{"id":4449,"date":"2023-07-20T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2023-07-20T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:56:23","slug":"former-presidents-warn-about-unelected-invisible-government-running-the-united-states-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4449","title":{"rendered":"Former Presidents Warn About Unelected \u2018Invisible Government\u2019 Running the United States With"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Advisory: Be careful of what you read on social media. The algorithms used by these platforms have no regard for Biblical truth. They target your emotions to keep you engaged on their site so their advertisers can drop more ads. These platforms exist to enrich their stockholders. Consider God\u2019s promise to Believers in James 1:5, \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/hnewswire.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hnewswire.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No Allegiance to the People\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u4\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"rumble_vp06ij\"><\/div>\n<script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vp06ij\",\"div\":\"rumble_vp06ij\"});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Past presidents of the United States and other high profile political leaders have repeatedly issued warnings over the last 214 years that the U.S. government is under the control of an \u201cinvisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to six of our former presidents, one vice-president, and a myriad of other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wakingtimes.com\/2013\/09\/12\/maj-gen-smedley-butler-military-industrial-complex-original-whistleblower\/\">high profile political leaders<\/a>, an invisible government that is \u201cincredibly evil in intent\u201d has been in control of the U.S. government \u201cever since the days of Andrew Jackson\u201d (since at least 1836).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4450\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94.png 680w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94-293x164.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-94-390x218.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They \u201cvirtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties\u2026 It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u4\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"rumble_vjt0xp\"><\/div>\n<script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vjt0xp\",\"div\":\"rumble_vjt0xp\"});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, \u201cwe have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world \u2014 no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sources for the above quotes (and more) are listed below. All of the quotes in this article have been verified as authentic and have associated links to the source materials.&nbsp; Also included below are statements made by David Rockefeller, Sr, former director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2018\/02\/wikileaks-exposes-how-council-on-foreign-relations-cfr-controls-all-mainstream-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/a>&nbsp;(CFR), and Federal Reserve Chairman\u2019s Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke that appear to confirm some of the warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Warnings About The Invisible Government Running The U.S.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The warnings listed below, which appear in chronological order, began with our first president \u2013 George Washington. The last president to speak out was JFK, who was assassinated. Read what they and other political leaders have said about the invisible government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Washington wrote that the Illuminati want to separate the People from their Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIt was not my intention to doubt that, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eAp5h0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Doctrines of the Illuminati<\/strong><\/a>, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of seperation).&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>That Individuals of them may\u2026 actually had&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>a seperation [sic] of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 George Washington,&nbsp;1st President of the United States (1789\u20131797),&nbsp;from a letter that Washington wrote on October 24, 1798, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/r?ammem\/mgw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28gw360395%29%29\">can be found in the Library of Congress<\/a>. For an analysis of Washington\u2019s warning, see the article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/consciouslifenews.com\/library-congress-confirms-george-washington-aware-nefarious-illuminati\/1122149\/\">Library of Congress: George Washington Warns of Illuminati<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI sincerely believe, with you, that&nbsp;<strong>banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies<\/strong>.\u201d \u2014Thomas Jefferson, dent of the United States (1801\u20131809) and principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/presidents\/article-9116907\">letter written to John Taylor on May 28, 1816<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA&nbsp;<strong>power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests<\/strong>, combined in one mass, and&nbsp;<strong>held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 John C. Calhoun, Vice President (1825-1832) and U.S. Senator,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/John_C._Calhoun\">from a speech given on May 27, 1836<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that it appears that Washington\u2019s and Jefferson\u2019s concerns regarding bankers and separation of the people from the government was realized by 1836.&nbsp; This fact was confirmed in a letter written by FDR in 1933 (see below) in which he wrote that \u201c<strong>a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.<\/strong>\u201d Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829-1937).&nbsp; Calhoun served as Jackson\u2019s vice-president from 1829-1832.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an&nbsp;<strong>invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>To destroy this invisible government<\/strong>, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics&nbsp;<strong>is the first task of the statesmanship of the day<\/strong>.\u201d\u2014 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38mdMrv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, 1913 (Appendix B)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit<\/strong>. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation,&nbsp;<strong>therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men<\/strong>\u2026&nbsp;<strong>[W]e have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world<\/strong>\u2014<strong>no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32oTiLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>The New Freedom<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, 1913<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince I entered politics, I have chiefly had men\u2019s views confided to me privately.&nbsp;<strong>Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something.&nbsp; They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32oTiLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>The New Freedom<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, 1913<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe real menace of our Republic is the&nbsp;<strong>invisible government<\/strong>, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation\u2026 The little coterie of powerful international&nbsp;<strong>bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes<\/strong>. They practically&nbsp;<strong>control both parties<\/strong>, \u2026 and&nbsp;<strong>control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and]&nbsp;<strong>seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 New York City Mayor John F. Hylan,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Francis_Hylan\">New York Times, March 26, 1922<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Chairman, we have in this country one of&nbsp;<strong>the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks.&nbsp;<\/strong>The Federal Reserve Board, a Government board,&nbsp;<strong>has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Chairman, when the Federal Reserve act was passed, the people of the United States did not perceive that<strong>&nbsp;a world system was being set up here<\/strong>\u2026 and that<strong>this country was to supply financial power to an international superstate<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 a superstate controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together to<strong>enslave the world for their own pleasure.<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Congressman Louis T. McFadden, from a speech&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afn.org\/~govern\/mcfadden_speech_1932.html\">delivered to the House of Representatives on June 10, 1932<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe real truth of the matter is, as you and I know,<strong>&nbsp;that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.<\/strong>\u201d \u2014 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933\u20131945),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\">in a letter to Colonel Edward M House dated November 21, 1933, as quoted in&nbsp;<em>F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means\u2026&nbsp;<strong>We have a well-organized political-action group in this country,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>determined to destroy our Constitution<\/strong>&nbsp;and establish a one-party state\u2026<strong>&nbsp;It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our Government<\/strong>\u2026&nbsp;<strong>This ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century\u2026 This group\u2026is answerable neither to the President, the Congress, nor the courts<\/strong>. It is practically irremovable.\u201d \u2013 Senator William Jenner,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_E._Jenner\">1954 speech<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a&nbsp;<strong>conspiracy so<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>monstrous<\/strong>&nbsp;he cannot believe it exists.&nbsp;<strong>The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp; \u2014 J. Edgar Hoover,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/J._Edgar_Hoover\">The Elks Magazine, 1956<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>The very word \u201csecrecy\u201d is repugnant in a free and open society;<\/strong>&nbsp;and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to<strong>&nbsp;secret societies,<\/strong>&nbsp;to secret oaths and to secret proceedings\u2026<strong>&nbsp;Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe\u2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>no war ever posed a greater threat to our security.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you are awaiting a finding of \u201cclear and present danger,\u201d then I can only say&nbsp;<strong>that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor&nbsp;<strong>we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence \u2013 on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day<\/strong>.<strong>It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.<\/strong>&nbsp;Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined.&nbsp;<strong>Its dissenters are silenced, not praised.<\/strong>&nbsp;No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.\u201d \u2014 John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961 and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wakeup-world.com\/2011\/05\/20\/jfks-speech-on-secret-societies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known as the \u201cSecret Society\u201d speech (click here for full transcript and audio)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>The Rockefellers and their allies<\/strong>&nbsp;have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to&nbsp;<strong>use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world<\/strong>.&nbsp; Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do.&nbsp;<strong>I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.<\/strong>\u201d Congressman Larry P. McDonald, November 1975,&nbsp;from the introduction to a book titled&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lbfnEh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Rockefeller File<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 Daniel K. Inouye, US Senator from Hawaii<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Inouye\">, testimony at the Iran Contra Hearings, 1986<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Federal Reserve<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 John C. Calhoun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>\u2026 owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.<\/em>\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32kpmjd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026&nbsp;<em>one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank.<\/em>\u201c \u2013 Louis T. McFadden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Jim Lehrer that was aired on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/business\/july-dec07\/greenspan_09-18.html\">PBS\u2019 News Hour on September 18, 2007<\/a>&nbsp;that you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3QkmLnNEvdU\">watch on YouTube<\/a>, formal Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, essentially, that the Federal Reserve was above the law and that no agency of government can overrule their actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Lehrer: \u201cWhat is the proper relationship, what should be the proper relationship between a chairman of the Fed and a president of the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alan Greenspan:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cWell, first of all, the Federal Reserve is an independent agency, and that means, basically, that&nbsp;<strong>there is no other agency of government which can overrule actions that we take.&nbsp;<\/strong>So long as that is in place and there is no evidence that the administration or the Congress or anybody else is requesting that we do things other than what we think is the appropriate thing, then&nbsp;<strong>what the relationships are don\u2019t frankly matter.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that the Fed is above the law was demonstrated by current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, during his appearance before Congress on March 4, 2009 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rCWXrMCGJT4\">as shown in this video<\/a>). Senator Bernie Sanders asked Bernanke about $2.2 trillion in American tax dollars that was lent out by Federal Reserve. Bernanke refused to provide an answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Sanders: \u201c<strong>Will you tell the American people to whom you lent $2.2 trillion of their dollars?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2026 Can you tell us who they are?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bernanke: \u201cNo\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>David Rockefeller And The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state<\/em>\u2026\u201d \u2013 William Jenner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Larry P. McDonald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theunjustmedia.com\/Banking%20&amp;%20Federal%20Reserve\/The%20Federal%20Reserve%20is%20Privately%20owned.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In 1921 the stockholders of the Federal Reserve financed an organization called the \u201cCouncil on Foreign Relations\u201d (CFR)<\/a>. A full discussion on the CFR is beyond the scope of this article. Suffice it to say that the CFR likely plays a prominent role in the invisible government that we have been warned about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conspiracyarchive.com\/NWO\/Council_Foreign_Relations.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The CFR is alleged to be the arm of the Ruling Elite in the United States<\/a>. Most influential politicians, academics and media personalities are members. The CFR uses its influence to push their New World Order agenda on the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Rockefeller, Sr is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. &nbsp;Rockefeller began a lifelong association with the CFR when he joined as a director in 1949. In Rockefeller\u2019s 2002 autobiography \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kboaVt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Memoirs<\/strong><\/a>\u201d he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cSome even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as internationalists and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure&nbsp;\u2014 one world, if you will. If that\u2019s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Warburg, son of CFR [Council on Foreign Relations] founder Paul Warburg,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Warburg\">delivered blunt testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 17, 1950<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe shall have world government, whether or not we like it. The question is only whether world government will be achieved by consent or by conquest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cognitive Dissonance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent<\/em>.\u201d&nbsp; \u2014 J. Edgar Hoover<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of a deep rooted beliefs that the U.S. government is \u201cfor the people\u201d and the protector of the free world, many will reject the notion of an evil shadow government.&nbsp; When our beliefs are challenged or when two beliefs are inconsistent,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wakingtimes.com\/2012\/03\/02\/cognitive-dissonance\/\">cognitive dissonance<\/a>&nbsp;is created. It\u2019s human nature to try to hold our beliefs in harmony with our world view and avoid disharmony (or dissonance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of you who having difficulty believing the information presented in this article, I fully&nbsp; understand.&nbsp; For the first 57 years of my life, I would not have believed in the possibility that a shadow government could exist.&nbsp; Three years ago my world view changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on vacation in Mount Shasta, I came across a book titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n8iI7p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Global Conspiracy<\/strong><\/a>\u201d that seemed strangely out of place in a metaphysical book store. I had never heard of the author before \u2013 some guy named David Icke. I scanned through the book and frankly didn\u2019t believe 99% of what I read. But, I saw one thing that caught my attention in that I knew that I could easily verify Icke\u2019s assertion. I did my own research and turned out what Icke had stated was true. That led me down a rabbit hole and many, many hundreds of hours of independent research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, keep an open mind, do your own research, and use discernment. Beware that there is a ton of disinformation on the internet, much of which is intentionally placed to confuse the public. At a CFR meeting on geoengineering (see the article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/consciouslifenews.com\/millions-spent-confuse-public-geoengineering\/116250\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Millions Spent to Confuse Public About Geoengineering<\/a>\u201c), M. Granger Morgan stated (it\u2019s captured on video for you to see and hear for yourself):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>First of all, of course,&nbsp;<strong>there is a lot of money getting spent to make sure that a very substantial portion of the public stays totally confused about this.<\/strong>&nbsp;And, I mean, it\u2019s been really quite pernicious. But there\u2019s been literally tens of millions of dollars spent on every little thing that comes along that might, you know, relate to some uncertainty.<\/em>\u201d Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2020\/11\/presidents-warn-about-the-invisible-government-running-the-united-states.html\">humansarefree<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Can We Do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Margaret Mead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to doing your own research, please spread the word, and get involved. The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thrivemovement.com\/solutions-hub\" target=\"_blank\">Thrive Solutions Hub<\/a>\u00a0is an excellent place to join with others who are taking positive action steps expose corruption and to create a world in which we can all thrive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/hnewswire.com\/former-presidents-warn-about-unelected-invisible-government-running-the-united-states-with\/\">https:\/\/hnewswire.com\/former-presidents-warn-about-unelected-invisible-government-running-the-united-states-with\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisory: Be careful of what you read on social media. The algorithms used by these platforms have no regard for Biblical truth. They target your emotions to keep you engaged on their site so their advertisers can drop more ads. These platforms exist to enrich their stockholders. Consider God\u2019s promise to Believers in James 1:5, \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4451,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/4451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}