This Is A Coup: The Homeland Security Takeover Of US ElectionsBy Jon Rappoport On Friday, the traditional day of the week for quietly releasing big news that will hopefully be ignored by the publicand also obscured by the Fort Lauderdale Airport shootingthe chief of Homeland Security announced that his office will be taking over US elections. If you cant see the coup in progress, you need to keep looking until the message comes through. Read carefullyABC News reports. My comments are in brackets: Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election infrastructure thats vital to our national interests, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that hes designating U.S. election systems critical infrastructure [Also known as: were taking over.] Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law, Johnson said in a statement. He added: Particularly in these times, this designation is simply the right and obvious thing to do. [Also known as: were taking over.] The determination came after months of review and despite opposition from many states worried that the designation would lead to increased federal regulation or oversight on the many decentralized and locally run voting systems across the country. It was announced on the same day a declassified U.S. intelligence report said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election. [Also known as: we needed an excuse, a fake cover story for our takeover, and Russia is it.] Such a change [in who controls the US election process] does not require presidential action [or Congressional approval], and only requires the secretary [of DHS] to first consult with the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. [Also known as: this is a coup by the White House.] Johnson said election infrastructure included storage facilities, polling places and vote tabulation locations, plus technology involved in the process, including voter registration databases, voting machines and other systems used to manage the election process and report and display results. [Also known as: Were taking over every significant aspect of the national election process.] The designation [of US elections as critical infrastructure] allows for information to be withheld from the public when state, local and private partners meet to discuss election infrastructure security potentially injecting secrecy into an election process thats traditionally and expressly a transparent process. U.S. officials say such closed door conversations allow for frank discussion that would prevent bad actors from learning about vulnerabilities. DHS would also be able to grant security clearances when appropriate and provide more detailed threat information to states. [Also known as: we can intercede in the election process and determine its outcome without any need to pretend were being transparent; only people we approve will know the details of how we run elections; secrecy works.] The Obama administration has proposed international cyber rules for peacetime that would expressly note that countries shouldnt conduct online activity targeting critical [US] infrastructure, which will now also include election systems. [Also known as: in case there is any doubt, elections systems in America will be property of the federal Executive Branch.] This is a coup. This is equivalent to declaring a national state of emergency, including martial law: the DHS, if it deemed it necessary, could utilize armed agents to enforce the new directive and take over states offices that resist. Election-processes belong to the states. But not anymore. And of course, with this awesome new power, the DHS could intercede, behind the scenes, in the voting process and rig elections. There is an additional aligned factor at work in this op: the proposed elimination of the Electoral Collegeyet another measure designed to federalize the election process. Most people are entirely ignorant of the fact that the Constitution was a pact among states. With reluctance, the independent states agreed to relinquish certain specified powers to the newly created central government, while retaining all other powers. The Electoral College was, therefore, a natural invention, because the states would maintain crucial influence in determining the outcome of presidential elections. State Electors would cast their presidential votes based on which candidate won in their state. Eliminating the Electoral College now would add one more layer of federal control over the whole country, and take control from the states. More centralization. Imagine it. Only the popular vote counts. The states are dumped. And on top of it all, the Dept. of Homeland Security has the power to run the election process as a piece of critical infrastructure. Rigging the vote in New York and California, plus a few other populous states, would decide the election. And in time, no one would think about New York or California as separate entitiesbecause they wouldnt be. They would just be more land and people that are part of wholly unified America. This is perfect for the unity politicians who spout empty rhetoric every chance they getwere all in this together. As I tirelessly point out, such slogans are nothing less than covert ops, and their goal is roping in as many dullards as possible under a messianic banner of A Better Life for All under a Beneficent Government. Also known as: we the rulers decree, you the people submit; your survival depends on us; we give and take as we will, and that shall be the whole of the law. Eventually, why have presidential elections at all? Just allow the DHS to determine which candidate will best serve the needs and desires of the controllers. Its cleaner, simpler, and more direct. Its a coup. Will Trump cancel it? Obama is basically challenging him to do itwhich would create one more firestorm in the press directed at Trump. See, the new president just stopped the DHS from protecting our sacred free elections. Trump is exhibiting more treasonous cooperation with his Russian mastershes leaving the door wide open for their secret invasion against our liberties The timeline is clear. One: Hillary will surely win the election. Two: Trump won the election. Three: Trump won because Russia hacked the election in his favor. Four: We must protect our national election process from foreign hacking. Five: Homeland Security must put itself in charge of national elections. Stay tuned. A coup just occurred. (To read about Jons mega-collection, The Matrix Revealed, click here.) The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine. The Gestapo will fix this on Jan 20 If their going to eliminate the EC, then every voter must be a legal citizen. And alive! Really? Dont count on that since the Dems think its just fine for illegals to vote. Imagine how irrelevant any election process is that is controlled by humans but is actually controlled by the Reptilian Overlords and their gatekeepers. Its not our country, our planet or our elections or your vote. Its their planet and they will create as much obfuscation that is necessary to keep US fighting among ourselves. Until they cant. You sound awfully defeatist for a warrior. I concur. We need fighters not new age whiners. Like they said in one of those Predator movies if it bleeds we can kill it! To all the people who say voting does not matter, it sure seems like it did this time. The powers that be really hate Trump Its more likely Wikileaks is really TPTBs little disinfo project, Trump was their choice all along, and all their alleged hatred is really just another lie. Thats the buzz on the porch. and then Trump and Putin will smoke the peace pipe with China. Global hegemony. Done. hmm! Interesting. Use more words. Puzzle into it religious, social, and local level impacts, please. You forget India and China are feuding. India is a powerhouse, too. I think Europe is going to get smushed under a mud people onslaught and filter out of power struggle equations for at least one generation, maybe two. Already we see banking cartels re-locate to the Orient and abandoning the West to wallow in the social engineering destruction-spiral of their making. America still has shiny war planes, though Three biggest military forces on the planet combined into one, BRICS will fall in line. My prediction is based solely on what the globalists most probable timeline will be and the easiest method for them to accomplish it. Fair enough. Do you also include planetary changes? If you do not, all is for naught! We are entering the first year of the ice age. We see fluctuating weather patterns, crazy weather storms, increased seismic and volcanic activity, and crop losses due to fungi. Food shortages will be common starting by 2018. Hungry people is a game changer. Maybe that is why America is gearing up into a militarized police stateto handle hungry zombieswho they have mock trained against already Who is saying this is the first year of an ice age? The claims of climatologists, geologists and most other scientists have proven unreliable. Well have to see over the next few months and years whether electing Trump made any difference at all or whether the same agenda just kicks into high gear. And they also hate those of us who voted for Trump. Three words for them: SECEDE from the federal government, and the bankster war criminals that own it. SECEDESECEDESECEDE!!! Texas is working on it! An Ozark ranger told a Texan rancher one morning over coffee, Yeah, when I get out the door round six am, it takes me ten minutes in my ole pickup to get to my back 40. The Texan, not to be outdone, says, Pshaw! Here in Texas, we get up round five thirty and it takes me 3 hours in my pickup to get to my back 400! YEP!!! Oh, sure. Whats the plan? Not doable in reality. cheers Does this mean elections are technically part of the nations infrastructure now? Because Ive never heard that word used in this context before. Why I find this article and the use of that word disturbing, and its ALL about words, is the EO that GHW Bush signed in 1992 (12803) privatizing the nations infrastructure (roads, bridges, dams, airports, railways, etc.), meaning its all up for sale to the highest bidder, foreign nations and American/foreign individuals included. Just one example of this sell-out is the owner of Klamath Lake and its dams. Hidden behind four subsidiary corporations, and I have them if anyones interested, is none other than Warren Buffet. So is this DHS stunt for real, or is it just a literal smoke screen for the truth, that anyone can buy our elections system now that it is part of our nations infrastructure? That said, I know elections are fake anyway and we do nothing but give our opinion to abet in their manufacture of fake consensus because the fed is a corporation and thats how they roll (we go the the polls to be polled only, employees and inventory us of corporations never have a say in who runs it), but this chess move is entirely interesting, and quite possibly the most disturbing event of the New Year, and they are already legion. Why are they doing this? So they can control all future elections and make sure only the most left wing, globalist candidates get elected. That way they can circumvent the will of the people at every turn. I just hope Trump is able to take the oath on 1/20 because they are still planning on blocking it and then holding a new election that they totally control. Our government gets more corrupt at every turn and the elite, establishment are only wanting to control each and every one of us. This is all being done, including the fake news stories and blaming Putin for Trump winning because the globalists and globalist Clinton didnt win. They are out to get Trump any way they can and I hope he watches his back because they are not above eliminating those that dont do their bidding.and fall in line. Hillarys call after congratulating Trump on his win went straight to Podesta and told him it wasnt over yet. These people that are supposed to represent the people are pure evil and they will get their due reward some day. Drip dripdripdripcan you hear that?.its the sound of our lifeblood being slowly inexorably siphoned offa drop at a timefrom the very Heart of Americaalong with free speech .circling the drain. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/720d501edee71fdd81744ecaba9bcdcd301f4b248aee6e959e29ec55c2193db2.jpg Cheers Beebeautiful imagehe was right about so many paradigms that are eternal untouched by time simple common sense kindness humility living in the now I know, and I miss him a lot. At least he left us his music. I put it on as soon as I saw your comment. You cant fool all the people all the time. Ya. Yep we the People must regain our Constitution, The NWO/totalitarian tiptoe is now the loud sound of the jack-booted thugs of the Fourth Reich. We must each fight on every level we still have available to us. This does not mean military civil war, because we cannot win that way. May Heaven help us all, and may we all help each other or well all be in the FEMA Concentration camps what a life.. cheers my sentiments as well cheers We all have to keep our spirits and body/mind strongand keep standing up TOGETHER. Otherwise, were toast. Take good care..much love Tramp, sorry Trump, will keep this is place, that will make his reelection a pass. DHS the darling of the faked 911 disaster will allow for free elections.right. Paper, of course is the only real answer along with verifiers and keeping them at the counting table until all votes counted have been verified at least 3 times. I dont think Homeland Security is going to see any need to legitimize elections. The results will be treated like any other aspect of national security. After all, we are not officers of this corporate entity weve known as our country. And I dont believe they even consider us shareholders. Regardless of what they believe, however, we actually are shareholders and all actions they have done to try to become our masters and/or owners is illegitimate. The biggest mistake people make is believing that the fake system they like to call the federal government or even state government is necessary for the people to get along with one another. I would argue that government is the main reason weve had so much trouble achieving an ongoing peaceful relationship. Those who COUNT the votes control the outcome. Blackbox voting is easiest to manipulate, but dont forget all the PAPER votes thrown into the waters of Florida, and the Unconstitutional Supreme Court manipulation back with little Bushie. And all the NEW deviousness devised by the Obama/Clinton clan! Anyone else notice that Jeh Johnson looks like an eel? Truly we live under an Oligarchy Regime. so what can WE THE PEOPLE SO ABOUT IT I think the first to realize is that its all illegitimate. It would have been a lot less necessary for a federal takeover if the States had done a decent job of managing elections. they havent done that. Everything from election fraud to preventing voters from voting has been the norm. Throw in a little outrageous gerrymandering and you have a completely compromised election process. If Federalization can cure that than go to it! As soon as the traitor president is gone this will begin to look like America again. All voting does is give them your consent. Wake up Jon, it was great to meet you in San Mateo in 2014. Thank you so much for staying on top of situations like this, and keeping those who care informed on selfnews Post! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/27309c1b89c8e49a171d21dfee478483a12ce4cef2b042853ed6f4fd64c7be28.jpg Department of Homeland Security is going to be cleaned out and this will not happen on DJTs watch, you can bet on that. He will not allow our elections to be taken over by our government! Sorry, ObamaElections are owned by the states. PEOTUS will undo it. Homeland insecurity was filled w/ the most Dangerous 9/11 terrorist 4 years before America was told it existed-! criminally controlling Bush over Gore-! dozens of 9/11terrorist, escaped Justice inside the HomeLand insecurity Dept in 1999- 2000-! Some of the highest ranking TICA terrorist known control the HLinsecurity Office-! 9/11 terrorist Oklahoma City terrorist [ANB] criminally Murders Agents gov Employees like the 70s before today still unchallenged He works for the FBI the CIA as other Agencys needing Murder to carry out kabbalah rule over America a WELL REGULATED MILITIA, being necessary for the security of a free state. stupid American Ostrich. What part of this dont you get? 