59.51 Howe Enterprise May 2, 2022

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Howe graduate, Mayorof Arlington, to be honored with ‘Jeff Williams Plaza’ Elon Musk buys Twitter to save free speech and days later the Biden regime announces the “Ministry of Truth.”

George Orwell would be so proud. The Disinformation Governance Board is shockingly a part of the Department Homeland Security which is a law enforcement agency with a stockpile of ammunition.

It really is telling for those who still adhere by The Constitution as the rule of law. It’s just further evidence that the founding document that outlines our freedoms are disregarded by those currently in D.C. We could point to unconstitutional mask mandates, unconstitutional closing of businesses, and unconstitutional vaccine mandates. This publication has not gone along with any of it, and we will continue to stand up and tell the truth, despite the new “Laity of Prevaricates” office.

We will be speaking to the Grayson County Conservatives on June 14 about the matter of owning a publication that publishes truth versus narratives. There shouldn’t be “conservative” publications and “liberal” publications. There should just be factual information and that’s where we hang our hat.

We published the Hunter laptop story two years ago and ran a headline that stated the Nov. 2020 election could be fraudulent. But if you publish factual information, it’s called disinformation by big media and their followers. Will the Ministry of Truth read this?

EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

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Freedom Rock, pg. 2 Saints Can Lie, pg. 4 Mark Your Calendar, pg. 5 Howe volunteer honored, pg. 6 Lady Bulldogs Track, pg. 6 Founder Day vendor map, pg. 9 City of Howe info, pg. 11 Hot Jobs, pg. 12 History/Parenting, pg. 13 Christian, pg. 14 Patriot Pony, pg. 15-16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

Chamber Monday, May 2, 2022 Volume 59, Edition 51 gearing up for Annual Bulldog Run raises money for the Howe Founders Day Festival and ISD Student HealthAdvisory Council Hall of Honor HoweEnterprise.com

Jeff Williams Mayor of Arlington On May 3 at 4:30, the City of Arlington is honoring Jeff Williams for his tenure as the city mayor. They will name the Abram Street Plaza outside of City Hall to the Jeff Williams Plaza.

Williams has been the mayor of Arlington for six years.

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Kids and adults took part in the 8th Annual Bulldog Run on Saturday. Jessie Acevedo won first place in the Fun Run. Zeb Montgomery took first place in the 5K run. Photo by Michelle Carney.

Bulldogs to play Prairiland in Howe graduate named bi-district series starting Friday ManagingArtistic Director for

Sherman Community Players

Howe pitcher Matt Hayes pitched brilliantly in game two of a doubleheader at Whitewright on Tuesday. Staff photo.

The Howe Bulldogs (1112, 7-7) have clinched a playoff spot for the first time in four years. They are the fourth seed in District 11-3A and will take on the Prairiland Patriots (21-5, 10-2) who won District 12. Back in February, Howe knocked off Prairiland in basketball for their first playoff win in that sport in 17 years.

The Bulldogs secured

their playoff spot with a 5-4 comeback win over Whitewright in game one of a doubleheader Tuesday night.

Howe’s Parker Pecina started on the mound and fell behind 4-0 as the Tigers pushed across two runs in the first, and a run in each of the second and third innings, respectively. But Howe put a 3spot on the board in the (Continued on page 7)

Sherman Community Players welcomes its new Managing Artistic Director, Darrah Dunn.

He joins the Players as it wraps up its 73rd Season with the beloved musical, The Sound of Music with music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

“The Sound of Music is a wonderful play to begin my tenure,” says Dunn.

“It is this wonderful classic of modern musical theater that involves multiple generations and can make use of the Finley Stage.”

Dunn continues, “This position offers me great personal satisfaction. After 30+ years of working with the Sherman Community Players, I am looking forward to this leadership role. The op-

Friday night at 6 :30 pm at Summit Gardens will kick off the Founders Day Festival weekend with the Howe Hall of Honor and Awards Ceremony. The members that will be inducted into the eighth class are Roger Tidwell, Dale Rideout, Lana Rideout, and Shawn Fountain. Tickets are on sale online by clicking here.

During the same ceremony, the chamber will also announce the Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year, the Business of the Year, the Jean Norman Volunteer of the Year, and the Volunteer Organization of the Year.

Darrah Dunn portunity to collaborate with the other talented artists in the area to produce live theater is a dream.”

Dunn is already developing plans for expanding the workshops and the use of the performance stages to increase the Sherman Community Players educational programs to children and (Continued on page 5)

The next day, Saturday, May 14 is the 36th Annual Founders Day Festival which will take place from 2 pm—8 pm and is sponsored by 903 Brewers. Live music by Justin Pickard and the Thunderbird Winos will play from 5:30—8 pm on stage at Denny Street and Haning Street. There will be a hotdog eating contest, dunking booth, kid train, food, cold drinks, shopping, and more.

To become a vendor, register here. Or visit howechamber.com.

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Freedom Rock silent auction nets $2,000 for Keep Howe Beautiful project

Members of Keep Howe Beautiful showcase the dessert table at Summit Gardens for the Keep Howe Beautiful fundraiser. Courtesy photo.

Keep Howe Beautiful held their silent auction for an attempt to raise money for the Freedom Rock they want to display at Memorial Park.

The Freedom Rock (established in 1999) is a large boulder, approximately 60 tons) where Iowa native Ray “Bubba” Sorenson II paints tributes to veterans on the rocks. He has handpainted several all over the country and only allots one per county. Grayson County’s rock will be the first in Texas.

Keep Howe Beautiful’s fundraiser will not only pay for the rock and painting, but also Sorenson’s travel expenses as he stays here throughout the duration of his work on the rock.

Janie Finney was the winner of the stained glass raffle. Courtesy photo.

Grayson County Conservatives to welcome Jill Glover Submitted— Join Grayson County Conservatives on May 10 at 903 Brewers as they welcome RPT Legislative Committee Chairman Jill Glover. Glover will expose the truth inside and outside the classroom and how to protect our children from obscenities and the war on traditional families.

Also speaking is Jennifer Yoch who has a passion for prepping. She has amazing ideas for the newby or the veteran prepper.

A Freedom Rock located in Iowa. Photo by Donna Wormsbaker.

6:30PM, Tuesday, May 10 at 903 Restaurant and Brewers in Sherman.

Jill Glover

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Williams is a Howe High School graduate of the Class of 1977. The son of Leon and Linda Williams, the family lived in the north edge of Sherman for a specific reason so that their three boys and a daughter could attend Howe schools. Jeff Williams, the oldest of the four started school in Howe in the fifth grade in 1970.

Williams’ class of 1977 was the first to start the tradition of the ribbon-cutting ceremony which is still a part of outgoing senior activities and will be repeated in the coming weeks.

“Our class was really close,” said Williams in a 2015 Howe Enterprise interview. “We did a lot of good projects and actually helped start the fall festival. We also raised money to put a marquee sign in front of the high school. My dad was on the school board at that time and that was a special memory. We set records for the amount of money that a class would raise.”

Four teachers at Howe High School stood out to Williams as being major influences at his time there. Janie Finney, Pat Stewart, Bettye Mullins, and Norman Bennett.

“Those are just some of the examples of the quality teachers that we had,” said Williams. “When I left Howe and went to Texas Tech, I didn’t know hardly anyone, but they had prepared me very well. That was a big step to go from 48 in our graduating class to go a university of 24,000.”

Williams said that being in a small school meant that almost everyone was involved with a lot of projects and activities, which made everyone feel needed.

“I think that translated into our lives realizing that we needed to contribute to the community and the schools for our kids,” said Williams. “It taught us a lot of responsibility.”

Williams went to state in UIL speech and served as class president for several years. Those leadership skills that would later make him mayor of a major city were being honed and developed in Howe. While at Howe High, he took a test that would tell a student what they might be suited for in a career field. Williams tested high for becoming an attorney. His score was so high in math, that the school counselor, Norman Dickey, told him to consider getting an engineering degree before law school.

Williams, with his family deeply trenched in the construction business, went on to get his civil engineering degree from Texas Tech and while there was elected vice president of student body.

“The reason I ran for that instead of president was because the vice president was the student lobbyist,” said Williams. “So, I spent my senior year in Austin and Washington D.C. a whole lot.” © 2022 The Howe Enterprise

Seeing so much corruption in both of

Jeff Williams, HHS Class of 1977 the high-powered capital cities soured him in politics. But he wasn’t soured by a girl he met that year that eventually became his wife.

Soon after college, he was recruited by several engineering firms and while wanting to get married, took a job and fell in love with engineering and the building communities.

Williams had his civil engineering fingerprints on projects such as The Ballpark in Arlington (now Choctaw Stadium) and Cowboys Stadium (now AT&T Stadium), Southlake Town Square, Park Central at US 75 and 635, Parks Mall in Arlington. He’s also done parks projects such as River Legacy Park in Arlington and numerous others. As mayor of Arlington, he was heavily involved in Globe Life Field, the new home to the Texas Rangers.

“I just really enjoyed it and enjoyed working with the communities and design things,” said Williams who decided not to go to law school and instead focus on his engineering career.

That career began with the Arlington based company called Graham Associates in 1984, which he later purchased in 1988. Williams has expanded locations to Frisco and Fort Worth as well as Arlington where he still gives strategic direction even while serving his term as mayor of Arlington.

It is most common for a mayor to be elsewhere employed while holding office. Former Mayor of Arlington, Richard Greene was the manager of Vandergriff Acura while serving as mayor from 1987-1997. It was Greene who reached out to Williams to recruit him along with dozen community leaders to provoke him to run for mayor of Arlington.

Williams took a few weeks to chew on the idea of whether or not it would affect his engineering firm. With the life expectancy now going up, it was a major consideration and factor of whether or not this would affect his life beyond the mayor’s office.

“I’m not interested in making a career out of being mayor,” Williams said in 2015. “I want to come in and help my community and get us moved to another level.”

Upon taking the mayor position, Williams says that Arlington was not in bad shape, but was not to the prominent level that they need to be and (Continued on page 8)

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Band from Howe pays tribute to deceased former band member, music goes viral

Back on April 26, 2013, Howe High School student John McDonough was killed in a car accident on Bennett Road. He was the vocalist and guitarist of a band that featured other Howe alumni. The group was formed in 2012

by Bryce Garland (HHS Class of 2014) and currently includes Hunter Shaw (Class of 2014), Jake Shaw (Class of 2016), and John Herold (Van Alstyne High School Class of 2015).

“Young and heartbroken, but determined nonetheless, we carried on in order to pursue our dream together to honor the memory of our bandmate, but more importantly our brother, rather than hang it all up,” said Garland.

Coming from Howe, not known for producing a large rock/metal fanbase, the group known as “Saints Can Lie” have recently gone viral on the platform TikTok as well as Instagram where one of their songs has been viewed over two million times in less than four weeks. Their top two songs have been streamed over 100,000 times each. This has led them to be asked to perform at one of the biggest music festivals in the nation.

The band used to rehearse in the First Baptist Church youth building every week and give credit to Wes Robertson

and Jonathan Coleman for the access of the facility.

“Hunter and I both played and served our community in that church every week. Both Shaw brothers and I did concert band/marching band with Julie Cook, Angie Liss, and Michael Marsh as integral figures to our development as musicians at the high school,” said Garland. “We made it to State for Marching Band both years we were eligible to qualify.”

The video for the song “Dear John” was filmed six years ago inside the sanctuary and youth building at First Baptist Church in Howe as well as the Van Alstyne Cemetery in honor of their former bandmate McDonough.

They also filmed a video for their song “Persevere” in Chicago.

Saints Can Lie will perform at the SoWhat?! Texas Music Festival May 27-29 in Arlington.

“We may not be a household name, we may never be, and yet we’ve taken this further than anyone could’ve imagined, and we did so ourselves thanks to the support from our closest friends, families, and mentors from Howe,” said Garland.

Saints Can Lie - Dear John (Official Music Video) filmed at FBC Howe.

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adults. “We will always have great productions and entertain our theater goers, but we need to increase our diversity and enthusiasm through superior teaching programs.”

Dunn, a 1985 Howe High School graduate, holds a bachelor’s degree from Austin College in English with an associate degree in Theater Arts from Lon Morris College. While at Lon Morris he became a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the Theater Honor Fraternity.

Dunn has a deep history in the performing arts in the Texoma area having appeared in many productions, most recently performing SCP’s Blithe Spirit. He has also directed successful productions such as The Trip to Bountiful and the Importance of Being Earnest.

SCP board president, Ed Richardson, says of Dunn, “Darrah has been impressing audiences with his performances on stage for thirty years, and I am looking forward to seeing his creativity and talent for collaborating with others used in new ways in his role as Managing Artistic Director. Darrah understands the importance of honoring the history of SCP while embracing opportunities and looking to the future.”

Sponsored by First United Bank and Texoma Medical Center, The Sound of Music directed by Darrah Dunn opens June 3 at the Finley Theater with performances June 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, and 26. Tickets are on sale now at scptheater.org.

May *Howe Athletic Booster Club Meeting, May 9—6 pm at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *Election Day May 7 at Howe Community Center, 700 W. Haning St. *Day of Champions for Summit Hill Elementary, May 13—9 am at Bulldog Stadium, 607 N. Hughes St. *Howe Hall of Honor & Awards Ceremony, May 13—6:30 pm at Summit Gardens, 100 E. O’Connell St. *36th Annual Howe Founders Day Festival, May 14—2 pm—8 pm in Downtown Howe on E. Haning St. *Howe Athletic Sports Banquet, May 15 at 5 pm at High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *Howe FFA Banquet, May 17 at 6 pm at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *Band Banquet, May 19 at 6:30 pm at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *Day of Champions for Intermediate School, May 20—9 am at Bulldog Stadium, 607 N. Hughes St. *HHS Baccalaureate, May 22 at 7 pm at First Baptist Church of Howe at 100 E. Davis St. *HHS Ribbon-cutting, May 25 at 9 am at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *HHS Graduation, May 28 at 2 pm at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd.

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Howe volunteer awarded “Spirit of ServiceAward” Chrys Hargrove was awarded the “Spirit of Service Award” for Grayson County Through the Americorps Seniors RSVP (Retired Seniors Volunteer Program) on April 28, 2022, at the TCOG (Texoma Council of Governments) Volunteer Banquet held at the Municipal Building in Sherman, Texas.

Hargrove volunteers tirelessly at Peggy’s Porch, a free clothing giveaway facility in Howe, Texas. She sorts, hangs clothing up, makes pickups, and helps in many ways at the building.

She also helps deliver Meals on Wheels every month and is well known for her friendly, selfless giving of time to help others through ministries at her church First Baptist Church Howe.

Chrys Hargrove

Lady Bulldogs end track season at regionals The Howe Lady Bulldogs wrapped up the track season last week at the Regional Track Meet in Whitehouse, Texas. The 4x400 relay team of Kendall Griffin, Mackenzie Krueger, Aryssa Krueger, and Teagan Stubblefield ran a time of 4:23.51 which did not place them in the finals.

Griffin also competed in the triple jump where she set a season record for her with a leap of 33’-00.25. She finished 14th in the region.

Kendall Griffin hands to Mackenzie Krueger in the 4x400 relay.

Courtesy photo.

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fourth inning thanks to the bottom half of the lineup which hit four doubles in a row. Cooper Jones led off the inning with a double followed by Kaleb McNutt, Luke Catching, and Ethan Lopez.

The Dogs tied the game in the sixth inning when a Luke Lopez grounder scored McNutt who moments later hit his second double of the game.

In the seventh inning, Carson Daniels drove home Austin Haley on an RBI single that put Howe on top 5-4 and secured the playoff spot without having to play a sudden death nightcap of the doubleheader.

Game two was nailbiter throughout as Howe received outstanding pitching from Matt Hayes. He retired 10 of the first 11 Tiger hitters he faced and went on to strikeout nine and walked one and left the game locked in a 2-2 tie as it went to extra innings.

Howe’s runs came in the sixth inning when Daniels led off with a walk and advanced two bags on wild pitches.

Jones appeared to have struck out, but a catcher’s interference awarded him first base. Jones attempted a steal of second base which was overthrown to center allowing Daniels to score.

McNutt drove home Jones for the second run.

“There is playoffs next week and we wouldn’t be going if it weren’t for this group of seniors,” first-year Howe Head Coach Cody Nitson told the Herald Democrat. “It comes from the fact this group never gave up.”

Prairiland’s Caleb Jameson.

Twitter profile photo.

Game one against Prairiland will take place at Paris Chisum High School on Friday, May 6 at 4 pm. Game two will be on Saturday, May 7 at Princeton at 4 pm. Game three (if necessary) will be played following game two. Gate prices are $3 for students and $5 for adults. All games are scheduled to be broadcast at howeenterprise.com and at this Game One YouTube link.

Game Two and Three will be broadcast at this YouTube link.

Expected starters for game one are right-hander Austin Haley for Howe and lefty Caleb Jameson for Prairiland.

Jameson hits 92 on the radar gun and has thrown three no-hitters this season.

Other Howe pitchers include Daniels, Hayes, and Pecina. Down the roster, Howe’s pitching depth includes Garrett Gibbs, Hunter Hance, Noah Riley,

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Mayor Jeff Williams throws the ceremonial first pitch to Pudge Rodriguez.

Photo credit: Star Telegram.

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wanted to be in his opinion. He believed that Arlington could have taken advantage of the momentum AT&T Stadium brought to the city and had not attracted other entertainment venues. But during his tenure, the 1.8 million square foot, 13-acre ballpark of Globe Life Field was constructed beginning in Sept. 2017 as a publicprivate partnership between the City of Arlington and the Rangers.

Williams as an engineer with a leading engineer firm, has been asked to recruit businesses from other large cities. One of those that he completed was Nebraska Furniture Mart in The Colony.

He says it will be the largest retail store in America. Williams did all of the civil engineer work on property.

The 1.9 million square feet project was a Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway project which in comparison is larger than the 1.2 million square feet Stonebriar Mall. By the way, IKEA is a trifling 200,000 square feet.

“They will draw around ten million visitors a year and will become the top tourist attraction here in the metroplex.” said Williams in 2015.

After a 400-acre purchase, Williams’ company put in all of the infrastructure so that it is ready for a future town center and a small community in itself.

Nebraska Furniture Mart took up 100 acres leaving the 300 acres ready to make The Colony set to become one of the largest tax-toting cities in the country.

In his final address as mayor, Williams said, “One of my first initiatives as your mayor was to champion our city’s great kindness and you have been awesome. The kind and generous spirit that now defines The American Dream City stands out time and again from our outstanding faith-based leaders, selfless nonprofits and our amazing teachers all working together to champion positivity and an inclusive environment to ensure all residents can achieve their American Dream here in Arlington.

Arlington has a very rich history of great people and impactful servant leaders who have come before us, leaving a legacy and economic momentum for future generations to build upon and be proud of. Over the past six years, Arlington has risen in stature at every level and we’re clearly one of the great cities in America. As someone who has talked to mayors across the nation, Arlington is seen as a true leader in technology, innovation, transportation, manufacturing, and tourism – and I couldn’t be prouder of the thousands of jobs created as a result of this success.”

As the Howe High School Class of 2022 walked off the stage at the end of this month, one can only wonder which student just might be headed for tremendous success after leaving this village on top of the hill. There have been some very impressive students graduate from this small school in North Texas, however, none have gone from Bulldog Stadium to AT&T Stadium or Haning Street to Nolan Ryan Expressway.

The Colony, with a premier piece of land, recruited Buffett to invest in their city so that they would have better police, fire and all that comes with a larger tax base.

All of those dealings and relationships, Williams found himself in attracting city leaders to recruit him and his expertise to be the front man for Arlington. After a successful campaign, he was elected mayor on May 9, 2015, and defeated incumbent Robert Cluck 10,161 votes to 7,119.

Jeff Williams (middle) with former classmates at the 2015 All-School Reunion. Staff photo.

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City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient.

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2021-22 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation) City of Howe Budget

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Cityofhowe.org City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Bill French City Administrator: Jeff Stanley City Secretary: Joy Stevens Assistant City Secretary: Kerri Cheatham Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Gina Jones (After hours night drop available)

2021-22 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill WATER RATES Base (Minimum) Rate: $28.51 (uniform rate) Volume (Gallons): 1,000 Volume Charge: $7.82 p/ 1,000 gal. for 1,001-4,000 gallons $8.77 p/ 1,000 gal. for 4,001-20,000 gallons $9.76 p/ 1,000 gal. for 20,001-45,000 gallons $10.40 p/ 1,000 gal. for all consumption over 45,000 gallons

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CONNECTION, WATER TAP & METER INSTALLATION FEES Deposit: $150.00 Service Charge: $10.00 Connection: $20.00 Reconnect: $50.00 Tap Fees: (3/4” – 1”) = $900.00 (2” – 6”) = $1,500.00 Impact Fee: N/A New Meter Installations: 3/4” = $2,060.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 1” = $2,110.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 2” = $4,475.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 4” = $4,550.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 6” = $6,110.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) Hydrant Meter Deposit: $2,000.00

Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks

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Economic Development 100 E. O’Connell St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker

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Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Benjamin Fuhr

City Council meets third Tuesday at 700 W. Haning St. at 6 pm.

Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

WATER RATES Base (Minimum) Rate: $42.76 (uniform rate) Volume (Gallons): 1,000 Volume Charge: $11.74 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 4,000 gallons $13.16 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 20,000 gallons $14.65 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 20,000 gallons $15.59 p/ 1,000 gal. for all over 45,000 gallons CONNECTION, WATER TAP & METER INSTALLATION FEES **SAME AS INSIDE CITY LIMITS** SEWER RATES N/A

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Texas History Minute To accomplish great things, one must be willing to perform great work over a great span of time. Rice University in Houston, which has Ken Bridges come to exemplify such glory, has in its century of life become one of the most respected universities in the nation. The college started from nothing, except for the dream and generous donation of its founder. It was the job of its first president, Edgar Lovett, to make that dream a reality. With years of hard work and determination, Lovett built the institution and set the direction for greatness for its students and the college itself.

Edgar Odell Lovett was born in 1871 in a small town in central Ohio. As he grew up, he had a solid education and steadily moved up the academic ladder. He received a degree from Bethany College in West Virginia in 1890 at the age of 19. From there, he moved into graduate studies. To help pay for graduate school, he taught at West Kentucky College. He graduated with a doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1895.

Enchanted by mathematics, he went to Germany and studied at the University of Leipzig, earning a second doctorate in 1896. He returned to the US, and steadily moved from one institution to another as an instructor, including such prestigious institutions as the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University. He married in 1897, and the couple eventually had four children. In 1898, he was hired as a math professor at Princeton University. Eventually, he became chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy.

The family suffered a devastating loss in 1906 with the death of an infant daughter. In the meantime, a nationwide search was underway for the inaugural president for the new Rice Institute. Woodrow Wilson, the future President of the United States and the president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, recommended his old friend Lovett to the search committee.

Impressed by Lovett’s credentials and Wilson’s recommendation, the search committee extended an offer. Looking for a way for the family to start over, he accepted, and the family moved to Houston. Lovett assumed his new position in 1907.

Lovett faced a great challenge. He

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was president of a college that did not yet exist. He had to start from scratch.

Businessman and benefactor William Marsh Rice had left a large fortune to start the college, but there was not yet even a location or a building for it.

Lovett toured dozens of universities around the world to try to model the new institution.

He worked with architects on several building designs and plans for the future campus. He was determined that the new college would maintain the highest standards in education. With a location set, construction on the main administration building began in 1911.

He set about hiring ten professors in preparation for the opening. The ornate administration building was completed in fall 1912. A total of 77 students enrolled, including women, all of whom attended tuition-free thanks to the generous terms of the Rice endowment. The school was officially dedicated on September 23, 1912.

The co-educational status was unusual for the time, but Lovett made sure that the men’s and women’s dorms would be across campus from each other.

Athletics were a tradition Lovett established immediately while he chose the blue and gray team colors. Students quickly adopted the owl as the mascot. At the first graduation ceremonies in 1916, some 36 students graduated, including one with a masters degree.

Elaborate plans for new buildings were developed. The student newspaper was established in 1916. In 1918, the college awarded its first doctorate, for math. The college grew, but because of limitations of the Rice endowment and the intention to keep quality as high as possible, freshman enrollment was capped at 450 in 1924. Competition for slots into the college was high, and tuition was still paid by Rice’s bequest.

By 1941, Lovett considered retiring.

However, World War II erupted, and he decided to stay and continue to guide Rice. The college became part of the navy’s officer training program, a forerunner of ROTC. In 1945, he officially retired after leading the institution for nearly four decades.

He stayed in Houston after his retirement, keeping a careful interest in the university he helped build. Grateful for the work he had done, the university renamed the administration building after Lovett in 1947. He died in a Houston hospital in 1957.

Living with children Q: Our sons are six and four. When their same-age cousins, come over, they all go down into our basement to play.

John Rosemond Invariably, within thirty minutes my youngest comes upstairs crying because his older brother is causing the cousins to gang up against him. I end up going down into the basement every half hour to settle these disputes. Is there a way to solve the problem once and for all?

A: You’ve discovered, the hard way, that “settling” one of these conflicts does not solve the problem. In fact, settling 1,358,495 of these disputes will not solve the problem. In further fact, you serving as a mediator is making matters worse. Unwittingly, by coming to your youngest son’s rescue, you cause the other boys to resent him and want to get back at him. When they do, he cries, you come running, you rescue, and again they resent him, and around and around it goes.

Some experts might tell you to ignore it. That’s unrealistic. I couldn’t ignore it. In fact, I’d be every bit as irritated as you are. Another expert might say, “Let them work it out.” Not me. That may take years. Meanwhile, you will slowly become a candidate for The Funny Farm in Outer Mongolia. I say you should help them work it out.

The secret to helping them work it out is to transfer the emotional burden of this problem—the monkey of the problem, so to speak—from your back to your sons’ backs. Leave the cousins out of this. They are guests in your home.

Here’s how to do it: The next time the cousins come over, let only one of your sons down into the basement to play with them. Flip a coin to deter-

mine who it will be.

Say, “Obviously you both cannot go down into the basement with your cousins at the same time without causing a problem. I’m tired of the provoking, and I’m tired of the crying, so only one of you goes down today. And this is the way it’s going to be for quite some time. Today, I’m going to flip a coin to determine who goes down, who stays up. Next time the cousins come over, the child who stayed upstairs today is allowed downstairs, and the child who was allowed downstairs today will be upstairs. Are you ready?

Heads is older, tails is younger. Here goes!”

Bada bing, bada boom! The problem is solved. If the weather is nice enough to let them outside, let only the son whose turn it is to be in the basement go outside with the cousins. What this does is cause both boys to become highly motivated, and equally so, to solve the problem. And they will. Maintain this policy over the next four times the cousins come over. Then, when each of your sons has experienced “forced exclusion” twice, and the cousins are scheduled to come over, ask the two of them, right before the cousins show up, “Do I need to keep one of you upstairs today?” I don’t need to tell you what the answer will be. Let them both play with the cousins until a problem develops, then separate the son who would have been excluded that day.

Before your boys can tame the monkey of the problem, the monkey must be on their backs.

Family psychologist John Rosemond: parentguru.com.

John Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology.

In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.

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Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes It’s easy to mock and be critical, and unfortunately our human nature loves to judge unfairly and display negative thoughts about others. If we Dr. Billy Holland could only remember that many people are going through some type of painful trial which usually explains why they seem peculiar. I often counsel with those who are struggling with personal problems and it changes our perspective when we know the bigger picture.

As Christians, we are called to be a light that represents God’s nature and this includes forbearance, understanding, and compassion. This is so that everyone can see Christ and hopefully will inspire them to learn more about who He is. When we act ugly and rude, we are actually turning others away from the message of grace and love that we proclaim is what the lost world desperately needs. Whether you’ve noticed or not, those around us are carefully observing us which is having a direct impact on what they think about God and who we are.

Every day we have opportunities to do what Jesus would do.

If we knew what is going on behind the scenes in the lives of those all around us, it would allow us to realize they do not deserve our harsh speculations and criticisms. I published a book a few years ago called “A lifestyle of worship - Living in the Awareness of God’s Presence” that focuses on developing spiritual sensitivity and how this discernment can drastically change the way we think and see life.

I’m convinced we will not grow in our concern for others until we can see them the way God sees them. When I’m focused on His presence and trying to do His will, I am more humble and understanding. However, when I’m distant from Him and allow arrogance to rise up, I gravitate toward being indifferent and cold-hearted.

Rick Warren is quoted, “God’s mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.”

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I recently learned about an 8-year-old boy that experienced a horrifying tragedy. His mother had agreed to take care of a friends dog for a few days.

The dog did not have a history of aggression and she did not sense any danger to bring it into her home. One day the little boy was out in the yard with the dog and suddenly out of nowhere the animal violently attacked him. The mother heard the cries and ran to stop the attack, but not before the dog had bit off the boys ears and caused very serious wounds to his head and face. It was believed that if the mother had not arrived when she did, the dog would have killed him. I watched an interview with the little fellow after the wounds had healed and he had such a gentle and kind personality. Those few seconds changed his life forever.

He is a smart and witty child and is surprisingly upbeat in spite of the devastating damage that he deals with on a daily basis. Where his ears had been are now just small holes on the sides of his head. The muscles in his face are permanently damaged and twisted which causes him to talk out of the side of his mouth. His eye socket was reconstructed and he is fortunate they were able to save his sight. As I listened in amazement of his courage at such a young age I was deeply moved and felt a tear running down my cheek.

What a traumatic ordeal this innocent young man has gone through. He went on to say that he begged his mom to let him return to school and how the other kids will gather around him and stare at him like he is a circus attraction. He overhears them saying he’s scary looking and all that. I know kids are cruel and remember when I was growing up I watched bullies torture other children they considered were strange or whatever. I think about what this child has gone through and not only having to live with the outward consequences, but also the emotional agony from the insults and rejection. I Peter 3:8 reminds us to be sympathetic, to love one another, to be compassionate and humble, and this helps us to consider what it would be like to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.

Read more about the Christian life and his new book about miracles at billyhollandministries.com

Local church calendar A Christian Fellowship 150 Fellowship Ln, Sherman, TX 75090 (903) 815-1333 Wednesday 6:30 pm – Potluck Meal 7:00 pm – Worship Service 7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth Sunday 9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages) 10:30 am – Worship Service 10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr.)

Community Bible Fellowship 415 S Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship 7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3 6th grade, nursery available) 7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study Sunday 10:30 am - Worship Service First Baptist Church Dorchester 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free) 6:30 pm - Praise service 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M. Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Choir Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship First Baptist Church Howe 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903-5325504 Tuesday 7:00 pm - Bible Study Wednesday 5:30 pm - Kids Choir 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30 am - Kids Church 10:30am - Worship Service

First United Methodist Church of Howe 810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Monday 9:30 am - Care Team Meeting 10:30 am - Pastor's Bible Study Tuesday 9:30 am - Women's Bible Study 11:30 am - Out and About with Pastor Stephen 6:30 pm Boy Scouts Wednesday 9:00 am - Wednesday Workers 6:30 pm - Jr. High and Sr. High Youth Saturday 9:00 am - Feed My Sheep (1st and 3rd Sat each month) Sunday 8:40 am - Fellowship and Donuts 9:00 am - Sunday School 10:00 am - Worship service 3:00 pm - Cub Scouts Howe Church of Christ 1205 N Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6441 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages) Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages) 10:00 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - Worship Service Summit View Church 910 S Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6828 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth 7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for prayer Sunday 9:30 am - Sunday School (kids, youth, women, men) 10:30 am - Worship Service 10:30 am - Kids Church

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes

Daniel 3:17-18 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

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Thousands of 'Ballot Mules' Delivered Tens of Thousands of Votes for Biden?

NY Post Publishes Devastating Claims EDITOR’S NOTE—This section is reserved as an editorial and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

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By Jack Davis The Western Journal A new report that analyzed the forthcoming movie from conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza warns that based on the 2020 election, Democrats have a “cunning plan” for the future.

After previewing the documentary “2,000 Mules,” New York Post columnist Miranda Devine wrote that “pesky evidence is starting to emerge of systematic schemes to subvert the electoral process — which must not be allowed to happen again if we are to restore faith in elections.”

Devine called the movie — which debuts next month — “the most compelling evidence to date” concerning the race between then-President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden and said research conducted by the election integrity group True the Vote reveals what appears to be “suspicious ballot harvesting.”

The Western Journal reached out to the Biden White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

The research Devine cited relied on sophisticated tracking and surveillance video to reach its conclusions.

“Then they went searching for ‘mules,’ operatives who picked up ballots from election NGOs — such as Stacey Abrams’ outfit, ‘Fair Fight Action’ — and then carried them to different drop boxes, depositing between three to 10 ballots in each box before moving to the next,” Devine wrote.

Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, said she chose the term “mule” for the people involved in the operation because “it felt a lot like a cartel, it felt like trafficking … This is in its essence ballot trafficking … You have the collectors. You have the stash houses, which are the nonprofits. And then you have the mules that are doing the drops.”

Devine wrote that the network included individuals in battleground states who collected ballots from organizations that were ostensibly out to help everybody vote and then put them in drop boxes, a few at a time.

“The extent of the operation is jaw-dropping,” she said.

“When a mule is matched with video, you can see the scheme come to life,” she wrote.

Devine noted one snippet from the film.

“A car pulls up at a drop

box after midnight. A man gets out, looks around surreptitiously, approaches the box, stuffs in a handful of ballots and hightails it out of there. Then he goes to the next box, again and again,” she wrote.

D’Souza said the efforts of the mules could have swung the election based on his contention that at least 380,000 potentially fraudulent votes were tracked by the project.

“Shockingly, even this narrow way of looking at just our 2,000 mules in these swing states gives Trump the win with 279 electoral votes to Biden’s 259,” he said.

Devine said that’s hard to prove. “There is no way to scrutinize those ballots now and see if they are fraudulent but if we must have drop boxes at election time, they need to be secure and under 24/7 surveillance,” she said.

She said Republicans cannot spend all of their time on the 2020 election because it “makes them look like sore losers.”

However, she also noted an interview with Trump in which he compared the election to a diamond theft at Tiffany’s.

“There’s no getting the diamonds back now. But we can stop the store being robbed again,” Devine wrote.

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Dinesh D'Souza's '2000 Mules': Ballot trafficking exposé has the evidence; can it get a hearing?

By Christian Toto JustTheNews.com Dinesh D'Souza didn't take any chances with his new documentary, "2000 Mules."

The conservative filmmaker leaned on free speech-friendly platforms like Rumble and Locals.com to ensure his provocative challenge to election integrity got a fair hearing.

"2000 Mules" may be the most convincing, and explosive, evidence the 2020 Presidential election wasn't as fair as we've been told.

"We are essentially keeping our boat away from the reef of censorship," D'Souza says of his Big Tech strategy. "It's at a high price … this is the most censored topic in America."

"2000 Mules" enjoys a limited theatrical release (May 2, 4) before a virtual premiere May 7. You won't find much about it, though, via D'Souza's Facebook, Twitter or YouTube channels, despite his large followings on each.

"I didn't put the trailer up on Facebook," he says.

"If I do it'll be banned."

He is hopeful, however, that "2000 Mules" can thrive in a new, freer speech environment on Twitter following its recent purchase by Elon Musk.

Calling Musk's Twitter "a liberated platform" evoking "Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall," he says, "I feel the excitement."

D'Souza knew any statement, let alone an entire film, questioning the security of the 2020 presidential election triggers Big Tech censors. Even former President Donald Trump's chat touching on the subject with the NELK Boys earned a YouTube ban.

D'Souza's film leans heavily on geotracking

data from cell phones and video collected by security cameras to show hundreds of "mules" who stuffed ballot boxes at odd hours of the day in critical swing states during the 2020 election cycle.

These mules traveled from box to box between visits to nonprofit groups in their elaborate journeys in the weeks approaching Election Day. (D'Souza's film doesn't share the names of these groups for legal reasons, he says).

Some "mules" came from states outside the polling places in question. Others visited more than 10 different nonprofits before their work days were done.

They often toiled late at night and took pictures of themselves dropping off fistfuls of ballots, possibly to prove to their benefactors they performed the task in question. Others are shown wearing blue surgical-style gloves while dropping off the envelopes only to dispose of them seconds later.

The Houston-based True the Vote, which formed in 2009, supplied the geotracking data for D'Souza's film. The organization hopes to restore confidence in the U.S. election system, which took a sizable hit after the fallout from Joe Biden's 2020 victory.

D'Souza knows many Americans, especially conservatives, want to move past questions of 2020 election chicanery.

He can't help but wonder if the mules in question cost President Trump a second term.

"The ramifications are considerable … if its evidence holds up, we're in uncharted territory," he says, citing accusations of voter fraud in John F. Kennedy's victory over Richard Nixon in 1960 as child's play in comparison.

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Durham unmasks alliance between media, Democrat dirt diggers that triggered false Russia story

By John Solomon JustTheNews.com Just days after Hillary Clinton emissaries Christopher Steele and Michael Sussmann approached the FBI in September 2016 with dirt that would infuse the Russia collusion probe, the campaign's opposition research firm sent some of the same information to New York Times journalists.

"Gents good to see you yesterday," a Fusion GPS executive wrote the reporters. "Sounded like you might be interested in some of the attached russia-related material. these are internal, open source research drafts, as agreed, pls treat this as background/not for attribution. as you'll see it's all easily replicated anyway."

The invitation to further dirty up Donald Trump continued: "Can also send you a [name]/ Toronto memo once i dig it out. I'm skipping over [name] and [company name]. believe your guys have done that up ... leave it to you to distribute internally, or not, as you see fit. don't believe sunny isles/hollywood or panama or toronto have been touched by brands xy or z. amazingly, don't think anyone has done up the trump tower poker ring story either. pretty vivid color there."

The missive is one of hundreds of emails that Special Counsel John Durham has obtained between Clinton campaign operatives and journalists that spread "unverified derogatory information" about Donald Trump, spawning the false Russia collusion narrative shortly before Election Day 2016.

They've now been made public in court filings.

Durham recently disclosed several communications with reporters in a filing designed to reject the Clinton campaign's claim that its Steele dossier and other research should be shielded from public view at an upcoming trial because it was covered by attorney client privilege.

Durham's argument is

straightforward: Attorney -client privilege doesn't apply to materials the campaign distributed widely to third parties.

But his filing also puts the traditional media on notice that when Sussmann's trial on a charge of lying to the FBI begins next month, the unholy alliance between traditional media reporters and the Democrat machine will be laid bare for the world to see.

And it is clear prosecutors have a clear theory that much of the information spread and then reported by the news media was glaringly weak if not outright false.

Durham's filings refer to the Clinton opposition research alternately as a "red herring," "unverified" "too obvious" to be true, or containing a "very weak link." In some cases, those were words used by the very researchers helping assemble the materials.

abundantly clear the Clinton campaign used the media to spread uncorroborated Russia allegations to dirty up Trump at the same time its emissaries were trying to get the FBI, the CIA and the State Department to investigate the same dirt.

The Clinton campaign and its opposition research team "triggered a sizeable outflow of unverified derogatory information into the media, the government, and the public," Durham wrote in one filing.

In another he added: "The documents produced by Fusion GPS to date reflect hundreds of emails in which Fusion GPS employees shared raw, unverified, and uncorroborated information — including their own draft research and work product — with reporters. And they appear to have done so as part of a (largely successful) effort to trigger negative news stories about" Trump.

Yet the traditional media reported it and rereported it for nearly two years before Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded there was no evidence of a TrumpRussia conspiracy to hijack the 2016 election.

Durham said the flooding of the news media was so egregious that it obliterated any claim by the Clinton campaign that Fusion's work was attorney-client privileged work designed to advise on libel issues.

"One of the famous fake news outlets likes to say, 'Democracy dies in darkness.' They're exactly right," former Rep. Devin Nunes, the Republican House Intelligence Committee chairman who helped uravel the Russia collusion narrative, told Just the News.

"They're the ones who have created the darkness, and democracy does die. It just happens to be the fake news media that's actually creating this."

"One would expect contemporaneous emails and documents to reflect that Fusion GPS and/or its clients exercised some degree of caution and care before publicizing unverified or potentially inflammatory materials," but they did not, Durham noted.

Kash Patel, Nunes' former chief counsel on the committee, said traditional news media outlets are ignoring or downplaying much of the bombshell revelations in Durham's filings because "the mainstream media, the fake news media, cannot stand how right we were and how wrong they are."

Whatever the coverage, Durham's filings make

The most recent Durham filing lays out several contacts Fusion GPS and the Clinton team had with news media, including The New York Times, ABC News and Slate magazine.

The first media contact noted by Durham dates to May 2016, well before the Steele dossier was crafted or the FBI contacted.

"On May 14, 2016, a Fusion GPS employee emailed a Slate reporter who would publish an article about the Russian Bank-1 allegations several months later," the court

fling noted. "In the exchange and subsequent emails, the employee shared portions of research that Fusion GPS was conducting regarding a Trump advisor."

By July, the campaign research team expanded its contacts, including to the Wall Street Journal, to which it "conveyed information Fusion GPS had gathered regarding, among other things, Trump Advisor-1, Russian Bank-1, and a purported board member of Russian Bank-1 who later would appear in the Fusion GPS white paper that the defendant provided to the FBI." Some of Durham's newly released information shows how the Clinton campaign pointed reporters to elected officials who would confirm or react to the Russia information.

2000 Mules (Continued from page 15)

D'Souza's films are often like conservative op-eds, brimming with rough and tumble charges against the left. "2000 Mules" is different, taking an investigative approach to its subject.

The real-world consequences of the evidentiary trove detailed in the film are unfolding in Georgia, among other swing states, where the State Elections Board and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are investigating potential illegal ballot trafficking during the 2020 election cycle. Biden won there 49.5%-49.3% in 2020, defeating Trump by fewer than 12,000 votes in the long reliably red Peach State.

D'Souza brings curious baggage to "2000 Mules." Not only are his previous films ("Death of For instance, the prosea Nation," "Trump cutor noted that a Fusion Card") brimming with GPS executive urged a conservative sharp elreporter at the Wall Street bows, President Donald Journal to "call [a named Trump pardoned D'SouU.S. Representative] or za in 2018 for illegally [a named U.S. Senator]," contributing $20,000 to a stating, "I bet they are New York politician. concerned about what [Trump Advisor-1] was He wants audiences to doing other than giving a put his ideology aside. speech over 3 days in Moscow."

"It wouldn't matter if I was an extreme leftRep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, winger or moderate," he the ranking Republican says. "The proof of the on the House Judiciary pudding is in the pudCommittee, told Just the ding."

News on Friday that Durham is showing just The filmmaker admits how closely the media, many questions remain the Democratic establish- unanswered by "2000 ment and some rogue Mules." elements in U.S intelligence worked together to "How do we know the perpetrate the false Rus- mules were paid? Who sia story in 2016 — a organized this?" he asks, pattern he said was readding he wasn't able to peated when the same forces falsely portrayed the Hunter Biden laptop as disinformation in 2020.

"What we all suspected all along is that the Clinton campaign was really pushing this," he said.

"And we didn't know that they just made it up out of whole cloth. But that looks like exactly what they did." ***** Key senator says liberals using race, lawsuits to facilitate election fraud ***** As stock market tumbles,

show money changing hands but that doesn't mean the mules weren't paid for their efforts.

He's also at a loss to explain why the allegedly tainted ballots didn't fuel a blue Democratic wave in 2020. Perhaps, he muses, people weren't comfortable with election chicanery but did the bare minimum required to keep the "fascist" Trump out of the White House.

President Trump has seen "2000 Mules" and gave it his approval, but most Republicans in D.C. haven't screened the movie yet.

"I would be surprised if they didn't hear about it very soon," D'Souza notes.

Following its premieres, the filmmaker says, the movie will shift to digital downloads via SalemNow.com and Locals.com, the latter a free speech hub created by pundit and author Dave Rubin.

D'Souza thinks his critics will cling to the notion that the votes stuffed into all those ballot boxes were ultimately legal, even if the methods behind them look shady.

"They're not going to be able to shut it down," he says of his critics. "It's unstoppable."

D'Souza predicts one significant fallout from "2000 Mules." The canard that the 2020 presidential battle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was "the most secure election in history will start falling by the wayside," he says.

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