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I will say her name: Ashli Babbitt. Killed by Capitol Police on January 6

The propagandists in the Democrat Party and their willing accomplices in the media continue to insult us with their details of the so-called “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. 

Their quick summary always states something like, “during the insurrection a woman was shot and killed inside the Capitol.”

Generally they avoid mentioning her name and who shot her.

Their hope is that by eliminating as many details as possible, and repeating their mini-version of the story over and over and over, the public at large will believe the shooter was a wild-eyed Trump supporter who crashed the Capitol and the victim was a Congressional staffer or perhaps even a Capitol police officer.

And that’s exactly what most in the public now think. 

Actually, as those read this website know, the deceased woman’s name is Ashli Babbitt. She was from Southern California. Ashli was 36 years old. There was a memorial held for her this Saturday. Those closest to Ashli described her as a loving, passionate, patriotic woman.

When the media’s talking heads do reveal Ashli’s identity they make her out to be a conspiracy kook.

Hardly the case.

According to a GoFundMe account set up to fund her memorial:

Ashli’s love for America started early. She joined the United States Air Force in 2003 at age 18 and served for the next 14 years. During that time, Ashli deployed four times.  It was during one of those deployments she was injured during an attack. Throughout her challenges, she never lost her unwavering patriotism and love for her country. After active duty, Ashli joined the National Guard and went back to school to earn a degree in business. She used that knowledge to run her own company along with her husband, Aaron.

She was also a proud supporter of President Trump. That’s why she was in Washington D.C. on January 6.

What do we know about the person who killed Ashli Babbitt?

Only that he or she is a Capitol Police officer. We’re told a preliminary investigation did not find enough evidence to criminally charge the officer.

Unlike other police killings in the United States, this officer’s identity is being withheld. Unlike other recent police killings, the victim’s name is not continually being repeated by talking heads and activists screaming, SAY HER NAME.

Ashli’s parents certainly raised a wonderful daughter. It sounds as if all of our lives would have benefited from knowing Ashli.

Let’s keep her family and friends in prayer.

Brian Sussman is an author and former San Francisco radio talk host.

Where did the Left learn their effective “fake news” tactics?

In Episode 80 of Hidden Headlines I discuss the effective use of Propaganda by the Democratic Party and the Left in general.

They have become excellent at making the public believe whatever fake news will serve their purposes.

Where did they learn this?

From the  “father of public relations,” Edward Bernays.

Edward Bernays could sell anything.

In his 1928 book, “Propaganda,” Bernays hypothesized that by understanding the group mind, it would be possible to manipulate people’s behavior without their even realizing it. For example, in his first big test of this hypothesis, Bernays launched one of his most famous public relations campaigns: convincing women to smoke.

In 1929, it was taboo for women to smoke in public and those who flouted convention were thought to be sexually permissive. Bernays’ client was George Washington Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company, who envisioned breaking this taboo to broaden the market for his Lucky Strike brand. Bernays asked Hill for permission to consult with New York’s leading psychoanalyst and Freud disciple, Dr. A.A. Brill, and was granted this unusual request.

This was the first but not the last time Bernays would consult with psychoanalysts to help shape his public relations campaigns. When asked what cigarettes symbolized to women, Brill’s response was that cigarettes were symbolic of male power.

Equating smoking with challenging male power was the cornerstone of Lucky Strike’s “Torches of Freedom” campaign, which debuted during New York’s annual Easter Parade on April 1, 1929. Bernays had procured a list of debutantes from the editor of Vogue magazine and pitched the idea that they could contribute to the expansion of women’s rights by lighting up cigarettes and smoking them in the most public of places—Fifth Avenue. The press was warned beforehand and couldn’t resist the story. The “Torches of Freedom Parade” was covered not only by the local papers, but also by newspapers nationwide and internationally. Bernays was duly convinced that linking products to emotions could cause people to behave irrationally. In reality, of course, women were no freer for having taken up smoking, but linking smoking to women’s rights fostered a feeling of independence.

Bernays not only helped move products, but he learned how to move ideology as well for politicians and non-profits.

The Left uses his books as their primary resources to this day: Covid, the January 6th “insurrection,” and so on.

It’s a fascinating podcast. Hope you’ll listen and share.