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U.S. Elections: The Jig Is Up

U.S. Elections: The Jig Is Up

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Opinion
By Tatiana Prophet

In my research over the last three and a half years, I have come to realize that every single one of our U.S. elections has been curated and managed by the tyrannical control freaks behind the scenes in our own country.

As the Democrats present their Trump impeachment case for the third day in the U.S. Senate, perhaps a look at the big picture is in order.

Think about it. The first evidence of election rigging that spilled out into the public eye was 1972. Deep Throat fed Woodward and Bernstein a curated evidence bento box, and eventually, the dirty tricks were swept away as an anomaly. That's the real reason Nixon resigned. He had to take the fall. Do you think political party matters? Look at what our commanders in chief do when they get into office.

Scalise shooting: In baseball we trust

Scalise shooting: In baseball we trust

Tatiana Prophet
National Security

OPINION

By TATIANA PROPHET

In America, we don't get much closer to a common non-religious religion than baseball.

So on Wednesday morning when my niece told me to turn on the television, that some congressmen had been shot on the baseball field, there was a dream-like quality to the day's unfolding. It seems not only were our political leaders under physical attack, so was our favorite pastime.

By now, nearly everyone one has heard that 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson, of Belleville, Ill., opened fire with a rifle at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., early Wednesday morning on Republican members of Congress who were practicing for the game the next day.

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the majority whip, was hit as well as four others. They are all being treated, with Scalise sustaining severe injuries. Scalise, incidentally, was a major player in the House passage of the American Health Care Act.

The players had gathered to practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, a tradition since 1909 designed to "solidify friendships on and off the field," according to organizers, which is still scheduled to take place.

Hodgkinson was shot and killed by officers who responded. If it hadn't been for Steve Scalise's security detail on account of his high position in the Republican House leadership, many might have died.