By DAVID EASTMAN
“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” — Mark Twain
If you were waiting for a signal to get right with God, let July 13th’s foiled assassination be that moment. There is nothing more important.
With the passing of each minute, history marches slowly on, but the progress of individual nations can unfold at a truly alarming pace. We are currently experiencing such a time in America.
It has now been a full 15 years since Barack Obama promised to “fundamentally transform the United States of America” and Michelle Obama declared “we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.”
That “different place” is now coming into focus. Based on the recent guilty verdicts against Trump, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz believes it to be somewhere in the vicinity of South America. He may not be far off.
Likewise, Michelle and Barack’s public commitment to “change our traditions”, once abstract, is now as tangible as the bag of cocaine found at the White House, the classified documents found in Joe Biden’s garage, and the certain knowledge that no one will ever be prosecuted for either crime.
Fifteen years on, Washington, D.C. now looks a lot more like the place that Barack and Michelle Obama called home just before moving into the White House. As it has for many years, Chicago continues to rank first in public corruption convictions per capita. In addition to being the place the dead go to vote, Chicago will soon be home to a presidential library. No less than four of Illinois’ last ten governors have served time in federal prison, most of them from Chicago.
When Michelle Obama spoke in 2008 of the need to change “our history“, only a few Americans envisioned the toppling of George Washington statues, the removal of national monuments from places like Arlington National Cemetery, and the cancelling of Memorial Day Ceremonies that have been faithfully observed there for more than half a century. Our history is under attack by the left today precisely because it is this history that ties us to the words of the Declaration of Independence; both at the outset of the American Revolution, and again at the close of the Civil War.
After World War I, President Calvin Coolidge gave fitting homage to the Declaration of Independence with these words:
“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people.”
We have, for a time, been moving backward as a nation, away from these seminal truths. It is time we made an about-face.
Crossing the Rubicon
On January 10th, 49 BC, Julius Caesar flaunted Roman law by publicly crossing the river Rubicon and marching his legions into Rome itself. For more than a century, Roman law checked the ambition of any Roman general who might be tempted to use the Roman military against the city. With that single fateful act, Caesar made clear that he was no longer a military general subordinate to the Roman Senate, he meant to rule it.
Despite the unparalleled power of serving as commander-in-chief of the most formidable military force in human history, no U.S. president has permitted himself to be seen as supporting the arrest and prosecution of another party’s presidential nominee, or denying them adequate protection—until now. It takes the breath away, or should, if we stopped long enough to reflect on where we are in the story of our nation. Let’s not mince words. A government that stakes its legal authority on decisions made by an individual who cannot be legally prosecuted (due to his declining mental health) is—by definition—above the law.
Our justice system now functions as a weapon with which to wage political war
It was from Danbury Prison that Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist under Trump, learned of the most recent assassination attempt against President Trump. I spoke with Bannon after his conviction. His focus was on the nation and not on himself. He is a patriot at a time when it costs you dearly to be one. Former White House trade advisor, Peter Navarro, also learned of the assassination attempt from behind bars at FCI Miami. Both Bannon and Navarro were imprisoned by the Biden Administration at the behest of the January 6 Committee.
Former White House National Security Advisor, General Michael Flynn, was to have been locked up as well, until it was discovered that he only cooperated with the charade because the deep state had threatened to put his innocent son in jail unless he went himself. The documentary of what happened, Flynn, is top-notch and should be required viewing for every American. It is pivotal to understanding the threat that America currently faces from Washington, D.C.
Of course, Donald Trump wasn’t supposed to be in Pennsylvania on Saturday either. He, too, was supposed to be in prison by now, after having been indicted more than 16 months ago. All told, he was indicted on more than 90 charges, and has now been convicted of 34 felonies. Not long ago, Americans reading the headline “Former U.S. president convicted of 34 felonies” would look to see whether the trial had taken place in North Korea or Iran, or some place even more obscure. Not today.
Author Naomi Wolf pulled no punches in her recent op-ed “What time it is: The imprisonment of Steven K. Bannon“. One of the loudest dissident voices against the Biden Administration, the host of Bannon’s War Room, is now legally permitted phone calls of no more than 15 minutes, and totaling no more than 5 hours each month until his release, timed to coincide with the November election. Other dissenting media voices such as One America News, The Gateway Pundit, and Free Speech Systems are currently facing legal assaults designed to shut them down. That place you and I were hoping we would never get to as a nation; we’ve now arrived. This is a point of no return.
No Neville Chamberlain or other politician looking to appease the left will be able to lead us through the current storm. Many of our current political leaders rose to prominence in a system that rewarded their every effort to pacify the left. The days ahead now call for exactly the opposite. As that early American Samuel Adams declared in his own day, for those who cannot make this transition, who love wealth better than liberty, “go from us in peace.”
We now need men and women who are willing to be, in the words of Mark Twain, “brave, and hated and scorned.” We are going to need our Trumps and Bannons and Navarros and Flynns and many others like them whom we do not yet know. The current storm has left us no other choice.
David Eastman is a state representative for Wasilla House District 27.
When will District 27 realize Rep. Eastman gets zero accomplished representing them?
Eastman’s all about promoting far-Right ideologies instead of taking care of his constituents. He’s probably angling for a low-level job in a Trump administration, but is anyone taking notice aside from the fringies here on MRAK?
Is your owner, “greg” sick or are you just taking up the slack for him..? We’re 34 trillion in the hole because of democrats! Thanks! /s
35 Trillion as of this morning.
He actually accomplishes quite a bit, not for Republicans or conservatives mind you, but he has served the Democrats and leftists causes pretty well.
Awesome, Rast! Tear down the guy that you hate so much! /s Show your hate! I find it laughable.
Great read. True as of now.
Oh what a load of BS. If God’s chosen vessel to deliver us is Trump, then we are well and truly doomed.
Who would you rather have??? Yourself??? Is someone else running?? No?
Sorry. I would rather have Trump in there fixing and undoing the bs Biden has implemented. You must be as brain dead demented as he is!
Wow you sound far more bitter and acerbic than your sweet-sounding name would imply.
Bill Northman
You may be doomed but some of us are willing to fight to that end whether that result is defeat or Victory. As for Trump he isn’t a savior, far from it. Trump to his credit however is a Co-belligernt in our struggle against the corrupt system that now has enveloped our society.
I’m willing to stand with a Trump, an Eastman, or anyone else that fights against this current darkness.
Who is the chosen one for you? Kamala? Well, she is unburdened by what has been.
Words well spoken David
The next 3 months willl likely decide the future of our republic
If the leftists can install another commander in chief like last time it’s Katie bar the door . The fact that they got away with it assuredly means they will try again .
According to new CBS polling,…Vice President Harris has opened up a 62-37 lead on Donald Trump among young voters. The reason why I didn’t think Trump would pick Vance is because he lost the election by getting crushed in the suburban woman demo, and Vance was the worst possible pick to help with that problem. No Mr. Trump, you can’t abort JD Vance, you have to carry him to term.
BS. Sheep
CBS Calling Biden Supporters, Give me the results you want I will give you the people to answer the questions. I don’t put much faith in any polls remember 2016 Hillary is going to mop the floor with Trump. 2020 we need an epidemic to keep Biden in the basement, start the ballot machines for an overnight flip of votes. Do you really believe Biden got 11 million more votes than Obama did in his reelection of 2012?
Yes I believe Biden got 11 million more than Obama and I won’t be surprised when Harris gets 15 million more than Biden. The women are upset and they are coming to the ballot box.
Thank you Mr. Eastman and the many, many others both known and unknown.
And a big “NO THANK YOU” to all of our turn-coat reps who are too afraid to stand up and save their country.
David Eastman the “Matt Gaetz” of Alaska. You know you must be horrible when no one in the legislature wants to associate with you. The patriots you refer to refused to testify and were found to be in contempt. The truth shall set you free is not a phrase the MAGA crowd is familiar with, they believe we can do what ever we want and scream the Biden Administration is prosecuting it’s political enemies. MAGA does not believe in law and order, they believe they are above the law.
Oh A.F.F., once again, a lefty saying exactly the opposite of what is really happening. Rep. Eastman is the only one that stands on his own and does not let others push him to vote in a way that he chooses not to. Thank you for reiterating what you believe in. Always good for us to be reminded.
Im MAGA. I certainly believe in law and order. I have never thought of myself as being “above the law”.
Its going to be fun watching you scream and cry when Trump appoints a AG and turns the DOJ towards finding creative ways to prosecute and imprison Democrats. We’ll be here to remind you that its not at all politically motivated, Democrats are simply not above the law, and they should have thought twice before working for Obama.
Bannon and Navarro are doing their time. The Democrats who locked them up realize their turn behind bars is coming – and the only thing that can save them is murdering Trump before January 20.
Trump has openly said he plans on doing that while there’s been zero proof provided that Biden has done any of that. If the Justice Department weaponized against his son? How about Democratic Senator Menendez? He just got convicted as well.
You obviously don’t pay much attention or have selective memory.
Obvious example, Douglass Mackey (Ricky Vaughn) was charged and arrested literally a few days after the Biden administration took over the DOJ – for posting election memes in 2016. I’m sure that was just a total coincidence.
Biden’s DOJ was colluding with Hunter’s defense team last summer to cook up a sweetheart deal dropping felony firearm offenses – that also included an unwritten bro-deal preventing future FARA charges.
Unfortunately (for them) it was randomly assigned to a Trump-appointed judge who saw through the corrupt agreement, noticed evidence of the unstated ‘bro-deal’ and asked pointed questions which caused the deal to collapse in open court. DOJ was forced to prosecute the gun charges as a face-saving measure after the scandal.
I could go on, but why? Everyone here already knows you are just here to lie.
Fully agree with David!! These are critical days, and an Alaskan who thinks what happens on the national scene will not affect them because they are “ remote” in Alaska had better reconsider. We are highly vulnerable here for many reasons , just the least of which is RCV.
Spot on, David.
Chilling but well stated. Now is the time for serious courage.
Pure hyperbole meant to scare people. The take home message is “be afraid, be very afraid”. The “others” mean to do us all harm.
Non existent leadership, runaway inflation, uncontrolled illegal immigration from all over the world, wars, the diminishing of our ability to manufacture goods and produce our own food, to list just a few. Yes, I’m afraid.
Runaway inflation? Its at 3%. I guess you call that “runaway”? Immigration? How about the bipartisan deal that Trump insisted be killed in Congress? Wars? What wars is America fighting in right now and how many wars and other conflicts were going on during the Trump administration (hint: there were several)? Were all of those Trump’s fault? We’ve been energy independent since 2009 as well so that argument holds no water. Reality is a pesky thing, isn’t it?
The cumulative inflation over just 3 and 1/2 years is over 20%, reflected in food and energy prices. Workers have lost real wages over that period. The so called bipartisan border deal wasn’t even supported by one of the key negotiators and doesn’t hardly account for the previous three years when millions and millions of unvetted illegals were scattered across the country. Too little, too late. We could be producing much more energy, instead, we gave up market share to Iran and Russia, essentially giving them billions to finance their wars and terrorism.
Yep, the take home message is “be afraid, be very afraid”. The “others” mean to do us all harm…that was exactly what Biden was running his reelection campaign on before he was removed and replaced and now it is exactly what Harris is running her campaign on.
Remember the whole “threat to democracy” talking point, the one that the Democrats literally just threw away when they removed Biden from his reelection campaign?
The “be afraid, be very afraid” and the “others” mean to do us all harm is the entirety of the Democratic campaign against Trump.
Wait…. are you taking about Eastman? Or Biden/Harris/Obama?
To observe fear-mongering, look Left. Their only consistent campaign call is “defeat Trump.” It is repeated every time Biden/Harris/Obama talks.
To **only** stand against something, is it stand for nothing.
When a person takes some of their precious time to stay informed, and listen to the ABC, PBS, MSNBC type networks, but are too lazy/conditioned not to broaden their media/information diet, they’re blind to to reality. Biden is a perfect example, with all the fawning over him for years. Debate curtain opens, and suddenly millions slowly see what the rest of us SAW years ago.
Surveys show many people believe police kill a thousand unarmed blacks per year, but the avg. is less than 15 of which some attacked an officer.
Otherwise intelligent people are allergic to factual political truth. Psychological warfare sounds repulsive, but mass legacy media’s fear and hate operation has been in overdrive for years.
Good article Representative Eastman.
I hope that eyes will be opened to America’s real enemies domestic and foreign, to unite and preserve our country.
If difficult times must come, then let them come during my time that my children and grandchildren can have peace. I truly hope the breakneck speed of history does not see American become history…
Well said Rollo. Our family agrees!
Well written, Mr. Eastman.
Upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government the delegates had created. His answer was: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
We should strive to get back the republic that we were unable to keep.
Steve-O Exactly! We have become an Administrative State with one Party Rule.
I’m not a MAGA Man but I’m an American and a Constitutionalist, and at the moment Trump looks like he is better suited to restoring the Republic than the puppets of the democrat party who answer to the Corporate / Industrial Complex.
If you doubt me, ask yourself, why are all of these Billionaires backing Harris? Hmm…
This essay needs to ‘go viral’ …
I really appreciate your insight on what is going on Rep Eastman. It is frustrating to see every other rep being too afraid to take a hard stand to save our state and our country. They are going to suffer the evil just as they are making their constituents suffer the evil because of their lack of courage and faith in our Heavenly Father.
Imagine what can be, unencumbered by what has been!
Remarkable how well the shrill ad hominem of David’s Detractors proves his points.
A lot of folks seem to dabble in fiction writing fodder for daytime soap programs while obsequiously picking up paychecks from tax-payer funded employment functionally as moonbeam gliders.
If they were paid just a little more would they consider generating more useful non-fiction productions to benefit the broad swath of their constituents?
Let me get my eye spectacle so that I can reread your paragraph and have full comprehension my dear.
Right on David. Stay the course.
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