Frustrations mount – around that 2020 election, state-level mismanagement of COVID and vaccines, crippling lockdowns, governors who are hypocritical and incompetent, mayors who permit lawlessness, city councils that cut police, and many Americans ask, “What can I do?”
The answer is: More than you think. Even with COVID afoot, conservatives are unifying and becoming stronger. AMAC members, delegates, and leadership constantly press ideas forward, vet legislation, circulate petitions, talk with policy leaders, coordinate with delegates, conduct interviews and analysis on issues from Social Security and veterans’ benefits to national priorities, utilizing social media, writing, reinforcing the possible – in a world of worry.
Let us get concrete. While AMAC is a conservative leader, citizens are rising across the United States to demand integrity in the election process, accountability for federal and state dollars, competence in gubernatorial and mayoral decisions on the economy, jobs, taxes, health, education, crime, police. They are saying “enough is enough,” and demanding action.
Famously, the old philosopher Plato wrote, in The Republic: “Beginning is the most important part of the work.” So, we must treat this, for all our frustration, as the beginning. America needs conservative activism – now and indefinitely.
Examples are illustrative, offering ways to get involved – beyond helping AMAC fight for America’s core values, constitutional liberties, fiscal responsibility, moral compass, and security. A leading example comes out of California, where millions are pushing recall of a rogue Democrat governor, who destroyed the state’s economy, upended constitutional rights, and dines mask-less at $1200 a plate, while his state’s citizens struggle to stay above water.
The petition for removal of California’s Gavin Newsom is gaining steam. What catches the eye is how his heavy-handedness shows up in many Democrat-led states and cities, with few recalls.
California’s recall petition starts: “Unaffordable housing. Record homelessness. Rising crime. Failing schools. Independent contractors thrown out of work. Exploding pension debt. And now, a locked down population while the prisons are emptied. Hold Gavin Newsom accountable. Gavin Newsom must go.”
While that focuses on Newsom, like complaints might be leveled at all 24 Democrat governors, and some Republicans. Add impairment of constitutional and economic rights, loss of businesses, livelihood, schooling, insurance, jobs, church, social interaction, and numbers rise.
Likewise, 13 of Americas’ largest 15 cities are Democrat-led – and a growing disgrace. Suffering huge economic loss, high crime, drug trafficking and abuse, homelessness, sanctuary for illegal aliens, educational failure, and solvency problems from unfunded public pensions to unbalanced bloated budgets. Where are recall petitions?
The answer, in part, is that many states have no recall process – but could create one. Only 19 states have this option, and eight – Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and Illinois – require specific grounds for recall.
Main point is that citizens in those states, and virtually every city – whether run by a mayor or city council – have a recall right and could exercise it. Interestingly, states like Illinois established recall only when circumstances overran them. Why not get ahead? Like now.
In places where governors and mayors overstep constitutional rights – corrected by the US Supreme Court, for example on church attendance – citizens could establish referendums that allow recall when specific constitutional rights or economic liberty rights are being violated.
The risk, of course, is recall overuse. But the threat of recall based on violation of constitutional and economic liberty rights might give pause to power-grabbing governors, mayors, and city councils. Absent that, many unleash wild interpretations of executive power, killing small businesses, putting families out of work, restricting speech, worship, assembly, travel, and self-defense, criminalizing public dialogue, cutting police, mandating social behaviors.
So, one form of citizen action is to demand accountability, yes in the electoral process – for example, insisting no more mail-in ballots – but another is restricting executive action. Ultimately, those elected – at any level – need to remember that they work for The People.
Other citizen reactions might include moving state legislatures to investigate electoral abuse, exercise their constitutional right over elector selection, legislatively block open-ended mail-ins, demand faster distribution of small business aid, vaccines, veteran benefits, and ways to get ahead of mounting the health effects – across all demographics – caused by lockdowns.
Small businesses, humble in operation, employ most of America. They have much to teach non-business legislators, mayors, city councils, governors, and members of Congress. Small businesses can go with spreadsheets, perishable inventory logs, patron turnover numbers, indications of very small margins – what they need to survive – and educate. Plato wryly noted: “Those who do not know must learn from those who know.” If ever true, it is now.
Similarly, AMAC has begun working with veteran groups to create synergies, access to information, sound legislation, promoting linkages among key groups, and understanding of key benefits – from Social Security to Veterans’ Administration, while working to preserve them.
In short, the best antidote to a government run amuck, frustratingly unaccountable, is to shine piercing light, educate, act as a citizenry – that is, insist on real openness, accountability, transparency, and the rock-hard truth. We are American citizens. We have that right.
One impulse in the moment is to give up, throw in the towel. Do not abide that impulse. The future of our Republic depends on you and groups like AMAC, pushing real answers, holding bad leaders accountable, fixing what is patently broken – and staying engaged. A last bit from the sage. He said, it is “sacrilegious to stand by while morality is being denigrated … and not try to assist as long as one has breath in one’s body and a voice to protest with.” As we do, we must.
Being “hopeful” is all fine and dandy but reality is if the Progressively Communist Democrats are “allowed” to steal this presidency We the People will be living under the “Hammer and the Sickle”!
I’ve been living here in sunny California now since 1991. I’ve seen one Governor “Recalled” in Grey Davis. You would think that would make Governor Gavin Newsom fearful of being Recalled … Guess Not! … We have at least 10 million+ Hispanics and probably 35-40% of them are illegals! I currently work doing the Recall petition since mid-September and guess what? … of the 2,000+ signatures I’ve gathered, I would probably guess that no more than a dozen of those signatures were from Hispanic people. This is the 3rd time doing this Rscall of Governor Newsom and this has already been extended to this current March deadline. Mainly because 98% of the Recall petitioners are volunteers and NOT being paid. I’m a paid petitioner who just volunteers to do it and since I’ve been off since mid-November for the holidays, won’t be starting again until probably next week the earliest. I am single and have been out every day since mid-November and have NEVER SEEN anybody doing the Recall petition! … Of the 15 paid petitioners on team only 1 other also handles the Recall petition. The others are ALL Republicans but refuse to work the Recall petition if they’re not going to paid to do so! … So it will fail again until the effort gets financial backing to have all the “professional” petitioners working it. Sorry, but because of the extremely high cost of living here that’s the reality of it!
DON’T TAKE THE BAIT! CHAOS! CHAOS! DON’T OVERREACT!! THE OTHER GUYS DESIRE THAT REACTION. WHEN WE WIN REACT LIKE YOU’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. IF WE LOSE,KEEP ON IN THE FIGHT. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!! TAKE ONE TARGET AT A TIME! DON’T EAT THE ENTIRE ELEPHANT AT ONE TIME.
No matter what you do nothing will happen, here in Oregon we have had two recalls on Brown, she owns the courts so the Judges make up the rules as they go along and fine a reason to throw them out. Plus 3/4 of Republicans are spineless.
What is going to become evident is we’re going to have too get our guns and start kicking ass. Run the commies out
Great advice! Let’s get moving!
First paragraph sums it up. Mayors like Stacey Abrams (to be nice) and governors like Murphy need to be kicked out, before they cause bigger issues.
If Senate, House, and White House, as well as your governor’s mansion, and maybe even the state senate, and house are held by the same party, and the SCOTUS picks and chooses which case they feel “inclined to hear” rather than doing their duty by seeing to it that justice is done in these United States of America, a. good luck petitioning, and b. the Republic is at that point on its way into revisionist history as it will be legislated out of existence together with the Bill of Rights to benefit a one party dictatorship a la National Socialist Germany, or the former Soviet Union and its foreign allies.
I feel all these actions are a little to late. Even if we successfully keep the Presidency, Communism has dug into some of the deepest places of our countries and nothing has been done to fix it. It appears the President and his advisors are trying to work the issue by the laws of our Constitution and country however these laws have not been enforced for decades and the left ignores even the Constitution and are not challenged. Judges, representatives of the people, etc…are being threatened, and bribed to conform. Biden even promised voters 2000 dollars if Democrats win in the Ga runoff. This isn’t legal. They openly break the law yet nothing is done.
We are facing a coup de ta here. The Democrat Marxist group and whomever is behind it, have already taken over our strategic government offices by evidence of high courts and legislatures failure to act on the election steal as well as taking unconstitutional authority. There presently seem to be no avenues remaing for us to protect our constitutional government. The insurgents have taken over, and they do not play by democratic rules. They play to win at any cost. We must think and act the same way if we are to save our civil liberties, albeit our country. I have seen this fight coming for years, and it is now here. Reading the recent responses from other people on AMAC website and other blogs I have read, constitutional loving Americans now see the light. We must prepare for the fight to defend our freedom. The time is now, or never.
Maybe I’ve become negative this past year, but this article sounds a lot like more fluff to me. You want to make me feel better? Get President Trump back in office where he belongs and put all the traitors in prison where they belong…This is where someone leaves a comment telling me that the article had nothing to do with President trump and then continues to explains it all to me.
It is hard to believe that America could have so many blessings and then have mobs willing to be talked into following the pied piper over the cliff on the way to feudal life style. How can this be real? If it is real, many patriots will stand up for freedom. This will be war.
I HAVE been speaking up on all of my social media sites as well as in person to anyone willing to listen. HOWEVER, thanks to Big Tech censoring anything that it doesn’t agree with or feels threatened by, I’ve dropped my Fascist Book and Dimwitter accounts.
In the end, I truly believe that we are heading towards another civil war as the ultimate fight against tyranny: This time it will be between the Judeao-Christian Patriots and the G-dless Leftists.
As Thomas Jefferson so famously said, ‘The tree of liberty, from time to time, must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants.’
I’m not advocating war; I just don’t see anything good happening w/o the use of the 2A to defend our country from tyrants.
Nice article with lots of wishes… However, the truth is stark and simple, if the democrats are allowed to steal this election and assume power, there won’t be another free and fair election in whats left of our lifetimes. The time to stop them is now, because there won’t be a later. We will only have two choices roll over and submit or stand and fight for what we believe in. I’ve been to war once and it SUCKS, but I’d rather die fighting for freedom then die being enslaved by the godless heathens we call democrats.
All well and good, Robert. But since the Democrats control the press, there will be no publicity. Without publicity, the public will not get engaged.
I honestly think the first thing to be accomplished is to remove power from tv news and cable companies and social media. Not long ago a new anchor expressed their opinions about a specific topic. During the time they were talking a crawl stated that tis was an editorial piece/opinion. At least then we had the right to agree or disagree. Everyone on tv these days is an expert on everything. I am not certain but it is my instinct that most people get their their news from noncable sources. With most people working to make a living I fail to see how one is able to find the time to become involved in what you have described in this piece. We boomers are a very large segment of the population and I would venture to say that many would be able to be involved. I am disheartened with the state of our country and have spent hours thinking about what I can personally do. When reading gripes on social media my rubber stamp comment is always, “How many times have you emailed or called your representatives?” I have written/called mine weekly during the past four years. Unfortunately all of my state and federal reps are democrat.
The corruption has run too far to correct! Most,unfortunately,are too eager to “earn” MONEY the wrong way. Morals have declined and he’ll is not something Thought of anymore. How many even think of God anymore or even think of going to church!
The devil is laughing all the way to taking souls to hell with him. Nor does anyone even start to think how they would feel if what they are doing were done against them. I’m sure Joe Biden doesn’t care how YOU feel if China moved in to our country and put you in a work camp as they have there.
Death is real ! Most will not be here in 100 yrs. So where will YOU be??!!
What we need to do is get these commie moron losers here in NY. Got to vote out DiBlasio and ADOLPH CUOMO! I just don’t understand how so many complain about them especially Adolph Cuomo but yet he gets voted in???? The candidates for mayor look scary to the point I’m thinking about joining the migration and get the off out of this dump of a city.
Other than that being a US Army veteran I’m locked and loaded and my power is dry. I Rather die defending the Constitution than deal with the left wing commie POS’S. God Bless America! MAGA
Americans do not need to led about by the nose!! We are capable of making decisions on our own. We are capable of working hard (most of us willingly are) and earn an honest living!!!
If Trump is depending on guys in suits – he’s doomed. I would have liked to see him with Army Colonels, Battalion commanders(Infantry, Ranger & Airborne), who’ll take his orders and not let that senile, old, Chinese paid off thieving father of a thieving son, get anywhere near the White House on January 20th.
Very good article. I am sharing it with Parler.com in the hopes that others will read it.
Once again Robert,
A great treatise on the issues at hand that also shows us multiple ways to get involved at making a difference… aka, making things right.
Hopefully you read this,
Thankyou!
To those who help feel depressed and anxious or like giving up…
1. Make your heart right with God and then pray.
2. Do NOT be silent but ALSO, do NOT spend your time merely “preaching to the choir” by only venting to those who feel the same as you… VENT, SHARE and DISCUSS with others (I find it good to mention these things to strangers, you often discover a fellow compatriot or someone who is uniformed, confused or uncertain who rents to know more.
and 3. DO something. Sign a petition, collect signatures on an existing petition, EMAIL and CALL your elected officials (city council, SCHOOL BOARD, State & Federal officials, State & Federal Congressmen (and women), etc. CALLING and EMAILING as well as writing them makes a BIG difference (because YOU are not the only one doing it!!).
That you can try to get people recalled and discuss your ideas is a pipe dream. Democrat judges won’t listen or even let you get close to bringing a suit against the corrupt.Look at how they spout there is no evidence of voter fraud when it’s obvious. If you pay attention to comments on every forum there are a lot of people that will die for this country to not turn into another communist country or go after people’s guns so they can’t fight against it. The Democrats and Rhino Republicans have started a civil war. And most people since they won’t teach history in school anymore don’t realize what happens in a civil war. First you go after the crooked politicians and people in charge and then you go after the people that vote for them. It will get worse with bloodshed before it gets better if it gets better!
Vote, online comments, write editors on issues
Avoid LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube for Censorship.
Try Telegraph, Parler.com, Rumble etc.
Give ideas.
Give Biden what he gave US for 4 years
Karma is a B***.
Protest online, other
sign Petitions.
Sign Barrington Declaration.org
We the People need to hold ALL representatives accountable.
I will continue to email,call and question everything they do. Just TIRED of the same old self serving,do nothing politician’s at every level.
NO MORE of this, EARN what We pay you for!
That’s for OUR best interest.
Great article!
Depending on the outcome in Georgia today, I think we have reached “critical mass” as far as accepting lawless behavior from government and not reacting violently in order to stop it. If we want our grandchildren to know the America we have we are going to have to fight for it.
Please not another year like 2020. The Democrats and CNN, MSNBC are destroying American!!!
Thank you for the encouragement and direction!
ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP THE CANCEROUS, ANTI-AMERICAN, LYING, libs…CIVIL WAR TO MAGA
libs = CANCER AND ARE THE ENEMY OF OUR NATION. CIVIL WAR TIME TO MAGA
It’s time to take off the gloves and fight on equal terms with the Progressive Socialists formerly known as Democrats. There is absolute proof of fraud and foreign interference in our recent election. The President foresaw this and signed an Executive Order in 2018 noting that there would be foreign interference in our upcoming election which would be considered a matter of National Security. Since the courts and the Supreme Court refuse to hear the evidence and case from the President’s legal team it’s time to determine if our National Security has been violated by foreign governments. It’s now time to turn this matter over to the military for them to determine if this election was influenced by fraud and foreign interference. If they find that there is evidence, which they will, they can proceed with military tribunals and bring charges of treason to those who committed these acts against our country.
I could not agree more. I’ve had it with both parties. Just think: if rino repbulicans had supported Trump in 2018, where we would be.
Montana is now top down Republican with a overwhelming 2/3 majority in both state houses. Our new Governor is purportedly a pro-business person (Greg Gianforte), and if this solely Republican controlled executive state government goes Rino and caves to constituents demands then they all have hell to pay next election cycle. Enough is definitely Enough. In my opinion and of many I know, Trump and Biden can stick “Warp Speed” and masks up their big rich behinds.
Must be hitting a Facebook nerve. I’ve tried to post this on Facebook a few times but I get this message: “Sorry, something went wrong.
We are working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can”
Good article, AMAC.
This is NOT the ‘beginning’, as presented in this piece. THIS IS WAR!!!
What is a “RECALL” and how would it pause the leaders foolish executive calls?
Can it be used in the house of representatives as well? ie: Democratic House Speaker Pelosi’s latest proposed legislation of the gender pronouns exchange? What would the benefit be?
#1 is no violence, if you do violence, you defeat the effort. Let the Dems do all the violence, they’re very good at it. Only issue is, if I’m threatened I’m really too old to fight, which means, maybe lethal force. I was a doc for 20 years so I know how to play with brains, but if your old to hurt me, well I’m old enough to get killed by one hit. I have to protect myself. But the Dems will say it’s not self defence, it’s using a handgun. Sad, but true.
#2 is I kinda need to absentee vote, I was forced to retire due to injuries. I don’t like people seeing me the way I am now, however, if I have to vote in person, I’m the guy laying o the ground because the pain is so great. And I will vote one way or the other. And I think I’ll end this now. Be Strong, If somebody wants you to sign a petition, read it first (I kinda remember days when you didn’t have to). AND VOTE. Just sayin’.
We need to fight back by using the system. More of us need to become candidates and/or support candidates who will return to traditional American values. AMAC needs get its members involved in groups who will support the aforementioned values and be a thorn in the side of the so called “progressives”. I am in. I hope others are too. AMAC you have my membership number. Contact me and let’s go. Charge!!!!
Amac I have been a member a long time and enjoy your magazine and newsletters but as a 71 year old woman, I am frustrated, scared, angry and despondent over what is happening to our nation. Everyday is another lonely, sad and worrisome day because I try to stay informed and it’s a grim outlook. Your article was nice and somewhat uplifting but I’m afraid I agree with a lot of the other readers who think we are preparing for another Civil War. We did the only thing we thought we had to do to vote our President Trump back in office. We sent money, wrote letters, wrote our legislators, etc. but the Left Mob had it already well planned out. Starting with Covid-19, they schemed a way to keep us and our children locked up and when we do go out we are like communist soldiers wearing masks, walking with our heads down. When was the last time someone in the supermarket, or other store, actually spoke to you? We are being lead into the fire like the zombies in the Holocaust. Our only hope was President Trump and it’s looking grim that he will be inaugurated. They badgered our president daily and brought charges against him that were untrue and then their plan to steal the election was the last straw. Why anyone would want communism is unknown to me from all we learned. The elite legislatures will have their mansions and wealth and we will be the servants. I have never been politically involved in my young life and it’s only been the last 10 years I even started paying attention but I am willing to do something but just don’t know what.
This has happened not overnight, but overtime, filling the swamp deeper and deeper with our politicians wallowing in a swamp of money provided by those who would take our country, morals, and freedoms away. Overtime and with limited action from the republicans to stop this change we have the democrats and republican greed to continue to elect these do-nothings. I am fed up with career politicians who have no backbone or principals. Term limits, and a requirement to not be involved with any lobbyists ever except for the voters. To hell with politicians bring us our leaders. The people that know who they owe allegiance to.
Always enjoy articles, informative and inspiring.
This is the first article I have agreed with in months. It actually sounded like someone has come up with sentiments and actions I could agree with (depending on the way they are presented).
I personally feel that we are all American first of all.
God bless America and the Constitution!
We are severely in trouble and our freedoms are being challenged by evil!! How can we fight Socialism and Communism with Democratic criminals and thieves stealing and creating criminal acts in a rampant and non-challenged rate???
Take your “stimulus ” check, make a generous contribution to a local food bank and to a veterans organization.
Actions are more important than jeremiads and hand wringing.
We, each of us, are a single thread in a large garment called the USA. It is a very resilient garment as our history has shown.
We will will get through these times, with God’s help.
Meanwhile stay engaged, informed, hopeful.
I’m afraid it’s not lookin’ good for the Home Team. I’m quite disappointed in the conservative Americans for not being able to squelch the Liberal-Left.
Where do we go from here? ☹
I am fast losing hope and sinking into a dark dark place. Short of a civil war.. I don’t see anything changing without violence. The left is cheating and winning, its terribly depressing. I pray something will happen to change the course of this country. Our President Trump did wonderful things and I was so looking forward to 4 more years of prosperity and hope in this country but if Biden becomes our President we are doomed.
With results of the Georgia run off. I’m afraid the the only thing that can save the USA is a civil war.
State officials ILLEGALLY changed voting rules, milloins of illegal ballots cast, videos of illegal votes being cast, mcconnell just spoke to the senate and said we should stop trying to overthrow the election fraud because it will hurt the country,
NOT STOPPING THE VOTER FRAUD WILL DESTROY AMERICA, HOW MUCH EVIDENCE DO THESE MORONS NEED?
Just the states that illegally changed the voting laws will DESTROY our voting process, millions of illegal votes will destroy
Our freedoms, if this voter fraud is allowed to stand “WE THE PEOPLE” will never have a choice in who runs our country,
Our elected CIVIL SERVANTS are elected to SERVE US! mcconnell is reelected, thats ALL he cares about, this will be his last term, so he plans to just ride the gravy train all the way to “HELL” because that is where he belongs, everything that has happened has violated the constitution, by not defending the constitution and disallowing this illegal election everyone in congress is supporting the OVERTHROW OF NATION, if they do not stand up for AMERICA our only option is civil war!
Is this what is best for AMERICA? I HOPE NOT!!!!!
I am amazed! Capitol polce are out in force against a PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION FOR TRUMP, using Tear gas, why did they NOT come out in force for the socialist riots? Yet another demonstration of seperate rules for SOCIALIST
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY! Everyone should obey ALL THE LAWS ESPECIALLY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LAWS HAVE BEEN BROKEN
YET NO ONE CARES?