A New Generation of Hope

By Charlie Johnston, founder of CORAC

I have been getting a lot of people in their 20’s and 30’s at my talks this year – and joining CORAC. Small wonder; it’s not like many other social avenues are offering a way to speak with genuine freedom and a means to express themselves through building something up, rather than tearing things down.

Back when I was a prominent statewide political operative in Illinois, young operatives would try to get to work with me because my reputation was that I didn’t care how old or young you were; if you worked effectively to deliver the goods, you were going to rise in any organization I ran. (I eventually found out that the young “Charlie people” from different campaigns would sometimes get together – and weed out any pretenders by saying some of my common but peculiar phrases. “Bloody hell!” was my phrase of surprise or exasperation and, “Talk to ya,” was often my way of ending a phone call.)

It occurred to me a few weeks back that the kids born on 9-11 will be 21 years old this year. (Man, it seems to me it took me a LOT longer to reach 21 than it has them!) It kind of staggered me to realize that they have never known an America that was fully free, encouraged initiative, and really worked to promote opportunity for all.

The America that people my age are nostalgic for has never existed for them, except in underground history books. Infact, ever since the early 90’s we have been constraining freedom and opportunity at an ever-accelerating pace until now, when almost nothing works in America. “Equity” instead of equality of opportunity has meant the progressive impoverishment of all – and watch what you say lest the mob comes for you. America is now governed by roving bands of rival warlords.

Chillingly, at a dinner near Washington, D.C., a man in his 20’s told me that he was glad to hear me say that; that I was the only person my age he had ever heard acknowledge it. But, he added, he and his friends talked about it a lot. It is not their time to step into predominant power, he noted, but when they do they intend to tear it all down. This was no wild-eyed revolutionary. He is devoted to his wife and kids and is deeply faithful. It shook me a bit to realize how clearly the best among the younger generation know how very badly we have failed – and even betrayed – them, both by the things we have done and the things we have failed to do, as it says in the Confiteor.

There are any number of organizations which encourage young people to express themselves by talking about what they are against and what they hate in others, degenerating into the feral, mindless rage of Antifa or BLM. We have to be the organization that defines people by what they are for and what they will work to build, while offering ways to do those things. Building a house is slow, steady work; not nearly as dazzling and quick as blowing one up. Shoot, you  could level several neighborhoods in the time it takes to build one house. But in the leveling, you cannot forge the bonds of friendship, camaraderie and accomplishment that come with patiently building one house.

I encourage you to actively start recruiting young people into your groups. Standing for faith, family and freedom will never be as transiently exciting as fire, mayhem and destruction. But young people are increasingly repulsed by the vandals who have bullied their way into influence and power in America. The young are hungry for people who can how and help them to bear fruit that will last. We failed by letting the vandals in to ravage the house that we built – but unlike the vandals, we know something about building. With a “mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa,” let us forsake our decades of neglect and forge alliances with our young people to rebuild a just society that rewards initiative and works to create opportunity for all. That is fruit that will last. 

Charlie Johnston

Covid By The Numbers

• 11.1 billion doses have been administered worldwide, as of March 23, up 1.5% from the last newsletter.
• 64.1 % of the entire world’s population has received at least one dose, a 1.1% increase.
• 14.4% of those in low-income countries have been injected, a 5% increase since the last newsletter.

That means the bulk of new vaccinations are going on in the developing world, where people are much more vulnerable to pressure.

Data from: Our World in Data >

Russia / Ukraine

Our nation is considering a distant war, and there is only one allowable viewpoint?? I wonder whether we should believe the majority view when it is so heavily promoted by George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, the mainstream media, the complicit Congress, and all the same people who lied to us about COVID. There is never only one viewpoint to anything this big. The minority viewpoint, and there is plenty of evidence in its favor, can be found if you look outside the mainstream.

Whenever there is a “pile-on,” it eventually comes out that we were hustled. Consider these things: symphony orchestras are cancelling concerts that were scheduled to play Russian composers like Tchaikovsky (died 1893) and Rachmaninoff (died 1943); universities have taken Russian authors out of curriculums, like Dostoyevsky (died 1881); the Space Foundation “cancelled” Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (died 1968), the first human in outer space.

Does any of that make the slightest bit of sense? None of that posturing does the least damage to Russia; it only harms those who pompously deprive themselves of magnificent human culture and history.

In the light of such unreason parading as righteousness, some healthy skepticism and research is called for.

WHO Power Grab

The World Health Organization (thanks for the last two years, by the way) has proposed a treaty which transfers the power of signatory nations to the WHO for global pandemic response. As we have seen, any health issue can be magnified, populations terrorized, and billions of dollars appropriated when a high enough person in global governance decides it. The next time there is a “pandemic” (and there certainly will be since it is such a profitable operation for the people in charge) all nations party to this treaty will be under the legal power of the WHO.

This is “one-world government” knocking at our door. It goes against the Catholic principle of subsidiarity, which teaches that governance is best when it is done at the lowest practical level. In other words, you don’t need an international committee to tell you how to organize your kids’ soccer team. You don’t need the UN curriculum on sex ed to talk to your children about love and marriage. Nothing should be done by a larger and more complex organization which can be done as well (and probably better) by a smaller and simpler organization.

Open letter opposing the treaty >

Children’s Health Defense weighs in >

Subsidiarity in Catholic social teaching >

Digital Detox

How to know if you are suffering from digital overload:

• News or online interactions interrupt your ability to sleep
• You experience anxiety or anger after being online
• You keep a device with you at all times
• Your relationship with friends is negatively impacted
• You have difficulty concentrating on everyday tasks

Is this you? Try a digital detox. Read all about how and why to do it here >

I’ll be starting mine right after this newsletter goes out!

Status of Mandates

The healthcare workers mandate that the Biden administration imposed on all employees of facilities that receive Federal funding (as in Medicare) is still in force. The US Senate voted 49-44 to end the mandate, but the House has not yet acted. That means healthcare workers still have to submit to the Vaxxx.

Law enforcement vaccination is determined by state and local mandates. There are lots of lawsuits filed, but many mandates remain in force.

The mandate remains for the military, to the detriment of our armed forces. In fact, the vaxx is being pushed aggressively in the military. Read more here >

So do we still need to fight against the mandates? YES. YES. YES. The people most essential to our survival are being forced to take a shot known to be destructive and deadly.

The Indefinite Pandemic

In a statement issued this week, the odious Fauci warns that the US might need to re-institute lockdowns at any moment. The unelected bureaucrats don’t want to give up any of the precious powers they took during the supposed “emergency.”

Watch the video here >

Petro Dollars

In the early 1970s, Saudi Arabia and the US agreed to standardize oil prices in US dollars. This system elevated the US dollar to be the dominant world currency, creating demand for US products from nations holding dollars. As far back as 2018, oil-producers Venezuela and Saudi Arabia have been threatening to accept currencies besides the USD, such as the Chinese yuan and the Euro. Now with sanctions against Russia, it appears that oil-producing nations may actually follow through and accept the yuan for oil sales. As long as the US was energy-independent, this shift could have been weathered, but since Biden has made us dependent again, it could slam US currency. Wait and watch.

Read more about this rather complex subject on Investopedia here >

A good basic explanation from Tony Robbins is here >

An American Horror Story

One of the J6 political prisoners, a senior citizen and US Navy veteran, tells what happened to him, and the damage he continues to suffer.  Read the story here >

Tom Caldwell never even entered the Capitol, but that didn’t stop the Feds from imprisoning and torturing (yes, that’s the word I intended) him. He was offered an evil plea deal, and he considered taking it, just to save his family farm, but his wife has convinced him to fight.

Contributions to the Caldwells’ legal defense fund are specifically intended to help them save their farm>

Donations at this site go directly to their legal team.

Truckers Keep Truckin

Truckers vow to continue The People’s Convoy, no matter how long it takes. Read more here >

I have begun to write up daily summaries of the activities of the Convoy, gained from conversations with Santa, who was Charlie’s guest on last week’s podcast. Below are the latest few.

The Vaccine-injured Beg For Our Attention

They are being treated as if they do not exist because they are an inconvenient truth for the continuation of the billions of dollars flowing to the pharmaceutical companies. There is no financial help for adverse events and little medical help since doctors cannot admit that they did this to the public. The victims are so much to be pitied; they trusted. The vast, vast majority of the vaxxed acted in good faith. They were lied to. Hear them. See them. Believe them. They have been abandoned, and they need help.  Watch their video here >

Liability of Doctors

This is a project being carried out in the UK to assess doctors’ responsibility for the medical disaster that has been visited upon the public. Contact your doctors to request this information. Retain the data because there will be class action lawsuits. Maybe your doctor is a nice man or woman, but that does not change the fact that they failed to properly research the product and failed to get legally mandated informed consent. With these questions, not only are you gathering data, but you are putting doctors on notice that if they try to do this again in a few months when the next “pandemic” comes down the line, they will be held legally liable.

• To how many people has your practice administered Covid-19 injections?
• Have they given these injections to any children? If so, how many
• Were patients routinely informed of the individual risk that Covid-19 posed to them, for their particular age group?
• Were patients routinely informed that these vaccines are still part of an ongoing trial until 2023?
• Were patients routinely informed that these vaccines were authorized for emergency use only?
• Were patients routinely informed that these mRNA vaccines have never before been tried on human beings?
• Were patients routinely informed that the vaccine manufacturers have immunity from liability for any adverse events and death?
• Were patients routinely informed there is no medium- to long-term safety data for these vaccines?
• Were patients routinely made aware of the VAERS data for these vaccines regarding the very high number of serious injuries and deaths compared to all other vaccines?