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    The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty
    The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty
    The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty
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    The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty

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    A war against liberty in America is being waged by Republicans and Democrats in government, the media, and our churches.


    In The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty, seasoned political analyst David Leach draws on his years of experience in the political arena to expose the players in this war.

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    PublisherSC Press
    Release dateJul 19, 2024
    ISBN9798990050211
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      The New Axis of Evil - David Leach

      David Leach does an admirable job defending liberty against the multitude of threats that seek to extinguish it.

      —DR. RON PAUL,

      Twelve-term U.S. congressman and former presidential candidate

      "True liberty is endangered, and our country and America's future are imperiled as constitutional rights are twisted and denied by both parties. Politicians from both sides pick and choose the framing that fits their own agendas. In David Leach's book, The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty, he unpacks how politicians are threatening our conservative Christian values and the foundation that our Christ-honoring forefathers fought for. An illuminating and insightful must-read for anyone who loves and is willing to stand strong for our nation's future!"

      —MIKE TRIEM,

      Crawford Media Group General Manager

      KLTT/KLZ/KLDC/KLVZ – Denver

      The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty

      Copyright © 2024 David Leach

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to [email protected].

      Published by SC Press

      Paperback: 979-8-9900502-0-4

      EPub: 979-8-9900502-1-1

      To my wife, Jeanne. I wouldn’t be the man I am without you. I love you big as the sky!

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Foreword

      SECTION ONE: AMERICA IN TRAUMA

      Chapter 1: Seeing with Clarity

      Chapter 2: A Republic If You Can Keep It

      SECTION TWO: WHERE WE BEGAN

      Chapter 3: The Basics

      Chapter 4: The Place for Liberty

      Chapter 5: The Christian Roots of Liberty

      Chapter 6: The Origins of Conservatism

      SECTION THREE: WHERE WE ARE NOW

      Chapter 7: The Evolution of Conservatism

      Chapter 8: 9/11, the PATRIOT Act, and the New Axis of Evil

      Chapter 9: Slaves in the Washington Matrix

      Chapter 10: Trading Morality for Political Power

      Chapter 11: Replacing God with Government

      SECTION FOUR: WHERE WE ARE GOING

      Chapter 12: Using Crises to Grow the Axis of Evil

      Chapter 13: Tyranny Wins, Liberty Loses

      Chapter 14: Police State and the End of the Bill of Rights

      Chapter 15: Compromise and the Cultural Collapse of Society

      Chapter 16: The End of National Sovereignty

      SECTION FIVE: A TIME FOR CHOOSING

      Chapter 17: Choose to Break Free of the Matrix

      Chapter 18: Choose to Abandon the Republican/Democrat Duopoly

      Chapter 19: Choose to Accept Short-term Pain for Long-term Gain

      Chapter 20: Choose to Get Involved

      Chapter 21: Christians: Choose to be More Serpent, Less Dove

      Chapter 22: Choose A Little Rebellion

      Acknowledgements

      Endnotes

      FOREWORD

      by Shannon Joy

      What does liberty mean to you and me? I’ve often found myself thinking about this question, particularly over the past few years, and here’s what I’ve come up with.

      Liberty means possessing the freedom to live outside what the elitists in government tell us about what this world should be. Liberty means we are free to meet God and to be what He means for us to be.

      To live in liberty is to connect with our spiritual roots and make them physical, thus allowing us to live a life not dictated by fads, trends, or worldly pursuits; to walk in the profound and eternal truth that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by a Creator who loves us.

      We are individuals. We are more than the collective. We are more than an abstract global community. We are independent!

      We have been equipped by the sovereign, powerful, and almighty God to care for ourselves, our families, and our local communities. We don’t need planners or owners or an overbearing and out-of-control government to take care of us. All we need is our faith in God and a commitment to this ultimate truth: that we have been endowed by Him with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

      Living in liberty means we can cherish and respect those who disagree with us and pursue a lifestyle different from ours. And we can tolerate those who hate us for our Christian beliefs, our conservative values, and our uncompromising commitment to the Constitution. Though we disagree, we afford these people the same liberty that God afforded all mankind: the choice to accept Him and His grace or to reject Him.

      Living in liberty means we willingly accept the consequences of our choices and actions, and we take responsibility for our failures and our successes. We understand that living in liberty comes with many dangers and risks, but they are less dangerous than the risk of sacrificing our self-sufficiency and our families to the whims of an entitled collective.

      As Thomas Jefferson once said, I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

      Liberty is the ultimate peacemaker because it allows each person, each family, and each town or village to pursue their own happiness.

      Over my many years as a dedicated Christian, business owner, and community organizer, I’ve developed a passion for liberty and genuine discourse, and that has led me to other like-minded, liberty lovers who understand the times we are living in. David Leach is one of those people.

      As a co-warrior and friend, I have come to appreciate David’s ability to expose the enemies of liberty regardless of party labels and biased agendas. His Christian faith, his conservative values, and his commitment to the Constitution serve as a reminder that we need to have the courage and conviction to stand up for what is right, even when it’s unpopular to do so.

      The New Axis of Evil: Exposing the Bipartisan War on Liberty is a must-read for anyone who’s tired of seeing liberty systematically dismantled by self-interested politicians, their allies in the media, and religious leaders who have become all too willing to trade God for political power.

      Shannon Joy is the host of The Shannon Joy Show, a program dedicated to fearless cultural and political commentary that cuts through the noise of the mainstream media. Find her at theshannonjoy.com

      SECTION ONE

      AMERICA IN TRAUMA

      An unacknowledged trauma is like a wound that never heals over and may start to bleed again at any time.¹

      ALICE MILLER,

      Ph.D. in philosophy, psychology, and sociology

      CHAPTER 1

      SEEING WITH CLARITY

      What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.²

      RALPH WALDO EMERSON

      (American philosopher, abolitionist, and poet)

      Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.³

      RONALD REAGAN

      (40th president of the United States)

      Beyond the fog lies clarity.

      ANONYMOUS

      Nothing is more crucial to the human experience than liberty. And yet it is perhaps the one thing about which we are least clear.

      America’s journey has been a road filled with the unexpected. The Founding Fathers may have set out to create a nation where We the People could secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, but the reality is that the road has been filled with potholes and detours.

      Where is the promise of our God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

      Where is the Bill of Rights when we need it most?

      What is to become of our great Republic?

      Just as wind and water gradually carved the Grand Canyon, the cumulative effect of decades of not really understanding the answers to these questions has led to a subtle, persistent erosion where we doubt the reason for our existence, the goodness of America, and the things that make us good.

      Over time, this has led us to forget that our rights come from God and that liberty is essential to our existence. And with no understanding of these fundamental truths, we have reached a point where we delegate power to the government it was never supposed to have.

      But knowing this means nothing if we’re unaware of what liberty looks like or what we need to do to find it and live in it again.

      According to the Farmers’ Almanac⁴ and the World Atlas⁵, the foggiest place in the world is the Grand Banks, a spot off the island of Newfoundland, Canada, where the chilly Labrador Current from the north meets up with the much warmer Gulf Stream from the south, creating 206 foggy days per year. Because fog reduces visibility, it’s difficult for people to see through it to know where they are and where they’re going.

      When it comes to liberty in America, doesn’t it seem we’re that way 365 days a year? Where did we miss the mark, and how did we miss it so badly? How did we end up where we are today? Where do we go from here?

      Today, in an almost desperate attempt to salvage what we can of the American Dream, we vote for politicians representing our side who promise to do the things necessary to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, as mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution.

      Still, we usually end up with more of the same ol’ same ol’. And even when those politicians appear to make a little progress, it almost always comes with an unintended consequence of some sort—usually a loss of a little bit of our freedom. Sure, Republicans and Democrats talk about how their agendas won’t interfere with our right to live in liberty, but we typically see very little evidence that this is true.

      How can a nation that claims to believe, as Benjamin Franklin once said, that Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature continue to exist under such dysfunction? When stood side by side, liberty in America today is a far cry from the liberty our Founding Fathers fought and died for.

      Perhaps the reason for our current condition is that we’ve been trapped in the fog for so long that we have become disoriented and, in the process, disconnected from our heart—our heart of liberty.

      The consequences of this disorientation and disconnection are clear. Fundamental liberties such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press are routinely sacrificed on the altar of political agendas.

      MISINFORMATION OR FREE SPEECH

      Republicans and Democrats in Washington have taken to redefining free speech as misinformation or disinformation—which is political doublespeak used to describe people exercising their First Amendment free speech right to say things the government doesn’t approve of—and criminalizing it. We see this happening in several areas today.

      THE LGBT AGENDA AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

      The assault on religious liberty is multifaceted, but the LGBT agenda and the sexual tyranny it has created have become the most severe threat to this First Amendment right. No longer the stuff of whatever goes on behind closed doors is nobody’s business, the culture war against morality and the constitutionally protected Freedom of Religion that is being waged by LGBT extremists and their allies in Washington has been steadily working to destroy this God-given right.

      FAKE NEWS OR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

      From Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Joe Biden, Republican and Democrat presidents alike have tried to silence the media in all its forms (print, radio, television, internet) for reporting unfavorably on their policies, when they break a promise, or get caught in a lie.

      Just like falling dominoes, the denial of our First Amendment rights has led to the fall of most of the Bill of Rights, such as:

      The right of the people to keep and bear arms (Second Amendment) The assault on the right to own firearms has been part of the Republican/Democrat agenda going back to Richard Nixon, who pushed for a national ban on handguns because guns are an abomination.⁶ Recent history is full of examples of the government’s attempt to void the Second Amendment.

      The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment) This is another area where red flag laws violate the Constitution. Additionally, the growth of the government’s surveillance powers has created an environment where people are no longer safe from unreasonable searches and seizures.

      The right of the people not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law (Fifth Amendment) Red flag laws, government spying, and government mandates—all these and more deprive us of our right to due process.

      The right of the people to limit the power of the federal government through the states (Tenth Amendment) The Tenth Amendment clearly and plainly states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the

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