In the latest iteration of “reporter beats a dead horse,” I’ve heard from a Pro Publica “reporter” who is finishing up a "hit job" story on Cleta Mitchell and her work to restore election integrity. After several questions clearly trying to get me to affirm his story line that Cleta has become an extremist, I hung up on him. He then followed up by email with questions that made clear his distortion of facts and manifest bias. There is a reason these leftists like Pro Publica, Marc Elias, and The Lincoln Project obsess about @cletamitchell. She’s the best in the business, and she has built a formidable grassroots movement that not only cares about the issue of election integrity but changes laws and policies for the better. She won’t say it herself, so I will. Despite facing harassment from the news media, fundraising millions of dollars to save our elections, and building a movement, she has never taken a salary or compensation from the election integrity organizations she started. She always says it is not about her, and she means it in a way few do. But let’s be clear about what is going on here. This onslaught of news stories is designed to intimidate everyone who cares about the Constitution and the fundamental requirement of consent of the governed, espoused in our Declaration of Independence, into being afraid to take action to secure our elections. Don’t fall for it. We need to redouble our efforts, because those who seek to weaken our election systems are just getting started and will attack anyone who they deem to be effective in fighting back.” Cleta is just such a person; indeed, one of the preeminent people on the front lines. As an old professor of mine (a World War II vet) once told me, if you're not catching incoming flak, you're not over the target. Cleta is directly over the target, so expect a lot of incoming flak from this forthcoming article.