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What Happens When the Left Seizes All the Levers of Power October 21, 2016

What happens when the left seizes all the levers power? Supposedly sacrosanct rights like free speech, not “given” by the Constitution but only recognized there as inalienable because they come from God, suddenly go out the window.  California, which over the past 15-20 years has seen a shift from a fairly divided conservative/liberal state to an overwhelmingly leftist one, has declared free speech to be illegal, if it happens to embarrass an important member of the Leftist coalition.  In fact, Planned Barrenhood may well be the most important member, the lynch pin that holds the entire sexular pagan ethos together by permitting their hedonist lifestyle through destruction of “unfortunate accidents.”  To embarrass Banned Parenthood now through expose videos is a felony offense in the idiot state:

In signing a bill that criminalizes the distribution of a “confidential” video of a “health-care provider,” Gov. Jerry Brown has at least dispensed with the notion that California’s Democratic leadership cares at all about free-speech rights. The new law, which could lead to jail time for violators, is the latest troubling example of how tenuous America’s political rights may be when one political party controls virtually every apparatus of power. [They won’t be tenuous.  They’ll be non-existent]

Assembly Bill 1671 is a direct response to an activist group that last year released disturbing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials who were, according to a July 2015 report in the Washington Post, “discussing in graphic detail how to abort a fetus to preserve its organs for medical research — as well as the costs associated with sharing that tissue with scientists.” [No, how to make a profit on the satanic practice]

Planned Parenthood’s defenders claim the video was “doctored” and deny any illegal profit-seeking, but it’s clear why abortion’s defenders would like to put the kibosh on video recordings that discuss this gruesome business in anything but euphemistic terms. [They were not “doctored,” or edited, in any significant way.  All the core claims of CMP were more than amply proven by video after video after video]

…..After the video’s release, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, our likely next U.S. senator, rebuked Republican legislators’ calls to look into Planned Parenthood’s practices. However, she quickly launched an investigation of the Center for Medical Progress to see if the pro-life activists broke any laws in their recordings, after Democratic members of Congress urged her to do so. [This is exactly the kind of behavior one expects in a thugocracy or one party state.  Radically different standards of treatment for different people, depending on whether they are perceived allies or enemies.  However, the Left never fails to learn that the circle always shrinks, and those on the “inside” today invariably find themselves on the outs tomorrow]

Using a Public Records Act request, the Washington Times recently found that “Officials from… Harris’ office and Planned Parenthood collaborated to draft legislation targeting the pro-life activist whose undercover videos showed officials for the nation’s largest abortion provider discussing the sale of fetal body parts.”…….[Note how Planned Barrenhood also coordinated with the Houston DA’s office to get trumped up charges filed by a corrupt or incompetent grand jury.]

The resulting law was so awful it warranted opposition from the “pro-choice” [radically pro-abort] American Civil Liberties Union and the Los Angeles Times’ liberal-leaning editorial board. The latter noted it is already illegal to record people without permission, but this bill “ups the ante by making it illegal for the eavesdropper to disclose or distribute… what that person heard or recorded, if the victim is any type of healthcare provider.” That would outlaw “not just sensitive details about patients, but also private conversations about fees and billing practices, drug marketers, or plans for the weekend. Why a healthcare provider merits special protection… is mystifying.”………

………..California’s governor and legislators clearly want to stop embarrassing reporting on a taxpayer-supported organization that provides “services” that remain a contentious matter of political debate. It’s shocking, actually, given the First Amendment is about protecting political speech. Such efforts have become increasingly common. That’s especially true when it comes to abortion, which at the current rate may be the last “constitutional” right left in California. [Indeed.  The actual enumerated rights – which again, only recognizes what each person has from God as free gift and has nothing to do with governmental benefice – are being steadily eroded into nothingness, which made-up rights like abortion are viewed as completely sacrosanct]

Last week, the federal 9^th Circuit Court of Appeal upheld Assembly Bill 775. Gov. Brown signed the so-called “Reproductive FACT Act” last year. It forces private pro-life counseling centers that help pregnant women carry their unborn children to term to also provide information on how to obtain an abortion. Organizations that exist primarily to help stop abortions now have to provide information that goes against their core principles. [And if Hillary wins, we can be sure this ruling will be upheld.  This is what a satanic country looks like]

There’s a lot more at the link.  California is making it very plain they have no desire for anyone with unpopular opinions living in that state.  It is amazing how far California has fallen from a constested left-right state in the early 90s to an impregnable bastion of hyper-aggressive leftism today.  And, it plainly shows how this nation will very rapidly devolve should the demonrats gain a stranglehold on power at the federal level, which they very nearly will have with a Hillary win (because even if the Repubnik’s keep the Congress, they have shown themselves to be utterly ineffectual in opposition.  Heck, most of the time, the happily go along with the leftist agenda.

I think commenter PF was right……..we may be lucky to turn out as well as Zimbabwe.