Happy July 4th - Commemorating Our Independence Day

Knowing and acting upon the liberties given to us at great sacrifice is the main thing we can do as modern-day American Patriots 

248 years ago, 56 men in Philadelphia took incredible risks to “mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” Our debt to these men of great courage and wisdom is immeasurable. It’s a debt we can never fully repay. It’s a call to us even today to restore the greatness of American for future generations to enjoy.

As we gather for fireworks, barbecues, reunions, and memorable family times, let’s take a moment to honor our Founding Fathers and the nation and liberties they gave us at great sacrifice taking the time to teach others, so our liberty may forever remain.

Our Founders studied history to learn how freedom thrives or fails. How to craft a governing document that would establish forever a free society of self-governing citizens with limited government. That their work has kept us free for so long is a testament to their wisdom creating a document that chains down the government, not the people.

In recent decades, we here in America have embarked upon a different experiment unrelated to the wise experiment begun in Philadelphia. It’s a different form of government based in envy and strife. It’s what they call “democracy.” Our founders knew this might happen. And they set structures in place to thwart any such attempt to change our form of government.

George Washington, in his 1796 Farewell Address, left a warning to future generations. "However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."

Those who understand Washington’s warning, the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution know fully how dangerous the divisions of mere party unaligned with our founding principles can be. We are living in an era of our country’s history where those dangers could destroy the liberty that is the hope of America.

President Reagan’s guidance in his famous ‘A Time for Choosing’ speech ring true today as they did in 1964....

“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”

Liberty has always been an endangered species in history and around the world. And our liberties are under the greatest assault ever. Some countries lose their liberty by force with a dictator seizing power. But in today’s world, it is more likely to come in disguised like the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

The insidious appeal of socialism and Communism is that their propaganda appeals to many who are compassionate. Of course, the promises of ‘equality,’ aiding the working class, and guaranteed benefits are just for show. Once in total command, those promises are discarded and there is no escape.

A quote sometimes attributed to George Washington speaks even more loudly about the power of governments.

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,—it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

Modern-day Democrat leaders and the media are enemies of the precious concepts in the Declaration and the Constitution. Democrat voters must consider how their party so thoroughly abandoned their values. 

The New York Times published an assault on the First Amendment—just two days before Independence Day: “The judiciary needs to realize that the First Amendment is spinning out of control. It is beginning to threaten many of the essential jobs of the state, such as protecting national security and the safety and privacy of its citizens.”

But that’s the whole idea of the First Amendment! The government is not supposed to control free speech. “Congress shall make no law…” Yet under Joe Biden, the White House built a huge state-censorship regime in partnership with big tech to control what you can say.

They propose that the 'state' should never be threatened by free speech. To the contrary, that is the purpose of free speech and freedom of the press and freedom of religion. The State is subservient to the people and not the people to the state. The state has no power to thwart public criticism of its actions.

To commemorate Independence Day, please read or reread the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Especially with your children. Post the texts or links on social media inviting others to do the same.

Together, we can restore constitutional government and elect leaders dedicated to preserving the freedom our Founding Fathers left us, beginning with their 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence.

With blessings for a restoration of liberty, I wish you a happy Independence Day.

Peter J. Thomas, Chairman

The Conservative Caucus

TCC’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Presidential Immunity

by TCC Chairman of the Board - Mr. Peter J. Thomas

You’ve read the news that the U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump—and the very office of our constitutional presidency--a major victory by ruling that a president has immunity for official acts performed during his service.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity is a victory for ‘We the People.’ In the U.S., Presidents are elected, not “selected” and today’s ruling sends a message to corrupt prosecutors who are intent on destroying our Constitution to take out a political enemy on the basis of made up crimes. Taking away a president’s immunity is dangerous for our country and destroys the presidency altogether. 

Since that moment in 2015 when Donald Trump descended the escalator to announce his campaign for President, the powers that be in Washington have literally sought to destroy him. From the Russia Hoax; the Ukraine hoax; the Muller witch hunt investigation; two impeachments; the recent lawfare over false January 6 claims; classified documents, and legitimate challenges to blatant election interference examples – the attacks on President Trump over the last 9 years is unprecedented. 

The attacks also reveal the depth of corruption in government and the willingness of deep-state actors to abuse their powers to harass a political opponent – that until now, has only been seen in Third World countries.

The ruling also offers President Trump a possible avenue to end the Jack Smith prosecution. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his Concurrence that “if there is no law establishing the office that the [Smith] Special Counsel occupies, then he cannot proceed with this prosecution. A private citizen cannot criminally prosecute anyone, let alone a former President.” The ruling might even aid the separate prosecutions by Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis. 

In response to the ruling, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(AOC) stated her intention to file articles of impeachment against members of the Supreme Court. This would be an assault on the independence of the court, and a red-flag warning that if Democrats win this year, they will pack the Supreme and lower courts with radical majorities. Such court rulings could make many of our liberties ‘unconstitutional,’ and make ‘constitutional’ their socialist transformation of America.

To assure we can win, I urge all Americans to register ten or more people to vote before state deadlines, and make sure they vote early. If one million each register ten, we can win many states even with possible cheating.