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            • Don Lichterman
              • 2 days ago
              • 1 min read

            On The Rampage w/ Don Lichterman, Deprogram, UFO's, 1st 2 1/2 Days, Tifa Trump Dumbing things Down!

            On The Rampage w/ Don Lichterman discusses how we must deprogram millions of people, how people literally thought the Ted Cruz's of the world were not going to certify their respective states, waiting on what could be over 100 pardons, DC being fortified, the Sterno in Tent Park story, Tifa, Conspiracy Theory Chart, 9 Executive Orders in first 2 1/2 days, UFO's are way to low on The Conspiracy Chart & my theory how Trump has dumbed things down so much is what brought these nuevo people now into politics all of a sudden...Plus, much more things are discussed today!

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            • Don Lichterman
              • Jan 10
              • 5 min read

            Death Penalty's Costs, Conservatives Concerned, Racial Bias, Equal Justice USA, Death Penalty Focus!

            The United States shares the distinction of government-sponsored killing with infamous dictatorships – North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, China, Saudi Arabia, Somalia. Other nations including Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Belarus, and Afghanistan continue the practice of execution.

            On November 17, 2020, for the eighth time, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for a global Moratorium on Executions. “The death penalty has no place in the 21st century.” Read more here.


            Here is the most recent map of global engagement in capital punishment.

            Equal Justice USA

            Imagine a justice system that heals instead of kills. A system that repairs and prevents trauma — not one that causes it.

            The death penalty, police violence, mass incarceration — these have no place in that vision. Supporters of the death penalty say it is “for the victims.” But you and I know better. Executions don’t offer healing, and many survivors say it compounds their trauma and makes things worse.

            Together, we can realize our vision of a country whose justice brings us repair, not punishment and cruelty. Please join us once again in this fight and renew your gift to EJUSA today. Help out Now Send thanks to the EJUSA.

            Over the past decade you’ve helped us make tremendous progress as state after state repeals the death penalty. Last year, New Hampshire. This year, Colorado. We can’t let up now. Repeal in Wyoming and Ohio may be next.

            Let us not just imagine our nation without the death penalty. Let’s make it happen. Act now to stop this extreme instrument of violence and racism.

            Racial Bias in Government

            Growing up in a conservative household, I always knew the government was fallible, ineffective and sometimes even corrupt. So it should surprise no one, least of all conservatives well aware of government’s failures, that our public systems are overrun with racial bias too.


            The parallels between lynchings and our modern death penalty system are striking. Innocent men were typically lynched for alleged crimes against white people with little evidence, no due process, and without a jury of their peers. Today, those sentenced to death are often tried in courtrooms where they are the only person of color, evidence is circumstantial, and their lawyer is ineffective.


            Furthermore, we apply the death penalty predominately in cases with white victims, while victims of color often do not get the same resources or attention devoted to their cases.


            Please join the Conservatives Concerned so that we can end this egregiously racially biased government program.


            Your help will help rally Conservatives at the state and national level to stop executions, repeal death penalty laws, and educate the public about a system that makes mistakes, fails to keep us safe, and wastes millions of dollars.


            Evidence of racial discrimination in the death penalty system is overwhelming. Consider that Black defendants make up 42 percent of those on death row while comprising only 13 percent of our current population. As conservatives we must work on the frontlines of fighting racial bias at the hands of the government. This work perfectly aligns with our values and belief system. Our movement was formed with the goal of ending slavery, and we succeeded!. Let’s embrace that legacy and build on it.

            The Death Penalty's Costs Are Making Us Less Safe

            There are endless problems with the death penalty. Americans are wrongfully convicted frequently, it fails to deter crime, and it’s overrun with socioeconomic and racial bias. And don’t believe the falsehood tha t capital punishment saves taxpayer dollars. Far from it.

            In reality, we spend up to 10 times more for the death penalty than we do on the next most expensive sentence, which is life in prison without parole. And many of those costs are stacked up front because the trial itself is so much more expensive.


            Please join the Conservatives Concerned so that we can end this morally corrupt AND wasteful policy.


            This year your gift will go further than ever before. If you’re giving to Conservatives Concerned for the first time, a generous supporter will match your gift dollar for dollar. Not a first time donor? The same foundation will match the portion of your gifts over and above your previous donation. Your gift will help rally Conservatives at the state and national level to stop executions, repeal death penalty laws, and educate the public about a system that makes mistakes, fails to keep us safe, and wastes millions of dollars


            Cost is clearly not the main reason to oppose the death penalty. But as Conservatives we should care about the government squandering our resources, especially when those same tax dollars could be used for things that actually do improve public safety.


            Death penalty supporters will often say the death penalty is expensive because it takes too long to carry it out. Wrong again. Time on death row does not explain away the costs. That’s because 70% of the death penalty’s costs come from the trial alone. In reality, the only death penalty policy that will save taxpayer dollars is to end it.


            Together, we can debunk the myth of the death penalty as a tax dollar-saving policy.


            Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty is the only national network of political and social conservatives devoted to questioning the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles and values.
            “The Libertarian Christian Podcast”

            We joined “The Libertarian Christian Podcast” to discuss the reasons both libertarians and Christians are turning against the death penalty. In this in-depth interview, we talk about theology, political science, and even philosophy. Join us for this deep conversation. You can stream the episode here.

            "Corporations Are People, My Friend."

            Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives. Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives.  Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

            The Sustainable Action Network (SAN), A Don Lichterman non-profit organization dedicated to building a global community raising awareness of corruption, injustice and the need for action across a full range of issues impacting people and animal/wildlife welfare around the world, such as conservation, climate change, campaign law, lobbying, government action and rescue work. SAN’s vision is to create safer world, free from political, environmental, and social oppression, where all the inhabitants of Earth can live in harmony within their own natural environments. Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

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            Get your up to date coverage along with all results District by District and State by State with coverage on your Voters Rights, Gerrymandering, Voter Suppression Tactics while fighting for a fair election in 2020. A Look at the Candidates we Back and at the Presidential Race this year in 2020!


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            • Don Lichterman
              • Jan 5
              • 5 min read

            Zoo's & Captivity Breeding Suck, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Elephant Exploitation, Elephant in the Room!

            Rescues in progress & Rescue Completed Last year!
            Rosamond Gifford Zoo

            Elephants do not deserve the lives they’re forced to live in captivity! Imprisoned behind metal bars, they do not thrive. Deprived of their natural habitats, and denied the deep social bonds that you and I know that elephants form, their lives are tragic and empty of positive experiences.

            You know. I know it. And zoos know it too, though they won’t admit it!


            Will you help us to continue our work to expose the “Big Lie” that elephants can survive and thrive in captivity? The lie that almost all zoos want you to believe?


            Will you help us put an end to their suffering in zoos across the country?

            Elephants like Mali sway in distress at Rosamond Gifford Zoo. She should be free. Instead, elephants are artificially inseminated and forced into pregnancies, paraded around for profit, made to endure unnatural living conditions and suffer untimely deaths. Terrible!


            With your help we can expose the lie, expose zoo cruelty and liberate abused elephants from captivity. Our goal is to give elephants conditions that allow them to thrive — in large, spacious preserves that offer hundreds to thousands of acres of natural habitat and allow them to live fulfilling lives, as close as possible to what nature intended.


            In January 2019 I let you know that poor suffering Asian elephant Mali at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo had given birth to a male calf, named Ajay. He was born after a forced pregnancy brought about by a series of invasive artificial insemination attempts. The Zoo hailed his birth as a triumph, placing him on exhibit five short months later.


            On December 9, Rosamond Gifford Zoo announced that baby Ajay has died. It was just days before his second birthday. But worse was yet to come...


            On December 11, the Zoo announced that Ajay’s five-year-old brother, Batu, had also died. Both succumbed to the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV).


            The rate of baby elephant deaths at this zoo — and, in fact, at all zoos — is unacceptable! If you agree, please help out in any way.


            Rosamond Gifford Zoo forces baby elephants into existence simply because they’re a huge attendance draw. Their miserable lives in captivity don’t matter when there’s money to be made. High death rates can’t get in the way of zoo profits, so female elephants are chained and inseminated invasively against their will. Rosamond Gifford Zoo’s despicable treatment of these baby elephants — and their bereft parents Mali and Doc — landed the facility in #10th place on our list of the 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants in North America.


            The fact is, all zoos are notoriously bad at keeping baby elephants alive. But they continue to breed them anyway. Zoos routinely use disturbing artificial insemination techniques on both male and female elephants in repeated attempts to produce babies.


            “Captive breeding programs” are nothing more than a greedy ploy to drive ticket sales!


            But there’s even more to be sick about...


            Baby elephants form strong maternal bonds. Their complex and rich social lives with their family groups start the moment they are born. But zoos break up their social groups and transfer them far away. Many elephants suffer entirely alone, without even a single member of their own species!


            Isolated zoo conditions are no way for any elephant to live. We must shut down all failing zoo exhibits! I agree! Don’t let baby elephants suffer any longer!


            Bereft parents, Mali and Doc, should be sent to an accredited sanctuary where they will never be bred again. All zoo prisoners should be liberated so they can live lives of relative peace and comfort — where they never have to go on public display. It’s the kind of lives that elephants deserve. Give hope to imprisoned elephants.

            Emma's feet are excruciatingly painful.

            Emma’s feet are so injured and in need of medical attention, she lies down every chance she gets just to avoid the pain. When forced to get up and work by her cruel owner, she rocks from side to side, lifting alternate feet like she’s standing on searing hot coals.

            We know it has only been a couple of weeks since you helped us bring Jai to safety, but Emma needs us. We were working on getting Jai settled into his new home when we got an emergency call about her. The question was, can we help her too? When we heard about her situation and saw photos of her legs and feet, we knew we needed to help her immediately.

            Our goal is to have her on her way to the hospital campus in less than a week. We know it is possible because we managed to do it with Jai, but we need your help. Will you please help Emma now?


            Right now, innocent elephants are suffering extreme cruelty.

            They face gruesome death and mutilation just for their ivory tusks. And helpless baby elephants are brutally kidnapped and held captive in chains for human amusement.


            This must stop. We are working to create a world where no elephant is gunned down just to be carved into a sickening trophy. But we need your support. Will you help today to help us keep fighting for elephants and all animals in 2021?

            Last year, Lady Freethinker's undercover investigation exposed the heartbreaking abuse at Mason Elephant Park, where chained, isolated elephants were forced to haul tourists around for profit.


            We also amassed hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to fight poaching, trophy hunting, and cruel zoos.


            And our news and campaign articles gained massive exposure, opening people's eyes to elephants' plight around the world. Will you help us keep working to save elephants from cruelty in the coming year? Elephants are counting on us.

            End Elephant Exploitation!

            The plight of elephants as individuals and as representatives of their species has never been as dire as it is today, with elephants under siege by humans and threatened by extinction. Illegal ivory poaching, trophy hunting, habitat fragmentation and destruction and their capture for public display are greatly reducing what remains of elephant populations.


            We have a proven commitment to ending elephant captivity and cruelty.


            We couldn't carry out our life-saving work without your generous gifts. Please, consider making a donation to In Defense of Animals, and help us continue to fight against elephant exploitation. Your gift, no matter how big or small, will make a difference.


            End Elephant Exploitation!


            In Defense of Animals is influencing zoos and circuses to retire captive elephants to accredited sanctuaries, and we're working to keep elephants in the wild.

            Elephant in the Room
            "Corporations Are People, My Friends."

            Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives. Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives.  Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

            The Sustainable Action Network (SAN), A Don Lichterman non-profit organization dedicated to building a global community raising awareness of corruption, injustice and the need for action across a full range of issues impacting people and animal/wildlife welfare around the world, such as conservation, climate change, campaign law, lobbying, government action and rescue work. SAN’s vision is to create safer world, free from political, environmental, and social oppression, where all the inhabitants of Earth can live in harmony within their own natural environments. Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

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            • Ranger Road

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            • Dog Fighting

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            • Poaching

            • Trophy Hunting

            • Whales & A Whale of a Week!

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