Georgia: Swamp creatures nervous as agreement that changed rules for signature verification called into question

Swamp creatures in Washington, DC, the State of Georgia and Texas are in way over their head for lying about Attorney Lin Woods' financial support of the Republican Party. Now is the time for these swamp creatures to come forth and confess they've either failed to read the briefs filed in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals or they have indeed read the briefs and have willfully ignored its contents.

A review of the public record on file in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the 20-14418 styled Wood v Raffensperger reveals Wood is a financial supporter of the Republican Party and has legal standing in the case challenging the agreement that changed the rules for signature verification used in the 2020 election.

Further review of the brief explains the reason the settlement agreement should be deemed invalid. Guess what? The agreement was not fully executed, meaning it was not signed by the parties themselves.

Swampy America Last, cheap labor-loving RINOs like Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw called Lin Wood a grifter. 

If you are not familiar with the Compromise Settlement Agreement read the brief here. 

Consolidated Reply Brief of... by Yvonne Larsen

Cheap Labor Lobby wants taxpayers to foot the bill for "return to work" bonuses

Not only should the businesses use their own money to pay the "return to work" bonus but fomenting division in the workplace between employees already at work and those returning is horrible public policy.

Texas Republican Kevin Brady introduced a bill in Congress that if passed and signed into law would use taxpayer money to pay a "back to work" bonus instead of the business using their own money to finance the payment. 

From Congressman Brady's press release:

Washington, D.C. – Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Reopening America by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2020. This bill will help local businesses rebuild their workforce quickly by turning these unemployment benefits into a back-to-work bonus that will provide a bump to workers and help accelerate our economic recovery.

This bill will help local businesses rebuild their workforce quickly by turning these unemployment benefits into a back-to-work bonus that will provide a bump to workers and help accelerate our economic recovery. The bill includes:

• Time limited back-to-work bonuses: Make work pay by allowing workers to keep up to two weeks of the supplemental federal unemployment benefits after accepting a job, comparable to a $1,200 hiring bonus. The bonus would be available to claimants beginning a week after the date of enactment and end July 31, 2020.

• Return to work reporting: Strengthen program integrity by ensuring employers can report job refusals and that states provide clear notice to unemployment claimants about return to work obligations and good cause exceptions.

•  Relief for non-profits: CARES Act provided additional relief for reimbursable employers, such as non-profits, to help offset the costs of unemployment benefits by 50%. Non- profits provide critical supports to low-income families and many are facing challenges reopening. This clarifies that non-profits do not have to pay the full amount and wait for reimbursement. Instead, states can reduce the amount owed up-front.

Not a week goes by without County Examiner asking questions of small business owners. Some have expressed that several employees have returned to work. It's not hard to imagine the level of divisiveness in the workplace that could be caused if one group of employees received the back to work bonus and another group did not.

Then there is the constant drumbeat from media frightening Americans that a second wave of lockdowns from COVID-19 are pending.

Businesses don't need Congressional legislative action to pay a return-to-work bonus either. They can and should use their own money to pay the bonus. Non-profits should not receive additional special treatment through indirect subsidies either; if they are cash strapped they can fundraise. 

Congressman Brady should know this. His Wikipedia biography shows he worked his way through college in the 1970's holding a variety of jobs such as construction worker, meat packer, manufacturing worker, waiter, and bartender. 

American adults and teenagers who've not returned to work are not lazy bums as his House colleague Dan Crenshaw would have you believe. 

Unfortunately Congressman Brady has not considered that PAY, legal status to work in the United States and the constant droning of politicians and media scaring Americans into believing another round of COVID-19 induced lockdowns is on its way are other factors to be examined.

Florida Congressmen Neal Dunn, John Rutherford lobby for foreign workers, undermine America First agenda

Two Florida Congressmen are among 47 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives lobbying the Trump Administration to import more foreign workers while tens of millions of Americans are out of work. 

Florida Congressmen Neal Dunn (FL-2) and John Rutherford (FL-4) signed their name to a May 26 letter addressed to President Trump urging the White House to refrain from imposing any further restriction on the H-2B non-immigrant seasonal guest worker program. 
Citing a risk of harm to economic recovery efforts, the lawmakers assert that even with tens of millions of Americans out of work the businesses in their Districts are suffering from labor shortages.

"On behalf of the thousands of small and seasonal businesses in our Districts that are struggling in this unprecedented and uncertain economic climate, we respectfully urge you to refrain from imposing any further restriction on the H-2B nonimmigrant seasonal guest worker program as part of any forthcoming executive action relating to immigration and/or economic recovery. 

As you can understand, this pandemic has impacted the various economic sectors differently. While many are faced with reduced customers and degraded markets, others are struggling to meet customer demand due to seasonal labor challenges."

The H-2B nonimmigrant program permits employers to temporarily hire non-immigrants to perform non-agricultural labor or services in the United States.The employment must be of a temporary nature for a limited period of time such as a one-time occurrence, seasonal need, peakload need or intermittent need.

Pushing the lazy American narrative undermines President Trumps American First agenda and the financial, quality of life security a part-time, seasonal job can mean to the unemployed and underemployed Americans who voted for President Trump and continue to support him.

County Examiner previously reported remarks made during a Leadership Institute Digital Town Hall by Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw implying Alabama teens are lazy and a bunch of bums:

The representative claimed that places that had fewer immigrants, citing Alabama, couldn’t find workers to do those jobs. This, Crenshaw asserted, is a problem with the work ethic of Americans, not with business owners who prefer to pay ultra low-wages to foreign nationals.  

“That’s an American cultural problem that I wish we could fix,” Crenshaw said. “I wish our teenagers would actually go to work. They don’t.” Crenshaw added that he has to be “sympathetic” to “some of these business owners who are creating jobs and creating wealth in America, creating growth, building things — they can’t do it without anybody working there.”  

“For some reason, people who speak English just won’t go work there,” Crenshaw said.

County Examiner will continue to report on the Texas and Florida members of both chambers in the U.S. Congress who are undermining President Trumps' America First agenda and the future of all Americans by advocating jobs for foreign nationals at the expense of unemployed Americans who they clearly prefer be dependent of government welfare.

TX Senator Ted Cruz fundraising for cheap labor lobby Senator from Alaska

The junior senator from Texas sent out a fundraising email asking people make a campaign contributions to a fellow senator who supports jobs for foreign nationals at the expense of unemployed American citizens.

Tucker Carlson devoted a segment of his broadcast last week to call out nine Republican Senators who signed a letter addressed to President Trump asking for NO suspension of non-immigrant, work-based visas and other job protections for foreign nationals.

Republican Sens. Graham, Cornyn, Crapo, Risch, Rounds, Young, Murkowski, Sullivan and Lankford write President Trump to urge him not to restrict temporary, work-based visas, which they say will help the economic recovery pic.twitter.com/BPDjcjUXyR

— Michelle Hackman (@MHackman) May 27, 2020

The implication is from their perspective putting foreign nationals back to work takes precedence over putting unemployed Americans back to work.

Unfortunately and undoubtedly unknown to his constituents back home, Texas Senator Ted Cruz attached his name to a fundraising email for one of his fellow cheap labor lobby loving senators from Alaska---Dan Sullivan.

In an earlier post County Examiner reported former Texas Governor and President George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove also gave every appearance of actively torpedoing President Trumps America First agenda by supporting an American Last illegal alien amnesty candidate running against incumbent Iowa Congressman Steve King.

Now it looks like we can add Texas Senator Ted Cruz to the list of Republicans advocating against President Trumps America First agenda, preferring economic prosperity and jobs for foreign nationals while American citizens get government welfare and socialism.

BTW, Ted Cruz's fundraising email for Sullivan has caught the attention of one of his legal American Latino constituents in Houston.

Thanks for the heads up. .@SenTedCruz & .@JohnCornyn no response from your office still from email. .@TuckerCarlson stay on this!!!!! My job and the 40mil others matter more than #h1bvisa https://t.co/KzWzv5vbCA

— SuznHtown (@dsusieQ69) May 31, 2020

Report: Karl Rove, Will Hurd torpedoing President Trumps' American First agenda

Reports indicate the former George W. Bush advisor and soon-to-be former Texas Congressman Will Hurd are actively working to torpedo President Trumps' America First agenda by ensuring Rep. Steve King of Iowa loses his re-election effort.

Big League Politics has the analysis of a Politico article reporting a full frontal assault on the re-election efforts of King with the help of Texas' Karl Rove and Will Hurd: (emphasis mine)

"The congressman for Iowa’s 4th district is being targeted by the Republican establishment for previous comments that were distorted by the Fake News media. 

Politico reported that “Major Republican power players in Washington and Iowa — from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and operative Karl Rove, to former Gov. Terry Branstad and evangelical leaders — have ganged up to take him down.” 

“It’s business, it’s conservative and more moderate, too. It’s basically the whole collection,” declared Nick Ryan, a long-time GOP operative who has opposed King. “You’re seeing all segments of the Republican Party really coming together and working together in an effort to defeat King, and that’s something that’s never happened before. 

Although he has a strong base of support due to his immigration patriotism, establishment Republicans have been trying to do everything they can to unseat him. 

Iowa State Senator Randy Feenstra is challenging King in the Republican primary.

Politico featured the contributions of soon-to-be former Texas Congressman Will Hurd  to Kings primary opponent.

"In a rare rebuke of a sitting colleague, five members of the House GOP conference have donated to Feenstra: Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.), Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Will Hurd (R-Texas), who recently launched a group to help diversify the GOP ranks."

The Iowa Standard reported Feenstra is endorsed by the cheap labor lobby which wants amnesty for illegal aliens.

By supporting amnesty for illegal aliens Karl Rove and Will Hurd are essentially campaigning on behalf of jobs and economic prosperity for foreign nationals, preferring  socialism and government welfare dependence for American citizens, especially todays teenagers and college graduates who want to work in the trades, healthcare and technology.

Texas Congressman explains "problem" with the work ethic of Americans

Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw subscribes to the cheap foreign labor lobby line that Americans are lazy and a bunch of bums. He has zero experience working as an entrepreneur nor FOR an entrepreneur and knows nothing of working in a private sector job. He clearly has no understanding of the concept of career progression---where the skills acquired working entry-level jobs in the trades and service industry lay the foundation for progressing to a better paying job in another industry such as oil & gas and sales.

He knows nothing about Federal and state workplace laws like OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and the Fair Labor Standards Act  violations which occur in his backyard; in his home state of Texas. And he fails to acknowledge Americans know their constitutional rights in the workplace.

An individual lacking this knowledge, experience and wisdom should not be a Congressman, says one of my Houston, Texas friends.

Two days ago, on May 13 the District Herald reported on remarks made by the representative during a Leadership Institute Digital Town Hall (emphasis mine):

The representative claimed that places that had fewer immigrants, citing Alabama, couldn’t find workers to do those jobs. This, Crenshaw asserted, is a problem with the work ethic of Americans, not with business owners who prefer to pay ultra low-wages to foreign nationals. 

“That’s an American cultural problem that I wish we could fix,” Crenshaw said. “I wish our teenagers would actually go to work. They don’t.” 

Crenshaw added that he has to be “sympathetic” to “some of these business owners who are creating jobs and creating wealth in America, creating growth, building things — they can’t do it without anybody working there.” 

“For some reason, people who speak English just won’t go work there,” Crenshaw said.

People who speak English won't work there? Won't work in the trades? Won't work in the service industry? 

Congressman Crenshaw seems to also lack awareness of a time when vocational training and education courses were elective offerings in the public high schools. My now-deceased  father taught woodworking and mechanical drawing aka "shop class" at the high school level for over 25 years.

Wonder why high schools stopped offering those courses decades ago.

As I wrote earlier, he believes Americans are lazy and a bunch of bums. Wait until his constituents find out.