President Biden , Placater Extraordinaire, says that the federal government henceforth will pay for abortions.
Congress, for 45 years in accordance with the Hyde Amendment, has not paid for abortions.  As a U.S. Senator , Biden voted in support of the Hyde Amendment year after year. Democrats and Republicans consistently voted that the federal government will NOT pay for abortions.
By virtue of its name, the PRO CHOICE movement supports abortion as a choice   ‘When you walk into a bar and choose to have a beer you put your money on the table in exchange of a the beer. ‘ That’s the analogy Charles Freeman uses t on his show 6/2/2021 o describe the original reason why the federal government based has not paid for abortions. People pay for the choices they make.
Why the complete turn around change on Biden’s part? To save his  skin?  Perceived as a senile old man who could not get out of his basement to run a campaign, Biden has put into place  numerous policies which the Progressive-Socialist Far Left Democrats seek:  immediately undo the policies Trump put in place. Trump lowered taxes so Biden raises taxes. Trump stopped most illegal immigration so Biden floods the borders. Trump opposed Critical Race Theory so Biden embraces it.
Whatever the Left wants, Biden sees that they get.  Why such adherence to the Socialist Progressive agenda?  His survival as President?  That keeps the knives in sheathed which otherwise might seek to replace Biden with Kamala Harris.She’s not much of a prize so the Democrats will be slow to act in removing Biden.
Did Biden deliberately choose Harris, a second rater, someone with little political base and not popular over someone such as Elizabeth Warren?
A local WIN job fair attracted nearly 150 locals looking for work after ICE raided and removed hundreds of illegal aliens working at the Koch Foods’ (unrelated to Koch brothers) plants in Mississippi.
How could this be? The Commie-media complex told us that illegal aliens do the work Americans refuse to do.
About 25 to 30 people showed up to apply for jobs at Koch Foods’ nearby poultry processing plant. Of those, about an equal number were black, white or Latino.
“This is what you’d normally see here,†said Dianne Bell, communications director for the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, of the job fair held between 9 and 11 a.m.
Dozens more showed up in response to online ads looking to hire plant workers.
The Associated Press reported that many of the people who applied to work at the Koch Foods’ plants were chicken plant veterans — mostly black and white males looking for work. Jobs pay $12 to start.
When do we own up to the fact that employers like lowest paid workers best, as do democrats?
Community organizer Tim McManus of COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc., a non-profit organization located in Watsonville, CA,  spoke 9/16/2018 to 15- 20 parishioners at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Aptos, Calif.
How about lots of cheap housing,  free health care/ free specialist MD referrals for illegal alien immigrants, & expanded free mental health? Those are COPA’s 2018 goals for Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties in California.
So what methods really work to effect “social justice” according to COPA?
Just show up when told to – says  McManus of COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. The power politics of sheer body count with government officials effects COPA specified change according to Mr. McManus.
Here’s what COPA Tim McManus says:
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Aptos Psychologist: COPA is not my cup of tea. What was the original tea party that lead to the American revolution all about? Not about “body count” muscling local government officials to achieve socialist progressive goals. About COPA — be wary. Give a fishing pole not free fish.
For church members & the public, COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. is not a good bang for the buck based on  info from Charity Navigator.
Look at the numbers:
COPA expenses: Seventy-nine percent  or roughly 4 out of 5 dollars pays for Personnel ($288 K) and General/ Administrative ($18.8 K). Only 21% [$80,400 / $387,233] goes for Program Costs. Wow!
$288 K pays for three full-time COPA organizers in the 2018-19 Budget.  Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. is another name for COPA in the Santa Cruz and Monterey CA area.
COPA/ Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. is housed at a Lutheran church in Watsonville, CA and pays about $19 K for General and Administrative costs.
 How to evaluate the numbers:Â
Program Expenses: The majority of charities listed by Charity Navigator  – seven out of ten non profits – spend at least 75% of their expenses directly on their Programs. That means the organization should spend no more than 25% of their total expenses on administrative overhead and fundraising costs.
COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. reverses the percentages recommended by Charity Navigator with expenses for Program accounting for only 21% and Personnel/ Administrative expenses accounting for 79%. Wow. That’s a reversal!
 Check for evidence of commitment to accountability and transparency:
Website:Â The best charities are transparent and accountable to the public. You should be able to see evidence of this in the information they provide on their web site. Can you readily find information about the charity’s staff and Board of Directors? Did the charity publish its financial information such as its most recently filed Form 990 or audit?
Industrial Area Foundation (IAF) akin to an octopus with legs
Transparency: Low. One must search to find connections to COPA’s  founding organization — the Industrial Area Foundation (IAF) of Chicago, Illinois COPA is a long standing affiliate of IAF.  And there’s no mention of community activist Saul Alinsky who wrote the guiding principles for progressive socialists i.e., Rules for Radicals. One might think it interesting to churches that Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer.
Open Borders is one goal of COPA / IAF / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc.
Churches connected with COPA in Santa Cruz and Monterey CA fund open border  immigration policies. Exactly how much dues each church affiliate pays COPA is not readily available.
COPA recently  held a conference on immigration “reform” in Monterey, CA (4/9/2018). No specifics as to number of attendees is provided on their website.
The Catholic church in CA is a long time supporter of open borders. Five of the seven churches in Santa Cruz County & neighboring two counties which act as as the governing board of COPA  are Catholic.
Other supporters of COPA include several Episcopal churches, i.e., St. John’s in Aptos, Calvary in Santa Cruz and St. Mary’s by the Sea in Pacific Grove.
Sunday, 9/16/18 at 9 am,  COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. lead organizer Tim McManus speaks at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Aptos, CA. You might ask Mr. McManus why roughly 4 of 5 dollars of Expenses goes to pay staff Personnel & Administrative and only 21% pays for Program.
Aptos Psychologist:Â Â Â COPA goes to church leaders and gets their “buy in” and them uses that buy in to contact parishioners and teach Alinsky progressive socialist goals.
What is COPA?   On November 2, 2009 Freedom Advocates wrote, “COPA targets congregations and unsuspecting parishioners…”
What COPA currently says:  It’s Mission is  “to develop the leadership skills of ordinary people …. to engage effectively in public life …with power to negotiate with public and private sector leaders … to change the economic, social, political and cultural pressures on their families …Â
COPA has 22 member institutions in Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties — including “many religious groups” they say.
Per COPA’s website (4/2018) Pete Scudder of Scudder Roofing said about obtaining workers, “there is no system. There is no line. No way anyone come here legally unless they have  a lot of money….Scudder Roofing construction company hires 90% Hispanics. Scudder Roofing seeks to sponsor ‘citizen applications for workers’.
Back to general discussion of COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc.Â
It’s vital to look at how charities are rated for financial health and transparency. Neither COPA aka Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc is rated by Charity Navigator. That’s because their financials are too small for Charity Navigator.
What if all the legs of the founding organization — IAF — were examined by Charity Navigator? What if COPA was transparent about its socialist progressive agenda? Would parishioners and the public support COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc?
It’s best to view COPA and Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc. for what they are — community organizing entities which seek progressive socialist goals.
Per D Souza both Barrack Obama and Hilary Clinton — both students of Alinsky — implemented Saul Alinsky’s political tactics.
Remember Obama’s promises that “you can keep your doctors…” and that “insurance premiums costs were going down …” Then Obama took over health care and 1/6th of private economy. Check out D. Souza on YouTube.
What do you want for your children and grandchildren?  That your children learn progressive socialism in church via COPA / Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Inc?Â
Or that your children learn to think for themselves and seek freedom?Â
written by Aptos Psychologist Cameron Jackson PSY 14762
Is Cory Booker pro Palestine? Just not understand Israel’s need for a defense Wall? Or just fuzzy thinking? His denial does not hold up.
Senator Cory Booker was photographed holding a sign bearing a pro-Palestinian movement slogan. The image appeared on the Twitter feed of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a self-described “coalition of 330+ groups†working “for a US policy toward Palestine/Israel based on    freedom, justice, and equality.â€
“From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go,†the sign read.
Trump Wall opposed by open borders Booker
Booker, however, claims he wasn’t aware that the sign called for an end to the border wall between Israel and the Palestinian territory, but rather only a U.S. border wall with Mexico. Â
“In one instance, amid the rush, he was posing for a photo and was passed a sign to hold – he didn’t have time to read the sign, and from his cursory glance he thought it was talking about Mexico and didn’t realize it had anything to do with Israel,â€
OPEN BORDERS for ALL per Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
There’s several upcoming vigils at Richmond CA which support Open Borders for ALL Illegal immigrants — is this what CA needs? What the USA needs?
OPEN BORDERS for ALL is vital according to Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. Really?
How come everyone wants “in” as a refugee to the USA and there’s no rush to leave the USA and be a refugee elsewhere? Why don’t we help people stay where they are and — if they leave — help them get back to their homelands, back to their culture, back to the world they grew up in, know and love?
Are the “welcome the stranger” sermons — frequently preached from many  church pulpits — used by the Open Borders crowd? Maybe the persons preaching “welcome the stranger” sermons are the Open Borders crowd.
Here’s some useful info:  There’s three upcoming vigils for illegal immigrants detained by ICE at Richmond Detention Center CA. Friday June 8, Sat. July 7 and Sat. August 8. Why not go and you decide.
Why not have a vigil that represents more than one opinion?
Mother Deborah Lee is the Executive Director of Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. Per reviews of Interfaith literature, this group mobilizes faith communities for immigrant, racial and economic justice.
This post will update regarding info about the vigils…..
