{"id":116958,"date":"2019-02-19T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116958"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:31:34","slug":"inside-job-aipac-lobbies-congressman-yoho-at-secret-synagogue-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116958","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE JOB: AIPAC Lobbies Congressman Yoho at Secret Synagogue Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/911-Jewish-Neocons-Ted-Yoho-Header.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-267601 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/911-Jewish-Neocons-Ted-Yoho-Header-640x348.jpg\" alt=\"911 Jewish Neocons Ted Yoho Header\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/911-Jewish-Neocons-Ted-Yoho-Header-640x348.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Hey Ted, now that we know 9\/11was an inside job we can repeal the Patriot Act \u2013 How about it?<\/h5>\n<p>by\u00a0Harold Saive<\/p>\n<p>Updated 9\/6\/2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will AIPAC allow Congressman Yoho to tell his constituents what he said at the secret AIPAC synagogue meeting on Aug 21, 2013?\u00a0 So far his congressional website shows no mention of the \u201c<em>strictly off the record meeting\u201d<\/em>\u00a0with AIPAC and UF campus support groups.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoho\u2019s Positions on Issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today (9\/5)<\/strong>\u00a0Congressman Yoho came out swinging against military action in Syria.\u00a0 Based on the military\u2019s admitted uncertainty in Teusday\u2019s classified briefing, Yoho isn\u2019t convinced President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government used chemical weapons. It should be of great concern and enlightenment that\u00a0 Kerry has been made to read from a script that contradicts the military\u2019s own admitted uncertainty as to Assad\u2019s order to deploy chemical weapons.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t to conclude that chemical weapons like Sarin were not deployed, it only suggests the skepticism of \u201cwho dunnit\u201d that alternative sources media have been reporting all along\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/chemical-aleppo-findings-russia-417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RT)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I posted doubt concerning Assad\u2019s use of chemical weapons on the AIPAC\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gators4Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gators For Israel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(GFI) facebook page, the moderator immediately removed my comment and cancelled my comment privileges. This censorship was probably imposed when it contradicted AIPAC\u2019s directive to UF students to call congress to vote for the resolution to attack Syria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The GFI instruction on facebook says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cContact members of Congress! Urge them to pass this critical resolution for America\u2019s security!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.capwiz.com\/aipac\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=62906416&amp;type=CO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here:\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Aug, 29<\/strong>, Rep. Yoho\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/yoho.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/yoho-weighs-in-on-military-action-in-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0responded to public outrage concerning US military intervention in Syria.\u00a0 Regardless his\u00a0<em>\u201cstrictly off the record\u201d<\/em>\u00a0presentation, Yoho has officially come down against intervention in Syria as\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cunconstitutional\u201d.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe recent news of the White House\u2019s announcement to possibly take military action in Syria has sent waves throughout our nation.\u00a0 While the President aims to intervene in Syria\u2019s internal conflict, I maintain that it is neither the role of the United States federal government to do so nor the responsibility of the American taxpayer to fund such an unconstitutional act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To his credit, this is consistent with his\u00a0<strong>June 26th<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/yoho.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/rep-yoho-introduces-legislation-prohibiting-military-assistance-in-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>\u00a0announcing legislation prohibiting military\u00a0<em>assistance<\/em>\u00a0in Syria,\u00a0<em>making it illegal to distribute funds to aid opposition forces in Syria<\/em>. Although this legislative gesture is appreciated the reality remains that \u201cfunds\u201d will be distributed whether Congress outlaws them or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Inside Job:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AIPAC\u2019s notice of a\u00a0<em>\u201cstrictly off the record\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 meeting with Congressman Yoho on 8\/21 was widely distributed in the public domain even if people like you and me would not be welcomed to attend:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aipac.org\/?gclid=CNzW2dLFlLkCFXRp7AodKEYAKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIPAC<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.jcncf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JCNCF,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.bnaigainesville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B\u2019nai Israel<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.shirshalom.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shir Shalom<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.ufhillel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UF Hillel<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/centers\/default_cdo\/aid\/118379\/jewish\/Lubavitch-Chabad-Jewish-Center.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chabad of Gainesville\u00a0<\/a>&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gators4Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gators for Israel<\/a>\u00a0present \u201cA View from Capitol Hill to the Golan Heights\u201d featuring Congressman Ted Yoho<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Congressman Yoho will be speaking about his recent trip to Israel with the American Israel Education Foundation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aiefdn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(<\/strong>AIEF<strong>)<\/strong><\/a>, the charitable organization affiliated with\u00a0<strong>AIPAC.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For security reasons, advance registration is required. Please reserve your spot today by contacting Sam Kalmowicz at AIPAC.\u00a0 This event is strictly off the record and closed to the press.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite AIPAC affiliated sponsorship by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aiefdn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIEF<\/a>\u00a0 no members of this group were introduced at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The IRS Frowns on 501C3 Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congregation B\u2019nai Israel has likely violated their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/nonprofit.about.com\/od\/nonprofitbasics\/a\/loseexempt.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">501C3 status<\/a>\u00a0by joining AIPAC\u2019 in lobbying a US Congressman and influencing the politics of AIPAC groups at the University of Florida.\u00a0 Rabbi Kaiman\u2019s name, however does not appear on the State of Florida document\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Congegation-Bnai-Israel-501c3-Sate-of-Florida.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AIPAC-TED-YOHO-MEETING-ANNOUNCEMENT-GAINESVILLE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-267612 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AIPAC-TED-YOHO-MEETING-ANNOUNCEMENT-GAINESVILLE.jpg\" alt=\"AIPAC TED YOHO MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT GAINESVILLE\" width=\"620\" height=\"619\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AIPAC-TED-YOHO-MEETING-ANNOUNCEMENT-GAINESVILLE.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sammy-Kalmawitz-AIPAC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-265906 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sammy-Kalmawitz-AIPAC-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Kalmawitz AIPAC\" width=\"129\" height=\"129\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sammy-Kalmawitz-AIPAC-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/a>The RSVP requirement licensed Sam Kalmowicz<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>(AIPAC Florida Region Director, Synagogue initiative)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>to screen for constitutionalists, Tea-Partiers (oops!),\u00a0 peace activists, 9\/11 truthers, Nazis, Palestinians and anyone deemed unworthy by whim or design &#8211;\u00a0 even when they are solidly identified in the community as devout, yamaka-wearing Jews.<\/p>\n<p>For example, local activist Scott Camil and Jewish members of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.vfpgainesville.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veterans For Peace<\/a>\u00a0in Gainesville could have been denied access to the RSVP political event based on his anti-war activism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoho Serves Two Masters \u2013 Mostly Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why would AIPAC intentionally invest so many resources to advertise that a closed meeting with a US Congressman was to remain \u201c<em>strictly off-the-record\u201d\u00a0<\/em>?.\u00a0 How could such a meeting remain \u201coff-the-record when AIPAC\u2019s wide internet promotion guaranteed the meeting would stir significant interest as an AIPAC sponsored\u00a0\u00a0<em>off-the record<\/em>\u00a0meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the message was more like announcing another trophy:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAIPAC now owns a Tea Party Congressman who will uphold the US Constitution, but only after obtaining permission from Israel\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yoho disingenuously becomes indignant when making the point that a US invasion of Syria is unconstitutional while cheer-leading the Federal Reserve\u2019s use of preemptive war to achieve the economic domination of countries that stubbornly resist the<em>\u00a0petrodollar<\/em>\u00a0as the global reserve currency. It\u2019s naive of Yoho and his supporters to pretend the Tea Party minority in congress are not aware of this most obvious and published \u201cend-game\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/meldon-zionist-photo-vertical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-10799 alignleft data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/meldon-zionist-photo-vertical.jpg?w=224\" alt=\"Meldon Zionist Photo Vertical\" width=\"129\" height=\"547\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/meldon-zionist-photo-vertical.jpg?w=224\" \/><\/a><\/strong>But even with a \u201cgag order\u201d imposed to conceal lobbying of a US Congressman we can still learn much by examining the AIPAC and Zionist\u00a0 supporters and the helpful idiots intent on undermining the US constitution.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introducing a Few Gainesville\u2019s AIPAC Zionists:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/jewishpalmbeach.org\/community\/feature\/life_lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jessica Meldon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is daughter of Jeffrey Meldon and holds the position of AIPAC Deputy Political Director for Florida. Having\u00a0 graduated from FSU,\u00a0 Jessica is not a Gator alumni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rabbi, David Kaiman<\/strong>\u00a0was introduced as having sponsored the<em>\u00a0\u201cstrictly off the record\u201d<\/em>, post-junket meeting with Rep. Yoho. Kaiman, who\u2019s commitment to AIPAC has been obscure in the past, suddenly made his position crystal clear by daring to sanction a closed-door political lobbying event inside a 501C3 Synagogue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attorney, Jeffrey Meldon<\/strong>\u00a0is said to be deeply involved in promoting AIPAC as a solution to more control over US policy and legislation to \u201cprotect\u201d Israel ahead of America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taylor Nichole Parker\u00a0<\/strong>is president of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gators4Israel\">Gators for Israe<\/a>l and also an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aipac.org\/students\/diamond-internship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIPAC Diamond Summer\u00a0<\/a>Intern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Gainesville SUN Supports AIPAC<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Gainesville Sun article by staff writer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130822\/ARTICLES\/130829835\/0\/fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Thompson<\/a>\u00a0, published on 8\/22 covered Yoho\u2019s trip to Israel and obediently refrained from mentioning the Congressman\u2019s \u201cstrictly off the record \u201d meeting with fervent AIPAC supporters from the previous night.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s mention of AIPAC was cleverly confined to the long form;\u00a0<strong>\u201cAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0with the acronym \u201cAIPAC\u201d conspicuously absent. This clever word-smithing has confusing consequences to anyone Googling the internet by key word. \u00a0\u00a0<em>By the way, the internet search giant has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.google.com\/about\/jobs\/locations\/tel-aviv-haifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new offices in Israel.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article was published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130822\/ARTICLES\/130829835\/0\/fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Gainesville Sun<\/a>\u00a0local section, below the fold but the online version was posted as virtual\u00a0<em>\u201cdark matter\u201d<\/em>\u00a0where it\u2019s existence is practically invisible to most readers who were not already aware the column was published in the print edition.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/personalia\/thompsonb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIll Thompson archives<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the University\u00a0<\/strong><strong>of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Florida Supports AIPAC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UF-Provost-Dr.-Joseph-Glover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-267821 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UF-Provost-Dr.-Joseph-Glover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"UF Provost Dr. Joseph Glover\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UF-Provost-Dr.-Joseph-Glover-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/a>UF Provost, Dr. Joseph Glover can be more powerful than the College President in one disturbing way.\u00a0 Glover has the authority to censor educational opportunities that could reveal the racist politics on the Campus of the University of Florida.\u00a0 In the case of English department\u2019s hosting of the documentary, COINTELPRO 101, Glover fist banned the program from being held on campus then tried to ban it again when it was scheduled at the Alachua County Main Library \u2013 an established sanctuary of free-speech.<\/p>\n<p>Glover\u2019s selective enforcement is glaring when he allows AIPAC\u2019s pro-war Zionism to flourish while allowing a\u00a0<strong>copyrighted gator logo<\/strong>\u00a0to be photo-shopped onto an Israeli flag.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/wp.me\/p2FjTj-2Oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts of interest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>You keep telling me this will anger America. Don\u2019t you understand?\u00a0<strong>We control America.<\/strong>\u00a0We know it and they know it.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Arial Sharon, Oct, 3, 2001;\u00a0 3 weeks post 9\/11<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCiting security concerns and directives from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor\u2019s office, Kat Cammack, Yoho\u2019s chief of staff,\u00a0declined to comment\u00a0on why the Gainesville Republican was traveling to Israel, where he would be traveling while there and whom he may meet with. But Cammack did say the\u00a0trip is privately funded;\u00a0it\u2019s sponsored by the American Israel Political Action Committee, or AIPAC, the powerful lobby in Washington that promotes Israel\u2019s interests in Congress.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130808\/ARTICLES\/130809616?p=all&amp;tc=pgall&amp;tc=ar\">Source<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(and ahead of security of the American people)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s the hub of all major religions,\u201d Yoho said. \u201cIt made the Bible real for me.\u201d\u00a0 Like VP Biden,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130822\/ARTICLES\/130829835&amp;tc=ix?p=all&amp;tc=pgall&amp;tc=ar\">Ted Yoho, is\u00a0Catholic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYoho also noted that security officials he met with while in Israel convinced him that\u00a0IRAN is close to having a nuclear weapon and further developing missiles or \u201cdirty bombs\u201d that could potentially be used against the United States.\u00a0Netanyahu told the group that Israel would prefer to not act alone in trying to halt Iran\u2019s nuclear push, Yoho added.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130822\/ARTICLES\/130829835&amp;tc=ix?p=all&amp;tc=pgall&amp;tc=ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Did Yoho Promise the Zionists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps to pay for his two-week junket to the holy land, Yoho has embraced the Israeli sponsored lie that IRAN is building nuclear weapons to destroy Israel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoho On List of Congressional \u201cStooges\u201d for AIPAC and Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yoho\u2019s track record opposing intervention in Syria is betrayed when he deservedly makes Lew Rockwell\u2019s list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/lrc-blog\/congressional-stooges-of-aipac-and-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIPAC Stooges<\/a>,\u00a0<em>\u201curging President Obama to increase the pressure on Iran to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>even though no conclusive evidence has been presented that such a program exists. The House committee on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/royce-engel-committee-members-urge-president-increase-pressure-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign Affairs<\/a>\u00a0contains the updated list with official positions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details of\u00a0 AIPAC\/YOHO meeting From Unofficial Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Ted_Yoho-Gators-for-Israel-Aug-21Trophy-picture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy aligncenter size-large wp-image-267967 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Ted_Yoho-Gators-for-Israel-Aug-21Trophy-picture-640x445.jpg\" alt=\"Ted_Yoho-Gators-for-Israel-Aug-21Trophy-picture\" width=\"640\" height=\"445\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Ted_Yoho-Gators-for-Israel-Aug-21Trophy-picture-640x445.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The sequence of speakers<\/strong>\u00a0began with AIPAC\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/jewishpalmbeach.org\/community\/feature\/life_lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Meldon<\/a>\u00a0who repeated that the\u00a0Ted Yoho meeting was<em>\u201cstrictly off the record\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and news reporters were not welcome to attend.\u00a0 The use of the word \u201cstrictly\u201d is pejorative and an affront to civil communication. It\u2019s use in this context is characteristic of those who are comfortable with ruling by non-democratic,\u00a0 authoritarian control.<\/p>\n<p>Meldon introduced program sponsor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/shalomkaiman.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rabbi David Kaiman\u00a0<\/a>who made a short presentation welcoming the audience to B\u2019nai Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Local attorney,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.meldonlaw.com\/\">Jeffrey Meldon<\/a>\u00a0followed and described his year-long relationship with Congressman Yoho with flattering remarks that characterized Ted as well-informed in the history of middle-east politics. Meldon seemed convinced that Ted would be a valuable asset in building US\/Israel relations due to his energetic style and<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/yoho.house.gov\/legislation\/committees-and-caucuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">committee assignments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meldon then introduced Congressman Yoho who was described as \u201cexuberant\u201d as he recalled he and his wife, Carolyn\u2019s flight to Israel in a luxurious and roomy 747\u00a0 with rooms waiting for them at the historic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_David_Hotel_bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King David Hotel<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A building that was bombed by a Zionist terrorist group (IRGUN)\u00a0 in 1946, resulting in 91 murdered and 46 injured.\u00a0\u00a0 Since 1977, the Irgun terrorists have taken official ultra right-wing control of the Israeli Knessett (and US Congress) as today\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irgun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Likud Party.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following Yoho, several UF students representing Gators For Israel (GFI) were acknowledged and asked to stand for a hearty applause of appreciation.\u00a0\u00a0<em>(Pictured above) \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Jessica Meldon credited GFI for being the future of Israeli interests by taking the AIPAC message on a campaign throughout the campus of the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Meldon then introduced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gators4Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GFI<\/a>\u00a0president ,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/taylor.n.parker.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Nichole Parker<\/a>\u00a0who was recruited thanks to an initiative to train AIPAC activists at the UF and other college campuses through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aipac.org\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIPAC Leadership development initiative.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the High School level,\u00a0 the American Israeli Education Foundation\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aiefdn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIEF<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0reaches into the US education system sponsoring events like\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/wyhs.net\/highlites\/2011-2012\/11-18-11.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WIPAC<\/strong><\/a>, the \u201cWeinbaum Israel Political Action Committee\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman\u2019 Yoho\u2019s seemingly hard right position on security for Israel was said to be minced with a\u00a0 need to negotiate.\u00a0 A better description might be<em>\u00a0\u201cwaffling\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Regardless Meldon\u2019s buildup of Yoho as \u201cknowledgeable\u201d, others remain skeptical that the Congressman has little more than an elementary grasp of middle-east political dynamics. This makes Yoho and probably most freshman in congress vulnerable to the expedient, spoon-fed propaganda that is neither education or knowledge but more like Pavlovian conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>The program closed with a short Q&amp;A with filtered questions from which nothing important was asked nor learned.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the exclusion of disagreeable attendees and the press (including the Independent Alligator, Gainesville Sun,\u00a0 the Campus news, THE FINE PRINT and CMC Iguana, there was no rational justification to explain why a highly advertised meeting could be warned as \u201cstrictly off-the-record\u201d except as an effort to avoid being audited for a blatant 501C3 violation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AIPAC\u2019s Insidious Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lets be clear.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0These student are being told by hardened Zionists that it\u2019s ok to support a foreign country by subverting the US Constitution as an AIPAC activist \u2013 in this case at a State funded University.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.aipac.org\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Watch this video Clip<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Israel\u2019s history of terrorism helps explains the 9\/11 inside job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current Mayor of Chicago and Obama\u2019s former chief of staff is Rahm Emanuel who\u2019s father was a proud Irgun terrorist.\u00a0 Rahm shows pride without remorse for his father\u2019s participation in the 91 dead resulting from the deliberate demolition of the King David Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rahm-and-Benjamin-Emanuel-Irgun-Terrorists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy aligncenter size-large wp-image-267743 data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rahm-and-Benjamin-Emanuel-Irgun-Terrorists-640x607.jpg\" alt=\"Rahm and Benjamin Emanuel Irgun Terrorists\" width=\"640\" height=\"607\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rahm-and-Benjamin-Emanuel-Irgun-Terrorists-640x607.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Rahm graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York in 1981 after turning down a dance scholarship. He received his Masters in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He launched his political career in Obama\u2019s Chicago spawning grounds at a consumer rights organization &#8211;\u00a0 Illinois Public Action.\u00a0 Later, Rahm worked in the\u00a0Clinton administration.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/7702408.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profile)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/thomas-hayes-morrison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-thumbnail wp-image-10790 alignright data-lazy-ready\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/thomas-hayes-morrison.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"Thomas hayes morrison\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/thomas-hayes-morrison.jpg?w=150\" \/><\/a>Libertarian, Thomas Hayes-Morrison told me he\u2019s been tutoring Congressman Yoho on how to vote on legislation based on principals of constitutional process. Until now, Morrison said Ted\u2019s performance was steadily getting better &#8211;<em>\u00a0in Libertarian terms<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 compared to his early months in congress.<\/p>\n<p>As an independent and spectator of\u00a0 partisan foolery I\u2019m waiting for the faux two party system to admit the way to downsize the US government is to let Israel run everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was the \u201cJewish Neocons\u201d\u00a0Thunder of 9\/11 Truth From Watergate Journalist Carl Bernstein<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that Jeffrey Meldon will defend AIPAC even under criticism from another Jew of equal or more distinguished accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>Last April 13 Carl Bernstein spoke at the UF.\u00a0 The Sun Headline read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20130413\/ARTICLES\/130419759?p=all&amp;tc=pgall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cWatergate reporter urges residents to dig deep for truth\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeffrey commented:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI attended the speech last night (4\/13) given by Carl Bernstein and applaud his advice to seek credible sources before you form your opinions. However with regard to his opinions on aipac he has failed to do that . He told me after his speech that the single most authoritative source he could suggest was a book entitled\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Israel-Lobby-U-S-Foreign-Policy\/dp\/0374531501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cthe Israel lobby and us foreign policy\u201d<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0This book was written by two anti Israel people who failed to do any original research and their opinions expressed in the book have been given little to no credibility by the vast majority of intelligent journalists and commentators. Perhaps Mr. Berstein should use the same investigative techniques with regard to aipac and Israel that he used in his watergate reporting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Attorney Meldon stops short of accusing the book\u2019s authors (John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt) of lying about AIPAC.\u00a0 Reporting unpleasant facts is not the same as misrepresenting the truth. When condensing historical facts to reveal AIPAC\u2019s documented corrupting influence on US policy why would Jeffrey characterize the lack of need for any\u00a0<em>original research<\/em>\u00a0as a \u201cfailure\u201d?\u00a0 Would it not be simpler to conclude AIPAC\u2019s corruption of the US government is a matter long-documented fact?<\/p>\n<p>Meldon gives his misplaced zeal away when he pens a near Ad hominem response as disdain for Carl Bernstein\u2019s suggestion to read a good history book.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Carl Bernstein Pins 9\/11 on \u201cJewish Neocons\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Carl Bernstein blows the lid off the 9\/11 inside job on April 26, Morning Joe show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe went to war against a guy (Bin Laden) who had absolutely nothing to do with 9\/11. It was a total pretext!\u00a0 It\u2019s inexplicable and there you go to Cheney, there you go to Bush, there you go to the\u00a0Jewish neo-cons\u00a0who wanted to remake the world.\u00a0 Maybe I can say that because I\u2019m Jewish. To bring about a certain result\u2026\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/04\/26\/journalist-carl-bernstein-tells-joe-scarborough-jewish-neocons-responsible-in-part-for-iraq-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jewish-American Journalist Carl Bernstein reveals the role &#039;Jewish Neocons&#039; in Launching Iraq War\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRlatDWqh0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With all due respect to Bernstein\u2019s journalistic heroism, the neocons are not Jews \u2013 Zionists\u00a0 hide behind and within the human shields of Judaism to invoke sympathy and threat of being accused of\u00a0 antisemitism when the dreadful history of the holocaust is misused as Zionist political propaganda.\u00a0 When Jews protest the pro-war actions of Netenyahu\u2019s terror party, Likud, the media (their media) goes deaf and dumb.<\/p>\n<p>Historic \u201cholocausts\u201d in Armenia,\u00a0 East Timor, Cambodia, Guatemala, Yugoslavia and Rwanda have no less human rights significance than Hitler\u2019s holocaust but media propagnada would have you believe that murdering Jews is worse than murdering gentiles and people viewed as less \u201cchosen\u201d.\u00a0 Zionist media will only promote the holocaust that serves Israel\u2019s globalist agenda of financial domination. In this regard,\u00a0<strong>zionists are rationally revealed as holocaust deniers and racists<\/strong>\u00a0by discounting the mass murders of non-Jews as having far less significance.<\/p>\n<p>While Vice President, Joe Biden is an ardent Roman Catholic, he\u2019s also a proud a Zionist as he so eloquently described in a 2007 audition for the job of Vice President on Shalom TV:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Biden: &quot;I Am A Zionist. You Don&#039;t Have To A Jew To Be A Zionist&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uo-UXZ-1ups?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If Bernstein\u2019s suggested resource is regarded as too aggressively biased against AIPAC then it\u2019s best to continue reading more history from authors who do original research (of old documents) and risk having more to lose than to gain.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Black\u2019s,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transfer-Agreement-Dramatic-Story-Of\/dp\/1572907703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Transfer Agreement<\/a>\u00a0is based on painful revelations to he and his family when his research into events surrounding the holocaust uncovered disturbing manipulation of facts. Far from being labeled a \u201cdenier\u201d, Black discovered the history of the holocaust is more complicated than the simplistic version regurgitated too often by the media and even academia.<\/p>\n<p>Meldon\u2019s suggestion of original research has come as the another anniversary of the dangerously misunderstood 9\/11\/2001 disaster approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Original research endorsed by ten-thousand advanced degreed professionals has concluded that the Twin Towers and WTC Building-7 were ultimately knocked down by deliberate, explosive demolition.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Ted Yoho has been informed that the FBI has responded in writing to evidence for deliberate demolition that goes far beyond beyond \u201creasonable doubt\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the FBI\u2019s division of counterterrorism, Michael J, Heimbach responded in writing on 12\/28\/2008 that the evidence is \u201c\u2026backed by thorough research and analysis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure on federal law enforcement to convene a new grand jury to re-investigate suspects under oath continues.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusive evidence for deliberate demolition of the Twin Towers and WTC-7 (Salomon Bros.) has been viewed by millions in the global community in over eight languages.\u00a0 This awareness is now at critical mass as corporate media and even the US congress refuses to acknowledge this hard evidence exists- yet too many are willing to invade Syria on nearly zero evidence.<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/saive.com\/911\/DOCS\/911_Heimbach_letter-FBI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0(PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If 9\/11 Was an Inside Job, The Patriot Act Must Be Repealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This video sent to the FBI by Architect Richard Gage, AIA, remains as the gold standard and the basis for a Zeitgeist realization that these explosive events were master-minded by a minority of insiders who do not represent your government but were granted long-term access to three giant skyscrapers from as far back as the Clinton administration.<\/p>\n<p>The shock and awe of the 9\/11 deception created the confusion and opportunity to pass the unlawful and repulsive Patriot Act, creation of the goose-stepping Department of Homeland Security, NSA, TSA, NDAA, Drone surveillance, torture and legal murder of US citizens at home or abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A scientific survey conducted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opinion_polls_about_9\/11_conspiracy_theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zogby<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opinion_polls_about_9\/11_conspiracy_theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0i<\/a>n late August 2004 on residents of New York State found that 49 percent of New York City residents and 41 percent of New York state citizens believe individuals within the U.S. government,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cknew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These stunning numbers verify a high awareness of government coverup even if these respondents were paralyzed into inaction due to the effects of trauma-based mind control.\u00a0 But it\u2019s time to shake off the trauma, stand up and demand accountability.\u00a0 NOW<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s leverage this action to stop the wars of aggression against innocent civilians because that\u2019s what all this is really about.<\/p>\n<p>When Americans\u00a0 let\u00a0 9\/11 go by without a full \u201cunder oath\u201d investigation, they have essentially surrendered to the enemy within.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nine-Eleven is the Litmus Test:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nine Eleven is the Litmus Test\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tXnQoFeVQII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It all comes down to 9\/11.<\/strong>\u00a0 Everything that has happened since 9\/11 is based on a lie.\u00a0 Everyone in government; in the media, in entertainment, in organized religion, in the public eye and in the public who accepts and promotes the official story is either a traitor or a tool.\u00a0 Everyone who does not stand forth and speak truth to power is a coward, a liar and complicit in mass murder.\u00a0 Everyone \u2013 everywhere can be measured according to this litmus test.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Visible<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gold Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>9\/11: Blueprint for Truth-The Architecture of Destruction, Richard Gage, AIA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Richard Gage\u2019s scientific method correlates 100% with deliberate demolition and 0% for the government\u2019s official coverup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"9\/11: Blueprint for Truth-The Architecture of Destruction-114min.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQgVCj7q49o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2013\/09\/05\/congressman-ted-yoho-secret-session-with-zionists-is-another-inside-job\/\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131015132328\/http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2013\/09\/05\/congressman-ted-yoho-secret-session-with-zionists-is-another-inside-job\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}