By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on: July 3, 2022 SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Most people have never heard of Kimberly G. Hines. She functions as the chief financial officer for Matrix, LLC, a public relations and crisis management firm owned by perennial Alabama "dirty tricks" operative, Joe Perkins. Before Matrix became the focus of media and law enforcement investigations two years ago, Hines was actually listed as "chief financial officer" on Matrix's organizational chart. Kimberly G. Hines is a convicted felon. It is believed that Hines signed Jeff Pitts' name on a $90,000 per month contract with Alabama Power Company that authorized monthly payments, without invoicing. After this agreement was executed, Alabama Power money came gushing into Matrix. At the time, Pitts was Matrix's chief executive officer. In December 2020, Pitts left Matrix. By September 2021, Pitts had publicly accused Joe Perkins of engaging in extortion, racketeering activities, and abuse of the Alabama legal system. Hines' Criminal Background On August 4, 2000, Ms. Hines was indicted by an Autauga County grand jury on an ethics charge of using her position for personal gain and first degree theft of property. Both charges are state law felonies. Hines faced the prospect of a criminal trial in State of Alabama v. Kimberly G. Hines, Case No.: CC-2000-000283. If convicted on both counts, Hines could have received up to 20 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines. The charges grew out of a state audit conducted by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public accounts, which found about $18,000 missing from a cheerleader fund Hines managed. Auditors determined that Hines spent the missing money on personal vacations, haircuts, and clothing. Ms. Hines was the paid sponsor for both the Prattville Junior High and High School cheerleader programs. Against school board policy, Hines maintained a separate bank account for monies raised for the cheerleader programs. The funds were supposed to be deposited into a school bank account. On October 24, 2001, Ms. Hines pled guilty to using her position for personal gain. On December 14, 2001, Autauga County Circuit Court Judge John B. Bush sentenced Hines to 30 days in jail, a suspended sentence of 4 years and 11 months, 3 years of probation, and restitution in the amount of $16,540.48. As part of her plea deal, the theft of property charge against Hines was dismissed. In early 2002, Ms. Hines served her 30 days in jail. Joe Perkins helped Hines transition into her probationary period by hiring her as a Matrix employee. Perkins also assigned a Matrix employee to serve as the contact person with Hines' probation officer. Today, Ms. Hines handles all invoicing, payments, wire transfers, and anything else relating to Matrix's finances and banking relationships. She also reviews budgets with Matrix's anchor clients. Hines' work brought her into direct contact with Zeke W. Smith, the Alabama Power Company official who countersigned APC Agreement No. 3-18-00487. Perkins' Close Ties to Other Convicted Felons Alabama Power and its parent company, the Southern Company, are two of Perkins' anchor clients. He has been representing these companies for many years, with contracts between the parties placed in the names of various Perkins corporate affiliates. These contracts have netted Perkins' companies tens of millions of dollars. Two of these agreements are: (a) APC Agreement No. 3-18-00487, which paid Matrix $90,000 per month from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, and (b) APC Agreement 3-18-00552, which paid Perkins Communications, LLC, $124,000 per month from August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019. Both agreements were concealed from the public until www.donald watkins.com published them in an exclusive December 26, 2021 article titled, "Alabama Power Co. Paid $2.5 Million to Joe Perkins, 'Without Invoicing'." Both agreements contained highly-suspect scopes of work and unusual payment terms. And, both of them have red-flags that warrant a criminal investigation. These agreements were executed at a time when Alabama Power Company was implicated in a bribery scheme involving former state Representative Oliver Robinson (D-Birmingham), a close political friend and ally of Perkins. Alabama Power provided $30,000 of the $360,000 that was used to bribe Robinson. Robinson was indicted on felony bribery charges, along with three co-conspirators. He pled guilty in the case. Two of the other defendants were convicted by a jury. The fourth defendant had his case dismissed during the trial. The backstory on the Oliver Robinson bribery scheme was reported in my June 19, 2022 article titled, "Why Did Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon Resign?" This article outed many of the participants in the bribery scheme who escaped prosecution because of their political and financial connections to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and their clout within the state's corporate and law enforcement communities. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating why Jay Town, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama who oversaw the criminal investigation, gave prosecutorial passes to certain politically connected participants in the Oliver Robinson bribery scheme, including Alabama Power, its CEO (Mark Crosswhite), the Drummond Company, its former CEO (Mike Tracy) and general counsel (Blake Andrews), and 21 attorneys at Balch & Bingham law firm who played a key role in the scheme. The investigation was triggered by complaints filed in 2019 and 2020 by Kevin B. Forbes, the co-founder and CEO of Consejo de Latinos Unidos, relating to Town's misconduct in the bribery case. Agreement No. 3-18-00487 Banned Felons from Performing the Contracted Scope of Work Section 10 of APC Agreement No. 3-18-00487 required Matrix to "notify [Alabama Power Company] in advance of Representatives that it proposes to use to perform Services under this Agreement." Kimberly Hines is one of these "Representatives." Joe Perkins is another one. Matrix was required to complete background investigations for these "Representatives" on a form for "Southern Company Contractors." It is not known whether Matrix submitted a completed form to the Southern Company/ Alabama Power for Hines and Perkins, or whether Alabama Power waived this requirement for Hines and Perkins. Matrix agreed that it would "not allow its Representatives to perform Services for [Alabama Power Company] until after the Representatives have been determined to be Compliant." Alabama Power reserved the "sole and exclusive right to determine [Matrix's] and [Hines'] eligibility" to perform work for the company. Matrix also agreed to "notify [Alabama Power] immediately in the event [Matrix] or its Representatives become the subject of any criminal or regulatory investigation." Perkins became the "subject" of state and federal law enforcement officials investigations of a money laundering scheme that allegedly funneled campaign contributions from Florida Power and Light (FP&L) through 501(c)(4) dark money charities and into the campaign coffers of several "ghost candidates." The goal of the scheme was to siphon off enough votes from Democratic candidates in Florida's state senate races for FL&P-supported Republican candidates to win. The scheme worked, and Republicans now control the Florida senate. Perkins has blamed the scheme on Pitts and rogue executives at FP&L. Other credible evidence points to Perkins, a known micro-manager, as the true ringleader of the scheme. The background investigations required under Agreement No. 3-18-00487 included a "State criminal history." The first disqualifier in Section 10 of the Agreement is a "Felony conviction." Ms. Hines is disqualified under this category. Joe Perkins appears to be disqualified under category number 6: "Pattern of behavior in the past that may not have resulted in a conviction, but that indicates involvement in criminal activity." As reported in our article titled, "Joe Perkins Confessed to Breaking Federal Election Laws," Joe Perkins is a federal lawbreaker. Perkins confessed to violating 2 U.S.C., Sections 441b(a) and 441(f) in a "Conciliation Agreement" he executed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on March 30, 1992. In addition to paying a $5,000 civil penalty, Perkins agreed to a lifetime ban on providing consulting services for candidates in federal elections. This FEC information was available to Alabama Power when Agreement No. 3-18-00487 was signed on December 18, 2017. The FEC file in Perkins' case is labeled: "In the Matter of Joseph W. Perkins, MUR 2797." MUR stands for "Matter Under Review." [Click here to read the FEC file.] The FBI's flow chart of Perkins' illegal campaign contributions to the Roy Johnson Congressional campaign is depicted at Bates Stamp No.92040901172. Perkins' confession is located at Bates Stamp Nos. 92040901499 to 92040901502. A copy of Perkins' $5,000 check for the penalty payment is located at Bates Stamp No. 92040901486. As is the case with Kimberly Hines and Oliver Robinson, Roy Johnson is another convicted felon and close pal of Joe Perkins. Johnson pled guilty to accepting bribes and kickbacks in a separate case. The FEC received Perkins' case from DOJ's Criminal Division on August 24, 1988. Perkins escaped a criminal prosecution in the case solely because the applicable statute of limitations expired before DOJ could complete its investigation. It is unknown whether Ms. Hines disclosed her felony conviction to Alabama Power before Agreement No. 3-18-00487 was executed by the parties. If she did not make this disclosure, the disqualifier in category 7 of the contract also applied to her. This disqualifier states: "Willful omission, misrepresentation, or falsification of personal data provided for background investigation purposes (e.g., omitted criminal conviction ..."). There are also questions as to whether Joe Perkins disclosed his FEC confession to Alabama Power before performing his work under Agreement No. 3-18-00487. It appears that Disqualifier No. 7 applied to Perkins, as well. The section on background checks is NOT included in Agreement No. 3-18-00552, which funneled $124,000 per month directly into Perkins Communications. Perkins formed this company after he was banned by the FEC from consulting for candidates in federal elections. Despite this lifetime ban, Perkins recently managed Republican Senatorial candidate Katie Britt's 2022 campaign from behind-the-scenes. According to inside sources, Perkins, a Democrat, enjoys bragging about his influence over Ms. Britt. After www.donaldwatkins.com published Perkins' secret agreements with Alabama Power, his 39-year-old daughter, Taylor Lea Perkins, voluntarily came forward and publicly accused her father of: (a) committing serial acts of childhood incest and rape against her and (b) arranging hotel room abortions for pregnant women. Perkins has not publicly denied his daughter's allegations. Perkins' Press Statement Last week, Joe Perkins issued a rambling, nonsensical statement to Yellowhammer News in which he said Jeff Pitts has attacked him by "paying fake journalists to call our clients asking accusatory questions; sending altered documents to clients and others; and allegedly collaborating with Donald Watkins, Lisa Swoboda and K.B. Forbes to attack and defame me personally and our company." Yellowhammer News is one of several news outlets in Alabama that receives principal funding from Alabama Power. Perkins has succeeded in silencing Alabama's traditional media organizations and muzzling local investigative reporters like John Archibald, Kyle Whitmire, and Josh Moon. Perkins is trying to silence the best-known online journalists who regularly cover Alabama's political scene. True to form, Perkins has targeted Kevin Forbes, Lisa Swoboda, and me for retaliation. Perkins' threat against our news team at www.donaldwatkins.com is an exercise in futility. He joins a long list of powerful officials who have tried to shut down www.donaldwatkins.com since 2013. These officials include former Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller (Montgomery), former Alabama governor Robert Bentley, retiring U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, former First Assistant U.S. Attorney Lloyd Peeples (R-Birmingham), outgoing Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal, former president Donald J. Trump, political surrogates of President Joe Biden, and a host of other state and federal officials. None of them has succeeded in this kamikaze mission.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on May 15, 2022 BREAKING NEWS --- On May 2, 2022, I received a cry for help from Taylor Lea Perkins, who is the 39-year-old daughter of perennial Alabama "dirty tricks" operator Joe Perkins: "I need your help !!!!. My dad is coming after me with everything he has to stop me from telling what I know about him." Ms. Perkins provided me with her cell phone number. My news team at www.donaldwatkins.com made contact with Ms. Taylor Lea Perkins that same night. What she had to say about Joe Perkins shocked us. According to Ms. Perkins, Joe Perkins sexually abused her as a child. The abuse allegedly involved repeated acts of sexual intimacy, rape, and incest and occurred for many years. Because Joe Perkins is a longtime political operative for Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, the Southern Company, Auburn University, the Alabama Education Association, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham), Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and a host of other power players in Alabama, Taylor Lea Perkins' allegations of rape and incest are expected to rock the world of Alabama politics for years to come. Joe Perkins is currently working behind-the-scenes to get Republican Katie Britt elected to succeed U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), who is retiring in January of 2023. His in-kind services have not been reported to the Federal Election Commission (FCC) by Ms. Britt, as required by federal law. In 1992, Joe Perkins confessed to breaking federal election laws with his support of Congressional candidate Roy Johnson, who is his friend and a convicted felon. Perkins also signed an agreement with the FEC in which he pledged to forego political consulting work that was related to future federal elections. Within Joe Perkins' sphere of power and influence, it may be hard for Ms. Perkins to secure criminal justice in the state of Alabama. After all, Joe Perkins is the hunting buddy of Sen. Shelby and Scott Coogler, the Chief U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Alabama (which includes Birmingham and Tuscaloosa). Perkins also has close ties to a host of state and federal judges in the state, as well as the prosecutors who regularly appear before them. Taylor Lea Perkins Says She Experienced Years of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Her Father According to Ms. Taylor Lea Perkins, she was born at DCH Regional Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 12, 1982. Joe Perkins and his wife Debra raised Taylor in the Northport/Tuscaloosa area. From the age of 3 or 4 to 12 or 13, Joe Perkins repeatedly molested, sexually abused, and raped his daughter, claims Ms. Perkins. "When I was real little, it started in the shower when I showered with him. Then it happened during the night. He would put his hand over my mouth and nose to keep me from screaming," wrote Ms. Perkins. Describing the first of her repressed memories of incest, Ms. Perkins said: "I was in the shower with him. He made me give him oral [sex] and after he finished, he praised me ... Then immediately [he] picked me up and turned my face towards the shower head and proceeded to waterboard me and say no one will believe you." When we asked how many times did Joe Perkins have sex with her, Ms. Perkins said, "I don't know ... lots and I haven't remembered anal yet." When we asked whether she ever became pregnant and had an abortion, Ms Perkins answered, "To my knowledge, I never became pregnant." The Present-Day Effect of Taylor Perkins' Alleged Childhood Rape/Incest Today, Taylor Perkins lives on the West Coast. She describes her life this way: "I literally have no money and no community here. This is the way [Joe Perkins] intended it. Everyone I befriend, in time, something changes and I can tell he has gotten to them in some way. He has been trying to have me declared insane my whole life. He either wants me to kill myself or do something to get [me] committed or jailed ... Or something that leads to my death." Ms. Perkins also describes the physical, emotional, and psychological toll that this alleged rape/incest experience has had on her life: "I've been married and divorced four times and have no kids. I have never had a normal relationship with a man. It made me equate sex with love and feeling loved. The environment at my mother's was bad too. Extreme neglect in every way except physical. All of my physical needs were met. I sought a lot of 'love' externally through sex. I completely deny my needs, so that the very person I depend on for survival (parents => intimate partner) won't abandon me. I don't have a healthy love of self because it was never mirrored back to me, so I try to find it in men .... Just like my dad .... Probably subconsciously to prove to myself that I AM LOVABLE and finally prove my dad wrong. I have done a ton of work on me, but I was missing this final piece.... You wouldn't believe how tiring it is to live at this level of survival .... I'm so exhausted all the time." When we asked who else has tried to help her deal with this sensitive subject, Ms. Perkins said: "Just a few people since remembering [the repressed incidents of incest and rape]. I haven't been able to seek any help yet. I've just been doing the work myself. I've stopped letting the memories come, and it's been hard, but I'm too scared to let them come alone. I also read you shouldn't do too much trauma work when you aren't in a stable environment (I'm not currently) because there is a risk of retraumatization." My Prior Experience Helping Child Rape/Incest Victims Suggests that Taylor Lea Perkins is Telling the Truth Taylor Lea Perkins is the fourth alleged victim of childhood rape and incest that I have helped during my 48-year legal career. The first three victims were the three young daughters of a powerful Montgomery police lieutenant in the 1980s. Their father raped all three of them when they turned 13. Like Taylor Perkins, these young girls coped with their rape and incest for many years believing that it was a form of fatherly love. As they got older, they knew that it was wrong and unlawful. Eventually, the girls reported the rape and incest to then-Montgomery district attorney Jimmy Evans, who was a staunch advocate for child victims of rape and incest. Evans indicted, tried, and convicted this powerful child molester. All of the signs that these three molested girls exhibited as they grew older are now exhibited by Taylor Lea Perkins. These signs include: (a) the repressed memories of the incest that eventually come back to haunt them at a conscious level, (b) the perpetual fear of retribution from their powerful father, (c) their well-founded sense that other family members will not believe them if they report this incest, and (d) their loss of self-esteem after being raped by their father. There are no adequate words to describe a father who steals his young daughter's happiness and joy by raping her. What is particularly troublesome in Taylor Perkins' case is the fact that Tuscaloosa County law enforcement officials have a heartbreaking reputation for failing to protect the rights of women and children rape victims. The 2015 rape case involving 19-year-old University of Alabama honors student Megan Rondini showed the world that Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's deputies and local prosecutors would not properly investigate and prosecute a powerful local white man for raping an innocent college student. Instead, these law enforcement officials formed a protective shield around the designated rape suspect. As a result, Megan Rondini committed suicide. I do not know any law enforcement official in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama that I would trust to properly and thoroughly investigate Taylor Perkins' allegations of childhood incest and rape by Joe Perkins. They are all beholden to Joe Perkins. They are also well-aware of Perkins' seemingly unlimited ability to tap into Alabama Power Company's massive financial coffers, without invoicing and with CEO Mark Crosswhite's blessing, for any purpose he so desires. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Birmingham is no place to turn for help in Ms. Perkins' case because its "Criminal Chief" is Lloyd Peeples. Mr. Peeples expressed his hostile views towards women when he served as an editor of his university newspaper. When Peeples headed the office's day-to-day operations as the First Assistant United States Attorney from 2017 to 2020, the office had an abysmal record of stopping child sex trafficking in Alabama. This simply was not a priority for Peeples, who is a Donald Trump-era Department of Justice "holdover" official. What is worse, the U.S. Attorney's office in Birmingham is effectively controlled by Alabama Power Company, which has demonstrated its longstanding ability to "fix" federal criminal cases involving the company's senior management executives. The public witnessed this occurrence happen twice -- once in 1980 with the "Coal Fraud Trial" and again in 2018 with the "North Birmingham Bribery Trial." No law enforcement agent or judicial official has ever been held accountable for "fixing" criminal cases in the Birmingham federal courthouse. Because Alabama is run by an old white male oligarchy that has very little respect for women, this situation is not likely to change in the near future. Epilogue Alabama is a state where an accused child molester almost won a U.S. Senate seat in the 2016 general election. Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, who was the Republican nominee in the race for the open Senate seat that year, lost the statewide election by only 2,000 votes, despite the fact that (a) multiple women publicly accused Judge Moore of molesting them when they were young girls and he was a popular young state prosecutor, and (b) Moore had been removed from the state's Supreme Court (twice) because he violated federal court orders and his judicial cannons of ethics. At www.donaldwatkins.com, we take Taylor Lea Perkins' allegations of incest and rape very seriously. We have heard Ms. Perkins' cry for help and we are committed to helping her get the support she needs. Part of this support is justice in the criminal court system. To Taylor Lea Perkins, we say this: Suicide is NOT the answer. True holistic love is. You are NOT alone anymore. We will NOT abandon you. We will work through your trauma together. Nobody can bully us or cause us to stand down in the pursuit of justice for you. We are willing to pay any price to protect the sanctity of your womanhood and restore your dignity as a human being. If your allegations of rape and incest are true, which we believe they are, then you have survived one of the most horrific ordeals that a father can inflicted upon his young daughter. We have a long and documented track record of standing up for women and children from all walks of life who have been sexually abused by family members, friends, and others. We have never backed down in the face of threats from rapists or child molesters, no matter who they were. We are committed to Taylor Lea Perkins' survival, her full recovery as a reported victim of incest and rape, and the prospect of helping her enjoy a happy life that is free of shame, pain, blame, and loneliness. The sun always shines on the other side of midnight and we will make sure that Taylor Lea Perkins gets to bask in the warm glow of this sunshine. She is now loved for all of the right reasons. [Author's Note: I was not able to reach Joe Perkins for comment about the subject of this article prior to its publication. Mr. Perkins is welcome to publish his response to Ms. Taylor Lea Perkins' allegations on my social media platforms.] All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. Please click on these links to follow Donald Watkins: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 9, 2022 EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS --- On June 6, 2022, Taylor Lea Perkins posed this explosive question on her social media site to Alabama Republican Senatorial candidate Katie Britt: "How can you be a woman claiming to be for children and pro-life but you are attached at the hip with a monster child molester ... [who] procures abortions for [women] in hotel rooms so their wife won't find out ... and forces the girl to do it?" The "monster child molester" to whom Ms. Perkins is referring is her famous father, legendary Alabama political "dirty tricks" operator Joe Perkins. In an exclusive article published on this website on May 15, 2020, Ms. Perkins alleged that she suffered about 10 years of childhood incest and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Joe Perkins has not publicly denied these allegations or otherwise commented on Ms. Perkins' claims. Joe Perkins, a Democrat, is also Katie Britt's political paramour. As we reported in our exclusive May 22, 2022 article titled, "Katie Britt's Closet Relationship with Joe Perkins," Britt is the candidate retiring U.S. Senator Richard Shelby has handpicked to replace him. Britt has entrusted Perkins with much of the responsibility to run her Senatorial campaign from behind-the-scenes. Britt squares off against Congressman Mo Brooks in Alabama's June 24, 2022 Republican runoff election. Joe Perkins' "Dirty Secrets" In a February 11, 2022 article I published on this website, I reported that "Perkins is the keeper of the darkest secrets about today's politicians in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida." As revealed in the article, "Perkins knows who the alcoholics are; who the mistresses are; who has paid for medical procedures for their mistresses; who has enjoyed the private jet rides that were not reported; who busted AL.com columnist John Archibald on his personal bankruptcy several years ago; who the drug addicts are; whose mistresses and lovers have been placed on consulting contracts with Alabama Power [Company]'s networking partners; who provided private jet transportation for Gov. Robert Bentley's secret love affair with Rebekah Mason; which state and federal prosecutors are compromised, and why; and many more "dirty secrets." On March 27, 2022, I published an article titled, "Dirty Secrets: The Joe Perkins Files." The article exposed five of Perkins' "dirty secrets." Joe Perkins' "secret" regarding medical procedures for the mistresses of Alabama's pro-life" Republican politicians and their corporate sponsors is sensitive due to questions about privacy issues under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"). In a June 6, 2022 post on her social media site, Taylor Lea Perkins blew the lid off of two of her father's "dirty secrets." First, Ms. Perkins publicly alleged that (a) Joe Perkins arranged for hotel room abortions for the pregnant women and (b) these women were forced to undergo the abortions. Second, Ms. Perkins confirmed that Joe Perkins helped to cover-up another alleged rape by Tuscaloosa-area playboy, T.J. "Sweet T" Bunn, Jr. "Sweet T" was the designated rape suspect in the 2015 Megan Rondini rape case. Megan Rondini was a well-liked and highly respected University of Alabama honors student. Rondini's rape case exploded onto the national scene in 2017 with a Buzzfeed article about a Tuscaloosa County law enforcement cover-up of her alleged rape and her subsequent suicide after authorities refused to prosecute "Sweet T." In a 2017 defamation lawsuit Joe Perkins filed against me for my coverage of the Megan Rondini rape case, he gave a sworn affidavit in which he claimed to have no involvement in the Rondini case. This affidavit was later used by Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Allen May to award Perkins a $1.5 million verdict, without holding the "trial by jury" that I requested. Judge May was handpicked for his judgeship in 2016 by former governor Robert Bentley, who resigned in disgrace in April of 2017 after I exposed Bentley's "sex-for-power" scandal with his married mistress, Rebekah Caldwell Mason. Bentley also pled guilty to state ethics charges on the same day. The state court judgment in Joe Perkins' defamation case is presently on appeal to the all-white Alabama Supreme Court. In September of 2021, a copy of a dozen pages of handwritten notes authored by Joe Perkins in October of 2017 surfaced for the first time. On September 19, 2021, Perkins' notes were published on this website. The notes flatly contradicted the sworn testimony Joe Perkins made in his affidavit regarding his lack of involvement in the Rondini rape case. On September 2, 2021, Joe Perkins' former CEO at Matrix, LLC, filed a lawsuit against him that accused Perkins of extortion, ongoing racketeering conduct, and abuse of the Alabama legal system. Perkins and Matrix are under state and federal law enforcement investigations in Florida in connection with laundered campaign contributions to ghost political candidates in various state legislative races and other political shenanigans. In March of 1992, Joe Perkins confessed to breaking federal election laws and executed a "Conciliation Agreement" with the Federal Elections Commission in which he pledged to forego political work in future federal elections. Perkins has since reneged on this pledge. Has Joe Perkins Arranged Hotel Room Abortions? According to Taylor Lea Perkins, her father is a "monster" who found himself the "perfect puppet in Katie Britt." In her June 6, 2022 social media post, Ms. Perkins asks Katie Britt, "How can you be a woman claiming to be for children and pro-life but you are attached at the hip with a monster child molester ... [who] procures abortions for [women] in hotel rooms so that their wife won't find out ... and forces the girl to do it?" Ms. Perkins sounded this red-flag alert for Katie Britt: "HEY KATIE BRITT -- now you have someone who is PRO CHOICE and a CHILD MOLESTER running your campaign." She is obviously referring to Joe Perkins in this alert. Ms. Perkins, who is a trained nurse practitioner, asked these related pertinent questions: "ARE HOTEL ROOM ABORTIONS LEGAL IN ALABAMA?," and "What doctor performed that procedure?" These are great questions. I have a few of my own. Do hotel room abortions meet the Alabama medical profession's standard of care for abortions? What happens to the aborted fetuses, which Alabama law classifies as human life? Does the participating physician issue a death certificate for the aborted fetus? Is the fetus buried, cremated, or placed in a dumpster? If so, by whom? Does the participating physician maintain a medical record of the hotel room abortion? Does the physician follow Alabama law on patient counseling prior to performing the abortion? Who pays for the alleged abortion? Why are they allegedly arranged by Joe Perkins? Does Perkins report the alleged abortion to an Alabama Power Company executive as part of his work for the company? If so, what Alabama Power executive receives this report? Are Sen. Richard Shelby and Chief U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler (Northern District of Alabama), both of whom are close personal friends of Joe Perkins, aware of the alleged hotel room abortions? Has Perkins discussed the alleged abortions with Shelby and Coogler during their hunting excursions? Prior to Taylor Lea Perkins' public allegations that her father arranged hotel room abortions, www.donaldwatkins.com had already confirmed that Alabama Power Company used the services of Joe Perkins to handle delicate medical issues for some of its captive politicians. For nearly 20 years, Alabama Power has paid Perkins millions of dollars, without invoicing, to capture and control various state and federal public officials and utility regulators. The list of public officials who are caught up in what Taylor Lea Perkins alleges are hotel room abortions is shocking. I am researching whether there are privacy issues in HIPAA that preclude me from publishing the names of the individuals involved in aborting fetuses in hotel rooms. If so, I am also researching whether HIPAA-related privacy issues are knowingly and voluntarily waived in a case where the pregnant woman and/or reputed father request a third-party like Joe Perkins to arrange a hotel room abortion. Covering Up Another Reported Rape in Tuscaloosa On June 5, 2022, Ms. Perkins posted this statement on her social media site: "Donald: I know another Megan Rondini. Except she personally told me it was my dad behind what T.J. Bunn had covered up because [Bunn] was still married." When I was investigating the Megan Rondini rape case in 2017, a former Tuscaloosa County law enforcement official (who was in a position to know) confirmed to me the existence of other reported rape cases in which T.J. Bunn was the designated rape suspect. These cases were reportedly covered up by top law enforcement officials and others who were working in concert with them. Ms. Perkins identified one of these reported victims as "Brandy." This is the same first name that was provided to me in 2017. The reason for the police cover-up in "Brandy's" case, as was told to me by my confidential law enforcement source, is the same one that was mentioned by Ms. Perkins on June 5, 2022 -- T.J. Bunn, Jr., was married when the alleged rape occurred. When I talked to Joe Perkins in 2017 about Megan Rondini's rape case, he confirmed to me that he was helping the Bunn family in the Rondini case because he was a longtime family friend. In her social media post, Ms. Perkins pledged to become "Brandy's" voice in this matter. She vowed to let the world know "what kind of person you are TJ BUNN #sweetT." Taylor Lea Perkins' Messages to WWW.Donaldwatkins.Com In an email sent to www.donaldwatkins.com after we published Taylor Lea Perkins' story of childhood incest on May 15, 2022, Ms. Perkins wrote: "There were days where I was literally all alone in the word .... no money, no allies, just God .... I only had faith in what I was praying for: I prayed for an attorney to find me -- 2 found me. I prayed for my tribe -- and I was told they would find me if I would just take the first step without them .... God is good all the time. All the time God is good .... I re-read the last paragraph of Donald's [May 15, 2022] article so much. It's like he's loved me more (the right kind of love) than my dad ever did/could, and I just get overwhelmed .... God also knew the way everything has happened so far was probably the only way I would be in a position to be able to receive this outpouring of love/help/assistance .... I have a very very difficult time receiving [this love] because I don't feel worthy enough to receive [it]. It's a lifelong lesson." Epilogue Taylor Lea Perkins and I have never met. We have never talked. Yet, on June 5, 2022, Ms. Perkins posted this comment on her social media site: "I found Donald online and read a lot of his articles and felt very connected to him in a way that only people that have been chronically abused and terrorized by my father can understand." I am very proud of Ms. Perkins for: (a) surviving her alleged childhood incest and sexual abuse, (b) reaching out to me for help at her lowest moment, (c) never giving up on her humanity, dignity, and self-respect, and (d) embracing the professional support system that is now assisting her. Ms. Perkins is right -- God is good all the time. He always answers our prayers. Taylor Lea Perkins is receiving this outpouring of love today because God values the goodness in her heart as a wonderful human being. She deserves all of God's love, all of the time. Ms. Perkins never surrendered to a permanent state of hopelessness. Today, Ms. Perkins is a strong and forceful warrior for truth and justice. She is speaking up for herself as an alleged childhood incest and sexual abuse victim. She is also speaking up for the pregnant women who were allegedly forced by their lovers to have hotel room abortions. Finally, Ms. Perkins has become the brave voice of another alleged Tuscaloosa-area rape victim whose case was covered-up by local law enforcement authorities because of the power and influence of the Bunn family. Taylor Lea Perkins is truly an inspiration to childhood incest survivors and sexual abuse victims in Alabama and across America. I firmly believe Ms. Perkins will make it to the other side of midnight where the sunshine of God's love will always beam down upon her.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 3, 2022 BREAKING NEWS --- In September 2021, former Matrix, LLC chief executive officer Jeff Pitts filed a civil lawsuit against perennial Alabama "dirty tricks" operative Joe Perkins. The lawsuit alleged that Perkins engaged in extortion, ongoing racketeering activities, and the abuse of the Alabama legal process. Perkins had previously sued Pitts on July 23, 2021 in a Jefferson County, Alabama state court for committing a variety of alleged business torts. Matrix has provided consulting services for Alabama Power Company, the Southern Company, Florida Power and Light, Gulf Power, Auburn University, Alabama Republican U.S. Senatorial candidate Katie Britt, the Alabama Education Association, and other politically influential clients. Groups affiliated with Matrix have also worked on power company initiatives in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. Working in concert with longtime U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) in Washington, D.C., Joe Perkins and Matrix have used a plethora of clandestine strategies and highly-questionable techniques to capture, control, and compromise state and federal regulators, federal, state and local public officials, Alabama-based news reporters, civil rights and environmental justice groups, state and federal law enforcement agencies in Alabama, and state and federal judges in the state for the benefit of Perkins'/Matrix's clients. Pitts' Subpoena is a Powerful Weapon in His Turf War with Perkins The turf war between Jeff Pitts and Joe Perkins is threatening to blow up the career of Alabama Power Company Mark Crosswhite and send a bunch of other people to jail in the process. This war is also expected to force the resignation of at least one more federal judge in the Northern District of Alabama. On June 29, 2022, Pitts served Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company with a subpoena in Perkins' Alabama lawsuit that seeks six categories of explosive documents. [Click here to read the subpoenas - Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company]. The documents sought shed additional light on a larger story of corporate espionage, greed, and back-stabbing under the Southern Company's corporate umbrella, including: (a) Mark Crosswhite's behind-the-scenes efforts to replace Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning, who is retiring at the end of 2022, (b) why Crosswhite sanctioned Perkins' clandestine "dirty tricks" operations to mitigate Crosswhite's legal exposure in the 2018 Oliver Robinson/North Birmingham Bribery Scheme, (c) former U.S. Attorney Jay Town's sudden, midnight resignation in 2020 after a photo surfaced showing Crosswhite and Town chugging down cocktails in a secret meeting in the midst of the Oliver Robinson bribery scandal, (d) U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon's unexpected resignation on April 6, 2022, (e) Perkins'/Matrix, LLC's campaign to surveil, capture, and control Southern Company board members, top executives, and employees between 2009 and 2020, (f) Perkins' surveillance of key public officials, grassroots groups, and other companies from 2015 through 2020, and (g) Mark Crosswhite's secret efforts to eliminate all potential successors for Fanning's' CEO job. Pitts' subpoena also threatens to expose the labyrinth of companies, clandestine activities, and nauseating "dirty tricks" that Mark Crosswhite and Joe Perkins believed were necessary for Crosswhite to succeed Tom Fanning. Shockingly, Fanning was one of the Number One targets of Perkins' surveillance activities. Perkins believed that Fanning engaged in a personal lifestyle in Atlanta that compromised him, if exposed publicly. In Perkins' eyes, this warped belief made Fanning the perfect target for surveillance, manipulation, and/or a forced resignation or retirement. In the pursuit of the Crosswhite/Perkins scheme to install Crosswhite the next CEO of the Southern Company, some top level executives at Alabama Power Company, as well as a few inside the Southern Company, approved surveillance activities and participated in other nefarious conduct that was financially underwritten by Alabama Power Company and implemented by Perkins and his affiliated companies under lucrative secret contracts and "special work orders" that did not require invoicing or written reports. Perkins is known to prepare handwritten notes of the kind listed in the subpoena on individuals who are targeted for destruction. These are the individuals who are not susceptible to Perkins' activities to capture and control them. Tom Fanning sits atop one of the largest producers of electrical energy in the United States. For more than a decade, Fanning has represented this sector on national energy policy. He also served as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Edison Electric Institute. Crosswhite envies Fanning and his power. What's Covered by the Pitts Subpoena? Pitts is demanding that Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company produce the following documents to his attorneys: 1. All contracts with Joe Perkins or entities owned or related to Joe Perkins including but not limited to Matrix LLC, Perkins Communications, P&K Consulting, and Perkins Property from 2015 through 2020. 2. All records of payments sent to entities owned or related to Joe Perkins including but not limited to Matrix LLC, Perkins Communications, P&K Consulting, and Perkins Property, including monthly retainers or other contractual payments and "special work orders" from 2015 through 2020. 3. All videos, photographs, or other materials derived from any surveillance activities targeting any Southern Company board member, executive, or employees during, but not limited to, occurring in 2009 through 2020. 4. All videos, photographs, or other materials derived from any surveillance activities of public figures, groups, or other companies provided by Joe Perkins or related entities from 2015 through 2020. 5. All communications between Southern Company Executives and Joseph Perkins, Matrix LLC, or any of Matrix's employees or agents from 2015 through 2020. 6. Any other emails, memorandum, letters, facsimiles, handwritten notes, electronic files, text messages, invoices, phone recordings, and all other materials relating to Matrix, LLC, Dr. Joseph Perkins, Canopy Partners, LLC, or Jeff Pitts from 2015 through 2020. What the Subpoena Means Between 2009 and 2020, Jeff Pitts was aware that Perkins/Matrix conducted surveillance activities targeting Southern Company board members, senior management executives, and employees who could potentially succeed Tom Fanning as CEO of the Southern Company. The surveillance activities sought to develop information on any "dirty secrets" that Crosswhite could use to eliminate these company insiders as a competitive threat to his plans to succeed Tom Fanning. The surveillance produced plenty of "dirty secrets" that revealed the human failings or lifestyle choices of the targets of the surveillance. The surveillance of: (a) public officials in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Washington, (b) various professional and grassroots advocacy groups, and other companies enabled Perkins/Matrix to capture, compromise, and control key members of these groups. The groups surveilled are specified in two exclusive articles we published on this website titled, "Alabama Power Co. Paid $2.5 Million to Joe Perkins, 'Without Invoicing," dated December 26, 2021, and "Joe Perkins-Alabama Power Co. Contracts Raise New Red Flags," dated January 18, 2022. Perkins performed the scope of services in the two secret contracts referenced in the published articles and was paid $2.5 million, without invoicing. In all, Perkins has been paid tens of millions of dollars from a variety of companies affiliated by Alabama Power Company over a two decade period. The subpoena lists a labyrinth of companies Alabama Power Company and Southern Company used to funnel money to Joe Perkins. They include: (a) Matrix, LLC, which Perkins formed on October 27, 1999 in the Tuscaloosa County Probate Judge's Office at Book 1999, Page 3216, (b) Perkins Communications, LLC, which Perkins formed with Amy Todd Perkins on January 2, 1997, (c) P&K Consulting, LLC, which Perkins formed with former Alabama governor George Wallace's son-in-law and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy on October 4, 2000, and (d) "Perkins Property" a/k/a Perkins Investments, LLP, which Perkins formed on August 25, 1998 to purchase, sell, lease & develop real estate. Another Perkins real estate company named Keystone Properties, LLC, which was formed on May 12, 1998 with John R. Chambless and Mark Kennedy, dissolved on August 29, 2007. Matrix, itself, was conceived in deception by Perkins, using a surrogate named C. Barton Adcox, 1201 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401. Adcox served as Matrix's initial registered agent and member. Perkins is not listed anywhere in the Articles of Organization for Matrix. Matrix was formed to provide the same political consulting services and "dirty tricks" as Perkins & Associates, which lapsed into an inactive status during the U.S. Department of Justice's and Federal Election Commission's (FEC) investigations from 1988 to 1992 into Perkins' illegal campaign donations to Roy Johnson's Congressional campaign. Johnson is a Perkins friend and convicted felon. Perkins never dissolved Perkins & Associates. Instead, he surreptitiously created Matrix to hoodwink the FEC after he confessed to violating federal election laws and agreed to accept a permanent ban on political consulting in federal elections. Perkins' Apparent Immunity from Federal Prosecution in Birmingham, Alabama Joe Perkins is the proud "hunting buddy" of Scott Coogler, the Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northern District. Perkins' other "hunting buddy" is U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, who is one of his "dirty tricks" clients. Shelby is leaving the U.S. Senate in January. He was elected to the Senate in 1986 after having served in various public offices from local prosecutor to U.S. Magistrate to Alabama Legislator. Shelby has drawn a government salary all of his adult life. Yet, Shelby is retiring as one of the richest Senators in U.S. history. Shelby has not publicly explained how a career government official can become extremely wealthy in public office. Shelby's accumulation of wealth in public office places him in the distinguished company of Bill and Hillary Clinton. His rags-to-riches story from a modest government salary mirrors that of the Clinton's. On November 14, 2021, I featured Shelby's checkered past in an article titled "Sen. Richard Shelby: A Tangle Web of Lies and Deceit." Joe Perkins also enjoys an undisclosed relationship with Lloyd Peeples, the Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Alabama. We will disclose the nature and scope of this relationship in an upcoming article and explain why it affords Perkins de facto immunity from federal prosecution in the Northern District of Alabama. Epilogue The espionage activities and "dirty tricks" deployed by Perkins/Matrix to help Mark Crosswhite ascend to Tom Fanning's CEO job at the Southern Company were astonishing in nature, breathtaking in scope, and particularly vicious. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (1924-1972) used a sleazy array of "dirty tricks" to capture and control Washington politicians, including President John F. Kennedy. President Richard M. Nixon used the "White House Plumbers" to carry out his campaign of "dirty tricks" during the Watergate era of the early 1970s. What Perkins/Matrix did for Mark Crosswhite took corporate espionage and "dirty tricks" to a whole new level. As publicly-traded entities, Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company have a duty to turn over the subpoenaed documents and surveillance tapes. The private investigation firms that made and retain physical possession of the original surveillance tapes would be wise to transfer physical custody of them to Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company, for subpoena compliance purposes. Perkins' ability to fool the public with shell games and ghost moves is over. Jeff Pitts is outing his alleged racketeering conduct. Federal law enforcement officials in Florida are reportedly taking it all in. They already have an ongoing criminal probe into Matrix's clandestine activities on behalf of Florida Power and Light. The Jeff Pitts-Joe Perkins war is going to get ugly, fast. 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 30, 2022 AN OPEN LETTER TO NATIVE-AMERICAN TRIBES My Dear Native-American Brothers and Sisters, I am an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, businessman, and journalist from Alabama who has Choctaw and Cherokee blood running in his veins. My 48 years of high-profile civil rights activism and investigative journalism in Alabama on behalf of African-Americans, Native-Americans, women, members of the LGBTQ community, Muslims, and other oppressed groups has made me a highly controversial figure in the state's white community. After all, Alabama is the "Cradle of the Confederacy" and "Heart of Dixie," with all of the racism that this status entails. My record on championing civil rights in Alabama is set forth in the biography section of www.donaldwatkins.com. My landmark cases positively changed the educational, political, economic, social justice, housing, and healthcare landscape in Alabama. However, these changes came with a high personal price that I was more than willing to pay. I published my Native-American ancestry in three articles on this website: "Celebrating My Native-American Ancestry," dated May 26, 2022, "Sallie Emma Darden and My Indian Ancestors," dated May 9, 2021, and "Adam and Sallie Watkins: A Legacy of Love," dated July 31, 2019. I am writing you this Open Letter to all of the 574 federally registered and recognized Native-American Tribes in the United States, with a special plea to the Tribes with Reservations in 35 states. Your Reservations are sovereign territories. You are governed by federal laws and Tribal laws, not state laws. For the first time in 50 years, women in America are in grave danger from a radical Taliban faction of the Republican Party that controls the U.S. Supreme Court and 26 state governments. On Friday, June 24, 2022, this Taliban faction used the Supreme Court to strip away the constitutional right of women to have safe and legal abortions. Within hours of the Supreme Court's ruling, Taliban cells in Republican-controlled states proclaimed their intention to immediately enforce state laws that ban abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, and endangerment to the pregnant woman's life. These radicalized zealots are seizing control over women's bodies and forcing pregnant women to undergo childbirth under all circumstances. Your Tribes are in a unique position to assist women across America in protecting their reproductive rights by making your Reservations a safe haven for women seeking abortions. Thankfully, the right to an abortion has NOT been outlawed by a federal statute or constitutional amendment. State anti-abortion laws DO NOT apply to abortions performed on your Reservations. Your Reservations are located in 35 states, many of which are under the firm control of the Republican Party's anti-abortion Taliban faction. You Know this Breed of Whites Very Well You know this breed of white men who make up the Taliban faction of the Republican Party, as well as the women who serve as their accomplices. You have dealt with them since your ancestors welcomed white settlers to America in 1612. African-Americans know them, as well. Their ancestors raped our women during 250 years of slavery and forced them to give birth to children who joined their mothers in slavery. State laws allowed these white men to profit from their sexual assaults upon our women because their assaults created a permanent labor supply by means of their own vices. At the time, my ancestors were powerless to stop them and those who tried were tortured, maimed, or killed. During the same period of time, those white men who were married had the legal right to beat and rape their wives. From the 1930s until the early 1970s, white men forcefully sterilized black women and poor white women in prisons and mental institutions, without their consent. Only federal court orders ended this inhumane practice. Control over women's bodies, whether they were white, black, or Indian, has been the bedrock of white male privilege in America since 1612. For over four hundred years, this control has been unrelenting and has covered every aspect of women's lives, from the cradle to the grave. Your ancestors treated white settlers as guests in your native lands. They fed them, taught them how to farm the lands along the east coast, and saved them from freezing to death during the long, harsh northern winters. They even shared some of their territorial lands with these white strangers from across the ocean, believing that Indians could live in harmony with these white migrants. In return for this show of love and hospitality, these white settlers introduced your ancestors to the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny." They seized 1.5 billion acres of your lands by deadly force and gave 270 million acres of this land to 3 million poor European migrants from 1862 to 1986 under the Homestead Act of 1862. They called your ancestors "merciless Indian savages" in the Declaration of Independence. When your Tribes stood your ground from 1612 to 1906, European settlers, Calvary troops, and white vigilantes used muskets, rifles, gunpowder, and bullets to massacre up to 60 million Native-Americans. Your ancestors' bows and arrows, which were used for hunting game and defending your homelands, were no match for the white man's weapons of war. This is one of the reasons why the Second Amendment's "right to bear arms" is sacrosanct with them. The white man broke every treaty the U.S. government, state and territorial governments, and private companies executed with Indian Nations. The white man's lack of trustworthiness and honesty in his dealings with your Tribes gave rise to the term "Indian-giver." The atrocities and genocide that were committed against your ancestors is well-documented in the U.S. Senate Records and Committee Reports in Washington, D.C. These events are NOT "critical race theory." They were real-life, shameful tragedies. They Killed Indians in the Most Inhumane Ways The ancestors of today's Taliban faction of the Republican Party killed your ancestors in the most inhumane ways. For example, white soldiers and vigilantes shot and killed many Native American men, women, (whom they called "squaws"), and young children who chose to surrender rather than fight the seizure of your Tribal lands just so they could make an example out of them. These soldiers also initiated the practice of scalping dead Native-American defenders. Scalping Indians was a highly incentivized and legally protected activity. On November 3, 1755, the Massachusetts legislature declared the Penobscot Indians "rebels, enemies, and traitors" and provided a bounty: "For every scalp of a male brought in .... forty pounds. For every scalp of such female Indian or male Indian under the age of twelve years that shall be killed ... twenty pounds." Soldiers castrated male Indians and used their testicles for tobacco pouches. They cut off the hands of Indians in order to steal the rings from their fingers. They cut out the genitals of female Indians and either showcased them on sticks, stretched them over their saddle-bows, and/or wore them over their hats while riding in ranks. In some instances, soldiers would cut off the hands of Native-Americans and use them as ashtrays. Indian infants were killed with their mothers. Soldiers even sliced open the wombs of pregnant females and killed the fetuses. If "right to life" whites existed during this period, they were silent and complicit in these murders. Soldiers, accompanied by state militias and vigilantes, systematically murdered Native-Americans in western villages that had nobody in them but women and children. They used their sabers to break the arms and legs of wounded Indian women and children so they would die a slow and painful death. They burned them to death in their tepees and shot them as they attempted to flee the searing flames of destruction. Infants and young children were killed in every way imaginable. White soldiers even desecrated your ancestral burial grounds with impunity. Why You Should Help Non-Indian Women Today America's 574 Indian Nations have a long and admirable record of honoring and respecting women -- all women. You have always exulted them. For thousands of years, you have treated women as equal to men. In contrast, the white men who settled in America from 1612 to 1920 treated all women as "property." They even codified the right of husbands to beat and rape their wives. They restricted educational opportunities for women. They barred women from owning real and personal property (including cash) in their own name. They denied women the right to vote until 1920. They led the successful effort to defeat ratification of the only Equal Rights Amendment for women that passaged on Congress. Your Tribes have always provided safe-havens for the abused and downtrodden members of American society. In Florida, for example, the Seminoles fought Army troops in the First Seminole War (1816-18) and Second Seminole War (1835-42) because the Seminoles refused to surrender and return runaway African slaves, many of whom later became Seminole Tribal members. The Second Seminole War was the longest and costliest war in the United States that was fought against Indians. Despite the white man's superior weapons and highly trained soldiers, the U.S. Calvary was never able to defeat the Seminoles and Apaches. Please Hear My Plea Please open your Reservations to the masses of non-Indian women who are seeking safe and legal abortions in the aftermath of last week's Supreme Court ruling. Use your territorial boundaries, Tribal laws, Tribal police forces, and legacy of respect for women to prevent today's Taliban faction of the Republican Party from terrorizing women who are seeking legal abortions. This medical procedure, whether performed surgically or induced medically, is legal when performed on your Reservations. I, along with tens of millions of fellow male and female proponents of gender equality, will join you in fighting to keep it this way. I am pleading with you to use your power and lawful authority to show America women the love and respect their Taliban men can never show them. We must defeat the Taliban in America before they become the oppressive ruling class that we have seen in Afghanistan. After centuries of mistreatment and suffering, casino gaming has made your Tribes economic and political forces to be reckoned with. Use this power to protect all women and ensure them the right to a safe and legal abortion. Meanwhile, I will be working with enlightened Americans to encourage the Biden Administration and major corporations around the world to fund the added expense to your Tribes for providing this critical healthcare service to women on an expeditious basis. Women Shall Overcome this Adversity There are certain ethnic groups in America who know better than anyone that this Taliban faction of the Republican Party does not give a damn about women, infants and children. Former president Donald Trump made this clear when he bragged about his unfettered ability to grab women by the "pussy." This Taliban faction of the Republican Party has stood idlily by and watched women, infants and children suffer (and often die) from inadequate healthcare, malnutrition, substandard housing, a lack of daycare, failing educational institutions, non-existence community policing, and a sea of benign neglect in America every day. We saw what the white man did to African-Americans in slavery. We saw them bomb our churches and homes, and beat and kill our children during the civil rights era of the 1950s and 60s. We studied what they did to Native-American men, women, and children for three hundred of years. We watched white men inflict unbearable suffering on 110,000 Japanese-America men, women and children who were removed from their West coast homes and placed in American concentration camps during World War II. Finally, we saw white men snatch 1.3 million American citizens and migrants of Mexican descent from their homes in southern border states and Illinois, and deport them to Mexico in crowded railway cattle cars, cargo ships, and airplanes in a 1954 racist program the Immigration and Naturalization Service called "Operation Wetback." We have experienced and overcome centuries of American Taliban rule. Now, let's work together to save today's women who want and need access to a safe and legal abortions. Time is of the essence! Sincerely, Donald V. Watkins Reg. No. 36223-001 Federal Prison Camp at La Tuna P.O. Box 8000 Anthony, New Mexico 88021

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 12, 2022 An Editorial Opinion When I visited Nelson Mandela's prison cell on Robben Island in South Africa in 2012, I asked God to give me the strength that he gave to Mandela whenever the guardians of Alabama's modern-day apartheid system came for me. I walked every foot of the prison on Robben Island so that I could see and feel what it was like for Mandela in this proverbial "Lion's Den." Like Nelson Mandela, I, too, am a political prisoner. Like Mandela, I, too, represented myself during my criminal trial. Like Mandela, I, too, was railroaded during my trial. Like Mandela, I, too, fought apartheid for decades, albeit in Alabama and other Deep South Confederate states. Like Mandela, I, too, was hated by the white oligarchy that ruled my state. I am one of the few lawyers in Alabama who prevented scores of targeted civil rights activists in Alabama from going to prison solely because of their social justice activism. Some of these activists were original COINTELPRO victims. Others became local COINTELPRO victims in Alabama after the centralized COINTELPRO program in Washington ended in 1972. I am one of the few lawyers in Alabama who stood up for women in Alabama in cases where they were raped by powerful men. I also protected young girls who were raped and sexually abused by their fathers. I have personally saved four incest victims from following through with their suicidal thoughts. I am the only journalist/lawyer in Alabama whose investigative work forced two corrupt Alabama governors (Republicans Guy Hunt and Robert Bentley) and two compromised United States district court judges (Democrat Dean Bertram in Birmingham and Republican Mark E. Fuller in Montgomery) to resign from office. In response to my work in the Guy Hunt case, political operatives in the U.S. Attorney's office in Montgomery took down Democratic governor Don Siegleman on bogus federal bribery charges. Siegelman was the last Democrat elected as governor of Alabama. I am the former Special Assistant Alabama Attorney General who defended the state's 1973 conviction of powerful and popular Talladega police lieutenant Jimmy Ray Hurst, who is white, for the ambush shotgun murder of Charles "Cooter" Mann, who was considered by many to be a worthless "town drunk." In 1974, I secured an unprecedented affirmance of Lt. Hurst's murder conviction from an all-white Alabama Supreme Court. I am the lawyer who obtained a full and unconditional pardon in 1976 for the last surviving Scottsboro Boy -- Mr. Clarence Norris -- based upon proof of actual "innocence." Mr. Norris' pardon ended a 45-year legal fight to save the lives and clear the names of nine black teenage boys (ages 13 to 18) who were falsely accused in 1931 of raping two white girls on a freight train traveling through Paint Rock, Alabama. I am the lawyer who forced more than 28 corrupt and physically abusive police officers in Alabama to resign from their law enforcement agencies since 1975, starting with nine Montgomery police officers who murdered an innocent and unarmed Bernard Whitehurst in 1975 and covered up his execution-style murder. In 1977, the Washington Post labeled the Whitehurst case "Alabama's Watergate." I am one of the handful of lawyers in the state who desegregated the faculties and staffs of 68 of Alabama's public school systems, all of the state's junior and community colleges, and all 32 senior public colleges and universities in Alabama. Life in the Lion's Den I always knew that when the forces in Alabama that opposed equality for women and people of color finally got around to targeting me for persecution and imprisonment, there would be nobody to save me. These forces have tried to indict me on trumped-up criminal charges since 1975. I have survived credible death threats in Montgomery and Birmingham, as well as numerous attempts by state and federal officials to imprison me because my landmark civil rights cases literally changed the educational, economic, political, banking, healthcare, and social landscape of Alabama. With rare exceptions, state and federal law enforcement agencies in Alabama have always been the vanguard of domestic threats to democracy and equal justice for blacks in the state. When I desegregated the University of Alabama's law school from 1970 to 1973, God placed a black janitor named Mr. Ramus Rhodes in Farrah Hall to shield me from as much white hatred as he could while I was in this particular "Lion's Den." Mr. Rhodes lifted me upon his shoulders and gave me the strength I needed to endure the pure hell I caught every day during the longest and loneliest three years of my life. When I entered the "Lion's Den" of the federal prison system on August 28, 2019, God immediately formed a protective shield around me. Men like George Washington Dunn, Jr., Johann Jordan, Donatus Mbanefo, Keith Barnhart, Ralph Menard, Benjamin Robles, Efren Cardenas-Jimenez, Alphonso Woodley, Sr., and many others protected me from physical harm. These men also hoisted me upon their shoulders so that I could fight injustices in the federal criminal justice system with full vigor and renewed energy. As a result of their bravery and support, I have been able to help over 40 deserving inmates secure early releases from prison. God gave me the strength and tools I needed to survive a prison ordeal that my persecutors thought would break my spirit and rob me of my manhood. To their surprise, God made my prison ordeal my finest hour as a man, a lawyer, and a Christian. Blessings from God I am a stronger and wiser man today than I was when I entered prison. I also know how to better assess true love, friendship, and unconditional support. I continue to enjoy a very blessed life. At the beginning of my imprisonment, I believed that any potential threat to my life would come from fellow inmates. I was wrong in this regard. The greatest danger to my life in prison came from top executives at FCI Talladega, the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Central Office in Washington. These executives operated prisons as legal institutions of slavery. My fellow inmates made sure that these malicious prison executives were never successful in their intentional efforts to cause me physical harm or death. Thankfully, my family showed me a support system that was incredibly solid, very responsive, and indestructible. No amount of government trickery or Alabama-style racism by my persecutors was able to crush my family's courage, activism, and resolve. I am very fortunate to be a member of the Carmichael/Varnado/Watkins family, a legacy family in America whose roots trace back to the 1820s for my father's lineage and 1830s for my mother's bloodline. In this family, we take care of our own. Throughout this ordeal, my international business partners never abandoned me. They realized that Lloyd Peeples, the lead Birmingham-based federal prosecutor in my case, was a "Good 'Ol Boy" Alabama racist and failed pizza restaurant operator with a "skinhead" appearance who could not stomach the success of highly qualified, independent blacks in international business. The unwavering loyalty of my international business partners ensures a successful return to a very bright future for my business stakeholders and me. They are the "best of the best" achievers in their respective business sectors. Between COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine War, rising fuel prices, and a looming recession, my business competitors have been frozen in place. In contrast, I have been introduced to new, exciting, high-quality, and very promising international business opportunities. God has also empowered me with a diverse and growing friendship circle, new and more powerful political tools, and a vast network of financial resources. I will deploy these assets to achieve a direct and meaning impact on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Those Who Orchestrated My Judicial Lynching Are Suffering As fate would have it, nearly every member of the law enforcement mob that orchestrated my judicial lynching in Birmingham, Alabama is suffering awful tragedy in his/her personal life today. I take no joy in their suffering. While I have forgiven all of the lynch mob orchestrators and participants, God apparently has not. He appears to be dealing with each one of them on His own terms. God knows that none of these persecutors has ever lifted a finger to help the "least of these, my brethren." Like the Biblical figure Daniel, I was thrown in the "Lion's Den" based upon false and malicious allegations of wrongdoing that had been previously investigated, reviewed, and dismissed by unbiased, highly-qualified federal prosecutors in New Jersey. Beginning with my first day in prison, God rescued me from the proverbial "lions." As Daniel wrote in verse 6:22: " My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight." This was my experience in the "Lion's Den," as well. The men who maliciously accused Daniel of wrongdoing were eventually arrested by King Darius of Mede. On orders from the King, they were thrown into the "Lions' Den," along with their wives and children. "The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den." Daniel 6:24. Based upon what I have seen to date, I have a strong premonition that the Birmingham-based "administrators and high officers" (referenced in Daniel 6:6) who falsely accused me of wrongdoing will suffer a similar proverbial fate. If there is anyone reading this article who does not believe in the power of God, I truly feel sorry for you. For me, the power of God is NOT a mere intellectual hypothesis or cognitive hunch. It is a divine force that is far greater than anything my persecutors can match. If you are already a believer in the power of God and you are navigating some rough seas in your life today, I ask that you listen to Isabel Davis' song, "Wide as the Sky" (Extended 9:51 minute version). I listen to this inspirational song each morning in the "Lion's Den" and it makes a positive difference in my life. "Wide as the Sky" charges my spirit and gives me the strength I need to survive and thrive as a political prisoner. I have seen this song transform prison guards from ruthless overseers into loving and caring human beings. I have watched it give lasting peace and hope to many hopeless souls.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 24, 2022 On July 15, 2022, the Alabama Tax Tribunal finally issued an Order voiding $2,004,219 in final income tax assessments that were wrongfully levied against me in November 2021 for tax years 2007 through 2013. I disclosed these improper tax assessments in a March 13, 2022 article titled, "Watkins Wins $2 Million Tax Dispute." I published the article after legal counsel for the Alabama Department of Revenue filed an Answer in my appeal of the tax assessments and agreed with my legal position that all of the assessments fell outside the applicable statute of limitations for a routine audit, or a special audit based upon allegations of fraud. It took the Alabama Tax Tribunal four months to enter its Order, but it finally arrived in the mail on Thursday. The Order ends a long, hotly-disputed, and unwarranted tax battle between the state of Alabama and me. [Click here to read a copy of the Alabama Tax Tribunal's July 15, 2022 Order] Alabama tax authorities claimed that I received $13.4 million in income between 2007 and 2013 that was not reported on my state income tax returns. Included in this amount was $3,150,000 in non-taxable loan proceeds. The tax bill also included $515,000 in "fraud" penalties that were assessed against an employee in the University of Alabama (at Birmingham) Hospital Food and Nutrition Services Department. I am not that employee. The Department of Revenue claimed that the $2,004,219 represented the state taxes, accrued interest, and penalties I owed on $13.4 million in alleged "unreported" income. Federal and state income tax records in the Department's possession showed that every dollar of income received by my businesses and me during the seven-year audit period was timely reported on the appropriate state and federal tax returns of the entities that received the income. Yet, the Department commenced an audit of my taxes on March 16, 2019 based upon newspaper articles about my federal criminal trial in Birmingham. From September 2019 to November 2021, my formal objections to the Department's audit and related tax bills were simply ignored. In December 2021, I appealed the $2 million in final tax assessments to the Alabama Tax Tribunal, which followed the applicable tax laws and voided them on July 15, 2022. Have Tax Authorities Weaponized Tax Audits? In 2014, the City of Birmingham tried to stick me with $146,000 in business license fees and occupational taxes that I did not owe. A special audit of my financial books and records during court litigation over this tax dispute showed that I only owed the $11,769. I had tried to pay the City this amount in a front-end administrative tax dispute resolution process, which I initiated. Unexpectedly, the City sued me while this administrative process was ongoing. The mainstream media organizations in Birmingham amplified this dispute by portraying me as a tax cheat. The City eventually resolved the litigation for the $11,769 that I offered to pay at the beginning of the tax dispute. Shortly after the City's tax dispute was concluded, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commenced a separate but more limited, multi-year audit of my federal income taxes. After receiving and reviewing copies of the relevant business records, the IRS ended its audit with no additional taxes imposed upon me for the years in question. In 2018, federal prosecutors and IRS (Criminal Division) agents in Birmingham conducted a grand jury review of my federal tax returns from 2005 to 2013. They quickly closed their tax inquiry after I discovered in the grand jury room a $1 million qualified business expense that I inadvertently failed to deduct on my 2011 tax return. As a result of this oversight, it appears that I am entitled to a $1 million credit on my future tax returns after I amend my 2011 tax return to correct for this omitted deduction. In light of this background, it is reasonable to ask whether I was targeted by local, state, and federal taxing authorities. I think so. History confirms that the local, state, and federal government agencies that audited and harassed me on my taxes engaged in the same shenanigans with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, during the height of the FBI's COINTELPRO program in the early 1960s. In an effort to discredit Dr. King, the state of Alabama actually indicted him on tax fraud charges. The charges against King were eventually dropped. Despite the Revenue Department's mistreatment of me, I must give full credit to Mr. David E. Avery, III, the Department's legal counsel, and Mr. Jeff Patterson, the Chief Judge of the Alabama Tax Tribunal, for rising above the juvenile political games that the Department's bureaucrats played with me. Both men did their jobs in a professional manner, without fear or favor. The lesson learned from my tax abuse story is this: Never stop fighting for what is right. In war, the adversary who is the most committed to victory always wins. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you enjoyed this article, please click on these links to follow Donald Watkins: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 18, 2022 On July 31, 2022, I published an article on the lessons the nation has learned from the Brittney Griner case. Ms. Griner, a well-known WNBA star, was found guilty of violating Russian drug possession laws for bringing vape cartridges containing cannabis with her when she flew into Moscow. Griner was sentenced earlier this month to nine years in a Russian prison. The Joe Biden administration has tried to negotiate a prisoner swap for Griner and former Marine Paul Whalen. In 2018, Russian officials arrested Whalen on espionage charges and sentenced him to 16 years in prison following his trial. Little progress has been made on Biden's prisoner swap proposal. Ms. Griner is being held in a detention center near Moscow and is awaiting transport to a female-only penal colony. Brittney Griner's imprisonment has been on my mind since I published my July 31st article. I am very impressed with the poise and dignity Ms. Griner has shown under extreme adversity and duress. Nothing is worse than being imprisoned in a foreign country under highly questionable circumstances, particularly when the United States is engaged in a proxy war with the country that is detaining the American in question. This case is further complicated by the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not respect President Joe Biden. Putin sized-up Biden during their 2021 summer meeting in Switzerland and concluded that Biden is weak. Since this meeting, every country that is in an adversarial posture to the United States, whether big or small, has openly disrespected America on the world stage. Beginning on September 1, 2022, I am going to make an effort to obtain the release of Brittney Griner. Since 2007, I have worked in 47 countries and developed a very diverse network of powerful international business friends and associates. I am also very familiar with the Russian state-owned energy companies and the other members of the Montreux Energy Roundtable. I believe my friends and business associates in the African oil and gas sector can be extremely helpful in getting Ms. Griner home. The Russians have substantial oil and gas assets on the African continent and they are always seeking additional reserves of oil and gas in the region. I believe it is possible to structure an energy-related transaction in Africa that results in Ms. Griner's freedom from Russian captivity. I also believe that my circle of friends and business associates in the African oil and gas sector are uniquely positioned to help bring Brittney Griner home. For me, sitting around and doing nothing is not an acceptable option for Ms. Griner's delicate international situation. We may not be able to free Paul Whalen because his situation is far more complicated than Brittney's. Whalen was a soldier whom the Russians believe was engaged in espionage activities. In Russia and the United States, Ms. Griner is a professional athlete only. She is not involved in any real or perceived espionage activities. The crime Griner pled guilty to committing does not threaten or adversely impact Russia's national security in any way. The Biden administration's effort to bootstrap Whalen's release to Griner's is unfair to Griner. These two prisoners fall into two vastly different categories of crimes. To be clear, I am undertaking this effort for Brittney Griner, not the United States government. Years ago, I assisted the United States government with matters of national security on two different occasions on the African continent. After America obtained the results it desired, other elements of the government demonstrated to me that my help was not truly appreciated by my country. What is more, every country in Africa was colonized for hundreds of years. African leaders do not have a high regard for those Americans who continue to weaponize the institutions of government that advanced and protected racial apartheid in the United States. Throughout the African continent, for example, Birmingham, Alabama is still viewed as the apartheid-era's "Johannesburg of the South" and the place where four little black girls were killed in a 1963 church bombing. Unfortunately, Alabama's all-white cadre of state constitutional officials today still projects a modern-day version of apartheid in the state's business and political affairs. African leaders are also very familiar with the detestable role the FBI's field offices in Alabama played in the Bureau's COINTELPRO program (1956 to 1971) under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The disgraced former FBI Director's name is splashed across the Bureau's Washington, D.C. headquarters today. Unlike blacks in the United States, business leaders in developed African countries control trillions of dollars in natural resources, liquid assets, and wealth on major international stock exchanges. Much of this wealth is derived from the oil and gas energy sector. Former president Donald Trump called the African nation that is best positioned to help free Brittney Griner a "shithole country" without any knowledge of this country's history, heritage, independence movement, present-day governance, or multi-ethnic culture. Trump and his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, displayed an ignorance of African history and a patronizing view of Africans in general that has set U.S.-African relations back by 50 years. If someone in America has a better idea on how to free Brittney Griner between today and August 31, 2022, they should contact www.donaldwatkins.com and let me know. I have waited since mid-February for someone with effective skills in international relations with Russia to go to Moscow and bring Ms. Griner home. Nobody has done so. I understand fully what it is like to wait for someone to free you from captivity in a situation where you have been wrongfully imprisoned. In Ms. Griner's circumstance, I am more interested in focused action that frees her than White House political soundbites. I do not seek, want, or expect anything from the United States government or the Griner family in return for helping to bring Brittney Griner home. I just want Ms. Griner freed and back home with her family and friends.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 18, 2022 EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS --- On August 10, 2022, Jeff Pitts, the former CEO of Matrix, LLC, filed notices of his intent to issue a new round of subpoenas in his epic court battle with perennial Alabama "dirty tricks" operative and Matrix owner, Joe Perkins. The subpoenas are a roadmap to the inner workings of Matrix and the company's stranglehold on compromised politicians, judges, law enforcement agencies, utility regulators, media representatives, and grassroots organizations in Alabama. In an August 3, 2022 court filing, Pitts stated that he was forced to resign from the beleaguered Matrix in December 2020 "because of Perkins' inappropriate and unethical business practices, including ....initiating and directing the creation of an explicit video in an attempt to intimidate the family of Megan Rondini, a rape victim who had committed suicide, to settle a civil claim [filed by her estate] ....". Pitts' new subpoenas tighten the screws on Joe Perkins, his network of cronies, and Alabama Power Company. They come at a time when state and federal law enforcement agencies and media groups in Florida are ramping up their scrutiny of Perkins' and Matrix's business practices in the aftermath of Pitts' lawsuit against Perkins in a Florida state court. In his lawsuit, Pitts detailed riveting allegations of extortion, racketeering activities, and the abuse of Alabama's legal process by Perkins. Whether they are ultimately produced, withheld, or possibly destroyed by the named recipients, the subpoenaed documents have important legal consequences in the civil lawsuits between Pitts and Perkins and the related criminal probes. It is expected that the ongoing criminal investigations in Florida will cause the named subpoena recipients to exercise prudence by lawyering-up with independent legal counsel of their own choosing. In 1992, Joe Perkins confessed to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) that he made illegal campaign contributions to the 1986 Congressional campaign of his close friend, Roy Johnson, by funneling money through the bank accounts of his employees who, in turn, donated the laundered money to Johnson's campaign. Perkins' innocent and unsuspecting employees, who were duped into participating in his illegal campaign financing scheme, were eventually swept up in U.S. Department of Justice and FEC investigations into Perkins' scheme to violate federal election laws. In June, Taylor Lea Perkins, Joe Perkins' 39-year-old daughter, publicly accused her father of subjecting her to a decade of childhood incest and sexual abuse. She also accused him of arranging hotel room abortions for pregnant women. Joe Perkins has not publicly denied or commented on his daughter's claims. Paul Hamrick, Joe Perkins' close friend, former employee, and old client, took to Facebook on June 7, 2022 to publicly warn their mutual friends that Perkins has gone off the deep end. According to Hamrick, Perkins is attacking friends and foes, alike. In his post, Hamrick also acknowledged Perkins' role in the Megan Rondini rape-suicide case. The New Subpoenas Spotlight Joe Perkins' "Dirty Tricks" and Identify His Network of Enablers The subpoenas seek documents, records, and written communications from three categories of individuals for the period from 2015 to 2020. In the first category of subpoenaed individuals, Pitts seeks records, documents, and other forms of written communications relating to Joe Perkins and Matrix from the owners, operators, reporters, and other individuals affiliated with the Alabama Political Reporter (APR). This media organization receives principal funding, directly or indirectly, from Alabama Power Company and its network of affiliates and corporate partners to: (a) generate and report positive articles about Alabama Power Company, the Number One industrial air polluter in Alabama, and the utility company's constellation of political and regulatory cronies, and (b) generate and report negative articles on individuals and entities targeted by Perkins/Matrix/Alabama Power Company. The named recipients of subpoenas in this category are: Bill Britt, Susan Britt, Jacob Holmes, Joey Kennedy, Charlie Walker, Chandler Hines, Josh Moon, Eddie Burkhalter, Vincent Roccosalvo, and John Glenn. The subpoenas seek: (a) records of payments from Perkins or entities controlled by him, (b) all communications between Perkins, APR, and Yellowhammer News, and (c) all emails, texts and other written communications relating to Matrix, Perkins, or Pitts. Leaked Matrix financial records show an allocation of $8,000 per month for APR in a total budget of $96,000 designated for "Special Work Order/MTX." Payment to APR under this "Special Work Order," dated April 2013, required approval from Alabama Power Company executive Zeke Smith. Bill Britt, the owner of APR, has denied any knowledge of this "Special Work Order" and has denied receiving the money budgeted for it. Britt was not under oath when he issued his denials. [Click here to read the subpoenas to the individuals affiliated with APR: Bill Britt, Susan Britt, Chandler Hines, Charlie Walker, Eddie Burkhalter, Jacob Holmes, Joey Kennedy, John Glenn, Josh Moon, Vincent Roccosolvo.] In the second category of subpoenas, Pitts seeks records, documents, and written communications relating to Joe Perkins from Five Star Preserve (Plantation). Five Star is a secluded hunting lodge with 13 extravagant rooms and a world-class shooting range. The Preserve is located near Kellyton, Alabama and was managed by Harry Pasisis during the period covered by the subpoena. The named subpoena recipient is Harry Pasisis. He is required to produce all records, guest receipts, invoices, emails, letters, notes, electronic files, and text messages regarding Joe Perkins. [Click here to read the subpoena to Harry Pasisis.] In the third category of subpoenas, Pitts seeks records, documents, and written communications from Matrix employees Kimberly G. Hines (a convicted felon who serves as Matrix's CFO), Robert Taylor (who is directly implicated, via forensic evidence on a Matrix flash drive surreptitiously delivered to Rondini family attorney Leroy Maxwell, in a plot to intimidate the family to settle a civil lawsuit against the individuals and agencies that obstructed justice in her rape case), Summer Patterson (who participated in the creation of websites favorable to Matrix's clients and unfavorable to the company's foes), Lori Lindsey, and Tommy Kirkland. Summer Patterson, a Matrix website designer and computer wiz, will be the focus of an upcoming article on her role in Matrix's clandestine work for Alabama Republican U.S. Senatorial candidate Katie Britt. The subpoenas also seek information regarding 501(c)(4) "dark money" transactions that Matrix employees used to funnel money and perks to public officials, utility regulators, law enforcement officials, judges, and other individuals captured and controlled by Perkins and Matrix. The subpoenas issued to the listed Matrix employees seek records, documents, and written communications relating to: 1. Jason Garcia (a Florida reporter), 2. The Orlando Sentinel (a Florida newspaper), 3. Michael Barfield, 4. Megan Rondini, 5. Mike Rondini (Megan's father), 6. The Rondini family, 7. Leroy Maxwell (the Rondini family's attorney), 8. The Maxwell Law firm in Birmingham, Alabama, 8. Donald V. Watkins (owner of www.donaldwatkins.com), 9. Terry Bunn (the deceased father of the local Tuscaloosa playboy known as "Sweet T') 10. Terry Bunn, Jr., a/k/a "Sweet T" (the designated rape suspect in Megan Rondini's rape case), 11. Tuscaloosa County Sheriffs Department, 12. Sheriff's investigator Adam Jones, 13. Tuscaloosa City Police Department investigators, 14. Digital records relating to work performed by Jeff Pitts for Florida Power and Light Company, 15. Documents distributed to Florida media, 16. Billy Canary, 17. Leura Canary, and 18. Mike Hubbard (a convicted felon and close Perkins pal). Pitts requested that Kimberly G. Hines produce the following additional information: (a) all documents evidencing Matrix's disclosure of her felony conviction to Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company, (b) all documents evidencing her legal authority to sign contracts for Matrix and Perkins Communications on behalf of Jeff Pitts and Joe Perkins, respectively, and (c) a copy of all contracts she signed for Pitts and Perkins. [Click here to read all of the subpoenas issued to Matrix employees: Kim Hines, Lori Lindsey, Robert Taylor, Summer Patterson, Tommy Kirkland] The Subpoenas Lay Out a Roadmap to Perkins' Apparent Perjury in the Matrix/Perkins v. Watkins Defamation Case The documents subpoenaed from the Matrix employees lay out a roadmap to Joe Perkins' apparent perjury in an affidavit his lawyers filed in a 2017 case in which Matrix and Perkins sued Donald V. Watkins, P.C. (DVWPC) and me in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court for defamation. The plaintiffs' defamation claims, which are vigorously disputed, arise from a series of articles I published in October and November of 2017 in which I described Perkins' and Matrix's role in the Megan Rondini rape-suicide case. Perkins' affidavit was sufficient to hoodwink Circuit Court Judge Allen May into awarding Matrix and Perkins $1.5 million in damages against DVWPC and me, without conducting the required jury trial. The case is on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. Perkins' court affidavit falsely stated: "I have never taken any actions to obstruct the truth in any rape case, including the rape allegations raised by Ms. Rondini and her family. I have never made any false statement about Ms. Rondini or her family .... Watkins has claimed that Matrix and I have worked to 'smear the name and character of Megan Rondini.' This claim is false. As stated previously, neither Matrix nor I has ever made any false statements about Ms. Rondini or her character." Jeff Pitts and Paul Hamrick have gone public to dispute this testimony. The subpoenaed documents will likely support their version of the truth. Epilogue Joe Perkins is hopelessly trapped in a web of lies and deceit about his involvement in the Megan Rondini rape-suicide case and about his "dirty tricks" for Alabama Power Company and its CEO, Mark Crosswhite. Donaldwatkins.com has followed the trail of Alabama Power Company money from the giant utility's coffers, to Perkins and his companies, and from Perkins and his companies to the intended beneficiaries. It was a painstaking process, but we did it. We were successful in this endeavor because Perkins is a creature of habit. Political money laundering has been the hallmark of Perkins' clandestine "dirty tricks" schemes since his days as a confessed federal lawbreaker. The list of beneficiaries of Perkins' laundered money, in-kind tangible benefits, and undisclosed corporate perks is long and distinguished. It includes Republicans and Democrats. In Alabama politics, greed knows no party affiliation, racial classification, or gender identity. It spreads faster than the Coronavirus and has infected every institution of government. Joe Perkins and Matrix tried to thwart my investigative reporting on his clients by: (a) suing DVWPC and me for defamation in a friendly Tuscaloosa County court venue, (b) collaborating, via intermediaries and on an undisclosed basis, with the lead prosecutors (disgraced former U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and demoted former First Assistant U.S. Attorney Lloyd Peeples) in my federal criminal case, and (c) causing Federal Bureau of Prisons officials to place me in the "Hole," without just cause, for nearly one year of my three years in prison. None of Perkins' obstructionist activities has stopped donaldwatkins.com from reporting the hard, cold truth on: (a) Matrix's role in the Megan Rondini rape-suicide case, (b) Alabama Power Company's role in compromising local, state, and federal public officials, law enforcement agents, judges, and utility regulators, (c) Matrix's successful efforts to silence Alabama's mainstream media organizations and grassroots advocacy groups, (d) Mark Crosswhite's aggressive efforts to succeed Tom Fanning as CEO of the Southern Company, using any and all means necessary, and (e) a host of other matters of significant public interest. Stay tuned for more explosive developments in the Jeff Pitts v. Joe Perkins war! 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 9, 2022 An Editorial Opinion Donald Trump owns today's Republican Party in America. Despite Trump's narcissistic personality, erratic behavior, documented lawlessness, and insatiable appetite for attention, diehard GOP voters love him. The only reason Trump is not President of the United States today is because he grossly mismanaged America's response to COVID-19. The ensuing COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans ended any realistic chance of Trump's re-election in November 2020. Trump lost his re-election bid by more than seven million votes. There was no massive voter fraud, as he claims. Nobody stole the election from him. Trump fumbled the ball on COVID-19, and lost the game. Yet, Donald Trump remains the Godfather of Republican politics. My 2015 Prediction of Trump's "Shocking" 2016 Victory Remains Relevant Today I wrote and published an article on August 2, 2015 that explained why Trump would win the presidency in 2016. The article is titled, "Donald Trump's Newest Art of the Deal --Winning the American Presidency." I was the first journalist to openly predict Trump's victory in 2016. At the time, political pundits thought I had lost my mind. By revisiting this 2015 article today, my readers can better understand Trump's hold on the Republican Party. Here is what I wrote seven years ago: "Donald Trump is chasing his biggest deal yet -- the presidency of the United States. Trump, a successful New York real estate entrepreneur and multimedia owner, knows a lot about the art of the deal. He lives and breathes corporate mergers and acquisitions, and his business empire spans the globe. Trump has brought these business skills and his intellectual acumen to his pursuit of the American presidency, and they appear to be working very well for him. As a result, Trump is surging in the race for president. For decades, America's super-rich billionaires have controlled the political scene in this country. This group includes Sheldon Gary Adelson, Charles and David Koch, Paul Singer, Donald Trump and scores of other power players who have poured billions of dollars into national political elections to influence the direction of American politics and policies. They have contributed heavily to political candidates, PACs and super-PACs. They own or control mainstream media organizations like FOX News, the Newhouse family national chain of newspapers, and many other news outlets that run political endorsements designed to influence our opinions about political candidates. In recent years, this class of billionaires has lost faith in the usual "political hustlers" and career politicians who run for and hold national political office. These "political hustlers" are responsible for the across-the-board deterioration in the caliber and stature of candidates who offer themselves for Congress and the presidency. The pool of candidates is increasingly comprised of weak, financially broke, lazy, and marginally intelligent individuals who memorize soundbites, specialize in photo opportunities, and need to be told what to think and do on a daily basis. For the most part, these candidates have no backbone, character, work ethic, self-determined political agenda, or vision. They are just hustlers looking to make a career and living out of politics. Trump and his billionaire friends have decided that enough is enough -- no more government through weak surrogates. Trump is leading the charge by seizing direct control of the political process for electing a president the way he would do it within a private business empire. At first blush, Trump's campaign style and tactics seem extremely bizarre to the multitude of journalists, new analysts, commentators, and talking heads who cover presidential elections. Remember, none of them is a billionaire. None of them has orchestrated a corporate merger or acquisition or has led a corporate takeover initiative. None of them has practiced the art of the deal in real life. Trump has, and he does it on a routine basis. Once Trump entered the race for the purpose of winning it, the first thing he did was to show his strength over all of the other candidates. He made himself directly accessible to the media and does not engage in scripted interviews. Trump speaks his mind on every issue and is not concerned about political correctness. His private views are expressed in public. Whether one likes him or not, Trump is a strong leader with a demonstrated record of creating dynamic economic growth for his businesses. He does not apologize for expressing his political views, which is a rarity in today's world. Trump has not backed down when the expression of his political views cost him money in his private businesses. Next, Trump took the iron club he routinely uses to browbeat his business competitors and quickly bludgeoned his fellow Republican candidates with it. He nullified them as competitors in record time by showing America just how weak and pathetic these candidates are. All of them are little more than political pack mules who were created by rich Republicans and who are tasked with the job of carrying the political water of America's super-rich individuals and corporations. None of them has ever built anything of significant economic value. The Republican billionaire crowd has decided that starting with the 2016 election cycle, political surrogates are "out," and rich principals are "in" for the national political offices that matter the most. Trump made a direct and strong appeal to what really scares white America -- the browning of America. Trump regularly uses campaign rhetoric about illegal immigration of Mexicans, the need to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, and the unwillingness of young black males to work as a way of signaling his willingness to stem the tide on these issues. Trump has shown white America that he is their candidate of choice with the backbone to 'make America great again.' In turn, they have catapulted Trump to the top of the national polls in the race for the Republican nomination. Knowing that most white Americans see President Barack Obama as a nice guy who is a weak president, Trump has made his strength in business the centerpiece of his campaign. Trump works at projecting the toughness that he believes is necessary to effectively deal with world leaders in Russia, China, North Korea, Mexico, Iran and other tough spots for America around the world. Trump is implementing a winning game plan that the other Republican candidates for the presidency would never have the grit to implement. Trump needs no campaign money to get his message across to voters because he enjoys the media coverage of a rock star. Unlike the other candidates, Trump has global name recognition. Unlike other candidates, Trump does not have to pretend that he believes in 'family values.' Trump does not have to kiss babies or act like he loves his cheering crowd of supporters. He just has to be the 'Donald Trump' that America already knows. Trump flies to campaign events on "Trump One," his very nice private jumbo jet. The other candidates are hopping rides on Delta, Southwest, American Airlines and other commercial carriers. Upon arrival, Trump is treated like he is already president, complete with Secret Service protection, a motorcade, and an army of reporters following behind him. The other candidates are praying that a crowd is waiting at each stop. Trump's campaign events need overflow rooms. The other candidates are lucky to even have a room for their events. Trump is spending his own money. The other candidates are begging supporters for their money. Everybody is talking about Donald Trump. Very few people are taking about the other Republican candidates. The Trump campaign is a reality show in real time on the art of the deal -- winning the American presidency. It is being masterfully produced by Trump himself. This show is a hit with Republican voters. The latest national One America News Network poll shows Mr. Trump with 30.8 percent support among Republican voters. His nearest competitor is former Florida governor Jeb Bush at 13.3 percent. Trump will likely win the Republican nomination for president. No other Republican candidate has the political muscle needed to stop him. In fact, Trump is already running against Hillary Clinton, a highly intelligent woman with a distinguished track record of public service to America and the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president. Clinton seeks to make history by becoming America's first woman president. Clinton's biggest flaw is her inability to be likeable on the campaign trail. Obama used this weakness to defeat Clinton. Trump will likely defeat her too. The Trump campaign is a perfect blend of entertainment prowess mixed with passion, intellect and a big dose of business acumen, from a man who has played all of his adult life. Trump knows the art of the deal and his ultimate prize -- the American presidency -- is within his reach." Trump is Running for President in 2024 Donald Trump is running for president again in 2024. He has no viable competitors in the Republican Party. The field of potential GOP candidates in 2024, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis, is as weak as it was in 2016. Yesterday, FBI agents raided Trump's home at Mar-a-Largo in Palm Beach, Florida and retrieved documents pursuant to a search warrant. FOX News claims the raid evidences that the FBI and Department of Justice have been weaponized by the Joe Biden administration. It will be interesting to see whether Trump's base of supporters will follow his lead and attack the FBI and DOJ, as FOX News did Monday night. Epilogue As a political prisoner myself, it is fascinating to see far-right Republicans finally wake up to the realization that federal law enforcement agencies use their vast resources to protect political friends and attack political enemies. This trends goes back to the COINTELPRO era (from 1954 to 1971) to the "Good 'Ol Boys Roundup" (from 1980 to 1995) to the present. Numerous Congressional reports and independent media investigation have documented this fact. The most famous political prisoner and COINTELPRO victim in history was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights icon and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover personally approved of a surreptitious plot by the FBI to force King to commit suicide. This plot failed. Yet, the FBI headquarters building in Washington is named after Hoover. Trump has labeled the raid of his home "prosecutorial misconduct." I will comment on this claim and Trump's future as a presidential candidate in an upcoming article.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 11, 2022 Mr. Trump, welcome to what you have repeatedly called a "rigged" federal criminal justice system! I am a political Independent who was dragged into this system after I attained the record in American jurisprudence as the only criminal defense attorney in history who defeated 85 felony charges in a single-defendant case in USA v Richard Scrushy (2005). My work in this case is featured in the May 2020 Netflix documentary, "Trial by Media;" Episode 4, "King Richard." The federal law enforcement officials who came after me after I won this stunning courtroom victory are the same two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attorneys whom a federal judge called out by name for flagrantly violating Mr. Scrushy's constitutional rights in his companion SEC proceeding. The SEC first pitched my criminal case to federal prosecutors in New Jersey, who reviewed various allegations of "fraudulent" conduct against me in 2015 in connection with investor transactions that were subject to AAA arbitration that I initiated. After a thorough grand jury review and cooperation on my part, these New Jersey federal prosecutors cleared me of all wrongdoing and congratulated me on my substantial achievements in business. In October 2017, a disappointed crowd in the SEC's Atlanta office pitched this same case to the new U.S. Attorney and his handpicked First Assistant in Birmingham, Alabama. Both of these men were political hacks and both of them had checkered pasts. These prosecutors immediately made me the "target" of their investigation. They also added my innocent son as a "target" of their probe to exert maximum pressure on me. These prosecutors shopped my case to a friendly Birmingham federal judge. Despite my objection, certain aspects of my case remain cloaked in secrecy even though my trial ended three years ago. These matters evidence disparate judicial action taken against me that has never been taken against any other federal criminal defendant. On July 15, 2022, my March 2019 conviction for mail, wire, and bank fraud was upheld on appeal in an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals opinion authored by Judge Gerald Tjoflat, a 93-year-old appellate judge whose conduct as Acting Chief Judge of the 11th Circuit Court was the subject of a complaint I filed with Chief U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts in August 2014. My complaint asked that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mark E. Fuller in Montgomery, Alabama be removed from the bench after he savagely beat his wife in an Atlanta hotel room and was arrested for spousal battery. Judge Tjoflat publicly advocated that Fuller "deal with these serious issues so when he returns there is as little disruption to his cases as possible." My dogged persistence in writing and publishing articles about Fuller's serial history of wife-beating conduct, his sexual escapades with courthouse employees, and his "pill-popping" conduct while presiding over trials, eventually forced Fuller's resignation in 2015. The Search of Mar-a-Lago Searching your Mar-a-Lago home in Florida is just the beginning of a very long ordeal in this "rigged" system. My home and office were never searched. My records were subpoenaed and I provided prosecutors more than four million pages of documents relating to my business, financial, and personal affairs for a 12-year period. I also provided Birmingham federal prosecutors with a copy of the pre-indictment factual memo that was submitted to the New Jersey prosecutors to answer questions raised during the course of their investigation. I prepared and submitted a separate pre-indictment factual memo for the Birmingham prosecutors to answer their questions. Twice, I voluntarily testified before the Birmingham federal grand jury that eventually indicted my son and me. In the end, all of these proactive cooperative gestures did not matter to the Birmingham federal prosecutors. Their sole goal was to indict me, railroad me in court, and imprison me. They thought their Blitzkrieg with the SEC, IRS, and other federal and state agencies would silence my independent political voice and stop my advocacy for the fair administration of justice. They were wrong. Your home was searched to send you, your family, and the world a powerful message -- you are the "target" of a federal criminal investigation. Now your international peers, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China, know you have lost much of your political juice inside the American government. You are entitled to a copy of the audiotape and/or written transcript of the ex parte hearing between the FBI agent who requested the search warrant and the magistrate judge who approved it. The magistrate judge is required to file this transcript with the clerk of the court in your case. Get this transcript immediately. It will show you exactly what questions were asked by the magistrate, what answers were given by the FBI agent, and how long this colloquy lasted. It is clear that your knowledge of the federal criminal justice system is limited. This fact is evidenced by your selection of Chris Wray as FBI Director and Jeff Sessions as your first Attorney General. You had the power to reform the federal criminal justice system when Special Counsel Robert Mueller was investigating you during the first two years of your presidency. For reasons I will never understand, you did not do so. Now, you are forced to learn and experience this "rigged" criminal justice system first-hand. Brace yourself for the likelihood that Donald, Jr., Eric, and Ivanka may face criminal charges in this "rigged" criminal justice system. Placing the children of a "target" in harms way is a favorite Department of Justice (DOJ) tactic. You will find the federal prosecutors in your case to be arrogant and cocky. This is because federal judges routinely indulge them, afford them preferential treatment in court proceedings, and bend over backwards to grant their prosecutorial requests. Do not expect fairness anywhere along this road. Fairness was taken out of the federal criminal justice system more than five decades ago. The railroading you will experience in this "rigged" system is comparable to what WNBA star Brittany Griner is currently experiencing in the Russian criminal justice system. Important Lessons to Learn and Remember The first lesson you must learn and remember is this: While you have various constitutional and statutory rights on paper, very few federal judges will enforce them. In this "rigged" system, federal prosecutors are the kings. It will take a Herculean defense effort for you to defeat them on an unlevel playing field where prosecutorial cheating is a built-in feature of the system. Ever since Richard Nixon assumed the presidency in 1969, your fellow Republican presidents have consistently appointed ultra-conservative judges to the federal bench who only pay "lip-service" to the basic constitutional rights of criminal defendants. The federal judiciary is now saturated with these judges. Ironically, you appointed nearly 200 of these "lip-service" judges to the federal bench during your single term as president. Unfortunately, these judges view the fair administration of justice as some sort of detestable liberal agenda that must be quashed. Based on your 60 or so election contests following the 2020 election (all of which you lost), you should expect to get royally "f--ked" in the federal criminal justice system. Serving up healthy doses of injustice is all that many of these federal judges know how to do. Second, you will learn all about the awesome powers of the FBI, IRS, and federal prosecutors. They often work in concert with state law enforcement agencies that are investigating the same subject-matter. You do not have to break the law to come within the crosshairs of these state and federal agencies. If they dislike you for any reason, these agencies have the power to make you a "criminal," and nobody will stop them. Very few "targeted" Americans have the support system necessary to withstand this kind of organized Blitzkrieg. I did. Perhaps, you do, too. Below are two high-profile, documented examples of the DOJ's corrupt and politically-motivated persecution of distinguished Americans: Callie House In 1915, Callie House was a widow, mother of five, laundry woman, and black social justice activist who sued the U.S. Treasury Department for $68,073,388.99 in compensation for ex-slaves. She also lobbied Congress for land grants, pensions, and health care for ex-slaves. In 1916, southerners in President Woodrow Wilson's cabinet urged the DOJ to indict Callie House on bogus mail fraud charges. House was tried in an all-white, all-male federal courtroom in Nashville, Tennessee, and convicted. She was sentenced to one year in prison. House's grassroots political action organization collapsed after her conviction and imprisonment. White House and DOJ records from the era show that House was investigated and prosecuted for the sole purpose of destroying her national grassroots movement and its push for land grants, pensions, and compensation for ex-slaves. The cabinet members who pushed for House's prosecution and conviction stated that her fight for economic security for ex-slaves was "setting Negroes wild" and that she was meddling in "white folks things." They called House "defiant" because she would not back down from seeking pensions, life insurance, health insurance, land grants, agricultural assistance, educational assistance, reparations for slavery, and burial assistance for ex-slaves and their families. Interestingly, House's request for land grants was modeled after the U.S. government's grant of 160 acres of free land per awardee to three million white peasants who were openly recruited from Europe to America under the Homestead Act of 1862. This "whites only" land giveaway program ran for 124 years (1862 to 1986) and was the largest wealth transfer program in American history. In total, 270 million acres of the 1.5 billion acres of land that was forcefully taken from Native-American tribes between 1830 and 1906, and given to white immigrants for free. House's request for slavery reparations was modeled after the Compensation Emancipation Act of April 16, 1862, which ended slavery in Washington, D.C. and paid white slaveowners $1 million for the loss of 3,185 slaves who were set free under the Act. House's request for pensions for ex-slaves was modeled after the pension money paid to Union soldiers. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was my childhood pastor, Sunday School teacher, and Baptist Training Union instructor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama (USA). Dr. King is America's best-known victim of FBI/DOJ law enforcement abuse. In 1963, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover signed off on a FBI plan to pressure Dr. King into committing suicide. At the time, Dr. King had been announced as the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The FBI wrote fake letters and sent them to Dr. King's wife, along with doctored audiotapes that implied that Dr. King engaged in adultery. The FBI encouraged Alabama state prosecutors to indict Dr. King on felony income tax evasion charges, which were eventually dismissed. The FBI's campaign of character assassination against Dr. King worked for a while. When he died on April 4, 1968, Dr. King was disliked by 75% of white Americans. Dr. King withstood all of the FBI's abuse during the agency's infamous COINTELPRO counter-intelligence program against thousands of civil rights activists. He went on to become the only non-U.S. president with a Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Epilogue I personally do not hold many FBI agents, federal prosecutors, and federal judges in high esteem. For nearly five decades as a trial lawyer who holds several national records in American jurisprudence, I have seen too many FBI agents and prosecutors lie, cheat, and perjure themselves with impunity. I have also seen how federal judges railroad poor and black defendants in their courtrooms because they could. I also know of this crowd's participation in the "Good 'Ol Boys Roundup," which ran from 1980 to 1995. You can read about the "Roundup" and the documented misconduct of its participants in my January 29, 2020 article titled, "Good 'Ol Boys Roundup." Your case may present the best chance for reforming this "rigged" criminal justice system.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 21, 2022 An Editorial Opinion At the outset, I want to call to your attention to three truisms about gender disparity in American life. First, men have never allowed women to control their bodies or their reproductive systems. This subject is not only off limits to women, but it is also unthinkable in our male-dominated society. In America, only women can be told what they can and cannot do with their bodies. This is a present-day vestige of the colonial era in which women were the "property" of white men, and they were treated as such. Second, white women in the U.S. have always been subjected to second-class treatment by most white men. In contrast, for over a thousand years, Native-American women have been treated with great dignity and respect by their men. Yet, the "Founding Fathers" described Native-Americans as "merciless Indian savages" in the Declaration of Independence. Third, black women in America have been disrespected, abused, and marginalized by most white men since slavery. From the day the first female African slave emerged from the hell-hole of a slaveship docked in America up to the March-April 2022 flogging of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson by Republican Senators Josh Hawley (Missouri), Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsay Graham (S. Carolina), Tom Cotton (Arkansas), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), and other beneficiaries of white male privilege in the U.S. Senate, black women have been raped, beaten, abused, and dehumanized by white men in the ordinary course of life. This article is written specifically for the WHITE WOMEN in America who continue to empower the men who subject all women to unequal treatment. Today, you are the ones whose bodies are being conscripted by the Taliban faction of the Republican Party for the sole purpose of forcing you and your daughters to bear children, even if this forced childbirth kills you or your daughters. After the 2020 Census was released and it showed that more whites are dying in America than are being born, the lives of white women changed instantly and drastically. In the eyes of the Taliban faction of the Republican Party, the highest value white women bring to the social order occurs when they become vessels for voluntary and/or forced childbirth. Whether a woman is single or married, or a woman or girl has been raped, or a young girl has been the victim of incest, white Taliban men in America are forcing them to bring the children of rape and incest into the world in order to sustain a white majority population in the country. Life Under Taliban Rule in America American women have never dominated the healthcare profession, whether as regulators, insurers, or healthcare providers. Men have controlled and dominated every aspect of the healthcare profession since the colonists landed in America. Now, the Taliban faction of the Republic Party is waging a full-scale war on the bodies of women and girls of childbearing age. This is their version of Sharia law. Again, American women have never been able control what men can and cannot do with their bodies or their reproductive organs. Likewise, women have never been able to force a man to procreate life under any set of circumstances. An American man can avail himself of whatever healthcare he wants for his body. He can increase his testosterone levels, or not. He can fix his erectile dysfunction, or not. He can enhance the performance of his reproductive organs, or not. Above all, a man's penis and testicles are off limits for any form of government control. Women, on the other hand, have a long and well-documented history of being subjected to complete male domination and control over their bodies. For example, married men in America enjoyed the legal right to rape and beat women for over two hundred years. The rape of a black female by any white male was tolerated by American society and law enforcement officials, without legal consequences for the rapist, from 1612 until the passage of the Civil rights Act of 1964. Poor women in state prisons and mental facilities were subjected to forced sterilizations without their consent. These eugenics programs were sanctioned by state public health officials and were only terminated when two brave Alabama federal judges -- Frank M. Johnson, Jr. (Montgomery) and Virgil Pittman (Mobile) -- issued court orders to stop this barbaric practice in the early 1970s. Today's right-wing, Taliban-controlled U.S. Supreme Court would allow the resumption of these forced eugenics programs in a heartbeat. As recently as 2016, a bill to chemically castrate male sex offenders failed in the Alabama legislature because of this truism: A man's body, even when he is a serial rapist of women and children, is off limits to forced government medical procedures in the modern era. In contrast, a woman's body in Alabama (and elsewhere in America) is and always has been fair game for control, domination, regulation, and legalized interference with the doctor-patient relationship. A woman's body is now subject to the same breeding protocols a man selects for his animals. For all practical purposes, men now dictate how, when, and under what circumstances women will be bred. Abortions This brings me to the controversial subject of abortions. Today, Alabama is one of 26 states that prohibits a pregnant woman or young girl from getting an abortion, even if the pregnancy is the result of rape and incest or if the forced childbirth might kill the mother. The state has determined that a pregnant woman or young girl in this circumstance must trade her life for her baby's life, no matter how the baby was conceived. The man who impregnates a woman or girl during an act of rape or incest gets to live, but the woman or girl might be forced to die. This is the harsh reality of the Republican's domestic version of Sharia law. As the smoke clears from the "pro-life" rhetoric of the far-right, the message to pregnant American women is clear -- angry white men are terrorizing you. They are controlling your bodies and what you can do with them. If you buck against their control, Taliban dominated state law enforcement agencies might indict you and your doctor, put both of you on trial for murder, and imprison you for many years. As a nation, we saw this kind of state sponsored domestic terrorism against black Americans during the reign of state Sovereignty Commissions in southern states in the 1960s. State and local prosecutors like U.S. Senator Richard Shelby used the full power of their offices to target, harass and prosecute innocent blacks who sought equal protection under the law. The paradigm of absolute male dominance and control over women's bodies will not change until white women get tired of being treated like second-class citizens, at best, and zoo animals, at worst. In overturning Roe v. Wade in June, Taliban men (and subservient women) pushed back medical progress for American women by at least 50 years. Women, is the gift of a tennis bracelet for your birthday, or diamond earrings for Christmas, or a trip to the Super Bowl really worth allowing angry white men to treat you and your daughters like animals? Remember, Donald Trump gave great gifts to the women in his life. However, Trump privately bragged about "grabbing [women] by the pussy." Trump even agreed on the Howard Stern radio show that his daughter Ivana was a "fine piece of ass." Trump said out loud what so many white men say and think about all women in private. Trump has never revered any woman -- not his grandmothers, not his mother, not his sister, not his wives, and not his daughters. Yet, the Taliban faction of men and women in the Republican Party have made Trump the Party's top cleric. Women, have you noticed that these angry white men are willing to give you almost everything, except equal rights under the law? They have never guaranteed you equal rights under the law. The Taliban faction of the Republican Party proudly defeated the ratification by states of the only Equal Rights Amendment (for women) that passed Congress. For whatever reason, most white men in America have never been capable of recognizing, respecting, and honoring the inalienable rights of women to control their bodies and enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.