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G I A N T . C H A R A C T E R . S U R V E Y

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G E N E R A L

[ name ]: Raphael Ortiz Santiago [ nicknames ]: Rafa (only by certain people he’s close to) [ birthday ]: June 19 [ birthplace ]: Zacatecas, Mexico [ age ]: 84 (looks like 19) [ eye color ]: Dark brown, almost black [ height ]: 1.75m / 5′7 feet [ weight ]: Fairly muscled [ nationality ]: Mexican [ astrological sign ]: Gemini [ location ]: Hotel Dumort [ siblings ]: four brothers and one sister, all deceased [ pets ]: None [ in the morning i’m ]: Sleeping [ all i need is ]: the Clan [ love is ]: Apparently, a good thing [ i’m afraid of ]: Loved ones dying [ i dream about ]: Not much, unless nightmares are counted too

H A V E . Y O U . E V E R ?

[ pictured your crush naked? ]: No? [ used someone? ]: Yes [ been used? ]: Yes [ been cheated on? ]: No [ considered cheating? ]: No [ been kissed? ]: Yes [ done something you regret? ]: Of course

F A V O R I T E

[ food? ]: Can’t eat anything anymore, so does it matter? [ fruit? ]: It used to be cherries [ candy? ]: I don’t have one [ color? ]: Red [ number? ]: 3 [ animal? ]: Cats [ drink? ]: Blood, obviously [ soda? ]: I preferred coca cola [ book? ]: Macbeth or Julius Caesar [ room? ]: Bedroom [ movie? ]: I don’t have a favorite

D O . Y O U ?

[ have a boyfriend/girlfriend? ]: No [ like cleaning? ]: No [ have a tattoo? ]: No, though I admit they can be nice [ have any piercings? ]: No [ cheat on tests/homework? ]: I don’t remember, probably not [ drink/smoke? ]: Sometimes, with Magnus or Lily [ swear a lot? ]: Probably more than I should [ like watching sunrises or sunset? ]: I wish I could [ pray? ]: Of course [ go to church? ]: Not anymore, although I used to go every week [ have secrets? ]: Naturally [ have a best friend? ]: Lily and Eliot (and Jack @eyerevived ) [ like your own handwriting? ]: Sure

A R E . Y O U ?

[ obsessive? ]: About certain subjects, I suppose [ excited? ]: Not particularly [ bored? ]: At the moment, yes [ happy? ]: Not really [ missing someone? ]: Yes [ confused? ]: No [ tired? ]: No [ mad? ]: At certain people, yes [ sleepy? ]: No

D O . Y O U . E V E R ?

[ wait around just to talk to someone? ]: Sure [ write about those ‘special’ moments? ]: No, I don’t need a diary to remember [ wish you were a member of the opposite sex? ]: No

W H O . W A S . T H E . L A S T . P E R S O N . W H O ?

[ you talked to? ]: Lily and Eliot [ you hugged? ]: Magnus [ you kissed? ]: That’s unimportant [ sent you a letter? ]: The Los Angeles clan leader [ you sent a letter to? ]: The Los Angeles clan leader, in return [ you laughed with? ]: Eliot [ slept in your bed? ]: Myself [ you shared a drink with? ]: Lily or Eliot [ you went to the movies with? ]: A group of the Clan, a few years ago [ yelled at you? ]: Camille [ you called? ]: Magnus [ you kicked? ]: A Shadowhunter [ you saw? ]: Lily

W H O . I S ?

[ the most handsome person you know? ]: Objectively, probably Magnus? Although, Isabelle Lightwood is also beautiful. [ the weirdest person you know? ]: Simon Lewis, without a doubt the most confusing person I currently know [ the funniest person you know? ]: Eliot [ the loudest person you know? ]: Loud in volume is Lily, loud in character is Magnus [ the quietest person you know? ]: Aurélie, a clan member [ the sweetest person you know? ]: Johannes, another clan member [ the most serious person you know? ]: Every person from the Clave [ your best friend? ]: Well, that used to be Ragnor [ the person you hate the most? ]: Valentine Morgenstern [ the person you see most? ]: Lily and Eliot [ your soul-mate? ]: Soul-mates don’t exist.

W H A T . I S ?

[ the first thing you thought of when you woke up? ]: Everything that needed to be done tonight [ the song that best describes you? ]: I don’t know [ your best feature? ]: Physical or in general? [ your most treasured memory? ]: Any of the ones with my hermanos

I N . T H E . F U T U R E

[ what is the age you hope to get married? ]: I’m not going to be married [ number and names of kids? ]: I won’t have any [ where do you see yourself at age twenty? ]: I’ve surpassed twenty by a few decennia now [ describe your dream wedding? ]: I already said I won’t have one, so it doesn’t matter [ when and how do you want to die? ]: Preferably a long time from now and quickly [ what are your career plans? ]: Keep leading the clan [ some place you’d like to visit? ]: I would like to go back to Zacatecas.

L A S T . T I M E

[ last time you went out of state? ]: Clan business a few months ago [ last time you were outside? ]: Yesterday night [ last time you had a snowball fight? ]: Years ago [ last time you were listening to music? ]: A while ago

O T H E R

[ how many people would you say are good friends of yours? ]: Three [ what hurts the most, physical or emotional pain? ]: Emotional. [ have you felt this recently? ]: Yes [ what do you wear to bed? ]: Sweatpants and a t-shirt [ when’s the last time you slept with a stuffed animal? ]: As a child [ have you ever used a ouija board? ]: No [ how many rings before you pick up the phone? ]: As soon as I can find it

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Chase Bank

Chase Bank Summary

Chase Bank (part of JP Morgan Chase & Co.) is the largest bank in the United States in terms of assets. Chase has the second most branches (5,193) of any bank in the United States. Only Wells Fargo has more locations (5,930) than Chase.

Chase’s core banking products, like most other banks, include both personal and business checking accounts. It also offers basic, low-risk, low-interest savings accounts, where depositor’s savings are stored in CDs (certificates of deposit).

Chase also provides credit to account holders in the form of revolving credit, such as credit cards and home equity lines of credit (HELOC), as well as installment loans for buying a home (mortgages), a car, and lines of credit and loans for small businesses.

For investors, Chase offers several options, including self-direct investing using their online You Invest program, where you can educate yourself and choose the investment instruments you want to use. Chase also provides investment help through its network of in-house local investment advisors who work out of the various Chase branches.

Chase Bank Locations

Chase’s 5,000-plus branch locations are spread throughout the United States, but (as you can see from the image below) there are significant gaps in Chase branch office coverage, including in two states in the West (Wyoming and New Mexico), several states the north central part of the country (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota), in the Midwest (Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri), a few states in the Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island), and in several states in the South (Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama). There are also no Chase branches in Alaska.

Where Do You Need Access to a Local Branch?

If you are planning to use Chase for day to day banking activities, it’s important to understand and plan for which local banking services you might need access to on a regular basis, including in the area you reside as well as where you might need access when traveling.

I found this out recently when I was surprised (after setting up accounts and using Chase for personal and business accounts for several years in Utah) to find that there was no Chase bank branch in the Nashville, Tennessee area. I needed to get a cashier’s check for a foreclosure auction I attended. Instead of getting a cashier’s check in Utah and hauling it across the country (which can be nerve-wracking, since remedying a lost cashier’s check can be complicated), I was hoping to stop by the local Chase branch in Nashville. But, since there are no Chase locations in all of Tennessee, I had to take a riskier approach.

Chase Bank Ratings

There are several websites that publish ratings of banks online. Below are some summaries of Chase Bank’s ratings published by a few of the most popular bank rating sites.

NerdWallet Editorial Staff (Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5)

NerdWallet’s editorial team gives Chase bank a 3.5/5 star rating, citing pros that include its large network of branches and ATMs, the ease of avoiding a fee on Chase’s basic checking account (one of its most popular uses), and offers provided by Chase to open or deposit money into savings and checking accounts. Cons listed by NerdWallet include high monthly fees (in situations where you are obligated to pay them) and low interest rates on their savings and checking accounts.

NerdWallet Consumers (Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 5)

NerdWallet users were not so kind in their reviews of Chase, with their collective rating at a 1.9/5.

ConsumerAffairs: (Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 5)

ConsumarAffairs users rate Chase Bank poorly, with an overall score of 1.5 out of 5. The complaints listed there range from overdraft fees to poor customer service to a website redesign that is hard to follow.

While Consumer Reports doesn’t give a specific score in their assessment of Chase, they did report that in their survey of 72,000 Consumer Reports members, Chase had a higher customer satisfaction rating than both Bank of America and Wells Fargo. In the same article, Consumer Reports summarizes that smaller bank institutions generally scored higher than nationwide ones like Chase.

My Own Experience with Chase Bank

I have been a customer of Chase Bank since 2015, including having personal and business checking and savings accounts, and some investment accounts there. I’m actually in the process of shopping around for another banks for a number of reasons.

I originally moved several of my accounts to Chase because my local bank (Bank of American Fork in Utah) was consistently rejecting wire transfer payments from customers I had outside of the United States. Also, Bank of American Fork charged a fee of $35 per wire transfer going out, and $10 per incoming wire transfer. I needed a bigger, national bank that could accept payments that smaller local banks (at least the one I was using) apparently struggle with.

I was initially impressed with Chase when my wife and I went to set up new accounts and transferred nearly $100,000 into them from our Bank of American Fork accounts. Besides checking and savings accounts, we set up a couple credit cards for personal and business uses. Our transfer of assets from Bank of American Fork to Chase resulted in a net of over $1,000 in perks.

Soon after we set up our accounts at Chase, we were approached about becoming private clients, which would involve moving retirement accounts from AXA. We were told that private clients get white glove service. At the time we were planning to move out of the country, and we were sold on the idea that Chase’s dedicated phone number for private clients was the best way to get priority customer service.

When we set up our Chase accounts, our account rep was highly knowledgeable and very responsive.

Over time, the honeymoon with Chase has worn off, although I would still recommend them for lots of people. Here are some of the concerns we’ve had as we’ve banked with Chase over the past few years.

Lack of Customer Service: We found it next to impossible to reach someone at the local branch and via the private client line. That lack of customer service proved to be very frustrating, especially since there were some things set up incorrectly with our account that made it difficult for us to access our money while we were out of the country in Costa Rica. Even our local Chase representatives had difficulty getting help from the corporate support team, both when we were in the local office attempting to get things done as well as when we called in remotely.

After experiencing a few somewhat urgent situations during which we couldn’t get in touch with anyone to help us, our friendly account manager gave us his direct number and promised to be responsive. During the time he was our account manager, he was responsive. But recently he moved to a different position with Chase, and that responsiveness went with him. The other two involved in helping us set up our private client (VIP) account are also gone, which makes it feel like a lot of the energy we were greeted with once upon a time is now gone.

In the past several months, even when my wife and I have had appointments with account representatives, there have been times when we have waited for a half hour before having to leave with our matter still unresolved.

Sloppiness: Within the past year, some fraudulent (or potentially simply mistaken) checks were written from one of our checking accounts. When we reported it and it was investigated, it was assumed that one of the tellers accidentally gave another local customer (the checks were written to and deposited by a company within 20 minutes of our house) some counter checks that were attached to our checking account.

It was a bit of a hassle to close down that account over the ensuing month or two, and there were payments (including from our monthly Chase card balance) that bounced. Chase has been good about crediting late fees and interest in that case, but the sloppiness has taken some time and energy to correct.

Social Activism: Last June as I was using the ATM at my local Chase location, the transaction ending screen popped a message supporting LGBT Pride Month. The message was an assumption that everyone believes (or should believe) in that agenda. Like the majority of Christians, I personally am strongly opposed to the promotion of homosexuality and other behavior that I consider to be sinful and detrimental to individuals and to society generally. I found out, by calling Wells Fargo and looking into the social views of other banks, that national banks appear to be “required” to go along with that narrative, which makes most of their social positions opposite of mine and other Christians.

“Nationwide” Has Its Limits: I mentioned earlier that although Chase has over 5,000 locations, there are some parts of the country where Chase is not accessible, including in Tennessee, where I’m planning to move my family soon. I will need to change banks for that reason alone. For anyone who needs access to a branch in any of the 21 states where Chase doesn’t have a local presence, having your daily financial needs serviced by a bank account with Chase obviously won’t work.

Chase Bank Pros: As with most companies, even though Chase’s corporate commitment to customer service seems lacking, there are some helpful, friendly people we’ve encountered in our local branch.

Also, we’ve been please with the promotional offers provided by Chase to sign up for credit cards (which we needed for newly opened businesses anyhow) and for checking and savings accounts.

Current Status: My family and my businesses still use Chase for several accounts that have well over $100,000 (which seems to be their threshold for treating you like you’re important) in value, but we will be moving our accounts soon for some of the reasons stated above. If we weren’t moving to a state where there is no Chase branch, we might leave some of the accounts where they are, but it’s convenient for us to make a complete switch instead.

Conclusion

Like most large companies, Chase has its strong points as well as its weak ones. It struggles with customer service issues, but if you learn how to work within your system, you can make it work. Also, before committing to being a Chase customer, you should make sure that their location map works for your needs.

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Armchair Analyst: With US out, here's how I'll watch the 2018 World Cup

June 13, 20189:00AM EDT

It is finally here, the long summer of our discontent made glorious autumn – soon enough, anyway – by the fall of teams I will be rooting against with all my heart.

That is one of my two planks for this 2018 World Cup. Please understand that the US failure to qualify has devastated me, but also freed me. It means that I can go into this tournament unshackled from the soul-crushing worry over “my” team; the impotent fury at coaching malpractice; the utter despair at in-the-moment, on-field mistakes; the numb resignation when it all inevitably comes crashing down and breathes its last.

I don’t think I’ll miss that. I think I’ll enjoy watching a World Cup without a mental countdown clock tracking the hours, minutes and seconds between now and “When do we play next and oh, God what if we lose?”

Now I get to think about what other teams do when they lose. I like that more.

And that leads me to plank No. 2: misery leads to innovation. Fear of failure leads to innovation. Desperation leads to innovation. I’m trying to get through this paragraph without typing “necessity is the mother of invention” but I’m just not gonna be able to do it, so there we are.

Amongst the things I love most about our game are the tactical tweaks – some big, some little – teams and coaches make from game-to-game, and sometimes in the run of play itself. The way we think about soccer is always evolving, so it makes sense that the way the game’s played is always evolving, and that keeps the sport fresh and new pretty much no matter who’s playing.

Of course, the best tactical tweaks and inventions are ones born of a solid, fundamental and consistent structure in the first place. If you have that underlying, thoroughly understood identity then you’re positioned to make meaningful (if incremental) progress, and that’s the type of thing that wins.

If you don’t…

JCO’s Wild Ride

Juan Carlos Osorio guided a good New York Red Bulls team to an appearance in the 2008 MLS Cup final, doing so with a relatively young and promising squad. As most coaches would do he … actually no, as very few coaches would do, he didn’t build on that. Osorio blew it all up in 2009 and went back to his tinkering ways. The same RBNY team that had made MLS Cup in 2008 went 2-16-4 in 2009, he was fired, and they went 3-3-2 down the stretch with an interim coach. They have not missed the playoffs since his departure.

Osorio’s predecessor and successor had better records with RBNY than he did. His predecessor and successor had better records at Puebla than he did, at Atletico Nacional than he did, and at Sao Paolo than he did, and it’s because he can not stop tinkering. His motto appears to be “If it ain’t broke, take it apart and find out why not.”

Osorio is currently doing the same thing to Mexico. Ask 100 El Tri fans what the team’s best lineup is and you will get 100 different answers, and chances are that actual lineup will have gotten some playing time together.

“Great!” you think, “That’s a manager who’s willing to try new things!”

“Yes,” I reply, “but the one truly new thing he needs to try is building cohesion and team chemistry, which he’s not done.”

Osorio no termina por entender que estos ya no son días para experimentar en la cancha… no contra #Dinamarca, mucho menos, a una semana de enfrentar a #Alemania #ElTri

— Pedro Dorantes (@PedroDorantes98) June 9, 2018

For non-Spanish speakers out there, the translation of that tweet is “Oh, my god, we’re going to get killed by Germany if this man does not pick a lineup that works together and then stick with it.”

And Mexico fans know what’s up because they got slaughtered 4-1 by Germany in last year’s Confederations Cup. And they got worked by Chile, 7-0, in the previous summer’s Copa America. Osorio’s overall record with El Tri is 31-9-8, but in three tournaments there’ve been three colossally disappointing showings. Here’s what I wrote about his tenure heading into last summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup (which indeed goes down as one of those colossally disappointing showings):

Mexico are probably a top 8-ish team in the entire world in terms of their raw talent, which is why they win most of their games. But they have continually struggled against top-tier competition (7-0 vs. Chile, 4-1 vs. Germany, a draw and a loss vs. a Portuguese team that is a cut below those two) because they are constantly, bafflingly, rotating players and lineups and formations and roles and responsibilities.

And so you get a team that gets bounced from the Copa America because they have no idea how to handle a simple cross-field switch, or how to stop a breakaway. And then you have the same team bounced from the Confederations Cup 12 months later for the exact same reasons. Juan Carlos Osorio just does not believe in the power of reps.

…I do wonder if Mexico will stop being a pieced-together Frankenstein’s Monster and start looking like a contiguous whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

One way or another this is the end for JCO with Mexico. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll get to see whether his experiments were meant to culminate in something, or if they were just an endless, pointless excuse for more experiments.

Choose Your Underdog

Or, actually, don’t. I understand why people were charmed by the likes of Iceland in the 2016 Euros and how great it is for the country of Panama to be making their debuts. I hope all the players play well and get paid, because careers are short and World Cup glory is long. I wish none of them any ill.

But I’m not going to root for them. They play ugly, destructive soccer – against, not with the ball – and honestly, no thanks.

Know what I’m charmed by? Passing. Those little moments of magic where two or three or four or all 11 players are working in sync to disorient and destroy the opposition, to create angles and channels and goals.

If you’re gonna root for someone, don’t choose David. Choose Goliath.

Ride or Die

To that end, I will be supporting (such as it was) Lionel Messi and Argentina. Messi is the greatest soccer player who’s ever lived – he is impossible – and I would appreciate the cosmic justice of him finally being on the right side of the scoreline in a final for his country.

He doesn’t and shouldn’t need that to cement his status as the GOAT. Just look at this:

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I’ll also admit that I still love the 4-4-2 diamond and am pleased that Argentina are playing a version of it (though Jorge Sampaoli insists it’s a 2-3-3-2). Yes, I’m rooting for a formation.

The Next 5-4-1

Let’s stay on the topic of formations. Costa Rica are a particularly miserable team to play against because 1) they’re talented; 2) usually well-coached; and 3) utterly aware of their strengths and weaknesses. And their strength boils down to thinking along these lines: “When we play compact, we are almost impossible to break down, and that means our opponent will get frustrated, and that means we can hit them on the counter.”

That’s how the Ticos got to the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup.

But the surprise factor of the 5-4-1 was part of it as well. It’s a formation few had seen much of, globally, to that point, but one that’s come into vogue and has been a favorite of underdogs worldwide ever since. Each weekend you can see a handful of MLS teams attempting it (the Colorado Rapids tried and failed in Houston on Saturday), and while a formation is not tactics, formations and tactics work hand-in-hand.

Four years ago, Costa Rica’s formation worked to flummox Uruguay, Italy and England. Now it’s gone global.

Will something similar happen this tournament? I kind of hope so, though I’d rather see an aggressive, attacking formation steal the spotlight. (How about a 3-3-4 with a No. 9 who drops in off the frontline to turn and play runners through?)

Time To Shop

The Secondary Transfer Window opens July 10, and runs through August 8, providing a time of renewed hope and great expectations. MLS teams have more money than they’ve ever had before. You do the math.

Here’s a few players I hope coaches here are watching:

Gaston Silva, LB/LCB, Uruguay/Independiente (24 years old)

Ismael Diaz, FW/W, Panama/Deportivo B (20 years old)

William Troost-Ekong, CB, Nigeria/Bursaspor (24 years old)

Miguel Borja, FW, Colombia/Palmeiras (25 years old)

Let me know who you’re keeping an eye on, too.

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We Hear You: GuideStar, Parroting SPLC, Loses Way in ‘Hate Group’ Rhetoric

Editor’s note: Readers had strong feelings about Rachel del Guidice’s coverage of the decision by GuideStar—an aggregator of tax data on charities and other nonprofits—to use the label “hate group” for some well-known conservative organizations, attributing the designation to the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center. This week’s roundup begins by sampling those comments.—Ken McIntyre

Dear Daily Signal: Good information on what is wrong in America (“Nonprofit Tracker Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’”). Lists that a hate group creates should not be deemed credible. The Southern Poverty Law Center has a proven record of being a hate group in its own right.

How GuideStar could consider using the SPLC for honest input—or input of any organization like it—goes beyond sane thinking.

Germany went through a similar thing in the 1930s, turning the good people into criminals and then murdering them. It is a well-known fact that history repeats itself when history is suppressed. But we are fortunate to have many who know history and will not let truth die.—Don Cauley

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Jacob Harold, if you are going to remain GuideStar’s president and chief executive officer, you shouldn’t be a political activist. There is a built-in perceived conflict of interest.

But if you are an activist, you should preserve the integrity of GuideStar and create well-publicized firewalls to ensure your political activities and viewpoints do not influence your company’s activities and decisions. Admittedly a high bar, but that’s why GuideStar’s leader shouldn’t be a political activist in the first place.

You have, of course, crossed the line on all of the above.—Mark Simmons

Regarding Rachel del Guidice’s story about GuideStar, the company that tracks nonprofits and identifies some conservative-led organizations as “hate groups,” I find the label helpful. These are the groups I will donate to.—Rob Brooks

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GuideStar and the Southern Poverty Law Center might as well paint a target on each of the organizations they identify as hate groups. And I am dead serious after what happened when Republican leaders were targeted.—Corey W. Smith

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Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.—Daniel Kenneth Rousselle

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Obviously this GuideStar group lives in the liberal anti-reality bubble. Why would anyone find it credible? GuideStar is like the far left: out of touch with the real world.—Kathy Garry Moynan

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I had never heard of GuideStar before this. I trust nothing and no one who relies on the Southern Poverty Law Center, because it is a hate group.—Ford Hanson

Nonprofit Tracker GuideStar Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’ https://t.co/RhtPkWu8sW via @LRacheldG @DailySignal

— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) June 21, 2017

If the SPLC were as vigorous in attacking hate groups on the left, maybe it would have more credibility.—Doug Wallace

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I wonder what organizations and persons are big funders of GuideStar?—Doug A. Cullinan

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It is wrong when an organization like the SPLC becomes a hate group in itself by abusing its power when it identifies anyone as hateful with whom it agrees. Disagreement and hate do not equate, but the way the SPLC does business, those words are synonymous … making it the most hateful entity involved.—Tor Anderson

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The SPLC fails to recognize the Council on American-Islamic Relations as being a hate group.—Jeff Davis

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The left has more power than we think. How “The Communist Manifesto” became required reading at most universities, including Penn State, while the Constitution became known as a racist document, is unfathomable.

Conservatives are not bad people. We want our constitutional rights preserved, which is exactly why America elected Donald Trump.—Walter Swartz

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I believed in and contributed to the Southern Poverty Law Center when it was first formed. I saw and wanted to fight oppression.

When that battle was largely won, the SPLC—like a carnivore in search of fresh meat—had to justify its existence. It fell victim to that contagious, evil transformation, much like many other organizations I used to support.

I didn’t leave the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC, and others, left me. They have become the oppressors.—Joanna Brannon Jones

Conservative non-profits are being designated as “hate groups.” Do you think it’s an attack on conservative ideas? https://t.co/oSjOwF0FzK pic.twitter.com/ubPUoxjWm0

— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) July 3, 2017

There is no doubt that the SPLC initiated the practice of labeling conservatives—or anyone daring to protect traditional marriage—as hate groups, which makes it the supreme hater of all time.

It has been a moneymaking machine and targets the most vulnerable so it can extract as big a dollar amount as possible. The Daily Signal should ask those running GuideStar: How much money is in it for you?—Joan Smurthwaite

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The SPLC served a useful purpose in its day. Now it has devolved into an anti-white hate group and has turned into the very thing it fought against.—J.A. Lessard

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I am the furthest thing from a fan of the Southern Poverty Law Center, but in the interest of full disclosure I must say that it lists the Nation of Islam and the New Black Panthers under a section on black separatist groups, a class of organizations of which they disapprove.—Paul McCosby

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I find it hysterical that there is a video of the FBI’s interview of Family Research Council attacker Floyd Corkins in your story (“Nonprofit Tracker Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’”). The FBI no longer considers the Southern Poverty Law Center an authority on hate-crime investigations. Enough said.—Michael Schaefer

Nonprofit tracker @GuideStarUSA to remove “hate group” labels on conservative groups https://t.co/fN3ylUbrcr via @LRacheldG @DailySignal

— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) June 26, 2017

GuideStar CEO Jacob Harold—who also is described on the company’s website as a social change strategist—is trying to play God, if you ask me (“Nonprofit Tracker to Remove ‘Hate Group’ Labels on Conservative Groups for ‘Time Being’”).

He is purposely pushing a social agenda diametrically opposed to the Founding Fathers’ idea of what America should look like. Am I hitting the nail on the head, Mr. Harold? —Kim Edgar Underwood Runyan

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Why are groups that express sincerely held religious beliefs, founded in Holy Writ, labeled as hate groups?—Neill McArthur

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— Jacob Harold (@jacobcharold) January 23, 2017

After reading Rachel del Guidice’s story on Liberty Counsel’s filing suit against GuideStar (“Defender of Religious Freedom Sues Nonprofit Tracker GuideStar Over ‘Hate Group’ Labels”), I am wondering: When does the Southern Poverty Law Center become labeled a hate group?

There is a lot of hate coming from that organization these days. One thing it doesn’t hate is money: In 2015, the salary of its president and chief executive officer, Richard Cohen, was nearly $350,000. Seems there’s not much poverty at the SPLC.—Rod Frisco

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It is obvious that the SPLC no longer represents its founding principles, but has become the very ideology of hate it used to fight. Sad.—Yvonne Franck Gray

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So great to hear Liberty Counsel is taking GuideStar to court.—Patricia Travitz

How Environmental Groups Are Responding to Trump’s ‘Solar Wall’ Pitch https://t.co/d6aq606RN3 via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

— John Richardson (@jpr9954) June 26, 2017

The President’s Proposal to Put Solar Panels on the Wall

Dear Daily Signal: I like the idea of combining two separate ideas into one (“How Environmental Groups Are Responding to Trump’s ‘Solar Wall’ Pitch”). Yet I think they should be done apart from each other, and then made to work together for the their intended purposes: solar energy to power all outposts, and maybe even nearby towns, and the border wall to help protect our nation from illegal intrusion.

Putting the solar panels on the wall could become disastrous, or end up being ingenious for future uses for cleaner energy. Maybe the wall not only can help protect our country, but also protect the solar panels. This could be either a great mistake, or a great innovation. But I truly think it is a great idea.—Scott Moore

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That’s a great idea, solar panels on the border wall. Let’s see how well they work in providing electricity for some in that area. Great testing ground for the sustainability of solar panels in the long haul.

Of course, the usual lefties of all stripes will object because President Trump is not of the approved minority or victim class of the moment.

Anyone notice how if one so-called victim class is dealt with, another one comes to the forefront demanding their “rights” to take precedence over everyone else’s? I’m having difficulty keeping a straight face with each new demand from whomever.—Jules P. Guidry

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My biggest issue with the idea of putting solar panels on the wall is that they will be vandalized or stolen almost immediately.—James Bowen

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Actually it wouldn’t be a bad idea if the solar panels weren’t so fragile. I still think confiscated drug money should be used to build the border wall. And since so many other nations have walls, including Mexico I might add, I think it is past time we built one.—Pamela Rich

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People who don’t acknowledge the impact of population growth on the environment have no right to call themselves “environmentalists,” especially the bogus Sierra Club. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson said those who say they’re for the environment but against limiting immigration—which today represents nearly 90 percent of our population growth—are “phonies.”—Dave Gorak

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It sounds to me that the assumption for the solar panels on the wall is to generate electricity for the United States. Is anyone talking about using the panels to electrify the fence, so that people didn’t grab hold of it? Just wondering.—Ron Bacon

Study: Up2 5.7 Million Noncitizens Voted in Past Presidential Elections. Voter Fraud?https://t.co/uZt3MkO7lw via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

— Glen T (@ggeett37aaa) June 23, 2017

How Are We Doing?

Dear Daily Signal: Election integrity is a very serious matter, indeed, as Fred Lucas reports, as well as is the failure of the mainstream media (“Up to 5.7 Million Noncitizens Voted in Presidential Elections, Study Finds”). I am a long-time supporter of Judicial Watch, and contribute to the American Center for Law and Justice and to The Heritage Foundation as I can, on a fixed income as a retiree and veteran. It does not leave me much room. However, I will contribute as I can to The Daily Signal.

In my view, this country now faces the greatest threat from internal subversion since the Civil War. I am well informed of the nature and progression of the radical left, whose roots go back to communism in the ’60s. Especially troubling is how such a significant percentage of Americans, especially the young, seems to have no perception or concern over the nature of this threat. Keep up your good work.—Evan Tibbott

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You state that you provide only “conservative commentary and policy analysis,” but think of the following you’d have if you gave both sides of the issues, a one-stop shop so to say. You would definitely have my attention.—Davis Pitt

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Thank you to Fred Lucas for his honest and fair reporting. We need more journalists like him. We’ve got too much fake news that does not even address what is going on in politics, let alone what matters to the public. Keep up the good work.—Catherine Pendergraft

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I enjoy reading your posts, as they are useful. However, I referred one of my left-of-center D.C. “insider” friends to The Daily Signal site and he pointed out in glee that the German army published a magazine called Signal during World War II.

He added that the “S” logo in black at the top of your site tends to echo the old WWII Nazi symbols, “therefore” sending dog whistles to the ultra-right-wing types. I know, really. I am just passing this on. Continued success with The Daily Signal.—Robert Arnold, Sonoma, Calif.

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I do not understand how, in light of the many articles published on unclean voter rolls, the media and Democratic politicians can continue to go unchallenged when spewing, “There is no voter fraud.”—C. Biklip

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I fear for my country!—Johanna

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How GuideStar could consider using the SPLC for honest input—or input of any organization like it—goes beyond sane thinking.

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Jacob Harold, if you are going to remain GuideStar’s president and chief executive officer, you shouldn’t be a political activist. There is a built-in perceived conflict of interest.

You have, of course, crossed the line on all of the above.—Mark Simmons

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Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.—Daniel Kenneth Rousselle

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Obviously this GuideStar group lives in the liberal anti-reality bubble. Why would anyone find it credible? GuideStar is like the far left: out of touch with the real world.—Kathy Garry Moynan

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I had never heard of GuideStar before this. I trust nothing and no one who relies on the Southern Poverty Law Center, because it is a hate group.—Ford Hanson

Nonprofit Tracker GuideStar Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’ https://t.co/RhtPkWu8sW via @LRacheldG @DailySignal

— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) June 21, 2017

If the SPLC were as vigorous in attacking hate groups on the left, maybe it would have more credibility.—Doug Wallace

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I wonder what organizations and persons are big funders of GuideStar?—Doug A. Cullinan

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The SPLC fails to recognize the Council on American-Islamic Relations as being a hate group.—Jeff Davis

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Conservatives are not bad people. We want our constitutional rights preserved, which is exactly why America elected Donald Trump.—Walter Swartz

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I believed in and contributed to the Southern Poverty Law Center when it was first formed. I saw and wanted to fight oppression.

I didn’t leave the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC, and others, left me. They have become the oppressors.—Joanna Brannon Jones

Conservative non-profits are being designated as “hate groups.” Do you think it’s an attack on conservative ideas? https://t.co/oSjOwF0FzK pic.twitter.com/ubPUoxjWm0

— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) July 3, 2017

There is no doubt that the SPLC initiated the practice of labeling conservatives—or anyone daring to protect traditional marriage—as hate groups, which makes it the supreme hater of all time.

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The SPLC served a useful purpose in its day. Now it has devolved into an anti-white hate group and has turned into the very thing it fought against.—J.A. Lessard

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Nonprofit tracker @GuideStarUSA to remove “hate group” labels on conservative groups https://t.co/fN3ylUbrcr via @LRacheldG @DailySignal

— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) June 26, 2017

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Why are groups that express sincerely held religious beliefs, founded in Holy Writ, labeled as hate groups?—Neill McArthur

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— Jacob Harold (@jacobcharold) January 23, 2017

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It is obvious that the SPLC no longer represents its founding principles, but has become the very ideology of hate it used to fight. Sad.—Yvonne Franck Gray

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So great to hear Liberty Counsel is taking GuideStar to court.—Patricia Travitz

How Environmental Groups Are Responding to Trump’s ‘Solar Wall’ Pitch https://t.co/d6aq606RN3 via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

— John Richardson (@jpr9954) June 26, 2017

The President’s Proposal to Put Solar Panels on the Wall

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Of course, the usual lefties of all stripes will object because President Trump is not of the approved minority or victim class of the moment.

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My biggest issue with the idea of putting solar panels on the wall is that they will be vandalized or stolen almost immediately.—James Bowen

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Study: Up2 5.7 Million Noncitizens Voted in Past Presidential Elections. Voter Fraud?https://t.co/uZt3MkO7lw via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

— Glen T (@ggeett37aaa) June 23, 2017

How Are We Doing?

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I fear for my country!—Johanna

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