At Our Discretion

When the Law comes for me… I have no choice but to comply. There are no negotiations on the terms of my surrender. There is no ‘privilege’ that I could invoke that would deter an Officer of the Law. They simply ASSERT their authority, and I go where they tell me… advising me that I have the right to remain SILENT.

**I have no choice but to comply.**

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/politics/jan-6-trump-criminal-referral.html

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It’s not that I don’t have OPTIONS… I just don’t have the MONEY required to exercise those options. I don’t have the funds necessary to secure legal counsel on retainer. I don’t have the legal connections or established rapport that would lead the Department to exercise prosecutorial discretion on my behalf.

They’d just do it, like they did with Paul Manafort or Roger Stone… just before DAWN.

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text/index.html

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When laws are broken, someone goes to jail. When laws are broken, and no one goes to jail… that is a degradation of the fundamental ideals of our society.

That is a Constitutional Crisis.

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https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/04/amir-locke-no-knock-warrants-minneapolis-jacob-frey-mark-hanneman-ellison/

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This wrong, if allowed to go un-righted, will lead to the destruction of us ALL. Legal Precedent, paired with the discretion entrusted to individual Officers and a system that believes the Officer’s WORD above all else. Until we decide to do something about it…

**They retain the right to do this to us all.**

A system that favors those with MONEY over those WITHOUT. How much time and effort would be necessary, to transform that system into one that’s EMPOWERED by those with money… to go after those without.

One might say… that time has already arrived.

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“Amazon, here we come.” —President Joe Biden

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Bluster and bravado haven’t worked when it comes to swaying the opinions of billionaires, hell-bent on total domination… my guess is, it won’t work out well for us in the future.

Amazon isn’t the culprit. They have legal teams that work every day to ensure they are following the LAW. The law… as written, by our Elected Officials.

What good does it do us to attack companies who are following the law, when we can just change the law and ensure stricter enforcement of laws that already exist.

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https://www.npr.org/2016/03/16/470664561/mcconnell-blocking-supreme-court-nomination-about-a-principle-not-a-person

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/18/mcconnell-vows-senate-will-hold-vote-on-ginsburgs-replacement-418021

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https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmation-127977a3-a4ed-44a6-9485-80169ead4c45.html

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Every part of our Legislative Branch is now BROKEN. Every aspect of it needs to be examined, and it’s been that way for YEARS. ‘But that’s just the way it is in DC…’ so why would anyone want it to CHANGE?

Why would anyone even want to TRY? Considering the depth of the problem and the SIZE of the reforms required. Attempting something so massive could endanger the Constitution itself if we were to even try…

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It seems to me, we’ve already reached that point if we do not ACT.

We must convince the naysayers. ‘We, The People…’ comes FIRST.

Without them, there is no ‘… United’.

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It is now abundantly clear… the perception of what we have, and what it is we actually do have are two totally different things. We may be divided in PRACTICE, but we are not divided in PRINCIPLE. We do not stand divided.

The People of the United States of America are being divided… and it’s being done intentionally so.

Instead of focusing on the root of our problems, we’re laying blame at the feet of the other POLITICAL PARTY. Pointing fingers instead of finding common ground. We need to stop listening to talking heads and start SPEAKING OUT for ourselves.

Every one of us wants to “Stop Abortion”… but criminalizing a Medical Procedure will not stop abortions from happening.

My father once told me, ‘If you outlaw GUNS, only OUTLAWS will own GUNS.’

If we outlaw abortion, only “outlaws” will have access to abortion services… those with the financial means to do so. Those who can travel. Those who can afford to take time off from work… those who can have the nanny take care of the kids for the weekend.

LIVES are at stake. The lives of children AND the lives of the women who are forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy.

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This subject demands CLARITY.

We must ask ourselves, what is it we are trying to accomplish? Are we trying to SAVE LIVES… or are we simply trying to deny the fundamental Human Rights of HALF of our society?

Because we already know how to save the lives of the unborn.

We ensure women have access to everything necessary to ensure a healthy and successful pregnancy. And until that day comes, when a woman CHOOSES to become a mother… they are a Human Being seeking Medical Care.

There should be no government-sponsored “Death Panels” involved in making our healthcare decisions… period.

If we let them dictate to us when it is we are ALLOWED to have a child,

We give them the legal precedent to tell us when it is we CANNOT.

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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/one-child-policy.asp

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There are NO LAWS restricting any aspect of my reproductive rights.
It should be the SAME for every American Citizen.
EQUALLY.

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“The sacred defense of the Reproductive Liberty of ALL People being Our Common Duty, the Right of a Woman to Choose shall be protected.”

https://jackcharbonneau.com/2018/03/29/a-call-to-amend-the-constitution/

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We need a CLEAN BREAK. We need a FRESH START. We need to find a way forward without ignoring the harm that has been done. We can go on about punishing everyone who has lived their lives adhering to false premises… being taught falsehoods as TRUTH, when in reality they were really LIES…

Or, we can forge a new understanding… reestablish what it is our Constitution actually means. ‘THIS is what we once believed… as a society, as a PEOPLE. But now those beliefs are NO MORE.’

We choose to CLARIFY what it is we stand FOR…

“… with Liberty and Justice for ALL.”

Is that what we STILL believe?

Then let us ensure that there is NO DOUBT.

-JC

… for what it’s worth.

https://twitter.com/january6thcmte/status/1509950786301739008?s=21&t=MDEs_xwraXSO9VzJYKaQQQ

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What led to the death of President John F. Kennedy.
Why did the Twin Towers fall.
What brought down the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.
Why did Madison Cawthorn say what he just said.

What motivated a young man, to seek out some random Pizza Joint in the suburbs of Washington, DC…

What was the actual reason for our War in Iraq.

What motivated the people who stormed our Capitol on January 6.
What motivated Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to set into motion, the events that played out that Tuesday morning in September…

… does anybody even care anymore.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/enthusiasm-gap-dems-00021774

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What motivates someone to choose violence over the Rule of Law.
What entitles someone to the perceived power to claim dominion over another… what enables them to do so.

What sanctifies unjust actions.
What enshrines deceitful tactics.
What undermines the Righteousness of the Testimony of TRUTH.
What turns the prophetic into foolishness…

… what metrics should we use to differentiate between the two.

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Why arrest the mother who steals bread to feed her children.
Why ignore the billionaire who cheats on his taxes.

Why move Heaven and Earth to welcome refugees fleeing war in Ukraine… while we spend an arm and a leg shipping Haitian refugees back to the home from which they’ve escaped.

Why do we work so hard keeping other people out, when we should be focusing all that time and effort verifying every single person we choose to let in.

In this Hour of Judgement… how can we afford to turn anyone away.

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What happens when the FOOD doesn’t grow.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1993

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–2013_North_American_drought

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00789-x

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/war-ukraine-hurt-poor-nations-importing-grain-83387197

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What happens when the FUTURE … suddenly becomes our PAST.

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What happens when we realize, we can take hold the Reigns of TIME and command it all to STOP. What happens when we realize… we are the embodiment of both space and time.

What happens when we finally see, we are all born of the SAME… and to which, we shall ALL one day return…

What happens when the Will of the MAJORITY reigns Supreme.

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What happens when we remember, that OUR struggle is THEIR struggle; and that what happens to ONE will eventually happen to us ALL… no matter how trivial or truly significant…

What happens when the FOOD doesn’t grow.

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https://www.science.org/content/article/vanished-people-may-live-us-southwest

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

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What happens when the first domino is allowed to fall unchecked…

Did you hear about some crazy shit that went down at the Oscars.

-JC

They Knew and They Didn’t Tell You

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30/manchin-proposed-15t-topline-number-to-schumer-this-summer-514803

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A sincere intention to be OPEN and HONEST, regardless of the outcome… for what purpose? For who’s benefit? At the detriment of whom? What are the ends that will justify the collaboration… why even collaborate at all.

Must we re-invent the wheel every time we go for a DRIVE? Must we study the manuscripts of Da Vinci every time we FLY out to the coast?

Why must the exact same unnecessary Congressional DRAMA, play out every September over the subject of our National Debt Ceiling? It scares the hell out of the markets. It scares the hell out of our International Partners, and it scares the hell out of the American Middle Class… because WE are the ones who stand to lose it ALL if the bottom drops out.

I’m not going to patronize you by saying ‘This isn’t how our Congress WORKS’… because it is. DIRTY, through and thru. They’ve shown themselves. Clearly. This is the extent they will go to for their constituency…

THE DONORS.

That’s why Senator Manchin said debate on the $3.5 trillion spending package shouldn’t start until OCTOBER… because that’s the end of the QUARTER.

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Have to file those FUNDRAISING NUMBERS with the FEC. Keep it on the level…

Don’t want to piss-off the MONEY.

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What do you think those kayakers were saying?

‘Hey, Senator… thank you for funding Social Security 20 YEARS from now!’
‘Hey, Senator… thank you for preventing a hypothetical inflationary disaster!’

‘Hey, Senator… thank you for standing OPPOSED to the agenda the PEOPLE of the Great State of West Virginia overwhelmingly SUPPORT!’

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https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/poll-shows-wv-voters-support-using-tax-hikes-on-rich-corporations-to-help-pay-for/article_0df66787-202a-5b5e-8eb9-f20e0cd622da.html

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I mean… who could be angry when you’re on a BOAT.
Especially when you can WRITE IT OFF as a business expense.

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https://www.discoverboating.com/buying/boat-taxes

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What is carried out in the shadows? Drug deals go down in the shadows. Murders happen veiled in shadows. Assaults and bribery. Money laundering and racketeering…

Not Justice. Not Legislating.

No institution charged with upholding Justice should be doing so through any method associated with SHADOWS. No Legislative Body in a Constitutional Democracy, should support double-dealing in the SHADOWS… especially when it’s being done to their OWN TEAM.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/25/gop-spending-biden-infrastructure/

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I’m not sure what’s worse… the TRUTH or the SPIN. Watching the Progressive Caucus on all the news shows, talking about how they’ve made progress because conversations have now finally started.

They were never going to BUDGE. Leadership knew it.
Yet they let it all play out… for what.

They engaged in BAD FAITH for the benefit of THEIR party… THEIR agenda. It’s one thing to engage in BAD FAITH for the benefit of the VOTERS… but this series of unfortunate events is NOT what we want.

How would Mitch McConnell have handled this? Imagine if Mitch McConnell were the Champion of Women’s Rights or the Leader fighting to secure our Democracy…

This would have all been wrapped up in NINE MONTHS.

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As a TEAM, they created a PLAN. Bickered and negotiated from $6 trillion all the way DOWN to $3.5 trillion… ALONE. With no support from Republicans. It was CAMPAIGNED ON! We know what’s in the bill. We voted to SUPPORT this agenda in 2020.

It’s necessary. It’s fiscally sound, as it will strengthen infrastructure… and IT’S PAID FOR. But it’s not about the BILL. It’s not about the SPENDING.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/sinema-fund-raiser-social-climate-bill.html

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They campaigned on it and the VOTERS supported it. Therefore, it would be detrimental to their POLITICAL FUTURE to stand OPPOSED to what the VOTERS want. There is no logical rationale for their position. Unless…

Are they planning to retire from politics? Are they planning to CHANGE PARTIES next election cycle? How do they expect to get RE-ELECTED if they stand OPPOSED to the Will of their constituents?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/sinema-fund-raiser-social-climate-bill.html

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Oh, right. They are working for their constituents…
The people who got them elected.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/09/30/sen-kyrsten-sinema-budget-bill-concerns-white-house-schumer/5931577001/

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We have now struggled through a pandemic and a financial crisis… and if you’re OLD like me… you’ve probably seen this all before. All the SAME players in Washington. All the SAME ideas. All the same bullshit.

The pendulum swings and the politicians LIE. They dance for the DOLLAR, repealing protections enacted during the previous Congress, because the DONORS believe the PEOPLE have forgotten and opinions have moved on.

The People have not forgotten… nor will we. In fact, our resolve only GROWS. Our Intestinal Fortitude has strengthened. For a YEAR we sat isolated, together. Alone with nothing but TIME… and we WATCHED.

Their priorities… not OURS.

Bailouts. Corporate handouts. The Military. The Airline Industry. The Auto Industry. Insurance Companies. Healthcare Companies. Big Pharma. The Agriculture Industry. Meat Processing Plants… ‘No worries! The government is ON IT! Here, TAKE MY MONEY!‘

But…

When it comes to Grandma and Grandpa or American families with CHILDREN… well, ‘We’ll need to see some PROOF that you are actually DESERVING of the pittance we might give you…‘

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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/01/medicare-benefits-hill-democrats-514946

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They’re attempting to reframe the entire debate. It’s those “radicals”. The “activists”. The extremists in the party that want to make life better for ALL Americans…

The MAJORITY of the Democratic Party.

A handful of Party Elites have highjacked the process. Aided and abetted by the LEADERSHIP. They knew in JUNE and said NOTHING.

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8FC6D4CB-A952-4311-9462-D1C2E39B0FB0 — … be sure to lean in and be all creepy-like when she asks you that question, sir…

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Of course Joe Biden is smiling. Everything is working out exactly as he planned. Instead of fully funding these projects, we’ll spend just enough MONEY to make the DONORS happy, while everyone ELSE gets SCREWED…

… but that sounds about RIGHT now, doesn’t it.

#EndTheHastertRule

-JC

Official Campaign Financial Disclosure (UPDATED 02/2020, YEAR END STATEMENT)

For the last two years, I’ve been working under the assumption that ALL of my FEC quarterly filings were being made publicly available. Even though the FEC Candidate’s Handbook states campaigns that have raised less than $5000 are not required to file, I fully intend to raise totals exceeding that amount.

As Treasurer of the political campaign Jack Charbonneau 2020: Political Revolution, I have followed the requirements laid out in the FEC Handbook and have retained a copy of all paperwork, as well as proof of delivery to Washington, DC, via UPS.

All filings have been ON TIME, even the filing that was DELAYED due to the Government Shutdown.

I became aware that my paperwork wasn’t available online because I made an ERROR last quarter. I sent the paperwork off to DC without making a copy first. I assumed I could pull a copy of the pdf from the FEC website and just file that, but the only thing they’ve posted is my campaign’s founding declaration.

Unfortunately, THIS is all I have for last quarter:

In addition to filing it with the FEC, I will release a copy of my campaign’s 4th Quarter/Year End report on my website when it’s complete. That should be within the next couple of weeks. There’s no big changes, no surprises, but the quarter doesn’t officially end until January 1st. Campaign contributions could start rolling in any minute…

… and I am still hopeful!

FEC Paperwork for the Political Campaign

Jack Charbonneau 2020: Political Revolution

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2018

2nd Quarter, filed July 2018:

3rd Quarter, filed October 2018:

4th Quarter/Year End, filed January 2019:

2019

1st Quarter, filed April 2019:

2nd Quarter, filed July 2019:

3rd Quarter, filed October 2019:

4th Quarter/Year End, Filed January 2020:

If anyone has any questions or would like more information, feel free to reach out using the ‘Contact’ option at the top of this page. I am always happy to clarify.

Catch and Kill

“… arm yourselves with KNOWLEDGE.”

We are all getting an education in this new era of enlightenment! Non-disclosures, hush-money payments… Sexual abuse covered up by systemic CORRUPTION within organizations who’s leaders and owners have previously engaged in similar acts, and have payed to cover up THEIR misdeeds.

Heads of MEDIA organizations, who wish to continue the SILENCE.

“National Enquirer Buried 60 Damaging Stories About Donald Trump…”

A select group of powerful and wealthy individuals, spanning MULTIPLE industries, have collaborated to keep THEIR indiscretions and crimes SECRET. The stuff conspiracy theories are BORN of… now REALITY. No longer just theory.

This Perversion of Justice is clearly illuminated by the idea of a ‘Catch and Kill’ story. A “news” organization pays a victim thousands of dollars for their story… not to publish it and give the victim a VOICE, but to claim Exclusive Rights to the story and NEVER publish it… so NO ONE can publish it.

SILENCE is seen as more PROFITABLE.

An old phrase comes to mind, The empty barrel rattles the most. I’ve always wondered how the National Enquirer made a profit selling stories about ALIENS, ELVIS, and BIGFOOT… now we know. They profited off of the stories they DIDN’T publish. Paid for by individuals who can afford to purchase SILENCE.

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ONE THING I’ve learned over these past two years, when it comes to corruption:

What’s good for the GOOSE is good for the GANDER.

There’s ALWAYS a pattern to the corruption, and it’s NOT isolated…

What happens if we apply this idea across EVERY industry?

How many United States Patents have the Oil & Gas Co.’s purchased in order to keep NEW TECHNOLOGY out of the public eye? How many revolutionary inventions have been hidden from us… from HUMANITY… simply because of individuals who can afford to purchase SILENCE. Because the TRUTH would cost them more MONEY.

It’s the stuff conspiracy theories are BORN OF.

“Timeline History of the Electric Car”

The first electric car in the United States was developed in the 1890s… an electric car held the LAND SPEED RECORD until 1900!

I watched a guy named Hackett on the Discovery Channel make a hydrogen gas torch that burned at over 2000°F using a CAR BATTERY, some WIRE, and some TAP WATER…

(see 14:35 through 17:20 in the video)

… and you’re telling me, we can’t develop a CLEANER form of transportation?

We keep FUNDING countries that seek to do us harm by purchasing their OIL. Our addiction to OIL puts LIVES in jeopardy, from the pollution it creates to the geopolitical wars that we wage. In 2001, the Bush Administration came into office already PLANNING to start a war for OIL.

“Go find me a way to do this.” -George W. Bush (1/30/2001)

Mother Jones- “Iraq War Timeline”

On 9/11, Rumsfeld was looking for “Best info fast…” to attack Saddam Hussein. At the SAME TIME we were preparing to invade Afghanistan.

They came into office with a stack of dry kindling, looking for a SPARK. Guess what… they found one.

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9/11 was the attack they didn’t see coming.

Afghanistan was the war they didn’t want to fight.

Iraq was the war they never wanted to END.

As documented in the Washington Post report, “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War”, leadership had no directions for what our mission objective was in Afghanistan. They were never told what the end game was.

Our commanders on the ground had no clue what winning meant, because elected officials were TOO BUSY planning the NEXT war… in order to secure rights for their OIL pipelines. But don’t worry, “We’re making progress. We’re on the right road. We have the right strategy in place…”

A select group of powerful and wealthy individuals spanning MULTIPLE industries collaborate to keep THEIR indiscretions and crimes SECRET. The stuff conspiracy theories are BORN of… paid for by individuals who can afford to purchase SILENCE.

Imagine what could BE if they focused all that time and energy on doing what’s RIGHT.