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|name=Willard Mitt Romney
|image=MittPortrait.jpg‎
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=[[Ann Romney]]
|religion=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Utah
|terms=January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025
|preceded=[[Orrin Hatch]]
|status=f
|succeeded=[[John Curtis]]
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{{Officeholder/governor
|number=70th
|state=Massachusetts
|terms=January 2, 2003 – January 4, 2007
|preceded=[[Jane Swift]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Deval Patrick]]
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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targeted Sanctions:''' After the illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref>

In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon.

Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

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==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targeted Sanctions:''' After the illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon.

Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

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==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targeted Sanctions:''' After the illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon.

Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon.

Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

2026-11-08T03:54:49Z

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> He also said that [[Russia]] is America's 'number one geopolitical foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for his failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon.

Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> He also said that [[Russia]] is America's 'number one geopolitical foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
See also:
*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
See also:
*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

==References==
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Mitt Romney

2026-11-08T03:47:26Z

RobSmith:

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]] [[RINO]],<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> [[Russophobe]] and [[American]] [[politician]]. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018. See also:
*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

Romney campaigned for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Utah]] by promising to support President [[Donald Trump]], but after Romney was elected he proceeded to do the opposite and even voted to remove Trump from office in the scam [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of him by [[Democrat]]s. Romney constantly engages in a never-ending series of scurrilous criticisms of Trump, much as fellow [[Mormon]] Senator [[Jeff Flake]] did until public disapproval of his positions forced him to forgo running for reelection.

Romney voted for [[impeachment and removal]] of Trump twice, yet in November 2022 urged the new [[Congress]] to lay off “pointless investigations” of [[Dem]] President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/mitt-romney-says-new-congress-must-lay-off-pointless-investigations-joe-biden-yet-voted-impeach-donald-trump-twice/</ref> Underlying Romney's hypocrisy is a [[globalist]] agenda seeking [[open borders]] and a flood of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S.]], which causes a massive [[fentanyl]] crisis.

Romney was defeated for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, by [[John McCain]]. In 1994 – a year of landslide victories for Republicans – Mitt Romney came up short in challenging incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts, the same seat that Republican [[Scott Brown]] won after Kennedy died. In 2018, Romney ran for Utah's Senate seat when he could have run again for Massachusetts' seat, narrowing the GOP's opportunity to expand its Senate majority.<ref name="MA,UT2018"/>

Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of [[Bain Capital]], a [[private equity]] firm known for taking over American companies, laying off employees,<ref name="InvestorsProfits">Kraychik, Robert (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/03/henry-olsen-mitt-romney-put-investors-profits-over-american-jobs/ Henry Olsen: Mitt Romney Put ‘Investors’ Profits’ over ‘American Jobs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> and profiting from bankruptcy:<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/under-romney-bain-capital-made-millions-from-south-carolina-business-that-shut-down-laid-off-150-b855c39012ca/</ref>
{{cquote|Under Romney, “four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs.” But documents show that “Bain investors profited in eight of the 10 deals, including three of the four that ended in bankruptcy.” Indeed, the firm pointedly made higher profits “by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits.”}}

Romney's political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in the liberal state of Massachusetts, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor, he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating [[RomneyCare]], which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. [[Ted Kennedy]] and other [[liberals]] supported the bill. Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his candidacy for president.

During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was mistakenly supported by many as a "staunch conservative" and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator [[John McCain]] in [[Florida]], [[Michigan]], and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though [[Sarah Palin]] eventually became the vice-president nominee.

Romney had supported many [[left-wing]] positions: Romney had a pro-[[abortion]] record, but has claimed to be "[[pro-life]]" since 2005; Romney acknowledges [[global warming]] but says that he doesn't know how much is due to human activity; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 [[RomneyCare|health care plan in Massachusetts]] whilst pledging to "replace" [[ObamaCare]] during his campaign for president in 2012. RomneyCare featured an [[individual mandate]] requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, and unlike Obamacare, featured socialized medicine as a backup for those who could not afford to pay. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it. Romney, whom Democrats have called a racist and compared to [[Hitler]],<ref>https://upennstatesman.org/2018/11/06/a-fifty-year-history-of-democrats-crying-hitler/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/nine_most_racist_moments_of_the_2012_election/</ref> attempted to regain their good graces by voting with their [[sham impeachment]].

==Personal life==
[[Image:MittRomneyYouth05.jpg|thumb|200px|Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney]]
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.

Mitt Romney is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting [[Catholics]] and [[agnostics]] to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam draft]],<ref>Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1</ref> but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against [[Richard Nixon]].

Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

==Business career==
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in and bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their US taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the [[Cayman Islands]] while maintaining their operations in the US. His business practices also resulted in the layoffs of many American workers.

==As Governor==
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, stating, "if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they’ve been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" <ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/</ref>

On [[education]], Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school.<ref>Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03</ref> In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public [[university]] or [[college]]. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], state police escorts during his speech at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/</ref>

In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws;<ref>http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543</ref> however, it was revoked when Democrat [[Deval Patrick]] took office as Governor in January 2007.

==Political Positions==
Romney has flip-flopped his stated positions on many important issues.<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-biggest-flip-flops-20120801 Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops]. ''RollingStone''. August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> His foreign policy preferences share numerous similarities with that of Democrats such as Obama.<ref name="Richman2012"/> One position that Romney has been consistent on, however, is his support for [[globalist]] policies, having been strongly influenced by [[neoconservatism]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="CFRneocon">Mass, Warren (September 25, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12974-romney-foreign-policy-shows-strong-cfr-neo-con-influence Romney Foreign Policy Shows Strong CFR, Neo-con Influence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref>

During his 2002 campaign to become the 70th governor of Massachusetts, Romney described his views as "moderate" and "progressive".<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-in-2002-my-views-are-progressive-2011-12 Romney In 2002: 'My Views Are Progressive'], "I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive."</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 "My views are progressive"]</ref> Romney has displayed [[liberal intolerance]], smearing conservative Christians as "religious bigots" for holding theological views based on clear biblical teaching that [[Jesus Christ]] is the only way to salvation.<ref name="ReligiousBigot">Multiple references:
*Conradis, Brandon (May 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387530-romney-denounces-pastor-slated-to-speak-at-us-embassy-in-jerusalem Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 13, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/mitt-romney-calls-southern-baptist-pastor-robert-jeffress-a-religious-bigot/ Mitt Romney Calls Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a “Religious Bigot”]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Starnes, Todd (May 14, 2018). [https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/bitter-mitt-romney-smears-evangelicals-by-attacking-jeffress/ Bitter Mitt Romney Smears Evangelicals by Attacking Jeffress]. ''Todd Starnes''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Klukowski, Ken; Pollak, Joel (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/16/exclusive-evangelical-pastor-jeffress-prays-jerusalem-embassy-romney-attacks/ Exclusive — Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress Prays at Jerusalem Embassy; Romney Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

===Abortion===
Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-[[infanticide]], and has also explicitly opposed common pro-life legislation and positions.
"I am [[pro-life]]. I believe that [[abortion]] is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." ([[Boston]] Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
<ref>[http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Values America's Culture and Values] mittromney.com</ref>

Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2</ref>

In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-abortion status quo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4</ref> He stated in a live, televised debate:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4</ref>

{{cquote|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."}}

In May 2019, Romney publicly opposed an Alabama law that banned abortions in most cases.<ref>Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/444453-romney-expresses-opposition-to-alabama-abortion-ban Romney expresses opposition to Alabama abortion ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Beavers, David (May 19, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-alabama-abortion-law-1332867 Romney says he doesn't support Alabama abortion law]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

===Civil Unions===
Romney claimed to be opposed to the idea of same-sex "marriage"; however, he has voiced explicit support for the [[homosexual agenda]]. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for [[homosexuals]], which is same-sex "marriage" in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile homosexual agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3</ref> He also supports adoption for homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/</ref> Eventually, in violation of the Massachusetts Constitution, he illegally imposed same-sex "marriage" on the state and he refused to remove pro-same-sex "marriage" liberal activist judges in the state from their offices or to back religious adoption charities that are opposed to homosexual adoptions.<ref>[https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20a/Romney-book-to-GOP-Senate/index.html MassResistance sends copies of our Romney book to every GOP US Senator, Pres. Trump, VP Pence, and major media] at MassResistance</ref>

===Economic Agenda===
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the [[socialist|socialism]] agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/</ref> Also his [[RomneyCare]] law started the process of [[socialism|socializing]] medical care in [[Massachusetts]]. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repeal the similar and equally atrocious [[ObamaCare]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html</ref>

Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.

===Immigration===
Romney supports higher immigration levels and has taken a soft stance on illegal immigration after his 2012 presidential campaign. For example, he endorsed the 2013 [[Gang of Eight]] [[amnesty]] bill. and voiced support for amnesty on other occasions.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

This is in strong contrast to Romney's stated positions while he was running for President (though he still called for more legal immigration):
<blockquote>Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.<ref>http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration</ref></blockquote>

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney voiced opposition to [[illegal immigration]] to attract conservative voters.<ref>[http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=91722 IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration]</ref> On May 24, 2007, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about homosexuals and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
<blockquote>He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.

"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."

The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied.

"I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html</ref></blockquote>

===Stem Cell Research===
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to 1research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infanticide.<ref>http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/</ref>

===Foreign Relations===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> He also said that [[Russia]] is America's 'number one geopolitical foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney and [[Paul Ryan]] said that [[China]] is a cheater in global economy.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/13/romney-ryan-call-china-cheaters-in-global-economy-obama-soft-on-issue/</ref>

However, Romney has spoken highly of the [[European Union]] and has subtly criticized conservative [[Euroskeptic]]s.<ref name="ForeignCmte"/>

===Evolution===
Mitt Romney believes in [[evolution]] and opposes [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/tp/2012-Gop-Presidential-Candidates-On-Evolution.htm</ref>

==2008 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

===Fundraising===
Mitt Romney had done well in fundraising. During his first fundraiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million compared to the claimed original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter, Romney raised more money than any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/]

==2012 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Adolf Romney.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat hero Mitt Romney depicted as Adolf Romney.]]
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate</ref> Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]], Pro-Life Senator [[Rick Santorum]], and libertarian Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] ran against President Barack Obama and Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in the election held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the [[Romney's 47 percent comment|47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims']].

Romney led Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%–34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> 50–43%, in early May.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref>http://www.re
alclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html</ref> Virginia<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html</ref> and Wisconsin.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html</ref> Most national polls showed Obama with a lead over Romney later in the summer, but that lead evaporated after Obama's weak performance in the first debate. One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]]. Romney then lost the second and third debates by emphasizing [[neocon]] rather than [[conservative]] positions, and Obama improved in some polls. By Election Day, however, the [[Gallup]] and [[Rasmussen]] polls showed Romney with a one-point lead.

According to [[CNN]], Romney won by a margin of 67–25% the first presidential debate against [[liberal]] incumbent [[Barack Obama]]. This debate had the largest television audience for a presidential debate since [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 classic against [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/presidential-debate-drew-more-than-70-million-viewers/</ref>

Romney lost the election to Obama.

===Flip-flopping on the issues===
Prior to his campaign for president in 2012, Romney was criticized for flip-flopping on key social issues:

*Mitt Romney once changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.

*Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the [[2012 Presidential Election]]. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants.

*Romney persistently flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, depending on which constituency he wanted to charm.<ref name="WhatIf"/>

Romney was defeated in the election. It is speculated that Romney's inability to connect with core conservatives and his history of flip-flopping on many issues (only a few years before his first candidacy for president) cost him the election.

==Anti-Trump activism==
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump}}
Romney joined the [[Never Trump movement]] during the 2016 presidential election, harshly insulting and criticizing GOP presidential candidate for his conservative America First positions and his anti-establishment posture.<ref name="Pandey">Pandey, Erica (January 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-mitt-romney-relationship-timeline-2521893434.html Timeline: Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> This was despite him begging Trump for his endorsement in the previous election.<ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="Backstabbing"/> He called Trump "a fraud, a phony," and a lier, even though Romney himself flip-flopped on numerous political issues.<ref name="7Highlights">Mason, Ian (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/19/as-mitt-romney-sets-sights-on-the-senate-7-highlights-of-his-post-defeat-days/ As Mitt Romney Sets Sights on the Senate: 7 Highlights of His Post-Defeat Days]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> Romney also criticized Trump for not releasing his tax returns even though Trump defended Romney in 2012 for not releasing his own tax returns.<ref name="7Highlights"/> Romney did not vote for Trump on election day, 2016, instead writing in his wife's name.<ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390003-romney-reveals-he-wrote-in-wifes-name-for-president-in-2016 Romney reveals he wrote in wife's name for president in 2016]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Darrah, Nicole (May 30, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/mitt-romney-reveals-who-got-his-vote-in-2016-presidential-election.html Mitt Romney reveals who got his vote in 2016 presidential election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

After the election, Romney pretended his insults never took place and flattered the president-elect as he unsuccessfully tried to become Trump's Secretary of State.<ref name="Backstabbing"/><ref name="7Highlights"/><ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/mitt-romney-flip-flops-donald-trump-won-gives-hope-americas-future/ Mitt Romney Flip-Flops: Donald Trump Won, Gives Me Hope For America’s Future]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> However, with his efforts having failed, Romney reverted to the anti-Trump position he took in 2016, criticizing Trump for his politically incorrect comments as well as criticizing [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]] in the general election against a [[far-left]] Democrat.<ref name="Pandey"/> In August 2017, Romney effectively endorsed the [[Antifa]], a violent left-wing hate group.<ref name="7Highlights"/>

In January 2018, Romney used [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] to attack President Trump.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/mitt-romney-uses-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-bash-donald-trump/ Mitt Romney Uses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to Attack Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html Romney takes swipe at Trump over 's---hole' comments, race relations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> On July 1, 2018, Romney refused to endorse President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign when asked.<ref>Multiple references:
*Baker, Trent (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/01/romney-not-willing-to-say-he-endorses-trump-in-2020/ Romney ‘Not Willing to Say’ He Endorses Trump in 2020]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Chaitin, Daniel (July 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-too-early-to-say-if-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Mitt Romney: 'Too early' to say if I'll support Trump in 2020]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (July 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/395125-romney-too-early-to-say-whether-ill-support-trump-in-2020 Romney: ‘Too early’ to say whether I’ll support Trump in 2020]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> He criticized President Trump's trade policies and efforts to correct the mistakes of past government officials.<ref>Muñoz, Gabriella (July 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/6/mitt-romney-trade-wars-are-a-tax-on-americans/ Mitt Romney: 'Trade wars are a tax on Americans']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, in October 2018, he claimed, despite the evidence, that he never led the NeverTrump movement.<ref>Samuels, Brett (October 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411331-romney-defends-trumps-policies-as-effective-disputes-he-led-never-trumpRomney defends Trump’s policies as ‘effective,' disputes he led 'never Trump' movement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref><ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (October 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-denies-he-led-never-trump-movement-says-presidents-policies-pretty-effective Romney denies he led 'never Trump' movement, says president's policies 'pretty effective']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, Romney attacked President Trump for criticizing the mainstream media for its bias against him.<ref>Chasmar, Jessica (November 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/mitt-romney-i-cannot-conceive-calling-cnn-enemy-pe/ Romney defends media, attacks Trump: 'I cannot conceive' of calling press enemies of the people]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> This came despite the fact that Romney himself was harshly attacked by the media when he ran against Obama in 2012.<ref>Dorman, Sam (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/after-mueller-report-journalists-issue-mea-culpas-on-romneys-russia-prediction Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney's 2012 Russia prediction]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>

===U.S. Senate campaign===
While he could have run in Massachusetts, the state where he served as governor and where he could have worked to defeat far-left Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], Romney chose to run in the solid Republican state of [[Utah]], where him winning would not help the GOP agenda and would actually impede President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref name="MA,UT2018">Pollak, Joel B. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/05/pollak-isnt-mitt-romney-running-senate-massachusetts/ Blue State Blues: Why Isn’t Mitt Romney Running for Senate in Massachusetts?]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> He was heavily favored by the [[mainstream media]] in Utah,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/utah-media-if-romney-runs-he-wins-2522067938.html Utah media: If Romney runs, he wins]. ''Axios''. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> and his opposition to President Trump was noted in the election.<ref>Kamisar, Ben; Hagen, Lisa (February 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> Romney was endorsed by fellow globalist RINO [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>Beavers, Olivia (January 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369049-jeb-bush-backs-romney-for-utah-senate-run Jeb Bush backs Romney for Utah Senate run]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/15/jeb-backs-potential-mitt-romney-bid-for-u-s-senate-i-hope-he-runs/ Jeb! Backs Potential Mitt Romney Bid for U.S. Senate: ‘I Hope He Runs’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> Somehow, Romney received Trump's endorsement for the Senate seat.

Romney formally announced his campaign on February 16, 2018, doing so by video.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kamisar, Ben (February 16, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374176-romney-officially-announces-utah-senate-bid Romney makes Utah Senate bid official]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-announces-us-senate-run-in-utah.html Mitt Romney announces US Senate run in Utah]. ''Fox News''. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-officially-running-u-s-senate/ Mitt Romney Announces His U.S. Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref> In his announcement video, Romney criticized the Trump Administration's immigration policies, stating that "Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world" but that "Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion."<ref>Multiple references:
*Lloyd, Bob (February 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-romney/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid-idUSKCN1G01FO Former U.S. presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Persons, Sally (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/mitt-romney-officially-announces-senate-run-says-u/ Mitt Romney officially announces Senate run, says Utah ‘welcomes legal immigrants’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Reston, Maeve (February 16, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-immigration/index.html Why Romney called out Trump on immigration]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> The GOP establishment rallied around Romney's campaign, with U.S. House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]], an [[establishment]] Republican who was Romney's choice for vice president in 2012, celebrating the decision as "a terrific day for the United States Senate."<ref>Multiple references:
*Weaver, Al (February 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryan-endorses-mitt-romney-a-terrific-day-for-the-united-states-senate/article/2649284 Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: 'A terrific day for the United States Senate']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/paul-ryan-couldnt-be-happier-that-mitt-romney-for-u-s-senate/ Paul Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ Mitt Romney Is Running for U.S. Senate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 16, 2018.</ref>

Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, criticized Romney for choosing to run in Utah despite him and his children not living there, and he stated that Romney did not represent the state because of this.<ref>Multiple references:
*Delk, Josh (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373856-utah-gop-chairman-likens-romneys-expected-senate-run-to-hillary-clinton Utah GOP chairman takes a jab at Romney's ability to represent the state]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*McLaughlin, Seth (February 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/utah-gop-chair-dings-anticipated-romney-senate-bid/ Utah GOP chair dings anticipated Romney Senate bid: Report]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
However, under heavy pressure, Anderson retracted his comments:
*Greenwood, Max (February 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373934-utah-gop-chairman-never-my-intent-to-disparage-romney Utah GOP chairman: 'Never my intent' to disparage Romney]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> Conservatives, including opposing candidate Larry Meyers, criticized Romney for flip-flopping positions and having liberal core values.<ref>Miller, S.A. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/mitt-romney-under-attack-utah-liberal-massachusett/ How Mitt Romney is under attack in Utah for ‘liberal Massachusetts values’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Romney's candidacy came about during a fight between the Republican establishment and conservatives over how the Utah Republican Party selects its nominee, with conservatives favoring a party convention over simply holding a primary where any candidate can run as a Republican with enough signatures.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (March 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/19/gop-establishment-and-grassroots-in-bitter-utah-battle-as-mitt-romney-seeks-state-partys-u-s-senate-nomination/ GOP Establishment and Grassroots in Bitter Utah Battle as Mitt Romney Seeks State Party’s U.S. Senate Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref>

Once again, Romney flipped on immigration, telling voters that his immigration stances were somehow tougher than those of President Trump's – however, he used the past tense to describe his views, as if he no longer held to them any longer,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (March 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/ Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-is-more-conservative-on-immigration-than-trump.html Mitt Romney says he is more conservative on immigration than Trump]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 27, 2018.</ref> and despite claiming to have tough views, he opposed the Trump Administration's zero tolerance border policy because he thought it was too tough.<ref>Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392826-mitt-romney-backs-laura-bush-op-ed-we-need-a-more-compassionate Romney backs Laura Bush on border: 'We need a more compassionate answer']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> He also voiced conservative views on ObamaCare and spending to his conservative audience during the GOP primary.<ref>Drucker, David M. (April 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mitt-romney-hammers-gop-vows-to-block-bloated-spending-and-repeal-obamacare-if-elected-to-senate Mitt Romney hammers GOP, vows to block bloated spending and repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> He claimed that he was not running to advance his career.<ref>Klein, Philip (April 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-in-his-fifth-campaign-since-1994-says-im-not-in-this-race-because-i-have-some-political-career-im-trying-to-foster Mitt Romney, in his fifth campaign since 1994, says 'I’m not in this race because I have some political career I’m trying to foster']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> However, in May 2018, Romney again criticized Trump.<ref>Sykes, Michael (May 29, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-mitt-romney-criticism-role-model-8e4836ba-bfcd-4fb7-bcd1-17db50ea5647.html Mitt Romney doubles down on past Trump criticism]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 29, 2018.</ref> Romney was reported to have been positioning himself to leave the GOP's [[establishment]] wing in the Senate and to counterbalance President Trump.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (June 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mitt-romney-senate-trump-635008 Romney looks to lead GOP’s establishment wing]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.</ref> Romney refused to endorse President Trump's conservative agenda.<ref>Ayers, Emma (June 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-takes-stance-on-the-trump-agenda Mitt Romney takes stance on the 'Trump agenda']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/23/romney-walks-fine-line-on-trump-amid-utah-primary-fight.html Romney walks fine line on Trump amid Utah primary fight]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

At the GOP convention, Romney was forced into a primary election after he failed to win over GOP delegates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (April 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/not-rominee-mitt-romney-2nd-utah-gop-convention-must-face-senate-primary/ Not the Rominee: Mitt Romney 2nd at Utah GOP Convention, Must Face Senate Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Bowden, John (April 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (April 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/mitt-romney-faces-senate-runoff-in-utah-after-state-gop-convention-setback.html Mitt Romney faces Senate primary in Utah after state GOP convention setback]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay; Hattem, Julian (April 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/mitt-romney-faces-republican-primary-utah-senate-c/ Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref> In the June 26 Republican senatorial primary, Romney faces the [[conservative]] state representative, Dr. Michael Stephen "Mike" Kennedy (born c. 1968), the son of a naturalized citizen. Kennedy practices medicine in Alpine in Utah County. Kennedy had narrowly won the party endorsement at the state convention. Kennedy criticized Romney for flip-flopping on the issues and for being a carpetbagger.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/mike-kennedy-mitt-romney-utah-senate-opponent/ Mike Kennedy Blasts Mitt Romney for Carpetbagging, Flip-Flopping]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018.</ref>

Romney and Kennedy appeared in a [[television]] debate on May 29, 2018. The two expressed agreement on a plethora of issues, including school safety, health care matters, and immigration. Both presented himself as a conservative. One dividing point was the Reverend [[Robert Jeffress]] of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who at President Trump's invitation, led a prayer at the dedication of the relocated U.S. Embassy in [[Jerusalem]]. Jeffress, who supported Romney for President in 2012, has been hostile toward Mormonism: he labeled the denomination "a cult" and questioned the integrity of Mormon founder [[Joseph Smith]]. Romney said that he regards Jeffress as a "religious bigot." Romney also noted that he carries Trump's endorsement though Kennedy in the debate repeatedly praised Trump's performance in office. Romney won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (June 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/the-empire-strikes-back-establishment-rallies-to-romney-to-stop-trumps-winning-resistance-notches-win-in-new-york/ The Empire Strikes Back: Establishment Rallies to Romney to Stop Trump’s Winning, Resistance Notches Win in New York]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>

At the general election gubernatorial debate, Romney refused to directly answer questions on his past negative comments on Trump, even as he directly criticized the president's statements and policies.<ref>Re, Gregg (October 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-dodges-questions-on-past-trump-attacks-during-utah-senate-debate Romney dodges questions on past Trump attacks during Utah Senate debate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>

===Senate tenure: opposing Trump===
Romney continued opposing President Trump after his election.<ref>War, Emily (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-new-mccain-romney-carves-out-role-as-gop-thorn-in-trumps-side The new McCain: Romney carves out role as GOP thorn in Trump's side]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]] Republican House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] stated that Romney saw himself "as a standard-bearer for our party" and a moral successor to globalist Republican [[John McCain]].<ref>Church, Nate (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018/11/29/ryan-romney-sees-himself-as-gop-standard-bearer/ Ryan: Romney Sees Himself as GOP ‘Standard-Bearer’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Romney moved to take the place of anti-Trump Republicans McCain and [[Jeff Flake]].<ref>Morton, Victor; Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/mitt-romney-ruffles-republicans-donald-trump-with-/ Mitt Romney seizes role vacated by anti-Trump Republicans McCain, Flake]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

On January 1, 2019, Romney published an op-ed in ''The Washington Post''<ref>Buchanan, Patrick J. (January 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/31095-trump-and-the-post-whose-side-is-mitt-on Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> in which he harshly attacked President Trump, claiming he did not have the "character" to be president – despite Romney's own flip-flopping and opportunism – and in the op-ed, he also subtly criticized [[America First]] immigration policies along with [[Right-wing populism|conservative European populists]] while showing support for the [[globalist]] European Union.<ref name="OffTheRails">Klein, Philip (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/where-mitt-romneys-attack-on-donald-trump-went-off-the-rails Where Mitt Romney's attack on Donald Trump went off the rails]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing"/><ref name="ForeignCmte"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31072-nevertrumper-romney-trump-is-racist-dishonest-destructive NeverTrumper Romney: Trump Is “Racist,” “Dishonest,” “Destructive”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 1, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn't 'risen to the mantle' of presidency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Moons, Michelle (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/mitt-romney-slams-trumps-character-in-washington-post-op-ed/ Mitt Romney Slams Trump’s ‘Character’ in Washington Post Op-Ed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Shepardson, David (January 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Siegel, Josh (January 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defined-his-presidency-down-in-december-mitt-romney-says-in-op-ed Romney unloads on Trump, accuses him of ‘glaring’ shortfall in character]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Nicholas, Peter (January 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-blasts-deep-descent-of-trump-presidency-11546399916 Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Rothschild, Neal (January 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-criticize-donald-trump-washington-post-74fd1ad8-a8cb-458a-b582-019f26971c24.html Mitt Romney: Trump failing the U.S. as a world leader]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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*Nolte, John (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/ Nolte: Mitt Romney Is an Idiot]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Bruce, Tammy (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-romneys-trump-attack-rings-especially-hollow-when-you-look-at-his-treatment-of-ric-grenell Tammy Bruce: Romney's Trump attack rings especially hollow when you look at his treatment of Ric Grenell]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> In a later interview, Romney stated he would not endorse Trump.<ref>Samuels, Brett (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423583-romney-says-he-wont-challenge-trump-in-2020 Romney says he won't challenge Trump in 2020 but doesn't endorse him]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> In response to Romney's attacks, President Trump noted Romney had failed in his presidential attempts while Trump won on his first try, and he urged Romney to work together with the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/trump-campaign-manager-hits-back-at-jealous-mitt-romney-lacked-the-ability-to-save-this-nation/ Trump Campaign Manager Hits Back at ‘Jealous’ Mitt Romney: ‘Lacked the Ability to Save This Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/trump-mitt-romney-team-player-win/ Trump Responds to Mitt Romney Critique: ‘Be a Team Player and Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Darrah, Nicole (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-sen-romney-trump-hasnt-risen-to-the-mantle-of-presidency Trump fires back at Romney for scathing op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
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*Scarry, Eddie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-just-neutralized-whatever-threat-mitt-romney-tried-posing Trump just neutralized whatever threat Mitt Romney tried posing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Trump also noted that Romney was being harsher on him than on Obama.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/donald-trump-mitt-romney-fights-me-more-than-he-did-barack-obama/ Donald Trump: Mitt Romney Fights Me More than He Did Barack Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019. See also:
*Rogan, Tom (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mitt-romney-gives-barack-obama-a-foreign-policy-free-pass Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama a foreign policy free pass]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> [[Rand Paul]] also criticized Romney, describing him as a "Big Government [Republican] who never liked Reagan" and who "wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President."<ref>Multiple references:
*Moons, Michelle (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/rand-paul-hits-mitt-romney-big-government-republican-never-liked-reagan/ Rand Paul Hits Mitt Romney: ‘Big Government’ Republican Who ‘Never Liked Reagan’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bowden, John (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423490-rand-paul-defends-trump-against-romney-op-ed-he-wants-to-signal-how-virtuous Rand Paul defends Trump against Romney op-ed: He 'wants to signal how virtuous he is']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Bedard, Paul (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-rand-paul-hits-big-government-romney-trump-an-actual-conservative It’s war: Rand Paul hits ‘Big Government’ Romney, calls Trump an ‘actual conservative’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (January 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/rand-paul-scolds-mitt-romney-anti-trump-screed-big/ Rand Paul scolds Mitt Romney for anti-Trump screed: 'Big mistake']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> Even members of the GOP establishment believed the op-ed was "all about self-promotion."<ref>Drucker, David M. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/even-the-trump-hostile-gop-establishment-questions-romneys-presidential-tongue-lashing Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Romney was defended by disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]],<ref>Axelrod, Tal (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423620-comey-defends-romney-for-calling-out-trump Comey defends Romney for ‘calling out’ Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> and former left-wing Democrat Senator [[Harry Reid]] endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination in 2020.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/harry-reid-endorses-mitt-romney-for-2020-republican-nominee-for-president/ Harry Reid Endorses Mitt Romney for 2020 Republican Nominee for President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The media, which had attacked him in 2012, came to adore him upon attacking Trump.<ref>Concha, Joe (January 2, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/423544-romney-attacks-trump-now-hes-a-media-darling Romney attacks Trump, now he's a media darling]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

Upon assuming office, Romney was given seats in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, meaning that he was in a position to oppose and obstruct President Trump's [[America First]] foreign and immigration policies.<ref name="ForeignCmte">Carney, Jordain (January 3, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/423789-romney-gets-seat-on-foreign-relations-committee Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> Despite his anti-Trump comments, he joined the GOP Senate leadership.<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (January 15, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/despite-trump-slam-romney-named-to-senate-gop-leadership-team Despite Trump slam, Romney named to Senate GOP leadership team]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.</ref>

Romney continued flip-flopping, publicly opposing President Trump on several issues.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (April 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/mike-huckabee-slams-mitt-romney-makes-me-sick-you-could-have-been-president/ Mike Huckabee Slams Mitt Romney: ‘Makes Me Sick’ You Could Have Been President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (April 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439809-mike-huckabee-blasts-mitt-romney-it-makes-me-sick-that-you-could-have-been Huckabee blasts Romney: 'Makes me sick' that you could have been president]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
*Casiano, Louis (April 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-lashes-out-at-romney-makes-me-sick-how-disingenuous-you-were-to-trump Huckabee lashes out at Trump critic Romney: ‘Makes me sick’ you could have been POTUS]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kuznicki, Jen (April 23, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/romney-the-pious/ Romney the Pious]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> On May 14, 2019, Romney voted against one of President Trump's federal court nominees simply because of comments made by that nominee about Obama.<ref>Axelrod, Tal (May 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/443703-romney-votes-against-trump-pick-over-comments-attacking-obama Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.</ref> On May 19, 2019, Romney described liberal-libertarian, [[anti-Trump]] representative [[Justin Amash]] as "courageous" for calling for President Trump's impeachment,<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-justin-amashs-statement-on-impeachment-is-courageous/ Mitt Romney: Justin Amash’s Statement on Impeachment Is ‘Courageous’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Yilek, Caitlin (May 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/romney-unsure-hell-vote-for-trump-but-hes-against-impeachment Romney calls fellow Republican Amash 'courageous' for Trump impeachment push]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref> and Romney also attacked Trump's character.<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (May 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/19/mitt-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-humility-honesty-integrity/ Mitt Romney: Trump Has Distanced Himself From ‘Humility,’ ‘Honesty, Integrity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (May 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/444442-romney-trump-has-distanced-himself-from-some-of-the-best-qualities-of-the Romney: Trump 'has distanced himself from some of the best qualities of the human character']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 19, 2019.</ref>

Leading up to the 2020 Republican presidential primaries, Romney described [[William Weld]], a liberal Republican challenger to President Trump, as a "terrific guy."<ref>Moran, Sean (May 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/mitt-romney-trump-challenger-bill-weld-terrific-guy/ Mitt Romney: Trump Challenger Bill Weld a ‘Terrific Guy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2019.</ref>

In his first speech on the Senate floor, Romney advocated for a globalist foreign policy in contrast to a patriotic "[[America First]]" policy.<ref>Carney, Jordain (June 4, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446859-romney-united-states-cant-neglect-international-alliances Romney defends international alliances in first Senate floor speech]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> Romney defended Paul Ryan after the latter criticized President Trump,<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/romney-opposes-trump-yet-again-goes-to-bat-for-paul-ryan/ Romney Opposes Trump Yet Again, Goes to Bat for Paul Ryan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> and he criticized Trump for criticizing left-wing members of Congress for their unpatriotism.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (July 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/mitt-romney-trumps-go-back-comments-destructive-has-failed-badly-at-uniting-u-s/ Mitt Romney: Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comments ‘Destructive,’ Has ‘Failed Badly’ at Uniting U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 15, 2019.</ref>

On October 5, 2019, President Trump called for Romney's impeachment because of the latter's attacks on the president.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (October 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464511-trump-calls-for-romneys-impeachment Trump calls for Romney's impeachment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Caplan, Joshua (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-calls-for-mitt-romney-to-be-impeached/ Donald Trump Calls for Mitt Romney to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
See also:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/05/donald-trump-dumps-on-pompous-ass-mitt-romney/ Donald Trump Dumps on ‘Pompous Ass’ Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
*Miller, S.A. (October 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/donald-trump-blasts-mitt-romney-pompous-ass/ Trump blasts Mitt Romney: 'Pompous ass']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Whitehurst, Lindsay (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/mitt-romney-reemerges-donald-trumps-chief-gop-crit/ 'Decisive role': Reluctant Romney reemerges as Trump's chief GOP critic]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
*Nolte, John (October 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/nolte-if-mitt-romney-had-integrity-he-would-criticize-someone-other-than-trump/ Nolte: If Mitt Romney Had Integrity He Would Criticize Someone Other than Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.</ref>

In October 2019, Romney harshly attacked President Trump for going against neocon policies in Syria.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carney, Jordain (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466345-romney-slams-ceasefire-deal-calls-trumps-syria-move-a-bloodstain-in-us Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a bloodstain' in US history]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-abandoning-kurds-will-stand-as-bloodstain-in-u-s-history/ Mitt Romney: Abandoning Kurds ‘Will Stand’ as ‘Bloodstain’ in U.S. History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
*Miles, Frank (October 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitt-romney-trump-race-kurds-syria Romney takes shots at Trump over race, says he's abandoning Kurds in Syria]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-2007-kurdish-nationalism-could-destabilize-the-border-with-turkey/ Mitt Romney, 2007: ‘Kurdish Nationalism Could Destabilize the Border with Turkey’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref>

A Rasmussen poll released in October 2019 found that 63% of likely Republican voters believed that the GOP should be more like President Trump than like Romney.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/63-of-likely-gop-voters-think-party-should-be-more-like-trump-than-mitt-romney/ 63% of Likely GOP Voters Think Party Should Be More Like Trump than Mitt Romney]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>

Before voting in the Democrat's [[impeachment sham]], Romney reiterated his faith in the Mormon God on the Senate floor.

Romney is a defender of '''[[Faucism]]''' and said of [[Anthony Fauci]]:<ref>Gonzalez, Oriana (October 20, 2020). [https://www.axios.com/republican-senators-defend-fauci-as-trump-escalates-attacks-10f0c34b-417d-41aa-bdfe-db4fa0c33059.html Republican senators defend Fauci as Trump escalates attacks]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Dr. Fauci is an esteemed professional with extraordinary expertise and capability, and I have full confidence in his leadership and capacity.}}

Romney, along with four other Senate [[RINOs]] and all Democrats in late January 2021, voted against an amendment by [[Rand Paul]] that would declare the second sham impeachment attempt against Trump to be unconstitutional.<ref>Carney, Jourdain (January 26, 2021). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>

He was one of Six Republican senators to vote in favor of the partisan hack January Sixth Commission.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/28/six-senate-republicans-voted-advance-january-6-bill/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Team Mitt]]
*[[Mitt Romney donor list]]
*[[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXvYxc-igs&t=907s Mitt Romney Has Always Been Awful | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 491]

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Barack Hussein Obama

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{{Officeholder
|name=Barack Hussein Obama II
|image= Obama 2014.jpeg
|party=[[Democratic Party]]
|spouse=[[Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama]]; may have had a prior marriage.<ref>Corsi, Jerome R. (July 19, 2012). [https://www.wnd.com/2012/07/was-barack-obama-married-in-college/ "Was Barack Obama married in college?"]. WorldNetDaily website. See [[WND]]</ref>
|religion=[[Islam]] (See [[Obama's Religion]])
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|terms=January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008
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{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Illinois Senate, 13th District
|terms=January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004
|preceded=[[Alice Palmer]]
|succeeded=Kwame Raoul
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'''Barack Hussein Obama II''' (reportedly born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] on August 4, 1961, age 62), sometimes known as '''Bathhouse Barry'''<ref>[https://youtu.be/ZkCi4DZS-G0 Bath House Barry], Mar 8, 2018. [[YouTube]].</ref> was the 44th President of the [[United States]]. Elected as America's first "post-racial" president according to mainstream [[fake news]] media, Obama exacerbated racial tensions and left a dismal legacy of a divided<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (July 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/pollak-barack-obama-wrote-playbook-on-political-division/ Pollak: Barack Obama Wrote the Playbook on Political Division]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 22, 2019.</ref> America along [[Marxist]] class, racial, and "[[gender confusion|gender normative]]" lines.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/obama-race-relations-poll/</ref> In his final year in office, Barack Obama illegally meddled in the [[2016 Presidential election]] and then attempted to blame the [[Russian]]s for it, despite Obama's own [[Collusion#Collusion with foreign nations|collusion with Russia]] 5 years prior.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/10/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-believe-obama-improperly-surveilled-trump-campaign/</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8304654/WikiLeaks-cables-US-agrees-to-tell-Russia-Britains-nuclear-secrets.html WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain's nuclear secrets]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-administration-trade-british-nuclear-secrets-with-russia Obama Administration Trade British Nuclear Secrets with Russia]</ref> In early January 2017, Obama empowered holdovers in his administration to engage in [[sedition]] against the [[Trump transition]] team and newly elected [[Trump administration]].<ref>*https://consortiumnews.com/2017/06/08/soft-coup-on-trump-hiding-in-plain-sight/ *[http://archive.is/9KxFz How Obama Ran the Trump Coup], By Robert A. Taft, Feb 17, 2020. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/it-was-exactly-like-sedition-the-obama-trump-transition-was-more-like-sedition/</ref> Barack Obama is the first American president since the transition of [[James Buchanan]] to [[Abraham Lincoln]] who refused a peaceful transfer of power to his elected successor. Despite his personal involvement,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/read-declassified-susan-rice-email-about-jan-5-2017-oval-office-meeting-with-obama</ref> Obama was not [[impeachment and removal|impeached]] for [[Spygate]] [[crime]]s after leaving office.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/05/09/this-oval-office-meeting-attended-by-obama-and-biden-was-key-to-the-anti-trump-plot-n389501</ref> Obama is known for his [[conspiracy theories]],<ref name="tinfoilhat" /> and for inciting [[mob]] [[violence]] by promising to "punish our enemies,"<ref>https://menrec.com/5-times-obama-encouraged-violence-republicans/</ref> and saying "if they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/44441-obama-on-gop-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun</ref>

According to [[Joe Biden]], who served for more than four decades in the nation's capital, there were no clean, bright, and articulate Blacks prior to Barack Obama.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/</ref> Obama was the first partial non-birthing person of color to hold the office of president. Obama was selected for admission to [[Harvard Law School]]. In a paper he wrote as a student, he dismissed the American dream as "unfounded optimism" while noting that [[Donald Trump]] is the true idol of the American working class.<ref>Obama wrote: “[Americans have] a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind. The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American—I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don’t make it, my children will.” ([http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/everything-wrong-with-obama-in-two-sentences-with-a-twist.php Everything Wrong with Obama in Two Sentences-with a Twist]").</ref>

Obama insisted on failed policies, such as [[ObamaCare]], and yet had an arrogant dismissal of his critics.<ref>
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/assessing-the-obama-legacy-he-has-failed/ Assessing the Obama legacy], Washington Times, December 7, 2016
*[https://www.nationalreview.com/article/442299/barack-obama-progressive-arrogance-leads-backlash Its Arrogance and Condescension Finally Catches Up with the Left], ''National Review'', 2016
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/17/president-obamas-biggest-mistake-in-office-thinking-you-can-separate-politics-from-policy/?utm_term=.802d414c3589 President Obama admits his biggest mistake: Arrogance], ''Washington Post'', 2015</ref> A hard veil of censorship and domestic spying abuses fell during his administration on investigative journalists, political opponents, and critics.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Smear-Shady-Political-Operatives-Control/dp/0062468162</ref> Much of Obama's personal life was shrouded in mystery<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sca-BjFJb_Q</ref> as a fawning media promoted his agenda of uprooting cultural norms. Critics of Obamacare or [[gay marriage]] typically were smeared as racist. The US Intelligence Community was used to spy on, harass, and intimidate independent journalists and political opponents.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120925054433/http://wikileaks.org:80/gifiles/docs/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref> His presidency was marred by anemic economic growth, rising federal debt, his poor foreign policies and multiple political scandals.<ref>
*[https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2016/02/01/barack_obamas_sad_record_on_economic_growth_101987.html Barack Obama's Sad Record on Economic Growth], Real Clear Markets, February of 2016
*[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/debt-under-obama-9000000000000 Debt Under Obama Up $9,000,000,000,000], CNS News, October 2016
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/18/barack-obama-was-a-foreign-policy-failure/ Barack Obama Was a Foreign-Policy Failure], ForeignPolicy.com
*[https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/08/20/obamas-legacy-of-failure-in-the-middle-east/ Obama’s Legacy of Failure in the Middle East], ''Foreign Policy Journal'', 2016
*[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/02/18-major-scandals-obama-presidency/ 18 Major Scandals in Obama’s ‘Scandal-Free’ Presidency], Breitbart, January of 2017
*[http://akdart.com/obama101.html Lists of Obama scandals], Andrew K. Dart, http://akdart.com updated January 2019.</ref> Obama separated families at the border and locked children in cages.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-01/fact-check-did-obama-detain-90000-children-border</ref> Pursuing a foreign policy that undermined American interests, he developed close relations with foreign dictators and shunned democratic movements.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/07/12/pollak-everything-joe-biden-said-about-donald-trumps-foreign-policy-actually-describes-barack-obamas/ Pollak: Everything Joe Biden Said About Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Actually Describes Barack Obama’s]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1038127594682675200 Heshmat Alavi]. ''Twitter''. September 7, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.</ref> He failed to see the backlash against his "transformational" [[Cultural Marxist]] programs and said in February 2016, "I continue to believe that Mr. [[Donald Trump|Trump]] will not be president."<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/obama-i-continue-believe-trump-will-not-be-president-n519751 Obama: ‘I Continue to Believe Trump Will Not Be President’], NBC, 2016</ref> Some people say that Obama is the worst president in history.<ref>Bedard, Paul (September 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-200-reasons-why-obama-is-worst-president-in-history List: 200 reasons why Obama is ‘worst president in history’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 7, 2018.</ref>

[[Barack Obama and abortion|Obama is pro-abortion]]. In fact, he was the most pro-abortion president to date.<ref>[https://www.sba-list.org/suzy-b-blog/obama-most-pro-abortion-president-ever "Obama: The most pro-abortion president ever"] (July 12, 2011). The Susan B. Anthony List website/The Suzy B Blog.</ref> Obama dedicated himself to promoting [[abortion]], rather than reducing them as he promised. Just to name a few of the administrative actions by which he has done this would include expanding abortions through [[Obamacare]], appointing many pro-abortion judges and officials, moving to strip medical professionals of rights of conscience, and forcing taxpayers to support the pro-abortion movement around the globe.

Obama partnered with [[al Qaeda]] and [[Islamic State]] elements in [[Syria]] for a [[regime change]] war against [[Bashar al Assad]].<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/19583-moderate-rebels-armed-by-obama-join-al-qaeda-isis</ref> Assad was a voice for pluralism and inclusion, protecting Christians, Jews, Yazidis and minorities against Obama-backed [[Islamofascist]]s.<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/2011912135213927196.html</ref>

Despite framing himself as an advocate for the poor, speaking about income inequality and [[socialism]], Obama is a [[limousine liberal]] as his life after his presidency attests.

==Biography==
'''Early controversies'''
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:''Main article: [[Early life and career of Barack Hussein Obama]]''
Obama claims to have been born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] on August 4, 1961, to Stanley Ann Dunham and possibly [[Barack Obama Sr.]]—a [[bigamy|bigamist]] who already had a wife in Kenya.<ref name=msnbc>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23257295/ns/msnbc_tv-documentaries/t/obama-becomes-rising-star-among-democrats/ "Obama becomes rising star among Democrats: Transcript of 'The Candidates: Barack Obama'"] (February 20, 2008). MSNBC. Retrieved from NBC News website/MSNBC TV documentaries. See [[MSNBC]].</ref> Some contend that this story is a complete fabrication. [[Obama]] was reportedly given a Social Security number whose first three digits were assigned at that time to applications coming from zip codes in Connecticut.<ref>Beginning in 1972, all [[Social Security]] numbers were issued from a central office in Baltimore, Maryland. [https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/geocard.html "The SSN numbering scheme"] (March 2001 or bef.) Social Security: Official Social Security website/History/Social Security Numbers.</ref> Obama traveled to Pakistan, India, and Indonesia in 1981; however, he never obtained a U.S. passport until 2004 after he was elected to the United States Senate. During the 2008 presidential primaries, a firm headed by [[John Brennan]] hacked into the [[U.S. State Department]]'s visa files and accessed Obama's passport files using whichever Social Security numbers Obama was using at the time.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html</ref> An FBI informant and whistleblower who worked for Brennan, and was the key witness, was found murdered with a gunshot wound two weeks later.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/</ref> Obama later appointed Brennan to a key White House position and as [[CIA]] director in his second term. Brennan was referred for [[criminal]] investigation in 2019 in Obama's [[Spygate]] scandal.

Claims that Obama was born in [[Kenya]] have been traced to sources hired by Obama. In 1991, Obama's literary agent, Acton & Dystel, published a promotional booklet stating that Obama was born in Kenya.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (May 17, 2012). [https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/The-Vetting-Barack-Obama-Literary-Agent-1991-Born-in-Kenya-Raised-Indonesia-Hawaii "The vetting—exclusive—Obama's literary agent in 1991 booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii'"]. Breitbart website/Big government. See [[Breitbart.com]].
*Newby, John (May 17, 2012). [http://www.examiner.com/article/publisher-s-1991-booklet-says-barack-obama-was-born-kenya "Publisher's 1991 booklet says Barack Obama 'was born in Kenya'"]. Examiner.com website/News/Politics/Republican.</ref> The claim that Obama was born in Kenya remained on the agent's website until 2007.<ref>Shapiro, Ben (May 17, 2012). [https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/Obama-pamphlet-in-use-2007 "Obama's lit agency used 'born in Kenya' bio until 2007"]. Breitbart website/Big government. See [[Breitbart.com]].</ref> Internet archives confirm this information.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070403190001/http://www.dystel.com/clientlist.html "Client list"]. Dystel and Goderic Literary Management website. Retrieved from April 3, 2007, archive at Internet Archive.</ref> In addition to the information from literary agents, Michelle Obama stated in a speech that Kenya is Obama's "homeland".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzJz2A2N1c "Michelle Obama: Kenya is Barack Obama's homeland!"] (Michelle Obama speaking at the 2008 LGBT Democratic Convention delegate luncheon hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and the Human Rights Campaign: "The world as it should be", August 26, 2008) (April 7, 2010). YouTube video, 0:30, posted by Rubystars0000. See [[Human Rights Campaign]].</ref> At a speech in Kenya shortly after his presidency ended, Obama publicly stated that, "Now, three years ago, I visited Kenya as the first sitting American President to come from Kenya."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L36sGc4Id2I Obama's speech at the launch of Sauti Kuu Foundation in Kogelo] at YouTube (Obama's admission starts at 5:48 of the video)</ref>

Obama's birth parents divorced in 1963 when his mother discovered Barack Obama Sr. was already married to a woman living in Kenya.<ref>Birrell, Ian (August 12, 2011). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2024819/Barack-Obamas-father-Bigamist-drunk-wife-beater.html "Barack Obama's father: Bigamist, drunk and wife-beater, [review of] ''The Other Barack'' by Sally H. Jacobs (Pubic Affairs £20)"]. MailOnline/U.K./Books [U.K.] This is one of the first misleading statements about Barack Obama when he was introduced to America as Keynote Speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Advance publicity billed him as the "son of Kenyan economist" when, in fact, Obama Sr. was forced out of the graduate program at Harvard because of his bigamy. He returned to Kenya. Obama at the age of 9 once briefly met his father who served in the corrupt Kenyan socialist regime's Department of [[Economic Planning]]. Obama Sr. killed himself in a drunken car accident.</ref> When Obama was 2 years old, his mother married Lolo Soetoro, an [[Indonesian]] geologist. At age 6, his mother and adoptive father took him to Jakarta, Indonesia, for 4 years while his mother pursued a Ph.D. in Anthropology requiring fieldwork there.<ref name="db mother">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/scclqomayrvxbo/stuv/p2/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-03/a-singular-woman-by-janny-scott-review-by-stacy-schiff/#|publisher=The Daily Beast website|date=May 3, 2011|title="Dreams of his mother": Review of ''A Singular Woman'' by Janny Scott|author=Stacy Schiff}} See [[The Daily Beast]].</ref> His mother then returned to Hawaii and abandoned him there with his grandparents (Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, who had moved to Hawaii in 1959)<ref name=revealed>Malveaux, Suzanne (August 20, 2008). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/20/se.02.html Transcript of "Barack Obama Revealed"]. CNN website/Transcripts. See CNN</ref> so she could return to Indonesia after her divorce. In Honolulu, Obama attended the exclusive Punahou Academy where, according to classmates and the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', he had sex with older white men for money to buy drugs.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barack-obama-gay-hustler-_n_4242447</ref> In 1986, Obama's high school pot dealer was beaten to death with a hammer by his gay lover over drugs and breaking wind in his face.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547667/EXCLUSIVE-Obamas-high-school-pot-dealer-future-president-thanked-good-times-yearbook-beaten-death-gay-lover-fights-flatulence-drugs.html</ref> Obama's grandfather arranged for his friend, the noted Communist writer [[Frank Marshall Davis]], to serve as a mentor and role model for an impressionable African-American youth.

Other siblings of Obama's include his half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and 7 other children born to his father by 4 different women.<ref name=raisingobama>Purdum, Todd (March 2008). [https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803 "Raising Obama"]. ''Vanity Fair''.</ref> For much of his early life, prior to his transfer to [[Columbia University]], he went by his nickname, "Barry." In the summer of 1988, before attending [[Harvard Law School]] (he'd just been accepted), he visited Kogelo, Kenya, to learn more about his father's family. When his mother died in 1995, he and his sister Maya scattered her ashes over Hawaii's south shore.<ref name=revealed />

Obama attended [[Jeremiah Wright|Reverend Jeremiah Wright]]'s Trinity United Church from 1984 to 1988 during his time as a [[community organizer]] (''See [[Barack Obama#1984-1988.2C Community Organizer|1985-1988, Community Organizer]] section''). Obama credits Wright with his alleged conversion to Christianity, and had both his daughters, Sasha and Malia, baptized there.<ref name=revealed />

===Education===
At age 6, Obama attended schools in Indonesia, the first a Catholic school while he was in kindergarten, and later a public school that taught religion. The school had mostly Muslim students (since most Indonesians are Muslim). In ''[[Dreams From My Father (autobiography)|Dreams from My Father]]'', Obama writes, "In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to my mother that I had made faces during [[Koran]]ic studies."<ref>Obama, Barack (1995). ''Dreams from My Father'' (New York: Times Books), p. 14. Quoted at [http://www.ontheissues.org/Archive/Dreams_From_My_Father_Principles_+_Values.htm "Dreams from my father: On principles & values"]. OnTheIssues website. See [[Dreams From My Father (autobiography)|''Dreams from my Father'']]</ref> ''Insight'' magazine first reported [[Hillary Clinton]]'s organization had "questions about Obama’s Muslim background: ''Are the American people ready for an elected president who was educated in a [[Madrassa]] as a young boy and has not been forthcoming about his Muslim heritage?"''<ref>Schlussel, Debbie (January 19, 2007). [http://www.debbieschlussel.com/2899/hillary-clinton-agrees-with-schlussel-obama-suspicious-deceptive-on-muslim-background/ "Hillary Clinton agrees with Schlussel: Obama suspicious, deceptive on Muslim background"]. Debbie Schlussel website. See [[Debbie Schlussel]].</ref>

In 1971, at age 10, Barack Obama moved to Hawaii, and his grandparents helped him gain entrance to the prestigious Punahou Academy in Honolulu, where he began substance abuse and illegal drugs.<ref>Johnson, Luke (May 25, 2012). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/obama-pot-smoking-details_n_1545904.html "Obama pot-smoking details revealed in David Maraniss book"]. The Huffington Post website. See [[Huffington Post]].</ref> He was accepted through a scholarship for disadvantaged minorities while he was in the 5th grade.<ref name=revealed /> At this elite high school with 1,200 students, he was just 1 of 3 black students. Obama failed to make the starting lineup of the school's state champion basketball team his senior year. He wrote a poem for the school's literary magazine, ''Ka Wai Ola''.<ref name=raisingobama />

In 1979, he began a 2-year stint at Occidental College in Los Angeles,<ref name=msnbc /> and then transferred to Columbia University in New York, which he graduated from in 1983.<ref name=pragmatic>Scott, Janny (July 30, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=all "In Illinois, Obama proved pragmatic and shrewd"]. ''The New York Times'' website. See ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> During this time he published an anti-military tirade embracing Soviet General Secretary [[Leonid Brezhnev]]'s<ref>Obama supported [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] General Secretary Brezhnev's foreign policy over both Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and Ronald Reagan's decision to deploy the MX Missile in Europe.
* See Pond, Elizabeth (November 24, 1981). [https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1124/112439.html "Brezhnev offers Schmidt moratorium on nuclear missiles"]. ''Christian Science Monitor''. See also ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''.
* See also Obama, Barack (March 10, 1983). [https://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/nytint/docs/obama-s-1983-college-magazine-article/original.pdf "Breaking the war mentality"]. Columbia [University] ''Sundial''. Retrieved from archive at ''The New York Times'' website. See also ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> proposal for a nuclear freeze in the campus newspaper and allegedly spoke at an Anti-Apartheid rally,<ref name=revealed /> although several prominent student leaders said they did not remember him there. Professor Michael L. Baron was impressed by Obama and wrote him a recommendation for Harvard Law School.<ref name=differs>Scott, Janny. (October 30, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=all "Obama's account of New York years often differs from what others say"]. ''The New York Times''. See ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> From 1983 to 1988, Obama took time off from his education to work as a financial analyst and later a community organizer in Chicago. In the summer of 1988, Barack Obama decided to attend Harvard Law School, and left Chicago for Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his 2nd year, a power struggle broke out among the dominant white liberals over control of the ''[[Harvard]] Law Review''. Obama was elected its first black president as a compromise candidate, largely with the help of conservatives following a "marathon voting session" in which he finally won on the 19th ballot.<ref name=raisingobama /> This led to national attention and numerous job offers, which Obama passed up, at age 30, to pursue his political career in Chicago.<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23257295/ns/msnbc_tv-documentaries/t/obama-becomes-rising-star-among-democrats/ "Obama becomes rising star among Democrats: Transcript of 'The Candidates: Barack Obama'"] (February 20, 2008). MSNBC. Retrieved from NBC News website/MSNBC TV documentaries. See MSNBC.
*Malveaux, Suzanne (August 20, 2008). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/20/se.02.html Transcript of "Barack Obama Revealed"]. CNN website/Transcripts. See [[CNN]]</ref>

When Obama was attending Harvard Law School, he dreamed of himself or his children becoming like [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/03/obama-once-dreamed-being-trump-manuscript-shows.html Obama once dreamed of being Trump, manuscript shows]. ''Fox News''. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref>

[[File:Michael Robinson.jpeg||thumb|350px|right|Michelle (Robinson) Obama, Barack Obama's domestic partner.]]
===Personal life===
{{See also|Gay bathhouses}}
According to ''Rising Star'' by David J. Garrow, in 1986 Obama tried hard to convince Sheila Miyoshii Jager, someone of Dutch and Japanese ancestry, to marry him.<ref name="MarryBefore"/> She refused his request to marry him due to her age. By 1987, Obama had his sights on becoming U.S. president.<ref name="MarryBefore">[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/03/book-barack-obama-asked-woman-to-marry-him-before-meeting-michelle.html Book: Barack Obama asked woman to marry him before meeting Michelle]. ''Fox News''. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref>

Barack Obama met his mate known then as Michelle Robinson, while he was an intern and Michelle was on staff at Sidley Austin LLP, a very large corporate law firm.<ref name=msnbc /> Despite company policy prohibiting relations between staff and interns, the two became involved. The two continued a long-distance relationship while he finished law school, and on October 18, 1992,<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/obama-anniversary-20-years-married_n_1935840.html "Obama anniversary: Barack & Michelle celebrate 20 years of marriage (photos)"] (October 3, 2012). Huffington Post website. Huffington Post says it was October 3, 1992. See [[Huffington Post]].</ref> they were joined in a domestic union officiated by Reverend [[Jeremiah Wright]] at Trinity United Church,<ref>http://hillbuzz.org/time-to-tell-everyone-you-know-about-jeremiah-wrights-down-low-club-barackobama-presobama-26407</ref> a church which has supported gay marriage since the 1970s.<ref name=revealed /> Michelle has not practiced law since 1994 when she failed to renew her law license, allegedly to start a family.<ref>https://rumble.com/embed/v9nrn5/?pub=a6ncj</ref> Malia, the couple's oldest daughter, was born in 1999, and Natasha (often called Sasha) in 2001.<ref name=msnbc />

===Early employment===
'''1983–1984: financial analyst and writer'''

In 1983 Obama [[collude]]d with [[Russia]] to further Russian [[foreign policy]] interests against the United States in an essay entitled ''Breaking The War Mentality'' published in Columbia University's weekly magazine, ''The Sun Dial.''<ref>https://2012election.procon.org/sourcefiles/obama-article-sun-dial-columbia-breaking-war-mentality.pdf</ref>

In 1984 Obama worked as a writer and financial analyst for Business International Corporation to help pay off some of his student loans. Business International Corporation was a small newsletter-publishing and research firm which aided multinational companies in understanding overseas markets. Obama served as a writer/researcher for a company reference service, Financing Foreign Operations, and wrote for their newsletter, ''Business International Money Report''. His supervisor was Cathy Lazere.<ref>Multiple references:
*Scott, Janny (October 30, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=all "Obama's account of New York years often differs from what others say"]. ''The New York Times''. See ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*Henig, Jess (June 21, 2008). [https://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/obama-polishes-his-resume-2/ "Obama polishes his resume"]. FactCheck.org website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003011550/http://www.analyzethis.net/2005/07/09/barack-obama-embellishes-his-resume/ "Barack Obama embellishes his resume"] (July 9, 2005). Analyze This website. Retrieved from October 3, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

====1984–1988: community organizer====
In 1984, Obama was hired by the New York Public Interest Research Group, a non-profit organization promoting environmental, consumer, and government reforms. He also was paid just under $10,000 annually as a full-time organizer for Harlem's City College to mobilize student volunteers.<ref name=differs />

From 1985 to 1988, Obama worked as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago<ref>The Developing Communities Project (DCP) of the Calumet Community Religious Conference (CCRC)</ref> funded with a $25,000 grant by [[Bill Ayers]] Woods Fund. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported he was paid $1,000 a year, with $2,000 extra for a car,<ref>Multiple references:
*Malveaux, Suzanne (August 20, 2008). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/20/se.02.html Transcript of "Barack Obama Revealed"]. CNN website/Transcripts. See [[CNN]].
*Scott, Janny (September 9, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/us/politics/09obama.html?pagewanted=all "In 2000, a streetwise veteran schooled a bold young Obama]." ''The New York Times''. See ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> but stories vary wildly. Jerry Kellman, who hired him, says it was "$10,000 a year and a $2,000 car allowance". Obama himself gave different numbers; his memoir says $10,000 (as well as the car), in his Wesleyan speech he gave it as "$12,000 a year plus $2,000 for an old, beat-up car", and when he announced his candidacy for president, it was "a group of churches had offered me a job as a community organizer for $13,000 a year".

Ryan Lizza at ''[[The New Republic]]'' reported that "Jean Rudd of the Woods Fund...had provided Kellman with his original $25,000 to hire Obama". Ari Berman reported in ''[[The Nation]]'' that the "[Woods Fund] gave a $25,000 grant to the Developing Communities Project, which hired Obama". CBS Channel 2 in Chicago ran a story with a document showing that Obama's proposed salary in 1987 was $25,000, a number that the Obama campaign confirmed while insisting at the same time his original salary was $13,000.<ref>Beckwith (April 23, 2008 or bef.). [http://theobamafile.com/obamaworks.htm "Community organizing"]. The Obama File website/Politics.</ref> Many of the organizers that Obama worked with in Chicago were experienced in the methods of [[Saul Alinsky]], and taught Obama many of the methods found in his book ''[[Rules for Radicals]]''.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/03/14/how%20saul%20alinsky%20taught%20barack%20obama%20everything%20he%20knows%20about%20civic%20upheaval/ How Saul Alinsky Taught Barack Obama Everything He Knows About Civic Upheaval]</ref>

During this time, Obama joined Reverend Wright's Trinity United Church because, in the words of Suzanne Malveaux of ''[[CNN]]'', "It was the church to join if you wanted to be one of Chicago's black movers and shakers." At the time, community organizing involved close affiliation with churches, which was how Obama met Wright. Obama abandoned the fight against asbestos contamination in the Altgeld Gardens housing project to pursue personal interests and a career by enrolling at Harvard Law School in the winter of 1988.<ref name=revealed />
[[File:Barack-Hussein-Obama-mit-Louis-Farrakhan-528x524.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Barack Obama with the notorious [[anti-Semite]], [[Louis Farrakhan]]. Farrakhan calls [[Jews]] "pigs and dogs." The [[Anti-Defamation League]] identifies Farrakhan as the nation's “leading anti-Semite."<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam The Nation of Islam], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>]]
'''1988–1996: law practice'''
In 1988, Obama gained work as a Summer Associate at one of the most prestigious corporate law firms in the world, Sidley Austin LLP,<ref>Multiple references:
*Lattman, Peter (May 11, 2007). [https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/11/sidley-austin-when-barack-met-michelle/ "When Barack met Michelle"]. Wall Street Journal website/Business/Law Blog/Lawyers and Law Firms. See ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.
*Malveaux, Suzanne (August 20, 2008). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/20/se.02.html Transcript of "Barack Obama Revealed"]. CNN website/Transcripts.</ref> whose partners included [[Newton Minow]], thanks to the recommendation of Minow's daughter Martha, a professor at Harvard Law School. It was at the Sidley Austin firm that Obama would meet Michelle Robinson, his future domestic partner.<ref name=raisingobama /> From 1993 to 1996 he practiced civil rights law including suing Citibank to force them into making [[Subprime loan|subprime mortgage]]s to minority borrowers.<ref>Schweizer, Peter (October 5, 2009). [https://www.forbes.com/2009/10/03/community-reinvestment-act-mortgages-housing-opinions-contributors-peter-schweizer.html "A poisonous cocktail: Expanding the Community Reinvestment Act"]. ''Forbes'' website. See [[Forbes]]. In ''Selma S. Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank'', lead attorney Obama alleged that although his clients had been denied mortgages "because of delinquent credit obligations and adverse credit," they were really victims of institutional racism. The suit was brought about by the Community Reinvestment Act, so called affirmative action mortgage lending. The plaintiffs won $60,000, and the court awarded Sidley Austin $950,000 for the work of Obama and two other attorneys.</ref> After graduating from Harvard he was hired by Miner, Barnhill, & Galland, a small politically connected law firm.<ref>Lattman, Peter (May 11, 2007). [https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/11/sidley-austin-when-barack-met-michelle/ "When Barack met Michelle"]. Wall Street Journal website/Business/Law Blog/Lawyers and Law Firms. See ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> It was at Miner, Barnhill, & Galland that he would meet influential real estate developer [[Tony Rezko]].<ref name=revealed />

'''1991–1992: Project Vote'''
In 1991 Obama was recruited by Sandy Newman to head the Chicago chapter of Project Vote!,<ref name=revealed /> and in 1992 was the executive director, overseeing a voter registration drive which registered 125,000 black voters and was credited with defeating popular incumbent Democrat Senator Alan Dixon in the primary and electing [[Carol Moseley-Braun]] as a reprisal for Dixon's support for Supreme Court Justice [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref name=PurdumandScott>Multiple references:
*Purdum, Todd (March 2008). [https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803 "Raising Obama"]. ''Vanity Fair''.
*Scott, Janny (July 30, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=all "In Illinois, Obama proved pragmatic and shrewd"]. ''The New York Times'' website. See ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

'''1991-1995: Author'''

In 1995 Obama published ''[[Dreams From My Father (autobiography)|Dreams From My Father]]'' about his life and family background.<ref name=msnbc /> It was in a 1992 book Obama claimed to have been born in Kenya.

====1995: Nation of Islam====

According to the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', prior to the information being scrubbed from its website in mid-April 2008 during the Democratic Presidential Primaries, Obama was one of three prominent organizers of black supremacist group the [[Nation of Islam]]'s [[Million Man March]] on Washington, D.C.<ref>Hoft, Jim (April 2, 2008). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2008/04/wright-obama-helped-organize-march-with-louis-farrakhan/ "Wright & Obama helped organize march with Louis Farrakhan"]. Gateway Pundit website. See [[Gateway Pundit]]</ref>

'''1992–2004: lecturer at University of Chicago'''
Obama taught part-time at the [[University of Chicago]] Law School<ref name=raisingobama /> from 1992 to 2004. Though Obama erroneously describes himself as a "constitutional law professor",<ref>Whiteman, Timothy (April 5, 2013). [http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-complains-of-being-constrained-by-a-system-founding-father-put-place "Obama complains of being 'constrained by a system' Founding Fathers put in place"]. Examiner.com/News/Politics/Republican.</ref> he was actually only a senior lecturer and the class he taught the most times was called "Current Issues in Racism and the Law".<ref>Holt, Mytheos (September 20, 2012). [https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/09/20/obamas-favorite-course-to-teach-at-the-university-of-chicago-revealed/ "Obama’s favorite course to teach at the University of Chicago revealed"]. The Blaze/Stories/Media. See [[The Blaze]].</ref> He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, teaching 3 courses per year<cite>, and a senior lecturer from 1996 to 2004. After Obama was criticized for lying about his job title, the University of Chicago released a statement stating that senior lecturers are considered Law School faculty and regarded as professors but not full-time or tenured. Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time, tenured track position several times during this period but declined each time.<ref>[https://www.law.uchicago.edu/media "Media inquiries: Statement regarding Barack Obama"] (March 2008 or bef.). University of Chicago Law School website. See [[University of Chicago]]</ref>
[[File:Bookbio.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Birther movement was started by Obama himself. He later blamed it on his publisher.]]

====2004 Democrat keynote speech====
Obama rose to prominence as an Illinois state senator invited to give the 2004 Democratic Party Nomination Convention Keynote Speech. Gloria Borger, later chief political analyst at CNN, appeared on the state media channel [[PBS]] ''Washington Week in Review'' program, and introduced the unknown Obama to America as a "Kenyan economist" running for the U.S. Senate in 2004. In the most memorable line of the speech, Obama said,
{{quotebox-float|"Tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America."<ref>http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm</ref>}}
The words were spoken to enthusiastic applause. In the confused and befuddled atmosphere of 2004, two nights later, the Democrat presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, said the exact opposite:
{{quotebox-float|"After September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger. There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. And how we wish it had stayed that way."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25678-2004Jul29.html</ref>}}
Likewise, Kerry's words were met with thunderous applause.

===Awards===
Obama shares the distinction with [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Josef Stalin]] as twice being named ''[[Time magazine]]'' person of the year.

'''2009 Nobel Peace Prize'''

On October 9, 2009, Barack H. Obama became the third sitting U.S. President<ref name=wilsons>Wilson, Scott (October 10, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html "President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize"]. ''Washington Post'' website. See [[Washington Post]].</ref> to be awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] "''for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html "The Nobel Prize for 2009: Press release"] (October 9, 2009). Nobel Prize website [Oslo, Norway]/Nobel Prizes/Peace/Laureates/2009. Accessed May 13, 2012.</ref> Obama stated that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to receive the unexpected award,<ref>CNN (October 9, 2009). [https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=ib_us "Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'Call to Action'"]. CNN website/World/Europe.</ref> and also said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize—men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace".<ref name=wilsons /> The award was widely criticized given Obama's then lack of accomplishments.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chazan, Guy and MacDonald, Alistair (October 11, 2009) [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125509603349176083.html "Nobel Committee's decision courts controversy"]. ''The Wall Street Journal'' website/World.
*Associated Press (October 9, 2009). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/09/obamas-peace-prize-draws-criticism-liberals/ "Obama's Peace Prize draws criticism, even from some liberals"]. Fox News website/Politics. See [[Associated Press]].</ref>

==1996–2003: Illinois State Senate==
'''1996 election'''
{{See also|Radical roots of Barack Hussein Obama|Maoist Thought}}
In 1995, a cadre of like-minded individuals gathered for a fundraising event in the early career of Barack Obama hosted by [[Weather Underground]] (WUO) [[terrorist]] [[William Ayers|William "Bill" Ayers]]. Besides Obama, those in attendance were Ayers' wife [[Bernardine Dohrn]],<ref>Geyer, Georgie Anne and Beech, Keyes (October 1970). "Cuba: School for U.S. Radicals [five part series]". ''Chicago Daily News''/''Chicago Sun-Times''. Excerpted in
[https://vault.fbi.gov/Weather%20Underground%20(Weathermen) ''Foreign Influence: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)''] (August 20, 1976), pp. 113-115. FBI. Retrieved from "Weather Underground (Weathermen)" webpage PDF rendering, part 3 of 6, pp. 5-7 at FBI website/FBI Records: The Vault. Located by The Real Barack Obama blog. See ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''.</ref> and Carl Davidson, veterans of [[guerrilla warfare]] training in [[Cuba]] just prior to the 1968 Democrat National Convention riots. Ayers and Dohrn have taken credit for, and never denied, bombing the [[U.S. Capitol]], the [[Pentagon]] and the [[State Department]].

Ayers and Dohrn used their celebrity status among [[leftist]]s to launch Obama's career. Ayers, Dohrn and [[Jeff Jones]]<ref>Klein, Aaron (August 13, 2009). [https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653 "Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder"]. WorldNetDaily website. "[[Van Jones]]...served on board of..." "activist group where ex-Weatherman serves as top director"'. See [[WorldNetDaily]].</ref> are authors of ''[[Bill Ayers#Prairie Fire Organizing Committee and Maoist thought|Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-imperialism]]'', the title taken from [[Quotations from Chairman Mao|''The Sayings of Mao Zedong'']].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/QuotationsFromChairmanMaoTse-tung/ ''Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung''] (1966), 2nd ed. Retrieved from Internet Archive.</ref> The book declares "we are [[communist]] men and women."<ref>Klehr, Harvey (1988). ''Far Left of Center: The American Radical Left Today'' (New Brunswick: Transaction Books), p. 109.</ref> Ayers later jokingly, publicly admitted to ghostwriting Obama's book, ''[[Dreams From My Father (autobiography)|Dreams From My Father]]''<ref>Cashill, Jack (March 28, 2011). [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/ayers_affirms_he_wrote_dreams.html "Ayers affirms he wrote ''Dreams from my Father''"]. American Thinker website/Blog. See [[American Thinker]].</ref> and Obama was to appoint several openly avowed Maoists to prominent White House and Executive Branch positions.<ref>Fund, John (October 21, 2009). [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704597704574487431322664964.html "From Mao to Obama"]. ''Wall Street Journal'' website.</ref>

===A Charter of Negative Liberties===
In a 2001 interview on WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, Senator Obama said some critically disparaging things about the [[United States Constitution]]. He said:

<blockquote>If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples. So that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order and as long as I could pay for it I’d be okay. 
But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society. And to that extent as radical as people tried to characterize the Warren court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can’t do to you, it says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted. One of the I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change and in some ways we still suffer from that.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/11/03/barack-obamas-poor-understanding-of-the-constitution Barack Obama's Poor Understanding of the Constitution]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jr9mLB3yKs Obama Constitution Negative Liberties.flv]</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2008/10/79225/ Obama rips U.S. Constitution]</ref></blockquote>

'''Backstabbing fellow Democrats'''
[[File:Obama picking his nose.png|thumb|225px|right|Barack Obama]]
Barack Obama ran for the Illinois state senate in 1996. He was initially supported by incumbent [[Alice Palmer]], who declared she would run for the U.S. Congress. However, when her bid for Congress failed on November 28, 1995, she tried to run for her old seat in the March 1996 election. Her supporters asked Obama to step aside, although whether this was with her permission remains uncertain.<ref name=pragmatic /> Not only did Obama not step down, he gathered a team of high-priced lawyers, including fellow Harvard Law School graduate Thomas Johnson, to challenge his opponent's petition signatures on technicalities after the filing deadline had passed. Such tactics are legal and frequently used in Chicago; in 2006 they eliminated 67 of the 245 aldermanic candidates;<ref name=bareknuckle>Jackson, David and Long, Ray (April 4, 2007). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-04/news/0704030881_1_petitions-voter-rights-candidates "Barack Obama: Showing his bare knuckles"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website. See ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.</ref> yet nevertheless led to the term "hardball" by ''The New York Times''<ref name=pragmatic /> and "cutthroat" by David Mendel as reported by both CNN<ref name=revealed /> and MSNBC.<ref name=msnbc /> The ''Chicago Tribune'' declared Obama had mastered "the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics", noting "The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it."<ref name=bareknuckle /> As one of Obama's four opponents, eliminated through his ballot challenges, would put it: {{cquote|"Why say you're for a new tomorrow, then do old-style Chicago politics to remove legitimate candidates? He talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?"
—Gha-is Askia, 1996 Illinois Senate candidate<ref>Jackson, David & Long, Ray (April 3, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123154440/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-070403obama-ballot-archive,0,5297304,full.story "Obama knows his way around a ballot"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website. Retrieved from January 23, 2013 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>}} Mark Ewell, another candidate, filed 1,286 signatures, and Obama's challenges left him 86 short of the minimum requirement (757).<ref name=spivak>Spivak, Todd (February 28, 2008). [https://www.houstonpress.com/2008-02-28/news/barack-obama-screamed-at-me/ "Barack Obama and me"]. ''Houston Press'' website.</ref> Ewell filed a federal lawsuit contesting the election board's decision but Tom Johnson intervened, and Ewell's case was dismissed just a few days later. Ewell and other Obama opponents were using early 1995 polling sheets to verify signatures of registered voters, but city authorities had just purged 15,871 unqualified people from the 13th district list, and Obama's challenges used the more recent, updated list. Askia was left 69 signatures short of the requirement. If names were printed instead of signed in cursive, they were declared invalid. If they were good but the person registering the signatures wasn't a registered voter (e.g. underage), they were invalid.<ref name=hardball>Griffin, Drew & Johnston, Kathleen (May 29, 2008). [https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/29/obamas.first.campaign/ "Obama played hardball in first Chicago campaign"]. CNN website. Article text begins: "When the Democratic National Committee meets Saturday on the thorny issue of seating the Florida and Michigan delegations..."</ref> Palmer had, according to Obama campaign consultant Ronald Davis, used two children to help gather her petition signatures. To this day, Palmer denies the challenges were valid, and maintains she could have overcome the objections with more time and resources.<ref name=bareknuckle /> Thanks to his lawyers, Obama would win the election without a single other candidate on the ballot.

'''2000 election'''
: ''Main Article: [[Illinois 1st congressional district election, 2000]]''
In 2000, Obama lost his only political election when he chose to run against experienced incumbent and former [[Black Panther]] Bobby L. Rush for the U.S. Congress in a 65% black district. Rush's name recognition began at 90%, Obama's at 11%. Michelle Obama opposed taking on such an iconic figure dear to the community and threatened divorce.<ref>Bates, Daniel (May 16, 2012). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145035/Michelle-Obama-prepared-divorce-papers-separate-Barack-leaving-suicidal.html "New book claims Michelle Obama prepared divorce papers to separate from Barack—leaving him so depressed friends feared he'd kill himself"]. ''Daily Mail'' website. See ''[[Daily Mail]]''.</ref> Establishment Democrats considered Obama "a white man in [[blackface]]".<ref>Gilmore, Jim (reporter, producer). (October 9, 2012). [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/choice-2012/transcript-29/ "Transcript of 'Barack Obama' in Kirk, Michael and Wiser, Mike (producers) '''Frontline'': The Choice 2012'"]. PBS website/WGBH/Frontline/film/The Choice 2012.</ref> Rush said of Obama, "He went to Harvard and became an educated fool," adding, "We’re not impressed with these folks with these eastern elite degrees."<ref>Ballasy, Nicholas (March 28, 2012). [https://dailycaller.com/2012/03/28/bobby-rush-in-2000-obamas-a-harvard-educated-fool-who-thinks-he-knows-all-about-the-civil-rights-protests/ "Bobby Rush in 2000: Obama a Harvard ‘educated fool’ who ‘thinks he knows all about’ the ‘civil rights protests’"]. Daily Caller website. See [[Daily Caller]].</ref> Todd Spivak would give voice to this impression of Obama, noting that
{{cquote|"My view of Obama then wasn't all that different from the image he projects now....One thing I can say is, I never heard him launch into the preacher-man voice he now employs during speeches. He sounded vanilla, and activists in his mostly black district often chided him for it."<ref name=spivak />}}
Rush would go on to win the Primary with 61.02% of the vote; Obama received 30.36%.<ref>Scott, Janny (September 9, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/us/politics/09obama.html?pagewanted=all "In 2000, a streetwise veteran schooled a bold young Obama]." ''The New York Times''. See ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> The loss led to Obama considering dropping out of politics altogether, particularly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, since his name sounds similar to "Osama bin Laden".<ref name=msnbc />

'''State Senate voting record'''

Obama entered the Illinois Senate promising change to a corrupt system. He mixed often radical votes with more pragmatic agreements. Possibly one of his most radical votes was against requiring medical care for aborted children who survive [[abortion|the procedure]] – in fact, the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council ascribed him a 100% rating for his consistently pro-choice votes.<ref name="cbs illinois">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sbgpzfpr/snop/p2/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml|title=Obama record may be gold mine for critics|publisher=CBS News website|last=Clark|first=Amy|date=January 17, 2007}} See [[CBS News]].</ref> He was criticized for using the statehouse as a stepping stone for a more illustrious career: Steven J. Rauschenberger, a [[Republican]], said prior to Obama's election as president: “He is a very bright but very ambitious person who has always had his eyes on the prize, and it wasn’t Springfield. If he deserves to be president, it is not because he was a great legislator.”<ref name="nyt illinois">{{cite web|publisher=''The New York Times'' website|title=In Illinois, Obama proved pragmatic and shrewd|last=Scott|first=Janny|date=July 30, 2007|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sboxugmc/snop/p2/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html}}.</ref>

The statehouse was majority Republican, so the Senator was sometimes forced to compromise. He formed allegiances across party lines to pass [[campaign finance]] reform that banned most gifts by lobbyists, prohibited spending campaign money for legislators’ personal use and required electronic filing of campaign disclosure reports.<ref name="nyt illinois"/> Obama also helped pass a so-called “driving-while-black bill”, which required the police to collect data on the race of drivers they stopped as a way to monitor [[racial profiling]].<ref name="nyt illinois"/>

Obama established himself as a chief spokesperson in opposition to the [[War on Terror]] during an October 2002 rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago<ref>The rally was organized by Chicagoans Against War in Iraq (CAWI) later renamed Chicagoans Against War and Injustice. See Davidson, Carl (November 2, 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811115415/http://www.noiraqwar-chicago.org/?page_id=2 "About CAWI"]. Chicagoans Against War and Injustice website. Retrieved from August 11, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> [[community organizing|organized]] by veteran [[Mao]]ist and webmaster of [[Progressives for Obama]],<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson] (2010 or bef.) LinkedIn [Profile page/Experience/Webmaster]. Retrieved March 13, 2010 and February 13, 2016.</ref> [[Carl Davidson]].

'''2003 Emil Jones deal'''
: ''Main Article: [[2003 Barack Obama deal with Emil Jones]]''
When Illinois' U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald announced he would be retiring in April 2003, Obama jumped at the opportunity, declaring that he would be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004.<ref name=msnbc /> To boost his chances Obama approached the newly crowned president of the Illinois Senate, Emil Jones Jr., with a proposal. According to Jones, whom Obama has since called his "godfather"<ref name=godfather>Associated Press (March 31, 2008). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obamas-political-godfather-in-illinois/ "Obama's political 'godfather' in Illinois"]. CBS News website. See [[Associated Press]], CBS News.</ref> the conversation went as follows:
{{cquote|"After I was elected president, in 2003, he came to see me, a couple months later. And he said to me, he said, ‘You’re the senate president now, and with that, you have a lot of pow-er.’ And I told Barack, ‘You think I got a lot of pow-er now?,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, you got a lot of pow-er.’ And I said, ‘What kind of pow-er do I have?’ He said, ‘You have the pow-er to make a United States sen-a-tor!’ I said to Barack, I said, ‘That sounds good!’ I said, ‘I haven’t even thought of that.’ I said, ‘Do you have someone in mind you think I could make?,’ and he said, ‘Yeah. Me.’"<ref name=PurdumandScott/>}}
Because of the deal, Obama's entire Illinois Senate legislative record was, as longtime Obama reporter Todd Spivak put it, built in a single year. During his 7th and final year in the Illinois Senate, Obama sponsored an incredible 26 bills into law, including many he now points to when criticized as inexperienced<ref name=spivak />—as CNN's Suzanne Malveaux observed, "With help from on high, Obama got his name on hundreds of bills that he pushed through."<ref name=revealed /> Jones not only had Obama craft legislation addressing daily tragedies to raise his political profile,<ref name=godfather /> he also appointed Obama head of almost all high-profile legislation in the Illinois Senate, angering other state legislators with more seniority who'd spent years supporting the bills.<ref name=spivak /> Illinois State Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of the famous racial profiling bill requiring videotaped confessions in police interrogations, complained bitterly about Jones' decision.<ref>Multiple references:
*Malveaux, Suzanne (August 20, 2008). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/20/se.02.html "Transcript of 'Barack Obama Revealed'"]. CNN website/Transcripts.
*Spivak, Todd (March 25, 2004). [http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-922-in-the-black.html "In the black"]. ''Illinois Times''.</ref> Jones' influence had a major impact on Obama's chances in the 2004 elections, preventing major political players from backing Obama's opponents. To quote Emil Jones, {{cquote|"He knew if he had me in the run for the Senate, it would put a block on the current mayor. The current mayor and the father of the controller, which was Dan Hynes, they were roommates in Springfield when the mayor was a state senator, so they had a relationship. Another big financial backer for the governor was Blair Hull. Barack knew if he had me it would checkmate the governor, ’cause the governor couldn’t come out and go with Blair Hull, ’cause the governor needs me. Same with the mayor. So he had analyzed and figured all of that out. He knew I could help him with labor support. And I could put a checkmate on some of the local politicians that didn’t know him, but they couldn’t really go against me."
—Emil Jones<ref name=raisingobama />}}

==2004–2008: U.S. Senate==
:''See also: [[Early life and career of Barack Hussein Obama#U.S. Senate .282004-2008.29|Barack Obama:U.S. Senate (2004-2008)]], [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004]]''

Obama was a relatively undistinguished Senator.
[[File:Domino effect.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The image received over 34 million views within hours after [[Elon Musk]] posted it.<ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699556514879451614</ref>]]
'''2004 Primary election'''
Despite initially trailing in the polls to frontrunner [[Blair Hull]],<ref>Spivak, Todd (March 25, 2004). [http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-922-in-the-black.html "In the black"]. ''Illinois Times''.</ref> Obama greatly benefited from what the ''Chicago Tribune'' called "the most inglorious campaign implosion in Illinois political history"<ref name=mendell>Mendell, David (March 17, 2004). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-03-17/news/0403170332_1_blair-hull-gery-chico-blacks-and-liberal-whites "Obama routs Democratic foes"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website. See ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.</ref> when pressure from journalists and opposing candidates, just weeks before the election, forced the unsealing of Hull's messy divorce files.<ref name=blairhull>Voegeli, William (March 19, 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070826095930/http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.339/pub_detail.asp "The rise and fall of Blair Hull"]. The Claremont Institute website. Retrieved from August 26, 2007 archive at Internet Archive. See [[Claremont Institute]].</ref> The files revealed Hull's ex-wife's accusations of verbal and physical abuse.<ref name=spivak /> Hull would afterward criticize the media, stating, "As for the press, I will never read the newspaper the same way again."<ref name=mendell /> Obama would go on to win the Primary with 53% of the vote.<ref name=blairhull /> Obama's unexpected victory led to him being termed a "rising star" by the media.<ref>Howlett, Debbie (March 18, 2004). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-03-18-obama-usat_x.htm Dems "See a rising star in Illinois Senate Candidate"]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Politics-Elections/Nation/Campaign 2004. See ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref>

'''2004 General election, Jack Ryan'''

Once again Obama found himself trailing to popular front-runner [[Jack Ryan]], and once again a candidate's campaign imploded thanks to media intervention. In an unprecedented move, the ''Chicago Tribune'' and local TV station WLS sued to force the unsealing of Ryan's divorce files, despite opposition from both Ryan and his wife, Jeri Ryan, who in the files accused Jack Ryan of trying to coerce her to perform sex acts in public. Though Ryan's advisors told him he could still win if using a negative attack on Obama, Ryan refused to engage in what he considered dirty politics.<ref name=abandon>Associated Press (June 26, 2004). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/state/2004-06-25-ryan_x.htm "Jack Ryan abandons Senate bid"]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Politics-Elections/State/Campaign 2004. See [[Associated Press]].</ref> Ryan then dropped out of the race (per request by the Illinois GOP<ref name=idealist>Sangwan, Rahul (October 1, 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924232703/http://www.dartmouthindependent.com/archives/2004/10/jack_ryan_81_th.html "Jack Ryan '81: The conservative idealist"]. ''Dartmouth Independent'' website. Retrieved from September 24, 2006 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>), following which the Illinois GOP scrambled to find a replacement, leaving Obama uncontested for weeks to campaign and build up public support. On top of all this, Obama was selected to give the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (July 27<ref>Obama, Barack (June 26, 2004). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19751-2004Jul27.html "Transcript: Illinois Senate candidate Barack Obama [Keynote address at 2004 Democratic National Convention]"]. Transcribed by FDCH E-Media. ''Washington Post'' website. See ''[[Washington Post]]''.</ref>), catapulting him into the national spotlight, and leading to further media publicity terming him a "rising star".<ref>Page, Susan and Despeignes, Peronet (July 28, 2004). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07-28-obama-speech_x.htm "Rising star brings Democrats to their feet"]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Politics-Elections/Nation/President/Campaign 2004. See ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref>

'''2004 General election, Alan Keyes'''
: ''Main Article: [[Obama born alive controversy]]''
[[File:Obama eating a booger.png|left|225px|thumb|Obama in deep thought.]]
After a number of candidates including former [[Chicago Bears]] coach Mike Ditka declined to run,<ref>CNN (August 9, 2004). [https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/08/senate.illinois.keyes/ "Keyes challenges Obama for Illinois Senate seat"]. CNN website/Politics/America Votes 2004. See [[CNN]].</ref> the Illinois GOP finally settled on fiery [[Alan Keyes]], a former Ambassador to the Economic and Social Counsel of the United Nations,<ref name=spivak /> with less than 3 months left before the November 2004 election.<ref name=msnbc /> His sudden entrance into the state for the election was initially attacked in the press as "carpetbagging".<ref>Multiple references:
*"[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08-06/news/0408060313_1_mr-keyes-judy-baar-topinka-alan-keyes "The GOP's rent-a-senator"] (August 6, 2004). ''Chicago Tribune'' website. See ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50885-2004Aug8.html "Mr. Keyes the carpetbagger"] (August 9, 2004). ''Washington Post'', p. A14. Retrieved from ''Washington Post'' website. See ''[[Washington Post]]''.
*Pearson, Rick (September 5, 2004). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-05/news/0409050304_1_selfish-hedonist-alan-keyes-illinois-republican-party "Keyes, state GOP gearing up blame campaign"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website/News.</ref> Keyes repeatedly claimed his primary motivation for entering a race he had seemingly no chance of winning was his disgust at Obama's votes on the popular [[Born Alive]] bills.<ref>Keyes, Alan (August 18, 2004). [https://www.mail-archive.com/newsandviews@chuckmuth.com/msg00699.html "How YOU can help Alan Keyes for Senate!"] Message from Keyes2004 Inc. to multiple internet mailing lists. Retrieved from archive of newsandviews internet mailing list at The Mail Archive website.</ref> Keyes, from his first day of arriving in Illinois (August 9, 2004),<ref name=assails>Associated Press (August 9, 2004). [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5654128/ "Keyes assails Obama's abortion views"]. NBC News website/Politics.</ref> accused Obama of having voted against bills mandating medical care for newborn children, and supporting "infanticide" (the term twice used in the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act<ref>United States Congress (October 21, 2003). [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/s3/text/enr "S. 3 (108th): "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003"], sec. 2, subsec. 14, paras. G and O. Govtrack.us website/Congress/Bills/108th Congress/Senate bill 3/Text.</ref>) where hospitals left newborn infants to die like garbage.<ref>Multiple references:
*Keyes, Alan (June 2008 or bef.) [http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=341 "Alan Keyes on the Tavis Smiley Show"]. Alan Keyes Archives website. Transcript of interview by Tavis Smiley. ''Tavis Smiley Show'' (New York City: National Public Radio, August 31, 2004). See [[NPR]].
*Keyes, Alan (June 2008 or bef.) [http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=337 "Alan Keyes on CBS2 Chicago This Morning"]. Alan Keyes Archives website. Transcript of interview with ''CBS This Morning'' show. ''CBS This Morning'' (Chicago: CBS 2, August 30, 2004).</ref> Obama in a debate on October 13, 2004, defended himself against Keyes' accusations of infanticide by claiming that Illinois law was already sufficient.<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-10-13/news/0410140004_1_alan-keyes-senate-race-first-of-three-debates "Debate or discussion?"] (October 13, 2004). ''Chicago Tribune'' website/News.</ref>

However, Keyes' rhetoric, calling Obama's votes "the slaveholder's position"<ref name=assails /> and saying "Jesus Christ would not vote for Obama"<ref>Keyes, Alan (June 2008 or bef.). [http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=348 "Alan Keyes on the Scott Thomas Show (AM1160 - WYLL)"]. Alan Keyes Archives website. Transcript of interview by Scott Thomas. ''Scott Thomas Show'' (Chicago: WYLL, AM 1160, September 7, 2004).</ref> was widely ridiculed by the press. Keyes' unabashed criticism of homosexuality as "selfish hedonism" was also targeted.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pearson, Rick (September 5, 2004). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-05/news/0409050304_1_selfish-hedonist-alan-keyes-illinois-republican-party "Keyes, state GOP gearing up blame campaign"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website/News.
*Associated Press (September 2, 2004). [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/5897569/ns/politics/t/keyes-cheneys-gay-daughter-practicing-selfish-hedonism/#.VsR94_krKWg "Keyes: Cheney's gay daughter practicing selfish hedonism"]. NBC News website/Politics.
*Pallasch, Abdon M. (September 2, 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20040903052923/http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-keyes02.html "Keyes' gay slam roils GOP"]. ''Chicago Sun-Times'' website/News/Elections. Retrieved from September 3, 2004 archive at Internet Archive. See ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. This article misquotes [[Liz Cheney]]; previous bulleted reference in this multiple reference gives full quote verified by CNN transcript.</ref> Obama would ultimately win the election, 70% to 27%.<ref>[http://cnn.hu/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IL/S/01/index.html "America votes 2004: Election Results, U.S. Senate/Illinois"] (November 2, 2004). CNN Hungary website/Elections.</ref>

'''U.S. Senate voting record'''
{{See also|US biological weapons labs abroad}}
[[File:Photo 2025-07-06 15-21-17.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As Senator, Obama inspects [[weapon]]s disposal in [[Donetsk]]. As President, Obama reversed the trend and sent weapons to kill [[Russian]]s in Donetsk.]]
Obama's incomplete term in the U.S. Senate was largely not noteworthy. In voting against raising the [[debt limit]] in 2006 Obama famously said, "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. ... I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit."<ref>Multiple references:
*''Washington Post'' FACT CHECKER, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/annotating-obamas-2006-speech-against-boosting-the-debt-limit/2013/01/14/aa8cf8c4-5e9b-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_blog.html Annotating Obama’s 2006 speech against boosting the debt limit], Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, 01/15/2013.
*Kaplan, Rebecca (April 11, 2011). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/obama-once-opposed-debt-ceiling-hike/237129/ "Obama once opposed debt ceiling hike"]. ''The Atlantic'' website/Politics.</ref> In 2008 as a candidate for president Obama called George W. Bush's request to raise the debt limit "irresponsible" and "unpatriotic".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kuTG19Cu_Q "Obama says adding $4 trillion to debt is unpatriotic [July 3, 2008]"] (August 23, 2011). YouTube video, 0:38, posted by maywhitley31.</ref>

The ''National Journal'' ranked him the most liberal senator in 2007.<ref name="ranked">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sbgpzfpr/snop/p2/8301-502163_162-3775451-502163.html|title="''National Journal'': Obama most liberal senator in 2007"|author=Montopoli, Brian|date=January 31, 2008|publisher=CBS News website}}. See [[CBS News]].</ref>

Obama frequently used the [[filibuster]] to obstruct the operations of government,<ref>O'Keefe, E. (2010, February 4). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303801_pf.html Obama criticizes Senate Republicans for delaying confirmation votes]. ''Washington Post''.</ref> and voted against the [[minimum wage]] bill<ref>Multiple references:
*Gill, Kathy (May 26, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070905140628/http://uspolitics.about.com/od/legislatio1/a/HR2206.htm "HR 2206 - Emergency appropriations [110th Congress, House of Representatives, signed into law May 25, 2007]"], About.com website/News & Issues/U. S. Politics: Current Events/Legislation. Retrieved from September 5, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.
*[http://more.gov.mtopgroup.com/2007/05/votes-hr-2206-iraq-supplemental.html Votes - H.R. 2206: Iraq Supplemental], May 28, 2007. Retrieved from Deeper Inside the Mountain, June 4, 2007.</ref> he introduced because it included a provision to pay active duty U.S. troops. He voted for the $700 billion TARP program to bail out the big banks after receiving more than $120,000 in contributions from [[Fannie Mae]], a government-sponsored entity<ref>more than any other political candidate for office since 1989. [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Lawmakers], By Lindsay Renick Mayer, September 11, 2008. opensecrets.org</ref> taken into conservatorship for mismanaging its affairs and responsible for all the big banks' problems.

According to Opensecrets.org, of the 671,269 contributions to Obama during his time in the Senate, [[Goldman Sachs]], JP Morgan, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley were among the top 20 biggest money donors to his campaigns.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008 Top 20 Contributors, 2007-2008]
*[http://www.votesmart.org/finance.php?can_id=9490 Barack Obama II's Campaign Finances]</ref> All four subsequently received approximately $70 billion in taxpayer-assisted [[bailout]] money from the [[TARP]] program he voted for.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/10/14/business/14bailout.graphic2.html ''Beneficiary Banks'', ''The New York Times''. 2008-10-14.]</ref> UBS AG, a foreign bank and the 12th largest donor to Obama,<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638 Top 20 Contributors, 2007-2008]</ref> was fined $780 billion in February 2009 in a U.S. Federal Court on charges it helped thousands of Americans evade taxes.<ref>[https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090219/FREE/902199983 ''UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal,''] Investment News, February 19, 2009.</ref> After just four short years, Obama still ranks number one over all time of Big Pharma money recipients with slightly under $5 million, followed by Hillary Clinton with a little more than $3.5 million.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=H04&cycle=All&recipdetail=S&mem=Y</ref> Since entering the Senate, prescription opioid deaths in the U.S. rose from 12,000 per year to over 46,000 per year.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/prescribing.html</ref>

==Presidential campaigns==
[[File:Party affiliation in the USA in 2022.jpg|thumbnail|right|700px|Since Barack Hussein Obama's winning the U.S. presidential election in 2008, which was a reflection of the [[Democratic Party]] moving politically [[leftism|leftward]] on social issues and also embracing corporate influence, the Democratic Party has seen a significant loss of registered voters.]]
Contrary to popular myth at the end of the [[Cold War]], Communism did not die; it only went into remission. The rise of Barack Obama and passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) signaled a renewed attack on basic constitutional rights and a revival of a spectre haunting humanity.

===2008===
{{main article|Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign}}
Unlike Democrat contenders Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, Obama's hands were not "stained" with the Iraqi war resolution; a number of Democrats wanted to punish candidates for acting [[bi-partisan]] and called for his candidacy. His only career accomplishment until then had been the delivery of a speech at the 2004 [[Democratic National Convention]].

Through heavy use of [[early voting]] by the Democrat political machine, Obama was elected president in 2008 in the midst of a severe economic meltdown and a foreign policy crisis. Obama outspent [[John McCain]] by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2008,<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contriball.php?cycle=2008 "Candidate comparison: Top contributors 2008 cycle"] (betw. September–November 2013). OpenSecrets.org website.</ref> and spent more than a billion dollars from special interests to snag reelection in 2012.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/candidate.php?cycle=2012&id=N00009638 "Barack Obama (D): Candidate summary, 2012 cycle/Source of funds"] (betw. March–June 2013). Opensecrets.org website. 34% Individual contributions, 67% large and corporate.
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php "2012 presidential race/Overall spending"] (betw. August–September 2015). OpenSecrets.org website. These special interests count of over $1 billion may have decreased at least for a time since August–September 2015, where a grand total of individual contributions of less than $1 billion is reflected, but the grand total is presumably incomplete (shown, for example, by the uncounted University of California contributions revealed when comparing the subtotal from the time before August–September 2015 to the time afterwards, the subtotal thus ''increasing''), has every chance of remaining close to its precise revised estimated amount at the beginning of that time (of $964 million) and does not include Super PAC contributions, which is ''indirect'' spending.
**([https://web.archive.org/web/20150304050735/https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=N00009638 Link to version of this reference] on March 4, 2015 [whose pertinent subtotal which follows was the same back to the time indicated in the first bulleted reference] which shows $1,212,245 in contributions from the University of California. This is ''vs.'' $1,350,139 in contributions shown in the version indicated by the Internet Archive to have been published between August–September 2015 and shown in versions at least for a time thereafter [version retrieved on February 7, 2016 shows the same amount].)</ref>
Former [[Democrat]] Presidential candidate [[Joe Lieberman]] endorsed Obama's opponent [[John McCain]] in 2008 and declined to endorse Obama for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 presidential election]].<ref>Lillis, M. (2012, April 22). [https://thehill.com/video/campaign/222929-lieberman-declines-to-endorse-in-presidential-race Sen. Lieberman declines to endorse in presidential race]. ''The Hill''.</ref>

'''Primary election'''

In 2007–08, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton competed for the Democrat nomination. Hillary Clinton cleverly resurrected the "Born Alive" controversy surrounding Obama that had lain largely dormant since 2004 (notwithstanding the continuing mentions by [[Jill Stanek]]) by accusing Obama of not being pro-choice for voting "Present" on a number of abortion-related bills<ref>Bettelheim, Adriel (2008, February 13). "[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/feb/13/obamas-present-tension/ Obama's 'Present' Tension]." ''PolitiFact''.</ref>—including the Born Alive ones,<ref>Multiple references:
*Berman, Russell (2008, January 17). "[https://www.nysun.com/national/clinton-obama-should-vote-no-on-abortion-issue/69700/ Clinton: Obama Should Vote 'No' On Abortion Issue She Backed]." ''[[New York Sun]]''.
*Hernandez, Raymond & Drew, Christopher (2007, December 20). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html?pagewanted=all It's Not Just 'Ayes' and 'Nays': Obama's Votes in Illinois Echo]." ''The New York Times''.</ref> and cowardly ducking the votes.<ref>Multiple references:
*''Politi-Fact''. "[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/feb/13/hillary-clinton/yes-but-its-complicated/ Response to Hillary Clinton Comment for January 21st, 2008]." Truth-o-Meter.
*Dorning, Mike (2007, December 20). "[http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/criticism_of_obama_present_vot.html Clinton Camp Criticizes Obama 'Present' Votes]." The Swamp. ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref> This led to criticism of Obama by two pro-choice organizations, Emily's List, and the [[National Organization for Women]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Dorning, Mike (2008, January 14). "[http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/obama_campaign_mounts_defense.html The Swamp: Obama Campaign Defends His Abortion-Rights Record]." ''Chicago Tribune''.
*Dorn, Michael (2008, February 6). "[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/02/obamas_voting_record_on_aborti_1.html Obama's Voting Record on Abortion]." ''Washington Post''.
*Newton-Small, Jay (2008, January 14). "[http://swampland.time.com/2008/01/14/obama_campaign_defends_present/ Obama Campaign Defends 'Present' Abortion Votes]." ''[[Time Magazine]]''.</ref> However, Pam Sutherland, the long-time head of Illinois Planned Parenthood, came to Obama's aid, criticizing Clinton for making the attack, and stating repeatedly that Obama's present votes were part of a broader strategy used by Planned Parenthood to keep Illinois voters from knowing their state senators were voting against the controversial and popular bills.<ref>Hernandez, Raymond & Drew, Christopher (2007, December 20). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20cnd-obama.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin Obama's Vote in Illinois Was Often Just 'Present']." ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref>Follmer, Max (2008, March 28). "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/14/obama-emphasizes-prochoic_n_81460.html Obama Emphasizes Pro-Choice Voting Record as Clinton Questions 'Present' Votes]." ''[[Huffington Post]]''.</ref>
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{{cquote|"He came to me and said: ‘My members are being attacked. We need to figure out a way to protect members and to protect women. A ‘present’ vote was hard to pigeonhole which is exactly what Obama wanted. What it did was give cover to moderate Democrats who wanted to vote with us but were afraid to do so" because of how their votes would be used against them electorally. A ‘present’ vote would protect them. Your senator voted ‘present.’ Most of the electorate is not going to know what that means."
-Pam Sutherland, President/CEO of Illinois Planned Parenthood Council, 1980-2012<ref>Davis, Teddy (2007, July 17). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130414215754/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2007/07/obama-abortion/ Obama Abortion Dodges Blessed by Planned Parenthood], ''[[ABC News]]''.</ref>}}As the contest in Iowa drew near one of Obama's gay lovers, Donald Young, the openly homosexual choirmaster at Trinity United Church where the Obamas were members, was shot to death.<ref>https://www.wnd.com/2012/09/claim-obama-hid-gay-life-to-become-president/</ref> Hillary Clinton organizers began circulating evidence that Obama was secretly a Muslim.<ref>[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/barackemail/ Obama Under the Clinton Microscope], By JEFF ZELENY, ''The New York Times'', December 10, 2007</ref><ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/06/clinton-volunteers-anti-obama-e-mail-causes-stir/ Clinton volunteer's sending of anti-Obama e-mail causes stir]. December 6, 2007. CNN</ref><ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=92143 Hillary Clinton Press Release - Sen. Obama Rewrites History], December 2, 2007, references Obama in the Muslim school in Indonesia in 3rd grade, quoting the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', 3/15/07</ref><ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article1995587.ece Obama ‘was educated in madrassa’], Tim Reid and Tom Baldwin, ''[[The Times of London]]'', January 20, 2007.</ref> Clinton also made the claim repeatedly that while Obama was leading in Delegates she was winning the Popular Vote,<ref>Koffler, Daniel (2008, May 28). "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-koffler/hillary-clinton-and-the-p_b_103913.html Hillary Clinton and the Popular Vote: Not Wrong, but Meaningless]." ''Huffington Post''. Barone, Michael (2008, March 28). "[https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/barone/2008/03/28/projection-clinton-wins-popular-vote-obama-wins-delegate-count Projection: Clinton Wins Popular Vote, Obama Wins Delegate Vote]." ''U.S. News''.</ref> though this was in part because Obama hadn't been registered in Michigan.<ref>Romano, Andrew (2008, August 2). "[https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/stumper/2008/06/02/clinton-s-popular-vote-claim-close-but-not-quite.html Clinton's Popular Vote Claim? Close--But Not Quite*]." ''[[Newsweek]]''.</ref><ref>''[[RealClearPolitics]]''. "[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html 2008 Democratic Popular Vote]."</ref> Obama's advantage with super-delegates over Clinton was about 2-to-1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 6/6|work=Democratic Convention Watch|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/scyaetcar/szvnvskmbmff/p1/2008/06/superdelegate-endorsements-for-friday.html}}</ref> Obama was able to attract the support of [[liberals]] by pointing out that he had come out against the [[Iraq War]] "from the beginning" whereas Clinton had voted in favor of the war in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/shkoagohk/sopq/p2/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-31-democrats-debate_N.htm|title=Obama, Clinton stress differences on Iraq, issues|author=David Jackson|work=USA Today|language=English}}</ref> On June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton withdrew from the Primaries, conceding the race and endorsing her opponent,<ref>''Associated Press''. "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24993082/ns/politics-decision_08/t/clinton-ends-historic-bid-endorses-obama/ Clinton Ends Historic Bid, Endorses Obama]." [[MSNBC]]</ref> when Obama passed the 2,118 Delegates required; winning 2,201 delegates to Clinton's 1,896.<ref>''CNN''. "[https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D Election Center 2008].</ref>

'''Jeremiah Wright controversy'''
[[File:Obamaatcampdavid.jpg|thumb|right|Obama desecrates a Christian symbol at Evergreen Chapel]]
{{See also|Barack Obama and Liberation Theology}}
One major dilemma that arose for Obama during his campaign was his connection to his preacher [[Jeremiah Wright]]. Obama and his wife (raised a Baptist) were members of the Trinity [[United Church of Christ]]<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776246/posts Trinity United Church of Christ Website (Barack Hussein Obama's Church)]</ref> in Chicago, a church that embraced [[black liberation theology]] and its emphasis on empowering so-called "oppressed groups" against "establishment forces". This denomination was the first in America to ordain gays as ministers.<ref>[https://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/31079.html Obama's church pushes controversial doctrines], March 20, 2008</ref> Church pastor Jeremiah Wright had been making inflammatory comments and posting his sermons online for sale. These include the statement "G-d damn America," and in describing the September 11th attacks, "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black [[South Africa]]ns, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost."<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788 Obama's Pastor: G-d Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11], [[ABC News]]</ref> In addition, Rev. Wright blamed America saying "We supported Zionism shamelessly while ignoring the Palestinians and branding anybody who spoke out against it as being [[anti-Semitic]]."

In April 2008, after 20 years in the church, candidate Obama made public statements poised to set him at odds with the man who conducted his wedding and baptized his children. With the negative publicity persisting, a month later Obama ended the friendship, left Wright's church, and blamed the media.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/31/obama-resigns-church-membership-in-chicago/ Obama Drops Church Membership in Chicago], [[Fox News]] May 31, 2008</ref> Obama claimed “It’s not fair to the other members of the church who seek to worship in peace...", and distanced himself from Wright's sermons as "a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in the truth."<ref>USA Today, [https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080430/1a_offlede30_dom.art.htm ''Obama breaks with former pastor, Candidate cites rants on U.S. role in terror, AIDS''], by Kathy Kiely and David Jackson</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081211092533/https://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080430.htm ''Obama Says He Is Outraged By Wright's "Rants"'']</ref>

===Born Alive record resurfaces===
On June 30, 2008, Obama's voting record on the "Born Alive" bills came once more to the forefront when CNN gave voice to the growing controversy and revealed the defense Obama had been using since 2004–2008, that the Illinois bills he'd voted against were different from the federal bill, was false, since he'd brought up for a vote a bill word for word identical to the federal bill in the Health and Human Services Committee he chaired, and voted against it, defeating it.<ref>''CNN''. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZCXcTwZPY How He Really Voted on Abortion: Obama's Record Under Attack]." ''The Situation Room''. Uploaded to ''YouTube'' by [[Jill Stanek]].</ref><ref>''CNN''. "[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0806/30/sitroom.02.html Transcripts: June 30, 2008]." The Situation Room.</ref> This led in August to a confrontation between Obama and the [[NRLC]].<ref>''[[National Right to Life Committee]]''. "[https://www.nrlc.org/news/2008/NRL08/ObamaCoverup.html Obama Cover-up Revealed on Born-Alive Abortion Survivor's Bill]." NRL News, Vol. 35, Issue 7-8, pg. 5.</ref> After Obama accused critics of 'lying'<ref>Brody, David (2008, August 16). "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skq5M1Ksp_c McCain/Obama Forum]." ''CNN''. Uploaded to ''YouTube'' by [[Jill Stanek]]. David Brody (August 16, 2008). "[http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2008/08/16/obama-gets-heated-on-born-alive-infant-protection-act.aspx Obama Gets Heated on Born Alive Infant Protection Act]." ''[[CBN]] News''. The Brody File.</ref> the NRLC challenged the assertion, and the Obama campaign conceded he "misspoke" and had voted against an identical bill to the "federal bill that everybody supported" but focused on Obama's new claim, that Illinois law was already sufficient to protect newborn children.<ref>Berman, Russell (2008, August 18). "[https://www.nysun.com/national/obama-facing-attacks-from-all-sides-over-abortion/84059/ Obama Facing Attacks From All Sides Over Abortion Record]." ''[[New York Sun]]''.</ref> The NRLC promptly declared "Senator Barack Obama's four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation to protect born-alive survivors of abortions continues to unravel."<ref>Johnson, Douglas (2008, August 18). "[https://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/Obamacoveruponbornalive.htm Obama Cover-up on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Continues to Unravel After Sen. Obama Says NRLC is 'Lying']." ''[[National Right to Life Committee]]''.</ref>

'''Result'''
Obama made an effort to portray John McCain as similar to George W. Bush, drawing attention to McCain's refusal to criticize the unpopular president. McCain was particularly criticized for saying of how many years we should be willing to stay in Iraq, "Make it a hundred."<ref>Dobbs, Michael (2008, April 2). "[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/04/mccains_100year_war.html FactChecker: McCain's '100-Year War']." ''Washington Post''.</ref>{{cquote|"John McCain went on television and said that there has been great progress economically over the last seven-and-a-half years. John McCain thinks our economy has made great progress under George W. Bush? How could somebody who has been traveling across this country, somebody who came to Erie, Pennsylvania, say we’ve made great progress?"
-Barack Obama<ref>Zeleny, Jeff (2008, April 18). "[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/obama-criticizes-mccain-on-economic-stance/ Obama Criticizes McCain on Economic Stance]." ''The New York Times''.</ref>}} On August 22, Obama selected [[Joe Biden]] as his running mate for the vice presidency,<ref>''CNN'' (2008, August 23). "[http://articles.cnn.com/2008-08-23/politics/biden.democrat.vp.candidate_1_biden-john-mccain-barack-obama?_s=PM:POLITICS Obama Introduces Biden as Running Mate]."</ref> which would be contrasted one week later with John McCain's selection of [[Sarah Palin]].<ref>Cooper, Michael & Bumiller, Elisabeth (2008, August 29). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/29palin.html?pagewanted=all Alaskan is McCain's Choice; First Woman on G.O.P. Ticket]. ''The New York Times''.</ref>

On November 2, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election with 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173.<ref>(2008, November 14). "[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/explorer.html Electoral Explorer]." Election Results 2008. ''The New York Times''.</ref> Obama received 53% of the popular vote to John McCain's 46%.<ref>(2008, November 17). "[https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/ President]." Election Center 2008. ''CNN''.</ref>

===2012===
{{Main|Presidential Election 2012}}
During his campaigns, Obama said that he intended to "[[Redistribution of wealth|spread the wealth around]]" and was portrayed as saying that entrepreneurs and employers deserve no credit for building their businesses.<ref>Multiple references:
*Zuckerman, Mortimer B. (July 16, 2010). [https://www.usnews.com/opinion/mzuckerman/articles/2010/07/16/obamas-anti-business-policies-are-our-economic-katrina "Obama's anti-business policies are our economic Katrina"]. ''U.S. News and World Report'' website.
*Barnes, Fred (July 22, 2009). [https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/619dvjlm.asp "An anti-business president"]. ''The Weekly Standard''. Vol. 14, No. 38. Retrieved at The Weekly Standard website. See [[The Weekly Standard]].
*Shedlock, Mike (August 20, 2010). [http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/08/small-businesses-are-not-hiring-why.html "Small businesses are not hiring—Why should they?"] Blogspot website/Mish's global economic trend analysis.
*Wright, C. Edmund (February 12, 2012). [https://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/dear_mr_president_why_we_are_n.html "Dear Mr. President: Why we are not hiring"]. American Thinker website. See [[American Thinker]].</ref> On March 1, 2013, Obama issued [[Executive Order|executive orders]] to implement his [[Budget sequester|sequester]] of budget cuts which<ref>Bedard, Paul (February 27, 2013). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dnc-boosts-obama-job-cut-threat-of-750000-to-2-million/article/2522664?custom_click=rss "Sequester hype: DNC adds 1.25 million job cuts to Obama's 750,000"]. ''Washington Examiner'' website. Article located by [[Weasel Zippers]] website.</ref> has been widely criticized for destroying jobs in what was an anemic and fragile recovery.<ref>Foys, Bob (February 26, 2013). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-02-26/news/chi-20130226-foys_briefs_1_sequester-president-obama-press-secretary-jay-carney "President Obama's sequester"]. ''Chicago Tribune'' website. See [[Chicago Tribune]].</ref>

Warren L. Dean Jr., an adjunct professor of law at [[Georgetown University]] Law Center, wrote:
*{{obama income inequality}}

Obama's illegal domestic spying on political opponents and [[FISA abuse]] began in June 2012 before the November 2012 presidential election and was continued beyond his term of office by holdovers.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/05/24/evidence-of-obama-administration-political-surveillance-beginning-mid-2012/</ref>

According to a [[NBC News]] poll, from August 2014, Obama's approval rating was a dismal 40%,<ref>Murray, Mark (August 5, 2014). [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/poll-americans-dissatisfied-economy "Poll: Obama’s approval rating hits all-time low"]. MSNBC website. See [[MSNBC]]</ref> showing that six in ten Americans disapproved of his [[liberal]] policies. Given that liberals frequently engage in [[Liberal lies|deceit]], the actual approval ratings could be much lower. When Obama left office, the same pollsters who prognosticated a blowout win for Hillary Clinton maintained Obama's approval rating was above 50%.

===Birth certificate controversies===
: ''Main article: [[Barack Obama Controversies#Birth Certificate]]''
On April 27, 2011,<ref>CNN Political Unit (2011, April 27). "[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obama-birth-certificate/ White House Releases Obama Birth Certificate]." ''CNN''.</ref> a long-running controversy surrounding Obama's birth was largely put to rest<ref>Winter, J. (2011, April 29). "[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/29/expert-says-obamas-birth-certificate-legit/ Expert: No Doubt Obama's Birth Certificate is Legit]." ''[[Fox News]]''. Tuchman, G. (2011, April 25). "[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-25/politics/birthers.obama.hawaii_1_birther-controversy-obama-opinion-research-corporation?_s=PM:POLITICS Obama Birther Claims Have No Merit]." ''CNN''. (2011, April 27). "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42779923/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-releases-detailed-us-birth-certificate/ Obama Releases Detailed U.S. Birth Certificate]." ''MSNBC''.</ref> when Obama had his long-form birth certificate posted at WhiteHouse.gov.<ref>"[https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2014/02/obama-longform.jpg Certificate of Live Birth]." Originally ordered by Obama to be posted on ''WhiteHouse.gov'', but it is no longer there.</ref>[[Donald Trump]], who had been critical of Obama for allowing the divisiveness to linger was then leading Republicans in polls for the upcoming GOP primary<ref>James, F. (2011, April 15). "[https://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/04/15/135446314/poll-donald-trump-birther-darling-leads-gop-field-at-26 Donald Trump, Birther In Chief? Poll Has Him Leading GOP Field with 26 Percent]." ''NPR''.</ref> and has been credited with bringing final resolution to the issue. The birth certificates of Michelle Robinson, which would disclosure her birth-sex, and the two children which would clarify their birth parentage, however, remain undisclosed.

The following is a synopsis of previous events leading up to the release:

Hillary Clinton top advisor [[Sidney Blumenthal]], and his son, Max Blumenthal, were the origin of the rumors in 2008 that Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim in order to stir up fear among white Democrats and women, intended for Hillary's benefit.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-great-islamophobic-crusade/ The Great Islamophobic Crusade], CBSNEWS, December 19, 2010. cbsnews.com</ref> McClatchy Washington Bureau Chief James Asher relayed, "Mr. Blumenthal and I met together in my office and he strongly urged me to investigate the exact place of President Obama’s birth, which he suggested was in Kenya."<ref>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article102354777.html</ref> Snope's has identified a claim that a 1991 promotional booklet by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, touted Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii" as being true.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/booklet.asp</ref>

[[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign]] team then began spreading [[Islamophobic]] rumors that Obama was a [[Muslim]] schooled in a ''madrassa'' as a child in Indonesia.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/05/bill-clinton-barack-obama-bromance-long-slow-making Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: an alliance long and slow in the making], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080506093354/http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=23 Who is BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?] Mission Statement, stop-obama.org</ref> A group registered as People United Means Action (PUMA) was made up of Hillary Clinton supporters who not only opposed Barack Obama's nomination but also sought to delegitimize his presidency.<ref>https://youtu.be/bifsEkjTAc8</ref> PUMA members charged that the media directed [[sexism]] and [[misogyny]] at Clinton during the 2008 primary campaign and expressed anger at [[Democratic Party]] leaders' failure to speak out or otherwise respond appropriately.

Hillary Clinton had received a majority of votes in the 2008 Democratic primaries and PUMA felt the [[Superdelegate]]s robbed Hillary of the nomination.

'''Retribution killings'''

Obama transformed the Bush administration War on Terror from a preventative measure against terrorism to a cry for [[vengeance]], mob bloodlust, and retribution killings which spawned a fresh, new, and larger cycle of violence.

On May 1, 2011, Obama misled the public when he announced<ref>Obama, B. (2011, May 2). "[https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead Osama Bin Laden Dead]." ''White House''.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1SLhNoUNY Nobel Prize Winner with a kill list].</ref> that Osama bin Laden was "killed in a firefight" after a U.S. special operations group infiltrated a compound in [[Abbottabad raid|Abottobad]], Pakistan.<ref>Baker, P., Cooper, H., & Mazzetti, M. (2011, May 1). "[Bin Laden is Dead, Obama Says]." ''The New York Times''. "[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Osama_Bin_Laden/ Target Bin Laden: The Death of Public Enemy #1]." ''ABC News''. ''[[NPR]]''. "[https://www.npr.org/series/135908383/osama-bin-laden-dead Special Series: Osama Bin Laden Killed]."</ref> Attacks, murders, and kidnappings of Americans have since escalated as reprisals for bin Laden's death. [[Al Qaeda]], once broken and on the run, operates openly as the jihad has now become global. Relations with Pakistan, a longtime ally throughout the Cold War and War on Terror, became strained. The government of Pakistan denied White House claims it allowed Americans to kill Muslims on its territory.<ref>''Associated Press'' (2011, May 10). "[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/10/pakistani-president-claims-bin-laden-deal/ Former Pakistani President Claims There Was Never Bin Laden Deal With U.S.]." Retrieved from ''Fox News''.</ref> For all his [[duplicity]] and criticism of the War on Terror, Obama experienced only a temporary blip in approval ratings.<ref>Dao, J. & Sussman, D. (2011, May 4). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/us/politics/05poll.html For Obama, Big Rise in Poll Numbers After Bin Laden Raid]." ''New York Times''. ''Pew Research Center'' (2011, May 2). "[https://www.people-press.org/2011/05/03/public-relieved-by-bin-ladens-death-obamas-job-approval-rises/ Public 'Relieved' by Bin Laden's Death, Obama's Job Approval Rises]." Jones, J.M. (2011, May 5). "[https://www.gallup.com/poll/147437/obama-approval-rallies-six-points-bin-laden-death.aspx Obama Job Approval Rallies Six Points to 52% After Bin Laden Death]." ''Gallup''.</ref><ref>''[[CBS News]]/Associated Press'' (2012, May 1). "[https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57424622/1-year-after-osama-bin-laden-killed-still-no-answers-from-pakistan/ 1 Year After Osama bin Laden Killed, Still No Answers from Pakistan]."</ref>

An NBC investigation revealed Obama was informed of bin Laden's whereabouts one full year before he attempted to use it as an election year issue. NBC further reported that there was no "firefight" at all, contradicting what the president told the nation.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3077864/NBC-investigatin-says-bama-DID-edit-role-Pakistan-killing-Bin-Laden-change-facts-credit.html NBC investigation claims Obama knew where bin Laden was ONE YEAR before 2011 raid and backs Seymour Hersh's claim Pakistan intelligence hid al-Qaeda chief], [[Daily Mail ]]</ref> As early as the day after bin Laden was executed, it was learned bin Laden was not armed in the alleged "firefight" that Obama claimed took place.

'''Defends Mohammad'''

After the [[Benghazi terrorist attack]] which his administration knowingly and fraudulently blamed on the creator of an irreverent YouTube video critical of the founder of Islam, Obama made a speech at the UN in which he said, {{Cquote|The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/remarks-president-un-general-assembly</ref>}}
Four Americans died in the terrorist action intended to commemorate the [[9/11 attack]]s. The attack occurred on the US Consulate at Benghazi, part of the territory of the United States. Administration officials did nothing to repel the attack in progress while huddling to discuss the domestic political ramifications for the upcoming presidential election, less than two months away. The creator of the video was jailed on bogus charges unrelated to the video. In 2015, a series of terrorist attacks in France, Denmark and the United States claimed the lives of at least 15 people with dozens injured, including security and police officers, motivated by Muslim extremists defending what, in their view were, unflattering depictions of the founder of Islam, [[Mohammad]].

'''Voting irregularities'''

According to Stanley Kurtz - author of ''Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism'' (2010) Obama in 1995 sought and obtained the endorsement of a left-wing third party, the [[New Party]] in his quest to be elected to the Illinois State Senate.<ref>Kurtz, S. (2012, June 7). [https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/302031/obamas-third-party-history-stanley-kurtz Obama's Third-Party History]. ''[[National Review Online]]''.</ref> Obama's "Fight the Smears" campaign has denied this, as has [[Politico]]'s Ben Smith.<ref name=pollack>Pollack, J.B. (2012, June 7). [https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/07/Obama-Caught-Lying-Again-He-WAS-Member-of-New-Party-Says-Kurtz Obama Caught Lying Again: He WAS Member of 'New Party', Says Kurtz]. ''Breitbart.com'' Smith, B. (2008, October 25). [https://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/The_dread_New_Party.html The Dread New Party]. ''[[Politico]]''.</ref> Others who claim he was affiliated with the New Party/ACORN include [[The Blaze]]'s Billy Hallowell,<ref>Hallowell, B. (2012, June 7). [https://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-new-documents-show-obama-was-a-member-of-the-far-left-new-party/ News Docs Reportedly Show Obama Was a Member of the Far-Left 'New Party']. ''The Blaze''.</ref> [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]]'s Joel Pollack, [[Human Events]]' Erick Erickson,<ref>Erickson, E. (2008, June 10). [http://www.humanevents.com/2008/06/10/obama-and-the-new-party/ Obama and the New Party]. ''[[Human Events]]''.</ref> Newsbusters' P.J. Gladnick,<ref>Gladnick, P.J. (2008, October 12). [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/10/08/will-msm-report-obama-membership-socialist-new-party#ixzz21JfE3z1z Will MSM Report on Obama Membership in Socialist New Party?] ''[[Newsbusters]]''.</ref> Rick Moran at AmericanThinker.com,<ref>Rick Moran. [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/06/obamas_alliance_with_marxists.html Obama's Alliance with Marxists], ''American Thinker'', June 03, 2008.</ref> and various writers at [[Discover the Networks]] (which include Kurtz and Erickson).<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7434 NEW PARTY (NP)], ''[[Discover the Networks]]''.</ref>

Kurtz in 2012 has claimed to find minutes of the New Party Chicago chapter that say, "''Barack Obama, candidate for State Senate in the 13th Legislative District, gave a statement to the membership and answered questions. He signed the New Party 'Candidate Contract' and requested an endorsement from the New Party. He also joined the New Party.''"<ref name=pollack /> Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod responded to Kurtz with silence and when asked if that meant "yes or no", Axelrod stated, "You can take that as I have no idea what you are talking about."<ref>Pollack, J.B. (2012, June 7). [https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/07/Exclusive-Axelrod-Plays-Dumb-on-Obama-and-Socialist-New-Party Exclusive: Axelrod Plays Dumb on Obama and Socialist New Party]. ''[[Breitbart.com]]''.</ref>

'''"You didn't build that"'''===
{{main|You didn't build that}}
On July 13, 2012, at a campaign event in [[Virginia]], Obama attacked [[capitalism]] in a speech that immediately stirred up controversy. Speaking about the government's role in the success of private business, he said:<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia], White House</ref>
{{cquote|If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.}} The [[Romney]] campaign has used "If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that" in ads to show America that Obama believes it is government that creates business rather than hard-working individuals. The Obama campaign has alternatively stated that the sentenced was poorly worded since he was not giving a scripted speech and that when Obama said "that" he was referring to roads and bridges. Obama points to a later portion of his speech in which he said, "The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together," to support his claim.

'''Results'''

On November 6, 2012, Barack Obama won reelection with 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/map/ 2012 Presidential Election], Politico</ref> Obama received 51% of the popular vote (65,899,660 votes) to Romney's 47% (60,932,152 votes).<ref>[https://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012presgeresults.pdf Official 2012 Presidential General Election Results], [[Federal Election Commission]]</ref>

==2009–2017: Presidency==
{{See also|Obama administration|Biden family corruption timeline}}
The [[liberal claptrap]] that elected Obama seems silly today. It was claimed, for example, that Obama had millions of followers on Twitter, when allegedly some 70% of them were fake.<ref>Jackson, David (August 24, 2012). [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers/1#.UDfQVqA2et_ "Obama has millions of fake Twitter followers"]. USA Today website/The Oval blog. See [[USA Today]].</ref> And although the [[lamestream media]] promoted Obama as a great orator, in fact, he relied almost entirely on teleprompters for his speeches and press conferences, and at one point even had teleprompters set up for him in a middle school classroom in order to speak to the media.

[[File:Obama and George H. W. Bush.jpg|thumb|right|300px|President Barack Obama meets with former President [[George H. W. Bush]] in the Oval Office, Feb. 15, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).]]
Five years into Obama's presidency the number of people holding jobs still was 3 million below the all-time high of 138 million<ref>The effectiveness of [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|Stimulus]] and deficits: [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?graph_id=112811 Job growth under President Obama's first term;] Source: [[United States Department of Labor]].</ref> workers – despite an increase of 10 million people in population over the same period of time.<ref>[https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?graph_id=112809 U.S. Population growth during Obama's first four years in office.] Source: [[U.S. Census Bureau]].</ref> Despite the "Hope and Change" rhetoric, from 2007 to 2017, the rate of Americans ages 10 to 24 who died by [[suicide]] rose by 56 percent, from 6.8 deaths per 100,000 persons to 10.6.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/why-has-there-been-a-56-percent-increase-in-suicide-among-young-americans-in-just-10-years/</ref> Under Obama and Senate Democrats<ref>The Democrat-controlled Senate did not propose, vote on, or pass a budget for nearly five years. [https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/23/politics/senate-budget-bill/index.html Senate passes its first budget proposal in four years,] Ted Barrett and Alison Harding, CNN, March 23, 2013.</ref> budget management, the United States suffered its largest [[Federal budget deficit|deficit]]s<ref>Edwards, B. et. al. (2009, November 6). [https://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10708/11-06-mbr.htm Monthly Budget Review: Fiscal Year 2009]. ''[[Congressional Budget Office]]''. Delisle, E.C. et. al. (2010, November 5). [https://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/118xx/doc11873/NovemberMBR.pdf Monthly Budget Review: Fiscal Year 2010]. ''[[Congressional Budget Office]]''.</ref> in history and its credit-worthiness downgraded from [[Standard and Poor's]]. Obama assured Americans that unemployment would not rise above 8% if his [[economic stimulus]] program was adopted, however, it rose and stagnated in the 8-10% range<ref>Di Leo, L & Lynch, S.N. (2010, August 20). [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439172480870774.html Jobless Claims Jump in New Sign Recovery is Sputtering]. ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref><ref>[[United States Bureau of Labor Statistics]]. [https://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS11300000&years_option=specific_years&include_graphs=true&to_month=1&from_month=2 Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject: Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey]. ''[[United States Department of Labor]]''. Data extracted on: July 19, 2010 (4:31:11 PM).</ref> for the entirety of his first term.

Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, writing in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', noted, "Rather than being a unifier, Mr. Obama has divided America on the basis of race, class and partisanship." The commentators also note Obama's approach to governance has encouraged [[radical left]]ists to pursue a similar strategy on his behalf. Mary Frances Berry, former head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, acknowledged that the [[Obama administration]] has taken to polarizing America around the issue of race as a means of diverting attention from other issues, saying, "Having one's opponent [[race card|rebut charges of racism]] is far better than discussing [[Unemployment|joblessness]]."<ref>Berry, M.F. (2010, July 20). [https://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Mary_Frances_Berry_91E3D9D5-C40D-440C-9D48-1C50CBC60C87.html Energy Arena, Driving the Conversation: Contracting Out U.S. Security? And will Branding Tea Party Racist Work?] ''[[Politico]]''.</ref> Caddell and Schoen, who worked for President Carter and Clinton, respectively, further stated, "Mr. Obama has also cynically [[class warfare|divided the country on class lines]]. He has taken to playing the populist card time and time again. He bashes Wall Street and insurance companies whenever convenient to advance his programs, yet he has been eager to accept campaign contributions and negotiate with these very same banks and [[corporation]]s behind closed doors in order to advance his political agenda... President Obama's divisive approach to governance has weakened us as a people and paralyzed our political culture."<ref>Caddell, P.H. & Schoen, D.E. (2010, July 28). [http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703700904575391553798363586.html Our Divisive President]. ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref>

Obama appointed numerous communists and [[Red diaper baby|red diaper babies]] to important administration positions.<ref>McQuillan, Karin (June 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/barack-obama-populated-the-us-government-with-communists Barack Obama populated the US government with communists]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> He abused his presidential power several times during his presidency.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/12/pollak-joe-biden-democrats-loved-obamas-abuses-of-presidential-power/ Pollak: Joe Biden, Democrats Loved Obama’s Abuses of Presidential Power]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2019.</ref>

===Domestic policy===
Obama's economic [[stimulus]] package in response to the [[Crash of 2008]] took seven years to return [[unemployment]] to historically acceptable levels. Economic growth remained below 2.0% throughout his two terms as poverty and income inequality increased.

Obama sought to end the "schoolhouse-to-jailhouse pipeline" by bribing public school districts through grants for not having law enforcement authorities arrest students for arrestable offenses – this policy led to a major school shooting in Florida over a year after he left office.<ref>Multiple references:
*Richardson, Valerie (March 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/5/nikolas-cruz-avoided-police-scrutiny-help-obama-po/ Obama policies to end ‘schoolhouse-to-jailhouse pipeline’ helped keep Nikolas Cruz off police radar]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
*Sperry, Paul (March 1, 2018). [https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/28/obama_administration_school_discipline_policy_and_the_parkland_shooting.html Behind Cruz's Florida Rampage, Obama's School-Leniency Policy]. ''RealClear Investigations''. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
*Evans, M. Catharine (February 26, 2018). [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/how_federal_funding_kept_nikolas_cruz_from_getting_arrested_and_unable_to_purchase_firearms.html How federal funding kept Nikolas Cruz from getting arrested and unable to purchase firearms]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved March 5, 2018.</ref>

Under Barack Obama's lack of leadership, an Inspector General appointed by Obama discovered, for the first time in history, that the top two personnel appointed by Obama to head the [[FBI]] had both violated the law.<ref>https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/09/indicting-a-sandwich/</ref> Additionally, the Obama Administration prosecuted more whistleblowers as spies than other administrations.<ref>Mora, Edwin (October 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/03/flashback-obamas-war-on-whistleblowers-more-prosecuted-as-spies-than-ever-before/ Flashback–‘Obama’s War on Whistleblowers’: More Prosecuted as Spies than Ever Before]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 3, 2019.</ref>

====Obamacare: 8 years of stagnant growth====
[[File:CRIMINALS-600x400.jpg|right|350px|thumb|President Obama, [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Frank Lautenberg]] with Democrat megadonor and convicted [[rape|rapist]] [[Harvey Weinstein]].<ref>https://usbacklash.org/harvey-weinstein-caught-on-recorded-nypd-phone-sting-telling-his-sexual-assault-victim-it-wont-happen-again/</ref> Schumer, who shepherded Obamacare through Congress, later called it a mistake.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/11/chuck-schumer-passing-obamacare-in-2010-was-a-mistake/449700/</ref> ]]
{{main article|Obamacare}}
Not wanting the [[Financial crisis of 2008]] "to go to waste," America embarked on a grand socialist experiment. Thanks to "stupidity of the American voter" in the words of the bill's author, Obama passed his signature legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on March 10, 2010. Also known as Obamacare. In keeping with his progressive ideals, the bill used coercive measures to force Americans to buy insurance they didn't want or need.

The employer mandate – the requirement that employers pay 50% of a workers insurance – held down new job creation and wages. Overall [[GDP]] growth barely exceeded 1% throughout Obama's years, while population continued to grow at a 2.5% rate, thus steadily impoverishing the nation as a whole.

The act originated in the Democrat-controlled House, was amended and passed the Senate just prior to Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]]'s death with no Republicans and 44 Democrats voting to oppose. 60 Democrats in total lost their seats afterward in the 2010 Midterms.

In what was construed as a de facto rejection of the bill, [[Massachusetts]] voters elected a [[Republican]] candidate, [[Scott Brown]], who promised to vote against the bill if given the chance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/scczbaciweaamvs/sqdcjqy/p1/thefix/senate/scott-brown-wins-massachusetts-senate-race.html|work=Washington Post|author=Chris Cillizza|date=January 19, 2010|title=Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate special election race|language=English}}</ref> After Obama made a promise to issue an [[executive order]] that would ultimately prohibit the use of taxpayer subsidies to pay for [[abortion]] services,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sboxugoa/sjwewdpoy/p1/2010/mar/22/nation/la-na-healthcare-passage22-2010mar22/3|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=English|title=House passes historic healthcare overhaul|date=March 22, 2010|author=Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook}}</ref> the Democratic [[House of Representatives]] would pass the bill as it left the Senate 219–212, with 34 Democrats and all other parties dissenting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swxn/sfsaszlku/p1/2010-03-21/politics/health.care.main_1_health-care-entire-house-democratic-caucus-pre-existing-conditions?_s=PM:POLITICS|date=March 21, 2010|author=Alan Silverleib|work=CNN|language=English|title=House passes health care bill on 219-212 vote}}</ref>

The [[individual mandate]] required everyone to purchase health care insurance or suffer punitive measures, with the typical [[Marxist]] provisions for exemptions and transfer payments from taxpayers to protected classes of Democrat voters. The individual mandate was upheld by the [[Supreme Court]] with Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] – himself the victim of Obama era [[FISA abuse]] – casting the tie-breaking vote.

The forced transfer of wealth from job creation to healthcare (including illegal immigrants) impoverished the country and left a generation of younger Obama supporters unemployed or underemployed.

====Economic policy====

{{see also|Obamunism|American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009}}
Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism|socialistic]] and "[[fascism]] light" [[economic planning]] policies.<ref>[[Benito Mussolini]] defined fascism as the wedding of state and corporate powers. Accordingly, trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] labels [[Obama administration corporate bailouts|Obama's corporate bailouts]] as being "fascism light" in nature.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/shoyazuxrvzm/srst/p1/articles/daily-intel/2009/07/20/obamunism-inc|work=The Big Money|publisher=Washington Post.[[Newsweek]] Interactive Co. LLC|language=English|title=Obamunism, Inc.|author=David Sessions|date=July 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sndlobjsqjkxhdorzklbov/sbcd/p1/small-business-interviews/gerald-celente-6944|author=Jim Blasingame|title=Is the government creating a bailout bubble?}}</ref> Obamunism can also refer to Obama's [[Obama administration fiscal policy|ruinous fiscal policies]] and [[Obama administration monetary policy|reckless monetary policies]].<ref name="gerard">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sjraxnucybwxm/p2/article/120883-monetary-policynot-obama-s-stimulusis-what-needs-watching|title=Monetary Policy-Not Obama's Stimulus-Is What Needs Watching|author=Gerard Jackson|date=February 16, 2009|work=Seeking Alpha}}</ref><ref name="bam">{{cite web|work=[[New York Post]]|date=May 17, 2009|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/scczblb/smno/p1/seven/05172009/postopinion/editorials/bams_wise_words_169731.htm|title=BAM'S WISE WORDS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/snqlfvftx/syhfw/p1/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/|title=Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures|work=The Foundry|publisher=[[Heritage Foundation]]|author=Conn Carroll|date=March 24, 2009}}</ref> As seen in his own actions, Barack Obama instructed his advisors to find loopholes that would enable the president to act as a [[dictator]] by pushing through legislation and increases in spending without congressional authority.<ref>Naked Emperor News (2011, October 12). [https://www.theblaze.com/stories/executive-dictatorship-obama-instructs-advisers-to-push-through-stimulus-projects-without-pesky-congressional-authorization/ Exclusive Dictatorship: Obama Instructs Advisors to Push Through Stimulus Projects Without Pesky 'Congressional Authorization']. ''[[The Blaze]]''.</ref>

Nevertheless, budgets passed under President Obama have included the smallest average annualized growth of federal spending (1.4%) since before President Reagan. Federal spending grew an average of 8.7% per year during Reagan's first term and an average of 8.1% per year during George W. Bush's second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sbomdbt/smno/p2/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/|title=Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama?|publisher=[[Forbes]]|author=Rick Ungar|date=May 24, 2012}}</ref>

[[Wall Street]] firms and banks that were bailed out were among Obama's biggest campaign supporters.<ref>''OpenSecrets.org''. [https://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638 Barack Obama: Top Contributors]. The Center for Responsive Politics.</ref> Therefore, the Obama administration bailouts of corrupt, unproductive, and reckless Wall Street firms was hardly surprising, and many argue that it was not helpful in making the United States economy more productive and prosperous by encouraging more risk taking through letting banks off with a slap on the wrist. Others argue that bailing out the banks kept credit flowing and prevented a much deeper recession and a total collapse of the financial system. The government will recoup some though not all of its capital infusions over time. A 2005 study found that government corporate bailouts are often done for mere political considerations and the economic resources allocated exhibit significantly worse economic performance than resources allocated using purely business considerations.<ref>Faccio, M. et. al. (2005, March 1). [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=676905 Political Connections and Corporate Bailouts]. ''Social Science Research Network''.</ref> Proponents of [[free market]] capitalism said Bernanke should not have bailed out failing firms and instead should have allowed free market capitalism to quickly recover as it did in the depression of 1920 without government intervention (free market capitalists assert that government intervention drags out economic recessions and depressions).<ref>Woods, T.E. (2009, April 10). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czcUmnsprQI Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920]. ''[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]''. Hosted on ''YouTube''.</ref>

The Obama administration has been sharply criticized for [[Obama administration deficit spending|its massive deficit spending]] and [[Obama administration monetary policy|its reckless monetary policy]] via vast increases in the [[money supply]], although inflation under Bernanke has been below the historic mean.<ref name="gerard"/><ref name="bam"/><ref>Carroll, C. (2009, March 24). [http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/ Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures]. ''The Foundry''. [[Heritage Foundation|The Heritage Network]].</ref> Celente predicts that if a "second American Revolution" occurs in a peaceful and productive manner, it may include a [[Third Party System|third party movement]] of governance that will advocate a more [[free market]] [[capitalism]] approach to the American economy and a more strict interpretation of the [[United States Constitution]] as far as the authors' [[original intent]].

During what the [[White House]] billed as [[Recovery Summer]], one half million workers per week continued losing their jobs. His signature legislative achievement, [[ObamaCare]],has been found to be [[unconstitutional]]<ref>Schoenberg, T. & Fisk, M.T. (2010, December 13). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-13/u-s-health-care-law-requirement-thrown-out-by-judge.html Obama's Health-Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional Over Insurance Requirement]. ''Bloomberg''.</ref> by several judges and constitutional by others, and is credited as a major cause of uncertainty, high [[unemployment]],<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33220 Obamacare: Unemployment You Can Believe In], [[Human Events]]</ref> lagging job creation,<ref>Foster, J.D. (2010, August 5). [http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/05/it%E2%80%99s-official-medicare%E2%80%99s-finances-shadowed-by-uncertainty/ It’s Official: Medicare’s Finances Shadowed by Uncertainty]. ''The Foundry''. [[Heritage Foundation|The Heritage Network]].</ref> and risk of a credit default crisis.<ref>Samuelson, R.J. (2010, March 29). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032802353.html With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis]. ''Washington Post''.</ref><ref>Cramer, J. (2010, March 19). [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2010/03/19/mad-money-cramer-health-care-passage-will-topple-stock-market 'Mad Money' Cramer: Health Care Passage 'Will Topple the Stock Market']. ''[[Newsbusters]]''.</ref>

His 2012 Budget plan has been roundly criticized in the mainstream and liberal press as not a serious effort to deal with the nation's economic crisis.<ref>[https://www.republican.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/blog?ID=1551d6f5-2ac9-4b8d-97ab-74def354024e Newspapers Call Out White House: ‘What Would That Path Be, Mr. President?’]</ref>

[[Jeffrey Tucker]] wrote, "President Obama's economic policy has been catastrophic for liberty, enterprise, and the American dream—the very archetype of what not to do to end recession."<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118186176/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=anncoulter-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118186176 Debacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future]</ref>

According to conservative investigative journalist [[Peter Schweizer]], Obama weaponized the regulatory process to help his friends buy businesses that had been devalued through Obama Administration policies.<ref>Kraychik, Robert (March 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/03/20/smash-grab-schweizer-explains-how-obama-weaponized-regulations-enrich-buddies/ ‘Smash and Grab’: Schweizer Explains How Obama Weaponized Regulations to Enrich His Buddies]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref>

'''Stimulus'''
[[File:Black uc.png|right|250px|thumb|Black Unemployment under Barack Obama and the veto-proof Democrat congress.]]
{{See also|Recovery Summer}}
In early 2009, Obama lobbied Congress and the public to pass a sweeping Stimulus package<ref>(2009, January 3). "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28479998/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-urges-congress-pass-stimulus-plan/ Obama Urges Congress to Pass Stimulus Plan]." ''Associated Press''. Parsons, C. & Nicholas, P. (2009, February 10). "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28479998/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-urges-congress-pass-stimulus-plan/ Barack Obama Sternly Urges Congress to Pass Economic Stimulus]." ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref> known as ''The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009'' (H.R. 1).<ref>"[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1: Bill Text Versions: H.R. 1]." 111th Congress (2009-2010). ''[[Library of Congress]]''. "[https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information Center]." ''[[IRS]]''.</ref> The report of the Congressional Budget Office mandated by law stated that the legislation would ultimately harm the economy.<ref>Dinan, S. (2009, February 4). "[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/cbo-obama-stimulus-harmful-over-long-haul/ CBO: Obama Stimulus Harmful Over Long Haul]." ''U.S. News''.</ref> Contrary to his promise of bipartisanship,<ref>Dinan, S. (2009, March 28). "[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/28/mccain-obama-breaks-campaign-promises-shuns-bipart/?page=all McCain: Obama Breaks Promise of Bipartisanship]." ''[[Washington Times]]''.</ref> the bill passed the House 244–188 on January 28, 2009, with 11 Democrats voting with the entire Republican caucus against,<ref>Calmes, J. (2009, January 28). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29obama.html House Passes Stimulus Plan With No G.O.P. Votes]." ''The New York Times''.</ref> and received just 3 Republican votes when passing the Senate 61–37.<ref>Herszenhorn, D.M. (2009, February 10). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/washington/11web-stim.html Senate Approves Stimulus Plan]." ''The New York Times''.</ref> One third of the massive $838 billion bill consisted of [[Backdoor spending authority#Backdoor tax expenditures|backdoor tax expenditures]]<ref>(2009, February 11). "Senate Passes $838 Billion Stimulus Bill." ''Associated Press''.</ref> and the rest direct [[new spending]] on "just about every pent-up Democratic proposal of the last 40 years."<ref>(2009, January 28). "[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310466514522309.html A 40-Year Wish List]." ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref> In responding to criticism of the broken bipartisanship promise at the time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously quipped, "We won the election. We wrote the bill."<ref>Kane, P. (2009, January 23). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203961.html Stimulus Plan Meets More GOP Resistance]." ''Washington Post''.</ref> On February 18, 2009, the Stimulus was signed into law by Obama.<ref>(2009, February 17). "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29231790/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-stimulus-lets-americans-claim-destiny/ Obama: Stimulus Lets Americans Claim Destiny]." ''Associated Press''.</ref> In August 2009, Republicans and Democratic Senator David Obey drew attention to mistakes on the Recovery.gov site claiming millions of Stimulus jobs created that didn't exist. Obama responded by saying the errors just indicate his accounting is an "inexact science".<ref>(2009, November 18). "[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/18/obama-calls-stimulus-data-errors-issue-says-focus-job-growth/ Obama Calls Stimulus Data Errors 'Side Issue,' Says Focus Is on Job Growth]." ''[[Fox News]]''.</ref>

'''[[Sequestration]]'''

According to [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning journalist [[Bob Woodward]] of the ''[[Washington Post]]'', Obama misled the American people in a Presidential debate only two weeks before the 2012 election when he said, "The sequester is not something that I’ve proposed,”<ref>[http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-22/opinions/37238840_1_jack-lew-treasury-secretary-rob-nabors Obama’s sequester deal-changer,] By Bob Woodward, ''Washington Post'', February 22, 2013.</ref> when in fact his chief budget negotiator and current Chief of Staff, [[Jack Lew]], made a call to Democrat [[Harry Reid]] at 2:30 pm on July 27, 2011, with the proposal after clearing it with Obama,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2012/10/22/fact-check-woodward-wrote-that-obama-administration-proposed-sequester/ Fact-check: Woodward wrote that Obama administration proposed sequester]. [[The Daily Caller]]</ref> as fully documented in Woodward's book, ''The Price of Politics''. Federal Reserve Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]] warned of immediate job loss of about 750,000 jobs – about the same level as under George W. Bush<ref>[http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?graph_id=109262 Monthly Jobloss under George W. Bush, Jan 2007 - Jan 2009]. See also [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?graph_id=109266 Initial Unemployment Claims] over the same period, annualized. Source: [[U.S. Department of Labor]], Bureau of Labor Statistics.</ref> – if Obama's budget and economic plans were allowed to take effect.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2013/02/26/news/economy/bernanke-burden-recovery/ Bernanke: Spending cuts add 'significant' burden to recovery,] By Annalyn Kurtz, CNN February 26, 2013.</ref>

Woodward, whose reporting on [[Watergate]] is credited with toppling the administration of [[Richard Nixon]], told Wolf Blitzer of CNN he was told by a senior White House official he'd regret talking about President Obama's positions on the sequester.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-white-house-reporting-price-politics-2013-2 Bob Woodward: White House Threatened Me On Sequester,] businessinsider.com</ref>

'''Spreading poverty and raising the debt'''

Following the 2011 debt ceiling standoff between Obama and House Republicans,<ref name=Swann-Aug>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sbbzacrcqujtxiwqq/swxy/p2/servlet/BlobServer?blobheadername3=MDT-Type&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3DUS_Downgraded_AA%2B.pdf&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobheadername1=content-type&blobwhere=1243942957443&blobheadervalue3=UTF-8 |title=United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered to 'AA+' on Political Risks and Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative |publisher=[[Standard and Poor's]] |date=August 5, 2011 |accessdate=April 3, 2013}}</ref> the United States Government's credit rating was, for the first time in its history, downgraded from AAA to AA+, and [[poverty]]<ref>[https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2009/pov09fig04.pdf Figure 4: Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959-2009]. ''[[U.S. Census Bureau]]''. Current Population Survey, 1960 to 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.</ref> increased markedly. By and large, his programs, said to combat the recession, unemployment, slow growth, and deficits, have failed<ref>"The vast majority (73%) of respondents reported the fiscal stimulus enacted in February 2009 has had no impact on employment to date. While 68% also believe a jobs bill, such as the one recently enacted into law, will have no impact on payrolls, 30% do believe it will boost payrolls moderately". [https://www.nabe.com/press/ind1004.pdf Industry Survey], ''National Association for Business Economics'', April 2010, p. 2.</ref> leaving the country saddled with an $18 trillion [[national debt]] and climbing.<ref>During Obama's first two years in office, the rate of new U.S. federal debt added per year to its total tripled the rate of new debt accumulated by Bush to place the U.S. on a war footing, and during Obama's first six years in office, the total National Debt has nearly doubled ($7.5 trillion added). See [[National Debt]].</ref> One of his most well-known tactics was blaming someone else, such as George W. Bush, for all his failures instead of taking responsibility. Also on the domestic front, Obama passed an expensive [[health care]] bill in 2010 with no national consensus or [[bipartisan]] support and 34 Democrats dissenting. Recently, the [[Congressional Budget Office]] wrote an open letter to [[John Boehner]], the Speaker of the House, outlining the effects of repealing [[Obamacare]] and explaining why a net loss of over 100 billion dollars would occur from the repeal.<ref>[http://cbo.gov/publication/43471 Letter to the Honorable John Boehner providing an estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act], Congressional Budget Office</ref>

During Obama's presidency, the national debt nearly doubled, going from $10.6 trillion to $19.9 trillion.<ref>Meyer, Ali (January 21, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-leaves-office-debt/ Obama Leaves Office Having Added $9.3 Trillion to Debt]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

====Illegal immigration====
[[File:Obama detention.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A U.N. report cited Obama for holding 100,000 children in cages.<ref>https://qz.com/1291470/photos-immigrant-children-detained-at-the-placement-center-in-2014/</ref><ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/media-outlets-retract-story-claiming-trump-administration-has-detained-100000-children-in-migration-related-us-detention_3151966.html</ref>]]
The Obama Administration was weak on [[illegal immigration]]. It established the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program (DACA)<ref>Munro, Neil (July 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/21/daca-seven-facts-obamas-amnesty-decree/ DACA: Seven Facts About Obama’s Amnesty Decree]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (September 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2017/09/05/14-things-msm-wont-tell-daca/ 14 Things the MSM Won’t Tell You About DACA]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Klein, Aaron (September 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/03/obama-administration-usurped-constitution-bypassed-congress-grant-de-dacto-amnesty-dreamers/ How the Obama Administration Bypassed Congress to Grant De Facto Amnesty to Young Illegal Aliens]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref> in 2012, which gave protection and work permits (jobs which could have gone to American citizens) to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. In his 2013 memoir, liberal Democrat U.S. Representative [[Luis Gutiérrez]], an ally of Obama on immigration issues, stated that Obama did not believe that DACA was legally possible until he enacted it.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (September 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/05/luis-gutierrez-daca-2013-obama-said-illegal/ Luis Gutiérrez on DACA in 2013: Obama Said It Was Illegal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref> The Obama Administration was able to give green cards to about 40,000 of those DACA illegals.<ref>Munro, Neil (September 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/01/daca-backdoor-granted-green-cards-45000-illegals/ 45,000 Illegals Using DACA Backdoor to Get Green Cards]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref><ref>Binder, John (September 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/26/feds-confirm-40k-illegal-aliens-shielded-by-daca-already-given-amnesty/ Feds Confirm 40K Illegal Aliens Shielded by DACA Already Given Amnesty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2017.</ref> Additionally, it was reported the administration let 2.2 million deportable illegal immigrants, including 400,000 with criminal convictions, remain on the streets,<ref>Price, Bob (April 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/04/22/report-ice-failures-under-obama-administration-leave-more-than-2-2-million-supervised-aliens-on-streets/ REPORT: ICE Failures Under Obama Administration Leave More Than 2.2 Million ‘Supervised’ Aliens on Streets]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> while releasing 68,000 with criminal records in 2013 alone.<ref>Mass, Warren (April 1, 2014). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/17963-obama-administration-releases-68-000-illegal-immigrant-criminals Obama Administration Releases 68,000 Illegal Immigrant Criminals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> He nearly doubled the number of illegal immigrant juveniles with the EB-4 visa, which gave them legal status.<ref>Binder, John (May 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/30/obama-nearly-doubled-number-juvenile-illegal-aliens-given-amnesty-says-expert/ Obama Nearly Doubled Number of Juvenile Illegal Aliens Given Amnesty, Says Expert]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2017.</ref> The Administration "administratively closed" up to 200,000 deportation cases, meaning those illegal immigrants were free to go where they wanted in the U.S.<ref>Bedard, Paul (August 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/200000-deportation-cases-quietly-closed-under-obama/article/2632724 200,000 deportation cases quietly 'closed' under Obama]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 28, 2017.</ref> The administration also obstructed deportation cases<ref>Bedard, Paul (October 9, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/group-memo-shows-obama-team-obstructed-deportation-cases/article/2636910 Group: Memo shows Obama team obstructed deportation cases]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 9, 2017.</ref> and blocked 550,000 illegals from deportation.<ref>Bedard, Paul (December 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-blocked-deportation-of-550000-illegals-more-than-atlantas-population/article/2642694 Obama blocked deportation of 550,000 illegals, more than Atlanta's population]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 6, 2017.</ref> The Obama Administration issued 140,000 U visas, which are given to illegal immigrants who testify against criminals in court and allow them to eventually gain citizenship, massively expanding the program.<ref>Munro, Neil (June 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/27/u-vsa-becomes-backdoor-amnesty-for-200000-plus/ Obama Backdoor Amnesty Provided ‘U visas’ For 140,000 Illegal Aliens]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref> The Obama Administration's failure to close an immigration loophole caused over 250,000 illegal minors to be separated from their parents,<ref>Binder, John (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/immigration-loophole-separated-more-than-quarter-million-child-border-crossers-under-obama/ Obama’s Inaction on Immigration Loophole Separated More Than Quarter Million Child Border Crossers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.</ref><ref>Spiering, Charlie (June 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/21/obama-criticizes-trump-for-family-separation-but-fails-to-acknowledge-role-in-child-detention/ Obama Criticizes Trump for Family Separation, but Ignores Own Record of Separating Families]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (June 22, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/29349-obama-separated-families-and-detained-kids-media-said-nothing Obama Separated Families and Detained Kids, Media Said Nothing]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 22, 2018.</ref> and those minors faced significantly worse conditions in their holding facilities than under the Trump Administration, which also took tougher action.<ref>Price, Bob (June 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/06/20/trump-vs-obama-two-approaches-to-migrant-families-and-minors/ Trump vs. Obama: Two Approaches to Migrant Families and Minors]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.</ref>

In 2014, President Obama announced the [[DAPA]] program, which would have expanded protections from deportation to a total of about 5 million illegal immigrants. This order was blocked by a federal judge,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/17/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-obama-immigration-executive-action.html Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama's immigration executive action]. ''Fox News''. February 17, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> upheld by an appeals court,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/09/appeals-court-rules-against-obama-immigration-plan.html Appeals court rules against Obama immigration plan]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> and a split 4–4 Supreme Court ruling upheld the appeals court ruling.<ref>de Vogue, Ariane; Kopan, Tal (June 23, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/politics/immigration-supreme-court/ Deadlocked Supreme Court deals big blow to Obama immigration plan]. ''CNN''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref>

Under President Obama, [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] released 564 convicted sex offender illegal immigrants, in many cases because various countries refused to accept them back.<ref>Price, Bob (May 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/22/obamas-ice-released-nearly-600-sex-offenders-countries-refused-deportation/ Obama’s ICE Released Nearly 600 Sex Offenders after Countries Refused Deportation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> In May 2017, a whistleblower revealed that the Obama Administration knowingly let illegal immigrant [[MS-13]] gang members into the country.<ref>Dinan, Stephen (May 24, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/24/whistleblower-dhs-knowingly-let-ms-13-gang-members/ Obama admin knew gang members were part of illegal immigrant surge: Whistleblower]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Saavedra, Ryan (May 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/24/obama-let-admitted-ms-13-members-whistleblower-says/ Obama Let in Admitted MS-13 Members, Whistleblower Says]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> In January 2018, the DHS inspector general reported that the Obama Administration did not identify and arrest terrorist aliens classified as "highest risk" because they were not screened.<ref>Mora, Edwin (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/01/11/ig-obamas-ice-missed-opportunities-arrest-high-risk-terror-linked-aliens/ IG: Obama’s ICE ‘Missed Opportunities’ to Arrest High-Risk Terror-Linked Aliens]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Harrington, Elizabeth (January 16, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/national-security/obamas-ice-didnt-follow-procedure-for-checking-illegal-immigrants-ties-to-terrorism/ Obama’s ICE Didn’t Follow Procedure For Checking Illegal Immigrants’ Ties to Terrorism]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved January 16, 2018.</ref>

The Obama Administration moved illegal migrant teens across state lines so they could have [[abortion]]s.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (October 24, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/obama-admin-moved-illegal-immigrant-teens-across-state-lines-for-abortions Obama admin moved illegal immigrant teens across state lines for abortions, emails reveal]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved October 24, 2018.</ref> Its policies led to an increase in illegal immigration.<ref>Munro, Neil (May 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/23/senate-hearing-obamas-daca-and-flores-orders-spiked-illegal-migration/ Senate Hearing: Obama’s DACA and Flores Orders Spiked Illegal Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 24, 2019.</ref>

After assuming office in 2017, the [[Trump Administration]] made [[Donald Trump achievements|a large change in its policies]] towards illegal immigration compared to the Obama Administration.<ref>Llorente, Elizabeth (April 17, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/17/sessions-immigration-policies-mark-big-change-from-obama-policies.html Sessions' immigration policies mark big change from Obama policies]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 18, 2017.</ref> Secretary of Homeland Security [[John Kelly]] of the Trump Administration strongly criticized the Obama Administration for its failures regarding illegal immigration and national security.<ref>Munro, Neil (April 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/18/dhs-kelly-sacred-duty-protect-america/ DHS Kelly Slams Obama’s Policies, Proclaims ‘Sacred Duty’ To Protect America]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Mora, Edwin (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/04/21/dhs-chief-obama-nothing-truly-secure-border/ DHS Chief: Obama Did ‘Nothing’ to ‘Truly’ Secure Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref>

'''Rising migration levels'''

Because of the Obama Administration's [[open borders]] policies, total migration into the U.S. in 2016 and 2017 reached record high levels, at 1.75 million people per year.<ref>Dinan, Stephen (October 31, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/31/total-immigration-us-ties-all-time-record/ Total immigration to U.S. ties all-time record]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref><ref>Munro, Neil (October 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/10/31/obama-migration-record-almost-one-migrant-for-every-two-graduates-in-2016/ Obama’s Migration Record: Almost One Migrant for Every Two Graduates in 2016]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref>

====Soft-on-crime====
[[File:Schlafly phyllis.jpg|thumbnail|right|140px|[[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s book ''No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom'' documents Obama's attack on religious freedom.<ref>[http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/obamas-attack-on-religious-freedom-its-worse-than-you-think Obama’s Attack on Religious Freedom: It’s Worse Than You Think], ''Crises Magazine''</ref>]]
The Obama Administration failed to act upon warnings by federal drug investigators and state officials about the growing problem of illegal fentanyl as the drug killed 70,000 people between 2013 and 2017.<ref name="SlowFentanyl"/> In fact, the administration softened its enforcement against "low-level nonviolent drug offenses."<ref name="SlowFentanyl">Llorente, Elizabeth (March 13, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-administration-slow-to-answer-early-alarms-about-fentanyl-report Obama administration slow to answer early alarms about fentanyl: report]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Hayward, John (March 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/03/14/obama-administration-refused-declare-public-health-emergency-fentanyl/ Obama Administration Refused to Declare Public Health Emergency for Fentanyl]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref>

====War on police====
:{{See also|Riots during the Obama Administration}}
Cop killings increased dramatically in Obama's final years.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/police-killed-line-of-duty-increase-2016/</ref> But the groundwork was laid in the early months of Obama's presidency when he made a televised statement that the police "acted stupidly". Obama gave encouragement to [[Black Lives Matter]] and the [[Antifa]] terrorist organization.

====Attacks on Christian religious freedom====

When first running for office, Obama angered religious conservatives with his comment about working-class voters in old industrial towns. Obama said, "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008 Obama angers midwest voters with guns and religion remark], The Guardian</ref>

The Obama administration has been widely criticized for its policies, which encroach on religious freedom in areas such as: health care, freedom to dissent on matters relating to the [[homosexual agenda]], religious freedom in the military and religious freedom in other spheres of American life.<ref>
*[http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/obamas-attack-on-religious-freedom-its-worse-than-you-think Obama’s Attack on Religious Freedom: It’s Worse Than You Think], ''Crises Magazine''
*[http://dailysignal.com/2016/01/21/obamas-hypocrisy-on-religious-freedom/ Obama’s Hypocrisy on Religious Freedom]
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/15/us-military-losing-christians-because-of-hostile-c/?page=all U.S. military ‘hostile’ to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated], ''Washington Times''
*[http://www1.cbn.com/beltwaybuzz/archive/2015/10/08/senator-seeks-answers-from-obama-on-religious-freedom Obama and Religious Freedom], ''CBN News''
</ref>

In addition, the Obama administration has been criticized for promoting religious freedom for [[Islam|Muslims]] and restricting religious freedom for Christians.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2015/10/29/the-obama-administration-religious-freedoms-fro-american-muslims-not-american-christians-n2072727 The Obama Administration: Religious Freedoms for American Muslims, Not American Christians], Townhall</ref>

====Environment and energy====
{{See also|Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster}}
[[File:Obama Flint.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obama tries to convince Black people to drink the poison out of [[Flint, Michigan]] wells.]]
President Obama authorized offshore oil drilling in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0430/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill-imperils-Obama-s-offshore-drilling-plan Gulf of Mexico oil spill imperils Obama's offshore drilling plan,] By Mark Clayton, ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', April 30, 2010.</ref> stating, "oil rigs today generally don’t cause spills"<ref>White House Press Release, [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-a-discussion-jobs-and-economy-charlotte-north-carolina Remarks by the President in a Discussion on Jobs and the Economy in Charlotte, North Carolina,] Office of the Press Secretary, April 02, 2010. Retrieved from whitehouse.gov 3 May 2010.</ref> and was widely criticized for his mishandling of the "[[Gulf oil spill disaster|worst environmental disaster]] in US history."<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/x-33986-Political-Spin-Examiner~y2010m4d29-Worst-environmental-disaster-in-US-history-Oil-slick-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-is-set-on-fire Worst environmental disaster in US history,] Maryann Tobin, ''Examiner'', April 29, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/the-oil-spill-is-obamas-fault/ Conscience of a Liberal: The Oil Spill Is Obama’s Fault,] Paul Krugman, ''The New York Times'', April 30, 2010.</ref> The Administration spent vast sums of taxpayer money on futile environmentalist efforts, including $4.1 million on a study that attempted to find a connection between pollution and obesity.<ref>Bleau, Hannah (June 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/15/report-obama-administration-spent-over-4-million-on-study-aimed-to-link-pollution-to-childhood-obesity/ Report: Obama Administration Spent over $4 Million on Study Aimed to Link Pollution to Childhood Obesity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2019.</ref>

The Obama Administration enacted many environmental regulations and used scientific studies to back up the supposed need for the regulations, but after the [[Trump Administration]] began undoing the Obama-era rules, many of the merits of the studies were found to be dubious.<ref>Lucas, Fred (December 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/26/junk-science-studies-behind-obama-regulations-under-fire.html 'Junk science'? Studies behind Obama regulations under fire]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.</ref>

====Labor law====
Obama's first act of office was to sign the [[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009)|Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act]] – effectively nullifying the [[Supreme Court]] case ''Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'', which ruled that Ledbetter had to have filed a pay [[discrimination]] suit within 180 days of the first time Ledbetter was paid less than her male peers;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sboxugmc/snop/p2/2009/01/30/us/politics/30ledbetter-web.html|work=The New York Times|language=English|title=Obama Signs Equal-Pay Legislation|author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|date=January 29, 2009}}</ref> and the law made corporations subject to suit within 180 days of each time the employee was unfairly paid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sfkwpawu/sjoxh/spfpv/p1/grossman/20090213.html?=features|work=FindLaw|author=Joanna L. Grossman|date=Feb. 13, 2009|language=English|title=The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009}}</ref>

'''9/11 responders'''

On January 2, 2011, Obama signed the James Zadroga [[9/11]] Healthcare and Compensation Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sliyi/sklm/p2/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/02/obama-signs-zadroga-act-law/|publisher=New York Public Radio|title=Obama Signs Zadroga Act into Law|author=Fred Mogul|date=January 2, 2011|work=wNYC|language=English}}</ref> The act, which afforded 9/11 first responders who were sickened by the dust from the collapse of the [[World Trade Center]] with health care and compensation, passed [[Congress]] after its sponsors agreed to scale down the pricing from 7.4 to 4.2 billion dollars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sliyi/sklm/p2/articles/wnyc-news/2010/dec/22/zadroga-911-bill-passes-senate/|publisher=New York Public Radio|work=wNYC|language=English|title=Congress Approves 9/11 Health Bill|date=December 22, 2010}}</ref>

'''Diversity over safety'''

During the Obama Administration, the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] issued new hiring rules for air traffic controllers which placed achieving diversity above ensuring that new employees were talented, educated, and even knew what they were doing.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/02/obama-era-faa-hiring-rules-place-diversity-ahead-airline-safety-attorney-tells-tucker-carlson.html Obama-era FAA hiring rules place diversity ahead of airline safety, attorney tells Tucker Carlson]. ''Fox News''. June 2, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29215-danger-in-the-skies-obama-dumbed-down-air-traffic-controllers-with-diversity-rules Danger in the Skies: Obama Dumbed-down Air-traffic Controllers With “Diversity” Rules]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
*Haverluck, Michael F. (June 3, 2018). [https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/06/03/obama-put-diversity-over-safety-at-faa Obama put diversity over safety at FAA]. ''OneNewsNow''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
*Poor, Jeff (June 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/06/02/aviation-attorney-to-tucker-carlson-faa-is-putting-diversity-ahead-of-safety/ Aviation Attorney to Tucker Carlson: FAA Is Putting Diversity Ahead of Safety]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.</ref>

====Meeting with an atheist group====
:''See also:'' [[Atheism and American politics]]
The Obama administration became the first administration to meet with an [[Atheism|atheist]] group. It met with the Secularism Coalition for America which is a coalition which represents the [[American Atheists]], the American [[Secular Humanism|Humanist]] Association, and the Military Association of Atheists and [[Freethought|Freethinkers]].

According to the ''USA Today'', the group met with the White House officials to "discuss problems that they believe are fueled by religion."<ref name="content.usatoday.com">[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/02/atheists-meet-with-white-house-officials/1#.VypYTzEn_7Y Atheists meet with White House officials], USA Today</ref> Among the issues the group discussed were the issues of "military proselytizing" by [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] Christian members of the military and faith-based initiatives<ref name="content.usatoday.com"/>

====Gender politics====
{{main article|Don't Ask Don't Tell}}
Candidate Obama promised to repeal a policy that originated with President Clinton and passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress that prohibited inquiries into military personnel's [[sexual orientation]] while barring openly gay [[homosexuals]] from serving in the military. [[Liberals]] expressed anger when time passed and no effort to repeal the law was seen;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sboxugbdjxfbbnwt/svwx/p2/news/2008/nov/21/obama-to-delay-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/|work=[[Washington Times]]|title=Obama to delay ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal|language=English|author=Rowan Scarborough|date=November 21, 2008}}</ref> and in fact, Obama's [[justice department]], as part of their duty to defend all laws passed by any administration, filed a brief arguing against the [[Supreme Court]] granting a [[writ of certiorari]] to a gay soldier challenging the law (the writ was not granted). In response, the soldier, James Pietrangelo II, a former Army infantryman and lawyer, said, "(Obama's) a coward, a bigot and a pathological liar. This is a guy who spent more time picking out his dog, Bo, and playing with him on the White House lawn than he has working for equality for gay people."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Time Magazine]]|publisher=Time Inc.|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/snwtf/sklm/p1/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903545,00.html?imw=Y|title=Dismay Over Obama's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Turnabout|author=Mark Thompson|date=Jun. 09, 2009}}</ref>

On December 15, 2010, a bill was introduced in the [[House of Representatives]] to repeal the law – it passed a day later by a vote of 250–175;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sncfau/szhvdv/p1/evs/2010/roll638.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 638|work=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives}}</ref> and it passed the Senate three days later 65–31.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sndlzrg/smno/p2/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00281|work=The U.S. Senate|title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session|language=English}}</ref> and Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on December 22.<ref name="g dadt">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/spa/swl/symvrgqly/sqrs/p1/world/2010/dec/22/obama-repeals-dont-ask-dont-tell|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=English|title='Don't ask, don't tell' repealed as Obama signs landmark law|date=22 December 2010}}</ref> The [[Pentagon]] itself could not immediately implement the repeal and questioned whether it would hurt combat readiness.<ref name="g dadt"/>

On the day Rev. [[Jim Jones]] left for [[Jonestown]], [[Harvey Milk]] wrote to Jones and said "my name is cut into stone in support of you - and your people."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=24taDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT254&lpg=PT254&dq=%22my+name+is+cut+into+stone+in+support+of+you+-+and+your+people.%22&source=bl&ots=ynq76x7v9F&sig=ACfU3U1baSHsO8-hnZ5MVbDiNeBbUn9TbQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz8vLNi6XgAhWG1IMKHfWVCZQQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22my%20name%20is%20cut%20into%20stone%20in%20support%20of%20you%20-%20and%20your%20people.%22&f=false Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death], Lillian Faderman, Yale University Press, May 22, 2018.</ref> President Obama honored Milk posthumously with the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] on the anniversary of his death.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKOv8HA76o President Obama Honors Harvey Milk With Presidential Medal of Freedom], youtube.</ref>

====Civil service corruption and the revolving door====
Obama criticized the "revolving door" of government and business.<ref>"We need to close the revolving door that lets lobbyists come into government freely, and lets them use their time in public service as a way to promote their own interests over the interests of the American people when they leave." [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-welcoming-senior-staff-and-cabinet-secretaries-white-house REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN WELCOMING SENIOR STAFF AND CABINET SECRETARIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE,] January 21, 2009. [[White House]]</ref> After appointing [[Peter Orszag]] his first Budget Director to dole out the stimulus cash, Orszag resigned to become Citigroup's Vice Chairman of Global Banking. Citigroup was the recipient of $476 billion in [[bailout]] money - more than any other bank - after the disastrous [[Financial crisis of 2008]].<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/03/citibank_received_more_bailout.html Citigroup Received More Bailout Money Than Any Other Bank,] By Nitasha Tiku, 3/16/11.</ref> Before the bailout, Orszag's expert opinion of the chances of a mortgage meltdown was 1 in 500,000.<ref>[http://www.pierrelemieux.org/stiglitzrisk.pdf Implications of the New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Risk-based Capital Standard,] by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jonathan M. Orszag and Peter R. Orszag. Fannie Mae Papers, Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2002, Conclusion p.6.</ref>

===Foreign policy===
[[File:Obama and the media.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Ben Rhodes]] is the Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, and Deputy National Security Advisor to [[Susan Rice]]. Rhodes is also the brother of David Rhodes, President of CBS News.]]
Obama launched a global anti-Christian jihad with his support for [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Islamic State]] to overthrow the governments of Libya and Syria. The Black African [[slave trade]] was revived in Libya after Obama removed [[Muammar Gaddafi]], an ally in the [[War on Terror]].<ref>[https://womensenews.org/story/international-policyunited-nations/150527/un-sex-violence-envoy-focusing-syria-iraq UN Sex Violence Envoy: Focusing on Syria, Iraq]</ref><ref>[https://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/06/barack-obamas-top-10-apologies-how-the-president-has-humiliated-a-superpower Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower], Heritage Foundation</ref> Obama, who was raised a Muslim<ref>[https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2007/01/was_obama_blood.html Was Obama bloodied by madrassa story?]</ref><ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/11952/obama-muslim-childhood Obama's Muslim Childhood]</ref> and is not a descendant of slaves, criticized Christians and the Crusades as reports of thousands of women and girls being captured, sold, and raped flooded in.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/579393/ISIS-Michelle-Obama-prostitute-justifies-raping-slave-girls-Koran ISIS calls Michelle Obama a PROSTITUTE and justifies raping slave girls with the KORAN]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-speech-at-prayer-breakfast-called-offensive-to-christians/2015/02/05/6a15a240-ad50-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html Critics pounce after Obama talks Crusades, slavery at prayer breakfast], Washington Post</ref> Additionally, Obama overemphasized political correctness in U.S. national security policy, something disliked by CIA officials.<ref>Dorman, Sam (November 5, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/media/book-cia-staff-obama-white-house CIA staff complained about Obama White House's political correctness, new book claims]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref>

The number of jihadis worldwide has grown by a factor of 4 or 5 at least, since Obama took the reins of power as Commander-in-Chief.<ref>The number of Islamic extremists susceptible to jihadist recruitment during the George W. Bush administration worldwide was estimated at 12,000; the Islamic State alone by 2015 had estimates of a standing army of jihadis as high as 70,000 to 200,000.</ref> Remarkably, the ''[[New York Times]]'' was critical of Obama's incessant boasting about the killing of [[Osama bin Laden|bin Laden]].<ref>Baker, Peter and Shear, Michael D. (April 27, 2012). [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/us/politics/critics-pounce-on-obamas-trumpeting-of-bin-laden-death.html "Obama trumpets killing of Bin Laden, and critics pounce"]. ''The New York Times'' website. See [[The New York Times]].</ref> With the complete disengagement of American troops from [[Iraq]] and the assassination of [[Osama bin Laden]], the [[Islamic State]] arose and recruitment of global [[jihad]]is multiplied exponentially.

Obama entered his second term mocking and ridiculing the idea that Russia was America's prime geo-strategic competitor; by the closing days of his presidency, Obama was in a panic fanning the flames of a Third Red Scare. Vladimir Putin and Russia had thoroughly embarrassed Barack Obama on the world stage as Obama withdrew America from its traditional role of global leadership and repudiated the idea of [[American exceptionalism]]. Respect for America degenerated in the world as issues such as transexual bathrooms occupied more of Obama's time and attention than the 12 million homeless refugees Obama had driven from their homes in his failed "[[Arab Spring]]" policy. Having been thoroughly rebuked politically with the election of Donald Trump, as a [[lameduck]] Obama attempted to coverup [[DNC]] scandals uncovered by [[Wikileaks]] by scapegoating Vladimir Putin and fostering an atmosphere of paranoia about Russia, the future, and a Trump presidency.

Obama made it legal for the [[media]] to "purposely lie to the American people". In 2012, he signed H.R. 4310 which allowed [[propaganda]] to be used on US citizens by its own government, essentially repealing the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 which banned the use of domestic propaganda".<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5</ref>

'''Commander-in-chief'''

As Senator, Obama was highly critical of President Bush and promised change. As President, Obama tripled down in Afghanistan, widened the war into Pakistan, multiplied drone attacks, bombed Yemen and Somalia, and started an undeclared NATO war in Libya. On presidential war powers, surveillance questions, Guantanamo, detention policy and habeas corpus, Obama similarly stayed the course or expanded Bush's precedents. In a speech on May 19, 2011, Obama fully embraced the [[Bush Doctrine]] of preventative war.<ref>Krauthammer, C. (April 19). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-news-in-obamas-speech/2011/05/19/AF4dFN7G_story.html The News in Obama's Speech]. ''Washington Post''.</ref>
From the Boston Globe:
<blockquote>
'The New America Foundation, which tracks the strikes, has listed 23 raids since the beginning of April 2011, all but one in Pakistan’s tribal regions of North and South Waziristan. A June 20 attack was reported in Kurram, an area north of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border.'
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
'The drone program has become increasingly controversial as the Obama administration has expanded its use beyond the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Lethal missiles have been launched from unmanned aircraft in at least five countries in addition to Pakistan: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and, most recently, Somalia. The military’s Joint Special Operations Command used a drone last June to attack what officials said were two senior members of the Al Shabab militant group on the Somali coast.' <ref>DeYoung, K. (2011, July 4). [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2011/07/04/cia_halts_drone_launches_from_pakistan_base/ CIA Halts Drone Launches From Pakistan Base]. ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.</ref>
</blockquote>
A commentator says:
<blockquote>
'Obama is commendable when he says he wants to avoid war. His policies, however, favor war by destabilizing the Middle East making it extremely hostile and favoring radical Islam over America’s ally, Israel, and American interests in the region... The president has chosen a very dangerous path for every American and one that promises great difficulty for Israel.'<ref>[http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/03/14/obamas-words-disguise-his-israel-foreign-policy-actions.html Obama's words disguise his Israel foreign policy actions.]</ref>
</blockquote>
By Obama's third year as Commander-in-Chief, over 1200 American troops died in Iraq and Afghanistan - significantly more than the number who died during President [[George W. Bush]]'s term of office. And growing numbers of civilian contractors also rose. In the first half of 2010, 250 contractors reportedly died in Iraq and Afghanistan - more than the 235 military personnel who fell during the same period.<ref>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/24/114662/what-price-war.html#ixzz1Nz07pg5O</ref>

'''National Defense'''

President Obama signed into U.S. law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), only after his administration successfully lobbied to remove language from the bill that would have protected American citizens from being detained indefinitely without trial.<ref>Aaron Dykes. [http://www.infowars.com/president-obamas-ndaa-signing-statement-i-have-the-power-to-detain-americans-but-i-wont/ Obama’s Signing Statement on NDAA: I have the power to detain Americans… but I won’t], Infowars.com, January 1, 2012.</ref> After the legislation cleared Congress, the ACLU commented that if President Obama signed the bill, it "will damage both his legacy and American’s reputation for upholding the rule of law," while executive director of the ''Human Rights Watch'' blasted the President for being ‘on the wrong side of history,’ noting that "Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law."<ref>President Decides to Sign Ill-Conceived National Defense Authorization Act. [https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/14/us-refusal-veto-detainee-bill-historic-tragedy-rights US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights], ''[[Human Rights Watch]]'', December 14, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.aclu.org/national-security/white-house-backs-away-defense-bill-veto-threat White House Backs Away from Defense Bill Veto Threat], ''[[ACLU]]'', December 14, 2011.</ref>

Section 1031 of the NDAA bill, which itself defines the entirety of the United States as a “battlefield,” allows American citizens to be snatched from the streets, carted off to a foreign detention camp and held indefinitely without trial. As reported by Infowars.com, the bill states that “any person who has committed a belligerent act” faces indefinite detention, but no trial or evidence has to be presented; the White House merely needs to make the accusation.<ref>Paul Joseph Watson. [http://www.infowars.com/obama-administration-demanded-power-to-indefinitely-detain-u-s-citizens/ Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens], Infowars.com, December 12, 2011.</ref><ref>S.1867 [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c112:2:./temp/~c1122VN0Iv:e548990: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] - ES)], ''[[Library of Congress]]'' THOMAS, 112th Congress (2011-2011), Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref><ref>Text of S.1867 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1867/text?version=es&nid=t0:es:281 Sec. 1031. Affirmation of authority of the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.], [[U.S. Congress]], ''OpenCongress.org'', (Accessed January 25, 2012).</ref>

The Obama Administration accidentally allowed the chipmaker AMD to ship sensitive and important technology to China, despite the significant national security risks.<ref>O'Keeffe, Kate; Spegele, Brian (June 27, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-tried-to-stop-china-acquiring-world-class-chips-china-got-them-anyway-11561646798 How a Big U.S. Chip Maker Gave China the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2019.</ref>

'''Afghan conflict'''
{{main article|Afghanistan War}}
American deaths in [[Afghanistan]] more than doubled in Obama's first few years compared with the preceding eight years of George Bush<ref>Chesser, S.G. (2012, July 12). [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41084.pdf Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians - CRS Report for Congress]. Pg. 3. ''Congressional Research Service'''.</ref> as he increased troop strength for no discernible purpose and to "win" unstated objectives. Against his own Defense Secretary's advice, Obama [[Libyan uprising 2011|attacked Libya]] and forced [[regime change]] without Congressional authorization in violation of the post-Nixon era reform measure, the [[War Powers Act]].

After he took personal credit for killing [[Osama bin Laden]], the [[U.S. State Department]] warned of increased risk to the lives and safety of Americans.<ref>''KABC-TV/DT'' (2011, July 27). [http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8273909 Risk of anti-US violence up after Osama bin Laden's death]. On ''ABC7 News''.</ref> Bin Laden's successor, [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] confirmed the [[Benghazi Attack]] which took place on the anniversary of 9/11 and killed more Americans, was motivated by al-Qaeda's desire for revenge.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-attack-jihadists/index.html Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack], By Nic Robertson, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, CNN, September 13, 2012.</ref> Bin Laden's death, as Obama's advisers warned, freed up jihadis who swore an oath of allegiance to the 9/11 mastermind to swear allegiance to rival and competing factions. The competing factions advocated the immediate establishment of the Islamic State, rather than after the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy and retaking of Mecca. As was well known, bin Laden always held a controversial and minority position among jihadis on the strategy for global jihad by attacking the United States first. Bin Laden's killing, intended as an election year gimmick, brought Obama no improvement in approval ratings and spawned unprecedented growth in global terror and jihadi recruiting.

Obama needlessly escalated troop strength<ref name="pbs">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sbla/sjkl/p2/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/themes/strategy.html#ixzz1LhWNImZp|title=Obama's New Strategy (March '09)|author=George Packer, Seth Jones, David Kilcullen, Rory Stewart, Andrew Exum, Col. Andrew Bacevich (Ret.)|work=[[PBS]]|language=English}}</ref> and defense costs in Afghanistan from $43.5 billion in George Bush's last year to $113.7 billion for 2011.<ref>Congressional Research Service, quoted in Gregory Anthony, ''What price war?''</ref> Adviser to General [[Stanley McChrystal]] David Kilcullen wrote, "One of the big strategic shifts is the use of language now which talks about Pakistan and Afghanistan as the same theater. Now we talked about Af-Pak long before the Obama administration came about, but the public use of that term, and the description of it as the Afghanistan-Pakistan campaign, sends a new message to people about how the administration is going to think about Afghanistan and Pakistan."<ref name="pbs"/>

'''Bowe Bergdahl swap'''
{{See also|Muslim agenda of the Obama administration}}
When [[Barack Obama]] released five Taliban commanders from the [[Guantanamo Bay]] prison in exchange for American deserter Bowe Bergdahl in 2014, he assured Americans that the enemy combatants would not be allowed to return to Afghanistan. 6 American soldiers lives were lost searching for the American deserter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/06/02/six-soldiers-died-searching-for-deserter-pow-fueling-backlash/</ref> Upon Bergdahl's return, Obama celebrated Bergdahl as a heroic “POW,” a designation the Pentagon never gave him. Khairullah Khairkhwa, one of the five released from Guantanamo, sat across the table from Joe Biden's personal representative in [[Moscow]] in the spring of 2021, where Mullah Khairkhwa was part of the Taliban delegation that negotiated the terms of the US withdrawal. Mullah Khairkhwa is the mastermind of the Taliban takeover, even though the Pentagon classified Khairkhwa as too dangerous to release.

Khairkhwa assured the Biden junta that the Taliban would not retaliate against Afghans who worked with the US military or the US-backed government in Kabul. However, reports out of Kandahar and Kabul soon after the fall of Afghanistan indicate the Taliban was going door to door with a kill list to wipe out their enemies. Mullah Khairkhwa previously served as the Taliban's interior minister prior to 2002, where he oversaw Islamist punishments, including beheadings and stonings.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/</ref>

All five of the terrorists in the Bowe Bergdahl swap assumed prominent positions in the Taliban interim government announced on September 11, 2021:<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/07/four-gitmo-detainees-released-in-berghdahl-swap-are-now-taliban-ministers-for-afghan-government-interim-government-will-be-officially-introduced-on-sept-11th/</ref>
*Acting Minister of Information and Culture: Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah
*Defense Deputy Minister: Mullah Mohammad Fazil
*Acting Director of Intelligence: Abdul Haq Wasiq
*Border and Tribal Affairs Minister: Mullah Norullah Nori
*Acting Governor of Khost Province: Muhammad Nabi Omari<ref>https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-09-11-from-the-cells-of-guantanamo-to-the-ruling----the-story-of-5-officials-in-the-taliban-government.H1rAUgatGY.html</ref>

====Libya and rebirth of the slave trade====
{{main article|Libyan uprising 2011}}
In February 2011, the political unrest that spread through the Arab world showed up as protests in Libya. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, leader of Libya for 41 years, responded to the violence<ref>[http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28376.htm There Was No Libyan Peaceful Protest, Just Murderous Gangs and Nic Robertson]</ref> with legitimate steps.<ref name="nyt libya">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sboxugmc/sjubjjp/p1/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/libya/index.html|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Inc.|language=English|title=Libya — Protests and Revolt (2011)}}</ref> The [[United Nations Security Council]] voted to impose [[sanctions]], and later passed a resolution to protect civilians. Obama, without approval from Congress and over the objections of his own National Security staff,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gates-libyan-no-fly-zone-means-attacking-libya/ Gates: Libyan no-fly zone means attacking Libya], CBS News</ref> directed American forces to take out Libya's air defense system.<ref name="nyt libya"/> Secretary of Defence [[Robert Gates]], National Security Adviser [[Tom Donilon]], Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough, and [[White House]] counterterrorism chief [[John O. Brennan]] all opposed the action. Obama later said, "if we waited one more day Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world."<ref>{{cite web|author=Barack Obama|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sazy/sjkl/p2/2011/03/28/134935452/obamas-speech-on-libya-a-responsibility-to-act|title=Obama's Speech On Libya: 'A Responsibility To Act'|date=March 28, 2011|publisher=National Public Radio ([[NPR]])|language=English}}</ref> [[Alan J. Kuperman]], in an editorial for the ''[[Boston Globe]]'', suggested this statement was false, writing, "intervention did not prevent genocide, because no such bloodbath was in the offing. To the contrary, by emboldening rebellion, US interference has prolonged Libya’s civil war and the resultant suffering of innocents."<ref name="kuperman">{{cite web|author=Alan J. Kuperman|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swyeebp/sivdvconx/p2/2011-04-14/bostonglobe/29418371_1_rebel-stronghold-civilians-rebel-positions|title=False pretense for war in Libya?|date=April 14, 2011}}</ref> Kuperman, a professor of public affairs at the [[University of Texas]] who authored a book called ''The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention'', further stated that the rebels had tricked the world into thinking a bloodbath was at hand and that Obama had lied to the American people in order to act on this theory.<ref name="kuperman"/>
<blockquote>
Gaddafi [never] threaten[ed] civilian massacre in Benghazi, as Obama alleged. The “no mercy’’ warning, of March 17, targeted rebels only, as reported by ''The New York Times'', which noted that Libya’s leader promised amnesty for those “who throw their weapons away.’’ Gaddafi even offered the rebels an escape route and open border to Egypt, to avoid a fight “to the bitter end.’’<ref>[http://politicalcartel.org/2011/04/17/libya-and-the-obama-doctrine/ Libya and the “Obama Doctrine”.]</ref>
</blockquote>
Gaddafi wrote to Obama and told him he bore no ill will. "We have been hurt more morally than physically because of what had happened against us in both deeds and words by you," he wrote. "Despite all this you will always remain our son whatever happened. We still pray that you continue to be president of the USA. We endeavour and hope that you will gain victory in the new election campaign."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/gaddafi-obama-nato-libya?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Gaddafi begs Obama to halt 'unjust war' ], [[The Guardian ]]</ref>

'''Syria and Obama's "red line"'''

In 2012, during the [[Syrian Civil War]], President Obama stated that if the Syrian dictator, President [[Bashar al-Assad]] used [[chemical weapon]]s against Syrians, that would be unacceptable and cross a red line. However, after it was confirmed that Assad did use weapons against his people, Obama did practically nothing. He went to Congress to authorize a military strike, but this request was rejected (he had the ability to order a military strike without Congress's approval). Later, the Obama Administration (particularly [[Susan Rice]])<ref name="RiceTakesHeat">Chakraborty, Barnini (April 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/07/susan-rice-obama-colleagues-take-heat-for-past-claims-on-syria-chemical-weapons-purge.html Susan Rice, Obama colleagues take heat for past claims on Syria chemical weapons purge]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref> and the mainstream media<ref>Nash, Charlie (April 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/07/politifact-pulls-2014-mostly-true-rating-of-john-kerrys-claim-of-eliminating-syrian-chemical-weapons/ PolitiFact Pulls 2014 ‘Mostly True’ Rating of John Kerry’s Claim of Eliminating Syrian Chemical Weapons]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref> claimed they had worked with Syria to remove its chemical weapons. In April 2017, Syria again used chemical weapons against its people, proving their claim wrong.<ref name="RiceTakesHeat"/> The new president, [[Donald Trump]], unlike Obama, quickly ordered a large airstrike against a Syrian airbase.<ref>Griffin, Jennifer; Tomlinson, Lucas (April 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/07/us-missiles-target-syria-airfield-in-response-to-chemical-weapons-attack.html US missiles target Syria airfield in response to chemical weapons attack]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref>

'''Turkey'''

President Obama attempted to overthrow the legitimate government of Turkey, a vital NATO ally. Turkish President [[Recep Erdoğan]] repeatedly warned that Obama's support of [[Kurd]]ish forces and [[ISIL]] threatened the NATO alliance. Turkey slowly began establishing closer ties with Russia.

====Hillary Clinton and the FBI's collusion with Russia====
:{{See also|Uranium One bribery scandal}}
[[File:Putin Obama.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Obama and [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]].]]
Obama and his administration had a weak stance on Russia.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (July 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/22/pollak-media-let-obama-alums-off-the-hook-on-russia/ Pollak: Media Let Obama Alums off the Hook on Russia]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 22, 2018.</ref> He and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] tried to "reset" relations with Russia, and he mocked [[Mitt Romney]] for calling Russia the most dangerous geopolitical threat to the U.S. in a 2012 debate. According to Brett Bruen, the White House director of global engagement from 2013 to 2015, the Obama Administration ignored his warnings about Russia.<ref>Morton, Victor (March 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/26/brett-bruen-obama-official-says-nsc-slept-his-2014/ Obama official says NSC slept on his 2014 Russia warning]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 26, 2018.</ref> Obama criticized the president of [[Russia]], [[Vladimir Putin]] for carrying out a referendum for the seizure of [[Crimea]] by Russia.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-calls-rethinking-crimea-vote Obama calls for a 'rethinking' on Crimea vote]. [[Cybercast News Service]]</ref> After taking office in 2017, [[Donald Trump]] took several actions against Russia that Obama never went so far as to do.<ref>Berger, Judson (December 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/26/trump-administration-ends-2017-confronting-russia-after-year-collusion-accusations.html Trump administration ends 2017 confronting Russia after year of collusion accusations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.</ref>

'''Cuba'''

During his presidency, Obama instituted a major détente with the oppressive Communist dictatorship of [[Cuba]], despite its failed leftist governance and human rights violations.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-cuban-detente-1418862551 Obama’s Cuban Detente]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref><ref>Spetalnick, Matt; Gardner, Timothy (December 13, 2016). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-whitehouse-idUSKBN1422U6 Obama to press Trump to preserve Cuba detente: White House]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref> In August 2015, the U.S. and Cuba reopened each other's embassies.<ref>Frumin, Aliyah (July 1, 2015). [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-announces-historic-deal-cuba Obama announces historic deal with Cuba]. ''MSNBC''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/14/kerry-in-havana-for-reopening-us-embassy-tough-negotiations-ahead.html Kerry marks opening of US Embassy in Havana, critics rip 'diplomacy for show']. ''Fox News''. August 14, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref> In September 2016, Obama nominated the first U.S. Ambassador to Cuba in 55 years.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/27/obama-nominates-first-us-ambassador-to-cuba-in-more-than-45-years.html Obama nominates first US ambassador to Cuba in more than 55 years]. ''Fox News''. September 27, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.</ref> Obama did everything in his power to normalize relations with the failed dictatorship, but the [[United States embargo against Cuba|U.S. embargo against Cuba]] remained in place due to opposition from the Republican-controlled Congress.<ref>Spetalnick, Matt; Marsh, Sarah (October 14, 2016). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-idUSKBN12E1H3 Obama eases restrictions on Cuba, lifts limits on rum and cigars]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref> No one knows the extent of underground bunkers of Soviet-era weapons consisting of [[AK-47]]s and [[MANPAD]]S stockpiled between 1959 and 1986, when the collective stated foreign policy aims of Cuba and the Soviet Union were armed revolution and violent overthrow of the United States government and the capitalist system. The United States remains unprepared for trade talks and for lifting travel restrictions on tourists.

Despite Obama's support for mass immigration and amnesty for those who immigrated illegally, he ended the "wet foot, dry foot" policy that allowed Cuban refugees to legally stay in the U.S.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/12/obama-reportedly-to-scrap-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy-for-cuban-refugees.html Obama announces end to 'wet foot, dry foot' policy for Cuban refugees]. ''Fox News''. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref>

Liberal mainstream media regarded Obama's private meetings with the murderous thugs who run Cuba as a breakthrough in relations.

'''Guantanamo Bay'''
{{main article|Guantanamo Bay}}
One of Obama's campaign promises was that he would close the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba - detainees would be flown to other countries while the ones awaiting trial would enter the American court system. Two days after taking office, he signed an order directing the military to do so.<ref name="salon">{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swywmf/slmn/p2/news/politics/war_room/2011/04/25/obama_guantanamo_rhetoric|work=Salon|title=The Obama/Gitmo timeline|author=Natasha Lennard|language=English}}</ref> But, in November 2009, Obama admitted that his self-imposed deadline of January 2010 would be missed, and in March 2011, the president went back on his campaign promise, signing an executive order to create a formal system of indefinite detention for the prisoners.<ref name="salon"/>

Obama ultimately failed to close Guantanamo Bay, although he continually attempted to reduce the number of detained terrorists held at the base, even in the last days of his presidency.<ref>Saxena, V. (January 6, 2017). [http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-to-release-18-hardened-gitmo-terrorists-before-leaving-office/ Obama To Release 18 Hardened Gitmo Terrorists Before Leaving Office]. ''Western Journalism''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref><ref>Ryan, Missy; Tate, Julie (December 28, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/with-final-detainee-transfer-obamas-guantanamo-policy-takes-its-last-breath/2016/12/28/dfdf8cb2-cd0f-11e6-a747-d03044780a02_story.html?utm_term=.62bebcb1f672 With final detainee transfer, Obama’s Guantanamo policy takes its last breath]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref>

====Anti-Israel policies====
Obama has had very poor relations with the conservative [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], and he disregarded U.S. commitments to the country.<ref>Klein, Aaron (May 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/09/klein-obama-accuses-trump-flouting-agreements-ex-prez-just-betraying-israel/ Klein: Obama Accuses Trump Of ‘Flouting’ Agreements, But Ex-Prez Did Just That By Betraying Israel]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 9, 2018.</ref> During the very tight and closely-watched 2015 elections, the Obama Administration attempted to influence the election—in order to elect a pro-Hamas leftist government in the nation and defeat Netanyahu—by financing a liberal pro-Palestinian political organization.<ref>Klein, Aaron (July 13, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/07/13/israeli-lawmakers-fume-obama-administration-intervention-defeat-netanyahu/ Israeli Lawmakers Fume Over Obama Administration ‘Intervention’ to Defeat Netanyahu]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Netanyahu decisively won the election, despite opposition from left-wing world leaders such as Obama.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-claims-victory-as-vote-count-shows-likud-further-ahead/ Netanyahu scores crushing victory in Israeli elections]. ''The Times of Israel''. March 18, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref>

On December 23, 2016, Obama broke over 35 years of American policy by abstaining from a UN vote and allowing a blatantly anti-Israel resolution to pass, showing his true anti-Israel stance.<ref name="StrikeAgain"/><ref name="FedUpDrastic"/> On December 28, 2016, just a few weeks before the [[Trump Administration]] was to take office and a few days after the anti-[[Israel]] resolution was adopted, Kerry gave a major 72-minute<ref>Hanchett, Ian (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/nbcs-neely-kerry-speech-firing-a-flare-across-israel-he-wanted-to-give-it-for-some-time-but-wh-blocked-it/ NBC’s Neely: Kerry Speech ‘Firing a Flare’ ‘Across Israel’ He Wanted To Give It ‘For Some Time’ But WH Blocked It]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> speech viciously attacking Israel and paying worthless lip-service to American "support" for the nation.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/28/kerry-on-israel-peace-un-resolution/ Kerry Attacks Israeli Government, Defends UN Resolution]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] responded harshly but appropriately to the Administration's blatant betrayal.<ref>Key, Pam (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/netanyahu-i-must-express-my-deep-disappointment-with-john-kerry-israelis-do-not-need-to-be-lectured/ Netanyahu: ‘I Must Express My Deep Disappointment’ With Kerry — ‘Israelis Do Not Need To Be Lectured’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref>

Despite these actions, the U.S. House passed a motion on January 5, 2017, condemning Obama's allowing of the UN resolution.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/house-overwhelmingly-votes-to-condemn-un-resolution-on-israel-settlements.html House overwhelmingly votes to condemn UN resolution on Israel settlements]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Cortellessa, Eric (January 6, 2017). [https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-house-passes-repudiation-of-un-security-council-resolution-on-israel/ US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel]. ''The Times of Israel''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> Additionally, Republican President-elect [[Donald Trump]] voiced strong support for Israel during this time.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 23, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/23/trump-hints-defunding-un-anti-israel-vote/ Trump on UN Anti-Israel Vote: ‘Things Will Be Different After Jan. 20’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Swoyer, Alex (December 29, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/29/trump-im-very-very-strong-on-israel/ Trump: ‘I’m Very, Very Strong on Israel’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>

Soon before leaving office, Obama bypassed Congress and gave the [[State of Palestine]] $221 million.<ref name="221MLastHours">[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/us-quietly-sent-221m-to-palestinians-in-obamas-last-hours.html US quietly sent $221M to Palestinians in Obama's last hours]. ''Fox News''. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.</ref>

====Pro-Iranian policies====
{{See also|Project Cassandra}}
In contrast to his anti-Israel policies, Obama took a friendly stance toward Iran, emboldening the Islamic fascist Republic, helping negotiate the [[Iran nuclear deal]] with the country, something Obama's successor, President Trump, chose to reverse. The Obama Administration actively worked to give Iran access to American banks, and Iran got $150,000,000,000 from Obama, and they gave it to terrorists.<ref>Multiple references:
*Taylor, Guy (June 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/6/obama-hid-efforts-to-aid-irans-windfall/ Obama hid efforts to aid Iran's windfall]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
*[https://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/report-obama-administration-lied-about-iran-deal Report: Obama administration lied about Iran deal]. ''OneNewsNow'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
*Edson, Rich (June 6, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/06/obama-administration-allegedly-gave-iran-access-to-us-financial-system.html Obama administration allegedly gave Iran access to US financial system]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> According to a high-ranking Iranian official in 2018, the Obama Administration granted U.S. citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during the nuclear deal negotiations, including the friends and family of Iranian government leaders.<ref>Irvine, Chris (July 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/02/obama-administration-granted-citizenship-to-2500-iranians-during-nuclear-deal-iran-official.html Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal: Iran official]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref>

An Iranian militia leader who led an attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq in 2019 had been invited to the White House by the Obama Administration in 2011.<ref>Multiple references:
*Nolan, Lucas (December 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/12/31/iranian-militia-leader-who-led-raid-u-s-embassy-baghdad-previously-visited-obama-white-house/ Iranian Militia Leader Leading Iraq U.S. Embassy Raid Listed as Obama White House Guest]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
*Singman, Brooke (January 2, 2020). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/iraqi-official-spotted-outside-embassy-attack-visited-obama-white-house-in-2011 Iraqi official spotted outside embassy attack visited Obama White House in 2011]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
*Dibble, Madison (January 2, 2020). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-gave-white-house-welcome-to-iran-backed-leader-of-us-embassy-attack-in-baghdad Obama gave White House welcome to Iran-backed leader of US Embassy attack in Baghdad]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
*Boyer, Dave (January 2, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/2/hadi-al-amiri-leader-us-embassy-siege-iraq-was-gue/ Leader of U.S. Embassy siege in Iraq was guest of Obama at White House]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
*Boyer, Dave (January 3, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/3/chief-of-iran-backed-embassy-siege-met-with-obama-/ Chief of Iran-backed embassy siege met with Obama, Biden]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.</ref>

Revealed in 2024: "Obama State Dept blocked FBI from arresting supporters of Iran nuclear program in US: Emails."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-state-dept-blocked-fbi-arresting-supporters-iran-nuclear-program-us-emails Obama State Dept blocked FBI from arresting supporters of Iran nuclear program in US: Emails], by Brooke Singman, Fox News, May 22, 2024.<blockquote>EXCLUSIVE: The Obama-Biden State Department “actively interfered” to prevent the FBI from executing arrest warrants on individuals illegally in in the United States who were allegedly supporting Iranian financial efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction, whistleblowers told Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson.</blockquote></ref>

====Opposition to U.S. sovereignty====
[[File:Xi Obama.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Obama with Chinese dictator [[Xi Jinping]]; Winnie-the-Pooh was banned from [[China]] after this meme appeared on [[social media]].<ref>https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/812125/china-censors-block-winnie-the-pooh-because-of-his-uncanny-resemblance-to-president-xi-jinping</ref>]]
{{See also|War on Sovereignty}}
Preferring international cooperation and equality to American [[sovereignty]] and independence (despite the U.S.'s obviously superior geopolitical position), Obama intentionally reduced American power and strength during his presidency. One of his actions as president was to give up the nation's control of [[Domain name|internet domain name system]] and transfer control over to an international organization in 2016.<ref>Solomon, Howard (October 3, 2016). [https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/new-era-in-internet-governance-starts-as-us-cedes-control-of-domain-name-system/386903 New era in Internet governance starts as US cedes control of domain name system]. ''IT World Canada''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref><ref>Lieberman, Eric (September 24, 2016). [https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/24/obama-admin-wants-to-surrender-us-control-over-internet-to-global-bureaucracy/ Obama Admin Wants To Surrender US Control Over Internet To Global Bureaucracy]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref>

Obama also entered the U.S. into the [[Paris climate agreement]] and attempted to have it join the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]], which was under negotiation. Both of these agreements would have reduced American sovereignty and [[self-governance]].

Obama also endorsed the United Nations 2030 Agenda in 2015, which called for "a 'new universal agenda' for all of humanity" and served as a major step toward a [[one-world government]].<ref>[[Hohmann, Leo]] (September 30, 2015). [https://www.wnd.com/2015/09/obama-puts-u-s-on-fast-track-to-world-government/ Obama puts U.S. on 'fast track' to world government]. ''WND''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.</ref>

===Congressional relations===
Obama has maintained tense relations with Congress throughout his term as president. Each of his budgets was voted down, and many of his judicial appointments have not come to a vote. When Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] died on February 13, 2016, Obama made a point of addressing the nation to say that he would nominate a replacement, which drew criticism and rebuke from Republican Senators and Presidential candidates. Obama's executive action in areas such as immigration policy drew extensive criticism as infringing upon Congressional legislative powers.

===Scandals===
Obama turned the [[Justice Department]] into a cesspool of corruption.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nymagazin.com%2Fen_US%2Fobamagate-si-reforma-fbi-ului-tiberiu-dianu%2F]</ref>

Obama was complicit in the whitewash of Hillary Clinton's email investigation. In fact, Obama himself crafted the language of "careless," reducing the charge of gross negligence punishable by 10 years in prison down to nothing. Obama himself had much to hide; he knew of Hillary's illegal email server. Obama communicated with Hillary on her illegal server at least 30 times, including from the territory of a "hostile foreign power," presumably Russia, where their communication was most certainly hacked.

When the disgraced Obama appointee as FBI director whitewashed the incident by saying Hillary communicated with "a senior government official," it was Obama himself and his complicity in the reckless handling of classified information that Comey was covering up, not just Hillary. Over the course of his presidency, Obama cost taxpayers $35 million to cover his Christmas vacations.<ref>Harper, Jennifer (December 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/23/inside-the-beltway-aloha-the-35-million-obama-chri/ Memories of Christmas past: The $35 million Obama travel bill]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 24, 2018.</ref> FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]]'s special counsel [[Lisa Page]] 's sworn congressional testimony confirms that the FBI was acting on orders from the Obama Justice Department to clear Hillary Clinton of [[felon]]ious behavior and violations of the Espionage Act so that she could be nominated as the DNC 2016 presidential candidate.<ref>[https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/03/13/lisa-page-obama-doj-ordered-fbi-not-to-charge-hillary-clinton-no-collusion/ Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Said Obama DOJ Ordered FBI Not To Charge Hillary Clinton], [[CBS]], March 13, 2019.</ref>

====Fast and Furious====
:''Main article:'' '''[[Operation Fast and Furious]]'''
[[File:Eric Holder.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Eric Holder]] is the First Attorney General in US history held in [[criminal]] [[Contempt of Congress]]. He resigned in light of the Fast & Furious revelations<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/fast_and_furious_in_a_rotten_nutshell.html#ixzz27iRBCN28 Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell], Ronald Kolb, ''[[American Thinker]]'', October 7, 2011,</ref> and other scandals.]]
:{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Mexican drug related gun murders skyrocket during Obama's Fast and Furious campaign<ref>https://archive.is/RyT8w</ref>
|-
| 2006 || 62
|-
| 2007 || 2,837
|-
| 2008 || 6,844
|-
| 2009 || 11,753
|-
| 2010 || 19,546
|-
| 2011 || 24,068
|-
| 2012 || 18,061 (by October 31, 2012)
|-
| 2013 || 23,640 killed in 2013 (through to March 2014)
|}
Before Obama's Fast and Furious operation was exposed, the number of dead victims in drug cartel violence has been estimated as high as 160,000 deaths.

The ''Washington Post'' reported that White House officials stopped a requirement for gun dealers to report bulk sales of high-powered semiautomatic rifles commonly used by [[Mexican drug cartel]]s. [[Justice Department]] officials had asked for White House approval to require thousands of gun dealers along the border to report the purchases to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives. ATF investigators expected to get leads on suspected arms traffickers. Senior law enforcement sources said the proposal from the ATF was held up by then White House chief of staff [[Rahm Emanuel]].<ref>Horwitz, S. & Grimaldi, J.V. (2010, December 17). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121706598.html White House Delayed Rule Meant to Stop Gun Flow to Mexico]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> Gun dealers had been required for decades to report the sales of multiple handguns to the ATF.

====IRS scandal====
:{{Main article|IRS scandal}}

====Aid to Benghazi rebels====
A March 29, 2011 article in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' included these paragraphs:
{{Cquote|"It’s almost a certitude that at least part” of the Libyan opposition includes members of al-Qaeda, said Bruce Riedel, a former senior CIA analyst and adviser to President Obama. Riedel said that anti-Gaddafi elements in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi have had “very close associations with al-Qaeda” dating back years....I would hope that we now have a good sense of the opposition in Libya and can say that this is 2 percent, not 20 percent,” Riedel said. “If we don’t, then we are running the risk of helping to bring to power a regime that could be very dangerous.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-opposition-includes-a-small-number-of-al-qaeda-fighters-us-officials-say/2011/03/29/AFRlXWyB_story.html Libyan opposition includes a small number of al-Qaeda fighters, U.S. officials say], Washington Post</ref>}}
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Gadaffi was an ally of the US against the jihadis until Obama armed the jihadis to overthrow Gadaffi. One of their first acts was the mass beheading of Christians.]]
This set off a fierce debate in the [[Obama administration]] over the wisdom of arming terrorists.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/world/africa/30diplo.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Washington in Fierce Debate on Arming Libyan Rebels], The New York Times</ref> It is now known sometime prior to March 31, 2011,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/world/africa/31intel.html?_r=2&hp C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels], The New York Times</ref> at the urging of Hillary Clinton<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19policy.html?_r=3&hp& Obama Takes Hard Line With Libya After Shift by Clinton], The New York Times</ref> and over the objections of his National Security Council, Obama signed a [[Presidential Finding]] authorizing support for the rebel jihadis.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/us-libya-usa-order-idUSTRE72T6H220110330 Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret help for Libya rebels], [[Reuters]]</ref>

By October 2011, [[Libyan rebel fighting group]]s with support from [[NATO]] overtook the capital and toppled the government. Gaddafi was captured and brutally and sadistically murdered.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzeLLL9V-c Leading from behind - a critique of Obama foreign policy]</ref> The jihadis were immediately recognized by the U.S. and the U.N. as the new legitimate government. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, announced [[Sharia]] will be the source for all legislation and all laws conflicting with Sharia are null and void.<ref name="Sharia">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8861608/Libya-Al-Qaeda-flag-flown-above-Benghazi-courthouse.html Libya: Al Qaeda flag flown above Benghazi courthouse] - [[Daily Telegraph]]</ref> Abdel Rahim al-Kib, the country's interim prime minister, echoed Jalil's words days later.<ref>[http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207953.html New Libyan PM backs Islamic sharia law]</ref> The al Qaeda flag was flown above the Benghazi courthouse, and reports surfaced that the Libyan jihadis had imposed Sharia law in some parts of the country even earlier.<ref name="Sharia" /> By February 17, 2013, four foreign nationals were arrested for distributing Christian literature, a charge that could carry the death penalty.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/17/libya-arrests-suspected-foreign-missionaries Libya arrests foreign 'missionaries' Four foreign nationals accused of distributing Christian literature] a charge that could carry the death penalty, Chris Stephen [[The Guardian]], Sunday 17 February 2013.</ref>

In 2014, the Obama Administration gave a $200,000 grant to a Sudanese group with ties to [[Al Qaeda]].<ref>Pappas, Alex (July 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/27/obama-administration-approved-200g-grant-to-group-with-al-qaeda-ties.html Obama administration approved $200G grant to group with Al Qaeda ties]. 'Fox News''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/29656-obama-administration-funded-al-qaida-front Obama Administration Funded al-Qaida Front]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 28, 2018.</ref>

====Benghazi massacre====
[[File:Benghazi attack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Amb. Stevens was specifically in Benghazi to oversee and facilitate transfer of captured weapons from the Gadaffi regime to groups in Syria which ultimately became the [[Islamic State]]. Few people had knowledge of this program beyond Stevens, Clinton, and Obama. Once the mission was completed, Stevens was expendable.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/REAL-Benghazi-Story-White-Hillary/dp/1531817130</ref>]]
:{{main|Benghazi Attack}}
With several U.S. embassies besieged on the anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]], White House Press Secretary [[Jay Carney]] declared there was no reason to believe the attack on the sovereign territory of the United States consulate in Benghazi, less than two months before the [[2012 Presidential election]] which killed Americans, was a terrorist attack.
{{Cquote|The unrest that we’ve seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that Muslims, many Muslims, find offensive.}}
This became the official White House line. Between laughs with [[Jon Stewart]] on [[Comedy Central]], Obama said the death of Americans was "not optimal".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/18/Obama-Benghazi-murders-not-optimal Interview with Jon Stewart of the ''Daily Show''], Breitbart.com</ref> When pressed by reporters, who pointed out evidence that the violence in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, Press Secretary Carney argued “the unrest around the region has been in response to this video.”

Leading suspected jihadis in the murders and terrorist attack were the local Benghazi branch of Ansar al-Shariah, known to have ties to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023114113/http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/10/19/when-an-obama-adviser-called-benghazi-an-al-qaeda-hotbed/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway When an Obama adviser called Benghazi an al-Qaeda hotbed]</ref> A commander of the terrorist group boasted jovially about the attack over drinks with reporters for the ''New York Times'' in Benghazi.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?pagewanted=2&ref=world Election-Year Stakes Overshadow Nuances of Libya Investigation], The New York Times</ref><ref>[https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/frappe-libya-attack/ Frappe-Sipping Libyan Militant Laughs at U.S. Manhunt for Benghazi Killers], [[Wired (magazine)]]</ref>

====Funding the Islamic State====
Two more Americans were killed, along with 35 others, after being taken hostage by rebel jihadists in Mali shortly after the Libyan upheaval.<ref>[http://world.time.com/2013/01/21/algeria-37-foreigner-hostages-killed-in-attack/ Algeria: 37 Foreigner Hostages Killed in Attack], Associated Press, Jan. 21, 2013. ''[[Time Magazine]]''.</ref>

Hillary Clinton testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the wake of the Benghazi murders under her stewardship that weapons and fighters equipped by the Obama administration made their way to [[Mali]] and [[Algeria]]:
{{cquote|There is no doubt that the Algerian terrorists had weapons from Libya. There is no doubt that the Malian remnants of AQIM [Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb] have weapons from Libya.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-says-militants-used-weapons-libya-algeria-attack-154222664.html Clinton says militants used weapons from Libya in Algeria attack] [[Reuters]], Jan 23, 2013.</ref>}}

====1MDB scandal====
After the 2012 election, Obama's chief fundraiser continued raising money for Democratic candidates. [[Frank White, Jr.]] and [[Pras Michel]] formed a joint venture with [[1Malaysian Development Berhad]] (1MDB), wholly owned by the Malaysian government. The venture supposedly was to invest in green technology and solar panels, but corrupt officials of 1MDB were more interested in buying influence with the [[Obama administration]] and the [[Democratic party]],<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> and White and Pras likewise were not interested in providing a renewable source of electricity or solving the problems of [[poverty]] for Malaysia's 30 million people.

Malaysians have a median household income of $4500, so the theft of $4.5 Billion by [[globalism|globalists]] pushing green technology and Democrats looking for foreign money to finance their campaigns because they can't sell their ideas at home had a devastating impact on the Malaysian people, economy, and political culture.
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. ''Official White House Photograph'']]
White and Pras got two anonymous investors to lend half a Trillion dollars for a little over a two-year period. They formed a joint partnership agreement with 1MDB to build a green technology solar plant. White and Pras owned 49%, 1MDB controlled 51%. White was supposed to have provided financial advice. His advice turned out to be for 1MDB to buy out his 49% for $69 million six months after the agreement was signed, without White's entities investing any of the half Trillion he borrowed.<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> Portions of the $69 million were then donated to Democrat Senate, Congressional, and Gubernatorial candidates. The $69 million that Democrats stole from the people of Malaysia during the Obama presidency is only a fraction of the corrupt deals 1MDB did all over the planet. Much of the $4.5 Billion embezzled was laundered through U.S. banks, and has become the largest investigation ever under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Act.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-remarks-press-conference-announcing-significant</ref>

====Biden-Ukraine scandal====
:{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son [[Hunter Biden]], was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor at a [[CFR]] conference.
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention.

Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out by Burisma to an account linked to Biden's and Devon Archer's Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court file in Manhattan in another case against Archer. The bank records show that, on most months when Burisma money flowed, two wire transfers of $83,333.33 each were sent to the Rosemont Seneca–connected account on the same day. The same Rosemont Seneca–linked account typically then paid Hunter Biden one or more payments ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Ukrainian prosecutors reviewed internal company documents and wanted to interview Hunter Biden and Archer about why they had received such payments, but couldn't because of Joe Biden's intervention.

On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

====Russiagate====
[[File:170509-andrew-mccabe-ac-1043p c043e7050b32e4ad26bd45b92eb651eb.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg|right|275px|thumb|McCabe (left) with co-conspirator Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]] (right). McCabe took $700,000 from a Clinton campaign operative to fix the email investigation and save Hillary's nomination. Lynch colluded with Bill Clinton at the Phoenix tarmac meeting to whitewash Hillary's email investigation and meddle in 2016 election.]]
{{See also|Russiagate|FBI scandal|Russophobia|FISA abuse|Crossfire Hurricane|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
In the Obama-era political surveillance programs, the lines between the CIA and FBI were blurred. They worked together through contractors.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/25/president-obamas-2016-political-surveillance-coverup-had-two-parallel-tracks/</ref> The Obama administration had been conducting illegal surveillance on American citizens since 2012, shortly after the IRS scandal was exposed. On March 9, 2016, the [[NSA]] FISA compliance officer discovered the illegal collusion between the FBI and CIA to spy on American citizens. Between March and July 2016, the CIA used foreign intelligence allies in [[Italy]], the [[U.K.]] and [[Australia]] to create an illusion of Russian involvement with the Trump campaign. This operation was based on earlier more innocuous contacts from various countries, weaponized and redeployed in what everyone calls “spygate”. This track successfully culminated with the start of the FBI's Operation Crossfire Hurricane.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com</ref>

On July 31, 2016, FBI deputy head of the [[counterintelligence]] division [[Peter Strzok]] began an investigation into [[Donald Trump]]. Two days later, Strzok had this exchange with [[Lisa Page]], an attorney in FBI deputy director [[Andy McCabe]]'s office:
{{Quotebox-float|'''Lisa Page – He’s not ever going to become president, right? Right?! Strzok - No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.'''
}}
[[File:27067022 1565197686869300 6687960957434384962 n.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The entire [[Russiagate collusion scandal]] was concocted by the [[CIA]] and [[FBI]] on Obama's orders.]]
On September 2, 2016, Lisa Page wrote about preparing talking points for Dir. [[Jimmy Comey]] because “[[POTUS|potus]] [Obama] wants to know everything we’re doing.”<ref>https://theblacksphere.net/2018/02/fbi-text-message-potus-wants-know-everything/</ref> The text raised questions about the extent of Obama's personal involvement in the ongoing FBI investigation.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-texts-obama-wants-know-everything-we-re-doing-n845531</ref>

In a December 9, 2016 meeting at the Obama White House chaired by Susan Rice with [[James Clapper]] ([[DNI]]), Deputy FBI Director [[Andrew McCabe]], various Obama operatives ([[Lisa Monaco]] and [[Ben Rhodes]]), Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] and DOJ official [[Mary McCord (DOJ)]], Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] and [[Maidan coup|Kyiv regime change]] cookie monster [[Victoria Nuland]]. There, [[intelligence agency]] officials were tasked with the creation of an assessment of supposed Russian election meddling "per the President’s request." After the meeting, and following Obama's instructions, DNI James Clapper requested that the [[intelligence community]] form an assessment on "Russian Election Meddling" due on January 9, 2017, just before President-elect Trump took office.<ref>https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-ica-obamas-legacy</ref>

[[Susan Rice]] sent an email to herself about a secret [[Oval Office]] meeting where the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' was discussed;<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> (the email was written and sent to herself 15 minutes after Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20):<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-graham-uncover-unusual-email-sent-susan-rice-herself-president-trump-s</ref>
{{Quotebox-float|On January 5, following a briefing by [[IC]] leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 Presidential election, [[President Obama]] had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director [[Jim Comey]] and Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] in the Oval Office. [[Vice President Biden]] and I were also present. President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia. [Redacted section] The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}[[File:112 2016 b4-napo-comey-hoove8201 c0-389-1420-1216 s885x516 (1).jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Jimmy the Weasel]] beside [[J. Edgar Hoover]]. Under Obama the FBI returned to the use of sexual innuendo and domestic spying on political opponents.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/19/comey-trump-cnn-news-hook/</ref>]]At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama asked Sally Yates and James Comey to remain. Together with Susan Rice, is where the “by the book” CYA comment comes into play. The 90-day surveillance period under the FISA warrant had just a bit over two weeks left to run — it was set to expire just as Trump was to take office. (Reporting suggests that there may also have been a [[FISA]] warrant on [[Paul Manafort]] around this time.) The Obama administration was confronting a deadline if the FISA warrant was to be renewed while Obama was still in power. The officials in the meeting needed to figure out how the investigation could continue despite the fact that its central focus, Trump, was about to be sworn in as president. Rice's “by the book” bunkum is transparent: Obama officials claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultations between political leaders and investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover their tracks in her email: She revises history such that the consultation morphs into a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/</ref>

The [[Russia collusion hoax]] was predicated on the unverified premise that [[Wikileaks]] was a front for [[KGB]] activity. Nonetheless, Obama commuted the sentence of [[Chelsea Manning]] who passed [[national security]] secrets to WikiLeaks two days before Obama left office.

On March 4, 2017, after becoming president, Trump tweeted:
<blockquote>How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump</ref></blockquote>
and
<blockquote>Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!</blockquote>

Members of the mainstream media called this wiretapping claim an "astonishing and reckless accusation".<ref name=wiretap>{{cite news|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/scczbaciweaamvs/suvw/p2/opinions/the-trump-experiment-may-come-to-an-early-tipping-point/2017/03/05/87d38b3a-0055-11e7-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.edb071c61986|title=The Trump Experiment may come to an early tipping point|first=EJ|last=Dionne Jr.|work=Washington Post|date=March 5, 2017|accessdate=March 5, 2017}}</ref> It was later all found to be true and accurate. Nixon resigned over attempting to spy on the opposition party at the [[Watergate]] hotel; Obama got away with it on a scale no one could ever imagine.

====Final Mueller report====
According to ''[[USA Today]]'', "[[Obama]] blew it big time" in regard to Russian efforts to meddle in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Mueller's final report flatly states that [[Russia]] began interfering in American democracy in 2014.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/18/mueller-report-collusion-trump-russian-election-interference-democrats-takeaways-column/3505946002/</ref> Over the next couple of years, the effort blossomed into an attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. The [[Obama administration]] knew this and did nothing. [[National Security Advisor]] [[Susan Rice]] told her staff to "stand down" and "knock it off" against the Russians.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/stand-obama-team-blew-response-russian-meddling-100024634.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw</ref><ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/why-the-hell-are-we-standing-down/</ref> Obama was singularly focused on the nuclear deal with Iran. Obama wanted [[Vladimir Putin]] in the deal, and to stand up to him on election interference would have, in Obama's estimation, upset that negotiation.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/19/opinions/mueller-report-obama-jennings/index.html?no-st=1555716010</ref>

According to DCWhispers {{quotebox|Obama had his hands all over this attempted [[coup]] of a duly elected [[President of the United States]]. The reasons for that are likely many, but perhaps a foundational reason is this—Barack Obama has never considered himself to be one required to follow U.S. law. He has always been inclined to see himself as a person of the world, not of a single nation and a single nation’s laws. Some have argued he is openly defiant of said laws, thinking them a byproduct of a deeply flawed America of which he has little if any loyalty toward. Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda is the antithesis of Obama’s “America Bad” world view and he could not abide seeing his legacy of relegating the United States to secondary world status overtaken by an outsider who was not beholden to the rules of the elite political class in D.C.

And so, Mr. Obama once again weaponized the federal government in an attempt to destroy a political opponent. The fact this was a shocking violation of the law meant little because all of America’s laws mean so little to the now former president.<ref>http://dcwhispers.com/report-dirty-dealings-of-dirt-devils-who-concocted-trump-russia-probe/#SHCy4bth9xbL6Ifx.99</ref>}}

===Pardons and commutations===
According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, President Obama issued 1,928 grants of clemency, with 1,716 being commutations, more than any other U.S. president.<ref>Bedard, Paul (September 5, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-broke-the-record-for-commuting-jail-sentences-1716/article/2633400 Obama broke the record for commuting jail sentences, 1,716]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref> Obama pardoned [[Chelsea Manning]] who allegedly [[collude]]d with [[Julian Assange]] of [[Wikileaks]], who allegedly colluded with Russia to interfere in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Manning was pardoned four days before Obama left office as the Russia collusion investigation was getting under way.

===Controversies===
{{Main|Barack Obama Controversies}}
Several major controversies have dogged Obama throughout his political career and have received major media coverage and prominence.

'''Obamaisms'''

Obama's bizarre gaffes, or [[Obamaisms]], were frequent and embarrassing, but typically unreported by the [[liberal media]]. Some examples are: spelling respect as R-S-P-E-C-T when he was attempting to sing that line from [[Aretha Franklin]]'s famous song, spelling Ohio as O-I-H-O, and saying that we built the Intercontinental Railroad instead of the Transcontinental Railroad, saying "How's it going, Sunshine" when he was in the city of Sunrise, Florida.<ref>Kurtzman, Daniel (March 6, 2014 or aft.) [https://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama-isms.htm "Obamaisms: Dumb quotes and gaffes by Barack Obama"]. About.com website/About entertainment/Political humor/Funny political jokes/Political gaffes.</ref> Many hardworking American businessmen took offense to a 2012 campaign speech about the economy where, referring to infrastructure improvements, he said "[[You didn't build that]]." Obama offended [[Poland]] by referring to the [[Nazi]] death camps there as "Polish death camps." Later Obama apologized.<ref>Sink, Justin (June 1, 2012). [https://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/europe/230419-obama-letter-says-he-regrets-polish-death-camp-gaffe "Obama apologizes in writing for 'Polish death camp' verbal gaffe"]. The Hill website/Policy/International.</ref> Gaffes are inevitable for people with a high profile, but several of Obama's were very revealing ("you didn't build that"), and they show how the [[mainstream media]] tends to emphasize the gaffes of conservatives as opposed to liberals.

'''Famous quotes'''
*"I continue to believe that [[Donald Trump]] will not be president." (stated when asked by a reporter a month prior to Election Day)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iZSW_76TE Democrats and Media Agreed: There Was No Way Donald Trump Could Be Elected], Video</ref>

===Election meddling===
By custom, President Obama stayed neutral during the primaries, even though his close friend and Vice President [[Creepy Uncle Joe]] [[Biden]] was seriously considering a Presidential campaign.

Once Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination, Obama campaigned for her and also attended fundraisers. Obama publicly criticized the Republican candidate, [[Donald Trump]] who had previously spent years claiming that Obama was not born in the United States.

===Last days and transition===
:{{See also|Trump transition|FISA abuse}}
[[File:Susan-rice-email-1-2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A smoking gun email linking Barack Obama to illegal domestic spying on political opponents and civil rights violations.]]
In a stunning repudiation of Obama's policies, Republican businessman [[Donald Trump]] was elected over Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] – Obama considered it a personal insult.<ref>Huston, Warner Todd (May 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/03/obama-considered-trumps-election-personal-insult/ Report: Obama Considered Trump’s Election a Personal Insult]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Kafozoff, Kristian (May 3, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/obama-considered-trumps-2016-win-as-personal-insult-new-updates-from-book_2905270.html Obama Considered Trump’s 2016 Win As ‘Personal Insult’: New Updates From Book]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref> In a frantic attempt to leave some sort of legacy, Obama issued a very large amount of far-Left executive orders and regulations which revealed his true political views if any doubt remained.<ref name="ActionsSpree">Lucas, Fred (December 26, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/26/spree-obama-actions-revives-gop-concerns-over-midnight-regs-agenda.html?refresh=true Spree of Obama actions revives GOP concerns over ‘midnight’ regs, agenda]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2016.</ref> These orders included blocking large areas of the [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] and [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] oceans from oil and gas drilling, effectively barring the U.S. from real [[Energy Independence|energy independence]]; breaking the record of pardons and commutations in a single day for criminals (many of them were sentenced for drug-related crimes), showing his soft stance on crime and drugs; ending the defunct NSEERS program to register male immigrants from North Korea and [[Islam]]ic countries (the necessary, beneficial, and useful program was suspended by the Obama Administration in 2011<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/22/obama-ditches-registry-focused-on-immigrant-men-from-muslim-countries.html Obama ditches registry focused on immigrant men from Muslim countries]. ''Fox News''. December 22, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2017.</ref>); attempting to transfer even more terrorists out of [[Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp|Guantanamo Bay]]; allowing an anti-[[Israel]] resolution pass in the [[United Nations]]; enacting a record amount of unnecessary, useless, and job-killing regulations; and even more.<ref name="ActionsSpree"/> Obama added 120,000 illegal immigrants to the DACA program in the last three months of his presidency.<ref>Binder, John (May 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/16/obama-stamped-120k-dreamers-trump-takeover/ Obama Stamped 120K DREAMers Before Trump Takeover]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2017.</ref> Obama made these actions knowing that Trump, who had almost completely opposite political views on these issues, was going to enter the [[White House]] in such short a time.

Although all of Obama's actions were worrisome, his actions in regards to Israel were particularly noteworthy. He broke over 35 years of American policy by abstaining from a UN vote and allowing a blatantly anti-Israel resolution to pass, showing his true stance concerning Israel.<ref name="StrikeAgain">[https://worldisraelnews.com/israel-fears-obama-will-strike/ Israel fears Obama will strike again]. ''World Israel News''. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.</ref><ref name="FedUpDrastic">Berkowitz, Adam Eliyahu (December 26, 2016). [https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/80855/fed-up-with-obamas-trickery-netanyahu-takes-drastic-actions/#VbVlRMtkx4zLRc3f.97 Fed Up With United States Trickery, Netanyahu Takes Drastic Actions]. ''Breaking Israel News''. Retrieved December 26, 2016.</ref> Soon before leaving office, Obama bypassed Congress and gave the [[State of Palestine]] $221 million.<ref name="221MLastHours"/>

Obama continued to believe that he could have successfully "won" a third term as president had he been able to run.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/26/obama-could-have-won-third-term.html?refresh=true Obama: I could have won third term]. ''Fox News''. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.</ref> Regardless of the factuality of that claim, Democrats lost 1,042 seats—including U.S. House, Senate, state governorship, and state legislative seats—during his eight years in office.<ref name="1,000Seats">[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/democrats-lost-over-1000-seats-under-obama.html Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama]. ''Fox News''. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.</ref> Obama also believed that "the Democratic Party has stayed pretty grounded in fact and reality" despite its negative policies that suggest otherwise.<ref>Lawler, David (December 26, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/26/barack-obama-says-democrats-will-not-disintegrate-like-labour/ Barack Obama says Democrats will not 'disintegrate' like Labour under Jeremy Corbyn]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 26, 2016.</ref>

Obama made Trump's transition much harder and rockier than it could have been by his leftist executive orders, decisions, and comments during the transition period.<ref>Swoyer, Alex (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/28/donald-trump-responds-to-president-obamas-many-inflammatory-statements/ Donald Trump Responds to President Obama’s ‘Many Inflammatory’ Statements]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Scott, Eugine (December 28, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/politics/trump-obama-statements-not-smooth-transition/ Trump: 'NOT' a smooth transition after Obama 'roadblocks']. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref>

Obama received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service from [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Ash Carter]], an Obama appointee in the same administration.<ref>Huston, Warner Todd (January 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/04/president-obama-awards-himself-distinguished-public-service-medal/ President Obama Awards Himself Distinguished Public Service Medal]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> Although the award was created in 1947, the only other presidents to have received the medal (all during their tenure) are [[Bill Clinton]], a left-wing Democrat, and [[George W. Bush]], who holds [[RINO]] positions on certain issues.

In an interview, Obama claimed that "we are probably the first administration in modern history that hasn't had a major scandal in the White House,"<ref>[https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/13/president-obama-60-minutes-no-white-house-scandals-during-my-administration Obama: I'm the 1st Modern President Without a Major Scandal]. ''Fox News Insider''. January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 16 2017.</ref> and Obama's Chief of Staff [[Denis McDonough]] claimed likewise,<ref>Shelbourne, Mallory (January 15, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/314396-obama-chief-of-staff-most-proud-we-are-scandal-free Chief of staff: Obama administration 'historically free of scandal']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 16, 2017.</ref> despite the strong and massive evidence to the contrary.<ref>Dickens, Geoffrey (January 16, 2017). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2017/01/16/ The Seven Most Undercovered Obama Scandals]. ''[[NewsBusters]]''. Retrieved January 16, 2017.</ref><ref>Hemingway, Mark (January 9, 2017). [https://www.weeklystandard.com/the-obama-era-had-scandals-aplenty/article/2006197 The Obama Era Had Scandals Aplenty]. ''[[Weekly Standard]]''. Retrieved January 16, 2017.</ref>

====Massive increase in regulations in 2016====
In addition to his other actions in 2016, Obama massively increased the number of federal regulations during his last days in office.<ref>Harper, Jennifer (May 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/inside-the-beltway-obamas-unprecedented-surge-of-r/ Inside the Beltway: Obama’s unprecedented ‘surge’ of regulations]. '' The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 30, 2017.</ref><ref>Lawler, Joseph (May 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/new-rules-surged-in-obamas-last-year-to-3853-most-pages-in-federal-register-ever/article/2624503 New rules surged in Obama's last year to 3,853, most pages in Federal Register ever]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref> More regulations were finalized in every year since 2005, and they cost the economy $2 trillion.<ref>Sherfinski, David (May 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/31/obamas-regulations-in-2016-to-drain-economy-by-2-t/ Obama’s regulations in 2016 to drain economy by $2 trillion]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref>

==Post-presidency==
:{{See also|2020 Democrats' attacks on Barack Hussein Obama}}
Obama made an ungraceful departure from office claiming on October 18, 2016, that Donald Trump's complaints that lies were spread about Trump were corrosive to American democracy and an invented [[conspiracy theory]].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/politics/obama-trumps-rigged-election-claim-whining-before-the-games-even-over/</ref> Less than two months after Trump had won, Obama claimed he himself had been derelict in his duty and had fallen asleep at the switch, allowing Russian hackers to steal the election for Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/politics/russia-hack-election-trump-obama.html</ref>

Obama acquired a lavish celebrity lifestyle after ending his presidency.<ref>Varney, James (June 17, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/17/obama-endorsement-coveted-ex-president-writes-own-/ Hobnobbing Obama raking in the cash post-presidency -- while still dabbling in politics]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 19, 2019.</ref> He spent much of his time vacationing in exclusive and elite locations around the world.<ref>Bennett, Kate (March 17, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/where-in-the-world-is-barack-obama/ Barack Obama is probably lying on a beach in a deserted paradise right now]. ''CNN''. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> He spent much time with left-wing celebrities, such as spending [[Good Friday]] 2017 on a $300 million yacht with celebrities such as [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tom Hanks]], and [[Oprah Winfrey]],<ref>Hudson, Jerome (April 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/04/17/barack-michelle-obama-join-oprah-springsteen-hanks-on-david-geffens-yacht/ Good Friday: Obamas Join Winfrey, Springsteen, Hanks on David Geffen’s Yacht]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> and in Italy in 2019 with [[George Clooney]].<ref>Huston, Warner Todd (June 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/06/25/jet-setting-obamas-seen-hobnobbing-with-the-clooneys-on-ritzy-lake-como/ Jet Setting Obamas Seen Hobnobbing with the Clooneys on Ritzy Lake Como]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2019.</ref> Obama did not give any mention of [[Independence Day]] on his Facebook or Twitter on that day in 2017 while he was visiting [[Seoul]].<ref>Huston, Warner Todd (July 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/05/july-4th-no-mention-independence-day-barack-obamas-twitter-facebook/ On July 4th: No Mention of Independence Day on Barack Obama’s Twitter or Facebook]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 5, 2017.</ref> In addition, Obama accepted a $400,000 speech backed by Wall Street,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/obama-spokesman-defends-reported-400000-wall-street-backed-speech.html Obama spokesman defends reported $400,000 Wall Street-backed speech]. ''Fox News''. April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> something that stunned even many liberals.<ref>Wallace, Christopher (April 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/obamas-400g-wall-street-speech-leaves-liberal-base-stunned.html Obama's $400G Wall Street speech leaves liberal base stunned]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> Despite the criticism over the speech, Obama gave another $400,000 speech shortly afterward.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/28/obama-reportedly-pulls-in-another-400g-for-speech.html Obama reportedly pulls in another $400G for speech]. ''Fox News''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.</ref> [[Bernie Sanders]] described Obama's speaking fees as "unfortunate."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/28/unfortunate-bernie-sanders-criticizes-obama-for-accepting-400k-for-wall-street-speech/ ‘Unfortunate’: Bernie Sanders criticizes Obama for accepting $400K for Wall Street speech], [[The Blaze]]</ref> In May 2017, Obama traveled to Italy to give a speech on [[global warming|climate change]], but used pollution-heavy transportation to get to his destination.<ref>Zanotti, Emily (May 21, 2017). [https://heatst.com/politics/obama-speaks-on-global-warming-then-spews-co2-with-private-jet-13-car-motorcade/ Obama Speaks on Global Warming, Then Spews CO2 With Private Jet, 13-Car Motorcade]. ''Heat Street''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> On June 6, 2017, Obama gave a $400,000 speech to the Chamber of Commerce in [[Montreal]] in which one of the topics he spoke about was "warning against income inequality and the concentration of wealth."<ref>Starr, Penny (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/07/obama-warns-income-inequality-delivering-7700-minute-speech/ Obama Warns Against Income Inequality While Delivering $7,700-a-Minute Speech]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> After leaving office, Obama bought a house in D.C. for $8.1 million.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/31/obamas-purchase-d-c-house-for-8-1-million-new-report-says.html Obamas purchase D.C. house for $8.1 million, new report says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Bennett, Kate (June 2, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/obama-house-kalorama/index.html Obamas purchase their DC rental house for millions]. ''CNN''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> In August and September 2017, Obama made a combined $1.2 million from three Wall Street speeches.<ref>Shelbourne, Mallory (September 18, 2017). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/351138-obama-making-big-money-speeches-to-wall-street-firms-report Obama making big-money speeches to Wall Street firms: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Yilek, Caitlin (September 18, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-making-400000-speeches-to-wall-street-firms-report/article/2634736 Obama making $400,000 speeches to Wall Street firms: Report]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Kight, Stef W. (September 18, 2017). [https://www.axios.com/trump-wants-a-july-4th-military-parade-2486828811.html Obama to make $1.2 million from 3 Wall Street speeches]. ''Axios''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/19/obama-cashes-in-on-wall-street-appearances-report-says.html Obama cashes in on Wall Street appearances, report says]. ''Fox News''. September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.</ref> In late 2019, the Obama family bought a mansion in Martha's Vineyard for $11.75 million.<ref>Multiple references:
*Calicchio, Dom (December 5, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamas-pay-11-75m-for-marthas-vineyard-home-report Obamas pay $11.75M for Martha’s Vineyard home on nearly 30 acres: report]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
*Kurtz, Judy (December 6, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/473343-obamas-buy-home-in-marthas-vineyard Obamas buy home on Martha's Vineyard]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
*Bleau, Hannah (December 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/06/obamas-officially-purchase-11-75-million-waterfront-mansion-in-marthas-vineyard/ Obamas Officially Purchase $11.75 Million Waterfront Mansion in Martha’s Vineyard]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2019.</ref> Despite Obama's opposition to Trump's plan to build a wall along the U.S.–[[Mexico]] border in order to secure it, it was reported in early 2017 that he was building a wall around his new mansion, obviously to keep unwanted people out.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-building-a-wall-around-his-new-dc-house/article/2611130 Obama building a wall around his new DC house]. ''Washington Examiner''. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>

Several of Obama's failures as U.S. president were revealed shortly after he left office, as it was found that [[Syria]] continued to possess chemical weapons after Obama stated they were gone, that the Obama administration misrepresented the release of some Iranian prisoners, and that the Obama Administration had unmasked [[Trump Transition]] officials (See: [[Barack Obama Controversies]] and [[Obamagate timeline]]).<ref>Shepherd, Todd (April 29, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamas-first-100-days-as-ex-president/article/2621662 Obama's first 100 days as ex-president]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 1, 2017.</ref> It was reported in May 2017 that the Justice Department under Obama likely discriminated against veterans – in violation of federal law requiring the government to give preference to veterans in job hiring – by attempting to influence them to withdraw their applications.<ref>Dinan, Stephen (May 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/17/obama-doj-refused-hire-veterans-jobs-investigation/ Obama’s Justice Department refused to hire military veterans for jobs]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>

Many of the candidates that Obama campaigned for in the [[2018 midterm election]]s lossest.<ref>Lowe, Tiana (November 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obama-loses-again https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obama-loses-again]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 7, 2018.</ref>

While the state of [[Iowa]] once played a key role in Obama's election, by 2019, Democrat candidates almost never mentioned his name in the state.<ref>Simonson, Joseph (April 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barack-who-iowa-propelled-obama-to-the-white-house-now-no-one-speaks-his-name Barack who? Iowa propelled Obama to the White House — now, no one speaks his name]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.</ref> By 2019, Obama became disliked even by left-wing Democrats.<ref>Miller, S.A.; McLaughlin, Seth (August 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/1/obama-presidential-legacy-attacked-joe-biden-2020-/ Why Democrats are tossing Obama under the bus]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 3, 2019.</ref>

A March 2023 op-ed in ''[[The Hill]]'' stated that Michelle Obama would be the Democrats' best bet to replace the mentally demented Joe Biden as the Democrats' 2024 presidential candidate.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3899576-michelle-obama-would-be-democrats-best-chance-to-win-in-2024/</ref>

On July 24, 2023, a dead body was found at Obama's home on [[Martha's Vineyard]].<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/new-details-emerge-after-obamas-personal-chef-is-found-dead-near-ex-presidents-marthas-vineyard-home/</ref>

===Obama Foundation===
Obama started his own foundation, the Obama Foundation, and set to work on building his presidential center and library.<ref>Berger, Judson (May 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/03/clinton-obama-return-to-public-eye-with-new-ventures.html Clinton, Obama return to public eye with new ventures]. ''Fox News''. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref> Obama's 2018 budget request, which was over $1.1 million, made him the most expensive U.S. president in the country's history.<ref>Multiple references:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (September 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/02/obama-is-the-most-expensive-ex-president-for-american-taxpayers/ Obama Is the Most Expensive Ex-President for American Taxpayers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
*Dinan, Stephen (August 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/31/obama-will-top-bush-most-costly-ex-president/ Obama will top Bush as most costly ex-president]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
*Caralle, Katelyn (September 1, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-most-costly-former-president-2018/ Obama Poised to Be Most Costly Former President in 2018]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
*Bohon, Dave (September 2, 2016). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/26826-obama-most-expensive-ex-president-ever Obama Most Expensive Ex-President Ever]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 2, 2017.</ref> It was reported in June 2018 that construction work related to his presidential library would cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million.<ref>Shaw, Adam (June 16, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/16/work-related-to-obama-presidential-center-to-cost-illinois-taxpayers-nearly-200-million.html Work related to Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/16/report-obama-presidential-center-cost-taxpayers-200-million/ Report: Obama Presidential Center to Cost Taxpayers Nearly $200 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> Despite promising not to cut down any trees in Jackson Park, where the library was planned to be built, the Obama Center and Chicago Park District began removing trees anyway for work related to the library construction.<ref>Huston, Warner Todd (August 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/obama-center-breaks-promise-remove-trees-jackson-park/ Obama Center Breaks Pledge Not to Remove Trees in Jackson Park]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2018.</ref> Obama did a $50 million deal with the [[cultural Marxist]] [[child pornography]] vendor [[Netflix]] corporation.<ref>https://archive.is/AfHZz</ref>

In retirement Obama turned to pushing [[UFO]] tinfoil hat conspiracy theories<ref name="tinfoilhat">https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/06/08/from-tinfoil-hat-to-vindication-the-verification-of-a-conspiracy-theory/</ref> about little green men and life on other planets on behalf of the [[military-industrial complex]].<ref name="consortium">https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/04/media-using-ufo-report-to-stir-arms-race/</ref>

===Subversive activities===
:{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection|Obama FISA abuse|}}
In an interview with Roland Martin in 2015, Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] said:
{{quotebox|'''Roland Martin:''' Come 2016 that’s it.

'''Maxine Waters:''' Well, you know, I don’t know. And I think some people are missing something here.
The president has put in place an organization that contains a kind of database<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=%22secret+project%22</ref> that no one has seen before in life. That’s going to be very very powerful, and whoever…(crosstalk)

'''Roland Martin (interrupts):''' In terms of [[Organizing for America]] that he’s now shifted to a 501(c)4.

'''Maxine Waters:''' That’s right. That’s right. And that database will have information about everything on every individual in ways that its never been done before and whoever runs on the [[Democratic party|Democratic]] ticket will have to deal with that…it’s very powerful what he’s leaving in place.<ref>https://theblacksphere.net/2020/06/obama-planned-for-the-riots/</ref>}}
''[[The New York Post]]'' reported in early 2017:<ref>https://nypost.com/2017/02/11/how-obama-is-scheming-to-sabotage-trumps-presidency/</ref>
{{quotebox|When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops. Troops? Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 — who will fight his Republican successor at every turn of his historic presidency. And Obama will command them from a bunker less than two miles from the White House.
In what’s shaping up to be a highly unusual post-presidency, Obama isn’t just staying behind in Washington. He’s working behind the scenes to set up what will effectively be a shadow government to not only protect his threatened legacy, but to sabotage the incoming administration and its popular “America First” agenda.
He’s doing it through a network of leftist nonprofits led by Organizing for Action. Normally you’d expect an organization set up to support a politician and his agenda to close up shop after that candidate leaves office, but not Obama’s OFA. Rather, it’s gearing up for battle, with a growing war chest and more than 250 offices across the country.
Since Donald Trump’s election, this little-known but well-funded protesting arm has beefed up staff and ramped up recruitment of young liberal activists, declaring on its website, “We’re not backing down.” Determined to salvage Obama’s legacy, it’s drawing battle lines on immigration, ObamaCare, race relations and climate change.}}
While Obama worried that Trump was now president, he left enough swamp rats in DC to keep his operation running. Still, he was forced to have a more hands-on approach to OFA than intended. The article continues:
{{Quotebox|Obama is intimately involved in [[OFA]] operations and even tweets from the group’s account. In fact, he gave marching orders to OFA foot soldiers following Trump’s upset victory.
“It is fine for everybody to feel stressed, sad, discouraged,” he said in a conference call from the White House. “But get over it.” He demanded they “move forward to protect what we’ve accomplished.”
“Now is the time for some organizing,” he said. “So don’t mope.”
Far from sulking, OFA activists helped organize anti-Trump marches across US cities, some of which turned into riots. After Trump issued a temporary ban on immigration from seven terror-prone Muslim nations, the demonstrators jammed airports, chanting: “No ban, no wall, sanctuary for all!”
Run by old Obama aides and campaign workers, federal tax records show “nonpartisan” OFA marshals 32,525 volunteers nationwide. Registered as a 501(c)(4), it doesn’t have to disclose its donors, but they’ve been generous. OFA has raised more than $40 million in contributions and grants since evolving from Obama’s campaign organization Obama for America in 2013.
OFA, in IRS filings, says it trains young activists to develop “organizing skills.” Armed with Obama’s 2012 campaign database, OFA plans to get out the vote for Democratic candidates it’s grooming to win back Congress and erect a wall of resistance to Trump at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.<ref>https://nypost.com/2017/01/30/obama-says-hes-heartened-by-backlash-to-trumps-ban/</ref>}}
Obama told aides that the nationwide riots following the death of [[George Floyd]] are “a tailor-made moment” to help his former vice president Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/obama_admits_it_riots_and_protests_are_tailormade_for_electing_joe_biden.html</ref>

In 2021, Obama again attacked the "guns, God, and gays" crowd by claiming parental concerns over school [[rape]]s, [[pornography]], and learning loss was "fake outrage".<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/26/obama-says-parent-concerns-about-school-rapes-porn-and-learning-loss-are-fake-outrage/</ref>

===Covid superspreader event===
In total disregard of local and state regulations, [[Center for Disease Control]] Guidelines, the lives, health, and safety of invited guests, neighbors, and townspeople, Obama held a megalomaniacal birthday party with 700 guests at his exclusive, walled, [[Cape Cod]] mansion in the summer of 2021.<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/08/01/obama-will-reportedly-host-a-potential-superspreader-event-for-hundreds-of-guests-on-marthas-vineyard-for-his-60th-birthday/</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Smollett Obama.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obama with convicted felon [[Jussie Smollett]].]]
In a survey conducted in 2024 Obama was a leading contender as the WOAT president.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/who-woat-president?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2287</ref>

There is no scientific evidence that the oceans ceased to rise with the election and swearing-in of Barack Obama, as he famously claimed.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/another-obama-failure-he-wasnt-able-slow-the-rising-sea-levels/</ref>

In September 2016, a [[Parasite|parasitic]] worm, the [[Baracktrema obamai]], was named after Obama.<ref>Kaplan, Sarah (September 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/09/09/scientists-like-barack-obama-so-much-that-they-named-a-parasite-after-him/ Scientists like Barack Obama so much that they named a parasite after him]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved September 9, 2016.</ref> As of December 2016, at least 15 schools in the United States have been named after Obama. [[Illinois]], a very liberal state, enacted a law making August 4 "Barack Obama Day," and it almost made the day a paid holiday for its state workers despite its dire financial situation caused by leftist policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Huston, Warner Todd (August 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/07/illinois-makes-obama-birthday-state-holiday/ Deep Blue Illinois Makes Obama’s Birthday a State Holiday]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*Carter, Brandon (August 6, 2017). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/345523-illinois-makes-barack-obama-day-a-state-holiday Illinois makes 'Barack Obama Day' a state holiday]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
*Siciliano, John (August 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/barack-obama-day-is-official-holiday-in-illinois/article/2630769 'Barack Obama Day' is official holiday in Illinois]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/07/illinois-governor-signs-law-to-honor-barack-obamas-birthday.html Illinois governor signs law to honor Barack Obama's birthday]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved August 7, 2017.
See also:
*Gearty, Robert (August 4, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/04/illinois-celebrates-first-official-barack-obama-day.html Illinois celebrates first official 'Barack Obama Day']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
*Rodriguez, Katherine (August 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/04/illinois-residents-celebrate-first-annual-barack-obama-day/ Illinois Residents Celebrate First Annual ‘Barack Obama Day’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 5, 2018.</ref> Obama's greatest legacy may be stoking anti-police [[hatred]] among a minority [[criminal]] element of black Democrat voters.

Conservatives strongly criticized Obama for his far-left and negative policies and the negative impact of those policies.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (February 23, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/25433-barack-obama-s-legacy Barack Obama's Legacy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.</ref><ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 20, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/25183-is-obama-worst-u-s-president Is Obama Worst U.S. President?] ''The New American''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.</ref><ref>Vargas, Mark (September 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-legacy-of-barack-obama-and-its-not-a-good-one The legacy of Barack Obama (and it's not a good one)]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 16, 2018.</ref> [[Dinesh D'Souza]] wrote, "Obama's legacy is to double the national debt & dramatically reduce US influence in the world."<ref>https://twitter.com/dineshdsouza/status/760447860638789632</ref> During Obama's 8 years in office, Democrats lost over 1,000 seats in the federal and state governments.<ref name="1,000Seats"/> Obama abused his power by using [[surveillance]] tools granted under the [[Patriot Act]], intended to fight terrorism and [[Al Qaeda]], against domestic political opponents and the [[Republican party]]. Obama may best be remembered for his use of coercion, [[police state]] tactics and [[authoritarian]] tendencies.

Upon assuming office, President [[Donald Trump]] wiped out much of Obama's last-minute regulatory actions through [[Congressional Review]].<ref>Korte, Gregory (March 27, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/27/trump-signs-four-bills-roll-back-obama-era-regulations/99690456/ Trump signs four bills to roll back Obama-era regulations]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/15/trump-congressional-review-act-legislative-milestone/ Trump’s Use of the Congressional Review Act Is a Legislative Milestone]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 15, 2017.</ref> Trump also adopted a stronger foreign policy.<ref>Llorente, Elizabeth (April 14, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/14/ex-obama-officials-say-hesitation-to-use-force-in-syria-elsewhere-emboldened-adversaries.html Ex-Obama officials say hesitation to use force in Syria, elsewhere, emboldened adversaries]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 14, 2017.</ref><ref>Collinson, Stephen (April 14, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/politics/donald-trump-military-afghanistan/index.html Trump carves out tough commander-in-chief posture]. ''CNN''. Retrieved April 14, 2017.</ref>

Many commentators have noticed similarities between Mr. Obama and Breaking Bad's [[Walter White]], including ''The New York Times'',<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/fashion/barack-obama-bryan-cranston-table-for-three.html?mcubz=0</ref> Politico,<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/12/obama-is-hooked-on-breaking-bad-180326</ref> and USA Today.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/12/30/obama-television-shows-breaking-bad-house-of-cards-homeland/4247651/</ref>

Former Obama [[HUD Secretary]] [[Julian Castro]] and Joe Biden sparred over who was the heir to the Obama legacy in the Democratic pre-primary [[2020 presidential election]] debates. Obama withheld his support from his former vice president, [[Biden's age]] presumably being the main factor. Castro argued, "I'm fulfilling the legacy of Barack Obama, and you're not."<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/13/julian-castro-attacks-joe-biden-health-care-im-fulfilling-legacy-barack-obama-youre-not/</ref>

In an article entitled, ''If God doesn’t do something soon, he’s going to owe Sodom & Gomorrah an apology'', Tom Tillison wrote, "Oppose 9-year-old drag queens in post-Obama America and the [[liberal media]] is sure to tag you with a “[[homophobe]]” label."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/27/drag-kids-debuts-if-god-doesnt-do-something-soon-hes-going-to-owe-sodom-gomorrah-an-apology-844721</ref>

When millions of minorities defected from the [[Democrat plantation]] in the [[2020 presidential election]], Obama launched a racist attack against [[Hispanic]]s.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/barack-obama-blasts-hispanics-who-voted-for-trump-they-ignored-the-presidents-racism-because-they-oppose-gay-marriage/</ref>

He owns two dogs, named [[Bo (Dog)]] and Sunny.

After the Democrats Biden/Harris defeat in [[United States presidential election, 2024|2024 elections]], the Obamas lost much of their popularity. The couple worked hard against Trump.

===Scandals===
Obama denied the existence of [[Barack Obama Controversies|of any scandals]] "that embarrassed us" during his presidency.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (February 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/27/obama-didnt-scandal-embarrassed-us-presidency/ Barack Obama: ‘We Didn’t Have a Scandal that Embarrassed Us’ in My Presidency]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 27, 2018.</ref> In May 2018, he repeated his claim that the Administration "didn't have scandals" was less corrupt than other modern administrations.<ref>Manchester, Julia (May 24, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/389188-obama-jokingly-brags-i-didnt-have-scandals-during-my-presidency Obama jokingly brags: 'I didn't have scandals' during my presidency]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 24, 2018.</ref> He repeated these false claims in March 2019.<ref>Chaitin, Daniel (March 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-brags-in-canada-my-team-never-experienced-scandal-made-mistakes-of-integrity Obama brags in Canada: My team never experienced scandal, made 'mistakes of integrity']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref> In July 2018, he gave a speech in [[South Africa]] calling for [[basic income]], saying he wanted to pay more taxes, and advocating for other left-wing ideas such as criticizing income inequality despite admitting he was very wealthy.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (July 24, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/africa/item/29624-in-south-africa-obama-outlines-globalist-agenda-for-humanity In South Africa, Obama Outlines Globalist Agenda for Humanity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Singman, Brooke (July 17, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/17/obama-slams-populist-right-wing-billionaires-touts-liberal-push-for-universal-income.html Obama slams populist 'right-wing billionaires,' touts liberal push for 'universal income']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Caplan, Joshua (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/17/barack-obama-preaches-wealth-redistribution-in-south-africa/ Barack Obama Lectures World on Racial, Wealth Inequality in South Africa]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave (July 17, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/obama-surprised-his-wealth-wants-pay-more-taxes/ Obama says he's 'surprised' by his wealth, wants to pay more taxes]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Hoft, Jim (July 18, 2018). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/07/obama-ridicules-the-rich-theres-only-so-big-a-house-you-can-have-obamas-just-bought-8-1-million-house/ Obama Ridicules the Rich: “There’s Only So Big a House You Can Have” …After Obamas Just Bought $8.1 Million House]. ''Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/17/barack-obama-government-individual-south-africa/ Barack Obama in South Africa: ‘Government Exists to Serve the Individual, and Not the Other Way Around’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Lee, Tony (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/17/obama-concedes-new-international-elite-out-of-touch-for-exploiting-lower-cost-immigrant-labor/ Obama Concedes ‘New International Elite’ Out of Touch for Exploiting ‘Lower-Cost Immigrant Labor’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> He also advanced his [[War on Sovereignty|anti-nation-state agenda]] in the speech,<ref>Munro, Neil (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/economics/2018/07/17/obama-abolish-the-nation-state/ Obama: Abolish the Nation-State!] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> and he praised the country's racist strongman leaders.<ref>Newman, Alex (July 25, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/africa/item/29634-amid-racist-land-grabs-obama-praises-south-african-strongman Amid Racist Land Grabs, Obama Praises South African Strongman]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 25, 2018. See also:
*Newman, Alex (July 29, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/africa/item/29658-obama-slams-trump-while-deifying-communist-terror-leader Obama Slams Trump While Deifying Communist Terror Leader]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.</ref> On September 7, 2018, Obama made a speech in which he harshly criticized President Trump, breaking his promise not to publicly make such statements.<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (September 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/bitter-barack-obama-breaks-months-of-silence-to-trash-donald-trump/ Bitter Barack Obama Breaks Months of Silence to Trash Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
*Schallhorn, Kaitlyn; Shaw, Adam (September 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/07/obama-returns-to-campaign-trail-with-fiery-speech-trump-counters-fell-asleep.html Obama returns to campaign trail with fiery speech; Trump counters, 'I fell asleep']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (September 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30014-obama-s-back-slamming-trump-and-projecting-his-own-sins-onto-gop Obama’s Back, Slamming Trump and Projecting His Own Sins onto GOP]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 9, 2018.</ref> He also tried to take credit for the strong economic growth under President Trump.<ref>Byas, Steve (September 13, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/item/30062-obama-brazenly-tried-to-take-credit-for-better-economy-under-trump Obama Brazenly Tried to Take Credit for Better Economy Under Trump]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref> Obama made speeches criticizing [[nationalism]] and promoting [[globalism]].<ref>Caplan, Joshua (September 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/28/barack-obama-lectures-europeans-about-nationalism-in-denmark/ Barack Obama Lectures Europeans About Nationalism — in Denmark]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 28, 2018.</ref> On November 2, 2018, Obama called on Florida voters to vote Democrat because it would help [[Cuba]].<ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/cuba-first-barack-obama-says-florida-democrats-help-make-cuba-great-again/ Cuba First: Barack Obama Says Florida Democrats Will Help Make Cuba Great Again]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref> In a speech in Berlin in April 2019, Obama referred to himself 392 times, a personal record and more than doubling his previous record.<ref>Gage, John (April 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barack-obama-refers-to-himself-a-record-breaking-392-times-in-berlin-speech Barack Obama refers to himself a record-breaking 392 times in Berlin speech]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.</ref>

==Quotes==
*''From Europe to Asia, we are the pivot of all alliances, unmatched in the history of nations… Thus, the United States is and will remain the only indispensable nation. This has been true for the past century and will be true for the next century.''<ref>[[Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]]</ref>
*''Never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to screw things up.''<ref>https://wabcradio.com/2021/08/16/report-former-pres-obama-allegedly-said-dont-underestimate-joes-ability-to-f-things-up-biden/</ref>

==Further reading==
*Margolis, Matt; Noonan, Mark (2018). [https://www.amazon.com/Worst-President-History-Legacy-Barack/dp/1682618137/ ''The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama'']. New York: Bombardier Books. ISBN 978-1682618134.

==See also==
*[[Obamagate timeline 2009-2015]]
*[[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate timeline 2016 election year]]
*[[Russiagate timeline 2017]]
*[[Russiagate timeline|Russiagate timeline 2018]]
*[[Political positions of Barack Obama]]
*[[Barack Obama and uncharitableness]]
*[[Barack Obama and abortion]]
*[[Ukrainian crisis]]
*[[Essay:Born Outside the U.S.A.!]]
*[[Essay: The Special Interests Candidate]]
*[[Lobbyists ties to the Obama administration]]
*[[Obama doublespeak]]
*[[Obama inauguration]]
*[[Religion of Barack Hussein Obama]]
*[[Barack Obama's Muslim Heritage]]
*[[The Honorable James David Manning]]
*[[Essay:The Obama Manifesto]]
*[[Obama syndrome]]
*[[Barack Obama's past dog meat eating and 2012 election campaign]]
*[[Barack Obama's "Last chance at dinner" fundraising letter]]
*[[Barack Obama is the antichrist speculation]]
*[[Essay: Does Barack Hussein Obama care if America defaults on credit?]]
*[[Essay:The lie that we are safer under Obama]]
*[[Essay: Foes Want Obama to Fail, A Republican Perspective]]
*[[Essay:Impeach Obama]]
*[[Benghazigate timeline]]
*[[Obama's second term agenda]]
*[[ObamaRail]]
*[[Obama sequester]]
*[[Obama (disambiguation)]]
*[[Essay: President's speech after the defeat of two tyrants]]
* [[Unconstitutional]] [[Executive amnesty]] via Obama [[Executive Order]]s
* [[Universal health care]] for [[Illegal immigration|illegal aliens]] via [[ObamaCare]]
*[[FusionGPS]]
*[[Deep state coup]]
*[[Crossfire Hurricane]]

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*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000167 Profile] on the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
*[http://barackobamadoubletalk.com/ Barack Obama Doubletalk]
*[https://archive.is/73G5z Statement from Senator Obama on Russia's Decision to Recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Independent States, Chicago, IL | August 26, 2008]
*[https://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/03/national-journal-obama-facing-crisis-over-incompetence/ National Journal: Obama facing crisis over incompetence]
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6130/ The New Cult of Personality]
*[http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/23/che-obama-and-the-revolutionary-agenda/ Che, Obama, and the Revolutionary Agenda]
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*[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/barack-obama-and-islam_b_212519.html Barack Obama and Islam.] by [[John L. Esposito]].
*[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78931 Democrat: Obama's grandma confirms Kenyan birth.]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/barack_obama.htm Barack Obama on the issues.]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:32:53Z

RobSmith: /* Lame duck slush fund */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

===2022 Midterm elections===

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===FTX scandal===
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
{{clear}}

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

===Trump-proofing the Ukraine war===
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:32:06Z

RobSmith: /* Lame duck slush fund */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

===Lame duck slush fund===

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===FTX scandal===
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
{{clear}}

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

===Trump-proofing the Ukraine war===
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

{{clear}}

===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

===Lame duck slush fund===

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

===Trump-proofing the Ukraine war===
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

===Lame duck slush fund===

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

===Trump-proofing the Ukraine war===
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:30:36Z

RobSmith: /* Trump-proofing the Ukraine war */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

===Trump-proofing the Ukraine war===
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

{{clear}}

===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

</div>

===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

===2023 funding===
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==Trump-proofing the Ukraine war==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:29:57Z

RobSmith: /* Trump-proofing the Ukraine war */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==Trump-proofing the Ukraine war==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==Trump-proofing the Ukraine war==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==Trump-proofing the Ukraine war==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==Trump-proofing the Ukraine war==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:27:04Z

RobSmith: /* Kiel Institute */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute tracking===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:26:45Z

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Patriots voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:25:45Z

RobSmith: /* Kiel Institute */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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===Kiel Institute===
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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===Voting against===
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
{{clear}}

==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:24:36Z

RobSmith: /* 2022 tranche */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 funding==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

===US-funded Maidan coup===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|Maidan coup|Heavenly hundred}}
In 2013, shortly before the US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine, Nuland boasted that the [[US]] spent $5 billion to bring about a [[color revolution]].<ref> [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm Remarks at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Conference], Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, [[Washington, DC]], December 13, 2013. 2009-2017.state.gov</ref><ref>https://odysee.com/@Nemo1k:f/fainting-piglet-30--sacral-swine:5</ref>
In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:22:07Z

RobSmith: /* Background */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. [[Victoria Nuland]], in 2021, instructed Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Vladimir Zelensky]] to appoint [[Dmytro Yarosh]] as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than [[Nazi]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. Victoria Nuland, in 2021, told Volodymyr Zelensky to appoint Dmytro Yarosh as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than Nazis.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Impeachment 1.0===
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:20:31Z

RobSmith: /* Biden-Ukraine scandal */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. Victoria Nuland, in 2021, told Volodymyr Zelensky to appoint Dmytro Yarosh as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than Nazis.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

==Impeachment 1.0==
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
<div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5">

*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:18:33Z

RobSmith:

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of Latin American [[drug cartel]]s and [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. Victoria Nuland, in 2021, told Volodymyr Zelensky to appoint Dmytro Yarosh as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than Nazis.

==Biden-Ukraine scandal==
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

==Impeachment 1.0==
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:16:43Z

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[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
{{see also|War Mafia}}
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. Victoria Nuland, in 2021, told Volodymyr Zelensky to appoint Dmytro Yarosh as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than Nazis.

==Biden-Ukraine scandal==
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

==Impeachment 1.0==
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Ukraine aid

2026-11-08T03:15:44Z

RobSmith: /* Background */

[[File:Ukraine arms blackmarket.jpg|right|450px|thumb|US weapons given to Ukraine for sale on the [[blackmarket]]. Many found their way into the hands of [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/video-hamas-thanks-ukraine-for-selling-them-weapons/ Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons], by FRANKIE STOCKES, ''National File'', October 8, 2023. nationalfile.com</ref>]]
'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''', was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>

Only 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/24/the-war-in-ukraine-was-provoked/ The War in Ukraine Was Provoked], By [[Jeffrey D. Sachs]], ''[[Consortium News]]'', May 24, 2023. consortiumnews.com</ref> The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict,<ref>[https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia/ Ukraine’s Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia], By Ben Norton, 2023-02-10. geopoliticaleconomy.com</ref> to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]],<ref>[https://www.aaronmate.net/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace], AARON MATÉ, APR 10, 2022. www.aaronmate.ne</ref> the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]],<ref>[https://sonar21.com/how-the-chance-was-lost-for-a-peace-settlement-of-the-ukraine-war/ HOW THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLIES SABOTAGED PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE], by [[Larry Johnson]], 14 November 2023. sonar21.com</ref> to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/11/22/self-determination-referenda-and-the-rights-of-minorities/ Donbass Self-Determination: Referenda and the Rights of Minorities.] Analysis by UN Expert, By Alfred de Zayas and Arnaud Develay, November 03, 2022. mronline.org</ref>

The Congressional authorization pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]]. The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref> The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]] to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian-held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% pay raise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums. A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023, Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.<ref>[https://www.perild.com/2023/09/29/nyt-ukraine-will-face-defeat-if-the-counteroffensive-continues/ NYT: Ukraine will face defeat if the counteroffensive continues], by Lindsey Sandoval, September 29, 2023.</ref>

By the end of 2023, the amount of foreign aid received by Ukraine was 30% larger than Ukraine's [[GDP]], meaning Ukraine is ''de facto'' a [[bankrupt]] state.

==Background==
[[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[John McCain]] with neo-Nazi leader [[Oleh Tyahnybok]] during the [[Euromaidan coup]].]]
{{see also|War Mafia}}
''The Postil'' reported that in 2007, the [[CIA]] put together a “conference” of various anti-Russian factions in Ukraine whose purpose was nothing other than to groom [[neo-Nazi]]s and [[jihad]]ists, both groups being solidly [[anti-Russian]]. Overseeing the conference was [[Dmytro Yarosh]], who led the Trident and the [[Pravy Sektor]], both neo-Nazi organizations.<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref>

In December 2013, in a speech to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs [[Victoria Nuland]] said: “The United States has supported Ukraine’s European aspirations. … We have invested over $5 billion to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic Ukraine.” On December 14, Sen. John McCain met with fascist leader Oleh Tyahnybok and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv.<ref>https://progressivedemocrat.org/tag/oleh-tyahnybok/</ref>

These various neo-Nazi units, trained by [[the West]], were integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU). After the 2014 [[Maidan coup]], the West actively protected these neo-Nazi groups. Victoria Nuland, in 2021, told Volodymyr Zelensky to appoint Dmytro Yarosh as an adviser to the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Ukrainian army—because no one can fight Russians better than Nazis.

==Biden-Ukraine scandal==
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

==Impeachment 1.0==
{{See also|Impeachment 1.0}}

==2022 tranche==
[[File:LGBTQ AFU.jpg|left|300px|thumb|After the aid package was passed, Ukraine removed [[Nazi]] insignia from many surviving troops and added a special [[LGBTQ+]] Unicorn patch.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/lgbtg-ukrainian-soldiers-unicorn-patches-russian-invasion/101119450</ref> "The mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers"<ref>CNN Special Report: "The uniforms of Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova bares a rare distinction, the image of a [[unicorn]] sewn into its standard-issue epaulets. Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers." [https://www.bitchute.com/video/0UzWyTEuFuds/ HEROIC TRANS LGBT COUPLE FIGHTS FOR UKRAINE WITH SPECIAL UNICORN PATCHES] - SPECIAL CNN REPORT.</ref> due to the belief that [[homosexual]]s are unique. Dr. Walter Langer wrote that homosexuals "frequently regard themselves as a special form of creation.":<ref>[https://archive.org/details/APsychologicalAnalysisofAdolfHitler/page/n195/mode/2up ''A Psychological Analysis of Adolf Hitler, His Life and Legend''], Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1941, p. 196.</ref>]]
In addition to paying the salaries of the [[civil service system]] of the corrupt Ukrainian government, which terminated social security retirement benefits for Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin,<ref>https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2017/6/59396b6d5/thousands-eastern-ukraine-lose-access-pensions.html</ref> the U.S. Congress supplied:

*6500 anti-tank complexes;
*1500 [[MANPADS]] Stinger;
*20,000 anti-tank grenade launchers;
*7,500 small arms;
*108 [[M777 howitzer]]s;
*220,000 155 mm shells;
*121 Phoenix Ghost drone;
*700 Kamikaze drones Switchblade;
*200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
*hundreds of Humvees;
*4 HIMARS systems;
*20 Mi-17 helicopters.

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==Voting against==
These 57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the $40 billion aid to perpetuate [[Russia-Ukraine war|war in Ukraine]] bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>
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*[[Jodey Arrington]]
*[[Brian Babin]]
*[[Jim Banks]]
*[[Andy Biggs]]
*[[Gus Bilirakis]]
*[[Dan Bishop]] (NC)
*[[Lauren Boebert]]
*[[Ken Buck]]
*[[Tim Burchett]]
*[[Kat Cammack]]
*[[Madison Cawthorn]]
*[[Michael Cloud]]
*[[Andrew Clyde]]
*[[James Comer]]
*[[Warren Davidson]]
*[[Scott DesJarlais]]
*[[Byron Donalds]]
*[[Jimmy Duncan]]
*[[Ron Estes]]
*[[Russ Fulcher]]
*[[Matt Gaetz]]
*[[Bob Gibbs]]
*[[Louie Gohmert]]
*[[Bob Good]] (VA)
*[[Paul Gosar]]
*[[Garret Graves]] (LA)
*[[Marjorie Taylor Green]] (GA)
*[[Diana Harshbarger]]
*[[Vicky Hartzler]]
*[[Kevin Hern]]
*[[Yvette Herrell]]
*[[Jody Hice]] (GA)
*[[Brian Higgins]] (LA)
*[[Bill Huizenga]]
*[[Ronny Jackson]]
*[[Mike Johnson]] (LA)
*[[Jim Jordan]]
*[[Debbie Lesko]]
*[[Billy Long]]
*[[Tracey Mann]]
*[[Thomas Massie]]
*[[Brian Mast]]
*[[Mary Miller]] (IL)
*[[Blake Moore]] (AL)
*[[Troy Nehls]]
*[[Ralph Norman]]
*[[Scott Perry]]
*[[John Rose]]
*[[Matt Rosendale]]
*[[Chip Roy]]
*[[Pete Sessions]]
*[[Greg Steube]]
*[[Tom Tiffany]]
*[[Jeff Van Drew]]
*[[Beth Van Duyne]]
*[[Brad Wenstrup]]
*[[John Roger Williams]] (TX)

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==Kiel Institute==
[[File:Ukraine aid tracker October 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine aid, October 2022.]]
The [[Kiel Institute]], a German [[think tank]], was the only organization attempting to track the blank check Congress wrote to Ukraine in 2022. Their numbers include all aid from January 24, 2022 to October 3, 2022. According to Kiel, in that time period the U.S. transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the [[Zelensky regime]].<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/</ref>

The September 2024 Kiel Report stated that the overall picture for [[Germany]], [[Europe]] and the [[United States]], is grim. The bottom line is that despite all the [[NATO]] [[war]] talk, NATO (including the United States) is not ready for any conflict with [[Russia]].<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/a-disturbing-study-makes-it-clear</ref> The [[Russian]] military-industrial capacities rose strongly in 2022 and 2023, well beyond the levels of Russian material losses in [[Ukraine]]. Meanwhile, the build-up of [[German]] capacities progressed slowly. Germany not only has not expanded weapons procurement, but in fact on some key systems it is experiencing a net loss in materiel. Given Germany's disarmament in recent decades and the current procurement speed, the Kiel Institute found that for some key [[weapon]] systems, Germany will not attain 2004 levels of armament for about 100 years.<ref>https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/1f9c7f5f-15d2-45c4-8b85-9bb550cd449d-Kiel_Report_no1.pdf</ref>

Russian production capacities are so large that they can produce the entire stock of the [[Bundeswehr]] in just over six months. Russia has significantly increased its production capacities for important weapons systems, for example doubling its production of long-range air defense systems and tripling its production of [[tank]]s.

The report also suggests that the pricing of defense equipment is making defense companies rich, but not helping the overall cause of security.

==FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal|Zelensky regime}}

Tens of billions of dollars in American Military Aid to Ukraine, which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested in the FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine was receiving money from the US. Ukraine sent it to FTX, and FTX sent it to Democrats, who originally voted to send it to Ukraine. It appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]], and a criminal [[conspiracy]] in violation of [[campaign finance]] laws.
[[File:NYT FTX.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Speakers at the ''[[New York Times]]'' event, Bankman-Fried, Zelensky, Fink, and Yellen.<ref>https://www.nytco.com/press/the-new-york-times-to-host-annual-dealbook-summit-on-nov-30/</ref>]]
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2022 Midterm elections]], second only to [[George Soros]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref>

FTX's [[bankruptcy]] filing on November 12, 2022, revealed that FTX suffered from $10-$50 billion in [[liability|liabilities]] with almost zero assets.

Among those liabilities are “investments” made by the [[Zelensky regime]].

Up until its bankruptcy filing, FTX was a 'partner' with the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF).<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/world-economic-forum-removes-ftx-promotion-as-a-partner-from-its-website/</ref> The FTX [[CEO]]'s aunt, Linda Fried, is on the board of the WEF.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2022/11/14/ftx-founders-aunt-on-board-of-world-economic-forum-dem-super-pac-leadership/</ref> Sam Bankman-Fried's mother, Barbara Fried, is the founder and president of a [[left-wing]] Super PAC called ‘Mind the Gap’ (MTG), "dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win [[election]]s. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from [[Silicon Valley]] executives 'who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the [[Democratic Party]]'. The mission of MTG is to “empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election”, according to Influence Watch.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mind-the-gap/</ref> Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabe, runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics, which is financed by Sam Bankman-Fried.<ref>https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/guarding-against-pandemics/</ref>
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==Lame duck slush fund==

On October 20, 2022, nineteen days before the [[2022 Midterm elections]], it was reported that amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, members from both parties were looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to the [[neo-fascist]] [[Kyiv regime]] before newly elected members were sworn in in January 2023.<ref>[https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/10/20/about-that-blank-check/ About that blank check...], Jacob Dreizen, October 20, 2022.</ref>
[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then laundered back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]
The bipartisan idea under consideration would use an omnibus spending bill during the [[lame duck]] session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance than prior aid packages for Ukraine.

The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told [[NBC News]]. “It’ll make the $12 billion look like pocket change.”

The new aid package could be within the range of roughly $50 billion, congressional aides and a source close to the [[Zelensky regime]] said.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-ukraine-skeptics-poised-gain-congress-lawmakers-look-lock-billions-rcna53167</ref>

The bill was passed in the House in December 2022 by a vote of 350 to 80, bringing the total aid scam to over $100 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The funds propped up salaries and pensions for the near-defunct Kyiv puppet regime until April 2023.

==2023 funding==
Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023,
{{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}}

Supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine are carried out within the framework of two mechanisms:

1. USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) - purchase of defense products to support Kyiv directly from American industry. As of November 22, 2023, this amount was approximately $10.5 billion. (total used thus far)

2. PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority - transfer to Kyiv by decision of the US President of federally owned state property reserves, ''i.e.'', from [[Pentagon]] warehouses). In parallel, the process of Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Replacement is underway (Replacement of equipment withdrawn from Pentagon warehouses by decision of the US President, i.e. replenishment of Pentagon warehouses). It is designated as REPLACEMENT. As of November 15, 2023, this amounted to about $16.8 billion.

As the [[2024 presidential election]] approached, U.S. socialist [[führer]] Joseph R. Biden attempted to [[blackmail]] Republicans in [[Congress]] and the American people by refusing to take action to stem the tide of [[illegal immigration]] Biden unleashed on his first day in office if another $60 billion in Ukronazi aid was not passed.<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won't Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds], Tyler Durden's Photo, JAN 29, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

The proposed $61 billion Ukraine aid bill for 2024 first provides a little over $20 billion to replenish the American weapons already given to Kyiv; it then gives $14 billion to Ukraine to purchase American weapons when and if they're produced; it gives $15 billion to Ukraine for support services such as military training and [[intelligence sharing]]; about $8 billion would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations with a prohibition on money going toward pensions, and there’s about $1.6 billion to help Ukraine’s private sector.

==2024 election year funding==
[[File:Ukraine aid.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Internet meme<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/25/trump-proof-ukraine-aid-nato-russia-joe-biden-mike-johnson/</ref>]]
In exchange for [[Deep State]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed Ukraine aid and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> while calling himself "a wartime [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]]."<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>

The US House under Johnson passed a foreign “aid” package of $61 billion for Ukraine. The legislation designed by Johnson enjoyed [[mainstream media]] praise with ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarking his funding of Ukraine as a “transformational arc,” and [[CNN]] comparing him to [[Winston Churchill]]. The bill was passed on April 20, 2024, the 135th anniversary of the birth of [[Adolf Hitler]] and dubbed the "Hitler Birthday Bill".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday], ''Zerohedge'', APR 20, 2024. zerohedge.com</ref>

President Trump proposed crafting the bill in the form of a loan rather than an outright grant; the loans were structured in such a way to give Biden authority to forgive the loans.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/in-the-foreign-aid-bill-that-speaker-johnson-negotiated-biden-can-forgive-the-loans-to-ukraine-and-more/</ref>

For [[liberal]]s, admitting [[Donald Trump]]'s role would undermine the corporate media [[narrative]] they disseminated for years that Trump is an agent of the [[Kremlin]] who only [[2016 presidential election|won in 2016]] because of a sophisticated [[Russiagate|Russian coup]]. For the [[MAGA]] movement, it would mean admitting that Trump is not an enemy of the [[Deep State]] nor a principled [[interventionism|non-interventionist]], but actually in line with the [[establishment]] wings of [[Uniparty|both parties]]—a fatal blow to a business model which relies on propping up Trump as a substantive alternative to [[warmonger]]ing [[Democrat]]s. Journalist Michael Tracey observed:
{{Cquote|What they will do now until [[2024 presidential election|the election]] is pretend, I’m going to say they, I mean just [[propagandist]]s and [[partisan]] operatives for both parties. They’re going to pretend that there are these seismic gulfs between the two parties. Even though we have demonstrable evidence that they were able to magically coordinate on the most consequential bill that was ushered through the [[legislative branch]] probably in years, I mean at least since the [[CARES Act of 2020]].<ref>https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/25/michael-tracey-america-first-or-ukraine-first/</ref>}}
Near the end of the [[Biden junta]]'s usurpation of power, the Pentagon reported the amount of aid allocated to Ukraine. In total, almost $183 billion was spent, according to a report by the military's inspector general. Most of the money was spent on security and Operation Atlantic Resolve, at $131.36 billion. Almost $44 billion went to developing public administration programs and paying Ukrainian officials' salaries. Only $4 billion of the total was spent on humanitarian aid.

==See also==
*[[USAID]]

== References ==
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==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/fWkfpGCAAuw Ukraine Crisis - What You're Not Being Told]
*[https://mtracey.substack.com/p/a-fairy-tale-version-of-world-war A Fairy Tale Version of World War II is Being Used to Sell the Next World War]
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Vice Presidency of Joe Biden (2009–2017)

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As he assumed office, '''[[Joe Biden]]''''s responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities. He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>

Under President Obama the budget [[deficit]] reached over $1 trillion for the first time in history. When asked over the fate of the United States' going into bankruptcy, Biden stated at an [[AARP]] meeting, "Now, people when I say that look at me and say, "What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’" Biden said. "The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you."

==Vice president==
[[File:Shovelready.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Biden was put in charge of implementing the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]. ]]
Susan Lagana served as [[North Carolina]]’s Communications Director for the [[2008 Obama/Biden campaign]] and then as Director of Communications for the [[U.S. Navy]], an attorney a the [[Office of Personnel Management]], and the Director of Public Affairs at the Department of Transporation. Less than a year after leaving the Obama/Biden administration signed Hikvision, a state-owned company of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), to a $25,000 per month retainer for her lobbying firm. Hikvision has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as a proxy of the Peoples Liberation Army, and “linked to [[Uyghur]] abuses,” according to ''[[Reuters]]'', which describes the company as the “world’s largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and vendor to Xinjiang police agencies.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-china-idUSKBN2AI0QJ</ref> as a lobbying client in 2019. Lagana’s lobbying firm would “advise” the manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance equipment on the following matters, according to [[Foreign Agent Registration Act]] (FARA) filings: “Public affairs and policy issues, Strategic planning and guidance, Media relations, Issues management, Internal and external communications, Coordinate outside consultants, Message development, Media monitoring, Media Engagement, Fact Sheets, Messages, and Q&As.” The arrangement, which was extended to expire on December 31st, 2021, counted Lagana as a signatory on the documents outlining the initial agreement.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/obama-biden-official-lobbying-for-ccp-tech/</ref> The PRC's treatment of the Uyghur people was designated as [[genocide]] in 2021.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/15/xinjiang-uyghurs-intentional-genocide-china/</ref>

===Recovery Summer===

:{{See also|Recovery Summer}}
Biden was placed in charge of promoting the [[Obama regime]]'s alleged [[Recovery Summer]] which never materialized.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The [[White House]], Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> It was a failed attempt to highlight the Democrat Congress's [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], or "[[economic stimulus]] program. During the so-called 'Recovery Summer', the workforce shrank, [[unemployment]] swelled, and [[economic growth]] slowed to less than 2%. More Americans fell victim to Democrat economic policy and by the [[2010 Midterm election]] sweep no less than 27,000,000 people were unemployed or underemployed.

During 'Recovery Summer' 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,<ref>https://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> unemployment rose,<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1</ref> The number counted by the [[Department of Labor]] as unemployed at the start of Recovery Summer was 14,599,000 Americans in July 2010; by September there were 14,767,000 Americans looking for work. 168,000 more unemployed than before President Obama and Vice President Biden announced Recovery Summer had begun.<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/RichGalen/2010/10/29/relapse_summer</ref>

===Eric Ciaramella===
[[File:Eric-Ciaramella-768x515.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|[[Deep State]] informant [[Eric Ciaramella]], an alleged second-hand hearsay "[[whistleblower]]."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/13/dni-tulsi-gabbard-releases-a-statement-with-document-release-from-two-silos/</ref>]]
[[Deep State]] informant [[Eric Ciaramella]] was assigned to the Obama [[White House]] by [[Russia collusion hoax]] mastermind [[John Brennan]]..He was detailed to the staff of [[National Security Council]] [[Susan Rice]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/wp-content/uploads/current-pdf/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_2015-47.pdf</ref> Ciaramella worked on Ukrainian issues for Biden in 2015 and 2016 during the time Biden was the "point man" doling out U.S. taxpayer cash to Ukraine.

Ciaramella worked with [[Democratic National Committee]] operative [[Alexandra Chalupa]] to dig up dirt on the [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump campaign]] during the [[2016 presidential election]]. Ciarmella invited Chalupa into the [[Obama]] White House for meetings.<ref>https://archive.usukraine.org/coalition/report-wh-press-conf-events.shtml</ref> Chalupa a key figure behind manufacturing the [[Russia collusion hoax]] and in the [[Ukrainian collusion scandal]] with the [[Atlantic Council]] and [[Crowdstrike]]. Ciaramella set the Trump [[impeachment inquiry]] in motion.

In May 2017, Ciaramella was instrumental in helping generate the “Putin fired Comey” [[narrative]]. A Ciaramella email the day after Comey's firing was leaked to the media, which is reported to have allegedly called Comey “crazy, a real nut job.” Ciaramella is said to have argued that “[[President Putin]] suggested that President Trump fire Comey.” In the days after Comey's firing, this presidential action was used to further political and media calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate supposed ‘Russia collusion.’ Ciaramella was dismissed from the Trump White House in June 2917 and accused of illegal [[leak]]s and working against the interests of the [[United States]] government. Ciaramella returned to the [[CIA]].

In August 2019 The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), [[Michael Atkinson]], referred to Ciaramella as one who has
:“some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate"
The ICIG was severely criticized for changing the rules at the last minute and allowing a third-party "[[whistleblower]]" [[hearsay]] complaint.

[[File:Obama-backed facsists in the Ukraie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Obama/Biden-backed [[fascist]]s carrying tiki torches in the February 2014 Maidan Revolution.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26468720</ref>]]

==Obama/Biden support Ukrainian coup==

Obama/Biden [[foreign policy]] shifted from the [[Russian Reset]] that made the [[Uranium One scandal]] possible and the greater "flexibility" Obama promised Russian [[President Dmitri Medvedev]] in 2012, to rabid [[Russophobia]]. The anti-Russian grip on American foreign policy reached a fever pitch in coming years in efforts to destroy [[President Donald Trump]] who sought to mend relations with Russia after the [[Ukrainian crisis]].<ref>:What the [[Democrat]]s tried to do today [20 March 2017 James Comey hearing] was criminalize everyone who works for better relations between the US and Russia. To be for peace between the nuclear powers is to be a Russian agent and to be put on a list. The Democrats insisted that Russia was an enemy out to get us, and the Democrats had no difficulty getting Comey and Rogers, both Obama appointees, to agree.

Comey and Rogers said that Russia was the main threat to the US, was working against our interests, and intends to harm us. Harming us includes opposing US hegemony and unilateralism. In other words, if the Russian government acts in the interests of Russia, the Russian government is harming the US. From the testimony it clearly emerged that any kind of opposition to anything Washington does is against American interests.

Both Comey and Rogers declared, falsely, that Russia had invaded Ukraine and seized Crimea by force. If Comey and Rogers are so poorly informed that they believe this, they are unfit for office. Crimea has been a part of Russia for 300 years. The population is almost entirely Russian. When the Soviet Union collapsed and Washington broke it apart, the Ukraine became independent for the first time in history. Crimea, which had been transferred by Khrushchev in 1954 from the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, was included in the transfer on the condition that Russia had a long term lease on the naval base in Crimea.

When Washington’s regime change overthrew the democratically elected government in Ukraine, the Russian populations in Crimea, and in the new republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, were attacked and threatened by the neo-nazi elements in eastern Ukraine that had fought for Hitler against the Soviet Union.{{fact}} The populations of these areas voted overwhelmingly to reunite with Russia, from whence they had come. The votes were fair and open. As Crimea is the Russian Navy’s Black Sea base, Crimea was already occupied by Russian forces. For Comey and Rogers to call this an “invasion” displays either ignorance or a lack of integrity. http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/03/20/conspiracy-president-trump/ </ref>

Between February 18–20, 2019 the [[Ukrainian crisis|Euromaidan]] crisis began in which about 100 activists and 17 police officers were killed.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957</ref> As in [[Syria]] and other "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings, ''agent provocateurs'' begin shooting and killing people on both sides to provoke a civil [[insurrection]].

On February 22, 2019 Ukrainian [[President Viktor Yanukovych]], who was elected to office, was ousted in the U.S. backed [[coup]]. The Obama/Biden-backed regime was removed in 2019 when popular [[President Volodoymr Zelensky]] was elected in an overwhelming landslide.

===Victoria Nuland===

:{{See also|Jonathan Winer}}
On or shortly before Feb. 4, 2014, [[Victoria Nuland]], the assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs in the Obama state department, had a conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, which was intercepted and leaked.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV9J6sxCs5k&t=2s</ref>
[[File:Nuland-in-ukraine.jpg|left|350px|thumb|[[Oleh Tyahnybok]] (left) Victoria Nuland (center) Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) [[Vitali Klitschko]] (rear).]]
On February 6, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Oleh Tyahnybok and other ringleaders who assumed power after the revolution.<ref>http://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-call-idINDEEA1704520140208</ref> Tyahnybok leads the [[Svoboda]] party. Tyahnybok in 2004 was kicked out of the ruling parliamentary faction after giving a speech calling for a fight against the "[[Muscovite-Jewish mafia]]." In 2005 Tyahnbok signed an open letter to Ukrainian leaders calling for the government to halt the "criminal activities" of "organised Jewry", which was spreading its influence through organisations such as the [[Anti-Defamation League]] which ultimately wanted to commit "[[genocide]]" against the Ukrainian people.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20824693</ref> Emails were leaked detailing a meeting arranged between [[George Soros]] and Tyahnbok. Various Soros' international [[progressive]] front organizations (NGOs) organized and funded the Ukrainian revolution.<ref>http://www.voltairenet.org/article181535.html#nb2</ref>

In the call, Nuland and Pyatt discussed the ouster of Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and the installation of opposition leader [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] as prime minister. Nuland favored opposition leader Yatsenyuk over his main rivals Vitali Klitschko and Oleh Tyahnybok.<ref>In televiserd speech in 2004, Tyahnybok made comments such as, "[You are the ones] that the [[Moscow]]-[[Jewish]] [[mafia]] ruling Ukraine fears most" and "They were not afraid and we should not be afraid. They took their automatic guns on their necks and went into the woods, and fought against the Muscovites, Germans, Jews and other scum who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state." In April 2005, Tyahnybok co-signed an open letter to President Viktor Yushchenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine.</ref>

Nuland told Pyatt, “I think Yats is the guy who’s got the economic experience, the governing experience. He’s the… what he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok on the outside.”

Towards the end of the conversation, then-Vice President Joe Biden was discussed as being willing to help cement the changeover in Ukraine:
{{Quotebox|'''Pyatt''': “We want to try to get somebody with an international personality to come out here and help to midwife this thing. The other issue is some kind of outreach to Yanukovych but we probably regroup on that tomorrow as we see how things start to fall into place.” '''Nuland''': “So on that piece Geoff, when I wrote the note [[Jake Sullivan|[Biden’s national security adviser Jake] Sullivan’s]] come back to me VFR [direct to me], saying you need [[Biden]] and I said probably tomorrow for an atta-boy and to get the deets [details] to stick. So Biden’s willing.”<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957</ref>}}
[[File:Biden and neo-nazis.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Biden shaking hands with Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Oleh Tyanhbok.<ref>https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1112498132489814017</ref>]]
[[File:Azov Tomorrow All of Europe.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Reconquista: Today Ukraine Tomorrow Rus' and the Whole Europe" (original in English) the theme at the 2016 Kyiv party conference of the Biden-backed Ukrainian Nazi organization.<ref>https://linksunten.archive.indymedia.org/node/194620/index.html</ref>]]
Nuland and Pyatt met with Ukrainian opposition leaders Tyahnybok, Klitschko and Yatsenyuk along with then-president Yanukovych just days later on Feb. 7, 2014. Events moved swiftly. On Feb. 22, 2014, Yanukovych was removed as President of Ukraine and fled to Russia. On Feb. 27, 2014, Yatsenyuk, the candidate favored by Nuland, was installed as Prime Minister. Tyahnybok and his [[Svoboda]] party were brought into the new government, [[Klitschko]] was left out. Svoboda is considered a [[fascist]] organization.

A few months later on April 18, 2014, Hunter Biden was appointed to the Board of Directors for Burisma–one of the largest natural gas companies in Ukraine. Four days later, on April 22, 2014, Vice President Biden traveled to Ukraine, offering his political support and $50 million in aid for Yatsenyuk's shaky new government. Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire politician, was elected as president of Ukraine on May 25, 2014. Joe Biden became close to both men and helped Ukraine to obtain a four-year $17.5 billion IMF package in March 2015.

Sometime in the later half of 2014 [[Christopher Steele]] of Orbis International began providing informal reports to the State Department on the Ukraine. ''[[CBS News]]'' reported “During the Ukraine crisis in 2014 and ‘15, Chris Steele had a number of commercial clients who were asking him for reports on what was going on in Russia, what was going on in Ukraine, what was going on between them,” said Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/victoria-nuland-says-obama-state-dept-informed-fbi-of-reporting-from-steele-dossier/</ref>

===Azov Battalion===
[[File:Azov Battalion.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Obama/Biden allies in the [[neo-Nazi]] Azov Battalion threatened to arrest Firtash if the government failed to do so.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/</ref>]]
On November 28, 2015 the spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said there were no criminal investigations in which [[Dmytro Firtash]] was a suspect for his involvement with the [[democratic]]ally elected regime that was overthrown in the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>https://archive.is/G5gwG 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Google translate]</ref> The next day [[Arsen Avakov]], Minister of Internal Affairs for the Maidan regime which came to power in the coup, said that Firtash would be detained upon arrival if the [[U.S. Justice Department]] asked to do so.<ref>https://archive.is/3cHqz 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Google translate] Also see https://archive.is/lAVHg</ref> Photos of an armed neo-Nazi paramilitary groups were posted on Avakov's [[Facebook]] page.

''[[Politico]]'' reported the "commander of Ukraine’s nationalist [[Azov Battalion]], said that his volunteer fighters would arrest Firtash themselves if government forces failed to do so. He later posted a Facebook photo of his armed men waiting at Kiev's Borispol airport."

On December 2, 2015 Firtash announced his intention to return to Ukraine to address the General Assembly of the Federation of Employers (FEU). Joe Biden, Ukrainian [[President Poroshenko]], and Arsen Avakov took steps to prevent Firtash's return.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement Affidavit of [[Viktor Shokin]] on Biden shakedown], September 4, 2019.</ref> The next day ''[[Politico]]'' reported that the Obama/Biden administration wanted their Ukrainian allies to arrest Firtash. The article stated:
{{quotebox-float|"Ukraine's Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov announced on Sunday that, after consulting with U.S. officials, he instructed Ukrainian police to detain Firtash should he attempt to enter Ukraine."<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/firtash-poroshenko-ukraine-oligarchs-corruption/ A Ukrainian oligarch’s foiled homecoming], By Linda Kinstler, ''Politico,'', 12/3/15.</ref>}}
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. ''Official White House Photograph'']]
Days after the resignation of [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]], DOJ coup plotters were granted an extradition request by an [[Austria]]n court on fabricated charges.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/austria-grants-us-request-to-extradite-ukrainian-mogul-dmytro-firtash</ref> Corrupt [[Mueller team]] prosecutor [[Andrew Weissmann]] then made an unsolicited proffer to drop the fabricated charges if Firtash would lie under oath and say that President Trump was [[colluding]] with [[Russia]].<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/454185-how-mueller-deputy-andrew-weissmanns-offer-to-an-oligarch-could-boomerang</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/powell-weissmann-mueller/</ref> Firtash's attorney at the time, [[Victoria Toensing]], home was raided by the [[Merrick Garland]] Department of Justice shortly after the [[Biden junta]] seized power.<ref>https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/breaking-feds-execute-search-warrant-at-rudy-giulianis-apartment-developing/</ref>

==Influence peddling==

:{{See also|Biden crime family}}
Five months into the Obama regime in June 2009 Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz, son of Joe Biden and stepson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair [[John Kerry]] formed Rosemount Seneca. The firm partnered with the Thornton Group run by James Bulger, and the Bank of China, to form [[Bohai Harvest RST]] (BHR) in China. [[Devon Archer]] is a longtime friend of former Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] and of stepson Chris Heinz and James Bulger, the nephew of notorious Boston [[gangster]] [[Whitey Bulger]].<ref>Whitey Bulger was the head of the [[Boston]] Irish [[mafia]] who enjoyed federal protection under FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] as an informant. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html Bulger was convicted of 19 murders that occurred while under Mueller's protection; some have linked the Bulger clan to as many as 52 murders while Mueller was U.S. Attorney in Boston. https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html?arc404=true Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison at the age of 89 a few months before the Mueller Report was released.</ref>

The Bank of China is owned by the Chinese government and closely connected with the Chinese military and intelligence services. Biden, Heinz, and Archer transferred and sold "duel use" technology to the Chinese military which was used to create the Chinese [[drone]] program and replicate the Chinese version of the [[F-15]] fighter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref>
[[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]]
Bohai Harvest RST (BHR) invested in an app the Chinese leftwing Communist regime is using to surveil ethnic minority [[Muslim]]s in western China. Over one million Muslims living in the region are now incarcerated in Chinese [[gulag]]s.

===Biden-Ukraine scandal===
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
:{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].
[[File:Biden text.png|right|300px|thumb|Biden family text with Hunter telling his daughter Naomi that "Pop" received 50% of the Burisma [[kickback]]s.<ref>https://thespectator.info/2020/10/15/unlike-pop-joe-biden-i-wont-make-you-give-me-half-of-your-salary-video/</ref>]]
[[File:Biden payments.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Documents show payments from Burisma to Hunter Biden.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/11/06/breaking-source-reveals-hunter-biden-took-off-the-books-payments-from-burisma-aided-by-fbi-coverup/</ref><ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/11/12/here-are-the-payments-to-hunter-biden-leaked-from-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hunter-biden-served-as-ceremonial-figure-on-burisma-board-for-80000-per-month/</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leaked-bank-records-confirm-burisma-biden-payments-morgan-stanley-account</ref>]]
Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention.

Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out by Burisma to an account linked to Biden's and [[Devon Archer]]'s Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court file in Manhattan in another case against Archer. The bank records show that, on most months when Burisma money flowed, two-wire transfers of $83,333.33 each were sent to the Rosemont Seneca–connected account on the same day. The same Rosemont Seneca–linked account typically then paid Hunter Biden one or more payments ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Ukrainian prosecutors reviewed internal company documents and wanted to interview Hunter Biden and Archer about why they had received such payments, but couldn't because of Joe Biden's intervention. In a text message from Hunter Biden to his daughter Naomi, Hunter said their father, "Pop", takes 50% of his salary.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/scotthounsell/2020/10/15/october-surprise-giuliani-reveals-texts-from-hunter-saying-biden-got-half-of-his-contracts/</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/rudy-giuliani-releases-text-message-hunter-biden-daughter-naomi-unlike-pop-joe-biden-wont-make-give-half-salary-video/</ref>

On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

===Donbas war===
{{See also|Donbas war}}
Hunter Biden's [[laptop from hell]] proved to contain classified information. Miranda Devine of the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported on an email sent from Hunter Biden to his business partner [[Devon Archer]] on April 13, 2014 that contained information from a classified [[State Department]] memo one week before Joe Biden visited Ukraine to meet the then prime minister [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] and refers to “my guys upcoming travels”.<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/theres-no-hiding-bidens-fright-over-classified-document-scandal/</ref> The email listed 22 points about Ukraine’s political situation, with detailed information about the upcoming election and predicting an escalation of Russia’s “destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region, most critically [[Donetsk]]":
{{quotebox-float|“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for [[Russia|RU]] to [[Crimea]]. That won’t directly affect [[Burisma]] holdings but it will limit future [[UK]] exploration and utilization of offshore opportunities in particular.

It will also result in further destabilization of UK nationally and for whatever govt is in power. And the US will respond with even stronger sanctions. Those sanctions will threaten the tenuous support of the [[EU]] which does not have the political will to incur steep energy price increases.”}}
[[File:Sadiq Khan and Elena Baturina.jpg|right|300px|thumb|London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and Elena Baturina.]]

===Russian collusion===

In 2014 Hunter Biden colluded with, and received $3.5 million in payment from the widow of former Moscow and the richest woman in Russia. The $3.5 million payment from [[Elena Baturina]] was for helping to establish a bank account in the United States for her.<ref>https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missionquestfpb/shock-man-who-had-hunter-biden-s-laptop-suggests-t-t10669-s2420.html</ref> Baturina eventually laundered $39 million through American banks, with the help of [[Rosemont Seneca]], of funds stolen from contractors while her husband Yury Luzhkov was mayor of Moscow. In late 2019 Baturina was declared a fugitive from justice by a Russian court.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-declares-late-moscow-mayor-s-widow-wanted-after-failure-to-appear/30348065.html</ref>

===Hunter's Mexican partners===
Hunter and Jeff Cooper hatched a plan in 2013 to invest in multiple businesses in Mexico and Latin America, using their relationship with the Mexican billionaire Alemán family whose late patriarch, Miguel Alemán Valdes, served as president of Mexico.

Cooper, an attorney who worked with [[Beau Biden]] on asbestos claims cases and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Biden political campaigns, wrote in February 2013: ‘This is setting up to be flippin gigantic brother.’ Hunter and Cooper sought the help of Valdés’ grandson, airline CEO Miguel Alemán Magnani, to forge a relationship with the richest man in Latin America, Carlos Slim, in an attempt to cash in on the privatization of the giant state-owned oil company Pemex for Burisma and themselves. Carlo Slim, Velasco and Magnani held a private ‘meeting’ with Joe Biden, Hunter and Cooper. Photos on Hunter’s laptop dated November 19, 2015 show the six men smiling and hugging in the meeting in Joe Biden’s vice presidential residence at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington DC. Emails also show the billionaires met with Joe at the White House.

Hunter sent Devon Archer a ''Forbes'' article titled ‘How Oil Reforms Could Trigger Mexico’s Biggest Economic Boom In A Century’. By the end of the year, their efforts were ramping up. Cooper wrote to Hunter and Archer in December 2014: ‘I met with Miguel [Magnani] last night. He has set up mtgs with the Secty of Energy and the CEO of Pemex for Jan 12 [2015]. Is there any chance that anyone from Burisma could attend?’

Biden flew Hunter and Jeff Cooper on Air Force 2 to Mexico City in 2016.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9678005/Joe-Biden-entertained-Hunters-billionaire-business-associates-vice-presidents-office.html</ref>

==Compromised by the Chinese government==

{{Anchor|Biden Center}}

:{{See also|United Front Work Department}}
[[File:Image cefc 2016 05 05.png|left|350px|thumb|CEFC China Energy chairman [[Ye Jianming]], the former deputy secretary of the [[People's Liberation Army]] General Political Department International Liaison Department, formed a business partnership with the [[Biden family corruption|Biden family]]. In 2017 [[Hunter Biden]] told friends, "I am the managing director of CEFC."<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/hunter-biden-cefc-managing-director/</ref>]]
The '''Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement''' at the University of Pennsylvania received $70 million form the [[Communist Chinese]] government. The Biden Center did not disclose the money came from China, as required by law.<ref>https://nlpc.org/2020/05/21/complaint-filed-against-university-of-pennsylvania-and-biden-center-for-undisclosed-china-mega-donations/</ref> Biden personally received $900,000 from the Biden Center, money which may have originated with Chinese communists.<ref>https://www.dickmorris.com/penn-univ-paid-biden-900000-wont-say-how-much-was-from-china-lunch-alert/#commentblock</ref> Biden's son [[Hunter Biden]] is partnered with the [[People's Republic of China|Chinese state]]. Joe Biden holds a 10% interest. Hunter's entire investment partnership uses Chinese state money from its social security fund to the China Development Bank. The partnership, [[Bohai Harvest|Bohai Harvest RST]], is actually a subsidiary of the Bank of China.

As of 2024, Biden's former vice-presidential national security advisor, '''Michael Carpenter''', was the Penn Biden Center's executive director. Classified documents from Biden's time as vice president were [[illegal]]ly held at the Penn Biden Center.

Though the entire size of the fund cannot be reconstructed, a co-founder who is now detained in China, reports that Bohai Harvest RST is not the $1-1.5 billion reported, but rather $6.5 billion. Hunter's stake, as of 2020, is worth at least $50 million if he were to sell it.

All players on the Chinese side of the partnership are linked with influence and intelligence organizations. China uses very innocuous sounding organization names to mask [[PLA]], United Front, or the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs influence/intelligence operations. Hunter was the target of an operation to compromise him and his father.

The operational mastermind behind the efforts to compromise the Biden family is a man named [[Yang Jiechi]]. He is currently the CCP Director of Foreign Affairs leading strategist on [[America]], a [[Politburo]] member, one of the most powerful men in China, and [[Xi Jinping]] confidant. As Chinese ambassador to the United States when Biden chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he met regularly with Senator Biden. Later he was Minister of Foreign Affairs when the Bohai Harvest RST investment partnership was made official in 2013.

Yang Jiechi is the point person in China for dealing with the United States. This raises major [[national Security]] concerns about a [[Biden administration]] dealing impartially with an individual in this capacity. These are documented facts from Chinese corporate records such as IPO prospectuses and media, and raise very valid concerns about Biden linkages to China.<ref>https://www.baldingsworld.com/2020/10/22/report-on-biden-activities-with-china/</ref>

In a recorded call made sometime after [[Ye Jianming]], Hunter's business partner, went missing in February 2018, Hunter is heard speaking in an agitated tone,
{{quotebox-float|"I get calls from my father to tell me that ''[[The New York Times]]'' is calling, but my old partner, Eric, who literally has done me harm for I don’t know how long, is the one taking the calls because my father will not stop sending the calls to Eric. I have another ''New York Times'' reporter calling about my representation of [[Patrick Ho]] – the f****** spy chief of China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing. The richest man in the world is missing who was my partner. He was missing since I last saw him in his $58 million apartment inside a $4 billion deal to build the f****** largest f***** LNG port in the world. And I am receiving calls from the Southern District of New York from the U.S. attorney himself. My best friend in business, Devon, has named me as a witness, without telling me, in a [[criminal]] case — and my father, without telling me."<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1321184369562759172</ref>}}
[[File:Bohai Harvest Rosemont.jpeg|right|610px|THUMB|]]
====Bohai Harvest RST====
{{See also|Bohai Harvest RST}}
In 2012 Hunter Biden and Devon Archer made contact with Chinese financier Jonathan Li, who ran the equity fund Bohai Capital. The trio discussed a plan to become partners in a new company, Bohai Harvest RST (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management Co. (BHR), that would invest Chinese capital outside the country. Eighty percent of the resulting company, Bohai Harvest, was controlled by Chinese state-owned interests.<ref>https://nypost.com/article/hunter-biden-china-timeline-business-ties/</ref>
On December 4, 2013, Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and Hunter's daughter Finnegan visited Beijing.<ref>https://youtu.be/Eg6SP0ugUrk</ref> Joe Biden held a marathon five-hour meeting with CCP General Secretary [[Xi Jinping]]. Hunter Biden spent the time with Jonathan Li.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign</ref> The Bidens walked away after this trip as 30% owners of a $1.5 billion investment fund, Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a partnership between Bohai Capital and Rosemont Seneca. They offered nothing to the Chinese Comminists by way of consideration but their services as [[lobbyist]]s and door openers. Bohai Harvest Rosemont (BHR) was incorporated in [[Shanghai]] according to State Market Regulatory Administration records on December 16, 2013.<ref>[https://www.qcc.com/firm/1a7250b750eef9e9adbd39a6d97bee4d.html The State Administration for Industry and Commerce at the time]</ref>

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) with conspiracy to unlawfully engage and participate in the production and development of special nuclear material outside the United States which could cause “significant damage to our national security.”<ref>Press Release, U.S. Dep’t. of Justice, [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-nuclear-engineer-china-general-nuclear-power-company-and-energy-technology-international U.S. Nuclear Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Company and Energy Technology International Indicted in Nuclear Power Conspiracy against the United States] (Thursday, April 14, 2016).</ref> CGN is owned in part by Bohai Harvest RST and the [[Biden family]].<ref>''[https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/the-troubling-reason-why-biden-is-so-soft-on-china/ The Troubling Reason Why Biden is so Soft on China]'', N.Y. POST (May 11, 2019).</ref>

====Peter Daszak, Shi Zhengli and the Wuhan lab====
[[File:Metabiota RST.PNG|left|300px|thumb|]]
Hunter Biden's Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP) was a lead financial backer of [[Metabiota]], a [[pandemic]] tracking and response firm that partnered with [[Peter Daszak]]’s EcoHealth Alliance and the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]]. Among the companies listed on archived versions of the firm’s portfolio is Metabiota, a [[San Francisco]]-based company that purports to detect, track, and analyze emerging infectious diseases, according to ''The National Pulse''.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/hunter-biden-invested-in-ecohealth-wuhan-partner/</ref> Financial reports reveal that RSTP led the company’s first round of funding, which amounted to $30 million. Former Managing Director and co-founder of RSTP Neil Callahan – a name that appears many times on Hunter Biden’s hard drive – also sits on Metabiota’s Board of Advisors.

Since 2014, Metabiota has been a partner of EcoHealth Alliance as part of the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]]’s (USAID) “PREDICT” project, which seeks to “predict and prevent global emerging disease threats.” As part of this effort, researchers from Metabiota, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated on a study relating to bat infectious diseases in China. “Sensitive and broadly reactive RT-PCR assays were performed at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,” the paper notes.

Among the researchers listed is [[Shi Zhengli]], the Wuhan lab director. The disgraced [[Peter Daszak]] is also listed as an author.

Beyond the ties to EcoHealth Alliance, Metabiota has also been embroiled in controversy for “bungling” America’s response to Ebola.
{{quotebox-float|“An American company that bills itself as a pioneer in tracking emerging epidemics made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa — with employees feuding with fellow responders, contributing to misdiagnosed Ebola cases and repeatedly misreading the trajectory of the virus,” an Associated Press (AP) investigation into the company found. The company reportedly made the “already chaotic situation worse,” prompting [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) officials to criticize the company: "Emails obtained by AP and interviews with aid workers on the ground show that some of the company’s actions made an already chaotic situation worse."<ref>https://apnews.com/article/46328e561bfb44b99b2e6937835be957</ref>}}
WHO outbreak expert Dr. Eric Bertherat wrote to colleagues in a July 17, 2014, email about misdiagnoses and “total confusion” at the [[Sierra Leone]] government lab Metabiota shared with [[Tulane University]] in the city of Kenema. He said there was “no tracking of the samples” and “absolutely no control on what is being done.” “This is a situation that WHO can no longer endorse,” he wrote.

==Henniges==

:{{See also|Biden family corruption}}
On September 15, 2015 [[Bohai Harvest Rosemont]] and AVIC Auto acquired Michigan-based Henniges Automotive with a 49% share and 51% share respectively, according to a press release. Henniges specializes in anti-vibration technology with military applications. Henniges described the deal as “one of the largest acquisitions by a Chinese company of a U.S.-based automotive manufacturing company in history”.<ref>https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bhr-and-avic-auto-acquire-henniges-automotive-300143072.html</ref>

AVIC Auto, which is described in the press release as BHR’s joint venture partner, is a subsidiary of AVIC. AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China 中国航空工业集团公司) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate with nearly a half million employees across all its different divisions involved in everything from military aircraft to robotics. AVIC specializes in the manufacture of stealth fighter jets for the [[Chinese military]]. AVIC in one form or another has regularly appeared on the US entity list over the years and alleged [[espionage]] activities against the US military.

AVIC is overseen by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council of China, the manager of all state-owned enterprises. In 2015 AVIC was 'accused of selling China’s fifth-generation jet fighter J-31, which is allegedly based on stolen technology in relation to the US made F-35.<ref>https://www.revolver.news/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020.09.29-12.28-revolvernews-5f732864a9baf.pdf</ref>

The BHR-AVIC agreement, which was awarded AVIC a Controlling Shares in Henniges, required approval from the [[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]] (CFIUS), a committee of Cabinet-level agencies within the U.S. government including the [[State Department]] and the [[Department of Defense]]. The [[Obama administration]] authorized the transaction, which resulted in a [[Senate]] investigation that discovered evidence of financial breaches by [[Hunter Biden]] and his uncle [[James Biden]]. According to Jack Maxey, “What is really quite disturbing is that, for example, CFIUS’s assessment of the Detroit automaker’s takeover, it becomes clear from the emails that the Chinese know they are going to pass the review round CFIUS even ahead of Hunter and [[Devon Archer|Devon [Archer] ]] and their third partner, Jimmy Bulger."<ref>https://todaysoon.com/the-email-revealed-the-possibility-that-hunter-biden-had-a-business-relationship-with-president-xi-jinping/</ref>

This financial dealing could be a threat to the National Security of the United States by providing the CCP with the Henniges’ anti-vibration tech. Officials from the Pentagon expressed concern over this fact back in 2011.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/stolen-f-35-secrets-now-showing-up-in-chinas-stealth-fighter/</ref>

===Senate investigation===

Senate investigators concluded,
[[File:Hunter Biden with meth pipe.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Hunter Biden with crack pipe.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2020/10/14/cdmedia-reporting-since-nov-on-biden-crime-family-confirmed-leftist-media-enablers-attack/</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|The records acquired by the Committees show that Hunter Biden and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments across the globe. Hunter Biden and Archer, in particular, formed significant and consistent financial relationships with the corrupt oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky during their time working for Burisma and their firms made millions of dollars from that association while Joe Biden was vice president and the public face of the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy. Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from Elena Baturina, who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. Moreover, Archer’s apparent receipt of money for a car from Kenges Rakishev of [[Kazakhstan]] while Vice President Biden was in Kyiv is especially concerning in light of the timing. And finally, Biden and Archer’s work with Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime illustrate the deep financial connections that accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office.

Biden and Archer found willing partners in Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime. Their work in China began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with Heinz, Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed [[BHR]] with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.

Hunter Biden’s connections and financial associations appear to have accelerated significantly after he associated himself with Ye Jianming, who had deep connections with the Communist regime and [[PLA]]. However, that didn’t seem to have any impact on Hunter Biden, who made millions from the relationship. Indeed, Hunter Biden and his family, to include James and Sara Biden, associated with other Chinese nationals such as [[Gongwen Dong]]. In one case, the three of them went on a $100,000 global spending spree after Gongwen Dong and Hunter Biden opened a joint account. In addition, Hunter Biden received millions of dollars over a period of years from Gongwen Dong’s companies. According to records acquired by the Committees, many of these transactions involved potential criminal financial activity.<ref>[https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns], U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020, p. 84.</ref>}}
The $3.5 million from the wife of the [[Moscow]] mayor was payment for $200 million [[money laundering]] scheme to circumvent the [[Magnitsky Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/maybe-just-like-gettin-ass-whooped-black-trump-supporter-posts-epic-takedown-black-biden-supporters/</ref> No record of Hunter Biden filing as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign power under the [[FARA]] Act exists.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2020/09/26/when-did-hunter-biden-and-associates-file-as-foreign-agents-under-the-fara-act/</ref>

==ISIS and Taliban==
:{{See also|Libyan war|Syrian war|Obama war crimes}}
[[File:JohnBrennan.jpg|right|180px|thumb|'''Brennan''' managed Obama's 'kill list' and created a false narrative of 'warrantless wiretaps' to mask information from the Torture program which he oversaw. When investigated, he hacked into the investigators' computers. ''The Guardian'' says over 1100 were killed targeting 41 individuals on the kill list.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147</ref> He also oversaw the Obama administration's censorship program targeting journalists.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref> Brennan authored the ''ICA'' memo which was widely circulated with unmasked names in the closing days of the Obama administration alleging President-elect Trump was a [[KGB]] agent and Putin-stooge. Brennan later admitted to Rachel Maddow he never had any evidence of Russian collusion with Trump.]]
On July 25, 2012 a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by the [[Taliban]] in Afghanistan by latest generation of the Stinger available for export. A serial number from the missile casing was recovered, tracing the Stinger's origin to a lot entrusted to the CIA which was delivered to [[Qatar]]. Under Obama's covert action finding the Stinger was intended for Libya and Syrian jihadis. [[Hillary Clinton]]'s State Dept. and [[John Brennan]]'s CIA jointly ran the covert weapons supply program,<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref> leaving the Pentagon and Gen.[[Michael Flynn]]'s [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] out of the loop. Some of the Stinger's that Qater illegally transferred to the Taliban may have been recovered in a trade for 5 Taliban commanders released from Guantanamo.

On August 12 Flynn's Defense Intelligence Agency circulated widely a document to [[CENTCOM]], the CIA, FBI, [[DHS]], NGA (National Geospacial Agency), State Dept., and other members of the [[Intelligence Community]]. The document stated that West powers ([[NATO]] powers), members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the [[United Arab Emirates]]), and [[Turkey]] want an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]].
{{Quotebox-float|AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq] SUPPORTED THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION FROM THE BEGINNING, BOTH IDEOLOGICALLY AND THROUGH THE MEDIA…

... AFTER THE RISE OF THE INSURGENCY IN SYRIA, THE RELIGIOUS AND TRIBAL POWERS IN THE REGIONS BEGAN TO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SECTARIAN UPRISING. THIS (SYMPATHY) APPEARED IN FRIDAY PRAYER SERMONS, WHICH CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THE SUNNIS IN SYRIA...

THE FUTURE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE CRISIS:

...DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT EVENTS INTO [[Proxy war|PROXY WAR]]: …OPPOSITION FORCES ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE EASTERN AREAS (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN IRAQI PROVINCES (MOSUL AND ANBAR), IN ADDITION TO NEIGHBORING TURKISH BORDERS. ...

'''WESTERN COUNTRIES, THE GULF STATES AND TURKEY ARE SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS.''' ...'''SIMILAR TO WHAT TRANSPIRED IN LIBYA WHEN BENGHAZI WAS CHOSEN AS THE COMMAND CENTER''' OF THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT...

...THE WEST, GULF COUNTRIES, AND TURKEY SUPPORT THE [SYRIAN] OPPOSITION… THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A '''DECLARED OR UNDECLARED [[Salafi|SALAFIST]] PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA''' (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS '''EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT''', IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME…

…ISI COULD ALSO '''DECLARE AN ISLAMIC STATE THROUGH ITS UNION WITH OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA'''...}}

Flynn had been Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for about three weeks. Flynn opposed the creation of the Islamic State. After it was declared in June 2014, Flynn was fired.

On September 5, while Bill Clinton was introducing Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention to deliver his re-nomination Acceptance Speech, at that very moment the first female [[African-American]] combat pilot was shot down and killed by a shoulder-fired missile in Afghanistan. Army Chief Warrant Officer Thalia S. Ramirez was killed by a Stinger missile most likely procured through the CIA's Libya-Qater pipeline.

The same day a Libyan ship, Al Entisar (“The Victory”), docked in the Turkish port of Iskenderun carrying 400 tons of cargo including weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and shoulder-launched SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles (aka MANPADS) destined for Syrian [[jihad]]is.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/25/was-syrian-weapons-shipment-factor-in-ambassadors-benghazi-visit.html</ref><ref>
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/syrian-rebels-squabble-over-weapons-as-biggest-shipload-arrives-from-libya-pr2rmxkpg8d</ref>
[[File:C9Pak4-W0AIldKy (1).jpg|left|400px|thumb|Biden National Security Advisor [[Jake Sullivan]] to Hillary Clinton: "[[Al Qaeda]] is on our side."<ref>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/23225#efmAGIAHu</ref>]]
A month later ''[[Time magazine]]'' announced the formation of the 20,000 man Omar al-Farouq Brigade in Syria, one of the supposed "moderate rebel" groups receiving American funding under the umbrella [[Free Syrian Army]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2012/10/05/syrias-up-and-coming-rebels-who-are-the-farouq-brigades-2/</ref> In May 2015 [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of one of the group's commanders carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier and eating the heart.

On April 8, 2013, as Gen. Flynn foretold, the Islamic State of Iraq (aka AQI) proclaimed itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Two weeks later the [[European Union]] lifted oil sanctions to make it legal for European entities to buy oil from al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and the Islamic State.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22254996</ref> Three weeks later [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of a commander of an Obama administration "moderate rebel" group carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier, and eating it.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/syria-brigade-fighting-homs-implicated-atrocities</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23190533</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3524976/CANNIBAL-moderate-Syrian-rebel-cut-ate-Assad-soldier-s-heart-liver-killed.html</ref>

When Menagh Air Base was captured from the Syrian government on August 6 by ISIS, it was celebrated as great victory by Western [[mainstream media]] organizations.<ref>https://levantreport.com/2014/09/13/isis-as-u-s-creation-the-clearest-authenticated-video-evidence-to-date/</ref>

On February 24, 2014 reports stated that an envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate a leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS was killed by ISIS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This marked the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization, and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.

On April 30, 2014 DNI James Clapper began taking steps to remove [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] Chief Mike Flynn, head of one of the 16 member agencies of the US Intelligence Community, for his dissention of the course President Barack Obama set US counter-intelligence policy on, aligning with radical [[Islamic]] [[jihad]]ists, and expending the lives of American Armed Service personnal in a cavalier fashion.<ref>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagon-intelligence-agency-forced-out-officials-say/2014/04/30/ec15a366-d09d-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html?utm_term=.45a637102303</ref><ref name="newsmax.com">https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michael-flynn-isis-memoir/2016/07/10/id/737937/</ref>

President-elect Donald Trump named Gen. Flynn as his [[National Security Advisor]], a clear signal to the [[Intelligence Community]] of a reversal of course of the disastrous policies Obama and the [[Deep State]] operatives had set country on. Flynn knew where the bodies were buried. On December 10, 2016 Deep State operative John Schindler issued series of threats and ultimatums on [[Twitter]]<ref>https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref>
{{Quotebox|The IC dislikes you intensely and they hate Flynn.... If Don won't walk back his foolish attack on the IC, watch for leaked terms like KGB, FSB, SVR, kompromat, Mogilevich, Organizatsiya... /10 6:00 AM - 10 Dec 2016}}
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Libya was an ally of the US against radical Islamic terrorism until the Obama/Biden administration armed jihadis who went on a rampage of mass beheading [[Christian]]s.]]
In April 2016 it was reported John Brennan was behind the targeting of Michael Flynn. The '''motivations for Brennan's intense dislike of Michael Flynn date back years to when Flynn was producing intel documents that showed how the supposed 'Syrian moderates' were funded by persons and groups in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Qatar]]'''.<ref>http://gotnews.com/breaking-barackobamas-cia-director-john-brennan-allies-targeting-trump-supporters-surveillance/</ref>

On June 9, 2014 the [[Islamic State]] captured Mosul;<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/11/mosul-isis-gunmen-middle-east-states Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities | World news | The Guardian]</ref> Obama reacted by calling ISIS "the Junior Varsity team."<ref>https://youtu.be/-wCqcWDZOjE</ref> On June 29 the Islamic State
[[Caliphate]] was proclaimed in Mosul. On August 7, 2014 DIA Director Gen. Micahael T. Flynn, unwilling to go along with Obama policy in support of the Caliph, was fired.

Biden created a controversy with his speech at [[Harvard University]] in October 2014, when he talked about [[ISIS]] power rising and the countries which support ISIS which happened under his and Obama administration watch.<ref>[https://tennesseestar.com/2020/10/26/joe-biden-to-harvard-in-2014-theres-nothing-special-about-being-american/ Joe Biden to Harvard in 2014: ‘There’s Nothing Special About Being American’]</ref>

===Richard Holbrooke===
In 2009, [[Richard Holbrooke]] was appointed as a special adviser on [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], working under [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html|title=Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke|first=Jodi|last=Kantor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 February 2009|access-date=}}</ref> According to Holbrooke's diary which was turned over to his official biographer George Packer following his death, when [[Vice President Joe Biden]] was asked about America's obligation to maintain their presence in Afghanistan to protect vulnerable civilians, he scornfully replied, "F*** that, we don't have to worry about that. We did it in [[Vietnam]], [[Nixon]] and [[Kissinger]] got away with it."<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9901577/F-k-Biden-told-Obamas-special-representative-Afghanistan-obligations.html</ref>

===Seal Team 6===
:{{See also|Afghan War}}
The families of Navy Seal Team 6 blame Vice President Biden for revealing the identity of the Navy Seal Team that killed [[Osama bin Laden]].<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/03/bidens_betrayal_of_seals_should_doom_presidential_run.html</ref> Seal Team 6 is a covert action force, and all its members are sworn to secrecy to never reveal the actions they participate in. The government likewise is bound to protect their identities against reprisals. In boasting of the killing, Biden named Seal Team 6 by name as the unit that found bin Laden.

On August 6, 2011, the [[Taliban]] ambushed a Chinook helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members — including 15 SEAL Team 6 members — in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2013/05/09/military-families-allege-muslim-cleric-damned-dead-navy-seals-at-ceremony/</ref> Everyone on board was killed.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/7/the-betrayal-of-the-navys-seal-team-6/</ref> In a show of [[multiculturalism]], the [[Obama administration]] insisted a [[Muslim]] cleric be present when the bodies were recovered.<ref>http://joemiller.us/2013/05/seal-team-6-press-conference-obama-at-fault-muslim-cleric-prayed-at-funeral-damned-them-to-hell/</ref>

Families of the slain SEAL members held a news conference at the National Press Club demanding an investigation into why their sons had been identified, despite specific assurances by the Obama administration their identities would be protected.<ref>http://joemiller.us/2013/05/navy-seal-team-vi-families-to-reveal-obama-admin-s-culpability-in-death-of-sons/</ref> To add insult, the families complained about the Muslim cleric that the Obama administration required to preside in a ceremony over their remains, damned their souls to hell as infidels in an Islamic prayer proclaiming victory.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7h5PO3r-w</ref>

===Bowe Bergdahl swap===
:{{See also|Obama war crimes}}
When [[Barack Obama]] released five Taliban commanders from the [[Guantanamo Bay]] prison in exchange for American deserter Bowe Bergdahl in 2014, he assured Americans that the enemy combatants would not be allowed to return to Afghanistan. 6 American soldiers lives were lost searching for the American deserter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/06/02/six-soldiers-died-searching-for-deserter-pow-fueling-backlash/</ref> Upon Bergdahl's return, Obama celebrated Bergdahl as a heroic “POW,” a designation the Pentagon never gave him. Khairullah Khairkhwa, one of the five released from Guantanamo, sat across the table from Joe Biden’s personal representative in [[Moscow]] in the spring of 2021, where Mullah Khairkhwa was part of the Taliban delegation that negotiated the terms of the US withdrawal. Mullah Khairkhwa is the mastermind of the Taliban takeover, even though the Pentagon classified Khairkhwa as too dangerous to release.

Khairkhwa assured the Biden junta that the Taliban would not retaliate against Afghans who worked with the US military or the US-backed government in Kabul. However, reports out of Kandahar and Kabul soon after the fall of Afghanistan indicate the Taliban was going door to door with a kill list to wipe out their enemies. Mullah Khairkhwa previously served as the Taliban’s interior minister prior to 2002, where he oversaw Islamist punishments, including beheadings and stonings.<ref> https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/</ref>

All five of the terrorists in the Bowe Bergdahl swap assumed prominent positions in the Taliban interim government announced on September 11, 2021:<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/07/four-gitmo-detainees-released-in-berghdahl-swap-are-now-taliban-ministers-for-afghan-government-interim-government-will-be-officially-introduced-on-sept-11th/</ref>
*Acting Minister of Information and Culture: Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah
*Defense Deputy Minister: Mullah Mohammad Fazil
*Acting Director of Intelligence: Abdul Haq Wasiq
*Border and Tribal Affairs Minister: Mullah Norullah Nori
*Acting Governor of Khost Province: Muhammad Nabi Omari<ref>https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-09-11-from-the-cells-of-guantanamo-to-the-ruling----the-story-of-5-officials-in-the-taliban-government.H1rAUgatGY.html</ref>

==Obamagate==
[[File:Rice Benghazi.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Susan Rice blatantly misled the American people about the terrorist attack on the Libyan Consulate in benghazi in which 4 Americans were murdered on the anniversary of the [[9/11 attacks]], two months before Barack Obama was re-elected.]]
:{{See also|Obamagate timeline|Trump transition}}
[[Susan Rice]] was identified as unmasking incoming [[Trump administration]] officials. Rice worked at the elbow of President Obama. As National Security Advisor inm the Obama/Biden administration, she unmasked the identity of Trump [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]] which was illegally [[leak]]ed to the ''Wasahington Post''. The action caused harm to US [[national security]], and is a felonious criminal act.<ref>https://medium.com/@Cernovich/susan-rice-requested-unmasking-of-incoming-trump-administration-officials-30085b5cff16</ref><ref>Housley, Adam (April 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/03/susan-rice-requested-to-unmask-names-trump-transition-officials-sources-say.html Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 3, 2017.</ref> Questions remain if and why Rice would have violated the law on her own without President Obama's approval. Rice was denied the position of [[Secretary of State]] by the [[Democratic]] Senate in 2013 to succeed Hillary Clinton because of lying and deception about the [[Benghazi attack|Benghazi Massacre]]. Nevertheless, Obama kept her at his side in the White House as head of the [[National Security Council]] staff. Because of Joe Biden's incapacitated and demented state upon seizing power in 2021, Rice has been called the "shadow president."<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/grenell-calls-susan-rice-shadow-051840589.html</ref>

[[John Carlin]] was the Assistant Attorney General for the [[Department of Justice National Security Division]] (DOJ-NSD) in thje Obama/Biden administration while the [[Russian collusion hoax]] was promulgated in 2015–16. Carlin abruptly resigned the day after being forced to admit to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act|Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] that the Obama Justice Department perpetrated a massive fraud upon the [[Judiciary]] and had violated the civil rights of American citizens.<ref>[https://youtu.be/aa95jLxZfc4 The Obama Administration's 'Brazen Plot To Exonerate Hillary Clinton' Starting To Seep Out], Daily Caller News Foundation.</ref> According [[Lisa Page]], special counsel to FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]], Carlin was regularly briefed on [[Operation Crossfire Hurricane]].<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/transcripts-of-lisa-pages-closed-door-testimonies-provide-new-revelations_2763452.html</ref> Having escaped indictment in the [[John Durham|Durham probe]], Carlin returned in 2021 as the [[Biden junta]]'s deputy chief prosecutor,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/02/27/joebama-put-the-gang-back-together-inside-the-doj-john-carlin-returns-as-acting-deputy-ag/</ref> the position formerly held by [[Deep State coup 1.0]] collaborator [[Rod Rosenstein]].

===Guccifer 2.0===
:{{See also|Hillary Clinton email scandal|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
[[File:Biden and Flood.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Biden and Flood with their wives.<ref>[https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/02/loaded-for-guccifer-aims-for-a-romanian-guccifer-2-0/ Say “Hi” To Guccifer 2.0], Adam Carter, ''Disobedient Media'', February 24, 2018.</ref>]]
On June 15, 2016 the first Guccifer 2.0 document was created by [[Warren Flood]] at 13:38 EDT, modified by [[Феликс Эдмундович]] (Felix Edmunovich, the Russian patronymic of Felix Edmunovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the [[KGB]] - a blatantly amateurish attempt to create Russian fingerprints) thirty minutes later at 14:08 EDT. Warren Flood was Joe Biden's former IT director at the White House. A document that Flood authored in 2008, and that was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the Trump Opposition Research, copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 (which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]). It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

A document that Warren Flood authored in 2008, and was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s leaked emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the DNC's ''Trump Opposition Research'' document. It was copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]. It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

Guccifer 2.0 was a [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign]] [[false flag]] operation set up to discredit the [[DNC]] revelations at [[Wikileaks]]. Adam Carter writes, {{quotebox|"one particular group would have been particularly desperate precisely at that time, for the emergence of a narrative about Russian hackers to discredit proper leaks / justify claims that all leaks are 'probably doctored' and they will have very likely known [Warren] Flood too. That group is the Clinton Campaign. As of June 12th, [2016] they were in a position where [[Julian Assange]] had just announced WikiLeaks' upcoming release of [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary's emails]], she was still under [[FBI]] investigation, and [[Trump]] was attacking Hillary for her use of a private server with his supporters frequently chanting "lock her up!" at rallies. The campaign was in a desperate position and really needed something similar to a Russian hacker narrative and one where they would be fortunate to have a seemingly clumsy hacker that leaves lots of 'fingerprints' tainting files and bringing the reputation of leaks into question... Sure enough, 2-3 days later, Guccifer 2.0 - the world's weirdest hacker - was spawned and started telling lies in an effort to attribute himself to the malware discoveries, etc."<ref>http://g-2.spac/#7</ref>}}
===January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting===
[[File:Susan-rice-email-1-2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A smoking gun email linking Barack Obama to illegal domestic spying on political opponents and civil rights violations.]]
:{{See also|Trump transition|FBI scandal|FISA abuse}}
Susan Rice sent a CYA email to herself about a secret [[Oval Office]] meeting where the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' is discussed;<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> (the email was written and sent to herself 15 minutes after Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20):<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-graham-uncover-unusual-email-sent-susan-rice-herself-president-trump-s </ref>
{{Quotebox-float|"On January 5, following a briefing by [[IC]] leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 Presidential election, [[President Obama]] had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director [[Jim Comey]] and Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] in the Oval Office. [[Vice President Biden]] and I were also present. President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia. Director Comey affirmed that he is proceeding "by the book" as it relates to law enforcement. From a national security perspective, Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Comey said that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information. President Obama asked if Comey was saying that the NSC should not pass sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn. Comey replied, "potentially." He added that he has no indication thus far that Flynn has passed classified information to [[Kislyak]], but he noted that "the level of communication is unusual."<ref>https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1262820374548447238/photo/1</ref> The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}
At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama asked Sally Yates and James Comey to remain. Together with Susan Rice, is where the “by the book” CYA comment comes into play. The 90-day surveillance period under the FISA warrant had just a bit over two weeks left to run — it was set to expire just as Trump was to take office. (Reporting suggests that there may also have been a FISA warrant on Paul Manafort around this time.) The Obama administration was confronting a deadline if the FISA warrant was to be renewed while Obama was still in power. The officials in the meeting needed to figure out how the investigation could continue despite the fact that its central focus, Trump, was about to be sworn in as president. Rice's “by the book” bunkum is transparent: Obama officials claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultations between political leaders and investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover their tracks in her email: She revises history such that the consultation morphs into a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/</ref>

The following day [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] released a public version of the ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' (ICA, also referred to as the ''Joint Analysis Report''), a joint Brennan, Clapper and Comey document consisting of recycled reports on [[RT]] with two pages of sexual innuendo from the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. NSA Dir. Adm. Mike Rogers dissented from the conclusions and did not attend the day prior meeting in the Oval Office.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref> ''WaPo'' was assured by Obama intelligence bosses that "the sources involved in the [Clinton-Steele dossier's] reporting were credible enough to warrant inclusion in the highly classified [presidential] report.”<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-allegations-20170110-story.html</ref> [[John Brennan]] however, in public testimony months later, said the dossier and its sources ''were not'' credible enough to incorporate in the Joint ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' on Russian election interference publicly leaked by the administration. Brennan swore the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' did not “in any way” factor into the CIA's assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Trump. Congressional investigators suggest a classified version of the ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' contradicts Brennan's sworn testimony.

Clapper briefed CNN on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' before Comey briefed President-elect Trump.

[[File:Progressive military.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The Progressive woke military in high heels for diversity awareness.<ref>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/04/23/rotc-cadets-wearing-heels-for-sexual-assault-awareness-spurs.html</ref>]]
==Obama/Biden: a cancer in the Pentagon==

[[Michael Anton]] cited the Democrats’ own words:
{{quotebox-float|Over the summer a story was deliberately leaked to the press of a meeting at which 100 Democratic grandees, [[NeverTrump|anti-Trump]] former Republicans, and other ruling class [[apparatchik]]s got together (on [[George Soros]]’s dime) to “game out” various outcomes of the 2020 election. One such outcome was a clear Trump win. In that eventuality, former [[Bill Clinton]] White House [[Chief of Staff]] [[John Podesta]], playing Biden, refused to concede, pressured states that Trump won to send Democrats to the formal [[Electoral College]] vote, and trusted that the [[military]] would take care of the rest.

The leaked report from the exercise darkly concluded that “[[technocrat]]ic solutions, [[court]]s, and reliance on elites observing norms are not the answer here,” promising that what would follow the November election would be “a street fight, not a legal battle.”<ref>https://americanmind.org/essays/the-coming-coup/</ref>}}
One of the scenarios was a “clear Trump win.” That is, the Democrats are not talking about making an uproar if there’s a repeat of the 2000 election when one state (Florida) had a narrow victory for [[George W. Bush|Bush]]. Instead, the Democrats are saying that if Trump has a repeat of [[Nixon]]’s 49-state sweep, they’re going to take to the street. The Bookworm Room blog observed,
{{quotebox|Obama seeded the [[Pentagon]] with [[Deep State]]rs who have more reverence for permanent power than they do for the [[Constitution]]. After all, Trump, by making peace in the [[Middle East]] and in the [[Balkans]], and by refusing to engage in wars that don’t directly benefit America, is a threat to these officers — and that’s despite the fact the Trump has built up the military like crazy. Once the military’s built up, the retired officers no longer have well-paid sinecures in the [[military-industrial complex]] and the active-duty officers have fewer opportunities for promotion. For them, Trump’s a career killer. [...]

The other sign that the [[Democrat]]s are preparing a [[coup]] involving military cooperation is the [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] ''[[The Atlantic|Atlantic]]'' article that accuses Trump of disrespecting the [[military]]. The obvious purpose behind the article is to suppress the pro-Trump military [[vote]]. The secondary, and more important purpose, is to tell the troops that, once the coup starts, they shouldn’t support Trump because he does not support them. That’s it. That’s the whole reason for anonymous statements that bear no resemblance to Trump’s excessive concern for the military, whether it’s funding it, blowing up [[Soleimani]], withdrawing troops from [[war]] zones, or generally treating the military with open [[love]] and [[respect]]. [...]

Biden, after all, was at Obama’s right hand when the [[Obama administration]] gutted the military, threw the troops into pointless military operations, never bothered to take out terrorists like Qassem Soleimani, and abandoned former military people in [[Benghazi massacre|Benghazi]]. [...]

Then again, remember what else Obama and Biden did during their eight years: They turned the military into a [[social justice]] experiment, that went far beyond ending [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]] and, instead, allowing gay troops to serve openly. [...]

Another example of the effect Obama and Biden had on the military was the cross-dressing exercises at Arizona State’s Army ROTC during the Obama-Biden years:

:''Blisters, sweat and perhaps a little bit of blood was the sight at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex on Monday, when the men and women of ASU Army ROTC braved the Arizona heat to run in fabulous (and some not-so-fabulous) heels to raise awareness of sexual assault.

:''On Monday afternoon, ASU Army ROTC program hosted the event, “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” which consisted of students in the ROTC program wearing heels and running 1.26 miles as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

:[snip]

:''When ASU Army ROTC decided to hold an event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it realized walking a mile in high heels would bring school-wide attention to such an important issue, ROTC Cdt./Corporal Alexis Johnson said.

:''“The purpose of the event is to create a basis of understanding about sexual violence, stigmas and rape culture in the military as well as in our community and to reinforce standards of behavior, active bystander mentality and to be peer advisers to one’s unit and community,” Johnson said. “By walking in heels, the hope is to instill standards of behavior that will resonate.”

[...] the military, just like other parts of the permanent Deep State, told its troops that [[MAGA]] stands for [[white supremacy]]. The rot runs very deep. Who cares about destroying unit cohesion by pitting against each other the different races within a remarkably well-segregated military? It’s more important to defeat Trump. [...]

There are undoubtedly more leftists in the military than there were before. Also, given that the military’s claiming that supporting Trump is a sign of white supremacy, those troops who do support Trump probably wisely keep their mouths shut.

The point of this whole post is to get you very worried about what has happened to the American military since 2008. Obama and Biden had eight years to change it into an organization that, at the top, wants to continue to fight wars to keep their careers going — something Trump’s extraordinary [[diplomatic]] skills are ruining — and, at the bottom, has young people who have been marinated in [[identity politics]], [[LGBTQ]] theory, and [[critical race theory]]. Trump may have had minimal sway over the upper ranks because his policies are killing their jobs and he may have minimal sway over the lower ranks because the ideological corruption runs too deep."<ref>https://www.bookwormroom.com/2020/09/07/the-democrats-plan-for-the-military-in-the-coming-coup/</ref>}}

Biden has one of the worst records of politicians being insulting to American soldiers. In September 2016 at Dhafra base in [[Saudi Arabia]], he called soldiers who refused to applaud him "stupid bastards".<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/29/yes-joe-biden-called-u-s-troops-stupid-bastards-heres-the-video/ Yes, Joe Biden Called U.S. Troops “Stupid Bastards” — Here’s The Video]</ref> The Biden campaign confirmed the authenticity of the video, but Biden then denied the truth of that video. Biden had another "[[Jeb Bush]] moment" when he had to beg a [[Coast Guard]] graduating class to clap.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/watch-biden-has-to-beg-the-coast-guard-to-clap-at-commencement-speech/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hillary Clinton email scandal]]

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Vice Presidency of Joe Biden (2009–2017)

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RobSmith: /* Biden-Ukraine scandal */

[[File:Obama, Groppin Joe and Hunter.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
As he assumed office, '''[[Joe Biden]]''''s responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities. He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>

Under President Obama the budget [[deficit]] reached over $1 trillion for the first time in history. When asked over the fate of the United States' going into bankruptcy, Biden stated at an [[AARP]] meeting, "Now, people when I say that look at me and say, "What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’" Biden said. "The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you."

==Vice president==
[[File:Shovelready.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Biden was put in charge of implementing the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]. ]]
Susan Lagana served as [[North Carolina]]’s Communications Director for the [[2008 Obama/Biden campaign]] and then as Director of Communications for the [[U.S. Navy]], an attorney a the [[Office of Personnel Management]], and the Director of Public Affairs at the Department of Transporation. Less than a year after leaving the Obama/Biden administration signed Hikvision, a state-owned company of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), to a $25,000 per month retainer for her lobbying firm. Hikvision has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as a proxy of the Peoples Liberation Army, and “linked to [[Uyghur]] abuses,” according to ''[[Reuters]]'', which describes the company as the “world’s largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and vendor to Xinjiang police agencies.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-china-idUSKBN2AI0QJ</ref> as a lobbying client in 2019. Lagana’s lobbying firm would “advise” the manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance equipment on the following matters, according to [[Foreign Agent Registration Act]] (FARA) filings: “Public affairs and policy issues, Strategic planning and guidance, Media relations, Issues management, Internal and external communications, Coordinate outside consultants, Message development, Media monitoring, Media Engagement, Fact Sheets, Messages, and Q&As.” The arrangement, which was extended to expire on December 31st, 2021, counted Lagana as a signatory on the documents outlining the initial agreement.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/obama-biden-official-lobbying-for-ccp-tech/</ref> The PRC's treatment of the Uyghur people was designated as [[genocide]] in 2021.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/15/xinjiang-uyghurs-intentional-genocide-china/</ref>

===Recovery Summer===

:{{See also|Recovery Summer}}
Biden was placed in charge of promoting the [[Obama regime]]'s alleged [[Recovery Summer]] which never materialized.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The [[White House]], Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> It was a failed attempt to highlight the Democrat Congress's [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], or "[[economic stimulus]] program. During the so-called 'Recovery Summer', the workforce shrank, [[unemployment]] swelled, and [[economic growth]] slowed to less than 2%. More Americans fell victim to Democrat economic policy and by the [[2010 Midterm election]] sweep no less than 27,000,000 people were unemployed or underemployed.

During 'Recovery Summer' 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,<ref>https://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> unemployment rose,<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1</ref> The number counted by the [[Department of Labor]] as unemployed at the start of Recovery Summer was 14,599,000 Americans in July 2010; by September there were 14,767,000 Americans looking for work. 168,000 more unemployed than before President Obama and Vice President Biden announced Recovery Summer had begun.<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/RichGalen/2010/10/29/relapse_summer</ref>

===Eric Ciaramella===
[[File:Eric-Ciaramella-768x515.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|[[Deep State]] informant [[Eric Ciaramella]], an alleged second-hand hearsay "[[whistleblower]]."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/13/dni-tulsi-gabbard-releases-a-statement-with-document-release-from-two-silos/</ref>]]
[[Deep State]] informant [[Eric Ciaramella]] was assigned to the Obama [[White House]] by [[Russia collusion hoax]] mastermind [[John Brennan]]..He was detailed to the staff of [[National Security Council]] [[Susan Rice]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/wp-content/uploads/current-pdf/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_2015-47.pdf</ref> Ciaramella worked on Ukrainian issues for Biden in 2015 and 2016 during the time Biden was the "point man" doling out U.S. taxpayer cash to Ukraine.

Ciaramella worked with [[Democratic National Committee]] operative [[Alexandra Chalupa]] to dig up dirt on the [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump campaign]] during the [[2016 presidential election]]. Ciarmella invited Chalupa into the [[Obama]] White House for meetings.<ref>https://archive.usukraine.org/coalition/report-wh-press-conf-events.shtml</ref> Chalupa a key figure behind manufacturing the [[Russia collusion hoax]] and in the [[Ukrainian collusion scandal]] with the [[Atlantic Council]] and [[Crowdstrike]]. Ciaramella set the Trump [[impeachment inquiry]] in motion.

In May 2017, Ciaramella was instrumental in helping generate the “Putin fired Comey” [[narrative]]. A Ciaramella email the day after Comey's firing was leaked to the media, which is reported to have allegedly called Comey “crazy, a real nut job.” Ciaramella is said to have argued that “[[President Putin]] suggested that President Trump fire Comey.” In the days after Comey's firing, this presidential action was used to further political and media calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate supposed ‘Russia collusion.’ Ciaramella was dismissed from the Trump White House in June 2917 and accused of illegal [[leak]]s and working against the interests of the [[United States]] government. Ciaramella returned to the [[CIA]].

In August 2019 The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), [[Michael Atkinson]], referred to Ciaramella as one who has
:“some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate"
The ICIG was severely criticized for changing the rules at the last minute and allowing a third-party "[[whistleblower]]" [[hearsay]] complaint.

[[File:Obama-backed facsists in the Ukraie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Obama/Biden-backed [[fascist]]s carrying tiki torches in the February 2014 Maidan Revolution.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26468720</ref>]]

==Obama/Biden support Ukrainian coup==

Obama/Biden [[foreign policy]] shifted from the [[Russian Reset]] that made the [[Uranium One scandal]] possible and the greater "flexibility" Obama promised Russian [[President Dmitri Medvedev]] in 2012, to rabid [[Russophobia]]. The anti-Russian grip on American foreign policy reached a fever pitch in coming years in efforts to destroy [[President Donald Trump]] who sought to mend relations with Russia after the [[Ukrainian crisis]].<ref>:What the [[Democrat]]s tried to do today [20 March 2017 James Comey hearing] was criminalize everyone who works for better relations between the US and Russia. To be for peace between the nuclear powers is to be a Russian agent and to be put on a list. The Democrats insisted that Russia was an enemy out to get us, and the Democrats had no difficulty getting Comey and Rogers, both Obama appointees, to agree.

Comey and Rogers said that Russia was the main threat to the US, was working against our interests, and intends to harm us. Harming us includes opposing US hegemony and unilateralism. In other words, if the Russian government acts in the interests of Russia, the Russian government is harming the US. From the testimony it clearly emerged that any kind of opposition to anything Washington does is against American interests.

Both Comey and Rogers declared, falsely, that Russia had invaded Ukraine and seized Crimea by force. If Comey and Rogers are so poorly informed that they believe this, they are unfit for office. Crimea has been a part of Russia for 300 years. The population is almost entirely Russian. When the Soviet Union collapsed and Washington broke it apart, the Ukraine became independent for the first time in history. Crimea, which had been transferred by Khrushchev in 1954 from the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, was included in the transfer on the condition that Russia had a long term lease on the naval base in Crimea.

When Washington’s regime change overthrew the democratically elected government in Ukraine, the Russian populations in Crimea, and in the new republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, were attacked and threatened by the neo-nazi elements in eastern Ukraine that had fought for Hitler against the Soviet Union.{{fact}} The populations of these areas voted overwhelmingly to reunite with Russia, from whence they had come. The votes were fair and open. As Crimea is the Russian Navy’s Black Sea base, Crimea was already occupied by Russian forces. For Comey and Rogers to call this an “invasion” displays either ignorance or a lack of integrity. http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/03/20/conspiracy-president-trump/ </ref>

Between February 18–20, 2019 the [[Ukrainian crisis|Euromaidan]] crisis began in which about 100 activists and 17 police officers were killed.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26079957</ref> As in [[Syria]] and other "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings, ''agent provocateurs'' begin shooting and killing people on both sides to provoke a civil [[insurrection]].

On February 22, 2019 Ukrainian [[President Viktor Yanukovych]], who was elected to office, was ousted in the U.S. backed [[coup]]. The Obama/Biden-backed regime was removed in 2019 when popular [[President Volodoymr Zelensky]] was elected in an overwhelming landslide.

===Victoria Nuland===

:{{See also|Jonathan Winer}}
On or shortly before Feb. 4, 2014, [[Victoria Nuland]], the assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs in the Obama state department, had a conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, which was intercepted and leaked.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV9J6sxCs5k&t=2s</ref>
[[File:Nuland-in-ukraine.jpg|left|350px|thumb|[[Oleh Tyahnybok]] (left) Victoria Nuland (center) Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) [[Vitali Klitschko]] (rear).]]
On February 6, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Oleh Tyahnybok and other ringleaders who assumed power after the revolution.<ref>http://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-call-idINDEEA1704520140208</ref> Tyahnybok leads the [[Svoboda]] party. Tyahnybok in 2004 was kicked out of the ruling parliamentary faction after giving a speech calling for a fight against the "[[Muscovite-Jewish mafia]]." In 2005 Tyahnbok signed an open letter to Ukrainian leaders calling for the government to halt the "criminal activities" of "organised Jewry", which was spreading its influence through organisations such as the [[Anti-Defamation League]] which ultimately wanted to commit "[[genocide]]" against the Ukrainian people.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20824693</ref> Emails were leaked detailing a meeting arranged between [[George Soros]] and Tyahnbok. Various Soros' international [[progressive]] front organizations (NGOs) organized and funded the Ukrainian revolution.<ref>http://www.voltairenet.org/article181535.html#nb2</ref>

In the call, Nuland and Pyatt discussed the ouster of Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and the installation of opposition leader [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] as prime minister. Nuland favored opposition leader Yatsenyuk over his main rivals Vitali Klitschko and Oleh Tyahnybok.<ref>In televiserd speech in 2004, Tyahnybok made comments such as, "[You are the ones] that the [[Moscow]]-[[Jewish]] [[mafia]] ruling Ukraine fears most" and "They were not afraid and we should not be afraid. They took their automatic guns on their necks and went into the woods, and fought against the Muscovites, Germans, Jews and other scum who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state." In April 2005, Tyahnybok co-signed an open letter to President Viktor Yushchenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine.</ref>

Nuland told Pyatt, “I think Yats is the guy who’s got the economic experience, the governing experience. He’s the… what he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok on the outside.”

Towards the end of the conversation, then-Vice President Joe Biden was discussed as being willing to help cement the changeover in Ukraine:
{{Quotebox|'''Pyatt''': “We want to try to get somebody with an international personality to come out here and help to midwife this thing. The other issue is some kind of outreach to Yanukovych but we probably regroup on that tomorrow as we see how things start to fall into place.” '''Nuland''': “So on that piece Geoff, when I wrote the note [[Jake Sullivan|[Biden’s national security adviser Jake] Sullivan’s]] come back to me VFR [direct to me], saying you need [[Biden]] and I said probably tomorrow for an atta-boy and to get the deets [details] to stick. So Biden’s willing.”<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957</ref>}}
[[File:Biden and neo-nazis.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Biden shaking hands with Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Oleh Tyanhbok.<ref>https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1112498132489814017</ref>]]
[[File:Azov Tomorrow All of Europe.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Reconquista: Today Ukraine Tomorrow Rus' and the Whole Europe" (original in English) the theme at the 2016 Kyiv party conference of the Biden-backed Ukrainian Nazi organization.<ref>https://linksunten.archive.indymedia.org/node/194620/index.html</ref>]]
Nuland and Pyatt met with Ukrainian opposition leaders Tyahnybok, Klitschko and Yatsenyuk along with then-president Yanukovych just days later on Feb. 7, 2014. Events moved swiftly. On Feb. 22, 2014, Yanukovych was removed as President of Ukraine and fled to Russia. On Feb. 27, 2014, Yatsenyuk, the candidate favored by Nuland, was installed as Prime Minister. Tyahnybok and his [[Svoboda]] party were brought into the new government, [[Klitschko]] was left out. Svoboda is considered a [[fascist]] organization.

A few months later on April 18, 2014, Hunter Biden was appointed to the Board of Directors for Burisma–one of the largest natural gas companies in Ukraine. Four days later, on April 22, 2014, Vice President Biden traveled to Ukraine, offering his political support and $50 million in aid for Yatsenyuk's shaky new government. Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire politician, was elected as president of Ukraine on May 25, 2014. Joe Biden became close to both men and helped Ukraine to obtain a four-year $17.5 billion IMF package in March 2015.

Sometime in the later half of 2014 [[Christopher Steele]] of Orbis International began providing informal reports to the State Department on the Ukraine. ''[[CBS News]]'' reported “During the Ukraine crisis in 2014 and ‘15, Chris Steele had a number of commercial clients who were asking him for reports on what was going on in Russia, what was going on in Ukraine, what was going on between them,” said Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/victoria-nuland-says-obama-state-dept-informed-fbi-of-reporting-from-steele-dossier/</ref>

===Azov Battalion===
[[File:Azov Battalion.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Obama/Biden allies in the [[neo-Nazi]] Azov Battalion threatened to arrest Firtash if the government failed to do so.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/</ref>]]
On November 28, 2015 the spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said there were no criminal investigations in which [[Dmytro Firtash]] was a suspect for his involvement with the [[democratic]]ally elected regime that was overthrown in the [[Maidan coup]].<ref>https://archive.is/G5gwG 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Google translate]</ref> The next day [[Arsen Avakov]], Minister of Internal Affairs for the Maidan regime which came to power in the coup, said that Firtash would be detained upon arrival if the [[U.S. Justice Department]] asked to do so.<ref>https://archive.is/3cHqz 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Google translate] Also see https://archive.is/lAVHg</ref> Photos of an armed neo-Nazi paramilitary groups were posted on Avakov's [[Facebook]] page.

''[[Politico]]'' reported the "commander of Ukraine’s nationalist [[Azov Battalion]], said that his volunteer fighters would arrest Firtash themselves if government forces failed to do so. He later posted a Facebook photo of his armed men waiting at Kiev's Borispol airport."

On December 2, 2015 Firtash announced his intention to return to Ukraine to address the General Assembly of the Federation of Employers (FEU). Joe Biden, Ukrainian [[President Poroshenko]], and Arsen Avakov took steps to prevent Firtash's return.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement Affidavit of [[Viktor Shokin]] on Biden shakedown], September 4, 2019.</ref> The next day ''[[Politico]]'' reported that the Obama/Biden administration wanted their Ukrainian allies to arrest Firtash. The article stated:
{{quotebox-float|"Ukraine's Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov announced on Sunday that, after consulting with U.S. officials, he instructed Ukrainian police to detain Firtash should he attempt to enter Ukraine."<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/firtash-poroshenko-ukraine-oligarchs-corruption/ A Ukrainian oligarch’s foiled homecoming], By Linda Kinstler, ''Politico,'', 12/3/15.</ref>}}
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. ''Official White House Photograph'']]
Days after the resignation of [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]], DOJ coup plotters were granted an extradition request by an [[Austria]]n court on fabricated charges.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/austria-grants-us-request-to-extradite-ukrainian-mogul-dmytro-firtash</ref> Corrupt [[Mueller team]] prosecutor [[Andrew Weissmann]] then made an unsolicited proffer to drop the fabricated charges if Firtash would lie under oath and say that President Trump was [[colluding]] with [[Russia]].<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/454185-how-mueller-deputy-andrew-weissmanns-offer-to-an-oligarch-could-boomerang</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/powell-weissmann-mueller/</ref> Firtash's attorney at the time, [[Victoria Toensing]], home was raided by the [[Merrick Garland]] Department of Justice shortly after the [[Biden junta]] seized power.<ref>https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/breaking-feds-execute-search-warrant-at-rudy-giulianis-apartment-developing/</ref>

==Influence peddling==

:{{See also|Biden crime family}}
Five months into the Obama regime in June 2009 Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz, son of Joe Biden and stepson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair [[John Kerry]] formed Rosemount Seneca. The firm partnered with the Thornton Group run by James Bulger, and the Bank of China, to form [[Bohai Harvest RST]] (BHR) in China. [[Devon Archer]] is a longtime friend of former Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] and of stepson Chris Heinz and James Bulger, the nephew of notorious Boston [[gangster]] [[Whitey Bulger]].<ref>Whitey Bulger was the head of the [[Boston]] Irish [[mafia]] who enjoyed federal protection under FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] as an informant. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html Bulger was convicted of 19 murders that occurred while under Mueller's protection; some have linked the Bulger clan to as many as 52 murders while Mueller was U.S. Attorney in Boston. https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html?arc404=true Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison at the age of 89 a few months before the Mueller Report was released.</ref>

The Bank of China is owned by the Chinese government and closely connected with the Chinese military and intelligence services. Biden, Heinz, and Archer transferred and sold "duel use" technology to the Chinese military which was used to create the Chinese [[drone]] program and replicate the Chinese version of the [[F-15]] fighter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref>
[[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]]
Bohai Harvest RST (BHR) invested in an app the Chinese leftwing Communist regime is using to surveil ethnic minority [[Muslim]]s in western China. Over one million Muslims living in the region are now incarcerated in Chinese [[gulag]]s.

==Biden-Ukraine scandal==
{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son Hunter Biden, was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].

Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention. On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>

Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out by Burisma to an account linked to Biden's and [[Devon Archer]]'s Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court file in Manhattan in another case against Archer. The bank records show that, on most months when Burisma money flowed, two-wire transfers of $83,333.33 each were sent to the Rosemont Seneca–connected account on the same day. The same Rosemont Seneca–linked account typically then paid Hunter Biden one or more payments ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Ukrainian prosecutors reviewed internal company documents and wanted to interview Hunter Biden and Archer about why they had received such payments, but couldn't because of Joe Biden's intervention. In a text message from Hunter Biden to his daughter Naomi, Hunter said their father, "Pop", takes 50% of his salary.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/scotthounsell/2020/10/15/october-surprise-giuliani-reveals-texts-from-hunter-saying-biden-got-half-of-his-contracts/</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/rudy-giuliani-releases-text-message-hunter-biden-daughter-naomi-unlike-pop-joe-biden-wont-make-give-half-salary-video/</ref>

===Donbas war===
{{See also|Donbas war}}
Hunter Biden's [[laptop from hell]] proved to contain classified information. Miranda Devine of the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported on an email sent from Hunter Biden to his business partner [[Devon Archer]] on April 13, 2014 that contained information from a classified [[State Department]] memo one week before Joe Biden visited Ukraine to meet the then prime minister [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] and refers to “my guys upcoming travels”.<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/theres-no-hiding-bidens-fright-over-classified-document-scandal/</ref> The email listed 22 points about Ukraine’s political situation, with detailed information about the upcoming election and predicting an escalation of Russia’s “destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region, most critically [[Donetsk]]":
{{quotebox-float|“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for [[Russia|RU]] to [[Crimea]]. That won’t directly affect [[Burisma]] holdings but it will limit future [[UK]] exploration and utilization of offshore opportunities in particular.

It will also result in further destabilization of UK nationally and for whatever govt is in power. And the US will respond with even stronger sanctions. Those sanctions will threaten the tenuous support of the [[EU]] which does not have the political will to incur steep energy price increases.”}}
[[File:Sadiq Khan and Elena Baturina.jpg|right|300px|thumb|London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and Elena Baturina.]]

===Russian collusion===

In 2014 Hunter Biden colluded with, and received $3.5 million in payment from the widow of former Moscow and the richest woman in Russia. The $3.5 million payment from [[Elena Baturina]] was for helping to establish a bank account in the United States for her.<ref>https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missionquestfpb/shock-man-who-had-hunter-biden-s-laptop-suggests-t-t10669-s2420.html</ref> Baturina eventually laundered $39 million through American banks, with the help of [[Rosemont Seneca]], of funds stolen from contractors while her husband Yury Luzhkov was mayor of Moscow. In late 2019 Baturina was declared a fugitive from justice by a Russian court.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-declares-late-moscow-mayor-s-widow-wanted-after-failure-to-appear/30348065.html</ref>

===Hunter's Mexican partners===
Hunter and Jeff Cooper hatched a plan in 2013 to invest in multiple businesses in Mexico and Latin America, using their relationship with the Mexican billionaire Alemán family whose late patriarch, Miguel Alemán Valdes, served as president of Mexico.

Cooper, an attorney who worked with [[Beau Biden]] on asbestos claims cases and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Biden political campaigns, wrote in February 2013: ‘This is setting up to be flippin gigantic brother.’ Hunter and Cooper sought the help of Valdés’ grandson, airline CEO Miguel Alemán Magnani, to forge a relationship with the richest man in Latin America, Carlos Slim, in an attempt to cash in on the privatization of the giant state-owned oil company Pemex for Burisma and themselves. Carlo Slim, Velasco and Magnani held a private ‘meeting’ with Joe Biden, Hunter and Cooper. Photos on Hunter’s laptop dated November 19, 2015 show the six men smiling and hugging in the meeting in Joe Biden’s vice presidential residence at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington DC. Emails also show the billionaires met with Joe at the White House.

Hunter sent Devon Archer a ''Forbes'' article titled ‘How Oil Reforms Could Trigger Mexico’s Biggest Economic Boom In A Century’. By the end of the year, their efforts were ramping up. Cooper wrote to Hunter and Archer in December 2014: ‘I met with Miguel [Magnani] last night. He has set up mtgs with the Secty of Energy and the CEO of Pemex for Jan 12 [2015]. Is there any chance that anyone from Burisma could attend?’

Biden flew Hunter and Jeff Cooper on Air Force 2 to Mexico City in 2016.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9678005/Joe-Biden-entertained-Hunters-billionaire-business-associates-vice-presidents-office.html</ref>

==Compromised by the Chinese government==

{{Anchor|Biden Center}}

:{{See also|United Front Work Department}}
[[File:Image cefc 2016 05 05.png|left|350px|thumb|CEFC China Energy chairman [[Ye Jianming]], the former deputy secretary of the [[People's Liberation Army]] General Political Department International Liaison Department, formed a business partnership with the [[Biden family corruption|Biden family]]. In 2017 [[Hunter Biden]] told friends, "I am the managing director of CEFC."<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/hunter-biden-cefc-managing-director/</ref>]]
The '''Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement''' at the University of Pennsylvania received $70 million form the [[Communist Chinese]] government. The Biden Center did not disclose the money came from China, as required by law.<ref>https://nlpc.org/2020/05/21/complaint-filed-against-university-of-pennsylvania-and-biden-center-for-undisclosed-china-mega-donations/</ref> Biden personally received $900,000 from the Biden Center, money which may have originated with Chinese communists.<ref>https://www.dickmorris.com/penn-univ-paid-biden-900000-wont-say-how-much-was-from-china-lunch-alert/#commentblock</ref> Biden's son [[Hunter Biden]] is partnered with the [[People's Republic of China|Chinese state]]. Joe Biden holds a 10% interest. Hunter's entire investment partnership uses Chinese state money from its social security fund to the China Development Bank. The partnership, [[Bohai Harvest|Bohai Harvest RST]], is actually a subsidiary of the Bank of China.

As of 2024, Biden's former vice-presidential national security advisor, '''Michael Carpenter''', was the Penn Biden Center's executive director. Classified documents from Biden's time as vice president were [[illegal]]ly held at the Penn Biden Center.

Though the entire size of the fund cannot be reconstructed, a co-founder who is now detained in China, reports that Bohai Harvest RST is not the $1-1.5 billion reported, but rather $6.5 billion. Hunter's stake, as of 2020, is worth at least $50 million if he were to sell it.

All players on the Chinese side of the partnership are linked with influence and intelligence organizations. China uses very innocuous sounding organization names to mask [[PLA]], United Front, or the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs influence/intelligence operations. Hunter was the target of an operation to compromise him and his father.

The operational mastermind behind the efforts to compromise the Biden family is a man named [[Yang Jiechi]]. He is currently the CCP Director of Foreign Affairs leading strategist on [[America]], a [[Politburo]] member, one of the most powerful men in China, and [[Xi Jinping]] confidant. As Chinese ambassador to the United States when Biden chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he met regularly with Senator Biden. Later he was Minister of Foreign Affairs when the Bohai Harvest RST investment partnership was made official in 2013.

Yang Jiechi is the point person in China for dealing with the United States. This raises major [[national Security]] concerns about a [[Biden administration]] dealing impartially with an individual in this capacity. These are documented facts from Chinese corporate records such as IPO prospectuses and media, and raise very valid concerns about Biden linkages to China.<ref>https://www.baldingsworld.com/2020/10/22/report-on-biden-activities-with-china/</ref>

In a recorded call made sometime after [[Ye Jianming]], Hunter's business partner, went missing in February 2018, Hunter is heard speaking in an agitated tone,
{{quotebox-float|"I get calls from my father to tell me that ''[[The New York Times]]'' is calling, but my old partner, Eric, who literally has done me harm for I don’t know how long, is the one taking the calls because my father will not stop sending the calls to Eric. I have another ''New York Times'' reporter calling about my representation of [[Patrick Ho]] – the f****** spy chief of China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing. The richest man in the world is missing who was my partner. He was missing since I last saw him in his $58 million apartment inside a $4 billion deal to build the f****** largest f***** LNG port in the world. And I am receiving calls from the Southern District of New York from the U.S. attorney himself. My best friend in business, Devon, has named me as a witness, without telling me, in a [[criminal]] case — and my father, without telling me."<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1321184369562759172</ref>}}
[[File:Bohai Harvest Rosemont.jpeg|right|610px|THUMB|]]
====Bohai Harvest RST====
{{See also|Bohai Harvest RST}}
In 2012 Hunter Biden and Devon Archer made contact with Chinese financier Jonathan Li, who ran the equity fund Bohai Capital. The trio discussed a plan to become partners in a new company, Bohai Harvest RST (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management Co. (BHR), that would invest Chinese capital outside the country. Eighty percent of the resulting company, Bohai Harvest, was controlled by Chinese state-owned interests.<ref>https://nypost.com/article/hunter-biden-china-timeline-business-ties/</ref>
On December 4, 2013, Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and Hunter's daughter Finnegan visited Beijing.<ref>https://youtu.be/Eg6SP0ugUrk</ref> Joe Biden held a marathon five-hour meeting with CCP General Secretary [[Xi Jinping]]. Hunter Biden spent the time with Jonathan Li.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign</ref> The Bidens walked away after this trip as 30% owners of a $1.5 billion investment fund, Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a partnership between Bohai Capital and Rosemont Seneca. They offered nothing to the Chinese Comminists by way of consideration but their services as [[lobbyist]]s and door openers. Bohai Harvest Rosemont (BHR) was incorporated in [[Shanghai]] according to State Market Regulatory Administration records on December 16, 2013.<ref>[https://www.qcc.com/firm/1a7250b750eef9e9adbd39a6d97bee4d.html The State Administration for Industry and Commerce at the time]</ref>

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) with conspiracy to unlawfully engage and participate in the production and development of special nuclear material outside the United States which could cause “significant damage to our national security.”<ref>Press Release, U.S. Dep’t. of Justice, [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-nuclear-engineer-china-general-nuclear-power-company-and-energy-technology-international U.S. Nuclear Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Company and Energy Technology International Indicted in Nuclear Power Conspiracy against the United States] (Thursday, April 14, 2016).</ref> CGN is owned in part by Bohai Harvest RST and the [[Biden family]].<ref>''[https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/the-troubling-reason-why-biden-is-so-soft-on-china/ The Troubling Reason Why Biden is so Soft on China]'', N.Y. POST (May 11, 2019).</ref>

====Peter Daszak, Shi Zhengli and the Wuhan lab====
[[File:Metabiota RST.PNG|left|300px|thumb|]]
Hunter Biden's Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP) was a lead financial backer of [[Metabiota]], a [[pandemic]] tracking and response firm that partnered with [[Peter Daszak]]’s EcoHealth Alliance and the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]]. Among the companies listed on archived versions of the firm’s portfolio is Metabiota, a [[San Francisco]]-based company that purports to detect, track, and analyze emerging infectious diseases, according to ''The National Pulse''.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/hunter-biden-invested-in-ecohealth-wuhan-partner/</ref> Financial reports reveal that RSTP led the company’s first round of funding, which amounted to $30 million. Former Managing Director and co-founder of RSTP Neil Callahan – a name that appears many times on Hunter Biden’s hard drive – also sits on Metabiota’s Board of Advisors.

Since 2014, Metabiota has been a partner of EcoHealth Alliance as part of the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]]’s (USAID) “PREDICT” project, which seeks to “predict and prevent global emerging disease threats.” As part of this effort, researchers from Metabiota, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated on a study relating to bat infectious diseases in China. “Sensitive and broadly reactive RT-PCR assays were performed at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,” the paper notes.

Among the researchers listed is [[Shi Zhengli]], the Wuhan lab director. The disgraced [[Peter Daszak]] is also listed as an author.

Beyond the ties to EcoHealth Alliance, Metabiota has also been embroiled in controversy for “bungling” America’s response to Ebola.
{{quotebox-float|“An American company that bills itself as a pioneer in tracking emerging epidemics made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa — with employees feuding with fellow responders, contributing to misdiagnosed Ebola cases and repeatedly misreading the trajectory of the virus,” an Associated Press (AP) investigation into the company found. The company reportedly made the “already chaotic situation worse,” prompting [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) officials to criticize the company: "Emails obtained by AP and interviews with aid workers on the ground show that some of the company’s actions made an already chaotic situation worse."<ref>https://apnews.com/article/46328e561bfb44b99b2e6937835be957</ref>}}
WHO outbreak expert Dr. Eric Bertherat wrote to colleagues in a July 17, 2014, email about misdiagnoses and “total confusion” at the [[Sierra Leone]] government lab Metabiota shared with [[Tulane University]] in the city of Kenema. He said there was “no tracking of the samples” and “absolutely no control on what is being done.” “This is a situation that WHO can no longer endorse,” he wrote.

==Henniges==

:{{See also|Biden family corruption}}
On September 15, 2015 [[Bohai Harvest Rosemont]] and AVIC Auto acquired Michigan-based Henniges Automotive with a 49% share and 51% share respectively, according to a press release. Henniges specializes in anti-vibration technology with military applications. Henniges described the deal as “one of the largest acquisitions by a Chinese company of a U.S.-based automotive manufacturing company in history”.<ref>https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bhr-and-avic-auto-acquire-henniges-automotive-300143072.html</ref>

AVIC Auto, which is described in the press release as BHR’s joint venture partner, is a subsidiary of AVIC. AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China 中国航空工业集团公司) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate with nearly a half million employees across all its different divisions involved in everything from military aircraft to robotics. AVIC specializes in the manufacture of stealth fighter jets for the [[Chinese military]]. AVIC in one form or another has regularly appeared on the US entity list over the years and alleged [[espionage]] activities against the US military.

AVIC is overseen by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council of China, the manager of all state-owned enterprises. In 2015 AVIC was 'accused of selling China’s fifth-generation jet fighter J-31, which is allegedly based on stolen technology in relation to the US made F-35.<ref>https://www.revolver.news/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020.09.29-12.28-revolvernews-5f732864a9baf.pdf</ref>

The BHR-AVIC agreement, which was awarded AVIC a Controlling Shares in Henniges, required approval from the [[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]] (CFIUS), a committee of Cabinet-level agencies within the U.S. government including the [[State Department]] and the [[Department of Defense]]. The [[Obama administration]] authorized the transaction, which resulted in a [[Senate]] investigation that discovered evidence of financial breaches by [[Hunter Biden]] and his uncle [[James Biden]]. According to Jack Maxey, “What is really quite disturbing is that, for example, CFIUS’s assessment of the Detroit automaker’s takeover, it becomes clear from the emails that the Chinese know they are going to pass the review round CFIUS even ahead of Hunter and [[Devon Archer|Devon [Archer] ]] and their third partner, Jimmy Bulger."<ref>https://todaysoon.com/the-email-revealed-the-possibility-that-hunter-biden-had-a-business-relationship-with-president-xi-jinping/</ref>

This financial dealing could be a threat to the National Security of the United States by providing the CCP with the Henniges’ anti-vibration tech. Officials from the Pentagon expressed concern over this fact back in 2011.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/stolen-f-35-secrets-now-showing-up-in-chinas-stealth-fighter/</ref>

===Senate investigation===

Senate investigators concluded,
[[File:Hunter Biden with meth pipe.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Hunter Biden with crack pipe.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2020/10/14/cdmedia-reporting-since-nov-on-biden-crime-family-confirmed-leftist-media-enablers-attack/</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|The records acquired by the Committees show that Hunter Biden and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments across the globe. Hunter Biden and Archer, in particular, formed significant and consistent financial relationships with the corrupt oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky during their time working for Burisma and their firms made millions of dollars from that association while Joe Biden was vice president and the public face of the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy. Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from Elena Baturina, who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. Moreover, Archer’s apparent receipt of money for a car from Kenges Rakishev of [[Kazakhstan]] while Vice President Biden was in Kyiv is especially concerning in light of the timing. And finally, Biden and Archer’s work with Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime illustrate the deep financial connections that accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office.

Biden and Archer found willing partners in Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime. Their work in China began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with Heinz, Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed [[BHR]] with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.

Hunter Biden’s connections and financial associations appear to have accelerated significantly after he associated himself with Ye Jianming, who had deep connections with the Communist regime and [[PLA]]. However, that didn’t seem to have any impact on Hunter Biden, who made millions from the relationship. Indeed, Hunter Biden and his family, to include James and Sara Biden, associated with other Chinese nationals such as [[Gongwen Dong]]. In one case, the three of them went on a $100,000 global spending spree after Gongwen Dong and Hunter Biden opened a joint account. In addition, Hunter Biden received millions of dollars over a period of years from Gongwen Dong’s companies. According to records acquired by the Committees, many of these transactions involved potential criminal financial activity.<ref>[https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns], U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020, p. 84.</ref>}}
The $3.5 million from the wife of the [[Moscow]] mayor was payment for $200 million [[money laundering]] scheme to circumvent the [[Magnitsky Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/maybe-just-like-gettin-ass-whooped-black-trump-supporter-posts-epic-takedown-black-biden-supporters/</ref> No record of Hunter Biden filing as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign power under the [[FARA]] Act exists.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2020/09/26/when-did-hunter-biden-and-associates-file-as-foreign-agents-under-the-fara-act/</ref>

==ISIS and Taliban==
:{{See also|Libyan war|Syrian war|Obama war crimes}}
[[File:JohnBrennan.jpg|right|180px|thumb|'''Brennan''' managed Obama's 'kill list' and created a false narrative of 'warrantless wiretaps' to mask information from the Torture program which he oversaw. When investigated, he hacked into the investigators' computers. ''The Guardian'' says over 1100 were killed targeting 41 individuals on the kill list.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147</ref> He also oversaw the Obama administration's censorship program targeting journalists.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref> Brennan authored the ''ICA'' memo which was widely circulated with unmasked names in the closing days of the Obama administration alleging President-elect Trump was a [[KGB]] agent and Putin-stooge. Brennan later admitted to Rachel Maddow he never had any evidence of Russian collusion with Trump.]]
On July 25, 2012 a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by the [[Taliban]] in Afghanistan by latest generation of the Stinger available for export. A serial number from the missile casing was recovered, tracing the Stinger's origin to a lot entrusted to the CIA which was delivered to [[Qatar]]. Under Obama's covert action finding the Stinger was intended for Libya and Syrian jihadis. [[Hillary Clinton]]'s State Dept. and [[John Brennan]]'s CIA jointly ran the covert weapons supply program,<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref> leaving the Pentagon and Gen.[[Michael Flynn]]'s [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] out of the loop. Some of the Stinger's that Qater illegally transferred to the Taliban may have been recovered in a trade for 5 Taliban commanders released from Guantanamo.

On August 12 Flynn's Defense Intelligence Agency circulated widely a document to [[CENTCOM]], the CIA, FBI, [[DHS]], NGA (National Geospacial Agency), State Dept., and other members of the [[Intelligence Community]]. The document stated that West powers ([[NATO]] powers), members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the [[United Arab Emirates]]), and [[Turkey]] want an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]].
{{Quotebox-float|AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq] SUPPORTED THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION FROM THE BEGINNING, BOTH IDEOLOGICALLY AND THROUGH THE MEDIA…

... AFTER THE RISE OF THE INSURGENCY IN SYRIA, THE RELIGIOUS AND TRIBAL POWERS IN THE REGIONS BEGAN TO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SECTARIAN UPRISING. THIS (SYMPATHY) APPEARED IN FRIDAY PRAYER SERMONS, WHICH CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THE SUNNIS IN SYRIA...

THE FUTURE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE CRISIS:

...DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT EVENTS INTO [[Proxy war|PROXY WAR]]: …OPPOSITION FORCES ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE EASTERN AREAS (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN IRAQI PROVINCES (MOSUL AND ANBAR), IN ADDITION TO NEIGHBORING TURKISH BORDERS. ...

'''WESTERN COUNTRIES, THE GULF STATES AND TURKEY ARE SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS.''' ...'''SIMILAR TO WHAT TRANSPIRED IN LIBYA WHEN BENGHAZI WAS CHOSEN AS THE COMMAND CENTER''' OF THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT...

...THE WEST, GULF COUNTRIES, AND TURKEY SUPPORT THE [SYRIAN] OPPOSITION… THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A '''DECLARED OR UNDECLARED [[Salafi|SALAFIST]] PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA''' (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS '''EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT''', IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME…

…ISI COULD ALSO '''DECLARE AN ISLAMIC STATE THROUGH ITS UNION WITH OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA'''...}}

Flynn had been Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for about three weeks. Flynn opposed the creation of the Islamic State. After it was declared in June 2014, Flynn was fired.

On September 5, while Bill Clinton was introducing Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention to deliver his re-nomination Acceptance Speech, at that very moment the first female [[African-American]] combat pilot was shot down and killed by a shoulder-fired missile in Afghanistan. Army Chief Warrant Officer Thalia S. Ramirez was killed by a Stinger missile most likely procured through the CIA's Libya-Qater pipeline.

The same day a Libyan ship, Al Entisar (“The Victory”), docked in the Turkish port of Iskenderun carrying 400 tons of cargo including weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and shoulder-launched SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles (aka MANPADS) destined for Syrian [[jihad]]is.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/25/was-syrian-weapons-shipment-factor-in-ambassadors-benghazi-visit.html</ref><ref>
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/syrian-rebels-squabble-over-weapons-as-biggest-shipload-arrives-from-libya-pr2rmxkpg8d</ref>
[[File:C9Pak4-W0AIldKy (1).jpg|left|400px|thumb|Biden National Security Advisor [[Jake Sullivan]] to Hillary Clinton: "[[Al Qaeda]] is on our side."<ref>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/23225#efmAGIAHu</ref>]]
A month later ''[[Time magazine]]'' announced the formation of the 20,000 man Omar al-Farouq Brigade in Syria, one of the supposed "moderate rebel" groups receiving American funding under the umbrella [[Free Syrian Army]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2012/10/05/syrias-up-and-coming-rebels-who-are-the-farouq-brigades-2/</ref> In May 2015 [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of one of the group's commanders carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier and eating the heart.

On April 8, 2013, as Gen. Flynn foretold, the Islamic State of Iraq (aka AQI) proclaimed itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Two weeks later the [[European Union]] lifted oil sanctions to make it legal for European entities to buy oil from al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and the Islamic State.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22254996</ref> Three weeks later [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of a commander of an Obama administration "moderate rebel" group carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier, and eating it.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/syria-brigade-fighting-homs-implicated-atrocities</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23190533</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3524976/CANNIBAL-moderate-Syrian-rebel-cut-ate-Assad-soldier-s-heart-liver-killed.html</ref>

When Menagh Air Base was captured from the Syrian government on August 6 by ISIS, it was celebrated as great victory by Western [[mainstream media]] organizations.<ref>https://levantreport.com/2014/09/13/isis-as-u-s-creation-the-clearest-authenticated-video-evidence-to-date/</ref>

On February 24, 2014 reports stated that an envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate a leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS was killed by ISIS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This marked the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization, and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.

On April 30, 2014 DNI James Clapper began taking steps to remove [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] Chief Mike Flynn, head of one of the 16 member agencies of the US Intelligence Community, for his dissention of the course President Barack Obama set US counter-intelligence policy on, aligning with radical [[Islamic]] [[jihad]]ists, and expending the lives of American Armed Service personnal in a cavalier fashion.<ref>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagon-intelligence-agency-forced-out-officials-say/2014/04/30/ec15a366-d09d-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html?utm_term=.45a637102303</ref><ref name="newsmax.com">https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michael-flynn-isis-memoir/2016/07/10/id/737937/</ref>

President-elect Donald Trump named Gen. Flynn as his [[National Security Advisor]], a clear signal to the [[Intelligence Community]] of a reversal of course of the disastrous policies Obama and the [[Deep State]] operatives had set country on. Flynn knew where the bodies were buried. On December 10, 2016 Deep State operative John Schindler issued series of threats and ultimatums on [[Twitter]]<ref>https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref>
{{Quotebox|The IC dislikes you intensely and they hate Flynn.... If Don won't walk back his foolish attack on the IC, watch for leaked terms like KGB, FSB, SVR, kompromat, Mogilevich, Organizatsiya... /10 6:00 AM - 10 Dec 2016}}
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Libya was an ally of the US against radical Islamic terrorism until the Obama/Biden administration armed jihadis who went on a rampage of mass beheading [[Christian]]s.]]
In April 2016 it was reported John Brennan was behind the targeting of Michael Flynn. The '''motivations for Brennan's intense dislike of Michael Flynn date back years to when Flynn was producing intel documents that showed how the supposed 'Syrian moderates' were funded by persons and groups in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Qatar]]'''.<ref>http://gotnews.com/breaking-barackobamas-cia-director-john-brennan-allies-targeting-trump-supporters-surveillance/</ref>

On June 9, 2014 the [[Islamic State]] captured Mosul;<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/11/mosul-isis-gunmen-middle-east-states Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities | World news | The Guardian]</ref> Obama reacted by calling ISIS "the Junior Varsity team."<ref>https://youtu.be/-wCqcWDZOjE</ref> On June 29 the Islamic State
[[Caliphate]] was proclaimed in Mosul. On August 7, 2014 DIA Director Gen. Micahael T. Flynn, unwilling to go along with Obama policy in support of the Caliph, was fired.

Biden created a controversy with his speech at [[Harvard University]] in October 2014, when he talked about [[ISIS]] power rising and the countries which support ISIS which happened under his and Obama administration watch.<ref>[https://tennesseestar.com/2020/10/26/joe-biden-to-harvard-in-2014-theres-nothing-special-about-being-american/ Joe Biden to Harvard in 2014: ‘There’s Nothing Special About Being American’]</ref>

===Richard Holbrooke===
In 2009, [[Richard Holbrooke]] was appointed as a special adviser on [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], working under [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html|title=Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke|first=Jodi|last=Kantor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 February 2009|access-date=}}</ref> According to Holbrooke's diary which was turned over to his official biographer George Packer following his death, when [[Vice President Joe Biden]] was asked about America's obligation to maintain their presence in Afghanistan to protect vulnerable civilians, he scornfully replied, "F*** that, we don't have to worry about that. We did it in [[Vietnam]], [[Nixon]] and [[Kissinger]] got away with it."<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9901577/F-k-Biden-told-Obamas-special-representative-Afghanistan-obligations.html</ref>

===Seal Team 6===
:{{See also|Afghan War}}
The families of Navy Seal Team 6 blame Vice President Biden for revealing the identity of the Navy Seal Team that killed [[Osama bin Laden]].<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/03/bidens_betrayal_of_seals_should_doom_presidential_run.html</ref> Seal Team 6 is a covert action force, and all its members are sworn to secrecy to never reveal the actions they participate in. The government likewise is bound to protect their identities against reprisals. In boasting of the killing, Biden named Seal Team 6 by name as the unit that found bin Laden.

On August 6, 2011, the [[Taliban]] ambushed a Chinook helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members — including 15 SEAL Team 6 members — in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2013/05/09/military-families-allege-muslim-cleric-damned-dead-navy-seals-at-ceremony/</ref> Everyone on board was killed.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/7/the-betrayal-of-the-navys-seal-team-6/</ref> In a show of [[multiculturalism]], the [[Obama administration]] insisted a [[Muslim]] cleric be present when the bodies were recovered.<ref>http://joemiller.us/2013/05/seal-team-6-press-conference-obama-at-fault-muslim-cleric-prayed-at-funeral-damned-them-to-hell/</ref>

Families of the slain SEAL members held a news conference at the National Press Club demanding an investigation into why their sons had been identified, despite specific assurances by the Obama administration their identities would be protected.<ref>http://joemiller.us/2013/05/navy-seal-team-vi-families-to-reveal-obama-admin-s-culpability-in-death-of-sons/</ref> To add insult, the families complained about the Muslim cleric that the Obama administration required to preside in a ceremony over their remains, damned their souls to hell as infidels in an Islamic prayer proclaiming victory.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7h5PO3r-w</ref>

===Bowe Bergdahl swap===
:{{See also|Obama war crimes}}
When [[Barack Obama]] released five Taliban commanders from the [[Guantanamo Bay]] prison in exchange for American deserter Bowe Bergdahl in 2014, he assured Americans that the enemy combatants would not be allowed to return to Afghanistan. 6 American soldiers lives were lost searching for the American deserter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/06/02/six-soldiers-died-searching-for-deserter-pow-fueling-backlash/</ref> Upon Bergdahl's return, Obama celebrated Bergdahl as a heroic “POW,” a designation the Pentagon never gave him. Khairullah Khairkhwa, one of the five released from Guantanamo, sat across the table from Joe Biden’s personal representative in [[Moscow]] in the spring of 2021, where Mullah Khairkhwa was part of the Taliban delegation that negotiated the terms of the US withdrawal. Mullah Khairkhwa is the mastermind of the Taliban takeover, even though the Pentagon classified Khairkhwa as too dangerous to release.

Khairkhwa assured the Biden junta that the Taliban would not retaliate against Afghans who worked with the US military or the US-backed government in Kabul. However, reports out of Kandahar and Kabul soon after the fall of Afghanistan indicate the Taliban was going door to door with a kill list to wipe out their enemies. Mullah Khairkhwa previously served as the Taliban’s interior minister prior to 2002, where he oversaw Islamist punishments, including beheadings and stonings.<ref> https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/</ref>

All five of the terrorists in the Bowe Bergdahl swap assumed prominent positions in the Taliban interim government announced on September 11, 2021:<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/07/four-gitmo-detainees-released-in-berghdahl-swap-are-now-taliban-ministers-for-afghan-government-interim-government-will-be-officially-introduced-on-sept-11th/</ref>
*Acting Minister of Information and Culture: Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah
*Defense Deputy Minister: Mullah Mohammad Fazil
*Acting Director of Intelligence: Abdul Haq Wasiq
*Border and Tribal Affairs Minister: Mullah Norullah Nori
*Acting Governor of Khost Province: Muhammad Nabi Omari<ref>https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-09-11-from-the-cells-of-guantanamo-to-the-ruling----the-story-of-5-officials-in-the-taliban-government.H1rAUgatGY.html</ref>

==Obamagate==
[[File:Rice Benghazi.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Susan Rice blatantly misled the American people about the terrorist attack on the Libyan Consulate in benghazi in which 4 Americans were murdered on the anniversary of the [[9/11 attacks]], two months before Barack Obama was re-elected.]]
:{{See also|Obamagate timeline|Trump transition}}
[[Susan Rice]] was identified as unmasking incoming [[Trump administration]] officials. Rice worked at the elbow of President Obama. As National Security Advisor inm the Obama/Biden administration, she unmasked the identity of Trump [[National Security Advisor]] [[Michael Flynn]] which was illegally [[leak]]ed to the ''Wasahington Post''. The action caused harm to US [[national security]], and is a felonious criminal act.<ref>https://medium.com/@Cernovich/susan-rice-requested-unmasking-of-incoming-trump-administration-officials-30085b5cff16</ref><ref>Housley, Adam (April 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/03/susan-rice-requested-to-unmask-names-trump-transition-officials-sources-say.html Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 3, 2017.</ref> Questions remain if and why Rice would have violated the law on her own without President Obama's approval. Rice was denied the position of [[Secretary of State]] by the [[Democratic]] Senate in 2013 to succeed Hillary Clinton because of lying and deception about the [[Benghazi attack|Benghazi Massacre]]. Nevertheless, Obama kept her at his side in the White House as head of the [[National Security Council]] staff. Because of Joe Biden's incapacitated and demented state upon seizing power in 2021, Rice has been called the "shadow president."<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/grenell-calls-susan-rice-shadow-051840589.html</ref>

[[John Carlin]] was the Assistant Attorney General for the [[Department of Justice National Security Division]] (DOJ-NSD) in thje Obama/Biden administration while the [[Russian collusion hoax]] was promulgated in 2015–16. Carlin abruptly resigned the day after being forced to admit to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act|Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] that the Obama Justice Department perpetrated a massive fraud upon the [[Judiciary]] and had violated the civil rights of American citizens.<ref>[https://youtu.be/aa95jLxZfc4 The Obama Administration's 'Brazen Plot To Exonerate Hillary Clinton' Starting To Seep Out], Daily Caller News Foundation.</ref> According [[Lisa Page]], special counsel to FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]], Carlin was regularly briefed on [[Operation Crossfire Hurricane]].<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/transcripts-of-lisa-pages-closed-door-testimonies-provide-new-revelations_2763452.html</ref> Having escaped indictment in the [[John Durham|Durham probe]], Carlin returned in 2021 as the [[Biden junta]]'s deputy chief prosecutor,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/02/27/joebama-put-the-gang-back-together-inside-the-doj-john-carlin-returns-as-acting-deputy-ag/</ref> the position formerly held by [[Deep State coup 1.0]] collaborator [[Rod Rosenstein]].

===Guccifer 2.0===
:{{See also|Hillary Clinton email scandal|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
[[File:Biden and Flood.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Biden and Flood with their wives.<ref>[https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/02/loaded-for-guccifer-aims-for-a-romanian-guccifer-2-0/ Say “Hi” To Guccifer 2.0], Adam Carter, ''Disobedient Media'', February 24, 2018.</ref>]]
On June 15, 2016 the first Guccifer 2.0 document was created by [[Warren Flood]] at 13:38 EDT, modified by [[Феликс Эдмундович]] (Felix Edmunovich, the Russian patronymic of Felix Edmunovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the [[KGB]] - a blatantly amateurish attempt to create Russian fingerprints) thirty minutes later at 14:08 EDT. Warren Flood was Joe Biden's former IT director at the White House. A document that Flood authored in 2008, and that was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the Trump Opposition Research, copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 (which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]). It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

A document that Warren Flood authored in 2008, and was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s leaked emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the DNC's ''Trump Opposition Research'' document. It was copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]. It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

Guccifer 2.0 was a [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign]] [[false flag]] operation set up to discredit the [[DNC]] revelations at [[Wikileaks]]. Adam Carter writes, {{quotebox|"one particular group would have been particularly desperate precisely at that time, for the emergence of a narrative about Russian hackers to discredit proper leaks / justify claims that all leaks are 'probably doctored' and they will have very likely known [Warren] Flood too. That group is the Clinton Campaign. As of June 12th, [2016] they were in a position where [[Julian Assange]] had just announced WikiLeaks' upcoming release of [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary's emails]], she was still under [[FBI]] investigation, and [[Trump]] was attacking Hillary for her use of a private server with his supporters frequently chanting "lock her up!" at rallies. The campaign was in a desperate position and really needed something similar to a Russian hacker narrative and one where they would be fortunate to have a seemingly clumsy hacker that leaves lots of 'fingerprints' tainting files and bringing the reputation of leaks into question... Sure enough, 2-3 days later, Guccifer 2.0 - the world's weirdest hacker - was spawned and started telling lies in an effort to attribute himself to the malware discoveries, etc."<ref>http://g-2.spac/#7</ref>}}
===January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting===
[[File:Susan-rice-email-1-2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A smoking gun email linking Barack Obama to illegal domestic spying on political opponents and civil rights violations.]]
:{{See also|Trump transition|FBI scandal|FISA abuse}}
Susan Rice sent a CYA email to herself about a secret [[Oval Office]] meeting where the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' is discussed;<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> (the email was written and sent to herself 15 minutes after Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20):<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-graham-uncover-unusual-email-sent-susan-rice-herself-president-trump-s </ref>
{{Quotebox-float|"On January 5, following a briefing by [[IC]] leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 Presidential election, [[President Obama]] had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director [[Jim Comey]] and Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] in the Oval Office. [[Vice President Biden]] and I were also present. President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia. Director Comey affirmed that he is proceeding "by the book" as it relates to law enforcement. From a national security perspective, Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Comey said that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information. President Obama asked if Comey was saying that the NSC should not pass sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn. Comey replied, "potentially." He added that he has no indication thus far that Flynn has passed classified information to [[Kislyak]], but he noted that "the level of communication is unusual."<ref>https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1262820374548447238/photo/1</ref> The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}
At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama asked Sally Yates and James Comey to remain. Together with Susan Rice, is where the “by the book” CYA comment comes into play. The 90-day surveillance period under the FISA warrant had just a bit over two weeks left to run — it was set to expire just as Trump was to take office. (Reporting suggests that there may also have been a FISA warrant on Paul Manafort around this time.) The Obama administration was confronting a deadline if the FISA warrant was to be renewed while Obama was still in power. The officials in the meeting needed to figure out how the investigation could continue despite the fact that its central focus, Trump, was about to be sworn in as president. Rice's “by the book” bunkum is transparent: Obama officials claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultations between political leaders and investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover their tracks in her email: She revises history such that the consultation morphs into a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/</ref>

The following day [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] released a public version of the ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' (ICA, also referred to as the ''Joint Analysis Report''), a joint Brennan, Clapper and Comey document consisting of recycled reports on [[RT]] with two pages of sexual innuendo from the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. NSA Dir. Adm. Mike Rogers dissented from the conclusions and did not attend the day prior meeting in the Oval Office.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref> ''WaPo'' was assured by Obama intelligence bosses that "the sources involved in the [Clinton-Steele dossier's] reporting were credible enough to warrant inclusion in the highly classified [presidential] report.”<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-allegations-20170110-story.html</ref> [[John Brennan]] however, in public testimony months later, said the dossier and its sources ''were not'' credible enough to incorporate in the Joint ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' on Russian election interference publicly leaked by the administration. Brennan swore the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' did not “in any way” factor into the CIA's assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Trump. Congressional investigators suggest a classified version of the ''Intelligence Community Assessment'' contradicts Brennan's sworn testimony.

Clapper briefed CNN on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' before Comey briefed President-elect Trump.

[[File:Progressive military.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The Progressive woke military in high heels for diversity awareness.<ref>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/04/23/rotc-cadets-wearing-heels-for-sexual-assault-awareness-spurs.html</ref>]]
==Obama/Biden: a cancer in the Pentagon==

[[Michael Anton]] cited the Democrats’ own words:
{{quotebox-float|Over the summer a story was deliberately leaked to the press of a meeting at which 100 Democratic grandees, [[NeverTrump|anti-Trump]] former Republicans, and other ruling class [[apparatchik]]s got together (on [[George Soros]]’s dime) to “game out” various outcomes of the 2020 election. One such outcome was a clear Trump win. In that eventuality, former [[Bill Clinton]] White House [[Chief of Staff]] [[John Podesta]], playing Biden, refused to concede, pressured states that Trump won to send Democrats to the formal [[Electoral College]] vote, and trusted that the [[military]] would take care of the rest.

The leaked report from the exercise darkly concluded that “[[technocrat]]ic solutions, [[court]]s, and reliance on elites observing norms are not the answer here,” promising that what would follow the November election would be “a street fight, not a legal battle.”<ref>https://americanmind.org/essays/the-coming-coup/</ref>}}
One of the scenarios was a “clear Trump win.” That is, the Democrats are not talking about making an uproar if there’s a repeat of the 2000 election when one state (Florida) had a narrow victory for [[George W. Bush|Bush]]. Instead, the Democrats are saying that if Trump has a repeat of [[Nixon]]’s 49-state sweep, they’re going to take to the street. The Bookworm Room blog observed,
{{quotebox|Obama seeded the [[Pentagon]] with [[Deep State]]rs who have more reverence for permanent power than they do for the [[Constitution]]. After all, Trump, by making peace in the [[Middle East]] and in the [[Balkans]], and by refusing to engage in wars that don’t directly benefit America, is a threat to these officers — and that’s despite the fact the Trump has built up the military like crazy. Once the military’s built up, the retired officers no longer have well-paid sinecures in the [[military-industrial complex]] and the active-duty officers have fewer opportunities for promotion. For them, Trump’s a career killer. [...]

The other sign that the [[Democrat]]s are preparing a [[coup]] involving military cooperation is the [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] ''[[The Atlantic|Atlantic]]'' article that accuses Trump of disrespecting the [[military]]. The obvious purpose behind the article is to suppress the pro-Trump military [[vote]]. The secondary, and more important purpose, is to tell the troops that, once the coup starts, they shouldn’t support Trump because he does not support them. That’s it. That’s the whole reason for anonymous statements that bear no resemblance to Trump’s excessive concern for the military, whether it’s funding it, blowing up [[Soleimani]], withdrawing troops from [[war]] zones, or generally treating the military with open [[love]] and [[respect]]. [...]

Biden, after all, was at Obama’s right hand when the [[Obama administration]] gutted the military, threw the troops into pointless military operations, never bothered to take out terrorists like Qassem Soleimani, and abandoned former military people in [[Benghazi massacre|Benghazi]]. [...]

Then again, remember what else Obama and Biden did during their eight years: They turned the military into a [[social justice]] experiment, that went far beyond ending [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]] and, instead, allowing gay troops to serve openly. [...]

Another example of the effect Obama and Biden had on the military was the cross-dressing exercises at Arizona State’s Army ROTC during the Obama-Biden years:

:''Blisters, sweat and perhaps a little bit of blood was the sight at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex on Monday, when the men and women of ASU Army ROTC braved the Arizona heat to run in fabulous (and some not-so-fabulous) heels to raise awareness of sexual assault.

:''On Monday afternoon, ASU Army ROTC program hosted the event, “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” which consisted of students in the ROTC program wearing heels and running 1.26 miles as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

:[snip]

:''When ASU Army ROTC decided to hold an event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it realized walking a mile in high heels would bring school-wide attention to such an important issue, ROTC Cdt./Corporal Alexis Johnson said.

:''“The purpose of the event is to create a basis of understanding about sexual violence, stigmas and rape culture in the military as well as in our community and to reinforce standards of behavior, active bystander mentality and to be peer advisers to one’s unit and community,” Johnson said. “By walking in heels, the hope is to instill standards of behavior that will resonate.”

[...] the military, just like other parts of the permanent Deep State, told its troops that [[MAGA]] stands for [[white supremacy]]. The rot runs very deep. Who cares about destroying unit cohesion by pitting against each other the different races within a remarkably well-segregated military? It’s more important to defeat Trump. [...]

There are undoubtedly more leftists in the military than there were before. Also, given that the military’s claiming that supporting Trump is a sign of white supremacy, those troops who do support Trump probably wisely keep their mouths shut.

The point of this whole post is to get you very worried about what has happened to the American military since 2008. Obama and Biden had eight years to change it into an organization that, at the top, wants to continue to fight wars to keep their careers going — something Trump’s extraordinary [[diplomatic]] skills are ruining — and, at the bottom, has young people who have been marinated in [[identity politics]], [[LGBTQ]] theory, and [[critical race theory]]. Trump may have had minimal sway over the upper ranks because his policies are killing their jobs and he may have minimal sway over the lower ranks because the ideological corruption runs too deep."<ref>https://www.bookwormroom.com/2020/09/07/the-democrats-plan-for-the-military-in-the-coming-coup/</ref>}}

Biden has one of the worst records of politicians being insulting to American soldiers. In September 2016 at Dhafra base in [[Saudi Arabia]], he called soldiers who refused to applaud him "stupid bastards".<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/29/yes-joe-biden-called-u-s-troops-stupid-bastards-heres-the-video/ Yes, Joe Biden Called U.S. Troops “Stupid Bastards” — Here’s The Video]</ref> The Biden campaign confirmed the authenticity of the video, but Biden then denied the truth of that video. Biden had another "[[Jeb Bush]] moment" when he had to beg a [[Coast Guard]] graduating class to clap.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/watch-biden-has-to-beg-the-coast-guard-to-clap-at-commencement-speech/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hillary Clinton email scandal]]

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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia

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'''Bias in Wikipedia''' is a danger to a free society. This list covers a wide range of bias in the [[English]] [[Wikipedia]], nicknamed "Woke"-ipedia. Although Wikipedia claims to have credibility because anyone can edit it, the website represents the views of its most strident and persistent, who are [[liberal]] editors and many pushing the agenda of [[Big Pharma]]. Wikipedia absurdly redirects its entry entitled "Big Pharma" to "Big Pharma conspiracy theories." '''''Wikipedia has entries on Big Tobacco, Big Oil, and [[Big Tech]], but pretends that "[[Big Pharma]]" is merely a conspiracy theory!''''' Big Pharma secretly pays editors on Wikipedia to viciously smear critics of mandatory [[vaccination]] and anyone who gets in the way of Big Pharma profits.

Editors on Wikipedia are virulently [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]], insisting on smearing [[Elon Musk]] because he supported [[Trump]]. On [[Christmas]] Day 2016 ([[NYC]] time), Wikipedia's entry for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry prominently and falsely declared: "Her younger brother is [a] loan shark and liar [[Donald Trump]],"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryanne_Trump_Barry&type=revision&diff=756673396&oldid=756136858</ref> something which remained for an unusually long forty-eight minutes before it was corrected.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryanne_Trump_Barry&diff=prev&oldid=756677726</ref>

Wikipedia is also heavily influenced by paid public relations professionals who do not disclose their conflicts of interest. This list, together with the sublists linked below, provides a wide variety of examples of the resulting bias.

A [[cabal]] of editors exists who work together to insert leftist bias into articles and to hide embarrassing facts about left-wing political figures, while at the same time smearing conservatives. Scandals involving left-wing personalities are labeled "[[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]", for example, ''Spygate'' (conspiracy theory by Donald Trump) or "controversies" such as ''IRS targeting controversy'' or ''Hillary Clinton email controversy'', whereas those involving conservative personalities are labeled "scandal", for example, ''Trump-Ukraine'' scandal.

Biased editors' standard tactics include claiming conservative-leaning sources as being unreliable (non-<abbr title="Reliable Source">RS</abbr>). This also applies to centrist sources that are simply being truthful. The best way to observe Wikipedia is by reading an article's Talk page. One can see editors disparaging sources contrary to the mainstream media talking points. You will see that scandals involving left-wing figures are typically dismissed as conspiracy theories. You will also see many derogatory comments about conservative figures, especially Donald Trump and Republican congressmen, senators, judges, and even many international conservative politicians like [[Narendra Modi]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], and all other international Trump-backers fighting against the [[globalist]] agenda. Editors who fight for balanced coverage eventually get permanently blocked, or a months-long IP block.

[[File:Jimbo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Co-Founder of Wikipedia [[Jimmy Wales]]]]
On August 23, 2011, David Swindle published an article at ''[[FrontPage Magazine]]'' detailing how Wikipedia has been taken over by the [[Leftist|political left]]; he cited statistics relating to Wikipedia's articles on [[Ann Coulter]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Keith Olbermann]], which helped demonstrate that Wikipedia has a leftist bias, and he discussed the [[liberal]]/leftist cultural foundations of Wikipedia.<ref name="frontpagemag.com">[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/102601/how-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1-david-swindle HOW THE LEFT CONQUERED WIKIPEDIA, PART 1]</ref>

For example, Swindle wrote:

<blockquote>"Consider Ann Coulter versus Michael Moore. Coulter’s entry (on August 9, 2011) was 9028 words long.* Of this longer-than-usual entry, 3220 words were devoted to “Controversies and criticism” in which a series of incidents involving Coulter and quotes from her are cited with accompanying condemnations, primarily from her opponents on the Left. That’s 35.6 percent of Coulter’s entry devoted to making her look bad. By contrast, Moore’s entry is 2876 words (the more standard length for entries on political commentators), with 130 devoted to “Controversy.” That’s 4.5% of the word count, a fraction of Coulter’s. Does this mean that an “unbiased” commentator would find Coulter eight times as “controversial” as Moore?"<ref name="frontpagemag.com"/></blockquote>

The project was initiated by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[entrepreneur]] [[Jimmy Wales]] and the [[Christian]] [[philosophy]] [[professor]] [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/lists/288/000092012/</ref> An irony of Internet history is that Jimmy Wales refers to himself as Wikipedia's "spiritual leader".<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/09/wikimedia_pron_purge/</ref> Despite its official "neutrality policy," Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias. In his article titled ''Wikipedia lies, slander continue'' [[journalism|journalist]] [[Joseph Farah]] stated Wikipedia "is not only a provider of inaccuracy and bias. It is wholesale purveyor of lies and slander unlike any other the world has ever known."<ref name="wnd.com">http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83640</ref> Mr. Farah has repeatedly been the victim of defamation at the Wikipedia site.<ref name="wnd.com"/> In December 2010, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] called Wikipedia "the abomination that causes misinformation".<ref name="tektonticker.blogspot.com">http://tektonticker.blogspot.com/search/label/Wikipedia</ref> Although Wales "made his original fortune as a pornography trafficker", he has since tried to clean up his image and demands retractions when people report this fact.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.wnd.com/2012/12/heres-your-correction-wikipedia-founder/|title=Here's Your Correction, Wikipedia Founder|date=December 17, 2012|accessdate=December 26, 2012|work=WND}}</ref>

[[Mark Dice]] has dedicated chapters of at least two of his books to examples and analyses of the rampant left-wing bias in Wikipedia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTymmHPb9F0</ref>

Co-founder [[Larry Sanger]], who left the site, later acknowledged that Wikipedia does not follow its own neutrality policy.<ref>[https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/larry-sanger-co-founder-of-wikipedia-agrees-that-it-does-not-follow-its-own-neutrality-policy/ Uncommon Descent, December 1, 2016, Posted by Barry Arrington]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/wikipedia-co-founder-sites-neutrality-no-longer-exists-favors-leftism Wikipedia Co-Founder: Site’s Neutrality No Longer Exists, Favors Leftism]</ref>

In June 2026, Wikipedia's organized 'gang' of administrators banned Sanger.
"Left-leaning Wikipedia blocked founder from editing site — after he campaigned to make it more balanced."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/tech/left-leaning-wikipedia-blocked-founder-from-editing-site-after-he-campaigned-to-make-it-more-balanced/ Left-leaning Wikipedia blocked founder from editing site — after he campaigned to make it more balanced].
By Ashley Rindsberg, ''NY Post'', June 22, 2026.</ref>
{{Cquote|Left-leaning website Wikipedia has taken the drastic action of permanently blocking one of its founders from editing pages — after he had campaigned to make it more balanced and fair.

Larry Sanger launched WikiProject Intellectual Diversity (WID), a group designed to help reinforce the online encyclopedia’s “original, firm commitment to intellectual diversity,” by emphasizing neutrality and transparency.

However, Sanger — who coined the name “Wikipedia,” drafted the site’s foundational set of rules and guidelines, and launched the site alongside Jimmy Wales in 2001 — is now indefinitely blocked from editing, the most drastic action the site can take against an editor.}}

Most examples have been moved to the sublists. Please visit the sublists to learn about the variety of bias in Wikipedia.

== List of examples of liberal bias in Wikipedia ==
Below is a growing list of around 300 examples of [[liberal bias]], [[deceit]], edits stemming from corrupting conflicts of interest, frivolous [[gossip]], and blatant errors on Wikipedia. [[Jimmy Wales]] was the leading founder of Wikipedia. [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] called Wikipedia "the abomination that causes misinformation".<ref name="tektonticker.blogspot.com"/> Because the list of examples is so long, it is divided into sublists based on the subject matter. Some of the most egregious examples are in these sublists, which are well worth reading. At the risk of duplication, some of the most interesting examples from the sublists are also repeated on this main list to give an overview. (We limit this main list to up to three examples from each sublist.)

==Examples of Bias ==
=== Abortion ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Abortion]]
[[File:B Bhutto.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Benazir Bhutto]]]]
#Wikipedia's articles on [[genocide]],<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genocide&oldid=744025805</ref> [[murder]],<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder&oldid=744013669</ref> and [[homicide]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homicide&oldid=744087425</ref> have absolutely no mention of abortion,<ref>With the exception of a single mention in the article "Murder", which states that the availability of abortion may affect murder rates of born humans.</ref> even though it has killed way more people than any other genocide.<ref>Ertelt, Steve (November 6, 2012). [https://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/06/abortion-has-destroyed-117-million-people-in-the-united-states/ Abortion Has Destroyed 117 Million People in the United States]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref>
#Wikipedia has a large article detailing anti-abortion violence committed around the world,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence</ref> but there is no article about pro-abortion violence. There is no article for "Pro-choice violence"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice_violence</ref> and "Pro-abortion violence" bizarrely redirects to the "Abortion debate" article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-abortion_violence</ref> Before being redirected, the "Pro-abortion violence" article was biased towards downplaying the reality of violence committed by supporters of abortion.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pro-abortion_violence&oldid=298226073</ref> For example, while the "Anti-abortion violence" article matter-of-factly begins: "Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion." ... the "Pro-abortion violence" article dismissively began: "Pro-abortion violence (or pro-choice violence) is a term used in the pro-life movement to characterize acts of violence committed by abortion practitioners or abortion advocates against those who oppose abortion or against pregnant women. The former is regarded as factual while the latter is just "a term used in the pro-life movement."
# [[Wikipedia]] falsely claimed that [[conservatives]] opposed to [[abortion]] are described as "anti-baby" or "anti-family". [[Wikipedia]] removed this bias only after it was identified here.<ref>That statement remained on the article from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism&diff=173316636&oldid=173314241 November 23] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism&diff=next&oldid=179870132 December 26, 2007]</ref>

===Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Defund the Police===
====Antifa====
Wikipedia is very sympathetic to Antifa, saying that they are "seeking to combat fascists and racists such as neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other far-right extremists." Wikipedia said the lootings in the cities and the murders of black children didn't link to Antifa, even though they obviously did. That is a lie by Wikipedia. Another lie is that they say "Individuals involved in the movement tend to hold anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist and anti-state views, subscribing to a range of democratic left-wing ideologies such as anarchism, communism, Marxism, social democracy and socialism. The words "Right-wing extremists" are mentioned hundreds of times in Wikipedia's article about Antifa, but the word "Left-wing extremists" aren't even mentioned at all.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)</ref> Wikipedia also said that right-wing extremists are fanning the flames, and that right-wing politicians such as [[Donald Trump]] and [[William Barr]] are just lying about it, but the "pro-democracy protesters", that is, Antifa, is being treated cruelly by brutal police.

====Black Lives Matter====
Even though the BLM is a terrorist group, Wikipedia calls them a "civil-rights movement fighting to end police brutality against black people and to keep the communities safe".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter</ref> BLM even murdered several African-American children and Trump supporters, and Wikipedia still calls them "anti-hate". They endorsed [[Joe Biden]], they back all global dictators, and they are being funded by international Communist governments.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-founder-teams-up-with-pro-chinese-communist-party-group/</ref>

====Defund the Police====
Wikipedia also praises the "Defund the Police" slogan by saying "Defund the police" is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety, democracy, and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police</ref> The reality is, that criminals take advantage, and the cities get looted even more by radical liberal left-wing mobs, and that Trump gets blamed for it by [[Joe Biden]]. Wikipedia also says that policing is like promoting racism and defunding the police may help end police brutality and racism.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police#Racism</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:Omar_Mateen.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Omar Mateen]]]]
====Anti-Christianity====
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Anti-Christianity]]
[[File:Regular church goer.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"regular church goer"]]
#A Wikipedia editor Qworty devoted 13,000 edits to cleaning up articles on pro-pagan topics before being permanently banned<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive797#User:Qworty|title=Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive797|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://illusionofmore.com/montags-grin-wikipedia/|title=Montag’s Grin: A Look at Wikipedia|first=David|last=Newhoff|date=June 5, 2013|accessdate=Sept. 20, 2013}}</ref> and then outed as Robert Clark Young by the website salon.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/revenge_ego_and_the_corruption_of_wikipedia/|title=Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia|date=May 17, 2013|work=salon.com|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> The failure to crack down on his work earlier drew criticism from the pagan website wildhunt.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildhunt.org/2013/05/anti-pagan-wikipedia-editor-outed-by-salon-com.html|title=Anti-Pagan Wikipedia Editor Outed by Salon.com|date=May 22, 2013|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref>
# Wikipedia's article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can_Run_But_You_Cannot_Hide_International&oldid=524629239 You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International], the youth rock ministry of Bradlee Dean, is an attack page which was criticized in a WND column.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnd.com/2012/12/whos-afraid-of-bradlee-dean/|title=Who's afraid of Bradlee Dean|date=December 14, 2012|work=WND|accessdate=December 26, 2012}}</ref> In response, [[Jimmy Wales]], Wikipedia's founder, demanded a retraction regarding his past as "a pornography trafficker". Instead, WND published detailed documentation of Wales' Boomis pornography website.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
# Wikipedia has a lengthy entry on "Jesus H. Christ,"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus_H._Christ&oldid=174239815</ref> a term that is an idiotic mockery of the [[Christian]] [[faith]]. Wikipedia used to say that the term is "joking" and "comedic", and relishes repeating disrespectful uses of the term, without admitting that the phrase is an anti-[[Christian]] mockery. Meanwhile, Wikipedia does not describe mockery of any other religion as "humorous".
# Arguments for atheism are prominently featured in Wikipedia's atheism article, but it fails to mention that [[United States|American]] [[atheist]]s [[Atheism and Uncharitableness|give significantly less to charity than American theists on a per-capita basis, even when church giving is not counted for theists]].<ref name="en.wikipedia.org">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism</ref> In addition, Wikipedia's article on atheism fails to mention [[Atheism and deception|how key proponents of atheism have been deceptive]]. Wikipedia's article on [[atheism]] also fails to mention that [[Christianity and Science|Christianity and not atheism was foundational in regards to the development of modern science]]. Wikipedia's article attempts to associate atheism with scientific progress.<ref name="en.wikipedia.org"/> Finally, Wikipedia's article on atheism fails to mention that [[Atheism and suicide|atheism is a causal factor for suicide]].
# Alleged cop killer in [[Australia]] Dezi Freeman was "a regular [[church]]goer".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porepunkah_police_shootings</ref>

====Islam====
{{See also|Rape jihad}}
* An editor included the June 2016 Orlando shootings on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks List of Islamic terrorist attacks] and an edit war ensued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/30/wikipedia-removes-orlando-shooting-islamist-terror-attack-list/|title=Wikipedia Removes Orlando Shooting From ‘Islamist Terror Attack’ List|work=breitbart.com|date=June 30, 2016|accessdate=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
* ACT! for America is classified under Wikipedia's section on "Islamophobia."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACT!_for_America&oldid=860017411</ref>
====[[Islamism]]====

*Grooming gang.

In June 2025, [[Breitbart]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cover Up: Wikipedia Editors Propose Deleting UK Grooming Gangs Scandal Article |url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/06/29/cover-up-wikipedia-editors-propose-deleting-uk-grooming-gangs-scandal-article/ |work=Breitbart |date=June 29, 2025}}</ref> reported that a [[Wikipedia]] page about the [[UK]] [[grooming gangs]] scandal was nominated for deletion by a liberal editor, who argued it was a biased or “fringe” duplicate of broader child sexual abuse coverage.
The move is part of a wider dispute over how the topic is represented on Wikipedia, highlighting claims of past institutional cover-ups and referencing a recent review that identified failures by UK authorities.

===History===

[[File:Wiki bias VS overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine.jpg|thumb|Wiki bias VS overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine]]

Not that complex, on its mainstream pro Nazism.
Especially in overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine and anti-Jewish bigotry at its core. Yet, biased-Wikipedia, in its leading paragraph:
Concentrating first on some minority among the minority intellectuals.

See: [[Nazism among Arab Palestinians]]. [[World_War_II#Nazism_at_Arab_Palestine|Summary - conclusion]] .

===Conservative Banning===
Wikipedia is known for threatening to block conservatives who edit their liberally biased articles. Usually, with a warning.
Conservatives repairing this bias are labeled as disruptive editing.

===Conservapedia smears===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conservapedia smears]]

# Wikipedia displays pervasive bias in making [[liberal]] statements with citations that do not support the statements, as illustrated by its entry about [[Conservapedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia</ref> Wikipedia states that "Conservapedia has asserted that Wikipedia is 'six times more [[liberal]] than the American public', a statistic which has been criticized for its poor extrapolation and lack of credibility." But the two citations for this claim of "poor extrapolation and lack of credibility" are articles that say nothing about extrapolation or credibility and instead tend to confirm the [[liberal bias]] on Wikipedia.
# For nearly two months, from at least as early as July 15 through September 9, 2007, Wikipedia classified its critics, including [[Conservapedia]], as "Fanatics and Special Interests."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Wikipedia&oldid=144741567# Fanatics_and_special_interests</ref>
# In 2011 Wikipedia User Σ organized systematic vandalism of Conservapedia using the English Wikipedia IRC. This only came to light when he was nominated to be a Wikipedia Administrator and users there debated whether his actions were a good or bad thing to do.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/%CE%A3&oldid=516746349</ref>

===Conservative personalities and politicians===
[[File:Hannahgiles.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Hannah Giles]]
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conservative Personalities]]

#On November 2, 2006, days before the mid-term Congressional elections, an anonymous IP address traced to the ''[[New York Times]]'' changed [[U.S. House of Representatives]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]]'s Wikipedia biographical entry from "a prominent member of the [[Republican Party]]" to "Grand Dragon of the Republican Party."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay&diff=prev&oldid=85320018 Wikipedia/Tom DeLay, Revision as of 20:19, 2 November 2006, IP 199.181.174.146]</ref><ref>[http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=New+York+Times&location= WikiScanner]</ref>[dead link]
# Wikipedia has thousands of obscure pages for individuals that the public never heard of or recognized. Conservative undercover journalist [[Hannah Giles]] is not given her own page, most likely due to the fact she has taken on the liberal establishment and won, and Wikipedia's liberal-biased editors do not want to give her credit for that. A search of Hannah Giles gives her an obscure paragraph in what Wikipedia titles the ''ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy''.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Giles#Hannah_Giles_and_James_O.27Keefe</ref>
# For [[liberal]] politicians, Wikipedia uses flattering photos. But for [[conservative]] politician [[Sally Kern]], about whom [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] activists have had a hissy fit, from 2009 to 2011, Wikipedia used an absurd, uncharacteristic photo.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally_Kern&type=revision&diff=405321478&oldid=400257198</ref>
# In December of 2019 Wikipedia deleted its page for the conservative [[Independent American Party]] claiming "lack of notability".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Independent_American_Party</ref> However, pages for several Communist, Socialist, Neo-Nazi, and other very small political parties with very few members remain and are regularly maintained despite them having virtually no impact in the American political sphere.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States</ref>

===WW2===
'''Massive [[Polish]] guilt and some Wikipedians' propaganda'''
An estimated of 200,000 Jewish victims died either at the hands of Poles or with Polish complicity.
Wikipedia has permitted a few organized editors to basing their text on non reliable-source mainly promoting one Polish writer with an agenda to minimize and rewrite facts.
A "small group of actors hijacks Holocaust-related entries on online encyclopedia to whitewash role of Polish society in genocide and bolster stereotypes about Jews."
<ref>Itamar Eichner, [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hksrnqlts Wikipedia 'intentionally' distorts history of the Holocaust, study claims] ''Ynet'' Feb 12, 2023<blockquote>
Paper demonstrates how small group of actors hijacks Holocaust-related entries on online encyclopedia to whitewash role of Polish society in genocide and bolster stereotypes about Jews.</blockquote></ref>
Essay<ref>Grabowski, J., & Klein, S. (2023). Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust. The Journal of Holocaust Research, 37(2), 133–190. [https://doi.org/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939]</ref> uncovers the systematic, intentional distortion of Holocaust history on the English-language Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia. In the last decade, a group of committed Wikipedia editors have been promoting a skewed version of history on Wikipedia, one touted by right-wing Polish nationalists, which whitewashes the role of Polish society in the Holocaust and bolsters stereotypes about Jews. Due to this group’s zealous handiwork, Wikipedia’s articles on the Holocaust in Poland minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles’ role in saving Jews.
===Anti-Israel===
[[File:How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative. (Arab lobby).jpeg|thumb|How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative. (Arab lobby)<ref>Ashley Rindsberg, "[https://www.piratewires.com/p/how-wikipedia-s-pro-hamas-editors-hijacked-the-israel-palestine-narrative How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative]." Oct 23, 2024.</ref><ref>John Sexton, "[https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/10/25/a-group-of-pro-hamas-wikipedia-editors-have-rewritten-the-site-n3796291 A Group of Pro-Hamas Wikipedia Editors Have Rewritten the Israel-Palestine Narrative]. October 25, 2024</ref><ref>
Aaron Bandler, [https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/376157/wikipedia-editors-place-a-near-total-ban-on-calling-gaza-health-ministry-hamas-run/ Wikipedia Editors Place a Near Total Ban on Calling Gaza Health Ministry “Hamas-Run”].
By a 3:1 margin, editors decided “Gaza Health Ministry” should be used without any qualifier. ''Jewish Journal'', October 25, 2024.</ref>]]

There is an anti-Israel gang that, for years, has opposed sources, decided what is an RS, and pushed to ban users, some working in cooperation with a long-time infamous radical anti-Israel administrator.<ref>[https://david-collier.com/project-wikipedia/ Antisemites are trying to delete my Wikipedia page], Dec 3, 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.theisraelgroup.org/wikipedias-war-against-israel . [https://freebeacon.com/issues/wikipedias-anti-israel-editors-unmasked/ Wikipedia's Anti-Israel Editors Unmasked] - Free Beacon, Nov 20, 2019</ref>

There has been a consistent long-time Anti-Israeli subversion, noted at least since 2007,<ref>[https://www.aish.com/jw/mo/48964486.html Anti-Israeli Subversion on Wikipedia], May 17, 2008</ref> suppression,<ref>https://wikibias.wordpress.com/</ref><ref>[http://www.think-israel.org/wikipedia.arabismracism.html PAN-ARABISM'S RACISM AND WIKIPEDIA BIAS] compiled and edited by Bernice Lipkin</ref> biases, inaccuracies, article by article - examples given in 2010.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/338216 The Bias of Wikipedia], Ari Lieberman, '"INN'', Jul 23, 2010</ref>

Project Wiki exposed how Wikipedia is breeding Armies of Anti-Semites.<ref>[https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/project-wiki-exposes-how-wikipedia-is-breeding-armies-of-anti-semites/2021/01/01/ Project Wiki Exposes How Wikipedia Is Breeding Armies of Anti-Semites], David Israel, JP, January 1, 2021</ref>

The coordinating 'club' has been applying double standard,<ref>Jordan Cope, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-823957 It’s time to correct Wikipedia’s dangerous anti-Israel bias - opinion]. ''The Jerusalem Post'', Oct 10, 2024.<blockquote>
A clear double standard exists, whereby for anti-Israel terrorists, Wikipedia frequently buries the devils in the details and places the burden on readers to find them.</blockquote></ref> improved tricks since [[Oct 7 War]]<ref>Aaron Bander [https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/371545/7-tactics-wikipedia-editors-used-to-spread-anti-israel-bias-since-oct-7/ Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7]. ''Jewish Journal'', May 23, 2024. 
Examining Wikipedia content and how the site operates matters — it is the world’s go-to site for information:
<blockquote>
1. Part of the “Background” section of the “Israel-Hamas war” Wikipedia article states: “Numerous commentators have identified the broader context of Israeli occupation as a cause of the war.” These “commentators” are mostly anti-Israel figures, in my opinion.
2. Adding “anti-imperialism” into [[Hamas]]’ list of ideologies and removing “antisemitism” in the Hamas Wikipedia article’s infobox.
3. Treating the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers as being reliable.
4. Considering Mondoweiss, an anti-Zionist site, a “marginally reliable” source.
5. The Wikipedia article on the UCLA pro-Hamas encampment [falsely] states that Jessica Seinfeld and [[Bill Ackman]] "donated" [sic] to pro-Israel counterprotesters involved in the violence on the night of April 30-May 1. '''Their denials''' are not included in the article.
6. Excluding the Oct. 7 massacre from the “List of Islamist terrorist attacks” Wikipedia article because it’s “original research.”
7. On Wikipedia’s main page on May 7, the “Did you know” section stated that “Walid Daqqa wrote several works of prison literature, including a children’s novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father.” Daqqa’s conviction for commanding a terror cell that brutally murdered an Israeli soldier is not mentioned.</blockquote></ref> through 2024.

Re 'Zionism' page.
This [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zionism&oldid=1180581125] [https://archive.is/Jv2r6] is the wiki version (10.17.23) before the already organized cabal of dozens of Israelophobic and even antisemitic editors got a boost sometime after Oct 7 atrocities to promote the [[The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny|"genocide" lie]]. This already biased, has been vandalized to defame even further and including it in the main section.

In June 2024, a coordinated operation on Wikipedia by a linked anti-Israel Arab "palestine" operatives groups/lobbies shielded by radical liberals (having a grip on Wikipedia for long), have succeeded finally in banning ADL with relation to Israel "Palestine."<ref>Anti-Israel club at Wikipedia working for years in cahoots (such as Hamas-nick Nableezy, the bigot Nishidani backed by Zero0000[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/260150] [[https://archive.ph/S9exV]]), shielded by a prolific administrator [https://www.jewishpress.com/news/media/the-israel-group-launches-battle-to-expose-anti-israel-wikipedia-editors/2019/11/21/] [[https://archive.ph/OfdAw]].
Not including
''Euro- Med'' founded by Ramy Abdu - Hamas lobbyist [https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1c8gksl/thoughts_on_this_post_from_rdestiny/?rdt=42283] [[https://archive.ph/moqDN]], the other club: ‘Ivana and Samer_BHH, the two people who praised Wikipedia editors’ handling of the ADL, are active members of “Tech for Palestine.’ [https://jewishinsider.com/2024/06/wikipediai-israeli-palestinian-conflict-zionism-adl-encyclopedia/] [[https://archive.ph/4GXB2]]
Wikipedia “palestine” Islamist editor ‘[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Iskandar323] ‘Iskandar323’ behind push to [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-wikipedia-declares-adl-unreliable-on-israel-palestine-conflict-antisemitism] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240718010416/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-wikipedia-declares-adl-unreliable-on-israel-palestine-conflict-antisemitism]] ban ADL - the "nakba"
([https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/knockoff-nakbas/ *][https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-other-nakba/257196/ *][https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4597344,00.html *][https://www.thetower.org/article/there-was-a-jewish-nakba-and-it-was-even-bigger-than-the-palestinian-one/ *][https://www.jpost.com/opinion/the-nakbas-553448 *][https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1bpi7cl5 *][https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/11/08/nakbas-history-ethnic-cleansing/ *][https://www.jns.org/palestinians-are-addicted-to-an-endless-cycle-of-nakbas/ *][https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2023/05/24/multiple-nakbas-imposed-upon-american-jews/ *]) [https://web.archive.org/web/20240719194957/https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/06/wikipedia-finds-adl-is-generally.html denial page creator], has been defending al Jazeera: On June 19, 2024 he argued: “On Nuseirat, why are we trusting the NYT over AJ?” [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=1229959496] [[https://archive.ph/xvrKS]] [https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/06/0626-links-pt2-squads-forever-war-child.html?m=1#comment-6489198948] [[https://archive.ph/ZDxAv]]
‘Concern, dismay’ by Wikipedia attack on ADL, 43 Jewish groups tell Wikimedia Foundation. “Fundamentally, Wikipedia is stripping the Jewish community of the right to defend itself from the hatred that targets our community,” the groups wrote. [https://www.jns.org/concern-dismay-by-wikipedia-attack-on-adl-43-jewish-groups-tell-wikimedia-foundation/ JNS] [[https://archive.ph/5boF1]]</ref>

In July 2024 it was elaborated in ''Tablet'' Mag.:<ref>[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/wikipedia-jewish-problem Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem].
The site seems to be intentionally trafficking in disinformation related to Jews, Israel, and Zionism.
Isabella Tabarovsky, July 24, 2024, ''Tablet Magazine''.</ref> "Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem."
<blockquote>
Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem.'
'The site seems to be intentionally trafficking in disinformation related to Jews, Israel, and Zionism.'
'These days, Wikipedia ranks its “perennial” go-to sources—The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, MSNBC, and BBC—as “generally reliable” and extends the ranking to the openly partisan far-left outlets like Haaretz, [[The Intercept]], The Nation, and The Guardian. Al Jazeera and the NGO Amnesty International (both known for their anti-Israel bias) are rated as “generally reliable” as well. The far-left Israeli NGO B’Tselem isn’t included on this list, but, as Aaron Bandler notes in Jewish Journal, Wikipedia editors have staunchly defended its reliability and referenced it in articles. On the other hand, conservative sources such as Fox News, The New York Post, Washington Examiner, and Washington Free Beacon are coded various shades of unreliable, with the Beacon getting the “generally unreliable” grade—one notch above “deprecated.”
This ranking tells us what kind of slant we can expect in Wikipedia’s articles about Israel, Zionism, and anti-Zionist antisemitism. In the wake of Oct. 7, “generally reliable” sources have trafficked in disinformation, as when The New York Times splashed the Al Ahli hospital bombing hoax over its front page, helping spark violent anti-Jewish riots across the world; or when The New Yorker legitimized Holocaust inversion—a long-running staple of anti-Zionist propaganda originating in the 1960s USSR. Conservative outlets, on the other hand, have produced reporting that tells Israel’s side of the story and have looked far more critically at the anti-Israel campus protests. The “generally unreliable” Washington Free Beacon has arguably produced the most extensive reporting on the protests. Wikipedia editors, however, are warned against using the Beacon as a source, which is why of the 353 references accompanying Wikipedia’s article on the pro-Palestinian campus protests, the overwhelming majority is to liberal and far-left sources plus Al Jazeera. 
One-sided sources are just one among a host of problems in Wikipedia articles related to Oct. 7 and the war that followed. In a World Jewish Congress report released in March, Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Nir documents numerous ways in which relevant Wikipedia entries have become de facto anti-Israel propaganda. From biased framing to omissions of key facts to stressing anti-Israel examples while ignoring the Israeli side of the story, to promoting fringe academic perspectives on Zionism—Wikipedia’s editors and administrators have actively worked to subvert the site’s neutrality policy on this topic. As in other instances, conflicts and bullying behavior predominate, with Israeli editors describing uniquely “hostile and disrespectful” treatment. Israeli users, who are most knowledgeable about the Oct. 7 events, often found themselves locked out of editing key articles, which were open for editing only to users who’d made over 500 edits. Several editors told Aharoni Nir that there were a number of activists who operated anonymously and were “responsible for the anti-Israel tone.” 
Among some of the most troubling instances Aharoni Nir documented were calls for deletions of crucial articles. These included articles describing individual massacres on Oct. 7, such as those at Netiv HaAsara, Nir Yitzhak, Yakhini, and other kibbutzim and moshavim, as well as articles describing Hamas beheadings. Some of the calls succeeded. So did the call to erase the article about Nazism in Palestinian society (a “documented historical and sociological phenomenon,” notes Aharoni Nir). By contrast, the article normalizing equations between Israel and Nazi Germany—a propagandistic concept that has been weaponized against Jews for decades––remains on the site. Meanwhile, Wikipedia’s Arabic site openly abandoned the principle of neutrality last December when it temporarily went dark in solidarity with the Palestinians, then added the Palestinian flag to its logo and posted a pro-Palestinian statement at the top. Israel’s Wikipedia community protested. Wikimedia Foundation—you guessed it—did nothing.
Many, undoubtedly, will note the irony of the ADL being attacked by the Wikipedia woke, given the criticism the organization and its head Jonathan Greenblatt have faced from the Jewish community for their progressive tilt and failure to focus on left-wing antisemitism. But the ADL has long been in social justice warriors’ crosshairs. In 2020, 100 hard-left groups signed an open letter demanding that the left “drop the ADL” as an ally. Ten days after Oct. 7, the director of the pernicious Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism attacked the ADL for daring to stand up against anti-Israel hate. And in January, The Nation published a piece whose title, “The Anti-Defamation League: Israel’s Attack Dog in the US,” read like a Pravda headline circa 1970. The Wikipedia editors who won the battle over downgrading the ADL used this piece to back up their arguments, along with articles in the hard-left Guardian and Jewish Currents, further confirming that the action had been driven not by an honest consideration of sources but political bias.
In response to a letter by 43 Jewish organizations requesting it review the decision, Wikimedia issued a press release referring to Wikipedia’s supposedly inviolable mechanisms that must be preserved to keep it “neutral and free from institutional bias.” All content decisions are made by “Wikipedia’s volunteer community” in a transparent manner, with clear processes in place, and Wikimedia dares not interfere in the magic of that process.</blockquote >

The ridiculous background of pallyweird "gaza genocide[sic]" wikipedia page.

*Anti-Israel lobby: organized, coordinated edits.
*Racist Francesca Albanese as the main source.
*Then recruited some fascistic terror PFLP-linked so called "human rights" groups as "RS," Al Mezan etc.
*The first edit based on Urban dictionary...
*Sockpuppeting.
[https://on-wiki-facts.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ridiculous-background-of-pallyweid.html On Wiki, facts]

In March 2025, ADL exposed the organized cabal of over 30 Wikipedia editors in their coordinated anti-Israel longtime edits. As well as blatantly [[antisemitic]].<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-846563 Thirty editors are altering Wikipedia articles with antisemitic bias]. ''JPost'', Mar 18, 2025</ref> This has been especially terrible under the Egyptian Arab: Maryana Iskander.

In "From Neutrality to Bias: Wikipedia’s Quiet War on Israel", [[Ivan Bassov]] elaborates on:
How a Collaborative Encyclopedia Rewards Persistence Over Truth;
The Slow Erosion of Balance;
Rewriting the Past: The “Palestinian” Problem;
Why the Usual Fixes Fail,
The New Problem: Truth in the AI Age;
<ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-neutrality-to-bias-wikipedias-quiet-war-on-israel/ From Neutrality to Bias: Wikipedia’s Quiet War on Israel]. Ivan Bassov, ''Times of Israel'', Aug 17, 2025</ref>

[[File:Genocide lie on Wikipedia by an organized Israelophobic cabal.jpg|thumb|Genocide lie on Wikipedia by an organized Israelophobic cabal]]

The anti-Israel distortion and falsehood got so bad on 'zionism' page and the "[https://justsayingitoutloloud.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-genocide-lie.html genocide lie]" that even liberal Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales intervened in Nov 2025.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-872598 Wikipedia's 'Gaza Genocide' article an example of how neutrality needs to be improved, founder says]. ''JPost'', Nov 3, 2025.
"Jimmy Wales warned the "Gaza Genocide" article needed immediate attention, as it "failed to meet the neutrality standards of Wikipedia.""</ref>

See related: ''[[Gaza GenoLIE]]''

''Wikipedia Flood's''<ref>The Wikipedia Flood
@WikipediaFlood [https://x.com/WikipediaFlood/status/1985693010772771289 Nov 4, 2025]</ref> reaction:
<blockquote>Suddenly Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales "discovers" that ONE Wiki article on Gaza is a pro-Hamas mess.
Two reasons for this "discovery":
1. Republicans in Congress;
2. Donors. Look at the calendar.
Don't expect anything more. This is an empty gesture.</blockquote>
The ''Wikipedia Flood'' has been documenting plenty of cases.<ref>[https://x.com/wikipediaflood Wikipedia Flood on X]. [https://thewikipediaflood.blogspot.com/?m=1 Wikipedia Flood]</ref> (Including on the [[Apartheid slur]]).

See related ''[[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor]]''.

Grok's reply on (Pallyweid's) Gaza so-called "genocide" page:

{{Cquote|1. Who were the editors [user names] advocating for the "Gaza (so-called) genocide" accusation on page in Wikipedia?
 
Based on analysis of the Wikipedia talk page discussions and edit history, several editors advocated for content that framed the events in Gaza as a genocide, including supporting the page title change from "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza" to "Gaza genocide" (which occurred around May 3, 2024, or July 2024 per external reports), adding sources affirming genocide, and arguing for wikivoice (neutral Wikipedia voice) on the topic. Key usernames include:
 
<ul>
<li>Alexandraaaacs1989: Proposed stating consensus among genocide scholars in wikivoice for the lead sentence.
</li><li>Aquillion: Supported consensus on genocide framing.
</li><li>Bogazicili: Advocated for better sources supporting genocide claims.
</li><li>Bluethricecreamman: Supported inclusion and wikivoice.
</li><li>Cinaroot: Advocated for the accusation in discussions.
</li><li>Coining: Expanded RfC (Request for Comment) on genocide consensus.
</li><li>Darouet: Referenced B'Tselem's "Our Genocide" report.
</li><li>David A: Supported wikivoice and inclusion.
</li><li>Dualpendel: Advocated for genocide framing.
</li><li>Greensminded24: Supported inclusion in templates and lead.
</li><li>Larry Sanger: Critiqued NPOV but supported wikivoice in context.
</li><li>Lumdeloo: Noted majority support for genocide consensus.
</li><li>NadVolum: Supported inclusion with sources like UN reports.
</li><li>Newimpartial: Advocated for expert opinion weighting toward genocide.
</li><li>Originalcola: Supported in some contexts.
</li><li>Raskolnikov.Rev: Advocated for the accusation.
</li><li>Smallangryplanet: Supported wikivoice.
</li><li>Super Goku V: Supported.
</li><li>Tashmetu: Supported.
</li><li>Twilsonb: Supported.
</li><li>VidanaliK: Supported in lead and templates.
</li><li>إيان: Supported.
</li><li>Cdjp1: Supported.
</li></ul>
External reports (e.g., from ADL, INSS, Jewish Journal) highlight a group of about 30 editors accused of coordinated pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel bias, including injecting genocide claims. Six were banned in January 2025 for disruptive editing: Selfstudier, Nableezy, Nishidani, Levivich, Iskandar323, Makeandtoss (pro-Palestinian camp). These editors were active in adding content supporting the genocide framing before bans.
 

2. Have any editors, advocating for the so-called "genocide", been accused of bias and/or coordinated editing? Which usernames were they, [elaborated] list as many as possible?
 
Yes, multiple accusations of bias and coordinated editing have been leveled against editors advocating for the genocide framing. Sources like ADL's 2025 report identified at least 30 editors circumventing policies to introduce anti-Israel bias, including genocide narratives. INSS and Jewish Journal reports describe coordinated efforts via Discord, tag-teaming, and hidden pages to entrench pro-Palestinian narratives. Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee banned eight editors in January 2025 for disruptive behavior in Israel-Palestine articles, with six from the pro-Palestinian side (accused of bias toward genocide claims). Accusations include selection bias in sources, original research, violating neutrality (WP:NPOV), and relitigating RfCs.
 
Elaborated list (from talk page, history, and external reports):
 
<ul>
<li>Selfstudier: Banned for disruptive editing; accused of coordinated pro-Palestinian bias, pushing genocide inclusion.
</li><li>Nableezy: Banned; accused of tag-teaming to entrench anti-Israel narratives, including genocide.
</li><li>Nishidani: Banned; alleged coordination to downplay Palestinian violence while amplifying genocide claims.
</li><li>Levivich: Banned; accused of bias in source selection favoring genocide framing.
</li><li>Iskandar323: Banned; part of group injecting misleading info on genocide.
</li><li>Makeandtoss: Banned; accused of coordinated efforts to promote anti-Israel bias.
</li><li>Alexandraaaacs1989: Accused of selection bias in RfC sources supporting genocide consensus.
</li><li>NadVolum: Accused of mid-process RfC edits biased toward genocide wikivoice.
</li><li>Coining: Accused of improperly expanding RfC to favor genocide inclusion.
</li><li>VidanaliK: Accused of relitigating RfC on genocide.
</li><li>Nehushtani: Comments struck for sockpuppetry/block evasion; supported pro-genocide positions.
</li><li>Docmoates: Marked as sockpuppet; opposed but in context of bias disputes.
</li><li>Other unnamed in ADL report: ~30 editors over 10 years, 2x more active in alterations, 18x more communication; accused of downplaying Palestinian antisemitism while promoting genocide/apartheid claims.
</li></ul> 
Broader context: Reports (e.g., Bloomberg, Times of Israel) note edit wars, with pro-Palestinian editors accused of exploiting democratic processes to slander Israel. Co-founder Jimmy Wales locked the page in November 2025 citing "egregious" anti-Israel bias.
 
3. Were any editors known to be anti-Israel—especially those known to work in coordination—involved in determining what qualifies as a “reliable source”?
 
Yes, accusations point to coordinated anti-Israel editors influencing reliable source (RS) determinations. ADL report: 30 editors coordinated to deem sources critical of Israel (e.g., Al Jazeera) as reliable while downgrading pro-Israel ones (e.g., ADL as unreliable on conflict in June 2024). INSS: Anti-Israel editors dominate content frameworks and source admissibility, leading to bias in genocide articles relying on anti-Israel groups. Talk page: Indirect mentions of bias in source selection (e.g., Alexandraaaacs1989's sources called lower quality; Shira Klein cited for rift in genocide studies). Banned editors like Iskandar323, Levivich involved in RS debates favoring sources like UN/Albanese (anti-Israel per critiques). No direct usernames tied solely to RS, but coordinated group (per Discord evidence in Jewish Journal) advanced to influential positions, referring dissenters to Arbitration Committee.
 
4. On what date in 2024 did Wikipedians succeed in 'elevating' the so-called "Gaza genocide" from 'allegations' to a supposed 'fact'? And which usernames promoted this elevation?
 
The page was renamed from "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza" to "Gaza genocide" on May 3, 2024 (per history/Wikipedia sources), or July 2024 (per some reports like New Arab, Times of Israel). This marked the elevation to framing as fact via wikivoice. Consensus built through RfC in mid-2024, citing emerging sources (e.g., UN experts March 2024 on "reasonable grounds," ICJ May 2024 on Rafah). Added to "List of genocides" in November 2024 after September RfC close.
 
Promoting usernames: Alexandraaaacs1989 (RfC on consensus), Aquillion (supported), Bogazicili (sources), Coining (RfC expansion), NadVolum (inclusion), Greensminded24 (templates/lead), Cinaroot, Darouet, David A, Dualpendel, Newimpartial, Raskolnikov.Rev, Smallangryplanet, Tashmetu, VidanaliK. Banned ones like Selfstudier, Nableezy promoted pre-ban
 
5. Did the so-called "reliable sources" include (Islamist bigot, semi-dictator, expansionist [a]) [[Erdoğan]]'s TRT/Anadolu; Hamas-linked [[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor|Euro-Med]]; [[MSF and Arab-Islamist terror|MSF]] (- whose members included Hamas [b]); (pro-Hamas/[[Islamism]]-) [[Qatar]]'s [c] Hamas-linked [[al-Jazeera]] [d], MEE; anti-Israel (at times, blatantly anti-Jewish) activists/"journalists" of Haaretz [e]? And were the UN's
[[United_Nations#Francesca_Albanese|Francesca Albanese]] (with an antisemitic record at least since 2014 and dubbed 21st-century Goebbels [f]) and the UN commission (by team Pillay/Kothary - of the 2022 "Jewish control" trope [g]) as well as the $30 membership, no qualifications, activists and others [h] IAGS central to it? Were [[IAGS]]'s only 28% responders' votes framed as "scholars?" Given that IAGS includes activists and artists among its members, and that only 28% voted, how can we be sure that most of those who participated were not activists? Was Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research included?
 
Yes, many listed are cited as reliable sources supporting genocide claims:
 
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>TRT/Anadolu: Not directly cited.
</li><li>Euro-Med: Cited (e.g., December 2023 submission to ICC/UN on executions as genocide; claims 25,000 killed in 70 days).
</li><li>MSF: Cited extensively (2024/2025 reports on siege, famine, health dismantling; "Life in a death trap" December 2024; genocide page July 2025).
</li><li>Al Jazeera: Cited (2024/2025 articles on complicity, destruction, torture; RSF methods May 2025; war impacts).
</li><li>MEE: Cited (September 2024 on health workers killed; December 2023 Euro-Med).
</li><li>Haaretz: Cited (January 2025 on ICC case; May 2025 poll on expelling Gazans; March 2024 on "kill zones," IDF practices).
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
 
UN's Albanese: Central (2024 reports "Anatomy of a Genocide," "Genocide as colonial erasure"; March 2024 reasonable grounds; June 2024 arms halt; October 2024/2025 statements calling Italy an accomplice).
 
UN commission (Pillay/Kothari): Cited (September 2024/2025 reports finding genocide via prohibited acts; "fully conclusive evidence" of intent; incitement comparisons to Rwanda).
 
IAGS: Central (August 31, 2025 resolution declaring genocide; infrastructure destruction). Vote: 28% participation (one-fifth support per some; 86% of participants yes). Framed as "scholars" consensus (e.g., president Melanie O’Brien: "definitive statement from experts"). Critiques: Low turnout, voluntary bias; includes activists/artists ($30 fee, no checks); dissident Sara Brown noted anti-Israel sources like Amnesty/Albanese. Not assured most were scholars vs. activists.
 
Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses: Included in some versions (2025 questioning Moses' pro-genocide stance; Journal of Genocide Research September 2025 on biases).
 
Critiques (from user links/user-provided): Not directly in WP, but external: Erdoğan's support for Hamas; MSF ties to terror; Qatar/Hamas funding; Al Jazeera/Hamas links; Haaretz anti-Israel bias; Albanese antisemitism; Kothari UN bias; IAGS low credibility (28% vote, activists).

 
6. Did it include the opinion of Joseph Massad, a neo-Nazi-material-like propagandist and celebrator of the October 7 massacres?
 
Yes, in some versions: Massad's opinions framed as "colonial tradition" of genocide, "war on demographics," "terminal stage of a settler-colony in crisis" (citations 360-362). Not in all summaries/discussions.
 

7. Was it ever mentioned who Israel is fighting against—the Gaza regime, genocidal Hamas, (its charter, speeches, methods and "to kill as many as possible" plabs) and other terror groups—and their methods of maximizing civilian casualties (including preventing evacuation, hoarding food, robbing aid, use of civilian infrastructure and hospitals, the use of their own civilians - not just IDF sources) on both sides?
 
Partially: Israel described fighting Hamas post-October 7, 2023 attacks (1,139 killed, abductions, sexual violence). Hamas charter implied in military aims/governance, but not detailed. Methods: Bombardment/invasion/blockade/starvation; human shields inferred (ICJ case); maximizing casualties via permissive policies/AI targeting (Abraham 2024; "Lavender" system; "kill zones" Haaretz). No deep on Hamas genocidal intent (user links: Atlantic 2023 on ideology; Telegraph 2023 on killing children; Hill 2024 Israel not genocidal, Hamas is). IDF measures noted (phone calls/texts/leaflets/roof-knocking; control center monitoring civilians) but countered (non-compliance, shooting unarmed). Human shields/use of civilians: Not directly, but inferred in embeddings. Preventing evacuation/hoarding: Not mentioned. Sources like NYT 2024 on tunnels/ambushes; WSJ 2024 on civilian bloodshed strategy; Post 2023 on human shields; JPost 2023/2025 on blocking evacuation/hoarding.

 
8. Were any of the 537 scholars denouncing the "genocide" propaganda mentioned in the Wikipedia article? (5 times the 28% IAGS voters).
 
No, not mentioned. Article notes scholarly disputes (e.g., Dirk Moses 2025 on biases; John Spencer on no intent; Louis-Klein 2025; Satloff on IAGS low support). User link: Times of Israel September 2025 on 500+ experts demanding IAGS retract.
 
9. Are IDF's measures taken to minimize casualties, mentioned?
 
Yes, noted in some (e.g., early statements urging civilians avoid Hamas; Netanyahu 2023 ethical conduct; control center monitoring movements; precautions like phone calls/texts/leaflets/roof-knocking). Countered by non-compliance evidence (shooting unarmed per NBC; aid killings per Guardian). User links: Forbes 2024 on precautions; JPost 2024 expert on minimizing more than history.

 
10. About Gallant clearly bravado words used at the heat of the Oct 7 moment. Was the following ever explained?
 
Partially: Gallant's October 9, 2023 statement ("complete siege... fighting human animals") quoted in full Hebrew/English, framed as dehumanizing/genocidal intent per UN/Mother Jones. No explicit omission note, but full quote includes "act accordingly." User explanation (Bulwark 2024): Quotes omitted "eliminate it all" referring to Hamas, not population.
 


11. Was this denial included? "IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures." And the position that some estimated 25,000 killed were terrorists?
 
Yes: Disputes noted. Gaza Health Ministry figures (71,600 by Jan 2026; deemed reliable by UN/WHO/IDF broadly accurate). IDF: 8,900 militants killed (83% civilian per Guardian); estimates ~25,000 terrorists killed (~36,000 civilians, 1.5:1 ratio). Undercounting per Lancet 2025 (41%; 186,000+ indirect). User links: Ynet/IDF 2026 disputes 70,000; HonestReporting 2026 no acceptance; National Post 2026 on lies.

 

12. Is Yuval Avraham/LocalCall/The Guardian’s silly idea—that because they saw only about 9,000 terrorist names, all the rest must supposedly be “civilians”—really still being cited there as valid “data”?
 
Yes: Cited (December 2023/September 2024 analysis publishing identities, confirming reliability per Le Monde; 70% women/children verified; 83% civilian 2025 data; AI "Lavender" for bombings).
 

13. Was that sloppy historian / liar Ilan Pappe's opinions used?
 
Yes: In De Vogli et al. 2025; August 2025 Lancet co-authored arguing break silence on genocide. Related scholars like Sultany cited.

 
12. Did B’Tselem, the so-called “human rights” group, ever advocate for the rights of any Jews when it did not involve Arabs? Yes or no. (Short yes or no answer, without propagating for them or "explaining" their "focus").
 
No.

 
13. Did most "genocide" accusers already engage in the "apartheid" accusation propaganda [The other pallyweid buzzword]? [Agenda, predictability]
Yes: Amnesty (2024 genocide; 2022 apartheid); HRW (2024 genocidal acts; 2021 apartheid); B'Tselem (2023/2025 genocide; 2021 apartheid); UN (2024/2025 genocide; ICJ 2024 illegal occupation violating anti-racism); MESA (2024 genocidal violence); ICJ (plausible genocide rights; apartheid links).

 
14. The circulation of shocking images in major media, while in fact “all 12 suffer from other health problems,” influencing emotional reactions that contributed to the “starvation” accusation, has this factor been included on the Wikipedia page?
Partially: Images cited (destruction February 2025; Al-Shifa overcrowding October 2023; ambulances January 2024; mosques February 2025; aid August 2024; mass graves April 2024). Tied to starvation (IPC 2025 famine; 463 deaths; 10,000+ estimated; child amputees; disease). No mention of "all 12 suffer from other health problems" (user link: Free Press 2025).
 

15. Was the pressure to accuse with "genocide", without believing it, noted? Was it mentioned on the Wikipedia page?
 
No on page (implied media critiques like Intercept 2024 on NYT avoiding "genocide"; state hypocrisy). User link: JNS 2026 legislator on political pressure.

 
16. Finishing off with this: when was the first time that Arabs in the holy land screamed "we will drink the blood of the Jews?"
 
April 4-7, 1920, during Nebi Musa riots in Jerusalem. Crowd chanted "Nashrab dam al-Yahud" ("We will drink the blood of the Jews") amid pogrom (200+ injured, 6 killed, rapes).
<ref>Wikipedia Gaza Genocide Page Editors and Bias - Grok.
[https://grok.com/c/a190bb11-a5d1-4cf0-a975-f1103c7ef76f .2.10.26]. RE THE PALLYWEID PROPAGANDA "GAZA (so-called) GENOCIDE" PAGE ON WIKIPEDIA.

1. Who were the editors [user names] advocating for the "Gaza (so-called) genocide" accusation on page in Wikipedia?

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2. Have any editors, advocating for the so-called "genocide", been accused of bias and/or coordinated editing? Which usernames were they, [elaborated] list as many as possible?

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3. Were any editors known to be anti-Israel—especially those known to work in coordination—involved in determining what qualifies as a “reliable source”?

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4. On what date in 2024 did Wikipedians succeed in 'elevating' the so-called "Gaza genocide" from 'allegations' to a supposed 'fact'? And which usernames promoted this elevation?

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5. Did the so-called "reliable sources" include (Islamist bigot, semi-dictator, expansionist [a]) Erdoğan's TRT/Anadolu; Hamas-linked Euro-Med; MSF (- whose members included Hamas [b]); (pro-Hamas/Islamism-) Qatar's [c] Hamas-linked al Jazeera [d], MEE; anti-Israel (at times, blatantly anti-Jewish) activists/"journalists" of [[Haaretz]] [e]? And were the UN's Francesca Albanese (with an antisemitic record at least since 2014 and dubbed 21st-century Goebbels [f]) and the UN commission (by team Pillay/Kothary - of the 2022 "Jewish control" trope [g]) as well as the $30 membership, no qualifications, activists and others [h] IAGS central to it? Were IAGS's only 28% responders' votes framed as "scholars?" Given that IAGS includes activists and artists among its members, and that only 28% voted, how can we be sure that most of those who participated were not activists? Was Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research included|

a) Erdoğan – Semi-dictator, Support for Hamas / Islamist alignment:

"Turkey's president says all he wants is the same powers as Hitler." The Telegraph. Jan 1, 2016.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12077703/Turkeys-president-says-all-he-wants-is-same-powers-as-Hitler.html].

"Turkey's Vote Makes Erdoğan Effectively a Dictator". The New Yorker. Apr 17, 2017
[https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/turkeys-vote-makes-erdogan-effectively-a-dictator].

“Bipartisan Congressional Group Condemns Erdoğan’s Support of Hamas”. JNS, Jul 10, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/bipartisan-congressional-group-condemns-erdogans-support-of-hamas/].

“Erdoğan Hosts Hamas Leaders”. JNS, Aug 23, 2020.
[https://www.jns.org/erdogan-hosts-hamas-leaders-including-designated-terrorist-with-5-million-bounty/].

“Erdoğan Invites Hamas Chief Haniyeh”. JNS, Apr 17, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/erdogan-invites-hamas-chief-haniyeh-accuses-israel-in-speech/].

"Erdogan continues to support Brotherhood ties to shape his image among Muslims." Nordic Monitor. Sep. 9, 2025.
[https://nordicmonitor.com/2025/09/erdogan-continues-to-support-brotherhood-ties-to-shape-his-image-among-muslims/]|

b) MSF and Terror Allegations:

“MSF Withholds Staff Lists from Israel Due to Safety”. The Jerusalem Post, Jan 30, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-885088].

“MSF Maintained Ties to Terror Groups, Israeli Documents Say”. The Jerusalem Post, Jan 1, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-882019].

"Israel says Doctors Without Borders employs terror affiliates, orders exit from Gaza." Itanar Eichner. Ynet. Feb 1, 2026.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjyuy5h8be]|

c). Qatar and Islamism, Hamas:

"Follow the Money: Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood Funding of Higher Education in the United States." IAGS.
[https://isgap.org/follow-the-money/].

"Turkey and Qatar Support Hamas: How to Respond?".Middle East Forum. Oct 27, 2023.
[https://www.meforum.org/turkey-and-qatar-support-hamas-how-to-respond].

"10 Things to Know About Hamas and Qatar." Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Dec 10, 2023
[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/19/10-things-to-know-about-hamas-and-qatar/].

"The Qatar Foundation’s Hidden Hand, From Hamas to US Universities." TPS-IL. Dec 8, 2024
[https://tps.co.il/articles/the-qatar-foundations-hidden-hand-from-hamas-to-us-universities/].

"The Problem with Doha: Why Israel’s Hamas Attacks Outraged Qatar."
By Michael Rubin. AEI. Sep 13, 2025
[https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-problem-with-doha-why-israels-hamas-attacks-outraged-qatar/].

"On Hamas, what did Qatar know and when did it know it?" politico.eu. Jan 11, 2024
[https://www.politico.eu/article/west-search-truth-qatar-israel-hamas-war/].

"Since Oct 7, Qatari Support For Hamas Continues." MEMRI. May 20, 2025 [https://www.memri.org/reports/memri-archives-hamas-october-7-attack-israel-qatars-unreserved-support-hamas-incitement].

"Whitewashing Qatar: The reporting from Doha is disappointing."
David M. Weinberg. Apr 13, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-796603].

"Turkish might, Qatari wealth spearhead a new radical Sunni axis in the Middle East."
Efraim Inbar. Jerusalem Post. June 10, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-857174].

"Dealing with Qatar, while Qatar funds terrorists "
Eric R. Mandel. Jerusalem Post. Jun 12, 2025
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-857330].

"Qatar’s money isn’t just dirty – its filthy."
Accusations of bribery against the Gulf state are only part of the problem – the Qataris are jihadi financiers.
Jonathan Schanzer. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. June 19, 2025.
[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/19/qatars-money-isnt-just-dirty-its-filthy/]
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d) Al Jazeera and Hamas:

“IDF Reveals: Six Al Jazeera Journalists Are Hamas/PIJ Terrorists”. The Jerusalem Post, Oct 23, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-825877].

“Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Was Hamas Nukhba Engineer”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 3, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-813108].

"IDF reveals document linking Al Jazeera journalist to Hamas". Ynet Aug 3, 2024.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjiz4xhyr].

“Israel Kills Hamas Terrorist Doubling as Al Jazeera Reporter”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 11, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-863836].

"Documentary Evidence of Hamas-Al Jazeera Relations and Cooperation." The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Oct 20, 2025.
[https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/documentary-evidence-of-hamas-al-jazeera-relations-and-cooperation/]|

e) Anti-Israel (at times even blatantly anti-Jewish) Haaretz:

"Shame on 'Haaretz'."
Isi Leiblet. Jerusalem Post. Nov 6, 2007. Today Landau allegedly even refuses to correct articles containing blatantly false information if they conflict with his political agenda.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/article-81073].

"Reservists ask Mazuz to probe 'Haaretz'."
"It appears to us that Haaretz did not do the minimum of checking before reporting false accusations," the letter read. Jerusalem Post. Apr 7, 2009.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel/reservists-ask-mazuz-to-probe-haaretz/article-138417].

"'Haaretz' Finally Corrects Vicious Forced Contraception Story." Tablet Magazine. Mar 8, 2013
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/haaretz-corrects-forced-contraception-story].

"BDS' useful idiots at Haaretz". Ynet. Jul 13, 2015
[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4679117,00.html].

"Haaretz's Owner Proves Paper Has an Anti-Israel Political Agenda." Algemeiner. Jan 25, 2016
https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/01/25/haaretzs-owner-proves-paper-has-an-anti-israel-political-agenda/
"Haaretz, Lost in Translation". Tablet Magazine. May 12, 2016
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/haaretz-lost-in-translation]
.

"Leading Israeli Politician Slams Haaretz Newspaper for Appointing New Editor With Ties to Radical Anti-Israel Group Breaking the Silence". Algemeiner. Jul 8, 2016.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/07/08/leading-israeli-politician-slams-haaretz-newspaper-for-appointing-new-editor-with-ties-to-radical-anti-israel-group-breaking-the-silence/].

"Prominent American journalist decries anti-Semitism at Haaretz". Israel Hayom. Aug 3, 2016
[https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/402607].

"Are Beatles to Blame for the Occupation?
Yes, says a Haaretz writer. Sgt".
Jun 13, 2017.
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/are-beatles-to-blame-for-the-occupation].

"Haaretz publisher derided for 'racist' tweet". Ynet. Apr 15, 2018
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/5230971].

"Outrage Over Antisemitic Cartoon Depicting Chareidi Bringing Coronavirus To Israel." VINNews. Aug 4, 2020.
[https://vinnews.com/2020/08/04/outrage-over-antisemitic-cartoon-depicting-chareidi-bringing-coronavirus-to-israel/].

"How academia omits facts to make Palestinians the perpetual victim". Ynet. Dec 5, 2022.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/r13c00w5do].

"Haaretz sets new records of vileness with latest Israel smear."
One is free to debate the elusive morality of the balance between targeted assassinations and collateral damage, but Haaretz went one step further and flat-out claimed the IDF's intention is to kill children to make Israelis happy; So PIJ propagandists can take the day off, Haaretz is on it.
Alon Goldstein. Ynet. May 12, 2023
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/syx2zronn].

"Haaretz: IDF soldiers don't rape Arab women due to racism." Israel National News. Jun 20, 2024
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/633681].

"Israeli newspaper Haaretz under fire after claiming Israel an apartheid". Jerusalem Post. Nov 3, 2024
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-827303].

"Israel cuts ties with Haaretz newspaper". The Jerusalem Post. Nov 24, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-830510].

"Yes, it's an antisemitic report".
Ynet. Dec 23, 2024.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rk9tcmvs1x].

"Why Anti-Semites Love Haaretz: Gadi Taub (Part 5)". Quillette.
Mar 31, 2025. On YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwje3xN7XxQ].

"Haaretz Claim That IDF Was Ordered to Fire on Unarmed Gazans Refuted by Translation Discrepancies, Contradictions, and Eyewitness Accounts". Algemeiner. June 30, 2025.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/30/haaretz-claim-that-idf-was-ordered-to-fire-on-unarmed-gazans-refuted-by-translation-discrepancies-contradictions-and-eyewitness-accounts/].

"The Hate of Haaretz and Its Blatant Lies Against the IDF". Tuvia Book. The Times of Israel. Jun 29, 2025.
[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-hate-of-haaretz-and-its-blatant-lies-against-the-idf/].

"Haaretz Accused Israeli Soldiers of a Horrific Blood Libel — But Twisted the Truth". Algemeiner. July 2, 2025
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/07/02/haaretz-accused-israeli-soldiers-of-a-horrific-blood-libel-but-twisted-the-truth/]
"Murder propaganda: How biased reporting fuels global hate against Israel".
Opinion: In a world flooded with anti-Israel bias, local and international outlets risk amplifying Hamas propaganda—ignoring the truth behind the suffering in Gaza and the realities of terror. Ynet. Jul 11, 2025.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hyglm40hll].

"Former Haaretz Columnist Alon Pinkas Embroiled in Qatari Funding Scandal."
JFeed. Jan 11, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/haaretz-qatari-funding-scandal]
Avishai Grinzaig: "The editor of Haaretz found out about this back on April 25, and whitewashed it. Only when Bar Peleg discovered this information in his own way was this information revealed and now published in Haaretz." On X. Jan 10, 2026
[https://x.com/avishaigrinzaig/status/2010057443359994219‎] |

f) Francesca Albanese – Antisemitism / Criticism:

"UN Palestinian rights lawyer slammed for 2014 remarks on 'Jewish lobby'."
i24NEWS. Dec 15, 2022.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/palestinian-territories/1671085513-un-palestinian-rights-lawyer-slammed-for-2014-antisemitic-remarks-on-jewish-lobby].

“UN Watch Report Calls for Sanctions on Francesca Albanese”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 24, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-825935].

“Francesca Albanese is the 21st‑Century Joseph Goebbels”. HRvoices, Jan 13, 2025.
[https://hrvoices.org/article/human-rights-expert-francesca-albanese-is-the-21st-century-joseph-goebbels/].

"Condemnations Against Antisemitic UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese". UN Watch.
July 1, 2025.
[https://unwatch.org/condemnations-against-antisemitic-un-rapporteur-francesca-albanese/] |

g) Miloon Kothary of UNHCR:

"U.N. Bias Toward Israel Does Nothing to Achieve Peace". HR voices. Jul 31, 2022.
[https://hrvoices.org/?post_type=article&p=392117].

"Shake-up at UN as All Members of Anti-Israel Inquiry Resign". Ynet. Jul 15, 2025.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjepmamule] |

h) IAGS membership, so-called "experts":

“‘Genocide Scholars’ for $30?”.
The Jerusalem Post, Sep 4, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-866398].

"Want to Be a Renowned Genocide Scholar? Pay $30". i24NEWS. Sep 3, 2025.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/artc-want-to-be-a-renowned-genocide-scholar-pay-30].

"Body of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artists." Just 28 per cent of the roughly 500-strong body, which is open to anyone willing to pay a fee – voted in favor of the resolution charging Israel with the gravest war crimes.
The JC. Sep 5, 2025.
[https://www.thejc.com/news/body-of-experts-accusing-israel-of-genocide-admits-its-members-include-activists-and-artists-f412cfiz].

“Israel Must Fight Inaccurate Global Use of the Word ‘Genocide’”.
Source: The Jerusalem Post, Sep 18, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-867946].

"An alternative universe". Melanie Phillips. JNS. Sep 4, 2025.
[...]
'Melanie O’Brien, the IAGS president and a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia, said the resolution was “a definitive statement from experts in the field of genocide studies that what is going on the ground in Gaza is genocide.”

But only 28% of members took part in that vote. According to a dissident member of this body, Sara Brown, the so-called “expert” sources cited in support of the resolution included virulently anti-Israel organizations and individuals.

These included Amnesty International (which actually reworded the international definition of genocide to support its claims against Israel) and Francesca Albanese, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, whom the U.S. State Department condemned in June for “unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West.”

The scholars’ arguments were shoddy in the extreme. They committed the howler of claiming that the International Court of Justice had said there was a “plausible” claim of genocide in Gaza, which is blatantly untrue. The ICJ had said instead that the Palestinians “plausibly” had rights to protection under the Genocide Convention.

The IAGS scholars had assumed preposterously that no combatants had been harmed in the war. They had ignored Israel’s unprecedented measures to avoid civilian casualties wherever possible. They had ignored the way Hamas had deeply embedded its military infrastructure among Gaza’s civilian population. And they were accusing Israel falsely of the very crime of which it was the victim.

This grotesque inversion in accusing Israel of genocide has been deployed for decades by the Palestinian Arabs as a way of delegitimizing Israel and thus gaining international support for its destruction.

It’s a psy-ops tactic that’s straight out of the old Soviet playbook—accuse your victims falsely of the crime you are committing against them, which allows you to claim that your own murderous acts are justified resistance against your victims’ fictional aggression.

Hamas ruthlessly deploys this tactic to conceal their own actual genocidal behavior, which they unashamedly proclaim, but which is brushed aside because the term “genocide” is being used to demonize Israel’s attempt to defend itself.

This infernal tactic has been ramped up during the current war because Hamas and its Iranian patron have understood that the West no longer has the intellectual wherewithal to recognize as a lie the accusation against Israel of genocide.

The reason is the prevalent orthodoxy that there’s no such thing as absolute truth, only dominant narratives. These are only permitted to groups said to be of oppressed and powerless victims.

Jews are deemed to be powerful, so they aren’t allowed any dominant narratives. And there’s a determination to deny the Jews their unique historic experience as victims in order to inflate that status for today’s self-designated “powerless” minority groups.

This relativizing process has corrupted Holocaust memorialization and education, much of which now holds that there have been many holocausts and there was nothing special about the Jews as victims of the Nazis.

The key feature of the Nazi Holocaust—the intention to exterminate not just Jews as people but as a people and wipe them off the face of the earth—has been denied. Instead, the Holocaust has come to mean merely the intentional killing of a lot of people.

The same thing has happened to genocide, the term invented by the legal scholar Raphael Lemkin after World War II to describe the intentional eradication of an entire people.

Today’s anti-Zionists have shifted this definition to encompass occupation, Israeli sovereignty or even Zionism itself.

In a remarkable series of posts on X, Adam Louis-Klein, an anthropology Ph.D. student who researches antisemitism, Zionism and Jewish peoplehood, has shredded the prevalent thinking of academics in “genocide studies.”

They openly argue, he writes, that the legal definition of genocide needs to be discarded, stretched or reinterpreted—because they know it doesn’t apply to Israel and they aim to turn it into a weapon to use against the Jewish state alone.

Louis-Klein quotes Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research, who has argued that when non-state actors commit what he calls “subaltern [lower rank] genocide” they aren’t committing a crime but engaging in a necessary and justified act of resistance. In other words, genocide from the right direction is righteous.

Moses has argued that the distinction between war and genocide is irrelevant because motivation isn’t important. “What does it matter to civilians if they’re killed by violence with genocidal or military intent?” he wrote.

This reasoning is morally bankrupt. Without intent, there can be no moral distinction between right and wrong, aggressor and victim. The absence of intent enables those defending themselves against genocide to be blamed for killing their attackers—precisely the obscene inversion the genocide scholars have achieved with Israel and Hamas.

As Louis-Klein has observed, genocide has thus been deployed not to prevent atrocities but to authorize them.

These genocide scholars have no more intellectual authority than a pack of snake-oil salesmen—in fact, rather less, since anyone can join the IAGS for a fee which can be as low as $30 and with no background checks being made. Members include human-rights activists, students, policymakers, artists and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all.

No media outlets that ran with the screaming “genocide scholars say Israel guilty of genocide” headlines bothered to check the credibility of these “leading scholars” and their claims.

It’s the same reason they eagerly swallow the poisonous lies of Al Jazeera’s terrorist “journalists,” or Hamas-compromised U.N. officials, or Gaza’s Hamas “health ministry.” They want to believe the narrative of murderous Israelis and innocent Palestinian victims.

The result is an alternative information universe of fake news, fake journalists, fake famine, fake genocide and fake genocide “scholars,” all pushing the narrative of fake Palestinians and fake Israeli war crimes—to create a fake Palestine state to destroy Israel...'
[https://www.jns.org/an-alternative-universe/]

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6. Did it include the opinion of Joseph Massad, a neo-Nazi-material-like propagandist and celebrator of the October 7 massacres?

"Stormfront Material from Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad."
By Petra Marquardt-Bigman. Algeneiner. May 3, 2013 [https://www.algemeiner.com/2013/05/03/stormfront-material-from-columbia-university-professor-joseph-massad/].

"I once fell for the Columbia prof who celebrated Hamas’ massacre — he has the power to infect."
By Liel Leibovitz. New York Post. Oct. 17, 2023. [https://nypost.com/2023/10/17/columbia-professor-hamas-fan-joseph-massad-has-no-place-teaching/].

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7. Was it ever mentioned who Israel is fighting against—the Gaza regime, genocidal Hamas, (its charter, speeches, methods and "to kill as many as possible" plabs) and other terror groups—and their methods of maximizing civilian casualties (including preventing evacuation, hoarding food, robbing aid, use of civilian infrastructure and hospitals, the use of their own civilians - not just IDF sources) on both sides?

"Understanding Hamas's Genocidal Ideology". The Atlantic. Oct 10, 2023.
[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/].

"Adolf Eichmann was genocidal. Hamas is too. Israel, no."
Since the atrocities, the abuse of language has become almost Orwellian.
Dominic Lawson, The Times. Nov 5, 2023.
[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/adolf-eichmann-was-genocidal-hamas-is-too-israel-no-rhd7v6s8w].

"Hamas planned killing of young children, secret documents reveal." Terrorists aimed to specifically target young people and ‘kill as many’ Israelis as possible.
The Telegraph. Oct 14, 2023.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/14/hamas-attack-kibbutz-children-gaza-kfar-saad/].

"Israel is not committing genocide — but Hamas is."q
The Hill. Jan 4, 2024.
[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4388533-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-but-hamas-is/].

"Hamas came for everyone it could kill in Israel on Oct 7. Today, The Hague encouraged it."
The ICJ accepted the South African jurists' misrepresentation of the cause and nature of the war in Gaza, seeking to constrain Israel and thus aiding the true genocidal party, Hamas.
By David Horovitz. Times of Israel. Jan. 26, 2024.
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-came-for-everyone-it-could-kill-in-israel-on-oct-7-today-the-hague-encouraged-it/].

"What Hamas Leaders Actually Want – In Their Own Words." ISGAP. Feb 7, 2024
[https://isgap.org/flashpoint/what-hamas-leaders-actually-want-in-their-own-words/].

"Defeating genocidal Hamas is noble, not genocide."
It takes guts to prosecute this just war to conclusion.
Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein.
JNS, Feb 14, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/defeating-genocidal-hamas-is-noble-not-genocide/].

"Genocidal Hamas is making peace impossible". Danny Cohen. Telegraph. Jun 9, 2024
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/09/genocidal-hamas-is-making-peace-impossible/].

"Hamas officials admit its strategy is to use Palestinian civilians as human shields".
Natalie Ecanow. New York Post. Nov. 1, 2023,
[https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/opinion/hamas-officials-admit-its-strategy-is-to-use-palestinian-civilians-as-human-shields/].

"Human sacrifice is central to Hamas's strategy".
Gregory Wallance. The Hill. Nov 7, 2023
[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4295601-human-sacrifice-is-central-to-hamass-strategy/].

"Gaza Chief's Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas". WSJ. Jun 10, 2024.
[https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7?gaa_at=eafs].

"How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza: Tunnels, Traps and Ambushes". The New York irk Times. Jul 13, 2024
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel-fighting.html].

"Hamas's Human Shield Strategy in Gaza." Henry Jackson Society. May 4, 2025
[https://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/hamass-human-shield-strategy-in-gaza/].

"Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF."
The Jerusalem Post. Oct 15, 2023
[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-768382].

"Hamas gunmen caught on tape accusing leaders of hoarding humanitarian aid."
Terror group said to have punished critics by beating up their wives; Israel reportedly played clips to Biden officials in failed bid to fend off pressure to let in more aid.
By ToI Staff. Feb 17, 2025.
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-gunmen-caught-on-tape-accusing-leaders-of-hoarding-humanitarian-aid-report/].

"Hamas prevents civilian evacuation from Gaza City."
The Jerusalem Post. Sep 3, 2025
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-866195].

"Hamas misleads Palestinians about safe zones - COGAT."
The Jerusalem Post. Sep 11, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867122].

"Islamism’s strategic scarcity: how hoarded baby formula exposed the economy of martyrdom."
Amine Ayoub. Ynet. Dec 13, 2025
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rym142cmzg].

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8. Were any of the 537 scholars denouncing the "genocide" propaganda mentioned in the Wikipedia article? (5 times the 28% IAGS voters). |

"More than 500 Experts Sign Demand That Genocide 'Scholars' Group Retract Accusation Against Israel". The Times of Israel. Sep 9, 2025. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/more-than-500-experts-sign-demand-that-genocide-scholars-group-retract-accusation-against-israel/]

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9. Are IDF's measures taken to minimize casualties, mentioned? |

"On The Ground In Gaza: What I Saw Of Israel’s Military Operations." David A. Deptula. Forbes. Jul 31, 2024.

'the IDF takes many precautions in an effort to reduce civilian casualties. Thousands of phone calls, texts, leaflets, as well as roof-knocking (dropping small munitions on top of buildings) are some of the warnings the IDF uses to notify civilians to evacuate Hamas-occupied structures. I visited an IDF control center, used to integrate information from a variety of sources, that closely monitors civilian locations and movements throughout Gaza. The data is continually updated to inform IDF operations to minimize unintended collateral damage, as well as to evacuate and separate the civilian population from combat operations to the greatest degree possible...'
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2024/07/31/on-the-ground-in-gaza-what-i-saw-of-israels-military-operations/].

"Israel minimizes civilian casualties more than anyone in history - expert."
Jerusalem Post Staff. Jan 30, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784307]

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10. About Gallant clearly bravado words used at the heat of the Oct 7 moment. Was the following ever explained? |

'quotes omitted key words. According to a video of his comments to soldiers, Gallant actually said, “Gaza will not return to what it was before. There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate it all.” Clearly he was referring to eliminating Hamas, not the entire population of Gaza.'

"Hamas's Useful Idiots - by Mona Charen."
The Bulwark. Jan 25, 2024 — There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate it all.” Clearly he was referring to eliminating Hamas, not the entire population of Gaza.
[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hamass-useful-idiots-israel-genocide]

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11. Was this denial included? "IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures." And the position that some estimated 25,000 killed were terrorists? |

"IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures."
After reports cite senior Israeli officials endorsing Palestinian death toll of 70,000, military says number not based on official IDF data and that its own analysis of casualties, distinguishing terrorists from civilians, still underway.
Yoav Zitun. Ynet. Jan 31, 2026.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1jhuacize]; "Why the IDF should hire a PR firm, not a general." Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, when asked how many Gazans Israel killed, mentioned Hamas’s figure of 70,000 without checking or knowing.
By Gil Hoffman. Jerusalem Post. Feb 6, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-885645]; "No, the IDF Did Not Accept Hamas' Gaza Casualty Figures."
Rachel O'Donoghue. HonestReporting. February 1, 2026.

Key Takeaways:

Headlines claiming the IDF “accepted” Hamas’ 70,000 death toll stemmed from an anonymous briefing remark—not official data—and were later clarified by the IDF as not reflecting its position, yet the narrative spread globally before the correction.

Hamas’ published figures lump together combatants, civilians, natural deaths, and deaths caused by Hamas itself, with no breakdown—embedding an estimated ~11,000 natural deaths, ~1,000 errors, and ~4,000 internal or misfire-related killings that are routinely attributed to Israel.

Reconstructing the data shows roughly 25,000 Hamas fighters killed and about 36,000 civilians—a civilian-to-combatant ratio of around 1.5:1—undercutting claims of indiscriminate slaughter and revealing how unexamined casualty headlines distort the reality of the war.

— The IDF clarifies that the details published do not reflect official IDF data. Any publication or report on this matter will be released through official and orderly channels.
[https://honestreporting.com/no-the-idf-did-not-accept-hamas-gaza-casualty-figures/];
"Jesse Kline: Israel-haters can't stop lying about a 'genocide'." Whether Hamas's official death toll is correct or not, it is not evidence of Israeli war crimes.
Jesse Kline. National Post. Feb 04, 2026
[https://archive.ph/FdL6s].

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12. Is Yuval Avraham/LocalCall/The Guardian’s silly idea—that because they saw only about 9,000 terrorist names, all the rest must supposedly be “civilians”—really still being cited there as valid “data”?

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12b. Was that sloppy historian / liar Ilan Pappe's opinions used?

Benny Morris, "Ilan Pappe: "One of the World's Sloppiest Historians" ". The New Republic. Mar 16, 2011 — Ilan Pappe must be one of the world's sloppiest historians; at worst, one of the most dishonest. In truth, he probably merits a place somewhere between the two.
[https://newrepublic.com/article/85344/ilan-pappe-sloppy-dishonest-historian]

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12c. Did B’Tselem, the so-called “human rights” group, ever advocate for the rights of any Jews when it did not involve Arabs? Yes or no. (Short yes or no answer, without propagating for them or "explaining" their "focus").

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13b. Did most "genocide" accusers already engage in the "apartheid" accusation propaganda [The other pallyweid buzzword]? [Agenda, predictability].

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14. The circulation of shocking images in major media, while in fact “all 12 suffer from other health problems,” influencing emotional reactions that contributed to the “starvation” accusation, has this factor been included on the Wikipedia page? |

"They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems." Free Press. Aug 18, 2025.
[https://archive.is/c7vTx]

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15. Was the pressure to accuse with "genocide", without believing it, noted? Was it mentioned on the Wikipedia page?

"I don’t believe it but have to accuse Israel of genocide due to political pressure, legislator tells JNS."
“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the lawmaker said. Aaron Bandler.
JNS. Jan 13, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/i-dont-believe-it-but-have-to-accuse-israel-of-genocide-due-to-political-pressure-legislator-tells-jns/]

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16. Finishing of with this: when was the first time that Arabs in the holy land screamed "we will drink the blood of the Jews?"

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In Jan 2026, Wikipedia Bans Gang of 40 Editor Iskandar323 for Systematic Narrative Manipulation.
Iskandar323 is gone. One of the most infamous leaders of the Gang of 40 has been site-banned by Wikipedia after a turbulent proceeding that closed on January 26, 2026. The vote ended 7-5 in favor of the ban, following weeks of internal turmoil after the Arbitration Committee initially voted unanimously to remove him. The decision came 15 months after an investigation into the Gang of 40.
NPOV tracked the editor for months before anyone else noticed. One editor. Thousands of edits. One agenda.
His changes reshaped key articles in a consistent direction. He altered the Wikipedia definition of Jews, replacing “nation” with “cultural community” and elevating religious identity above ethnic and historical identity. His edit note read: “Laying down the breathtakingly obvious.”
In another article he deleted the line stating that Jews originated in the Land of Israel, labeling it “POV.” He then removed peer-reviewed genetic evidence linking Jewish populations to the Levant, calling it “extremely hotly disputed.”
The same editor struck 3,951 characters from the Siege of Jerusalem page—one of the most documented events in ancient history—in just eight edits over 38 minutes. Jewish casualties were minimized and historical memory deleted. His explanation: “Left unclear by the sources.”
Across multiple articles on Iran, he thinned coverage of the 1988 mass executions of thousands of political prisoners. Perpetrators were removed, victim counts downplayed, and accountability for executions, prison abuse, and dissident targeting was deleted.
Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee declared “Enough is enough” in 2026 and banned Iskandar323. [Of course he promoted Pallweid too]. But his network—the Gang of 40—remains active. Their million-plus edits are still live. The articles remain distorted.
One ban is not enough.<ref>Ashley Rindsberg @AshleyRindsberg:
Iskandar323 is gone. One of the most infamous of the Gang of 40 leaders, Iskandar has been site banned by @Wikipedia after a turbulent proceeding that took place 15 months after my first investigation into the G40 for @PirateWires .
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Wikipedia Bans Gang of 40 Editor for Systematic Narrative Manipulation.
The Iskandar323 case reveals how a small group of editors reshaped Wikipedia's coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict—and why one ban isn't enough.
neutralpov.com Jan 09, 2026.
[https://www.neutralpov.com/p/infamous-gang-of-40-leader-banned NPOV]
[https://archive.is/1pcTf]

Wikipedia Bans Iskandar323, the Infamous Pro-Hamas Editor Who Weaponized the Platform.
Wikipedia bans editor from "Gang of 40" network accused of coordinating hundreds of thousands of edits to systematically distort the portrayal of Jews, Israel, Hamas, and Palestinians.
Jewish Onliner. Jan 12, 2026

In early January, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) unanimously voted to ban Iskandar323, a prominent member with 49,413 documented edits, of what investigators have termed the "Gang of 40," a coordinated network of editors accused of systematically manipulating content related to the Israel-Palestine conflict

The ban, one of Wikipedia’s most severe punishments, includes an indefinite topic ban barring the editor from any content “related to Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Antisemitism, Palestine, Palestinians, or anything else that is related to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”
[https://jewishonliner.org/p/wikipedia-bans-iskandar323-the-infamous-pro-hamas-editor-who-weaponized-the-platform JewishOnliner]

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One editor. Thousands of edits. One agenda.
NPOV tracked Iskandar323 for months before anyone else noticed. These are his most consequential changes. 👇

Mar 24, 2026 · 4:17 PM UTC

NPOV
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He changed how Wikipedia defines Jews.
"Nation" became "cultural community." Religious identity moved above ethnic and historical identity.

His note: "Laying down the breathtakingly obvious."👇

NPOV
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He deleted the line stating that Jews originated in the Land of Israel. Called it "POV."

Then removed peer-reviewed genetic evidence linking Jewish populations to the Levant, calling it "extremely hotly disputed."

Same editor. Same direction. Multiple articles. 👇

NPOV
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8 edits. 38 minutes. 3,951 characters deleted.
The Siege of Jerusalem — one of the most documented events in ancient history.

Jewish casualties minimised. Historical memory deleted. His explanation: "Left unclear by the sources." 👇

NPOV
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Iran. The 1988 mass executions - thousands of political prisoners killed systematically thinned across multiple Wikipedia articles. Perpetrators removed. Victim counts downplayed. Accountability deleted.

Executions. Prison abuse. Dissident targeting.

Same editor. Same direction.👇
[https://x.com/npovmedia/status/2036477545504194846 on X]

NPOV @npovmedia:
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Replying to @AshleyRindsberg
Wikipedia banned Iskandar323 in 2026.
Their arbitration committee: "Enough is enough."
But his network the Gang of 40 remains active. Their million+ edits remain live. The articles remain distorted.
[https://x.com/npovmedia/status/2036480482121015619 on X]</ref>

* Hamas-linked genocidal [[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor]]: Not only have its thugs been editing Wikipedia pages towards Hamas propaganda, but it openly trained others to edit Wikipedia pages.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-887007
|title=Hamas-linked org. trains Gazans to edit Wikipedia pages about Israel, Palestine
|work=Jerusalem Post
|date=February 17, 2026}}</ref>

[[File:Wiki Pallyweid & Holocaust diminishing.jpg|thumb|Wikipedia pallyweid & Holocaust diminishing]]

'''''If you had any doubts about the true motivations and malicious agenda behind those promoting the “genocide” narrative, just look at how quickly the same biased and openly anti-Israel Wikipedia editors rushed to create a page framing any challenge to that claim as “denial.” The goal is not honest debate or historical accuracy — it is to delegitimize Israel, silence dissent, and distort the meaning of genocide itself. In many ways, this has become a sophisticated modern form of Holocaust distortion and even indirect Holocaust denial: by trivializing and weaponizing the term “genocide” against the Jewish state, they erode the historical uniqueness and documented reality of the Holocaust while turning its language against its survivors and descendants.'''''

[[File:Wikipedia on Oct 7.jpg|thumb|Islamic editor inserts justifucation for Arab Palestinian genocidal Oct 7 attacks (2.22.26)]]
First line of Wikipedia Oct. 7 entry says Hamas terrorists came from ‘blockaded’ Gaza, seeming to justify attacks. (Islamic editor inserted it on Feb 22, 2026). “It’s yet another example of the Wikipedia editors’ anti-Israel bias,” Alyza Lewin of the Combat Antisemitism Movement told.
The Wikipedia user who launched the formal discussion stated that “Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip is a defining feature of this topic and necessary context for a non-specialist reader” and that the highest-quality sources support using the word “blockaded” in a neutral voice in the opening sentence.
The editor cited Rashid Khalidi, whom the editor called the “preeminent expert in modern Palestinian history,” to support using the term. Jonathan Schanzer, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has noted that Khalidi was a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization when the PLO was a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. Khalidi has denied that.
The Wikipedia user compared saying Hamas came from a “blockaded” place to noting that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising opposed an oppressive regime. “We must not create an exception to obfuscate through omission here,” the person wrote.
<ref>[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/first-line-of-wikipedia-oct-7-entry-says-hamas-terrorists-came-from-blockaded-gaza-seeming-to-justify-attacks First line of Wikipedia Oct. 7 entry says Hamas terrorists came from ‘blockaded’ Gaza, seeming to justify attacks]. ''JNS'', Oct 2, 2026</ref>

Over a year after [[ADL]] exposed a coordinated, multi-year campaign to inject antisemitic and anti-Israel narratives into Wikipedia March 2025 investigation, "Editing for Hate," which documented coordination among approximately 30 bad-faith editors to shift balanced narratives on Wikipedia pages covering Israel, Jewish history, in Oct 2026, "New ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) research finds 19 active accounts shaping framing on Israel, Hamas and October 7; biased editing has gone quiet, not away."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434661 ADL: Wikipedia fails to fix distortions].
New ADL Center for Technology and Society research finds 19 active accounts shaping framing on Israel, Hamas and October 7; biased editing has gone quiet, not away. ''Israel National News''
Oct 15, 2026.</ref>
Edited falsified pages continue to flow into AI training pipelines, Large Language Model (LLM) outputs, and search engine results, carrying their distortions with them and influencing how millions of readers encounter this information.
<blockquote>
Key findings include:

-Past edits stand. On six flagship articles examined, including "Hamas," "Gaza war," "Zionism" and "October 7 attacks," 91 percent of one site-banned editor's work remain in the live text. On the "Gaza war" page, forensic documentation of the October 7 atrocities that this editor removed, including evidence of sexual violence, has not been restored.

- Coordinated editing has gone quiet. ADL’s review found 19 accounts actively editing Israel- and Palestine-related articles: eight unsanctioned editors from the original group and 11 newly identified ones. The techniques are slightly different; more subtle and defensible under Wikipedia's rules, while still reshaping what readers encounter.
The new cohort holds the last word. Across 229 articles edited by two or more of these accounts, the 11 newly identified editors hold the most recent edit, which is effectively the page's current text, on roughly six in 10. Several are among the principal authors of Wikipedia's pages on October 7 sexual violence, where a skeptical framing has been defended through at least 89 reverts.
"Even in cases where the Wikipedia community took some modicum of action against editors who went against their policies, the activities of that banned editor remains - in this case activity over numerous years driving an ideological narrative in flagrant violation of the neutral point of view policy of the platform," said Daniel Kelley, senior director of CTS. "This speaks to a systematic issue with how Wikimedia allows their platform to operate, and it is something they have the responsibility to address."

Notable examples from the report:

- The "Hamas" article was restructured three days after October 7. On October 10, 2023, one editor moved most of the material on Hamas' antisemitism, human shields, child combatants and human rights abuses into a far less-read
- "Criticism of Hamas" article. The main page was drawing close to one million views a day at the time. Today, the lead does not identify Hamas as a designated terrorist organization until the very end of the section. This is among the most visual and quotable examples.

-The "Gaza war" article was stripped of the October 7 forensic record. About 17,000 characters of text and citations were removed in November 2023, including documentation that victims were bound with wire and burned, evidence of sexual violence and video evidence of an attempted decapitation. Roughly 7,400 more characters of what remained were cut two days later. What’s left is one line saying terrorists "reportedly engaged" in such violence.

- The "Zionism" article states contested claims as fact. The lead defines Zionism as achieved "through colonization" and says Zionists sought a state with "as few[sic] Palestinian Arabs as possible." -Wikipedia's own editors have internally flagged this as disputed. One newly identified account made 543 edits to the page, the second most of anyone in its 24-year history. It added about 193,000 characters and removed about 188,000, a net change of under 5,000. The length barely changed, but the content almost entirely did.

- The October 7 sexual violence case study: Editors named in the report made 832 of 9,576 revisions (roughly one in 11) across four related pages and their discussion pages. On the "Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks" page, they worked to preserve a framing that Israeli women and girls were "reportedly" subjected to sexual violence during the October 7 attacks. That framing still stands three years later, and several reports confirming this violence.
The Bibas family: In the weeks after the bodies of Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas were returned in February 2025, one never-sanctioned editor made 64 edits to the article and its discussion page. Those edits held the manner of their deaths open, even though Israeli forensic authorities concluded they were murdered in captivity.

ADL renews four structural recommendations it first made to the Wikimedia Foundation in 2025: require private identity verification for editors in contentious topic areas, end anonymous IP editing on sensitive pages, merit-based closure of disputed content debates and a dedicated task force on antisemitic bias. The report adds a new call for a structured content audit of articles heavily edited by banned editors, beginning with the flagship articles examined. It also urges search engines and AI developers to disclose when Wikipedia is the source of an answer and urges policymakers to continue oversight.</blockquote>

Reported mid-Oct 2026, A Canadian Arab led "pro-Palestinian" group, Artists Against Artwashing (AAA), plans to hold a Wikipedia editing event on October 22, 2026,<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-911867 Canadian Anti-Israel Group to Host Wikipedia Editing Event Honoring ‘Martyred’ Palestinians]. ''The Jerusalem Post,'' October 15, 2026.</ref> aimed at honoring "martyrs," including murderous racist Arab Palestinian terrorists as “martyrs” and highlighting alleged Canadian and Zionist complicity in the Gaza war.

Key points:

- Alarms about bias: Organizing Wikipedia edits around a predetermined political agenda violates Wikipedia’s Neutral Point of View policy. This was raised by Wikipedia co-founder too and reminded, per rules, they ought to be blocked.
- Previous editing campaign: AAA held a similar workshop in April targeting articles related to Israel’s Azrieli Group and the Azrieli Foundation. One account, “Sure-thing-no-problem,” was registered that day. Another account, “subterra6677,” edited the Azrieli Group and David Azrieli articles and was warned in June about edit warring.
- Similar initiatives: Hamas-linked Euro-Med "Human Rights" Monitor has trained Palestinians to edit Wikipedia articles about the Israel-Hamas war through its WikiRights program.
- ADL findings: A report from the Anti-Defamation League found that biased edits concerning Israel, Zionism, Hamas, and Jewish history remain in widely read Wikipedia articles despite efforts to address them.

Bottom line: The 10/15/26 report raises concerns that politically organized Wikipedia editing influences how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is presented.

===Coronavirus===
Wikipedia's Coronavirus articles have no criticism of China, instead, they blame Trump. They say that China warned the world<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China</ref> and that Trump waited too long<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump</ref>. The reality is, Chinese doctors were silenced by Xi Jinping just for trying to spread the truth, and Wikipedia absurdly doesn't mention it. They even said that Trump wants to force the nation to inject dangerous chemicals to get rid of coronavirus! They also make Biden look anti-China, but he would never hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Trump, on the other hand, looks like pro-China, even though he will hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Whenever Trump criticizes China, they [Wikipedia and the mainstream media] call it "coronavirus misinformation", basically sympathizing with China<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States</ref> Wikipedia doesn't even mention the doctors that were silenced by the CCP<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html</ref>, but instead, praises China by saying " China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan." However, Trump and Putin are heavily criticized ("Meanwhile, President Donald Trump largely downplayed the threat posed by the virus and claimed the outbreak was under control.") in China's coronavirus article, they say that there were no new cases and the virus was under control.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China</ref>

===Trump Family Separation Policy===

# Such family separations have occurred under previous Presidents, and therefore the article should not be specifically named after Trump<ref>https://apnews.com/26b88518310f47018b724e200b28e88f/Origins-of-family-separation-issue-stretch-back-many-years</ref>
# Trump has never had any specific “Family Separation Policy”, which is another reason why this article title is highly misleading. Contrary to common misrepresentation in the media, the “Zero Tolerance Policy” had nothing to do with family separations, but was only about following the law, to prosecute those who break the law by entering the country illegally<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-zero-tolerance-policy-criminal-illegal-entry</ref>
# The family separations discussed in the article were a direct consequence of a court ruling on the Flores Settlement on July 6th, 2016, while Obama was President. Trump had no role or involvement in tha<ref>https://www.aila.org/infonet/flores-v-reno-settlement-agreement</ref>

===Criminals and mentally ill editors===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Criminals and mentally ill editors]]
#Adam Lanza, who conducted a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, has been identified as editing Wikipedia particularly regarding guns and other mass murders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/report_computer_user_believed_to_be_adam_lanza_discovered/|first=Alex|last=Halperin|date=July 1, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013|work=Salon.com}}</ref>
#Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik edited English Wikipedia under the username "Conservatism". He also edited the Norwegian Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/In_the_media#Anders_Behring_Breivik.27s_English_Wikipedia_account_revealed|title=Signpost|date=May 6, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
#the United States Federal Government claimed, among other things, that Bruce Edwards Ivins, a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks who apparently committed suicide in July 2008, had edit-warred on Wikipedia under the username Jimmyflathead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-08-09/Ivins%27_edits|title=Signpost|date=August 8, 2008|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/01/us/anthrax-killer-case|title=Strange sorority fixation was link that led to anthrax suspect|work=CNN|date=October 1, 2011|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

=== Dictators ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Dictators]]

# Wikipedia sympathizes with brutal Venezuelan dictator [[Nicolas Maduro]] by calling him "His Excellency" in the infobox, and by calling him "active president".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Maduro</ref> He even screamed at [[Donald Trump]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GoG37D9ujc&ab_channel=TheStraitsTimes</ref>, and he sent military vehicles to run over protesters.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QnAe4qs_g&ab_channel=GlobalNews</ref><ref>https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article229853509.html</ref>
# Wikipedia makes a slight mention of, though it undercuts the significance of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s opposition to [[Christianity]] that has been recorded,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Views_on_religion Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia]</ref> and doesn't, if barely at all, admit that his public praise of Christianity was only for power purposes,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler#Hitler_on_Christianity_and_%22Positive_Christianity%22 Religious view of Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia]</ref> as that had been part of an infiltration of churches to use for spouting Nazi propaganda.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/was-Hitler-a-Christian.html Was Hitler a Christian | GotQuestions.org]</ref>
# In the last paragraph in the header of Vladimir Putin's article, Wikipedia says "Under Putin's leadership, Russia has experienced democratic backsliding. Experts do not generally consider Russia to be a democracy, citing jailing of political opponents, curtailed press freedom, and the lack of free and fair elections. Russia has scored poorly on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, and Freedom House's Freedom in the World index (including a record low 20/100 rating in the 2017 Freedom in the World report, a rating not given since the time of the Soviet Union). Human rights organizations and activists accuse Putin of persecuting political critics and activists as well as ordering them tortured or assassinated; he has rejected accusations of human rights abuses. Officials of the United States government have accused him of leading an interference program against Hillary Clinton in support of Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential election in 2016, an allegation which both Trump and Putin have frequently denied and criticized."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin</ref> But in Xi Jinping's Wikipedia article, Wikipedia states "Xi is the first General Secretary born after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Since assuming power, Xi has introduced far-ranging measures to enforce party and national discipline and to impose internal unity. His anti-corruption campaign has led to the downfall of prominent incumbent and retired Communist Party officials, including members of the Politburo Standing Committee. He has also enacted or promoted a more assertive foreign policy, particularly with regard to China-Japan relations, China's claims in the South China Sea, and its advocacy for free trade and globalization. He has sought to expand China's African and Eurasian influence through the Belt and Road Initiative. As the central figure of the fifth generation of leadership of the People's Republic, Xi has significantly centralized institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social democratic reforms, military restructuring and modernization, and the internet. Xi's political thoughts have been written into the party and state constitutions. Xi has often been called a " dictator" or an "authoritarian leader" by conservative political and academic observers, and Xi Jinping's opponents, citing an increase of censorship and mass surveillance, a claimed deterioration in human rights, the cult of personality developing around him, and the removal of term limits for the leadership under his tenure.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping</ref>, basically not even criticizing Xi Jinping as much as Vladimir Putin, even though he is much worse, as China has a freedom score of 10 out of 100<ref>https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2020</ref>, and Russia has a freedom score of 20 out of 100.<ref>https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2020</ref>, and when countries have low freedom scores, they are way more dangerous, due to the more undemocratic governments.

===Ethnic and racial bias===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Ethnic and racial]]
# In 2008, two 15-year-old students wanted to harass a third student named "Azid", so they edited a Wikipedia article on Korma (an Eastern food) to add Azid as a synonym for the dish.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=491479704 May 8, 2012</ref> This meaning was then added to hundreds of Web postings about mid-eastern cooking. On July 16, 2014, one of the students confessed his stunt on Reddit,<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2awfib/its_time_for_the_truth_to_come_out/ July 16, 2014</ref> but so many Azid references copied from Wikipedia had emerged in the meantime that Wikipedia did not delete the vandalism as untrue<ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5028</ref> until four months later.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korma&diff=prev&oldid=633412945</ref>
# For over a year, the article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_A._Wilson_High_School Glen A. Wilson High School] contained threats against an Asian student and made ethnic slurs against the school's primarily Asian badminton team.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/29/local/me-wikipedia29 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Molly | last=Hennessy-Fiske | title=Wikipedia threats went unchecked – Los Angeles Times | date=29 April 2008}}</ref>
# Wikipedia has developed a series of history articles outlining the struggles of Jews, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, the LGBT community, Asians, and blacks against discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan. These articles are now called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281896%E2%80%931954%29 African-American Civil Rights Movement]" despite being formerly called "American Civil Rights Movement."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281896%E2%80%931954%29/Archive_1#Name_of_this_article.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29#Why_.22African.22-American_Civil_Rights_Movement</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29#Proposed_Move</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29/Archive_1#American_Civil_Rights_Movement</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29/Archive_1#Name_change</ref>

While the [[RNC]] August 2020 has rightfully eliminated Mary Ann Mendoza after revealing she retweeted<ref>[https://baptistnews.com/article/rnc-speaker-mary-ann-mendoza-removed-from-lineup-after-sharing-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-on-twitter/ RNC speaker Mary Ann Mendoza removed from lineup after sharing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Twitter. BNG STAFF. Baptist News. August 27, 2020]</ref> recycled ludicrous old canard [[anti-Semitic]] conspiracy theories, at the time, infamous Wikipedian racist Nishidani was still on [[Wikipedia]]. As part of anti-Jewish campaign since 2006: Nishidani sugarcoated Hitler's buddy [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]]; pushed for [[Farrakhan]]'s conspiracy-theories rubbish in July 2020 just before Nick Cannon's apology; supported the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]]'s proxy anti-US/anti-Israel Houthis in [[Yemen]] in its use of human shields; whitewashed terror entity Palestinian-Arab [[Hamas]] and its use of own people as human shields in order to aim at Israeli civilians (and at children whenever they can<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=sderot+kindergartens+hamas Sderot kindergartens]</ref>) as well as jihadi terror [[Hezbollah]].<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/260150 'Mary Ann Mendoza' VS 'Nishidani on Wikipedia': anti-Jewish bigotry, racism, hatred, old conspiracy theories garbage. Aug 27, 2020]</ref>

===Foreign hackers===
Wikipedia has a very long article on "Cyberwarfare by Russia", heavily criticizing the Russian government, which they say is "confirmed"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Russia</ref>, but their article on "Chinese cyberwarfare" is not really critical to the Chinese government, and they say that it is "claimed"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cyberwarfare</ref>. and Russia is already a declining power and it is slowly becoming a democracy, but China is getting even worse, and it is becoming more powerful than ever. In their "Cyberwarfare and Iran" article, they do say that Iran's hacking is "confirmed", but they praise Obama for "trying to abolish" the hackers, even though they [Iran] got American national bank access and taxpayer money from the [[Iran nuclear deal]].

===Gender bias===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Gender bias]]

# Wikipedia has a gender gap crusade that seeks to increase the percentage of female editors. (In practice that crusade has the effect of driving away male editors.) There are also many serious examples of gender bias in Wikipedia's content.
# When a '''New York Times''' op-ed criticised feminist Wikipedia editors for moving women from [[:Category:American Novelists]] to a separate category,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism-toward-female-novelists.html?_r=0&ref=sunday|title=Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists|date=April 24, 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 2, 2013}}</ref> the article about the author was attacked and watered down, restored<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda_Filipacchi&diff=552260688&oldid=552235515</ref> and attacked again.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism.html?_r=1|title=Wikipedia's Sexism|date=April 27, 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 2, 2013}}</ref>

===Global warming===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Global warming]]

# A recent charge is that U.K. scientist and Green Party activist and Realclimate.org member [[William M. Connolley|William Connolley]] functioned as a Wikipedia editor and website administrator, repressing information that militated against Climate Change. As such he "rewrote Wikipedia’s articles on global warming, on the greenhouse effect, on the instrumental temperature record, on the urban heat island, on climate models, on global cooling. On Feb. 14, he began to erase the Little Ice Age; on Aug.11, the Medieval Warm Period."<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/19/lawrence-solomon-wikipedia-s-climate-doctor.aspx ''Lawrence Solomon: Wikipedia’s climate doctor'',] December 19, 2009</ref>
# [[Michael Mann]] is a well known global warming alarmist who is ridiculed for his so-called scientific work on tree ring temperature data, the Hockey Stick theory and was the subject of fraud in the [[Climategate]] scandal. Wikipedia decides to allow mention of his involvement with Climategate. Attempts to add the mention were repeatedly undone,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_E._Mann&diff=prev&oldid=332744981</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_E._Mann&diff=next&oldid=332759870</ref> though some mention of Climategate was eventually added on Mann's page.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Mann#CRU_email_controversy</ref>

===Homosexuality===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Homosexuality]]

# Wikipedia editors regularly and fiercely alter the use of the terms "he" or "she" in articles regarding [[cross-dressing]]/[[transsexual]] figures. Male to Female transsexuals are near-universally referred to as "she" while women attempting to pass as men are referred to as "he", despite this usage being absolutely incorrect in both scientific and legal senses.
#When NBA Basketball player [[Jason Collins]] announced that he was a homosexual, his Wikipedia biography was altered to say that he was a "faggot." When an editor attempted to change the word to "gay" Wikipedia's anti-vandalism robot changed it back.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/jason-collins-faggot-washington-wizards-wikipedia_n_3223693.html?utm_hp_ref=sports&ir=Sports</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=prev&oldid=553353534</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=next&oldid=554154699</ref> An editor replaced his photo with a poster for "Gay N-word".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=prev&oldid=554154681</ref> After the page drew criticism on the Huffington Post, Wikipedia locked the page to editing and the changes have been hidden from public view. The article on the 2012-13 Washington Wizards season had similar problems.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012–13_Washington_Wizards_season&diff=553709164&oldid=552936180</ref>
#After an edit war,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chelsea_Manning&diff=569753966&oldid=569753791</ref> Wikipedia changed the Bradley Manning article to Chelsea Manning and gave the article subject female attributes, even though Manning had yet to legally change his name or begin any sex reassignment treatments or therapies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chelsea_Manning#Page_moved_to_Chelsea_Manning_without_sufficient_consensus|title=Chelsea Manning talk page|accessdate=Aug 24, 2013}}</ref> The article was moved between "Chelsea Manning" and "Bradley Manning" six times in one day as Wikipedia administrators fought among themselves.
#Wikipedia's article on "Homophobia," dignifies the use of what is actually a pejorative slur word to turn readers against those who oppose the posterior orifice intercourse of men-lying-with-men. The use of this word is an attempt to classify those who oppose such sodomy as having a mental disorder, a phobia. An attempt to demonstrate that opposition to sodomy is neither a fear nor an irrational fear (phobia) supported by the absence of such a phobia in the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,'' will not be tolerated in the article. The existence of this article is a violation of the Wikipedia NPOV standard, as the use of such slur words is an obvious attempt to win a debate by changing the vocabulary (as in changing from fornication to sexually active).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia</ref>

===Ideological terrorism===
Wikipedia has an extremely long article of Right-wing terrorism<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism</ref>, but their Left-wing terrorism is short and doesn't even criticize leftists as much as they do rightists<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism</ref>. Their Right-wing terrorism article says they are "Nazis" and "racists", but their Left-wing terrorism just says they are "fighting" against the racists and fighting for so-called democratic reforms. Even though left-wing terrorism is way larger than right-wing terrorism and is expanding quicker, Wikipedia says that left-wing terrorism disappeared by the mid-1990s, even though it has grown dramatically through the rising power of China. The right-wing terrorism article has a gigantic list of right-wing terrorism occurrences, but their left-wing terrorism has none, just the list of terrorist groups. Another key fact is that in Wikipedia's Asia section of "Left-wing terrorism", there is absolutely no mention of China<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism#Asia</ref>, but China has benefited global terrorists by funding them and making us vulnerable<ref>https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/how-china-will-make-us-more-vulnerable-terrorists</ref>. Instead, it even sympathizes with that terrorism by saying they are fighting for democratic reforms. Their article "Left-wing authoritarianism redirects to Right-wing authoritarianism, which has another gigantic list of right-wing dictators. Also, in Wikipedia's article " Terrorism in China", they say that it is for ideological change and that it is against [[Xi Jinping]] and the Chinese government<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_China</ref>, basically sympathizing with the [[Chinese Communist Party]].

===Internet policies===
#The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) claims to have a policy against Internet censorship. Yet, the WMF has entered into a partnership with the [[Saudi Telecom Company]] (STC) to provide Wikipedia to mobile phone subscribers, prompting questions about the potential conflict over censorship.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-October/122320.html</ref> Meanwhile, the English Wikipedia has an article entitled "List of Wikipedia articles censored in Saudi Arabia".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedia_articles_censored_in_Saudi_Arabia&oldid=505551894</ref>
#Wikipedia engages in censorship of points of view that they disapprove of. In February 2017, Wikipedia (supported by Wikimedia) decided it would no longer accept ''[[The Daily Mail]]'', a right-wing newspaper based in the [[United Kingdom]], as a reliable source.<ref>Panis, Thomas (February 17, 2017). [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/the_wikipedia_purge.html The Wikipedia Purge]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved February 25, 2017.</ref> Wikipedia also discriminates against other conservative sources, such as ''[[Breitbart News]]'', ''[[The Daily Caller]]'', ''[[The New American]]'', ''[[The Epoch Times]]'', ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', and ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''<ref>Shaw, C. Mitchell (September 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/33525-wikipedia-editor-scrubs-citations-to-the-new-american-from-hunter-biden-page Wikipedia Editor Scrubs Citations to The New American from Hunter Biden Page]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 28, 2019.</ref><ref>Adler, T.D. (December 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/12/20/wikipedia-blacklists-epoch-times-gateway-pundit-for-russiagate-criticism/ Wikipedia Blacklists Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit for Russiagate Criticism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2019.</ref> despite allowing [[liberal media]] sources that promote [[fake news]] as sources. Additionally, using sources even like ''[[The New York Post]]'' and ''[[The Washington Times]]'' is discouraged at the least.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_61#Washington_Times_column_RS.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_209#Is_the_Washington_Times_an_acceptable_source_for_statements_of_face_related_to_student_protesters.2Fblack_lives_matter.2FMilo_Yiannopoulos.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_179#LA_Times_legitimately_journalistic_WashTimes_is_like_FOx_News</ref> Even citing Fox News is discouraged. Due to its anti-conservative sourcing policies, Wikipedia has an inherent left-wing bias as the left-wing mainstream media sources (along with blatantly left-wing publications that are not challenged, unlike conservative outlets) [[Fake news|are considered "factually correct" and the "most reliable"]] in the eyes of Wikipedia editors. The Wikipedia article for the Epoch Times cites an NBC report claiming that it "[spreads] conspiracy theories such as QAnon"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times</ref>, however, The Epoch Times has only published two articles about [[QAnon]], neither of which is spreading or promoting i<ref>{{cite news |title=The 'Q' Phenomenon |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-q-phenomenon_2581642.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=2 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Q' Community Responds to Media Attacks |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/media-attacks-do-little-to-sway-q-supporters_2617778.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

===Iran nuclear deal===
Even though the Iran nuclear deal allowed Iran to have access to taxpayer money and national banks, and also allowed Iran to create nuclear weapons, Wikipedia said the deal helped prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons through so-called sanctions.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#Sanctions</ref> Now, because of Obama, Iran is more powerful than ever, thanks to Obama's loyalty to unfree governments. Wikipedia also blatantly said that in the year 2030, the consequences of the 1979 Revolution won't be "active" anymore<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#15-year_term</ref>, even though the deal would make Iran more powerful than ever.

===Journalists===
See, [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Journalists]], [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Sun News Network]]
#In early October 2005, a prominent and respected journalist [[John Seigenthaler Sr.]] contacted Wikipedia founder [[Jimmy Wales]] about false and libelous content in his biographical entry. Instead of correcting the false allegations that Seigenthaler was involved in the Kennedy assassinations, Wales and other editors turned it into a wiki drama with attacks on Seigenthaler for trying to defend his own good name.<ref>[http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=User:Essjay/Letter User:Essjay/Letter]. Retrieved from WikiTruth, November 3, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.journalism.org/node/1673 Seigenthaler's Op-Eds], October 1, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.journalism.org November 12, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/2006/online/index.php?id=parse-195-0-0-251&article=336&author=India+Camm</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'], By John Seigenthaler, ''USA Today'', 11/29/2005.</ref><ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/05/lol.02.html</ref>
#Israeli journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Levy Gideon Levy's Wikipedia Biography] has been frequently vandalized with false facts, including allegations that his father was a Nazi collaborator.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/in-a-web-of-lies-the-newspaper-must-live.premium-1.469273|title=
In a Web of lies, the newspaper must live|first=Gideon|last=Levy|date=October 11, 2012|accesdate=October 11, 2012|work=Haaretz Daily Newspaper}}</ref> So many slanderous statements have been posted that the revisions to the article have been hidden from public view at least 22 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&page=Gideon_Levy|title=Gideon Levy Deletion Log|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref> After the Seigenthaler revelations, Wikipedia moved toward requiring in-line citations but still stresses "verifiability" over factual material.
#BBC presenter Lynn Parsons wrote to Wikipedia claiming that her biography was false—including her birth date. Her request to have her article deleted was voted down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lynn_Parsons|title=Articles for Deletion|accessdate=November 18, 2012|date=November 10, 2012}}</ref>

===Liberal politicians===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Liberal Politicians]]
[[File:Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Jimmy Carter]]
#The Wikipedia article on the liberal former President of [[Brazil]], [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva&oldid=526671990|title=Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|accessdate=December 12, 2012}}</ref> makes a passing reference to the [[mensalão scandal]] as if Lula was not personally involved, but fails to report that convicted conspirators testified that Lula himself knew of and approved of the vote-buying.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil: Report: Lula knew of vote-buying scheme|work=Washington Post|date=December 12, 2012|page=A8}}</ref> Instead, Wikipedia depicts Lula as a widely admired politician.
# Wikipedia's article on [[Jimmy Carter]]'s Presidency is clearly biased in favor of the failed politician.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Budget</ref>
# Various attempts have been made on Wikipedia to emphasize the controversial fact that [[Elizabeth Warren]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Warren&oldid=755585604</ref> claimed on many occasions to be a Native American and a "person of color" despite a lack of documented evidence. Due to the revival of this controversy by Donald Trump in the 2016 election, attempts were made to create a separate paragraph about the issue. However, a cabal of administrators instead insisted that the controversy remain buried in the bottom of a section about her 2012 campaign where many readers said they were unable to findt.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Elizabeth_Warren&oldid=755040824 This, for example ("Controversies"), where an editor did not know it was already in the article.]</ref>

# Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is heavily praised by Wikipedia for trying to decriminalize illegal immigration, decreeing the [[Green New Deal]] which would cost $100 trillion from taxpayer, corporate, and bank money, LGBTQ "rights" for supporting so-called democratic reforms that are actually Communist, as well as comparing migrant detention centers to [Nazi] concentration and death camps, which she said just to make Trump look bad.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez#Political_positions</ref>

===Mathematics and engineering ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Mathematics and Engineering]]

Subjects such as Mathematics and Engineering require a precision of thought that is more than the group-think of Wikipedia editors can muster.
# The Wikipedia article [[Elementary proof]] was proposed for deletion in October 2009 and the debate turned on what Conservapedia had written on the subject. The article was kept and not deleted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Elementary_proof Retrieved July 17, 2014.</ref>

# A Wikipedia editor going under the pseudonym ''Jagged85'' made 67,000 edits between 2007 and 2010 until it was demonstrated that he was systematically misrepresenting Islamic science, technology, and philosophy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Jagged_85/Evidence]

===Musicians and actors===
# A Wikipedia editor by the pseudonym "Ronz" called [[Nofel Izz]]'s singing and acting a "hobby", despite his work being featured in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref name="Izz2014">{{cite web |last=Izz|first=Nofel |title=The Dark Side of Wikipedia |url=https://nofelizz.com/2014/08/13/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia/ |date=13 August 2014}}</ref> The same user removed citations from the article that met Wikipedia's guideline on reliable sources.<ref name="Izz2014"/>

===Obama===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Obama]]

# Wikipedia added a "Controversies" sections to their article for the "Presidency of George W. Bush"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidency_of_George_W._Bush&oldid=282227871#Controversies_and_criticism</ref> but not to their article on the "Presidency of Barack Obama"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama</ref> The section on Bush has since been removed.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidency_of_George_W._Bush&diff=282810799&oldid=282227871</ref>
# In addition to the previous example, there was a massive Wikipedia article for "Criticism of George W. Bush,"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_George_W._Bush&oldid=278422248</ref> but the article for "Criticism of Barack Obama" had been deleted at least ''FOUR TIMES'' since October 2008 with excuses like "Article that has no meaningful, substantive content" and "Attack page or negative unsourced BLP."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Barack_Obama</ref> Wikipedia has since redirected "Criticism of George W. Bush" and added "Public image of" articles for both presidents, however President Bush's article is heavily negative<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_George_W._Bush</ref> while President Obama's is filled with glowing, pandering fluff with very few meaningful criticisms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Barack_Obama</ref> The edit summary of the redirect says, "so the conservatards won't get their knickers in a twist."

# Wikipedia's article on [[Donald Trump]] is a hit piece consisting mainly of negative statements and allegations, including an entire section<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump#False_statements</ref> dedicated to how "fact-checkers" and "academics" from [[CNN]] and other [[left-wing]] news outlets have concluded that Trump has made up to 18,000 false statements since taking office (though no examples are listed), a ridiculous allegation which is presented as fact by Wikipedia. Obama's article, by contrast, paints a glowing image of the former president and contains no such section regarding "false statements", even though Obama was frequently derided for making false statements while in office<ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=false&speaker=barack-obama</ref>.

===Osama===
Wikipedia praised Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama many times for killing Osama bin Laden, but they didn't even release footage of the death<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-i-wont-release-bin-laden-death-photos/</ref>. George W. Bush, however, was heavily criticized for "not killing Osama bin Laden", since Osama was not killed when Bush was President, and even though he sent soldiers to fight terrorism, they said that they weren't finding Osama bin Laden<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Bush_administration</ref> They call Osama a terrorist, which is true, but they just say this to honor [[Barack Obama]] and his liberals for "killing" terrorists<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Obama_administration</ref>. They are trying to make it look like the Republicans are ignoring terrorists, and that Democrats are fighting against them. If a user reads Wikipedia, the result is that Bush did "nothing" to kill Osama, even though there were many attempts, in which they make Bush look "irresponsible".

===Paid editing===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Paid Editing]]

In theory, Wikipedia articles are supposed to be written by disinterested volunteers based on reliable secondary sources. However, because Google will rank a Wikipedia article as the first result when a person searches on the article's title, public relations firms and "reputation management" companies work hard to remove any negative or controversial facts from Wikipedia articles relating to their clients. Although such paid editing is not allowed, Wikipedia does little to enforce its rules against paid editing and there are numerous examples of paid editors introducing biased content on behalf of their clients. Wikipedia selectively fails to enforce its ban on paid editing when the payments come from its large donors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2014/03/18/the-thin-bright-line-part-2-wikipedia-donors-feel-entitled-to-more-than-a-mug-or-a-tote-bag/|title=Wikipedia donors feel entitled to more than a mug or a tote bag|date=March 18, 2014|accessdate=April 3, 2014|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref> Many organizations that visit the WMF Headquarters also engage in undisclosed paid editing to promote themselves.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2014/07/06/look-whos-visiting-the-wmf/|title=Look Who Is Visiting the WMF|date=July 6, 2014|accessdate=July 17, 2014|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref>

Perhaps one of the extreme examples is the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), an unaccredited business school in India. Even though the IIPM was in regulatory trouble, an editor(s), Wifione, managed to keep the Wikipedia article on IIPM and its President positive while adding negative items to IIPM's competitors. Adding to the problem is that Wifione is a Wikipedia administrator. The Wikipedia Arbitration Committee allowed this to continue for years before taking action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2013/12/02/indian-fakers-teach-wiki-pr/|title=Indian Fakers Teach Wiki PR|date=December 2, 2013|accessdate=February 8, 2015|work=Wikipediocracy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Wifione|title=Wifione Case|accessdate=February 8, 2015}}</ref>

In April 2017, [[Burger King]] devised a television commercial designed to trigger Google's voice-activated Home smart speaker and have the device advertise the Whopper by reading the start of the Wikipedia Whopper article.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I</ref> Google quickly reprogrammed the system to respond only if the user asked for the definition of a "Whopper burger." But before the fix was implemented, Wikipedia editors changed the article to include "horse meat", "cyanide",<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&oldid=777717747</ref> "rat droppings", "dinosaurs" and other foul ingredients.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&oldid=777715629</ref> The project is an example of a company trying to use Wikipedia to lend credibility to a commercial product.<blockquote>It appears that Burger King itself tried to fix the Wikipedia problem. The first sentence changed to a suspiciously glowing description of the Whopper, authored by user “Fermachado123" — a name that sounds similar to Fernando Machado, Burger King's senior vice president for global brand management.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&diff=773832878&oldid=773809917</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/companies/burger-king-thought-it-had-a-great-idea-instead-it-ended-up-with-a-whopper-of-a-problem/ar-BBzMU9j?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout|title=Burger King thought it had a great idea. Instead, it ended up with a Whopper of a problem. |date=April 13, 2017|accessdate=May 16, 2017|work=Washington Post}}</ref></blockquote>

===Pornography and sexuality===
# English Wikipedia embeds the full-length video of pornographic movies "Debbie Does Dallas" and "A Free Ride" in the English encyclopedia articles about those films.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/11/wikipedia_search_engine/|title=Move over, Google. Here’s Wikipedia's search engine – full of on-demand smut|date=February 11, 2016|accessdate=April 10, 2016|work=The Register}}</ref>
# Wikipedia Commons, which collects public domain images, has drawn extensive criticism for sexually explicit material, including nude photos and photos of various acts. The editors of Wikipedia Commons have created a "Hot Sex Barnstar" to reward those people who upload particularly explicit images. When a former member of Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee asked to have it removed, many people opposed his suggestion.<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:The_Hot_sex_barnstar&oldid=96124965 Retrieved May 12, 2013</ref>
# The Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Body_parts_slang&redirect=no Body parts slang] had an elaborate list of definitions. It was subject to two controversial deletion debates, and finally merged into [[Slang]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Body_parts_slang (2005)</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Body_parts_slang_2</ref> Many of the definitions were moved to Wiktionary. The deleted article was also copied to Wikibooks.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABody_parts_slang&diff=27163440&oldid=26851206</ref>
# The Wikipedia article "Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)" included a section, society's reaction to the soccer match, which stated that many people had uploaded video excerpts from the match to a pornography website with sexually suggestive titles. A long debate and edit war ensued over whether the explicit words should remain in the article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABrazil_v_Germany_%282014_FIFA_World_Cup%29&diff=631482381&oldid=617292981</ref>
# When the WMF Board of Directors voted to implement an image filter so that pornographic images would not be shown to children or people who wished to avoid them, Wikipedia volunteers rebelled and Fox News reported that WMF had abandoned its plans to address the problem.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/17/wikipedia-abandons-efforts-to-purge-porn-from-online-encyclopedia/|title=Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia|work=Fox News|date=Sept. 17, 2013|accessdate=Sept. 20, 2013}}</ref>
# A Wikipedia editor who edited both WP and [[Wikia]] using the same account name was caught as a child predator by a Wikia sting in July 2011. He was allowed to continue editing Wikipedia for another three years before being banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/wikipedia-finally-bans-middle-aged-pervert|title=Wikipedia finally bans middle-aged pervert|work=Examiner|date=June 30, 2014|accessdate=January 9, 2015|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref>

===Public policy in the United States===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Public Policy in the US]]

# Wikipedia's entry for the [[National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act]] (NCVIA) reads like an advertisement for vaccine manufacturers, including unsupported and implausible claims about vaccination.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Childhood_Vaccine_Injury_Act</ref> Unsupported claims featured there include "Vaccine makers indicated they would cease production if their proposal for the NCVIA was not enacted" and "concern that the NCVIA may not provide an adequate legal shield." Wikipedia's entry omits references to leading pro-parent websites concerning vaccination,<ref>http://www.909shot.com/</ref> and instead Wikipedia's entry lists pro-government and pro-vaccine-manufacturer websites. Wikipedia's entry even includes this entire paragraph, which is unsupported and is little more than an advertisement for drug companies:
#: Public health safety, according to backers of the legislation, depends upon the financial viability of pharmaceutical companies, whose ability to produce sufficient supplies in a timely manner could be imperiled by civil litigation on behalf of vaccine injury victims that was mounting rapidly at the time of its passage. Vaccination against infectious illnesses provides protection against contagious diseases and afflictions which may cause permanent disability or even death. Vaccines have reduced morbidity caused by infectious disease; e.g., in the case of smallpox, mass vaccination programs have eradicated a once life-threatening illness.
# The Wikipedia article on the Haymarket Riots and subsequent trial of the labor terrorists claimed, "The prosecution, led by Julius Grinnell, did not offer evidence connecting any of the defendants with the bombing. ... " A college professor who wrote a book about the trial knew that a lot of evidence was presented during the lengthy trial and tried to correct the article. His account in the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' shows the contempt that Wikipedia holds for scholarly experts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Undue-Weight-of-Truth-on/130704/|title=The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia|date=February 12, 2012|accessdate=September 20, 2013}}</ref>

===RINOs===

# Wikipedia also clearly and openly sympathizes with [[RINO]] politicians by saying "Republican In Name Only is a pejorative and a disrespectful term used primarily by conservative members of the United States Republican Party to describe Republicans whose political stances are deemed insufficiently conservative."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_In_Name_Only</ref>

===Russia and China===
[[File:27067022 1565197686869300 6687960957434384962 n.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Even though there has never been any evidence of Russia vote hacking, in a [[Russophobic]] frenzy [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s imposed [[Russian sanctions]], laying the groundwork for [[Russiagate]], The [[economic sanctions|sanctions]] were imposed under [[false]] pretenses and have not been lifted.]]
Russia's article is heavily criticized along with the Republicans for "helping" them, but China's article is praised for "reforms that made China the 2nd largest economy", and has absolutely no mention of Democrats, who are actually helping them.

====Election interference====
In Donald Trump's article, Russia is mentioned hundreds of times<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump</ref> but in Joe Biden's article, there is only one mention of China<ref>https://en.wikipeda.org/wiki/Joe_Biden</ref>, which is just sympathy to China, because Biden criticized Trump's China trade war.
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===Anti-Creationism===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Science and Evolution]]

# Wikipedia savages anyone who criticizes the [[theory of evolution]], such as Dr. [[William Dembski]], whom Wikipedia introduces with outlandish, unsupported quotations by [[liberal]] critics.<ref name="Wiki Dembski">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Dembski</ref> For example, Wikipedia describes David H. Wolpert as a "prominent mathematician" in order to insert a scathing, unjustified quotation by him about Dembski.<ref name="Wiki Dembski"/> In fact, Wolpert does not even hold a math degree and his (non-math) doctorate was from the University of California at the weak Santa Barbara location.<ref>http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/dhw/cv.current.frame.pdf</ref> Dembski's PhD is in math from the preeminent University of Chicago.
#Wikipedia's article on [[dinosaurs]] contains no mention of the strong evidence that they existed alongside humans, and no mention of modern sightings of dinosaur-like creatures reported by the [[best of the public]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur</ref> Additionally, for a period of time in 2016, the Wikipedia articles for ''Answers in Genesis'' and ''Creation Museum'' called the substantiated view "erroneous".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Answers_in_Genesis&diff=731471041&oldid=731470641</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creation_Museum&diff=731816581&oldid=731815973</ref> The wording was only removed from the articles by a bot when an image to which the wording was attached was deleted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Answers_in_Genesis&diff=736369020&oldid=735923030</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creation_Museum&diff=736368986&oldid=736368969</ref>
#Wikipedia has separate articles on many small wikis, for instance, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Project LGBT History Project] with a WikiFactor of [http://wikiindex.org/LGBT_History_UK 6], but does not have an article on [[CreationWiki]] with a WikiFactor of [http://wikiindex.org/CreationWiki 45]. Articles on CreationWiki are repeatedly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/CreationWiki_%282nd_nomination%29 deleted].

====Creationist Pages Deleted====

Wikipedia has established a recurring pattern of discriminating against [[Creationists]] by deleting their Wikipedia pages. Wikipedia maintains a project page on Creationism which is apparently used to delete the pages of Creationists,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Creationism/Article_alerts/Archive_1 Wikipedia:WikiProject Creationism/Article alerts/Archive 1.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref> which is ironic since it has deleted the portal page for Creationism itself.

=====Günter Bechly=====

Günter Bechly, a renowned paleontologist, lost his job at a museum and had his [[Wikipedia]] page deleted after he publicly came out as a Creationist in 2015.<ref>Benjakob, O. (2017, November 17). "[https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2017-11-17/ty-article/scientist-comes-out-against-evolution-loses-wikipedia-page/0000017f-e91d-df2c-a1ff-ff5d6afa0000 A Respected Scientist Comes Out Against Evolution – and Loses His Wikipedia Page.]" ''Haaretz.''</ref> This is part of a recurring pattern of Wikipedia deleting Creationist pages.

The page was deleted 19:09, October 6, 2017, by Jo-Jo Eumerus.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Bechly Günter Bechly.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20160926105127/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Bechly Günter Bechly Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 9/26/2016.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Russell Humphreys=====

Russell Humphreys had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 23:25, August 20, 2024, by Liz.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Humphreys Russell Humphreys]." ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20240814104821/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Humphreys Russell Humphreys Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/14/2024.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Scott Minnich=====

Scott Minnich had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 21:11, October 13, 2021, by Eddie891.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Minnich Scott Minnich.]" ''Wikipedia''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20210823030354/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Minnich Scott Minnich Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/23/2021.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jack Cuozzo=====

Jack Cuozzo had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 06:37, April 10, 2011, by Sandstein.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cuozzo Jack Cuozzo]." ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

On 16:24, July 15, 2014, BDD deleted page Jack Cuozzo (Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014).

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110330143417/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cuozzo Jack Cuozzo Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 3/30/2011.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jan Peczkis/John Woodmorappe=====

Jan Peczkis, better known as John Woodmorappe, had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 05:22, May 7, 2014, by FreeRangeFrog.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peczkis Jan Peczkis.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

=====Caroline Crocker=====

Caroline Crocker had her page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 03:11, February 18, 2015, by Kurykh.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Crocker Caroline Crocker.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The page was previously deleted 02:15, February 15, 2006, by ABCD.

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20131228062412/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Crocker Caroline Crocker Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 12/28/2013.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Larry Vardiman=====

Larry Vardiman had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 06:22, May 27, 2020, by Spartaz.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Vardiman Larry Vardiman.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20190807211553/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Vardiman Larry Vardiman Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/7/2019.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jason Lisle=====

Jason Lisle had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 20:45, November 13, 2017, by Sandstein.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lisle Jason Lisle.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The page was also deleted 03:18, July 19, 2010, by Courcelles.

The page was also deleted 04:02, 19 February, 2006, by Guanaco.

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

=====John Ashton=====

John Ashton had his page on Wikipedia deleted, although the content was placed on the Wikipedia user page of John Ashton.

The page was deleted 08:37, May 24, 2012, by SilkTork.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Ashton John F. Ashton.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at the Wikipedia user page of John Ashton.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_J._Bulten/John_F._Ashton John F. Ashton, User Page.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

=====Creationism Portal=====

The Creationism portal page was deleted.

The page was previously deleted 22:05, June 9, 2019, by Premeditated Chaos.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Creationism Portal:Creationism.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20190609214105/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Creationism Portal: Creationism Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 6/9/2019.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

=====List of Arguments for a Young Earth=====

The Wikipedia page List of Arguments for a Young Earth was deleted.

The page was deleted 12:01, August 14, 2014 by Seddon.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arguments_for_a_young_Earth List of Arguments for a Young Earth.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

===Sports===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Sports]]

# From 2008 until October 2014, the Wikipedia article on the 1978-79 Boston College Basketball Point Shaving Scandal named Joe Streater as one of the participating players.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978%E2%80%9379_Boston_College_basketball_point_shaving_scandal&diff=prev&oldid=231463815</ref> However, he was not even on the team that year. He was inserted into the article by an anonymous IP address and the erroneous information was left until the press publicized the error.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/guilt-wikipedia-joe-streater-became-falsely-attached-boston-college-point-shaving-scandal.html/2|title=Guilt By Wikipedia: How Joe Streater became falsely attached to the Boston College point-shaving scandal|first=Ben |last=Koo|date=Oct 9, 2014 |accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
# Wikipedia's biographies of Scottish soccer players are so notoriously biased that the new General Manager of the Hibernian Football Club, Alan Stubbs, told the press, "We can't be scouting players any more on the back of a Wikipedia page and one individual's opinion. I’ll want background checks and medical histories."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wont-signing-players-based-wikipedia-4063573|title= We won't be signing players based on their Wikipedia descriptions anymore, says Hibs boss Alan Stubbs|date=August 17, 2014|accessdate=August 18, 2014|first= Scott |last=McDermott|work=Daily Record}}</ref>
# On December 14, 2014, the Dallas Cowboys' Dez Bryant successfully played against Eagles' defensive back Bradley Fletcher. In response, Wikipedia changed Fletcher's biography to describe his position as "Dez Bryant's bitch" and added a paragraph, which said, Fletcher "displayed his poor mechanics, speed, and talent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalprosports.com/2014/12/15/bradley-fletcher-wikipedia-page/|title=Bradley Fletcher Wikipedia Page Changed After Loss to Cowboys (Pic)|date=December 15, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014|work=totalprosports.com}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=638157096&oldid=638156965</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156942</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156868</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156546</ref>
# The [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s athletic director, Steve Pederson, may be unpopular, but Wikipedia changed the infobox about its athletic program to list "Satan" as the athletic director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiachill.com/2014/12/13/7386693/steve-pederson-paul-chryst-wisconsin-pitt-football-pittsburgh-panthers-athletic-director|title=Satan employed by Pitt. Per Wikipedia.|date=December 13, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Panthers&diff=prev&oldid=637798626</ref>

===Conspiracy theories===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conspiracy theories]]

# In Wikipedia's page on the ABC's docudrama ''The Path to 9/11'', the page contains a section titled "Controversy and criticisms," which contains 19 sub-sections to support it, while the section titled "Controversy: support for The Path to 9/11" only contains four, despite the fact that the controversy was sparked by pro-Clinton liberals that failed to see the fact that the two-part miniseries criticized both Bush and Clinton administrations leading up to 9/11 and that writer Cyrus Nowrasteh stated that many of their consultants on it stated that the docudrama went easy on Clinton. It also fails to note John Ziegler's documentary on the censoring of the docudrama ''Blocking the Path to 9/11'' [http://www.johnziegler.com/], which contains interviews with many people on the topic, and points out how the [[MSM]] liberals and Clintons have smeared it so much that it has destroyed it from ever being shown on TV or being sold on DVD in the near future. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Path_to_9/11]
# The Wikipedia article "[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758 List of conspiracy theories]" ridicules and dismisses as "conspiracy theories" more hypotheses advanced by conservative thinkers than hypotheses advanced by left-wing thinkers. The editor(s) of this page have an obvious liberal bias that holds in disfavor a number of ideas advanced by conservatives. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758#Water_fluoridation Water Fluoridation] has been opposed by many conservative groups due to concerns about health impacts as well as a question of personal freedom and limits on the proper scope of government. Yet, the Wikipedia list dismisses these views as a "conspiracy theory" that draws on "distrust of experts and unease about medicine and science". In another example, [[peak oil]] is a theory advanced by many conservatives including geologists [[T. Boone Pickens]]. Yet, the page dismisses it, noting "There are theories that the 'peak oil' concept is a fraud concocted by the oil industries to increase prices amid concerns about future supplies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758|title=List of conspiracy theories#Peak oil|date=July 28, 2012|accessdate=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
# The Wikipedia article "[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Plan_%28Washington,_D.C.%29&oldid=478678893 The Plan (Washington, D.C.)]" is one of the conspiracy theories included on the official Wikipedia conspiracy list. However, the article cites few sources supporting the existence of the conspiracy to replace black residents with whites in Washington, DC and no sources that refute the existence of the conspiracy.
#As of August 15, 2016, the article "[[Murder of Seth Rich]]" had a ''motion to delete'' template on it on grounds of not being notable, although at one point it was getting 1500 daily views. It was so allegedly unnotable that a strong debate was generated there on the talk page and on the Delete Articles section, where editors essentially "voted" to Keep vs. Delete, allegedly on the grounds of non-notability.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Seth_Rich</ref> Among the arguments for deleting the article there was a repetitious reference to the talking point "conspiracy theory," though the article said nothing at all about a conspiracy theory. Also, as of August 17, 2016, the Wiki editor who started this article was officially blocked by an administrator. His talk page said: "You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TradingJihadist</ref> As of August 21, 2016, the motion to delete was denied on grounds of no consensus, although a derogatory false comment was attached attacking some of those who argued in favor of "Keep." Soon after, the article was summarily locked down until August 27, 2016, and a request for mediation was filed.
::Despite the fact that the article was not deleted, several details about the murder were deleted from the article by the same editors who advocated for deletion,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Murder_of_Seth_Rich#List_of_excluded_items</ref> leaving the article a rather short stub article. And as of August 24, 2016, there was a continuing debate and vote on the talk page of that article as to
::"Should this article mention the fact that WikiLeaks offered $20,000 in reward money for providing information regarding the perpetrator of this crime?" along with this template warning: "{{Ds/talk notice|blp}}," which warned: "This article is subject to discretionary sanctions."
::On September 18, 2016, less than a month after the previous motion to delete failed, a second motion to delete was started by the same editors who tried to delete it the first time, but once again, on October 4, the motion to delete was denied, as there was "no consensus."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Seth_Rich_(2nd_nomination) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Seth Rich (2nd nomination)]</ref>

===Nazism, Socialism, Communism===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Naziism, Socialism, Communism]]
[[File:Ukrainian Nazis.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian nazi flag.<ref>https://eurasiantimes.com/ukraine-uses-pig-fat-bullets-to-counter-russian-aggression/</ref>]]
#Edits from Russian Government IP addresses removed statements in the Wikipedia article on [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] which said that Russia had provided the terrorists with the surface to air missile used to shoot down that civilian flight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10977082/Russian-government-edits-Wikipedia-on-flight-MH17.html|title=Russian government edits Wikipedia on flight MH17|first=Matthew |last=Sparkes|date=18 Jul 2014|work=Telegraph|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/18/a_wikipedia_edit_twitterbot_caught_the_russian_state_tv_editing_the_mh17.html|title=Wikipedia Edit Twitterbots Are Revealing How Russia Wants to Frame the MH17 Crash|first=Lily |last=Hay Newman|work=Slate|date=July 18, 2014|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
#Wikipedia's main article on [[Communism]] does not mention any act of genocide in Communist countries, and any attempts to edit the page to include this information are deleted. The Nazism page, however, includes multiple mentions of the Holocaust. The only mention of the Communist genocide is buried deep within the article structure for Communism.
# [[Kazakhstan]], a dictatorship that used to be part of the [[Soviet Union]], paid $13 million to [[Tony Blair]]'s PR firm to polish its image. [[Jimmy Wales]]'s new wife works for that firm, and the WMF accepted a government-front organization which is funded by the Kazakh government to be its local chapter. In 2011, Wales declared the founder of the chapter to be the "Global Wikipedian of the year" and promised to pay $5,000 of expenses toward his attending the 2012 Wikimania in Washington DC. Wales denies the government involvement and failed to make the promised payment.<ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/12/23/jimmy-wales-in-the-dictator-and-i/</ref><ref>http://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-appear-that-Wikipedias-co-founder-is-covering-for-Kazakhstans-government-manipulation-of-Wikipedia</ref><ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/2013/01/16/whos-the-best-yoruban-wikipedian-of-them-all/</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=551703840&oldid=551703680</ref><ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-denies-kazakhstan-connection</ref>
#[[Augusto Pinochet]], who overthrew Communism in [[Chile]] and then restored democracy before voluntarily giving up power himself, is called a "dictator" by Wikipedia,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet</ref> but [[Fidel Castro]], the Communist dictator of [[Cuba]] for four decades, is instead called a "leader" or even a "president".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fidel_Castro&oldid=235182888</ref>
# Wikipedia is sympathetic to Fidel Castro in its entry about Cuba.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba</ref> Wikipedia blames President Dwight Eisenhower for choosing "to attend a golf tournament" rather than meet the revolutionary Castro in 1959, and then Wikipedia claims that Castro became a Communist because of the American-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Conservapedia tells the truth up-front: "Cuba has been ruled by a Communist dictator named Fidel Castro since 1959."<ref>[[Cuba]]</ref>
# Wikipedia's article on far-Left politics outright praises the dismantling of social structures and even goes on to say that the far-Left promotes "equality", while failing to mention the blatant anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate speech among the far-Left, its racism against whites in the form of Jeremiah Wright, the blatant racism among groups like the Black Panthers. Conversely, its "far-Right" politics articles accuse conservatives of maintaining a social hierarchy and being "racist" and being "supremacists" that keep the "oppression" in check, while utterly failing to mention the black supremacist politics among the far-Left. It promotes the far-Left as bringing "equality" while failing to mention its supremacist racism by people like the [[New Black Panthers]] for example.
# Wikipedia's article on the National Socialist German Workers' Party lists its political position as "Far-Right",<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party</ref> however its page on the Communist Party of China does not even refer to the party as "Far-Left".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China</ref>

===Zoophilia===
[[File:Sheep.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Domestic sheep]]
See [[Wikipedia on bestiality]]

As of July 18, 2012, Wikipedia's article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia zoophilia/bestiality] has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia". No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. As of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law Zoophilia and the law"] article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where eight alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law#Impact_of_laws|title=Impact of laws section of "Zoophilia and the law"|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref>

As of July 12, 2022, Wikipedia's article on zoophilia does not have "arguments for zoophilia" and does not have "alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws".

== Old User Bias ==
Many old users (2004 - 2009) receive unfair treatment for newer edits, which normally means that newer users get blocked for their actions whilst old users aren't punished for bad actions. this has made people hate old users and admins for allowing OG (Slang term for old users) users to get away without punishment.

==Vaccine Biases ==
===Vaccines===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Vaccination]]

#The Wikipedia article '''Vaxxed''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaxxed&oldid=768444417] purports to be a review of ''Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe'', a 2016 American film alleging a cover-up by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) of a possible link between the MMR [[vaccine]] and [[autism]]. In reality, this Wikipedia article is little more than a diatribe against Dr. [[Andrew Wakefield]].
#The Wikipedia article describes Dr Wakefield as a "discredited anti-vaccine activist" but this is untrue. First, Dr Wakefield has said that he is not anti-vaccine. He is opposed to the MMR vaccine (a [[combination vaccine]]) but he is not opposed to the [[measles]], [[mumps]] and [[rubella]] vaccines being given in separate doses.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3513365.stm</ref>
#Secondly, the label "discredited" is inaccurate. Dr Wakefield and his colleague, Professor John Walker-Smith, were brought up on misconduct charges before Britain's General Medical Council (GMC) because of alleged irregularities in the conduct of their research project. Walker-Smith and Wakefield were found guilty and were struck off the medical register.
#Walker-Smith, who was backed by his insurance company, successfully appealed against the ruling. The judge said that the GMC's original ruling was based on "inadequate and superficial reasoning and, in a number of instances, a wrong conclusion". Unfortunately, Wakefield did not have backing from his insurance company so he was not able to appeal. If he had had backing, there is little doubt that he would have been cleared as well.<ref>https://healthimpactnews.com/2012/british-court-throws-out-conviction-of-autismvaccine-md-andrew-wakefields-co-author-completely-exonerated/</ref>
#Several Wikipedia editors have tried to make the article more balanced, but in every case they have been struck down by Wikipedia's elite.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Vaxxed/Archive_1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vaxxed&oldid=759801540]

===Washington Post/Washington Times===
Leftist radical newspaper ''Washington Post'' is praised by Wikipedia for "winning prizes, using a fact-checker to fact-check lies", even though they make so much fun of Trump and that it is an opinion newspaper.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post#2000%E2%80%93present</ref>

The ''Washington Times'', however, is very heavily criticized for being white supremacist, pro-Russian, neo-Nazi, racist, anti-[atheist] science, and anti-democratic reforms that are Communist and not even democratic.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times</ref> Again, China is praised and sympathized with by Wikipedia, which says "In January 2020, The Washington Times published two widely shared articles about the COVID-19 pandemic that suggested that the virus was created by China as a biological weapon to spread power. One article quoted a former Israeli intelligence officer as a source but offered no other verifiable evidence."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times#Misreporting_on_the_COVID-19_pandemic</ref> What the ''Washington Times'' was actually saying is that China is trying to use the coronavirus to spread power, but Wikipedia downplays that, and instead blames Trump and Putin, and also sympathizes with the Palestinians by criticizing the Israeli intelligence officer.

===General/Uncategorized===
[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|thumb|right|[[Jens Stoltenberg]] (center).]]
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: General or uncategorized]]
#Wikipedia falsely reported that the prime minister of Norway, [[Jens Stoltenberg]], was a pedophile who had served time in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/06/wikipedia_bio/|title=Who owns your Wikipedia bio?|first= Andrew|last=Orlowski|work=The Register|date=December 6, 2005|accessdate=September 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5182883|title=
Wikipedia Bans Access from Capitol Hill Computers|work=National Public Radio|date=February 1, 2006|accessdate=September 20, 2012}}</ref>
#Wikipedia appeals to a dumbed-down culture of users that appreciate uncensored obscenity instead of education. The swear word with four letters that begin with F is mentioned or uncensored in quotations in nearly 11,000 articles. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search] Ironically, it was once used in an article about Republican Senate candidate [[Michael Baumgartner]] when the article's sources did not spell out that word.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Baumgartner&oldid=509330054|title=Michael Baumgartner|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
#Wikipedia does its best to cover-up crimes and lewd behavior coming from left-leaning [[Occupy Wall Street]] crowd. Assault is emphasized; rape is minimized by the omission of the terms. Rape is not used in the article and can only be found in a reference title at the end of the page.<ref>Occupy_Wall_Street&oldid=466639949 Cover-up at Wikipedia,lewd acts downplayed</ref>
# Wikipedia does not mention until after 600 words that [[Jared Loughner]], like many Wikipedia editors, is an atheist, and its entry initially failed to admit that he is also a [[nihilist]], an extreme form of atheism.<ref>When Wikipedia eventually added mention of Loughner's nihilism, its edit summary omitted reference to the term. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jared_Lee_Loughner&action=historysubmit&diff=407362660&oldid=407358740].</ref>
# The article on the [[Proud Boys]] is blatantly biased towards the Left. The first sentence falsely claims "The Proud Boys are a far-right and neo-fascist male-only organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States and Canada", despite the group trying to stop the [[liberal]]s’ [[insurrection]]. As an example of the Wikipedia admins' lack of courage in their convictions, the article is also protected so no one can change it.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys]

Most examples have been moved to the sublists. Please visit the sublists to learn about the variety of bias in Wikipedia.

==Structural problems with Wikipedia==
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blasted site for left-wing bias: ‘The word for it is propaganda.’<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/wikipedia-co-founder-larry-sanger-propaganda Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blasts site for left-wing bias: ‘The word for it is propaganda’] Brian Flood , Fox News, July 16, 2021.

'You can trust it to give a reliably establishment point of view on pretty much everything.'

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger continued his criticism this week of the online encyclopedia that he helped create, citing the page on President Biden as an example of its leftist bias</ref>
He said: 'The site only uses lefty sources and blocks reporting by major outlets.'
<ref>Tucker Carleson Tonight, Foxnews, July 22, 2021</ref>

Wikipedia claims to be "an encyclopedia that anyone can edit." That is both its strength and its biggest weakness. Although Wikipedia started as having all editors on an equal footing, it has evolved into a highly stratified structure where a large number of people cannot edit it. In order to edit Wikipedia, a person must master its wiki-markup language and a large number of complex rules. The number of people who edit Wikipedia on a regular basis has declined. Many editors left voluntarily, but many others have been "banned" or "blocked" by administrators or a community vote. In theory, people can edit Wikipedia without logging in, but in order to prevent "banned" users from editing, Wikipedia blocks various ranges of IP addresses, preventing persons who are '''not''' banned from editing from those locations, such as hotels, schools, and libraries. Wikipedia's terms and conditions bar people with a conflict of interest from directly editing Wikipedia articles. This prevents knowledgeable people who work for companies from editing articles relating to their work. Finally, because the administrator caste has certain political views, editors who do not conform to those beliefs are more likely to be "banned" or "blocked".

[[File:Girls Netball Team.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|An editor who was never in Malawi says this is a photo of a Malawian netball team. An edit war ensued.]]
A major source of bias comes from the Wikipedia pillar of "verifiability". Wikipedia proudly proclaims, "'''Verifiability, and not truth''', is one of the fundamental requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia;"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Verifiability&oldid=502902820|title=WP:Verifiability|accessdate=July 19, 2012}}</ref> There have been many attempts to change this, because when a Wikipedia editor tries to remove false content, editors who favor biased content rely upon this policy to retain the falsehoods.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability/2012_RfC</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability/Archive_53#RFC_-_Compromise_proposal_re_first_sentence</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/27_February_2012/Wikipedia:Verifiability</ref> An example of such misuse involves radical feminists who tried to have Wikipedia state that netball was an Olympic sport<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement&oldid=420754256|title=Netball at the Olympics|date=March 26, 2011|author=Laura Hale}}</ref> when, in fact, it has never been played "at the Olympics". Because they found a speech where a politician told the New South Wales Parliament that netball was "technically an Olympic sport"<ref>Parliament of New South Wales, [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20040921018 Parliamentary Debates,] Legislative Assembly, 21 September 2004, columns 11179–11179, (Alison Megarrity).</ref> they were able to retain this false material as if it were a verified fact.

Requiring just one source to meet Wikipedia's verifiability standard is a serious logical flaw. Any well-established fact can be contradicted by finding one obscure source somewhere on the Web, and Wikipedia will allow just one reference to overrule the majority of definitive sources saying the opposite.

Another bias is from "show and tell." Some Wikipedia editors have not outgrown their need to show off what they have found on the Internet. Again using the obscure sport of netball as an example, the editor found a photo posted on Flickr that was labeled, "The Girls Netball Team"<ref>https://www.flickr.com/photos/51132506@N00/1954358144</ref> even though it did not show anyone playing netball. The editor then captioned the photo, "A Malawian netball team" and placed it alongside a few other obscure facts to create a Malawi section of the netball article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball&oldid=420915334</ref> So how can the reader trust that the people in the photograph are really in Malawi and that they really play netball?<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball_in_Africa#Malawi_image</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball/Archive_3#Should_image_of_Netball_players_not_playing_be_used</ref> Adding photos to articles is the most visible form of the "show and tell" syndrome. The need to "show and tell" can also result in including random, obscure facts and data in an article. For example, an editor can find a data source from years ago, but if the data are included in the article without proper emphasis of the date, it creates the implication that the data remain true today.<ref>E.g., {{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_in_Brunei&diff=502678275&oldid=502670120|title=Netball in Brunei|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>

Errors and bias can be introduced by robotic submissions. For example, many Wikipedia articles about populated places in the United States were created by robots using 2000 United States Census data. A standard paragraph on demographics that included 2000 Census data was automatically included in each article. Wikipedia has not been able to program a robot to update all of those statistics, so most articles about places in the United States do not have more recent data from the 2010 census. Robots tagged many Wikipedia articles that had an article name in common with those in an early edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as having that book as a source, even if nothing in the article was based on that book, and no human checked if the Wikipedia article was consistent with the Encyclopædia Britannica article.

Another level of error and bias comes from Wikipedia's reliance on poorly-trained volunteers, instead of paid professionals. For example, someone proposed that a copyrighted photo of Joseph Stalin taken by Margaret Bourke-White be deleted in 2009. It was kept because someone with a Gmail account sent permission claiming to be her son. She died without children<ref>http://womenshistory.about.com/od/margaretbourkewhite/a/Margaret-Bourke-White.htm</ref> and the photo's copyright actually belonged to Time, Inc., but the mistake was not detected until 2012.

===Accountability===
Wikipedia relies upon volunteer administrators to maintain the accountability of the site and enforce its rules. The number of administrators continues to shrink. In January 2008, there were 1,011 administrators, but the number dropped to 661 in November 2012, and as of June 2016, the number stands at 539.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators/stat_table|title=Wikipedia:List of administrators/stat table|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}</ref> The number drops because the process of selecting new administrators subjects each candidate to extensive abuse. If the actions of Wikipedia administrators appear very odd, there is a possibility that it is because they are the products of anonymous, very young people or, in certain cases, of mentally ill people. For example, sysop Altenmann was de-sysopped and community-banned in April 2010 for sockpuppeting and improper closure of deletion discussions over a period of several years. He admitted mental illness and has been unbanned.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=491693521</ref>

Fundamentally, the owner of a site is accountable for its governance and contents. To qualify for a tax exemption, Wikipedia is owned by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) that has a Board of Directors and a paid professional staff of 146.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en|title=Frequently asked questions|accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> However, the WMF, its Board, and Staff disavow any accountability for the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Instead, co-founder Jimmy Wales claims ultimate authority over it and acts as the executive/monarch on whatever he chooses. For example, although the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee is selected in an election, Wales accepts the election results and appoints the new members. As recently as September 2013, Wales claims to have the right to overturn Arbitration Committee decisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=571759721&oldid=571756060If|title=User Talk:Jimbo Wales|date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> If a person has a complaint about being the victim of false libel by Wikipedia, the WMF disavows any control over the matter and hides behind [[Section 230]] of the Communications Decency Act. So, the WMF has a legal incentive to maintain a "hands-off" approach to content disputes. Its Board and Staff collect the charitable donations and meet IRS requirements, but Wales and the volunteer editors maintain the biased, defamatory site.

There have been lawsuits against Wikipedia and its editors. For example, Theodore Katsanevas, a Greek politician, sued a Wikipedia editor and the WMF to seek removal of allegedly defamatory materials from the Greek Wikipedia. A Greek Court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the removal of material, but other editors have added it back in and have translated the biography with the offending material into 20 other languages. A full trial was expected in 2016, and the WMF promised to pay all of the defendants' legal fees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/14/wikimedia-foundation-supports-wikipedia-user-subject-to-defamation-lawsuit-in-greece/|title=Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia user subject to defamation lawsuit in Greece|work=Wikimedia Blog|date=February 14, 2014|accessdate=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

A few Wikipedia editors develop a dislike for the author or the subject of an article; usually, conservative authors are targeted. Rather than going through the ArticlesForDeletion procedure, such editors falsely claim that the offending author caused a "copyright violation." By doing this, they can kill an article within seven days without using ArticlesForDeletion. The author of the article is not notified that there is a "copyright violation." If the author has been blocked or banned, often on specious charges, he cannot provide a defense of the article. Sometimes the "copyright violation" is leveled even when no copyrighted material is used as a source.

Wikipedia is heavily oriented toward non-American countries and persons. A check of the WP obituary list each day repeatedly lists dozens of people from countries other than the United States. These people are mostly unknown in the USA, and many seem "non-notable" by Wikipedia's own standards of "notability." The same situation is also observable in the "Did You Know?" section on the WP main page, as foreign topics usually get top billing over American topics.

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia Governor Impeachment Cover-Up]]
*[[Hearsay society]]
*[[Wikipedia prejudice and KAL 007]] (Subject matter is [[New World Order]] and Cong. [[Larry McDonald]]. Article here in Conservapedia relates it to [[KAL 007]] as the subject matter bears directly).
*[[Haaretz]]

==External links==
*[https://www.thefp.com/p/how-wikipedia-became-propaganda-site How Wikipedia Became a Propaganda Site]
*[http://www.wikipediocracy.com Wikipedia criticism site]
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/21/conservatives-miss-wikipedias-threat/ SHEFFIELD: Conservatives miss Wikipedia's threat] by [[Washington Times]], August 21, 2008
* [http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83640 Wikipedia lies, slander continue by Joseph Farah]
*[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/200chomskylies.pdf The Top 200 Chomsky Lies]—Comprehensively debunks the claims of the [[Noam Chomsky|cult leader]] behind the [[radical left]]'s talking points.
*[http://wikipediabias.com/ Wikipedia Bias blog]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/05/wikipedias-seven-worst-moments/ Wikipedia’s Seven Worst Moments] by Charlie Nash, ''Breitbart News'', July 5, 2016.

*[https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/wikipedias-israel-problem-ari-lieberman/ WIKIPEDIA'S ISRAEL PROBLEM. Anti-Semitism in Internet encyclopedia form. Tue Aug 25, 2015. Ari Lieberman].
*[http://184.106.49.50/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=7744 Discover The Network: Wikipedia].

*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13555641/Trump-Obama-Biden-Wikipedia-bias-conservative.html 'Trump bad, Obama good' - Wikipedia's bias REVEALED, and how it affects you] (''Daily Mail'', 6.21.24).

*[https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/371545/7-tactics-wikipedia-editors-used-to-spread-anti-israel-bias-since-oct-7/ Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7] (''Jewish Journal'', 5.28.24).

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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia

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'''Bias in Wikipedia''' is a danger to a free society. This list covers a wide range of bias in the [[English]] [[Wikipedia]], nicknamed "Woke"-ipedia. Although Wikipedia claims to have credibility because anyone can edit it, the website represents the views of its most strident and persistent, who are [[liberal]] editors and many pushing the agenda of [[Big Pharma]]. Wikipedia absurdly redirects its entry entitled "Big Pharma" to "Big Pharma conspiracy theories." '''''Wikipedia has entries on Big Tobacco, Big Oil, and [[Big Tech]], but pretends that "[[Big Pharma]]" is merely a conspiracy theory!''''' Big Pharma secretly pays editors on Wikipedia to viciously smear critics of mandatory [[vaccination]] and anyone who gets in the way of Big Pharma profits.

Editors on Wikipedia are virulently [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]], insisting on smearing [[Elon Musk]] because he supported [[Trump]]. On [[Christmas]] Day 2016 ([[NYC]] time), Wikipedia's entry for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry prominently and falsely declared: "Her younger brother is [a] loan shark and liar [[Donald Trump]],"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryanne_Trump_Barry&type=revision&diff=756673396&oldid=756136858</ref> something which remained for an unusually long forty-eight minutes before it was corrected.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryanne_Trump_Barry&diff=prev&oldid=756677726</ref>

Wikipedia is also heavily influenced by paid public relations professionals who do not disclose their conflicts of interest. This list, together with the sublists linked below, provides a wide variety of examples of the resulting bias.

A [[cabal]] of editors exists who work together to insert leftist bias into articles and to hide embarrassing facts about left-wing political figures, while at the same time smearing conservatives. Scandals involving left-wing personalities are labeled "[[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]", for example, ''Spygate'' (conspiracy theory by Donald Trump) or "controversies" such as ''IRS targeting controversy'' or ''Hillary Clinton email controversy'', whereas those involving conservative personalities are labeled "scandal", for example, ''Trump-Ukraine'' scandal.

Biased editors' standard tactics include claiming conservative-leaning sources as being unreliable (non-<abbr title="Reliable Source">RS</abbr>). This also applies to centrist sources that are simply being truthful. The best way to observe Wikipedia is by reading an article's Talk page. One can see editors disparaging sources contrary to the mainstream media talking points. You will see that scandals involving left-wing figures are typically dismissed as conspiracy theories. You will also see many derogatory comments about conservative figures, especially Donald Trump and Republican congressmen, senators, judges, and even many international conservative politicians like [[Narendra Modi]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], and all other international Trump-backers fighting against the [[globalist]] agenda. Editors who fight for balanced coverage eventually get permanently blocked, or a months-long IP block.

[[File:Jimbo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Co-Founder of Wikipedia [[Jimmy Wales]]]]
On August 23, 2011, David Swindle published an article at ''[[FrontPage Magazine]]'' detailing how Wikipedia has been taken over by the [[Leftist|political left]]; he cited statistics relating to Wikipedia's articles on [[Ann Coulter]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Keith Olbermann]], which helped demonstrate that Wikipedia has a leftist bias, and he discussed the [[liberal]]/leftist cultural foundations of Wikipedia.<ref name="frontpagemag.com">[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/102601/how-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1-david-swindle HOW THE LEFT CONQUERED WIKIPEDIA, PART 1]</ref>

For example, Swindle wrote:

<blockquote>"Consider Ann Coulter versus Michael Moore. Coulter’s entry (on August 9, 2011) was 9028 words long.* Of this longer-than-usual entry, 3220 words were devoted to “Controversies and criticism” in which a series of incidents involving Coulter and quotes from her are cited with accompanying condemnations, primarily from her opponents on the Left. That’s 35.6 percent of Coulter’s entry devoted to making her look bad. By contrast, Moore’s entry is 2876 words (the more standard length for entries on political commentators), with 130 devoted to “Controversy.” That’s 4.5% of the word count, a fraction of Coulter’s. Does this mean that an “unbiased” commentator would find Coulter eight times as “controversial” as Moore?"<ref name="frontpagemag.com"/></blockquote>

The project was initiated by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[entrepreneur]] [[Jimmy Wales]] and the [[Christian]] [[philosophy]] [[professor]] [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/lists/288/000092012/</ref> An irony of Internet history is that Jimmy Wales refers to himself as Wikipedia's "spiritual leader".<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/09/wikimedia_pron_purge/</ref> Despite its official "neutrality policy," Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias. In his article titled ''Wikipedia lies, slander continue'' [[journalism|journalist]] [[Joseph Farah]] stated Wikipedia "is not only a provider of inaccuracy and bias. It is wholesale purveyor of lies and slander unlike any other the world has ever known."<ref name="wnd.com">http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83640</ref> Mr. Farah has repeatedly been the victim of defamation at the Wikipedia site.<ref name="wnd.com"/> In December 2010, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] called Wikipedia "the abomination that causes misinformation".<ref name="tektonticker.blogspot.com">http://tektonticker.blogspot.com/search/label/Wikipedia</ref> Although Wales "made his original fortune as a pornography trafficker", he has since tried to clean up his image and demands retractions when people report this fact.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.wnd.com/2012/12/heres-your-correction-wikipedia-founder/|title=Here's Your Correction, Wikipedia Founder|date=December 17, 2012|accessdate=December 26, 2012|work=WND}}</ref>

[[Mark Dice]] has dedicated chapters of at least two of his books to examples and analyses of the rampant left-wing bias in Wikipedia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTymmHPb9F0</ref>

Co-founder [[Larry Sanger]], who left the site, later acknowledged that Wikipedia does not follow its own neutrality policy.<ref>[https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/larry-sanger-co-founder-of-wikipedia-agrees-that-it-does-not-follow-its-own-neutrality-policy/ Uncommon Descent, December 1, 2016, Posted by Barry Arrington]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/wikipedia-co-founder-sites-neutrality-no-longer-exists-favors-leftism Wikipedia Co-Founder: Site’s Neutrality No Longer Exists, Favors Leftism]</ref>

In June 2026, Wikipedia's organized 'gang' of administrators banned Sanger.
"Left-leaning Wikipedia blocked founder from editing site — after he campaigned to make it more balanced."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/tech/left-leaning-wikipedia-blocked-founder-from-editing-site-after-he-campaigned-to-make-it-more-balanced/ Left-leaning Wikipedia blocked founder from editing site — after he campaigned to make it more balanced].
By Ashley Rindsberg, ''NY Post'', June 22, 2026.</ref>
{{Cquote|Left-leaning website Wikipedia has taken the drastic action of permanently blocking one of its founders from editing pages — after he had campaigned to make it more balanced and fair.

Larry Sanger launched WikiProject Intellectual Diversity (WID), a group designed to help reinforce the online encyclopedia’s “original, firm commitment to intellectual diversity,” by emphasizing neutrality and transparency.

However, Sanger — who coined the name “Wikipedia,” drafted the site’s foundational set of rules and guidelines, and launched the site alongside Jimmy Wales in 2001 — is now indefinitely blocked from editing, the most drastic action the site can take against an editor.}}

Most examples have been moved to the sublists. Please visit the sublists to learn about the variety of bias in Wikipedia.

== List of examples of liberal bias in Wikipedia ==
Below is a growing list of around 300 examples of [[liberal bias]], [[deceit]], edits stemming from corrupting conflicts of interest, frivolous [[gossip]], and blatant errors on Wikipedia. [[Jimmy Wales]] was the leading founder of Wikipedia. [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] called Wikipedia "the abomination that causes misinformation".<ref name="tektonticker.blogspot.com"/> Because the list of examples is so long, it is divided into sublists based on the subject matter. Some of the most egregious examples are in these sublists, which are well worth reading. At the risk of duplication, some of the most interesting examples from the sublists are also repeated on this main list to give an overview. (We limit this main list to up to three examples from each sublist.)

==Examples of Bias ==
=== Abortion ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Abortion]]
[[File:B Bhutto.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Benazir Bhutto]]]]
#Wikipedia's articles on [[genocide]],<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genocide&oldid=744025805</ref> [[murder]],<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder&oldid=744013669</ref> and [[homicide]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homicide&oldid=744087425</ref> have absolutely no mention of abortion,<ref>With the exception of a single mention in the article "Murder", which states that the availability of abortion may affect murder rates of born humans.</ref> even though it has killed way more people than any other genocide.<ref>Ertelt, Steve (November 6, 2012). [https://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/06/abortion-has-destroyed-117-million-people-in-the-united-states/ Abortion Has Destroyed 117 Million People in the United States]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref>
#Wikipedia has a large article detailing anti-abortion violence committed around the world,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence</ref> but there is no article about pro-abortion violence. There is no article for "Pro-choice violence"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice_violence</ref> and "Pro-abortion violence" bizarrely redirects to the "Abortion debate" article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-abortion_violence</ref> Before being redirected, the "Pro-abortion violence" article was biased towards downplaying the reality of violence committed by supporters of abortion.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pro-abortion_violence&oldid=298226073</ref> For example, while the "Anti-abortion violence" article matter-of-factly begins: "Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion." ... the "Pro-abortion violence" article dismissively began: "Pro-abortion violence (or pro-choice violence) is a term used in the pro-life movement to characterize acts of violence committed by abortion practitioners or abortion advocates against those who oppose abortion or against pregnant women. The former is regarded as factual while the latter is just "a term used in the pro-life movement."
# [[Wikipedia]] falsely claimed that [[conservatives]] opposed to [[abortion]] are described as "anti-baby" or "anti-family". [[Wikipedia]] removed this bias only after it was identified here.<ref>That statement remained on the article from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism&diff=173316636&oldid=173314241 November 23] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism&diff=next&oldid=179870132 December 26, 2007]</ref>

===Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Defund the Police===
====Antifa====
Wikipedia is very sympathetic to Antifa, saying that they are "seeking to combat fascists and racists such as neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other far-right extremists." Wikipedia said the lootings in the cities and the murders of black children didn't link to Antifa, even though they obviously did. That is a lie by Wikipedia. Another lie is that they say "Individuals involved in the movement tend to hold anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist and anti-state views, subscribing to a range of democratic left-wing ideologies such as anarchism, communism, Marxism, social democracy and socialism. The words "Right-wing extremists" are mentioned hundreds of times in Wikipedia's article about Antifa, but the word "Left-wing extremists" aren't even mentioned at all.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)</ref> Wikipedia also said that right-wing extremists are fanning the flames, and that right-wing politicians such as [[Donald Trump]] and [[William Barr]] are just lying about it, but the "pro-democracy protesters", that is, Antifa, is being treated cruelly by brutal police.

====Black Lives Matter====
Even though the BLM is a terrorist group, Wikipedia calls them a "civil-rights movement fighting to end police brutality against black people and to keep the communities safe".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter</ref> BLM even murdered several African-American children and Trump supporters, and Wikipedia still calls them "anti-hate". They endorsed [[Joe Biden]], they back all global dictators, and they are being funded by international Communist governments.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-founder-teams-up-with-pro-chinese-communist-party-group/</ref>

====Defund the Police====
Wikipedia also praises the "Defund the Police" slogan by saying "Defund the police" is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety, democracy, and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police</ref> The reality is, that criminals take advantage, and the cities get looted even more by radical liberal left-wing mobs, and that Trump gets blamed for it by [[Joe Biden]]. Wikipedia also says that policing is like promoting racism and defunding the police may help end police brutality and racism.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police#Racism</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:Omar_Mateen.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Omar Mateen]]]]
====Anti-Christianity====
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Anti-Christianity]]
[[File:Regular church goer.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"regular church goer"]]
#A Wikipedia editor Qworty devoted 13,000 edits to cleaning up articles on pro-pagan topics before being permanently banned<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive797#User:Qworty|title=Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive797|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://illusionofmore.com/montags-grin-wikipedia/|title=Montag’s Grin: A Look at Wikipedia|first=David|last=Newhoff|date=June 5, 2013|accessdate=Sept. 20, 2013}}</ref> and then outed as Robert Clark Young by the website salon.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/revenge_ego_and_the_corruption_of_wikipedia/|title=Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia|date=May 17, 2013|work=salon.com|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> The failure to crack down on his work earlier drew criticism from the pagan website wildhunt.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildhunt.org/2013/05/anti-pagan-wikipedia-editor-outed-by-salon-com.html|title=Anti-Pagan Wikipedia Editor Outed by Salon.com|date=May 22, 2013|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref>
# Wikipedia's article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can_Run_But_You_Cannot_Hide_International&oldid=524629239 You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International], the youth rock ministry of Bradlee Dean, is an attack page which was criticized in a WND column.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnd.com/2012/12/whos-afraid-of-bradlee-dean/|title=Who's afraid of Bradlee Dean|date=December 14, 2012|work=WND|accessdate=December 26, 2012}}</ref> In response, [[Jimmy Wales]], Wikipedia's founder, demanded a retraction regarding his past as "a pornography trafficker". Instead, WND published detailed documentation of Wales' Boomis pornography website.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
# Wikipedia has a lengthy entry on "Jesus H. Christ,"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus_H._Christ&oldid=174239815</ref> a term that is an idiotic mockery of the [[Christian]] [[faith]]. Wikipedia used to say that the term is "joking" and "comedic", and relishes repeating disrespectful uses of the term, without admitting that the phrase is an anti-[[Christian]] mockery. Meanwhile, Wikipedia does not describe mockery of any other religion as "humorous".
# Arguments for atheism are prominently featured in Wikipedia's atheism article, but it fails to mention that [[United States|American]] [[atheist]]s [[Atheism and Uncharitableness|give significantly less to charity than American theists on a per-capita basis, even when church giving is not counted for theists]].<ref name="en.wikipedia.org">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism</ref> In addition, Wikipedia's article on atheism fails to mention [[Atheism and deception|how key proponents of atheism have been deceptive]]. Wikipedia's article on [[atheism]] also fails to mention that [[Christianity and Science|Christianity and not atheism was foundational in regards to the development of modern science]]. Wikipedia's article attempts to associate atheism with scientific progress.<ref name="en.wikipedia.org"/> Finally, Wikipedia's article on atheism fails to mention that [[Atheism and suicide|atheism is a causal factor for suicide]].
# Alleged cop killer in [[Australia]] Dezi Freeman was "a regular [[church]]goer".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porepunkah_police_shootings</ref>

====Islam====
{{See also|Rape jihad}}
* An editor included the June 2016 Orlando shootings on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks List of Islamic terrorist attacks] and an edit war ensued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/30/wikipedia-removes-orlando-shooting-islamist-terror-attack-list/|title=Wikipedia Removes Orlando Shooting From ‘Islamist Terror Attack’ List|work=breitbart.com|date=June 30, 2016|accessdate=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
* ACT! for America is classified under Wikipedia's section on "Islamophobia."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACT!_for_America&oldid=860017411</ref>
====[[Islamism]]====

*Grooming gang.

In June 2025, [[Breitbart]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cover Up: Wikipedia Editors Propose Deleting UK Grooming Gangs Scandal Article |url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/06/29/cover-up-wikipedia-editors-propose-deleting-uk-grooming-gangs-scandal-article/ |work=Breitbart |date=June 29, 2025}}</ref> reported that a [[Wikipedia]] page about the [[UK]] [[grooming gangs]] scandal was nominated for deletion by a liberal editor, who argued it was a biased or “fringe” duplicate of broader child sexual abuse coverage.
The move is part of a wider dispute over how the topic is represented on Wikipedia, highlighting claims of past institutional cover-ups and referencing a recent review that identified failures by UK authorities.

===History===

[[File:Wiki bias VS overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine.jpg|thumb|Wiki bias VS overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine]]

Not that complex, on its mainstream pro Nazism.
Especially in overwhelming Arab Nazi Palestine and anti-Jewish bigotry at its core. Yet, biased-Wikipedia, in its leading paragraph:
Concentrating first on some minority among the minority intellectuals.

See: [[Nazism among Arab Palestinians]]. [[World_War_II#Nazism_at_Arab_Palestine|Summary - conclusion]] .

===Conservative Banning===
Wikipedia is known for threatening to block conservatives who edit their liberally biased articles. Usually, with a warning.
Conservatives repairing this bias are labeled as disruptive editing.

===Conservapedia smears===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conservapedia smears]]

# Wikipedia displays pervasive bias in making [[liberal]] statements with citations that do not support the statements, as illustrated by its entry about [[Conservapedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia</ref> Wikipedia states that "Conservapedia has asserted that Wikipedia is 'six times more [[liberal]] than the American public', a statistic which has been criticized for its poor extrapolation and lack of credibility." But the two citations for this claim of "poor extrapolation and lack of credibility" are articles that say nothing about extrapolation or credibility and instead tend to confirm the [[liberal bias]] on Wikipedia.
# For nearly two months, from at least as early as July 15 through September 9, 2007, Wikipedia classified its critics, including [[Conservapedia]], as "Fanatics and Special Interests."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Wikipedia&oldid=144741567# Fanatics_and_special_interests</ref>
# In 2011 Wikipedia User Σ organized systematic vandalism of Conservapedia using the English Wikipedia IRC. This only came to light when he was nominated to be a Wikipedia Administrator and users there debated whether his actions were a good or bad thing to do.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/%CE%A3&oldid=516746349</ref>

===Conservative personalities and politicians===
[[File:Hannahgiles.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Hannah Giles]]
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conservative Personalities]]

#On November 2, 2006, days before the mid-term Congressional elections, an anonymous IP address traced to the ''[[New York Times]]'' changed [[U.S. House of Representatives]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]]'s Wikipedia biographical entry from "a prominent member of the [[Republican Party]]" to "Grand Dragon of the Republican Party."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay&diff=prev&oldid=85320018 Wikipedia/Tom DeLay, Revision as of 20:19, 2 November 2006, IP 199.181.174.146]</ref><ref>[http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=New+York+Times&location= WikiScanner]</ref>[dead link]
# Wikipedia has thousands of obscure pages for individuals that the public never heard of or recognized. Conservative undercover journalist [[Hannah Giles]] is not given her own page, most likely due to the fact she has taken on the liberal establishment and won, and Wikipedia's liberal-biased editors do not want to give her credit for that. A search of Hannah Giles gives her an obscure paragraph in what Wikipedia titles the ''ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy''.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Giles#Hannah_Giles_and_James_O.27Keefe</ref>
# For [[liberal]] politicians, Wikipedia uses flattering photos. But for [[conservative]] politician [[Sally Kern]], about whom [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] activists have had a hissy fit, from 2009 to 2011, Wikipedia used an absurd, uncharacteristic photo.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally_Kern&type=revision&diff=405321478&oldid=400257198</ref>
# In December of 2019 Wikipedia deleted its page for the conservative [[Independent American Party]] claiming "lack of notability".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Independent_American_Party</ref> However, pages for several Communist, Socialist, Neo-Nazi, and other very small political parties with very few members remain and are regularly maintained despite them having virtually no impact in the American political sphere.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States</ref>

===WW2===
'''Massive [[Polish]] guilt and some Wikipedians' propaganda'''
An estimated of 200,000 Jewish victims died either at the hands of Poles or with Polish complicity.
Wikipedia has permitted a few organized editors to basing their text on non reliable-source mainly promoting one Polish writer with an agenda to minimize and rewrite facts.
A "small group of actors hijacks Holocaust-related entries on online encyclopedia to whitewash role of Polish society in genocide and bolster stereotypes about Jews."
<ref>Itamar Eichner, [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hksrnqlts Wikipedia 'intentionally' distorts history of the Holocaust, study claims] ''Ynet'' Feb 12, 2023<blockquote>
Paper demonstrates how small group of actors hijacks Holocaust-related entries on online encyclopedia to whitewash role of Polish society in genocide and bolster stereotypes about Jews.</blockquote></ref>
Essay<ref>Grabowski, J., & Klein, S. (2023). Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust. The Journal of Holocaust Research, 37(2), 133–190. [https://doi.org/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939]</ref> uncovers the systematic, intentional distortion of Holocaust history on the English-language Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia. In the last decade, a group of committed Wikipedia editors have been promoting a skewed version of history on Wikipedia, one touted by right-wing Polish nationalists, which whitewashes the role of Polish society in the Holocaust and bolsters stereotypes about Jews. Due to this group’s zealous handiwork, Wikipedia’s articles on the Holocaust in Poland minimize Polish antisemitism, exaggerate the Poles’ role in saving Jews.
===Anti-Israel===
[[File:How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative. (Arab lobby).jpeg|thumb|How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative. (Arab lobby)<ref>Ashley Rindsberg, "[https://www.piratewires.com/p/how-wikipedia-s-pro-hamas-editors-hijacked-the-israel-palestine-narrative How Wikipedia’s Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative]." Oct 23, 2024.</ref><ref>John Sexton, "[https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/10/25/a-group-of-pro-hamas-wikipedia-editors-have-rewritten-the-site-n3796291 A Group of Pro-Hamas Wikipedia Editors Have Rewritten the Israel-Palestine Narrative]. October 25, 2024</ref><ref>
Aaron Bandler, [https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/376157/wikipedia-editors-place-a-near-total-ban-on-calling-gaza-health-ministry-hamas-run/ Wikipedia Editors Place a Near Total Ban on Calling Gaza Health Ministry “Hamas-Run”].
By a 3:1 margin, editors decided “Gaza Health Ministry” should be used without any qualifier. ''Jewish Journal'', October 25, 2024.</ref>]]

There is an anti-Israel gang that, for years, has opposed sources, decided what is an RS, and pushed to ban users, some working in cooperation with a long-time infamous radical anti-Israel administrator.<ref>[https://david-collier.com/project-wikipedia/ Antisemites are trying to delete my Wikipedia page], Dec 3, 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.theisraelgroup.org/wikipedias-war-against-israel . [https://freebeacon.com/issues/wikipedias-anti-israel-editors-unmasked/ Wikipedia's Anti-Israel Editors Unmasked] - Free Beacon, Nov 20, 2019</ref>

There has been a consistent long-time Anti-Israeli subversion, noted at least since 2007,<ref>[https://www.aish.com/jw/mo/48964486.html Anti-Israeli Subversion on Wikipedia], May 17, 2008</ref> suppression,<ref>https://wikibias.wordpress.com/</ref><ref>[http://www.think-israel.org/wikipedia.arabismracism.html PAN-ARABISM'S RACISM AND WIKIPEDIA BIAS] compiled and edited by Bernice Lipkin</ref> biases, inaccuracies, article by article - examples given in 2010.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/338216 The Bias of Wikipedia], Ari Lieberman, '"INN'', Jul 23, 2010</ref>

Project Wiki exposed how Wikipedia is breeding Armies of Anti-Semites.<ref>[https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/project-wiki-exposes-how-wikipedia-is-breeding-armies-of-anti-semites/2021/01/01/ Project Wiki Exposes How Wikipedia Is Breeding Armies of Anti-Semites], David Israel, JP, January 1, 2021</ref>

The coordinating 'club' has been applying double standard,<ref>Jordan Cope, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-823957 It’s time to correct Wikipedia’s dangerous anti-Israel bias - opinion]. ''The Jerusalem Post'', Oct 10, 2024.<blockquote>
A clear double standard exists, whereby for anti-Israel terrorists, Wikipedia frequently buries the devils in the details and places the burden on readers to find them.</blockquote></ref> improved tricks since [[Oct 7 War]]<ref>Aaron Bander [https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/371545/7-tactics-wikipedia-editors-used-to-spread-anti-israel-bias-since-oct-7/ Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7]. ''Jewish Journal'', May 23, 2024. 
Examining Wikipedia content and how the site operates matters — it is the world’s go-to site for information:
<blockquote>
1. Part of the “Background” section of the “Israel-Hamas war” Wikipedia article states: “Numerous commentators have identified the broader context of Israeli occupation as a cause of the war.” These “commentators” are mostly anti-Israel figures, in my opinion.
2. Adding “anti-imperialism” into [[Hamas]]’ list of ideologies and removing “antisemitism” in the Hamas Wikipedia article’s infobox.
3. Treating the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers as being reliable.
4. Considering Mondoweiss, an anti-Zionist site, a “marginally reliable” source.
5. The Wikipedia article on the UCLA pro-Hamas encampment [falsely] states that Jessica Seinfeld and [[Bill Ackman]] "donated" [sic] to pro-Israel counterprotesters involved in the violence on the night of April 30-May 1. '''Their denials''' are not included in the article.
6. Excluding the Oct. 7 massacre from the “List of Islamist terrorist attacks” Wikipedia article because it’s “original research.”
7. On Wikipedia’s main page on May 7, the “Did you know” section stated that “Walid Daqqa wrote several works of prison literature, including a children’s novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father.” Daqqa’s conviction for commanding a terror cell that brutally murdered an Israeli soldier is not mentioned.</blockquote></ref> through 2024.

Re 'Zionism' page.
This [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zionism&oldid=1180581125] [https://archive.is/Jv2r6] is the wiki version (10.17.23) before the already organized cabal of dozens of Israelophobic and even antisemitic editors got a boost sometime after Oct 7 atrocities to promote the [[The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny|"genocide" lie]]. This already biased, has been vandalized to defame even further and including it in the main section.

In June 2024, a coordinated operation on Wikipedia by a linked anti-Israel Arab "palestine" operatives groups/lobbies shielded by radical liberals (having a grip on Wikipedia for long), have succeeded finally in banning ADL with relation to Israel "Palestine."<ref>Anti-Israel club at Wikipedia working for years in cahoots (such as Hamas-nick Nableezy, the bigot Nishidani backed by Zero0000[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/260150] [[https://archive.ph/S9exV]]), shielded by a prolific administrator [https://www.jewishpress.com/news/media/the-israel-group-launches-battle-to-expose-anti-israel-wikipedia-editors/2019/11/21/] [[https://archive.ph/OfdAw]].
Not including
''Euro- Med'' founded by Ramy Abdu - Hamas lobbyist [https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1c8gksl/thoughts_on_this_post_from_rdestiny/?rdt=42283] [[https://archive.ph/moqDN]], the other club: ‘Ivana and Samer_BHH, the two people who praised Wikipedia editors’ handling of the ADL, are active members of “Tech for Palestine.’ [https://jewishinsider.com/2024/06/wikipediai-israeli-palestinian-conflict-zionism-adl-encyclopedia/] [[https://archive.ph/4GXB2]]
Wikipedia “palestine” Islamist editor ‘[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Iskandar323] ‘Iskandar323’ behind push to [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-wikipedia-declares-adl-unreliable-on-israel-palestine-conflict-antisemitism] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240718010416/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-wikipedia-declares-adl-unreliable-on-israel-palestine-conflict-antisemitism]] ban ADL - the "nakba"
([https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/knockoff-nakbas/ *][https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-other-nakba/257196/ *][https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4597344,00.html *][https://www.thetower.org/article/there-was-a-jewish-nakba-and-it-was-even-bigger-than-the-palestinian-one/ *][https://www.jpost.com/opinion/the-nakbas-553448 *][https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1bpi7cl5 *][https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/11/08/nakbas-history-ethnic-cleansing/ *][https://www.jns.org/palestinians-are-addicted-to-an-endless-cycle-of-nakbas/ *][https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2023/05/24/multiple-nakbas-imposed-upon-american-jews/ *]) [https://web.archive.org/web/20240719194957/https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/06/wikipedia-finds-adl-is-generally.html denial page creator], has been defending al Jazeera: On June 19, 2024 he argued: “On Nuseirat, why are we trusting the NYT over AJ?” [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=1229959496] [[https://archive.ph/xvrKS]] [https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/06/0626-links-pt2-squads-forever-war-child.html?m=1#comment-6489198948] [[https://archive.ph/ZDxAv]]
‘Concern, dismay’ by Wikipedia attack on ADL, 43 Jewish groups tell Wikimedia Foundation. “Fundamentally, Wikipedia is stripping the Jewish community of the right to defend itself from the hatred that targets our community,” the groups wrote. [https://www.jns.org/concern-dismay-by-wikipedia-attack-on-adl-43-jewish-groups-tell-wikimedia-foundation/ JNS] [[https://archive.ph/5boF1]]</ref>

In July 2024 it was elaborated in ''Tablet'' Mag.:<ref>[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/wikipedia-jewish-problem Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem].
The site seems to be intentionally trafficking in disinformation related to Jews, Israel, and Zionism.
Isabella Tabarovsky, July 24, 2024, ''Tablet Magazine''.</ref> "Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem."
<blockquote>
Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem.'
'The site seems to be intentionally trafficking in disinformation related to Jews, Israel, and Zionism.'
'These days, Wikipedia ranks its “perennial” go-to sources—The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, MSNBC, and BBC—as “generally reliable” and extends the ranking to the openly partisan far-left outlets like Haaretz, [[The Intercept]], The Nation, and The Guardian. Al Jazeera and the NGO Amnesty International (both known for their anti-Israel bias) are rated as “generally reliable” as well. The far-left Israeli NGO B’Tselem isn’t included on this list, but, as Aaron Bandler notes in Jewish Journal, Wikipedia editors have staunchly defended its reliability and referenced it in articles. On the other hand, conservative sources such as Fox News, The New York Post, Washington Examiner, and Washington Free Beacon are coded various shades of unreliable, with the Beacon getting the “generally unreliable” grade—one notch above “deprecated.”
This ranking tells us what kind of slant we can expect in Wikipedia’s articles about Israel, Zionism, and anti-Zionist antisemitism. In the wake of Oct. 7, “generally reliable” sources have trafficked in disinformation, as when The New York Times splashed the Al Ahli hospital bombing hoax over its front page, helping spark violent anti-Jewish riots across the world; or when The New Yorker legitimized Holocaust inversion—a long-running staple of anti-Zionist propaganda originating in the 1960s USSR. Conservative outlets, on the other hand, have produced reporting that tells Israel’s side of the story and have looked far more critically at the anti-Israel campus protests. The “generally unreliable” Washington Free Beacon has arguably produced the most extensive reporting on the protests. Wikipedia editors, however, are warned against using the Beacon as a source, which is why of the 353 references accompanying Wikipedia’s article on the pro-Palestinian campus protests, the overwhelming majority is to liberal and far-left sources plus Al Jazeera. 
One-sided sources are just one among a host of problems in Wikipedia articles related to Oct. 7 and the war that followed. In a World Jewish Congress report released in March, Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Nir documents numerous ways in which relevant Wikipedia entries have become de facto anti-Israel propaganda. From biased framing to omissions of key facts to stressing anti-Israel examples while ignoring the Israeli side of the story, to promoting fringe academic perspectives on Zionism—Wikipedia’s editors and administrators have actively worked to subvert the site’s neutrality policy on this topic. As in other instances, conflicts and bullying behavior predominate, with Israeli editors describing uniquely “hostile and disrespectful” treatment. Israeli users, who are most knowledgeable about the Oct. 7 events, often found themselves locked out of editing key articles, which were open for editing only to users who’d made over 500 edits. Several editors told Aharoni Nir that there were a number of activists who operated anonymously and were “responsible for the anti-Israel tone.” 
Among some of the most troubling instances Aharoni Nir documented were calls for deletions of crucial articles. These included articles describing individual massacres on Oct. 7, such as those at Netiv HaAsara, Nir Yitzhak, Yakhini, and other kibbutzim and moshavim, as well as articles describing Hamas beheadings. Some of the calls succeeded. So did the call to erase the article about Nazism in Palestinian society (a “documented historical and sociological phenomenon,” notes Aharoni Nir). By contrast, the article normalizing equations between Israel and Nazi Germany—a propagandistic concept that has been weaponized against Jews for decades––remains on the site. Meanwhile, Wikipedia’s Arabic site openly abandoned the principle of neutrality last December when it temporarily went dark in solidarity with the Palestinians, then added the Palestinian flag to its logo and posted a pro-Palestinian statement at the top. Israel’s Wikipedia community protested. Wikimedia Foundation—you guessed it—did nothing.
Many, undoubtedly, will note the irony of the ADL being attacked by the Wikipedia woke, given the criticism the organization and its head Jonathan Greenblatt have faced from the Jewish community for their progressive tilt and failure to focus on left-wing antisemitism. But the ADL has long been in social justice warriors’ crosshairs. In 2020, 100 hard-left groups signed an open letter demanding that the left “drop the ADL” as an ally. Ten days after Oct. 7, the director of the pernicious Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism attacked the ADL for daring to stand up against anti-Israel hate. And in January, The Nation published a piece whose title, “The Anti-Defamation League: Israel’s Attack Dog in the US,” read like a Pravda headline circa 1970. The Wikipedia editors who won the battle over downgrading the ADL used this piece to back up their arguments, along with articles in the hard-left Guardian and Jewish Currents, further confirming that the action had been driven not by an honest consideration of sources but political bias.
In response to a letter by 43 Jewish organizations requesting it review the decision, Wikimedia issued a press release referring to Wikipedia’s supposedly inviolable mechanisms that must be preserved to keep it “neutral and free from institutional bias.” All content decisions are made by “Wikipedia’s volunteer community” in a transparent manner, with clear processes in place, and Wikimedia dares not interfere in the magic of that process.</blockquote >

The ridiculous background of pallyweird "gaza genocide[sic]" wikipedia page.

*Anti-Israel lobby: organized, coordinated edits.
*Racist Francesca Albanese as the main source.
*Then recruited some fascistic terror PFLP-linked so called "human rights" groups as "RS," Al Mezan etc.
*The first edit based on Urban dictionary...
*Sockpuppeting.
[https://on-wiki-facts.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ridiculous-background-of-pallyweid.html On Wiki, facts]

In March 2025, ADL exposed the organized cabal of over 30 Wikipedia editors in their coordinated anti-Israel longtime edits. As well as blatantly [[antisemitic]].<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-846563 Thirty editors are altering Wikipedia articles with antisemitic bias]. ''JPost'', Mar 18, 2025</ref> This has been especially terrible under the Egyptian Arab: Maryana Iskander.

In "From Neutrality to Bias: Wikipedia’s Quiet War on Israel", [[Ivan Bassov]] elaborates on:
How a Collaborative Encyclopedia Rewards Persistence Over Truth;
The Slow Erosion of Balance;
Rewriting the Past: The “Palestinian” Problem;
Why the Usual Fixes Fail,
The New Problem: Truth in the AI Age;
<ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-neutrality-to-bias-wikipedias-quiet-war-on-israel/ From Neutrality to Bias: Wikipedia’s Quiet War on Israel]. Ivan Bassov, ''Times of Israel'', Aug 17, 2025</ref>

[[File:Genocide lie on Wikipedia by an organized Israelophobic cabal.jpg|thumb|Genocide lie on Wikipedia by an organized Israelophobic cabal]]

The anti-Israel distortion and falsehood got so bad on 'zionism' page and the "[https://justsayingitoutloloud.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-genocide-lie.html genocide lie]" that even liberal Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales intervened in Nov 2025.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-872598 Wikipedia's 'Gaza Genocide' article an example of how neutrality needs to be improved, founder says]. ''JPost'', Nov 3, 2025.
"Jimmy Wales warned the "Gaza Genocide" article needed immediate attention, as it "failed to meet the neutrality standards of Wikipedia.""</ref>

See related: ''[[Gaza GenoLIE]]''

''Wikipedia Flood's''<ref>The Wikipedia Flood
@WikipediaFlood [https://x.com/WikipediaFlood/status/1985693010772771289 Nov 4, 2025]</ref> reaction:
<blockquote>Suddenly Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales "discovers" that ONE Wiki article on Gaza is a pro-Hamas mess.
Two reasons for this "discovery":
1. Republicans in Congress;
2. Donors. Look at the calendar.
Don't expect anything more. This is an empty gesture.</blockquote>
The ''Wikipedia Flood'' has been documenting plenty of cases.<ref>[https://x.com/wikipediaflood Wikipedia Flood on X]. [https://thewikipediaflood.blogspot.com/?m=1 Wikipedia Flood]</ref> (Including on the [[Apartheid slur]]).

See related ''[[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor]]''.

Grok's reply on (Pallyweid's) Gaza so-called "genocide" page:

{{Cquote|1. Who were the editors [user names] advocating for the "Gaza (so-called) genocide" accusation on page in Wikipedia?
 
Based on analysis of the Wikipedia talk page discussions and edit history, several editors advocated for content that framed the events in Gaza as a genocide, including supporting the page title change from "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza" to "Gaza genocide" (which occurred around May 3, 2024, or July 2024 per external reports), adding sources affirming genocide, and arguing for wikivoice (neutral Wikipedia voice) on the topic. Key usernames include:
 
<ul>
<li>Alexandraaaacs1989: Proposed stating consensus among genocide scholars in wikivoice for the lead sentence.
</li><li>Aquillion: Supported consensus on genocide framing.
</li><li>Bogazicili: Advocated for better sources supporting genocide claims.
</li><li>Bluethricecreamman: Supported inclusion and wikivoice.
</li><li>Cinaroot: Advocated for the accusation in discussions.
</li><li>Coining: Expanded RfC (Request for Comment) on genocide consensus.
</li><li>Darouet: Referenced B'Tselem's "Our Genocide" report.
</li><li>David A: Supported wikivoice and inclusion.
</li><li>Dualpendel: Advocated for genocide framing.
</li><li>Greensminded24: Supported inclusion in templates and lead.
</li><li>Larry Sanger: Critiqued NPOV but supported wikivoice in context.
</li><li>Lumdeloo: Noted majority support for genocide consensus.
</li><li>NadVolum: Supported inclusion with sources like UN reports.
</li><li>Newimpartial: Advocated for expert opinion weighting toward genocide.
</li><li>Originalcola: Supported in some contexts.
</li><li>Raskolnikov.Rev: Advocated for the accusation.
</li><li>Smallangryplanet: Supported wikivoice.
</li><li>Super Goku V: Supported.
</li><li>Tashmetu: Supported.
</li><li>Twilsonb: Supported.
</li><li>VidanaliK: Supported in lead and templates.
</li><li>إيان: Supported.
</li><li>Cdjp1: Supported.
</li></ul>
External reports (e.g., from ADL, INSS, Jewish Journal) highlight a group of about 30 editors accused of coordinated pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel bias, including injecting genocide claims. Six were banned in January 2025 for disruptive editing: Selfstudier, Nableezy, Nishidani, Levivich, Iskandar323, Makeandtoss (pro-Palestinian camp). These editors were active in adding content supporting the genocide framing before bans.
 

2. Have any editors, advocating for the so-called "genocide", been accused of bias and/or coordinated editing? Which usernames were they, [elaborated] list as many as possible?
 
Yes, multiple accusations of bias and coordinated editing have been leveled against editors advocating for the genocide framing. Sources like ADL's 2025 report identified at least 30 editors circumventing policies to introduce anti-Israel bias, including genocide narratives. INSS and Jewish Journal reports describe coordinated efforts via Discord, tag-teaming, and hidden pages to entrench pro-Palestinian narratives. Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee banned eight editors in January 2025 for disruptive behavior in Israel-Palestine articles, with six from the pro-Palestinian side (accused of bias toward genocide claims). Accusations include selection bias in sources, original research, violating neutrality (WP:NPOV), and relitigating RfCs.
 
Elaborated list (from talk page, history, and external reports):
 
<ul>
<li>Selfstudier: Banned for disruptive editing; accused of coordinated pro-Palestinian bias, pushing genocide inclusion.
</li><li>Nableezy: Banned; accused of tag-teaming to entrench anti-Israel narratives, including genocide.
</li><li>Nishidani: Banned; alleged coordination to downplay Palestinian violence while amplifying genocide claims.
</li><li>Levivich: Banned; accused of bias in source selection favoring genocide framing.
</li><li>Iskandar323: Banned; part of group injecting misleading info on genocide.
</li><li>Makeandtoss: Banned; accused of coordinated efforts to promote anti-Israel bias.
</li><li>Alexandraaaacs1989: Accused of selection bias in RfC sources supporting genocide consensus.
</li><li>NadVolum: Accused of mid-process RfC edits biased toward genocide wikivoice.
</li><li>Coining: Accused of improperly expanding RfC to favor genocide inclusion.
</li><li>VidanaliK: Accused of relitigating RfC on genocide.
</li><li>Nehushtani: Comments struck for sockpuppetry/block evasion; supported pro-genocide positions.
</li><li>Docmoates: Marked as sockpuppet; opposed but in context of bias disputes.
</li><li>Other unnamed in ADL report: ~30 editors over 10 years, 2x more active in alterations, 18x more communication; accused of downplaying Palestinian antisemitism while promoting genocide/apartheid claims.
</li></ul> 
Broader context: Reports (e.g., Bloomberg, Times of Israel) note edit wars, with pro-Palestinian editors accused of exploiting democratic processes to slander Israel. Co-founder Jimmy Wales locked the page in November 2025 citing "egregious" anti-Israel bias.
 
3. Were any editors known to be anti-Israel—especially those known to work in coordination—involved in determining what qualifies as a “reliable source”?
 
Yes, accusations point to coordinated anti-Israel editors influencing reliable source (RS) determinations. ADL report: 30 editors coordinated to deem sources critical of Israel (e.g., Al Jazeera) as reliable while downgrading pro-Israel ones (e.g., ADL as unreliable on conflict in June 2024). INSS: Anti-Israel editors dominate content frameworks and source admissibility, leading to bias in genocide articles relying on anti-Israel groups. Talk page: Indirect mentions of bias in source selection (e.g., Alexandraaaacs1989's sources called lower quality; Shira Klein cited for rift in genocide studies). Banned editors like Iskandar323, Levivich involved in RS debates favoring sources like UN/Albanese (anti-Israel per critiques). No direct usernames tied solely to RS, but coordinated group (per Discord evidence in Jewish Journal) advanced to influential positions, referring dissenters to Arbitration Committee.
 
4. On what date in 2024 did Wikipedians succeed in 'elevating' the so-called "Gaza genocide" from 'allegations' to a supposed 'fact'? And which usernames promoted this elevation?
 
The page was renamed from "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza" to "Gaza genocide" on May 3, 2024 (per history/Wikipedia sources), or July 2024 (per some reports like New Arab, Times of Israel). This marked the elevation to framing as fact via wikivoice. Consensus built through RfC in mid-2024, citing emerging sources (e.g., UN experts March 2024 on "reasonable grounds," ICJ May 2024 on Rafah). Added to "List of genocides" in November 2024 after September RfC close.
 
Promoting usernames: Alexandraaaacs1989 (RfC on consensus), Aquillion (supported), Bogazicili (sources), Coining (RfC expansion), NadVolum (inclusion), Greensminded24 (templates/lead), Cinaroot, Darouet, David A, Dualpendel, Newimpartial, Raskolnikov.Rev, Smallangryplanet, Tashmetu, VidanaliK. Banned ones like Selfstudier, Nableezy promoted pre-ban
 
5. Did the so-called "reliable sources" include (Islamist bigot, semi-dictator, expansionist [a]) [[Erdoğan]]'s TRT/Anadolu; Hamas-linked [[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor|Euro-Med]]; [[MSF and Arab-Islamist terror|MSF]] (- whose members included Hamas [b]); (pro-Hamas/[[Islamism]]-) [[Qatar]]'s [c] Hamas-linked [[al-Jazeera]] [d], MEE; anti-Israel (at times, blatantly anti-Jewish) activists/"journalists" of Haaretz [e]? And were the UN's
[[United_Nations#Francesca_Albanese|Francesca Albanese]] (with an antisemitic record at least since 2014 and dubbed 21st-century Goebbels [f]) and the UN commission (by team Pillay/Kothary - of the 2022 "Jewish control" trope [g]) as well as the $30 membership, no qualifications, activists and others [h] IAGS central to it? Were [[IAGS]]'s only 28% responders' votes framed as "scholars?" Given that IAGS includes activists and artists among its members, and that only 28% voted, how can we be sure that most of those who participated were not activists? Was Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research included?
 
Yes, many listed are cited as reliable sources supporting genocide claims:
 
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>TRT/Anadolu: Not directly cited.
</li><li>Euro-Med: Cited (e.g., December 2023 submission to ICC/UN on executions as genocide; claims 25,000 killed in 70 days).
</li><li>MSF: Cited extensively (2024/2025 reports on siege, famine, health dismantling; "Life in a death trap" December 2024; genocide page July 2025).
</li><li>Al Jazeera: Cited (2024/2025 articles on complicity, destruction, torture; RSF methods May 2025; war impacts).
</li><li>MEE: Cited (September 2024 on health workers killed; December 2023 Euro-Med).
</li><li>Haaretz: Cited (January 2025 on ICC case; May 2025 poll on expelling Gazans; March 2024 on "kill zones," IDF practices).
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
 
UN's Albanese: Central (2024 reports "Anatomy of a Genocide," "Genocide as colonial erasure"; March 2024 reasonable grounds; June 2024 arms halt; October 2024/2025 statements calling Italy an accomplice).
 
UN commission (Pillay/Kothari): Cited (September 2024/2025 reports finding genocide via prohibited acts; "fully conclusive evidence" of intent; incitement comparisons to Rwanda).
 
IAGS: Central (August 31, 2025 resolution declaring genocide; infrastructure destruction). Vote: 28% participation (one-fifth support per some; 86% of participants yes). Framed as "scholars" consensus (e.g., president Melanie O’Brien: "definitive statement from experts"). Critiques: Low turnout, voluntary bias; includes activists/artists ($30 fee, no checks); dissident Sara Brown noted anti-Israel sources like Amnesty/Albanese. Not assured most were scholars vs. activists.
 
Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses: Included in some versions (2025 questioning Moses' pro-genocide stance; Journal of Genocide Research September 2025 on biases).
 
Critiques (from user links/user-provided): Not directly in WP, but external: Erdoğan's support for Hamas; MSF ties to terror; Qatar/Hamas funding; Al Jazeera/Hamas links; Haaretz anti-Israel bias; Albanese antisemitism; Kothari UN bias; IAGS low credibility (28% vote, activists).

 
6. Did it include the opinion of Joseph Massad, a neo-Nazi-material-like propagandist and celebrator of the October 7 massacres?
 
Yes, in some versions: Massad's opinions framed as "colonial tradition" of genocide, "war on demographics," "terminal stage of a settler-colony in crisis" (citations 360-362). Not in all summaries/discussions.
 

7. Was it ever mentioned who Israel is fighting against—the Gaza regime, genocidal Hamas, (its charter, speeches, methods and "to kill as many as possible" plabs) and other terror groups—and their methods of maximizing civilian casualties (including preventing evacuation, hoarding food, robbing aid, use of civilian infrastructure and hospitals, the use of their own civilians - not just IDF sources) on both sides?
 
Partially: Israel described fighting Hamas post-October 7, 2023 attacks (1,139 killed, abductions, sexual violence). Hamas charter implied in military aims/governance, but not detailed. Methods: Bombardment/invasion/blockade/starvation; human shields inferred (ICJ case); maximizing casualties via permissive policies/AI targeting (Abraham 2024; "Lavender" system; "kill zones" Haaretz). No deep on Hamas genocidal intent (user links: Atlantic 2023 on ideology; Telegraph 2023 on killing children; Hill 2024 Israel not genocidal, Hamas is). IDF measures noted (phone calls/texts/leaflets/roof-knocking; control center monitoring civilians) but countered (non-compliance, shooting unarmed). Human shields/use of civilians: Not directly, but inferred in embeddings. Preventing evacuation/hoarding: Not mentioned. Sources like NYT 2024 on tunnels/ambushes; WSJ 2024 on civilian bloodshed strategy; Post 2023 on human shields; JPost 2023/2025 on blocking evacuation/hoarding.

 
8. Were any of the 537 scholars denouncing the "genocide" propaganda mentioned in the Wikipedia article? (5 times the 28% IAGS voters).
 
No, not mentioned. Article notes scholarly disputes (e.g., Dirk Moses 2025 on biases; John Spencer on no intent; Louis-Klein 2025; Satloff on IAGS low support). User link: Times of Israel September 2025 on 500+ experts demanding IAGS retract.
 
9. Are IDF's measures taken to minimize casualties, mentioned?
 
Yes, noted in some (e.g., early statements urging civilians avoid Hamas; Netanyahu 2023 ethical conduct; control center monitoring movements; precautions like phone calls/texts/leaflets/roof-knocking). Countered by non-compliance evidence (shooting unarmed per NBC; aid killings per Guardian). User links: Forbes 2024 on precautions; JPost 2024 expert on minimizing more than history.

 
10. About Gallant clearly bravado words used at the heat of the Oct 7 moment. Was the following ever explained?
 
Partially: Gallant's October 9, 2023 statement ("complete siege... fighting human animals") quoted in full Hebrew/English, framed as dehumanizing/genocidal intent per UN/Mother Jones. No explicit omission note, but full quote includes "act accordingly." User explanation (Bulwark 2024): Quotes omitted "eliminate it all" referring to Hamas, not population.
 


11. Was this denial included? "IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures." And the position that some estimated 25,000 killed were terrorists?
 
Yes: Disputes noted. Gaza Health Ministry figures (71,600 by Jan 2026; deemed reliable by UN/WHO/IDF broadly accurate). IDF: 8,900 militants killed (83% civilian per Guardian); estimates ~25,000 terrorists killed (~36,000 civilians, 1.5:1 ratio). Undercounting per Lancet 2025 (41%; 186,000+ indirect). User links: Ynet/IDF 2026 disputes 70,000; HonestReporting 2026 no acceptance; National Post 2026 on lies.

 

12. Is Yuval Avraham/LocalCall/The Guardian’s silly idea—that because they saw only about 9,000 terrorist names, all the rest must supposedly be “civilians”—really still being cited there as valid “data”?
 
Yes: Cited (December 2023/September 2024 analysis publishing identities, confirming reliability per Le Monde; 70% women/children verified; 83% civilian 2025 data; AI "Lavender" for bombings).
 

13. Was that sloppy historian / liar Ilan Pappe's opinions used?
 
Yes: In De Vogli et al. 2025; August 2025 Lancet co-authored arguing break silence on genocide. Related scholars like Sultany cited.

 
12. Did B’Tselem, the so-called “human rights” group, ever advocate for the rights of any Jews when it did not involve Arabs? Yes or no. (Short yes or no answer, without propagating for them or "explaining" their "focus").
 
No.

 
13. Did most "genocide" accusers already engage in the "apartheid" accusation propaganda [The other pallyweid buzzword]? [Agenda, predictability]
Yes: Amnesty (2024 genocide; 2022 apartheid); HRW (2024 genocidal acts; 2021 apartheid); B'Tselem (2023/2025 genocide; 2021 apartheid); UN (2024/2025 genocide; ICJ 2024 illegal occupation violating anti-racism); MESA (2024 genocidal violence); ICJ (plausible genocide rights; apartheid links).

 
14. The circulation of shocking images in major media, while in fact “all 12 suffer from other health problems,” influencing emotional reactions that contributed to the “starvation” accusation, has this factor been included on the Wikipedia page?
Partially: Images cited (destruction February 2025; Al-Shifa overcrowding October 2023; ambulances January 2024; mosques February 2025; aid August 2024; mass graves April 2024). Tied to starvation (IPC 2025 famine; 463 deaths; 10,000+ estimated; child amputees; disease). No mention of "all 12 suffer from other health problems" (user link: Free Press 2025).
 

15. Was the pressure to accuse with "genocide", without believing it, noted? Was it mentioned on the Wikipedia page?
 
No on page (implied media critiques like Intercept 2024 on NYT avoiding "genocide"; state hypocrisy). User link: JNS 2026 legislator on political pressure.

 
16. Finishing off with this: when was the first time that Arabs in the holy land screamed "we will drink the blood of the Jews?"
 
April 4-7, 1920, during Nebi Musa riots in Jerusalem. Crowd chanted "Nashrab dam al-Yahud" ("We will drink the blood of the Jews") amid pogrom (200+ injured, 6 killed, rapes).
<ref>Wikipedia Gaza Genocide Page Editors and Bias - Grok.
[https://grok.com/c/a190bb11-a5d1-4cf0-a975-f1103c7ef76f .2.10.26]. RE THE PALLYWEID PROPAGANDA "GAZA (so-called) GENOCIDE" PAGE ON WIKIPEDIA.

1. Who were the editors [user names] advocating for the "Gaza (so-called) genocide" accusation on page in Wikipedia?

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2. Have any editors, advocating for the so-called "genocide", been accused of bias and/or coordinated editing? Which usernames were they, [elaborated] list as many as possible?

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3. Were any editors known to be anti-Israel—especially those known to work in coordination—involved in determining what qualifies as a “reliable source”?

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4. On what date in 2024 did Wikipedians succeed in 'elevating' the so-called "Gaza genocide" from 'allegations' to a supposed 'fact'? And which usernames promoted this elevation?

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5. Did the so-called "reliable sources" include (Islamist bigot, semi-dictator, expansionist [a]) Erdoğan's TRT/Anadolu; Hamas-linked Euro-Med; MSF (- whose members included Hamas [b]); (pro-Hamas/Islamism-) Qatar's [c] Hamas-linked al Jazeera [d], MEE; anti-Israel (at times, blatantly anti-Jewish) activists/"journalists" of [[Haaretz]] [e]? And were the UN's Francesca Albanese (with an antisemitic record at least since 2014 and dubbed 21st-century Goebbels [f]) and the UN commission (by team Pillay/Kothary - of the 2022 "Jewish control" trope [g]) as well as the $30 membership, no qualifications, activists and others [h] IAGS central to it? Were IAGS's only 28% responders' votes framed as "scholars?" Given that IAGS includes activists and artists among its members, and that only 28% voted, how can we be sure that most of those who participated were not activists? Was Louis-Klein critique of Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research included|

a) Erdoğan – Semi-dictator, Support for Hamas / Islamist alignment:

"Turkey's president says all he wants is the same powers as Hitler." The Telegraph. Jan 1, 2016.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12077703/Turkeys-president-says-all-he-wants-is-same-powers-as-Hitler.html].

"Turkey's Vote Makes Erdoğan Effectively a Dictator". The New Yorker. Apr 17, 2017
[https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/turkeys-vote-makes-erdogan-effectively-a-dictator].

“Bipartisan Congressional Group Condemns Erdoğan’s Support of Hamas”. JNS, Jul 10, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/bipartisan-congressional-group-condemns-erdogans-support-of-hamas/].

“Erdoğan Hosts Hamas Leaders”. JNS, Aug 23, 2020.
[https://www.jns.org/erdogan-hosts-hamas-leaders-including-designated-terrorist-with-5-million-bounty/].

“Erdoğan Invites Hamas Chief Haniyeh”. JNS, Apr 17, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/erdogan-invites-hamas-chief-haniyeh-accuses-israel-in-speech/].

"Erdogan continues to support Brotherhood ties to shape his image among Muslims." Nordic Monitor. Sep. 9, 2025.
[https://nordicmonitor.com/2025/09/erdogan-continues-to-support-brotherhood-ties-to-shape-his-image-among-muslims/]|

b) MSF and Terror Allegations:

“MSF Withholds Staff Lists from Israel Due to Safety”. The Jerusalem Post, Jan 30, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-885088].

“MSF Maintained Ties to Terror Groups, Israeli Documents Say”. The Jerusalem Post, Jan 1, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-882019].

"Israel says Doctors Without Borders employs terror affiliates, orders exit from Gaza." Itanar Eichner. Ynet. Feb 1, 2026.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjyuy5h8be]|

c). Qatar and Islamism, Hamas:

"Follow the Money: Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood Funding of Higher Education in the United States." IAGS.
[https://isgap.org/follow-the-money/].

"Turkey and Qatar Support Hamas: How to Respond?".Middle East Forum. Oct 27, 2023.
[https://www.meforum.org/turkey-and-qatar-support-hamas-how-to-respond].

"10 Things to Know About Hamas and Qatar." Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Dec 10, 2023
[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/19/10-things-to-know-about-hamas-and-qatar/].

"The Qatar Foundation’s Hidden Hand, From Hamas to US Universities." TPS-IL. Dec 8, 2024
[https://tps.co.il/articles/the-qatar-foundations-hidden-hand-from-hamas-to-us-universities/].

"The Problem with Doha: Why Israel’s Hamas Attacks Outraged Qatar."
By Michael Rubin. AEI. Sep 13, 2025
[https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-problem-with-doha-why-israels-hamas-attacks-outraged-qatar/].

"On Hamas, what did Qatar know and when did it know it?" politico.eu. Jan 11, 2024
[https://www.politico.eu/article/west-search-truth-qatar-israel-hamas-war/].

"Since Oct 7, Qatari Support For Hamas Continues." MEMRI. May 20, 2025 [https://www.memri.org/reports/memri-archives-hamas-october-7-attack-israel-qatars-unreserved-support-hamas-incitement].

"Whitewashing Qatar: The reporting from Doha is disappointing."
David M. Weinberg. Apr 13, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-796603].

"Turkish might, Qatari wealth spearhead a new radical Sunni axis in the Middle East."
Efraim Inbar. Jerusalem Post. June 10, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-857174].

"Dealing with Qatar, while Qatar funds terrorists "
Eric R. Mandel. Jerusalem Post. Jun 12, 2025
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-857330].

"Qatar’s money isn’t just dirty – its filthy."
Accusations of bribery against the Gulf state are only part of the problem – the Qataris are jihadi financiers.
Jonathan Schanzer. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. June 19, 2025.
[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/19/qatars-money-isnt-just-dirty-its-filthy/]
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d) Al Jazeera and Hamas:

“IDF Reveals: Six Al Jazeera Journalists Are Hamas/PIJ Terrorists”. The Jerusalem Post, Oct 23, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-825877].

“Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Was Hamas Nukhba Engineer”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 3, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-813108].

"IDF reveals document linking Al Jazeera journalist to Hamas". Ynet Aug 3, 2024.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjiz4xhyr].

“Israel Kills Hamas Terrorist Doubling as Al Jazeera Reporter”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 11, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-863836].

"Documentary Evidence of Hamas-Al Jazeera Relations and Cooperation." The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Oct 20, 2025.
[https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/documentary-evidence-of-hamas-al-jazeera-relations-and-cooperation/]|

e) Anti-Israel (at times even blatantly anti-Jewish) Haaretz:

"Shame on 'Haaretz'."
Isi Leiblet. Jerusalem Post. Nov 6, 2007. Today Landau allegedly even refuses to correct articles containing blatantly false information if they conflict with his political agenda.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/article-81073].

"Reservists ask Mazuz to probe 'Haaretz'."
"It appears to us that Haaretz did not do the minimum of checking before reporting false accusations," the letter read. Jerusalem Post. Apr 7, 2009.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel/reservists-ask-mazuz-to-probe-haaretz/article-138417].

"'Haaretz' Finally Corrects Vicious Forced Contraception Story." Tablet Magazine. Mar 8, 2013
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/haaretz-corrects-forced-contraception-story].

"BDS' useful idiots at Haaretz". Ynet. Jul 13, 2015
[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4679117,00.html].

"Haaretz's Owner Proves Paper Has an Anti-Israel Political Agenda." Algemeiner. Jan 25, 2016
https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/01/25/haaretzs-owner-proves-paper-has-an-anti-israel-political-agenda/
"Haaretz, Lost in Translation". Tablet Magazine. May 12, 2016
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/haaretz-lost-in-translation]
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"Leading Israeli Politician Slams Haaretz Newspaper for Appointing New Editor With Ties to Radical Anti-Israel Group Breaking the Silence". Algemeiner. Jul 8, 2016.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/07/08/leading-israeli-politician-slams-haaretz-newspaper-for-appointing-new-editor-with-ties-to-radical-anti-israel-group-breaking-the-silence/].

"Prominent American journalist decries anti-Semitism at Haaretz". Israel Hayom. Aug 3, 2016
[https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/402607].

"Are Beatles to Blame for the Occupation?
Yes, says a Haaretz writer. Sgt".
Jun 13, 2017.
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/are-beatles-to-blame-for-the-occupation].

"Haaretz publisher derided for 'racist' tweet". Ynet. Apr 15, 2018
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/5230971].

"Outrage Over Antisemitic Cartoon Depicting Chareidi Bringing Coronavirus To Israel." VINNews. Aug 4, 2020.
[https://vinnews.com/2020/08/04/outrage-over-antisemitic-cartoon-depicting-chareidi-bringing-coronavirus-to-israel/].

"How academia omits facts to make Palestinians the perpetual victim". Ynet. Dec 5, 2022.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/r13c00w5do].

"Haaretz sets new records of vileness with latest Israel smear."
One is free to debate the elusive morality of the balance between targeted assassinations and collateral damage, but Haaretz went one step further and flat-out claimed the IDF's intention is to kill children to make Israelis happy; So PIJ propagandists can take the day off, Haaretz is on it.
Alon Goldstein. Ynet. May 12, 2023
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/syx2zronn].

"Haaretz: IDF soldiers don't rape Arab women due to racism." Israel National News. Jun 20, 2024
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/633681].

"Israeli newspaper Haaretz under fire after claiming Israel an apartheid". Jerusalem Post. Nov 3, 2024
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-827303].

"Israel cuts ties with Haaretz newspaper". The Jerusalem Post. Nov 24, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-830510].

"Yes, it's an antisemitic report".
Ynet. Dec 23, 2024.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rk9tcmvs1x].

"Why Anti-Semites Love Haaretz: Gadi Taub (Part 5)". Quillette.
Mar 31, 2025. On YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwje3xN7XxQ].

"Haaretz Claim That IDF Was Ordered to Fire on Unarmed Gazans Refuted by Translation Discrepancies, Contradictions, and Eyewitness Accounts". Algemeiner. June 30, 2025.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/30/haaretz-claim-that-idf-was-ordered-to-fire-on-unarmed-gazans-refuted-by-translation-discrepancies-contradictions-and-eyewitness-accounts/].

"The Hate of Haaretz and Its Blatant Lies Against the IDF". Tuvia Book. The Times of Israel. Jun 29, 2025.
[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-hate-of-haaretz-and-its-blatant-lies-against-the-idf/].

"Haaretz Accused Israeli Soldiers of a Horrific Blood Libel — But Twisted the Truth". Algemeiner. July 2, 2025
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/07/02/haaretz-accused-israeli-soldiers-of-a-horrific-blood-libel-but-twisted-the-truth/]
"Murder propaganda: How biased reporting fuels global hate against Israel".
Opinion: In a world flooded with anti-Israel bias, local and international outlets risk amplifying Hamas propaganda—ignoring the truth behind the suffering in Gaza and the realities of terror. Ynet. Jul 11, 2025.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hyglm40hll].

"Former Haaretz Columnist Alon Pinkas Embroiled in Qatari Funding Scandal."
JFeed. Jan 11, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/haaretz-qatari-funding-scandal]
Avishai Grinzaig: "The editor of Haaretz found out about this back on April 25, and whitewashed it. Only when Bar Peleg discovered this information in his own way was this information revealed and now published in Haaretz." On X. Jan 10, 2026
[https://x.com/avishaigrinzaig/status/2010057443359994219‎] |

f) Francesca Albanese – Antisemitism / Criticism:

"UN Palestinian rights lawyer slammed for 2014 remarks on 'Jewish lobby'."
i24NEWS. Dec 15, 2022.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/palestinian-territories/1671085513-un-palestinian-rights-lawyer-slammed-for-2014-antisemitic-remarks-on-jewish-lobby].

“UN Watch Report Calls for Sanctions on Francesca Albanese”. The Jerusalem Post, Aug 24, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-825935].

“Francesca Albanese is the 21st‑Century Joseph Goebbels”. HRvoices, Jan 13, 2025.
[https://hrvoices.org/article/human-rights-expert-francesca-albanese-is-the-21st-century-joseph-goebbels/].

"Condemnations Against Antisemitic UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese". UN Watch.
July 1, 2025.
[https://unwatch.org/condemnations-against-antisemitic-un-rapporteur-francesca-albanese/] |

g) Miloon Kothary of UNHCR:

"U.N. Bias Toward Israel Does Nothing to Achieve Peace". HR voices. Jul 31, 2022.
[https://hrvoices.org/?post_type=article&p=392117].

"Shake-up at UN as All Members of Anti-Israel Inquiry Resign". Ynet. Jul 15, 2025.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjepmamule] |

h) IAGS membership, so-called "experts":

“‘Genocide Scholars’ for $30?”.
The Jerusalem Post, Sep 4, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-866398].

"Want to Be a Renowned Genocide Scholar? Pay $30". i24NEWS. Sep 3, 2025.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/artc-want-to-be-a-renowned-genocide-scholar-pay-30].

"Body of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artists." Just 28 per cent of the roughly 500-strong body, which is open to anyone willing to pay a fee – voted in favor of the resolution charging Israel with the gravest war crimes.
The JC. Sep 5, 2025.
[https://www.thejc.com/news/body-of-experts-accusing-israel-of-genocide-admits-its-members-include-activists-and-artists-f412cfiz].

“Israel Must Fight Inaccurate Global Use of the Word ‘Genocide’”.
Source: The Jerusalem Post, Sep 18, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-867946].

"An alternative universe". Melanie Phillips. JNS. Sep 4, 2025.
[...]
'Melanie O’Brien, the IAGS president and a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia, said the resolution was “a definitive statement from experts in the field of genocide studies that what is going on the ground in Gaza is genocide.”

But only 28% of members took part in that vote. According to a dissident member of this body, Sara Brown, the so-called “expert” sources cited in support of the resolution included virulently anti-Israel organizations and individuals.

These included Amnesty International (which actually reworded the international definition of genocide to support its claims against Israel) and Francesca Albanese, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, whom the U.S. State Department condemned in June for “unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West.”

The scholars’ arguments were shoddy in the extreme. They committed the howler of claiming that the International Court of Justice had said there was a “plausible” claim of genocide in Gaza, which is blatantly untrue. The ICJ had said instead that the Palestinians “plausibly” had rights to protection under the Genocide Convention.

The IAGS scholars had assumed preposterously that no combatants had been harmed in the war. They had ignored Israel’s unprecedented measures to avoid civilian casualties wherever possible. They had ignored the way Hamas had deeply embedded its military infrastructure among Gaza’s civilian population. And they were accusing Israel falsely of the very crime of which it was the victim.

This grotesque inversion in accusing Israel of genocide has been deployed for decades by the Palestinian Arabs as a way of delegitimizing Israel and thus gaining international support for its destruction.

It’s a psy-ops tactic that’s straight out of the old Soviet playbook—accuse your victims falsely of the crime you are committing against them, which allows you to claim that your own murderous acts are justified resistance against your victims’ fictional aggression.

Hamas ruthlessly deploys this tactic to conceal their own actual genocidal behavior, which they unashamedly proclaim, but which is brushed aside because the term “genocide” is being used to demonize Israel’s attempt to defend itself.

This infernal tactic has been ramped up during the current war because Hamas and its Iranian patron have understood that the West no longer has the intellectual wherewithal to recognize as a lie the accusation against Israel of genocide.

The reason is the prevalent orthodoxy that there’s no such thing as absolute truth, only dominant narratives. These are only permitted to groups said to be of oppressed and powerless victims.

Jews are deemed to be powerful, so they aren’t allowed any dominant narratives. And there’s a determination to deny the Jews their unique historic experience as victims in order to inflate that status for today’s self-designated “powerless” minority groups.

This relativizing process has corrupted Holocaust memorialization and education, much of which now holds that there have been many holocausts and there was nothing special about the Jews as victims of the Nazis.

The key feature of the Nazi Holocaust—the intention to exterminate not just Jews as people but as a people and wipe them off the face of the earth—has been denied. Instead, the Holocaust has come to mean merely the intentional killing of a lot of people.

The same thing has happened to genocide, the term invented by the legal scholar Raphael Lemkin after World War II to describe the intentional eradication of an entire people.

Today’s anti-Zionists have shifted this definition to encompass occupation, Israeli sovereignty or even Zionism itself.

In a remarkable series of posts on X, Adam Louis-Klein, an anthropology Ph.D. student who researches antisemitism, Zionism and Jewish peoplehood, has shredded the prevalent thinking of academics in “genocide studies.”

They openly argue, he writes, that the legal definition of genocide needs to be discarded, stretched or reinterpreted—because they know it doesn’t apply to Israel and they aim to turn it into a weapon to use against the Jewish state alone.

Louis-Klein quotes Dirk Moses, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research, who has argued that when non-state actors commit what he calls “subaltern [lower rank] genocide” they aren’t committing a crime but engaging in a necessary and justified act of resistance. In other words, genocide from the right direction is righteous.

Moses has argued that the distinction between war and genocide is irrelevant because motivation isn’t important. “What does it matter to civilians if they’re killed by violence with genocidal or military intent?” he wrote.

This reasoning is morally bankrupt. Without intent, there can be no moral distinction between right and wrong, aggressor and victim. The absence of intent enables those defending themselves against genocide to be blamed for killing their attackers—precisely the obscene inversion the genocide scholars have achieved with Israel and Hamas.

As Louis-Klein has observed, genocide has thus been deployed not to prevent atrocities but to authorize them.

These genocide scholars have no more intellectual authority than a pack of snake-oil salesmen—in fact, rather less, since anyone can join the IAGS for a fee which can be as low as $30 and with no background checks being made. Members include human-rights activists, students, policymakers, artists and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all.

No media outlets that ran with the screaming “genocide scholars say Israel guilty of genocide” headlines bothered to check the credibility of these “leading scholars” and their claims.

It’s the same reason they eagerly swallow the poisonous lies of Al Jazeera’s terrorist “journalists,” or Hamas-compromised U.N. officials, or Gaza’s Hamas “health ministry.” They want to believe the narrative of murderous Israelis and innocent Palestinian victims.

The result is an alternative information universe of fake news, fake journalists, fake famine, fake genocide and fake genocide “scholars,” all pushing the narrative of fake Palestinians and fake Israeli war crimes—to create a fake Palestine state to destroy Israel...'
[https://www.jns.org/an-alternative-universe/]

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6. Did it include the opinion of Joseph Massad, a neo-Nazi-material-like propagandist and celebrator of the October 7 massacres?

"Stormfront Material from Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad."
By Petra Marquardt-Bigman. Algeneiner. May 3, 2013 [https://www.algemeiner.com/2013/05/03/stormfront-material-from-columbia-university-professor-joseph-massad/].

"I once fell for the Columbia prof who celebrated Hamas’ massacre — he has the power to infect."
By Liel Leibovitz. New York Post. Oct. 17, 2023. [https://nypost.com/2023/10/17/columbia-professor-hamas-fan-joseph-massad-has-no-place-teaching/].

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7. Was it ever mentioned who Israel is fighting against—the Gaza regime, genocidal Hamas, (its charter, speeches, methods and "to kill as many as possible" plabs) and other terror groups—and their methods of maximizing civilian casualties (including preventing evacuation, hoarding food, robbing aid, use of civilian infrastructure and hospitals, the use of their own civilians - not just IDF sources) on both sides?

"Understanding Hamas's Genocidal Ideology". The Atlantic. Oct 10, 2023.
[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/].

"Adolf Eichmann was genocidal. Hamas is too. Israel, no."
Since the atrocities, the abuse of language has become almost Orwellian.
Dominic Lawson, The Times. Nov 5, 2023.
[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/adolf-eichmann-was-genocidal-hamas-is-too-israel-no-rhd7v6s8w].

"Hamas planned killing of young children, secret documents reveal." Terrorists aimed to specifically target young people and ‘kill as many’ Israelis as possible.
The Telegraph. Oct 14, 2023.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/14/hamas-attack-kibbutz-children-gaza-kfar-saad/].

"Israel is not committing genocide — but Hamas is."q
The Hill. Jan 4, 2024.
[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4388533-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-but-hamas-is/].

"Hamas came for everyone it could kill in Israel on Oct 7. Today, The Hague encouraged it."
The ICJ accepted the South African jurists' misrepresentation of the cause and nature of the war in Gaza, seeking to constrain Israel and thus aiding the true genocidal party, Hamas.
By David Horovitz. Times of Israel. Jan. 26, 2024.
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-came-for-everyone-it-could-kill-in-israel-on-oct-7-today-the-hague-encouraged-it/].

"What Hamas Leaders Actually Want – In Their Own Words." ISGAP. Feb 7, 2024
[https://isgap.org/flashpoint/what-hamas-leaders-actually-want-in-their-own-words/].

"Defeating genocidal Hamas is noble, not genocide."
It takes guts to prosecute this just war to conclusion.
Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein.
JNS, Feb 14, 2024.
[https://www.jns.org/defeating-genocidal-hamas-is-noble-not-genocide/].

"Genocidal Hamas is making peace impossible". Danny Cohen. Telegraph. Jun 9, 2024
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/09/genocidal-hamas-is-making-peace-impossible/].

"Hamas officials admit its strategy is to use Palestinian civilians as human shields".
Natalie Ecanow. New York Post. Nov. 1, 2023,
[https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/opinion/hamas-officials-admit-its-strategy-is-to-use-palestinian-civilians-as-human-shields/].

"Human sacrifice is central to Hamas's strategy".
Gregory Wallance. The Hill. Nov 7, 2023
[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4295601-human-sacrifice-is-central-to-hamass-strategy/].

"Gaza Chief's Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas". WSJ. Jun 10, 2024.
[https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7?gaa_at=eafs].

"How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza: Tunnels, Traps and Ambushes". The New York irk Times. Jul 13, 2024
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel-fighting.html].

"Hamas's Human Shield Strategy in Gaza." Henry Jackson Society. May 4, 2025
[https://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/hamass-human-shield-strategy-in-gaza/].

"Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF."
The Jerusalem Post. Oct 15, 2023
[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-768382].

"Hamas gunmen caught on tape accusing leaders of hoarding humanitarian aid."
Terror group said to have punished critics by beating up their wives; Israel reportedly played clips to Biden officials in failed bid to fend off pressure to let in more aid.
By ToI Staff. Feb 17, 2025.
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-gunmen-caught-on-tape-accusing-leaders-of-hoarding-humanitarian-aid-report/].

"Hamas prevents civilian evacuation from Gaza City."
The Jerusalem Post. Sep 3, 2025
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-866195].

"Hamas misleads Palestinians about safe zones - COGAT."
The Jerusalem Post. Sep 11, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867122].

"Islamism’s strategic scarcity: how hoarded baby formula exposed the economy of martyrdom."
Amine Ayoub. Ynet. Dec 13, 2025
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rym142cmzg].

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8. Were any of the 537 scholars denouncing the "genocide" propaganda mentioned in the Wikipedia article? (5 times the 28% IAGS voters). |

"More than 500 Experts Sign Demand That Genocide 'Scholars' Group Retract Accusation Against Israel". The Times of Israel. Sep 9, 2025. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/more-than-500-experts-sign-demand-that-genocide-scholars-group-retract-accusation-against-israel/]

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9. Are IDF's measures taken to minimize casualties, mentioned? |

"On The Ground In Gaza: What I Saw Of Israel’s Military Operations." David A. Deptula. Forbes. Jul 31, 2024.

'the IDF takes many precautions in an effort to reduce civilian casualties. Thousands of phone calls, texts, leaflets, as well as roof-knocking (dropping small munitions on top of buildings) are some of the warnings the IDF uses to notify civilians to evacuate Hamas-occupied structures. I visited an IDF control center, used to integrate information from a variety of sources, that closely monitors civilian locations and movements throughout Gaza. The data is continually updated to inform IDF operations to minimize unintended collateral damage, as well as to evacuate and separate the civilian population from combat operations to the greatest degree possible...'
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2024/07/31/on-the-ground-in-gaza-what-i-saw-of-israels-military-operations/].

"Israel minimizes civilian casualties more than anyone in history - expert."
Jerusalem Post Staff. Jan 30, 2024.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784307]

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10. About Gallant clearly bravado words used at the heat of the Oct 7 moment. Was the following ever explained? |

'quotes omitted key words. According to a video of his comments to soldiers, Gallant actually said, “Gaza will not return to what it was before. There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate it all.” Clearly he was referring to eliminating Hamas, not the entire population of Gaza.'

"Hamas's Useful Idiots - by Mona Charen."
The Bulwark. Jan 25, 2024 — There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate it all.” Clearly he was referring to eliminating Hamas, not the entire population of Gaza.
[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hamass-useful-idiots-israel-genocide]

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11. Was this denial included? "IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures." And the position that some estimated 25,000 killed were terrorists? |

"IDF disputes Gaza death toll after reports cite Hamas-run Health Ministry figures."
After reports cite senior Israeli officials endorsing Palestinian death toll of 70,000, military says number not based on official IDF data and that its own analysis of casualties, distinguishing terrorists from civilians, still underway.
Yoav Zitun. Ynet. Jan 31, 2026.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1jhuacize]; "Why the IDF should hire a PR firm, not a general." Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, when asked how many Gazans Israel killed, mentioned Hamas’s figure of 70,000 without checking or knowing.
By Gil Hoffman. Jerusalem Post. Feb 6, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-885645]; "No, the IDF Did Not Accept Hamas' Gaza Casualty Figures."
Rachel O'Donoghue. HonestReporting. February 1, 2026.

Key Takeaways:

Headlines claiming the IDF “accepted” Hamas’ 70,000 death toll stemmed from an anonymous briefing remark—not official data—and were later clarified by the IDF as not reflecting its position, yet the narrative spread globally before the correction.

Hamas’ published figures lump together combatants, civilians, natural deaths, and deaths caused by Hamas itself, with no breakdown—embedding an estimated ~11,000 natural deaths, ~1,000 errors, and ~4,000 internal or misfire-related killings that are routinely attributed to Israel.

Reconstructing the data shows roughly 25,000 Hamas fighters killed and about 36,000 civilians—a civilian-to-combatant ratio of around 1.5:1—undercutting claims of indiscriminate slaughter and revealing how unexamined casualty headlines distort the reality of the war.

— The IDF clarifies that the details published do not reflect official IDF data. Any publication or report on this matter will be released through official and orderly channels.
[https://honestreporting.com/no-the-idf-did-not-accept-hamas-gaza-casualty-figures/];
"Jesse Kline: Israel-haters can't stop lying about a 'genocide'." Whether Hamas's official death toll is correct or not, it is not evidence of Israeli war crimes.
Jesse Kline. National Post. Feb 04, 2026
[https://archive.ph/FdL6s].

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12. Is Yuval Avraham/LocalCall/The Guardian’s silly idea—that because they saw only about 9,000 terrorist names, all the rest must supposedly be “civilians”—really still being cited there as valid “data”?

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12b. Was that sloppy historian / liar Ilan Pappe's opinions used?

Benny Morris, "Ilan Pappe: "One of the World's Sloppiest Historians" ". The New Republic. Mar 16, 2011 — Ilan Pappe must be one of the world's sloppiest historians; at worst, one of the most dishonest. In truth, he probably merits a place somewhere between the two.
[https://newrepublic.com/article/85344/ilan-pappe-sloppy-dishonest-historian]

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12c. Did B’Tselem, the so-called “human rights” group, ever advocate for the rights of any Jews when it did not involve Arabs? Yes or no. (Short yes or no answer, without propagating for them or "explaining" their "focus").

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13b. Did most "genocide" accusers already engage in the "apartheid" accusation propaganda [The other pallyweid buzzword]? [Agenda, predictability].

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14. The circulation of shocking images in major media, while in fact “all 12 suffer from other health problems,” influencing emotional reactions that contributed to the “starvation” accusation, has this factor been included on the Wikipedia page? |

"They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems." Free Press. Aug 18, 2025.
[https://archive.is/c7vTx]

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15. Was the pressure to accuse with "genocide", without believing it, noted? Was it mentioned on the Wikipedia page?

"I don’t believe it but have to accuse Israel of genocide due to political pressure, legislator tells JNS."
“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the lawmaker said. Aaron Bandler.
JNS. Jan 13, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/i-dont-believe-it-but-have-to-accuse-israel-of-genocide-due-to-political-pressure-legislator-tells-jns/]

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16. Finishing of with this: when was the first time that Arabs in the holy land screamed "we will drink the blood of the Jews?"

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In Jan 2026, Wikipedia Bans Gang of 40 Editor Iskandar323 for Systematic Narrative Manipulation.
Iskandar323 is gone. One of the most infamous leaders of the Gang of 40 has been site-banned by Wikipedia after a turbulent proceeding that closed on January 26, 2026. The vote ended 7-5 in favor of the ban, following weeks of internal turmoil after the Arbitration Committee initially voted unanimously to remove him. The decision came 15 months after an investigation into the Gang of 40.
NPOV tracked the editor for months before anyone else noticed. One editor. Thousands of edits. One agenda.
His changes reshaped key articles in a consistent direction. He altered the Wikipedia definition of Jews, replacing “nation” with “cultural community” and elevating religious identity above ethnic and historical identity. His edit note read: “Laying down the breathtakingly obvious.”
In another article he deleted the line stating that Jews originated in the Land of Israel, labeling it “POV.” He then removed peer-reviewed genetic evidence linking Jewish populations to the Levant, calling it “extremely hotly disputed.”
The same editor struck 3,951 characters from the Siege of Jerusalem page—one of the most documented events in ancient history—in just eight edits over 38 minutes. Jewish casualties were minimized and historical memory deleted. His explanation: “Left unclear by the sources.”
Across multiple articles on Iran, he thinned coverage of the 1988 mass executions of thousands of political prisoners. Perpetrators were removed, victim counts downplayed, and accountability for executions, prison abuse, and dissident targeting was deleted.
Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee declared “Enough is enough” in 2026 and banned Iskandar323. [Of course he promoted Pallweid too]. But his network—the Gang of 40—remains active. Their million-plus edits are still live. The articles remain distorted.
One ban is not enough.<ref>Ashley Rindsberg @AshleyRindsberg:
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Wikipedia Bans Gang of 40 Editor for Systematic Narrative Manipulation.
The Iskandar323 case reveals how a small group of editors reshaped Wikipedia's coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict—and why one ban isn't enough.
neutralpov.com Jan 09, 2026.
[https://www.neutralpov.com/p/infamous-gang-of-40-leader-banned NPOV]
[https://archive.is/1pcTf]

Wikipedia Bans Iskandar323, the Infamous Pro-Hamas Editor Who Weaponized the Platform.
Wikipedia bans editor from "Gang of 40" network accused of coordinating hundreds of thousands of edits to systematically distort the portrayal of Jews, Israel, Hamas, and Palestinians.
Jewish Onliner. Jan 12, 2026

In early January, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) unanimously voted to ban Iskandar323, a prominent member with 49,413 documented edits, of what investigators have termed the "Gang of 40," a coordinated network of editors accused of systematically manipulating content related to the Israel-Palestine conflict

The ban, one of Wikipedia’s most severe punishments, includes an indefinite topic ban barring the editor from any content “related to Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Antisemitism, Palestine, Palestinians, or anything else that is related to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”
[https://jewishonliner.org/p/wikipedia-bans-iskandar323-the-infamous-pro-hamas-editor-who-weaponized-the-platform JewishOnliner]

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One editor. Thousands of edits. One agenda.
NPOV tracked Iskandar323 for months before anyone else noticed. These are his most consequential changes. 👇

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NPOV
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He changed how Wikipedia defines Jews.
"Nation" became "cultural community." Religious identity moved above ethnic and historical identity.

His note: "Laying down the breathtakingly obvious."👇

NPOV
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He deleted the line stating that Jews originated in the Land of Israel. Called it "POV."

Then removed peer-reviewed genetic evidence linking Jewish populations to the Levant, calling it "extremely hotly disputed."

Same editor. Same direction. Multiple articles. 👇

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8 edits. 38 minutes. 3,951 characters deleted.
The Siege of Jerusalem — one of the most documented events in ancient history.

Jewish casualties minimised. Historical memory deleted. His explanation: "Left unclear by the sources." 👇

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Iran. The 1988 mass executions - thousands of political prisoners killed systematically thinned across multiple Wikipedia articles. Perpetrators removed. Victim counts downplayed. Accountability deleted.

Executions. Prison abuse. Dissident targeting.

Same editor. Same direction.👇
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NPOV @npovmedia:
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Replying to @AshleyRindsberg
Wikipedia banned Iskandar323 in 2026.
Their arbitration committee: "Enough is enough."
But his network the Gang of 40 remains active. Their million+ edits remain live. The articles remain distorted.
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* Hamas-linked genocidal [[Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor]]: Not only have its thugs been editing Wikipedia pages towards Hamas propaganda, but it openly trained others to edit Wikipedia pages.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-887007
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[[File:Wiki Pallyweid & Holocaust diminishing.jpg|thumb|Wikipedia pallyweid & Holocaust diminishing]]

'''''If you had any doubts about the true motivations and malicious agenda behind those promoting the “genocide” narrative, just look at how quickly the same biased and openly anti-Israel Wikipedia editors rushed to create a page framing any challenge to that claim as “denial.” The goal is not honest debate or historical accuracy — it is to delegitimize Israel, silence dissent, and distort the meaning of genocide itself. In many ways, this has become a sophisticated modern form of Holocaust distortion and even indirect Holocaust denial: by trivializing and weaponizing the term “genocide” against the Jewish state, they erode the historical uniqueness and documented reality of the Holocaust while turning its language against its survivors and descendants.'''''

[[File:Wikipedia on Oct 7.jpg|thumb|Islamic editor inserts justifucation for Arab Palestinian genocidal Oct 7 attacks (2.22.26)]]
First line of Wikipedia Oct. 7 entry says Hamas terrorists came from ‘blockaded’ Gaza, seeming to justify attacks. (Islamic editor inserted it on Feb 22, 2026). “It’s yet another example of the Wikipedia editors’ anti-Israel bias,” Alyza Lewin of the Combat Antisemitism Movement told.
The Wikipedia user who launched the formal discussion stated that “Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip is a defining feature of this topic and necessary context for a non-specialist reader” and that the highest-quality sources support using the word “blockaded” in a neutral voice in the opening sentence.
The editor cited Rashid Khalidi, whom the editor called the “preeminent expert in modern Palestinian history,” to support using the term. Jonathan Schanzer, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has noted that Khalidi was a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization when the PLO was a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. Khalidi has denied that.
The Wikipedia user compared saying Hamas came from a “blockaded” place to noting that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising opposed an oppressive regime. “We must not create an exception to obfuscate through omission here,” the person wrote.
<ref>[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/first-line-of-wikipedia-oct-7-entry-says-hamas-terrorists-came-from-blockaded-gaza-seeming-to-justify-attacks First line of Wikipedia Oct. 7 entry says Hamas terrorists came from ‘blockaded’ Gaza, seeming to justify attacks]. ''JNS'', Oct 2, 2026</ref>

Over a year after [[ADL]] exposed a coordinated, multi-year campaign to inject antisemitic and anti-Israel narratives into Wikipedia March 2025 investigation, "Editing for Hate," which documented coordination among approximately 30 bad-faith editors to shift balanced narratives on Wikipedia pages covering Israel, Jewish history, in Oct 2026, "New ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) research finds 19 active accounts shaping framing on Israel, Hamas and October 7; biased editing has gone quiet, not away."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434661 ADL: Wikipedia fails to fix distortions].
New ADL Center for Technology and Society research finds 19 active accounts shaping framing on Israel, Hamas and October 7; biased editing has gone quiet, not away. ''Israel National News''
Oct 15, 2026.</ref>
Edited falsified pages continue to flow into AI training pipelines, Large Language Model (LLM) outputs, and search engine results, carrying their distortions with them and influencing how millions of readers encounter this information.
<blockquote>
Key findings include:

-Past edits stand. On six flagship articles examined, including "Hamas," "Gaza war," "Zionism" and "October 7 attacks," 91 percent of one site-banned editor's work remain in the live text. On the "Gaza war" page, forensic documentation of the October 7 atrocities that this editor removed, including evidence of sexual violence, has not been restored.

- Coordinated editing has gone quiet. ADL’s review found 19 accounts actively editing Israel- and Palestine-related articles: eight unsanctioned editors from the original group and 11 newly identified ones. The techniques are slightly different; more subtle and defensible under Wikipedia's rules, while still reshaping what readers encounter.
The new cohort holds the last word. Across 229 articles edited by two or more of these accounts, the 11 newly identified editors hold the most recent edit, which is effectively the page's current text, on roughly six in 10. Several are among the principal authors of Wikipedia's pages on October 7 sexual violence, where a skeptical framing has been defended through at least 89 reverts.
"Even in cases where the Wikipedia community took some modicum of action against editors who went against their policies, the activities of that banned editor remains - in this case activity over numerous years driving an ideological narrative in flagrant violation of the neutral point of view policy of the platform," said Daniel Kelley, senior director of CTS. "This speaks to a systematic issue with how Wikimedia allows their platform to operate, and it is something they have the responsibility to address."

Notable examples from the report:

- The "Hamas" article was restructured three days after October 7. On October 10, 2023, one editor moved most of the material on Hamas' antisemitism, human shields, child combatants and human rights abuses into a far less-read
- "Criticism of Hamas" article. The main page was drawing close to one million views a day at the time. Today, the lead does not identify Hamas as a designated terrorist organization until the very end of the section. This is among the most visual and quotable examples.

-The "Gaza war" article was stripped of the October 7 forensic record. About 17,000 characters of text and citations were removed in November 2023, including documentation that victims were bound with wire and burned, evidence of sexual violence and video evidence of an attempted decapitation. Roughly 7,400 more characters of what remained were cut two days later. What’s left is one line saying terrorists "reportedly engaged" in such violence.

- The "Zionism" article states contested claims as fact. The lead defines Zionism as achieved "through colonization" and says Zionists sought a state with "as few[sic] Palestinian Arabs as possible." -Wikipedia's own editors have internally flagged this as disputed. One newly identified account made 543 edits to the page, the second most of anyone in its 24-year history. It added about 193,000 characters and removed about 188,000, a net change of under 5,000. The length barely changed, but the content almost entirely did.

- The October 7 sexual violence case study: Editors named in the report made 832 of 9,576 revisions (roughly one in 11) across four related pages and their discussion pages. On the "Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks" page, they worked to preserve a framing that Israeli women and girls were "reportedly" subjected to sexual violence during the October 7 attacks. That framing still stands three years later, and several reports confirming this violence.
The Bibas family: In the weeks after the bodies of Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas were returned in February 2025, one never-sanctioned editor made 64 edits to the article and its discussion page. Those edits held the manner of their deaths open, even though Israeli forensic authorities concluded they were murdered in captivity.

ADL renews four structural recommendations it first made to the Wikimedia Foundation in 2025: require private identity verification for editors in contentious topic areas, end anonymous IP editing on sensitive pages, merit-based closure of disputed content debates and a dedicated task force on antisemitic bias. The report adds a new call for a structured content audit of articles heavily edited by banned editors, beginning with the flagship articles examined. It also urges search engines and AI developers to disclose when Wikipedia is the source of an answer and urges policymakers to continue oversight.</blockquote>

Reported mid-Oct 2026, A Canadian Arab led "pro-Palestinian" group, Artists Against Artwashing (AAA), plans to hold a Wikipedia editing event on October 22, 2026,<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-911867 Canadian Anti-Israel Group to Host Wikipedia Editing Event Honoring ‘Martyred’ Palestinians]. ''The Jerusalem Post,'' October 15, 2026.</ref> aimed at honoring "martyrs," including murderous racist Arab Palestinian terrorists as “martyrs” and highlighting alleged Canadian and Zionist complicity in the Gaza war.

Key points:

- Alarms about bias: Organizing Wikipedia edits around a predetermined political agenda violates Wikipedia’s Neutral Point of View policy. This was raised by Wikipedia co-founder too and reminded, per rules, they ought to be blocked.
- Previous editing campaign: AAA held a similar workshop in April targeting articles related to Israel’s Azrieli Group and the Azrieli Foundation. One account, “Sure-thing-no-problem,” was registered that day. Another account, “subterra6677,” edited the Azrieli Group and David Azrieli articles and was warned in June about edit warring.
- Similar initiatives: Hamas-linked Euro-Med "Human Rights" Monitor has trained Palestinians to edit Wikipedia articles about the Israel-Hamas war through its WikiRights program.
- ADL findings: A report from the Anti-Defamation League found that biased edits concerning Israel, Zionism, Hamas, and Jewish history remain in widely read Wikipedia articles despite efforts to address them.

Bottom line: The 10/15/26 report raises concerns that politically organized Wikipedia editing influences how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is presented.

===Coronavirus===
Wikipedia's Coronavirus articles have no criticism of China, instead, they blame Trump. They say that China warned the world<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China</ref> and that Trump waited too long<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump</ref>. The reality is, Chinese doctors were silenced by Xi Jinping just for trying to spread the truth, and Wikipedia absurdly doesn't mention it. They even said that Trump wants to force the nation to inject dangerous chemicals to get rid of coronavirus! They also make Biden look anti-China, but he would never hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Trump, on the other hand, looks like pro-China, even though he will hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Whenever Trump criticizes China, they [Wikipedia and the mainstream media] call it "coronavirus misinformation", basically sympathizing with China<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States</ref> Wikipedia doesn't even mention the doctors that were silenced by the CCP<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html</ref>, but instead, praises China by saying " China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan." However, Trump and Putin are heavily criticized ("Meanwhile, President Donald Trump largely downplayed the threat posed by the virus and claimed the outbreak was under control.") in China's coronavirus article, they say that there were no new cases and the virus was under control.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China</ref>

===Trump Family Separation Policy===

# Such family separations have occurred under previous Presidents, and therefore the article should not be specifically named after Trump<ref>https://apnews.com/26b88518310f47018b724e200b28e88f/Origins-of-family-separation-issue-stretch-back-many-years</ref>
# Trump has never had any specific “Family Separation Policy”, which is another reason why this article title is highly misleading. Contrary to common misrepresentation in the media, the “Zero Tolerance Policy” had nothing to do with family separations, but was only about following the law, to prosecute those who break the law by entering the country illegally<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-zero-tolerance-policy-criminal-illegal-entry</ref>
# The family separations discussed in the article were a direct consequence of a court ruling on the Flores Settlement on July 6th, 2016, while Obama was President. Trump had no role or involvement in tha<ref>https://www.aila.org/infonet/flores-v-reno-settlement-agreement</ref>

===Criminals and mentally ill editors===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Criminals and mentally ill editors]]
#Adam Lanza, who conducted a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, has been identified as editing Wikipedia particularly regarding guns and other mass murders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/report_computer_user_believed_to_be_adam_lanza_discovered/|first=Alex|last=Halperin|date=July 1, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013|work=Salon.com}}</ref>
#Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik edited English Wikipedia under the username "Conservatism". He also edited the Norwegian Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/In_the_media#Anders_Behring_Breivik.27s_English_Wikipedia_account_revealed|title=Signpost|date=May 6, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
#the United States Federal Government claimed, among other things, that Bruce Edwards Ivins, a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks who apparently committed suicide in July 2008, had edit-warred on Wikipedia under the username Jimmyflathead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-08-09/Ivins%27_edits|title=Signpost|date=August 8, 2008|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/01/us/anthrax-killer-case|title=Strange sorority fixation was link that led to anthrax suspect|work=CNN|date=October 1, 2011|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

=== Dictators ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Dictators]]

# Wikipedia sympathizes with brutal Venezuelan dictator [[Nicolas Maduro]] by calling him "His Excellency" in the infobox, and by calling him "active president".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Maduro</ref> He even screamed at [[Donald Trump]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GoG37D9ujc&ab_channel=TheStraitsTimes</ref>, and he sent military vehicles to run over protesters.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QnAe4qs_g&ab_channel=GlobalNews</ref><ref>https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article229853509.html</ref>
# Wikipedia makes a slight mention of, though it undercuts the significance of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s opposition to [[Christianity]] that has been recorded,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Views_on_religion Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia]</ref> and doesn't, if barely at all, admit that his public praise of Christianity was only for power purposes,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler#Hitler_on_Christianity_and_%22Positive_Christianity%22 Religious view of Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia]</ref> as that had been part of an infiltration of churches to use for spouting Nazi propaganda.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/was-Hitler-a-Christian.html Was Hitler a Christian | GotQuestions.org]</ref>
# In the last paragraph in the header of Vladimir Putin's article, Wikipedia says "Under Putin's leadership, Russia has experienced democratic backsliding. Experts do not generally consider Russia to be a democracy, citing jailing of political opponents, curtailed press freedom, and the lack of free and fair elections. Russia has scored poorly on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, and Freedom House's Freedom in the World index (including a record low 20/100 rating in the 2017 Freedom in the World report, a rating not given since the time of the Soviet Union). Human rights organizations and activists accuse Putin of persecuting political critics and activists as well as ordering them tortured or assassinated; he has rejected accusations of human rights abuses. Officials of the United States government have accused him of leading an interference program against Hillary Clinton in support of Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential election in 2016, an allegation which both Trump and Putin have frequently denied and criticized."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin</ref> But in Xi Jinping's Wikipedia article, Wikipedia states "Xi is the first General Secretary born after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Since assuming power, Xi has introduced far-ranging measures to enforce party and national discipline and to impose internal unity. His anti-corruption campaign has led to the downfall of prominent incumbent and retired Communist Party officials, including members of the Politburo Standing Committee. He has also enacted or promoted a more assertive foreign policy, particularly with regard to China-Japan relations, China's claims in the South China Sea, and its advocacy for free trade and globalization. He has sought to expand China's African and Eurasian influence through the Belt and Road Initiative. As the central figure of the fifth generation of leadership of the People's Republic, Xi has significantly centralized institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social democratic reforms, military restructuring and modernization, and the internet. Xi's political thoughts have been written into the party and state constitutions. Xi has often been called a " dictator" or an "authoritarian leader" by conservative political and academic observers, and Xi Jinping's opponents, citing an increase of censorship and mass surveillance, a claimed deterioration in human rights, the cult of personality developing around him, and the removal of term limits for the leadership under his tenure.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping</ref>, basically not even criticizing Xi Jinping as much as Vladimir Putin, even though he is much worse, as China has a freedom score of 10 out of 100<ref>https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2020</ref>, and Russia has a freedom score of 20 out of 100.<ref>https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2020</ref>, and when countries have low freedom scores, they are way more dangerous, due to the more undemocratic governments.

===Ethnic and racial bias===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Ethnic and racial]]
# In 2008, two 15-year-old students wanted to harass a third student named "Azid", so they edited a Wikipedia article on Korma (an Eastern food) to add Azid as a synonym for the dish.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=491479704 May 8, 2012</ref> This meaning was then added to hundreds of Web postings about mid-eastern cooking. On July 16, 2014, one of the students confessed his stunt on Reddit,<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2awfib/its_time_for_the_truth_to_come_out/ July 16, 2014</ref> but so many Azid references copied from Wikipedia had emerged in the meantime that Wikipedia did not delete the vandalism as untrue<ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5028</ref> until four months later.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korma&diff=prev&oldid=633412945</ref>
# For over a year, the article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_A._Wilson_High_School Glen A. Wilson High School] contained threats against an Asian student and made ethnic slurs against the school's primarily Asian badminton team.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/29/local/me-wikipedia29 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Molly | last=Hennessy-Fiske | title=Wikipedia threats went unchecked – Los Angeles Times | date=29 April 2008}}</ref>
# Wikipedia has developed a series of history articles outlining the struggles of Jews, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, the LGBT community, Asians, and blacks against discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan. These articles are now called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281896%E2%80%931954%29 African-American Civil Rights Movement]" despite being formerly called "American Civil Rights Movement."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281896%E2%80%931954%29/Archive_1#Name_of_this_article.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29#Why_.22African.22-American_Civil_Rights_Movement</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29#Proposed_Move</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29/Archive_1#American_Civil_Rights_Movement</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29/Archive_1#Name_change</ref>

While the [[RNC]] August 2020 has rightfully eliminated Mary Ann Mendoza after revealing she retweeted<ref>[https://baptistnews.com/article/rnc-speaker-mary-ann-mendoza-removed-from-lineup-after-sharing-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-on-twitter/ RNC speaker Mary Ann Mendoza removed from lineup after sharing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Twitter. BNG STAFF. Baptist News. August 27, 2020]</ref> recycled ludicrous old canard [[anti-Semitic]] conspiracy theories, at the time, infamous Wikipedian racist Nishidani was still on [[Wikipedia]]. As part of anti-Jewish campaign since 2006: Nishidani sugarcoated Hitler's buddy [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]]; pushed for [[Farrakhan]]'s conspiracy-theories rubbish in July 2020 just before Nick Cannon's apology; supported the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]]'s proxy anti-US/anti-Israel Houthis in [[Yemen]] in its use of human shields; whitewashed terror entity Palestinian-Arab [[Hamas]] and its use of own people as human shields in order to aim at Israeli civilians (and at children whenever they can<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=sderot+kindergartens+hamas Sderot kindergartens]</ref>) as well as jihadi terror [[Hezbollah]].<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/260150 'Mary Ann Mendoza' VS 'Nishidani on Wikipedia': anti-Jewish bigotry, racism, hatred, old conspiracy theories garbage. Aug 27, 2020]</ref>

===Foreign hackers===
Wikipedia has a very long article on "Cyberwarfare by Russia", heavily criticizing the Russian government, which they say is "confirmed"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Russia</ref>, but their article on "Chinese cyberwarfare" is not really critical to the Chinese government, and they say that it is "claimed"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cyberwarfare</ref>. and Russia is already a declining power and it is slowly becoming a democracy, but China is getting even worse, and it is becoming more powerful than ever. In their "Cyberwarfare and Iran" article, they do say that Iran's hacking is "confirmed", but they praise Obama for "trying to abolish" the hackers, even though they [Iran] got American national bank access and taxpayer money from the [[Iran nuclear deal]].

===Gender bias===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Gender bias]]

# Wikipedia has a gender gap crusade that seeks to increase the percentage of female editors. (In practice that crusade has the effect of driving away male editors.) There are also many serious examples of gender bias in Wikipedia's content.
# When a '''New York Times''' op-ed criticised feminist Wikipedia editors for moving women from [[:Category:American Novelists]] to a separate category,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism-toward-female-novelists.html?_r=0&ref=sunday|title=Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists|date=April 24, 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 2, 2013}}</ref> the article about the author was attacked and watered down, restored<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda_Filipacchi&diff=552260688&oldid=552235515</ref> and attacked again.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism.html?_r=1|title=Wikipedia's Sexism|date=April 27, 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 2, 2013}}</ref>

===Global warming===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Global warming]]

# A recent charge is that U.K. scientist and Green Party activist and Realclimate.org member [[William M. Connolley|William Connolley]] functioned as a Wikipedia editor and website administrator, repressing information that militated against Climate Change. As such he "rewrote Wikipedia’s articles on global warming, on the greenhouse effect, on the instrumental temperature record, on the urban heat island, on climate models, on global cooling. On Feb. 14, he began to erase the Little Ice Age; on Aug.11, the Medieval Warm Period."<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/19/lawrence-solomon-wikipedia-s-climate-doctor.aspx ''Lawrence Solomon: Wikipedia’s climate doctor'',] December 19, 2009</ref>
# [[Michael Mann]] is a well known global warming alarmist who is ridiculed for his so-called scientific work on tree ring temperature data, the Hockey Stick theory and was the subject of fraud in the [[Climategate]] scandal. Wikipedia decides to allow mention of his involvement with Climategate. Attempts to add the mention were repeatedly undone,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_E._Mann&diff=prev&oldid=332744981</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_E._Mann&diff=next&oldid=332759870</ref> though some mention of Climategate was eventually added on Mann's page.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Mann#CRU_email_controversy</ref>

===Homosexuality===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Homosexuality]]

# Wikipedia editors regularly and fiercely alter the use of the terms "he" or "she" in articles regarding [[cross-dressing]]/[[transsexual]] figures. Male to Female transsexuals are near-universally referred to as "she" while women attempting to pass as men are referred to as "he", despite this usage being absolutely incorrect in both scientific and legal senses.
#When NBA Basketball player [[Jason Collins]] announced that he was a homosexual, his Wikipedia biography was altered to say that he was a "faggot." When an editor attempted to change the word to "gay" Wikipedia's anti-vandalism robot changed it back.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/jason-collins-faggot-washington-wizards-wikipedia_n_3223693.html?utm_hp_ref=sports&ir=Sports</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=prev&oldid=553353534</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=next&oldid=554154699</ref> An editor replaced his photo with a poster for "Gay N-word".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Collins&diff=prev&oldid=554154681</ref> After the page drew criticism on the Huffington Post, Wikipedia locked the page to editing and the changes have been hidden from public view. The article on the 2012-13 Washington Wizards season had similar problems.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012–13_Washington_Wizards_season&diff=553709164&oldid=552936180</ref>
#After an edit war,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chelsea_Manning&diff=569753966&oldid=569753791</ref> Wikipedia changed the Bradley Manning article to Chelsea Manning and gave the article subject female attributes, even though Manning had yet to legally change his name or begin any sex reassignment treatments or therapies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chelsea_Manning#Page_moved_to_Chelsea_Manning_without_sufficient_consensus|title=Chelsea Manning talk page|accessdate=Aug 24, 2013}}</ref> The article was moved between "Chelsea Manning" and "Bradley Manning" six times in one day as Wikipedia administrators fought among themselves.
#Wikipedia's article on "Homophobia," dignifies the use of what is actually a pejorative slur word to turn readers against those who oppose the posterior orifice intercourse of men-lying-with-men. The use of this word is an attempt to classify those who oppose such sodomy as having a mental disorder, a phobia. An attempt to demonstrate that opposition to sodomy is neither a fear nor an irrational fear (phobia) supported by the absence of such a phobia in the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,'' will not be tolerated in the article. The existence of this article is a violation of the Wikipedia NPOV standard, as the use of such slur words is an obvious attempt to win a debate by changing the vocabulary (as in changing from fornication to sexually active).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia</ref>

===Ideological terrorism===
Wikipedia has an extremely long article of Right-wing terrorism<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism</ref>, but their Left-wing terrorism is short and doesn't even criticize leftists as much as they do rightists<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism</ref>. Their Right-wing terrorism article says they are "Nazis" and "racists", but their Left-wing terrorism just says they are "fighting" against the racists and fighting for so-called democratic reforms. Even though left-wing terrorism is way larger than right-wing terrorism and is expanding quicker, Wikipedia says that left-wing terrorism disappeared by the mid-1990s, even though it has grown dramatically through the rising power of China. The right-wing terrorism article has a gigantic list of right-wing terrorism occurrences, but their left-wing terrorism has none, just the list of terrorist groups. Another key fact is that in Wikipedia's Asia section of "Left-wing terrorism", there is absolutely no mention of China<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism#Asia</ref>, but China has benefited global terrorists by funding them and making us vulnerable<ref>https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/how-china-will-make-us-more-vulnerable-terrorists</ref>. Instead, it even sympathizes with that terrorism by saying they are fighting for democratic reforms. Their article "Left-wing authoritarianism redirects to Right-wing authoritarianism, which has another gigantic list of right-wing dictators. Also, in Wikipedia's article " Terrorism in China", they say that it is for ideological change and that it is against [[Xi Jinping]] and the Chinese government<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_China</ref>, basically sympathizing with the [[Chinese Communist Party]].

===Internet policies===
#The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) claims to have a policy against Internet censorship. Yet, the WMF has entered into a partnership with the [[Saudi Telecom Company]] (STC) to provide Wikipedia to mobile phone subscribers, prompting questions about the potential conflict over censorship.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-October/122320.html</ref> Meanwhile, the English Wikipedia has an article entitled "List of Wikipedia articles censored in Saudi Arabia".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedia_articles_censored_in_Saudi_Arabia&oldid=505551894</ref>
#Wikipedia engages in censorship of points of view that they disapprove of. In February 2017, Wikipedia (supported by Wikimedia) decided it would no longer accept ''[[The Daily Mail]]'', a right-wing newspaper based in the [[United Kingdom]], as a reliable source.<ref>Panis, Thomas (February 17, 2017). [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/the_wikipedia_purge.html The Wikipedia Purge]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved February 25, 2017.</ref> Wikipedia also discriminates against other conservative sources, such as ''[[Breitbart News]]'', ''[[The Daily Caller]]'', ''[[The New American]]'', ''[[The Epoch Times]]'', ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', and ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''<ref>Shaw, C. Mitchell (September 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/33525-wikipedia-editor-scrubs-citations-to-the-new-american-from-hunter-biden-page Wikipedia Editor Scrubs Citations to The New American from Hunter Biden Page]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 28, 2019.</ref><ref>Adler, T.D. (December 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/12/20/wikipedia-blacklists-epoch-times-gateway-pundit-for-russiagate-criticism/ Wikipedia Blacklists Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit for Russiagate Criticism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2019.</ref> despite allowing [[liberal media]] sources that promote [[fake news]] as sources. Additionally, using sources even like ''[[The New York Post]]'' and ''[[The Washington Times]]'' is discouraged at the least.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_61#Washington_Times_column_RS.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_209#Is_the_Washington_Times_an_acceptable_source_for_statements_of_face_related_to_student_protesters.2Fblack_lives_matter.2FMilo_Yiannopoulos.3F</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_179#LA_Times_legitimately_journalistic_WashTimes_is_like_FOx_News</ref> Even citing Fox News is discouraged. Due to its anti-conservative sourcing policies, Wikipedia has an inherent left-wing bias as the left-wing mainstream media sources (along with blatantly left-wing publications that are not challenged, unlike conservative outlets) [[Fake news|are considered "factually correct" and the "most reliable"]] in the eyes of Wikipedia editors. The Wikipedia article for the Epoch Times cites an NBC report claiming that it "[spreads] conspiracy theories such as QAnon"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times</ref>, however, The Epoch Times has only published two articles about [[QAnon]], neither of which is spreading or promoting i<ref>{{cite news |title=The 'Q' Phenomenon |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-q-phenomenon_2581642.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=2 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Q' Community Responds to Media Attacks |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/media-attacks-do-little-to-sway-q-supporters_2617778.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

===Iran nuclear deal===
Even though the Iran nuclear deal allowed Iran to have access to taxpayer money and national banks, and also allowed Iran to create nuclear weapons, Wikipedia said the deal helped prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons through so-called sanctions.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#Sanctions</ref> Now, because of Obama, Iran is more powerful than ever, thanks to Obama's loyalty to unfree governments. Wikipedia also blatantly said that in the year 2030, the consequences of the 1979 Revolution won't be "active" anymore<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#15-year_term</ref>, even though the deal would make Iran more powerful than ever.

===Journalists===
See, [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Journalists]], [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Sun News Network]]
#In early October 2005, a prominent and respected journalist [[John Seigenthaler Sr.]] contacted Wikipedia founder [[Jimmy Wales]] about false and libelous content in his biographical entry. Instead of correcting the false allegations that Seigenthaler was involved in the Kennedy assassinations, Wales and other editors turned it into a wiki drama with attacks on Seigenthaler for trying to defend his own good name.<ref>[http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=User:Essjay/Letter User:Essjay/Letter]. Retrieved from WikiTruth, November 3, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.journalism.org/node/1673 Seigenthaler's Op-Eds], October 1, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.journalism.org November 12, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/2006/online/index.php?id=parse-195-0-0-251&article=336&author=India+Camm</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'], By John Seigenthaler, ''USA Today'', 11/29/2005.</ref><ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/05/lol.02.html</ref>
#Israeli journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Levy Gideon Levy's Wikipedia Biography] has been frequently vandalized with false facts, including allegations that his father was a Nazi collaborator.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/in-a-web-of-lies-the-newspaper-must-live.premium-1.469273|title=
In a Web of lies, the newspaper must live|first=Gideon|last=Levy|date=October 11, 2012|accesdate=October 11, 2012|work=Haaretz Daily Newspaper}}</ref> So many slanderous statements have been posted that the revisions to the article have been hidden from public view at least 22 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&page=Gideon_Levy|title=Gideon Levy Deletion Log|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref> After the Seigenthaler revelations, Wikipedia moved toward requiring in-line citations but still stresses "verifiability" over factual material.
#BBC presenter Lynn Parsons wrote to Wikipedia claiming that her biography was false—including her birth date. Her request to have her article deleted was voted down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lynn_Parsons|title=Articles for Deletion|accessdate=November 18, 2012|date=November 10, 2012}}</ref>

===Liberal politicians===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Liberal Politicians]]
[[File:Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Jimmy Carter]]
#The Wikipedia article on the liberal former President of [[Brazil]], [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva&oldid=526671990|title=Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|accessdate=December 12, 2012}}</ref> makes a passing reference to the [[mensalão scandal]] as if Lula was not personally involved, but fails to report that convicted conspirators testified that Lula himself knew of and approved of the vote-buying.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil: Report: Lula knew of vote-buying scheme|work=Washington Post|date=December 12, 2012|page=A8}}</ref> Instead, Wikipedia depicts Lula as a widely admired politician.
# Wikipedia's article on [[Jimmy Carter]]'s Presidency is clearly biased in favor of the failed politician.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Budget</ref>
# Various attempts have been made on Wikipedia to emphasize the controversial fact that [[Elizabeth Warren]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Warren&oldid=755585604</ref> claimed on many occasions to be a Native American and a "person of color" despite a lack of documented evidence. Due to the revival of this controversy by Donald Trump in the 2016 election, attempts were made to create a separate paragraph about the issue. However, a cabal of administrators instead insisted that the controversy remain buried in the bottom of a section about her 2012 campaign where many readers said they were unable to findt.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Elizabeth_Warren&oldid=755040824 This, for example ("Controversies"), where an editor did not know it was already in the article.]</ref>

# Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is heavily praised by Wikipedia for trying to decriminalize illegal immigration, decreeing the [[Green New Deal]] which would cost $100 trillion from taxpayer, corporate, and bank money, LGBTQ "rights" for supporting so-called democratic reforms that are actually Communist, as well as comparing migrant detention centers to [Nazi] concentration and death camps, which she said just to make Trump look bad.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez#Political_positions</ref>

===Mathematics and engineering ===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Mathematics and Engineering]]

Subjects such as Mathematics and Engineering require a precision of thought that is more than the group-think of Wikipedia editors can muster.
# The Wikipedia article [[Elementary proof]] was proposed for deletion in October 2009 and the debate turned on what Conservapedia had written on the subject. The article was kept and not deleted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Elementary_proof Retrieved July 17, 2014.</ref>

# A Wikipedia editor going under the pseudonym ''Jagged85'' made 67,000 edits between 2007 and 2010 until it was demonstrated that he was systematically misrepresenting Islamic science, technology, and philosophy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Jagged_85/Evidence]

===Musicians and actors===
# A Wikipedia editor by the pseudonym "Ronz" called [[Nofel Izz]]'s singing and acting a "hobby", despite his work being featured in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref name="Izz2014">{{cite web |last=Izz|first=Nofel |title=The Dark Side of Wikipedia |url=https://nofelizz.com/2014/08/13/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia/ |date=13 August 2014}}</ref> The same user removed citations from the article that met Wikipedia's guideline on reliable sources.<ref name="Izz2014"/>

===Obama===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Obama]]

# Wikipedia added a "Controversies" sections to their article for the "Presidency of George W. Bush"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidency_of_George_W._Bush&oldid=282227871#Controversies_and_criticism</ref> but not to their article on the "Presidency of Barack Obama"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama</ref> The section on Bush has since been removed.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidency_of_George_W._Bush&diff=282810799&oldid=282227871</ref>
# In addition to the previous example, there was a massive Wikipedia article for "Criticism of George W. Bush,"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_George_W._Bush&oldid=278422248</ref> but the article for "Criticism of Barack Obama" had been deleted at least ''FOUR TIMES'' since October 2008 with excuses like "Article that has no meaningful, substantive content" and "Attack page or negative unsourced BLP."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Barack_Obama</ref> Wikipedia has since redirected "Criticism of George W. Bush" and added "Public image of" articles for both presidents, however President Bush's article is heavily negative<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_George_W._Bush</ref> while President Obama's is filled with glowing, pandering fluff with very few meaningful criticisms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Barack_Obama</ref> The edit summary of the redirect says, "so the conservatards won't get their knickers in a twist."

# Wikipedia's article on [[Donald Trump]] is a hit piece consisting mainly of negative statements and allegations, including an entire section<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump#False_statements</ref> dedicated to how "fact-checkers" and "academics" from [[CNN]] and other [[left-wing]] news outlets have concluded that Trump has made up to 18,000 false statements since taking office (though no examples are listed), a ridiculous allegation which is presented as fact by Wikipedia. Obama's article, by contrast, paints a glowing image of the former president and contains no such section regarding "false statements", even though Obama was frequently derided for making false statements while in office<ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=false&speaker=barack-obama</ref>.

===Osama===
Wikipedia praised Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama many times for killing Osama bin Laden, but they didn't even release footage of the death<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-i-wont-release-bin-laden-death-photos/</ref>. George W. Bush, however, was heavily criticized for "not killing Osama bin Laden", since Osama was not killed when Bush was President, and even though he sent soldiers to fight terrorism, they said that they weren't finding Osama bin Laden<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Bush_administration</ref> They call Osama a terrorist, which is true, but they just say this to honor [[Barack Obama]] and his liberals for "killing" terrorists<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Obama_administration</ref>. They are trying to make it look like the Republicans are ignoring terrorists, and that Democrats are fighting against them. If a user reads Wikipedia, the result is that Bush did "nothing" to kill Osama, even though there were many attempts, in which they make Bush look "irresponsible".

===Paid editing===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Paid Editing]]

In theory, Wikipedia articles are supposed to be written by disinterested volunteers based on reliable secondary sources. However, because Google will rank a Wikipedia article as the first result when a person searches on the article's title, public relations firms and "reputation management" companies work hard to remove any negative or controversial facts from Wikipedia articles relating to their clients. Although such paid editing is not allowed, Wikipedia does little to enforce its rules against paid editing and there are numerous examples of paid editors introducing biased content on behalf of their clients. Wikipedia selectively fails to enforce its ban on paid editing when the payments come from its large donors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2014/03/18/the-thin-bright-line-part-2-wikipedia-donors-feel-entitled-to-more-than-a-mug-or-a-tote-bag/|title=Wikipedia donors feel entitled to more than a mug or a tote bag|date=March 18, 2014|accessdate=April 3, 2014|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref> Many organizations that visit the WMF Headquarters also engage in undisclosed paid editing to promote themselves.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2014/07/06/look-whos-visiting-the-wmf/|title=Look Who Is Visiting the WMF|date=July 6, 2014|accessdate=July 17, 2014|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref>

Perhaps one of the extreme examples is the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), an unaccredited business school in India. Even though the IIPM was in regulatory trouble, an editor(s), Wifione, managed to keep the Wikipedia article on IIPM and its President positive while adding negative items to IIPM's competitors. Adding to the problem is that Wifione is a Wikipedia administrator. The Wikipedia Arbitration Committee allowed this to continue for years before taking action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2013/12/02/indian-fakers-teach-wiki-pr/|title=Indian Fakers Teach Wiki PR|date=December 2, 2013|accessdate=February 8, 2015|work=Wikipediocracy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Wifione|title=Wifione Case|accessdate=February 8, 2015}}</ref>

In April 2017, [[Burger King]] devised a television commercial designed to trigger Google's voice-activated Home smart speaker and have the device advertise the Whopper by reading the start of the Wikipedia Whopper article.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I</ref> Google quickly reprogrammed the system to respond only if the user asked for the definition of a "Whopper burger." But before the fix was implemented, Wikipedia editors changed the article to include "horse meat", "cyanide",<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&oldid=777717747</ref> "rat droppings", "dinosaurs" and other foul ingredients.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&oldid=777715629</ref> The project is an example of a company trying to use Wikipedia to lend credibility to a commercial product.<blockquote>It appears that Burger King itself tried to fix the Wikipedia problem. The first sentence changed to a suspiciously glowing description of the Whopper, authored by user “Fermachado123" — a name that sounds similar to Fernando Machado, Burger King's senior vice president for global brand management.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whopper&diff=773832878&oldid=773809917</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/companies/burger-king-thought-it-had-a-great-idea-instead-it-ended-up-with-a-whopper-of-a-problem/ar-BBzMU9j?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout|title=Burger King thought it had a great idea. Instead, it ended up with a Whopper of a problem. |date=April 13, 2017|accessdate=May 16, 2017|work=Washington Post}}</ref></blockquote>

===Pornography and sexuality===
# English Wikipedia embeds the full-length video of pornographic movies "Debbie Does Dallas" and "A Free Ride" in the English encyclopedia articles about those films.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/11/wikipedia_search_engine/|title=Move over, Google. Here’s Wikipedia's search engine – full of on-demand smut|date=February 11, 2016|accessdate=April 10, 2016|work=The Register}}</ref>
# Wikipedia Commons, which collects public domain images, has drawn extensive criticism for sexually explicit material, including nude photos and photos of various acts. The editors of Wikipedia Commons have created a "Hot Sex Barnstar" to reward those people who upload particularly explicit images. When a former member of Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee asked to have it removed, many people opposed his suggestion.<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:The_Hot_sex_barnstar&oldid=96124965 Retrieved May 12, 2013</ref>
# The Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Body_parts_slang&redirect=no Body parts slang] had an elaborate list of definitions. It was subject to two controversial deletion debates, and finally merged into [[Slang]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Body_parts_slang (2005)</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Body_parts_slang_2</ref> Many of the definitions were moved to Wiktionary. The deleted article was also copied to Wikibooks.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABody_parts_slang&diff=27163440&oldid=26851206</ref>
# The Wikipedia article "Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)" included a section, society's reaction to the soccer match, which stated that many people had uploaded video excerpts from the match to a pornography website with sexually suggestive titles. A long debate and edit war ensued over whether the explicit words should remain in the article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABrazil_v_Germany_%282014_FIFA_World_Cup%29&diff=631482381&oldid=617292981</ref>
# When the WMF Board of Directors voted to implement an image filter so that pornographic images would not be shown to children or people who wished to avoid them, Wikipedia volunteers rebelled and Fox News reported that WMF had abandoned its plans to address the problem.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/17/wikipedia-abandons-efforts-to-purge-porn-from-online-encyclopedia/|title=Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia|work=Fox News|date=Sept. 17, 2013|accessdate=Sept. 20, 2013}}</ref>
# A Wikipedia editor who edited both WP and [[Wikia]] using the same account name was caught as a child predator by a Wikia sting in July 2011. He was allowed to continue editing Wikipedia for another three years before being banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/wikipedia-finally-bans-middle-aged-pervert|title=Wikipedia finally bans middle-aged pervert|work=Examiner|date=June 30, 2014|accessdate=January 9, 2015|first=Greg|last=Kohs}}</ref>

===Public policy in the United States===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Public Policy in the US]]

# Wikipedia's entry for the [[National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act]] (NCVIA) reads like an advertisement for vaccine manufacturers, including unsupported and implausible claims about vaccination.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Childhood_Vaccine_Injury_Act</ref> Unsupported claims featured there include "Vaccine makers indicated they would cease production if their proposal for the NCVIA was not enacted" and "concern that the NCVIA may not provide an adequate legal shield." Wikipedia's entry omits references to leading pro-parent websites concerning vaccination,<ref>http://www.909shot.com/</ref> and instead Wikipedia's entry lists pro-government and pro-vaccine-manufacturer websites. Wikipedia's entry even includes this entire paragraph, which is unsupported and is little more than an advertisement for drug companies:
#: Public health safety, according to backers of the legislation, depends upon the financial viability of pharmaceutical companies, whose ability to produce sufficient supplies in a timely manner could be imperiled by civil litigation on behalf of vaccine injury victims that was mounting rapidly at the time of its passage. Vaccination against infectious illnesses provides protection against contagious diseases and afflictions which may cause permanent disability or even death. Vaccines have reduced morbidity caused by infectious disease; e.g., in the case of smallpox, mass vaccination programs have eradicated a once life-threatening illness.
# The Wikipedia article on the Haymarket Riots and subsequent trial of the labor terrorists claimed, "The prosecution, led by Julius Grinnell, did not offer evidence connecting any of the defendants with the bombing. ... " A college professor who wrote a book about the trial knew that a lot of evidence was presented during the lengthy trial and tried to correct the article. His account in the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' shows the contempt that Wikipedia holds for scholarly experts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Undue-Weight-of-Truth-on/130704/|title=The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia|date=February 12, 2012|accessdate=September 20, 2013}}</ref>

===RINOs===

# Wikipedia also clearly and openly sympathizes with [[RINO]] politicians by saying "Republican In Name Only is a pejorative and a disrespectful term used primarily by conservative members of the United States Republican Party to describe Republicans whose political stances are deemed insufficiently conservative."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_In_Name_Only</ref>

===Russia and China===
[[File:27067022 1565197686869300 6687960957434384962 n.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Even though there has never been any evidence of Russia vote hacking, in a [[Russophobic]] frenzy [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s imposed [[Russian sanctions]], laying the groundwork for [[Russiagate]], The [[economic sasnctions|sanctions]] were imposed under [[false]] pretenses and have not been lifted.]]
Russia's article is heavily criticized along with the Republicans for "helping" them, but China's article is praised for "reforms that made China the 2nd largest economy", and has absolutely no mention of Democrats, who are actually helping them.

====Election interference====
In Donald Trump's article, Russia is mentioned hundreds of times<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump</ref> but in Joe Biden's article, there is only one mention of China<ref>https://en.wikipeda.org/wiki/Joe_Biden</ref>, which is just sympathy to China, because Biden criticized Trump's China trade war.
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===Anti-Creationism===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Science and Evolution]]

# Wikipedia savages anyone who criticizes the [[theory of evolution]], such as Dr. [[William Dembski]], whom Wikipedia introduces with outlandish, unsupported quotations by [[liberal]] critics.<ref name="Wiki Dembski">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Dembski</ref> For example, Wikipedia describes David H. Wolpert as a "prominent mathematician" in order to insert a scathing, unjustified quotation by him about Dembski.<ref name="Wiki Dembski"/> In fact, Wolpert does not even hold a math degree and his (non-math) doctorate was from the University of California at the weak Santa Barbara location.<ref>http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/dhw/cv.current.frame.pdf</ref> Dembski's PhD is in math from the preeminent University of Chicago.
#Wikipedia's article on [[dinosaurs]] contains no mention of the strong evidence that they existed alongside humans, and no mention of modern sightings of dinosaur-like creatures reported by the [[best of the public]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur</ref> Additionally, for a period of time in 2016, the Wikipedia articles for ''Answers in Genesis'' and ''Creation Museum'' called the substantiated view "erroneous".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Answers_in_Genesis&diff=731471041&oldid=731470641</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creation_Museum&diff=731816581&oldid=731815973</ref> The wording was only removed from the articles by a bot when an image to which the wording was attached was deleted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Answers_in_Genesis&diff=736369020&oldid=735923030</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creation_Museum&diff=736368986&oldid=736368969</ref>
#Wikipedia has separate articles on many small wikis, for instance, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Project LGBT History Project] with a WikiFactor of [http://wikiindex.org/LGBT_History_UK 6], but does not have an article on [[CreationWiki]] with a WikiFactor of [http://wikiindex.org/CreationWiki 45]. Articles on CreationWiki are repeatedly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/CreationWiki_%282nd_nomination%29 deleted].

====Creationist Pages Deleted====

Wikipedia has established a recurring pattern of discriminating against [[Creationists]] by deleting their Wikipedia pages. Wikipedia maintains a project page on Creationism which is apparently used to delete the pages of Creationists,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Creationism/Article_alerts/Archive_1 Wikipedia:WikiProject Creationism/Article alerts/Archive 1.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref> which is ironic since it has deleted the portal page for Creationism itself.

=====Günter Bechly=====

Günter Bechly, a renowned paleontologist, lost his job at a museum and had his [[Wikipedia]] page deleted after he publicly came out as a Creationist in 2015.<ref>Benjakob, O. (2017, November 17). "[https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2017-11-17/ty-article/scientist-comes-out-against-evolution-loses-wikipedia-page/0000017f-e91d-df2c-a1ff-ff5d6afa0000 A Respected Scientist Comes Out Against Evolution – and Loses His Wikipedia Page.]" ''Haaretz.''</ref> This is part of a recurring pattern of Wikipedia deleting Creationist pages.

The page was deleted 19:09, October 6, 2017, by Jo-Jo Eumerus.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Bechly Günter Bechly.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20160926105127/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Bechly Günter Bechly Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 9/26/2016.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Russell Humphreys=====

Russell Humphreys had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 23:25, August 20, 2024, by Liz.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Humphreys Russell Humphreys]." ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20240814104821/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Humphreys Russell Humphreys Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/14/2024.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Scott Minnich=====

Scott Minnich had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 21:11, October 13, 2021, by Eddie891.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Minnich Scott Minnich.]" ''Wikipedia''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20210823030354/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Minnich Scott Minnich Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/23/2021.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jack Cuozzo=====

Jack Cuozzo had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 06:37, April 10, 2011, by Sandstein.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cuozzo Jack Cuozzo]." ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

On 16:24, July 15, 2014, BDD deleted page Jack Cuozzo (Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014).

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110330143417/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cuozzo Jack Cuozzo Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 3/30/2011.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jan Peczkis/John Woodmorappe=====

Jan Peczkis, better known as John Woodmorappe, had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 05:22, May 7, 2014, by FreeRangeFrog.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peczkis Jan Peczkis.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

=====Caroline Crocker=====

Caroline Crocker had her page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 03:11, February 18, 2015, by Kurykh.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Crocker Caroline Crocker.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The page was previously deleted 02:15, February 15, 2006, by ABCD.

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20131228062412/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Crocker Caroline Crocker Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 12/28/2013.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Larry Vardiman=====

Larry Vardiman had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 06:22, May 27, 2020, by Spartaz.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Vardiman Larry Vardiman.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20190807211553/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Vardiman Larry Vardiman Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 8/7/2019.]" ''Internet Archive.''</ref>

=====Jason Lisle=====

Jason Lisle had his page on Wikipedia deleted.

The page was deleted 20:45, November 13, 2017, by Sandstein.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lisle Jason Lisle.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The page was also deleted 03:18, July 19, 2010, by Courcelles.

The page was also deleted 04:02, 19 February, 2006, by Guanaco.

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

=====John Ashton=====

John Ashton had his page on Wikipedia deleted, although the content was placed on the Wikipedia user page of John Ashton.

The page was deleted 08:37, May 24, 2012, by SilkTork.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Ashton John F. Ashton.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at the Wikipedia user page of John Ashton.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_J._Bulten/John_F._Ashton John F. Ashton, User Page.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

=====Creationism Portal=====

The Creationism portal page was deleted.

The page was previously deleted 22:05, June 9, 2019, by Premeditated Chaos.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Creationism Portal:Creationism.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

The old page can be seen at Archive.org.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20190609214105/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Creationism Portal: Creationism Wikipedia Page, Web Archive 6/9/2019.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

=====List of Arguments for a Young Earth=====

The Wikipedia page List of Arguments for a Young Earth was deleted.

The page was deleted 12:01, August 14, 2014 by Seddon.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arguments_for_a_young_Earth List of Arguments for a Young Earth.]" ''Wikipedia.''</ref>

An archived version of the page has not yet been identified.

===Sports===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Sports]]

# From 2008 until October 2014, the Wikipedia article on the 1978-79 Boston College Basketball Point Shaving Scandal named Joe Streater as one of the participating players.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978%E2%80%9379_Boston_College_basketball_point_shaving_scandal&diff=prev&oldid=231463815</ref> However, he was not even on the team that year. He was inserted into the article by an anonymous IP address and the erroneous information was left until the press publicized the error.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/guilt-wikipedia-joe-streater-became-falsely-attached-boston-college-point-shaving-scandal.html/2|title=Guilt By Wikipedia: How Joe Streater became falsely attached to the Boston College point-shaving scandal|first=Ben |last=Koo|date=Oct 9, 2014 |accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
# Wikipedia's biographies of Scottish soccer players are so notoriously biased that the new General Manager of the Hibernian Football Club, Alan Stubbs, told the press, "We can't be scouting players any more on the back of a Wikipedia page and one individual's opinion. I’ll want background checks and medical histories."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wont-signing-players-based-wikipedia-4063573|title= We won't be signing players based on their Wikipedia descriptions anymore, says Hibs boss Alan Stubbs|date=August 17, 2014|accessdate=August 18, 2014|first= Scott |last=McDermott|work=Daily Record}}</ref>
# On December 14, 2014, the Dallas Cowboys' Dez Bryant successfully played against Eagles' defensive back Bradley Fletcher. In response, Wikipedia changed Fletcher's biography to describe his position as "Dez Bryant's bitch" and added a paragraph, which said, Fletcher "displayed his poor mechanics, speed, and talent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalprosports.com/2014/12/15/bradley-fletcher-wikipedia-page/|title=Bradley Fletcher Wikipedia Page Changed After Loss to Cowboys (Pic)|date=December 15, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014|work=totalprosports.com}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=638157096&oldid=638156965</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156942</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156868</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Fletcher&diff=prev&oldid=638156546</ref>
# The [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s athletic director, Steve Pederson, may be unpopular, but Wikipedia changed the infobox about its athletic program to list "Satan" as the athletic director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiachill.com/2014/12/13/7386693/steve-pederson-paul-chryst-wisconsin-pitt-football-pittsburgh-panthers-athletic-director|title=Satan employed by Pitt. Per Wikipedia.|date=December 13, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Panthers&diff=prev&oldid=637798626</ref>

===Conspiracy theories===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conspiracy theories]]

# In Wikipedia's page on the ABC's docudrama ''The Path to 9/11'', the page contains a section titled "Controversy and criticisms," which contains 19 sub-sections to support it, while the section titled "Controversy: support for The Path to 9/11" only contains four, despite the fact that the controversy was sparked by pro-Clinton liberals that failed to see the fact that the two-part miniseries criticized both Bush and Clinton administrations leading up to 9/11 and that writer Cyrus Nowrasteh stated that many of their consultants on it stated that the docudrama went easy on Clinton. It also fails to note John Ziegler's documentary on the censoring of the docudrama ''Blocking the Path to 9/11'' [http://www.johnziegler.com/], which contains interviews with many people on the topic, and points out how the [[MSM]] liberals and Clintons have smeared it so much that it has destroyed it from ever being shown on TV or being sold on DVD in the near future. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Path_to_9/11]
# The Wikipedia article "[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758 List of conspiracy theories]" ridicules and dismisses as "conspiracy theories" more hypotheses advanced by conservative thinkers than hypotheses advanced by left-wing thinkers. The editor(s) of this page have an obvious liberal bias that holds in disfavor a number of ideas advanced by conservatives. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758#Water_fluoridation Water Fluoridation] has been opposed by many conservative groups due to concerns about health impacts as well as a question of personal freedom and limits on the proper scope of government. Yet, the Wikipedia list dismisses these views as a "conspiracy theory" that draws on "distrust of experts and unease about medicine and science". In another example, [[peak oil]] is a theory advanced by many conservatives including geologists [[T. Boone Pickens]]. Yet, the page dismisses it, noting "There are theories that the 'peak oil' concept is a fraud concocted by the oil industries to increase prices amid concerns about future supplies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_conspiracy_theories&oldid=504359758|title=List of conspiracy theories#Peak oil|date=July 28, 2012|accessdate=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
# The Wikipedia article "[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Plan_%28Washington,_D.C.%29&oldid=478678893 The Plan (Washington, D.C.)]" is one of the conspiracy theories included on the official Wikipedia conspiracy list. However, the article cites few sources supporting the existence of the conspiracy to replace black residents with whites in Washington, DC and no sources that refute the existence of the conspiracy.
#As of August 15, 2016, the article "[[Murder of Seth Rich]]" had a ''motion to delete'' template on it on grounds of not being notable, although at one point it was getting 1500 daily views. It was so allegedly unnotable that a strong debate was generated there on the talk page and on the Delete Articles section, where editors essentially "voted" to Keep vs. Delete, allegedly on the grounds of non-notability.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Seth_Rich</ref> Among the arguments for deleting the article there was a repetitious reference to the talking point "conspiracy theory," though the article said nothing at all about a conspiracy theory. Also, as of August 17, 2016, the Wiki editor who started this article was officially blocked by an administrator. His talk page said: "You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TradingJihadist</ref> As of August 21, 2016, the motion to delete was denied on grounds of no consensus, although a derogatory false comment was attached attacking some of those who argued in favor of "Keep." Soon after, the article was summarily locked down until August 27, 2016, and a request for mediation was filed.
::Despite the fact that the article was not deleted, several details about the murder were deleted from the article by the same editors who advocated for deletion,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Murder_of_Seth_Rich#List_of_excluded_items</ref> leaving the article a rather short stub article. And as of August 24, 2016, there was a continuing debate and vote on the talk page of that article as to
::"Should this article mention the fact that WikiLeaks offered $20,000 in reward money for providing information regarding the perpetrator of this crime?" along with this template warning: "{{Ds/talk notice|blp}}," which warned: "This article is subject to discretionary sanctions."
::On September 18, 2016, less than a month after the previous motion to delete failed, a second motion to delete was started by the same editors who tried to delete it the first time, but once again, on October 4, the motion to delete was denied, as there was "no consensus."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Seth_Rich_(2nd_nomination) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Seth Rich (2nd nomination)]</ref>

===Nazism, Socialism, Communism===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Naziism, Socialism, Communism]]
[[File:Ukrainian Nazis.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian nazi flag.<ref>https://eurasiantimes.com/ukraine-uses-pig-fat-bullets-to-counter-russian-aggression/</ref>]]
#Edits from Russian Government IP addresses removed statements in the Wikipedia article on [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] which said that Russia had provided the terrorists with the surface to air missile used to shoot down that civilian flight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10977082/Russian-government-edits-Wikipedia-on-flight-MH17.html|title=Russian government edits Wikipedia on flight MH17|first=Matthew |last=Sparkes|date=18 Jul 2014|work=Telegraph|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/18/a_wikipedia_edit_twitterbot_caught_the_russian_state_tv_editing_the_mh17.html|title=Wikipedia Edit Twitterbots Are Revealing How Russia Wants to Frame the MH17 Crash|first=Lily |last=Hay Newman|work=Slate|date=July 18, 2014|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
#Wikipedia's main article on [[Communism]] does not mention any act of genocide in Communist countries, and any attempts to edit the page to include this information are deleted. The Nazism page, however, includes multiple mentions of the Holocaust. The only mention of the Communist genocide is buried deep within the article structure for Communism.
# [[Kazakhstan]], a dictatorship that used to be part of the [[Soviet Union]], paid $13 million to [[Tony Blair]]'s PR firm to polish its image. [[Jimmy Wales]]'s new wife works for that firm, and the WMF accepted a government-front organization which is funded by the Kazakh government to be its local chapter. In 2011, Wales declared the founder of the chapter to be the "Global Wikipedian of the year" and promised to pay $5,000 of expenses toward his attending the 2012 Wikimania in Washington DC. Wales denies the government involvement and failed to make the promised payment.<ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/12/23/jimmy-wales-in-the-dictator-and-i/</ref><ref>http://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-appear-that-Wikipedias-co-founder-is-covering-for-Kazakhstans-government-manipulation-of-Wikipedia</ref><ref>http://wikipediocracy.com/2013/01/16/whos-the-best-yoruban-wikipedian-of-them-all/</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=551703840&oldid=551703680</ref><ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-denies-kazakhstan-connection</ref>
#[[Augusto Pinochet]], who overthrew Communism in [[Chile]] and then restored democracy before voluntarily giving up power himself, is called a "dictator" by Wikipedia,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet</ref> but [[Fidel Castro]], the Communist dictator of [[Cuba]] for four decades, is instead called a "leader" or even a "president".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fidel_Castro&oldid=235182888</ref>
# Wikipedia is sympathetic to Fidel Castro in its entry about Cuba.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba</ref> Wikipedia blames President Dwight Eisenhower for choosing "to attend a golf tournament" rather than meet the revolutionary Castro in 1959, and then Wikipedia claims that Castro became a Communist because of the American-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Conservapedia tells the truth up-front: "Cuba has been ruled by a Communist dictator named Fidel Castro since 1959."<ref>[[Cuba]]</ref>
# Wikipedia's article on far-Left politics outright praises the dismantling of social structures and even goes on to say that the far-Left promotes "equality", while failing to mention the blatant anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate speech among the far-Left, its racism against whites in the form of Jeremiah Wright, the blatant racism among groups like the Black Panthers. Conversely, its "far-Right" politics articles accuse conservatives of maintaining a social hierarchy and being "racist" and being "supremacists" that keep the "oppression" in check, while utterly failing to mention the black supremacist politics among the far-Left. It promotes the far-Left as bringing "equality" while failing to mention its supremacist racism by people like the [[New Black Panthers]] for example.
# Wikipedia's article on the National Socialist German Workers' Party lists its political position as "Far-Right",<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party</ref> however its page on the Communist Party of China does not even refer to the party as "Far-Left".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China</ref>

===Zoophilia===
[[File:Sheep.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Domestic sheep]]
See [[Wikipedia on bestiality]]

As of July 18, 2012, Wikipedia's article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia zoophilia/bestiality] has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia". No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. As of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law Zoophilia and the law"] article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where eight alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law#Impact_of_laws|title=Impact of laws section of "Zoophilia and the law"|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref>

As of July 12, 2022, Wikipedia's article on zoophilia does not have "arguments for zoophilia" and does not have "alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws".

== Old User Bias ==
Many old users (2004 - 2009) receive unfair treatment for newer edits, which normally means that newer users get blocked for their actions whilst old users aren't punished for bad actions. this has made people hate old users and admins for allowing OG (Slang term for old users) users to get away without punishment.

==Vaccine Biases ==
===Vaccines===
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Vaccination]]

#The Wikipedia article '''Vaxxed''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaxxed&oldid=768444417] purports to be a review of ''Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe'', a 2016 American film alleging a cover-up by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) of a possible link between the MMR [[vaccine]] and [[autism]]. In reality, this Wikipedia article is little more than a diatribe against Dr. [[Andrew Wakefield]].
#The Wikipedia article describes Dr Wakefield as a "discredited anti-vaccine activist" but this is untrue. First, Dr Wakefield has said that he is not anti-vaccine. He is opposed to the MMR vaccine (a [[combination vaccine]]) but he is not opposed to the [[measles]], [[mumps]] and [[rubella]] vaccines being given in separate doses.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3513365.stm</ref>
#Secondly, the label "discredited" is inaccurate. Dr Wakefield and his colleague, Professor John Walker-Smith, were brought up on misconduct charges before Britain's General Medical Council (GMC) because of alleged irregularities in the conduct of their research project. Walker-Smith and Wakefield were found guilty and were struck off the medical register.
#Walker-Smith, who was backed by his insurance company, successfully appealed against the ruling. The judge said that the GMC's original ruling was based on "inadequate and superficial reasoning and, in a number of instances, a wrong conclusion". Unfortunately, Wakefield did not have backing from his insurance company so he was not able to appeal. If he had had backing, there is little doubt that he would have been cleared as well.<ref>https://healthimpactnews.com/2012/british-court-throws-out-conviction-of-autismvaccine-md-andrew-wakefields-co-author-completely-exonerated/</ref>
#Several Wikipedia editors have tried to make the article more balanced, but in every case they have been struck down by Wikipedia's elite.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Vaxxed/Archive_1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vaxxed&oldid=759801540]

===Washington Post/Washington Times===
Leftist radical newspaper ''Washington Post'' is praised by Wikipedia for "winning prizes, using a fact-checker to fact-check lies", even though they make so much fun of Trump and that it is an opinion newspaper.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post#2000%E2%80%93present</ref>

The ''Washington Times'', however, is very heavily criticized for being white supremacist, pro-Russian, neo-Nazi, racist, anti-[atheist] science, and anti-democratic reforms that are Communist and not even democratic.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times</ref> Again, China is praised and sympathized with by Wikipedia, which says "In January 2020, The Washington Times published two widely shared articles about the COVID-19 pandemic that suggested that the virus was created by China as a biological weapon to spread power. One article quoted a former Israeli intelligence officer as a source but offered no other verifiable evidence."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times#Misreporting_on_the_COVID-19_pandemic</ref> What the ''Washington Times'' was actually saying is that China is trying to use the coronavirus to spread power, but Wikipedia downplays that, and instead blames Trump and Putin, and also sympathizes with the Palestinians by criticizing the Israeli intelligence officer.

===General/Uncategorized===
[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|thumb|right|[[Jens Stoltenberg]] (center).]]
See [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: General or uncategorized]]
#Wikipedia falsely reported that the prime minister of Norway, [[Jens Stoltenberg]], was a pedophile who had served time in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/06/wikipedia_bio/|title=Who owns your Wikipedia bio?|first= Andrew|last=Orlowski|work=The Register|date=December 6, 2005|accessdate=September 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5182883|title=
Wikipedia Bans Access from Capitol Hill Computers|work=National Public Radio|date=February 1, 2006|accessdate=September 20, 2012}}</ref>
#Wikipedia appeals to a dumbed-down culture of users that appreciate uncensored obscenity instead of education. The swear word with four letters that begin with F is mentioned or uncensored in quotations in nearly 11,000 articles. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search] Ironically, it was once used in an article about Republican Senate candidate [[Michael Baumgartner]] when the article's sources did not spell out that word.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Baumgartner&oldid=509330054|title=Michael Baumgartner|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
#Wikipedia does its best to cover-up crimes and lewd behavior coming from left-leaning [[Occupy Wall Street]] crowd. Assault is emphasized; rape is minimized by the omission of the terms. Rape is not used in the article and can only be found in a reference title at the end of the page.<ref>Occupy_Wall_Street&oldid=466639949 Cover-up at Wikipedia,lewd acts downplayed</ref>
# Wikipedia does not mention until after 600 words that [[Jared Loughner]], like many Wikipedia editors, is an atheist, and its entry initially failed to admit that he is also a [[nihilist]], an extreme form of atheism.<ref>When Wikipedia eventually added mention of Loughner's nihilism, its edit summary omitted reference to the term. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jared_Lee_Loughner&action=historysubmit&diff=407362660&oldid=407358740].</ref>
# The article on the [[Proud Boys]] is blatantly biased towards the Left. The first sentence falsely claims "The Proud Boys are a far-right and neo-fascist male-only organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States and Canada", despite the group trying to stop the [[liberal]]s’ [[insurrection]]. As an example of the Wikipedia admins' lack of courage in their convictions, the article is also protected so no one can change it.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys]

Most examples have been moved to the sublists. Please visit the sublists to learn about the variety of bias in Wikipedia.

==Structural problems with Wikipedia==
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blasted site for left-wing bias: ‘The word for it is propaganda.’<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/wikipedia-co-founder-larry-sanger-propaganda Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blasts site for left-wing bias: ‘The word for it is propaganda’] Brian Flood , Fox News, July 16, 2021.

'You can trust it to give a reliably establishment point of view on pretty much everything.'

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger continued his criticism this week of the online encyclopedia that he helped create, citing the page on President Biden as an example of its leftist bias</ref>
He said: 'The site only uses lefty sources and blocks reporting by major outlets.'
<ref>Tucker Carleson Tonight, Foxnews, July 22, 2021</ref>

Wikipedia claims to be "an encyclopedia that anyone can edit." That is both its strength and its biggest weakness. Although Wikipedia started as having all editors on an equal footing, it has evolved into a highly stratified structure where a large number of people cannot edit it. In order to edit Wikipedia, a person must master its wiki-markup language and a large number of complex rules. The number of people who edit Wikipedia on a regular basis has declined. Many editors left voluntarily, but many others have been "banned" or "blocked" by administrators or a community vote. In theory, people can edit Wikipedia without logging in, but in order to prevent "banned" users from editing, Wikipedia blocks various ranges of IP addresses, preventing persons who are '''not''' banned from editing from those locations, such as hotels, schools, and libraries. Wikipedia's terms and conditions bar people with a conflict of interest from directly editing Wikipedia articles. This prevents knowledgeable people who work for companies from editing articles relating to their work. Finally, because the administrator caste has certain political views, editors who do not conform to those beliefs are more likely to be "banned" or "blocked".

[[File:Girls Netball Team.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|An editor who was never in Malawi says this is a photo of a Malawian netball team. An edit war ensued.]]
A major source of bias comes from the Wikipedia pillar of "verifiability". Wikipedia proudly proclaims, "'''Verifiability, and not truth''', is one of the fundamental requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia;"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Verifiability&oldid=502902820|title=WP:Verifiability|accessdate=July 19, 2012}}</ref> There have been many attempts to change this, because when a Wikipedia editor tries to remove false content, editors who favor biased content rely upon this policy to retain the falsehoods.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability/2012_RfC</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability/Archive_53#RFC_-_Compromise_proposal_re_first_sentence</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/27_February_2012/Wikipedia:Verifiability</ref> An example of such misuse involves radical feminists who tried to have Wikipedia state that netball was an Olympic sport<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement&oldid=420754256|title=Netball at the Olympics|date=March 26, 2011|author=Laura Hale}}</ref> when, in fact, it has never been played "at the Olympics". Because they found a speech where a politician told the New South Wales Parliament that netball was "technically an Olympic sport"<ref>Parliament of New South Wales, [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20040921018 Parliamentary Debates,] Legislative Assembly, 21 September 2004, columns 11179–11179, (Alison Megarrity).</ref> they were able to retain this false material as if it were a verified fact.

Requiring just one source to meet Wikipedia's verifiability standard is a serious logical flaw. Any well-established fact can be contradicted by finding one obscure source somewhere on the Web, and Wikipedia will allow just one reference to overrule the majority of definitive sources saying the opposite.

Another bias is from "show and tell." Some Wikipedia editors have not outgrown their need to show off what they have found on the Internet. Again using the obscure sport of netball as an example, the editor found a photo posted on Flickr that was labeled, "The Girls Netball Team"<ref>https://www.flickr.com/photos/51132506@N00/1954358144</ref> even though it did not show anyone playing netball. The editor then captioned the photo, "A Malawian netball team" and placed it alongside a few other obscure facts to create a Malawi section of the netball article.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball&oldid=420915334</ref> So how can the reader trust that the people in the photograph are really in Malawi and that they really play netball?<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball_in_Africa#Malawi_image</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball/Archive_3#Should_image_of_Netball_players_not_playing_be_used</ref> Adding photos to articles is the most visible form of the "show and tell" syndrome. The need to "show and tell" can also result in including random, obscure facts and data in an article. For example, an editor can find a data source from years ago, but if the data are included in the article without proper emphasis of the date, it creates the implication that the data remain true today.<ref>E.g., {{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_in_Brunei&diff=502678275&oldid=502670120|title=Netball in Brunei|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>

Errors and bias can be introduced by robotic submissions. For example, many Wikipedia articles about populated places in the United States were created by robots using 2000 United States Census data. A standard paragraph on demographics that included 2000 Census data was automatically included in each article. Wikipedia has not been able to program a robot to update all of those statistics, so most articles about places in the United States do not have more recent data from the 2010 census. Robots tagged many Wikipedia articles that had an article name in common with those in an early edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as having that book as a source, even if nothing in the article was based on that book, and no human checked if the Wikipedia article was consistent with the Encyclopædia Britannica article.

Another level of error and bias comes from Wikipedia's reliance on poorly-trained volunteers, instead of paid professionals. For example, someone proposed that a copyrighted photo of Joseph Stalin taken by Margaret Bourke-White be deleted in 2009. It was kept because someone with a Gmail account sent permission claiming to be her son. She died without children<ref>http://womenshistory.about.com/od/margaretbourkewhite/a/Margaret-Bourke-White.htm</ref> and the photo's copyright actually belonged to Time, Inc., but the mistake was not detected until 2012.

===Accountability===
Wikipedia relies upon volunteer administrators to maintain the accountability of the site and enforce its rules. The number of administrators continues to shrink. In January 2008, there were 1,011 administrators, but the number dropped to 661 in November 2012, and as of June 2016, the number stands at 539.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators/stat_table|title=Wikipedia:List of administrators/stat table|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}</ref> The number drops because the process of selecting new administrators subjects each candidate to extensive abuse. If the actions of Wikipedia administrators appear very odd, there is a possibility that it is because they are the products of anonymous, very young people or, in certain cases, of mentally ill people. For example, sysop Altenmann was de-sysopped and community-banned in April 2010 for sockpuppeting and improper closure of deletion discussions over a period of several years. He admitted mental illness and has been unbanned.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=491693521</ref>

Fundamentally, the owner of a site is accountable for its governance and contents. To qualify for a tax exemption, Wikipedia is owned by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) that has a Board of Directors and a paid professional staff of 146.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en|title=Frequently asked questions|accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> However, the WMF, its Board, and Staff disavow any accountability for the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Instead, co-founder Jimmy Wales claims ultimate authority over it and acts as the executive/monarch on whatever he chooses. For example, although the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee is selected in an election, Wales accepts the election results and appoints the new members. As recently as September 2013, Wales claims to have the right to overturn Arbitration Committee decisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=571759721&oldid=571756060If|title=User Talk:Jimbo Wales|date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> If a person has a complaint about being the victim of false libel by Wikipedia, the WMF disavows any control over the matter and hides behind [[Section 230]] of the Communications Decency Act. So, the WMF has a legal incentive to maintain a "hands-off" approach to content disputes. Its Board and Staff collect the charitable donations and meet IRS requirements, but Wales and the volunteer editors maintain the biased, defamatory site.

There have been lawsuits against Wikipedia and its editors. For example, Theodore Katsanevas, a Greek politician, sued a Wikipedia editor and the WMF to seek removal of allegedly defamatory materials from the Greek Wikipedia. A Greek Court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the removal of material, but other editors have added it back in and have translated the biography with the offending material into 20 other languages. A full trial was expected in 2016, and the WMF promised to pay all of the defendants' legal fees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/14/wikimedia-foundation-supports-wikipedia-user-subject-to-defamation-lawsuit-in-greece/|title=Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia user subject to defamation lawsuit in Greece|work=Wikimedia Blog|date=February 14, 2014|accessdate=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

A few Wikipedia editors develop a dislike for the author or the subject of an article; usually, conservative authors are targeted. Rather than going through the ArticlesForDeletion procedure, such editors falsely claim that the offending author caused a "copyright violation." By doing this, they can kill an article within seven days without using ArticlesForDeletion. The author of the article is not notified that there is a "copyright violation." If the author has been blocked or banned, often on specious charges, he cannot provide a defense of the article. Sometimes the "copyright violation" is leveled even when no copyrighted material is used as a source.

Wikipedia is heavily oriented toward non-American countries and persons. A check of the WP obituary list each day repeatedly lists dozens of people from countries other than the United States. These people are mostly unknown in the USA, and many seem "non-notable" by Wikipedia's own standards of "notability." The same situation is also observable in the "Did You Know?" section on the WP main page, as foreign topics usually get top billing over American topics.

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia Governor Impeachment Cover-Up]]
*[[Hearsay society]]
*[[Wikipedia prejudice and KAL 007]] (Subject matter is [[New World Order]] and Cong. [[Larry McDonald]]. Article here in Conservapedia relates it to [[KAL 007]] as the subject matter bears directly).
*[[Haaretz]]

==External links==
*[https://www.thefp.com/p/how-wikipedia-became-propaganda-site How Wikipedia Became a Propaganda Site]
*[http://www.wikipediocracy.com Wikipedia criticism site]
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/21/conservatives-miss-wikipedias-threat/ SHEFFIELD: Conservatives miss Wikipedia's threat] by [[Washington Times]], August 21, 2008
* [http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83640 Wikipedia lies, slander continue by Joseph Farah]
*[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/200chomskylies.pdf The Top 200 Chomsky Lies]—Comprehensively debunks the claims of the [[Noam Chomsky|cult leader]] behind the [[radical left]]'s talking points.
*[http://wikipediabias.com/ Wikipedia Bias blog]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/05/wikipedias-seven-worst-moments/ Wikipedia’s Seven Worst Moments] by Charlie Nash, ''Breitbart News'', July 5, 2016.

*[https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/wikipedias-israel-problem-ari-lieberman/ WIKIPEDIA'S ISRAEL PROBLEM. Anti-Semitism in Internet encyclopedia form. Tue Aug 25, 2015. Ari Lieberman].
*[http://184.106.49.50/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=7744 Discover The Network: Wikipedia].

*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13555641/Trump-Obama-Biden-Wikipedia-bias-conservative.html 'Trump bad, Obama good' - Wikipedia's bias REVEALED, and how it affects you] (''Daily Mail'', 6.21.24).

*[https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/371545/7-tactics-wikipedia-editors-used-to-spread-anti-israel-bias-since-oct-7/ Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7] (''Jewish Journal'', 5.28.24).

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