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  • Connert Media’s Person of the Year: Eugene Goodman

    Eugene Goodman - Connert Media's Person of the Year
    Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman is presented with the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his actions to protect lawmakers and others in the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack in Washington D.C., Feb. 25, 2021.  (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

    This year, 2021, Connert Media’s staff unanimously selected Eugene Goodman

    Eugene Goodman (born 1980) is an American United States Capitol Police officer, who, during the 2021 United States Capitol attack, diverted the rioters from the United States Senate chamber. Goodman is a U.S. Army veteran who later served as the acting Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from January 20, 2021 to March 2, 2021. On February 12, 2021, the Senate adopted a resolution awarding Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal.

    On January 6, 2021, supporters of Donald Trump breached the United States Capitol building, Goodman, unaccompanied by other officers, confronted them. He has been cited for heroism in baiting and diverting the crowd away from the Senate chamber in the minutes before the chamber could be safely evacuated. As the crowd reached a landing from which there was an unimpeded path to the Senate chamber, Goodman pushed the lead person, Doug Jensen, and then retreated away from the chamber. One report described his actions as follows:

    In short, he tricked them, willingly becoming the rabbit to their wolf pack, pulling them away from the chambers where armed officers were waiting, avoiding tragedy and saving lives. Lives which include their own.

    References:

    • Wikipedia – Eugene Goodman (police officer)

  • Fake Lake Falls Flat

    Election denier Kari Lake loses to Democrat Katie Hobbs for governor of Arizona.

    Interesting fact is that some of the campaign money that was donated to her campaign was used to give a paycheck to Lake’s daughter as a consultant. 1

    Yup, Lake says Arizonans know BS… that’s why she LOST.

    What a stupid tweet which obviously is aimed at herself.

    References:

    • CNN, November 15, 2022: Democrat Katie Hobbs, who oversaw the 2020 election as secretary of state, edged out Republican Kari Lake, who parroted Trump’s election lies
  • What Is It That Enables Some People to Persist? by Ross Reck

    What Is It That Enables Some People to Persist? by Ross Reck

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    Helen Gurley Brown once said, “The only thing that separates successful people from those that aren’t is the willingness to work very, very hard.” In other words, successful people persist–they stay the course in pursuing their goals long after most other people have given up and quit. What enables these people to persist is they know what it takes to succeed. They understand that failure, setbacks, and obstacles are all part of the process of succeeding. So, instead of becoming discouraged when such events occur, they learn from them which turns these negative experiences into forward progress toward their goal. As Thomas Edison put it: “I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”

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  • Trumpty Dumpty – New York Post Cover Story

    Trumpty Dumpty – New York Post Cover Story

    Don (who couldn’t build a wall) had a great fall — can all the GOP’s men put the party back together again?

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    New York Post – November 2022
  • False Prophets Among Us

    False Prophets Among Us

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    “Christian nationalism poses a grave threat to democracy, the church, and the common good — and grassroots Christians are sick of seeing False Prophets distort the Gospel for their agenda of hatred, power, and division. To help Americans respond to the threat of Christian nationalism, Faithful America has identified the following influential False Prophets in both the church and the public square.” 2

    • Greg Abbott – Has been commended for his attacks on the LGBTQ community by fellow False Prophet Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, designated an anti-LGBTQ “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
    • Steve Bannon – Bannon’s CPAC 2022 speech was tinged with an implied threat of political violence and rife with Christian nationalism, including calling progressives “radical, cultural Marxists” and “groomers” who “want to destroy the Republic” and declaring that conservatives must pursue absolute victory over “power-mad and lawless” opponents, asserting: “There can be no half measures anymore” for “This is war, this is war.”
    • David Barton – Has suggested that climate change is God’s punishment for legalized abortion
    • Lauren Boebert – Openly advocated for a theocracy at a religious service, saying: “The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk that’s not in the Constitution.”
    • Ted Budd – Signed an Amicus brief contesting the results of the 2020 election, objected to certification of the results, and called the 2020 insurrectionists “just patriots standing up”
    • Ron Desantis
    • Sean Feucht
    • Mayra Flores
    • Michael Flynn
    • Franklin Graham
    • Marjorie Taylor Greene
    • Josh Hawley
    • Kristina Karmamo
    • Kari Lake – “Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage” 3
    • Blake Masters
    • Doug Mastriano
    • Mary Miller
    • Tony Perkins
    • Joseph Strickland
    • J.D. Vance