It’s no secret that the establishment is at war with traditional American values. I’ve written about it many times before, and if you read the news at all you have heard the stories about how the government, major corporations, the news media, and social media companies are working double-time to suppress anything that contradicts The Narrative™.

Most of the attacks on liberty have been on the margins, punching down at people and organizations who have few resources and little credibility to fight back. But as the Establishment has succeeded in their efforts they have become bolder and bolder.

One example of this is JP Morgan Chase Bank abruptly closing the bank account of a new non-profit organization, the National Committee for Religious Freedom.

The NCRF is led by the Honorable Sam Brownback, former US Ambassador for Religious Freedom and former United States Senator–a pretty big target to take aim at.

Ambassador Brownback explains what happened:

Former Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom @SamuelBrownback explains how @jpmorgan @chase cancelled the @TheNCRF bank account with zero explanation.#chasedaway

Full Washington Watch interview at https://t.co/9eBvLjU8xd pic.twitter.com/BuktOzHWcq

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) October 13, 2022

A few really interesting things have come out about the bank’s treatment of the NCRF. The most interesting one is that after cancelling the account an executive from the bank offered to consider reinstating the organization if it would reveal confidential information to the institution. Brownback revealed this in a recent Op/Ed in the Washington Examiner:

What shocked and surprised me the most was when someone from Chase eventually reached out to our executive director and informed him that it would be willing to reconsider doing business with the NCRF if we would provide our donor list, a list of political candidates we intended to support, and a full explanation of the criteria by which we would endorse and support those candidates. It was entirely inappropriate to ask for this type of information. Does Chase ask every customer what politicians they support and why before deciding whether or not to accept them as a customer?

The entire Op/Ed is worth reading, and I encourage you to do so. A few excerpts give you a flavor of how the Establishment works when it decides to cancel you:

After organizing the NCRF as a nonprofit group, our executive director and I opened a bank account at JPMorgan Chase & Co . We chose Chase because of its national footprint and the multigenerational banking relationships our team had with the bank. Our experience was initially very positive.

However, three weeks after opening our nonprofit business checking account, we received a letter notifying us that Chase had decided to “end their relationship” with the National Committee for Religious Freedom and that our account would be closed. The bank actually closed our account before we received the letter.

We were surprised at being canceled by Chase. When our executive director called to see if this was an error, he was informed that “a note in the file read that Chase employees were not permitted to provide any further clarifying information to the customer.”

And Chase’s closing the account is not some minor thing. As somebody who has run a non-profit I understand the chain reaction something like this can have on an organization, forcing you to scramble to fix an entire web of relationships between the organization and countless other institutions. It is similar to what somebody who has suffered Identity Theft must go through to restore everything.

When Chase closed our account, it triggered a chain reaction that led to other financial service accounts being closed and caused the fledgling organization to experience unexpected operational and financial challenges. Thankfully, we were able to open a new account at another bank.

The decision to cancel the NCRF was described by multiple Chase employees as one from the “corporate office.” It was initially explained to us by someone at the Chase corporate office that the decision was final and nonrevocable.

Nonrevocable, that is, unless they chose to reveal their donors and the political candidates who might benefit from their activities. Then maybe, if you play ball with us, we might help you out.

Sounds like how mobsters deal with their protection “clients.” Nice organization you have there…it would be a shame if something happened to it.

Brownback opened his Op/Ed with with a sense of irony:

Testifying before the Senate last month, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon spoke eloquently of what a wonderful country we live in and about the freedoms we enjoy.

“We live in the greatest country in the world predicated on foundational beliefs in freedom of speech, freedom of religion , freedom of enterprise, the sanctity of the individual, and the promise of equality and opportunity for all,” the CEO told the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. He even went so far as to say, “These core values are the fabric that bind us as Americans, where the best of what we are shines through, especially in times of adversity.”

While I was glad to hear Dimon speak proudly of America and our freedoms, I am concerned that his bank fails to live up to such lofty ideals. He referred to religious freedom as a “foundational belief,” but his bank recently decided to close the account of the National Committee for Religious Freedom, a nonpartisan, faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the right of everyone in America to live one’s faith freely.

The powers-that-be have gotten ever bolder in their attacks on Americans, and are going after bigger and bigger targets. Attacking individual conservatives is easy–divide and conquer–but their success in going after President Trump has emboldened them to pick off more and more mainstream conservative organizations.

Still, it is one thing to go after Gays Against Groomers and Libs of TikTok, it is another to take on a former US Senator and Ambassador with much deeper pockets and connections, and with a larger megaphone in the Republican Party.

Of course, Brownback was not considered mainstream even as a Senator. He was one of those pesky social conservatives with a conscience, so it is not assured that Republican officeholders will rally around him.

But self-preservation may incline them to stand up and fight back. And as we get closer to a likely Republican win in 2024, major corporations may reconsider taking sides so obviously in these contentious issues.

In any case, we should do everything we can to ensure that “Get woke, go broke” is more than a slogan. Let’s make it a reality.