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Preserving America by seeking the truth

I am a registered political independent. I have supported both Democrats and Republicans alike in an effort to elect the best public servants we can. Like many, I try to be a student of history and current events. I read, I listen, I talk with folks on both sides of the aisle and I tune in to a variety of self-proclaimed “news” programs, trying to separate political garbage from the truth.

The recent T-R front page headline “Molly Tibbetts accused murderer lived on a property owned by a GOP fundraiser” is unfortunately a prime example of such garbage…..irrelevant to the matter, blatantly politically biased and incredibly insensitive to a grieving family and community. To link the political affiliations of a landlord, who is not in any fashion remotely connected to the terrible murder of an innocent young lady is inappropriate. I hope you will rise above such things in the future.

I think most of us common folks are beyond tired of political games and grand-standing. We are tired of being lied to and taken advantage of by career Washington bureaucrats who seemingly are most interested in enriching their friends, families and business associates at the expense of the taxpayers. Too many American citizens no longer believe the majority of what we are told by our elected officials nor what we see and hear from many of our national news sources. Sadly, with good cause.

At the Federal level, it appears more than possible that persons in high positions of power and authority have weaponized governmental departments and agencies against private citizens. At the top of the list is this question. Have past or current high ranking officials in Washington — including the leadership in the DOJ, FBI, IRS, CIA and NASA — conspired in a politically motivated plot to remove a duly elected president of the United States? Have they conspired in an attempt to overturn the results of a national election?

This is not about Donald Trump. He does things and says things that irritate me as it does others. The political affiliation of the president or those who may have conspired does not matter.

What does matter is preserving the America that so many men and women have sacrificed defending.

What matters is that we learn the truth. And if true, we must fix it because if we do not fix it, we are no longer free. No single individual can stand against the power and resources of the Federal Government. We — Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike — must defend “Of the people, for the people and by the people” at any and all costs.

My dad once told me never start a war with people who buy ink by the barrel. I’m not trying to start a war, I’m searching for the truth and to that end invite you and your readers to join me in a call for Congress to release all materials, redacted and unredacted surrounding the so called Russian investigation, FISA warrants and Steele Dossier. Who did what? From beginning to end. Everything.

Let’s pull back the curtain and see who is telling us the truth and who is lying to us. Then let the chips fall where they may.

As Dragnet’s Joe Friday famously said “Just the facts, Ma’am.” And the sooner, the better.

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