Connecting The Dots Or Seeing Stars: Election Redux - Living In The Matrix

With the mid-terms in easy reach, it sure seems like we are seeing familiar patterns emerge. It's as if we are programmed to repeat 2016.

The trolls are swarming on social media. Crazy emails are back in vogue. Viruses and malware are back as well. The Republicans are blocking attempts to prevent election interference from happening again. Donny is publicly dating Vlad. In fact, they are having a sleep over in D.C. this Fall.

Bernie Sanders is again on the campaign trail. Yeah, Bernie was in Kansas, Florida and Missouri stumping for socialist friendly candidates in Democratic primaries just this week. It's like a USO tour with socialist heartthrob Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beside him.

So why is a not Democrat from Vermont touring with a young Hispanic woman from the Bronx in the mid-West and South? Can it be a repeat attempt to divide the Democratic Party? If so, and if it is successful, the Republicans will maintain control of both the House and Senate. Donald Trump will continue to have a "Get Our Of Jail Free" card

In 2013, Edward Snowden was embraced as a brave whistleblower by people who conveniently ignored the fact that he committed treason by stealing NSA records and fleeing to Russia where he remains under the protection of Vladimir Putin.

Edward Snowden was not a whistleblower. Whistleblowers stay in place and face the music. They hold their ground and become the leading spokespeople for what it is they are alerting us to. They do not divulge classified information. They are first and foremost law abiding. Their whole argument is based upon exposing those who break the law.

Frank Serpico was a whistleblower. He exposed corruption in the NYC Police Department and testified prominently before the Knapp Commission in 1971. He put it all on the line and even took a bullet in the process.

A lot of prominent people and newspaper reporters saw Snowden as a whistleblower and came to his defense while he remained in Russia away from the fray. Snowden became a cause célèbre among political dilettantes. A lot of that had to do with naiveté and ignorance. Snowden is a dot.

Another dot is Julian Assange. Julian is WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks released stolen files to the press during the 2016 elections. The files were stolen by Russian cyber warriors working under orders from Putin. Julian was another darling of political dilettantes.

Assange's supporters cover a wide spectrum. Sean Hannity did extensive interviews with Assange. Yeah, Sean is a dot too.

There are so many dots, but the one I am focusing on is Bernie Sanders. Bernie was the biggest dot to infiltrate the Democratic Party coming into the 2016 elections - no small feat considering he wasn't even a Democrat.

Yes, Bernie challenged Hillary Clinton in the primaries and in the process, he managed to divide the Democratic Party voters. That worked well for Donald Trump.

So, among the dots I've collected are a man who turned over classified information to the Russians during Obama's second term; a man who published information stolen by Russian cyber warriors during the 2016 campaign that targeted the Democratic Party candidate; and a man who infiltrated the Democratic Party and managed to divide it to the detriment of the Democratic Party candidate.

Our Republic is most vulnerable during elections. If people lose faith in our government and fall prey to false news and propaganda, they can easily be misled. They can do more harm with their votes than a foreign adversary can do with a full scale military assault on us.

There has been so much confusion, distrust and chaos let loose upon us. There are those among us who would bend our government to their will and those outside our country who wish to weaken and destroy us. It's hard to know who is who.

When I see a dot not Democrat on the 2018 Democratic campaign trail - a man who is not running for any office - a man who chose to trust dot Edward Snowden - a man who was supported by dot Julian Assange, I have reason to pause. When he takes a young woman who won in a primary running as a socialist, I have more reason to pause. I start connecting dots.

I know one person who I absolutely do not trust. I know one who I absolutely do trust.

I trust Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russians on July 13th for interfering with our elections. Mueller's 37 page indictment covered a lot of territory. Apparently, Russia was not only trying to help Donald Trump, it was also contributing to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein.

So who is Bernie Sanders? Darned if I know. I know who he isn't. He isn't a Democrat. So what is he doing getting involved in Democratic Party politics? If 2016 was any indication, he's creating chaos and division.

Holy Moly!