DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20250417 & Sovereignty


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Let us dedicate ourselves to the cleansing, healing, and rebuilding of our beautiful nation.

God will guide us.
Prayers & thanks to God for President Donald J. Trump.


Sovereignty

Sovereignty. Souveraineté.
What does this word, sovereignty, mean?
It seems to mean different things to different people.

This Kind of Sovereign?

Judging by a paper called, “A QUICK GUIDE TO SOVEREIGN CITIZENS,” by the UNC School of Government, there are some people that think they can become free by resisting the governmental structures currently in place in our nation. In brief, the paper tells us:

“Sovereign citizen” is a catchall phrase referring to a variety of anti-government individuals and groups who share some common beliefs and behaviors. The organizations to which many sovereign citizens belong have a variety of names… In one way or another, though, all sovereign citizens, whether tied to an organization or not, adhere to a view that the existing American governmental structure, including the courts and law enforcement, is illegitimate and that they, the sovereign citizens, retain an individual common law identity exempting them from the authority of those fraudulent government institutions.

Hmmmm.
Maybe this isn’t the kind of sovereign we were looking for.

A Different Take on Sovereignty.

We’ve already had some discussion recently on this essay, but you might not have read far enough down to reach this fantastic claim:

… Still, their eyes were always looking forward, toward a moment when the government wouldn’t just digitize its services but its sovereignty. Enter DOGE. The Department of Government Efficiency didn’t materialize in a vacuum. It was seeded during the Obama years, whispered into existence by those who knew that the real power would come not from Congress, but from a system nimble enough to move faster than legislation, and quiet enough to reshape infrastructure without fanfare. It began as the United States Digital Service—a small team of technocrats who fixed websites, sure, but more importantly, mapped the internal circuitry of American bureaucracy. They weren’t patching holes. They were creating access points. And then, just as quietly as they arrived, they left the back door open.

Sounds interesting. But I’m not sure exactly how to respond. The author provides three hypothetical outcomes of the end of Act III. The second outcome, narrative fracture, doesn’t look good. The first outcome, sovereign reset, is just about what most people seem to want. But that third outcome—if it is even possible—the revelation state, I think people with a heart to be free might want an outcome like this:

It’s not just about controlling the machine—it’s about purifying it.
The Sovereign Reset without accountability is stable, but cold.
The Narrative Fracture without vision is chaotic and likely irreparable.
But the Revelation State?
That’s the rarest kind of government:
One that awakens, without collapsing.
One that confesses, without capitulating.
One that still serves, even after seizing control.

However, does this path return us to the intentions of the Founding Fathers of our nation?
I wonder.

Popular Sovereignty.

The Bill of Rights Institute offers some bracing clarity regarding those intentions:

Popular Sovereignty: “We the People”

The Declaration of Independence affirmed the republican principle of popular government. The people were the source of all sovereignty, or authority, in the representative government. They gave their consent to their elected representatives to govern them. The document stated, “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving [receiving] their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

The Preamble to the Constitution outlined that the new constitutional government was also to be based on this principle of popular sovereignty. It stated, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union.” This meant that the people of the United States, through their representatives, established this new government. The previous government under the Articles of Confederation (1781–1789) did not have sufficient power to govern the nation because the states were sovereign.

The core purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to establish a just political order that recognized human equality in natural rights for all persons. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable [impossible to take away] Rights.” This meant that the equality of all people would be the basis of any American system of government. This promise, though not fully realized, has guided American political debates ever since.

This was recognized in the Preamble, which stated simply that one of its main goals was to “establish Justice.” Justice meant that all were equal under the law and equal in their rights. Individuals would be able to pursue their own happiness and have equal opportunity to work hard and keep the fruits of their labor. James Madison noted the importance of justice in Federalist No. 51 when he wrote, “Justice is the end [purpose] of government. It is the end of civil society.”


God as Sovereign.

On this Maundy Thursday of the Christian Holy Week, it seems fitting to reflect on how Jesus the Christ, and our Lord, presented his sovereignty in the last hours before laying down his life for those he came to redeem.

From the Gospel of John 18:33-19:22 (AMPC):

So Pilate went back again into the judgment hall and called Jesus and asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? Jesus replied, Are you saying this of yourself [on your own initiative], or have others told you about Me?

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your [own] people and nation and their chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done? Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power) belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it has no such origin or source].

Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am a King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice.

Pilate said to Him, What is Truth? On saying this he went out to the Jews again and told them, I find no fault in Him. But it is your custom that I release one [prisoner] for you at the Passover. So shall I release for you the King of the Jews?

Then they all shouted back again, Not Him [not this Man], but Barabbas! Now Barabbas was a robber. So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him. And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him. And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.

Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him. So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the Man!

When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.

So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before. He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.

So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You? Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.

Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]!

Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]—in Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o’clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King! But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!

Then he delivered Him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull—in Hebrew it is called Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two others—one on either side and Jesus between them.

And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews. And many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, [and] in Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews.

Pilate replied, What I have written, I have written.


Prayer.

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.


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cthulhu
TradeBait2

With their institutional criminality, it is past time to banish the Democrat Party from the face of the earth.

pgroup2

A bit excessive, wouldn’t you say? Surely there’s a corner they can have.  😂 

Wolf Moon

But those are perfectly good corners, and you know they’re just going to piss in them!

patfrederick

perhaps they can colonize Neptune.

para59r

It’s probably not wise to let Democrats venture into space as they are too susceptible to evil. Perhaps Mercury or Venus if we must, but nothing that leads to the outer reaches. We need to leave outer space to more serious minded adults who have an aptitude to what’s right and wrong. Besides, space aliens would never forgive us for mucking up the Universe.

Wolf Moon

The sun. I hear it’s warm this time of year!

para59r

Not wanting them to be too worried , we’ll have to tell them were going to send them up at night as we pack em in the space ships. 😉

scott467

The sun.

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Yes.

Set the controls for the heart of the sun 👍😁

patfrederick

i think they’d take out the trash.

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cthulhu

…..if it keeps them from scopin’-out Uranus…..

holly

They ruin everything. Even corners.

Wolf Moon

LOL. Good to see you!

holly

Good to be here as always!

patfrederick

Hi Holly!

holly

Hi Pat! I enjoyed your racoon story. 😅

patfrederick

there are sequels in my future…there always is!

mollypitcher5

I for one always look forward to the mountain top varmit stories 😀  Usually makes my squirrel terrorists seem normal!

TradeBait2

Nope!

Firefly

Send them to Mars   :wpds_idea: 

para59r

I doubt Musk want’s them there 😁

Wolf Moon

Good! You got it!

The commenting plugin code that recognizes image URLs and embeds images – just like the WordPress function underneath – is very unforgiving about what it needs to see to call it an image wanting to be embedded.

cthulhu
SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Not having watched it, I’m guessing they probably are conflating “feature” and “bug.”

Wolf Moon

LMAO!!!

scott467

From OT:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Shuts Down State Dept Censorship Apparatus, Eliminating Global Engagement Center Residual Agency
April 16, 2025 

SD: “The State Dept. Global Engagement Center was the epicenter of the Dept of State operation to control speech on social media platforms. Following revelations from within the Twitter Files, and facing increasing scrutiny, the GEC operation was shut down – but the remnants of the operation remained active within the State Dept.

The terms “disinformation, misinformation and malinformation” were weaponized by the State Dept to define speech against their interests and block, deplatform and remove any voices, including in the U.S., they determined were against the interests of the U.S. government. The COVID-19 and vaccine narrative were both examples of speech targeted by the GEC and later the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office (R-FIMI).

Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy, Darren Beattie, delivered notice to congress the speech and platform control operation has been shut down. Secretary Rubio sat down with Mike Benz to discuss [Transcript Here].
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Secretary Rubio continues to surprise many, me included. It started when Rubio publicly said, the Ukraine conflict was a U.S. proxy war against Russia. “It’s been very clear from the beginning that President Trump views this as a protracted, stalemated conflict,” Rubio said. “And frankly, it’s a proxy war between nuclear powers, the United States helping Ukraine, and Russia.” [link]

Considering that Rubio previously called for NATO intervention in Ukraine, and considering that Rubio voted to limit the ability of the President to withdraw from NATO policy, the recent remarks by Secretary of State Rubio were shockingly the opposite of his prior stances.

Saying the USA is in a proxy war with Russia, via Ukraine, is not something Marco Rubio can retreat from.

Two days ago, specifically because of my granular research, I was asked this question about Rubio. “What are the odds this is really Rubio?”

Look, I don’t know what happened and would love to ask him some details to get answers; but Rubio’s statements are so far out there against the Deepest part of the Deep State, there is no retreat for the former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Rubio said publicly the Ukraine conflict was a USA proxy war against Russia. For obvious reasons the MSM essentially buried that statement fast; but it’s not something he can ever retreat from, nor does it look like he would want to.

Either Rubio has some pre-approved ability to criticize the darkest elements of the DC Deep State, and this is some rather intense operation to position himself as a stealth agent of the CIA for future benefit, or Rubio really believes what he is saying now and is a changed person.

I’m still undecided, because there are some IC facets at play (even today) that I am still not comfortable writing about, yet.

That said, where do these statements put Rubio in the dynamic of MAGA foreign policy? Right at the tippy top of the spear against the deadliest elements of the U.S. Intelligence Apparatus.

The United States Secretary of State told the world, the biggest conflict zone in the past 20 years is the result of Ukraine being a USA proxy war against Russia.

Put everything else aside for the moment and realize, with that statement the guy just wiped out every Deep State affiliation he ever carried. He cannot enter that camp ever again. Rubio “burned the boat” and carried his weapon into battle for Trump.

The question is, did Rubio burn his boat knowing there is another one beyond the horizon waiting to come in and pick him up later? He really is playing the role of a dragon slayer for President Trump right now.

♦ Suspicious Cat says, if Benz, who can play the piano like a Red Sparrow, is an affiliate of a domestic CIA team, then this whole thing is an op. However, if Benz is a genuine independent voice against the interests of the control system, then Rubio -who touched the flame of the SSCI- might have reversed his worldview.

If legit, this Rubio shift is akin to a leopard changing to zebra stripes; crazy, super rare. He was a 99-0 Senate confirmation vote.

We need to keep watching, closely.”

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para59r

Yes, this should be coupled with yesterdays post by eilert as it’s a direct answer to Benz’s brilliant exposure talk thing. But somehow he had to know about Rubio doing this before hand.

scott467

I need more hours in the day, at least 8, to keep up with everything I need to keep up with, and the things I want to keep up with.

jgreen42

Makes me wonder how long it will take to understand and get used to Heaven

scott467

I hope we all find out.

cthulhu

Using what time scale?

According to years on earth, you might be fully adapted after the first million years. According to experiences in Heaven, it might be a blink. According to The Almighty, you may have been already adapted when you received His Grace.

Wolf Moon

Complicated Business! 😂

pgroup2

Pretty sure you’ll have eternity to figure it out.  😇 

Wolf Moon

This is where mathematical infinity comes in real handy!

Firefly

“There is no time with God” Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

TradeBait2

Just spitballin’…

Could Rubio’s supposed change be as simple as “if I cannot beat him, I will join him”? The white hats would have vetted and directed his path since the term of #45 to place him in this position now.

Devolution believers would probably agree.

Or, could it have been he has been on the white hat side all along?

It is remarkable to me that we can assume the black hats are using all the tricks of subterfuge to stay on top, yet, assume the white hats do not have the same to greater capacity to do likewise to take them down and replace.

If this has been the biggest political/government cleansing sting in American history, the plan to change things for good would have been implemented decades ago.

singingsoul1

What about he saw the country communist turning and the reason his parents came to US flashed before his eyes. Reality hit if US goes there is no place to hide . Sometimes simple is the answere.

TradeBait2

You may be on to something there, singingsoul1.

Aubergine

If the Biden years didn’t scare people straight, nothing ever will. I agree with you; I think Rubio and many others saw where we might be headed, and saw the light.

TheseTruths

It is remarkable to me that we can assume the black hats are using all the tricks of subterfuge to stay on top, yet, assume the white hats do not have the same to greater capacity to do likewise to take them down and replace.

Exactly.

scott467

Or, could it have been he has been on the white hat side all along?

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Only the shadow knows! 😁

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It is remarkable to me that we can assume the black hats are using all the tricks of subterfuge to stay on top, yet, assume the white hats do not have the same to greater capacity to do likewise to take them down and replace.

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I agree the capacity exists, but the black hats have a constant and compelling motivation which the white hats don’t have: money, blackmail, power, some combination thereof, or all three.

White hats have patriotism, duty, honor and love of country for motivation. All strong motivations, and better ones, but they don’t pay like corruption.

Also, psychopaths are drawn to government to exercise of power over others, normal people are not, so while the percentage of psychopaths in the general population might be 3%, in government it’s probably 60% to 75% or higher.

Fortunately, one good man or woman is worth more than a hundred felons in government clothing.

Robert Baker

so while the percentage of psychopaths in the general population might be 3%, in government it’s probably 60% to 75% or higher.

Assuming your estimate is more true than not it seems that the prudent thing for the American citizen to demand is that there be term limits for those citizens who choose to work in government bureaucracies. No citizen can work more than 5 years as a public employee in any management position. After a trial run the strategy would be up for review to adjust or sunset. Although we cannot keep them from being psychopaths we can limit their access to power.

Barb Meier

This discussion reminded me to look up something from yesterday’s Robb Carter show. He and Dan were discussing experiences with gays and learning they seem to recognize others of their persuasion and those who are straight. From there, Robb wondered if pedo people can also identify people with their same interests. Someone sent him info and I thought it was an interesting discussion.

https://rumble.com/v6s6359-the-robb-carter-show.html?e9s=src_v1_upp

Start at 1:08 – 1:15 [commercial break] continuing at 1:20… In his discussion, Robb mentions a new word for me. Ponerology. From Wikipedia:

During World War II, Łobaczewski worked for the Polish Home Army, an underground Polish resistance organization. After the war, he studied at Jagiellonian University under professor of psychiatry Edward Brzezicki.[2] Łobaczewski’s class was the last to receive an education uninfluenced by Soviet ideology and censorship, after which psychiatry was restricted to Pavlovian concepts. The study of genetics and psychopathy was forbidden.[citation needed]

Łobaczewski adopted the term “ponerology“, which is derived from the Greek word poneros, from the branch of theology dealing with the study of evil. According to Łobaczewski, all societies fluctuate between “happy times” and “unhappy times”. During happy times the privileged classes enjoy prosperity and suppress advanced psychological knowledge of psychopathological influence in the corridors of power. Though happy, these times are not necessarily morally advanced as the privileged classes’ prosperity or happiness may be premised on the oppression or exploitation of others. To block out such inconvenient truths (the voice of conscience) the privileged use ‘conversive thinking’, which means changing the outcome of the reasoning process to a more convenient outcome. This is accompanied by a rise in egotism and emotionalism. This growing ‘hysteria’ of the privileged classes (emotionalismegotism and conversive thinking) spreads across society over several generations. National hysteria is a natural cycle and forms a sine-wave almost 200 years long. Hysteria causes people to lose the ability to differentiate between psychologically healthy and pathological individuals. In this environment the behavior of ‘characteropaths’, or individuals with slight brain tissue damage (e.g. from toxic substances, viruses, difficult births, pathological parenting) is accepted as normal and this acts as a gateway to normalizing the behavior of those with genetic deviations, including psychopathy. Finally, near the point of maximum hysteria society becomes polarized and paralyzed and the most pathologically egotistical of all ‘spellbinders’ can come to power. The spellbinder worsens the psychological health of those under his or her influence. This may be the beginning of a ‘pathocracy‘ (though not inevitable) in which individuals with biologically based psychopathology, including personality disorders (especially psychopathy) occupy positions of power and influence. 

The spellbinder hides behind an ‘ideological mask’, a belief system that he uses to gain power. Any belief system can be used as an ideological mask, including religion. Psychopaths have no problems wearing personal masks or ideological masks and are accepted as normal within the spellbinder’s movement. A network of psychopaths gradually begins to dominate, and they begin to eliminate the brain-tissue damaged and those who genuinely believe in the ideology. At a certain point the minority block of psychopaths has a showdown with all those they’ve usurped. 

A full blown-pathocracy is known as a totalitarian state and characterized by a government turned against its own people. A pathocracy may emerge when a society is insufficiently guarded against the typical and inevitable minority of such abnormal pathology, which Łobaczewski asserts is caused by biology or genetics. He argues that in such cases these individuals infiltrate an institution or state, prevailing moral values are perverted into their opposite, and a coded language like Orwell’s doublethink circulates into the mainstream, using paralogic and paramoralism in place of genuine logic and morality.

Robb said that it feels like that’s what we are experiencing right now.

scott467

Finally, near the point of maximum hysteria society becomes polarized and paralyzed and the most pathologically egotistical of all ‘spellbinders’ can come to power. The spellbinder worsens the psychological health of those under his or her influence.

This may be the beginning of a ‘pathocracy‘ (though not inevitable) in which individuals with biologically based psychopathology, including personality disorders (especially psychopathy) occupy positions of power and influence. 

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That practically has Hussein Obola written all over it.

scott467

“Robb said that it feels like that’s what we are experiencing right now.”

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I was thinking Hussein as potus from 2008-2016, Revenge of Hussein in Exile (down the street from the WH) from 2016-2020, and Hussein Returns as the Puppetmaster from 2020-2024 was peak hysteria.

And Hussein the Usurper was  ‘the most pathologically egotistical of all’ spellbinders.

With Hitlary vying for second place.

It may be that we survived it, we’re over the hump, and the psychopaths’ day of reckoning cometh.

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Barb Meier

It made me think of how those who got caught doing evil were then given promotions during O and Biden’s time.

pgroup2

Notice the active wardrobe department re neckties.

kalbokalbs

Huh?

patfrederick

dahling….perhaps the stylist (they all have them now) suggested those colors to highlight their eyes.

pgroup2

Sure.

And donkeys just care about civil liberties.

I’m right there with you.  😉 

para59r

Yes, red for MAGA and Blue for Loyalists, but to whom?
Rubio forced out the DOGE guy the other day claiming the cuts were too deep. This agreement with Benz may be something he believes in or something he believes he can subvert later down the line. Rubio IMO will require more watching.

Wolf Moon

This is so freaking awesome I don’t even know where to begin. I’m calling this “too much winning”.

DARREN BEATTIE? And Marco Rubio? And MIKE BENZ? And SUNDANCE posting it? And Scott reposting it on THIS SITE???

TOO
MUCH
WINNING!!! 😂

Aubergine

It’s like we all ended up in that bar I talked about years ago, where you tell me all your secrets, and I tell you mine.

TheseTruths

I’m still undecided, because there are some IC facets at play (even today) that I am still not comfortable writing about, yet.

I heard from my intelligence community sources the other day. They say not to worry.

scott467

You should pass that along to SD, he’s the one who said it 👍😁

TheseTruths

I would if i could, but I was banned.

scott467

Me too 😁

Aubergine

His Cracker Jacks decoder ring hasn’t shown up in the mail yet.

Wolf Moon

I literally just finished Cracker Jack that I bought on the spur of the moment yesterday, just before I saw this, and got a prize. No shit. It was a sticker, not a decoder.

A sticker that looks like SD’s top follower, a buddy of mine on X.


Enjoy the simulation! 😎

Aubergine

Crazy times, man!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It’s always stickers nowadays.

scott467

From OT:

Judge Boasberg Threatens “Criminal Contempt” Charges Against Trump DOJ, Threatens to Appoint Independent Judicial Branch Criminal Prosecutor Against Trump Administration
April 16, 2025 

SD: “It’s not the first part of the 46-page ruling [SEE HERE] by Judge James Boasberg, threatening to hold President Trump and Main Justice in criminal contempt of court, that presents the biggest problem; it’s the second part where Boasberg is threatening to appoint an independent Judicial Branch prosecutor against the DOJ and Trump that makes a constitutional crisis tilt toward a near civil war between the branches.

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Outlining his determination that President Trump defied a court order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg states, “the Court ultimately determines that the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt.”

As noted by Politico, within the ruling Boasberg goes on to say:

…”if the administration doesn’t rectify the issue, the judge said he may require administration officials to testify under oath so that he can identify the specific individuals responsible for violating his order. He would then request that those individuals be prosecuted.

The judge signaled he could appoint an outside lawyer to prosecute the contempt case if the Justice Department declines to do so.” (link)

I think we all know the very select group of “beach friend” people whom Boasberg would lean toward in appointing someone to prosecute Pam Bondi and DOJ officials representing President Trump.

High on the list of possible judicial branch appointments, who would be subject to review by the authority of Boasberg himself, would be his prior friendship with a previous appointee, Mary McCord. Or possibly Andrew Weissmann, Barry Berke, Norm Eisen, David Laufman or any other credentialed member of the Lawfare alliance.

The ruling somewhat reminds me of a prior situation where federal judge Andrew Hanen found the Obama DOJ also in contempt of a court order regarding the status of the “Dreamers” and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) cases. {Background Here

However, unlike Boasberg, Hanen only demanded a DOJ corrective action plan.
Lawfare operatives in robes and out of robes are willing to create a constitutional crisis, because that’s how the Lawfare operatives operate when their grip on power is threatened.”

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cthulhu

Boasberg needs to remember that it’s not enough to wear a striped uniform on the field — he can either be a player or an umpire…..and, if it’s a player, he doesn’t get the protections of being an umpire.

para59r

Not sure how any of this works out except Trump folk will likely ignore it. But didn’t the SC just say in a 5 to 4 ruling that President Boasberg lacked jurisdiction in the case and then vacated President Boasberg’s orders?

scott467

That’s what I thought too, but there are so many things going on, it’s hard to keep track.

cthulhu

Boasberg is holding the Administration in contempt for not jumping to attention on an order that SCOTUS said was out of his jurisdiction. Further, in order to “cure” this affront, he wants the Administration to do what he had no jurisdiction to demand.

cthulhu

From @shipwreckedcrew April 16, 2025

Lots coming today from Judge Boasberg’s opinion after I have a chance to review it in detail.

One clear issue I see coming; 

Yes, there is much SCOTUS case law about litigants being required to comply with Court orders — even if erroneous — until they are reversed.

NONE of that case law deals with a contest between two branches of the federal government where the Exec. has been dragged into Court without jurisdiction, the court does not appropriately establish that it has jurisdiction, and the court then issues an unlawful order directing the Executive branch to act in a particular manner.

SCOTUS is going to need to defuse this bomb that Judge Boasberg has started the timer on.

scott467

SCOTUS is going to need to defuse this bomb that Judge Boasberg has started the timer on.

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But Chief Injustice Roberts is Boasberg’s bestie, and Roberts is a compromised Deep State stooge, so we’ll have to depend on Alito and Thomas plus the Dangerously Inept Three (the DITzes).

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cthulhu

I would laugh so hard if he got 5150’d and disappeared into a medicated haze.

Gail Combs

I was looking for something else and found this from over 4 years ago.

Outrageous Discovery: New FISA Court Judge James E. Boasberg dramatically falsified his Senate ethics disclosures to hide anti-American leftist bias and propagandists
AFI. (Jan. 08, 2019).

James E. ‘Jeb’ Boasberg. (Prepared Jan. 15, 2020). Biography and Timeline. Anonymous Patriots.

https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/library/2020-01-14-James-E-Boasberg-Biography-and-Timeline-prepared-Jan-15-2020.pdf

In 2002, Boasberg failed to disclose massive conflicts re. Pilgrims Society, Mueller, FBI, Wilmer Hale LLP, MI6, Imperial Press “Five Eyes” control of global propaganda, Privy Council, Hillary attorney David Kendall, Obama bundler, Yale Skull & Bones, Oxford University and wife’s Silicon Valley deal making

Three Boasberg court clerks now work for Hillary’s Skadden Arps LLP and Mueller’s Wilmer Hale LLP

Boasberg must resign or be fired and impeached for his Senate confirmation fraud

(JAN. 08, 2020)—James E. “Jeb” Boasberg, the incoming presiding judge of the FISA Court, has a secret past hiding under his black robe. He avoided disclosing numerous Oxford University relationships with well-known globalist Pilgrims Society/Privy Council media propagandists.

Judge Boasberg’s conceals his secret past. This new research proves his duplicity.

Our investigations have uncovered numerous relationships that Judge Boasberg did not want the American public to know in 2002 when he promised to tell the truth.

On Jun. 26, 2002, at Boasberg’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Senator Dick Durbin asked Boasberg “Is there anything that you are aware of in your background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office to which you have been nominated?”

Boasberg answered: “No, sir.”

Boasberg lied, as we shall show.

JUDGE BOASBERG HAS HIDDEN ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS BELOW...

Tons of info revealed.

So like Kissinger, Boasberg is tied to the Brits/Cabal/Cecil Rhodes/Milner Round table Cabal.

patfrederick

they did vacate those very orders. apparently this guy is even above SCOTUS.

patfrederick

well said!

kalbokalbs

Too easy to counter this activist asshole judge.

P A R D O N…preemptively when needed.

Do NOT Allow this shithead to become a speedbump, for America First..

Fuck Boasberg…

patfrederick

not if you paid me and i was blindfolded.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

As some guys would say, “I wouldn’t fuck that with your dick.”

Obviously can’t use that one here.

pgroup2

A few points.

Where does he think there is authority for him to appoint a prosecutor, special or otherwise? Keep in mind that all federal courts other than SCOTUS are created by Congress which means that ALL AUTHORITIES involving fed courts are in U.S. Code statutes somewhere. Just give us a section number, judge.

The first time he decided to enforce the TRO by demanding answers from assistant U.S. attorneys, he was both acting as a prosecutor AND violating attorney work product privilege. Again, please tell us the statute number that gives him that authority. Without a code number, his actions are ultra vires.

SCOTUS has already said that the only standing for the five aliens is via a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the jurisdiction where they are being confined [in this case it was Southern District of Texas]. That’s just a gentle way of saying that the filing of the initial complaint was invalid. So why is the case still progressing? And why isn’t the DoJ screaming to high Heaven about it?

Last but not least, there’s the C word – contempt. A little education for y’all. There’s three types of contempt – direct, remedial, and punitive. Direct is an act which occurs in the presence of the judge, usually while court is in session. Remedial is a contempt dealing with a court order that has continuing obligations but which is being disobeyed. That type of contempt is dealt with by the court [judge] that issued the order. The current posture of the case most closely resembles this. Had this proceeding been done properly [due process], the alleged contemnor would have been served with an order to show cause why he/she was not in contempt. Most importantly at that stage, the accused would have been given the option of getting a lawyer BEFORE being on the hot seat. There are other considerations but those don’t matter because Judge Cadaver played his trump card [no pun intended] – criminal [punitive] contempt.

The instant he said that, he lost all authority over the situation. At that point, we’re talking about a past event that the accused [to be named at some future date] cannot now obey. IOW, the only question is – did you fail to obey and did you do it willingly? No different in kind from the steps of a routine criminal case, with which most of us are familiar.

A judge cannot sit in judgment over a case in which he/she is [or will be] a witness. At this point, the judge is violating the most basic process due to an accused – a fair tribunal. We can argue about whether a fair trial is ever had by defendants but it has to start by appearing to be impartial which means if you are a witness, you can’t be in charge.

We are not hearing any of this on talk radio [even on Bannon’s Warroom]. Why? It seems fairly important to me.

Wolf Moon

I think some people are letting Boasberg and Lawfare get far enough out over their skis that they are guaranteed to tumble.

Aubergine

It stops when Trump makes him stop. When he skis into the trees, it ends.

pgroup2

Like poor Sonny Bono.

TheseTruths

Thanks for the education, as usual.

Where does he think there is authority for him to appoint a prosecutor, special or otherwise?

I had never heard of a judge appointing a prosecutor before, so I appreciate your bringing this up.

We are not hearing any of this on talk radio [even on Bannon’s Warroom]. Why?

I suspect it’s because most people don’t know the legal ins and outs of it. I doubt that Bannon does, and he would have to have a contact or a guest who could explain it as you have. I agree that it’s important; it appears to me to be the crux of the case.

scott467

They can do whatever they want, until someone physically stops them.

They break your silly laws like they don’t even exist — because for them, they don’t.

scott467

We have another space “did they, or didn’t they?” debacle… and this one could really hurt… 😂

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para59r

Wolf Moon

These people!!!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Yeah this one is hilarious.

One argument that could trip people up is that the capsule isn’t scorched like the SpaceX one that rescued the astronauts was.

Of course that’s simply explained. The SpaceX capsule was in orbit and moving at 17 thousand miles per hour when it hit atmo. This capsule was just falling straight down from a standstill, since it wasn’t in orbit. It was basically just a much higher version of you tossing a ball straight up in the air and catching it.

scott467

Imagine if one of the sounds over the comms channel sounded like a door bell, and one of the girls had opened the door from the inside while they were up there 😂

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Cuppa Covfefe

Avon calling 😆

Robert Baker

If they can’t open the door from the inside, then those ladies can never set foot on the moon. Just stating the obvious.

scott467

They can if the Moon People let them out…

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scott467

If they can’t open the door from the inside, then those ladies can never set foot on the moon.

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It was my understanding that Jeff’s ‘Dick Rocket’ full of high society Privilegettes was not actually on a Moon mission.

It was just a low earth orbit Vanity mission 😁

Robert Baker

If you are going to ride a rocket it is a good idea to have a contingency plan. You could always make a wrong turn and end up on the moon.

scott467

Fair point.

Who among us has not unexpectedly ended up on the Moon at one time or another, due to bad directions?

Cuppa Covfefe

Should’ve turned left at Albuquerque… 🙂

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

That’s how I get home from LaLa land. Left at Albuquerque from I-40 to I-25

Barb Meier

  :wpds_lol: 

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It wasn’t even a low earth orbit mission. Very much suborbital.

cthulhu

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/germanys-military-wants-its-own-starlink-like-satellite-constellation

I want a multi-billion business empire, to have a supermodel in my bed every night, and to be POTUS. I suspect that my chances of getting my wants are about the same as the German military’s.

I have learned to live with less, a practice I might heartily recommend to the Germans.

para59r

I could be wrong but I believe the German military is following suit with the British Military when they told Ol’ Keith Starmer that they could easily invade and defeat Russia if he could build a coalition of forces that mimicked in both size and scope, the D Day Invasion.
In other words a polite way of saying when hell freezes over. 😁

It stems from a recent demand by the EU civilian leadership that some space based asset the EU has be brought into play to replace Musk’s satellites. But then they were told, Yeah, good idea but those satellites of ours don’t have the same application that the Musk stuff has.

Cuppa Covfefe

Judging by the way that rocket went up like a soggy Roman Candle, they’ve got a ways to go…..

And to think that a lot of German technology and technologists contributed to the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and other programs… sigh…

Maybe they’re thinking of Tom Lehrer’s lyrics:

“Once the rockets are up,
who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department
says Wernher von Braun.”

eilert

They already have this through NATO, unless Space Force does not share these satellites.
These satellites are military grade versions of Starlink, produced by SpaceX and launched by SpaceX.

Cuppa Covfefe

It’s the globalist MIC that wants all that hardware.

The Brits are HELL-bent on destroying Germany (and probably the rest of Western Culture) utterly and completely…

And the Germans know quite a bit about living with less, thank you…

eilert

Israeli Intel Coup Against Netanyahu Exposed: “Shin Bet Has Turned into a Private Militia of the Deep State” | The Gateway Pundit | by Collin McMahon

The Israeli government is exposing a malicious Deep State plot by the domestic security forces to bring down the Netanyahu government, similar to the US Deep State campaign against Donald Trump 2016-2024. At the center of the plot is the head of the Shin Bet security service Ronen Bar, who refuses to leave his post after being fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Observers had been mystified by the massive security failures of the vaunted Israeli secret service on October 7, leading to antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Israel actually was responsible for the horrific terror attacks that killed over 1200 people. Now, with the recent revelations, it seems more likely the famed Shin Bet security service has been infiltrated by leftist anti-Netanyahu forces allied with the failed Biden Regime, which also funded the anti-Netanyahu protest movement and lawfare.

“The extreme behavior we are now seeing by Ronen Bar is the behavior of people who realize the castle walls have been breached,” security expert Moshe Ashkenazi told Danny Seaman on JNS. “They are now retreating and are fighting the last war for the remnants of this power they have gained, and are reluctant to relinquish.”

The latest blow-up began when Shin Bet head Ronen Bar had an agent arrested over the Passover weekend for allegedly stealing classified material and leaking it to journalist Amit Segal and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli.

Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal published the leak, revealing that Ronen Bar was trying to frame Israeli police for alleged right-wing extremism, which Shin Bet whistleblowers have said are made-up allegations meant to attack conservative Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Now, the Lod district court lifted a gag order on the criminal investigation Tuesday, which “critics called the latest abuse of power by its topmost officers against the government”, JNS wrote.

…………

Wolf Moon

Good. Israel’s leftism logjam is starting to break up.

scott467

“This Kind of Sovereign?

Judging by a paper called, “A QUICK GUIDE TO SOVEREIGN CITIZENS,” by the UNC School of Government, there are some people that think they can become free by resisting the governmental structures currently in place in our nation. In brief, the paper tells us:”

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“Sovereign citizen” is a catchall phrase referring to a variety of anti-government individuals and groups who share some common beliefs and behaviors. The organizations to which many sovereign citizens belong have a variety of names…

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In one way or another, though, all sovereign citizens, whether tied to an organization or not, adhere to a view that the existing American governmental structure, including the courts and law enforcement, is illegitimate and that they, the sovereign citizens, retain an individual common law identity exempting them from the authority of those fraudulent government institutions.

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So it’s basically a way to label and then issue a blanket condemnation of anyone who disagrees with the Deep State and the Banker-run system as it exists.

I’m at the end of the 3rd page of the linked pdf document, and it’s an interesting experience.

There are enough similarities to what my high school friend at GTEN.org (discussed here in the April 14th daily thread) is teaching that it would likely be (intentionally, IMO) confused with the “Sovereign Citizens” as described by the pdf author.

In reading the first few pages, I see some things (terms and concepts) I am familiar with from taking a few courses at GTEN.org about 10 years ago, and I see some things that are unfamiliar, and some things that were maybe hinted at but not part of any course materials.

There are references to the driver’s license issue, and scrolling down to the list on pages 5 and 6, most of them I am not familiar with, but I am familiar with the terms ‘Dishonor in commerce’, ‘Common Law’, ‘Strawman’, ‘Admiralty’ (i.e., Admiralty Law which is Law of the Sea, as opposed to Law of the Land), ‘referring to the government as a corporation’, ‘State citizen’, and ‘Letters of Marque’ which are specifically mentioned in the Constitution, and which I have mentioned here numerous times over the past several years.

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United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8: “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;”

United States Constitution, Article I, Section 10: “No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.”

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript
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Also mentioned in the list of terms at the top of page 6 is ‘Silence is acquiescence‘, which is an informal way of saying what I posted on the daily thread on the 14th, the legal maxim attributed to (or invoked by, apparently) Sir Thomas More in the 1500s:

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Qui tacet consennire videtur, ubi tractatur de ejus commodo: “He who is silent is deemed to consent.”

The maxim is Qui tacet consentiret: the maxim of the law is “Silence gives consent”. — Sir Thomas More
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And this about what a ‘legal maxim’ is:

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Brave Browser A.I. reply to search inquiry for ‘are maxims of law common law:

“Legal maxims are principles or propositions of law that are universally accepted as just and consonant with reason. 

They are part of the general customs or common law of the land and are often compared to axioms in geometry.” (boldface on ‘law of the land’ mine)
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About Sir Thomas More and his invocation of the legal maxim ‘silence gives consent’:

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Brave Browser search A.I. assistant reply:

Sir Thomas More Silence

“Sir Thomas More argued that silence gives consent according to the maxim ‘Qui tacet consentiret’. During his trial, More faced accusations of refusing to swear an oath affirming King Henry VIII’s claim as the supreme head of the church, which conflicted with More’s devout Catholic beliefs.

When questioned about his silence, More maintained that if his silence was to be interpreted, it must be seen as consent, not denial, as per legal maxim.

Cromwell, however, argued that More’s silence was not true silence but rather an eloquent denial of the king’s claim. 

More countered that the court must construe his silence according to the law, which states that silence gives consent, while the world may interpret it according to its own understanding.”
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Sir Thomas More was on trial for his life, which was taken:

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Wiki: “More also opposed Henry VIII’s separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason on what he stated was false evidence, and was executed. At his execution, he was reported to have said: ‘I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first.’ ”
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The author of the pdf makes reference to specific ‘Sovereign Citizen’ groups, but I don’t recognize any of them, except possibly ‘Free Men on the Land’. I think I read a short self-published book (maybe 150 pages) about them, but it had no relation to what my friend was teaching, beyond some shared concepts.

Reading the pdf is like reading Legacy Media propaganda about anti-Covid vaxxers (people like us) and people who knew about and promoted Ivermectin and HCQ during the height of Covid.

It’s a slick twisting and misrepresentation of things, like a limited hang-out, dripping with arrogance and condescension.

And if I didn’t have any prior knowledge or experience otherwise, it would be very easy to accept the author’s characterizations (and mischaracterizations), conclude that the people in question are all nuts (or worse), and join in the ridicule.

It reads very much like a Leftist / Deep State publication where the overlords are the only authority, their view is the only correct view, and anyone who challenges them or their authority are ‘less than’ and ‘other’ — and they could be dangerous too, so be afraid!

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scott467

They are thinking “freedom”, straight up. No ‘government types’ will ever understand that.

From what I observed in the forum and during question & answer sessions during online courses, they were like everybody here.

Interested in current events, interested in American history, interested in the Constitution, interested in the Founding Fathers and how our country was supposed to be, and what has happened to it, and how do we get it back.

So, you know, garden variety domestic terrorist types… 😂

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para59r

Flip side to all the law warfare stuff is there is a political price to pay for these malfeasances. Delay away, but we’ll see y’all at the ballot box. 😠

RAC

Does this explain Q…

“Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/8716/

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Wolf Moon

I think he’s just talking about normal, well-understood technology.

scott467

“Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space.”

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Then hows about we manipulate time to get to the good part.

There has to be one.

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patfrederick

my chipmunk war has escalated…LOL
I came downstairs this morning and heard this light banging. I called to hubby to see if it was him, but then i heard it again…it was out on the deck.
A rather chubby raccoon had wedged his fat butt between the house and the chipmunk trap and had the mouse bait box in his hands banging it against the trap, but apparently it was now empty and he was frustrated. i tapped on the window and he looked at me, then wandered off but not before peeing a trail over the deck.
how long before the raccoon entices the bears to get in on the raid? LOL

pgroup2

I told you to get a 22. Now you know why – the war is escalating.

At the bear level, you’ll need at least a 45.

patfrederick

I only shoot bears with my camera…LOL
raccoons can be trapped (and we do) and dealt with at that time.

Cuppa Covfefe

Good that you can trap them… that’s illegal over here. We have to get (beg) animal control to take them away… and if it’s not more than two rivers away, they’ll be back.

Seems the GangGreens put trees, animals, and pests over humans… in particular young, defenseless and/or pre-born ones…

patfrederick

when we first built the house, before the deck was on, we had temporary wooden stairs to the front door. porcupines ATE half moons out of 3 of them! We called the game warden to see about getting traps or whatever and his answer was lead ball them. they were doing damage to our home he said. so we did. the following spring they chewed the treated wood around the garage door. After the deck was on, they took bites out of 2 treated beams holding up the deck. Last spring they actually came up on the deck and left chew marks on a railing baluster.

RedLegLeader68

Wife just reminded me of our solution: its’ called “The Chipper Dipper!”

Instructions: go to Home Depot and buy one of those 5 gal, orange buckets.

  1. Go to a farmer’s market and buy raw sunflower seeds.
  2. In the backyard, fill the orange bucket 2/3 full of water
  3. Sprinkle the seeds across the surface of the water so that NO water shows
  4. get a plank, not long, and lay it leading up to the rim of the orange bucket
  5. Place one and only one seed several spaces apart leading up to the rim of the bucket
  6. Place one and only one see at the top of the “ramp”
  7. Tomorrow morning, retreive the dead rodents and dispose of them how you like.
  8. Works every time.
  9. They’re very cute creatures that will tunnel under you home, invade your garden and ruin you backyard.
  10. No Mercy.
Gail Combs

Also a similar trap with a spinning rode works on rats & mice.

https://homesteadinghub.com/a-super-simple-to-make-5-gal-bucket-rat-mouse-trap/

patfrederick

thanks!!

patfrederick

tell your wife thanks!!
LOL

patfrederick

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LafnH20
April 17, 2025 12:42 am

“The Tennessee Star learned on Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who was deported to El Salvador under President Donald Trump amid legal action claiming the removal was by mistake, was suspected of being engaged in human trafficking by a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) officer who detained him in December 2022, leading the THP to contact the FBI for guidance.
Within two hours, the FBI ultimately requested the THP release Garcia and the passengers in his vehicle. THP complied with the request.”
https://tennesseestar.com/justice/bidens-fbi-ordered-tn-highway-patrol-to-release-maryland-man-recently-deported-to-el-salvador-after-he-was-detained-in-2022-traffic-stop-on-suspicion-of-human-trafficking/tpappert/2025/04/16/

patfrederick

police report by “Maryland father’s wife”
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Can you believe it? A Judge ruled against us on 530,000 Illegal Migrants (that Joe Biden flew over the Border in his program to transport Illegals into the Country by airplane) saying that they can’t be looked at as a group, but that each case has to be tried individually. Based on the Court System, that would take approximately 100 years. What is going on with our Courts? They are totally OUT OF CONTROL. They seem to hate “TRUMP” so much, that anything goes! We are trying to bring our Country back from the destruction caused by the Democrats and Crooked Joe Biden. I won on a Policy of Common Sense, and what Common Sense do we have when we have to have 530,000 trials? This Radicalized Judge is saying that Sleepy Joe Biden can fly more than half a million Illegals into America, IN ONE DAY, but we have to hold many years of long and tedious trials to fly each and every one of them back home. Where is the JUSTICE here???
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Wolf Moon

Let me ask this publicly.

What sort of AMENDMENTS would be needed to bring the Judicial Branch back to sensibility? I am willing to go all the way to things like making impeachment of judges easier, forbidding lifetime appointments, and explicitly defanging SCOTUS.

patfrederick

it seems highly UNequal that one branch can limit the other two in their terms or length of appointments at all. just saying.

pgroup2

Back to basics – fed courts are created by Congress.

It can do any damn thing it wants involving them. No amendments needed.

patfrederick

i know, but consider congress passed a law limiting Presidential terms. They can limit judiciary terms. WHO limits theirs? supposed to be voters–but that can be said of the President as well. so basically no one limits their terms, making them a superior branch imo.

Aubergine

All that needs to happen is a withdrawal of their jurisdiction from these cases, which can be done by the Congress, I believe. The only judges whose jurisdiction covers the whole U.S. are on the Supreme Court.

It is my personal belief that Trump should simply ignore the orders of judges who don’t have proper jurisdiction. Just announce it.

TradeBait2

Had some fun with Grok AI today. If you get bored with reading the analysis, skip to the Conclusion.

My question:

What numerical support is there for the population to have grown from Noah and his family to the population totals today?

To determine whether there is numerical support for the population to have grown from Noah and his family to the current world population, we can analyze this question using population growth models and historical estimates. According to the biblical account, Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives survived the flood, totaling 8 people. The flood is traditionally dated to around 2348 BC, though this varies by interpretation. For this analysis, we’ll assume it occurred approximately 4000 years ago, bringing us to the present day, and consider whether this initial population of 8 could grow to today’s population of over 7 billion.
Exponential Growth Model
Population growth is often modeled using the exponential growth formula:
P = P₀ * e^(rt)
Where:

  • P is the final population (7 billion, or 7,000,000,000),
  • P₀ is the initial population (8),
  • r is the annual growth rate,
  • t is the time in years (4000),
  • e is the base of the natural logarithm (approximately 2.718).

We need to find the average annual growth rate r that allows the population to grow from 8 to 7 billion in 4000 years.
Calculation
Substitute the known values into the formula:
7,000,000,000 = 8 * e^(r * 4000)
Divide both sides by 8:
e^(r * 4000) = 7,000,000,000 / 8 = 875,000,000
Take the natural logarithm of both sides:
r * 4000 = ln(875,000,000)
Calculate the natural log:
ln(875,000,000) = ln(8.75 * 10⁸) ≈ ln(8.75) + ln(10⁸) ≈ 2.17 + 18.42 = 20.59
Solve for r:
r = 20.59 / 4000 ≈ 0.00515
So, the average annual growth rate is approximately 0.00515, or 0.515% per year.
Verification
To confirm, calculate the doubling time using this growth rate:
Doubling time = ln(2) / r ≈ 0.693 / 0.00515 ≈ 134.5 years
In 4000 years, the number of doublings is:
4000 / 134.5 ≈ 29.7
Starting from 8:
P = 8 * 2^(29.7) ≈ 8 * 2^29 * 2^0.7

  • 2^29 ≈ 536,870,912
  • 2^0.7 ≈ 1.62 (since 2^0.5 ≈ 1.414, 2^1 = 2)

P ≈ 8 * 536,870,912 * 1.62 ≈ 8 * 870,000,000 ≈ 6,960,000,000
This result, approximately 6.96 billion, is very close to 7 billion, confirming that an average growth rate of 0.515% per year is mathematically sufficient.

Historical Plausibility
Is an average growth rate of 0.515% per year realistic over 4000 years? Historical population growth rates have varied significantly:

  • Ancient times: Growth rates were typically low, often below 0.1% per year, due to high mortality rates and limited resources. For example, from 10,000 BC (estimated 1-10 million people) to 1 AD (around 200 million), the average growth rate was about 0.0369% per year.
  • Post-flood context: In the biblical narrative, early generations after the flood had long lifespans (hundreds of years) and possibly higher fertility, suggesting that initial growth rates could have been higher when resources were abundant and populations were small.
  • Recent history: From 1800 AD (1 billion) to 2023 (7 billion) over 223 years, the growth rate averaged about 0.872% per year, peaking even higher in the 20th century due to medical and agricultural advancements.

To test an intermediate point, consider the population at 1 AD (approximately 200 million) after 2348 years from 2348 BC:
200,000,000 = 8 * e^(r * 2348)
e^(r * 2348) = 25,000,000
r * 2348 = ln(25,000,000) ≈ 17.03
r ≈ 0.00725, or 0.725% per year
Doubling time = ln(2) / 0.00725 ≈ 95.5 years
Number of doublings in 2348 years = 2348 / 95.5 ≈ 24.6
P = 8 * 2^24.6 ≈ 8 * 25,600,000 ≈ 204,800,000
This aligns closely with 200 million, supporting the model’s consistency.

Reconciling with History
The calculated rates (0.725% to 1 AD, 0.515% to present) exceed typical pre-industrial averages (e.g., 0.04% from 1 AD to 1800 AD), but:

  • Early rapid growth: In the biblical account, long lifespans and high fertility could have driven higher initial rates, which later slowed as populations grew and faced constraints like disease and resource limits.
  • Average rate: The 0.515% is an average over 4000 years, smoothing out periods of slow growth (ancient times) and rapid growth (modern era).

Alternative Approach: Generational Growth
Assume each couple has 4 children who survive to reproduce, doubling the population per generation (e.g., 25 years):

  • Growth rate = ln(2) / 25 ≈ 2.77% per year
  • In 2348 years: 93.92 doublings, yielding 8 * 2^93.92, far exceeding 200 million
  • In 4000 years: 160 doublings, yielding an astronomical 8 * 2^160 ≈ 10^48

This suggests that fertility and survival rates must have been lower, or growth was constrained, aligning the effective rate closer to 0.515%-0.725%.

Conclusion
Numerically, it is possible for the population to grow from 8 people 4000 years ago to 7 billion today with an average growth rate of 0.515% per year. This rate, while higher than ancient averages, is plausible within the biblical context of high initial fertility and long lifespans, followed by slower growth, and accelerated modern rates. Historical milestones (e.g., 200 million by 1 AD) are also achievable with slightly higher early rates (0.725%). Thus, there is numerical support for this population growth, demonstrating that such an increase is mathematically feasible over the given timeframe.

Me: I find Grok’s conclusion plausible. There were 3 million people in the 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War time period. Add another estimated 1 million of native Americans and non-combatant European settlers/explorers outside of the colonies. From that 4 million including immigration it is plausible that our population grew to the current +/- 350 million using readily available statistical population growth models.

Sometimes simple questions on allegedly complex issues have logical answers, that is unless a research grant funding is involved. 😀

Wolf Moon

Interestingly, the evolutionist community believes something very similar, although the dates and numbers are different (originally around 75K years ago, but now about 900K years ago).

I had this sitting in my tabs, and was wondering when the topic of a human population bottleneck might come up!

IMO humanity (in the long view) has been well-positioned to repopulate from multiple bottlnecks. AND logic. Basically, that bottlenecks are a thing, always.

Wolf Moon

This was likely composed by AI, by the way. The annoyingly repetitive videos are almost always AI products.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I haven’t heard about the 75K bottleneck going away. Perhaps this one is a new discovery, not a change.

Wolf Moon

Yes, I think the 900K is a different one. The 75K event is still not fully understood, IMO.

https://howandwhys.com/nuclear-winter-human-extinction/

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I’ll agree it’s not fully understood.

duchess01s

EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE

Verse of the Day for Thursday, April 17, 2025

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” 

John 15:7 (KJV)

COMMENTARY FOR JOHN 15

“Christ the true Vine. (1-8) His love to his disciples. (9-17) foretold. (18-25) The Comforter promised. (26,27)1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from a rich soil. Believers are branches of this Vine. The root is unseen, and our life is hid with Christ; the root bears the tree, diffuses sap to it, and in Christ are all supports and supplies. The branches of the vine are many, yet, meeting in the root, are all but one vine; thus all true Christians, though in place and opinion distant from each other, meet in Christ. Believers, like the branches of the vine, are weak, and unable to stand but as they are borne up. The Father is the Husbandman. Never was any husbandman so wise, so watchful, about his vineyard, as God is about his church, which therefore must prosper. We must be fruitful. From a vine we look for grapes, and from a Christian we look for a Christian temper, disposition, and life. We must honour God, and do good; this is bearing fruit. The unfruitful are taken away. And even fruitful branches need pruning; for the best have notions, passions, and humours, that require to be taken away, which Christ has promised to forward the sanctification of believers, they will be thankful, for them. The word of Christ is spoken to all believers; and there is a cleansing virtue in that word, as it works grace, and works out corruption. And the more fruit we bring forth, the more we abound in what is good, the more our Lord is glorified. In order to fruitfulness, we must abide in Christ, must have union with him by faith. It is the great concern of all Christ’s disciples, constantly to keep up dependence upon Christ, and communion with him. True Christians find by experience, that any interruption in the exercise of their faith, causes holy affections to decline, their corruptions to revive, and their comforts to droop. Those who abide not in Christ, though they may flourish for awhile in outward profession, yet come to nothing. The fire is the fittest place for withered branches; they are good for nothing else. Let us seek to live more simply on the fulness of Christ, and to grow more fruitful in every good word and work, so may our joy in Him and in his salvation be full.”

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.

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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!



duchess01s

WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL

PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.

I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.

Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.

With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.

Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. 

Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

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patfrederick

h/t Filly
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duchess01s

PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

BE MY VOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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duchess01s

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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

patfrederick

@PhilHollowayEsq

https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f6a8.svgBREAKING Lawfare News The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed an injunction from District Court Judge Chutkan who said the Administration couldn’t claw back unspent wasteful funds from Citibank where Joe hid them on the way out Chutkan was judge on the Jack Smith DC case

duchess01s

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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duchess01s

O Blessed Spring – LSB 595

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HYMN

O blessed spring, where word and sign
Embrace us into Christ the vine:
Here Christ enjoins each one to be
A branch of this life-giving tree.

Through summer heat of youthful years,
Uncertain faith, rebellious tears,
Sustained by Christ’s infusing rain,
The boughs will shout for joy again.

When autumn cools and youth is cold,
When limbs their heavy harvest hold,
Then through us, warm, the Christ will move
With gifts of beauty, wisdom, love.

As winter comes, as winters must,
We breathe our last, return to dust;
Still held in Christ, our souls take wing
And trust the promise of the spring.

Christ, holy vine, Christ, living tree,
Be praised for this blest mystery:
That word and water thus revive
And join us to your tree of life.

Amen.

duchess01s

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing 

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

prayeveryday777

https://rumble.com/v57jvfg-sleep-well-with-psalms.-psalm-91-psalm-121-psalm-3-psalm-4-psalm-139.faith-.html

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



barkerjim

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/hypersonic-thursday-april-17-2025

Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Your roundup today includes: Nemesis comes for one of the most puffed-up and arrogant prosecutors in the whole Trump-hating deck; Kennedy’s autism conference shatters American health records, stands up for the voiceless, and reveals the media’s worst fake-news narrative spinning since they reported that General Custer attacked innocent civilians; Secretary Kennedy joins Indiana governor in putting jet fuel into national MAHA; and our new Director of Science Policy describes America’s looming golden age of innovation and the end of Biden’s war on civilization.

PAVACA

Confirmation regarding what Yours Truly wrote about awhile ago about the American Medical Association (AMA) —

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/17/how-the-amas-federally-funded-cash-cow-fuels-their-woke-agenda/
“The Leftist American Medical Association Created A Federally-funded Cash Cow That Fuels Their Woke Agenda”
by Terry Schilling
17 April 2024
Yours Truly: The biggest “cash earner” for the AMA is the fact that the organization OWNS THE RIGHTS TO USE the CPT Codes which MUST be used to code medical procedures, medical exams and tests, etc., in order to file for Medicare/Medicaid or private insurance payment claims.

A screenshot from the article is below:

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Yours Truly wrote about this issue, here: https://www.theqtree.com/2024/04/24/the-ama-edhub-window-to-establishment-medicine/

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PAVACA

RFK, JR., MUST STOP ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” USAGE IMMEDIATELY AND REMOVE ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” FROM THE MARKET. PERIOD.
THEN GET THE ARRESTS STARTED.

https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/3-decades-wiped-from-life-expectancy
“3 Decades Wiped from Life Expectancy of Covid-Vaxxed”
15 April 2025
Yours Truly: There is an interview by Steve Kirsch linked in the article above. If I heard him correctly, his analysis is, IMO, even more dire: it appears that a COVID-19 “vaccinated” person under age 60 can lose up to 50% of life expectancy.

The paper referred to is here:
https://mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/7/1343
“A Critical Analysis of All-Cause Deaths during COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Province”
Marco Alessandria, et al.
30 June 2024
Yours Truly: The authors studied two cohorts in the Italian province of Pescara between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022: those who were COVID-19 “vaccinated”, and those who were not “vaccinated.”
Yours Truly finds it interesting that the paper’s authors appear to “fall all over themselves” in listing “variables” related to the study — everything from “seasonal differences”, “calendar-time bias” regarding “pandemic waves”, “harvesting” (the deaths of the already-frail or very elderly), and more. However, the results are the results: COVID-19 “vaccination” reduces life expectancy.
IMO, the “non-vaccinated” may well need to think about this issue and how it will affect them.

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para59r

One silver lining here is that the Cabal’s hold on the media continues to slip and it will that much harder for them to hide this as those numbers begin to pan out and it becomes easier for even the weak minded to see what’s happening.

barkerjim

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patfrederick

Shawn Farash
@Shawn_Farash
Laws only matter if they’re enforced.

If Sen. Van Hollen’s visit to El Salvador is a violation of the Logan Act he needs to face consequences.

If Letitia James committed mortgage fraud she needs to face consequences.

If entering our country illegally is a crime, then those who do it need to face consequences.

If there are no consequences, the laws are useless.

ACCOUNTABILITY… Or nothing else matters.

PAVACA

Wolf Moon and All —

The Health Friday post for this week is finished, and will publish just after Midnight on Friday morning.
Thank you.

pgroup2

With WordPiss, we’ll believe it when we see it.  😉 

PAVACA

pgroup2
If I have to force publication, I’ll do it. Have done it before.
WP is attacking Marica’s blog, making it difficult to upload things, to embed things, making people sign in again and again, etc.

Kea

German Court Convicts Young American Woman of Manslaughter for Fatally Stabbing African Migrant Who Sexually Assaulted Her
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/german-court-convicts-young-american-woman-manslaughter-fatally/

TheseTruths

The world has gone mad.

Wolf Moon

Europe is leading the way, too!

Gail Combs

It has for generations…

Happy go lucky

I’m never leaving the US again. And some states I won’t ever go to either.

Wolf Moon

I have successfully stayed the heck out of many of them for years now.

pgroup2

There’s a lot to be said for sticking close to your roots.

Wolf Moon

I actually see progress here, after reading the details.

She got a two year suspended sentence for manslaughter. IMO she would have gotten the same sentence here, AND she would have done more time.

Why? Because the dude only GROPED HER – twice. He didn’t rape her – he groped her ass. In the US in the 70s, some guy with gold chains groping a girl and getting fatally stabbed for it, would have drawn a significant sentence on the woman who escalated a grope into a stabbing.

I’m not defending gropers – I’m just saying it’s not a death sentence crime. She had a right to defend herself – no question. But self-defense is a tricky thing – it’s not absolute. I have to know the rules of self-defense as a gun owner – more so as one who has [correctly] used a gun in self-defense before, and knows how tricky it is.

The feminist radical left has conflated all unwanted physical contact into the same thing, linguistically, for a reason – to cause problems. Why was rape downgraded to “sexual assault”? Because groping was upgraded to “sexual assault”. It took me a while to realize this. “They” want us confused and turning to government, to answer problems our common sense can solve easily.

[As an aside, the evil “AP” has helped in this process. Trump is helping destroy the irreparable AP with his genius “Gulf of America” ploy, which allowed him to downgrade their WH reporting privilege.]

CLARITY. We have to have clarity.

singingsoul1

In my days in Germany someone groping me would have had a surprise I took
judo because of guys groping. Smacked many. No one has a right to grope specially a stranger without permission.
True he did not deserve the death penalty for it but she did not know what would come next. I do not know her history why she reacted the way she did. In Germany now a days the legals commit much rape regardless . She might have feared more than groping? The sad thing is the knife hit the guy in the wrong place that killed him.

Wolf Moon

Force and Deadly Force are two different things, and there has to be serious justification to use deadly force. Those high school boys in Texas – a very similar case. The dead boy could have even picked a fight with the knife-wielder, but the first one who produces a blade is escalating to deadly force, and will have to convince a jury that it was justified.

Sadly, I think a jury of his peers will let him off, because they will very likely value race over truth, like most Demons.

Wolf Moon

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singingsoul1

True deadly force is only justified for defense if deadly force is used. No one is a winner.

pgroup2

The AP style guide strikes!

Reminds me of the Kipling poem, The Gods of the Copybook Headings.

duchess01s

4.17.25: Military operations underway, Civilian TRIALS? POTUS always 5 steps ahead, Rory win reaction/intro, PRAY!

And We Know

https://rumble.com/v6s7tkt-4.17.25-military-operations-underway-civilian-trials-potus-always-5-steps-a.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

PAVACA

Per Marica’s blog —

Mass shooting at FSU. Fatalities. One shooter dead. POTUS47 briefed.

patfrederick

Libs of TikTok

@libsoftiktok

Kristi Noem threatens to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students if the university refuses to share information on visa holders who engaged in violent protests. “It’s a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard, not a guarantee”

para59r

Not sure how accurate any of this stuff is.

At Least Five Dead, Four Injured in Attack at Florida State University — One Suspect in Custody

https://twitter.com/fucktheLaLakers/status/1912946649011560847

https://twitter.com/HootingRetard/status/1912915613950836755

The above may of been the shooter or one of the shooters since there appears to be a body on the ground there.

https://twitter.com/DiRealDan/status/1912940131478344066

para59r

Yesterday also saw a school shooting in Texas.

TheseTruths

TWO SHOOTERS, with one in custody suspected to be 44-year old migrant Sahil Omar

Motive = hatred? jihad? terrorism? Clearly not a disgruntled college student or an unhinged kid angry that “Repubs are Nazis.”

Cuppa Covfefe

Gun control lobby amping up again….. 😡 😡 😡 😡

TheseTruths

Missing toddler who walked 7 miles alone through Arizona wilderness led to safety by rancher’s dog

A 2-year-old boy who spent the night alone in the remote Arizona wilderness and walked 7 miles through mountain lion territory was led to safety by a rancher’s dog, authorities said Tuesday.

A huge search operation was launched when the boy disappeared from his home in Seligman, Arizona, about 100 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park, at about 5 p.m. Monday. He was wearing just a blue tank top and pajama pants, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. 

The sheriff’s office said that more than 40 rescuers, including Department of Public Safety rangers, joined the search, and a DPS helicopter spotted two mountain lions in the area.

But 16 hours after he went missing, rancher Scotty Dunton found him on his land 7 miles away. The boy was safe and well and had apparently been led to his property by the rancher’s dog, Buford.

“I got in my truck to go to town and I see Buford walking down the side of the fence with a little blond kid with him,” Dunton told NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix. “I had heard about the missing child this morning, so I knew it was him.”

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Dunton asked the boy if he had walked all night, and he answered, “No, I laid up under a tree. “

The beef farmer said the boy was in good shape but upset. The rancher traced the boy’s steps and found the dog had escorted him for at least a mile. He said Buford, an Anatolian Pyrenees, normally patrols his land and wards off coyotes.

“He went through some rough country, it’s all mountains and canyons and boulder piles, and it’s rough for adults, let alone for 2-year-old kids,” Dunton said. “He did a remarkable job to go 7 miles like he did.”

Dunton added that lions, coyotes, and the occasional bear can be found in the area.

Dunton said of Buford, “He loves kids, and I imagine he wouldn’t leave him once he’d found him.”

cthulhu

Good dog!!!

And, yes, he looks like a Buford.

Gail Combs

Anatolian Pyrenees...

As soon as I read a few sentences I suspected the dog was a Pyrenees. They are GUARD DOGS, not hunting or herding dogs.

They are wonderful dogs and used to guard all sorts of livestock.

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

Big changes are underway for U.S. visas, quietly.

The age of cheap, temporary H-1B labor is ending.

The Trump administration isn’t just slowing new approvals.

It’s laying the groundwork to make visa sponsorship financially painful.

Under the H-1B Modernization Rule and USCIS’s new fee schedule, costs are rising.

And now, wage floor increases are back under review, targeting exactly how much employers must pay to keep a visa worker.

This isn’t about protecting workers.

It’s about shrinking demand without needing Congress.

These changes affect existing visa holders.

If your role is up for renewal, transfer, or amendment, your employer may soon face higher wage requirements or new documentation standards.

Promotions may be delayed.

Transfers could be reconsidered.

And companies are already rethinking whether H-1B staffing is worth the long-term cost.

They’re starting to prioritize workers they can keep permanently.

That means U.S. citizens.

If you’re on a visa and in a cost-sensitive role, understand this clearly.

The pressure is already building.

TheseTruths

I can’t vouch for this, but it’s interesting:

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TheseTruths

‘Ghost Guns’ And ‘Hate Crime’: Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Biden Admin Docs Targeting ‘Domestic Terrorism’

TheseTruths

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RedLegLeader68

Paging … Andrew Jackson + POTUS

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It performs some useful functions (e.g., clearing house for checks, cash reserve for banks during runs), actually, but jacking around with interest rates and the money supply aren’t among them.

Oh, and we’d need something to replace the federal reserve note. Even if we went gold-backed, we’d need something else. And if we can’t, we need something else.

Perhaps we could bring the US Note back (the ones with red serial numbers) in the latter case. Probably in either case actually since setting up the infrastructure for certificates might take a while.

TheseTruths

para59r

has found this else where but no one reports a name or country…

scott467

Amazing… imagine how big those keys are compared to her fingers, and how far her hands have to stretch!

TheseTruths

NEW TOOL: DEI FUNDING DETECTOR (BETA)

AI-POWERED. GOVERNMENT-BACKED. YOUR TAXES.

I built a tool that scans billions in federal awards and IRS filings — then uses AI to flag how much is being funneled into DEI-focused initiatives that most Americans never approved. This isn’t search. This is forensic auditing at machine scale.

Here’s what it can do:

✅ Uncover DEI-Focused Awards – Even when the words “diversity” or “equity” are buried deep

Reveal Mission Mismatches – See when the money and the nonprofit don’t align

AI-Detected “DEI Specific” Flags – Narrowed benefits based on race, gender, identity? It’s caught.

Expose Fuzzy Metrics – Vague goals like “expanded inclusivity” or “increased belonging”? Marked.

View Award Descriptions, 990 Filings, and Program Spend – All side by side

Real Example:

$2.8M to Rush University

Flagged for focusing on “health disparities by gender identity and sexual orientation” — not part of its general mission.

No measurable targets. No outcome metrics. Just ideology.

$3.8M to Felician University

Branded a “FIESTA” grant for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. AI flagged DEI narrowing + zero hard numbers.

Powered by AI. Informed by public data. Built to track exactly where the agenda meets the budget.

This is what happens when you weaponize code instead of slogans.

Dive in and follow the money: [link in next post]

scott467

Looks like ‘reparations’ have already been paid, many times over, to every protected victim-class.

scott467
SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

In thirty seconds or less, what did this guy tell us with the 20 seconds of the video that isn’t bloviating?

TheseTruths

I’ve watched/listened to several of his videos. He does a lot of self-praising: “I told you this so I could make you the smartest person in the real world,” “I was ahead of the curve months ago,” etc. Watching an entire one today was enough.

pgroup2

So does Steve Bannon. But we still like him.

scott467

I put it on 1.5x speed. Unlike most Second Amendment yootoob channels, he’s:

1) an actual Constitutional law attorney

2) who specializes in 2nd Amendment cases

3) he’s a member of the United States Supreme Court bar (didn’t know they had a liquor establishment right there in the building, he must have some great stories)

4) winner of the ‘Top Voice of 2A’, Gun News Awards, 2025

So he’s more qualified to speak on these issues than most. Or many. Or, at least some.

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TheseTruths

That last one had more meat in it.

patfrederick

Western Lensman

@WesternLensman

NEW: Sen Van Hollen reports from his El Salvador hotel room that more Democrats will be heading there to fight for Abrego-Garcia: “I may be the first member of Congress here, but I can assure you more will be coming.” Great! The more, the better.

scott467

Get them all there, and then cancel their passports.

Wolf Moon

Demmunists are self-immolating on this, and ready to roast popcorn on their embers!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

The hilarious thing is that Carville thinks the Dems should push hard on this.

Wolf Moon

Well, I’m going to be happy he agrees before he regrets!

The Demmunists ARE getting traction on this. The Demmunists ARE creating a Constitutional crisis on this. The Dems ARE firing up their base with this. But the Dems are also destroying their brand, and sending all reasonable people to vote for Republicans in 2026 AND 2028.

kalbokalbs

Carville is a brilliant strategist…apparently playing for Republican Team on this.

pgroup2

A known side effect of excessive navel gazing is extreme myopia.

Serpenthead has been spoiled into thinking he’s special and that his shit don’t stink.

  :wpds_chuckle: 

Aubergine

This truly is the craziest shit I have ever seen the Demoncrats do, and I have seen a lot!

This guy is a black hole, and they are all flying right into it.

Wolf Moon

Between defending TRANS and GANGS over women, I have to wonder how long women are going to remain a +D constituency.

Aubergine

Once the boomers and millennials are gone, that’s over.

patfrederick

Shannon Bream

@ShannonBream

BREAKING: Justice Kagan just denied emergency request from four people in the US illegally who are set to be deported. They lost before Bd of Immigration Appeals, 9th Cir affirmed. They asserted that they were victims of cartel violence and face explicit death threats. #SCOTUS

cthulhu

Great! Keep ’em!

In the meantime, jack the hotel rates.

RAC
duchess01s

EVENING PRAYERS

Gratitude Prayers

Prayer of Daily Thanks

Heavenly Father, as the sun sets, I want to pause and say thank You. For the little things like a warm cup of tea to the big things like my family’s laughter, I’m grateful. Each moment of this day has been a gift, and I thank You for the blessings, both seen and unseen. Let my sleep be a thank you, my dreams be praise, and my night whispers echo with gratitude. Amen.

A Prayer for the Gifts of Life

Dear Lord, under the evening sky, I come before You filled with appreciation. For the breath in my lungs, the food on my table, and the love in my home, I am truly thankful. Help me to always notice the countless gifts You provide and to never take them for granted. I rest in Your care, grateful for today and hopeful for tomorrow. Amen.

Thanksgiving for Enduring Love

Gracious God, as I lay down tonight, I reflect on Your unending love and care. Thank you for guiding me through this day, for the smiles shared, and for the kindness I received. Your love is a constant in a world that often changes, and for this steadfast love, I give You thanks. As I close my eyes, I feel the peace of a grateful heart. Amen.

Evening Gratitude for Strength and Guidance

Lord of all comfort, I am thankful tonight, not just for the good but also for the strength You gave me in challenging moments. Thank you for the wisdom in decisions and the courage in facing my fears. Your guidance is a lantern to my feet. As the stars appear, I thank You for lighting my path today and every day. Amen.

Sunset Thanks for Life’s Journey

Almighty Creator, every sunset reminds me of Your glory and the journey You’ve laid out for me. I am grateful for the paths I’ve walked today, the lessons learned, and the growth experienced. Thank You for being my compass and my companion. As the night unfolds, I count my blessings, and atop the list is Your unwavering presence in my life. Amen.

https://enlightio.com/evening-prayers-for-today

duchess01s

D’s/Fake News Took The Bait, Sometimes You Need To Show The People, Pain, Mission Good – Ep. 3621
 April 17, 2025  x22report

https://x22report.com/ds-fake-news-took-the-bait-sometimes-you-need-to-show-the-people-pain-mission-good-ep-3621/

Countries that oppose the US will pay a heavy price, it is already being reported that the EU will lose 1.25 trillion because of tariffs. Countries are feeling the pain and soon will come to the negotiation table. Trump is now exposing and trapping the Fed, this will be used later on when the Fed will be restructured into the Treasury. Trump and the patriots are showing the people the true criminal syndicate. The D’s/fake news took the bait and ran with it. The only way to prove to the people that Trump is working for them and the D’s and fake news now is to show them. Never interfere with an enemy while they are in the process of destroying themselves. The [DS] is feeling the pain, mission good.

Ep 3621a – Tariffs Will Bring Pain To Certain Countries, Trump Is Exposing & Trapping The Fed
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3621a-tariffs-will-bring-pain-to-certain-countries-trump-is-exposing-trapping-the-fed/

Ep 3621b – D’s/Fake News Took The Bait, Sometimes You Need To Show The People, Pain, Mission Good
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3621b-ds-fake-news-took-the-bait-sometimes-you-need-to-show-the-people-pain-mission-good/

TradeBait2

Another feel good story for this day.

Yesterday at our local county jail, 35 inmates were baptized after making professions of faith in the Lord over the past few months. A baptismal ceremony was held in the exercise yard and pastors from two local churches that have prison ministries handled it.

All praise and glory to God! Much appreciation goes to our sheriff, officers and staff that also support and participate in the ministry. These men will now have a much better shot at following the right path back into society. Jobs await all that need them in local businesses upon their release.

Wolf Moon

Good stuff!

pgroup2

PTL!!!

Aubergine

That’s awesome!

patfrederick

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
I’ve read the newly released decision from the 4th Circuit denying the Administration’s Request for Stay pending appeal of Judge Xinis’s order for expedited discovery.

The 4th Circuit is not helping her cause.

Remember that the 4th Circuit denied the stay request on her Order that Abrego Garcia be returned to the United States on a Friday, giving the Admin. until the following Monday at midnight to do so.

The Supreme Court not only stayed her order, it remanded it with instructions.

Judge Xinis did not follow the instructions. SCOTUS told her to explain what she meant by “effectuate.”

Rather than do that she deleted it from her original order, and the new order simply said “Factilitate” his return to the US. The

SCOTUS had read her original order as to “Facilitate” his release from custody in El Salvador. She never even mentioned that when she ordered again he be “returned” to the U.S. 

Now she has ordered the Govt to answer discovery about what the Govt has done to “facilitate” his return to the US when that is not what SCOTUS affirmed. 

The Govt said “We read facilitate” as used in immigration regulations, and responded accordingly.

Today the Fourth Circuit says “Read “facilitate” no as used in a regulation but as commonly used.” 

Ok – Judge Xinis never said that. The was told to define what she meant by effectuate and she just deleted the word. She has never been specific about she meant by “Facilitate.” 

Even after the Fourth Circuit order the Govt does not know — other than the ultimate result — what steps she is directing the Govt to take.

She has been unwilling to do that because that would create a basis to appeal on the claim that her order exceeds her authority.

But that is why the SCOTUS said “Describe what you mean” — so everyone can evaluate whether what she means exceeds her authority. 

The Fourth is running cover for her — but she did not comply with what SCOTUS told her to do.  

This is going back to SCOTUS ASAP and I don’t expect that they will be too happy that the lower court judges seem to not be able to find their own limits on what it is they might be able to accomplish.

Wolf Moon

Now SCOTUS is having to put up with bad-faith lawfare and bad-actor judges.

pgroup2

SCOTUS is choosing to put up with bad faith bullshit from the lower levels. A couple of strong opinions throwing choke chains on the crap would end it. Instead, the associate justices don’t do the math that shows Roberts is outnumbered 8-1.

scott467

Is there ANYONE in the judiciary with a regular American name anymore?

Here is the clown judge, Paula Xinis.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Xinis

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Wolf Moon

WHOA – I thought it was a DUDE – Paul Xinis. I misread the name!

scott467

Maybe it is a dude.

Or could be Rachael Madow’s sister.
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SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I too was reminded of MadCow.

Cuppa Covfefe

Ugly dude, at that….

Ahhhh look at all the ugly lib’rals (da di da di da di da)
Where DO they all come from?????

cthulhu

What makes this one “the clown judge”? Looks from here that half the Federal judiciary qualifies as “clown judges”.

scott467
Wolf Moon

Good stuff. The Bidenazis and Bidenistas are caught with the INK on their fingers!

TheseTruths

This report on the Florida State University shooting today is completely different than what para59r posted previously (through no fault of his). I don’t understand how this could happen.

It’s tragic in any case, but two people are dead, not five.
The shooter IS a kid, a college student, not a 44-year-old with a foreign name.
According to this report, there was one shooter, not two or three.

BREAKING: Florida State University Shooter Identified – Is the Son of a Sheriff’s Deputy

The shooter who killed two innocent souls and injured six others at Florida State University has been identified, and the details are disturbing. 

As NBC News reported, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil revealed that the person in custody for the horrible crime is Phoenix Ikner, the 20-year-old son of a female sheriff’s deputy in Leon County. Ikner is also an FSU student.

Sheriff McNeil noted Ikner had access to one of his mother’s weapons, and it was found at the scene. He vowed to investigate how the weapon was used and what other weapons Ikner may have had access to…

TheseTruths

Giorgia Meloni speaks English (with a beautiful accent):

Wolf Moon

She’s awesome!!!

Milei! Meloni! Melania! 😉

Aubergine

MOAR!!!

TheseTruths

Cleanup needed at the FIB.

Wolf Moon

Much work to be done. Obamatization has not been reversed, clearly.

TradeBait2

Not trying to be Debbie Downer, but even if Kash and Dan declare victory in their attempts to fix FIB, it probably will not be. They have more stay behind units and interagency lackeys doing their bidding than the the Chi-coms have slaves sewing shoes. I admire them going into the belly of the beast, but the mess is globally connected.

The blob is real to coin Benz. All of the IC, fed law enforcement agencies and judiciary are interconnected, with no artificial lines, and are international in nature. Most operatives are authorized to work in multiple agencies. The silo effect is pure BS when it comes to that bunch. Removing funding is important. Totally crashing commie agencies of government is critical. That can only happen with large numbers of televised perp walks on a daily basis for years.

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Wolf Moon

I think you’re right. No Debbie Downer. Rachel Reality!

PAVACA

Wolf Moon, Gail Combs, other scientists —

So, today, Yours Truly counted at least SEVEN “small planes flying low” around the Durham County, NC, area where Chez Yours Truly is located. I took a photo of the sky towards the ESE (roughly the direction towards RDU.) Those “horizontal clouds” were all over the place. They’re not normal.

Now, regarding the really awful seasonal allergies situation in this area: The same type of “small planes and what look like chemtrails” situation happened at just about this time last year. And, the results are similar: Lots of sneezing; running nose; bad sinus headaches; elevated levels of allergic conjunctivitis and allergic rhinitis issues; coughing; etc. These effects do not respond well to things like Claritin, nose sprays, etc. — the usual remedies for seasonal pollen in this area.

Early this evening, Yours Truly was outside, cleaning off a lawn chair. This chair was literally covered in yellow powder stuff. This powder stuff had a slight smell. This is NOT normal-looking North Carolina seasonal pollen, which is a yellow-green color and is slightly “greasy” to the touch.

Yours Truly decided to take a sample of this yellow powder stuff and a couple of photos of it that is on the front porch. I also decided to look up “what does sulfur powder look like.” Sure enough — the yellow powder stuff that’s everywhere around here matches the images of “sulfur powder” that I saw.

Here’s what Yours Truly is thinking:
The “small planes” in the low atmosphere that one hears every day (and also at night) are spraying some type of sulfur powder. This stuff is what’s making the seasonal allergy situation around here much worse this year — and likely also last year.

Below are the photos:

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TheseTruths

It would be good if a lab could confirm what it is. Then investigations could be done if needed.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Agreed. I’ve seen pollen that looks like that.

Wolf Moon

My guess is pollen. It’s that time of year, and the weather channel is going nuts about how much is in the air, as always.

pgroup2

Didn’t I read today or yesterday about Billy ‘Ghoul’ Gates wanting to dust the atmosphere with sulfur dioxide to ‘dim’ the sun?

PAVACA

pgroup2
Thank you.
IIRC, Lee Zelden has opened an investigation into a company called Make Sunsets (I think that’s the name) that sprays stuff into the atmosphere to “dim the sun.”

TradeBait2

Just throwing out ideas.

https://www.hunker.com/13405861/what-is-sulfur-powder-used-for/

https://chemiis.com/product/sulphur-powder/

A few of the safety precautions listed in the second link would be causes for concern IMO.

But this next one addresses and confirms your thoughts.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306261994900302

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cthulhu

Since you seem to have plenty, you could try using some for a flame test —

https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/5199/view/sulphur-flame-test

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_test

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Wolf Moon

This will actually work. Even by odor detection. One can buy pure sulfur at both the pharmacy and the lawn and garden store. Burn a little bit, and compare the odor with the same quantity of this stuff. Easy to tell.

para59r

Finds it interesting that I can find multiple geo engineering and or weather modification operations on going in the Western US but none in the Eastern US.

Sample
https://weathermod.org/project-locations/

Somehow the Eastern US is avoiding reporting is what I suspect. Either by using outfits not required to report or hiding reports by naming conventions.

Wolf Moon

And sulfur is an agrochemical, very useful against some pests, and dirt cheap.

Wolf Moon

You easily have enough there for an elemental analysis. In the lab, when I was a student, it was required that everything in research labs get CHN analysis at a minimum.

Sulfur vs. pollen will easily show up in an elemental analysis.

This company can handle it!

https://elementalanalysis.com/a-to-z-testing/

PAVACA

Gudthots
Thank you!
Here’s what Yours Truly thinks:
The Almighty God gave human beings free choice. He also gave human beings life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. “Personal sovereignty” has to respect the fact that the Almighty gave the above to human beings.

scott467

Here’s the guy who hijacked the plane in Belize and stabbed 3 people, one critically.

Every report I saw just referred to the perp as “an American citizen”.

If it was a white guy, his name would be all over the place, along with his photo, and his family would be hounded by the presstitutes.

No info available in U.S. narrative-control news, but India has the scoop:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-was-akinyela-sawa-taylor-american-citizen-hijacks-plane-in-belize-shot-dead-101744917883736.html
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pgroup2

C and C created a “one-stop shop” for all things covid-19.

https://c19files.org/