2025.12.16 Daily Thread – American Stories: When in the Course of human events – Part 34

Last week I gave the Trumpmania economic and government strategy and plans that are being implemented to regain control of America and accelerate our world dominance. I now discuss a macro economics answer as to how we get the huge national debt off our collective backs. Are you ready?

Spend less than we take in. Pay back the debt. Done.

Don’t fall for the doomsday BS or even the termination of the Fed being needed. In my opinion, the latter will be neutered back to its original intent by #47 because it can be used for the white hats to our collective benefit – at least for now. Long term, all bets are off on what happens to it as the functions they perform are literally Treasury’s responsibility. After its usefulness is done it could be shut down or materially changed. There is no doubt it has been used as a weapon against us since 1913. Watch how #47 and Scott Bessent turn it into an asset against foreign trade and currency manipulators. Boomerang.

If you have not already, watch the Marlow interview with Scott Bessent in the link below. Watch now or in your spare time, but watch it. Even if you have zero understanding of the economy you will come away with knowledge that will be useful to you going forward. Trump has this. Trust him.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/11/24/exclusive-scott-bessent-vs-the-elite-how-the-treasury-secretary-keeps-on-winning-for-maga

As for day to day media information, watch the world or business news, read an article, listen to a podcast – whatever. Believe what you will believe. Just know that if the GDP of America; its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – defined as the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a specific time period, typically measured annually or quarterly averages 4% annually over the next three years the national debt will begin declining at a decent rate and the annual budget deficit will turn into a surplus every year. Actually that begins to happen irrespective of tariff revenues. Fact, it is an economic reality proven time again. They report it quarterly and annually. You will now be able to trust the reported data because of #47 and DOGE.

Guess what has happened already for two quarters in 2025? Yup, around 4% GDP. What is a primary reason for the Schumer Shutdown exclusive of political party infighting? The negative economic impact it had on the recovery and acceleration of business investment under Trump. Yes, TDS. It slowed the recovery down to probably around 1.5-2% per Kevin Hassett, chair of Trump’s National Economic Council. The Demoncraps felt it would help them to win a few blue state elections. They gave the 🖕 to We the People in doing so. Kevin may be downplaying it. The Atlanta Fed predicted we would still see 3.9% in the fourth quarter even with the Schumer Shutdown.

The people you can trust for reporting the truth on the economy are Scott Bessent and Kevin “Happy” Hassett. Both have our backs and the blessing of #47 to handle things. The latter has long been one of my favorite truth tellers. Just a really good dude. Signals are out that he and Kevin Warsh are the two at the top of the Fed Chair list. Both are outstanding and will do MAGA proud. We should know soon.

Next up add in the net tariff revenues. Which is why PDT predicts they will be able to eliminate the personal income tax, especially for low and middle income folks. PDT still needs the SCOTUS to rule in MAGA’s favor on them. If they do not, expect the markets to react negatively for a time and for PDT to retool their approach to using them. Bessent has already said they have other Constitutional methods to use if needed. The prayer is that they are not needed.

The Demoncraps care more about hurting Trump than the well being of even their own voters. Which means he and MAGA are over target. Demoncraps do that for personal party politics and don’t give two shits what any American thinks about it if it helps them gain or retain power. That is why there should be no bipartisan deals negotiated with them. We the People lose by giving them leverage if they do. Advance MAGA legislation and if the Demoncraps do not sign it, expose them openly while eliminating any financial or other support you legally can to their districts. Time to play hard ball.

With nearly $20 T being invested into America over time, 4% annual GDP is likely to be the floor if there are no Demoncrap generated disasters. If We the People deliver control of both houses of Congress, there is nothing stopping 5+% from happening annually for a very long time. The filibuster threat cannot even stop that because MAGA can deliver another reconciliation bill and PDT can use impoundment. The latter is the POTUS authority to delay or not fund non-essential appropriations. Since the Demoncraps cannot get any appropriations approved without GOP help going forward, stopping the funding of non-essential appropriations helps reduce the size of government, which reduces expenses and capital costs.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is already predicting 6% GDP at some point in 2026 as it currently stands. That is record breaking, but also sustainable if the patriots and We the People do our jobs with the midterms and beyond. That totally rebuilds the foundation of America economically and militarily. No adversaries will want to take that on. FAFO will rule and their demise will be swift and painful.

We could discuss multipolarity of regions of the world here, but I will wait. Just know that the Monroe Doctrine is the rule of order on this side of the world again. Both Chyna and Russia know it. The Euros are on their own. We will maintain a military force as a deterrant, but that will primarily be for America’s protection. Since the Euros want to shiz in their nests, it will be up to them to clean it up. #47 will be glad to sell them some of our weaponry and equipment to fight their forever wars.

To you, all of this means federal deficit reduction; which means lower interest rates, more liquidity (cash) in the economy, more economic growth, more well paying jobs with good benefits, continued low inflation and more opportunity for all of us long term. Anybody opposing that is a declared enemy of the American Way and Experience.

In reality, most of the world is over the old system that destroys to the benefit of the elites. They want what is now being delivered by #47 and patriots. Which is why the leaders of those nations agreed to high tariffs and massive investment into the USA. They are over forever wars and meddling in their own national affairs. We need to make sure it continues.

What that means personally to each and every one of you reading this is thousands of dollars of annual buying and investing power more than you have now with prices of products edging down or stabilizing at current levels. The extra funds compound annually if you invest into about anything that has and holds real value; not just CD’s, stocks and bonds. Land/property, precious metals, collectibles, etc. will also increase in value.

Method For Lasting National Prosperity

The actual method to reset everything PERMANENTLY in this country is the same that it has been since forever. It is a balanced budget amendment along with an amendment for no personal federal income tax in our U. S. Constitution. They must include enforcement provisions that even SCOTUS has no options to abort like the first and second amendment. Wut, you say? Yes, that is all it takes.

Which is just like the Brits treated the colonists. Some things never change without rebellion. The timing of the Fed potentially going away would affect the timing of the balanced budget amendment and its amendment language.

How do I know for sure that two amendment method works? Because there are very prosperous red states that do exactly that. I live in one. There are others. All are in really good financial shape with stable to growing employment and rising incomes of their citizens even in nationally troubled economic times.

Why must there be amendments to the Constitution you may ask? How many amendments to the Constitution have been terminated or repealed in over 236 years? One. The 21st effectively repealed the 18th. It was the repeal of prohibition – booze. That’s it. How many people do you know who would rise against the government for only spending what it takes in or eliminating personal income taxes? Exactly.

I am sure it is safe to say the 80/20 rule would apply. After ratification the two amendments would survive any future challenges easily. The political will to get it done resides within the MAGA movement. #47 is already on board with it and pushing for the personal tax elimination. It needs a block of GOP elected officials sufficient to make it and balanced budgets Constitutional amendments. That means killing dead their allegiance to the old system. Which means some existing elected officials have gotta go.

Primary out the RINO’s and elect large numbers of MAGA GOP. Increase the overall number of MAGA elected officials in government everywhere. Set the options on the table, explain what they do for the American people, and enjoy the fruits of their passage.

As an example, nearly every state ranking of financial health and solvency include Tennessee and Florida in the Top Five. Both require balanced budgets and have no personal income taxes. There are nine states with no personal income taxes and 49 with with some form of balanced budget requirement. None of the states that are without personal income taxes are anywhere near the bottom of the list for economic health. That honor is reserved for all of the high debt, highly taxed blue states with personal incomes taxes such as Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California. They are the bottom feeders who suck the economic lives out of their citizens who continue to seemingly enjoy the condition of being bent over by electing the people who stick it to them. That they do should tell We the People to completely ignore or shout them down every time they open their mouths.

When you add right to work state status, no personal income taxes, and a required balanced budget, you get an influx of population and business growth. It is a proven formula for success. Those same principles work for the federal government as well. It creates the environment for success. It shores up The Golden Age.

So how do we reduce and eventually eliminate our massive national debt? Are you ready?

Again, spend less than we take in. Use the difference, the surplus, to pay back higher interest treasury debt first. Even Dave Ramsey knows and tells people that in their personal finances.

Besides forcing a balanced budget via amendent, how do you get to surplus?

Well, that’s the good part. #47 and cabinet have already done enough, but are continuing to do it even more as explained above. The answer is massive investment into America that increases manufacturing, energy and natural resource development. Return to true supply side economic independence instead of playing the globalist game of London and Europe. That dramatically increases tax revenue collections over time. Add in massive tariff surpluses already in place that can be directly applied to the debt or given back to We the People as a, wait, what did #47 call it, oh yeah, DIVIDEND.

Dividends are paid from profits. America, Inc. is making money now and will make even more in the future as the business investment takes root. Again – America, Inc. is no longer just a user of funds at that point. Successful businesses pay dividends to shareholders, which in this case is us – We the People.

The balanced budget amendment generally includes requirements on what is done with surpluses. The sooner you get to surplus the sooner you can use future, more inflated dollars to pay off older, less inflated debt. Paying off debt reduces the carrying cost (interest expense) of remaining debt and it becomes a smaller percentage of the annual budget expenses going forward. The more you do it, the faster the debt repayment accelerates.

We can also accelerate the rate and total reduction by simply marking our massive gold reserves to market as well. That improves the balance sheet by $1.4 T +/- overnight based on current quotes. Doing it will probably also mean a return to the gold standard with the dollar solidifying as the world’s reserve currency. America then finds stability from less inflation, less to no market bubbles, less to no forever wars. All of that has been fueled by phony baloney fiat currency of the past.

However, there is no guesswork that the Sovereign Wealth Fund is going to be used because both PDT and Scott Bessent have discussed it publicly. The link below explores it and other subjects accurately in my opinion.

https://erikc.substack.com/p/sovereign-wealth-fund

Surplus tax revenues from an expanded economy + tariffs + Sovereign Wealth Fund investment = National Debt demise. Balanced budget with restrictions on surplus fund usage keeps it there. We do not have to do a thing for all of this to happen to our benefit except be good citizens, show up in big numbers to vote for the patriots, and protect our nation.

This will be the last of my planned current day economic summaries for awhile. I have done all I can do to inform. I will still post in the comments on current activities if I can add to the flow. If conditions on the ground change dramatically in a different way, I will revisit. Me and my house chose the Lord, #47, and the patriots. So I am going to do what I have asked of everybody else – make a difference for America.

It is now time to discuss another largely unsung hero of the signers. This one was special and a critical piece in the quest for independence as we will see with another highly important founding father in a couple of weeks. Enjoy!

George Wythe

George Wythe was born in 1726 in the former Elizabeth City County, now city of Hampton, Virginia on the prominent Chesterville plantation. Over time the previous settlements and towns dissolved or merged into the city of Hampton, such that it lays claim to being the oldest continuously English speaking city in North America.

George was of the third generation of this predominantly Quaker family. His parents, Thomas III and Margaret Walker Wythe, were planters and Thomas owned a half interest in a wharf in Hampton. Unfortunately, Thomas passed away when George was three years old. His well educated mother homeschooled George. He became proficient in Latin and Greek while she also taught him the classics, logic and science. He entered William and Mary (W & M) Grammar School at age 14, studied two years, then spent two years in the study of law under his uncle, Stephen Dewey, in Charles City Council. After that he returned to Chesterville to continue his studies. At the age of 20 in 1746 he easily passed the bar exam.

Since his brother, Thomas IV, was established at Chesterville he moved to Spotsylvania County to open his practice. George moved in with the King’s attorney, Zachary Lewis, because Lewis had a great deal of case backlog. While there he met Lewis’ daughter, Ann. They fell in love and were married a year later. Unfortunately, Ann caught a fever and died seven months later. George was distraught with grief. He returned to Williamsburg and joined Ann’s uncle, Benjamin Waller, in his practice to get a new start on life. While there he was selected to clerk for two important committees of the House of Burgesses. This led to many contacts and an entry into the world of politics. In 1754 he was selected to fill a vacant seat in the House of Burgesses.

A year later his brother, Thomas IV, died and George inherited Chesterville. That same year he married Elizabeth Taliaferro, whose family lived a few miles outside of Williamsburg. A wealthy landowner and architect, Elizabeth’s father built the couple a nice brick home in the city to begin their lives together. It served as their home for over thirty years. The home was restored and has been owned by Colonial Williamsburg since 1938.

George would win and lose seats in the House of Burgesses for several years. In 1758 Francis Fauquier became the new royal Governor of Virginia. As a neighbor, Francis formed a close bond with George, who at that point was teaching at W & M. This included them bonding with a 20 year old student named Thomas Jefferson. The three of them were joined by fellow W & M professor, William Small, and became a tight knit group who frequently met for dinner to discuss science, literature, architecture, politics and morals. This continued for five years.

Wythe joined Patrick Henry in 1763 to argue against the Two Penny Tax. A year later they had a mini falling out over the Stamp Act. Wythe had sent an letter of admonition previously to Parliament concerning the Two Penny Act and was waiting on a response. When the Stamp Act was approved, Henry and supporters reacted harshly, while Wythe wanted to wait for an official response from his letter. Henry’s resolutions passed in the House and Governor Fauquier, Wythe’s friend, was forced to dissolve the General Assembly immediately in response.

A few years later George was elected Mayor of Williamsburg and had become more prominent in the area. When Lord John Dunmore was named royal Governor, the two frequently clashed. It became apparent to George it would no longer be possible to support the Brits and he moved more toward independence causes. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Dunmore seized the arms and powder from the colonial magazine at Williamsburg. When the colonists learned of it they went after Dunmore and he was forced to escape to a British ship off shore. He left and never returned.

George then went to Philadelphia as Dunmore’s replacement to the First Continental Congress that year. From the Descendants site:

During the continuing debate over independence, he asked his fellow delegates, “In what character shall we treat? As subjects of Great Britain? As rebels? Why should we be so fond of calling ourselves dutiful subjects? We must declare ourselves a free people.”

In the spring he returned to Virginia to argue for Thomas Jefferson’s plan for their state government and returned to Philadelphia in time to sign the Declaration of Independence in September. He then moved Congress to make Jefferson, B and Silas Deane colonial agents (ministers) to France; for them to act as ambassadors. From our story on B, we now realize just how important it was to have him in France. We can thank George Wythe for that observation and recommendation.

He returned to Williamsburg the next year and was elected Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates where he assisted Governor Patrick Henry is meeting obligations to fund and supply the military. Even though he was exposed to British forces, he remained in Williamsburg throughout the remainder of the war and avoided capture. In 1777 he was also named as a justice on the state’s Chancery Court, on which he served until 1788. In 1779 Jefferson as Governor appointed him to a new professor position over Law and Police at W & M when James Madison was President of the school. Many famous elected officials, attorneys and future judges were taught by Wythe over the years that followed which included Henry Clay, Littleton Tazewell, James Monroe and John Marshall. Remember that for a future Part.

He and Elizabeth hosted Gen. Washington in their home before the battle of Yorktown. He later worked on the Articles of Confederation as well as the Constitution in 1787 before he had to quickly return home when Elizabeth fell ill and soon passed away. The next year he worked within the state for the eventual ratification of its Constitution. In 1789 he resigned from W & M to move to Richmond with one of his students (William Munford) to be near the Chancery Court. Over the years that followed he studied Hebrew and began conducting electrical experiments there along with that former student. He returned to public service as a Presidential Elector in 1800 and 1804; both times voting for his long term friend and political ally, Jefferson. He had freed his slaves many years before at Chesterville and was adamant in his belief that, “…. freedom is the birthright of every human being….”.

The grandson of a sister came to live with him while in Richmond, George Wythe Sweeney. Wythe had written him into his will in 1803 as he and Elizabeth had no children. When he later discovered Sweeney was stealing from him he modified the will to read that Sweeney received half and a former freed slave, Michael Brown, would receive the other half. Sweeney discovered the changed will and codicil. He secretly began poisoning both Wythe and Brown with arsenic in their food. Both died, but before Wythe did he wrote Sweeney totally out of his will by order of the judge presiding over the murder charge. Sweeney had also poisoned Wythe’s former slave housekeeper, but she survived and sought to testify in Sweeney’s murder trial. Her testimony was disallowed because she was a Negro and not allowed to testify against a white man by law. As a result Sweeney was ruled to be not guilty.

George Wythe was 80 years old when he died and is buried at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. this is the same church where Patrick Henry gave his famous “give me liberty or give me death” speech. Per the Descendants site,

Wythe will be forever known by the comments of those with whom he associated.

“Four days after his death, on June 10, the Richmond Enquirer wrote: “Kings may require mausoleums to consecrate their memory, saints may claim the privilege of canonization; but the venerable George Wythe needs no other monument than the services rendered to his country, and the universal sorrow that the country sheds over his grave.”

From Thomas Jefferson, “No man ever left behind him a character more venerated than George Wythe. His virtue was of the purest tint; his integrity inflexible, and his justice exact; of warm patriotism, and, devoted as he was to liberty, and the natural and equal rights of man, he might truly be called the Cato of his country…. (He was) my faithful and beloved Mentor in youth, and my most affectionate friend through life.”

Benjamin Rush, “a profound lawyer and able politician. I have seldom known a man who possessed more modesty or a more dove-like simplicity and gentleness of manner.”

Reverend Lee Massey called George Wythe “the only honest lawyer I ever knew.”

Historian/biographer Reverend Charles Goodrich, wrote: “With all his great qualities, he possessed a soul replete with benevolence, and his private life is full of anecdotes, which prove that it is seldom that a kinder and warmer heart throbbed in the breast of a human being….As a judge, he was remarkable for his rigid impartiality, and sincere attachment to the principles of equity; for his vast and various learning; and for his strict and unwearied attention to business. Superior to popular prejudices, and every corrupting influence, nothing could induce him to swerve from truth and right. In his decisions, he seemed to be a pure intelligence, untouched by human passions, and settling the disputes of men according to the dictates of eternal and immutable justice…. He took a great delight in educating such young persons as showed an inclination for improvement. Harassed as he was with business, and enveloped with papers belonging to intricate suits in chancery, he yet found time to keep a private school for the instruction of a few scholars, always with very little compensation, and often demanding none.”

George Wythe was absolutely essential as a cornerstone building block in the creation of America. He will be honored for as long as America exists.

Please remember Wolf’s rules for our community. In general that means to be respectful to each other and to pull no shenanigans that your mom might find offensive or otherwise cause jail time. That said, free speech is honored here.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Thanks be to God for the Savior of all mankind entered the world this week over 2000 years ago. He shall be called the Prince of Peace…

Be blessed, enjoy your times with family and friends, and go make something good happen!

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pgroup2

Google has been v e r y s l o w for the last couple of days. Time for the whip.

cthulhu

*shrugs*

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TheseTruths

I never realized that “Reddi Wip” doesn’t have an “h” in it. 😅

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon

Love it! Hot chocolate with marshmallows and Pepe cookies!

TheseTruths

I think our troops dig him.

(Pete Hegseth getting huge cheers at Army/Navy game.)

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Wolf Moon

I can’t help but love this guy!

Aubergine

He’s a literal, actual, physical embodiment of Captain America.

Wolf Moon

YES! That’s who he reminds me of!

notasmidgeon

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Wolf Moon

LMAO!!! Oh, that one will make ya think!!!

pgroup2

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Wolf Moon

Now, don’t be an antphobe, dude!

Aubergine

That’s almost too good! Genius.

TheseTruths

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:

NEW: I’m suing five major TV companies, including some with ties to the CCP, for spying on Texans.

Companies, especially those connected to the Chinese Communist Party, have no business illegally recording Americans’ devices inside their own homes.

Wolf Moon

ChiComs. Up to no good, as always!

TheseTruths

Aided by the Left, as always!

Wolf Moon

LOL!!!

TheseTruths

Now playing…

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Wolf Moon

GOOD. Hope the CHARGES STICK.

patfrederick

GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hope it gets national attention and the penalty is severe. put the fear of REAL JUSTICE in the rogue judiciary.

notasmidgeon

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TheseTruths

Julie Kelly:

DC appellate court panel to Jeb Boasberg just now:

WTF dude?

Judges suggest Boasberg’s criminal contempt inquiry is out of order (as DOJ did as well) and wants to know why he’s pursuing an “indirect” contempt charge without first referring for prosecution per federal criminal procedures

pgroup2

Isn’t that amazing – words have meaning.

Direct contempt is an act done in open court. That’s when a judge gets to play god. All judges know that. A judge conducting a prosecution of an indirect contempt is an impeachable offense.

patfrederick

so he gets off with a warning of sorts?

CONGRESS get off your ASSES!

TheseTruths

Thank you for that explanation. I hope someone is cooking up an impeachment or something against Boasberg.

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon

This is what they get for being an MK bombing range for London.

Aubergine

Australia is the end result of being nothing but a prison colony. That’s what it was. The national collective genetic inheritance and muscle memory of Australians is being prisoners. As they were, so they are.

Wolf Moon

George Wythe – MENSCH!!!

Wolf Moon

And the people who recognized his gift, made sure to praise it, in life and in death!

scott467

From OT:

JD Vance Points Out the Consequence of the Senate “Blue Slip” Veto of Judicial Nominees
December 15, 2025 

SD: “The blue slip process has been a part of the Senate’s judicial nomination procedure since at least 1917. When a President nominates an individual for a U.S. circuit or district court judgeship, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee sends a blue slip —a form colored blue— to the two Senators representing the nominee’s home state. This form allows the Senators to express their opinions about the nominee.

Positive Response: If a home-state Senator has no objections, they return the blue slip with a positive response, indicating support for the nominee. Negative Response or Withholding: If a Senator objects, they may either return the slip with a negative response or choose not to return it at all. In both cases, this is treated as a lack of support for the nominee, which halts the nomination process.

JD Vance notes this process is being used to manipulate the appointments of Judges in leftist states. This creates a dual justice system; one of the core issues within our extremely divided nation.

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JD Vance is not wrong. However, as with all things corrupted within the state of our Republic, if the blue slip process is removed the next leftist President can corrupt the judiciary within Republican states.

Of course, all of this is an outcome of the 17th Amendment, which stopped the state legislatures from having control over their senators. Under the original constitutional framework, the Senate was designed to represent the interests of the state, as the Senators were appointed by state legislature, not popular votes. The Sea Island assembly destroyed this cornerstone when they triggered the 17th Amendment.

Repeal the 17th Amendment, and just about everything in federal government changes.”

(more…)

Wolf Moon

It’s a big deal!!!

patfrederick

“and if’s” are used to stop a lot of good and necessary work.
here’s my and if…and if we do this, make the country safer and stronger and better, leftists will never win again. problem solved.

pgroup2

Until us MAGA types start kicking back as if we created heaven on earth and the problem is solved.

You’ll know we’re in the doo-doo again when the guys start huddling down in the man-cave while asking ‘what time is the game on’.

Aubergine

That’s the problem. The worm WILL turn eventually. It always does, and what is done now will bite us in the ass.

pgroup2

I can assure everybody that nothing would change in WA state if the 17th was repealed. King County [and the I-5 corridor from Olympia to the north] runs the state. And it is infested with donkeys.

It is a problem with which we residents must live.

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patfrederick

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won’t or CAN’T?
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patfrederick

agreed.
the dumbing down of America was deliberate.

pgroup2

Legal drugs have quality control.

patfrederick

really? what about all the garbage in the wonder vax?

Aubergine

Let me tell you, I’d rather have backyard weed than a clot-shot, any day of the week.

Sir ES

*should* have quality control.

The so-called ‘vaccines’ didn’t! Look how THAT worked out…

Quality for US … or for THEM?

The FDA has been, and is, in bed with Big Pharma; so, who has this ‘control’?

‘Oversimplification’ is a well-known informal fallacy, just as ‘hasty generalization’ is.

notasmidgeon

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Chris Hyde
December 16, 2025 4:31 am

Immigrant Working as Landscaper in Washington Smuggles Mexican Woman to US, Forces Her Into Hard Labor
https://gatesofvienna.net/2025/12/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-12-15-2025/#702135
A man living in Monroe, Washington, has pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court to harboring an illegal immigrant for financial gain after prosecutors said he smuggled a woman into the United States, then forced her to work for his landscaping business while threatening and assaulting her.
Federal officials noted that Rangel Ramirez-Manzano, 57, is a legal permanent resident, but that status can be revoked following a conviction, and he is likely to face deportation after completing any prison term.

pgroup2

He should face execution due to his lack of gratitude for being allowed to live in Monroe. That is a seriously middle class to upscale bedroom community, with multi-million dollar farms and some gated communities.

IOW being a gardener in Monroe is not a low-pay job.

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patfrederick

harboring an illegal is such a nice way to put it…sounds like he was doing her a favor instead of making her a slave.

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h/t Marica

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cthulhu

If I may have your indulgence, I’d like to make a few remarks about free trade (AKA Capitalism, although that term is driven by a Marxist fallacy)…..

Let’s imagine a harsh, dry, sunlit world of sand and rock outcroppings (much like Dune, as it turns out). Scattered throughout this landscape sporadically are little spheres like marbles. Some are big, some are small, some are more green, some are more purple….they are found in easy places, and they are found in difficult places. A dozen might be found at one time, or none might be found for several days.

And let’s create some creatures. They use sunlight for energy and gather nutrients from the air, so they can roam around (slowly) as long as they live without worrying about grocery stores.

Let’s consider two creatures in detail — Ravkal, who likes red marbles and Basht’ki who likes blue marbles. They’ve been off wandering for a month gathering marbles and they happen to meet. They find a flat rock and spread out their treasures. We could get all specific and say a marble is 30% blue, 20% green, 40% sand and 10% white, but let’s skip all that and say that Ravkal trades five marbles with more blue than he likes for six of Basht’ki’s marbles with a lot of sexy red. Similarly, Basht’ki is taking home five marbles with lots of beautiful blue in exchange for six ugly marbles with too much red.

Both creatures believe that they made out like bandits in the trade. Both feel better after the trade than before. Neither was coerced into trading, nor were there exactions on the trade to restrict it from happening. Trading freely increases overall happiness, seemingly out of nothing.

[ If I have time tomorrow, I’ll talk about the component of measuring GDP that doesn’t follow this rule. ]

pgroup2

OMG – you gave him permission. We’re going to get the full semester’s worth of the ins and outs of marble trading.

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holly

This is just enraging.  😡  😠 

National Education Association instructs staff on ‘neopronouns,’ ‘xeopronouns’ and battling conservative ‘villains’

The nation’s largest labor union held a conference earlier this month to train teachers on “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice” — months after the Nation’s Report Card revealed student scores in reading and math were hitting new lows.

At the woke National Education Association (NEA) gathering, educators spent valuable time learning the nuances of so-called “neopronouns” and “xeopronouns,” while being instructed on ways to subvert conservative “villains” and their own “internal oppression.”

“When someone calls you and tells you they are transitioning, do not question them about what they are doing,” attendees were told, according to material obtained by conservative watchdog Defending Education.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/us-news/national-education-association-instructs-staff-on-neopronouns-xeopronouns-and-how-to-fight-conservative-villains/

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patfrederick

FOCUS people! no wonder Jimmy can’t read or do math!!

TheseTruths

I went to the article to find out what these things are:

Neopronouns are nontraditional “pronouns” such as “xe/xem/xyr,” “ey/em/eir,” and “ze/zir/zirs.” Xeopronouns are used to describe conceptual identities like “star/stars/starself” and “cat/cats/catself.”

First, of course, those are inventions that are not normal. If someone wants to label themselves with a new pronoun, they can, but they have no right to expect anyone else to follow their lead.

In previous decades, those who wanted to do such a thing would have been known to be abnormal and even “sick in the head.” The public would not have been asked to enter into that sickness with them. The “xeopronouns” look like they refer to furries and other delusions that are abominations. That is an attempt to force this ideology on us.

There is no way that I am going to take one second of my life trying to learn something that someone made up, that goes against God’s creation, and that is being used to destroy our society. No organization should be allowed to force this upon people. NEA members need to put their feet down and revolt.

notasmidgeon

Agree

patfrederick

best to make sure, right?

A former Congressional candidate in Minnesota has raised concerns about Rep Ilhan Omar’s naturalization to the US, saying that the Democrat lawmaker lied about her birth year. 
Speaking with Alpha News’ Liz Collin, AJ Kern said that in 2019, “I was looking at something about Ilhan Omar on the internet, and it occurred to me to look at her birth year. I don’t know why, or birthday, and so I used an age calculator and found out that she was actually 18 in the year 2000 when her father became eligible to apply for citizenship. She claimed that she became a citizen at the age of 17.
Ilhan Omar claimed in a 2018 interview with The Intercept “I became a citizen actually before I turned 18. My father became a citizen and so I got my citizenship through that process.” Kern has laid out how of the three pathways to citizenship for foreign-born minors, Omar would not have been eligible for any of them due to her age or her parents’ citizenship status at the time. 
Kern continued, “So to me, this was like, completely a red flag that I had figured out that she actually wasn’t a minor when her father could apply for naturalization. So it kind of blows a hole in her story that she obtained naturalization or citizenship when she was 17. On top of that, not anyone has ever verified her citizenship, not the Minnesota Secretary of State, the FEC, or Congress itself.” She said that candidates sign an “affidavit, that’s the certification statement,” attesting citizenship. 
In an archived version of Ilhan Omar’s page in the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library uncovered by Kern, Omar’s birth date is listed as October 4, 1981. However, an updated version of the page lists her birth year as 1982. 
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Kern said, “I believe that the whole narrative that Ilhan Omar became a citizen at the age of 17, that narrative that’s documented has been sold for so long that people have bought into it and they believe it. But where’s the documentation? No one has seen her official naturalization records. No one, not the Minnesota Secretary of State, not the Federal Election Commission, not Congress, and there is enough evidence now, especially in changing her birth year. I mean, who does that? Who goes to that effort of, oh, I’m in Congress now, and I’ve just noticed that my birth year is incorrect. No, that’s a red flag.” 
Kern called for the initiation of a congressional inquiry, “just because there is enough evidence that calls into question whether she’s actually a citizen, and that this is so important that we do not have a foreign nationalist, a Somali nationalist, occupying a seat in Congress, affecting laws that govern the United States of America.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/ilhan-omar-lied-about-becoming-citizen-as-a-minor-through-her-father-she-was-18-report

patfrederick

if she lied, strip her of ANY benefits including pension and DEPORT. revoke the citizenship of her brother as well if he still retains it. if possible, freeze her bank account because her salary would be stolen funds.

pgroup2

Retroactive is an operative word here.

As a few of us around here are fond of saying, fraud vitiates everything including paychecks ‘earned’ under false pretenses.

And don’t forget to charge the bitch for all bills paid by third parties.

Her name needs to go on the never-get-back-in list.

patfrederick

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Aubergine

I’d like to see her name on a prison roster in El Salvador, myself.

patfrederick

would they take her? even El Salvador has standards.

Cuppa Covfefe

Anyone remember Ellis Brooks Chevrolet in SF, at the corner of Bush and Van Ness? Their jingle was a take off on “See the USA, in your Chevrolet”, to wit:

See Ellis Brooks today
For your chevrolet
At the corner of Bush and Van Ness
 
He’s got a deal for you
Oh what a deal for you
A Chevy deal that you will like the best
that’s right…

And, taking off (literally) from that take-off:

See I C E today
For your Trebuchet
At the corner of Minnesomalia
 
They’ve got a deal for you
It’s getting real for you
It’s deportation for all of ya
 
We’ll launch you off with all of the rest…

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pgroup2

… “affidavit, that’s the certification statement,” …

This is how so many certifications of compliance are done, especially for fed funds. Rarely does anybody check, and if something is found to be inaccurate, rarely is anything done about it.

Once the money faucet is turned on, the handle is wired in the ‘full open’ position.

duchess01

PRAISE AND WORSHIP
PSALM 91 & 23: Release God’s Power Over Your Life | December 16, 2025

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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 Tuesday, December 16, 2025

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

Psalms 30:5 (KJV)

COMMENTARY FOR PSALMS 30

Praise to God for deliverance. (1-5) Others encouraged by his example. (6-12)

1-5. The great things the Lord has done for us, both by his providence and by his grace, bind us in gratitude to do all we can to advance his kingdom among men, though the most we can do is but little. God’s saints in heaven sing to him; why should not those on earth do the same? Not one of all God’s perfections carries in it more terror to the wicked, or more comfort to the godly, than his holiness. It is a good sign that we are in some measure partakers of his holiness, if we can heartily rejoice at the remembrance of it. Our happiness is bound up in the Divine favour; if we have that, we have enough, whatever else we want; but as long as God’s anger continues, so long the saints’ weeping continues.

6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide his face, a good man is troubled, though no other calamity befal him. But if God, in wisdom and justice, turn from us, it will be the greatest folly if we turn from him. No; let us learn to pray in the dark. The sanctified spirit, which returns to God, shall praise him, shall be still praising him; but the services of God’s house cannot be performed by the dust; it cannot praise him; there is none of that device or working in the grave, for it is the land of silence. We ask aright for life, when we do so that we may live to praise him. In due time God delivered the psalmist out of his troubles. Our tongue is our glory, and never more so than when employed in praising God. He would persevere to the end in praise, hoping that he should shortly be where this would be the everlasting work. But let all beware of carnal security. Neither outward prosperity, nor inward peace, here, are sure and lasting. The Lord, in his favour, has fixed the believer’s safety firm as the deep-rooted mountains, but he must expect to meet with temptations and afflictions. When we grow careless, we fall into sin, the Lord hides his face, our comforts droop, and troubles assail us.

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Verse of the Day – December. 16, 2025 (Morning Prayer)


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



duchess01

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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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

BE MY VOICE

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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duchess01

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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.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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duchess01

IT IS NOT TIME
We are fighting a spiritual war A war we will win and so much moreThe enemy is already defeatedThey defied an opponent they cheated
Every commandment of God they brokeIn addition to the one Jesus spokeThe punishment for sin is surely deathThey will suffer greatly to their last breath
If it were our very last days on earthWe would be fighting for all we are worthThe four horsemen would ride do their worstAs the Angels readied their vials dispersed
Six seals have been broken to correspondWith the restlessness of the martyrs spawnedCosmic disturbances of varying kindsThe seventh the ‘silence in heaven’ finds
The vision of the first six seals has deceasedThe wrath of God will then soon be releasedThe portrayal of self-inflicted judgementA global war that destroys their ledgement 
This is not what God wants for His chosenA conflict not set in place or frozenUnder God’s protection to the left or rightWe are shielded and fielded out of sight
It is not time for the final battle Even though you hear the sabers rattleGod has not appointed us to wrathSalvation thru Jesus is our direct path
D01: 08/08/2023

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duchess01

IT IS NOT TIME

We are fighting a spiritual war 
A war we will win and so much more
The enemy is already defeated
They defied an opponent they cheated

Every commandment of God they broke
In addition to the one Jesus spoke
The punishment for sin is surely death
They will suffer greatly to their last breath

If it were our very last days on earth
We would be fighting for all we are worth
The four horsemen would ride do their worst
As the Angels readied their vials dispersed

Six seals have been broken to correspond
With the restlessness of the martyrs spawned
Cosmic disturbances of varying kinds
The seventh the ‘silence in heaven’ finds

The vision of the first six seals has deceased
The wrath of God will then soon be released
The portrayal of self-inflicted judgement
A global war that destroys their ledgement 

This is not what God wants for His chosen
A conflict not set in place or frozen
Under God’s protection to the left or right
We are shielded and fielded out of sight

It is not time for the final battle 
Even though you hear the sabers rattle
God has not appointed us to wrath
Salvation thru Jesus is our direct path

D01: 08/08/2023



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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 !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



patfrederick

h/t Filly

Firefly

KEY… not legally allowed in the country! From the tweet:

“Ian Miles Cheong

@ianmiles
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Feb 4
Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was not just any refugee—he was a key figure, a colonel in the brutal, genocidal army of Somali dictator Siad Barre.”

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barkerjim

Thanks, TradeBait2!!! Another excellent lesson! Hopefully we can all do our part, no matter how big or small!

Aubergine

This is my favorite follow on X. This guy rehabs street dogs in Thailand. These posts elevate my day!

PAVACA

Thank you for this!

patfrederick

awwww….love these kind of stories!!

PAVACA

So, it appears that THIS is the perp who did the shooting at Brown University?

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/12/16/did-some-guy-on-twitter-find-the-brown-shooter-first/

From the linked article:

patfrederick

he looks like the pilsbury dough boy

Cuppa Covfefe

Bluto…. from a house of animals…

patfrederick

YES!!!!!!!!!

Cuppa Covfefe

Instead of “TOGA!!!” he’ll be yelling “TABLECLOTH” , among other things…

patfrederick

  :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol: 

Aubergine

I was just reading about this guy. He looks right for it, but so far only this guy on X has named him.

TheseTruths

“diversity”
“DEI”
“global cultural/identity groups”
“multicultural”

In other words, subverting our society for some purpose that is of no benefit to us and most likely will harm us.

Aubergine

This is great AND true!

patfrederick

damn straight!!

TheseTruths

Short and to the point!

Wolf Moon

LMAO!!!

Fuck these Islamic cars, raping bicycles!

patfrederick

Dyson, the vacuum cleaner people, built this automated system for FARMERS to produce more on their farms in England.

Aubergine

If the robots pick as slowly as they are shown, we will each get one strawberry per year, probably at Christmas, like kids used to get an orange.

patfrederick

well they are only picking the ripe ones and don’t damage the others. I always get a box of strawberries and in the middle and bottom are half ripe ones…that are a semi waste. and the video only showed one picker–I imagine in a system that large, there are thousands of pickers.

Cuppa Covfefe

Then they’ll live up to their name (I HATE THEIR CRAP!!!!!) (Globalist who connived and forced rules changes on the EU markets to kill off regular vacuum cleaners)…
i.e. You’re gonna die soon…

TheseTruths

It’s a very innovative idea. I wonder what it would cost farmers to implement it. Maybe the government would have a hand in paying for it.

PAVACA

Some independent corroboration of what Yours Truly has been writing about on this board — “clinical trials” that have NO true placebo control groups:

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-second-big-lie-of-vaccinology/
Clayton J. Baker, MD
15 December 2025
Yours Truly: from the linked article:

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Aubergine

I’m just going to post this. I fear the guy in the video is telling us the truth at the heart of our whole system. But I surely don’t like it much.

TheseTruths

I have mixed thoughts. It is possible that all the infighting is staged to get attention and clicks. If so, they appear to be trying to erode MAGA in the process, and they need to be called out and questioned.

On the other hand, if they were all invited to a party, it would be expected that they would be polite.

But who invites enemies of one another to a party? Did Tucker do that? Would he say that all of those people were just friends of his, so he invited them? That seems a little shady.

I’m not sure who all are supposed to be enemies of each other. TPUSA and Candace, for sure.
Weren’t Tucker and Candace supposedly on the same page regarding Israel?
MTG is all “America only” and is against support for Israel, I think. So she would be in line with Tucker and Candace. (People, correct me where I’m wrong.)
I had thought that TPUSA had more of a neutral position on Israel, thinking that it is an ally but that we don’t have to kowtow to it. Is that correct? But that would make them more supportive of Israel than the others.

I’m tired of “influencers.” I would not have placed Charlie Kirk and TPUSA in that category because it is an organization with a known mission, not some individual trying to get clicks on the internet. But I relegate the others to influencer status (even the vaulted journalist, Tucker Carlson, and the conservative Congressional “firebrand,” MTG).

Sir ES

“It’s a BIG club – and YOU ain’t in it!” said George Carlin decades ago.

It’s like the WWF – ‘feuds’ are just a show for the audience.

When (almost) everyone is in the same business, *actual* feuds are bad business, so they all get along.

Entertainers all: actors, musicians, comedians, MSM ‘journalists / reporters’, politicians federal/state/local, corporations / advertisers, and more.

They’re playing, and protecting, THE GAME. Self-interest, at the cost of National interest.

As long as we play like dumb sheeple, CONSUMING their tripe, we’ll always be vulnerable.

The whole thing is a CIRCUS … and *we*, ironically, are the clowns.

Q said that the cabal’s worst mistake was introducing the internet, with which people can communicate DIRECTLY with others (hence, the massive push for censorship and ‘safety’).

One cannot rely on the TV, the radio, newspapers / magazines, movies, books, and so on.

WE ARE THE NEWS NOW, the Anons have been saying – and Elon echoed the mantra for his X platform.

Luckily, at least here in the good ol’ US of A, our Free Speech will be preserved IF WE USE IT.

Like Q-Treepers, and Anons, and quite a few others, too.

I believe that the operative aphorism, both figuratively and literally, is “STICK TO YOUR GUNS!”

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TheseTruths

What you say is true, but then comes the question of whom you can trust among conservative influencers. If they are playing the games that the RINOs and the Left and the media play, then are they really part of MAGA? That’s the question I think we have to face now. IMO they appear to be opportunists and infiltrators who are acting in their own interests over those of the country. Some of them are even attempting to divide the base.

WE ARE THE NEWS NOW…our Free Speech will be preserved IF WE USE IT.

“STICK TO YOUR GUNS!”

Yes, even if it means calling people out who are supposedly on our side, IMO. If we don’t do that out of fear of dividing the base, then they will cause that division anyway.

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Aubergine

“…whom you can trust among conservative influencers.”

Sadly, I believe the answer is “none of them.”

Sure, listen, read, whatever, but then discern. Which is where most people are falling down.

Even the video I just posted is not “trusted” to me. It’s just a data point, to aid me in my own discernment.

patfrederick

THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!
FTA
Some Chinese parents […] pay millions in surrogacy fees to hire women in the U.S. to help them build families of jaw-dropping size. Xu calls himself “China’s first father” and is known in China as a vocal critic of feminism. On social media, his company said he has more than 100 children born through surrogacy in the U.S.
Another wealthy Chinese executive, Wang Huiwu, hired U.S. models and others as egg donors to have 10 girls, with the aim of one day marrying them off to powerful men, according to people close to the executive’s education company.
Other Chinese clients, usually seeking more typical numbers of babies, are high-powered executives lacking the time and inclination to bear their own children, older parents or same-sex couples, according to people who arrange surrogacy deals and work in surrogacy law. All have the wealth to go outside China while maintaining the privacy needed to manage potential logistical, publicity and legal issues back home. Some have the political clout to avoid censure.
The market has grown so sophisticated, experts say, that at times Chinese parents have had U.S.-born children without stepping foot in the country. A thriving mini-industry of American surrogacy agencies, law firms, clinics, delivery agencies and nanny services—even to pick up the newborns from hospitals—has risen to accommodate the demand, permitting parents to ship their genetic material abroad and get a baby delivered back, at a cost of up to $200,000 per child.
The growing Asian market for international fertility services has drawn the attention of American investors, including Peter Thiel, whose family office has backed a chain of IVF clinics across Southeast Asia and a recently opened branch in Los Angeles.
Most U.S. states don’t bar international parents from working with American surrogates. Chinese law doesn’t strictly prohibit its citizens from going overseas for surrogacy, but officials have criticized it. Stories of Chinese celebrities or government officials working with overseas surrogates have sometimes caused scandal among the public at home, which tends to view surrogacy as ethically dubious and exploitative.
The babies born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens by virtue of the 14th Amendment. The idea of foreign nationals using the Constitution’s guarantee of citizenship has long been a political flashpoint.
In 2020, the State Department moved to curb so-called birth tourism, tightening visa rules for women suspected of visiting the U.S. to give birth. In January, Donald Trump issued an executive order denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. unless one of their parents was a citizen or permanent legal resident, which is being reviewed by the Supreme Court. It’s unclear if either regulation would apply to foreigners working with surrogates who are Americans.
Thanks to this screwy system, one billionaire has managed to rack up more than 100 rugrats with US citizenship. Another has openly talked about using his US-born daughters for leverage and connections. And behind all of this is an entire industry that makes it super easy to do all of this… from surrogacy agencies and lawyers to clinics, couriers, and even nannies, everything is built around turning American citizenship into something you can buy, package, and ship.
https://revolver.news/2025/12/how-a-chinese-billionaire-used-his-sperm-to-manufacture-100-us-citizens/

Wolf Moon

WOW.

But this is CHYYYNNNAAAHHH. Pure CHINA. If there is something to hack in bad faith, Chinese will find it and hack it. And if it comes with dead rhinos, elephants, or dogs, all the better.

barkerjim

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/cunning-linguists-tuesday-december

Good morning, C&C, it’s Tuesday! The Childers family is dealing with a houseful of sick children who all have the flu and are coughing so hard that one of them briefly traveled back in time. So it’s all hands on deck here in the household, resulting in today’s roundup being solid, but brief. We’ll catch up on the rest of the important news tomorrow.

TheseTruths

coughing so hard that one of them briefly traveled back in time

I’d like to hear more about that…

patfrederick

Wolf Moon

This is a winning issue in 2026 and 2028.

“Do you want higher taxes to fun Somali fraud? Vote Democrat!”

barkerjim

Let’s pay even more taxes for the more diverse fraud of other refugees!!!

mollypitcher5

Remember the early plea for individuals to open their homes for the poor beleaguered ‘refugees’? Gaslighting at it’s finest since the Dems planned on fully funding them the whole time

patfrederick

h/t Filly

TheseTruths

I’m glad they’re taking action to protect themselves, but the fact that it’s necessary is appalling, especially in this country. I also foresee cries of “discrimination” and “racism.”

Wolf Moon

This is what stores do in New York. They hire a black woman with a uniform and unknown deterrent capabilities to sit in front of the store, or just inside the door, and admit people. Asian-owned-or-operated stores use young males.

THANK YOU, OBAMA / OSATAN / OTREASON !

TheseTruths

Good thinking on the racial and gender component.

TheseTruths

Would it be more expensive to have an armed security guard instead? Or maybe blue state policies wouldn’t allow that.

Wolf Moon

BOATS! Islam needs BOATS! Nice boats! To wonderful places! Where they came from!

patfrederick

firing them from cannons would be faster.

Cuppa Covfefe

MO-Puffs… shot from guns 😆

(They’ll be quaking, no doubt 🙂 )…..

mollypitcher5

I’d like 2 Happy Meals and kevlar body armor as we would like to eat at a table.

patfrederick

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PAVACA

So, it appears that Martin Armstrong also thinks that the horrific acid attack on the woman in Georgia was “Islam-motivated.” And he quotes verses from the Quran about the “command” to “burn the skin” of Kuffar women, and about how Muslims who do this are “rewarded” in the afterlife:

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_america/americas-current-economy/vitriolage-acid-attacks-against-women-supported-by-religious-text/
16 December 2025

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Wolf Moon

The charming religion of peace!

Charming, as always!

Cuppa Covfefe

“Religion” of pieces…

mollypitcher5

Charring is a better word

patfrederick

they like fire and burning so much? hot bacon grease on their gonads seems a fitting punishment.

Cuppa Covfefe

With a dash of pepper spray  🌶  🔥 

TheseTruths

Candace Owens Shares Details of Her Private Meeting with Erika Kirk as They Attempt to Settle Their Feud
This is a misleading headline. No details were shared in this article. The world will probably be “treated” to Candace’s take on her show today.

Also, there is no feud. There is just Candace criticizing TPUSA and Erika for any- and everything.

The article ends with:

The conservative movement must be united if they are to win future elections and prevent the left from ruining America again.

I don’t consider Candace to be in the conservative movement anymore. She has made false allegations against Pres. Trump; no longer trusts him at all; criticizes TPUSA, which is doing great work; tears down Erika Kirk; has crazy ideas that are destructive, etc.

So where do we draw the line? “For the sake of unity,” do we stay united with people like that?

patfrederick

click bait, as expected. its all about the benjamins.

TheseTruths

I usually don’t think of TGP that way because it brings a lot of solid news. 😕

mollypitcher5

No unity with her and the rabid hyenas that follow her.
Owens is a divider and neither do I consider her a conservative. She wants to use TPUSA .The quip about when they show you who they are believe it applies imo

TheseTruths

when they show you who they are believe it 

Yes!

patfrederick

Sam Stein

@samstein

[Trump Chief of Staff] Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team: Mr. Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality.” Vice President JD Vance has “been a conspiracy theorist for a decade” and his conversion from Trump critic to ally was based not on principle but was “sort of political” because he was running for Senate. Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine” user and “an odd, odd duck,”

TheseTruths

One of the commenters says the story has been debunked.

Susie Wiles says this:
https://www.newsweek.com/susie-wiles-vanity-fair-article-donald-trump-11220835

“The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history,” Wiles said in a statement posted to X.

“Significant context was disregarded and much of what I, and others, said about the team and the President was left out of the story. I assume, after reading it, that this was done to paint an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative about the President and our team.”

I wondered why whe was talking to them in the first place.

Wiles’ lengthy participation in the interviews added context to ongoing debates about American foreign policy—specifically strikes on alleged drug boats in Venezuelan waters and the Trump administration’s stance on government transparency regarding the Epstein files. The article also probed internal White House views on retribution against political opponents, to which Wiles noted a “loose agreement” with Trump that the so-called “score settling” would end before 90 days into his second term, though this apparently extended beyond that initial timeline.

Many of Wiles’ White House colleagues came out to defend her in the wake of the article’s publication.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X: “President Trump has no greater or more loyal adviser than Susie. The entire Administration is grateful for her steady leadership and united fully behind her.”

And Office of Management and Budget chief Russell Vought, who Wiles branded “a right-wing absolute zealot,” called her an “exceptional chief of staff” in a post on X.

“I have had the privilege of working in President Trump’s White House for every single minute of his two terms. Let me be very clear: It has never worked this well or been more oriented toward accomplishing what he wants to accomplish. In my portfolio, [Susie Wiles] is always an ally in helping me deliver for the president. And this hit piece will not slow us down,” he added.

patfrederick

PAVACA

If this is true, it appears that Ms. Wiles is either “telling it like it is”; or, she’s doing a “be a mole inside the Inner Circle” thing. Either way, not cricket. And isn’t this the same Susan Wiles who worked for various public relations and lobbying organizations before starting to work for POTUS47 Trump?

TheseTruths

Either way, not cricket.

That’s the reaction they want us to have. It’s another attempt to make the Trump administration look chaotic and make the base question its decisions. Now efforts have to be made to debunk the story. (I posted one article here.)

patfrederick

lindak
December 16, 2025 11:05 am

This is interesting. The Obamas were going to see the Reiners on the evening that they were killed. A friendly night with friends? Who is friends with Obama? Doesn’t he have security who would check out the property? Did they find the Reiners dead?
https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/us-news/obamas-planned-to-meet-with-rob-reiner-and-wife-the-night-couple-was-killed/

Cuppa Covfefe

Seems like trouble follows Øbløwhøle… did the Reiners have a pool….. or a chef…

TheseTruths

Did they find the Reiners dead?

I doubt it. The Reiners’ daughter Romy is said to have found them and called 911. They were discovered in the afternoon, probably hours before they were to meet the Obamas.

mollypitcher5

Those questions are spot on. Either the Secret Service is very casual or we all have a different idea of how it works. A OTreason visit would be a big deal right, or are they such good pals that they’d throw some chips and dip on the table and call it a day?

TheseTruths

On this day in history in 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred when a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water.

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British Parliament’s Tea Act, which aimed to save the struggling East India Company by reducing its tax on tea and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade. Although the Tea Act didn’t raise the price of tea, it allowed the company to undercut smuggled Dutch tea, which angered many colonists who saw it as another form of British control and “taxation without representation.”

When the governor refused to allow the tea to be sent back to Britain, Samuel Adams organized the raid with the Sons of Liberty. The destruction of tea, valued at nearly $2 million today, prompted the British to pass the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts), which closed Boston’s ports and imposed harsher British rule in Massachusetts. This led to the formation of the First Continental Congress, uniting the colonies in opposition to Britain.

TheseTruths

There are elections today in these states:

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TheseTruths

I saw this posted somewhere. I don’t know if final decisions have been made.

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gil00

Based on what Susie wiles said, she needs to be fired. She should never have given these interviews. If her intent was to destroy the admin, she certainly has tried.
Theres no excuse at this point.