Cynthia Jeub: How I Came to Support Same-Sex Marriage, Part 2: Losing Faith in Politics

NJO: Source: Cynthia Jeub's blog.

It was March 2012 when everything I had been taught to believe about gay people began to break down. People were choosing sides in the upcoming election, and as I became more politically influential than ever before, I was becoming equally disenfranchised with politics.

The more I worked on both sides of political lines, however, I realized all people are just people, and the system is more broken than I ever knew. Simple conversations with a fellow investigative journalist, a Ron Paul supporter, and a childhood friend made me start questioning the political reasoning behind opposition to same-sex marriage rights.

A fellow videographer (NJO: Almost certainly either John Howting or Spencer Meads) drove me to the university (NJO: The University of North Carolina) we were investigating for corruption. (NJO: Some context: This was during the lead-up to the vote on North Carolina's legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, known as Amendment 1, which would pass as expected, and would in October 2014 be declared unconstitutional. The "investigation" for "corruption" that James O'Keefe had sent Howting, Meads and Jeub on involved Howting and Jeub secretly filming university administrators while pretending to be students who wanted to commit voting fraud as a means to defeat the amendment and trying to get said administrators to voice some kind of endorsement or sympathetic statement on tape. Classic James.) We discussed the stronger arguments for equal marriage rights: gay couples weren’t hurting anyone with their personal lifestyle choices, so it didn’t make sense to outlaw it on grounds of harming people. Our investigation was focused around voting legality and ethics, not equal marriage, but I had to think about my priorities: I knew I believed in fighting injustice, and it didn’t seem fair that these people couldn’t live how they wished.

My friend Dave picked me up from the airport when I landed back in Colorado. A dedicated Ron Paul supporter, Dave talked to me about the primaries and didn’t ask me any questions about my secretive trip. I was leaning toward anarchy as a political philosophy (I don’t support violent revolution, but I think the ideal form of government is no government, and the means to get there is empowering individuals to govern themselves), but I didn’t support Ron Paul. Dave, too, brought up equal marriage rights. He said the government shouldn’t be making marriage official and taxing based on it anyway, so it didn’t matter if people were living outside of the so-called “definition” of marriage.

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NJO: Whole post at Cynthia Jeub's blog.

You can see the long cut of the "investigation" here and the short and flashy cut here.

The long cut is over 3 hours long, with 13 distinct segments over (I think) 12 cuts. I say "long cut" instead of "full video" or "uncut version" because as we'll see in the following breakdown of both cuts, there were at least two surreptitious recordings made by the Project Veritas videographers as components of this "investigation" which, while included in partial form in the short and flashy cut, were for some reason excluded from the long cut.

Breakdown (work in progress):

Approximately the first 2 and a half hours consists of a series of hidden camera operations against
(a) University of North Carolina administrators (00:00 - 49:32, 49:32 - 1:21:33, 1:59:10 - 2:15:58, 2:15:58 - 2:32:30),
(b) North Carolina poll workers (1:36:13 - 1:59:10), and
(c) A phone bank operated by the anti-Amendment One campaign group Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families (1:21:33 - 1:36:13). These operations are all carried out by John Howting, accompanied in the second segment of part (a) (49:32 - 1:21:33; a meeting with two university administrators) by Cynthia Jeub, and in part (c) (1:21:33 - 1:36:13; the phone bank) by Spencer Meads.

The next 35 minutes consists of:
(d) John Howting's phone call to citizen Zbigniew Gorzkowski (2:32:30 - 2:35:18),
(e) Two hidden camera operations carried out by a young woman (maybe Cynthia Jeub again but I'm not sure) against University of North Carolina administrators (2:35:18 - 2:50:27),
(f) Spencer Meads' non-hidden camera confrontation with citizen William Romero outside what is apparently Romero's home, in which a kid is caused to cry (2:50:27 - 2:52:46),
(g) A non-hidden camera interview with Gary Sims, then Deputy Director of Wake County Board of Elections, conducted by a young guy who doesn't sound like either Howting or Meads (2:52:46 - 3:04:32), and lastly
(h) A non-hidden camera interview with a Durham County election judge, conducted by two guys who sound like Meads and Howting but I'm not completely sure. (3:04:32 - 3:08:10)

The short cut is 10 minutes long and features:

(i) A cut-down version of Meads' confrontation with Mr Romero, this time with subtitles, the faces pixelated, and narration from James O'Keefe. (00:00-00:49)
(ii) A cut-down and subtitled version of the second of the hidden-camera-at-a-polling-place stings carried out by Howting as seen in the long cut (the one starting at about 1:53:00, where he uses the name William DeJesus Romero and puts on an accent), preceded by some brief footage of Howting walking around outside not seen in the long cut, accompanied by some narration from James indicating that the dungaree get-up he's wearing is meant to denote "a strange man". (00:49-02:00)
(iii) A segment focussing on Mr Gorzkowski, starting with narration from James, a snippet of the interview with Gary Sims from the long cut, then some footage not in the long cut of Meads walking outside wearing similar get-up as Howting's with James again indicating that this denotes a "strange man". This is then followed by footage of a hidden-camera-at-a-polling-place sting carried out by Meads that's not seen in the long cut, in which he uses the name Zbigniew Gorzkowski. (02:00 - 03:16) After that is a cut-down version of Howting's phone conversation with Mr Gorzkowski with an introductory narration by James. (03:16 - 04:41)
(iv) "Ballots offered in the name of the Dead". A cut-down and subtitled version of the first of Howting's polling place stings seen in the long cut (the one starting at 1:36:13, where he uses the name Michael G. Bolton), preceded by an introductory narration from James. (04:41 - 05:20)
(v) A brief segue into the second half of the video which focuses on the other people recorded in the long cut, i.e. the university staff, the election officials, the phone bank activists. Brief snippet (not in long cut) of John Howting outside what is presumably a University of North Carolina building, dressed as he is the second segment of the long cut (UNC ballcap, blue shirt, blonde hair) as James narrates, "We found much more than we expected". Brief snippet of the first segment of the long cut (Howting's hidden camera recording of university administrator/professor Terri Phoenix), and the election judge. (05:20 - 05:46)
(vi) Sims (05:46 - 05:56)
(vii) the county election judge (05:56 - 07:33)
(viii) Howting and Jeub (07:25 - 09:51)
(ix) An audio recording not heard in the long cut, accompanied by a still frame not seen in the long cut, of the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families phone bank activists (09:51 - 10:18)

Two Project Veritas staffers' Twitter accounts wiped: @bigdaddybuckley and @SpencerMeads

NJO: The Twitter accounts @bigdaddybuckley (John M. Howting) and @SpencerMeads
(Spencer Meads) are pulled on this day or thereabouts.

@ProjectVeritas_ EXCLUSIVE: Colorado Local Media Hypocrisy

Published on Oct 10, 2012

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**Correction Date Recorded: August 18, 2012**

**Location:OFA-CO Colorado Springs Office
24 E Rio Grande St.
Colorado Springs, CO**

A few weeks back on a local news station, Christy Lelait stated that she knew for a fact that the El Paso County Democrats DID NOT pre-screen while registering voters. Well, in our undercover investigations we found otherwise.

It should be known that screening is not in it of itself illegal, however, this OFA staffer clearly contradicts the county party chair's words

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.




Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Spencer Meads

Spencer Meads

Project Veritas: Earth Supply and Renewal Investigates SEIU

Published on Sep 27, 2012

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Undercover reporters posing as "Earth Supply and Renewal" -- group dedicated to digging holes and filling them back in, meet with the President of the SEIU in Newark, NJ.

Newark local SEIU President Rahaman Muhammad explains on our new tape, a fake company could get your tax money just to dig ditches and fill them back up again, but it "depends on Democrats being in office."
Muhammad also said that Democrats like Senator Robert Menendez "get support from the union," and as long as we say that we're with SEIU, "Menendez gonna be like 'Oh, for real? SEIU? Oh good, great!'"

The SEIU explains this conflict of interest as well as their disdain for Newark mayor Corey Booker.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads

Earth Supply and Renewal Raw Footage

Published on Jul 28, 2012

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NJO: Video and caption from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads

Project Veritas: Legislators, Union Bosses Seek Funding for Digging Holes and Filling Them Back In

Published on Jul 18, 2012

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Undercover reporters posing as "Earth Supply and Renewal" -- group dedicated to digging holes and filling them back in, meet with Labor Bosses, NY Legislator, and former NY Assemblyman, who tell them how to secure funding for "Bullshit" Green jobs.

John Hutchings, member of the Broome County legislature, told the undercover reporters posing as "Earth Supply and Renewal" his opinion on taxpayer-funded grant contracts; "You know the Green Jobs -- Green NY, between us, a lot of it is bullsh*t". Anthony Tocci, business manager for Local 601, tells Earth Supply and Renewal "You just wanna(sic) get the money. Then you figure out afterwards" Former NY assemblyman Ron Tocci is also featured laughing about the irony of the company's services: "One thing about it, it's shovel ready."

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads

North Carolina Raw Video - UNC Officials

Published on May 15, 2012

Raw, uncut Video of UNC officials discussing and embracing Voter Fraud

NJO: Title, video and caption from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

• John M. Howting (He calls himself "Jason" in at least the first two segments, with the surname "Ranier" in the first segment. He uses the name "Michael G. Bolton" in the first poll worker sting, using the wording "The name is Michael G. Bolton" which thus leads the poll workers to believe that's his name without him having explicitly called himself by the name. One of the poll workers then asks him to clarify if he is "Michael Bolton Jr." and he responds "Michael G. Bolton, 1500 Dalworth. That would be correct, mm-hm." This bit deserves a proper transcript, because it's hard to be sure what these two people are understanding each other to be saying, and the fact that one of them is a grifter pulling a grift doesn't actually make it easier (To do). He then uses the name "William DeJesus Romero" in the second and third poll worker stings, using the wording "The name (is) William DeJesus Romero" which again leads the poll workers to believe that's his name without him having explicitly called himself by the name. He is identified as "Jon Buckley" in James O'Keefe's book "Breakthrough: Our Guerrilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy".)
• Cynthia Jeub (Calls herself "Rebecca" in at least the second segment.)
• Spencer Meads (Identified as "Adam Coolidge" in James O'Keefe's book "Breakthrough: Our Guerrilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy". In a snippet of video not in this long cut but included in the 10 minute slick cut, he uses the name "Zbigniew Gorzkowski" in a poll worker sting thus leading the poll workers to believe that's his name. Due to the way this piece is edited, it is not clear whether he explicitly called himself by the name or if he employed a trick of wording to avoid doing that which for some reason didn't make it into the final cut. This strikes me as suspicious.)

John Howting

Cynthia Jeub

Spencer Meads

NC Non-Citizens Voting, Dead Offered Ballots, UNC Officials Embrace Voter Fraud

Published on May 15, 2012

Since the release of our North Carolina Voter Fraud investigation on Tuesday the reaction has again been swift.

According to a report on the Daily Caller and ABC News, the administrators we interviewed at the University of North Carolina are being disciplined.

Chancellor Holden Thorp stated to ABC News, "While the scenarios described in the video were false, some of our administrators responded inappropriately, and we are taking disciplinary action against those who used poor judgment in their approach to these student imposters."

The investigation also sparked discussion of a consensus bill on Voter ID in the North Carolina legislature. Note that Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed legislation that previously passed.

Additionally, other organizations have reviewed our check of jury forms against the voter rolls and have found one individual, Mr. Romero, apparently became a naturalized citizen after refusing jury duty on the grounds of being a non-citizen.

Another individual appears to have perjured himself on the jury refusal form despite also being a naturalized citizen.

Project Veritas' journalists were offered ballots and encouraged to vote despite raising red flags with outlandish behavior -- such as speaking Spanish while asking to retrieve a foreign passport and wearing a ridiculous costume. However, while our facts were correct in the report, the perception presented in the investigation -- which highlighted the ease in which voter fraud can be committed -- deserves correction in regards to the citizenship status of Mr. Romero and Mr. Gorzkowski.

More footage coming soon . . .

North Carolina Ballots are offered out in the names of others to total strangers.
We find people who, according to Jury refusal forms, are listed as non-citizens. These individuals are also registered to vote. In one case the citizen appears to have perjured himself on the Jury-refusal form, since his jury refusal came after his voter registration. All public data is available here: http://www.projectveritas.com/ncsuppo...

Ballots are also handed out in the names of others to total strangers.
A dead voter is listed on the voter rolls. We interview an election Judge who says he only wants to uphold parts of the state constitution. We also interview the following officials at UNC who seemingly embrace voter fraud:
Terri Phoenix -- Director - UNC LGBTQ Center
Dean Blackburn UNC Assistant Dean of Students
Adam Limehouse - Director for the Coalition to Protect All NC Families.

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NJO: Video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

It looks as if the first eight paragraphs of the blurb were added a few days after the last three.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Cynthia Jeub
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Cynthia Jeub

Spencer Meads

FULL (Caught on Tape: Dead People and Clones Offered Ballots in Vermont Primary)

Published on Mar 13, 2012

No description available.

NJO: Title, video and caption from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads

Caught on Tape: Dead People and Clones Offered Ballots in Vermont Primary

Published on Mar 13, 2012

On Super Tuesday in Vermont, Poll workers caught on tape handing out Ballots in names of dead people and giving out ballots in living people's names to anyone who walked in. Bars, hotels and city clerk issuing civil union all required ID.

They handed the ballots out to people under the following names:

Adam Berger
Cooper Fellows
Roger Audette DEAD
John E. Adams
Lucas Hertweck
Mahamud Somo DEAD
Travis Houle
Evan R Bean

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads

Uncut NH Voter Fraud Investigation

Uploaded on Jan 11, 2012

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NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Chris Heneghan
Spencer Meads

Chris Heneghan

Spencer Meads

 

Dead People Receive Ballots in NH Primary

Uploaded on Jan 11, 2012

Donate to projectveritas.com On January 10th, Project Veritas reporters walked into New Hampshire Polling Locations during the Presidential Primaries, saying dead people's names. We stated the name of a dead person we got from the NH obituaries. The names of the deceased were both Registered Republican and Democrats And in almost every case, saying a dead person's name, we were handed a ballot to cast a vote. We used no misrepresentation and no false pretenses. in fact, in almost every case, we insisted we show ID and they insisted that we vote without showing ID. Thanks to DailyCaller.com for breaking story.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Chris Heneghan
Spencer Meads

Chris Heneghan

Spencer Meads

 




Illiteracy Count: 1

1. pretenses. in fact

To Catch a Journalist: Rutgers Education Professor in Pay-for-Play

Uploaded on Nov 22, 2011

Bruce Baker of Rutgers Graduate School of Education on tape talking about "inking deal" with Ohio union and "playing with data." We ambush the Dean of students with the tape and Dean tries to take our camera and computer. We follow up on Huffington Post report.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting
Spencer Meads
Christian Hartsock

John Howting

Spencer Meads

Christian Hartsock

VIRGINIA Medicaid Drug Smuggling Investigation

Uploaded on Jul 21, 2011

"DON'T PUT THAT ON THE APPLICATION," says the Medicaid official in Richmond, VA after a man posing as a wealthy drug dealer says he deals in illicit drugs and prostitution. The Worker gives medicaid application that states, "If you knowingly give false, incorrect, or incomplete information in order to help someone else receive benefits, you could be arrested and prosecuted for fraud."

Spencer Meads reporting

ProjectVeritas.com
Promoting Modern Day Muckrakers

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Spencer Meads

Spencer Meads

Ohio Medicaid Russian Drug Smuggling Investigation

Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011

Two men posing as wealthy Russian Drug Smugglers get told not to put their exotic sports cars on the Medicaid application, to classify their drug business as "babysitting," and to get abortions for their underage sisters who perform sex in exchange for drugs.

John Buckley as Sergei
Spencer Meads as Afghani

ProjectVeritas.com
Promoting Modern-Day Muckrakers

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

John M. Howting ("John Buckley")
Spencer Meads

John Howting

Spencer Meads