Bertrand Daily Report
The War For Our Mind & Soul Continues
Subject: Oath Keepers Call to Action: Help Defend Free Speech from Violent Thugs at Inauguration
January 18th, 2017
By Stewart Rhodes
https://www.oathkeepers.org/
Oath Keepers Operation DefendJ20
Calling all Oath Keepers and all other level-headed and capable patriots and groups,
We DO NOT expect the radical leftists to be successful
in their rather ambitious and absurd plans to disrupt or even stop the
Inauguration. We expect them to fail. But we are very concerned about
the safety of the patriotic good people who will be there to enjoy the
Inauguration, whom the leftists are threatening to assault and attack
with violence. Those threats are now so well documented, and of such a
clear a present danger, that we are honor bound to act in defense of the
peaceable attendees. That is, after-all, what we do. It’s in our
blood, in our training, and in our very purpose in life, to be the
protectors.
Therefore,
we call on those of you who are able-bodied and know how to handle
yourselves well, and especially military and police veterans with
applicable training and experience, who can remain calm under pressure, to come to Washington DC during the Inauguration and surrounding events (any days you can from Jan 18-20)
to protect peaceable American patriots who are now being threatened
with assault and other acts of violence by radical leftist groups, as
well as to act as additional eyes and ears to “back the blue” and help
keep watch on the violent leftists (and to also watch for jihadist
terrorists) and spot and report to law enforcement.
This operation needs to be carried out in a low-key and even covert manner, as we did with our Operation Sabot
on election day, since that keeps the bad-guys guessing where you are,
how many of you are out there, wondering if they are under direct
observation, and wondering if they will be caught and interdicted if
they attempt to assault a vulnerable potential victim they have
targeted.
Many
of our members were already planning on attending the Inauguration, but
recent events have compelled us to call on more of you to go to DC to
help protect the attendees, if you are able and qualified to do so, if
you are within reasonable travel distance from Washington DC, and if you
feel called to this mission. This is strictly voluntary, for those who
are willing. Those who choose to stay home to secure their local areas
instead, against the very real possibility of terrorist attack by ISIS (which has promised to make January 20 “Bloody Friday” across
the United States) or against the possibility of nation-wide civil
unrest in the event things go badly in DC, have our respect. Let your
conscience and your best judgment of where you are needed be your
guide. But please also respect the choice of those who, like us, feel
compelled by a sense of duty to go to DC. This is rightly an
individual decision for each to make, like any volunteer mission we have
undertaken, be it Bundy Ranch, Ferguson, Missouri, or any of the many
others.
We
know other patriotic groups, such as Bikers for Trump, and some Three
Percenter groups, will also be in attendance in strong numbers in DC,
and we will do our best to coordinate with them, but the main focus of
this effort will be to have widely dispersed, low-key patriot buddy
teams, four-man, and eight-man teams working to spot possible violent
criminal activity and to interdict bad guys and protect victims of
assault until the police can come to their aid. If you need to reach
us, please email us at: defendj20@oathkeepers.org
We will also post up frequent updates on our Twitter page, on this main site, and on our Facebook page.
If we need to post up an emergency rally point for the public to see,
we will post it there. Otherwise, consult our members-only forum, or
coordinate with us at the above email if you are from another patriot
group.
If
you cannot join us on this mission to protect the Inauguration
attendees, please consider helping us with travel expenses and logistics
by making a small donation here:
Those
who can make it, please keep your gas receipts so we can reimburse you
for gas expenses (if we get enough donations) once we link up on January 20, after Trump has safely entered the White House. We will post up a rally point on twitter and on this site that afternoon.
Guidelines:
Have a buddy! Travel in groups of two at the very least.
If you can link up two buddy teams into a four person team, that is all
the better. And two four man teams makes a nice eight man team. Any
larger risks being too conspicuous, but adjust as necessary for safety.
It is essential that you have a buddy. If you must travel to DC alone,
the first thing you need to do once you get there is to hook up with
another Oath Keeper or other patriot. If you are a member of Oath
Keepers you can use our members-only forum for this purpose. Be
prepared to show your membership card or membership certificate to prove
membership if you link up with us in DC. If you are from another
group, or an individual, please be patient with patriots if they seek to
vette you.
Dress to blend.
Your primary goal is to be able to observe and spot potential
bad-actors with criminal intent (whether radical leftists or jihadis)
without them knowing you are observing them, so walking around in Oath
Keepers gear (or Three Percenter gear or other “patriot group” hats or
shirts) is counter-productive to that mission. You are certainly
welcome to bring your Oath Keepers or patriot “colors” with you and have
them available to put on if the situation calls for it, or for once you
are done and wanting to celebrate, but be able to go back and forth
from overt to covert, with primary emphasis on covert. This keeps the
bad guys guessing on your numbers, location, disposition, direction of
travel, etc. and will help make them paranoid about being caught.
Don’t make it easy for them to I.D. you, as that will reduce your
effectiveness except in certain very specialized circumstances where
being I.D.’d easily by the police is essential so they don’t arrest you
along with the leftist criminals, and so other patriots know you are one
of the good guys (to avoid “blue on blue” situations). Use your
common-sense on that.
Stay dispersed, unless coming to someone’s defense in an emergency.
This allows you to cover more ground with observation, and be on hand
to help more people, while still being in at least a buddy team or
four-man team. A large block of patriots standing and traveling
together is easier for the bad guys to spot, track, and work around.
As with dressing to blend, being dispersed in two or four person teams
keeps them guessing on where you are, who you are, and how many of you
there are, and that makes their mission harder to carry out. If
someone is attacked, then it makes sense to converge to assist in
defending them as “concerned citizens.” Ditto for your own safety, if
necessary. Otherwise, remain dispersed.
Go where you are needed most, using your own best judgment. On Jan 18, if you are in DC, that may include the area of the Pence residence, which has been targeted by the radicals. On January 19,
it would be the area of the Deploraball and anywhere else where Trump
supporters are congregating. Depending on how bad it is, you may be
needed to escort attendees to and from such events to protect them from
assault. On Jan 20,
you will be needed all over the viewing areas and along the parade
route, but especially near where the leftists and the Trump supporters
will be close to each other and may clash. Be fluid, flexible, and
mobile, and keep your head on a swivel at all times. Don’t forget about
the Jihadist ISIS threat to make Jan. 20 a “Bloody Friday”
in the United States. Watch for vehicles being used as weapons in
areas without Jersey barriers, and watch for possible IEDs. And don’t
forget about the recently discovered weapons caches in DC.
Use secure comms if at all possible, using our established OK secure comms systems or whatever your group/team uses.
Keep cool.
Don’t bother getting into debates or arguments with leftist zealots.
They have been conditioned to hate their own country, to hate the
Constitution, and to hate you. They hate anyone who is not them,
essentially, but especially all Trump supporters, all conservatives, all
libertarians, all constitutionalists, and they have a special hatred of
all Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and any patriot military and police
veterans (whom they also fear). They have been conditioned to see you
all as “racist Nazis” no matter what you say or do, so save your
breath. Just smile and enjoy their gnashing of teeth and wailing in
anguish because they lost the election. Let them lose their cool,
while you keep yours, and keep your eyes and ears open and focused on
your mission of protecting the attendees.
Stay within the law!
Let the leftists be the lawbreakers and show the world their true
colors, as you stay scrupulously within the law. The more they “act
out” and double down on stupid, the more they kill their own credibility
(precisely why they lost the election). But be ready to defend
yourself, your buddy, your team-mates, and especially be ready to defend
the more vulnerable attendees who may be targeted for harassment and
assault. Remember, that is your entire purpose on this mission. If
you must act to defend someone, focus on getting them to safety and
making contact with the police as soon as safely possible. Do not
engage in shouting matches or “mutual combat” fist-fights for the fun of
it, as that is not why you are there. Be the cool, calm, “quiet
professional” who does what is necessary with cool efficiency, and no
more. Consult the prohibited items list, and be aware that you will be subject to search. Just the way it is.
Film EVERYTHING.
Have your cell phone ready to record, and have someone on your team
dedicated to filming any and all altercations. You must have film to
show who was the good guy (you) and who was the bad guy (them).
Have contingency plans and rally points worked out in advance,
and designated as you move (just like you learned in patrolling).
Stay with your buddy, no matter what. We Oath Keepers will have daily
worst case “fall-back” rally points designated in case things really go
to hell in a handbasket. Those will be designated on our members only
forum each morning. We recommend that other groups do likewise. But
otherwise, use your common sense and training and designate more
frequent rally points as you move so you and your buddy or team can be
easily reunited if separated along your route.
Dress for bad weather. It is expected to be cold and raining. Forecast for January 20
is 100% chance of rain (perfect infantry weather!). So bring
sufficient warm cloths and rain gear. Wear good shoes or boots, with
sure footing, that you can be in all day in the rain, with spare socks,
and good quality gloves.
Bring a serious IFAK and a “boo-boo” kit.
Make sure it will get through whatever checkpoints you will have to
navigate. Have eye protection, flash lights, water, a food bar or two,
and whatever else you need to sustain you. Consult the prohibited items list.
Seriously consider bringing along some whole milk and Dawn liquid soap
in case you catch some pepper-spray with your face. Gas masks are not
currently on the prohibited items list, and could really come in handy,
but be prepared in case you are told you cannot bring it through a
checkpoint.
IF you must go “hands on” use only that force which is necessary to stop the attack,
and presume you are on film, because you will be. Contact police
immediately, and make sure you I.D. witnesses if possible, once you and
the people you are protecting are safe. Document everything, with
backups, while it is still fresh in your head.
Use your own best judgment and discretion, and remember,
you are on stage, and on film, at all times, and your actions will
reflect on the rest of us. Let the bad guys be the ones to show their
a$$. You be the epitome of the professional warrior who follows the
warriors creed:
Wherever I walk,
everyone is a little bit safer because I am there.
everyone is a little bit safer because I am there.
Wherever I am,
anyone in need has a friend.
anyone in need has a friend.
Whenever I return home,
everyone is happy I am there.
everyone is happy I am there.
Why is this necessary?
It
is now abundantly clear that radical leftists, most of them being bused
in from outside Washington DC, intend to use sabotage, intimidation,
assault, and outright terrorism to attempt to obstruct and even “shut
down” the January 20
Inauguration as well as celebrations surrounding it, such as the
“Deploraball” that is taking place at the National Press Club on the
evening of January 19th.
As we reported here and here,
DisruptJ20, the Anti-Fascist Coalition, and Refuse Fascism (a communist
front group led by Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers and
Revolutionary Communist Party USA leader Carl Dix, and funded by George
Soros) have joined forces to do all they can to disrupt and even prevent
the peaceful transition of power that will take place on January 20 as Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
As stated above, we do not
believe these radical leftists, led by aging communist terrorist Bill
Ayers, of all people, will be successful in shutting down the
Inauguration and surrounding celebratory balls (we feel their insane
“astro-turf” Soros funded attempts to spark a broader “revolution” will
fizzle out). However, we are very concerned that in the attempt to
disrupt the celebrations, these manic leftist thugs will assault,
injure, and even endanger the lives of good American patriots who will
simply be trying to enjoy the Inauguration of President-Elect Donald
Trump. There is a danger of the same kind of violent assault we saw
in San Jose, California during the campaign. If it weren’t for that
serious threat, we’d just laugh at the absurdity of their mass temper
tantrum and hissy fit. But because the leftists are so filled with
rage over Trump winning and over their suddenly being out of power after
thinking they had a permanent lock on the White House (many of them
grew up under Obama, and can’t imagine anyone else as President except a
leftist Democrat), they do pose a real danger to the attendees of the
Inauguration.
We
understand how serious the threat is because, beginning on November
9th, 2016,Oath Keepers operatives have infiltrated numerous meetings of
DisruptJ20, Refuse Fascism, and Anti-Fascist Coalition. That operation
is still ongoing. We have gathered extensive evidence of their plans
to violate the law in numerous ways, including plans to assault Trump
supporters with bags filled with urine and other foul substances and to
use smoke bombs or pepper-spray to clear out the Deploraball event (and
then assault attendees again as they leave). They also announced plans
to block checkpoints into the Inauguration, to block roads and other
means of transport into the city, including several Metro rail lines,
and to do all they can to keep people from being able to access the
Inauguration. All that evidence was promptly turned over to the DC
Metropolitan Police Department, and yet no arrests have been made, and
the permit for DisruptJ20 to reserve McPherson Square
Park just above the White House has still not been pulled, despite
their planning and conspiring en mass to engage in criminal activity.
And
now, Project Veritas has published crystal clear video and audio of
Anti-Fascist Coalition leaders conspiring to commit terrorism in the
form of gassing the 1,000 attendees of the Deploraball by pumping
butyric acid into the ventilation system of the National Press Club
and/or triggering the smoke alarm and sprinkler system to cause a panic,
stampede, and evacuation of the building.
And
still, they are not arrested or shut down. During that same taped
discussion, Luke Kuhn, of the DC Anti-Fascist Coalition, also stated, in
reference to the police:
The message has to be, we do not recognize the city government either. If you try to close us down, we will look for your house, we will burn it. We will physically fight the police if they try to steal one of our places. We will go to war and you will lose.
So,
they are planning to commit arson and assault against police, and still
they are free to carry on with their plans. After being caught
“red-handed” on video, the leftists attempted to explain it away as
an intentional “just playing along” counter-sting, but in addition to
Project Veritas’ rebuttal, we can confirm that this assertion is
patently false. Oath Keepers is assisting Project Veritas with their
investigation of the various organizations that may threaten the safety
of participants in events associated with the Presidential Inauguration.
We can verify many of the details provided in the Project Veritas
reports thru our own initiative codenamed “Operation Hypo”.
As stated above, we provided that information and evidence to the
police independent of the Project Veritas effort, but our work fully
supports what Project Veritas is reporting. We have also offered to
provide Project Veritas with volunteer security and personnel protection
assistance, as our way of supporting their mission.
The fact is, the leftist extremists groups do
plan to commit criminal acts, including criminal assault, that do rise
to the level of terrorism. In addition, three weapons caches, with
pistols, rifles, homemade suppressors, and ammunition were discovered near American University,
where DisruptJ20 is training leftist agitators to disrupt the
Inauguration. Just a coincidence? Does this kind of thing happen
all the time around American University? Hardly.
And
yet, to this date not one arrest has been made, not one permit has been
pulled, and no action whatsoever has been taken by the FBI, Secret
Service, or by the DC Metropolitan Police to impede these criminal
plans. All that is disrupting the leftists in any way is the public
exposure by groups such as Oath Keepers, Project Veritas, and some
“white hat” hackers who are going after the leftist radicals.
And
that is why we feel honor bound to step in and protect Americans as
they come to DC to exercise their right to free speech, assembly, and
freedom of association, in the time-honored American tradition of
attending Presidential Inaugurations. Given the government’s absolute
failure to arrest any of the leaders of these radical leftist groups,
despite being given ample evidence of their brazen conspiracy to commit
multiple crimes, including terrorism, we are concerned that the same
“kid gloves” and “hands-off” approach will be applied to the actual
actions these leftists are still planning on carrying out.
God
forbid we see another example of what we saw in San Jose this past
year, with Trump supporters, including women and senior-citizens, being
physically assaulted and beaten, as the local police stood by, violating
their oaths by obeying illegal stand-down orders. One elderly
gentleman was sucker- punched and knocked unconscious, ala “the knockout
game” and when he fell he hit the back of his head hard on the
concrete, which was a potentially fatal impact:
I
want you to imagine an elderly veteran and his wife being beaten like
that in Washington DC by America-hating communist thugs throwing a
collectivist temper tantrum because they lost the election. As a
matter of human decency, honor, and our oath, we cannot sit at home and
watch that on television, knowing that we had a chance to possibly
protect them, but failed to act.
By
being there, dispersed in unknown but significant numbers, we can help
to cause the bad guys strategic doubt, and our presence can also help
counter any jihadist plans to create a “perfect storm” of both leftist
and jihadist terrorism on that day.
And
so, I call on all who are capable and are willing to go, who are within
driving range, to come to Washington DC and provide over-watch and
protection of your fellow Americans as they attend the Inauguration
events. Let those who feel the call to come answer that call. Those
who decide to remain home can serve a useful purpose by being on the
alert for jihadist terror attacks in their local community. Both are
honorable courses of action, and both should be respected as an
individual choice. Let your conscience be your guide on where you
believe you need to be. For those of you who choose DC, we will see you
there.
For the Republic,
Stewart Rhodes
Founder and President of Oath Keepers
- marlene 17 January, 2017, 22:16We WILL be there. And we will be prepared. We will not allow soros and the globalists start a civil war where we fight against each other. But we are prepared for a full scale revolution against tyranny on OUR own terms at a later time. Most of these anti-American fascists are not even Americans. They represent the dregs of humanity obama has brought into our country just for this purpose – all illegal all foreign and all who hate us because they hate themselves. We are united and strongly behind you Oath Keepers.Reply this comment
- Stewart Rhodes Author 17 January, 2017, 23:43Thanks Marlene. See you there! But I am afraid quite a few of them are born right here, but brainwashed by colleges and by the Mainstream Media to hate their own country and their countrymen. We need to do what we can to resist the temptation to do likewise, and give up on the young college kids. Which is why we will be starting College Oath Keepers student groups on college campuses across the country, so we can start to deprogram them from that brainwashing and give them an alternate view, along with teaching them how to defend themselves, which is a truly “empowering” gift.StewartReply this comment
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