Issue 2024-20
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Having put on the armor of God, hold your ground.
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How many Halloween costumes yesterday were Hefty garbage bags? The left has made things like “garbage,” “fascist” and “deplorable” into compliments. The world continues to go mad… and we continue to pray. At our public rosary this Wednesday, I warned everyone to be watchful next week. We absolutely have no idea what to expect after Tuesday ends. A red triumph will be the safest in the long run, but could usher in a few months of lunacy, even in peaceful little towns like Tyler.
Heads on a swivel, eyes wide open, situational awareness.
Sheryl Collmer, editor
November 1, 2024
sherylc@coracusa.com
From the cockpit of the Subaru
CORAC founder Charlie Johnston travels from coast to coast in his trusty Outback to speak in person to those now weathering the Storm.
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CHARLIE’S BRIEF
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NEWS
Resiliency
When we have no idea what might come, resiliency is a great strength… more >
On Borrowed Time
My article in Crisis, on the eve of the election… more >
Predictions
Election predictions from some of our CORAC leaders… more >
Radio Contest
Participants, send your point totals to your regional coordinator on Monday… more >
Media Blackout
What the media won’t tell us… more >
The Stay-In Bin
because most of us will not bug out in a crisis; we’ll stay in our homes… more >
Now It Begins
I have been saying for some time that this election will not bring resolution, but confrontation. We have two radically different and incompatible visions for America’s future. The right would bring us closer to traditional American values of individual liberty and self-government. The left is determined to have a centralized command state where bureaucratic “experts” decide what each of us must do. One side must win, the other lose. Hillary Clinton has publicly endorsed the plan of sending conservatives to re-education internment camps. No matter who prevails, a large portion of the opposition is not going to accept the result. One side must win the future, the other must be made irrelevant.
But…folks still want me to make my prognostication on the matter. I have not been as confident in my skills at such since 2018. As I have said, it is not because I think my skills have eroded. It is because it is much more difficult to speak with confidence with the volatility that systemic massive vote fraud brings – kind of like predicting the weather in the mountains along the continental divide. (Everybody says their weather is volatile. You want to see the real thing? Go to the continental divide in the mountains. I know. As the old Johnny Cash song says, “I’ve been everywhere.” – at least in this country.) For crying out loud, the feds have been suing states to keep known illegal voters ON the rolls. When the Supreme Court ruled Virginia can remove non-citizens from the rolls despite the feds effort to keep them there, CNN (which says there is no such thing as voter fraud) reported it was a big win for Republicans. Sheesh, these guys can’t even keep their stories straight anymore. But even a lame, old warhorse has to march when he hears the bells, so here goes.
I expect the Democrats to steal about 30 million votes, using illegal aliens, ballot drops, voting machine chicanery, double-counting and more. The shock of election night for them will be that it is not enough – not nearly enough.
Donald Trump will win – and so will Republicans up and down the ballot, as voters express a mighty convulsion of revulsion at the insanity of far-left policies which have become Democrat boiler plate.
The Democrats got what should have been a wake-up call with Trump’s victory in 2016. Voters were not buying what they were selling. Instead of reforming, they just cranked up their vote fraud tactic (always important for Dems) by several orders of magnitude and kept going down their deadly, authoritarian trajectory. That is like treating cancer by using ever stronger pain medication: it does not even slow the cancer down, only masks the symptoms as it eats away at you. There comes a point where even the strongest pain medication cannot hide how the cancer has ravaged you. The Democrats (and their media stenographers) have reached that point.
Their supporters will do their dead-level best to set our cities to burn…and may succeed. I don’t trust our Republican officials to act with fortitude and resolve to stop it. But after traveling the country for almost two months now I discern an entirely new mood in the country. People have had all they can take and they are not taking it anymore.
This time when the paramilitary arm of the Democrats starts rioting, looting, raping, burning and shooting, ordinary people will hit back and shoot back. Dems and the gutter press will scream bloody murder. Republican officials who focus on punishing the aggrieved rather than the aggressors will find themselves targets of the aggrieved even as the gutter press accords them strange, new respect. One side must win, the other be forced into irrelevance.
While this is going on, Democratic officials will be doing everything they can to procedurally block Trump’s victory, including trying to refuse to certify it on January 6, 2025. (The irony abounds…but will only serve to show that Democratic leaders have no principles, only tactics to ensure holding power). It will not succeed.
Many have thought the Dems closing argument, that Trump is literally Hitler, is the worst closing argument any party has ever made in a presidential election. Trump has benefitted by familiarity over the last nine years. Every rational person knows he is a volatile personality – sometimes offensive, sometimes hilarious, but always provocatively authentic. They also know that, for all his volatility, his larger policy efforts were coherent and consistent – and actually worked.
The “Trump is literally Hitler” line of attack is, indeed, dumb as a stump. But it is far more sinister than that. Having worked their low grey-cell count, fanatical followers into a frenzy, there will be more than a few who will decide their ticket to glory is to take Trump out before he can take office.
No president-elect since Abraham Lincoln has been presented with the danger of credible assassination conspiracies in the interregnum between the election and the inauguration that Trump will face. Dems would love to mount what they hope would be a Constitutional crisis that would somehow allow them to snatch victory from the jaws of the shellacking they have coming on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Lest you think that is overheated, it is not at all unprecedented. John Wilkes Boothe killed Lincoln after the Civil War had already been won, hoping to cause the defeated South to rise up in rebellion anew. But fanatics always find their ire turned back upon themselves. Instead of causing the South to rise again, Booth only succeeded in making Lincoln’s planned generous, gentle reconstruction into a brutal repression of the South for the next four years.
There is a not insignificant chance that it will be J.D. Vance who is inaugurated in January. If the Dems succeed in making that happen, God help them. Their last-ditch effort to hold onto power will completely destroy them – and fill even weenie Republican officials with a terrible resolve.
Now it begins.
If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now, in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.
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NEWS
Resiliency
When we have no idea what might come, resiliency is a great strength. It’s the ability to roll without breaking, to keep your perspective and sense of humor, and come through reliably for your family, your self and your neighbors.
This is a great piece written by our CORAC Executive Director >
I’m printing this out for my resource binder. It’s a great reminder of things we know, but may need nudging.
Situational Awareness
Head on a swivel means being aware of everything going on around you. It can save your life. The biggest step you can take for your own safety is to stay off your phone when you’re in public places. It is a strategy of bad guys to target women who are walking while reading a screen. There’s more here:
On Borrowed Time
Predictions From CORAC Leaders
Election predictions from some of our CORAC leaders:
Tim from California: Trump wins 300+ electoral college votes, all Blue Wall states, including CA and NY, with popular vote 80% or more.
Joe from Kansas: Trump, 300 electoral votes vs. Harris 237.
Mick from Michigan: Trump wins by comfortable margin, 300+ electoral votes, including Blue Wall states WI, MI, PA. Despite cheating on the other side, Trump will closely win the published popular vote.
MP from Arizona: Despite predictions of a landslide victory, Republicans barely take the House, and the Senate (by the slimmest margin), where 3 heavily disputed races are left hanging by the left for weeks. Presidential election comes down to Arizona which is feverishly disputed by the left. Trump holds a tiny margin and the Democrat lawfare and anarchist machines are wholly unleashed, disrupting a finish indefinitely. Americans will have had enough at this point, though the retreating left adapts a scorched earth policy on nearly every front.
Kris from South Dakota: Trump in a landslide, and the left will lose their collective mind. Since I live in MN and Walz will have lost his fantasy of complete control, I believe conservatives in MN will be made to suffer even more. ND and SD will go red, the swing state of WI will turn blue. MN will stay blue the state senate will return to Republican control. Democrats will retain control of the state house.
Ed from Texas: Trump wins in a manner too big to rig, up 5% in the popular vote, and 300+ electoral votes. Liberal tears flow like a river.
Beckita from Montana: Massive Trump win. The Left will pull out all stops to create mayhem at every level, and not only on American soil, but around the world. In this phase, we could see the Left take down all means of communication, except ham and GMRS radio… but not until they leverage illegal means to attempt to cancel Trump’s win by maneouvering to nullify the election. Martial law a possibility. Hot civil war likely. WWIII also a great risk. As we await a major intervention by God (and He is already intervening in amazing ways) we have one foot in the Red Sea of another American Civil War. What comes next and how God acts is ours to discover while living it. Taking the next right step and being a sign of hope to others will be ways to we, in CORAC, will partner with God.
Consecration of the Elections
Father Chad Ripperger has given us this prayer for the integrity of the election and the protection of America.
Mary Immaculate, living tabernacle of the Divinity, where the eternal Wisdom lies hidden to be adored and served by angels and men,
Queen of heaven and of earth,
beneath whose sway are subject all things that are lower than God,
Patroness of the United States of America,
sorrowful and mindful of our own sinfulness and the sins of our nation,
we come to Thee, our refuge and hope.
Knowing that our country cannot be saved by our own works
and mindful of how much our nation has departed from the ways of Thy Son,
we humbly ask that Thou wouldst turn Thine eyes upon our country to bring about its conversion.
We consecrate to Thee the integrity of the upcoming election and its outcome,
so that what is spiritually and morally best for the citizens of our country may be accomplished,
and that all of those who are elected would govern according to the spiritual and moral principles
which will bring our nation into conformity with the teachings of Thy Son.
Give grace to the citizens of this land so that they will choose leaders according to the Sacred Heart of Thy Son,
that His glory may be made manifest, lest we be given the leaders we deserve.
Trusting in the providential care of God the Father and Thy maternal care,
we have perfect confidence that Thou wilt take care of us and will not leave us forsaken.
O Mary Immaculate, pray for us. Amen.
Radio Contest
Participants, send your point totals to your regional coordinator on Monday (contest ends Sunday.) Prizes will be announced on November 9, at Charlie’s meeting in Tyler, Texas.
Stock Up Medications
Medical Kits > Use promo code POSO for free shipping and discount.
and a new one… Reliable RX Store. Dave on X-22 sponsored this Indian pharmacy, which has a wide range of generic meds, including all the standard “covid” scrips, plus things like Fenbenzadole, which has been suggested as an alternative cancer treatment. Read about them here. I don’t have any experience with them yet, but I have been listening to X-22 for years and basically trust Dave.
Media Blackout – What the Media Won’t Tell Us
Click on headlines to read more:
#10 – Idaho health board becomes the first to REMOVE Covid-19 vaccines from their clinics.
#9 – Byron Donalds Shuts Down Joe Biden’s Attempt to Backtrack on “Garbage” Remark
#7 – Harris Campaign Caught Red-Handed Manipulating X To Censor Criticism
#4 – CNN’s Harry Enten Breaks Down ‘Signs’ Pointing To Trump Victory
#3 – Congress is Bracing for Violence After the Election
This story is paywalled, so here’s an alternate source.
#2 – Feminist author and ex-Clinton advisor endorses Donald Trump for president!
#1 – Mainstream Media Airs Shocking Segment About ‘Turbo Cancer’
Just since inserting the above list, Vigilant Fox put out another ten items. You can catch up here >
Martyrs Corner: Ukrainian Martyrs of Communism
Communism has made Christian martyrs wherever and whenever it has taken power; its overarching goal is the elimination of religion.
In Ukraine, Eastern Orthodoxy is the predominant religion, but a small body of Catholics exists alongside it. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church remains in union with Rome.
Beginning in 1939, Communists began confiscating Catholic properties and banning Catholic institutions and orders. Catholic men and women were tortured and murdered, often after starving in prison. The goal was to drive the Catholics to lose their faith altogether, or at least, to become part of the more compliant Orthodox Church. The Communists were having none of that loyalty to Rome.
In 1941, as World War II had begun, Father Mykola Konrad was called out to the bedside of a dying woman. On his way back, Father Konrad and his helper were detained by Communist agents. Their bodies were found a week later with multiple stab wounds from bayonets.
In 2001, St. John Paul canonized 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholic martyrs. Most were bishops and priests, along with three nuns and the layman who had accompanied Fr. Konrad on the sick call. They all died bravely in the face of brutal Communist torture: one was crucified, one boiled in oil, one sealed up alive inside a prison wall.
In the last century, millions of people were murdered or starved to death by Communist powers. It is a deadly ideology, and one that our country must guard against, and defeat.
The feast day of the Ukrainian martyrs is June 27.
PRAYER
October Prayer Intentions
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That, after November 5, 2024, CORAC members move in the Holy Spirit with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Gal 5:22–23) ~ to be signs of hope for those around us.
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That CORAC members continue to seek and speak Truth, thereby helping to free our culture from the long oppression of lies.
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For finishing touches, production, and dissemination of CORAC’s manual: Revival: A Handbook and Manual for Building Functional Communities.
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For safe travels for Charlie in his trusty Outback and for all who attend his gatherings as he spreads the message: Acknowledge God, Take the Next Right Step, and Be A Sign of Hope for Those Around You.
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That many people be healed in body, mind, and spirit through the online Physical Healing Prayer Session via Zoom, on the last Wednesday of each month; and through many other healing prayer ministries in which CORAC members are engaged.
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That CORAC members may strongly desire and find the means to participate in financial support for our vital ministries.
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For all intentions carried in the hearts of CORAC members and those posted on the CORAC Prayer Hotline, with gratitude for prayers answered in our daily lives.
St. Gabriel, enlighten us.
St. Michael, defend us.
St. Raphael, protect us.
Ave Maria, Stella Maris!
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APPENDIX
The Stay-In Bin
because most of us will not bug out in a crisis; we’ll stay in our homes.
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