but also carrying out operations far beyond. Its arms and equipment are the products of China's defense industry. Once reliant on imports for high-end capabilities, China is now in the top tier of research, design, and production in fields that range from established areas like rocketry, shipbuilding, and aviation, to some of the most cutting-edge areas like robotics, AI, quantum, and hypersonic flight. This shift has also upended the global arms trade. China's arms trade shows now preview not just what will equip the PLA next, but what will also show up next in the battlefields of the developing world.<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/05/introducing-china-intelligence/174256/</ref>

It should be remembered that the Military is still under the Party's control. It is not to be equated with the European and American Armed forces.

====Unrestricted warfare doctrine====

Since the publication in 1999 of ''Unrestricted Warfare: Two Air Force Senior Colonels on Scenarios for War and the Operational Art in an Era of Globalization'', by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangs

ui, it has been understood that hard-line elements within the Chinese National Security community have been envisioning and positioning themselves for war with the USA. As the title suggests, this book subverts the strategic thinking and rules of "old-style warfare”, proposes “new types of warfare” and explores military tactics, strategy and organization in the age of globalization. The “unrestricted” part of “unrestricted warfare” avoids direct military confrontation and seeks instead to conquer through non-kinetic means.

The authors argued that the notion that “national defense being the country’s main security goal is somewhat outdated, at least rather inadequate." Under such circumstances, a country, especially a weak one, must go beyond the limits of "traditional war" in order to win when it is faced with an opponent stronger than itself.
[[File:CCP Unrestricted Warfare.PNG|right|500px|thumb]]
"Traditional war" follows certain rules or boundaries, for example, protections for the civilians and civilian facilities, humanitarian treatment to [[POW]]s, banning the use of [[weapons of mass destruction]], etc. These principles were formally established in a series of international agreements. "Unrestricted warfare" means going beyond the limit, whether it is material, spiritual, ethical or technical; and whether it is called 'range', ‘restriction’, ‘restraint’, ‘boundary’, ‘rules’, ‘law’, ‘limit’, or ‘taboo’ ". In “unrestricted warfare” there is no distinction between "front and rear", "military and civilian”, country and territory. It is not restrained by moral and ethical limits. Any person and any facility can be considered as a military target. In order to achieve the goal, you can do whatever you want.

Unrestricted warfare tactics are divided into three categories, "military, trans-military and non-military. To operate “unrestricted warfare”, any item in the table of the three categories can be combined with one or more other items as needed to form "combined tactics". The authors specifically pointed out in the note: "The three categories of operations here are real wars, not metaphors or descriptions."

When all the boundaries of “old-style warfare” are broken, there is only one reality left: the entire human society is treated as a battlefield. There is no doubt that the [[United States]] is the simulated enemy against whom the unrestricted warfare was formulated. The reasoning goes that the People's Republic of China, being the weaker party compared with the United States in terms of military technology and power justifies [[tactic]]s described in ''Unrestricted Warfare'', since conventional tactics may not ensure victory against the US.<ref>https://jianglinswritings.blogspot.com/2020/05/unrestricted-warfare-rulelessness-is.html</ref>

According to the U.S. EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, China has the ability to conduct an Electromagnetic Pulse first-strike attack on the United States.<ref>https://archive.is/9nCcu#selection-4439.21-4443.320</ref> Dr. Peter Pry, a longtime expert on [[EMP attack|EMP warfare]], China developed the weapons as part of its Total Information Warfare. Dr. Pry found that China is eager to shoot first with “high-altitude electromagnetic pulse,” or HEMP, weapons launched from satellites, ships, and land. “China’s military doctrine — including numerous examples presented here of using HEMP attack to win on the battlefield, defeat U.S. aircraft carriers, and achieve against the U.S. homeland a surprise ‘[[Pearl Harbor attack|Pearl Harbor]]’ writ large — is replete with technical and operational planning consistent with a nuclear first-strike.”<ref>https://archive.is/AL7lu</ref>

====Science and technology====
:{{See also|Technocracy}}
[[File:Shi Zhengli 2.PNG|250px|thumb|Since 2015, there is no distinction between civilian and military research. All science and technology is shared equally between the military and non-military researchers.]]
The 13th Five year Plan, which ran from 2016 - 2020, eliminated a distinction between civilian and military science and technology research, fusing them together in a two-way flow of technology and other resources.<ref>http://english.scio.gov.cn/m/featured/chinakeywords/2018-03/16/content_50714999.htm</ref>

Science and technology have always preoccupied China's leaders; indeed, China's political leadership comes almost exclusively from technical backgrounds and has a high regard for science. Deng called it "the first productive force." Distortions in the economy and society created by party rule have severely hurt Chinese science, according to some Chinese science policy experts. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, modeled on the Soviet system, puts much of China's greatest scientific talent in a large, under-funded apparatus that remains largely isolated from industry, although the reforms of the past decade have begun to address this problem.

Chinese science strategists see China's greatest opportunities in newly emerging fields such as biotechnology and computers, where there is still a chance for China to become a significant player. Most Chinese students who went abroad have not returned, but they have built a dense network of trans-Pacific contacts that will greatly facilitate U.S.-China scientific cooperation in the coming years. The U.S. space program is often held up as the standard of scientific modernity in China. China's small but growing space program, which successfully completed its second manned orbit in October 2005, is a focus of national pride.

The U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement remains the framework for bilateral cooperation in this field. A 5-year agreement to extend the Science and Technology Agreement was signed in April 2006. The Agreement is among the longest-standing U.S.-China accords, and includes over eleven U.S. Federal agencies and numerous branches that participate in cooperative exchanges under the S&T Agreement and its nearly 60 protocols, memoranda of understanding, agreements, and annexes. The Agreement covers cooperation in areas such as marine conservation, renewable energy, and health. Biennial Joint Commission Meetings on Science and Technology bring together policymakers from both sides to coordinate joint science and technology cooperation. Executive Secretaries meetings are held biennially to implement specific cooperation programs. Japan and the European Union also have high-profile science and technology cooperative relationships with China.

====Biological weapons====
:{{See also|CCP global pandemic|}}
[[File:WIV.png|right|350px|thumb]]
China agreed to the Biological Weapons Convention in 1984, but both academics and government agencies have asserted that the regime is a world leader in [[bioweapon]] production.<ref>https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/questions-surround-canadian-shipment-of-deadly-viruses-to-china-66254</ref> The [[U.S. State Department]] and other agencies stating publicly in 2009 that they believe China has offensive biological agents.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/archive/china-denies-us-report-it-has-biological-weapons-capabilities</ref> China is “commonly considered to have an active biological warfare program,” says the Federation of American Scientists. An official with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defence charged that China is the world leader in toxin “threats.”<ref>https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/7/23/defense-officials-see-increased-threat-from-chinese-russian-chembio-weapon</ref>

the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] (WIV) is linked to Beijing's covert bioweapons program. WIV is under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but certain laboratories within it have linkage with the PLA or BW-related elements within the Chinese defense establishment. Suspicions were raised about the WIV when a group of Chinese virologists working in Canada improperly sent to China samples of what he described as some of the deadliest viruses on earth, including the Ebola virus.<ref>https://greatgameindia.com/coronavirus-bioweapon/</ref>

In 2015, Chinese military scientists discussed how to weaponize SARS [[coronavirus]]es to "cause the enemy’s medical system to collapse." In a 263-page document, written by People's Liberation Army scientists and senior Chinese public health officials and obtained by the US State Department during its investigation into the origins of [[COVID-19]], suggests that SARS coronaviruses could herald a "new era of genetic weapons," and noted that they can be "artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponized and unleashed in a way never seen before."<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/chinese-military-discussed-weaponizing-covid-2015-cause-enemys-medical-system-collapse</ref>

====War in space====
China aims to become the world's leading space power by 2045.<ref>https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/17/content_34653486.htm</ref> China is taking steps to establish a commanding position in the commercial launch and satellite sectors relying in part on aggressive state-backed financing that foreign market-driven companies cannot match.

The CCP has invested heavily in new satellite clusters, anti-satellite weapons, and electronic warfare packages designed to shut down America's access to its own satellite network. In early 2021, Chinese state-owned media announced that the state-owned China Telecom corporation would be launching 10,000 satellites over the course of the next 5 to 10 years.<ref>https://archive.is/1ud4D#selection-1185.229-1185.334</ref>

One cornerstone of China's space program is the Beidou Navigation Satellite system (BDS), a global navigation satellite system that provides positioning, navigation and timing, in addition to data communication. The People's Liberation Army created the program in order not to be dependent on the US-controlled GPS network.<ref>https://jamestown.org/program/the-beidou-satellite-network-and-the-space-silk-road-in-eurasia/</ref> The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission wrote in its 2019 Annual Report to Congress: "Beijing uses its space program to advance its terrestrial geopolitical objectives, including cultivating customers for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)... China is taking steps to establish a commanding position in the commercial launch and satellite sectors relying in part on aggressive state-backed financing that foreign market-driven companies cannot match."<ref>https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/Chapter%204%20Section%203%20-%20China%E2%80%99s%20Ambitions%20in%20Space%20-%20Contesting%20the%20Final%20Frontier.pdf</ref>

The September 2020 Pentagon report, ''Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2020'', stated, "the PRC is developing electronic warfare capabilities such as satellite jammers; offensive cyber capabilities; and directed-energy weapons. ...China has an operational ground-based Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile intended to target low-Earth orbit satellites/"<ref>https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/01/2002488689/-1/-1/1/2020-DOD-CHINA-MILITARY-POWER-REPORT-FINAL.PDF</ref>

====Nuclear weapons====

In 1955, Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party decided to proceed with a nuclear weapons program; it was developed with Soviet assistance until 1960. After its first nuclear test in October 1964, Beijing deployed a modest but potent ballistic missile force, including land- and sea-based intermediate-range and [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s.

In late 2011, Phil Karber, a national security expert in the [[Reagan administration]] and [[Georgetown University]] professor, released a study titled the ''Underground Great Wall'' that revealed,<ref>https://anthonyclarkarend.com/dr-phillip-a-karber-and-the-chinese-tunnel-project-at-georgetown-d1676da7d3c2</ref> through open-source analysis, that the CCP had some 3,000 miles of underground tunnels and that the PLA's nuclear arsenal was much bigger than officially estimated by the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] and the U.S. [[intelligence community]].<ref>https://archive.is/wip/DNolb</ref>
[[File:China Hami-silos-1024x617.jpg|right|350px|thumb|One of two nuclear missile fields discovered under construction in mid-2021.]]
The nuclear missile silo construction discovered in the summer of 2021 at Yumen and Hami constitutes the most significant expansion of the Chinese nuclear arsenal ever. China has for decades operated about 20 silos for liquid-fuel DF-5 ICBMs. With 120 silos under construction at Yumen, another 110 silos at Hami, a dozen silos at Jilantai, and possibly more silos being added in existing DF-5 deployment areas, the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) appears to have approximately 250 silos under construction – more than ten times the number of ICBM silos in operation today.

The number of new Chinese silos under construction exceeds the number of silo-based ICBMs operated by [[Russia]], and constitutes more than half of the size of the entire US ICBM force. The Chinese missile silo program constitutes the most extensive silo construction since the US and Soviet missile silo construction during the Cold War.

The 250 new silos under construction are in addition to the force of approximately 100 road-mobile ICBM launchers that PLARF deploys at more than a dozen bases. It is unclear how China will operate the new silos, whether it will load all of them with missiles or if a portion will be used as empty decoys. If all the new silos are loaded with single-warhead missiles, then the number of warheads on Chinese ICBMs could potentially increase from about 185 warheads today to as many as 415 warheads. If the new silos are loaded with the new MIRVed DF-41 ICBMs, then Chinese ICBMs could potentially carry more than 875 warheads (assuming 3 warheads per missile) when the Yumen and Hami missile silo fields are completed.

The silo construction represents a significant increase of the Chinese arsenal, which the Federation of American Scientists as of 2021 estimates includes approximately 350 nuclear warheads. The Pentagon stated in 2020 that China had “an operational nuclear warhead stockpile in low-200s,” and STRATCOM commander Adm. Charles Richard said in early 2021 that “China’s nuclear weapons stockpile is expected to double (if not triple or quadruple) over the next decade.”<ref>https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/07/china-is-building-a-second-nuclear-missile-silo-field/</ref><ref>https://www.nspirement.com/2021/07/24/chinas-nuclear-capabilities.html</ref>

====Missile technology====
China has the most active ballistic missile development program in the world.<ref>https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/china/</ref> The September 2020 Pentagon report, ''Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2020'', stated, "The PRC has more than 1,250 ground-launched ballistic missiles (GLBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. The United States currently fields one type of conventional GLBM with a range of 70 to 300 kilometers and no GLCMs."

Although it is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the multinational effort to restrict the proliferation of missiles, in March 1992 China undertook to abide by MTCR guidelines and parameters. China reaffirmed this commitment in 1994 and pledged not to transfer MTCR-class ground-to-ground missiles. In November 2000, China committed not to assist in any way the development by other countries of MTCR-class missiles. However, on August 29, 2003, the U.S. Government imposed missile proliferation sanctions lasting two years on the Chinese company China North Industries Corporation ([[NORINCO]]) after determining that it was knowingly involved in the transfer of equipment and technology controlled under Category II of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex that contributed to MTCR-class missiles in a non-MTCR country.
[[File:Laioning.PNG|right|350px|thumb|''Liaoning CV-16''. ''Photo: ChinaPower''<ref>https://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/</ref>]]
In December 2003, the P.R.C. promulgated comprehensive new export control regulations governing exports of all categories of sensitive technologies.

====PLA Navy====

The PLA Navy (PLAN) had a 335-ship fleet as of 2019, about 55 percent larger than in 2005. Based on this expansion speed, the PLA Navy fleet is projected to have more than 450 ships and about 110 submarines by 2030.<ref>https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/3/9/eagle-vs-dragon-how-the-us-and-chinese-navies-stack-up</ref> China currently has two carriers. The ''[[Liaoning (16)|Liaoning]]'' entered service in 2012. The nation's first fully indigenously built carrier, the ''Shandong'', entered service in late 2020. Comparatively, the [[U.S. Navy]] had 293 ships in 2019, an increase of just two in the last 15 years.

====Peoples Armed Police====
The Peoples Armed Police (PAP) are not under the control of the government (State Council). The Peoples Armed Police is a section with the Peoples Liberation Armey (PLA), the Chinese Communist Party's military wing. The PAP is a paramilitary component of China's armed forces; its primary mission is internal security. Although the PAP has specialized units for a variety of functions, such as border security and firefighting, most units address internal security. PAP units are organized into contingents for each province, autonomous region, and centrally administered city. There are also a small number of mobile divisions available to deploy anywhere in the country to respond to crises.

In 2017, authorities announced that the PAP would be commanded by the Central Military Commission (CMC), removing the State Council from the chain of command and removing the PAP from the direct control of provincial authorities.<ref>https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126039/reason-why-chinas-armed-police-will-now-only-take</ref> Moreover, the changes removed all troops not involved in domestic security duties from the PAP. Following the changes, the PAP has become a force exclusively focused on domestic security that operates under the command of the CMC.

The CCP also revised PAP funding to strengthen central control. Stronger central control of the PAP removes these troops from possible misuse by local power holders, deters potential challengers to Beijing's authority, and enables the central government to deploy the forces to carry out its own strategic plans, such as consolidation of political control over the western provinces. However, the militarization of the PAP raises the prospect that domestic security concerns will be considered in military terms, further weakening what little remains of the rights of the people of China, especially in the ethnic-minority dominated provinces featuring a heavy PAP presence.

===Propaganda Department===
All films, media, and publications were transferred from the State Council to the CCP's Propaganda Department in 2018.<ref>https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/chinas-communist-party-takes-even-more-control-of-media</ref>

===National Intelligence Law Article 7===
{{See also|Police state}}
The CCP's National Intelligence Law, which went into effect in July 2017, compels all persons and companies doing businesses in China to cooperate with the CCP's internal security apparatus and the intelligence goals of the Chinese Communist Party.
{{quotebox|''Any organization or citizen shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law, and keep the secrets of the national intelligence work known to the public.''

''The State protects individuals and organizations that support, assist and cooperate with national intelligence work.''<ref>https://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci1800/sources/2017_PRC_NationalIntelligenceLaw.pdf</ref>}}
The new law essentially codifies the principles of the Maoist Cultural Revolution to spy on or terrorize fellow citizens, as well as extends the Communist Party's reach into Chinese telecommunications companies throughout the world and foreign businesses operating in China.

===Foreign Relations===
{{See also|China and State Sponsored Terrorism}}
Since its establishment, the Communist Party is doing all it can to lure countries to stand and advocate for its One-China policy that it is the sole legitimate government of all China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and [[Taiwan]]. In the early 1970s, Beijing was recognized diplomatically by most world powers. [[Beijing]] (Pekin) assumed the China seat in the [[United Nations]] in 1971 and has since become increasingly active in multilateral organizations. Japan established diplomatic relations with China in 1972, and the United States did so in 1979. As of July 2021, the number of countries that have diplomatic relations with Beijing had risen to 180, while 15 maintained diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
[[File:Yang Jiechi Antony Blinken.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Central Foreign Affairs Commission director [[Yang Jiechi]] to U.S. Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]]: "The United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.”<ref>https://www.waynedupree.com/2021/03/biden-china-us-argument-alaska/</ref>]]
After the founding of the PRC, China's foreign policy initially focused on solidarity with the Soviet Union and other communist countries. In 1950, the Mainland Communist Regime sent the People's Liberation Army into North Korea to help [[North Korea]] halt the UN offensive that was approaching the Yalu River. After the Korean conflict stalemated, China sought to balance its identification as a member of the Soviet bloc by establishing friendly relations with Pakistan and other non-aligned countries, particularly in Southeast Asia.

In the 1960s, Beijing competed with Moscow for political influence among communist parties and in the developing world generally. The PRC broke its connection with the foreign policy leadership provided by Moscow after the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. Following the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and clashes in 1969 on the Sino-Soviet border, Chinese competition with the Soviet Union increasingly reflected concern over China's own strategic position.

In the 1970s and 1980s, China sought to create a secure regional and global environment for itself and to foster good relations with countries that could aid its economic development. To this end, China looked to the West for assistance with its modernization drive in what's called the post-Mao "Reform and opening" era.

In the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen massacre of thousands of Chinese people during the June 1989 democracy movement, many countries reduced their diplomatic contacts with China as well as their economic assistance programs. In response, China worked vigorously to expand its relations with foreign countries, and by late 1990, had reestablished normal relations with almost all nations. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991, China also opened diplomatic relations with the republics of the former Soviet Union.

In recent years, Chinese leaders have been regular travelers to all parts of the globe, and China has sought a higher profile in the UN through its permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and other multilateral organizations.

[[South Korea]] is seriously considering closing all [[Confucius Institute]]s since too many parents have complained that the Chinese language institute wanted to teach their children a history of their own country dominated by China.

====Influence operations====
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses propaganda and influence operations as a means of projecting its power and weakening its enemies. These operations are coordinated and directed by the CCP's [[United Front Work Department]] (UFWD).<ref>https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/China's%20Overseas%20United%20Front%20Work%20-%20Background%20and%20Implications%20for%20US_final_0.pdf</ref> The CCP's United Front system mobilizes the party's “friends” to strike the party's enemies. The system was greatly energized and expanded by Xi Jinping. It operates inside foreign political parties, diaspora communities, colleges and corporations, all with the goal of promoting the party's interests. The express goals of the United Front system include undermining social cohesion, exacerbating racial tension, and influencing politics.<ref>https://www.aspi.org.au/report/party-speaks-you</ref>

====Belt and Road Initiative====
{{Main article|One Belt One Road}}
Chinese officials are quite open that [[Belt and Road]] is aimed at creating a Eurasia wide Chinese led bloc to counter the United States.

China has been looking to construct a 120-kilometer mega canal cutting through the Isthmus of Kra, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula in [[Thailand]]. This will open the [[South China Sea]] to the [[Indian Ocean]], bypassing the [[Strait of Malacca]]. What China is eyeing is a canal project in Thailand called the Kra Canal and the Thai leadership seems to be on board. Through this canal, China is trying to reduce dependence on the Strait of Malacca. Currently, 80 percent of China's oil imports passed through the South China Sea.

The Strait of Malacca is a key reason why China has not been able to grow too powerful. Democratic and powers such as India, Australia, and
other Southeast Asian nations are well-positioned to cut off Chinese supply lines in the event of a major military confrontation by creating a
blockade around the Strait of Malacca. China wants to ensure that its commercial and naval vessels find an alternate route that altogether avoids the Malacca chokepoint while traveling between the Indian and [[Pacific Ocean]]s. This is an overhang of the maritime portion of Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative that seeks to connect Southeast Asia with the [[Middle East]] and [[Europe]].

====Influencing international organizations====
[[File:WHO-CCP Wuhan virus.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The WHO, headed by a Marxist [[fellow traveller]], publicly announced that the [[Wuhan]] virus posed no threat of contagious reaction between humans.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/18/flashback-who-china-coronavirus-contagious/</ref>]]
Jin Canrong, a professor and associate dean of the School of International Studies at Beijing's Renmin University of China, explained the CCP's plan to exert greater influence over global bodies such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), [[Interpol]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), the International Olympic Committee, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The Chinese regime's goal is for “all these international organizations to be controlled by China. We can appoint someone who speaks Chinese [who represents China] to be its leaders,” Jin said.

During his speech, Jin emphasized that Xi Jinping was unlike his predecessors in his ambitions. Previous CCP leaders after Deng Xiaoping worked hard to develop the regime's power but didn't dare to use it. “No matter how much power you have, it’s nothing if you don’t dare to use it,” Jin said. “Chairman Xi dares to use it. [Xi’s authorities] have the power, dare to use that power, and all of its attacks make the other party bleed.”

Xi's ambitions, however, cannot be revealed to the outside world, Jin Canrong said. When Xi took power in 2012, he urged the country to realize the “Chinese dream.” This meant becoming a “moderately well-off” country by 2021, and then a “strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and modern socialist country” by 2049.

Jin explained that Xi's target is actually to replace the United States as the world's only superpower by 2049. “[Chinese] Ministry of Foreign Affairs keeps on saying [at press briefings] that China loves peace. But no reporters at the press briefings believe this,” Jin said.

====WTO membership====
[[File:2018 trade deficit.jpg|thumb|500px|right|U.S. trade deficit with China. The difference between the red line and blue line represents an outflow of American wealth - [[capitalism|capital]] that could be used to create American jobs rather than jobs in China and prosperity for the [[Chinese Communist Party]].]]
Despite the CCP's human rights abuses in the Tiananmen massacre, no trade sanctions were ever leveled by Western Powers and globalists. China was rewarded for its human rights abuses in 2001, despite the absence of reforms, by being welcomed into the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) with full membership and a year later granted [[Most Favored Nation]] trade status by the [[U.S. Congress]]. China formally joined the World Trade Organization in December 2001.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), nearly 6 million U.S. manufacturing jobs were lost between 1999 and 2011, with a study published by the University of Chicago attributing almost 1 million of these manufacturing job losses and 2.4 million total job losses to competition with China. Meanwhile, according to the same CFR report, multinational corporations such as [[Apple, Inc.]] have benefited from increased access to China's market. Consumers in the Greater China region accounted for approximately 15 percent of Apple's revenue in 2020.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/two-decades-after-joining-china-remains-woefully-short-of-meeting-wto-pledges-report_3938153.html</ref>

Beginning in 2017, the imposition of [[tariff]]s by U.S. President [[Donald J. Trump]] began to redress the imbalance of a half-trillion dollar a year [[trade deficit]] and the outflow of American wealth to China. China's economy was developed over those early decades of the 21st century as a coastal, manufacturing economy entirely dependent on exports. Young people left their home villages in the countryside to seek work in coastal factories. The prosperity was all built on access to the U.S. consumer market, and Americans' appetite for cheap manufactured goods. Scant attention was paid to developing a domestic service sector economy, while the vast interior remained impoverished, and increasingly so as young people abandoned rural agricultural work for urban factory work.

Contrary to Cold War era belief that free trade would encourage non-democratic countries to become more democratic - an argument used to sell globalization - experience ultimately proved free trade only strengthens tyrannical regimes. By 2020, the notion that [[democracy]] and free trade go hand-in-hand had been thoroughly discredited.

====Confucius Institutes====
The [[CCP]] relies on what is known as "Confucius Institutes" to push a pro-China narrative at academic institutions in the U.S. Confucius Institutes generally offer Mandarin classes for students, coupled to cultural outreach to local communities and nearby K-12 schools.<ref>https://www.chinaownsus.com/whitepaper/</ref> The first Confucius Institute was established in 2004 at the University of Maryland. Since then, close to 100 similar programs have been opened across the United States. Confucius Institutes are supplemented by the [[PLA]] which is expanding scientific research cooperation with foreign colleges and universities. Since 2007, the [[PLA]] has sponsored more than 2,500 military scientists and engineers to study abroad, developing relationships with academic institutions in the U.S. and other Western nations.<ref>https://www.aspi.org.au/report/picking-flowers-making-honey</ref>

====Relations with the United States====
Jin Canrong, a professor and associate dean of the School of International Studies at Beijing's Renmin University of China,<ref>https://archive.is/z5RMg</ref> laid out a multi-pronged strategy involving a range of malign actions to subvert the United States while strengthening the Chinese regime.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/xi-jinpings-adviser-outlines-plan-for-ccp-to-defeat-us-including-manipulating-elections_3748196.html</ref> They include:
*interfering in U.S. elections,
*controlling the American market,
*cultivating global enemies to challenge the United States,
*stealing American technology,
*expanding Chinese territory, and
*influencing international organizations.

It has been alleged that China has a secret plan to invade and takeover the United States via Mexico. In November 1998, an investigative journalist by the name of Scott Gulbransen heard rumors while travelling through Texas of Chinese soldiers in the deserts of Mexico.<ref>http://www.jrnyquist.com/nyquist_2003_0627.htm</ref> One Texan citizen had gone to see for himself but did not make it back alive. Another Texan woman was warned by her family living Mexico not to come to their family ranch due to the presence of foreign soldiers. When the woman travelled to Mexico she learned that the foreign soldiers were "Asians" who were preparing to attack the United States.

Gulbransen went to Mexico and talked with various people about Chinese troops. He collected stories from border patrol officers,Mexican policemen, fishermen and others. The main points made were these:

1. '''China is pumping arms, ammunition, men and uniforms into Baja California through the port of Ensanada'''. Gulbransen says that "The fishermen of Ensanada know something is going on. They've seen it with their own eyes. But no one listens to poor fishermen. They're dirty drunks who smell like the fish they catch. They might be the first to witness the Chinese move on the United States but no one will listen."

2. '''Communist bloc troops are in Mexico'''. There are military encampments in the deserts of Mexico from various communist countries. Based on examination of the rifle ammunition, the troops are composed of highly trained troops from China, North Korea and Cuba. According to witnesses, Mexican officials are bribed to conceal these troops. Those who threaten to expose the operation face death.

4. '''Chinese military supplies are being smuggled into the United States'''. According to border patrol officers, U.S. officials are allowing trucks from Mexico carrying Chinese ammunition to pass through the border without question. Border patrol officers who have tried to blow the whistle on it have been threatened into silence. One officer died in a suspicious car accident after telling Gulbransen that she feared for her life. At one border crossing alone, 30 to 40 trucks loaded with Chinese military supplies were entering the United States per day. It appears that the Chinese are trying to set up ammunition dumps through the U.S. for a planned invasion by troops and insurgents.

6. '''Communist guerillas in Mexico expect that the United States will soon be brought to its knees'''. "I am the leader of the La Conquidistas" a Mexican Communist guerilla told Gulbransen. Their plan is to take back Mexico from the "imperialist pigs of the U.S that hold the Mexican people in poverty." The guerilla leader added that "Fidel Castro is the only brave man to stand up to you." When Gulbransen said that the Conquidistas need more than AK47's to fight the U.S., the guerilla leader explained that the Mexican people are resourceful. He added that Mexico has "friends throughout the world who would help us." As Gulbransen left the secret meeting place, the guerilla leader told him, "You tell the fat Americans about the real Mexico. You tell them their day to pay is coming fast. Coming very fast."

An unknown trucker from 2011, delivered a tractor-trailer load of food to a Chinese military base located 60 miles south of Laredo, Texas. The trucker described the base as 2 miles wide by 3 miles long, with 10,000 armored vehicles.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/18/1893904_-analytical-and-intelligence-comments-chicom-troops-in.html</ref>

In a two-hour telephone conversation in late February 2023, U.S. premier [[Joe Biden]] attempted to cajole President Xi Jinping to help end the [[war in Ukraine]] that the United States instigated by sanctioning Russia. ''New York Times'' diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong reported, "Xi didn't suggest a role China could play in ending the war…And he used a favorite phrase of his to cast blame on the US: 'Let he who tied the bell on the tiger’s neck take it off?'.”<ref>https://twitter.com/ewong/status/1504853536273797120</ref>

=====PLA Infiltration into the U.S=====
Most of the fields and solar farms that are largely present in the American Southwest are actually controlled and run by the PLA. The PLA troops disguise themselves as "security personnel".<ref>https://www.invasionusa.news/2020-06-16-communist-china-invaded-usa-troops-disguised-security-solar-farms.html</ref>

=====CCP Land Purchases=====
Since the mid-2000's, the [[CCP]] has been buying up valuable farmland in the U.S. especially in Texas and Oklahoma.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/china-coming-american-farms-opinion-1619777</ref><ref>https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2021/09/03/chinese-land-ownership-threatens-economic-integrity/5618859001/</ref><ref>https://texasborderbusiness.com/why-is-china-buying-texas/</ref> Records from the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act show that Chinese land acquisitions "rose from less than 10 annually" before 2008 to "12 to 25 each year during 2008-2013".

=====Control over the News media=====
======The New York Times======
Carlos Slim, who is the largest shareholder of the New York Times, controls around a third of the board. Slim's other ventures have close ties to the [[CCP]]. One of his companies Giant Motors is engaged in joint operations with China's JAC Motors to penetrate the Latin American market. Additionally, Slim owns a mobile phone company named America Movil, which is partnered with Huawei to sell 5G technology in Columbia.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/04/has-china-compromised-every-major-mainstream-media-entity/</ref>

======Washington Post======
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post has close ties to China. Amazon's best selling products such as Echo and Kindle are manufactured in China.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-foxconn-china-labor-echo-968691</ref> The Washington post includes a supplement called "China Watch" which is written directly by the [[CCP]]'s media arm. In short, Bezos is being paid money by China to run Chinese propaganda in an American newspaper.<ref name="qrius.com">https://qrius.com/china-owns-us-how-the-chinese-are-buying-up-america/</ref>

======Cable News Network======
CNN which is owned by Warner Media is closely tied to China. They have a $50 million investment deal with the [[CCP]].<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324299104578529594007840524</ref>

======NBC======
NBC has a partnership with the Chinese state run media Xinhua news agency to cooperate on international news.<ref>https://www.classeditori.it/en/partnership</ref>

======ABC======
ABC arguably has the strongest ties with the Chinese economy and the [[CCP]]. The [[CCP]] and their enterprises provided significant support for the $3.6 billion cost of building a Disney World in Shanghai. ESPN, another affiliate of ABC, told their staff not to disparage the Chinese Communist regime and where possible to avoid the topic altogether.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/espn-warns-staff-against-disparaging-chinese-communism</ref>

======Bloomberg======
Bloomberg is heavily invested in China. They have sent over $150 billion into Chinese bond markets to 364 companies. Out of those 364 companies, 159 were directly controlled by the Chinese government. Bloomberg's media arm has been a willing servant of the CCP. In 2014, they suppressed a news story about the wealth of Chinese elites. They leveraged a non-disclosure agreement to silence both a reporter based in Beijing and his wife, neither of whom ever worked for Bloomberg.<ref name="qrius.com"/>

=====Decoupling=====
Decoupling refers to restricting and terminating certain trade relationships with the Chinese Communist Party. Decoupling however, is not limited merely to commerce. It will affect student exchange programs as students from China are hand selected by the Chinese Communist Party and expected to serve the party upon graduation without becoming infected with ideas such as [[democracy]], [[justice]], and [[religion]] while in the United States. American students studying in China likewise are targeted for compromise, blackmail, and ideological subversion.

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board oversees the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement fund for federal employees and members of the uniformed military services, with about $600 billion in assets. Money is withheld from federal employees and the military's paychecks to contribute to the fund. Approximately 11% is invested in Chinese companies, some of which produce weapons designed to kill members of the U.S. military.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trump-orders-federal-retirement-money-invested-in-chinese-equities-to-be-pulled</ref> The government of China even prior to the CCP virus outbreak was in violation of U.S. sanctions law and engaged in humanitarian and human rights abuse.

==Economy ==
Under the CCP's model of ''Socialism with Chinese characteristics'', as in all socialist societies, there are no safeguards, guarantees, or protection of property rights. Hence, there is no [[private sector]] in China. While certain successful [[entrepreneur]]s are allowed to benefit and profit from their work or business, and even become extremely wealthy by Western standards, the state reserves the right to expropriate and take control of any person, business, or enterprise at any time. While foreign investment in recent decades has been attracted to China because of its large domestic market and cheap labor cost, foreigners are prohibited from owning more than 49% of any business and must have a 51% Chinese controlling partner who is subject to Chinese Communist law and expropriation of property rights.

During the Post-Maoist Reform era after 1978, China introduced a system known as capitalist management of socialism, which it operates under today. China is not a true market economy, as the key resources, such as land, is not privately owned; the so-called collective ownership is still de facto government ownership. Moreover, in the Communist Regime's Constitution, Mainland China is still officially a Communist country.
[[File:Concrete-in-china-info.png|right|350px|thumb|In the 3 years from 2011 to 2014, China used more cement than the US did in the entire 20th century.]]
In 1985, based on [[IMF]] data,<ref>https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases</ref> China was the eleventh largest economy, with a GDP of $313 billion, below the United States, Soviet Union, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, and the Netherlands. China quickly got to tenth in 1990, with its $398 billion. China managed to get to eight in just five years, with a GDP of $737 billion. However, during this time, the Russian economy was collapsing, which meant that China went to seventh. The Italian economy got overtaken by the Chinese economy of $1.215 trillion in 2000. However, China nearly tied France and England around the $2.5 trillion mark. When the [[2008 financial crisis]] hit America and Europe, China boomed even further, becoming the 3rd largest economy in 2010, nearly tying Japan, with a $6 trillion GDP.

In 2015 China grew to $11 trillion, clearly becoming the 2nd largest economy. China led the world in production of ships, iron, steel, textiles, cement, chemicals, toys, electronics, railcars, aircraft, solar cells, shoes, cellphones, air conditioners, and personal computers. More than 80% of medical pharma materials came from China. In rare earth minerals, which are vital to so many high technology industries, by 2021 China had an 80% lock on the supply. Other sectors the CCP means to dominate include satellite technology, [[AI]], cyber, quantum computing and communications, battery development and manufacturing, and robotics.

In 2020, China hit 100 trillion yuan ($15.21 trillion), when the United States went down to $20 trillion, and Japan went down to $5 trillion, because of the [[CCP pandemic]]. China had a ''per capita'' income below [[Mexico]] but above the [[Dominican Republic]]. 40% of the population lives on less than $5 per day.

China is expected to get to $25 trillion in 2025 and possibly hit $33 trillion in 2030, surpassing the United States' 30 trillion. The [[mainstream media]] appears to be cheerleading for China,<ref>https://danaloesch.com/some-media-democrats-diligently-defending-communist-china/</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/economy/china-gdp-intl-hnk/index.html</ref> and boasted about how China will overtake the US economy before 2030.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/chinas-economy-will-be-no-1-less-20-years-us-flna1C7511557</ref>

By 2050, China could dwarf and double the US economy and military, with an overwhelming $100 trillion GDP, based on PricewaterhouseCoopers projections. China is eager to get the 1st place from the US and promote its agenda in an extreme way, even through killing 1.5 million people through a biological weapon, the Coronavirus.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/china-wants-coronavirus-over-world-103022425.html</ref>

===996 work culture and laying flat protest===
{{See also|Youth unemployment in China}}
The 996 work culture refers to the CCP requirement that all workers work from 9 AM until 9 PM, 6 days a week. In the 21st century many youths protested the culture by "lying flat", or dropping out of the job market, also known as voluntary unemployment. With the one-child policy, the lying flat movement led to an extreme shortage of younger workers in the job market. As many as 13% of younger Chinese have dropped out of the job market by 2020.

===Agriculture===
China is the world's most populous country and one of the largest producers and consumers of agricultural products. Roughly half of China's labor force is engaged in agriculture, even though only 10% of the land is suitable for cultivation and agriculture contributes only 13% of China's GDP. China's cropland area is only 75% of the U.S. total, but China still produces about 30% more crops and livestock than the U.S. because of intensive cultivation, China is among the world's largest producers of rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, vegetables, tea, and pork. Major non-food crops include cotton, other fibers, and oilseeds. China hopes to further increase agricultural production through improved plant stocks, fertilizers, and technology. Incomes for Chinese farmers are stagnating, leading to an increasing wealth gap between the cities and the countryside. Government policies that continue to emphasize grain self-sufficiency and the fact that farmers do not own—and cannot buy or sell—the land they work have contributed to this situation. While this was the case in China before Communism, many other countries have since embrace individual ownership while China has not. In addition, inadequate port facilities and lack of warehousing and cold storage facilities impede both domestic and international agricultural trade.

===Industry===

Industry and construction account for about 46% of China's GDP. Major industries are mining and ore processing; iron; steel; aluminum; coal, machinery; textiles and apparel; armaments; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products including footwear, toys, and electronics; automobiles and other transportation equipment including rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; and telecommunications.

China has the longest and most-used high-speed rail network in the world. China's high-speed rail network accounts for two-thirds of the world's total high-speed rail networks.

China became a preferred destination for the relocation of global manufacturing facilities. Its strength as an export platform has contributed to incomes and employment in China. The state-run sector still accounts for about 40% of GDP. In recent years, authorities have been giving greater attention to the management of state assets—both in the financial market as well as among state-owned-enterprises.

===Organ harvesting===
{{See also|China and involuntary organ harvesting}}
[[File:SF-Falun-Gong-Vigil-20161022-1440x960.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Human organ transplants have been developed into a booming industry by the Chinese Communist Party. Virtually all donors are involuntary, with a few people in poverty being paid perhaps $25 for a kidney that is advertised globally, online, as a procedure costing $60,000.]]
Since organ transplantation has been made a high priority in the Chinese Communist Party's national strategy and heavily emphasized as a future emerging industry, a large number of organ transplant projects have been funded under major national programs. The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, other departments, and the military have invested heavily in research, development, and personnel training in transplantation technology to meet the needs of this rapidly-growing industry. New capabilities and techniques have emerged and been extensively spreading, allowing live organ transplantation in China to grow into a large, industrialized operation in less than two decades.<ref>[http://archive.is/tb0UM China Human Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee was established],
National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, 2014-03-07 http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/</ref>

Before 2000, the technology in kidney and liver transplants had matured through the sourcing of organs from prisoners sentenced to death and prisoners of conscience. The repression of Falun Gong opened up a mass organ supply. If the Chinese Communist Party had not approved and supported the mass killing of Falun Gong for their organs, it would not have been possible for the transplant profession and the hospitals to participate in and benefit from these killings. Since 2001, the Party has incorporated organ transplantation into its Five-Year Plans.<ref>Update to ‘Bloody Harvest’ and ‘The Slaughter’, [https://endtransplantabuse.org/an-update-chapter-twelve-a-state-crime/#party-policy-and-transplant-volume Chapter Twelve: A State Crime IV. Party Policy and Transplant Volume], Hon. David Kilgour, Ethan Gutmann, & David Matas, 2017.</ref>

Until 2010, China had no organ donation system, but become one of the world's organ transplant leaders. China claimed that the organs came from executed prisoners, but the number of reported capital executions was only a fraction of the number of transplants. Wait times as short as 2 weeks, that in other countries were as long as 15 years, and an endless supply of donors, made China a popular destination for transplant surgeries.<ref>https://www.worldcat.org/title/human-harvest-chinas-organ-trafficking/oclc/956908484&referer=brief_results</ref> The trade is estimated to be worth $1 billion per year.<ref>https://youtu.be/n5s6aVBRdhw</ref>

===Foreign Investment===
Any foreign business operating in China must have a Chinese partner. Foreigners are limited to 49% iwnership. Foreigners are prohibited from owning Chinese tech firms.

As part of its WTO accession, China undertook to eliminate certain trade-related investment measures and to open up specified sectors that had previously been closed to foreign investment. New laws, regulations, and administrative measures to implement these commitments are being issued. Major remaining barriers to foreign investment include opaque and inconsistently enforced laws and regulations and the lack of a rules-based legal infrastructure.

Opening to the outside remains central to China's development. Foreign-invested enterprises produce about half of China's exports, and China continues to attract large investment inflows. Foreign exchange reserves were $1.1 trillion at the end of 2006, and have now surpassed those of Japan, making China's foreign exchange reserves the largest in the world.

===Regulatory environment===
Though China's economy has expanded rapidly, its regulatory environment has not kept pace. Since Deng Xiaoping's open market reforms, the growth of new businesses has outpaced the government's ability to regulate them. This has created a situation where businesses, faced with mounting competition and poor oversight, will be willing to take drastic measures to increase profit margins, often at the expense of consumer safety. This issue has recently acquired more prominence, with a number of restrictions being placed on problematic Chinese exports by the U.S. The Chinese Government recognizes the severity of the problem, recently concluding that up to 20% of the country's products are substandard or tainted. However, the level of the Chinese corporate taxes is actually 60% of the annual income. Moreover, in September 2017 the Communist Regime announced that private enterprises that are over 50 employees are required to set up party branches.

===Slave labor===
[[File:Forced Labor Detention Facilities in China.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Location of socialist reeducation and slave labor camps.]]
China's network of penal forced labor facilities, established in the early years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government to hold both criminals and political dissidents, remains in operation today.<ref>It is also known as the “laogai” system. It's [[Russia]]n equivalent is '' Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei'' or ''gulag''.</ref> U.S. law prohibits the importation of goods produced “wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions.”<ref>Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S. Code 19 § 1307.</ref> Artificial flowers, Christmas lights, shoes, garments, umbrellas as well as coal, cotton, electronics, fireworks, footwear, nails, and toys have been identified as produced in Chinese prison factories for export. There have been several instances of letters and notes from prisoners describing their confinement, working conditions and mistreatment discovered in products purchased by consumers outside China; at [[Christmas]] in 2019 a six-year-old girl in [[London]], in a box of newly purchased Christmas cards, found one that had a message in English saying,
{{quotebox-float|"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."<ref>https://www.npr.org/2019/12/23/790832681/6-year-old-finds-message-alleging-chinese-prison-labor-in-box-of-christmas-cards</ref>}}
Profitable prison companies help to fund the operations of both local and national government. Prison labor enterprises producing [[high-tech]] goods such as [[semiconductor]]s and optical instruments are the most profitable, each earning an estimated annual revenue of tens of millions of dollars and paying taxes to the Chinese government. According to the 2012 ''Trafficking in Persons Report'' from the [[United States Department of State]],
{{quotebox-float|“[t]he [PRC] government reportedly profits from [the use of] forced labor. Many prisoners and detainees in ‘reeducation through labor’ facilities [are] required to work, often with no remuneration.”}}
Many prisons function as subcontractors for Chinese firms. The State Department has noted cases in which
{{quotebox|“detainees were forced to work up to 18 hours a day without pay for private companies working in partnership with Chinese authorities” and “were beaten for failing to complete work quotas."<ref>Cited in ''Prison Labor Exports from China and Implications for U.S. Policy'', U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Staff Research Report, July 9, 2014.</ref>}}
The book ''Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China'', published in 2009, stated that as many as 3 to 5 million people were imprisoned in laogai or gulag camps.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Laogai-The-Machinery-Repression-China/dp/1884167772 Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China], 2009-10-01</ref>

In addition to criminal sentences imposed by a court, administrative detention imposed by police with no legal [[due process]] required, the CCP has a system of “Black Jails”, an unofficial system of unlicensed confinement facilities used by local CCP officials primarily to detain petitioners seeking redress of grievances.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/china1109web_1.pdf</ref>

===Energy===
Together with strong economic growth, China's demand for energy is surging rapidly. In 2003, China surpassed Japan to become the second-largest consumer of primary energy, after the United States. China is the world's second-largest consumer of oil, after the United States, and for 2006, China's increase in oil demand represented 38% of the world total increase in oil demand. China is also the third-largest energy producer in the world, after the United States and Russia. China's electricity consumption is expected to grow by over 4% a year through 2030, which will require more than $2 trillion in electricity infrastructure investment to meet the demand. China expects to add approximately 15,000 megawatts of generating capacity a year, with 20% of that coming from foreign suppliers.

Coal makes up the bulk of China's energy consumption (70% in 2005), and China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world. As China's economy continues to grow, China's coal demand is projected to rise significantly. Although coal's share of China's overall energy consumption will decrease, coal consumption will continue to rise in absolute terms. China's continued and increasing reliance on coal as a power source has contributed significantly to putting China on the path to becoming the world's largest emitter of acid rain-causing sulfur dioxide and greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.

The 11th Five-Year Program, announced in 2005, calls for greater energy conservation measures, including the development of renewable energy sources and increased attention to environmental protection. Moving away from coal towards cleaner energy sources including oil, natural gas, renewable energy, and nuclear power is an important component of China's development program. China has abundant hydroelectric resources; the Three Gorges Dam, for example, will have a total capacity of 18 gigawatts when fully on-line (projected for 2009). In addition, the share of electricity generated by nuclear power is projected to grow from 1% in 2000 to 5% in 2030. China's renewable energy law, which went into effect in 2006, calls for 10% of its energy to come from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Since 1993, China has been a net importer of oil, a large portion of which comes from the Middle East. Net imports are expected to rise to 3.5 million barrels per day by 2010. China is interested in diversifying the sources of its oil imports and has invested in oil fields around the world. Beijing also plans to increase China's natural gas production, which currently accounts for only 3% of China's total energy consumption. Analysts expect China's consumption of natural gas to more than double by 2010.

In May 2004, then-Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) that launched the U.S.-China Energy Policy Dialogue. The Dialogue has strengthened energy-related interactions between China and the United States, the world's two largest energy consumers. The U.S.-China Energy Policy Dialogue builds upon the two countries' existing cooperative ventures in high energy nuclear physics, fossil energy, energy efficiency, and renewable energy and energy information exchanges. The NDRC and the Department of Energy also exchange views and expertise on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technologies, and we convene an annual Oil and Gas Industry Forum with China.

===Environment===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and the environment#Atheist controlled communist China and the environment|China and the environment]]

One of the serious negative consequences of China's rapid industrial development has been increased pollution and degradation of natural resources. China is widely expected to surpass the United States as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases sometime in 2007 or 2008. A World Health Organization (WHO) report on air quality in 272 cities worldwide concluded that seven of the world's 10 most polluted cities were in China. According to China's own evaluation, two-thirds of the 338 cities for which air-quality data are available are considered polluted—two-thirds of them moderately or severely so. Respiratory and heart diseases related to air pollution are the leading cause of death in China. Almost all of the nation's rivers are considered polluted to some degree, and half of the population lacks access to clean water. By some estimates, every day approximately 300 million residents drink contaminated water. Ninety percent of urban water bodies are severely polluted. Water scarcity also is an issue; for example, severe water scarcity in Northern China is a serious threat to sustained economic growth and the government has begun working on a project for a large-scale diversion of water from the Yangtze River to northern cities, including Beijing and Tianjin. Acid rain falls on 30% of the country. Various studies estimate pollution costs the Chinese economy 7%-10% of GDP each year.
[[File:Global carbon emissions.PNG|right|350px|thumb|The People's Republic of China (PRC) is responsible for 27% of global carbon emissions, more than all other developed nations combined.]]
China's leaders are increasingly paying attention to the country's severe environmental problems. In 1998, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) was officially upgraded to a ministry-level agency, reflecting the growing importance the Chinese Government places on environmental protection. In recent years, China has strengthened its environmental legislation and made some progress in stemming from environmental deterioration. In 2005, China joined the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development, which brings industries and governments together to implement strategies that reduce pollution and address climate change. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, China plans to reduce total emissions by 10%. Beijing in particular is investing heavily in pollution control as part of its campaign to host a successful Olympiad in 2008. Some cities have seen improvements in air quality in recent years.

China is an active participant in climate change talks and other multilateral environmental negotiations, taking environmental challenges seriously but pushing for the developed world to help developing countries to a greater extent. It is a signatory to the Basel Convention governing the transport and disposal of hazardous waste and the Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and other major environmental agreements.

The question of environmental impacts associated with the Three Gorges Dam project has generated controversy among environmentalists inside and outside China. Critics claim that erosion and silting of the Yangtze River threaten several endangered species, while Chinese officials say the dam will help prevent devastating floods and generate clean hydroelectric power that will enable the region to lower its dependence on coal, thus lessening air pollution.

The United States and China are members of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). The APP is a public-private partnership of six nations—Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States—committed to explore new mechanisms to meet national pollution reduction, energy security, and climate change goals in ways that reduce poverty and promote economic development. APP members have undertaken cooperative activities involving the deployment of clean technology in partner countries in eight areas: cleaner fossil energy, renewable energy and distributed generation, power generation and transmission, steel, aluminum, cement, coal mining, and buildings and appliances.

The United States and China have been engaged in an active program of bilateral environmental cooperation since the mid-1990s, with an emphasis on clean energy technology and the design of effective environmental policy. While both governments view this cooperation positively, China has often compared the U.S. program, which lacks a foreign assistance component, with those of Japan and several European Union (EU) countries that include generous levels of aid.

===Digital currency===
A new digital currency laid out in the Five-Year Plan for 2021-2025 is part of the PRC's goal to become technologically independent of [[the West]], to dominate global tech, and overtake the US as the world's dominant power by 2049. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as [[bitcoin]], which are not issued by governments and therefore cannot be used as means of payment in most daily transactions, China's digital currency is issued and controlled by China's central bank.

The currency known as the digital renminbi or yuan, also known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), is the opposite of bitcoin. The ultimate goal of a [[cryptocurrency]] in the West is the separation of money and state, whereas the new digital currency is another element in the toolbox of [[surveillance]] and controlling the population, ensuring that no transaction goes unrecorded.

===Poor medical care===
Mainland China, like most Communist regimes, gives low priority to medicine and medical care. Mainland China only spends 1% of GDP on health care, ranking #156 out of 196 nations surveys by the World Health Organization (WHO). Many people rely on traditional practitioners, having more faith in acupuncture than modern science. In any case, few have the opportunity to receive modern drugs or treatment with advanced devices. The local clinic has only a thermometer and stethoscope for instrumentation, and very few modern drugs. Only one in six medical personnel have a college degree, and those degrees are not high quality. The ordinary people want more medical care but that hardly matters, for in a dictatorship violence matters, but not public opinion.<ref>Gordon Fairclaugh, "In China, Rx for Ailing Health System," ''Wall Street Journal,'' Oct. 15, 2009</ref>

===Internet censorship===
[[File:China-Winnie-Xi.jpg|right|300px|thumb|China banned Winnie-the-Pooh because of the similarities between Pooh and [[Xi Jingping]].]]
Between 2006 and 2010, [[Google]] had a censored version of its search engine in mainland China on google.cn. In 2010, Google ended its censored Mainland Chinese version, instead offering a link to the Hong Kong Chinese version, which did not censor search results, but is blocked in the Mainland. The Communist Party promotes Internet use for commerce, but heavily censors content it deems pornographic, anti-social or politically subversive and blocks many foreign news and social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The censorship is nicknamed the "Great Firewall of China," which is based on the Great Wall of China. However, the censorship can be easily bypassed by using a VPN.

When it was observed on social media that the cartoon character [[Winnie the Pooh]] resembled Xi Jinping at the beginning of his reign, the [[communist]] regime censored the character.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-censored-china-president-xi-jinping-comparisons/</ref> Under Xi Jinping, words, names and labels such as Dalai Lama, Wei Jingsheng, Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo who died of cancer in prison hospital, and anything critical of the CCP were no longer to be found on the tightly controlled Chinese internet. Terms like the [[Nobel Prize]], the Chinese Republic founded in 1911, and the word “mainland” were put on the index. The entire year 1989, the year of the Tiananmen Incident of 4 June 1989 (Tiananmen Massacre), disappeared from Baidu Baike (China's Wikipedia).<ref>The Chinese character for emerald green 翠(pronounced „cui“) was banned. The character for emerald green (翠) contains two so-called phonetic radicals, which, pronounced differently, also stand for the party leader’s surname 习 (surname: Xi) 近平 („first“ or call name: Jinping). But under the two phonetic radicals in the „head“ of the character „cui“ (翠), there is another character built in, which stands for „die“ and „perish“. Therefor using „cui“ (翠) for emerald green on the Chinese internet, according to the logic of the censors, would mean wishing something bad on the party leader.</ref>

===Higher education===
Despite fears that China may be outpacing the United States in turning out engineers, the number of college students in China who study engineering is on the decline, according to ''[[Global Times]]'', a Chinese party-controlled newspaper. Fewer than one in 10 college graduates in 2009 majored in engineering. Instead, students are turning to economics, finance, and management, which pay more and carry more social status. "Engineering usually makes people think of factories, while factories often give people an impression of hard work, low wages, and layoffs," the newspaper quoted one professor as saying.

Although there are some considerable effort of developing the universities, the Communist regime is still having issues with academic freedoms, which means that some improvements will be made, but the overall environment will not change.

The exodus of Chinese undergraduate and graduate students continues; as 180,000 left in 2008, about 25% percent more than in 2007, as more families were able to pay overseas tuition. For every four students who left in the past decade, only one returned; those with American PhDs in science or engineering the least likely to return. The intellectual vitality, quality of science, pay scales, and political climate are much more attractive in the West. Those who return to China risk being shunned as "foreigners".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07scholar.html?hp Sharon LaFraniera, "Fighting Trend, China Is Luring Scientists Home," ''New York Times'' Jan. 6. 2010]</ref> Now the exodus are enlarged into high-school students and even primary school students.


=== China and intellectual property theft ===

See: [[Atheistic China and intellectual property theft|China and intellectual property theft]]

== History ==
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{{History of China (full)}}
Although archaeologists have found settlements in China dating to [[5000 BC]], the earliest nation that can be dated in the area of modern China is the [[Shang Dynasty]], approximately [[2000 BC]].

Dynasty followed dynasty, as old regimes would lose the "mandate of heaven;" it was believed that each emperor ruled only with the approval of heaven, and a ruler who was unfit to rule would curse the nation until replaced. In addition, the Chinese capital would occasionally be overrun by "barbarians," who invariably would start a new dynasty in the Chinese capital, integrating their nations into the former dynasty.

Chinese had an advanced artistic culture and well-developed science and technology. However, its science and technology stood still after 1700 and in the 21st century very little survives outside museums, except in for the popular forms of traditional medicine.

===19th and 20th century===
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by large-scale civil wars, major famines, military defeats by Britain and Japan, regional control by powerful warlords, and foreign intervention such as the [[Boxer Rebellion]] of 1900. In 1911 a revolution deposed the [[Qing dynasty]] and the [[Republic of China]] was proclaimed.

Under the leadership of the [[KMT]] (Kuomintang), headed by [[Chiang Kai-shek]] (1887-1975), the central government finally suppressed the local warlords who effectively controlled many provinces. The KMT tried to destroy the Communists under [[Mao Zedong]], but they escaped in the "Long March" of 1934–35. Japan seized Manchuria in 1931, and in 1937 invaded all of China, seizing the coast, the major cities, and setting up a puppet government that controlled most of the population. China was allied with the U.S. and Britain against Japan, and at war's end joined the United Nations as a permanent member of the 5-nation Security Council, with a veto.

The period from the [[Opium War]]s to the rise of [[New China]] under Mao is referred to in Communist Chinese history texts as the Century of Humiliation.

===Great East Asian War===
:{{See also|Second Sino-Japanese War}}
When the war against [[Japan]] broke out in 1937, the Kuomintang (KMT) had more than 1.7 million armed soldiers, ships with 110,000 tons of displacement, and about 600 fighter planes of various kinds.

The total size of the CCP Army, including the New Fourth Army, which was newly formed in November 1937, did not exceed 70,000 people. Its power was weakened further by internal fractional politics; it could have been eliminated in a single battle. If the CCP were to face the Japanese in battle, it would not be able to defeat a single division of Japanese troops. Sustaining its own power rather than ensuring the survival of the nation was the central focus and the reason for its emphasis on “national unity.”

After the Japanese occupied the city of Shenyang on Sept. 18, 1931, thereby extending Japanese control over large areas in northeastern China, the CCP fought alongside Japanese invaders to defeat the KMT.<ref>https://u.osu.edu/mclc/2016/07/02/truth-of-mao-zedongs-collusion-with-the-japanese-army-1/</ref>

The Japanese set up a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit in [[Harbin]]. Unit 731 and its affiliated units were involved in research, development and experimental deployment of epidemic-creating biowarfare weapons in assaults against the Chinese populace (both military and civilian) throughout World War II. Plague-infected fleas, bred in the laboratories of Unit 731 and Unit 1644, were spread by low-flying airplanes upon Chinese cities, including coastal Ningbo and Changde, [[Hunan]] Province, in 1940 and 1941.<ref name="ciadoc" /> This military aerial spraying killed tens of thousands of people with [[bubonic plague]] epidemics. An expedition to [[Nanjing|Nanking]] involved spreading [[Typhoid fever|typhoid]] and paratyphoid germs into the wells, marshes, and houses of the city, as well as infusing them into snacks to be distributed among the locals. Epidemics broke out shortly after, to the elation of many researchers, where it was concluded that paratyphoid fever was "the most effective" of the pathogens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/Sheldon%20H.%20Harris%20-%20Factories%20of%20Death%20-%20Japanese%20Biological%20Warfare%2C%201932-1945%2C%20and%20the%20American%20Cover-Up%20%28pdf%29%20-%20roflcopter2110%20%5BWWRG%5D/Sheldon%20H.%20Harris%20-%20Factories%20of%20Death%20-%20Japanese%20Biological%20Warfare%20%28pdf%29%20-%20roflcopter2110%20%5BWWRG%5D.pdf|title=Factories of Death |last=Harris|first=Sheldon|page=77}}</ref><ref>Barenblatt, Daniel. ''A Plague Upon Humanity: the Secret Genocide of Axis Japan's Germ Warfare Operation'', HarperCollins, 2004. {{ISBN|0-06-018625-9}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

At least 12 large-scale field trials of biological weapons were performed, and at least 11 Chinese cities were attacked with biological agents. An attack on Changda in 1941 reportedly led to approximately 10,000 biological casualties and 1,700 deaths among ill-prepared Japanese troops, with most cases due to cholera.<ref name="histpersp" /> Japanese researchers performed tests on prisoners with [[bubonic plague]], [[cholera]], [[smallpox]], [[botulism]], and other diseases.<ref>[https://fas.org/nuke/guide/japan/bw/ Biological Weapons Program-Japan] Federation of American Scientists</ref> This research led to the development of the defoliation bacilli bomb and the flea bomb used to spread bubonic plague.<ref>[http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/germwar/731rev.htm Review of the studies on Germ Warfare] Tien-wei Wu ''A Preliminary Review of Studies of Japanese Biological Warfare and Unit 731 in the United States''</ref> Some of these bombs were designed with [[porcelain]] shells, an idea proposed by Ishii in 1938.

Due to pressure from numerous accounts of the bio-warfare attacks, [[Chiang Kai-shek]] sent a delegation of army and foreign medical personnel in November 1941 to document evidence and treat the afflicted. A report on the Japanese use of plague-infested fleas on Changde was made widely available the following year, but was not addressed by the Allied Powers until [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] issued a public warning in 1943 condemning the attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biohazard: Unit 731 and the American Cover-Up (Page 5)|url=https://www.umflint.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Research_and_Sponsored_Programs/MOM/b.altheide.pdf|website=[[University of Michigan–Flint]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guillemin|first=Jeanne|date=2017|editor-last=Friedrich|editor-first=Bretislav|editor2-last=Hoffmann|editor2-first=Dieter|editor3-last=Renn|editor3-first=Jürgen|editor4-last=Schmaltz|editor4-first=Florian|editor5-last=Wolf|editor5-first=Martin|title=The 1925 Geneva Protocol: China's CBW Charges Against Japan at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal|journal=One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences|language=en|publisher=Springer International Publishing|pages=273–286|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-51664-6_15|isbn=9783319516646|doi-access=free}}</ref>

===Mao era===
====Yan'an rectification movement====
:{{See also|Yan'an rectification movement|Rectification}}
In northern Shaanxi Province, while sandwiched between the Japanese and the KMT, the CCP began the Yan’an Rectification Movement of mass cleansing, killing many people. More than 10,000 were killed in the "rectification" process,<ref name="UJPRS">US Joint Publication research service. (1979). ''China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs.'' Foreign Broadcast Information Service. No ISBN digitized text March 5, 2007</ref> as the Party made efforts to attack intellectuals and replace the culture of the [[May Fourth Movement]] with that of Communist culture.<ref>Twitchett, Denis and Fairbank, John K. ''The Cambridge History of China.'' {{ISBN|0-521-24336-X}}</ref><ref>Borthwick, Mark. (1998). ''Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia.'' Westview Press. {{ISBN|0-8133-3471-3}}</ref><ref name="Apter">Apter, David Ernest. (1994). Revolutionary Discourse in Mao's Republic. Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|0-674-76780-2}}</ref> This type of repetitive massacre on such a massive scale did not prevent the CCP from eventually expanding its power to rule all of China. The CCP expanded this pattern of internal rivalry and killing from the small Soviet areas to the whole nation. ''The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party'' describes the Yan'an rectification movement as,
{{quotebox-float|"the largest, darkest, and most ferocious power game ever played out in the human world. In the name of “cleansing petty bourgeoisie toxins,” the Party washed away morality, independence of thought, freedom of action, tolerance, and dignity... Humiliation became a fact of life in Yan’an—it was either humiliate other comrades or humiliate oneself. People were pushed to the brink of insanity, having been forced to abandon their dignity, sense of honor or shame, and love for one another to save their own lives and their own jobs. They ceased to express their own opinions and recited Party leaders’ articles instead."}}
Mao developed the techniques of "thought reform" (literally "washing the brain" in Chinese). Mao's tactics often included isolating and attacking dissenting individuals in "study groups." These techniques of pressure, ostracism, and reintegration were particularly powerful in China, where the culture puts great value on "saving face", protecting one's innermost thinking, and above all, identifying with a group. Individuals put through thought reform later described it as excruciating. The resulting changes in views were not permanent, but the experience overall seriously affected the lives of those who went through it. The CCP has used these same types of techniques on millions of Chinese since 1949.

====Maoist revolution====
:{{See also|New China|History of the Chinese Communist Party}}
[[File:Anti-landlordism campaign.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Diorama depicting anti-landlordism, c. 1973.<ref>https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/44723</ref>]]
In 1945–46, the U.S. attempted to force a negotiated settlement between the KMT and the Communists, but failed. In the face of economic collapse,<ref>See [[Harry Dexter White#Betrayal of the Kuomintang]]</ref> the Communists won the civil war in 1949 under [[Mao Zedong]] established a totalitarian regime, forcing the elected constitutional ROC Government to Taiwan. Taiwan is recognized as an integral part of China in theory, but in practice has been independent since 1949.

Mao liquidated millions of opponents, acting against the International society in the [[Korean War]] (1950–53), and around 1960 broke bitterly with the Soviet Union over the control of the Communist world. Mao's regime imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. Mao bluntly said,
{{quotebox-float|“What can Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]] brag about? He only killed 460 [[Confucius|Confucian]] scholars, but we killed 46,000 intellectuals. There are people who accuse us of practicing dictatorship like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and we admit to it all. It fits the reality. It is a pity that they did not give us enough credit, so we need to add to it.”<ref name="ninecommentaries.com">http://www.ninecommentaries.com/english-3</ref>}}

====Cold War era====
Throughout most of the [[Cold War]] era, the United States and its allies adopted a Two-China policy, referring to Mainland China as [[Red China]], and the allied Taiwanese government as [[Free China]]. The government of Taiwan held the permanent seat assigned to China on the United Nations Security Council from the founding of the United Nations Charter in 1945, until Red China's accession to the post in 1971. Since 1971, Red China, or the People's Republic of China, has insisted upon a One-China policy in all its diplomatic relations. The common reference to Mainland China as "China" proper in American academia and media, in accordance with PRC propaganda and its foreign policy stance, is a relatively late development of more recent decades.

====Great Leap Forward====

The Great Leap Forward (1958–60) and the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) were the two worst periods of leftist domination in the history of China. Deng Xiaoping claimed the death toll to be 16 million, while the lowest estimate is 8 million <ref>Mao: The Real Story by Alexander P. Pantsov with Steven I. Levine, pg. 472</ref>

Mao's grand strategy for Cold War competition inflicted a catastrophic agricultural failure in China and victimized tens of millions of Chinese peasants. After [[Nikita Khrushchev]] boasted in 1957 that the Soviet Union would soon surpassing the United States in key economic outputs, Mao decided to launch an even faster industrialization program that would push China past Britain in some production categories within 15 years. Beginning in 1958, Mao imposed unrealistic targets on Chinese grain production to extract funds from agriculture for rapid industrial growth. Maoists placed relentless pressure on Communist cadres for ruthless implementation of the Great Leap Forward. Contrary to Maoist plans, China's grain output in 1959-60 declined sharply from 1957 levels and rural per capita grain retention decreased dramatically. Throughout China, party cadres' mismanagement of agricultural production was responsible for the decline in grain output, and the Communist state's excessive requisition of grain caused food shortages for the peasants. But the key factor determining the famine's uneven impact on the peasantry in the provinces was the degree to which provincial leaders genuinely and energetically embraced Maoist programs.<ref>Yixin Chen, "Cold War Competition and Food Production in China, 1957-1962," ''Agricultural History'' 2009 83(1): 51-78,</ref>

Although the Great Leap Forward was much more disastrous in both human and economic terms, the Cultural Revolution receives the more negative assessment in China. This harsher review of the Cultural Revolution stems from the facts that it occurred more recently, was much longer in duration, and that many of its victims were cadres and intellectuals.<ref>William A. Joseph, "A Tragedy of Good Intentions: Post-mao Views of the Great Leap Forward." ''Modern China'' 1986 12(4): 419-457. Issn: 0097-7004 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/189257 in Jstor ]</ref> Mao said, {{quotebox|“What can Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]] brag about? He only killed 460 [[Confucius|Confucian]] scholars, but we killed 46,000 intellectuals. There are people who accuse us of practicing dictatorship like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and we admit to it all. It fits the reality. It is a pity that they did not give us enough credit, so we need to add to it.”<ref name="ninecommentaries.com">http://www.ninecommentaries.com/english-3</ref>}}

====Cultural Revolution====
:{{See also|Cultural Revolution}}
[[File:Def01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Poster from the Maoist Cultural Revolution.[http://web.archive.org/web/20121015190740/http://www2.okcu.edu/honors/colloquiums.pdf] ]]
In the early 1960s, State President Liu Shaoqi and his protégé, Party General Secretary Deng Xiaoping, took over direction of the party and adopted pragmatic economic policies at odds with Mao's revolutionary vision. Dissatisfied with China's new direction and his own reduced authority, Party Chairman Mao launched a massive political attack on Liu, Deng, and other pragmatists in the spring of 1966. The new movement, the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution," was unprecedented in communist history. For the first time, a section of the Chinese communist leadership sought to rally popular opposition against another leadership group. China was set on a course of political and social anarchy that lasted the better part of a decade.

In the early stages of the Cultural Revolution, Mao and his "closest comrade in arms," National Defense Minister Lin Biao, charged Liu, Deng, and other top party leaders with dragging China back toward capitalism. Radical youth organizations, called Red Guards, attacked party and state organizations at all levels, seeking out leaders who would not bend to the radical wind.

Gradually, Red Guard and other radical activity subsided, and the Chinese political situation stabilized along complex factional lines. The leadership conflict came to a head in September 1971, when Party Vice Chairman and Defense Minister [[Lin Biao]] reportedly tried to stage a coup against Mao; Lin Biao later died in a plane crash in Mongolia.
[[File:Li660912-1-b.jpg|left|300px|thumb|[[Cancel culture]] and public shaming was reserved for the enemies of socialism who survived the Cultural Revolution.]]
Mao's regime imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. The [[Cultural Revolution]] of 1966-76 was inspired by Mao and devastated the intellectual class. Tens of thousands of intellectuals and teachers were educators were insulted, tortured, driven to suicide or executed by their students. Mobilized as members of the Red Guards, a new youth organization, the students attacked the educators as "capitalist intellectuals." From 1967 to 1978, the state "send-down" (rustication) policy 17 million urban youth to live and work in rural areas, with a permanent negative impact on their intellectual development and careers.<ref>Xueguang Zhou and Liren Hou, "Children of the Cultural Revolution: the State and the Life Course in the People's Republic of China." ''American Sociological Review'' 1999 64(1): 12-36. Issn: 0003-1224 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657275 in Jstor ]</ref>

The upheaval was not limited to the cities. Maoist political ideology and teachings provided the catalyst for village conflicts that brought out traditional grievances and further escalated the conflicts. Some of the catalysts were student activists carrying out Mao's teachings, factional disputes, and the Four Clean-up campaigns that purged village officials and corruption. These conflicts spread to traditional grievances like lineage and hamlet hostilities and disputes over leadership and rights. Often, the conflicts caused by Party politics intersected traditional conflicts to the extent that the root causes of the conflicts were lost. This resulted in further escalation of the conflicts, which became more complex and widespread.

In rural China an estimated 750,000 to 1.5 million people were killed, and about as many permanently injured; 36 million who suffered some form of political persecution. The vast majority of these casualties occurred from 1968 to 1971, after the end of the period of popular rebellion and factional conflict and the establishment of provisional organs of local state power.<ref>Jonathan Unger, "Cultural Revolution Conflict in the Villages." ''China Quarterly'' 1998 (153): 82-106. Issn: 0305-7410 [http://www.jstor.org/pss/655831 in Jstor] ; Andrew G. Walder, and Yang Su, "The Cultural Revolution in the Countryside: Scope, Timing and Human Impact." ''China Quarterly'' 2003 (173): 74-99. Issn: 0305-7410</ref>

Mao's policies were illustrated in posters that used art for political purposes. The posters glorified Mao, criticized his opponents, urged cooperation among all revolutionary groups, and condemned capitalism and foreign imperialists.<ref>Patricia Powell, and Joseph Wong, "Propaganda Posters from the Chinese Cultural Revolution." ''Historian'' 1997 59(4): 776-793. Issn: 0018-2370 in [[EBSCO]]</ref> Major leadership changes and purges occurred at the top, involving [[Lin Biao]], the [[Gang of Four]], and Deng Xiaoping.

===Deng and successors===
:{{See also|China under Deng and successors}}

After 1978, Mao's successor [[Deng Xiaoping]] constructed a market-economy system, while still remain de facto control over the land by imposing the length of usage of the land, and by 2000 output had increased, population growth ended (by imposing a one-child policy), and regular diplomatic contacts were established with the West. For much of the population, living standards improved and the material choices grew, yet totalitarian rule and the ownership of the Internet still remain firmly gripped.
[[File:Deng successors.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Deng successors Xi, Hu, and Jiang.]]
In 1989, the [[Tiananmen Square democracy protests]] were inspired by an explosion of democracy protests worldwide that resulted in the [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]], the Czech [[Velvet Revolution]], and the collapse of Soviet Communism. The Chinese protests, however, were quashed when the so-called "People's Liberation Army" killed over 10,000 Chinese people. The Chinese Communist Party then established a registry of social organizations, in order to head off political upheaval. [[Falun Gong]], a revival of pre-Maoist Cultural Revolution traditions, registered with the Chinese government in 1992. It soon attracted “tens of millions of adherents."<ref>Maria Hsia Chang, ''Falun Gong: The End of Days.''</ref> Falun Gong started holding enormous gatherings; by the mid- 1990s, there were more than two thousand Falun Gong practice sites in [[Beijing]] alone. Troubled by the possibility that a large part of the population was becoming more loyal to Falun Gong than to the Communist Party, the government began cracking down on groups and banning sales of Falun Gong publications.

By 1999, the CCP estimated that the group had seventy million adherents; that year, more than ten thousand of them staged a silent protest in Tiananmen Square. An arrest warrant was issued for Li Hongzhi, the group founder, who had by then immigrated to Queens, New York. The Chinese National Congress subsequently passed, and began [[violent]]ly enforcing, an "anti-cult law".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20101127131821/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/16/world/china-expels-53-foreign-falun-gong-followers.html</ref>

The [[610 Office]] was the main organization created to eliminate Falun Gong. It is nominally subordinate to the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC). The Political and Legal Affairs Committee purview was expanded after the 610 Office was incorporated into it. The 610 Office derives its name from the date of its founding, June 10, 1999. After that date, almost every Party branch, from the province to the county to the district level, established its own 610 Office. The source of the 610 Office's ability to operate extralegally and with impunity is not drawn from the State. Neither the People's Congress nor the State Council has authorized its actions. Rather, approval and support for its deeds comes from the CCP. Each 610 Office takes orders from the 610 Office one level above it, going up to the Central Committee 610 Office. The local 610 Offices also take orders from the leadership team of the CCP Committee at its same organizational level.<ref>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/droi/dv/506_yiyangxia_/506_yiyangxia_en.pdf</ref> It later changed its name to the Central Leading Group on Dealing with Heretical Religions or Office of Maintaining Stability.

China's economy changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade, to a socialism under capitalist management model and is a major player in the global economy.

====One child policy====

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With a population officially just over 1.3 billion and an estimated growth rate of about 0.6%, China is very concerned about its population growth and has attempted with mixed results to implement a strict birth limitation policy. Until 2013 the government permitted one child per family, with allowance for a second child under certain circumstances (such as twins), especially in rural areas, and with guidelines looser for ethnic minorities with small populations. Enforcement varies and relies largely on "social compensation fees" to discourage extra births. Official government policy opposed forced [[abortion]] or sterilization, but in some localities, there were instances of forced [[abortion]]. The government's goal was to stabilize the population in the first half of the 21st century.

Boys are highly prized, and because screening of fetuses was done to determine gender, selective abortion resulted in 119 boys born for every 100 girls.

Fertility rates dropped below 2.0 by 1990. The magnitude of female [[infanticide]] in China became astonishing in the decades between 1990 and 2010, when well over ten million female infants were killed. The result was a skewed sex ratio in the generation born since 1980. By 2020, there were about 50 million more males than females.

====Tiananmen Square massacre====

:{{See also|Tiananmen Square massacre}}
In the months prior to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], pro-democracy movements worldwide flourished and socialism fell into disrepute. The CCP faced the challenge of large-scale protests in Beijing's [[Tiananmen Square]] and in more than 400 other cities between April 15, 1989, and June 4, 1989.
[[File:Tiananmen June 4 1989.gif|left|350px|thumb|APCs moving on students in Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989.]]
After [[Zhao Ziyang]] became the party General Secretary, the economic and political reforms he had championed came under increasing attack. His proposal in May 1988 to accelerate price reform led to widespread popular complaints about rampant [[inflation]] and gave opponents of rapid reform the opening to call for greater centralization of economic controls and stricter prohibitions against Western influence. This precipitated a political debate, which grew more heated through the winter of 1988–89.

The death of [[Hu Yaobang]] on April 15, 1989, coupled with growing economic hardship caused by high inflation, provided the backdrop for a large-scale protest movement by students, intellectuals, government employees, [[journalist]]s, workers, [[police officer]]s, members of the armed forces, and other members of a disaffected urban population. University students and other citizens camped out in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mourn Hu's death and to protest against those who would slow reform. Their protests, which grew despite government efforts to contain them, called for an end to official corruption and for defense of freedoms guaranteed by the Chinese constitution. At least one million residents of Beijing were taking part in the protests.<ref>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/one-million-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-beijing</ref> Protests also spread to many other cities, including [[Shanghai]], [[Chengdu]], and [[Guangzhou]]. By late May, Tiananmen Square was overcrowded and beginning to face health and hygiene problems.

Disagreements about how to respond split the top Party leadership and forced out the Party General Secretary at the time, Zhao Ziyang. The decisions by Wang Zhen, Li Peng, and Paramount Leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] led them to conclude that the survival of their regime was at stake. Martial law was declared on May 20, 1989, and at least 30 divisions were mobilized. As many as 250,000 troops were eventually sent to the capital.
[[File:Tiananmen victims crushed by tank treads.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Human remains crushed by PLA armoured personnel carriers in Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989.]]
The 27th Army of Shanxi Province, whose troops were described as 60 percent illiterate and primitives, were responsible for most of the atrocities at Tiananmen Square.<ref>https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/docs/doc18.pdf</ref> The 27th Army “snipers shot many civilians on balconies, street sweepers etc for target practice” and used expanding dum-dum bullets. The 27th Army was chosen because its troops were considered “the most reliable and obedient”.

Late on June 3, 1989, and early on the morning of June 4, PLA units were brought into Beijing using automatic weapons, advancing in tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), and trucks from several directions toward Tiananmen Square. They used armed force to clear demonstrators from the streets.

At 4:30 am protesters, joined by some PLA members, were given one hour to leave the Square, however five minutes later the 27th Army's armoured personnel carriers opened fire before running the crowd over at 65 kph [40 miles per hour]. “Students linked arms but were mown down. APCs then ran over the bodies time and time again to make, quote ‘pie’ unquote. Their remains were collected by bulldozer later that morning, incinerated, and then hosed down drains.

The 27th Army was ordered to spare no one. Wounded girl students begged for their lives but were bayoneted. A three-year-old girl was injured, but her mother was shot as she went to her aid, as were six others.

1,000 survivors were told they could escape but were then mown down from specially prepared machine gun positions.

Army ambulances, who attempted to give aid, were shot up, as was a Sino-Japanese hospital ambulance. With the medical crew dead, the wounded driver attempted to ram attackers but was blown to pieces by an anti-tank weapon.

In another incident, the troops shot one of their own officers. “27 Army officer shot dead by own troops, apparently because he faltered. Troops explained they would be shot if they hadn’t shot the officer.”

The true scale of the murders went unreported in Western media for nearly 30 years,<ref>https://archive.is/6nzNI#selection-2459.16-2479.159</ref> as globalists negotiated trade agreements and welcomed the [[PRC]] into the World Trade Organization. Western sources, including [[Wikipedia]], toe the Chinese Communist Party line on many events and details, including casualty statistics.

In an object lesson about the duplicity of socialist slogans, buzzwords, and phrases geared toward seducing the youth and the naive - China's People's Army killed 10,000 of China's own people.<ref>"[https://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/chinese-killed-at-least-10000-at-tiananmen-square-newly-declassified-documents-claim/ Chinese Killed At Least 10,000 At Tiananmen Square, Newly Declassified Documents Claim]", ''Daily Caller'', 12/24/2017.</ref> In fact, China's People's Army has killed more of China's own people than any foreign enemy in its entire history.

====Most Favored Nation status with the U.S.====
:{{See also|Most favored nation}}
As China has been growing in power, it has also become increasingly aggressive on the international stage.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (February 19, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/31388-china-s-new-aggression-on-the-world-stage China’s New Aggression on the World Stage]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 19, 2019. See also:
*Blanchard, Ben (September 24, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-anniversary-timeline/timeline-seven-decades-of-communist-china-idUSKBN1WA03Z Timeline: Seven decades of Communist China]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
*Newman, Alex (September 25, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-trump-really-to-blame-for-chinas-rise-at-the-un-as-media-claim_3094695.html China’s Subversion of the United Nations]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.</ref> The country's Communist Party also increased control over the country and economy,<ref>Multiple references:
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*Blanchard, Ben (March 7, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-politics/in-sensitive-year-for-china-warnings-against-erroneous-thoughts-idUSKCN1QO0X0 In sensitive year for China, warnings against 'erroneous thoughts']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
*Timm, Leo; Hao, Nicole (December 24, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/year-in-review-for-communist-china-the-worst-is-yet-to-come_3180253.html Year in Review: For Communist China, the Worst Is yet to Come]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
*Adelmann, Bob (December 30, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/34476-china-facing-massive-headwinds-in-2020 China Facing Massive Headwinds in 2020]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 30, 2019.</ref> and foreign companies worked to appease the Chinese government.<ref>Lowe, Tiana (August 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/woke-capitalism-cowers-to-china Woke capitalism cowers to China]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 26, 2019. See also:
*Kraychik, Robert (October 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/10/14/rob-spalding-china-silenced-its-critics-buying-off-americas-elites/ Rob Spalding: China Silenced Its Critics by Buying Off America’s Elites]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
*Virgil (October 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/20/virgil-five-takeaways-from-capitalisms-kowtow-to-china/ Virgil: Five Takeaways from Capitalism’s Kowtow to China]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.</ref> China uses about half of the world's steel and cement/concrete. In the 3 years from 2011 to 2014, China used 6.6 gigatons of cement, which is more than the US did in the entire 20th century.<ref>https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Concrete-in-China</ref> China also worked to isolate Taiwan diplomatically.<ref>Schmitt, Gary (September 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/463290-china-is-quietly-winning-the-diplomatic-war-with-taiwan China is quietly winning the diplomatic war with Taiwan]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.</ref> China became the dominant trading partner of a large majority of the world's countries, overtaking the U.S.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MhaskarChief/status/1198862204876931072 Zeeshan Mhaskar]. ''Twitter''. November 24, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019. See also:
*Akan, Emel (January 6, 2020). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-rise-had-a-negative-impact-on-global-innovation-say-experts_3195603.html China’s Rise Has Had Negative Impact on Global Innovation, Experts Say]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved January 6, 2020.</ref> Under Xi Jinping, China regressed back to Mao's totalitarianism.<ref>Adelmann, Bob (December 30, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/34470-china-s-xi-jinping-is-now-the-people-s-leader China’s Xi Jinping Is Now the “People’s Leader”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 30, 2019.</ref>

====Persecution of Falun Gong====
[[File:Organ-harvesting-profits.jpg|right|thumb|These values come from the China International Transplantation Network Assistance Center (CITNAC) at www.zoukiishoku.com. CITNAC was founded in the transplantation institute at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University. Its website was shutdown soon after organ harvesting was exposed, here is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20050407211151/http://en.zoukiishoku.com/list/cost.htm archived page].]]
{{See also|Forced organ harvesting}}
While the [[CCP pandemic]] unfolded the China Tribunal, an independent people's tribunal, released its full judgment on Chinese forced organ harvesting. The panel was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice who previously led the [[prosecution]] of former [[Yugoslavia]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Slobodan Milosevic]] for [[war crimes]] at the International Criminal Tribunal and included other experts in law, transplant surgery, international politics, Chinese history and business. The experts concluded that the grisly practice has continued unabated. In June 2019 the tribunal delivered its findings in [[London]], concluding beyond a reasonable doubt that state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has taken place for years in China on a significant scale and is still taking place. The main organ supply came from imprisoned practitioners of the persecuted spiritual group [[Falun Gong]].

The Chinese regime has persecuted the group for more than two decades. Hundreds of thousands of adherents have been thrown into prisons, labor camps, and brainwashing centers where many have been tortured in an effort to force them to renounce their faith. The tribunal concluded that the Chinese regime sustained a campaign of forced organ harvesting constituted a crime against humanity. Many people have died indescribable hideous deaths for no reason, that more may suffer in similar ways, and that all of us live on a planet where extreme wickedness may be found in the power of those, who for the time being, are running a country that is one of the oldest civilizations known to modern man.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfN2_uOvTM</ref>

====Bo Xilai affair and 2012 coup attempt====

Bo Xilai sat on the 25-member Party Politburo and Central Committee and was Party Secretary of a powerful municipality. Bo styled himself as a champion of the poor and dispossessed, supporting the state-run economy, lead a crackdown on supposed organized crime bosses, and fanned nostalgia for the violent [[Antifa|Anti-fascist]] Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. Bo's rhetoric was critical of the [[income gap]] and broken promises to the [[working class]] that accompanied China's rise to become the world's second-largest economy. Bo was widely reported as a candidate for promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee.

Bo's wife was convicted of [[murder]] of a British businessman in August 2012. Bo's vice mayor was convicted of “bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking” in September 2012. Days later, the Party Politburo expelled Bo from the Party's ranks and announced that it was transferring his case to state judicial authorities. The Party investigation concluded that Bo “bore major responsibility” in the cases of his vice-mayor's actions and his wife's involvement in the murder, and alleged that he “took advantage of his office to seek profits for others and received huge bribes personally and through his family.” [[Social media]] brought the scandal to light, creating problems for existing leadership. Had this particular murder victim not been foreign, the case likely would never have been investigated. Like in American politics, scandals and coverups often take a different narrative than true underlying facts. Bo, a "reformer and corruption fighter", was removed and prosecuted on corruption charges. The 2012 Bo Xilai Affair highlighted the degree to which the families of top Party officials were able to parlay access to political power into vast personal wealth.

On the night of March 19, 2012, Zhou Yongkang, then secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Communist Party of China, launched an attempted coup. It is reported that the purpose was to snatch the key witness of the Bo Xilai case, the wealthy businessman Xu Ming of Dalian Shide, and to assassinate the former Premier Wen Jiabao. It is also said that Zhou Yongkang mobilized large-scale armed police forces to surround Xinhuamen and Tiananmen. Hu Jintao rushed the 38th Army into Beijing and confronted the armed police outside the Political and Legal Committee building. The armed police fired warning shots to the sky, but the elite troops of the 38th Army quickly disarmed all the armed police. Many Beijing residents heard gunshots that night.

===Xi era===
Xi's rise largely is the result of the 2012 Bo Xilai affair. Bo was the "[[Bernie Sanders]] of China," a corrupt kleptocrat and supposed advocate for the poor and oppressed. Bo was a member of the [[Politburo]] and candidate to the seven-member Standing Committee. A Jiang flunky, Bo was mayor of Dalian City in Liaoning Province in 1999 when the roundup Falun Gong began, and steadily rose in ranks for the next decade. As Governor, Dalian City and Liaoning Province, arrest and kidnappings of Falun Gong was more intense than in many other areas of China.<ref>http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2012/4/26/132920.htmlM</ref> Xi took advantage of the scandal which exposed the policy of [[genocide]] of Falun Gong being ordered by the Politburo and to aid in the cover-up of CCP's inherent and inimical use of murder and to destroy rivals for power.

With the amendment to the constitution in 2018 repealing presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to become a ruler for life,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/world/asia/china-xi-constitution-term-limits.html</ref> the Reform era begun by Deng Xiaoping came to an end. The repeal of these reforms on the highest offices of state violated long sought-after conditions and agreements with the GATT organization and WTO for admission.

On March 1, 2020, ten days before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the [[CCP virus]] a global [[pandemic]], the international China Tribunal published its Final Report declaring that the CCP had indeed performed hundreds of thousands of involuntary organ harvesting of hearts, lungs, kidneys, and livers from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in a budding for-profit organ transplant industry for recipients worldwide.<ref>https://chinatribunal.com/china-tribunal-releases-judgment-2020/</ref>

====National socialism with Chinese characteristics====
:{{See also|National socialism}}
Xi Jinping's swift rise to power was accomplished by so-called "anti-corruption" campaigns, stomping out rival power centers in the military and party. According to China expert Ian Easton, in January 2016, the CCP launched a sweeping military reform and reorganization program. It was the first time a purge like this had happened in Communist China's 70-year history. To succeed, Xi fired, imprisoned, and, in several cases, executed, well over 100 high-ranking generals in front of their peers.<ref name="youtu.be">https://youtu.be/Se_r1qwWMMA</ref>

In February 2018 the CCP Central Committee approved a measure making Xi Jinping dictator for life.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/26/xi-jinping-china-presidential-limit-scrap-dictator-for-life</ref> The abolition of the presidential term limit amounts to an acknowledgment that the old CCP adage “only socialism can save China” requires the new corollary that “only Xi Jinping can save socialism."<ref>https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/clm56am.pdf</ref> Xi Jinping is said to be surrounded by sycophant's and yes men.

Outside observers have seen certain changes as a movement toward [[National Socialism]] with Chinese [[racial]] characteristics.<ref name="aspistrategist.org.au"/><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/11/15/national-socialism-with-chinese-characteristics/</ref><ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/nazi-china-communists-carl-schmitt/617237/</ref> John Xenakis of ''[[Breitbart]]'' observed there is no difference between ''Xi Jinping Thought'', ''Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era'' and [[Adolf Hitler]]’s Thoughts and National Socialism:<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/10/24/24-oct-17-world-view-xi-jinpings-socialism-with-chinese-characteristics-is-identical-to-hitlers-national-socialism/</ref>
*China has become an international criminal nation by building military bases in international waters in the [[South China Sea]], in direct violation of international law as defined by the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. [[Nazi Germany]] did the same thing in [[Czechoslovakia]] and [[Poland]].
*China has become a military dictatorship, developing multiple missile systems whose only purpose is to attack American aircraft carriers, military bases, and cities. Those missiles will be launched long before 2050. Hitler did the same thing by building a massive air force in preparation for war with [[Britain]], in violation of international law and the agreements it had signed after [[World War I]].
*And now we have ''Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new era''. It and Hitler's National Socialism explain why their government model is superior to everyone else's, why they are right about everything and everyone else is wrong, and why military force is OK at any time that anyone else is not doing what their government demands.
*The Chinese people hold strong nationalist, [[xenophobic]], and [[racist]] views targeting the [[Tibet]]ans, [[Uighur]]s, [[Japan]]ese, [[South Korea]]ns, [[Philippine]] people, and [[Vietnam]]ese. Hitler had similar racist and xenophobic views targeting [[Jews]], [[Russia]]ns, [[French]], and [[English]].
*For a war to be supported by the population, every war leader must provide an ideological framework to justify [[torture]], [[rape]], [[Mass murder|mass slaughter]], and streets filled with blood, whether it is killing infidels or Marxism. China's ''Socialism with Chinese Characteristics'' and Hitler's National Socialism both use an ideological framework based on Marxism.

In July 2019, the CCP released a threatening defense white paper that read,
{{quotebox-float|“Solving the Taiwan problem and achieving complete national unification is in the fundamental interest of the Chinese race. It is obviously necessary for achieving the Chinese race’s great renewal... China must be unified and obviously will be... If anyone splits Taiwan off from China, China’s military will pay any price to totally defeat them.”<ref>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2019/10/28/2003724771</ref>}}
====610 Office====

Under Xi Jinping the 610 Office changed its name to the Central Leading Group on Preventing and Dealing with Heretical Religions, but is still commonly known as the 610 Office. The [[610 Office]] is the main organization created to eliminate Falun Gong and is similar to [[Nazi Germany]]’s [[Gestapo]],<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=610+office&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CaTgbTS0lwdKImDI8MzVwg5ieby7coLKB55Y38Il6Uf4LSOU5BKWR6DhUCVUrUVTHZMWrfkIQ9QzZ95REgSXMwBTtBjk4WjdFOEQnSdJhmkWXK6qnTUoRWTTBhP71MRr5NQZqUUwNfokYrMqEgnI8MzVwg5ieRFO6zJ2DoP3jSoSCby7coLKB55YEU7rMnYOg_1eNKhIJ38Il6Uf4LSMRTusydg6D940qEgmU5BKWR6DhUBFO6zJ2DoP3jSoSCSVUrUVTHZMWEU7rMnYOg_1eNKhIJrfkIQ9QzZ94RzvQIkOPrUr4qEglREgSXMwBTtBHO9AiQ4-tSvioSCRjk4WjdFOEQEbOXi0254iA5KhIJnSdJhmkWXK4RzvQIkOPrUr4qEgmqnTUoRWTTBhGzl4tNueIgOSoSCRP71MRr5NQZEbOXi0254iA5KhIJqUUwNfokYrMR8Jk7TX2bxnlhx-bsD10kW9o&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCo6vB4v3pAhXQKs0KHQujCbYQuIIBegQIARA6&biw=1280&bih=881&dpr=1 Google images]</ref> The office was originally the creature of a rival CCP faction headed by former CCP boss [[Jiang Zemin]], but in an alleged "anti-corruption, reform campaign," Xi replaced Jiang cronies with his own and changed the agency's name.
[[File:TiananmenSquareAppeal-minghui.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Falun Gong arrests in Tiananmen Square.]]
610 has the power to command all [[police]] and [[judicial]] organs. It is an ''ad hoc'' agency at the highest levels endowed with extraordinary and extralegal power.

Between 2018 and 2019, structural reforms under Xi Jinping called for the 610 Office's functions to be merged into the Chinese police force, as well as a powerful Communist Party organ, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (PLAC). According to analysts, scrapping the Office represented a move by Xi to further consolidate his power over the regime security forces, which had been dominated by a rival faction of former party boss Jiang Zemin allies throughout the 2000s.<ref>https://sinoinsider.com/2018/03/politics-watch-decoding-chinas-party-and-state-institutional-reforms/</ref>

According to documents obtained by Chinese-language ''[[Epoch Times]]'' (''The Great Era''),<ref>*https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/20/4/12/n12023895.htm *https://www.conservapedia.com/User:RobSmith/%22Exclusive%22_internal_documents_leak_610_super_power_not_terminated</ref> shows that despite Xi's aggressive restructuring of Party's institutions and the sacking of the central "610" and its offices since he took office in 2012, the extralegal power of the "610" has not diminished.

The leaked documents show that the District Anti-Cult Guidance Section is responsible for evaluating the performance of party and government organs, from the Political and Legal Commission, the Organization Department, the [[Commission for Discipline Inspection]], the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate, the Court, the Propaganda Department, the Finance Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Housing and Construction Commission, the SASAC, the Health and Health Commission, the Internet Trust Office, to the National People's Congress, the CPPCC, the United Front Department, the Education Commission, the Commerce Bureau, the Municipal Administration of Law Enforcement, the Landscaping Bureau, the Agricultural and Rural Bureau, and so on, almost all the party and government organs are subject to "610" assessment.

The main inhabitants of East Turkestan are the [[Uighur]]s among other Turkic peoples such as [[Kazakh]]s, Kirghiz, Uzbek and Tatars. East Turkestan was an independent country until the year 1949, when it was invaded by the [[Communist Chinese]].<ref name="iuhrdf.org"/> From the years 1951–1959, there were over 14 major armed rebellions against the Chinese occupation. The largest armed rebellion took place in Khotan from December 28–31, 1954.

====Uyghur genocide====

:{{See also|Xinjiang concentration camps}}
Natural population growth in Xinjiang has declined dramatically; growth rates fell by 84 percent in the two largest Uyghur prefectures between 2015 and 2018, and declined further in several minority regions in 2019. For 2020, one Uyghur region set an unprecedented near-zero birth rate target: a mere 1.05 per mille, compared to 19.66 per mille in 2018. This was intended to be achieved through “family planning work.”

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) government documents bluntly mandate that birth control violations are punishable by extrajudicial internment in “training” camps. This confirms evidence such violations were the most common reason for internment (Journal of Political Risk, February 2020).
[[File:CCP concentration camp.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A transport of Uighur prisoners at a CCP [[concentration camp]] in Xinjiang.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/china-xinjiang-prisoners-blindfolded-tied-up-leaked-drone-footage-2019-10</ref>]]
XUAR documents from 2019 reveal plans for a campaign of mass female sterilization in rural Uyghur regions, targeting 14 and 34 percent of all married women of childbearing age in two Uyghur counties that year. This project targeted all of southern Xinjiang, and continued in 2020 with increased funding. This campaign likely aims to sterilize rural minority women with three or more children, as well as some with two children—equivalent to at least 20 percent of all childbearing-age women. Budget figures indicate that this project had sufficient funding for performing hundreds of thousands of tubal ligation sterilization procedures in 2019 and 2020, with at least one region receiving additional central government funding. In 2018, a Uyghur prefecture openly set a goal of leading its rural populations to accept widespread sterilization surgery.

By 2019, XUAR planned to subject at least 80 percent of women of childbearing age in the rural southern four minority prefectures to intrusive birth prevention surgeries (IUDs or sterilizations), with actual shares likely being much higher. In 2018, 80 percent of all net added IUD placements in China (calculated as placements minus removals) were performed in Xinjiang, despite the fact that the region only makes up 1.8 percent of the PRC's population.

Shares of women aged 18 to 49 who were either widowed or in menopause have more than doubled since the onset of the internment campaign in one particular Uyghur region. These are potential proxy indicators for unnatural deaths (possibly of interned husbands), and/or of injections given in internment that can cause temporary or permanent loss of menstrual cycles.

Between 2015 and 2018, about 860,000 ethnic Han residents left Xinjiang, while up to 2 million new residents were added to Xinjiang's Han majority regions. Also, population growth rates in a Uyghur region where Han constitute the majority were nearly 8 times higher than in the surrounding rural Uyghur regions (in 2018). These figures raise concerns that Beijing is doubling down on a policy of Han settler [[colonialism]].

These findings provide the strongest evidence yet that Beijing's policies in Xinjiang meet one of the [[genocide]] criteria cited in the U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, namely that of Section D of Article II: “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the [targeted] group” (United Nations, December 9, 1948).<ref>[https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Zenz-Internment-Sterilizations-and-IUDs-UPDATED-July-21-Rev2.pdf?x79141 STERILIZATIONS,IUDS, AND MANDATORY BIRTH CONTROL: THE CCP’S CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS UYGHUR BIRTHRATES IN XINJIANG]'', Adrian Zenz, June 2020 Updated July 21, 2020. The Jamestown Foundation.</ref>

Xinjiang's largest concentration camp is twice the size of [[Vatican City]].<ref>https://japantoday.com/category/world/ap-looks-inside-china%27s-largest-detention-center-in-xinjiang1</ref> As of 2021, Xinjiang had over 300 concentration camps, or 206 million square feet with enough capacity to incarcerate seven times the prison population in the United States.<ref>https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/china-can-lock-million-muslims-xinjiang-once</ref>

====Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic====
:{{See also|CCP virus||Atheism and the coronavirus pandemic|Wuhan coronavirus - Chinese Communist Party response}}
[[File:Mao corona.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Chinese communists suppressed news of the covid outbreak for two months, arrested doctors who posted on social media about it, and did not advise the people of Wuhan until after the virus spread throughout the world.]]
In July 2019, Xiangguo Qiu and a number of Qiu's students were forcibly removed from Canada's only level-4 laboratory. A Level 4 virology facility is a lab equipped to work with the most serious and deadly human and animal diseases. The laboratory in Winnepeg, [[Manitoba]] is one of only a handful in [[North America]] capable of handling pathogens requiring the highest level of containment.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chinese-researcher-escorted-from-infectious-disease-lab-amid-rcmp-investigation-1.5211567</ref>

Bio-warfare experts questioned why Canada was sending lethal viruses to China.<ref>https://edmontonjournal.com/health/bio-warfare-experts-question-why-canada-was-sending-lethal-viruses-to-china/wcm/fce2a521-4ce1-4eb0-8ccf-43f165713c0b/</ref>

The unity within the Chinese Communist Party is shattering as all three factions (Shanghai, Beijing, and Zhenjiang) in the party are embroiled in a feud. The Shanghai faction is led by Jiang Zemin, the Beijing faction is led by [[Hu Jintao]], and the Zhenjiang faction is led by President Xi Jinping. Each one of the three is trying to nullify the influence of the other faction. Since 2012, when Xi Jinping took office political oppression has intensified and it has blanketed China. Press, social media, film, arts, literature, and the Internet in China is heavily censored. Many intellectuals, Tibetans, Uighurs, lawyers, university students have been persecuted for voicing their opinions in favor of democracy.

Cracks appeared in Xi Jinping's hold on the Chinese Communist Party over the catastrophic handling of the [[CCP pandemic]]. This opened an opportunity for the Shanghai faction and the Beijing faction.

====2020 U.S. Presidential election interference====
:{{See also|United States presidential election, 2020}}
Di Dongsheng, a vice-dean at the School of International Relations at Renmin University in Beijing, made public statements before a large audience on November 28, 2020:
{{Quotebox-float|"We know that the Trump administration is in a trade war with us, so why can’t we fix the Trump administration? Why did China and the US used to be able to settle all kinds of issues between 1992 and 2016?" he asked. "I’m going to throw out something maybe a little bit explosive here. It’s just because we have people at the top. We have our old friends who are at the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence."

"During the US-China trade war, [[Wall Street]] tried to help, and I know that my friends on the US side told me that they tried to help, but they couldn’t do much. But now we’re seeing Biden was elected, the traditional elite, the political elite, the establishment, they’re very close to Wall Street, so you see that, right?"

"Trump has been saying that Biden’s son has some sort of global foundation. Have you noticed that? Who helped [Hunter] build the foundations? Got it? There are a lot of deals inside all these."<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/12/08/top_chinese_intellectual_boasts_about_old_friends_who_are_at_the_top_of_americas_core_inner_circle_of_power_and_influence.html#!</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/lyQUtPEBBSA</ref><ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-tucker-carlson-exposes-how-media-democrats-have-been-working-on-behalf-of-china/</ref>}}
====Cultural Revolution 2.0====
Officially referred to as Xi Jinping's “Common Prosperity” campaign, this transformation is proceeding along two parallel lines: a vast regulatory crackdown roiling the private sector economy and a broader moralistic effort to reengineer Chinese culture from the top down. Chinese minors have been banned from playing the “spiritual opium” of [[video games]] for more than three hours per week; [[LGBT]] groups have been scrubbed from the internet; and abortion restrictions have been significantly tightened. As one nationalist article promoted across state media explained, if the liberal West is allowed to succeed in causing China's “young generation lose their toughness and virility then we will fall…just like the [[Soviet Union]] did.” The purpose of Xi's “profound transformation” is to ensure that “the cultural market will no longer be a paradise for sissy stars, and news and public opinion will no longer be in a position of worshipping Western culture.” Xi declared in January 2021 that “achieving common prosperity is not only an economic issue, but also a major political issue related to the party’s governing foundations.”

Anti-monopoly investigations hit China's top technology firms with billions of dollars in fines and forced restructurings and strict new data rules have curtailed China's internet and social media companies. Record-breaking [[IPO]]s were put on hold.

The government killed off the private tutoring sector overnight.
*The CCP took over the private schools without compensation. There were 190,000 private schools in China educating 20% of all schoolchildren. Private schools were teaching free thought and not teaching communist doctrine.
*A purge on private tutoring, especially online schooling. It was a $137 billion a year industry. Educators were told to stop charging for their classes.
*Scrapping [[English]] in primary school.
*A ban on foreign textbooks. Children only learn from books written, vetted, and approved by the Communist Party.
*Filter history and misrepresenting facts. In Hong Kong, a history textbook for sixth graders revised the Chinese Civil War of 1946–49. The old text said the government of the [[Republic of China]] moved to Taiwan in 1949. The new text denies the fact that the government of China, which fought Japan in World War II and was allied to the United States, moved to Taiwan in 1949.

The Education Ministry introduced a "Xi Jinping Thought" textbook nationwide in elementary, middle, and high schools beginning in 2021.

====Assassination attempts====

[[File:Lai Xiaomin.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Lai Xiaomin was sentenced on January 6, 2021, and executed on January 29, 2021.]]
According to China expert Ian Easton. in January 2016, the CCP launched a sweeping military reform and reorganization program. It was the first time a purge like this had happened in Communist China's 70-year history. To succeed, Xi fired, imprisoned, and, in several cases, executed, well over 100 high-ranking generals in front of their peers.<ref name="youtu.be"/>

In 2021 observers noted increasing signs of Xi Jinping's fear for his own personal security.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion-six-hidden-threats-xi-jinping-has-to-guard-against_3725889.html</ref> Xi had not left the country in nearly two years, and addressed the United Nations General Assembly via teleconference. The power struggle between the various factions of the CCP became increasingly fierce.

In January 2021, Lai Xiaomin, the former head of China Huarong Asset Management, a China "Big Four" asset management company, was sentenced to death without reprieve on alleged corruption charges. It was revealed months later Lai was involved in the 2014 plot to kill Xi Jinping in Nanjing. Lai was known to have close ties to Zeng Qinghong, the former vice president of China. Zeng was a die-hard loyalist of former CCP leader Jiang Zemin.

Two top figures in the 610 office were removed by Xi Jinping, Sun Lijun and Fu Zhenghua. Both climbed the ranks of the political and legal affairs apparatus during Jiang's era of dominance from 1997 to 2012. Both were also trusted enough by the Jiang faction to be allowed to helm its anti-Falun Gong campaign. In 2015, Fu was head of the supra-authority 610 Office and Sun was his deputy. Fu until recently was deputy director of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), or Justice Minister, came under disciplinary investigation at the direction of Xi Jinping. Fu led the 2013 purges which became the cornerstone of Xi's power.

After the August 2021 Baidu conference, there have been rumors about whether Wang Yang would replace Xi as the next top leader of the CCP. On September 6, 2021, Xi appointed five generals, the first time that the new positions of the five people were publicly disclosed. It's worth noting that the Commander of the Western Theatre, the largest theater, is the fourth change of commander in nine month. In addition, because the Central Theater determines Beijing's safety, the replacement of commanders is also of great concern. The control of the PLA has always been Xi's weak point.

On September 14, 2021, a mainland website published an article exposing a plot by a gang of high-ranking police officials to assassinate a top CCP official. Analysts deduced that the target of the assassination was Xi Jinping.<ref>https://www.breakinglatest.news/world/the-detective-captain-wants-to-assassinate-xi-jinpingofficials-confessed-to-disobedience-to-leaders-video-international-news-eye-ccp-trends/</ref>

On September 16, the CCP's official magazine "Qiu Shi" published a long article, stating that “the Party commands the gun” is the foundation of the People's Liberation Army and the soul of it; then the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published an article on September 19, saying that there is no "iron hat prince", who cannot be punished in the anti-corruption campaign.<ref>https://youtu.be/FHvjoRJ9_1o</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chinese National Day]]
*[[Great Wall of China]]
*[[Oriental art]]
*[[Chinese Painting]]
* [[Nuclear target structures]]
*[[Traditional Chinese medicine]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chinadetail.com/Nation/ All About China]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1287798.stm BBC News - ''Country Profile: China'']
*[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html CIA World Factbook - ''China'']
*[http://www.monthlyreview.org/1105wu.htm "Rethinking ‘Capitalist Restoration’ in China"] by Yiching Wu
*[http://www.gov.cn/ The Central People's Government of People's Republic of China]
*[http://www.china.org.cn/ China's Official Gateway for News & Information]
*[http://www.globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=341 The Dragon's Dawn: China as a Rising Imperial Power] February 11, 2005.
*[http://www.danwei.org/ Media, advertising, and urban life in China.]
*[http://factoidz.com/the-largest-ethnic-group-in-the-world-han-chinese-of-china/ The Largest Ethnic Group in the World: Han Chinese of China.]
* [http://www.chinaknowledge.org/History/Ming/ming.html Timeline, with maps and short histories from prehistoric era to present]
* [http://www.academylink.com/et/CurriculumCenter/NHAHistoryInteractive/CHI/CHI_Index.html ancient and feudal China]

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User talk:DMorris

2024-03-24T20:19:39Z

DMorris: /* Please check your email. */ Re:

[[/Archive 1]]

== Infinite blocks ==

Hello, 
I noticed you recently extended a couple blocks to infinite. I have no problem with your intentions--clearly those accounts will never be used for good purposes. However, there is one issue--not only are the user accounts blocked, but the IP addresses used by them are also blocked. IP addresses have the habit of getting reassigned to different people eventually (some people get new IPs every 6 months or less), so it is not really healthy to have them blocked forever. Thus the issue: Block only the account forever, allowing the same troll to register more accounts from the same IP, or block the IP and account for a limited time, so the troll is stopped from reusing the same address. 
I don't know for sure what is best, but please try to do only one or the other. My preference is to do a timed block on the IP and account, but it's not ideal. Andy has bee reducing user/IP blocks to 6 months lately, when he sees them. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:31, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:Autoblocks on the IPs only last for 24 hours regardless of how long the account is blocked for. If the autoblocks lasted as long as the block on the account, no wi-fi hotspot in all of Port Charlotte would be able to edit that one wiki whose name starts with an "R," nor would half of my wireless carrier's /16 range. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:42, 8 January 2019 (EST)

::Yes, autoblock entries listed in the block log only last 24 hours. Yet, I have tried connecting in months later from proxies which have been used used by vandals, and autoblock kicks in and issues another 24 hour block for some reason.
::I finally went and read up on it, and learned something. In short, it looks like you are right (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock). However, I have seen autoblock triggered again at a later time, so I'll need to do some experimentation. Thanks for straightening me out--I'll go try to learn why it sometimes seems to persist afterwards. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:51, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:::The autoblock kicks in if the same user logs in again and tries to edit, I think, but it doesn't matter what IP it is, any IP they try to edit from gets autoblocked. There's nothing really we can do if someone tries to abuse that, but it would be petty because the block would only last 24 hours at a time anyway. Save for the time I left my account on Wikipedia logged in on a public computer like an amateur, the only wiki I've ever been blocked on is that one that starts with an "R" (and I have seen their block message plenty of times), so... [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 9 January 2019 (EST)

::::Interesting.... that would make sense. I have been playing around a little and been unable to reproduce the issue, but your explanation makes sense. 24 hours just wouldn't be worth trying to abuse, so yes, I wouldn't worry about that. Thanks for straightening me out! --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:08, 9 January 2019 (EST)

== Gideons ==

Would you at least provide a source that I can read for [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gideons_International&curid=54927&diff=1493326&oldid=1493322 this edit]? This requirement is new to me (I'm not a member, but still). --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:32, 12 February 2019 (EST)
:Sure, it's in the front few pages of every Gideon bible, and it's also on the application which I believe is available on gideons.org. You can see that i am a member because I am wearing the name tag in the picture on my user page (the lady is not a member... at least not yet) I am editing from my phone right now, but I'm going to fire up the laptop and put the reference in the article. The men have to be 21 or older and either be business leaders (managing a McDonalds classifies as being a business leader though), some flavor of professional (I am an actively licensed real estate professional, which is how I qualify), or someone retired from such a profession. The ladies, known as "auxillaries" just have to be married to a Gideon and be a church member with a profession of faith. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:42, 12 February 2019 (EST)
::OK, thanks for explaining it to me. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:49, 12 February 2019 (EST)

== Opps ==

Sorry about that block. It shouldn't happen again. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:25, 18 February 2019 (EST)

== Re: Sissy punk site ==

Can do - that site's basically a joke anyway. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 22:52, 24 March 2019 (EDT)

==[[Infowars]]==

You have a typo on the [[Infowars]] article. I can't tell what you meant. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 18:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)
:Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)

== Hey there. ==

Hi Dmorris.

I wanted to know who 24.146.248.0/21 is. --[[User:Yeschayi|Donald Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 09:28, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:I don't discuss CheckUser data with non-CheckUsers, but I will say it is a person who has been engaging in fairly serious harassment for several years now. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 09:40, 25 January 2021 (EST)

== Am I a bad editor? ==

I think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:00, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:Why would you think that? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 25 January 2021 (EST)
::I don't know. Just think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:08, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:::That's demons telling you that (to understand where I am coming from with that, I am an [[Independent Baptist]]). If you think your edits are bad, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.3.210.6 have a look at some of my earliest edits to a wiki]. So cheesy. I was a teenager learning how Wikipedia works. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:11, 25 January 2021 (EST)

==Proposal==
We would appreciate your input at [[Conservapedia:Community_Portal#Proposal]]. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 19:59, 1 February 2021 (EST)
:As a newbie to Conservapedia, there are references that I do not know. What is the "Ratdiculous" "Rat-Tard nest"? -- --[[User:CharlesShirley|CharlesShirley]] ([[User talk:CharlesShirley|talk]]) 18:00, 4 February 2021 (EST)

== Quick note ==

I moved the material in my mailbox to the area where we had the original debate. I am telling you this because I wish to be cordial and not give you the false impression that I deleted it out of my mailbox. I merely moved it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:15, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:It's off topic there, that's why I moved the discussion to your talk page. That discussion has nothing to do with the issue at hand on the original page. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:18, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Can you email me. I have a small favor to ask of you. Send an email to conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom Thanks. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:20, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::I'm getting ready to go to bed but I can email you tomorrow afternoon. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:22, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
Fine. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:33, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:DMorris, nevermind emailing me tomorrow. I will just handle the issue through Andy. I don't want to spend a lot of time on the matter as I am working on a project right now. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 00:02, September 17, 2023 (EDT)

== Theological debates ==

Hi DMorris, I created debate pages a while ago like [[Debate: Is annihilationism biblical]]. Please join if you're interested, as I'm more than eager to discuss biblical doctrine. I recently came to an interesting conclusion: the moral aspect of the Mosaic law is still binding after all. If you happen to differ, I'm more than happy to share my thoughts and hear your input on the matter. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:26, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:I don't think that we should still be enforcing all aspects of Mosaic law, but there's certainly some examples we could take from it. I'm sleepy, it's 10:30 here and I'm used to having to get up at 4:00 AM during the week. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:28, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Wow, what a sleep schedule. Alright then, I'll create a debate page explaining my reasoning on the matter soon and link it here. My argument rests on a precise comprehension of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] and its implications on the law. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:30, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::Update: debate page created, with my main points highlighted: [[Debate: Is the Mosaic law still binding]]. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Monday, 09:09, September 18, 2023 (EDT)

== Please check your email (a notice here just in case, since you didn't reply to my more prior email)... ==

...the one with "friends" in the address title. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 23:24, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
== Faith/works issue ==

I am looking into the faith/works issue more. I think I may have to understand the Greek better, do more Bible exegesis, etc. There does seem to be a tension between James 2:24 and Ephesians 2:8-9. I think a better understanding is possible. But in a proverbial sense, some nuts are harder to crack than others. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:44, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
:No, Conservative, there is no contradiction at all. Salvation and justification are two different things: we are saved by faith and faith alone, and justified by the completion of our faith through the works of the Spirit. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Wednesday, 21:48, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
::Ephesians 2:8 tells us that we are saved by grace and not of our own works. The simple minded folks of the world think this contradicts James 2:26, but it really does not, because one who is truly saved should have works reflecting their salvation. The works are a symptom of salvation, not a cause of it. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 18:21, March 23, 2024 (EDT)

== RobSmith is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip ==

As you can see [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&curid=177983&diff=2035629&oldid=2035627 HERE], [[User: RobSmith]] is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip.

The Conservapedia page [[Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia]] clearly says "We do not allow gossip, just as a real encyclopedia avoids it."

If you could please let the owner of the website, that you do not appreciate RobSmith's efforts to turn Conservapedia into a place of gossip, I would appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:11, March 21, 2024 (EDT
:Right now, Conservapedians are writing to the owner of the website complaining about the belligerence of User: RobSmith towards other Conservapedians.

:Previously, RobSmith was stripped of his adminship and banned from the website due to his bad behavior. And he is currently in some hot water now.

:Please write to Andy Schlafly, who is the owner of the website at his email address which you have. And please CC me on the email at conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom

:Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:54, March 21, 2024 (EDT)
::I work with high school girls (along with high school boys, middle schoolers, and elementary schoolers). Comparing the actions described to the actions of high school girls is an insult to high school girls. ;) (this is sarcasm in action). [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 18:04, March 23, 2024 (EDT)

== Please check your email. ==

Please check your email and respond to it. It is important. You will soon see why. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 15:08, March 24, 2024 (EDT)
:Okay. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 16:19, March 24, 2024 (EDT)

Alfie Oakes

2024-03-24T18:43:05Z

DMorris: /* 2020 Election */ It was controversial, but we don't need to point that out here

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'''Francis Alfred "Alfie" Oakes''' (born June 16, 1968)<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/oakesfarms|title=Alfie Oakes Facebook Profile|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> is an American farmer, businessman, and politician from [[Southwest Florida]]. He is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms, an [[agribusiness]] based in Immokalee, Florida which produces, packages, distributes, and sells fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. He also owns Fruit Dynamics and Food & Thought.<ref name="Our History">{{cite web|url=https://www.oakesfarms.com/our-history/|title=Our History|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=Oakes Farms}}</ref><ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business">{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/local/state-agency-raids-business-related-to-oakes-farms-ep-502118256-341018341.html|title=State agency raids business related to Oakes Farms|date=2014-07-17|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes represents Collier County as a State Committeeman for the [[Republican Party of Florida]]. He is an outspoken supporter of [[Donald Trump]] and critic of [[Black Lives Matter]], the media, and the government's handling of [[COVID-19]], causing him to receive significant criticism and support from the media and community.

==Early life==
Alfie Oakes was born in Delaware City, Delaware on June 16, 1968.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/> Alfie relocated to Florida with his family when he was a child. Alfie became involved in his family's produce business at age five and started his first agribusiness at age 18, planting and selling [[tomatoes]], [[strawberries]], and [[zucchini]]. When his crops were destroyed by a freeze in 1989, he began importing tomatoes from [[Honduras]]. His early business ventures failed despite raising nearly $1,000,000 USD, which Alfie attributes to inexperience, so he relocated to Western [[Texas]] to sell [[watermelons]].<ref name="Alfie Oakes Growing his business from the ground up"/> Alfie Oakes attended North Fort Myers High School.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/>

==Oakes Farms==
Alfie Oakes returned to Florida to plant [[cucumbers]] on 40 acres of leased land in [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], and he used the profits from that operation to create Oakes Farms Market in Naples along with his father Frank Oakes in 1994. His father left the company to open his own organic farm and store in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/columnists/june-fletcher/2016/03/28/alfie-oakes-growing-his-business-from-the-ground-up/85750348/|title=Alfie Oakes: Growing his business from the ground up|date=2016-03-28|accessdate=2020-11-19|author=Fletcher, June|work=[[Naples Dailey News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Oakes Farms expanded into aquaculture in 2014 and added egg producing chickens in 2015.<ref name="Our History"/> Oakes Farms opened a 74,000-square-foot supermarket named Seed To Table in December 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oakes Farms’ Seed to Table Market opens in North Naples |url=https://naples.floridaweekly.com/articles/oakes-farms-seed-to-table-market-opens-in-north-naples/|date=2021-12-19|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Florida Weekly]]|publisher=Florida Media Group LLC}}</ref>
==Politics==
Alfie Oakes was elected to represent Collier County as a State Committeeman for the Republican Party of Florida in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|author=Brent Batten|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> His political opinions have been mentioned in the press numerous times.

Oakes is critical of governmental response to [[COVID-19]], [[Black Lives Matter]], and [[George Floyd]], and his comments about those subjects have sparked protests both in support and opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Brent Batten|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/359356-loyalty-to-donald-trump-key-issue-in-gop-committeeman-races-in-swfl/|title=Loyalty to Donald Trump key issue in GOP state committee races in SWFL|date=2020-08-18|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jacob Ogles|work=Floridapolitics.com|publisher=Peter Schorsch}}</ref> Under pressure from protestors, two [[public school]] districts severed ties with his business, a move that Oakes is challenging in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfmn.fiu.edu/protestors-spar-after-oakes-farms-owner-calls-george-floyd-a-disgraceful-career-criminal/|title=Protestors spar after Oakes Farms owner calls George Floyd “a disgraceful career criminal”|date=2020-06-15|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Tamica Jean-Charles|work=South Florida Media Network|publisher=[[Florida International University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/09/alfie-oakes-oakes-farms-file-lawsuit-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes, Oakes Farms sues School District of Lee County for $50M|author=Taylor Smith|date=2020-07-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2021/02/17/alfie-oakes-scores-legal-victory-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes scores legal victory against School District of Lee County|date=2021-02-17|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref> His business did not comply with Collier County's mask requirements in response to COVID-19, which led to legal battles between his business and the county government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/federal-judge-dismisses-parts-of-lawsuit-challenging-collier-countys-mask-order/ar-BB1aZyr1|title=Federal judge dismisses parts of lawsuit challenging Collier County's mask order|date=2020-11-13|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Laura Layden|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref>
===2020 Election===
Alfie Oakes is an outspokenly loyal supporter of Donald J. Trump's presidency. During the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. Oakes hosted numerous events supporting President Trump's re-election at his Seed To Table store in North Naples<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SeedToTableNaples/events/?ref=page_internal|title=Seed To Table Events|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=Seed To Table official page}}</ref> and helped organize a group of 100 local protestors to travel to the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/100-locals-head-to-d-c-to-protest-certification-of-biden-as-president|title=100 Locals head to D.C. to protest certification of Biden as President|date=2021-01-06|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jane Monreal|work=[[WFTX-TV]]publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref> speaking positively of the protest afterward.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/collier-county-business-owner-calls-dc-trip-to-trump-protests-amazing-surrounded-by-great-americans/ar-BB1cyYQr#interstitial=1|title=Collier County business owner calls D.C. trip to Trump protests 'amazing,' surrounded by 'great Americans'|date=2021-01-07|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Thaddeus Mast|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes also endorsed African American Republican [[Byron Donalds]]' congressional election and erected signs promoting his candidacy at his Seed To Table store.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/campaign-signs-of-two-black-conservative-candidates-defaced|title=Campaign signs of two black candidates defaced|date=2020-08-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Shari Armstrong|work=[[WFTX-TV]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref>

===Undocumented workers===
In 2014, Fruit Dynamics was raided by the [[Florida Division of Insurance Fraud]], resulting 105 undocumented workers being arrested for workers’ compensation fraud and criminal use of personal identification. Alfie Oakes denied knowledge of the workers' undocumented status, but the company offered to post bail for the workers to be released from jail.<ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business"/> According to immigration advocacy groups, the raid was the largest in Florida history at the time. Many of those arrested were admitted to pretrial diversion programs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/crime/prosecutors-agree-to-deferred-prosecution-for-undocumented-workers-arrested-in-oakes-farms-raid-ep-6-336355121.html|title=Prosecutors agree to deferred prosecution for undocumented workers arrested in Oakes Farms raid|date=2014-10-06|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> In 2016, Alfie Oakes told [[CBS News]] "Forty to 80 percent can be undocumented on any given day, and I can tell you, if we were to lose 40 to 80 percent of our workforce, we would be crippled here."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-farmworker-families-immigration-reform/|title=Undocumented farmworker families face uncertain fate|author=Ines Novacic|date=2016-11-02|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
''This article contains content originally created by [[User:DMorris]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfie_Oakes&action=edit&oldid=1037516195 Wikipedia (via his account there, PCHS-NJROTC),] where it is released under CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL''

Alfie Oakes

2024-03-24T18:42:19Z

DMorris: /* 2020 Election */ removing redlink

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'''Francis Alfred "Alfie" Oakes''' (born June 16, 1968)<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/oakesfarms|title=Alfie Oakes Facebook Profile|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> is an American farmer, businessman, and politician from [[Southwest Florida]]. He is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms, an [[agribusiness]] based in Immokalee, Florida which produces, packages, distributes, and sells fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. He also owns Fruit Dynamics and Food & Thought.<ref name="Our History">{{cite web|url=https://www.oakesfarms.com/our-history/|title=Our History|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=Oakes Farms}}</ref><ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business">{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/local/state-agency-raids-business-related-to-oakes-farms-ep-502118256-341018341.html|title=State agency raids business related to Oakes Farms|date=2014-07-17|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes represents Collier County as a State Committeeman for the [[Republican Party of Florida]]. He is an outspoken supporter of [[Donald Trump]] and critic of [[Black Lives Matter]], the media, and the government's handling of [[COVID-19]], causing him to receive significant criticism and support from the media and community.

==Early life==
Alfie Oakes was born in Delaware City, Delaware on June 16, 1968.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/> Alfie relocated to Florida with his family when he was a child. Alfie became involved in his family's produce business at age five and started his first agribusiness at age 18, planting and selling [[tomatoes]], [[strawberries]], and [[zucchini]]. When his crops were destroyed by a freeze in 1989, he began importing tomatoes from [[Honduras]]. His early business ventures failed despite raising nearly $1,000,000 USD, which Alfie attributes to inexperience, so he relocated to Western [[Texas]] to sell [[watermelons]].<ref name="Alfie Oakes Growing his business from the ground up"/> Alfie Oakes attended North Fort Myers High School.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/>

==Oakes Farms==
Alfie Oakes returned to Florida to plant [[cucumbers]] on 40 acres of leased land in [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], and he used the profits from that operation to create Oakes Farms Market in Naples along with his father Frank Oakes in 1994. His father left the company to open his own organic farm and store in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/columnists/june-fletcher/2016/03/28/alfie-oakes-growing-his-business-from-the-ground-up/85750348/|title=Alfie Oakes: Growing his business from the ground up|date=2016-03-28|accessdate=2020-11-19|author=Fletcher, June|work=[[Naples Dailey News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Oakes Farms expanded into aquaculture in 2014 and added egg producing chickens in 2015.<ref name="Our History"/> Oakes Farms opened a 74,000-square-foot supermarket named Seed To Table in December 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oakes Farms’ Seed to Table Market opens in North Naples |url=https://naples.floridaweekly.com/articles/oakes-farms-seed-to-table-market-opens-in-north-naples/|date=2021-12-19|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Florida Weekly]]|publisher=Florida Media Group LLC}}</ref>
==Politics==
Alfie Oakes was elected to represent Collier County as a State Committeeman for the Republican Party of Florida in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|author=Brent Batten|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> His political opinions have been mentioned in the press numerous times.

Oakes is critical of governmental response to [[COVID-19]], [[Black Lives Matter]], and [[George Floyd]], and his comments about those subjects have sparked protests both in support and opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Brent Batten|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/359356-loyalty-to-donald-trump-key-issue-in-gop-committeeman-races-in-swfl/|title=Loyalty to Donald Trump key issue in GOP state committee races in SWFL|date=2020-08-18|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jacob Ogles|work=Floridapolitics.com|publisher=Peter Schorsch}}</ref> Under pressure from protestors, two [[public school]] districts severed ties with his business, a move that Oakes is challenging in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfmn.fiu.edu/protestors-spar-after-oakes-farms-owner-calls-george-floyd-a-disgraceful-career-criminal/|title=Protestors spar after Oakes Farms owner calls George Floyd “a disgraceful career criminal”|date=2020-06-15|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Tamica Jean-Charles|work=South Florida Media Network|publisher=[[Florida International University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/09/alfie-oakes-oakes-farms-file-lawsuit-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes, Oakes Farms sues School District of Lee County for $50M|author=Taylor Smith|date=2020-07-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2021/02/17/alfie-oakes-scores-legal-victory-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes scores legal victory against School District of Lee County|date=2021-02-17|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref> His business did not comply with Collier County's mask requirements in response to COVID-19, which led to legal battles between his business and the county government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/federal-judge-dismisses-parts-of-lawsuit-challenging-collier-countys-mask-order/ar-BB1aZyr1|title=Federal judge dismisses parts of lawsuit challenging Collier County's mask order|date=2020-11-13|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Laura Layden|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref>
===2020 Election===
Alfie Oakes is an outspokenly loyal supporter of Donald J. Trump's presidency. During the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. Oakes hosted numerous events supporting President Trump's re-election at his Seed To Table store in North Naples<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SeedToTableNaples/events/?ref=page_internal|title=Seed To Table Events|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=Seed To Table official page}}</ref> and helped organize a group of 100 local protestors to travel to the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/100-locals-head-to-d-c-to-protest-certification-of-biden-as-president|title=100 Locals head to D.C. to protest certification of Biden as President|date=2021-01-06|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jane Monreal|work=[[WFTX-TV]]publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref> speaking positively of the controversial protest afterward.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/collier-county-business-owner-calls-dc-trip-to-trump-protests-amazing-surrounded-by-great-americans/ar-BB1cyYQr#interstitial=1|title=Collier County business owner calls D.C. trip to Trump protests 'amazing,' surrounded by 'great Americans'|date=2021-01-07|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Thaddeus Mast|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes also endorsed African American Republican [[Byron Donalds]]' congressional election and erected signs promoting his candidacy at his Seed To Table store.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/campaign-signs-of-two-black-conservative-candidates-defaced|title=Campaign signs of two black candidates defaced|date=2020-08-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Shari Armstrong|work=[[WFTX-TV]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref>

===Undocumented workers===
In 2014, Fruit Dynamics was raided by the [[Florida Division of Insurance Fraud]], resulting 105 undocumented workers being arrested for workers’ compensation fraud and criminal use of personal identification. Alfie Oakes denied knowledge of the workers' undocumented status, but the company offered to post bail for the workers to be released from jail.<ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business"/> According to immigration advocacy groups, the raid was the largest in Florida history at the time. Many of those arrested were admitted to pretrial diversion programs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/crime/prosecutors-agree-to-deferred-prosecution-for-undocumented-workers-arrested-in-oakes-farms-raid-ep-6-336355121.html|title=Prosecutors agree to deferred prosecution for undocumented workers arrested in Oakes Farms raid|date=2014-10-06|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> In 2016, Alfie Oakes told [[CBS News]] "Forty to 80 percent can be undocumented on any given day, and I can tell you, if we were to lose 40 to 80 percent of our workforce, we would be crippled here."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-farmworker-families-immigration-reform/|title=Undocumented farmworker families face uncertain fate|author=Ines Novacic|date=2016-11-02|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
''This article contains content originally created by [[User:DMorris]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfie_Oakes&action=edit&oldid=1037516195 Wikipedia (via his account there, PCHS-NJROTC),] where it is released under CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL''

Alfie Oakes

2024-03-24T18:41:33Z

DMorris: Porting content I created on Wikipedia, prior to the liberals coming in and adding their dose of liberalism to the article (which was no surprise to me)

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'''Francis Alfred "Alfie" Oakes''' (born June 16, 1968)<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/oakesfarms|title=Alfie Oakes Facebook Profile|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> is an American farmer, businessman, and politician from [[Southwest Florida]]. He is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms, an [[agribusiness]] based in Immokalee, Florida which produces, packages, distributes, and sells fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. He also owns Fruit Dynamics and Food & Thought.<ref name="Our History">{{cite web|url=https://www.oakesfarms.com/our-history/|title=Our History|accessdate=2020-07-18|publisher=Oakes Farms}}</ref><ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business">{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/local/state-agency-raids-business-related-to-oakes-farms-ep-502118256-341018341.html|title=State agency raids business related to Oakes Farms|date=2014-07-17|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes represents Collier County as a State Committeeman for the [[Republican Party of Florida]]. He is an outspoken supporter of [[Donald Trump]] and critic of [[Black Lives Matter]], the media, and the government's handling of [[COVID-19]], causing him to receive significant criticism and support from the media and community.

==Early life==
Alfie Oakes was born in Delaware City, Delaware on June 16, 1968.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/> Alfie relocated to Florida with his family when he was a child. Alfie became involved in his family's produce business at age five and started his first agribusiness at age 18, planting and selling [[tomatoes]], [[strawberries]], and [[zucchini]]. When his crops were destroyed by a freeze in 1989, he began importing tomatoes from [[Honduras]]. His early business ventures failed despite raising nearly $1,000,000 USD, which Alfie attributes to inexperience, so he relocated to Western [[Texas]] to sell [[watermelons]].<ref name="Alfie Oakes Growing his business from the ground up"/> Alfie Oakes attended North Fort Myers High School.<ref name="Alfie Oakes on Facebook"/>

==Oakes Farms==
Alfie Oakes returned to Florida to plant [[cucumbers]] on 40 acres of leased land in [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], and he used the profits from that operation to create Oakes Farms Market in Naples along with his father Frank Oakes in 1994. His father left the company to open his own organic farm and store in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/columnists/june-fletcher/2016/03/28/alfie-oakes-growing-his-business-from-the-ground-up/85750348/|title=Alfie Oakes: Growing his business from the ground up|date=2016-03-28|accessdate=2020-11-19|author=Fletcher, June|work=[[Naples Dailey News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Oakes Farms expanded into aquaculture in 2014 and added egg producing chickens in 2015.<ref name="Our History"/> Oakes Farms opened a 74,000-square-foot supermarket named Seed To Table in December 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oakes Farms’ Seed to Table Market opens in North Naples |url=https://naples.floridaweekly.com/articles/oakes-farms-seed-to-table-market-opens-in-north-naples/|date=2021-12-19|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Florida Weekly]]|publisher=Florida Media Group LLC}}</ref>
==Politics==
Alfie Oakes was elected to represent Collier County as a State Committeeman for the Republican Party of Florida in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|author=Brent Batten|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> His political opinions have been mentioned in the press numerous times.

Oakes is critical of governmental response to [[COVID-19]], [[Black Lives Matter]], and [[George Floyd]], and his comments about those subjects have sparked protests both in support and opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/columnists/brent-batten/2020/08/20/elections-2020-state-committee-races-prove-old-adage-about-publicity-brent-batten/5610355002/|title=Brent Batten: State committee races prove old adage about publicity|date=2020-08-20|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Brent Batten|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/359356-loyalty-to-donald-trump-key-issue-in-gop-committeeman-races-in-swfl/|title=Loyalty to Donald Trump key issue in GOP state committee races in SWFL|date=2020-08-18|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jacob Ogles|work=Floridapolitics.com|publisher=Peter Schorsch}}</ref> Under pressure from protestors, two [[public school]] districts severed ties with his business, a move that Oakes is challenging in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfmn.fiu.edu/protestors-spar-after-oakes-farms-owner-calls-george-floyd-a-disgraceful-career-criminal/|title=Protestors spar after Oakes Farms owner calls George Floyd “a disgraceful career criminal”|date=2020-06-15|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Tamica Jean-Charles|work=South Florida Media Network|publisher=[[Florida International University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/09/alfie-oakes-oakes-farms-file-lawsuit-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes, Oakes Farms sues School District of Lee County for $50M|author=Taylor Smith|date=2020-07-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winknews.com/2021/02/17/alfie-oakes-scores-legal-victory-against-school-district-of-lee-county/|title=Alfie Oakes scores legal victory against School District of Lee County|date=2021-02-17|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=[[WINK-TV]]|publisher=Fort Myers Broadcasting Company}}</ref> His business did not comply with Collier County's mask requirements in response to COVID-19, which led to legal battles between his business and the county government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/federal-judge-dismisses-parts-of-lawsuit-challenging-collier-countys-mask-order/ar-BB1aZyr1|title=Federal judge dismisses parts of lawsuit challenging Collier County's mask order|date=2020-11-13|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Laura Layden|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref>
===2020 Election===
Alfie Oakes is an outspokenly loyal supporter of Donald J. Trump's presidency. During the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. Oakes hosted numerous events supporting President Trump's re-election at his Seed To Table store in North Naples<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SeedToTableNaples/events/?ref=page_internal|title=Seed To Table Events|accessdate=2021-08-06|work=Seed To Table official page}}</ref> and helped organize a group of 100 local protestors to [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|travel to the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/100-locals-head-to-d-c-to-protest-certification-of-biden-as-president|title=100 Locals head to D.C. to protest certification of Biden as President|date=2021-01-06|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Jane Monreal|work=[[WFTX-TV]]publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref> speaking positively of the controversial protest afterward.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/collier-county-business-owner-calls-dc-trip-to-trump-protests-amazing-surrounded-by-great-americans/ar-BB1cyYQr#interstitial=1|title=Collier County business owner calls D.C. trip to Trump protests 'amazing,' surrounded by 'great Americans'|date=2021-01-07|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Thaddeus Mast|work=[[Naples Daily News]]}}</ref> Alfie Oakes also endorsed African American Republican [[Byron Donalds]]' congressional election and erected signs promoting his candidacy at his Seed To Table store.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/campaign-signs-of-two-black-conservative-candidates-defaced|title=Campaign signs of two black candidates defaced|date=2020-08-09|accessdate=2021-08-06|author=Shari Armstrong|work=[[WFTX-TV]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]}}</ref>

===Undocumented workers===
In 2014, Fruit Dynamics was raided by the [[Florida Division of Insurance Fraud]], resulting 105 undocumented workers being arrested for workers’ compensation fraud and criminal use of personal identification. Alfie Oakes denied knowledge of the workers' undocumented status, but the company offered to post bail for the workers to be released from jail.<ref name="Naples Daily News: State agency raids business"/> According to immigration advocacy groups, the raid was the largest in Florida history at the time. Many of those arrested were admitted to pretrial diversion programs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/crime/prosecutors-agree-to-deferred-prosecution-for-undocumented-workers-arrested-in-oakes-farms-raid-ep-6-336355121.html|title=Prosecutors agree to deferred prosecution for undocumented workers arrested in Oakes Farms raid|date=2014-10-06|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> In 2016, Alfie Oakes told [[CBS News]] "Forty to 80 percent can be undocumented on any given day, and I can tell you, if we were to lose 40 to 80 percent of our workforce, we would be crippled here."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-farmworker-families-immigration-reform/|title=Undocumented farmworker families face uncertain fate|author=Ines Novacic|date=2016-11-02|accessdate=2021-07-14|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
''This article contains content originally created by [[User:DMorris]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfie_Oakes&action=edit&oldid=1037516195 Wikipedia (via his account there, PCHS-NJROTC),] where it is released under CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL''

Pensacola Christian College

2024-03-24T00:25:37Z

DMorris: wikilink to Independent Baptist

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|name=Pensacola Christian College
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|text=rgb(24,43,85)
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|type=Private
|city=[[Pensacola, Florida]]
|sports=[[Basketball]], [[Cheerleading]], [[Soccer]], and [[Volleyball]] (part of the [[NCCAA]])
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|mascot=Eagle
|website=[http://www.pcci.edu www.pcci.edu]
}}
'''Pensacola Christian College''' is an [[Independent Baptist]] Christian College located in [[Pensacola, Florida]]. The institution was founded in 1974 by Arlin Horton<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/CollegeInfo/HistoryOfPCC.aspx</ref> and is currently home to about 4,800 students.

Pensacola Christian College promotes [[homeschooling]] and is affiliated with ''A Beka Books'', one of the two largest publishers of textbooks for Christian schools and homeschooling families. It has been described as one of the finest educational institutions in the United States, producing conservative pastors, politicians, and business leaders. It has strong theological, business, nursing, engineering, and art-related programs. The college is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

The school is not to be confused with '''Pensacola Bible Institute''', the Bible college founded by [[Peter Ruckman]] known for its extreme views on the King James Bible.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[A Beka Academy]]
*[[Ray Gibbs]]

==External links==
* [http://www.pensacolachristianacademy.com Pensacola Christian Academy, a K-12 institution affiliated with the college]

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Michelle Obama

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'''Michelle LaVaughn Obama''' (née '''Michael Robinson''' born January 17, 1964) held the office of [[First Lady]] of the U.S. as the partner of [[Barack Obama]]. She was the first [[African American]] First "Lady". As First "Lady", she has repeatedly gone on extravagant vacations at enormous taxpayer expense, including a $100,000-per-day trip to [[Spain]] in the summer of 2010 to enjoy lavish accommodations.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301302/Michelle-Obama-lunches-Spains-royal-family-backlash-extravagant-holiday-continues-home.html</ref> Obama convinced Chicago prosecutor [[Kim Foxx]] to drop all charges against convicted [[hate crime hoax]]er [[Jussie Smollett]] when Smollett attempted to incite a race war in the United States against [[MAGA]] supporters.<ref>https://meaww.com/kim-foxx-face-charges-chicago-defense-attorney-resign-shielding-jussie-smollett</ref>

Critics claim that despite all the "progress" the [[Gay pride]] movement has made, Michelle remains a closeted [[transgender]].

Michelle was born and raised on the south side of [[Chicago]]. "She" attended Whitney Young High School in 1981, later majoring in [[sociology]] and graduating ''[[cum laude]]'' at [[Princeton University]], and she then went on to obtain her [[Juris Doctor|J.D. degree]] at [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988. She is also sister to Craig Robinson, coach of the [[Oregon State University]]'s men's basketball team.

Michelle's parents are [[Fraser Robinson III]] (died in 1991) and his wife, Marian, who married in 1960. The ''New York Times'' wrote, in an article entitled "In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery," that Michelle's ancestry includes slaves: "Melvinia Shields, the enslaved and illiterate young girl, and the unknown white man who impregnated her are the great-great-great-grandparents of Michelle Obama, the first lady ... the more complete map of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery.]</ref> (Dolphus Shields was a very light skinned, church-going carpenter who could read, write and advance in an industrializing town.) Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].

Michelle was employed at the law firm [[Sidley Austin]] along with [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] [[Bernardine Dohrn]],<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjY4YzdhMDBkZGQ3ZmU2MTUzYjdkMzc5ZjUzYmViZWM=#more ''Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?],
The years he won’t discuss may explain the Ayers tie he keeps lying about.'' By Andrew C. McCarthy, [[National Review]], October 7, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/chicago-obama.pdf Communism in Chicago and the Obama Connection], Cliff Kincaid, America's Survival, Inc.</ref> where she met Barack Obama. In 1991 [[Valerie Jarrett]], Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, offered Michelle Robinson a job as Assistant to Mayor [[Richard Daley]].

She served as vice president of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle earned $317,000. per year as a board member dealing with community relations. "She" had resigned those positions to campaign for Barack.

Forming a domestic union in 1992, the Obamas claim to have had two daughters together: Malia (born in 1998) and Natasha "Sasha" (born in 2001). She committed to campaign only two days out of the week during the election campaign in order to stay home with Malia and Sasha.

[[File:Michael Robinson Ellen Deeneres.png|right|300px|thumb|Michelle Obama on the [[Ellen DeGeneres]] Show.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/03/replace-ellen-screams-racism-and-sexism-after-rumored-possible-successor-is-named-955158</ref>]]
==Background==
[[File:Barack and Michael.png|right|200px|thumb|The Obamas.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/10/14/fact-check-doctored-photo-disparages-michelle-obamas-appearance-984292</ref> The photograph, which many alleged fact checkers and Obama apologists claimed was a fake, was used by [[ABC News]] to sell the Obamas as a [[heterosexual]] couple.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDBb88MOYuQ&t=44s</ref>]]

===Family===

Marian Shields Robinson (b. July 29, 1937) - Mother [[Malia Ann Obama]] (b. July 4, 1998) - Daughter [[Sasha Obama]] (b. June 10, 2001) - Daughter

As of 2021, no baby pictures of the Obamas with Malia or Sasha have ever been published.

Michelle's mother moved into the [[White House]] to help raise her grandchildren.

[[File:Robinson III and Marian.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Robinson III and Marian with their children.]]

===University of Chicago Medical Center===
While Michelle was executive vice-president at the medical center, she connected with [[David Axelrod]]'s company "ASK Public Strategies" and along with Valerie Jarrett, promoted the Urban Health Initiative. The hospital gave their approval. Some are calling for an investigation because the result was a patient-dumping scheme to avoid dealing with Medicare/Medicaid patients.<ref>[https://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/video-did-michelle-obama-start-a-patient-dumping-program/ Video: Did Michelle Obama start a patient-dumping program? Hotair.com, July 23, 2009]</ref> In March 2009, the ''[[American Thinker]]'' wrote:
{{cquote|Substantial coverage was given to a recent indictment of the program by the American College of Emergency Physicians. ACEP's president, Dr. Nick Jouriles, released a statement suggesting that the initiative comes "dangerously close to ‘patient dumping,' a practice made illegal by the Emergency Medical Labor and Treatment Act, and reflected an effort to ‘cherry pick' wealthy patients over poor."<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/michelle_obamas_patientdumping_1.html</ref>}}

In September 2011 it was revealed that a close friend, advisor and donor of Barack Obama, Chicago's Dr. Eric Whitaker is facing financial fraud charges. Dr. Whitaker left his job in the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2007 to work with Michelle Obama as executive vice president at University of Chicago Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/sep/close-obama-pal-embroiled-grant-fraud-scandal Close Obama Pal Embroiled In Grant Fraud Scandal, Judicial Watch, September 22, 2011]</ref>

==Ideological views==
===Support for late-term abortions===
Michelle Obama wrote a fund-raising letter during her partner's 2004 US Senate campaign claiming the [[partial birth abortion]] ban "is clearly unconstitutional" and "a flawed law." <ref>[http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/05/michelle_obamas.html Michelle Obama's partial birth abortion fund-raising letter, JillStanek.com, May 8, 2008]</ref> A late trimester abortion of a woman's pregnancy involves the jamming of scissors into the back of a child's head, Michelle describes it as "legitimate" medicine.

===Militant racism===

Michelle Obama attended Princeton University where she created her graduating thesis paper. Media requests to view the documents during Barack's presidential campaign were denied. The university stated suspiciously that it would be available to the public after the general election and for good reason. Michelle identifies with black militancy, utterly obsessed with race in [[America]] and her own blackness.<ref>[http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1182 Michelle Obama’s Early Militant Racism Revealed, RightPundits.com, February 25th, 2008]</ref>

{{cquote|I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong. Regardless of the circumstances under which I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second.}}

{{cquote|Attending Princeton has probably forced [black alumni] to compete intellectually with Whites more than with Blacks and, thus, they have probably become more familiar with Whites intellectually, but in other activities they are likely to have gained familiarity with Whites if they did not spend time with Whites in other activities besides intellectual ones.}}

Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she elevates black over white in her world. Her attitude explains the very reason she felt comfortable attending Rev. [[Jeremiah Wright]]'s black liberation theology church for twenty years. Read the full thesis here: [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf Part 1] [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_26-501.pdf Part 2] [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_51-751.pdf Part 3] [http://dyn.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_76-981.pdf Part 4]

Always eager to remind the world how racist America was and is, she told students while vacationing in [[China]] "Many decades ago, there were actually laws in America that allowed discrimination against black people like me, who are a minority in the United States." <ref>[https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/michelle-there-were-actually-laws-america-allowed-discrimination-against-black-people-me_785997.html Michelle: 'There Were Actually Laws in America that Allowed Discrimination Against Black People Like Me', WeeklyStandard.com, March 25, 2014]</ref>

In a 2014 speech to graduating Topeka Kansas high school students on the 60th anniversary of ''Brown v. Board of Education'', Michelle warned that [[segregation]] is on the rise, “We know that today in America, too many folks are still stopped on the street because of the color of their skin..." <ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/16/michelle-obama-to-students-brown-v-board-of-education-is-still-being-decided-every-single-day/ Michelle Obama to Students: Brown V. Board of Education Is ‘Still Being Decided Every Single Day’, TheBlaze.com, March 16, 2014]</ref>

===Ties to anti-Semitism===
While attending Princeton University, Michelle Obama joined two student groups, the Organization of Black Unity and the Third World Center. These groups were pro-Palestinian and had invited guest speaker Hassan Rahman of the [[PLO]] to the dismay of Jewish students. Rahman's comments were inflammatory, "reiterated the PLO’s position that the Palestinians deserve a homeland and that they are entitled to use terrorism [against Israel] to achieve their goal..." <ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2013/10/28/michelle-obama-and-cgi-federal-executive-belonged-to-student-group-at-princeton-that-hosted-pro-terrorist-speaker/#ixzz2jhb5Valn Michelle Obama and CGI Federal executive belonged to student group at Princeton that hosted pro-terrorist speaker, DailyCaller.com, 10-28-2013]</ref>

Michelle Obama wanted to honor the [[Antiamericanism|antiamerican]] and [[Antisemitism|antisemitc]] author [[Samira Ibrahim]]. Ibrahim had cited [[Adolf Hitler]] and was happy about the terrorist attacks on Israelis.<ref>http://nation.foxnews.com/samira-ibrahim/2013/03/07/michelle-obama-john-kerry-honor-author-anti-semitic-tweets</ref>

==White House years==
===Liberal elitism===

''For more information please see:'' [[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]] ''and also see'' [[Barack Obama and liberal elitism]]

In 2008, the Huffington Post was reported that Michelle Obama wore $540 sneakers to a food bank.
<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/michelle-obama-wears-silv_n_193138.html</ref>

''Powerline'' offers the following criticism of Michelle Obama:
{{cquote|She says that she and Barack were born to parents of modest means, not with "silver spoons" in their mouths. Nobody knows the trouble they've seen. The burden of paying for her undergraduate education at [[Princeton]] and her law school education at [[Harvard]] has scarred her. It remains a motif of her stump speech. No one is accorded a chance to ask her if she thought about attending the University of Illinois, or if she's grateful for any of the financial assistance that facilitated her and her husband's attendance at the finest institutions of higher learning in the United States.<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/05/020456.php</ref>}}

Michelle Obama's [[liberal elite|liberal elitism]] is not surprising given the [[Barack Obama and liberal elitism|high degree of liberal elitism that Barack Obama continually displays]].

===First Lady's staff of 22===
In just under three years, she has gone through three chiefs of staff, three secretaries, two communication directors and a press secretary.<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/stories/expert-blames-michelle-os-staff-turnover-on-race/ EXPERT BLAMES MICHELLE O’S STAFF TURNOVER ON….RACE?, THEBLAZE, May 27, 2011]</ref> American taxpayers are shelling out a staggering total of $1,591,200 annually for the First Lady's 22 member personal staff.<ref>[http://www.westernjournalism.com/how-big-is-michelle-obamas-staffs-budget/?utm_source=Western+Journalism&utm_campaign=502f59131d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email How Big Is Michelle Obama’s Staff’s Budget?, WesternJournalism.com, March 27, 2012]</ref>

*$172,200 - Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)
*$140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*$102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Winter, Melissa E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$90,000 - Medina, David S. (DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (DIRECTOR AND PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*Reinstein, Joseph B. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*$62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCE AND TRIP DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Lewis, Dana M. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND PERSONAL AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR SCHEDULING AND TRAVELING AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Tubman, Samantha (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SOCIAL OFFICE)
*$40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*Bookey, Natalie (STAFF ASSISTANT)
*Jackson, Deilia A. (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY) <ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652 First Lady requires more than twenty attendants] [[Canadian Free Press]], July 7, 2009</ref>

[[File:Harvey Weinstein Michael Obama Whoopi Goldberg.PNG|right|300px|thumb|(''left to right:'') Hollywood [[oligarch]] and convicted serial rapist Harvey Weinstein, First Non-Birthing Person Michelle Obama, and [[Holocaust denier]] Whoopi Goldberg.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8641543/Michelle-Obama-praised-Harvey-Weinstein-wonderful-human-2013-video-resurfaced.html</ref>]]

===Harvey Weinstein===

At an event organized by Hollywood [[oligarch]], Democrat megadonor and convicted [[rape|rapist]] [[Harvey Weinstein]], Michelle had this to say about the prominent liberal [[activist]] and donor to [[leftwing]] causes:
{{quotebox-float|I want to start by thanking Harvey Weinstein for organizing this amazing day. This is possible because of Harvey. He is a wonderful human being, a good friend, and just a powerhouse. And the fact that he and his team took the time to make this happen for all of you should say something, not about me or about this place, but about you all, right? Everybody! We are here because of you!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pdB1XAVPC0</ref>}}
[[Whoopi Goldberg]] was also in attendance.

===Healthy eating initiative===

''See also:'' [[Overweight Obama administration officials]]

Michelle made the liberal media news cycle by promoting healthy eating from the White House garden. The food network filmed “Iron Chef America" showcasing Michelle's healthy food, cooking five dishes using the secret ingredient: produce from the [[White House]] garden. The two-hour special showed the chefs picking sweet potatoes, broccoli, fennel and tomatillos from the White House garden. An issue came to light that the foods were actually prepared in [[New York City]], speculating that the entire show was just staged to look like produce from her garden.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/14/everythings-staged-michelle-obamas-garden-food-was-fake/ Everything’s staged: Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake, Michelle Malkin, January 14, 2010]</ref> Also, her campaign against obesity has not stopped her and Barack from [http://conservapedia.com/Liberal_hypocrisy#The_Obamas_and_obesity taking their children out for ice cream while on vacation].

In Michelle Obama's first interview on the [[Fox News]] network, she would tout her responsible-eating initiative for kids. She would highlight the Obama Administration's $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative and her "Let's Move" campaign, which educates the danger of obese children and healthy eating.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61I5E820100219 U.S. launches program to end "food deserts", February 19, 2010]</ref> She would tie the promises of the program to saying it would create 5000 jobs and pointed out that childhood obesity is a threat to national security. She urges children and parents to just skip "food desserts".

She would promote healthy eating initiatives for schools. Barack sought and passed legislation costing more than $4 billion. It is a horrible example of nanny state politics with draconian requirements on what can or cannot be sold at school bake sales and at the school cafeteria.

Psychiatrist Keith Ablow called Michelle too fat to preach about nutrition, "And how well could she be eating? She needs to drop a few", and "We’re taking nutrition advice from who?" <ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2014/08/13/fox-news-doc-calls-michelle-obama-too-fat-to-preach-about-nutrition-video/#ixzz3AP4fs56N Below The Belt? Fox News Doc Calls Michelle Obama Too Fat To Preach About Nutrition [VIDEO], DailyCaller.com, August 13th]</ref>

===Healthy eating failure===

Michelle's "healthy eating" initiative greatly compromised the lunch programs in American public schools, with many children opting instead to pack their lunches or simply skip lunch entirely out of a refusal to eat the options afforded to them. In some cases, children went hungry due to the small size portions. School districts suffered enormous financial losses. <ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/schools-want-out-of-michelle-obamas-lunch-rules-kids-say-yuck</ref>

In 2014, Republicans in Congress decided to strip her signature program, a decision she stated was 'unacceptable'. What wasn't unacceptable was the lunch her kids were fed in a private school. The prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., served the following to students,<ref>[http://www.ijreview.com/2014/05/141806-public-school-kids-eat-healthy-lunches-obama-girls-dine-lunches-designed-chefs/ While Public School Kids Eat ‘Healthy Lunches,’ Washington Elites Served Meatball Subs, Ice Cream, ijreview.com, may 27, 2014]</ref>

*BBQ wings
*Meatball subs
*Ice Cream
*Crusted tilapia
*Herb roasted chicken
*Pesto cream & garden-fresh marinara sauce
*Roasted edamame & Shitake mushrooms
*BBQ sliders
*Pesto pasta
*All-natural rosemary chicken
*All-natural beef nachos
*Baked three-cheese lasagna
*Pepperoni flatbread pizza
[[File:Carlia Bruni and Michael Robinson Obama.jpg|right|300px|thumb|France's First Lady Carla Bruni with Michelle Obama.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/8004129/Carla-Brunis-rivalry-with-Michelle-Obama-has-damaged-US-relations-with-France.html</ref>]]
In June 2011, Michelle Obama greeted an overweight U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin as they introduce the MyPlate initiative.<ref>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/06/06/food_guide_efforts_are_a_waste/</ref> In August 2011, [[Barack Obama]] and his staff ate a high-calorie meal at a burger joint. Obama said concerning his partner, "Michelle eats here all the time".<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-celebrates-debt-deal-with-1700-calorie-staff-lunch-at-burger-joint/</ref>

===Fashion disaster===

Michelle has been consistently ridiculed for her fashion choices. Since the age of television, the press has been keen to report on the First Lady's appearance by noting regal, stylish and elegant dresses she wears. The opposite can be said of Michelle. She makes headlines for sleeveless gowns, hideous color matching, $500 sneakers, always wearing torso belts, and exiting [[Air Force One]] in shorts and a T-shirt, among others. She gives the impression that she is trying to be a Diva, but in reality, she is far from being a trend-setter. In fact, reviews always return negative statements such as gaudy, tacky, and unbecoming of the role the First Lady inherits.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0226-sleeveless-michelle-obafeb26,0,3657652.story Some harrumph over Michelle Obama's sleeveless dress, Chicago Tribune, February 26, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/16/fashion-designers-keep-pretending-michelle-obama-has-style/ Fashion Designers Keep Pretending Michelle Obama Has Style, thehotjoints.com, JUNE 16, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/huggett/090611 Michelle Obama: First Lady of fashion victims, RenewAmerica.com, June 11, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article6470675.ece Michelle Obama's Abbey outfit: stacked like a wedding cake – but nice colours, The Times, June 10, 2009]</ref>

It was noted in April 2011 that Michelle has already replaced her first two fashion stylists.<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/04/michelle_obama_may_have_switch.html Michelle Obama May Have Switched Stylists Again, NYMag.com, April 13, 2011]</ref>

===Vacationing abuse on the taxpayers credit card===

While the average American suffers under Obamanomics of low wages, no job growth, higher energy costs and higher food prices, Michelle Obama is living the high life with White House parties and tens of millions of dollars worth of vacations.

Michelle Obama has taken 17 vacations since 2008 and plans to take her 18th vacation in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2012/03/29/its-good-to-be-queen-mooch-heads-to-las-vegas-for-yet-another-vacation/ It’s Good To Be Queen: Mooch Heads To Las Vegas For Yet Another Vacation, WeaselZippers.us, March 29, 2012]</ref>

Other lavish vacations include:
*Honolulu, Hawaii
*Aspen, Colorado
*Martha's Vineyard
*Las Vegas
*Africa
*Spain
*Mexico
*Ireland
*China

===Bringing the Olympics to Chicago===
The First Lady, along with [[Oprah Winfrey]], traveled to [[Copenhagen]] to support Barack Obama's pitch for the Olympics in Chicago. She claimed that the trip was a sacrifice to visit for a few days.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Michelle-Obama-Its-a-sacrifice-to-travel-to-Europe-to-pitch-for-the-Olympics--For-Oprah-and-the-president-too--But-were-doing-it-for-the-kids-62928957.html Michelle Obama: It's a 'sacrifice' to travel to Europe to pitch for the Olympics. But I'm doing it for the kids, Washington Examiner, September 30, 2009]</ref> She would give a speech to Olympic officials saying, "Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection." <ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/michelle.obama.olympics/ Michelle Obama steals the show in Copenhagen, CNN, October 2, 2009]</ref> It was noted that either she was lying or that it was a strange occurrence for her to be sitting on her dad's lap, since she was 20 years old when Carl Lewis first competed in the Olympics.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/02/quote-of-the-day-the-first-ladys-tall-olympic-tale/ tall tale of the day: The First Lady’s weird Olympic memory, Michelle Malkin, October 2, 2009]</ref>

==2008 presidential election putsch==
{{See also|Biden Putsch}}
Quotes while campaigning:

* "Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." - 2008

* '''"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."''' <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/michelle-obam-1.html</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331288,00.html</ref>

*"Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation."

*"There is still a lot of hard work that we as a country need to do. They can't look to any one individual, whether it's Barack or it's the next new hope that's going to appear to be that '''savior'''."

*"No matter what the outcome is, we have to keep our eyes on the bigger picture. We need some kind of change. We can't cut off our noses to spite our faces."

*"We have this window of opportunity; we have a chance to make something real happen. Something possible happen, to live beyond our fear, think about that, and help us. Help lift us up, help us fight this fight to change, - transform - this country in a fundamental way. This chance won't come around again."

*"Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need."

*"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service."

*"We had a miraculous victory in Iowa. '''Ain't no black people in Iowa!''' Something big, something new is happening. Let's build the future we all know is possible. Let's show our kids that America is ready for Barack Obama right now."

[[President Donald Trump]] was permanently banned from [[Jack Dorsey]]'s [[Twitter]] platform after phone calls from Michelle Obama and others to [[censor]] [[free speech]] and President Trump.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/11/twitter-files-shows-trumps-permanent-ban-came-after-michelle-obama-others-called-for-his-removal-1316104/</ref>

==Legacy==

Mrs. Obama gave an interview to [[Oprah Winfrey]] where she petulantly said that Americans are like little children in need of constant minding:

:Past first ladies have provided similar end-of-term interviews, in which they tend to display both astonishment and relief that it’s all over, coupled with the proper magnanimity and graciousness toward the next family to reside in the White House. Yet, this time was different. Far from feel-good, Mrs. Obama seemed more like a frustrated mother lamenting the rebelliousness of her growing child.<ref> [https://www.nationalreview.com/article/443572/michelle-obama-first-lady-oprah-winfrey-interview-voters-children Mrs. Obama, We Are Not Your Kids] - ''National Review''</ref>

Compared to the succeeding First Lady, [[Melania Trump]], the [[mainstream media]] was very biased in favor of Michelle Obama.<ref>Rogan, Tom (July 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-tale-of-two-first-ladies-and-troubling-media-bias/article/2628599 A tale of two first ladies and troubling media bias]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 13, 2017.</ref>

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k3lmCE3HI America is Hell, compilation of Michelle Obama speeches]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kiGjE4_k0jI Michelle's Last Four Years - Lest We Forget]
*[http://www.life-in-spite-of-ms.com/fraserrobinson.html Fraser Robinson III ~ Michelle Obama's Father]

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Steven Anderson

2024-03-23T23:24:33Z

DMorris: Stopped clocks are right twice a day, and in this case the SPLC is correct

'''Steven L. Anderson''' is a railer<ref>https://www.dictionary.com/browse/rail</ref> and the founder and senior pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church, an alleged<ref>1 Corinthians 5:11</ref> [[Independent Baptist]] congregation in Tempe, [[Arizona]]. Anderson describes his style of preaching as "hard preaching," and he adopts a [[King James only]] position for his church as well as the usage of "classic hymns." The church describes itself as "an old-fashioned, independent, fundamental, King James Bible only, soul-winning Baptist church" on its website. Faithful Word Baptist Church believes in a post-tribulation return of Christ, which is different from most Baptist churches which believe in a pre-tribulation return.

Anderson has garnered criticism by the [[mainstream media]] for his strong stance against [[homosexuality]], often calling the homosexuals "homos" in his sermons. After the Orlando nightclub shooting, Anderson said that there were fifty fewer pedophiles walking around and claimed that all homosexuals were pedophiles. <ref>[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-pastor-hails-orlando-massacre-for-leaving-50-less-pedophiles-in-this-world-video-8372346 Tempe Pastor Hails Orlando Massacre for Leaving '50 Less Pedophiles in This World']</ref> Anderson rejects the [[ex-gay]] movement because he believes in a [[reprobate]] doctrine that homosexuals cannot cease to be homosexual because they have been turned over to a "reprobate mind," and seeks instead to kill homosexuals under what Anderson describes as a "righteous government." It is important to note that while many Baptists believe that people can become reprobate as the Bible says so, not all interpret this in the extreme way that Stephen Anderson does. In a stopped clock moment, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] classifies Anderson's church as a hate group.

Anderson was also injured by border guards when they smashed the windows of his car when Anderson refused to leave his car for it to be searched per his [[Fourth Amendment]] rights <ref>[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/pastor-tased-and-beaten-at-checkpoint-plans-to-sue-admits-hes-been-resisting-at-checkpoints-for-months-6661889 Pastor Tased and "Beaten" at Checkpoint Plans to Sue; Admits He's Been Resisting at Checkpoints for Months]</ref>

A number of Christians have been critical of Anderson over his [[anti-Semitic]] comments, calling Jews "Jesus killers." Anderson has specifically called out televangelist [[John Hagee]] of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], for his views that [[Jesus Christ]] not a savior for the Jews.<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_wGDqqWrsY Pastor Steven Anderson: John Hagee the Heretic from Hell]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org Official website of Faithful Word Baptist Church]
*[https://newifb.info/ Blog by an Independent Baptist explaining the difference between Steven Anderson's doctrine and traditional IFB doctrines]

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User talk:DMorris

2024-03-23T22:21:31Z

DMorris: /* Faith/works issue */ Re:

User:DMorris

2024-03-23T22:06:05Z

DMorris: Add userbox

*My name is David Morris, and I live in Port Charlotte, Florida (near [[Punta Gorda, Florida]]). I am an [[Independent Baptist]], a life long Republican, and a strong supporter of President Donald Trump. I joined Conservapedia in 2009, while still a senior at a public high school. I was more conservative than most of my peers then, and the older I get the further off to the right I get. On most wikis, I am known as PCHS-NJROTC, which stands for Port Charlotte High School - Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp. '''If you you have been blocked by me and wish to contest your block, please email me at bnefriends AT reagan DOT com.'''

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==Obamacare==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyjLNt3EMTE&feature=related Obamacare is kind of like this]

==Conservatives VS. Liberals==
American Conservatives, like myself, cherish American traditions that make this nation so great. Our founding fathers recognized the problem with large government and took great efforts to prevent our nation from becoming the same type of dictatorship that England was at the time. We support freedom of religion and the right to bear arms that the liberals and atheists try so hard to censor. We see that marriage should be between a man and a woman. American liberals have no respect for tradition, and they fail to recognize that radical changes for the worse will destroy our great nation. They label [[Christians]] as "close minded" for embracing their beliefs. Ironically, it's really the [[atheists]] and [[pagans]] who are "close minded" as they cannot tolerate Christians minding our own business. Liberals believe that capitalism, a wonderful system which is a main reason why our nation is so great, is evil, and they believe in [[communism]]. They complain about minor or even manufactured problems with our outstanding health care system, which is coveted by many foreign nations, and they falsely claim that other nations have better systems. They will never be satisfied, not even with our great American system. Liberals, in my opinion, are anti-American. In contrast, conservatives are patriots; we desire to conserve America and every traditional piece of the puzzle that makes our nation so better than the [[socialistic]] nations elsewhere.

User talk:DMorris

2024-03-23T22:04:24Z

DMorris: /* RobSmith is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip */ Comparing the actions described to the actions of high school girls is an insult to high school girls.

[[/Archive 1]]

== Infinite blocks ==

Hello, 
I noticed you recently extended a couple blocks to infinite. I have no problem with your intentions--clearly those accounts will never be used for good purposes. However, there is one issue--not only are the user accounts blocked, but the IP addresses used by them are also blocked. IP addresses have the habit of getting reassigned to different people eventually (some people get new IPs every 6 months or less), so it is not really healthy to have them blocked forever. Thus the issue: Block only the account forever, allowing the same troll to register more accounts from the same IP, or block the IP and account for a limited time, so the troll is stopped from reusing the same address. 
I don't know for sure what is best, but please try to do only one or the other. My preference is to do a timed block on the IP and account, but it's not ideal. Andy has bee reducing user/IP blocks to 6 months lately, when he sees them. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:31, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:Autoblocks on the IPs only last for 24 hours regardless of how long the account is blocked for. If the autoblocks lasted as long as the block on the account, no wi-fi hotspot in all of Port Charlotte would be able to edit that one wiki whose name starts with an "R," nor would half of my wireless carrier's /16 range. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:42, 8 January 2019 (EST)

::Yes, autoblock entries listed in the block log only last 24 hours. Yet, I have tried connecting in months later from proxies which have been used used by vandals, and autoblock kicks in and issues another 24 hour block for some reason.
::I finally went and read up on it, and learned something. In short, it looks like you are right (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock). However, I have seen autoblock triggered again at a later time, so I'll need to do some experimentation. Thanks for straightening me out--I'll go try to learn why it sometimes seems to persist afterwards. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:51, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:::The autoblock kicks in if the same user logs in again and tries to edit, I think, but it doesn't matter what IP it is, any IP they try to edit from gets autoblocked. There's nothing really we can do if someone tries to abuse that, but it would be petty because the block would only last 24 hours at a time anyway. Save for the time I left my account on Wikipedia logged in on a public computer like an amateur, the only wiki I've ever been blocked on is that one that starts with an "R" (and I have seen their block message plenty of times), so... [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 9 January 2019 (EST)

::::Interesting.... that would make sense. I have been playing around a little and been unable to reproduce the issue, but your explanation makes sense. 24 hours just wouldn't be worth trying to abuse, so yes, I wouldn't worry about that. Thanks for straightening me out! --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:08, 9 January 2019 (EST)

== Gideons ==

Would you at least provide a source that I can read for [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gideons_International&curid=54927&diff=1493326&oldid=1493322 this edit]? This requirement is new to me (I'm not a member, but still). --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:32, 12 February 2019 (EST)
:Sure, it's in the front few pages of every Gideon bible, and it's also on the application which I believe is available on gideons.org. You can see that i am a member because I am wearing the name tag in the picture on my user page (the lady is not a member... at least not yet) I am editing from my phone right now, but I'm going to fire up the laptop and put the reference in the article. The men have to be 21 or older and either be business leaders (managing a McDonalds classifies as being a business leader though), some flavor of professional (I am an actively licensed real estate professional, which is how I qualify), or someone retired from such a profession. The ladies, known as "auxillaries" just have to be married to a Gideon and be a church member with a profession of faith. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:42, 12 February 2019 (EST)
::OK, thanks for explaining it to me. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:49, 12 February 2019 (EST)

== Opps ==

Sorry about that block. It shouldn't happen again. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:25, 18 February 2019 (EST)

== Re: Sissy punk site ==

Can do - that site's basically a joke anyway. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 22:52, 24 March 2019 (EDT)

==[[Infowars]]==

You have a typo on the [[Infowars]] article. I can't tell what you meant. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 18:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)
:Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)

== Hey there. ==

Hi Dmorris.

I wanted to know who 24.146.248.0/21 is. --[[User:Yeschayi|Donald Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 09:28, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:I don't discuss CheckUser data with non-CheckUsers, but I will say it is a person who has been engaging in fairly serious harassment for several years now. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 09:40, 25 January 2021 (EST)

== Am I a bad editor? ==

I think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:00, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:Why would you think that? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 25 January 2021 (EST)
::I don't know. Just think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:08, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:::That's demons telling you that (to understand where I am coming from with that, I am an [[Independent Baptist]]). If you think your edits are bad, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.3.210.6 have a look at some of my earliest edits to a wiki]. So cheesy. I was a teenager learning how Wikipedia works. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:11, 25 January 2021 (EST)

==Proposal==
We would appreciate your input at [[Conservapedia:Community_Portal#Proposal]]. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 19:59, 1 February 2021 (EST)
:As a newbie to Conservapedia, there are references that I do not know. What is the "Ratdiculous" "Rat-Tard nest"? -- --[[User:CharlesShirley|CharlesShirley]] ([[User talk:CharlesShirley|talk]]) 18:00, 4 February 2021 (EST)

== Quick note ==

I moved the material in my mailbox to the area where we had the original debate. I am telling you this because I wish to be cordial and not give you the false impression that I deleted it out of my mailbox. I merely moved it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:15, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:It's off topic there, that's why I moved the discussion to your talk page. That discussion has nothing to do with the issue at hand on the original page. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:18, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Can you email me. I have a small favor to ask of you. Send an email to conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom Thanks. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:20, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::I'm getting ready to go to bed but I can email you tomorrow afternoon. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:22, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
Fine. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:33, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:DMorris, nevermind emailing me tomorrow. I will just handle the issue through Andy. I don't want to spend a lot of time on the matter as I am working on a project right now. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 00:02, September 17, 2023 (EDT)

== Theological debates ==

Hi DMorris, I created debate pages a while ago like [[Debate: Is annihilationism biblical]]. Please join if you're interested, as I'm more than eager to discuss biblical doctrine. I recently came to an interesting conclusion: the moral aspect of the Mosaic law is still binding after all. If you happen to differ, I'm more than happy to share my thoughts and hear your input on the matter. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:26, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:I don't think that we should still be enforcing all aspects of Mosaic law, but there's certainly some examples we could take from it. I'm sleepy, it's 10:30 here and I'm used to having to get up at 4:00 AM during the week. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:28, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Wow, what a sleep schedule. Alright then, I'll create a debate page explaining my reasoning on the matter soon and link it here. My argument rests on a precise comprehension of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] and its implications on the law. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:30, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::Update: debate page created, with my main points highlighted: [[Debate: Is the Mosaic law still binding]]. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Monday, 09:09, September 18, 2023 (EDT)

== Please check your email (a notice here just in case, since you didn't reply to my more prior email)... ==

...the one with "friends" in the address title. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 23:24, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
== Faith/works issue ==

I am looking into the faith/works issue more. I think I may have to understand the Greek better, do more Bible exegesis, etc. There does seem to be a tension between James 2:24 and Ephesians 2:8-9. I think a better understanding is possible. But in a proverbial sense, some nuts are harder to crack than others. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:44, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
:No, Conservative, there is no contradiction at all. Salvation and justification are two different things: we are saved by faith and faith alone, and justified by the completion of our faith through the works of the Spirit. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Wednesday, 21:48, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
== RobSmith is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip ==

As you can see [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&curid=177983&diff=2035629&oldid=2035627 HERE], [[User: RobSmith]] is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip.

The Conservapedia page [[Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia]] clearly says "We do not allow gossip, just as a real encyclopedia avoids it."

If you could please let the owner of the website, that you do not appreciate RobSmith's efforts to turn Conservapedia into a place of gossip, I would appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:11, March 21, 2024 (EDT
:Right now, Conservapedians are writing to the owner of the website complaining about the belligerence of User: RobSmith towards other Conservapedians.

:Previously, RobSmith was stripped of his adminship and banned from the website due to his bad behavior. And he is currently in some hot water now.

:Please write to Andy Schlafly, who is the owner of the website at his email address which you have. And please CC me on the email at conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom

:Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:54, March 21, 2024 (EDT)
::I work with high school girls (along with high school boys, middle schoolers, and elementary schoolers). Comparing the actions described to the actions of high school girls is an insult to high school girls. ;) (this is sarcasm in action). [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 18:04, March 23, 2024 (EDT)

User talk:DMorris

2024-03-23T22:01:33Z

DMorris: Undo revision 2035724 by RobSmith (talk)

[[/Archive 1]]

== Infinite blocks ==

Hello, 
I noticed you recently extended a couple blocks to infinite. I have no problem with your intentions--clearly those accounts will never be used for good purposes. However, there is one issue--not only are the user accounts blocked, but the IP addresses used by them are also blocked. IP addresses have the habit of getting reassigned to different people eventually (some people get new IPs every 6 months or less), so it is not really healthy to have them blocked forever. Thus the issue: Block only the account forever, allowing the same troll to register more accounts from the same IP, or block the IP and account for a limited time, so the troll is stopped from reusing the same address. 
I don't know for sure what is best, but please try to do only one or the other. My preference is to do a timed block on the IP and account, but it's not ideal. Andy has bee reducing user/IP blocks to 6 months lately, when he sees them. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:31, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:Autoblocks on the IPs only last for 24 hours regardless of how long the account is blocked for. If the autoblocks lasted as long as the block on the account, no wi-fi hotspot in all of Port Charlotte would be able to edit that one wiki whose name starts with an "R," nor would half of my wireless carrier's /16 range. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 20:42, 8 January 2019 (EST)

::Yes, autoblock entries listed in the block log only last 24 hours. Yet, I have tried connecting in months later from proxies which have been used used by vandals, and autoblock kicks in and issues another 24 hour block for some reason.
::I finally went and read up on it, and learned something. In short, it looks like you are right (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock). However, I have seen autoblock triggered again at a later time, so I'll need to do some experimentation. Thanks for straightening me out--I'll go try to learn why it sometimes seems to persist afterwards. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:51, 8 January 2019 (EST)
:::The autoblock kicks in if the same user logs in again and tries to edit, I think, but it doesn't matter what IP it is, any IP they try to edit from gets autoblocked. There's nothing really we can do if someone tries to abuse that, but it would be petty because the block would only last 24 hours at a time anyway. Save for the time I left my account on Wikipedia logged in on a public computer like an amateur, the only wiki I've ever been blocked on is that one that starts with an "R" (and I have seen their block message plenty of times), so... [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 9 January 2019 (EST)

::::Interesting.... that would make sense. I have been playing around a little and been unable to reproduce the issue, but your explanation makes sense. 24 hours just wouldn't be worth trying to abuse, so yes, I wouldn't worry about that. Thanks for straightening me out! --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:08, 9 January 2019 (EST)

== Gideons ==

Would you at least provide a source that I can read for [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gideons_International&curid=54927&diff=1493326&oldid=1493322 this edit]? This requirement is new to me (I'm not a member, but still). --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:32, 12 February 2019 (EST)
:Sure, it's in the front few pages of every Gideon bible, and it's also on the application which I believe is available on gideons.org. You can see that i am a member because I am wearing the name tag in the picture on my user page (the lady is not a member... at least not yet) I am editing from my phone right now, but I'm going to fire up the laptop and put the reference in the article. The men have to be 21 or older and either be business leaders (managing a McDonalds classifies as being a business leader though), some flavor of professional (I am an actively licensed real estate professional, which is how I qualify), or someone retired from such a profession. The ladies, known as "auxillaries" just have to be married to a Gideon and be a church member with a profession of faith. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:42, 12 February 2019 (EST)
::OK, thanks for explaining it to me. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:49, 12 February 2019 (EST)

== Opps ==

Sorry about that block. It shouldn't happen again. --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 23:25, 18 February 2019 (EST)

== Re: Sissy punk site ==

Can do - that site's basically a joke anyway. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 22:52, 24 March 2019 (EDT)

==[[Infowars]]==

You have a typo on the [[Infowars]] article. I can't tell what you meant. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 18:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)
:Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 21:02, 7 July 2019 (EDT)

== Hey there. ==

Hi Dmorris.

I wanted to know who 24.146.248.0/21 is. --[[User:Yeschayi|Donald Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 09:28, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:I don't discuss CheckUser data with non-CheckUsers, but I will say it is a person who has been engaging in fairly serious harassment for several years now. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 09:40, 25 January 2021 (EST)

== Am I a bad editor? ==

I think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:00, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:Why would you think that? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:05, 25 January 2021 (EST)
::I don't know. Just think I am. --[[User:Yeschayi|Yeschayi]] ([[User talk:Yeschayi|talk]]) 10:08, 25 January 2021 (EST)
:::That's demons telling you that (to understand where I am coming from with that, I am an [[Independent Baptist]]). If you think your edits are bad, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.3.210.6 have a look at some of my earliest edits to a wiki]. So cheesy. I was a teenager learning how Wikipedia works. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 10:11, 25 January 2021 (EST)

==Proposal==
We would appreciate your input at [[Conservapedia:Community_Portal#Proposal]]. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 19:59, 1 February 2021 (EST)
:As a newbie to Conservapedia, there are references that I do not know. What is the "Ratdiculous" "Rat-Tard nest"? -- --[[User:CharlesShirley|CharlesShirley]] ([[User talk:CharlesShirley|talk]]) 18:00, 4 February 2021 (EST)

== Quick note ==

I moved the material in my mailbox to the area where we had the original debate. I am telling you this because I wish to be cordial and not give you the false impression that I deleted it out of my mailbox. I merely moved it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:15, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:It's off topic there, that's why I moved the discussion to your talk page. That discussion has nothing to do with the issue at hand on the original page. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:18, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Can you email me. I have a small favor to ask of you. Send an email to conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom Thanks. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:20, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::I'm getting ready to go to bed but I can email you tomorrow afternoon. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:22, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
Fine. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:33, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:DMorris, nevermind emailing me tomorrow. I will just handle the issue through Andy. I don't want to spend a lot of time on the matter as I am working on a project right now. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 00:02, September 17, 2023 (EDT)

== Theological debates ==

Hi DMorris, I created debate pages a while ago like [[Debate: Is annihilationism biblical]]. Please join if you're interested, as I'm more than eager to discuss biblical doctrine. I recently came to an interesting conclusion: the moral aspect of the Mosaic law is still binding after all. If you happen to differ, I'm more than happy to share my thoughts and hear your input on the matter. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:26, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:I don't think that we should still be enforcing all aspects of Mosaic law, but there's certainly some examples we could take from it. I'm sleepy, it's 10:30 here and I'm used to having to get up at 4:00 AM during the week. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] ([[User talk:DMorris|talk]]) 22:28, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
::Wow, what a sleep schedule. Alright then, I'll create a debate page explaining my reasoning on the matter soon and link it here. My argument rests on a precise comprehension of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] and its implications on the law. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 22:30, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
:::Update: debate page created, with my main points highlighted: [[Debate: Is the Mosaic law still binding]]. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Monday, 09:09, September 18, 2023 (EDT)

== Please check your email (a notice here just in case, since you didn't reply to my more prior email)... ==

...the one with "friends" in the address title. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Sunday, 23:24, September 16, 2023 (EDT)
== Faith/works issue ==

I am looking into the faith/works issue more. I think I may have to understand the Greek better, do more Bible exegesis, etc. There does seem to be a tension between James 2:24 and Ephesians 2:8-9. I think a better understanding is possible. But in a proverbial sense, some nuts are harder to crack than others. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:44, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
:No, Conservative, there is no contradiction at all. Salvation and justification are two different things: we are saved by faith and faith alone, and justified by the completion of our faith through the works of the Spirit. —[[User:LT|<code>'''LT'''</code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|Rev. 22:13]]''''' Wednesday, 21:48, September 19, 2023 (EDT)
== RobSmith is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip ==

As you can see [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&curid=177983&diff=2035629&oldid=2035627 HERE], [[User: RobSmith]] is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip.

The Conservapedia page [[Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia]] clearly says "We do not allow gossip, just as a real encyclopedia avoids it."

If you could please let the owner of the website, that you do not appreciate RobSmith's efforts to turn Conservapedia into a place of gossip, I would appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:11, March 21, 2024 (EDT
:Right now, Conservapedians are writing to the owner of the website complaining about the belligerence of User: RobSmith towards other Conservapedians.

:Previously, RobSmith was stripped of his adminship and banned from the website due to his bad behavior. And he is currently in some hot water now.

:Please write to Andy Schlafly, who is the owner of the website at his email address which you have. And please CC me on the email at conservativeconservapediaATgmailDOTcom

:Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:54, March 21, 2024 (EDT)

RedState

2024-01-02T22:43:47Z

DMorris: Salem has an article

'''RedState''' was a [[conservative]] news website founded on July 11, 2004 by Josh Trevino, Ben Domenech, and Mike Krempasky, then known as RedState.org. Eric Erickson became associated with the website in the public's eye.

In 2014, RedState sold out to a publicly traded company, [[Salem Media Group]], Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM), and has since apparently become a puppet for the [[Establishment]].

RedState disinvited [[Donald Trump]] from an event on August 8, 2015, by siding with [[feminist]] ideology and pandering to the [[Fox News Channel]] after the Trump criticized one of its overhyped reporters, feminist [[Megyn Kelly]]. Trump's campaign responded to RedState as follows:
{{cquote|This is just another example of weakness through being politically correct. For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr. Trump coming, we will miss you. Blame Erick Erickson, your weak and pathetic leader.}}
Trump's campaign then referred to Erickson as a "total loser" who "has a history of supporting establishment losers in failed campaigns."<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-disinvited-redstate-gathering-atlanta/story?id=32963178</ref>

RedState has also banned stories on [[Obama birth certificate controversy]] and 9/11 Truther contributions, RedState repeated statements wrongfully condemning [[Todd Akin]], effectively casting their lot as a [[RINO Backer]].

==External links==
* [https://www.redstate.com/ RedState website]

== References ==

<references/>
[[Category:Conservative Media]]
[[Category:Conservative Websites]]
[[Category:Conservative Blogs]]

Bridget Ziegler

2023-12-29T03:13:03Z

DMorris: Creating redirect

#REDIRECT [[Moms for Liberty]]

Conservative of the Year 2023

2023-12-29T03:10:29Z

DMorris: /* Top Tier */ Lauren Boebert

'''Conservative of the Year 2023''' has 37 strong contenders, among our most ever!

== Top Tier ==
*[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] (''see'' [[Paxton impeachment]]) to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate, and then won a unanimous Texas Supreme Court decision against media-hyped late [[abortion]] (after 20 weeks). Paxton also appealed a federal ruling against the [[Biden regime]] for destruction of the [[Biden border crisis|border fence]].
* Riley Gaines, 12-time [[NCAA]] All-American swimmer, for her courage in standing against men competing in women's sports, and thus against the [[transgender agenda]].
*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker and curtailing [[Ukraine funding]]
*[[Speaker of the House]] [[Mike Johnson]] (R-LA), for becoming perhaps the most [[conservative]] [[Speaker of the House]] in history
* Sen. [[J.D. Vance]] (R-OH) for leading against endless [[U.S.]] funding the [[NATO War in Ukraine]], and for campaigning against the [[pro-abort]]s on [[Ohio]] Issue 1 [[ballot initiative]].
*Sen. [[Rand Paul]] (R-IN), for opposing endless funding of the [[NATO War in Ukraine]] and for saving a fellow senator's life with the Heimlich maneuver.
* [[Sen. Tommy Tuberville]] for his righteous stand against [[taxpayer funded abortion]] in the [[US military]]
* [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]], prime minister of [[Greece]], for bolding winning on an anti-[[immigration]] platform, and then bolding calling a second election to consolidate the strength of his victory.
* Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref> Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref>
*[[Sen. Ron Johnson]] for his courageous stand against [[Biden]]'s [[neo-fascist]] Ukraine policy.<ref>[https://youtu.be/O9vi-lFo0Sg Ron Johnson DESTROYS Biden's Depraved Ukraine Policy, GREEDY Weapons Manufacturers: Rising], ''[[The Hill]], Dec 20, 2023.</ref>
*[[True the Vote|Catherine Englebrecht]], a tireless [[voter fraud]] fighter
*[[Dinesh D'Souza]], producer of ''[[2000 Mules]]'' and ''Police State'' documentaries, and for generously supporting the [[J6]] victims of the [[Deep State]]
*Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] (R-GA), for her continued fearless leadership in the [[House]]
* [[Jeff Landry]] for his big victory as a [[conservative]] in Louisiana gubernatorial race
* [[Tucker Carlson]] for his courage to going against establishment until he was fired from [[Fox News]], and for his courageous shows afterwards on [[Twitter|X]].
* [[Jim Caviezel]] for his successful work in ''[[Sound of Freedom]]'' movie
* [[Elon Musk]] for fighting for [[freedom of speech]] and criticizing [[globalism|globalist]]s
* [[Kelsey Grammer]] for overcoming [[liberal]] opposition to make the [[Jesus Revolution (film)|Jesus Revolution]] a spectacular success (grossing 3x its costs), and for reaffirming his support of [[Trump]] in an interview by the liberal [[BBC]] in Dec. 2023.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/entertainment/kelsey-grammer-interview-donald-trump-scli-intl/?dicbo=v2-WukKXrA&iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool</ref>
* Jason Aldean, for writing the popular song, "Try That in a Small Town," which promotes Conservative and small-town values, drawing vast ire from Leftists.
* Oliver Anthony, although not entirely Conservative, for writing the popular song "Rich Men North of Richmond," which promotes hard work and criticizes the establishment and the welfare state.
* [[Lauren Boebert]] for her tireless support for the second amendment.

== Additional Strong Contenders ==
* Alejandro Gómez Monteverde for his direction of Sound of Freedom movie
* [[Victor Orban]] for his standing against globalist [[ICC]] order to escalate war with Russia
* [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] for exposing how incompetent Ronna McDaniel is and other services to the conservative movement
* [[Robert Fico]] for his victory in Slovak election
* [[Judge Andrew Napolitano]] for his objective programming on international affairs
* [[Christopher Luxon]], for leading his party to victory in New Zealand election, ending the socialist dominance in the country
* [[Steven Crowder]] for revealing Nashville shooter anti-White and anti-Christian manifesto
* [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], after her conversion to Christianity, she approved importance of Christianity for facing woke agenda and anti-West agenda
* [[Nayib Bukele]] for his successful efforts to fight and reduce crime in [[El Salvador]]
* [[Victoria Villarruel]] for successfully defeating leftists in Argentine election along with Javier Mileli
* [[Geert Wilders]] for successfully winning Dutch election, being first nationalist-populist to win in North western Europe
* William Cogswell for winning [[Charleston]] mayor election, and being first Republican to win this seat
* [[Conor McGregor]] for standing against globalist Irish government
* [[Javier Milei]], for successfully ending decades of leftist domination in Argentina
*Sen. [[Josh Hawley]] (R-MO) for continued service to the conservative cause
*Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] (R-OH), for his investigations into [[weaponization of government]] and [[Big Tech]] [[censorship]], but his committee did not accomplish as much as it should have in 2023.
*[[Sen. Marsha Blackburn]] for getting the [[Jeffrey Epstein]] black book list released
*[[Sen. Markwayne Mullin]] for standing up to bullies.<ref>https://youtu.be/QRdPl3UgSa8</ref>
*[[Vladimir Putin]] isn't perfect, but deserves an honorable mention for standing for traditional family values in Russia.+

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Conservative of the Year]]
[[Category:2020s]]

Conservative of the Year 2023

2023-12-29T03:09:51Z

DMorris: /* Additional Strong Contenders */ Putin

'''Conservative of the Year 2023''' has 37 strong contenders, among our most ever!

== Top Tier ==
*[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] (''see'' [[Paxton impeachment]]) to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate, and then won a unanimous Texas Supreme Court decision against media-hyped late [[abortion]] (after 20 weeks). Paxton also appealed a federal ruling against the [[Biden regime]] for destruction of the [[Biden border crisis|border fence]].
* Riley Gaines, 12-time [[NCAA]] All-American swimmer, for her courage in standing against men competing in women's sports, and thus against the [[transgender agenda]].
*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker and curtailing [[Ukraine funding]]
*[[Speaker of the House]] [[Mike Johnson]] (R-LA), for becoming perhaps the most [[conservative]] [[Speaker of the House]] in history
* Sen. [[J.D. Vance]] (R-OH) for leading against endless [[U.S.]] funding the [[NATO War in Ukraine]], and for campaigning against the [[pro-abort]]s on [[Ohio]] Issue 1 [[ballot initiative]].
*Sen. [[Rand Paul]] (R-IN), for opposing endless funding of the [[NATO War in Ukraine]] and for saving a fellow senator's life with the Heimlich maneuver.
* [[Sen. Tommy Tuberville]] for his righteous stand against [[taxpayer funded abortion]] in the [[US military]]
* [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]], prime minister of [[Greece]], for bolding winning on an anti-[[immigration]] platform, and then bolding calling a second election to consolidate the strength of his victory.
* Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref> Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref>
*[[Sen. Ron Johnson]] for his courageous stand against [[Biden]]'s [[neo-fascist]] Ukraine policy.<ref>[https://youtu.be/O9vi-lFo0Sg Ron Johnson DESTROYS Biden's Depraved Ukraine Policy, GREEDY Weapons Manufacturers: Rising], ''[[The Hill]], Dec 20, 2023.</ref>
*[[True the Vote|Catherine Englebrecht]], a tireless [[voter fraud]] fighter
*[[Dinesh D'Souza]], producer of ''[[2000 Mules]]'' and ''Police State'' documentaries, and for generously supporting the [[J6]] victims of the [[Deep State]]
*Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] (R-GA), for her continued fearless leadership in the [[House]]
* [[Jeff Landry]] for his big victory as a [[conservative]] in Louisiana gubernatorial race
* [[Tucker Carlson]] for his courage to going against establishment until he was fired from [[Fox News]], and for his courageous shows afterwards on [[Twitter|X]].
* [[Jim Caviezel]] for his successful work in ''[[Sound of Freedom]]'' movie
* [[Elon Musk]] for fighting for [[freedom of speech]] and criticizing [[globalism|globalist]]s
* [[Kelsey Grammer]] for overcoming [[liberal]] opposition to make the [[Jesus Revolution (film)|Jesus Revolution]] a spectacular success (grossing 3x its costs), and for reaffirming his support of [[Trump]] in an interview by the liberal [[BBC]] in Dec. 2023.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/entertainment/kelsey-grammer-interview-donald-trump-scli-intl/?dicbo=v2-WukKXrA&iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool</ref>
* Jason Aldean, for writing the popular song, "Try That in a Small Town," which promotes Conservative and small-town values, drawing vast ire from Leftists.
* Oliver Anthony, although not entirely Conservative, for writing the popular song "Rich Men North of Richmond," which promotes hard work and criticizes the establishment and the welfare state.

== Additional Strong Contenders ==
* Alejandro Gómez Monteverde for his direction of Sound of Freedom movie
* [[Victor Orban]] for his standing against globalist [[ICC]] order to escalate war with Russia
* [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] for exposing how incompetent Ronna McDaniel is and other services to the conservative movement
* [[Robert Fico]] for his victory in Slovak election
* [[Judge Andrew Napolitano]] for his objective programming on international affairs
* [[Christopher Luxon]], for leading his party to victory in New Zealand election, ending the socialist dominance in the country
* [[Steven Crowder]] for revealing Nashville shooter anti-White and anti-Christian manifesto
* [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], after her conversion to Christianity, she approved importance of Christianity for facing woke agenda and anti-West agenda
* [[Nayib Bukele]] for his successful efforts to fight and reduce crime in [[El Salvador]]
* [[Victoria Villarruel]] for successfully defeating leftists in Argentine election along with Javier Mileli
* [[Geert Wilders]] for successfully winning Dutch election, being first nationalist-populist to win in North western Europe
* William Cogswell for winning [[Charleston]] mayor election, and being first Republican to win this seat
* [[Conor McGregor]] for standing against globalist Irish government
* [[Javier Milei]], for successfully ending decades of leftist domination in Argentina
*Sen. [[Josh Hawley]] (R-MO) for continued service to the conservative cause
*Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] (R-OH), for his investigations into [[weaponization of government]] and [[Big Tech]] [[censorship]], but his committee did not accomplish as much as it should have in 2023.
*[[Sen. Marsha Blackburn]] for getting the [[Jeffrey Epstein]] black book list released
*[[Sen. Markwayne Mullin]] for standing up to bullies.<ref>https://youtu.be/QRdPl3UgSa8</ref>
*[[Vladimir Putin]] isn't perfect, but deserves an honorable mention for standing for traditional family values in Russia.+

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Conservative of the Year]]
[[Category:2020s]]

Conservative companies

2023-12-05T01:40:10Z

DMorris: /* Debatable whether conservative */ X

The following is a non-exhaustive list of '''for-profit companies which generally support conservative principles, individuals, and/or organizations'''. This list is based primarily on official, corporate activity, but also based partially on the activities of employees, which are not sponsored by their companies.
The companies are categorized of the extent of their support for, as well as opposition to, conservative causes.

An obvious source for the justification is recent news. Other major sources include 2ndVote, a research provider that scores companies from 5 (most conservative) to 1 (most liberal),<ref>https://tennesseestar.com/2021/02/23/executive-director-amy-wilhite-of-2ndvote-com-shines-the-light-on-company-values-for-the-conscious-consumer/</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/a-new-counterweight-to-stakeholder-capitalism/</ref> and OpenSecrets, an online database that tracks political donations in the U.S.<ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/opensecretsorg</ref>

Note that indicators of conservative interest can change suddenly. To get the most updated information, readers are encouraged to make sure the sources used reflect the companies' current status. If any inaccurate entries are found in this list, please update them!
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==Conservative==
The following are companies which openly support conservative principles, while refusing to support most if not all liberal ones.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Black Rifle Coffee Company
|Food/beverage
|Veteran owned. Consistently posts conservative memes on social media.
|-
| Charity Mobile
|Telecom
| Sends 5% of its users' price to pro-life, pro-family charities.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/charitymobile</ref> Scores 3.33 at 2ndvote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charity-mobile</ref>
|-
| Cintas
| Service
| Target of asset manager Blackrock's pressure campaign for its support for conservative causes.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/12/17/carney-larry-finks-blackrock-doubles-down-on-woke-capitalism/</ref> Donations, mainly by individuals, went 91% conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000274</ref>
|-
| ConocoPhillips
| Energy
| 96% organizational and 59% individual donations went conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/conocophillips/summary?id=D000000303</ref>
|-
|Cornerstone Payment Systems
|Finance
|Christian payment processor<ref>https://cornerstonepaymentsystems.com/how-we-help.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cornerstone-payment-systems/</ref>
|-
|Duke Cannon
|Retail
|Men's grooming products creator and retailer. Supports military organizations with donations and products.<ref>https://dukecannon.com/pages/military-heritage</ref>
|-
|Epik
|Internet
|Hosts [[Gab]] citing free speech rights, despite many vendors' de-platforming of the site.<ref>https://www.epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html</ref>
|-
|data-sort-value="Epoch Times" | [[The Epoch Times]]
|Media
|Holds "Truth and Tradition" as tagline and principles.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/about-us</ref><ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/epoch-times-media-bias</ref>
|-
|[[Gab (website)|Gab]]
|Internet
|Social platform focused on free speech, owned by an outspoken Christian.
|-
| [[Hobby Lobby]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family">Green family</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hobby-lobby</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/hobby_lobbys_secret_agenda_how_its_secretly_funding_a_vast_right_wing_movement</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/2/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/26/hobby-lobby-celebrates-christ-the-lord-in-full-page-christmas-ads/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/hobby-lobby-ceos-powerful-letter-employees-god-control/</ref>
|-
| Interstate Batteries
| Consumer goods
| Led by an outspoken Christian, invests in promoting God's love in mainstream TV ads.<ref>https://interstatebatteries.com/godslove</ref>
|-
| [[Mardel]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family"/>
|-
| Molson Coors
|Food
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000027694</ref>
|-
| MyPillow
|Retail
| Founder/CEO is very vocal about voter fraud after the 2020 US presidential election.<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/realmikelindell/view/absolute-proof-601d73a5a5ca1b4ef4f0e602</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/mypillow-products-no-longer-stocked-these-companies-1562510</ref>
|-
|New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD)
|Media
|
|-
|[[One America News Network]] (OANN)
|Media
|Consistently the third most-watched news channel among Republican voters.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-fox-oann-newsmax-trump</ref> Specifically praised by Donald Trump in contrast to Mainstream Media, Fox News, and Newsmax.<ref>https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-05.15.21-3</ref>
|-
| [[Parler]]
|Internet
| Conservative host [[Dan Bongino]] is a co-owner.
|-
| Stocking Mill Coffee
|Food/beverage
|
|-
| [[Patriot Mobile]]
|Telecom
| A portion of users' bills is donated to conservative organizations. The user is given choices in this matter.<ref>https://patriotmobile.com/pages/our-causes</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/patriot-mobile</ref>
|-
|Pure Talk USA
|Telecom
|
|-
|Rumble
|Internet
|
|-
|Ruqqus
|Internet
|
|-
| Sheetz
|Retail
| Gas stations and convenience store chain, which is owned and operated by Republicans.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sheetz</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029023&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Ruger
|Sport
|Although a gun manufacturer supporting the 2nd amendment might seem self-serving, this company has been adamant in that stance, while also vocally opposing liberal candidates.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sturm-ruger-co-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/Headline/michael-fifer-sturm-ruger-hillary-lawful-commerce/2016/08/03/id/741989/</ref>
|-
| Uline
|Supplies
| Supports conservative causes; some of their trucks have been seen bearing the Bible reference "John 3:16".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030599&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2014/11/04/the-little-known-ceo-spending-millions-to-elect-far-right-republicans</ref>
|-
|}

==Somewhat conservative==
The following companies support some conservative causes and principles, but do not seem to take a strong stand solely in their favor. These typically offer minor support to liberal causes, but from a statistical standpoint<ref>Such as agreeing to match employee donations to non-profit groups, regardless of whether the group is conservative or liberal, religious or secular, provided they are tax-exempt and not a church.</ref> are still more conservative than not.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
| Abbott Laboratories (Similac, Pediasure, Pedialyte, etc.)
|Health
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000383&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/abbott-laboratories</ref>
|-
| Applebee's (DineEquity, Inc.)
|Restaurants
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042047&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/9/</ref><ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free">https://nebraskashooters.com/laws/unfriendly-2/</ref>
|-
|Arby's (Roark Capital Group)
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/arbys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.georgiaprospers.org/our-business-coalition/</ref>
|-
|Bass Pro Shops
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bass-pro-shops</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000060269&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/114804234.html</ref><ref>https://wreg.com/2018/03/01/bass-pro-customers-respond-to-other-companies-changing-protocol-for-selling-guns/</ref>
|-
|[[Brave]]
|Internet
|The [[browser]] blocks data-grabbing ads and trackers. Founder and CEO [[Brendan Eich|Eich]]'s opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] led to his forced resignation as CEO from [[Mozilla]], which he co-founded.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/20/copy-new-internet-browser-brave-announced/</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-says-ceo-resigns-amid-gay-marriage-controversy-195338477.html</ref> Avoids content censorship via IPFS integration.<ref>https://brave.com/</ref>
|-
|Cabela's (owned by Bass Pro Shops)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cabelas</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042594&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/20386-cabelas.html</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/together</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/paul-singer-sidney-nebraska-cabelas-bass-pro-shops-merger</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/covid-commitment</ref>
|-
| [[ExxonMobil]]
|Energy
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000129</ref><ref name="liveaction.org">https://www.liveaction.org/news/these-companies-have-distanced-themselves-from-planned-parenthood/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/exxon-add-climate-activist-backed-board-members</ref>
|-
|Flowers Foods (Wonder Bread, Tastykake, Nature's Own, Bunny Bread, Mrs. Freshley's, HomePride, etc.<ref>https://www.flowersfoods.com/brands</ref>)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000377&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/flowers-foods</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/6/</ref>
|-
|Gold's Gym (TRT Holdings)
|Fitness
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000022288</ref>
|-
|Guitar Center (parent of Musicians Friends)
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/guitar-center/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/guitar-center-union_us_56fae6c3e4b0a06d5803e008</ref><ref>http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?46223-Hassled-in-Guitar-Center</ref>
|-
|Murphy USA
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/murphy-usa</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000062564&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|New Balance
|Apparel
|As the only major local manufacturer of athletic shoes, New Balance supported Donald Trump's (as well as several Democrats') [[Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy|trade position]] to focus on US manufacturing job creation. The brand's vice president of public affairs criticized Obama Administration for "turn(ing) a deaf ear".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000036175</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/new-balance/</ref><ref name="mic.com">https://mic.com/articles/159147/boycott-alert-here-are-companies-and-executives-that-supported-donald-trump</ref><ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/159116/new-balance-faces-backlash-after-throwing-its-support-behind-president-elect-donald-trump</ref>
|-
|NewsMax
|Media
|Extensively covered [[2020 election fraud|election fraud]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 Presidential Election]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-friendly-newsmax-a-sudden-competitor-to-fox-news/</ref> Distanced itself from allegations of [[Dominion Voting Systems|Dominion]]'s involvement in the fraud after threats from the voting machine company.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/531153-newsmax-issues-clarification-on-smartmatic-dominion-claims</ref><ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/newsmax-anchor-apologizes-to-mypillow-mike-lindell</ref>
|-
|Omni Hotels (TRT Holdings)
|Hotel
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH"/>
|-
|Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin' Brands)
|Restaurant
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000067181&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/10/</ref>
|-
|Palmetto Cheese
|Food
|Founder and owner Brian Henry called [[Black Lives Matter|BLM]] and [[Antifa]] "terror organizations." He later apologized amid backlash.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/costco-pulls-palmetto-cheese-after-founder-calls-blm-a-terrorist-organization/</ref><ref>https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/owner-of-palmetto-cheese-apologizes-for-facebook-post-explains-black-womans-image-on-packaging/</ref>
|-
|ProPay
|Finance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/propay</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029492&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.prwatch.org/news/2020/04/13574/funding-hate-how-online-merchants-and-payment-processors-aid-white-nationalists (hostile reference)</ref>
|-
|Publix Super Markets, Inc.
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000028488</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/05/22/anti-gun-liberals-attempt-boycott-publix/</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/24724-publix-supermarkets.html</ref>
|-
|Regnery Publishing
|Media
|When Senator [[Josh Hawley]]'s book ''The Tyranny of Big Tech'' was cancelled by publisher Simon & Schuster following the January 6th 2021 Capitol storming, Regnery picked it up just days after.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/hawley-book-regnery.html</ref>
|-
|[[Remington|Remington Arms]] (Cerberus Capital Management, which includes Marlin Firearms & Advanced Armament Corporation)
|Sport
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/remington</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021907&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Urban Outfitters]]
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030711&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/15/</ref>
|-
|[[White Castle]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029845&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/white-castle</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/7/</ref>
|-
|[[Winn-Dixie]] (Southeastern Grocers)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/winn-dixie-stores/</ref><ref>https://www.winndixie.com/community/seafoodpledge</ref>
|-
|Yuengling (craft beer company)
|Food
|<ref name="mic.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/yuengling/</ref>
|}

==Slightly conservative==
The following companies seem to show slight leanings or preferences towards conservative principles and causes, but do not seem firm or determined in this trend. Liberal causes are usually also supported at least in part, but over all, they tend to favor conservatism slightly.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
|7-Eleven
|Retail
|7-Eleven PAC donated 95% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/7-eleven/C00549717/candidate-recipients/2020</ref> Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/7-eleven/</ref>
|-
|Ace Hardware Corporation
|Retail
|Ace Hardware is part company owned—those stores branded as "Westlake Ace Hardware" are such—but also part franchised, so an independent owner may be conservative or liberal.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042548</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ace-hardware</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042548&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|American Greetings Corp
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000746</ref>
|-
|Amway/Alticor Inc.
|Retail (MLM)
|Although the company as a whole only minimally engages in politics,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/amway/</ref> company employees overwhelmingly support republicans. Amway's PAC also seems to favor Republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amway-alticor-inc/recipients?id=D000000111</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000111</ref>
|-
|BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bjs-restaurant-brewhouse/</ref>
|-
|Blue Bell
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000024383</ref>
|-
|Coinbase
|Finance
|while employee donations favor democrats, Company CEO Brian Armstrong refused in 2020 to support or oppose the BLM organization, saying that the company would stay out of politics.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/</ref>
|-
|Carl's Jr. / Hardee's
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/17/</ref><ref>Various advertisements, not linked to due to their suggestive nature</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/carls-jr/</ref>
|-
|Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cracker-barrel-old-country-store/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024663&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/8/</ref>
|-
|Domino's Pizza
|Restaurants
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominos</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000025535&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Dr. Pepper, 7UP, Mott's, Snapple, A&W Root Beer, Crush, etc.)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000042050&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dr-pepper-snapple-group/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/snapple/</ref>
|-
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|Media
|By far the most watched television news channel for Republicans, even after Biden's inauguration as president.<ref>https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-republican-tv-news-viewers-fox-newsmax-20210309-7zvakfrteve35brqrejamvicdi-story.html</ref>
|-
|Goya Foods
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?toprecipcycle=2016&topnumcycle=2016&contribcycle=All%20cycles&lobcycle=All%20cycles&outspendcycle=All%20cycles&id=D000042319</ref><ref>https://kdvr.com/news/national/goya-foods-faces-swift-backlash-after-ceo-praises-trump-at-white-house/</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/07/tyranny-racist-democrats-call-for-boycott-of-goya-foods-because-hispanic-ceo-is-trump-supporter.html/</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/07/10/goya-foods-ceo-no-im-not-apologizing-for-praising-president-trump-n2572282</ref><ref>https://www.goya.com/en/goya-gives/gg-environment</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/-YvO736Zl3M</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/12/08/aoc-named-employee-of-the-month-at-goya/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/goya-robert-unanue-biden-ukraine/2022/04/30/id/1067926/</ref>
|-
|Hanes
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hanes</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000041306&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Koch Industries]] (Angel Soft, Rock Island Oil & Refining Company, Invista, Koch Minerals, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Koch Fertilizer, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Matador Cattle Company, and Guardian Industries)
|Conglomerate
|KochPAC donated 97% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/koch-libre-against-house-immigration-bills-654201</ref><ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/this-koch-funded-advocacy-group-wants-trump-to-embrace-free-trade</ref>
|-
|In-N-Out Burger
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?id=D000072295 (Although the company itself is neutral, its employees may tend to favor liberalism/communism)</ref> In-N-Out is generally a politically neutral company, however, In-N-Out does have Bible verses on its packaging.<ref>https://www.today.com/food/why-does-n-out-print-bible-verses-its-cups-wrappers-t164235</ref> An In-N-Out store in San Francisco was also temporarily shut down due to not strictly adhering to the vaccine mandate with In-N-Out responding by saying that they did not want to be the vaccine police.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-shuts-down-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-jab-mandate-we-refuse-to-become-the-vaccination-police</ref>
|-
|-
|Las Vegas Sands (casino and resort)
|Entertainment
|Donates substantially to republicans, but much of it seems to go to RINOs and "center-right" causes.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000020980&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/7/</ref>
|-
|L.L. Bean
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.popsugar.com/news/Which-Businesses-Support-Trump-43025072</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/ll-bean-rei-and-dicks-update-gun-control-policies-2018-3/</ref><ref>https://fortune.com/2018/03/02/ll-bean-guns/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/l-l-bean-raises-age-to-buy-rifles-to-21/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/l-l-bean/</ref>
|-
|Menards
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000042069</ref><ref>https://www.menards.com/main/menards-updates/c-4364363665328695.htm</ref><ref>https://kstp.com/coronavirus/menards-requiring-customers-to-wear-face-masks-coronavirus-covid-19/5719618/</ref>
|-
|OverStock.com
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/overstock-com/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/overstock-com/recipients?id=D000036441</ref>
|-
|Perry Ellis International (owns multiple apparel brands)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000036627&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.thebalance.com/political-affiliations-of-retail-companies-2892119</ref>
|-
|Ross Stores
|
|<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/6/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042761&cycle=2020</ref>
|}

==Debatable whether conservative==
The following are companies which give mixed signals, some in support of conservative principles, and some the opposite. This conflicting activity makes their beliefs and intentions difficult to discern with certainty, warranting some debate.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Altria (owner of Marlborough, JUUL, and other nicotine brands)
|
|Member of the ALEC, but also supports some liberal causes.<ref name="commoncause.org">https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/altria/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/altria-group/recipients?id=D000000067 (employee political contributions)</ref>
|-
|Anheuser-Busch
|
|Member of ALEC, but also support numerous liberal organizations and policies.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042510</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/anheuser-busch-2/</ref>
|-
|Auto Zone (parent of AutoAnything, ALLDATA, and Chief auto parts)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autozone/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024208&cycle=2020 (individual employee donations)</ref><ref name="archive.is">https://archive.is/U9VzB</ref><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH">https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/02/21/these-are-the-roughly-200-businesses-whose-leaders-are-backing-gun-control-initia-n2585088</ref> CEO Bill Rhodes is quite fond of President Trump.
|-
|Avis Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/avis/</ref>
|-
|Best Buy
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024328&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/best-buy/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/12/</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing|Boeing Co]]
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Budget (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/budget</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021901&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Charter Communications
|Telecom
|Member of the ALEC,<ref name="commoncause.org"/> but otherwise seems to favor liberal causes.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charter-communications/</ref> However, employee donations sometimes favor republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/charter-communications/recipients?id=D000000672</ref>
|-
|Coldwell Banker (Realogy)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/coldwell-banker/</ref>
|-
|Cooper Tires (Cooper Tire & Rubber Company)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cooper-tires/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000025138&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Dodge/Ram Trucks (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles/Stellantis)
|Automotive
|<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/auto/stars-and-stripes-dodge-challenger-and-charger-salute-u-s-military</ref><ref>https://www.ramtrucks.com/ram-1500/built-to-serve.html</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/fiat-chrysler-automobiles/recipients?id=D000043126</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chrysler/</ref>
|-
|Dominion Energy
|Energy
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominion-energy-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dominion-energy/recipients?id=D000000335</ref>
|-
|Ford Motor Co.
|Automotive
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com">https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2015/07/24/winnable-war-major-companies-reject-planned-parenthood</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/ford-announces-plans-business-michigan-mexico/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ford/</ref><ref>https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/ (cut ties with ALEC)</ref>
|-
|Fruit of the Loom (Berkshire Hathaway)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021757</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/berkshire-hathaway</ref>
|-
|Health Net
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024670&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/health-net/</ref>
|-
|Hormel
|Food
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/hormel/</ref>
|-
|Howard Johnson
|
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/howard-johnson</ref>
|-
|iHeartMedia Inc
|Media
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000059056</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/iheart-radio</ref>
|-
|KFC ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029955&cycle=2016</ref><ref name="2ndvote.com">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kfc/</ref>
|-
|Kraft Heinz Co (3G Capital)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000067808&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kraft-heinz</ref>
|-
|Krispy Kreme
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/krispy-kreme-2/</ref>
|-
|Longhorn Steakhouse (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000021949</ref><ref name="2nd Darden">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/darden</ref>
|-
|Long John Silver ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="2ndvote.com"/>
|-
|Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
|Telecom
|Supports numerous liberal causes,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/centurylink</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000024683&cycle=2016</ref> but is also a member of ALEC.<ref name="commoncause.org"/>
|-
|Marshalls
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/marshalls/</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/8/</ref>
|-
|Nissan
|Automotive
|<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/nissan/</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/diary/2ndvote/2015/02/18/follow-money-nissan/</ref>
|-
|Olive Garden (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/olive-garden/</ref>
|-
|Papa John's
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/papa-johns</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042738&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/27/17060232/papa-johns-ends-nfl-sponsorship</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-steps-down-as-ceo-2017-12</ref><ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/papa-john-says-pr-company-planted-racism-allegations-after-6-million-demand</ref>
|-
|Payless Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/payless-car-rental-2/</ref>
|-
|Red Bull
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recipients?id=D000067032</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/red-bull-fires-woke-diversity-directors-who-tried-push-blm-support</ref>
|-
|Regal Cinemas (Anschutz Corp)
|Entertainment
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000589</ref><ref>https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2015/08/19/regal-cinemas-blames-gun-owners-bag-search-policy-targeting-young-mothers/</ref><ref>https://www.fff.org/2016/08/29/regal-cinemas-stupid-gun-policy/</ref>
|-
|[[Royal Dutch Shell]] (Shell Oil)
|Energy
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042525</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/shell/</ref>
|-
|Safeway Inc. (Cerberus Capital Management)
|Retail
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones">https://www.concealedcarry.com/law/businesses-that-prohibit-guns-or-have-no-gun-policies/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021907</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/safeway/</ref><ref>http://everytown.org/documents/2015/04/safeway-email.pdf/</ref>
|-
|Schnucks
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/schnucks/</ref><ref>https://www.nraila.org/articles/20100617/missouri-schnucks-allows-concealed-car</ref><ref>http://www.moccw.org/schnucks.html</ref>
|-
|[[Sodexo]]
|Conglomerate
|<ref>They are rather proud of their long-term partnership with Jerry Falwell's [[Liberty University]] and are a major donor to the institution, and Sodexo USA CEO Lorna Donatone praised President Donald Trump in an interview, but they support a lot of liberal causes as well.</ref>
|-
|Southwest Airlines
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/southwest-airlines</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000785&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/southwest-citizenship/environmental-initiatives/</ref><ref>http://investors.southwest.com/news-and-events/news-releases/2009/21-10-2009</ref> Says firing a worker over COVID-19 vaccine “makes no sense.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/makes-no-sense-southwest-airlines-says-it-wont-fire-workers-who-dont-get-covid-vaccine_4063579.html|title=‘Makes No Sense’: Southwest Airlines Says It Won’t Fire Workers Who Don’t Get COVID Vaccine|author=JACK PHILLIPS|publisher=The Epoch Times|date=2021-10-22}}</ref>
|-
|Staples Inc.
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/staples</ref><ref>https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/058/723/605/original/9bc650f4ae1e7fe4.png</ref>
|-
|Stop & Shop (Ahold Delhaize)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000068597&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/stop-shop</ref><ref>https://stopandshop.com/community/care-for-the-environment</ref>
|-
|SunTrust
|Finance
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/suntrust/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/_tbt_suntrust_bank_and_religious_liberty/</ref>
|-
|Taco Bell ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/taco-bell/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/LLY9l</ref>
|-
|The Capital Grille (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/the-capital-grille/</ref>
|-
|TJ Maxx
|Retail
|<ref name="insidermonkey.com"/><ref name="heavy.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/t-j-maxx/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030442&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/companies-supporting-members-of-the-liberal-coalition-to-stop-gun-violence/</ref>
|-
|United Technologies (Otis, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, [[Pratt & Whitney]], and UTC Aerospace Systems)
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000209&cycle=2016</ref><ref>Signer of the "Don't ban Equality" letter; see: https://dontbanequality.com/</ref>
|-
|USAA
|Insurance, Finance
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029616</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/usaa</ref>
|-
|Waffle House Inc.
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029728</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/waffle-house/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/8/</ref><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones">http://www.2acheck.com/the-boycott-list/</ref><ref>https://crimeresearch.org/2018/04/waffle-house-continues-company-policy-ban-permitted-concealed-handguns-civilians-restaurants/</ref><ref>https://americasfreedomfighters.com/watch-as-this-uniformed-soldier-stops-to-eat-but-they-refuse-to-serve-him-for-this-one-reason/</ref>
|-
|Wegmans
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000058490&cycle=2020</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/5/</ref>
|-
|Xerox
|Technology
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/xerox/</ref>
|-
|[[Twitter|X (formerly Twitter)]]
|Social media
|Was definitely liberal prior to being purchased by [[Elon Musk]].
|}

==No longer conservative==
These are organizations which historically may have shown conservative interests, but no longer seem to do so. Although sometimes perceived as conservative, their more recent actions indicate otherwise.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[AT&T]]
|Telecom
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/att</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/19/</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM">[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref><ref>https://archive.is/OzC04</ref>
|-
|Bed Bath & Beyond (parent of Buy Buy Baby, Christmas Tree Shop, Cost Plus World Market, and One Kings Lane)
|Retail
|Among the first to drop MyPillow following Lindell's allegation of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.<ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters"/><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/mike-lindell-my-pillow-dropped-by-18-vendors-dolla/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bed-bath-beyond/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/bed-bath-beyond/recipients?id=D000031877</ref>
|-
|[[Burger King]] (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Gun-unfriendly.<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/> Engages in progressive virtue-signaling.<ref>https://www.infowars.com/posts/burger-king-women-belong-in-the-kitchen-tweet-backfires-horrendously/</ref> Individual donations favored the Democrats over the Republicans 3:1 in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/3g-capital/totals?id=D000059880</ref>
|-
|[[Coca-Cola]]
|Food & Beverage manufacturer
|"Woke" corporation who told its employees to "be less white".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2x_ovDsa3Y Consumers Research]</ref>
|-
|[[Chick-Fil-A]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically">https://www.salon.com/2015/06/22/5_radically_conservative_fast_food_companies</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000032532&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chick-fil-a</ref><ref>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/retail/exclusive-amid-global-expansion-and-lgbt-pushback-chick-fil-a-changes-charitable-giving-structure-101818</ref><ref>https://lcaction.org/detail/20191202-betrayed-by-chickfila</ref><ref>https://www.afa.net/media/449831/letter-from-chick-fil-a.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/white-christian-repent-racism-chick-fil-a-dan-cathy</ref><ref>https://disrn.com/news/chick-fil-a-ceo-white-people-should-shine-blacks-shoes-to-show-shame-embarrassment-about-racism</ref>
|-
|Dell Inc.
|Technology
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dell/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000585&cycle=CAREER</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/5/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/yiviH</ref>
|-
|Dick's Sporting Goods
|Sport
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000050167&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dicks-sporting-goods</ref><ref>https://2ndvote.com/dicks-sporting-goods-ceo-doesnt-want-your-second-vote-dollars/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/dicks-sporting-goods-announces-end-assault-rifle-sales/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Rent A Car (Hertz)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-rent-a-car-2</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000064403</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/list-companies-dropping-nra-partnerships-after-florida-shooting/article/2649953</ref>
|-
|Expedia (including Hotels.com, Orbitz, Trivago, Travelocity, and Hotwire)
|Travel
|2.82% of the company's donation in the 2020 cycle went conservative.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/expedia-group/summary?id=D000000854</ref>
|-
|FedEx
|courier
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/fedex/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/24/seven-companies-that-caved-to-anti-nra-pressure/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fedex-wont-end-relationship-with-nra/article/2650103</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000089&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Lowe's Corporation
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000027296</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lowes</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-family-association-all-american-muslim-2011-12</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000027296&type=P&sort=A&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Macy's (and Bloomingdale's)
|Retail
|<ref name="heavy.com">https://heavy.com/news/2016/11/trump-boycott-list-starbucks-cup-apple-amazon-pepsi-italy-companies-ivanka-donald-twitter-grab-my-wallet-shoes-com-oreos-netflix-grubhub/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/macys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021655&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/macys-employee-fired-over-catholic-faith/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/7/</ref><ref>https://independentminute.com/2020/04/06/american-retailer-now-publicly-supporting-sharia-law-are-you-shopping-there-8-2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/V5UFz</ref>
|-
|[[McDonald's|McDonald's Corp]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000373&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/mcdonalds/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/jOZ65</ref>
|-
|[[PepsiCo, Inc|PepsiCo Inc.]]
|Food
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000200&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/pepsico</ref><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall">https://www.2ndvote.com/tell-att-pepsi-and-walmart-stop-funding-lefts-opposition-to-border-wall/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/9S5ow</ref>
|-
|Progressive Insurance
|Insurance
|Scores 2.67 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/progressive-insurance</ref> Both organizational and individual donations favored the Dems heavily.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-insurance/recipients?id=D000040450</ref> Pulled ads from Glenn Beck after the host called Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people."<ref>https://colorofchange.org/press_release/proctor-gamble-progressive-insurance-pledge-not-to/</ref> Supports the abortion industry.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/08/progressive-insurance-funds-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-avoids-questions-at-shareholders-meeting/</ref>
|-
|Target
|Retail
|Prohibits Open Carry.<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/> Scores 1.50 at 2ndVote.<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/target</ref> Organizational donation evenly supported both sides, while individual donations favored Dem over Rep at a 2.5:1 ratio in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/target-corp/recipients?id=D000000619</ref> One of the early pioneers in corporate promotion of transgender nonsense.<ref>https://afa.net/target</ref>
|-
|[[The Walt Disney Company]]
|Entertainment
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/walt-disney-company/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/disney-ceo-iger-lives-in-fantasyland/</ref>
|-
|[[Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart Stores]]
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000367</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/walmart/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/walmart-bans-gun-sales-21-years-airsoft-rifles-look-like-ar-15s/</ref><ref>https://www.axios.com/walmart-halt-sale-ammunition-handgun-assault-style-weapons-b5a1c52b-9a22-4ab5-89d8-591e5fbe1019.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/american-family-association-blasts-latest-walmart-ad/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/10/</ref><ref>https://clashdaily.com/2020/07/texas-store-gives-defund-the-police-peeps-the-finger-with-this-boss-move/</ref> Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/15/walmart-costco-ditch-face-mask-requirement-for-ful/</ref><ref>https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/07/30/walmart-announces-covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-campus-office-associates</ref> Prohibits open carry in stores.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/09/04/open-carry-walmart-guns/2210037001/</ref>
|-
|WayFair Inc.
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/wayfair/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000069732&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://welovetrump.com/2021/02/11/heres-the-full-list-of-all-retailers-who-have-cut-ties-with-mike-lindells-mypillow/</ref>
|-
|[[Wendy's|Wendy's Co]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000802</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/3/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/wendys-cups-support-adoption-over-abortion/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000802&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1268325890037030912</ref>
|}

==Neutral==
These are companies which do not seem to engage in politics of any sort, instead focusing solely on running their businesses.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Advance Auto Parts
|Automative
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/advance-auto-parts-2/</ref>
|-
|Aeropostale (parent of Bethany Mota, Free Style, Brooklyn Calling, and United XXVI)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aeropostale/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042551&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Air Canada
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/air-canada/</ref>
|-
|Aldi
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aldi/</ref><ref>https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/aldi-smart-kids/eligibility/</ref>
|-
|American Financial Group
| Insurance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/american-financial-group/</ref>
|-
|AutoNation
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autonation/</ref>
|-
|Blimpie Sandwiches
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/blimpie-sandwiches/</ref>
|-
|Boston Market
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/boston-market/</ref>
|-
|Champs Sports (owned by Foot Locker)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/champs-sports/</ref>
|-
|CiCi's Pizza
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Cinemark Theatres (parent of Rave Cinemas and Century Theatres)
|Entertainment
|
|-
|Circle K (Couche-Tard)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/circle-k/</ref>
|-
|Costco
|Retail
|Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate"/> Scores 2.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/costco/</ref>
|-
|Crazy 8
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/crazy-8/</ref>
|-
|CST Brands (fuel and convenience retailer; parent of Ultramar)
|
|
|-
|Cumberland Farms (fuel and convenience retailer)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cumberland-farms/</ref>
|-
|DHL
|Courier
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dhl/</ref>
|-
|Dillard's
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-department-stores/recipients?id=D000060987</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-inc/recipients?id=D000042637 (employees may have a conservative leaning)</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dillards/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Tree
|Retail
|Scores 3.05 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-tree/</ref>
|-
|Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/family-dollar/</ref><ref>https://www.thefamilyhopefoundation.org/</ref>
|-
|LG Electronics
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lg-electronics/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lg-electronics/recipients?id=D000069177 (There may be a liberal leaning among its employees)</ref>
|-
|Party City (owned by AMSCAN Holdings, Inc.)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/party-city/</ref>
|-
|Petco
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/petco/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/petco-inc/recipients?id=D000036633</ref>
|-
|Pizza Ranch
|Restaurants
|Christian-oriented restaurant whose mission is “to glorify God by positively impacting the world we live in”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-dec-26-la-na-pizza-ranch-20111227-story.html|title=Easy as pie: Iowa’s campaign trail runs through Pizza Ranch|author=ALANA SEMUELS|publisher=LOS ANGELES TIMES|date=2011-12-26}}</ref>
|-
|Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen/</ref> Parent Restaurant Brands International's individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Tim Hortons (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Smucker's
|Food
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/smuckers/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs//summary?all=2020&id=D000034869</ref>
|-
|Steak 'n Shake
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Woeber's Mustard
|Food
|American company which manufactures its product in the US, and seems to keep out of politics.
|-
|Zales Jewelers (parent of Jared, Kay Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, etc.)
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/zales-jewelers/recipients?id=D000042110</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/zales/</ref>
|-
|Zaxby's
|
|
|}

==Lean liberal==
The following are companies which may show some support for conservative causes but are otherwise more liberal than not.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[Amazon.com]]
|Conglomerate
|Was founded by liberal [[Jeff Bezos]], shut down conservative social media outlet Parler, and has censored conservative authors.
|-
|[[Comcast]]
|Telecom and media
|Both organizational and individual donations are somewhat balanced for both sides, with the Dems being more favored.<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/9/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/comcast-corp/recipients?id=d000000461</ref> Scores 1.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/comcast/</ref> Owns [[NBCUniversal]], which operates [[MSNBC]], often viewed as one of the most liberal news outlets on American television.
|-
|[[Facebook]]
|Social media
|Censors conservatives, promotes social justice nonsense, donates money to liberals, and directly interfered with the 2020 election.
|-
|[[Starbucks]]
|Food/beverage
|Founded by a liberal and supports liberal causes
|}

==Liberal==
The following are companies which actively engage in activities against conservative values.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[MSNBC]]
|Media
|Self-proclaimed as "what progressives have been waiting for".<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/22/new-msnbccom-its-what-progressives-have-been-waiti/</ref>
|-
|Ben And Jerry's
|Food/beverage
|<ref>https://www.benjerry.com/values/our-progressive-values</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[Major conservative organizations]]
*[[Liberal corporate tyranny]]
*[[2nd Vote]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}

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[[Category:Conservative Companies|!]]

Conservative companies

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The following is a non-exhaustive list of '''for-profit companies which generally support conservative principles, individuals, and/or organizations'''. This list is based primarily on official, corporate activity, but also based partially on the activities of employees, which are not sponsored by their companies.
The companies are categorized of the extent of their support for, as well as opposition to, conservative causes.

An obvious source for the justification is recent news. Other major sources include 2ndVote, a research provider that scores companies from 5 (most conservative) to 1 (most liberal),<ref>https://tennesseestar.com/2021/02/23/executive-director-amy-wilhite-of-2ndvote-com-shines-the-light-on-company-values-for-the-conscious-consumer/</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/a-new-counterweight-to-stakeholder-capitalism/</ref> and OpenSecrets, an online database that tracks political donations in the U.S.<ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/opensecretsorg</ref>

Note that indicators of conservative interest can change suddenly. To get the most updated information, readers are encouraged to make sure the sources used reflect the companies' current status. If any inaccurate entries are found in this list, please update them!
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==Conservative==
The following are companies which openly support conservative principles, while refusing to support most if not all liberal ones.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Black Rifle Coffee Company
|Food/beverage
|Veteran owned. Consistently posts conservative memes on social media.
|-
| Charity Mobile
|Telecom
| Sends 5% of its users' price to pro-life, pro-family charities.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/charitymobile</ref> Scores 3.33 at 2ndvote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charity-mobile</ref>
|-
| Cintas
| Service
| Target of asset manager Blackrock's pressure campaign for its support for conservative causes.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/12/17/carney-larry-finks-blackrock-doubles-down-on-woke-capitalism/</ref> Donations, mainly by individuals, went 91% conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000274</ref>
|-
| ConocoPhillips
| Energy
| 96% organizational and 59% individual donations went conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/conocophillips/summary?id=D000000303</ref>
|-
|Cornerstone Payment Systems
|Finance
|Christian payment processor<ref>https://cornerstonepaymentsystems.com/how-we-help.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cornerstone-payment-systems/</ref>
|-
|Duke Cannon
|Retail
|Men's grooming products creator and retailer. Supports military organizations with donations and products.<ref>https://dukecannon.com/pages/military-heritage</ref>
|-
|Epik
|Internet
|Hosts [[Gab]] citing free speech rights, despite many vendors' de-platforming of the site.<ref>https://www.epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html</ref>
|-
|data-sort-value="Epoch Times" | [[The Epoch Times]]
|Media
|Holds "Truth and Tradition" as tagline and principles.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/about-us</ref><ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/epoch-times-media-bias</ref>
|-
|[[Gab (website)|Gab]]
|Internet
|Social platform focused on free speech, owned by an outspoken Christian.
|-
| [[Hobby Lobby]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family">Green family</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hobby-lobby</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/hobby_lobbys_secret_agenda_how_its_secretly_funding_a_vast_right_wing_movement</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/2/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/26/hobby-lobby-celebrates-christ-the-lord-in-full-page-christmas-ads/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/hobby-lobby-ceos-powerful-letter-employees-god-control/</ref>
|-
| Interstate Batteries
| Consumer goods
| Led by an outspoken Christian, invests in promoting God's love in mainstream TV ads.<ref>https://interstatebatteries.com/godslove</ref>
|-
| [[Mardel]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family"/>
|-
| Molson Coors
|Food
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000027694</ref>
|-
| MyPillow
|Retail
| Founder/CEO is very vocal about voter fraud after the 2020 US presidential election.<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/realmikelindell/view/absolute-proof-601d73a5a5ca1b4ef4f0e602</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/mypillow-products-no-longer-stocked-these-companies-1562510</ref>
|-
|New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD)
|Media
|
|-
|[[One America News Network]] (OANN)
|Media
|Consistently the third most-watched news channel among Republican voters.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-fox-oann-newsmax-trump</ref> Specifically praised by Donald Trump in contrast to Mainstream Media, Fox News, and Newsmax.<ref>https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-05.15.21-3</ref>
|-
| [[Parler]]
|Internet
| Conservative host [[Dan Bongino]] is a co-owner.
|-
| Stocking Mill Coffee
|Food/beverage
|
|-
| [[Patriot Mobile]]
|Telecom
| A portion of users' bills is donated to conservative organizations. The user is given choices in this matter.<ref>https://patriotmobile.com/pages/our-causes</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/patriot-mobile</ref>
|-
|Pure Talk USA
|Telecom
|
|-
|Rumble
|Internet
|
|-
|Ruqqus
|Internet
|
|-
| Sheetz
|Retail
| Gas stations and convenience store chain, which is owned and operated by Republicans.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sheetz</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029023&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Ruger
|Sport
|Although a gun manufacturer supporting the 2nd amendment might seem self-serving, this company has been adamant in that stance, while also vocally opposing liberal candidates.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sturm-ruger-co-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/Headline/michael-fifer-sturm-ruger-hillary-lawful-commerce/2016/08/03/id/741989/</ref>
|-
| Uline
|Supplies
| Supports conservative causes; some of their trucks have been seen bearing the Bible reference "John 3:16".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030599&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2014/11/04/the-little-known-ceo-spending-millions-to-elect-far-right-republicans</ref>
|-
|}

==Somewhat conservative==
The following companies support some conservative causes and principles, but do not seem to take a strong stand solely in their favor. These typically offer minor support to liberal causes, but from a statistical standpoint<ref>Such as agreeing to match employee donations to non-profit groups, regardless of whether the group is conservative or liberal, religious or secular, provided they are tax-exempt and not a church.</ref> are still more conservative than not.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
| Abbott Laboratories (Similac, Pediasure, Pedialyte, etc.)
|Health
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000383&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/abbott-laboratories</ref>
|-
| Applebee's (DineEquity, Inc.)
|Restaurants
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042047&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/9/</ref><ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free">https://nebraskashooters.com/laws/unfriendly-2/</ref>
|-
|Arby's (Roark Capital Group)
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/arbys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.georgiaprospers.org/our-business-coalition/</ref>
|-
|Bass Pro Shops
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bass-pro-shops</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000060269&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/114804234.html</ref><ref>https://wreg.com/2018/03/01/bass-pro-customers-respond-to-other-companies-changing-protocol-for-selling-guns/</ref>
|-
|[[Brave]]
|Internet
|The [[browser]] blocks data-grabbing ads and trackers. Founder and CEO [[Brendan Eich|Eich]]'s opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] led to his forced resignation as CEO from [[Mozilla]], which he co-founded.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/20/copy-new-internet-browser-brave-announced/</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-says-ceo-resigns-amid-gay-marriage-controversy-195338477.html</ref> Avoids content censorship via IPFS integration.<ref>https://brave.com/</ref>
|-
|Cabela's (owned by Bass Pro Shops)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cabelas</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042594&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/20386-cabelas.html</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/together</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/paul-singer-sidney-nebraska-cabelas-bass-pro-shops-merger</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/covid-commitment</ref>
|-
| [[ExxonMobil]]
|Energy
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000129</ref><ref name="liveaction.org">https://www.liveaction.org/news/these-companies-have-distanced-themselves-from-planned-parenthood/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/exxon-add-climate-activist-backed-board-members</ref>
|-
|Flowers Foods (Wonder Bread, Tastykake, Nature's Own, Bunny Bread, Mrs. Freshley's, HomePride, etc.<ref>https://www.flowersfoods.com/brands</ref>)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000377&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/flowers-foods</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/6/</ref>
|-
|Gold's Gym (TRT Holdings)
|Fitness
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000022288</ref>
|-
|Guitar Center (parent of Musicians Friends)
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/guitar-center/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/guitar-center-union_us_56fae6c3e4b0a06d5803e008</ref><ref>http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?46223-Hassled-in-Guitar-Center</ref>
|-
|Murphy USA
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/murphy-usa</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000062564&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|New Balance
|Apparel
|As the only major local manufacturer of athletic shoes, New Balance supported Donald Trump's (as well as several Democrats') [[Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy|trade position]] to focus on US manufacturing job creation. The brand's vice president of public affairs criticized Obama Administration for "turn(ing) a deaf ear".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000036175</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/new-balance/</ref><ref name="mic.com">https://mic.com/articles/159147/boycott-alert-here-are-companies-and-executives-that-supported-donald-trump</ref><ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/159116/new-balance-faces-backlash-after-throwing-its-support-behind-president-elect-donald-trump</ref>
|-
|NewsMax
|Media
|Extensively covered [[2020 election fraud|election fraud]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 Presidential Election]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-friendly-newsmax-a-sudden-competitor-to-fox-news/</ref> Distanced itself from allegations of [[Dominion Voting Systems|Dominion]]'s involvement in the fraud after threats from the voting machine company.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/531153-newsmax-issues-clarification-on-smartmatic-dominion-claims</ref><ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/newsmax-anchor-apologizes-to-mypillow-mike-lindell</ref>
|-
|Omni Hotels (TRT Holdings)
|Hotel
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH"/>
|-
|Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin' Brands)
|Restaurant
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000067181&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/10/</ref>
|-
|Palmetto Cheese
|Food
|Founder and owner Brian Henry called [[Black Lives Matter|BLM]] and [[Antifa]] "terror organizations." He later apologized amid backlash.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/costco-pulls-palmetto-cheese-after-founder-calls-blm-a-terrorist-organization/</ref><ref>https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/owner-of-palmetto-cheese-apologizes-for-facebook-post-explains-black-womans-image-on-packaging/</ref>
|-
|ProPay
|Finance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/propay</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029492&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.prwatch.org/news/2020/04/13574/funding-hate-how-online-merchants-and-payment-processors-aid-white-nationalists (hostile reference)</ref>
|-
|Publix Super Markets, Inc.
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000028488</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/05/22/anti-gun-liberals-attempt-boycott-publix/</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/24724-publix-supermarkets.html</ref>
|-
|Regnery Publishing
|Media
|When Senator [[Josh Hawley]]'s book ''The Tyranny of Big Tech'' was cancelled by publisher Simon & Schuster following the January 6th 2021 Capitol storming, Regnery picked it up just days after.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/hawley-book-regnery.html</ref>
|-
|[[Remington|Remington Arms]] (Cerberus Capital Management, which includes Marlin Firearms & Advanced Armament Corporation)
|Sport
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/remington</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021907&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Urban Outfitters]]
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030711&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/15/</ref>
|-
|[[White Castle]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029845&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/white-castle</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/7/</ref>
|-
|[[Winn-Dixie]] (Southeastern Grocers)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/winn-dixie-stores/</ref><ref>https://www.winndixie.com/community/seafoodpledge</ref>
|-
|Yuengling (craft beer company)
|Food
|<ref name="mic.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/yuengling/</ref>
|}

==Slightly conservative==
The following companies seem to show slight leanings or preferences towards conservative principles and causes, but do not seem firm or determined in this trend. Liberal causes are usually also supported at least in part, but over all, they tend to favor conservatism slightly.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
|7-Eleven
|Retail
|7-Eleven PAC donated 95% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/7-eleven/C00549717/candidate-recipients/2020</ref> Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/7-eleven/</ref>
|-
|Ace Hardware Corporation
|Retail
|Ace Hardware is part company owned—those stores branded as "Westlake Ace Hardware" are such—but also part franchised, so an independent owner may be conservative or liberal.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042548</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ace-hardware</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042548&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|American Greetings Corp
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000746</ref>
|-
|Amway/Alticor Inc.
|Retail (MLM)
|Although the company as a whole only minimally engages in politics,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/amway/</ref> company employees overwhelmingly support republicans. Amway's PAC also seems to favor Republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amway-alticor-inc/recipients?id=D000000111</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000111</ref>
|-
|BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bjs-restaurant-brewhouse/</ref>
|-
|Blue Bell
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000024383</ref>
|-
|Coinbase
|Finance
|while employee donations favor democrats, Company CEO Brian Armstrong refused in 2020 to support or oppose the BLM organization, saying that the company would stay out of politics.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/</ref>
|-
|Carl's Jr. / Hardee's
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/17/</ref><ref>Various advertisements, not linked to due to their suggestive nature</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/carls-jr/</ref>
|-
|Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cracker-barrel-old-country-store/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024663&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/8/</ref>
|-
|Domino's Pizza
|Restaurants
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominos</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000025535&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Dr. Pepper, 7UP, Mott's, Snapple, A&W Root Beer, Crush, etc.)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000042050&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dr-pepper-snapple-group/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/snapple/</ref>
|-
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|Media
|By far the most watched television news channel for Republicans, even after Biden's inauguration as president.<ref>https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-republican-tv-news-viewers-fox-newsmax-20210309-7zvakfrteve35brqrejamvicdi-story.html</ref>
|-
|Goya Foods
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?toprecipcycle=2016&topnumcycle=2016&contribcycle=All%20cycles&lobcycle=All%20cycles&outspendcycle=All%20cycles&id=D000042319</ref><ref>https://kdvr.com/news/national/goya-foods-faces-swift-backlash-after-ceo-praises-trump-at-white-house/</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/07/tyranny-racist-democrats-call-for-boycott-of-goya-foods-because-hispanic-ceo-is-trump-supporter.html/</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/07/10/goya-foods-ceo-no-im-not-apologizing-for-praising-president-trump-n2572282</ref><ref>https://www.goya.com/en/goya-gives/gg-environment</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/-YvO736Zl3M</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/12/08/aoc-named-employee-of-the-month-at-goya/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/goya-robert-unanue-biden-ukraine/2022/04/30/id/1067926/</ref>
|-
|Hanes
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hanes</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000041306&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Koch Industries]] (Angel Soft, Rock Island Oil & Refining Company, Invista, Koch Minerals, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Koch Fertilizer, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Matador Cattle Company, and Guardian Industries)
|Conglomerate
|KochPAC donated 97% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/koch-libre-against-house-immigration-bills-654201</ref><ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/this-koch-funded-advocacy-group-wants-trump-to-embrace-free-trade</ref>
|-
|In-N-Out Burger
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?id=D000072295 (Although the company itself is neutral, its employees may tend to favor liberalism/communism)</ref> In-N-Out is generally a politically neutral company, however, In-N-Out does have Bible verses on its packaging.<ref>https://www.today.com/food/why-does-n-out-print-bible-verses-its-cups-wrappers-t164235</ref> An In-N-Out store in San Francisco was also temporarily shut down due to not strictly adhering to the vaccine mandate with In-N-Out responding by saying that they did not want to be the vaccine police.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-shuts-down-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-jab-mandate-we-refuse-to-become-the-vaccination-police</ref>
|-
|-
|Las Vegas Sands (casino and resort)
|Entertainment
|Donates substantially to republicans, but much of it seems to go to RINOs and "center-right" causes.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000020980&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/7/</ref>
|-
|L.L. Bean
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.popsugar.com/news/Which-Businesses-Support-Trump-43025072</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/ll-bean-rei-and-dicks-update-gun-control-policies-2018-3/</ref><ref>https://fortune.com/2018/03/02/ll-bean-guns/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/l-l-bean-raises-age-to-buy-rifles-to-21/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/l-l-bean/</ref>
|-
|Menards
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000042069</ref><ref>https://www.menards.com/main/menards-updates/c-4364363665328695.htm</ref><ref>https://kstp.com/coronavirus/menards-requiring-customers-to-wear-face-masks-coronavirus-covid-19/5719618/</ref>
|-
|OverStock.com
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/overstock-com/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/overstock-com/recipients?id=D000036441</ref>
|-
|Perry Ellis International (owns multiple apparel brands)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000036627&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.thebalance.com/political-affiliations-of-retail-companies-2892119</ref>
|-
|Ross Stores
|
|<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/6/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042761&cycle=2020</ref>
|}

==Debatable whether conservative==
The following are companies which give mixed signals, some in support of conservative principles, and some the opposite. This conflicting activity makes their beliefs and intentions difficult to discern with certainty, warranting some debate.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Altria (owner of Marlborough, JUUL, and other nicotine brands)
|
|Member of the ALEC, but also supports some liberal causes.<ref name="commoncause.org">https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/altria/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/altria-group/recipients?id=D000000067 (employee political contributions)</ref>
|-
|Anheuser-Busch
|
|Member of ALEC, but also support numerous liberal organizations and policies.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042510</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/anheuser-busch-2/</ref>
|-
|Auto Zone (parent of AutoAnything, ALLDATA, and Chief auto parts)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autozone/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024208&cycle=2020 (individual employee donations)</ref><ref name="archive.is">https://archive.is/U9VzB</ref><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH">https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/02/21/these-are-the-roughly-200-businesses-whose-leaders-are-backing-gun-control-initia-n2585088</ref> CEO Bill Rhodes is quite fond of President Trump.
|-
|Avis Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/avis/</ref>
|-
|Best Buy
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024328&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/best-buy/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/12/</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing|Boeing Co]]
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Budget (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/budget</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021901&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Charter Communications
|Telecom
|Member of the ALEC,<ref name="commoncause.org"/> but otherwise seems to favor liberal causes.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charter-communications/</ref> However, employee donations sometimes favor republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/charter-communications/recipients?id=D000000672</ref>
|-
|Coldwell Banker (Realogy)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/coldwell-banker/</ref>
|-
|Cooper Tires (Cooper Tire & Rubber Company)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cooper-tires/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000025138&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Dodge/Ram Trucks (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles/Stellantis)
|Automotive
|<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/auto/stars-and-stripes-dodge-challenger-and-charger-salute-u-s-military</ref><ref>https://www.ramtrucks.com/ram-1500/built-to-serve.html</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/fiat-chrysler-automobiles/recipients?id=D000043126</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chrysler/</ref>
|-
|Dominion Energy
|Energy
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominion-energy-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dominion-energy/recipients?id=D000000335</ref>
|-
|Ford Motor Co.
|Automotive
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com">https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2015/07/24/winnable-war-major-companies-reject-planned-parenthood</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/ford-announces-plans-business-michigan-mexico/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ford/</ref><ref>https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/ (cut ties with ALEC)</ref>
|-
|Fruit of the Loom (Berkshire Hathaway)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021757</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/berkshire-hathaway</ref>
|-
|Health Net
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024670&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/health-net/</ref>
|-
|Hormel
|Food
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/hormel/</ref>
|-
|Howard Johnson
|
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/howard-johnson</ref>
|-
|iHeartMedia Inc
|Media
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000059056</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/iheart-radio</ref>
|-
|KFC ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029955&cycle=2016</ref><ref name="2ndvote.com">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kfc/</ref>
|-
|Kraft Heinz Co (3G Capital)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000067808&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kraft-heinz</ref>
|-
|Krispy Kreme
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/krispy-kreme-2/</ref>
|-
|Longhorn Steakhouse (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000021949</ref><ref name="2nd Darden">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/darden</ref>
|-
|Long John Silver ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="2ndvote.com"/>
|-
|Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
|Telecom
|Supports numerous liberal causes,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/centurylink</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000024683&cycle=2016</ref> but is also a member of ALEC.<ref name="commoncause.org"/>
|-
|Marshalls
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/marshalls/</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/8/</ref>
|-
|Nissan
|Automotive
|<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/nissan/</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/diary/2ndvote/2015/02/18/follow-money-nissan/</ref>
|-
|Olive Garden (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/olive-garden/</ref>
|-
|Papa John's
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/papa-johns</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042738&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/27/17060232/papa-johns-ends-nfl-sponsorship</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-steps-down-as-ceo-2017-12</ref><ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/papa-john-says-pr-company-planted-racism-allegations-after-6-million-demand</ref>
|-
|Payless Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/payless-car-rental-2/</ref>
|-
|Red Bull
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recipients?id=D000067032</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/red-bull-fires-woke-diversity-directors-who-tried-push-blm-support</ref>
|-
|Regal Cinemas (Anschutz Corp)
|Entertainment
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000589</ref><ref>https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2015/08/19/regal-cinemas-blames-gun-owners-bag-search-policy-targeting-young-mothers/</ref><ref>https://www.fff.org/2016/08/29/regal-cinemas-stupid-gun-policy/</ref>
|-
|[[Royal Dutch Shell]] (Shell Oil)
|Energy
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042525</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/shell/</ref>
|-
|Safeway Inc. (Cerberus Capital Management)
|Retail
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones">https://www.concealedcarry.com/law/businesses-that-prohibit-guns-or-have-no-gun-policies/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021907</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/safeway/</ref><ref>http://everytown.org/documents/2015/04/safeway-email.pdf/</ref>
|-
|Schnucks
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/schnucks/</ref><ref>https://www.nraila.org/articles/20100617/missouri-schnucks-allows-concealed-car</ref><ref>http://www.moccw.org/schnucks.html</ref>
|-
|[[Sodexo]]
|Conglomerate
|<ref>They are rather proud of their long-term partnership with Jerry Falwell's [[Liberty University]] and are a major donor to the institution, and Sodexo USA CEO Lorna Donatone praised President Donald Trump in an interview, but they support a lot of liberal causes as well.</ref>
|-
|Southwest Airlines
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/southwest-airlines</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000785&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/southwest-citizenship/environmental-initiatives/</ref><ref>http://investors.southwest.com/news-and-events/news-releases/2009/21-10-2009</ref> Says firing a worker over COVID-19 vaccine “makes no sense.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/makes-no-sense-southwest-airlines-says-it-wont-fire-workers-who-dont-get-covid-vaccine_4063579.html|title=‘Makes No Sense’: Southwest Airlines Says It Won’t Fire Workers Who Don’t Get COVID Vaccine|author=JACK PHILLIPS|publisher=The Epoch Times|date=2021-10-22}}</ref>
|-
|Staples Inc.
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/staples</ref><ref>https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/058/723/605/original/9bc650f4ae1e7fe4.png</ref>
|-
|Stop & Shop (Ahold Delhaize)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000068597&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/stop-shop</ref><ref>https://stopandshop.com/community/care-for-the-environment</ref>
|-
|SunTrust
|Finance
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/suntrust/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/_tbt_suntrust_bank_and_religious_liberty/</ref>
|-
|Taco Bell ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/taco-bell/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/LLY9l</ref>
|-
|The Capital Grille (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/the-capital-grille/</ref>
|-
|TJ Maxx
|Retail
|<ref name="insidermonkey.com"/><ref name="heavy.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/t-j-maxx/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030442&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/companies-supporting-members-of-the-liberal-coalition-to-stop-gun-violence/</ref>
|-
|United Technologies (Otis, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, [[Pratt & Whitney]], and UTC Aerospace Systems)
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000209&cycle=2016</ref><ref>Signer of the "Don't ban Equality" letter; see: https://dontbanequality.com/</ref>
|-
|USAA
|Insurance, Finance
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029616</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/usaa</ref>
|-
|Waffle House Inc.
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029728</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/waffle-house/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/8/</ref><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones">http://www.2acheck.com/the-boycott-list/</ref><ref>https://crimeresearch.org/2018/04/waffle-house-continues-company-policy-ban-permitted-concealed-handguns-civilians-restaurants/</ref><ref>https://americasfreedomfighters.com/watch-as-this-uniformed-soldier-stops-to-eat-but-they-refuse-to-serve-him-for-this-one-reason/</ref>
|-
|Wegmans
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000058490&cycle=2020</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/5/</ref>
|-
|Xerox
|Technology
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/xerox/</ref>
|}

==No longer conservative==
These are organizations which historically may have shown conservative interests, but no longer seem to do so. Although sometimes perceived as conservative, their more recent actions indicate otherwise.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[AT&T]]
|Telecom
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/att</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/19/</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM">[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref><ref>https://archive.is/OzC04</ref>
|-
|Bed Bath & Beyond (parent of Buy Buy Baby, Christmas Tree Shop, Cost Plus World Market, and One Kings Lane)
|Retail
|Among the first to drop MyPillow following Lindell's allegation of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.<ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters"/><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/mike-lindell-my-pillow-dropped-by-18-vendors-dolla/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bed-bath-beyond/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/bed-bath-beyond/recipients?id=D000031877</ref>
|-
|[[Burger King]] (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Gun-unfriendly.<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/> Engages in progressive virtue-signaling.<ref>https://www.infowars.com/posts/burger-king-women-belong-in-the-kitchen-tweet-backfires-horrendously/</ref> Individual donations favored the Democrats over the Republicans 3:1 in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/3g-capital/totals?id=D000059880</ref>
|-
|[[Coca-Cola]]
|Food & Beverage manufacturer
|"Woke" corporation who told its employees to "be less white".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2x_ovDsa3Y Consumers Research]</ref>
|-
|[[Chick-Fil-A]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically">https://www.salon.com/2015/06/22/5_radically_conservative_fast_food_companies</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000032532&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chick-fil-a</ref><ref>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/retail/exclusive-amid-global-expansion-and-lgbt-pushback-chick-fil-a-changes-charitable-giving-structure-101818</ref><ref>https://lcaction.org/detail/20191202-betrayed-by-chickfila</ref><ref>https://www.afa.net/media/449831/letter-from-chick-fil-a.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/white-christian-repent-racism-chick-fil-a-dan-cathy</ref><ref>https://disrn.com/news/chick-fil-a-ceo-white-people-should-shine-blacks-shoes-to-show-shame-embarrassment-about-racism</ref>
|-
|Dell Inc.
|Technology
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dell/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000585&cycle=CAREER</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/5/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/yiviH</ref>
|-
|Dick's Sporting Goods
|Sport
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000050167&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dicks-sporting-goods</ref><ref>https://2ndvote.com/dicks-sporting-goods-ceo-doesnt-want-your-second-vote-dollars/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/dicks-sporting-goods-announces-end-assault-rifle-sales/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Rent A Car (Hertz)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-rent-a-car-2</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000064403</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/list-companies-dropping-nra-partnerships-after-florida-shooting/article/2649953</ref>
|-
|Expedia (including Hotels.com, Orbitz, Trivago, Travelocity, and Hotwire)
|Travel
|2.82% of the company's donation in the 2020 cycle went conservative.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/expedia-group/summary?id=D000000854</ref>
|-
|FedEx
|courier
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/fedex/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/24/seven-companies-that-caved-to-anti-nra-pressure/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fedex-wont-end-relationship-with-nra/article/2650103</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000089&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Lowe's Corporation
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000027296</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lowes</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-family-association-all-american-muslim-2011-12</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000027296&type=P&sort=A&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Macy's (and Bloomingdale's)
|Retail
|<ref name="heavy.com">https://heavy.com/news/2016/11/trump-boycott-list-starbucks-cup-apple-amazon-pepsi-italy-companies-ivanka-donald-twitter-grab-my-wallet-shoes-com-oreos-netflix-grubhub/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/macys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021655&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/macys-employee-fired-over-catholic-faith/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/7/</ref><ref>https://independentminute.com/2020/04/06/american-retailer-now-publicly-supporting-sharia-law-are-you-shopping-there-8-2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/V5UFz</ref>
|-
|[[McDonald's|McDonald's Corp]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000373&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/mcdonalds/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/jOZ65</ref>
|-
|[[PepsiCo, Inc|PepsiCo Inc.]]
|Food
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000200&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/pepsico</ref><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall">https://www.2ndvote.com/tell-att-pepsi-and-walmart-stop-funding-lefts-opposition-to-border-wall/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/9S5ow</ref>
|-
|Progressive Insurance
|Insurance
|Scores 2.67 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/progressive-insurance</ref> Both organizational and individual donations favored the Dems heavily.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-insurance/recipients?id=D000040450</ref> Pulled ads from Glenn Beck after the host called Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people."<ref>https://colorofchange.org/press_release/proctor-gamble-progressive-insurance-pledge-not-to/</ref> Supports the abortion industry.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/08/progressive-insurance-funds-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-avoids-questions-at-shareholders-meeting/</ref>
|-
|Target
|Retail
|Prohibits Open Carry.<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/> Scores 1.50 at 2ndVote.<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/target</ref> Organizational donation evenly supported both sides, while individual donations favored Dem over Rep at a 2.5:1 ratio in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/target-corp/recipients?id=D000000619</ref> One of the early pioneers in corporate promotion of transgender nonsense.<ref>https://afa.net/target</ref>
|-
|[[The Walt Disney Company]]
|Entertainment
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/walt-disney-company/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/disney-ceo-iger-lives-in-fantasyland/</ref>
|-
|[[Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart Stores]]
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000367</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/walmart/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/walmart-bans-gun-sales-21-years-airsoft-rifles-look-like-ar-15s/</ref><ref>https://www.axios.com/walmart-halt-sale-ammunition-handgun-assault-style-weapons-b5a1c52b-9a22-4ab5-89d8-591e5fbe1019.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/american-family-association-blasts-latest-walmart-ad/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/10/</ref><ref>https://clashdaily.com/2020/07/texas-store-gives-defund-the-police-peeps-the-finger-with-this-boss-move/</ref> Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/15/walmart-costco-ditch-face-mask-requirement-for-ful/</ref><ref>https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/07/30/walmart-announces-covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-campus-office-associates</ref> Prohibits open carry in stores.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/09/04/open-carry-walmart-guns/2210037001/</ref>
|-
|WayFair Inc.
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/wayfair/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000069732&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://welovetrump.com/2021/02/11/heres-the-full-list-of-all-retailers-who-have-cut-ties-with-mike-lindells-mypillow/</ref>
|-
|[[Wendy's|Wendy's Co]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000802</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/3/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/wendys-cups-support-adoption-over-abortion/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000802&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1268325890037030912</ref>
|}

==Neutral==
These are companies which do not seem to engage in politics of any sort, instead focusing solely on running their businesses.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Advance Auto Parts
|Automative
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/advance-auto-parts-2/</ref>
|-
|Aeropostale (parent of Bethany Mota, Free Style, Brooklyn Calling, and United XXVI)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aeropostale/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042551&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Air Canada
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/air-canada/</ref>
|-
|Aldi
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aldi/</ref><ref>https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/aldi-smart-kids/eligibility/</ref>
|-
|American Financial Group
| Insurance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/american-financial-group/</ref>
|-
|AutoNation
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autonation/</ref>
|-
|Blimpie Sandwiches
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/blimpie-sandwiches/</ref>
|-
|Boston Market
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/boston-market/</ref>
|-
|Champs Sports (owned by Foot Locker)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/champs-sports/</ref>
|-
|CiCi's Pizza
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Cinemark Theatres (parent of Rave Cinemas and Century Theatres)
|Entertainment
|
|-
|Circle K (Couche-Tard)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/circle-k/</ref>
|-
|Costco
|Retail
|Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate"/> Scores 2.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/costco/</ref>
|-
|Crazy 8
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/crazy-8/</ref>
|-
|CST Brands (fuel and convenience retailer; parent of Ultramar)
|
|
|-
|Cumberland Farms (fuel and convenience retailer)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cumberland-farms/</ref>
|-
|DHL
|Courier
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dhl/</ref>
|-
|Dillard's
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-department-stores/recipients?id=D000060987</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-inc/recipients?id=D000042637 (employees may have a conservative leaning)</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dillards/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Tree
|Retail
|Scores 3.05 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-tree/</ref>
|-
|Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/family-dollar/</ref><ref>https://www.thefamilyhopefoundation.org/</ref>
|-
|LG Electronics
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lg-electronics/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lg-electronics/recipients?id=D000069177 (There may be a liberal leaning among its employees)</ref>
|-
|Party City (owned by AMSCAN Holdings, Inc.)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/party-city/</ref>
|-
|Petco
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/petco/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/petco-inc/recipients?id=D000036633</ref>
|-
|Pizza Ranch
|Restaurants
|Christian-oriented restaurant whose mission is “to glorify God by positively impacting the world we live in”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-dec-26-la-na-pizza-ranch-20111227-story.html|title=Easy as pie: Iowa’s campaign trail runs through Pizza Ranch|author=ALANA SEMUELS|publisher=LOS ANGELES TIMES|date=2011-12-26}}</ref>
|-
|Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen/</ref> Parent Restaurant Brands International's individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Tim Hortons (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Smucker's
|Food
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/smuckers/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs//summary?all=2020&id=D000034869</ref>
|-
|Steak 'n Shake
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Woeber's Mustard
|Food
|American company which manufactures its product in the US, and seems to keep out of politics.
|-
|Zales Jewelers (parent of Jared, Kay Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, etc.)
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/zales-jewelers/recipients?id=D000042110</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/zales/</ref>
|-
|Zaxby's
|
|
|}

==Lean liberal==
The following are companies which may show some support for conservative causes but are otherwise more liberal than not.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[Amazon.com]]
|Conglomerate
|Was founded by liberal [[Jeff Bezos]], shut down conservative social media outlet Parler, and has censored conservative authors.
|-
|[[Comcast]]
|Telecom and media
|Both organizational and individual donations are somewhat balanced for both sides, with the Dems being more favored.<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/9/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/comcast-corp/recipients?id=d000000461</ref> Scores 1.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/comcast/</ref> Owns [[NBCUniversal]], which operates [[MSNBC]], often viewed as one of the most liberal news outlets on American television.
|-
|[[Facebook]]
|Social media
|Censors conservatives, promotes social justice nonsense, donates money to liberals, and directly interfered with the 2020 election.
|-
|[[Starbucks]]
|Food/beverage
|Founded by a liberal and supports liberal causes
|}

==Liberal==
The following are companies which actively engage in activities against conservative values.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[MSNBC]]
|Media
|Self-proclaimed as "what progressives have been waiting for".<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/22/new-msnbccom-its-what-progressives-have-been-waiti/</ref>
|-
|Ben And Jerry's
|Food/beverage
|<ref>https://www.benjerry.com/values/our-progressive-values</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[Major conservative organizations]]
*[[Liberal corporate tyranny]]
*[[2nd Vote]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}

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[[Category:Conservative Companies|!]]

Conservative companies

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DMorris: /* Lean liberal */ Amazon leans liberal

The following is a non-exhaustive list of '''for-profit companies which generally support conservative principles, individuals, and/or organizations'''. This list is based primarily on official, corporate activity, but also based partially on the activities of employees, which are not sponsored by their companies.
The companies are categorized of the extent of their support for, as well as opposition to, conservative causes.

An obvious source for the justification is recent news. Other major sources include 2ndVote, a research provider that scores companies from 5 (most conservative) to 1 (most liberal),<ref>https://tennesseestar.com/2021/02/23/executive-director-amy-wilhite-of-2ndvote-com-shines-the-light-on-company-values-for-the-conscious-consumer/</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/a-new-counterweight-to-stakeholder-capitalism/</ref> and OpenSecrets, an online database that tracks political donations in the U.S.<ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/opensecretsorg</ref>

Note that indicators of conservative interest can change suddenly. To get the most updated information, readers are encouraged to make sure the sources used reflect the companies' current status. If any inaccurate entries are found in this list, please update them!
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==Conservative==
The following are companies which openly support conservative principles, while refusing to support most if not all liberal ones.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#299B68; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Black Rifle Coffee Company
|Food/beverage
|Veteran owned. Consistently posts conservative memes on social media.
|-
| Charity Mobile
|Telecom
| Sends 5% of its users' price to pro-life, pro-family charities.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/charitymobile</ref> Scores 3.33 at 2ndvote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charity-mobile</ref>
|-
| Cintas
| Service
| Target of asset manager Blackrock's pressure campaign for its support for conservative causes.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/12/17/carney-larry-finks-blackrock-doubles-down-on-woke-capitalism/</ref> Donations, mainly by individuals, went 91% conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000274</ref>
|-
| ConocoPhillips
| Energy
| 96% organizational and 59% individual donations went conservatives in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/conocophillips/summary?id=D000000303</ref>
|-
|Cornerstone Payment Systems
|Finance
|Christian payment processor<ref>https://cornerstonepaymentsystems.com/how-we-help.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cornerstone-payment-systems/</ref>
|-
|Duke Cannon
|Retail
|Men's grooming products creator and retailer. Supports military organizations with donations and products.<ref>https://dukecannon.com/pages/military-heritage</ref>
|-
|Epik
|Internet
|Hosts [[Gab]] citing free speech rights, despite many vendors' de-platforming of the site.<ref>https://www.epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html</ref>
|-
|data-sort-value="Epoch Times" | [[The Epoch Times]]
|Media
|Holds "Truth and Tradition" as tagline and principles.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/about-us</ref><ref>https://www.allsides.com/news-source/epoch-times-media-bias</ref>
|-
|[[Gab (website)|Gab]]
|Internet
|Social platform focused on free speech, owned by an outspoken Christian.
|-
| [[Hobby Lobby]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family">Green family</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hobby-lobby</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/hobby_lobbys_secret_agenda_how_its_secretly_funding_a_vast_right_wing_movement</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/2/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/26/hobby-lobby-celebrates-christ-the-lord-in-full-page-christmas-ads/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/hobby-lobby-ceos-powerful-letter-employees-god-control/</ref>
|-
| Interstate Batteries
| Consumer goods
| Led by an outspoken Christian, invests in promoting God's love in mainstream TV ads.<ref>https://interstatebatteries.com/godslove</ref>
|-
| [[Mardel]]
|Retail
| <ref name="Green family"/>
|-
| Molson Coors
|Food
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000027694</ref>
|-
| MyPillow
|Retail
| Founder/CEO is very vocal about voter fraud after the 2020 US presidential election.<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/realmikelindell/view/absolute-proof-601d73a5a5ca1b4ef4f0e602</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/mypillow-products-no-longer-stocked-these-companies-1562510</ref>
|-
|New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD)
|Media
|
|-
|[[One America News Network]] (OANN)
|Media
|Consistently the third most-watched news channel among Republican voters.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-fox-oann-newsmax-trump</ref> Specifically praised by Donald Trump in contrast to Mainstream Media, Fox News, and Newsmax.<ref>https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-05.15.21-3</ref>
|-
| [[Parler]]
|Internet
| Conservative host [[Dan Bongino]] is a co-owner.
|-
| Stocking Mill Coffee
|Food/beverage
|
|-
| [[Patriot Mobile]]
|Telecom
| A portion of users' bills is donated to conservative organizations. The user is given choices in this matter.<ref>https://patriotmobile.com/pages/our-causes</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/patriot-mobile</ref>
|-
|Pure Talk USA
|Telecom
|
|-
|Rumble
|Internet
|
|-
|Ruqqus
|Internet
|
|-
| Sheetz
|Retail
| Gas stations and convenience store chain, which is owned and operated by Republicans.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sheetz</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029023&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Ruger
|Sport
|Although a gun manufacturer supporting the 2nd amendment might seem self-serving, this company has been adamant in that stance, while also vocally opposing liberal candidates.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/sturm-ruger-co-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/Headline/michael-fifer-sturm-ruger-hillary-lawful-commerce/2016/08/03/id/741989/</ref>
|-
| Uline
|Supplies
| Supports conservative causes; some of their trucks have been seen bearing the Bible reference "John 3:16".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030599&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2014/11/04/the-little-known-ceo-spending-millions-to-elect-far-right-republicans</ref>
|-
|}

==Somewhat conservative==
The following companies support some conservative causes and principles, but do not seem to take a strong stand solely in their favor. These typically offer minor support to liberal causes, but from a statistical standpoint<ref>Such as agreeing to match employee donations to non-profit groups, regardless of whether the group is conservative or liberal, religious or secular, provided they are tax-exempt and not a church.</ref> are still more conservative than not.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
| Abbott Laboratories (Similac, Pediasure, Pedialyte, etc.)
|Health
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000383&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/abbott-laboratories</ref>
|-
| Applebee's (DineEquity, Inc.)
|Restaurants
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042047&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/9/</ref><ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free">https://nebraskashooters.com/laws/unfriendly-2/</ref>
|-
|Arby's (Roark Capital Group)
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/arbys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000028753&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.georgiaprospers.org/our-business-coalition/</ref>
|-
|Bass Pro Shops
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bass-pro-shops</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000060269&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/114804234.html</ref><ref>https://wreg.com/2018/03/01/bass-pro-customers-respond-to-other-companies-changing-protocol-for-selling-guns/</ref>
|-
|[[Brave]]
|Internet
|The [[browser]] blocks data-grabbing ads and trackers. Founder and CEO [[Brendan Eich|Eich]]'s opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] led to his forced resignation as CEO from [[Mozilla]], which he co-founded.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/20/copy-new-internet-browser-brave-announced/</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-says-ceo-resigns-amid-gay-marriage-controversy-195338477.html</ref> Avoids content censorship via IPFS integration.<ref>https://brave.com/</ref>
|-
|Cabela's (owned by Bass Pro Shops)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cabelas</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042594&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/20386-cabelas.html</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/together</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/paul-singer-sidney-nebraska-cabelas-bass-pro-shops-merger</ref><ref>https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/covid-commitment</ref>
|-
| [[ExxonMobil]]
|Energy
| <ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000129</ref><ref name="liveaction.org">https://www.liveaction.org/news/these-companies-have-distanced-themselves-from-planned-parenthood/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/exxon-add-climate-activist-backed-board-members</ref>
|-
|Flowers Foods (Wonder Bread, Tastykake, Nature's Own, Bunny Bread, Mrs. Freshley's, HomePride, etc.<ref>https://www.flowersfoods.com/brands</ref>)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000377&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/flowers-foods</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/6/</ref>
|-
|Gold's Gym (TRT Holdings)
|Fitness
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000022288</ref>
|-
|Guitar Center (parent of Musicians Friends)
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/guitar-center/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/guitar-center-union_us_56fae6c3e4b0a06d5803e008</ref><ref>http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?46223-Hassled-in-Guitar-Center</ref>
|-
|Murphy USA
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/murphy-usa</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000062564&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|New Balance
|Apparel
|As the only major local manufacturer of athletic shoes, New Balance supported Donald Trump's (as well as several Democrats') [[Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy|trade position]] to focus on US manufacturing job creation. The brand's vice president of public affairs criticized Obama Administration for "turn(ing) a deaf ear".<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000036175</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/new-balance/</ref><ref name="mic.com">https://mic.com/articles/159147/boycott-alert-here-are-companies-and-executives-that-supported-donald-trump</ref><ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/159116/new-balance-faces-backlash-after-throwing-its-support-behind-president-elect-donald-trump</ref>
|-
|NewsMax
|Media
|Extensively covered [[2020 election fraud|election fraud]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 Presidential Election]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-friendly-newsmax-a-sudden-competitor-to-fox-news/</ref> Distanced itself from allegations of [[Dominion Voting Systems|Dominion]]'s involvement in the fraud after threats from the voting machine company.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/531153-newsmax-issues-clarification-on-smartmatic-dominion-claims</ref><ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/newsmax-anchor-apologizes-to-mypillow-mike-lindell</ref>
|-
|Omni Hotels (TRT Holdings)
|Hotel
|Organizational donation went 100% Republican in 2020.<ref name="OS TRTH"/>
|-
|Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin' Brands)
|Restaurant
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000067181&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/10/</ref>
|-
|Palmetto Cheese
|Food
|Founder and owner Brian Henry called [[Black Lives Matter|BLM]] and [[Antifa]] "terror organizations." He later apologized amid backlash.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/costco-pulls-palmetto-cheese-after-founder-calls-blm-a-terrorist-organization/</ref><ref>https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/owner-of-palmetto-cheese-apologizes-for-facebook-post-explains-black-womans-image-on-packaging/</ref>
|-
|ProPay
|Finance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/propay</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029492&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.prwatch.org/news/2020/04/13574/funding-hate-how-online-merchants-and-payment-processors-aid-white-nationalists (hostile reference)</ref>
|-
|Publix Super Markets, Inc.
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000028488</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/05/22/anti-gun-liberals-attempt-boycott-publix/</ref><ref>https://www.usacarry.com/forums/businesses-for-firearms-and-2nd-amendment/24724-publix-supermarkets.html</ref>
|-
|Regnery Publishing
|Media
|When Senator [[Josh Hawley]]'s book ''The Tyranny of Big Tech'' was cancelled by publisher Simon & Schuster following the January 6th 2021 Capitol storming, Regnery picked it up just days after.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/hawley-book-regnery.html</ref>
|-
|[[Remington|Remington Arms]] (Cerberus Capital Management, which includes Marlin Firearms & Advanced Armament Corporation)
|Sport
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/remington</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021907&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Urban Outfitters]]
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030711&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/15/</ref>
|-
|[[White Castle]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029845&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/white-castle</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/7/</ref>
|-
|[[Winn-Dixie]] (Southeastern Grocers)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/winn-dixie-stores/</ref><ref>https://www.winndixie.com/community/seafoodpledge</ref>
|-
|Yuengling (craft beer company)
|Food
|<ref name="mic.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/yuengling/</ref>
|}

==Slightly conservative==
The following companies seem to show slight leanings or preferences towards conservative principles and causes, but do not seem firm or determined in this trend. Liberal causes are usually also supported at least in part, but over all, they tend to favor conservatism slightly.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#BACF32; color:white"| Justification
|-
|7-Eleven
|Retail
|7-Eleven PAC donated 95% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/7-eleven/C00549717/candidate-recipients/2020</ref> Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/7-eleven/</ref>
|-
|Ace Hardware Corporation
|Retail
|Ace Hardware is part company owned—those stores branded as "Westlake Ace Hardware" are such—but also part franchised, so an independent owner may be conservative or liberal.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042548</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ace-hardware</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042548&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|American Greetings Corp
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000000746</ref>
|-
|Amway/Alticor Inc.
|Retail (MLM)
|Although the company as a whole only minimally engages in politics,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/amway/</ref> company employees overwhelmingly support republicans. Amway's PAC also seems to favor Republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amway-alticor-inc/recipients?id=D000000111</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000111</ref>
|-
|BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bjs-restaurant-brewhouse/</ref>
|-
|Blue Bell
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000024383</ref>
|-
|Coinbase
|Finance
|while employee donations favor democrats, Company CEO Brian Armstrong refused in 2020 to support or oppose the BLM organization, saying that the company would stay out of politics.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/</ref>
|-
|Carl's Jr. / Hardee's
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/17/</ref><ref>Various advertisements, not linked to due to their suggestive nature</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/carls-jr/</ref>
|-
|Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cracker-barrel-old-country-store/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024663&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/8/</ref>
|-
|Domino's Pizza
|Restaurants
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominos</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000025535&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Dr. Pepper, 7UP, Mott's, Snapple, A&W Root Beer, Crush, etc.)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000042050&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dr-pepper-snapple-group/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/snapple/</ref>
|-
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|Media
|By far the most watched television news channel for Republicans, even after Biden's inauguration as president.<ref>https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-republican-tv-news-viewers-fox-newsmax-20210309-7zvakfrteve35brqrejamvicdi-story.html</ref>
|-
|Goya Foods
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?toprecipcycle=2016&topnumcycle=2016&contribcycle=All%20cycles&lobcycle=All%20cycles&outspendcycle=All%20cycles&id=D000042319</ref><ref>https://kdvr.com/news/national/goya-foods-faces-swift-backlash-after-ceo-praises-trump-at-white-house/</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/07/tyranny-racist-democrats-call-for-boycott-of-goya-foods-because-hispanic-ceo-is-trump-supporter.html/</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/07/10/goya-foods-ceo-no-im-not-apologizing-for-praising-president-trump-n2572282</ref><ref>https://www.goya.com/en/goya-gives/gg-environment</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/-YvO736Zl3M</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/12/08/aoc-named-employee-of-the-month-at-goya/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue/</ref><ref>https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/goya-robert-unanue-biden-ukraine/2022/04/30/id/1067926/</ref>
|-
|Hanes
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/hanes</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000041306&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|[[Koch Industries]] (Angel Soft, Rock Island Oil & Refining Company, Invista, Koch Minerals, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Koch Fertilizer, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Matador Cattle Company, and Guardian Industries)
|Conglomerate
|KochPAC donated 97% Republican in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/koch-libre-against-house-immigration-bills-654201</ref><ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/this-koch-funded-advocacy-group-wants-trump-to-embrace-free-trade</ref>
|-
|In-N-Out Burger
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?id=D000072295 (Although the company itself is neutral, its employees may tend to favor liberalism/communism)</ref> In-N-Out is generally a politically neutral company, however, In-N-Out does have Bible verses on its packaging.<ref>https://www.today.com/food/why-does-n-out-print-bible-verses-its-cups-wrappers-t164235</ref> An In-N-Out store in San Francisco was also temporarily shut down due to not strictly adhering to the vaccine mandate with In-N-Out responding by saying that they did not want to be the vaccine police.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-shuts-down-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-jab-mandate-we-refuse-to-become-the-vaccination-police</ref>
|-
|-
|Las Vegas Sands (casino and resort)
|Entertainment
|Donates substantially to republicans, but much of it seems to go to RINOs and "center-right" causes.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000020980&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-conservative-companies-in-america-577374/7/</ref>
|-
|L.L. Bean
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.popsugar.com/news/Which-Businesses-Support-Trump-43025072</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/ll-bean-rei-and-dicks-update-gun-control-policies-2018-3/</ref><ref>https://fortune.com/2018/03/02/ll-bean-guns/</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/l-l-bean-raises-age-to-buy-rifles-to-21/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/l-l-bean/</ref>
|-
|Menards
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000042069</ref><ref>https://www.menards.com/main/menards-updates/c-4364363665328695.htm</ref><ref>https://kstp.com/coronavirus/menards-requiring-customers-to-wear-face-masks-coronavirus-covid-19/5719618/</ref>
|-
|OverStock.com
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/overstock-com/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/overstock-com/recipients?id=D000036441</ref>
|-
|Perry Ellis International (owns multiple apparel brands)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000036627&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.thebalance.com/political-affiliations-of-retail-companies-2892119</ref>
|-
|Ross Stores
|
|<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/6/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042761&cycle=2020</ref>
|}

==Debatable whether conservative==
The following are companies which give mixed signals, some in support of conservative principles, and some the opposite. This conflicting activity makes their beliefs and intentions difficult to discern with certainty, warranting some debate.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Altria (owner of Marlborough, JUUL, and other nicotine brands)
|
|Member of the ALEC, but also supports some liberal causes.<ref name="commoncause.org">https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/altria/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/altria-group/recipients?id=D000000067 (employee political contributions)</ref>
|-
|Anheuser-Busch
|
|Member of ALEC, but also support numerous liberal organizations and policies.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042510</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/anheuser-busch-2/</ref>
|-
|Auto Zone (parent of AutoAnything, ALLDATA, and Chief auto parts)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autozone/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024208&cycle=2020 (individual employee donations)</ref><ref name="archive.is">https://archive.is/U9VzB</ref><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH">https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/02/21/these-are-the-roughly-200-businesses-whose-leaders-are-backing-gun-control-initia-n2585088</ref> CEO Bill Rhodes is quite fond of President Trump.
|-
|Avis Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/avis/</ref>
|-
|Best Buy
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024328&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/best-buy/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/12/</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing|Boeing Co]]
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Budget (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/budget</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021901&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Charter Communications
|Telecom
|Member of the ALEC,<ref name="commoncause.org"/> but otherwise seems to favor liberal causes.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/charter-communications/</ref> However, employee donations sometimes favor republicans.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/charter-communications/recipients?id=D000000672</ref>
|-
|Coldwell Banker (Realogy)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/coldwell-banker/</ref>
|-
|Cooper Tires (Cooper Tire & Rubber Company)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cooper-tires/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000025138&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Dodge/Ram Trucks (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles/Stellantis)
|Automotive
|<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/auto/stars-and-stripes-dodge-challenger-and-charger-salute-u-s-military</ref><ref>https://www.ramtrucks.com/ram-1500/built-to-serve.html</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/fiat-chrysler-automobiles/recipients?id=D000043126</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chrysler/</ref>
|-
|Dominion Energy
|Energy
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dominion-energy-inc/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dominion-energy/recipients?id=D000000335</ref>
|-
|Ford Motor Co.
|Automotive
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com">https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2015/07/24/winnable-war-major-companies-reject-planned-parenthood</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/ford-announces-plans-business-michigan-mexico/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/ford/</ref><ref>https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/who-still-funds-alec/ (cut ties with ALEC)</ref>
|-
|Fruit of the Loom (Berkshire Hathaway)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021757</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/berkshire-hathaway</ref>
|-
|Health Net
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000024670&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/health-net/</ref>
|-
|Hormel
|Food
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/hormel/</ref>
|-
|Howard Johnson
|
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/howard-johnson</ref>
|-
|iHeartMedia Inc
|Media
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000059056</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/iheart-radio</ref>
|-
|KFC ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029955&cycle=2016</ref><ref name="2ndvote.com">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kfc/</ref>
|-
|Kraft Heinz Co (3G Capital)
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000067808&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/kraft-heinz</ref>
|-
|Krispy Kreme
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/krispy-kreme-2/</ref>
|-
|Longhorn Steakhouse (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000021949</ref><ref name="2nd Darden">https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/darden</ref>
|-
|Long John Silver ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref name="2ndvote.com"/>
|-
|Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
|Telecom
|Supports numerous liberal causes,<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/centurylink</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000024683&cycle=2016</ref> but is also a member of ALEC.<ref name="commoncause.org"/>
|-
|Marshalls
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/marshalls/</ref><ref name="insidermonkey.com">https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/8/</ref>
|-
|Nissan
|Automotive
|<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/nissan/</ref><ref>https://www.redstate.com/diary/2ndvote/2015/02/18/follow-money-nissan/</ref>
|-
|Olive Garden (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/olive-garden/</ref>
|-
|Papa John's
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/papa-johns</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042738&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/27/17060232/papa-johns-ends-nfl-sponsorship</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-steps-down-as-ceo-2017-12</ref><ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/papa-john-says-pr-company-planted-racism-allegations-after-6-million-demand</ref>
|-
|Payless Car Rental (Avis Budget Group)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/payless-car-rental-2/</ref>
|-
|Red Bull
|Food
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recipients?id=D000067032</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/red-bull-fires-woke-diversity-directors-who-tried-push-blm-support</ref>
|-
|Regal Cinemas (Anschutz Corp)
|Entertainment
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000589</ref><ref>https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2015/08/19/regal-cinemas-blames-gun-owners-bag-search-policy-targeting-young-mothers/</ref><ref>https://www.fff.org/2016/08/29/regal-cinemas-stupid-gun-policy/</ref>
|-
|[[Royal Dutch Shell]] (Shell Oil)
|Energy
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000042525</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/shell/</ref>
|-
|Safeway Inc. (Cerberus Capital Management)
|Retail
|<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones">https://www.concealedcarry.com/law/businesses-that-prohibit-guns-or-have-no-gun-policies/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000021907</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/safeway/</ref><ref>http://everytown.org/documents/2015/04/safeway-email.pdf/</ref>
|-
|Schnucks
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/schnucks/</ref><ref>https://www.nraila.org/articles/20100617/missouri-schnucks-allows-concealed-car</ref><ref>http://www.moccw.org/schnucks.html</ref>
|-
|[[Sodexo]]
|Conglomerate
|<ref>They are rather proud of their long-term partnership with Jerry Falwell's [[Liberty University]] and are a major donor to the institution, and Sodexo USA CEO Lorna Donatone praised President Donald Trump in an interview, but they support a lot of liberal causes as well.</ref>
|-
|Southwest Airlines
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/southwest-airlines</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000785&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/southwest-citizenship/environmental-initiatives/</ref><ref>http://investors.southwest.com/news-and-events/news-releases/2009/21-10-2009</ref> Says firing a worker over COVID-19 vaccine “makes no sense.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/makes-no-sense-southwest-airlines-says-it-wont-fire-workers-who-dont-get-covid-vaccine_4063579.html|title=‘Makes No Sense’: Southwest Airlines Says It Won’t Fire Workers Who Don’t Get COVID Vaccine|author=JACK PHILLIPS|publisher=The Epoch Times|date=2021-10-22}}</ref>
|-
|Staples Inc.
|Retail
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/staples</ref><ref>https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/058/723/605/original/9bc650f4ae1e7fe4.png</ref>
|-
|Stop & Shop (Ahold Delhaize)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000068597&cycle=2016</ref><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/stop-shop</ref><ref>https://stopandshop.com/community/care-for-the-environment</ref>
|-
|SunTrust
|Finance
|<ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/suntrust/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/_tbt_suntrust_bank_and_religious_liberty/</ref>
|-
|Taco Bell ([[Yum! Brands]])
|Restaurants
|<ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="YUM! Brands"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/taco-bell/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/LLY9l</ref>
|-
|The Capital Grille (Darden Restaurants)
|Restaurants
|<ref name="OS Darden"/><ref name="2nd Darden"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/the-capital-grille/</ref>
|-
|TJ Maxx
|Retail
|<ref name="insidermonkey.com"/><ref name="heavy.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/t-j-maxx/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000030442&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/companies-supporting-members-of-the-liberal-coalition-to-stop-gun-violence/</ref>
|-
|United Technologies (Otis, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, [[Pratt & Whitney]], and UTC Aerospace Systems)
|Manufacturer
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000209&cycle=2016</ref><ref>Signer of the "Don't ban Equality" letter; see: https://dontbanequality.com/</ref>
|-
|USAA
|Insurance, Finance
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029616</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/usaa</ref>
|-
|Waffle House Inc.
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&type=P&id=D000029728</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/waffle-house/</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/8/</ref><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones">http://www.2acheck.com/the-boycott-list/</ref><ref>https://crimeresearch.org/2018/04/waffle-house-continues-company-policy-ban-permitted-concealed-handguns-civilians-restaurants/</ref><ref>https://americasfreedomfighters.com/watch-as-this-uniformed-soldier-stops-to-eat-but-they-refuse-to-serve-him-for-this-one-reason/</ref>
|-
|Wegmans
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000058490&cycle=2020</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/5/</ref>
|-
|Xerox
|Technology
|<ref name="liveaction.org"/><ref name="onenewsnow.com"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/xerox/</ref>
|}

==No longer conservative==
These are organizations which historically may have shown conservative interests, but no longer seem to do so. Although sometimes perceived as conservative, their more recent actions indicate otherwise.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[AT&T]]
|Telecom
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/att</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/19/</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM">[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref><ref>https://archive.is/OzC04</ref>
|-
|Bed Bath & Beyond (parent of Buy Buy Baby, Christmas Tree Shop, Cost Plus World Market, and One Kings Lane)
|Retail
|Among the first to drop MyPillow following Lindell's allegation of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.<ref name="insidermonkey.com top Trump supporters"/><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/mike-lindell-my-pillow-dropped-by-18-vendors-dolla/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/bed-bath-beyond/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/bed-bath-beyond/recipients?id=D000031877</ref>
|-
|[[Burger King]] (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Gun-unfriendly.<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/> Engages in progressive virtue-signaling.<ref>https://www.infowars.com/posts/burger-king-women-belong-in-the-kitchen-tweet-backfires-horrendously/</ref> Individual donations favored the Democrats over the Republicans 3:1 in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020">https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/3g-capital/totals?id=D000059880</ref>
|-
|[[Coca-Cola]]
|Food & Beverage manufacturer
|"Woke" corporation who told its employees to "be less white".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2x_ovDsa3Y Consumers Research]</ref>
|-
|[[Chick-Fil-A]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="salon.com 5 radically">https://www.salon.com/2015/06/22/5_radically_conservative_fast_food_companies</ref><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000032532&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/chick-fil-a</ref><ref>https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/retail/exclusive-amid-global-expansion-and-lgbt-pushback-chick-fil-a-changes-charitable-giving-structure-101818</ref><ref>https://lcaction.org/detail/20191202-betrayed-by-chickfila</ref><ref>https://www.afa.net/media/449831/letter-from-chick-fil-a.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/white-christian-repent-racism-chick-fil-a-dan-cathy</ref><ref>https://disrn.com/news/chick-fil-a-ceo-white-people-should-shine-blacks-shoes-to-show-shame-embarrassment-about-racism</ref>
|-
|Dell Inc.
|Technology
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dell/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000585&cycle=CAREER</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/5/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/yiviH</ref>
|-
|Dick's Sporting Goods
|Sport
|<ref name="archive.is"/><ref name="2021 Gun ban supporters - TH"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000050167&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dicks-sporting-goods</ref><ref>https://2ndvote.com/dicks-sporting-goods-ceo-doesnt-want-your-second-vote-dollars/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/dicks-sporting-goods-announces-end-assault-rifle-sales/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Rent A Car (Hertz)
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-rent-a-car-2</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000064403</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/list-companies-dropping-nra-partnerships-after-florida-shooting/article/2649953</ref>
|-
|Expedia (including Hotels.com, Orbitz, Trivago, Travelocity, and Hotwire)
|Travel
|2.82% of the company's donation in the 2020 cycle went conservative.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/expedia-group/summary?id=D000000854</ref>
|-
|FedEx
|courier
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/fedex/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/24/seven-companies-that-caved-to-anti-nra-pressure/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fedex-wont-end-relationship-with-nra/article/2650103</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000089&cycle=2016</ref>
|-
|Lowe's Corporation
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000027296</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lowes</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-family-association-all-american-muslim-2011-12</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000027296&type=P&sort=A&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Macy's (and Bloomingdale's)
|Retail
|<ref name="heavy.com">https://heavy.com/news/2016/11/trump-boycott-list-starbucks-cup-apple-amazon-pepsi-italy-companies-ivanka-donald-twitter-grab-my-wallet-shoes-com-oreos-netflix-grubhub/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/macys/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000021655&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/macys-employee-fired-over-catholic-faith/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/7/</ref><ref>https://independentminute.com/2020/04/06/american-retailer-now-publicly-supporting-sharia-law-are-you-shopping-there-8-2/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/V5UFz</ref>
|-
|[[McDonald's|McDonald's Corp]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="nebraskafirearms.org gun free"/><ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000373&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/mcdonalds/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/jOZ65</ref>
|-
|[[PepsiCo, Inc|PepsiCo Inc.]]
|Food
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000200&cycle=2016</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/pepsico</ref><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall">https://www.2ndvote.com/tell-att-pepsi-and-walmart-stop-funding-lefts-opposition-to-border-wall/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/9S5ow</ref>
|-
|Progressive Insurance
|Insurance
|Scores 2.67 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/progressive-insurance</ref> Both organizational and individual donations favored the Dems heavily.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-insurance/recipients?id=D000040450</ref> Pulled ads from Glenn Beck after the host called Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people."<ref>https://colorofchange.org/press_release/proctor-gamble-progressive-insurance-pledge-not-to/</ref> Supports the abortion industry.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/08/progressive-insurance-funds-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-avoids-questions-at-shareholders-meeting/</ref>
|-
|Target
|Retail
|Prohibits Open Carry.<ref name="concealedcarry.com gun free zones"/><ref name="2acheck.com gun free zones"/> Scores 1.50 at 2ndVote.<ref>http://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/target</ref> Organizational donation evenly supported both sides, while individual donations favored Dem over Rep at a 2.5:1 ratio in 2020.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/target-corp/recipients?id=D000000619</ref> One of the early pioneers in corporate promotion of transgender nonsense.<ref>https://afa.net/target</ref>
|-
|[[The Walt Disney Company]]
|Entertainment
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://2ndvote.com/business-entity/walt-disney-company/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/disney-ceo-iger-lives-in-fantasyland/</ref>
|-
|[[Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart Stores]]
|Retail
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref name="2nd vote opposition to south wall"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000367</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/walmart/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/walmart-bans-gun-sales-21-years-airsoft-rifles-look-like-ar-15s/</ref><ref>https://www.axios.com/walmart-halt-sale-ammunition-handgun-assault-style-weapons-b5a1c52b-9a22-4ab5-89d8-591e5fbe1019.html</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/american-family-association-blasts-latest-walmart-ad/</ref><ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/10/</ref><ref>https://clashdaily.com/2020/07/texas-store-gives-defund-the-police-peeps-the-finger-with-this-boss-move/</ref> Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/15/walmart-costco-ditch-face-mask-requirement-for-ful/</ref><ref>https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/07/30/walmart-announces-covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-campus-office-associates</ref> Prohibits open carry in stores.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/09/04/open-carry-walmart-guns/2210037001/</ref>
|-
|WayFair Inc.
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/wayfair/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000069732&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://welovetrump.com/2021/02/11/heres-the-full-list-of-all-retailers-who-have-cut-ties-with-mike-lindells-mypillow/</ref>
|-
|[[Wendy's|Wendy's Co]]
|Restaurants
|<ref name="Antifa BLM"/><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2016&id=D000000802</ref><ref>http://www.businesspundit.com/20-companies-that-you-probably-didnt-know-were-republican/3/</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/wendys-cups-support-adoption-over-abortion/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000802&cycle=2018</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1268325890037030912</ref>
|}

==Neutral==
These are companies which do not seem to engage in politics of any sort, instead focusing solely on running their businesses.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#FFCF09; color:white"| Justification
|-
|Advance Auto Parts
|Automative
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/advance-auto-parts-2/</ref>
|-
|Aeropostale (parent of Bethany Mota, Free Style, Brooklyn Calling, and United XXVI)
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aeropostale/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000042551&cycle=2018</ref>
|-
|Air Canada
|Travel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/air-canada/</ref>
|-
|Aldi
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/aldi/</ref><ref>https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/aldi-smart-kids/eligibility/</ref>
|-
|American Financial Group
| Insurance
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/american-financial-group/</ref>
|-
|AutoNation
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/autonation/</ref>
|-
|Blimpie Sandwiches
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/blimpie-sandwiches/</ref>
|-
|Boston Market
|Restaurants
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/boston-market/</ref>
|-
|Champs Sports (owned by Foot Locker)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/champs-sports/</ref>
|-
|CiCi's Pizza
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Cinemark Theatres (parent of Rave Cinemas and Century Theatres)
|Entertainment
|
|-
|Circle K (Couche-Tard)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/circle-k/</ref>
|-
|Costco
|Retail
|Took the lead to drop mask mandate during COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="drop mask mandate"/> Scores 2.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/costco/</ref>
|-
|Crazy 8
|Apparel
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/crazy-8/</ref>
|-
|CST Brands (fuel and convenience retailer; parent of Ultramar)
|
|
|-
|Cumberland Farms (fuel and convenience retailer)
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/cumberland-farms/</ref>
|-
|DHL
|Courier
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dhl/</ref>
|-
|Dillard's
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-department-stores/recipients?id=D000060987</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/dillard-s-inc/recipients?id=D000042637 (employees may have a conservative leaning)</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dillards/</ref>
|-
|Dollar Tree
|Retail
|Scores 3.05 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/dollar-tree/</ref>
|-
|Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree)
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/family-dollar/</ref><ref>https://www.thefamilyhopefoundation.org/</ref>
|-
|LG Electronics
|
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/lg-electronics/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lg-electronics/recipients?id=D000069177 (There may be a liberal leaning among its employees)</ref>
|-
|Party City (owned by AMSCAN Holdings, Inc.)
|Retail
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/party-city/</ref>
|-
|Petco
|Retail
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/petco/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/petco-inc/recipients?id=D000036633</ref>
|-
|Pizza Ranch
|Restaurants
|Christian-oriented restaurant whose mission is “to glorify God by positively impacting the world we live in”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-dec-26-la-na-pizza-ranch-20111227-story.html|title=Easy as pie: Iowa’s campaign trail runs through Pizza Ranch|author=ALANA SEMUELS|publisher=LOS ANGELES TIMES|date=2011-12-26}}</ref>
|-
|Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Scores 3.00 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen/</ref> Parent Restaurant Brands International's individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Tim Hortons (RBI)
|Restaurants
|Individual donations showed somewhat balanced support for both sides in 2020.<ref name="3G Capital 2020"/>
|-
|Smucker's
|Food
|<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/smuckers/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs//summary?all=2020&id=D000034869</ref>
|-
|Steak 'n Shake
|Restaurants
|
|-
|Woeber's Mustard
|Food
|American company which manufactures its product in the US, and seems to keep out of politics.
|-
|Zales Jewelers (parent of Jared, Kay Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, etc.)
|
|<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/zales-jewelers/recipients?id=D000042110</ref><ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/zales/</ref>
|-
|Zaxby's
|
|
|}

==Lean liberal==
The following are companies which may show some support for conservative causes but are otherwise more liberal than not.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#F36823; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[Amazon.com]]
|Conglomerate
|Was founded by liberal [[Jeff Bezos]], shut down conservative social media outlet Parler, and has censored conservative authors.
|-
|[[Comcast]]
|Telecom and media
|Both organizational and individual donations are somewhat balanced for both sides, with the Dems being more favored.<ref>https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-biggest-companies-that-support-trump-575704/9/</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/comcast-corp/recipients?id=d000000461</ref> Scores 1.33 at 2ndVote.<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/business-entity/comcast/</ref> Owns [[NBCUniversal]], which operates [[MSNBC]], often viewed as one of the most liberal news outlets on American television.
|-
|[[Starbucks]]
|Food/beverage
|Founded by a liberal and supports liberal causes
|}

==Liberal==
The following are companies which actively engage in activities against conservative values.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=200pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Company
! width=80pt style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Industry
! style="background:#E31323; color:white"| Justification
|-
|[[MSNBC]]
|Media
|Self-proclaimed as "what progressives have been waiting for".<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/22/new-msnbccom-its-what-progressives-have-been-waiti/</ref>
|-
|Ben And Jerry's
|Food/beverage
|<ref>https://www.benjerry.com/values/our-progressive-values</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[Major conservative organizations]]
*[[Liberal corporate tyranny]]
*[[2nd Vote]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}

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Baptist

2023-12-05T01:22:37Z

DMorris: /* Beliefs */ No it's not limited to us, as I know of Southern Baptist churches and also a Pentecostal church that are KJV-only.

[[File:Baptism-vladivostok333.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Baptists in Vladivostok, [[Russia]] ]]
'''Baptist''' refers to any one of several [[Christian]] groups which, for the most part, hold to theologically and socially conservative positions (though there are notable exceptions).

The largest Baptist group is the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (SBC), which despite its name has churches in all 50 states. The SBC is also highly influential in the social and political arenas of American life.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/default.asp</ref>

==History==
Baptists are descended primarily from the work of [[John Smyth]] (1554-1612) in [[England]]<ref>http://levellers.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/john-smyth-1570-1612-puritan-separatist-baptist-mennonite/</ref> He fled to [[Holland]] due to persecution of the [[Anabaptists]], of which he was part.<ref>http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/anabaptists.html</ref> Baptists arrived in the American colonies and became especially numerous in New England and Virginia. After 1800, the denomination grew rapidly but split in 1845 over the issue of slavery. Many slaves were Baptists and at the end of the Civil War they withdrew from white churches and set up their own network of Baptist churches.

==Beliefs==
The following acrostic backronym, spelling BAPTIST, represents a useful summary of Baptists' distinguishing beliefs; this acrostic was created by Dr. L. Duane Brown.<ref>http://baptistbulletin.org/?p=13598</ref>

* Biblical authority (Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
* Autonomy of the local church (Matt. 18:15–17; 1 Cor. 6:1-3)
* Priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:5-9; 1 Timothy 5)
* Two ordinances (Believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper) (Acts 2:41–47; 1 Cor. 11:23-32)
* Individual soul liberty (Romans 14:5–12)
* [[Separation of church and state]] (Matthew 22:15–22)
* Two offices of the church (Pastor-elder and deacon) (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1–2)

Many Baptists consider the [[Bible]] to be inerrant and the literal word of God. Baptists are often opposed to [[gambling]] and the use of [[tobacco]] and [[Alcoholic drink|alcoholic beverages]]<ref>http://www.abpnews.com/2885.article</ref>, the latter to the point that the "wine" in [[The Lord's Supper]] will be grape juice. This is because ''wine'' in the Bible refers to grape juice which may or may not be fermented.

With baptism, the individual acquires authority to determine matters of religion and [[faith]] for himself, or as part of a local congregation of believers. Although each Baptist is free to define his own beliefs, most denominations will have a "statement of faith" which generally agrees on major doctrines (e.g. the Virgin Birth) while allowing for differing views in other areas (e.g. how End Times prophecy will take place). The [[Baptist Faith and Message]] of the Southern Baptist Convention is an example of such a statement; it was most recently revised in 2000.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm/</ref>

Baptists differ from many Christian denominations doctrinally. The most obvious difference is that Baptists reject [[infant baptism]], and instead practice "Believer's Baptism", the belief that only born-again believers, old enough to understand what it means to become a Christian, are eligible baptism candidates. In practice, children are baptized at the age of 5 to 10.<ref>see Strategic Information and Planning Section, ''2001 Annual Church Profile Statistics:
Number of Baptisms by Age Divisions'' (Nashville: LifeWay Christian Resources, April 22, 2002).</ref> This belief in "adult" baptism is also held by some other prominent Protestant churches (such as the Churches of Christ and Pentecostal denominations), although the baptism of infants is customary in such Protestant bodies as the Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Lutheran churches.

Another distinguishing characteristic is to be found in the area of church government. Baptists believe that Christ and only Christ is the Head of the Church (Ephesians 5:23); there is no "Pope" or ruling board that has authority over any individual Baptist church.<ref>Although the various Baptist denominations, such as the SBC, may decide that it will or will not accept an individual church into its group, it has no authority to replace that church's leadership nor to force it to close down.</ref> Each local church is autonomous and accountable only to Christ, who is its Head. Finally, Baptists have always stood by the belief that the church should not be state controlled.<ref>[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer's%20Corner/why_baptists_are_not_protestants.htm Why Baptists are not Protestants by Dr. Vernon C. Lyons]</ref>

Some Baptists believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the only true word of God in the English language. This is because they believe other versions, such as the New International Version, are based on corrupted manuscripts, and some verses are reworded in a way that changes the meaning or are omitted altogether. This teaching is popular within the [[Independent Baptist]] movement.

== Baptist Denominations ==
Although Baptists organized within a denomination will have a "headquarters" facility, it generally exists solely to foster and assist [[evangelical]] work both at home and abroad; it will not dictate doctrine or policy (unlike Catholicism, Orthodox, or many mainline denominations).

=== Southern Baptist Convention ===

The most well known Baptist denomination is the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (SBC), which despite its name has congregations in every state. It is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Since its founding in 1845, the SBC has grown to over 16 million members in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. The SBC sponsors about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as another 5,000 foreign missionaries at work in 153 countries.

In 1979, the beginnings of a theologically conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention as the result of a struggle for control of the denomination between moderates and conservatives.<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/25-years-ago-conservative-resurgence-got-its-start/ 25 years ago, conservative resurgence got its start], ''Baptist Press'', 2004</ref>

In 2022, Pastor Tom Ascol, president of the Institute for Public Theology and Founders Ministries, has been nominated for the SBC presidency by a group of conservative Baptists to combat the denomination's '[[woke]] drift'.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-702305 Southern Baptists nominate Tom Ascol to combat 'woke drift'], ''Jerusalem Post'', MARCH 25, 2022</ref> Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas was elected however and he ran on a platform of strengthening ties between the SBC’s more than 47,000 churches and restoring civility among the SBC's members when discussing differences.<ref>[https://christianindex.org/stories/sbc-presidential-candidates-discuss-reasons-theyre-in-the-race,24083 SBC presidential candidates discuss reasons they're in the race], The Christian Index, 2022</ref>

=== Other Baptist bodies ===

There are numerous smaller bodies, usually with long histories, such as the Calvinistic Baptists, General Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Old Regulars, Two Seeders, [[Free Will Baptist]]s, Landmarkeans (named after landmarks of doctrine), and Seventh Day Baptists (a very small group that, like the Seventh Day Adventists, holds to Saturday worship as Biblical).<ref>Leonard (2005)</ref>

The Baptist Bible Union was started in 1923 by prominent Fundamentalists including W. B. Riley, pastor of First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, T. T. Shields, Canadian Baptist pastor, and J. Frank Norris, of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Riley said the Union was founded to give "open, determined opposition to menacing modernism" in the Northern and Southern Baptist Conventions. The union was of "inspirational character" for those who sought to purge liberalism from Baptist denominations.<ref>Leonard (1987) p. 506</ref>

[[Independent Baptist]]s (which are intentionally non-denominational) tend to be more conservative than any other of these groups (generally holding to [[Fundamentalist]] viewpoints; the label "independent Fundamentalist Baptist" is often used interchangeably). Most independent churches were created in reaction to "worldliness, modernism, apostasy and compromise" within other Baptist churches (even those which are conservative by comparison to mainline churches) and are often led by a leader with high personal popularity. They generally maintain a loose confederation of local congregations, promoting and funding independent missionaries and "church-planters, periodicals and Bible schools"<ref>Leonard (1987) p. 507</ref> (as such they rarely, if ever, work with other groups). Frequently they hold their membership to very strict standards as to attendance, personal grooming and dress, and worldly activities both inside and outside of the home.

The majority of Baptist denominations are conservative theologically. However, notable liberal Baptist denominations include [[American Baptist Churches USA]] (not to be confused with the conservative [[American Baptist Association]]), the [[Alliance of Baptists]] and the [[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship]] (the latter two being splinter groups from the SBC).

== Protestantism ==
Baptists are generally considered to be Protestants. This normally means that they are "non-Catholic" Christians. When used in this sense, it is true. However, Protestant Churches are limited to Churches which separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the [[Protestant Reformation]], starting in 1517. Some Baptists (called Landmarkeans) believe that Baptist history extends all the way back to the apostolic Church.<ref>[http://www.empirebaptistministries.org/church/articles/protestant.htm Jarrell's Baptist Perpetuity]</ref> [[Charles Haddon Spurgeon|C.H. Spurgeon]] told the story of Baptist minister, Peter of Bruys, who suffered martyrdom in 1124.<ref>[http://www.baptistbanner.net/baptist_history/baptist_history.html ''Baptists are Ancient''] by C.H. Spurgeon appeared in the August 1868 The Sword and the Trowel.</ref>[[The Waldensian Confession of Faith]] of 1120 A.D. is allegedly Baptist in tone.<ref>[http://www.pbministries.org/History/Goodwin_&_Frazier/churches_02.htm ''Baptist Churches In All Ages'' by Paul Goodwin and Bob Frazier]</ref> Few historians agree with this historical theory, and most scholars argue that the Baptists originated in England during the 17th century.

===Europe===
European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a regional arm of the Baptist World Alliance. EBF has more than 800,000 Baptist members in 51 unions or conventions from Portugal to Russia. In 2009 it sponsored "Amsterdam 400," celebrating 400 years of Baptist history in Europe.

=== Russia: Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Baptists in Russia ===

''See also:'' [[Restrictions on religious activity and/or religious persecution in Czarist, Soviet, and contemporary Russia#Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Protestants in Russia|Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Protestants in Russia]]

*[https://www.newsweek.com/religious-persecution-russia-baptist-pastor-1406134 Is Religious Persecution in Russia Escalating? Elderly Baptist Pastor Charged for 'Illegal' Missionary Work], ''Newsweek'', April 5, 2019

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veoxuiQPSAs EXCLUSIVE: When One US Baptist Missionary Dared to Share the Gospel in Putin’s Russia], [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] News, Video, 2017

According to a 2006 report of CWNews: Baptists, Pentecostals and [[Catholic]]s and are among the Russian religious groups to complain of police failure to protect them from attacks or other unwarranted intrusions during church services, or of police raids to preclude them conducting religious activity-- such as the giving out religious literature- - which they regard as legitimate.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060629083510/http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=44638 Whose side are police on? Russian Christians ask], CWNews.com, 2006</ref>

== Baptist Distinctives ==
Baptists have traditionally held to a set of beliefs that have developed into the Baptist Distinctives. The eight distinctives form the acrostic ''BAPTISTS''.

*''Biblical Authority'': The Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. The Bible is inspired by God and bears the absolute authority of God Himself. Baptists generally do not recite or hold to the famous creeds used in many denominations (though they may not necessarily disagree with their content), and although many Baptist denominations publish a doctrinal statement (the Southern Baptist Convention's [[Baptist Faith and Message]] is a notable example), the statement is not binding on individual adherents or congregations (though an individual church may require it for membership, and the SBC does require adherence to the BF&M for its missionaries and employees).
*''Autonomy of the Local Church'': The local church is an independent body accountable to the Lord Jesus Christ. The church is autonomous, or self-governing. No religious hierarchy outside the local church may dictate a church's beliefs or practices. (To the extent a Baptist church is a denominational member, it is only for the purpose of collectively performing missionary or other religious work, and with few exceptions reserves the right to cease its cooperation at any time, and/or to work with other churches, even those outside its denomination.)
*''Priesthood of the Believer'': Every believer is a priest of God and may enter into His presence in prayer directly through our Great High Priest, Jesus Christ. No other mediator is needed between God and people.
*''Two Ordinances'': The local church should practice the ordinance of baptism and the ordinance of the Lord's Supper. Foot washing is not considered an ordinance to be practiced (though notably within the Free Will Baptists it is practiced).
*''Individual Soul Liberty'': Every person has the liberty to choose what he believes is right in the religious realm. Religious persecution has always been opposed by Baptists. This does not, however, exempt exempt one from responsibility to the Word of God or from accountability to God Himself.
*''Saved, Baptized Church Membership'': Every member of a Baptist church must be saved by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and have publicly proclaimed their faith through believer's baptism. Baptism is always by immersion and is not administered to infants; it is restricted to those old enough to understand what is required for salvation. However, Baptists oppose the doctrine of [[baptismal regeneration]] as is taught in some denominations.
*''Two Offices'': Baptists believe there are two offices in the church, Pastor and Deacon. The separate office of Elder is not recognized except in very rare instances; usually it is considered another term for Pastor.
*''Separation of Church and State'': God has established both government and the church. They fulfill two separate roles in society. The Church should not control the government, and likewise the government should not control the Church. This does not mean that individual Christians are prohibited from participating and influencing government toward righteousness (as liberals attempt to define the phrase), nor does it mean that the government cannot take actions consistent with its role in protecting the lives of citizens, provided it does so non-discriminately (such as determining that a church building isn't a hazard to occupants).

== Baptist Music ==

The music often heard in Baptist churches tends to be uplifting and hopeful, rather than the meritative mood often set in more liberal churches. The lyrics also tend to focus on the afterlife (Heaven), putting one's life in God's hands, Christ's blood sacrifice on the cross, or the world after the return of [[Jesus Christ]]. Popular Baptist hymns include:
* "The Old Rugged Cross"
* "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
* "Amazing Grace"
* "This Little Light of Mine"
The most common instrumentation is piano and organ, often placed on either side of the church at the front, so that each play may see the other and the choir director at the same time. If the organ console is not facing the place where the choir director stands, then a mirror will be installed so that the organist can see. Occasionally, for special events, other instruments will be brought in. These are usually classical instruments like strings, woodwinds, or brass (especially trumpet). Electric guitars, basses, and drum sets are rare, but are more common in churches that use contemporary music. Larger churches, like First Baptist Dallas and Prestonwood Baptist Church, will regularly include a small symphony orchestra with the piano and organ, but smaller churches simply use the two [[Keyboard Instruments|keyboard instruments]] (or may only have a piano).

Many Baptists (primarily in the Independent ranks) are opposed to modern "worldly" music inside or outside of the church even if the lyrics mention God or Jesus Christ, and some Baptist colleges like [[Pensacola Christian College]] prohibit students from listening to any music other than traditional church music or classical music.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/pathway/</ref> However, many moderate and left-leaning churches do accept Christian rock and some forms of secular music.

==Controversies==
When [[Harvard University|Harvard's]] first president Henry Dunster abandoned Puritanism in favor of the Baptist faith in 1653, he provoked a controversy that highlighted two distinct approaches to dealing with dissent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The colony's Puritan leaders, whose own religion was born of dissent from mainstream Church of England, generally worked for reconciliation with members who questioned matters of Puritan theology but responded much more harshly to outright rejection of Puritanism. Dunster's conflict with the colony's magistrates began when he failed to have his infant son baptized, believing, as a newly converted Baptist, that only adults should be baptized. Efforts to restore Dunster to Puritan orthodoxy failed, and his apostasy proved untenable to colony leaders who had entrusted him, in his job as Harvard's president, to uphold the colony's religious mission. Thus, he represented a threat to the stability of society. Dunster exiled himself in 1654 and moved to nearby Plymouth Colony, where he died in 1658.<ref>Timothy L. Wood, "'I Spake the Truth in the Feare of God': the Puritan Management of Dissent During the Henry Dunster Controversy," ''Historical Journal of Massachusetts'' 2005 33(1): 1-19,</ref>

==Famous Baptists==
*[[Jerry Falwell]]
*[[Pat Robertson]] (later left the Baptists for the Pentecostal movement)
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
*[[Billy Graham]]
*[[Jimmy Carter]]
*[[Bill Clinton]]
*[[Buck Hatfield]]
*[[Fred Phelps]] (denounced by most Baptist churches due primarily to the tactics used by his "church", which over-emphasized judgment and condemnation at the expense of showing Christian love to sinners)
*[[Steven Anderson]]

==See also==
* [[Southern Baptist Convention]]
* [[First Great Awakening]]
* [[Second Great Awakening]]
* [[Third Great Awakening]]
* [[Liberty University]]
* [[Pensacola Christian College]]
* [[Infant baptism]]
* [[Ex opere operato and ex opere operantis]]
* [[Essay: Water baptism cannot save, the Church cannot save, Born again by faith alone]]

==Bibliography==
* Harrison, Paul M. ''Authority and Power in the Free Church Tradition: A Social Case Study of the American Baptist Convention'' Princeton University Press, 1959.
* Heyrman, Christine Leigh. ''Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt'' (1997).
* Isaac, Rhy. "Evangelical Revolt: The Nature of the Baptists' Challenge to the Traditional Order in Virginia, 1765 to 1775," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' 3d ser., XXXI (July 1974), 345–68. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1921628 in JSTOR]
* Johnson, Charles A. ''The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religion's Harvest Time'' (1955) [http://www.questia.com/read/3812202?title=The%20Frontier%20Camp%20Meeting%3a%20Religion's%20Harvest%20Time online edition]
* Leonard, Bill J. ''Baptist Ways: A History'' (2003), comprehensive international history
* Leonard, Bill J. ''Baptists in America.'' (2005), general survey and history by leading Southern Baptist
* Leonard, Bill J. "Independent Baptists: from Sectarian Minority to 'Moral Majority'". ''Church History''. Volume: 56. Issue: 4. 1987. pp 504+. [http://www.questia.com/read/95146834?title=Independent%20Baptists%3a%20from%20Sectarian%20Minority%20to%20%22Moral%20Majority%22 online edition]
* Rawlyk, George. ''Champions of the Truth: Fundamentalism, Modernism, and the Maritime Baptists'' (1990), on Baptists in Canada.
* Spain, Rufus. ''At Ease in Zion: Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900'' (1967)
* Spangler, Jewel L. "Becoming Baptists: Conversion in Colonial and Early National Virginia" ''Journal of Southern History.'' Volume: 67. Issue: 2. 2001. pp 243+ [http://www.questia.com/read/5002399579?title=Becoming%20Baptists%3a%20Conversion%20in%20Colonial%20and%20Early%20National%20Virginia online edition]
* Stringer, Phil. ''The Faithful Baptist Witness,'' Landmark Baptist Press, 1998.
* Torbet, Robert G. ''A History of the Baptists,'' Judson Press, 1950.
* Underwood, A. C. ''A History of the English Baptists.'' London: Kingsgate Press, 1947.
* Wills, Gregory A. ''Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785–1900,'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/55113490?title=Democratic%20Religion%3a%20Freedom%2c%20Authority%2c%20and%20Church%20Discipline%20in%20the%20Baptist%20South%2c%201785-1900 online edition]
===Race===
* Gavins; Raymond. ''The Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership: Gordon Blaine Hancock, 1884–1970'' Duke University Press, 1977.
* Harvey, Paul. ''Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities among Southern Baptists, 1865–1925'' University of North Carolina Press, 1997. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/redeeming-the-south-religious-cultures-and-racial-identities-among-southern-baptists-1865-1925-by-paul-harvey.jsp online edition]
* Pitts, Walter F. ''Old Ship of Zion: The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora'' Oxford University Press, 1996.

===Primary sources===
* McBeth, H. Leon, (ed.) ''A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage'' (1990), primary sources for Baptist history.
* McGlothlin, W. J. (ed.) ''Baptist Confessions of Faith.'' Philadelphia: The American Baptist Publication Society, 1911.
* Underhill, Edward B. (ed.). ''Confessions of Faith and Other Documents of the Baptist Churches of England in the 17th century.'' London: The Hanserd Knollys Society, 1854.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.baptisthistory.org/ Baptist History and Heritage Society]
* [http://www.abpnews.com/ Associated Baptist Press] - An Independent Baptist news agency
* [http://www.bpnews.net/ Baptist Press] - A Southern Baptist news agency

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[[File:Baptism-vladivostok333.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Baptists in Vladivostok, [[Russia]] ]]
'''Baptist''' refers to any one of several [[Christian]] groups which, for the most part, hold to theologically and socially conservative positions (though there are notable exceptions).

The largest Baptist group is the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (SBC), which despite its name has churches in all 50 states. The SBC is also highly influential in the social and political arenas of American life.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/default.asp</ref>

==History==
Baptists are descended primarily from the work of [[John Smyth]] (1554-1612) in [[England]]<ref>http://levellers.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/john-smyth-1570-1612-puritan-separatist-baptist-mennonite/</ref> He fled to [[Holland]] due to persecution of the [[Anabaptists]], of which he was part.<ref>http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/anabaptists.html</ref> Baptists arrived in the American colonies and became especially numerous in New England and Virginia. After 1800, the denomination grew rapidly but split in 1845 over the issue of slavery. Many slaves were Baptists and at the end of the Civil War they withdrew from white churches and set up their own network of Baptist churches.

==Beliefs==
The following acrostic backronym, spelling BAPTIST, represents a useful summary of Baptists' distinguishing beliefs; this acrostic was created by Dr. L. Duane Brown.<ref>http://baptistbulletin.org/?p=13598</ref>

* Biblical authority (Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
* Autonomy of the local church (Matt. 18:15–17; 1 Cor. 6:1-3)
* Priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:5-9; 1 Timothy 5)
* Two ordinances (Believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper) (Acts 2:41–47; 1 Cor. 11:23-32)
* Individual soul liberty (Romans 14:5–12)
* [[Separation of church and state]] (Matthew 22:15–22)
* Two offices of the church (Pastor-elder and deacon) (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1–2)

Many Baptists consider the [[Bible]] to be inerrant and the literal word of God. Baptists are often opposed to [[gambling]] and the use of [[tobacco]] and [[Alcoholic drink|alcoholic beverages]]<ref>http://www.abpnews.com/2885.article</ref>, the latter to the point that the "wine" in [[The Lord's Supper]] will be grape juice. This is because ''wine'' in the Bible refers to grape juice which may or may not be fermented.

With baptism, the individual acquires authority to determine matters of religion and [[faith]] for himself, or as part of a local congregation of believers. Although each Baptist is free to define his own beliefs, most denominations will have a "statement of faith" which generally agrees on major doctrines (e.g. the Virgin Birth) while allowing for differing views in other areas (e.g. how End Times prophecy will take place). The [[Baptist Faith and Message]] of the Southern Baptist Convention is an example of such a statement; it was most recently revised in 2000.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm/</ref>

Baptists differ from many Christian denominations doctrinally. The most obvious difference is that Baptists reject [[infant baptism]], and instead practice "Believer's Baptism", the belief that only born-again believers, old enough to understand what it means to become a Christian, are eligible baptism candidates. In practice, children are baptized at the age of 5 to 10.<ref>see Strategic Information and Planning Section, ''2001 Annual Church Profile Statistics:
Number of Baptisms by Age Divisions'' (Nashville: LifeWay Christian Resources, April 22, 2002).</ref> This belief in "adult" baptism is also held by some other prominent Protestant churches (such as the Churches of Christ and Pentecostal denominations), although the baptism of infants is customary in such Protestant bodies as the Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Lutheran churches.

Another distinguishing characteristic is to be found in the area of church government. Baptists believe that Christ and only Christ is the Head of the Church (Ephesians 5:23); there is no "Pope" or ruling board that has authority over any individual Baptist church.<ref>Although the various Baptist denominations, such as the SBC, may decide that it will or will not accept an individual church into its group, it has no authority to replace that church's leadership nor to force it to close down.</ref> Each local church is autonomous and accountable only to Christ, who is its Head. Finally, Baptists have always stood by the belief that the church should not be state controlled.<ref>[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer's%20Corner/why_baptists_are_not_protestants.htm Why Baptists are not Protestants by Dr. Vernon C. Lyons]</ref>

Some Baptists believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the only true word of God in the English language. This is because they believe other versions, such as the New International Version, are based on corrupted manuscripts, and some verses are reworded in a way that changes the meaning or are omitted altogether. This teaching is generally limited to the [[Independent Baptist]] movement.

== Baptist Denominations ==
Although Baptists organized within a denomination will have a "headquarters" facility, it generally exists solely to foster and assist [[evangelical]] work both at home and abroad; it will not dictate doctrine or policy (unlike Catholicism, Orthodox, or many mainline denominations).

=== Southern Baptist Convention ===

The most well known Baptist denomination is the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (SBC), which despite its name has congregations in every state. It is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Since its founding in 1845, the SBC has grown to over 16 million members in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. The SBC sponsors about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as another 5,000 foreign missionaries at work in 153 countries.

In 1979, the beginnings of a theologically conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention as the result of a struggle for control of the denomination between moderates and conservatives.<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/25-years-ago-conservative-resurgence-got-its-start/ 25 years ago, conservative resurgence got its start], ''Baptist Press'', 2004</ref>

In 2022, Pastor Tom Ascol, president of the Institute for Public Theology and Founders Ministries, has been nominated for the SBC presidency by a group of conservative Baptists to combat the denomination's '[[woke]] drift'.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-702305 Southern Baptists nominate Tom Ascol to combat 'woke drift'], ''Jerusalem Post'', MARCH 25, 2022</ref> Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas was elected however and he ran on a platform of strengthening ties between the SBC’s more than 47,000 churches and restoring civility among the SBC's members when discussing differences.<ref>[https://christianindex.org/stories/sbc-presidential-candidates-discuss-reasons-theyre-in-the-race,24083 SBC presidential candidates discuss reasons they're in the race], The Christian Index, 2022</ref>

=== Other Baptist bodies ===

There are numerous smaller bodies, usually with long histories, such as the Calvinistic Baptists, General Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Old Regulars, Two Seeders, [[Free Will Baptist]]s, Landmarkeans (named after landmarks of doctrine), and Seventh Day Baptists (a very small group that, like the Seventh Day Adventists, holds to Saturday worship as Biblical).<ref>Leonard (2005)</ref>

The Baptist Bible Union was started in 1923 by prominent Fundamentalists including W. B. Riley, pastor of First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, T. T. Shields, Canadian Baptist pastor, and J. Frank Norris, of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Riley said the Union was founded to give "open, determined opposition to menacing modernism" in the Northern and Southern Baptist Conventions. The union was of "inspirational character" for those who sought to purge liberalism from Baptist denominations.<ref>Leonard (1987) p. 506</ref>

[[Independent Baptist]]s (which are intentionally non-denominational) tend to be more conservative than any other of these groups (generally holding to [[Fundamentalist]] viewpoints; the label "independent Fundamentalist Baptist" is often used interchangeably). Most independent churches were created in reaction to "worldliness, modernism, apostasy and compromise" within other Baptist churches (even those which are conservative by comparison to mainline churches) and are often led by a leader with high personal popularity. They generally maintain a loose confederation of local congregations, promoting and funding independent missionaries and "church-planters, periodicals and Bible schools"<ref>Leonard (1987) p. 507</ref> (as such they rarely, if ever, work with other groups). Frequently they hold their membership to very strict standards as to attendance, personal grooming and dress, and worldly activities both inside and outside of the home.

The majority of Baptist denominations are conservative theologically. However, notable liberal Baptist denominations include [[American Baptist Churches USA]] (not to be confused with the conservative [[American Baptist Association]]), the [[Alliance of Baptists]] and the [[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship]] (the latter two being splinter groups from the SBC).

== Protestantism ==
Baptists are generally considered to be Protestants. This normally means that they are "non-Catholic" Christians. When used in this sense, it is true. However, Protestant Churches are limited to Churches which separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the [[Protestant Reformation]], starting in 1517. Some Baptists (called Landmarkeans) believe that Baptist history extends all the way back to the apostolic Church.<ref>[http://www.empirebaptistministries.org/church/articles/protestant.htm Jarrell's Baptist Perpetuity]</ref> [[Charles Haddon Spurgeon|C.H. Spurgeon]] told the story of Baptist minister, Peter of Bruys, who suffered martyrdom in 1124.<ref>[http://www.baptistbanner.net/baptist_history/baptist_history.html ''Baptists are Ancient''] by C.H. Spurgeon appeared in the August 1868 The Sword and the Trowel.</ref>[[The Waldensian Confession of Faith]] of 1120 A.D. is allegedly Baptist in tone.<ref>[http://www.pbministries.org/History/Goodwin_&_Frazier/churches_02.htm ''Baptist Churches In All Ages'' by Paul Goodwin and Bob Frazier]</ref> Few historians agree with this historical theory, and most scholars argue that the Baptists originated in England during the 17th century.

===Europe===
European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a regional arm of the Baptist World Alliance. EBF has more than 800,000 Baptist members in 51 unions or conventions from Portugal to Russia. In 2009 it sponsored "Amsterdam 400," celebrating 400 years of Baptist history in Europe.

=== Russia: Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Baptists in Russia ===

''See also:'' [[Restrictions on religious activity and/or religious persecution in Czarist, Soviet, and contemporary Russia#Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Protestants in Russia|Reports of present-day restrictions on religious activity and/or persecution of Protestants in Russia]]

*[https://www.newsweek.com/religious-persecution-russia-baptist-pastor-1406134 Is Religious Persecution in Russia Escalating? Elderly Baptist Pastor Charged for 'Illegal' Missionary Work], ''Newsweek'', April 5, 2019

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veoxuiQPSAs EXCLUSIVE: When One US Baptist Missionary Dared to Share the Gospel in Putin’s Russia], [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] News, Video, 2017

According to a 2006 report of CWNews: Baptists, Pentecostals and [[Catholic]]s and are among the Russian religious groups to complain of police failure to protect them from attacks or other unwarranted intrusions during church services, or of police raids to preclude them conducting religious activity-- such as the giving out religious literature- - which they regard as legitimate.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060629083510/http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=44638 Whose side are police on? Russian Christians ask], CWNews.com, 2006</ref>

== Baptist Distinctives ==
Baptists have traditionally held to a set of beliefs that have developed into the Baptist Distinctives. The eight distinctives form the acrostic ''BAPTISTS''.

*''Biblical Authority'': The Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. The Bible is inspired by God and bears the absolute authority of God Himself. Baptists generally do not recite or hold to the famous creeds used in many denominations (though they may not necessarily disagree with their content), and although many Baptist denominations publish a doctrinal statement (the Southern Baptist Convention's [[Baptist Faith and Message]] is a notable example), the statement is not binding on individual adherents or congregations (though an individual church may require it for membership, and the SBC does require adherence to the BF&M for its missionaries and employees).
*''Autonomy of the Local Church'': The local church is an independent body accountable to the Lord Jesus Christ. The church is autonomous, or self-governing. No religious hierarchy outside the local church may dictate a church's beliefs or practices. (To the extent a Baptist church is a denominational member, it is only for the purpose of collectively performing missionary or other religious work, and with few exceptions reserves the right to cease its cooperation at any time, and/or to work with other churches, even those outside its denomination.)
*''Priesthood of the Believer'': Every believer is a priest of God and may enter into His presence in prayer directly through our Great High Priest, Jesus Christ. No other mediator is needed between God and people.
*''Two Ordinances'': The local church should practice the ordinance of baptism and the ordinance of the Lord's Supper. Foot washing is not considered an ordinance to be practiced (though notably within the Free Will Baptists it is practiced).
*''Individual Soul Liberty'': Every person has the liberty to choose what he believes is right in the religious realm. Religious persecution has always been opposed by Baptists. This does not, however, exempt exempt one from responsibility to the Word of God or from accountability to God Himself.
*''Saved, Baptized Church Membership'': Every member of a Baptist church must be saved by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and have publicly proclaimed their faith through believer's baptism. Baptism is always by immersion and is not administered to infants; it is restricted to those old enough to understand what is required for salvation. However, Baptists oppose the doctrine of [[baptismal regeneration]] as is taught in some denominations.
*''Two Offices'': Baptists believe there are two offices in the church, Pastor and Deacon. The separate office of Elder is not recognized except in very rare instances; usually it is considered another term for Pastor.
*''Separation of Church and State'': God has established both government and the church. They fulfill two separate roles in society. The Church should not control the government, and likewise the government should not control the Church. This does not mean that individual Christians are prohibited from participating and influencing government toward righteousness (as liberals attempt to define the phrase), nor does it mean that the government cannot take actions consistent with its role in protecting the lives of citizens, provided it does so non-discriminately (such as determining that a church building isn't a hazard to occupants).

== Baptist Music ==

The music often heard in Baptist churches tends to be uplifting and hopeful, rather than the meritative mood often set in more liberal churches. The lyrics also tend to focus on the afterlife (Heaven), putting one's life in God's hands, Christ's blood sacrifice on the cross, or the world after the return of [[Jesus Christ]]. Popular Baptist hymns include:
* "The Old Rugged Cross"
* "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
* "Amazing Grace"
* "This Little Light of Mine"
The most common instrumentation is piano and organ, often placed on either side of the church at the front, so that each play may see the other and the choir director at the same time. If the organ console is not facing the place where the choir director stands, then a mirror will be installed so that the organist can see. Occasionally, for special events, other instruments will be brought in. These are usually classical instruments like strings, woodwinds, or brass (especially trumpet). Electric guitars, basses, and drum sets are rare, but are more common in churches that use contemporary music. Larger churches, like First Baptist Dallas and Prestonwood Baptist Church, will regularly include a small symphony orchestra with the piano and organ, but smaller churches simply use the two [[Keyboard Instruments|keyboard instruments]] (or may only have a piano).

Many Baptists (primarily in the Independent ranks) are opposed to modern "worldly" music inside or outside of the church even if the lyrics mention God or Jesus Christ, and some Baptist colleges like [[Pensacola Christian College]] prohibit students from listening to any music other than traditional church music or classical music.<ref>http://www.pcci.edu/pathway/</ref> However, many moderate and left-leaning churches do accept Christian rock and some forms of secular music.

==Controversies==
When [[Harvard University|Harvard's]] first president Henry Dunster abandoned Puritanism in favor of the Baptist faith in 1653, he provoked a controversy that highlighted two distinct approaches to dealing with dissent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The colony's Puritan leaders, whose own religion was born of dissent from mainstream Church of England, generally worked for reconciliation with members who questioned matters of Puritan theology but responded much more harshly to outright rejection of Puritanism. Dunster's conflict with the colony's magistrates began when he failed to have his infant son baptized, believing, as a newly converted Baptist, that only adults should be baptized. Efforts to restore Dunster to Puritan orthodoxy failed, and his apostasy proved untenable to colony leaders who had entrusted him, in his job as Harvard's president, to uphold the colony's religious mission. Thus, he represented a threat to the stability of society. Dunster exiled himself in 1654 and moved to nearby Plymouth Colony, where he died in 1658.<ref>Timothy L. Wood, "'I Spake the Truth in the Feare of God': the Puritan Management of Dissent During the Henry Dunster Controversy," ''Historical Journal of Massachusetts'' 2005 33(1): 1-19,</ref>

==Famous Baptists==
*[[Jerry Falwell]]
*[[Pat Robertson]] (later left the Baptists for the Pentecostal movement)
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
*[[Billy Graham]]
*[[Jimmy Carter]]
*[[Bill Clinton]]
*[[Buck Hatfield]]
*[[Fred Phelps]] (denounced by most Baptist churches due primarily to the tactics used by his "church", which over-emphasized judgment and condemnation at the expense of showing Christian love to sinners)
*[[Steven Anderson]]

==See also==
* [[Southern Baptist Convention]]
* [[First Great Awakening]]
* [[Second Great Awakening]]
* [[Third Great Awakening]]
* [[Liberty University]]
* [[Pensacola Christian College]]
* [[Infant baptism]]
* [[Ex opere operato and ex opere operantis]]
* [[Essay: Water baptism cannot save, the Church cannot save, Born again by faith alone]]

==Bibliography==
* Harrison, Paul M. ''Authority and Power in the Free Church Tradition: A Social Case Study of the American Baptist Convention'' Princeton University Press, 1959.
* Heyrman, Christine Leigh. ''Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt'' (1997).
* Isaac, Rhy. "Evangelical Revolt: The Nature of the Baptists' Challenge to the Traditional Order in Virginia, 1765 to 1775," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' 3d ser., XXXI (July 1974), 345–68. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1921628 in JSTOR]
* Johnson, Charles A. ''The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religion's Harvest Time'' (1955) [http://www.questia.com/read/3812202?title=The%20Frontier%20Camp%20Meeting%3a%20Religion's%20Harvest%20Time online edition]
* Leonard, Bill J. ''Baptist Ways: A History'' (2003), comprehensive international history
* Leonard, Bill J. ''Baptists in America.'' (2005), general survey and history by leading Southern Baptist
* Leonard, Bill J. "Independent Baptists: from Sectarian Minority to 'Moral Majority'". ''Church History''. Volume: 56. Issue: 4. 1987. pp 504+. [http://www.questia.com/read/95146834?title=Independent%20Baptists%3a%20from%20Sectarian%20Minority%20to%20%22Moral%20Majority%22 online edition]
* Rawlyk, George. ''Champions of the Truth: Fundamentalism, Modernism, and the Maritime Baptists'' (1990), on Baptists in Canada.
* Spain, Rufus. ''At Ease in Zion: Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900'' (1967)
* Spangler, Jewel L. "Becoming Baptists: Conversion in Colonial and Early National Virginia" ''Journal of Southern History.'' Volume: 67. Issue: 2. 2001. pp 243+ [http://www.questia.com/read/5002399579?title=Becoming%20Baptists%3a%20Conversion%20in%20Colonial%20and%20Early%20National%20Virginia online edition]
* Stringer, Phil. ''The Faithful Baptist Witness,'' Landmark Baptist Press, 1998.
* Torbet, Robert G. ''A History of the Baptists,'' Judson Press, 1950.
* Underwood, A. C. ''A History of the English Baptists.'' London: Kingsgate Press, 1947.
* Wills, Gregory A. ''Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785–1900,'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/55113490?title=Democratic%20Religion%3a%20Freedom%2c%20Authority%2c%20and%20Church%20Discipline%20in%20the%20Baptist%20South%2c%201785-1900 online edition]
===Race===
* Gavins; Raymond. ''The Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership: Gordon Blaine Hancock, 1884–1970'' Duke University Press, 1977.
* Harvey, Paul. ''Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities among Southern Baptists, 1865–1925'' University of North Carolina Press, 1997. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/redeeming-the-south-religious-cultures-and-racial-identities-among-southern-baptists-1865-1925-by-paul-harvey.jsp online edition]
* Pitts, Walter F. ''Old Ship of Zion: The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora'' Oxford University Press, 1996.

===Primary sources===
* McBeth, H. Leon, (ed.) ''A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage'' (1990), primary sources for Baptist history.
* McGlothlin, W. J. (ed.) ''Baptist Confessions of Faith.'' Philadelphia: The American Baptist Publication Society, 1911.
* Underhill, Edward B. (ed.). ''Confessions of Faith and Other Documents of the Baptist Churches of England in the 17th century.'' London: The Hanserd Knollys Society, 1854.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.baptisthistory.org/ Baptist History and Heritage Society]
* [http://www.abpnews.com/ Associated Baptist Press] - An Independent Baptist news agency
* [http://www.bpnews.net/ Baptist Press] - A Southern Baptist news agency

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Kevin McCarthy

2023-10-04T09:23:22Z

DMorris: Goodbye compromiser

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'''Kevin Owen McCarthy''' (born January 26, 1965) was the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], as elected by the [[House]] on January 7, 2023.<ref>https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0107/1345337-kevin-mccarthy/</ref> It came after negotiations, including a concession that anyone can call for a vote to oust the Speaker and the creation of an investigative committee to probe the weaponization by [[liberal]]s of the federal government.

McCarthy is also the [[United States Representative]] for [[California]]'s 23rd congressional district. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was from 2014 to 2019 the House Majority Leader, elected by his colleagues to succeed [[Eric Cantor]] of [[Virginia]], who resigned from the House after his primary defeat by [[conservative]] [[Dave Brat]]. From 2007 to 2013, McCarthy represented the 22nd district of California. Prior to that time, he served in the [[California State Assembly]].

On November 15, 2022, McCarthy was re-elected the [[House Majority Leader]] for the remainder of the 117th session of [[Congress]] ending in January 2023. His election as Speaker of the House was contentious and required precedent-setting commitments to a [[conservative]] voting bloc.<ref>https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bacon-would-work-with-dems-to-elect-moderate-house-speaker-if-gops-mccarthy-falls-short/article_ecfa7c66-6491-11ed-9123-5393236e49c4.html</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11430623/Gaetz-members-waterboarded-Liz-Cheney-vote-McCarthy-speaker.html</ref> While many hoped that, as Speaker, he will reverse the [[Leftist]] [[tyranny]] imposed under [[Democrat]] [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s reign of terror against patriotic Americans (for example, the illegal [[Pelosi Panel]] witchhunt) and despite being endorsed by [[Donald J. Trump|President Trump]] himself,<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-endorse-kevin-mccarthy/2022/11/08/id/1095483/</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3512413-trump-endorses-mccarthy-as-strong-and-fearless-house-gop-leader/</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/us/politics/trump-mccarthy-mcconnell-speaker.html</ref> McCarthy has in the past promoted the interests of the [[Deep State]]. He was ousted from the role of House Majority Leader on October 3, 2023 in response to action initiated by conservative [[Matt Gaetz]].

==U.S. House of Representatives==
In July 2020, McCarthy joined 71 House Republicans and all Democrats in voting to remove Civil War-era statues.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/23/the-list-72-republicans-vote-with-democrats-to-remove-civil-war-era-memorabilia-from-u-s-capitol/ The List: 72 Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol]</ref>

After Rep. [[Louie Gohmert]] tested positive for the coronavirus, McCarthy accidentally referred to the former as “Congressman COVID.”<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/07/29/watch-house-minority-leader-mccarthy-accidentally-calls-rep-gohmert-congressman-covid/ Watch: House Minority Leader McCarthy Accidentally Calls Rep. Gohmert ‘Congressman COVID’]
*[https://www.newsweek.com/republican-leader-kevin-mccarthy-accidentally-calls-louie-gohmert-congressman-covid-1521640 Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy Accidentally Calls Louie Gohmert 'Congressman COVID']</ref>

===118th Congress===
{{See also|118th United States Congress}}

===Opposition to Steve King===
After the strongly [[conservative]], anti-[[establishment]] representative [[Steve King]] made a blunt comment that was exaggerated by the media to promote the narrative of him being a “racist”, McCarthy and other House [[Republicans]] quickly stripped King of his committee assignments.<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425328-gop-leaders-strip-steve-king-of-committee-assignments GOP leaders strip Steve King of committee assignments]</ref> In mid-May 2020, McCarthy stubbornly continued to vow that King “cannot be exonerated” over the mere comment that was made.<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/15/kevin-mccarthy-refutes-steve-kings-white-supremaci/ McCarthy nixes Steve King talk of return after 'white supremacist' comments: 'Cannot be exonerated']
*[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/498016-gop-leader-says-he-never-told-steve-king-hed-back-reinstating-him-on-panels GOP leader says he never told Steve King he'd back reinstating him on panels]</ref>
===Ousted===
On Oct 3, 2023, Mccarthy was ousted as Speaker,<ref>Melissa Quinn, [https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/kevin-mccarthy-removed-house-speaker-what-happens-next/ Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as speaker of the House], ''CBS'', Oct 3, 2023.</ref> in a narrow (216-210)<ref name=foxnews-3oct23/> historic vote, after<ref>Siobhan Hughes, Katy Stech Ferek and
Kristina Peterson, [https://www.wsj.com/politics/house-democrats-could-decide-kevin-mccarthys-fate-74de00ad Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker in Historic Vote], ''WSJ'', Oct 3, 2023</ref> Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]]'s led step with 7 other Republicans for his removal, then via the help of the Democratic Party (- in order to defeat GOP).

Following his removal, Mccarthy said, he won't run again for House Speaker.<ref name=foxnews-3oct23>Elizabeth Elkind, Brandon Gillespie, [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kevin-mccarthy-not-running-house-speaker-following-removal 'Shell shocked' Kevin McCarthy will not run for House speaker again following removal], ''Fox News'', October 3, 2023</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.mccarthyforcongress.com/ Official Website]
*[https://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/ House Website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_McCarthy_(California) Kevin McCarthy (California) - Ballotpedia]

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