EXC: A USAID-funded Harvard institute partnered with Democrat members of Congress to train far-left activists.
These "Resistance Labs" researching the most effective tactics for full-blown “regime change."
They’re analyzing whether terrorism or violence are useful tactics.
Harvard’s Nonviolent Action Lab partnered with Rep. Jayapal on “Resistance Labs,” hosting virtual trainings for activists.
She told reporters she wants protestors “strike ready,” suggesting violence is “coming.”
Jayapal pledged she would share the trainings with colleagues.
Erica Chenoweth, Nonviolent Action Lab leader, joined the training.
The lab is part of Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance. Deleted webpages reveal USAID and the State Department among its top donors.
Chenoweth uses “they/them” pronouns.
Chenoweth’s personal resume show she has lectured at USAID in 2015, 2016, and 2022
She has also authored several reports and memos for USAID as a Lead Investigator funded by 5-figure grants including:
- Youth and LGBTQ+ Participation in Nonviolent Action
- Struggles from Below: Human Rights Struggles by Domestic Actors
- Civil Resistance and Corporate Behavior: Mapping Trends and Assessing Impact
As recent as 2022, Chenoweth was lecturing at USAID's Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Center.
Chenoweth has written extensively on terrorism and evaluating whether violent protests are effective. Papers/books she has authored include the following.
These are the raw materials for truly radical regime change, analyzing terrorism and violent protest through the lens of what is most successful - not moral, safe, or just.
- How to Topple a Dictator
- The Role of Violence in Nonviolent Resistance
- Resilient Republics: Why Terrorism Does Not Destroy Democracy
- The Study of Terrorism: Achievements and Analytical Challenges Ahead
- To Bribe or to Bomb: Do Corruption and Terrorism Go Together?”
- Democratic Competition and Terrorist Activity
- Is Terrorism Still a Democratic Phenomenon?
- Oxford Handbook on Terrorism
- Terrorism and Democracy
- Democratic Pieces: Democratization and the Origins of Terrorism
- Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology
Some of Chenoweth’s other speaking events include Yale University’s Public Policy Program Panel on “Is Terrorism Ever Legitimate?”, a “Workshop on Nonviolent Strategies in Violent Settings,” and organizing the “Paths to Violence Workshop” at Harvard.
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Chenoweth was also a consultant for the US Institute of Peace from 2017 to 2019, including lectures at the institute in 2015, 2014, and 2010.
She was the lead investigator on two reports: “Research on Gender and Youth in Nonviolent Action Campaigns” and “USIP Special Report and/or Peaceworks on ‘Measuring Inclusion.”
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🚨 Several “tough on China” GOP Congressmen are quietly backing a program that brings MORE Chinese nationals into America without going through normal visa checks.
@Jim_Jordan @BrianMastFL @RepTroyNehls — care to explain?
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The EVS-TAP program lets Chinese nationals — even Chinese Communist Party members — get U.S. entry through the Northern Mariana Islands with virtually zero oversight.
These islands are U.S. territory.
Once in, they can buy American IDs and some have already tried to infiltrate Guam’s military bases, just 60 miles away.
King-Hinds names @Jim_Jordan as one of the biggest backers of the Chinese EVS-TAP visa scheme.
He even called her privately to celebrate. Why no mention of this to your base?
🚨 Why are researchers from Chinese Communist Party-run institutions advising the Fed?
Researchers from communist institutions with histories of espionage are listed as co-authors on papers with Fed employees.
Are taxpayers subsidizing this?
A paper presented as part of the Fed’s 2020 Finance and Economics Discussion Series was co-authored by John Rogers and Wenbin Wu.
Rogers was ultimately indicated for spying on behalf of China.
A 2016 paper featuring Fed Governor Justin Pierce - “Does Trade Liberalization with China Influence U.S.
Elections?” - included a researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This CCP university was flagged by the Senate for espionage against the US.
Kim Kardashian attacked the LA ICE raids on Instagram Tuesday, but in 2019 the Kardashian family issued a statement praising ICE after it deported Kendall Jenner’s stalker to Canada.
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In 2019, ICE El Paso deported a Canadian who stalked Kendall Jenner. The Kardashians lauded ICE and LAPD’s “swift response and professionalism,” saying it restored their “peace of mind.” But now, as ICE deports criminal invaders harming everyday American families, Kim has decided it’s time to hop on the sanctimonious celebrity bandwagon criticizing the agency.
In addition to flipping her stance on ICE deportations in the statement, Kim – best known for her Instagram mirror selfies and 2003 s*x tape with “F*ck Them H*es” artist Ray J – described illegal alien criminals as her “neighbors.”
Unfortunately, unlike Kim, most of us do not live in a $60 million Calabasas mansion with a survival bunker and 24/7-armed security.
NPR recently added a pop-up message on their website asking: “What would you do in a world without the NPR Network?”
Here is some of the hard-hitting reporting NPR thinks you can’t live without ⬇️
A discussion of “genderqueer dinosaur enthusiasts” and the “trans-ceratops.”
A Valentine’s Day feature regarding “queer animals” that suggests the make-believe clownfish in Finding Nemo would’ve been better off as a female, that “banana slugs are hermaphrodites,” and that “some deer are nonbinary.”