2026.01.13 Daily Thread: The World According To Trade(Bait)

It is time to kick off the next American series with a name change and an off ramp from pure American history. There are too many “American Stories” out there now with far better authors than me to keep that in play. We have closed out the Declaration signers and discussed the Articles of Confederation while lightly touching on the Constitution previously. Each one of the posts of this series is intended to be less than a 10 minute read. The attached videos may add to that total time allocated.

The series image at the top is my personal vision of America. More folks ought to try hiking in the Smokies or their favorite national and state parks. Their perspectives about life in America might change for the better.

Today’s scripture is from Matthew 7:24-27;

โ€œTherefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.โ€

Take that to the bank.

Series Intent

Unfortunately, YT will continue to play a part in this series due to their command of music and movie videos that Rumble cannot seem to duplicate yet. Since we are in a simulation anyway, who cares?! ๐Ÿ˜‚

I will never stray far from the theme of AMERICA FIRST with the serious stuff.

These short stories will not be overly complicated. They will be based simply on observations, personal experiences, and publicly available evidence and documentation as in the past. To be sure I will continue with parallels, interconnections and inflection points that are baked into our American Experience. I seek to lighten these stories up to help readers have fun as well as inform. The heavy lifting was done with the Declaration of Independence series.

So let the fun begin.

My series title is a steal from the great, or insane, or pysop (your choice) movie from Robin Williams, The World According to Garp. Here is the trailer for those too young or did not see it. Note the year of release – 1982.

Also note the obvious CIA psyops in the movie that have surfaced (imagine that), have increased in scope and are ingrained into society today. Which brings us to who was Director of that renegade organization during those years? This guy – William “Bill” Casey from 1981-1987 during the Reagan years when all of us were focused on The Cold War and its end as well as recovery from the horrible economy and Iran hostages fiasco of the peanut farmer.

Fine, happy lookin’ feller. ๐Ÿ˜€ He also brought us a mixed bag of the Iran-Contra affair. Dude was CIA through and through for decades even without official titles. He was in the OSS after WW II before it became the CIA. So what was going on in Central and South America during his time in the saddle besides the Contras? Well, coke up the nose in America became king and the nation of Columbia was its capital for production and distribution. He was a practicing attorney who spent time as SEC Chair, under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, and Chair of the Exim Bank in the 1970’s. However, he also served on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board at the end of President Ford’s term.

For those who want a snapshot of Casey, there is a short read from a 1987 Time article below.

https://time.com/archive/6709197/death-of-an-expert-witness-william-joseph-casey-1913-1987

This one made my eyes bleed, but was interesting perspective on him in spots. He was very hard to pin down.

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00965r000807500037-5

But this February 1981 quote was his most famous, โ€œWeโ€™ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.โ€

So, Bill, you said the government does disinformation programs to deceive the American public? I am so disappointed to read that. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Notice it was said in 1981 and had obviously been done as a normal CIA practice for many years before that.

Again, no wonder the current DS corruptocrats hate POTUS so much. We know his agenda matches what We the People want, not what the DS wants you to believe.

Remember the Casey name, he reappears in the Conclusion today.

So back to this story, yes, in my opinion Robin and the movie about Garp was clearly a psyop of epic proportions and a precursor for more to come.

I promise not to be quite that insane in my own psyop versions, but being that my alter ego is Goober Gump, the fictitious brother of this guy, well…

Welcome to my world…

Your View Matters

For this first series and story we will stay with American history to set the stage and it is a really important concept if you seriously want to understand your life and government in America. When it comes to how you read and understand the Constitution, assuming you have, your viewpoint of its intent and content matters. As an example, if you were a Federalist back in those days you thought differently about it than an Anti-Federalist. So, let’s establish the two primary ways to interpret it that are still used today. I am going to keep this short and simple as I promised.

The two primary legal, political, and moral approaches to the Constitution are:

Strict ConstructionistLiteral and narrow reading (interpretation) of the document that limits the powers of the federal government to what it provides.

Loose ConstructionistViews it as a “living document” that is interpreted broadly that adapts to society as it evolves and its needs change.

Then there are the true rebels who use whichever is expedient to their cause of the moment.

Note the immediate stress and contention between the two. Strict supporters point to the 10th amendment; that powers not delegated to the U. S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Seems rather straight forward, doesn’t it? If the issue is not covered under the powers of the feds or specifically prohibited; it was up to the states and We the People to handle.

Au contraire.

The Loose folks said the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article 1, Section 8) supported their theory that feds had powers not listed, including any powers needed to accomplish the powers that are listed through Congressional action. They do not call it the Elastic Clause without good reasons.

You decide for yourself if that stress on Constitutional interpretation was intentionally introduced or a consequence of disagreement of the parties involved in the Constitution’s creation. I have my own opinion and will not influence yours – yet.

Then There Is The Judiciary

The judiciary is designed in the Constitution and subsequent case law to be the arbiters of truth and justice of that document and related laws. How can the judiciary truly be that non-partial when their justices and judges are nominated, confirmed, and appointed in political processes? Human nature tends to influence how one sees the world and performs one’s role in it. You are not going to appoint or confirm a sworn enemy or ideologue you oppose if you have the power. In understanding the subject Constitution and laws along with their application; it all eventually leads us back to had control of Club Senate back in their day (BITD) as well as today because that is where the judiciary confirmation process exists.

Which is why it was of monumental importance when Harry Reid nuked the filibuster for non-SCOTUS judicial confirmations with Turtle answering when the GOP took over by nuking them on SCOTUS nominations. Harry got his leftist, loose constructionist federal judges. Turtle got the conservative, strict constructionist justices.

The historical political battle in our nation has always been between strict and loose constructionism. The rules of the game are set, then one group or another starts trying to change or reinterpret them to fit their goals. It has seesawed back and forth over the entire time period. The one consistency is that the Federalists of the past and Democrats after Jackson have tended to be loose constructionists while the Jeffersonian Republicans and GOP from Lincoln on have tended to be strict constructionists. This has polarized the general population over the years as one group or another became dominant.

Historically, it started as the post Revolutionary War patriots dealt with the process of isolating the loyalists and Tories along with building a country that could stand on its own accord. It took time and great effort to put down insurrections and mischief their enemies initiated to protect their personal interests. Over time the patriots rooted out their opponents, at least enough to insure America’s survival and progress. Many of those losers returned to Great Britain. Others converted and assimilated into society. It took a couple of generations and some funerals. This led to the Federalist Party’s demise as the Jeffersonian Republicans represented the vast majority of commoner patriots who actually fought in both wars.

However, even with the success there remained embedded operatives indebted and working for the ruling class and the Crown of Great Britain. As an example the southern plantation class along with the northern mercantilist and banker class sold “Cotton is King” to the nation to continue national slavery operations despite prohibiting the foreign slave trade operations decades before. They wanted to keep the money flowing from trade relations in Europe going, primarily with Great Britain, as they were becoming wealthier by the day.

Enter the Civil War.

If any of that intrigue sounds like it may still be going on today, you may be paying attention.

With this understanding you may be able to better understand why all of this current day retribution demanded by We the People seems to be taking so long. Every day it seems a loose constructionist and/or corrupt federal judge oversteps their authority. The depth of corruption and depravity in America has been breathtaking as well as disconcerting to discover. The amount of work that has to be done to fix things is daunting. The war rages on. Just always remember the definitions of strict and loose constructionists because there is a constant struggle within our government and people based on which interpretation rules on every issue.

There will be more applications of these two principles to consider that will be the focus of future threads, however, they will not always reference government related activities and conditions.

Conclusion

I cannot leave without a blast from the past. Does anybody remember the UPI press service of yore? It was formerly AP and UP at the forefront of what we now affectionately call the fake news. UP hit the skids long ago having gone through bankruptcy a couple of times and currently exists as a small disseminator of quirky stuff. But while they were still trying to remain a viable news source, they did political hit pieces. The fun in looking back on the declarations of idgits from the past is really, really hard to pass up. So below you will see a pre 2016 election article from UP.

Need a teaser? How about,

With Hillary Clinton threatening to rack up the biggest electoral victory since George H. W. Bush obliterated Michael Dukakis in 1988, the scenarios for a comeback by the bilious billionaire are becoming increasingly far-fetched.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Opinion/2016/08/17/From-Russia-with-love-an-October-surprise/7531471424582

Another mention of ole Happy, Bill Casey, above. Notice the article writer’s name? Walter Shapiro. He was a Dem operative. He was good at being wrong, a lot. Including about COVID from which he developed complications and cancer before dying last summer without getting a chance to see the “bilious billionaire” win his second election against a female Democrat candidate from hell. It was either that or TDS that caused his demise, not sure which.

So let’s look at the bio of the not so dearly departed who uttered that phrase.

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

Actually that was the first time I have ever seen the word “bilious” written or said. Seems it relates to a colorful fluid in the liver. I think it would make a good Wheatie word for Wolf to use in a daily.

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Oh, the irony. The Trump curse struck yet again.

Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.

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TheseTruths

I will have to read this interesting article tomorrow. Meanwhile…

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Wolf Moon

TRUTH.

scott467

This is why the business owners should always have been prosecuted in the first place.

And because they very purposefully and intentionally didn’t, because instead they rewarded businesses who broke the law, they put everyone else in a position where they would have to break the law too, in order to remain competitive.

Everyone who played by the rules (and the law!) had their livelihood threatened, and everyone who openly flouted the law was rewarded financially.

The whole system is rotten to the core, and it has been my entire adult life, if not longer.

It’s a wonder that anyone obeys the law.

It’s amazing that we’re not all Somalistanis by now.

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pgroup2

Your wisdom is expanding by the day.

Or maybe you’re just being more open with it.

Either way, we here in the Qtree really benefit from you.

scott467

“Your wisdom is expanding by the day.
Or maybe youโ€™re just being more open with it.”

___________

Could be rare a case of neither logic ๐Ÿ˜‚

Aubergine

As I keep repeating, I will know we are serious about the illegal immigration problem when we start cutting off the money. And a large part of that is going after the people who are employing illegals. It’s wrong on all levels.

patfrederick

cut off the money supply–welfare, free housing, illegal job opportunities–they will leave on their own.

Gail Combs

AMEN!

Aubergine

Agreed.

Notasmidgeon

Like

Notasmidgeon

Agree

Gail Combs

Unfortunately a lot of the small business owners are forced into using illegals for various reasons. As a guy who made the harp I bought said, he tried to hire a woman but she said she could make more money staying home collecting government handouts. To paid her what he could afford to pay, it would have to be under the table to make it worth her while.

Word Piss would not allow me to post the following at Tony Heller’s site in 2015.

This explains WHY wages paid legally have to be so high.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported in September 2014 that: U.S. real median household income was $51,939
Married Filing Jointly deduction = $12,600 = Taxable income: $39,339

Taxable income: $37,451 to $90,750
Tax rate = $5,156.25 plus 25% of the amount over $37,450 or an additional $1,889 = Total of $7045.25
or 13.6% of total income.

The combined rate for Social Security and Medicare = <b>15.30%</b> (You didn’t really think your employer actually paid 1/2 now did you?)
TOTAL overt Federal tax = 18.9%

NC the tax rate is 5.499%

0.50% local sales and use tax is for the benefit and purpose of the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority in addition to the general 4.75% State and Wake County local 2.00% sales and use taxes for a total rate of 7.25%.

Property tax is ~ 1.0% depending on county. Median price of homes currently listed in North Carolina is $225,000 or $2,250 or 4.3% tax
(You don’t think your landlord pays that tax do you?) NC also taxes tractors, farm equipment and any other real property they can think of.

Motor Fuel Tax in NC is 35 cents per gallon.
Federal Motor Fuel Tax per gallon:
$0.1840 Gasoline … $0.2440 Diesel

For NC miles per licenced driver = 15,729 miles for year 2014 or ~31,458 miles for a two car household divided by 22 mpg times 53 cents per gallon or $758
On top of that the trucking industry paid $39.9 billion (39,900,000,000) in federal and state highway taxes in 2014 and hauled 70.1 percent of total U.S. freight tonnage . There were 123,230,000 households in 2014. Or an additional $ 324 in fuel taxes for a total of $1,082 in fuel taxes or 2% in tax.

A typical American household with wireless phones paying $100 per month for wireless voice service and now paying nearly $225 per year in taxes, fees, and government surcharges or another 0.43% tax.

So adding up the tax on your median household income of $51,939 —

28.9+5.5+7.25+4.3+2+.43 = 48.38% in identifiable tax on that income.

When I added up the actual tax back in Taxachusetts in 1985 when I first started my small business I was paying 64.5% in the taxes I could identify.

Now add in the 151 taxes on a loaf of bread, over 1/2 the cost (President Reagan) and you are lucky to keep 25% of what you earn!

BUT that is the tax on the small businesses, sole proprietors, partners, LLCs and individuals.

Various government policies are to the advantage of the mega-corporations. Small businesses can not off-shore and do not get the tax advantages the large corporations do.

Regulations are DESIGNED (and written) by corporate lobbyists to give the Big international corporations the ability to kill off small business ChiefIO link

Third the cost of regulations is a lot greater for small businesses, may of whom can not afford full time lawyers. (We turned down a job because the contract included abiding by a bunch of laws we could not even find and the job did not pay enough to hire a lawyer to go looking.)

Here is a list of the top 10 corporate….

1) Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes, it actually received a $156 million rebate from the IRS, according to its SEC filings.

2) Bank of America received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, although it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department of nearly $1 trillion.

3) Over the past five years, while General Electric made $26 billion in profits in the United States, it received a $4.1 billion refund from the IRS.

4) Chevron received a $19 million refund from the IRS last year after it made $10 billion in profits in 2009.

5) Boeing, which received a $30 billion contract from the Pentagon to build 179 airborne tankers, got a $124 million refund from the IRS last year.

6) Valero Energy, the 25th largest company in America with $68 billion in sales last year received a $157 million tax refund check from the IRS and, over the past three years, it received a $134 million tax break from the oil and gas manufacturing tax deduction.

7) Goldman Sachs in 2008 only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion and received an almost $800 billion from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Department.

8) Citigroup last year made more than $4 billion in profits but paid no federal income taxes. It received a $2.5 trillion bailout from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury.

9) ConocoPhillips, the fifth largest oil company in the United States, made $16 billion in profits from 2007 through 2009, but received $451 million in tax breaks through the oil and gas manufacturing deduction.

http://reason.com/blog/2011/04/18/obamacares-1099-tax-reporting

Gail Combs

And a bit more on small business from my old notes.

Cut red tape and ‘the compliance burden’, cut the tax burden, cut inflation and people would not be either forced to stay a ‘one man shop’ or hire labor under the table.

We went to a large ‘stable’ of casual labor to stay under the $600 dollar rule.

April 29, 2013 What Americaโ€™s $2 Trillion Underground Economy Says About Jobs

โ€ฆ. most of these new participants in the underground economy are ordinary hard-working Americans who are increasingly taking jobs that pay โ€œunder the tableโ€ either because nothing else is available or they need a second source of income to make ends meet.

Americaโ€™s underground economy is nothing new, but since the Great Recession hit,[The Obummer years] experts estimate it has doubled in size, driven by unemployed or underemployed people desperate for incomeโ€ฆ.

From:
https://www.thoughtco.com/reasons-to-love-us-small-businesses-3319899

The latest figures show that small businesses create 75 percent of the net new jobs in our economy. [Updated September 04, 2015]

Small businesses employ about 50 percent of all private sector workers.

Small businesses with employees start-up at a rate of over 500,000 per year.

Small businesses create more than 50 percent of the non-farm private gross domestic product (GDP).

Home-based businesses account for 53 percent of all small businesses.

The 22.9 million small businesses in the United States are located in virtually every neighborhood.

Small patenting firms produce 13 to 14 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms.

April 13, 2017 Red Tape Burdens on Small Businesses
https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/red-tape-burdens-small-businesses/

Itโ€™s well-known the regulatory burden falls disproportionately on small business. American Action Forum (AAF) research has discovered they are shedding jobs and wages are falling because of the Affordable Care Act. In addition, as regulation increases, the number of small business establishments decreases, while the largest businesses grow more numerous. Based on AAFโ€™s latest research, the paperwork and compliance burdens alone total more than 3.3 billion hours and $64.6 billion. Given that compliance affects small businesses more acutely, each new hour of paperwork means less productivity, fewer profits, and diminished competitiveness, relative to larger competitorsโ€ฆ.

Federal Regulations have lowered GDP growth by 2 percent per year
https://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/06/federal-regulations-have-lowered-gdp-growth-by-2-per-year/

Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/21/federal-regulations-have-made-you-75-per

โ€œU.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillionโ€ฆ in the absence of six decades of accumulated regulationsโ€”a median household income of $330,000 instead of the $53,000 we get now.โ€

scott467

Looks like the official narrative is blaming the suicide on Covid:

………………………….
Brave search (not A.I., apparently): “Kent Taylor, the founder of Texas Roadhouse, died by suicide last week at the age of 65 after struggling with post-COVID-19 symptoms, including severe tinnitus.

Taylor, who built Texas Roadhouse into a chain with over 600 locations across the United States since its founding in 1993, was remembered as a “people-first leader” by his family, company, and Kentucky leaders. 

His death has drawn attention to the mental health challenges faced by restaurant industry leaders, even those with significant professional success.

  • Kent Taylor, the 65-year-old founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse, died by suicide after a prolonged battle with post-COVID-19 symptoms, including severe tinnitus.
  • Texas Roadhouse, which he launched in 1993, now operates more than 600 locations across the United States.
  • Taylor had previously given up his salary to support frontline restaurant workers during the pandemic, highlighting his commitment to his employees.
  • His passing has sparked reflections on mental health in the restaurant industry, particularly among high-profile figures who face immense pressure despite their success.”

………………………………

So we’re actually supposed to believe that restaurant chain industry leaders are a new victim group who face significant mental health challenges?

It’s amazing how they come up with this stuff…

Notasmidgeon

Agree

Notasmidgeon

Agree

kalbokalbs

Of course they are angry. They are ALL criminals.

  • The illegals.
  • AND, ass wipes hiring illegals under the table.
cthulhu

My problem with this is the flagrant manipulation of “minimum wage” by government in the first place, as well as the unfortunate truth that when an employer and an employee shake hands for $10, the employer pays $14 and the employee takes $6 home.

The only true “minimum wage”, always and forever, from deepest past to the farthest future, can only be $0. Every utterance that suggests otherwise is a black and evil lie.

Gail Combs

In response to your comment yesterday. I said Ghost usually brings receipts. (In this case 19 minutes in.)

That picture you had a problem with came from this article.

Miami Herald January 31 2020 Updated October 16, 2025 

Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro

So when Ghost said continuity of government he was referring to this.

A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodrรญguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a โ€œmore acceptableโ€ alternative to Nicolรกs Maduroโ€™s regime, according to people with direct knowledge of the talks.

The proposals, funneled through intermediaries in Qatar, sought to persuade sectors of the U.S. government that a โ€œMadurismo without Maduroโ€ could enable a peaceful transition in Venezuelaโ€”preserving political stability without dismantling the ruling apparatus.

PHOTO: Ghost ID’s the guy in the back as the brother Jorge IIRC

A handout photo released by Venezuelaโ€™s Presidency shows Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro (right) speaking with U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s special envoy, Richard Grenell, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on January 31, 2025.comment image

Ghost speaking on Alpha Warrior Show on Rumble. (No transcript which is a PITA)

https://rumble.com/v746wfs-the-middle-east-in-30-mins-ish-with-ghost-based-of-bph-ep.20-january-11th-2.html

…..

From 19 minutes to 23 minutes, Ghost even says he checked the Quatar Foreign Ministry website (21:45) and there were meetings.

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Gail Combs

I think that part of the video is very very very important.

Why?

Think about the ‘extraction’with NO US casualties.
Think about the ‘capture’ as he was going into a strong room (LOTS OF FILES???)
Think of the guy’s first hand story about the Science fiction type weapon…

Ghost dropped another juicy morsel.

19:20 
Rick Grenell went there to bring back six Americans that were detained. The allegation was they were CIA assets sent to overthrow the government.
There were multiple iterations of Americans being arrested over the past five years. Most famous was May 2020 the Bay of Piglets, involving Green Berets during Biden Admin. They are now being prosecuted by the Trump DOJ for trying to over throw the Venezuelan government.

TheseTruths

Thanks for bringing the article. It’s very informative.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312516272.html

The article is based on unnamed sources.

So back to these elements, from yesterday:

1. The Venezuelan government, with Maduroโ€™s blessing, entered into a continuity of government contingency planโ€“something similar to โ€œDevolution.โ€

2. The plan had been negotiated through the Qataris.

3. Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Ric Grenell acted as intermediary (based on the fact that there is a photo of him, as the newly appointed envoy, shaking Maduroโ€™s hand).

4. The plan was approved by President Trump.

1. There is no evidence that this was entered into. All evidence points to the opposite conclusion.
2. The sources claim Qataris were involved in bringing proposals to the U.S. “According to the sources, Qatari mediators presented to the U.S. two formal proposals this year, one in April and another in September. Both outlined potential governing mechanisms without Maduro in power.”
3. The sources claim Grenell was involved in talks. Grenell did not confirm this. “According to sources, the proposals were presented to the White House and the State Department by U.S. Special Envoy Richard Grenell…Grenell, who has been advising the administration to engage Maduro in negotiations to defuse the escalating diplomatic standoff, declined to comment for this story.”
4. None of this was approved by Pres. Trump. “The sources said the Trump administration ultimately dismissed the transition proposals from Caracas after internal reports concluded they were an attempt to preserve the regimeโ€™s criminal structures under a new guise.”

What I gather from the article is this:
โ€ข It named no sources.
โ€ข There likely were talks and proposals to enact change in Venezuela without Maduro.
โ€ข Pres. Trump and the WH rejected those ideas.

I don’t know if Ghost is saying that these plans are actually in place now, meaning that the arrest of Maduro was just for show. Those kinds of theories are what I find frustrating, when people decide they “know” what happened and present it as theory while actually trying to convince others to enter into those beliefs.

I don’t agree with the idea that the arrest and extraction of Maduro were just for show to cover for a “devolution” plan, and I don’t see benefit in his promoting such ideas. Just my opinion.

Wolf Moon

Those kinds of theories are what I find frustrating, when people decide they โ€œknowโ€ what happened and present it as theory while actually trying to convince others to enter into those beliefs.

AMEN!

IMO it’s mostly psy-op. More on that below.

I donโ€™t agree with the idea that the arrest and extraction of Maduro were just for show to cover for a โ€œdevolutionโ€ plan, and I donโ€™t see benefit in his promoting such ideas. Just my opinion.

There is no benefit for people like us who simply want to know the truth of what happened at a simple and straightforward level. There is almost certainly military benefit in promoting such ideas – mostly as psychological control of public response. This is where “ends”, “means”, and “justification” get messy – depending upon what one’s “ends” are – tactical, strategic, or “winning”.

Notice how much nicer that was, than simply saying “They’re lying.” ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ

IMO there is a sector of the public composed of people who “need to believe” that “greater good is happening at a more granular level than reality”. When this is not attended to, one gets fracturing – people like Para, MTG, Massey, Ann Coulter, etc. These are people who, IMO, are not following Trump’s “downside logic”. They think they are facing difficult truths – which is true. But yet we come to different conclusions, overall.

Downside is not, magically, upside. Many people want to believe the upside, but they can’t be fully truthful with themselves about downsides. Lies about the downside allow truth about the upside to go down easier, and make their lives easier. Humans love to believe lies that make them happier – hopefully the least destructive lies possible. They want to have faith, even when they’re not sure it’s good faith.

Stated more simply, for people who are losing faith in USG geopolitical direction, there are “alternative realities” that keep them from falling into opposition to plans and actions.

Take Maduro. He’s in a position now where he has to cut a deal. There is no denying this. So how much of a lie is it to say that he wanted the deal, or even was begging for the deal, and he got the deal? People almost can’t know the truth, so they are being fed the smallest, cleanest lie that does the trick. IMO.

Some people, like us, would prefer to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth – at least about this. But to understand fully, ask yourself similar questions about your relationships with friends, family, and lovers. Look deeply at “imperfectly sure things” that we “hopefully” tell ourselves, to have faith in our relationships. The fact that faith, overall, is still a good thing, is a gift from God. Christ taught us many wonderful truths about the universe.

What is the alternative to having faith in uncertainty? One can look at it in a blunt, harsh, and frequently evil, selfish way that may show how such bad hopes look in the eyes of God.

“She wanted it.”

Sometimes that’s true, sometimes it’s not, and often it’s a mixture of bad hopes from all involved, which makes it even more tragic.

We don’t know all the times that Jesus wept.

IMO only God and faith in God, gets us out of this problem. We have to love truth and have faith, in balance. Faith in God allows this.

SO – I personally will not promote theories that cross from “truthful hope” into “bad hope”. This kind of illogical theory stinks of bad hope – at least to me.

“He wanted it.”

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TheseTruths

There’s a lot to unpack there.

There is no benefit for people like us who simply want to know the truth of what happened at a simple and straightforward level. There is almost certainly military benefit in promoting such ideas โ€“ mostly as psychological control of public response. This is where โ€œendsโ€, โ€œmeansโ€, and โ€œjustificationโ€ get messy โ€“ depending upon what oneโ€™s โ€œendsโ€ are โ€“ tactical, strategic, or โ€œwinningโ€.

Notice how much nicer that was, than simply saying โ€œTheyโ€™re lying.โ€   ๐Ÿ˜‚

At this point “I really don’t care, Margaret,” about being nice about untruths. ๐Ÿ˜‚ I see no benefit to promoting the idea that “devolution” is taking place when we just had a spectacular military victory that on its face should be celebrated. I don’t understand a perceived need to twist facts and make things up. And anyone who needs that to be done needs therapy, IMO.

IMO there is a sector of the public composed of people who โ€œneed to believeโ€ that โ€œgreater good is happening at a more granular level than realityโ€. When this is not attended to, one gets fracturing โ€“ people like Para, MTG, Massey, Ann Coulter, etc. These are people who, IMO, are not following Trumpโ€™s โ€œdownside logicโ€.

You are much more charitable than I am. I have very little patience when people can’t or won’t see what is actually going on, which can include a measure of hard-won and well-deserved trust in Trump, to the point that they have to make stuff up, which only causes problems.

As for the “greater good,” that is according to them. It is their opinion based on their personal needs. It is “their truth,” which is not even something real; there is just truth. But they impose their needs on everyone else.

Lies about the downside allow truth about the upside to go down easier, and make their lives easier.

Humans love to believe lies that make them happier โ€“ hopefully the least destructive lies possible. They want to have faith, even when theyโ€™re not sure itโ€™s good faith.

Say it with me…”Therapy is your friend.” Or how about a modicum of self-awareness to recognize what they’re doing.

The truth matters. I don’t trust people who twist it for their own needs and purposes. In this Maduro case, it’s all good. If people need to twist this to make themselves feel better, I can’t imagine what cowering jellyfish they would become in stickier situations.

Stated more simply, for people who are losing faith in USG geopolitical direction, there are โ€œalternative realitiesโ€ that keep them from falling into opposition to plans and actions.

“Alternate reality” is a big clue. It’s not reality, and it’s not the truth. People who can’t accept a simple fact that the U.S. just conducted a wildly successful military operation to arrest someone the U.S. had indicted…I have no words for that. If they need to believe that we didn’t actually arrest Maduro and instead cut a deal, while at the same time deceiving the world into believing we did arrest Maduro, I have no words for that either.

Take Maduro. Heโ€™s in a position now where he has to cut a deal. There is no denying this. So how much of a lie is it to say that he wanted the deal, or even was begging for the deal, and he got the deal?

If it isn’t true, then it’s a lie. How much of a lie is any lie when you’re deceiving yourself and anyone who will listen to you? (I consider it to be huge.) Anyone who is making stuff up without evidence is promoting a lie.

I don’t know or care if Maduro wanted and/or cut a deal. It doesn’t change the facts of what happened. He has been arrested. It wasn’t a secret operation where we had a deal but put our people in harm’s way and spent no telling how much money and materiel in the process.

People almost canโ€™t know the truth, so they are being fed the smallest, cleanest lie that does the trick. IMO.

Then those people need therapy. They are not individuals who have strength of character, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, or any attributes that would make them worthy of a listen or a follow, IMO.

Some people, like us, would prefer to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth โ€“ at least about this. But to understand fully, ask yourself similar questions about your relationships with friends, family, and lovers. Look deeply at โ€œimperfectly sure thingsโ€ that we โ€œhopefullyโ€ tell ourselves, to have faith in our relationships. The fact that faith, overall, is still a good thing, is a gift from God. Christ taught us many wonderful truths about the universe.

I don’t consider the arrest of an indicted foreign dictator to be on the same level as personal relationships. What we think and do in our personal lives should not spill over into our sphere of influence over others. At least some people used to have enough awareness not to act out on their emotions. When people do act out on personal emotions, it sometimes leads to murder. If people can’t handle the truth about a success for our country, then they are lost and IMO are leading others into ruinous territory.

IMO only God and faith in God, gets us out of this problem. We have to love truth and have faith, in balance. Faith in God allows this.

SO โ€“ I personally will not promote theories that cross from โ€œtruthful hopeโ€ into โ€œbad hopeโ€. This kind of illogical theory stinks of bad hope โ€“ at least to me.

Truth matters. Coddling people who have a need to twist it for their own purposes is neither truthful nor beneficial to them, and certainly not to the rest of us.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto theFather, but by me.

John 8: 31-32
๏ปฟ31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Ephesians 4:15 admonishes us to speak the truth in love.

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TheseTruths

In addition, there are those who exploit people’s desires to believe that โ€œgreater good is happening at a more granular level than reality.” They are doing it to make money and to gain notoriety. They are exploiting people’s weaknesses for their personal gain. IMO this should not only be discouraged, but it should be called out at every turn. It weakens us as a people. It does not make people ready for battles of all kinds; it provides them a safe space where they can mentally curl up with a blanket and optional crayons. IMO we should be fighting against becoming the sheep (who won’t think for themselves) and the snowflakes (who “can’t take it”) that we ridicule on the Left.

Wolf Moon

I think most of us need to continue trying not to be sheep of operations that traffic in lies. But if people somewhere in the command structure between the CIC and Private Joe Schmoe decided that some people on our side need recruitment to “patriotic lies” – well, that’s their call, not mine.

I think it’s worth keeping our people away from such thinking. Our mission is 100% truth. Even about the other missions.

TheseTruths

But if people somewhere in the command structure between the CIC and Private Joe Schmoe decided…

I have always acknowledged that that kind of thing could be true and that we don’t always have to know everything. That’s a far cry from bloggers and influencers taking a known set of reported facts and putting their own spin on it.

Sometimes it would be good to just take the win and celebrate it. Sometimes there isn’t a mysterious backstory that people need to try to decode. They end up making things up. (And I’m not talking about Q, which is in its own category.)

IMO, the constant drip, drip of “things aren’t as they seem” only adds to people’s distrust and sense of imbalance. Then they question everything and become vulnerable to anyone who presents a made-up story, no matter how outlandish and impossible. I’ve seen it over and over. Sometimes a line needs to be drawn that says no, it stops here. What was presented is either unheard of, improbable, unconstitutional, unlawful, out of character, unlikely in the extreme, impossible, etc. And the attitude of believing anything can spill over into real life too, with negative effects.

That’s why I have so little tolerance for influencers who push this kind of stuff.

Wolf Moon

I just ignore it, unless I have to deal with it in here. I try to avoid tracking it in myself! ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ

Wolf Moon

I would not assume that the people who are doing this, on the front end, are doing it for their own purposes. Not all of them. I suspect that some of them – perhaps many of them, or even most of the big ones – the leaders – are doing it because somebody in a 5-sided building somewhere decided that this “therapy” of weak patriots had a place in the current 5GW, to shore up a liability in our population, and that those actors are doing what duty calls for. To make a target population of communist 5GW listen to OUR LIES instead of ChiCom lies.

War is not pretty, and psychological warfare is no exception.

“Attention” and “money self-generated by an op” are the currency of 5GW. If it looks like mere greed by an individual, so much the better.

Does this “hopeful but uncertain truth” sound like a story, in almost the same style as the lies of the proposed op? To me, that’s the hallmark of a “beautiful op”. It’s buried in a ball of uncertainty.

Maybe I watched “Inception” too many times. ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜Ž๏ปฟ ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ’Œ๏ปฟ

TheseTruths

Maybe. ๐Ÿ˜… 

Iโ€™m having a very hard time seeing this kind of thing as 5GW done by our side for our benefit. (Iโ€™m certainly not benefiting from it. ๐Ÿ˜… ) And I donโ€™t see communist elements being influenced by it, but rather patriots who in other circumstances would exhibit good judgment. People on the Left look at this kind of thing as the stuff of ridicule, so they arenโ€™t being influenced by it. All I see resulting from this is patriots being tied up trying to โ€œdecodeโ€ things unnecessarily. All it does is cause distractions, and not in a useful way, IMO.

Wolf Moon

LOL!

“We are not the droids they are looking for.” ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ

I’m thinking that the psy-op neither affects nor targets people who have reasonable judgment. The psy-op itself tests by belief those who it needs to recruit.

The Q psy-op was actually similar, IMO, but it recruiting a different class of people who it wanted to “lock down” and keep in control.

pgroup2

In your race through life, wisdom has caught you. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๏ปฟ

Gail Combs

Ghost did what he could and verified the meeting in Qatar took place.

When it comes down to it we really have very little that we actually know unless we are eye witnesses.

pgroup2

And veteran homicide detectives everywhere will tell you tales of eyewitnesses that were simply wrong. They didn’t see what they believed they saw.

The speculation is that they saw what they wanted to see. Sort of like the movie Twelve Angry Men.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)

Gail Combs

I am well aware of that but decided not to elaborate.

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon

That is some powerful stuff – and very true.

Honestly, most non-white people just don’t give a damn about racial political stuff, if only because they’are comfortable with their biases, prejudices, stereotypes, and preconceptions, which all work fine for them, so why change to stupider and PC?

Gail Combs

Maybe They just ran out of $$$ to pay the protesters. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ™ƒ ๏ปฟ

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon

I just found out where this meme comes from – that show called “Stranger Things” – which actually makes me a little ill just watching clips – some kind of fake entertainment.

pgroup2

Well, I miss the old SNL where Dan calls Jane an ignorant slut. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๏ปฟ

Cuppa Covfefe

“With the frequency of a cheap HAM radio….”…..

TheseTruths

GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS: The FBI, DOJ, DNI, and CIA are looking at a 10-year government conspiracy case eyeing RICO charges, treating the Democrat Party and the Left as a criminal organization writ large.

Brennan, Obama, Comey, and Dem elites are now in the crosshairs of a grand jury impaneled just today!

Wolf Moon

WHOA.

That’s pretty wild stuff. Pretty true, but DAYUM. They’re really gonna go after this bullshit.

patfrederick

you really think a grand jury is gonna move to charge or indict that bunch?
someone probably leaked all their identities and their families have already been threatened.

scott467

All they ever have to do, or ever had to do, was get serious, go scorched earth and make very public examples out of a few people, and everything will suddenly begin to work exactly as it should.

All that was ever required, is the will to do it.

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pgroup2

Hope springs eternal.

In me, at least.

Wolf Moon

Agreed. We are at the point where cool resolve wins.

Sir ES

The ROT is wide, and deep.

Without coming together, any one or few will likely fail, being too vulnerable to those who LIE as a profession.

The situation is quite COMPLEX (“Complicated business, folks!”), and only now does it appear to be simplifying.

It’s a *collective* will that has power, and more and more are waking up to it.

Having continually read the anons, I’m finding that there’s an incipient consonance of what the anons highlight (as ‘notables’), and what the Q-Treepers highlight on this board, among others of increasingly like minds.

Add in the independent journalists, bloggers, podcasters, and other ‘influencers’ on X, and the result is a commonality of perspective and judgment.

We’re all coming together, at a speed that the legacy media and their shills cannot match.

It’s a beautiful thing!

Bullshit is being called out, lies and scams are being exposed, and issues once ignored are being addressed and highlighted.

This is what we’ve ALL been waiting for, while sounding the alarm for years. Finally, our voices are being heard, and have direct effect.

As the ‘movement’ toward sanity grows, the insanity will increasingly fade away.

Lawful; righteous; and true.

The Renaissance of America – the Greatest Country on Earth!

Notasmidgeon

Agree

pgroup2

O ye of little faith.

patfrederick

I’ve seen this movie before.

scott467

When I see it, believe it, I will.

We must, and we will much โ€” about that โ€” be committed… ๐Ÿ˜‚

scott467

The FBI, DOJ, DNI, and CIA are looking at a 10-year government conspiracy case eyeing RICO charges, treating the Democrat Party and the Left as a criminal organization writ large.

_____________

Welcome to the end of the thought process, career professionals.

Glad you could make it.

We’ve all been wondering for 3+ decades if you would ever figure it out.

I’m curious though… what was the final straw, what was the big clue, that finally ripped the three monkeys routine off your faces?

pgroup2

They got tired of plucking monkey poo out of everywhere.

It suddenly crossed their minds that there is no monkey poo without monkeys.

cthulhu

IIRC, “bilious” is a remnant from Galen’s theory of four “humours” that ruled over human life.

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

cthulhu

Other temperament words from the same theory are sanguinary (“bloody-minded”), phlegmatic, melancholic, and choleric.

Sort of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator of its time.

Wolf Moon

Indeed!

Sir ES

It’s the best that they could do, a la Aristotle’s four/five elements (earth, air, water, and fire … and then, as quintessence, the ‘ether’).

‘Sanguine’ generally meant acceptable, no worries, even temperament, like ‘comme si, comme sa’: indifferent, but not displeasing. Somehow, the dictionaries portray the ‘humour’ as being optimistic, or positive.

“Bilious” is the adjectival derivative of “bile,” produced as an acid from the liver, for digestion. An acidic temperament.

Phlegm, of course, is viscous/thick mucus, and then *that* was taken to be one who’s rather indifferent to fits of temper.

Both “choleric” and “melancholy” are based on the disease of “cholera,” but back then it meant “irascible” or argumentative, or ornery.

Without extra investigation, the physicians and the logicians did their best to qualify the maladies they were presented with by those they tried to diagnose, but still the progress they made, even in partial error, formed the basis of investigation that underpinned medicine.

We’ve done better … But of course, with rank LIARS, we have back-tracked from their quest for medical/healing truth.

holly

Another organ/temperament term is Spleeny – Irritable, peevish, fretful.
When living in rural Maine I would often hear the old timers use it.

Wolf Moon

to vent one’s spleen

That was very old-timey in my day! ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ

Wolf Moon

So letโ€™s look at the bio of the not so dearly departed who uttered that phrase.

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

Actually that was the first time I have ever seen the word โ€œbiliousโ€ written or said. Seems it relates to a colorful fluid in the liver. I think it would make a good Wheatie word for Wolf to use in a daily.

๐Ÿ˜€

Oh, the irony. The Trump curse struck yet again.

LMAO!!! ๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜‚๏ปฟ

Cuppa Covfefe

Bilious Gates…..

cthulhu

As opposed to the “Hot Gates”…..

Wolf Moon

Yes, the Garp “TRANS” psy-op is so incredibly obvious now. UGH.

Aubergine

I read the book long ago. Then I saw the movie. I liked the book, I didn’t like the movie.

The book was a sort of sad look at society as it had become, as John Irving books seem inclined to be. It was dark, but funny in a sad way. At least that’s how I took it. John Irving’s books seem to me to be about all the myriad ways human beings screw things up and make life harder than it should be.

Maybe Garp was meant to manipulate me into some other feeling, but if so, it failed.

kalbokalbs

Blood pressure rises, every time I read:

  • โ€œWeโ€™ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.โ€

He should have been fired on the spot, If Not Hung On The Spot!

TB. Thanks for the new series. I’m going to enjoy it.

Rosa

It’s been very effective in Minneapolis. Especially among the women (AKA wymen).

Wolf Moon

WOW. Amen!

Sir ES

I’ve known that quotation for a while now, and have repeated it to others for too many to count.

‘All war is deception.’. So said Sun-Tzu, and yet, is our species beholden to war, to conquest, to death incomprehensible?

When shall there be peace? Constant war and strife, in perpetuity? It must end, at least for now, and let future ‘wars’ be for afterward.

Permanent war, a la Casey? And Mossad, and CIA, and so many others preying on our species?

Lies, lies, lies. I prefer the truth; and seemingly, we Americans are the only light shining the way.

Let there be light!

kalbokalbs

Incredible clip that gets to the heart of Democrats’ anti-deportation zealotry:

CNBCโ€™s Joe Kernen asks Sen Mark Warner why Democrats supported deportations under Obama, but not now.

Kernen: โ€œWhat changed with Democrats? Biden let in 12 million. Is it about VOTES?”

Warner avoids that question, but admits the border was WIDE OPEN under Biden:

Warner: “The border being as open as it was under Biden was one of the reasons Trump got elected.”

Kernen: “You’re glad it’s closed now?”

Warner: “Do I think we ought to not have a FULLY OPEN border? Absolutely.”

Kernen: โ€œThe 12 million that came in. What do we do?”

Warner: “Question I have for you is closing the border versus sending out ICE agents across the country to randomly pick up people based on quotas that have committed no crime?”

Kernen: “How did Obama deport 5 million?”

Warner then advocates for AMNESTY: โ€œThere ought to be a path towards legality.”

Kernenโ€™s original question was finally answered, albeit indirectly.

Warner and Democrats donโ€™t want deportations because they want amnesty for the millions that are here โ€” and their votes.

patfrederick

what a weasel. and that “interviewer” isn’t worth a damn.
“that’s not what I asked Senator…” “You didn’t address my question Senator…” ask it and say till he squirms in his seat.

pgroup2

Be nice to Joe. He’s just following his script.

And when was Warner ever anything but a weasel? He was born that way.

patfrederick

EXACTLY…that’s not journalism or even news, its a scripted play.

pgroup2

CNBC Squawk Room is nothing but scripted.

Which makes it a good place to get the other side’s position for those of us who don’t have access to the leftist morning memo.

For truth/accuracy, not so much.

Valerie Curren

spawned

scott467

After he is found guilty, I would definitely pay to see Warner’s public execution for crimes against the Republic.

Not a lot, but I’d toss a buck at it. It’s worth a dollar.

patfrederick

i don’t think this bozo is on trial for anything yet…
maybe you’re thinking mark kelly?
he’s ex military–it should be a firing squad.

pgroup2

No firing squad. Leavenworth Prison Barracks.

We [America] gave him the career of a lifetime – being an astronaut.

Look at the gratitude he has for that blessing.

Prison Barracks will properly express America’s gratitude for his activities after he retired from astronaut duties.

Maybe he’ll encounter some other E-1 there that he abused when he was a superior officer over him.

patfrederick

LOL…i like it!๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๏ปฟ

scott467

i donโ€™t think this bozo is on trial for anything yetโ€ฆ

__________

He’s not, yet.

I’m looking forward, with optimism ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜‚

patfrederick

๏ปฟ  :wpds_wink: ๏ปฟ

pgroup2

I confess to having an unholy desire to see him drawn and quartered.

Slowly.

๏ปฟ  :wpds_twisted: ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

confession is good for your soul…tell me more..lol

Gail Combs

Unfortunately I no longer have the four Haflingers to donate and my friends with the teams of Belgium work horses died several years ago.
DRAT.

Valerie Curren

๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๏ปฟ

Cuppa Covfefe

Maybe you could schedule a tractor pull instead ๐Ÿ˜€

kalbokalbs

Paging Kash. The Boss speaks…AND Is Spot On. Start firing dishonest FIBs.

Trump Truth

  • These FBI Agents are total Scum, in their own way no better than the insurrectionists in Portland, Minnesota, Los Angeles, etc. Kash better get them out, NOW! Radical Left Lunatics put in by the โ€œAuto Penโ€ and Obama!
  • President DJT justthenews.com/government/cou

Arctic Frost probe driven early on by anti-Trump FBI agent, claims by liberal outlets, memos showInternal bureau emails show a key FBI agent — who had already demonstrated a bias against the POTUS — consistently circulating and citing anti-Trump articles as support for pushing an inquiry into Trump over J6. It turns out the agent likely had a hand in having those articles published in the first place.

An FBI supervisor who openly opposed Donald Trump on social media played a crucial role in igniting the controversial Arctic Frost probe, pressing to add the former president as a formal subject of the investigation and circulating articles from liberal activists and leftwing news sources to make his case, according to evidence recently turned over to Congress and obtained by Just the News.

Special Agent Timothy Thibault, who left his role as the assistant agent in charge of its Washington field office in August 2022 after his anti-Trump social posts became public, organized the initial electronic communication that authorized the start of the Arctic Frost probe.

He also circulated by email clippings from such anti-Trump outlets as Just Security, NPR, and The Washington Post, pushing for a criminal probe of Trump related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, the memos show.

When Thibault’s colleagues originally drafted the investigation’s launch document to focus on the Trump campaign and affiliated and still unknown subjects, “Add DJT” was scribbled onto the draft memo. Emails indicate Thibault was pushing to add Trump to the investigative launch document.

More…
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/anti-trump-fbi-agent-and-liberal-outlet-claims-heart-controversial-arctic

pgroup2

Okay, it’s time to re-run one of the viewpoints I have.

This crap about pressuring “Pence to abuse his authority as vice president in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election” is such complete bullshit that it makes my tinnitus go nuts.

J6 is the presidential election. NOT NOVEMBER.

No November voter voted for a presidential candidate of any party. Ever.

Votes in November were for slates of delegates who promise to vote for a presidential candidate in January. The election in November is to choose people who are competing to be part of the Electoral College.

For anybody to characterize the challenge to the conduct of various states’ November elections as overturning the election is a bald faced lie.

At best, it displays an ignorance of such a degree that the person uttering it should live in a rubber-walled room.

Since every state has statutes that govern the procedure to challenge to vote counts of its elections, it cannot be a crime to follow those statutes in each state. By informing Pence that his constitutional authority over the convening of the Electoral College included allowing such challenges to be made to him once the College had been convened, it is impossible for that to be an illegal act.

These people … – can I say these people? ๐Ÿ˜ก

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Sir ES

The parliamentary rules for contesting the results of electors were CHANGED by Pelosi, with special rules invoked OWING TO the “emergency” declared on J6.

One requirement was to have the Speaker, and IIRC, two or three others, to back up that emergency.

Again, relying on memory, ANY member of Congress could have introduced the ‘right’ to contest, and it would have to be taken up at a future date.

Instead, Pelosi had to squash not only a contesting of the election, but also that RIGHT to docket it later. It was TWO levels deep of concatenated parliamentary procedure.

ALL of her actions were predicated on engineering the emergency, and once the few there in the well (I assume) departed, that sealed the deal for absolutely NO contesting ANYTHING in re 2020 federal elections.

This may be why all the courts invoked “No standing’ to all petitioners seeking redress. There wasn’t any path available.

I hope some here have come across this info as well!

Gail Combs

Ivan Raiklin, a constitutional lawyer, covered a lot of it.

Sir ES

OK, thanks!

Was the whole episode covered well enough here?

I’m rather at a disadvantage as to what has been generally agreed upon, but I did my best in recalling other sources, and receipts, about the whole J6 premeditated fiasco – evil genius!

All the prior stuff seems to be connected to everything afterward, and IMO one must view the totality of our ordeal.

Tough to have been away for a good while, and I don’t know how Q-Treepers commented, so I’m somewhat in the dark about covered topics and conclusions adopted.

The NOW, though, is very much better than the BEFORE.

Thanks Gail – Have a good night!

ES

pgroup2

Correct.

But I’ve always been distressed that nobody insisted on debating the fairness of having one person control the ‘declaration of emergency’ thus triggering the process that circumvented the constitution.

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Sir ES

I suspect that it *wasn’t* just Pelosi – perhaps the two or three others had to agree. Say, the Sergeant-ar-Arms, VP Pence, and another in a position of authority.

Traitors all, concocting the event just so to preserve the fraudulent election.

kalbokalbs

Can not recall California government, doing anything right, correct, in favor of tax payers in decades.

  • Literally Nothing In Favor Of Taxpayers, in decades.

REPORT: California Has Lost a TRILLION Dollars in a Month Due to Talk About a New โ€˜Billionaire Taxโ€™

The proposed “wealth tax” is already causing an exodus from California. It turns out successful individuals would rather not have the government seize their assets simply to create a bigger pot of money for fraud, waste, and corruption.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/report-california-has-lost-trillion-dollars-month-due/

scott467

Congratulations, sh!tlibs ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜

patfrederick

they really ARE that stupid.
I, for one, do NOT want to hear any boo-hooing from CA about going under–no federal bailout–NOT WITH MY TAX MONEY!!

kalbokalbs

Greenland, joining the USA will be, is, great entertainment.

Best part. Denmark will get no vote. The US AND Greenland hold 100% of the votes.
“Donroe Doctrin” will gain traction, in everyday discussions, reporting… ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ

Greenland and the Donroe Doctrine โ€“ Greenlanders Want Independence from Denmark
Trump is right about Greenland. The United States defended the island during World War II, and it was forcibly annexed by the Kingdom of Denmark in 1951 without UN approval and without the consent of the islandโ€™s population. Today, Greenlanders would likely agree to a compact of free association with the United States, which would give them greater autonomy and independence from Denmark.

President Trump has expressed interest in Greenland for national security reasons, as Russia and China are increasingly sending naval vessels through Arctic waters north of Alaska. Positioned between North America and Europe, Greenland controls emerging Arctic sea lanes that are becoming more accessible as ice retreats.

The United States operates Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, on the island, which plays a critical role in missile warning and space surveillance. In 2019, Walter Berbrick of the Naval War College stated that whoever controls Greenland will control the Arctic, calling it the most important strategic location in the region and possibly the world.

Greenland is also rich in natural gas, oil, and minerals used in advanced technology and military applications, resources that sit at the center of the U.S.-China trade war. The United States has classified 50 minerals as critical to national security, and Greenland holds known reserves of 43 of them, including rare earth elements essential for modern weapons systems and advanced technologies.

More…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/greenland-donroe-doctrine-greenlanders-want-independence-denmark/

pgroup2

Plus … if we ever get back to our historical relationship with Russia, it will be easy for it to patrol those sea lanes and prevent Chinese naval forces from coming through.

We never should have allowed the commies to create an adversarial posture between America and Russia. The USSR was never a home-grown sprout of Mother Russia, and it was wrong to use Soviets and Russians as synonyms.

pgroup2

Dinner roll? ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๏ปฟ

Sir ES

Barrel roll!

kalbokalbs

Something new for libtards to wail about.

NEW: Trump planning an โ€˜Upper West Wingโ€™ to be added to the White House
โ€œWeโ€™re considering the idea of a modest one-story addition to the West Wing.”

President Donald Trump plans to add an additional level to the White House, a proposal he has referred to as an โ€œUpper West Wing,โ€ according to comments he made this week.

Trump told The New York Times on Wednesday that the project remains in the design phase and would only move forward if he approves the final plans. No construction timeline has been announced, and officials say nothing has been finalized.

The proposed addition would place a new floor above the colonnade that links the West Wing to the main White House residence. Trump said the extra space could be used for offices for West Wing staff or potentially reserved for โ€œfirst ladiesโ€™ offices for future first ladies.โ€ The White House has not formally announced the project.

Trumpโ€™s comments come as major renovations to the White House complex are already underway. The administration is moving forward with a new White House ballroom to replace the East Wing, a project that has drawn public attention due to its scale and cost. Updated plans for the ballroom were presented Thursday during a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission. The project is being funded with donations, not taxpayer funds.

https://thepostmillennial.com/new-trump-planning-an-upper-west-wing-to-be-added-to-the-white-house

patfrederick

LOL…I wonder if he s enjoying the building part or the fact that this will drive leftists bat crap crazy all over again?

kalbokalbs

We both know it’s a TwoFer. ๏ปฟ  :wpds_wink: ๏ปฟ
Trump is having the time of his life. ๏ปฟ  :pepper: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :banana-mario: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :banana2: ๏ปฟ
I, we, are enjoying the show. ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ

Sir ES

Me too, Kalbo!

PDJT is having extraordinary FUN!!!

As are we …

scott467

The day after the midterms, I hope he announces that they’re adding his image to Mount Rushmore.

Just to see the total mental breakdowns of everyone in Leftard Land ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

patfrederick

it would be EPIC!

Notasmidgeon

Like!

cthulhu

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holly

๏ปฟ๐Ÿ˜…๏ปฟ

patfrederick

๏ปฟ  :wpds_lol: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :wpds_lol: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :wpds_lol: ๏ปฟ

kalbokalbs

Start your engines and fill up, America’s energy dominance era is here.

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pgroup2

WA state not one of those.

cthulhu

I read this — https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2003dc49-2994-402e-a86c-cf3bae81ee2c.html — and I think, “what a bunch of pathetic losers.”

There are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives in Congress. At the end of every fiscal year, the increase in the National Debt should be assessed as a proportion of expenditures (this disallows a whole bunch of “on-budget/off-budget” stupidity).

Take that percentage of Congress, and select members by lot from those who voted for the spending. If it’s a 2% shortfall, that would be two Senators and nine Representatives.

Erect a stone altar on the stairs at the Capitol, overlooking the reflecting pools. Following the practices of the Aztecs, use an obsidian axe to remove the hearts of the selected congressmen, then throw their bodies down the stairs to be eaten by carrion birds.

If only our Founding Fathers had had the wisdom to have included this in the Constitution!

Robert Baker

We would find out fifty years later that the person in charge of the lottery was a Somali day care center director.

pgroup2

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kalbokalbs

Betcha these scum, come across, Above The Law.

  • Slick Willy today. hildabeast tomorrow.

Bill Clinton scheduled to appear before Oversight Committee as contempt of Congress threat looms
Bill Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Tuesday, Hillary Clinton’s set for Wednesday
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-clinton-scheduled-appear-before-oversight-committee-contempt-congress-threat-looms

patfrederick

i do not recall.

PAVACA

“What difference does it make?”
“Like with a cloth or something?”

PAVACA

Bill Clinton: check out any “hearing aids” he may wear.
Watch for “signs of confusion”; “signs of garbled speech”, etc.

Hillary Clinton: check out any “earrings” she may wear.
Check out any “special glasses” she may wear.

Either, or both, to do:
“Executive Privilege” invoked to avoid answering.
“Claiming the Fifth Amendment” to avoid answering.
“Bob, duck, weave, spin out” the questions to avoid answering.
Demanding to be shown all “evidence” that would compel an answer.
Refusing to answer “On the grounds that this hearing is illegal” and leaving the room.

patfrederick

I can’t watch without puking, so I’ll pass.

Gail Combs

Agreed.

pgroup2

Define ‘is’ before questioning starts.

patfrederick

NFA
January 13, 2026 12:27 am

The Last Cop To Shoot a Woman in Minneapolis Was a Somali
DEI Is Destroying This Once Functional City
Jack Cashill Jan 13, 2026
Mohamed Noor relieved to get 4 years in the slammer, Derek Chauvin got 22
Late on the night of July 15, 2017, Minneapolis Police Department officer Mohamed Noor took the life of 40-year-old Australian-American Justine Damond. The shooting was so reckless not even Noorโ€™s Somali rootsโ€”nor Damondโ€™s whitenessโ€”could save Noor from prison.
https://jackcashill.substack.com/p/the-last-cop-to-shoot-a-woman-in

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pgroup2

That’s funny, all by itself.

patfrederick

cthulhu

*snicker*

Judge Boasberg should be invited to travel to Venezuela to investigate himself.

pgroup2

Rubio could yank his passport right after the judge’s plane lands in Caracas.

kalbokalbs

Lil Marco, could have told Boasberg, GFY. A country cousin of FOD, which I used a couple weeks ago.

pgroup2

You told Boasberg to GFY?

You’re a real badass. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

Jake
January 13, 2026 6:38 am
Reply to Fangdog

Itโ€™s all fixed:

 DOJ Fires Top Official in US Attorneyโ€™s Office For Eastern District of Virginia After He Secretly Met with Judges and Declined to Prosecute Comey

The Justice Department fired one of the top lawyers in the US Attorneyโ€™s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he refused to pursue charges against James Comey following a decision from a judge to toss out the case.
Robert McBride, the number 2 official in the EDVA, was fired
A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted former FBI Director James Comey in September. He was indicted on two counts โ€“ false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding.

However, Comeyโ€™s case is dismissed โ€“ for now.

Trump is doing his best, but the deep state is wide and deep. President Trump needs help from the FBI to provide evidence, the DOJ to issue arrest warrants and the Atty. General to see they get prosecuted. Then he needs some actual non partisan judges not liberal political hacks.

cthulhu

Sounds like a Career Limiting Move now that it’s been disclosed.

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patfrederick

thanks!

holly

Reading an article about farming in NY and one farmer said they have been struggling with the tariffs because most vegetable seeds are produced in Asia. Wut?

Sure enough a quick online search says China is the largest producer accounting for over 50% of world’s production. India is second, US is listed as third. Plan the rethink which farmstands I shop based on their seeds. I know the Amish use heirloom seed varieties.

cthulhu

This sounds like something that could be realigned after one season and completely fixed in three seasons.

kalbokalbs

If Trump gets wind of the issue, he’d tweak the specific tariff(s).

He’s done so several times.

patfrederick

no honor among thieves

patfrederick

Vigilant Fox https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f98a.svg
@VigilantFox
REPORT: The Somali fraud scandal keeps on dripping, and itโ€™s not just daycare centers anymore.

Weโ€™re now learning that dozens of Somali transport companies are taking government funds โ€” while transporting NO ONE.

David Hoch visited 70 of them, and he was stunned to discover that they โ€œDONโ€™T EXIST.โ€

And when you add interpreters for doctorsโ€™ appointments to the mix, the money being sucked out of the system adds up quickly.

Hoch explains:

โ€œWhen a Somali goes to the doctor, magically they forgot how to speak English, so they need an interpreter there. So the county brings in an interpreter at $100 an hour, minimum eight hours, to interpret what the doctor is telling the patient.โ€

โ€œThen remember, the interpreter has to get to the doctorโ€™s office or the hospital. How are they getting there? The transportation company. And then theyโ€™ve got to get back home, and that patient has to get to the doctorโ€™s office. How? Transportation.โ€

โ€œAlmost 900 of [the transportation companies] are Somali-ownedโ€ฆ Nick Shirley and I went to 16 of them. Iโ€™ve actually been to about 70 of them. They donโ€™t exist.โ€

TheseTruths

…so they need an interpreter there. So the county brings in an interpreter at $100 an hour, minimum eight hours, to interpret what the doctor is telling the patient.โ€

An interpreter makes $800 for a few hours’ work. That’s quite a racket.

patfrederick

of course, it’s another somali frauding the system.

pgroup2

DNA.

patfrederick

Do Not Admit?

pgroup2

I have a friend who is good enough to be an emergency translator for Portuguese criminal defendants but is being constantly failed to be on the certified list by a former elite Brazilian society member who is now in a position to administer the U.S. tests. It seems that my friend speaks ‘jungle’ Portuguese since she came from the countryside. .

Tribal-type loyalty is ubiquitous, it seems.

kalbokalbs

We NEED more of this.

  • Arrest illegals, for prompt disposal.
  • Piss off Mandume.

Mamdani calls ICE detention of NYC employee ‘assault on our democracy’
DHS detained Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez during routine immigration appointment, citing overstayed visa and assault arrest
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-calls-ice-detention-nyc-employee-assault-our-democracy

patfrederick

so the NYC Council member claimed he had been “cleared” to remain in the US till October 2026. BY WHOM? the maggot’s admin? too bad. There’s a new Sheriff in gov’t.

kalbokalbs

Documentation, OR consider your ass deported, AND banned for life. ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

right? he overstayed a visitor visa–from 2017 and was arrested (convicted?) of assault and THIS is who they want to hire for a NYC employee???

patfrederick

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patfrederick

US Attorney Pirro
@USAttyPirro
The United States Attorneyโ€™s Office contacted the Federal Reserve on multiple occasions to discuss cost overruns and the chairmanโ€™s congressional testimony, but were ignored, necessitating the use of legal processโ€”which is not a threat. 

The word โ€œindictmentโ€ has come out of Mr. Powellโ€™s mouth, no one elseโ€™s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach.  

This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.

patfrederick

mollypitcher5

Bet Mrs Walztard loves the sight and sound of IED’s being deployed against ICE agents

Time to take the gloves off or this drags out the same as the previous martyrdom protests. This is combat. The winner is either law and order or the DSocialists. Sooner or later we have to use force on them

patfrederick

agreed

patfrederick

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OH, TRADE !!! YOU ARE FABULOUS !!! CAUSE YOU KEEP US ENTRANCED !!!

I THANK GOD FOR YOU !!! ๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ’™

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

Verse of the Day for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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โ€œEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.โ€

James 1:17 (KJV)

COMMENTARY FOR JAMES 1

This epistle of James is one of the most instructive writings in the New Testament. Being chiefly directed against particular errors at that time brought in among the Jewish Christians, it does not contain the same full doctrinal statements as the other epistles, but it presents an admirable summary of the practical duties of all believers. The leading truths of Christianity are set forth throughout; and on attentive consideration, it will be found entirely to agree with St. Paul’s statements concerning grace and justification, while it abounds with earnest exhortations to the patience of hope and obedience of faith and love, interspersed with warnings, reproofs, and encouragements, according to the characters addressed. The truths laid down are very serious, and necessary to be maintained; and the rules for practice ought to be observed in all times. In Christ there are no dead and sapless branches, faith is not an idle grace; wherever it is, it brings forth fruit in works.How to apply to God under troubles, and how to behave in prosperous and in adverse circumstances. (1-11) To look upon all evil as proceeding from ourselves, and all good from God. (12-18) The duty of watching against a rash temper, and of receiving the word of God with meekness. (19-21) And of living according thereto. (22-25) The difference between vain pretences and real religion. (26,27)

12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our own fault. The tried Christian shall be a crowned one. The crown of life is promised to all who have the love of God reigning in their hearts. Every soul that truly loves God, shall have its trials in this world fully recompensed in that world above, where love is made perfect. The commands of God, and the dealings of his providence, try men’s hearts, and show the dispositions which prevail in them. But nothing sinful in the heart or conduct can be ascribed to God. He is not the author of the dross, though his fiery trial exposes it. Those who lay the blame of sin, either upon their constitution, or upon their condition in the world, or pretend they cannot keep from sinning, wrong God as if he were the author of sin. Afflictions, as sent by God, are designed to draw out our graces, but not our corruptions. The origin of evil and temptation is in our own hearts. Stop the beginnings of sin, or all the evils that follow must be wholly charged upon us. God has no pleasure in the death of men, as he has no hand in their sin; but both sin and misery are owing to themselves. As the sun is the same in nature and influences, though the earth and clouds, often coming between, make it seem to us to vary, so God is unchangeable, and our changes and shadows are not from any changes or alterations in him. What the sun is in nature, God is in grace, providence, and glory; and infinitely more. As every good gift is from God, so particularly our being born again, and all its holy, happy consequences come from him. A true Christian becomes as different a person from what he was before the renewing influences of Divine grace, as if he were formed over again. We should devote all our faculties to God’s service, that we may be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Verse of the Day – January 13, 2026 (Morning Prayer)


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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
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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 โ€œfaith my fearsโ€ 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 Iโ€™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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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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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.

duchess01

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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FEAR OF THE LORD
The law of the Lord is perfect and true;It revives the soul โ€“ and gives life to you;The rule of the Lord โ€“ you can trust;It gives wisdom to the simple โ€“ a thrust!
The precepts of the Lord are right and real;They gladden the heart โ€“ with righteous zeal;The commands of the Lord are crystal clear;They give songs to the voice โ€“ chords to the ear!
The Fear of the Lord is holy โ€“ abides;Wherein โ€“ the heart โ€“ that the Spirit resides;The decrees of the Lord are true and just;So Fear of the Lord for all is a must!
More to be desired than the purest gold;Sweeter than honey from the comb threefold;For in them โ€“ the servant โ€“ finds instruction;From precept to precept โ€“ no deduction!
Great reward comes from their very keeping;Only He can detect error speaking;Of hidden faults โ€“ His justice surely acquits;From the judgment seat upon which He sits!
From presumption โ€“ we must be restrained;From judging others โ€“ we must be retrained;Under presumption โ€“ we make ourselves blameless;Not cleansed from grave sin โ€“ or even shameless!
Let the spoken word of your mouth โ€“ win favor;Let your thoughts be pure โ€“ that they He may savor;Let your heart be of a clean โ€“ contrite nature;Let your heart โ€“ the Holy Spirit โ€“ capture!
The Fear of the Lord โ€“ is not fear at all;Itโ€™s His love in your heart โ€“ so answer His call;His precepts โ€“ commands โ€“ decrees are all there;To guide you โ€“ correct you โ€“ keep you aware!
Be prudent โ€“ be faithful โ€“ be thankful you are;Chosen by Him โ€“ loved โ€“ and cherished by far;The Fear of the Lord โ€“ is His awesomeness;Give thanks โ€“ for His love โ€“ and His blessedness!
D01:  11/18/2013

duchess01

FEAR OF THE LORD

The law of the Lord is perfect and true;
It revives the soul โ€“ and gives life to you;
The rule of the Lord โ€“ you can trust;
It gives wisdom to the simple โ€“ a thrust!

The precepts of the Lord are right and real;
They gladden the heart โ€“ with righteous zeal;
The commands of the Lord are crystal clear;
They give songs to the voice โ€“ chords to the ear!

The Fear of the Lord is holy โ€“ abides;
Wherein โ€“ the heart โ€“ that the Spirit resides;
The decrees of the Lord are true and just;
So Fear of the Lord for all is a must!

More to be desired than the purest gold;
Sweeter than honey from the comb threefold;
For in them โ€“ the servant โ€“ finds instruction;
From precept to precept โ€“ no deduction!

Great reward comes from their very keeping;
Only He can detect error speaking;
Of hidden faults โ€“ His justice surely acquits;
From the judgment seat upon which He sits!

From presumption โ€“ we must be restrained;
From judging others โ€“ we must be retrained;
Under presumption โ€“ we make ourselves blameless;
Not cleansed from grave sin โ€“ or even shameless!

Let the spoken word of your mouth โ€“ win favor;
Let your thoughts be pure โ€“ that they He may savor;
Let your heart be of a clean โ€“ contrite nature;
Let your heart โ€“ the Holy Spirit โ€“ capture!

The Fear of the Lord โ€“ is not fear at all;Itโ€™s
His love in your heart โ€“ so answer His call;
His precepts โ€“ commands โ€“ decrees are all there;
To guide you โ€“ correct you โ€“ keep you aware!

Be prudent โ€“ be faithful โ€“ be thankful you are;
Chosen by Him โ€“ loved โ€“ and cherished by far;
The Fear of the Lord โ€“ is His awesomeness;
Give thanks โ€“ for His love โ€“ and His blessedness!

D01:  11/18/2013

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duchess01

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

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ

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patfrederick

h/t Filly

EXCERPT: โ€œYears before becoming a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, James Ho clerked for the renowned Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. So, it should come as little surprise that after witnessing Thomasโ€™ mastery of words up close, Ho would go on to display his own writing prowess in his judicial works.
Receiving little attention outside legal circles, Ho authored an article for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy last week criticizing what he views to be an increasing โ€œarroganceโ€ among many federal judges โ€” an arrogance he argues is downstream from judicial supremacy. As The Federalist previously described, judicial supremacy is the belief that the executive and legislative branches are subordinate to the Supreme Court and the judicial branch, meaning judges โ€” rather than the peopleโ€™s elected representatives โ€” are the ultimate authority on law and policy.
Ho started his article by highlighting how many of the federal judges now supposedly concerned about โ€œjudicial independenceโ€ after President Trumpโ€™s return to office were silent as left-wing โ€œcultural elites bombarded certain Justices and judges with absurd ethical complaints.โ€ Their silence persisted, Ho added, even โ€œ[a]s the [Biden] Justice Department refused to prosecute individuals for harassing certain Justices at their own homesโ€ after the leak of SCOTUSโ€™s 2022 Dobbs draft decision, and โ€œ[a]s elite law schools allowed students to disrupt events to protest certain judicial decisions.โ€
โ€œIt wasnโ€™t until this year โ€” following the inauguration of a new President โ€” that the Federal Judges Association suddenly found its voice, and suddenly discovered a crisis over judicial independence,โ€ Ho wrote. โ€œAfter years of silence, itโ€™s obvious that these concerns are not sincere, but strategic. What theyโ€™re really championing is not judicial independence, but judicial supremacy. What weโ€™re really seeing in the judiciary is not principle, but arrogance.โ€
Ho contended that much of this arrogance โ€” which he argued entails an elitist mindset among โ€œ[t]oo many judgesโ€ โ€” stems from judicial supremacy and a backward system that teaches rising legal minds โ€œto venerate (if not worship) judges.โ€ He then dispelled the notion of America having three โ€œco-equalโ€ branches of government, noting that while the judiciary โ€œhas an important role in our constitutional republic,โ€ โ€œitโ€™s a limited one.โ€
โ€œJudges donโ€™t write the law. Judges donโ€™t execute the law. And thatโ€™s for one simple reason. As Americans, we believe that we can govern ourselves,โ€ Ho wrote. โ€œOur Constitution begins โ€˜We the peopleโ€™ โ€” not we the few with life tenure. Our Founders didnโ€™t fight a Revolutionary War to replace one king in royal garb with hundreds of kings in judicial robes. Judges are supposed to apply the law to whatever disputes are brought before us โ€” and leave everything else to the other branches of government.โ€ โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/13/judge-ho-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-judicial-supremacy-and-its-elite-enablers/

pgroup2

Clarence slowly arose from his chair and crossed to the office door. He was suddenly gratified that it was leather-padded, as he closed it firmly. It would keep sounds in.

As the latch clicked, he let out a sigh and began laughing. It was a laugh that came from deep in his belly, and expanded upward into a full guffaw.

Ho’s article made him proud that he had nurtured him when he was a clerk.

His laughter slowly subsided into a warm smile and a satisfying feeling.

[well, I was accused of being on a roll]

patfrederick

so you write SCOTUS porn?

Firefly

“Our Founders didnโ€™t fight a Revolutionary War to replace one king in royal garb with hundreds of kings in judicial robes.”

Judge Ho ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ

mollypitcher5

Yes!!! ๏ปฟ  :cheers: ๏ปฟ

barkerjim

Thank you, TradeBait!!! Odd that one group always wanted and wants to twist everything to their advantage!

patfrederick

h/t Filly
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mollypitcher5

๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ’” ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

agreed

mollypitcher5

He’ll be missed for sure

Gail Combs

๏ปฟ  :wpds_cry: ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ  :wpds_beg: ๏ปฟ May he rest in peace.

Cuppa Covfefe

What many outlets are (natch) ignoring is that Scott Adams indeed did accept Jesus Christ as his LORD and Savior before he passed…

pgroup2

A real life demonstration of the phrase “made it by the skin of his teeth”.

R.I.P. Scott. Dilbert will live forever.

Cuppa Covfefe

I can just see Jesus and Blaise Pascal at the Pearly Gates greeting Scott Adams, with Jesus saying, “Scott, what took you so long?” and Pascal saying, “I told you so” (Pascal’s Wager)…๏ปฟ  :toldyaso: ๏ปฟ

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gil00

Sigh. Or saying hes in hell, which if you believe in hell then heaven is real do God is real and oops…

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon

Amen.

patfrederick

barkerjim

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/golden-geese-tuesday-january-13-2026

Good morning, C&C, itโ€™s Tuesday! Your roundup today includes: an update to the cancer story, as Big Pharma makes a play to coopt the lead researcher, who fortunately declines; California bleeding out its billionaires as oleaginous governor makes a last-ditch effort to stem the confiscatory tax tide; Democrats hell-bent on destroying themselves; party schisms; golden geese; Trump announces economic assault on Iranian regime; protests in the fog of war; increasing isolation of Iran; allies quiet; and Sun Tzu has more to say about Trumpโ€™s rapid-fire remaking of one of Americaโ€™s most troublesome Middle East problems.

Firefly

Tousi TV says over 12,000 killed in Iran.

๏ปฟ  :wpds_cry: ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

who’s surprised by one of the “I’m above the crowd” folks, skips his deposition?

PAVACA

Not surprised.
And the spineless RINOs will do nothing about it.
Neither will DOJ.

And Hillary will do something similar, IMO.
And the spineless RINOs will do nothing about it.
Neither will DOJ.

Cuppa Covfefe

Klint00n attorneys are still trying to figure out what IS is…..

The House can send a Sergeant-at-Arms or Capitol Police to drag BeezleBubba in, whether he likes it or not.

The Klint00ns need to have all of their power (earthly and Satanic) taken away, neutralized, and turned upon itself.

patfrederick

wouldn’t that be lovely?

PAVACA

Wouldn’t this need to come from the Speaker of the House, to send the House Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce the subpoena? And isn’t Mike Johnson the current Speaker? For some reason, can’t see him doing anything to enforce the subpoena.

Cuppa Covfefe

Someone needs to lean on Johnson, hard.

I also think that there’s some “smoking out” going on, as usual, as well…

pgroup2

Bannon and Navarro tried this trick. It didn’t work then and it shouldn’t work now.

patfrederick

I agree. these asswipes chant no one is above the law when it’s someone else…but let it be them and suddenly there’s an entire privileged class that can’t be forced to testify

Cuppa Covfefe

What people are now finding out about heat pumps (seems the greens always cut science classes so they could get high in the parking lot) is that without power, the water in the heat-pump piping freezes, and, surprise, surprise, surprise, it EXPANDS as it freezes, bursting the pipes, and possibly the heat exchanger as well.

Should the (propane, “thanks” again, GangGreens) refrigerant-carrying piping also get damaged, that creates the possibility of explosion(s), especially when power is restored.

Aaaaaannnndddd that has happened. Also, when the power came back on, it was spiky (like the leftists hairdos), so not a small amount of sensitive electronic circuitry/devices was damaged as well….

Seems heat pumps are not the panacea the GangGreens sold (along with their windmills, pixie dust, and unicorn farts)…

From BlackoutNews (in German, sorry) is an article about the disaster of warmpumps in sub-zero weather and no backup power…. seems the law of unintended consequences is still at work…..

https://blackout-news.de/aktuelles/frost-schaeden-nach-blackout-strom-wieder-da-viele-heizungen-bleiben-trotzdem-aus/

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duchess01

Tim Walz Just Got CAUGHT Faking Financial Records in State AUDIT!!!

Dr. Steve Turley – 01/13/2026

TheseTruths

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duchess01

BREAKING: “Leave Iran Now!”
OfficialACLJ – 01/13/2026

Cuppa Covfefe

Seems it won’t play over here… fancy that…

duchess01

UGH !!! SOWEEE !!! ๐Ÿ™

TheseTruths

Update: President Trump has ordered the United States to officially withdraw from the UN Register of Conventional Arms.

UNROCA works closely with the UN Arms Trade Treaty and requires participating countries to submit detailed import and export reports. These reports include small arms and civilian market firearms.

The U.S. withdrawal from this program delivers a major blow to UN efforts to impose global gun control schemes on American gun owners.

Wolf Moon

Trump just ain’t puttin’ up with globalist shit any more.

I suspect that Obama is busy with lawyers.

TheseTruths

I hope so!

TheseTruths

Bill Gates Isn’t the Only One Shifting From Climate Doomerism to Energy Abundance

In October 2025, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates made headlines by declaring that “climate change is a serious problem, but it will not be the end of civilization.” The admission came in a letter to world leaders weeks before COP30, the United Nations’ 30th annual climate change summit, and focused on “adjust[ing] strategies for dealing withโ€จclimate change.”

The environmental movement has espoused alarmist warnings about humanity’s future for decades, most of which have not panned out, such as Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 prediction that population growth and environmental decline would lead to mass starvation. More recently, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Dโ€“N.Y.) warned dubiously in 2019 that “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address” climate change. Now it appears the climate discussion is being carried out with more deliberation and less fear.

Rather than focusing on global temperatures or greenhouse gas emissions, Gates said governments and technologists should worry about a more important metric: improving global living standards. “Our chief goal,” according to Gates, “should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.”

…The two secretaries [President Donald Trump’s top energy advisersโ€”Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright] have since โ€จreplaced the Biden administration’s whole-of-government climate strategy with an “energy dominance agenda” that aims to couple affordable energy and economic growth with climate progress. Democrats in Congress, meanwhile, aren’t ringing climate alarm bells as much as they once did, and global leaders have walked back some of their more extreme policies and rhetoric on the issue.

The Breakthrough Institute’s Alex Trembath has coined this shift as “the end of the climate hawk era.” Gone are the days of rigid net-zero commitment. Energy affordability is now in vogue. Paradoxically, this realignment is more likely to deliver the type of climate progress advocates have long wished for.

For most people in the world, climate change is a luxury concern…People are more likely to care about environmental issues when they have access to basic needs like clean water, food, and reliable electricity.

Economic growth enables societies to invest in mitigation strategies such asโ€จcarbon-free energy sources and adaptation measures, including seawalls and air conditioning. This has already begun to pay off; climate-related deaths are declining thanks to higher global prosperity, and global temperatures are expected to be lower than initially projected a decade ago.

More progress is needed, but restricting access to affordable energy or implementing population control schemes are not the best approach. A better way is to improve human flourishing, unleash โ€จinnovation, and accelerate economic growth through capitalism.

What’s in it for Gates and others? Do they see climate alarmism as a losing battle, or have they found a new cash cow? I never forget that the goal is, as Kalbo reminds us, 14 out of 15 gone.

Gail Combs

OR were they given offers they could not refuse??

duchess01

1.13.26: DON’T QUIT, PATRIOTS in CONTROL, how many coincidences? message sent, Entering the Final phase, Pray!

And We Know

https://rumble.com/v749xuu-1.13.26-dont-quit-patriots-in-control-how-many-coincidences-message-sent-en.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a

duchess01
PAVACA

SCOTT ADAMS HAS JUST PASSED AWAY.
MAY HE REST IN ETERNAL PEACE.

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PAVACA

Scott Adam’s final message today, before he passed. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

TheseTruths

God is the judge. Adams said, “I’m not a believer,” but according to the “risk-reward ratio,” he accepts “Jesus Christ as my lord and savior.” To some, those statements will seem contradictory. I pray for God’s mercy on his soul.

IMO he did a lot of good, and I will miss him.

Cuppa Covfefe

Pascal’s wager, writ large.

Only GOD knows the heart.

Remember the two thieves on crosses next to Jesus, and the one who turned at the last minute. Let’s hope and pray that Scott did the same…

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Being born and raised in the Silicon Valley and having spent half of my life there, it is EXTREMELY difficult to be a Christian there, let alone a Creationist or a YECcer (as I have heard the disparaging term bandied about).

I have many friends there who simply cannot bring themselves to face the abuse they would endure to actually profess their faith.

60 years ago it wasn’t that way. My, oh my, what a cesspool Sodom by the Bay has become. Still praying for Scott, and may almighty GOD have mercy on him.

Aubergine

I would say that Scott’s statement was the embodiment of this Scripture:

Mark 9

17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, โ€œTeacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.โ€
19 He answered him and said, โ€œO faithless[b] generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I [c]bear with you? Bring him to Me.โ€ 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
21 So He asked his father, โ€œHow long has this been happening to him?โ€
And he said, โ€œFrom childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.โ€
23 Jesus said to him, โ€œIf[d] you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.โ€
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, โ€œLord, I believe; help my unbelief!โ€
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, โ€œDeaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!โ€ 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him.

I have heard it said that people get it backwards when thinking about accepting Jesus. That they think “I have to be changed, better, more, something else, before I can ask Jesus in.” But when we ask Jesus to come, THEN is when we are changed. It is a process, too, generally, because we are still sinners, no matter what, so it can take some time. And Scott asked people to respect his conversations were now between him and Jesus. Scott didn’t comment again after that, so how or if he changed in the presence of Jesus, we don’t know. Scott didn’t get years for his changed heart to manifest into things we could see and hear publicly.

I choose to believe that Scott is in heaven with Jesus right now.

singingsoul1

God is merciful and complete love. Adams is in good hands .

Valerie Curren

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barkerjim

https://karlkanthak.substack.com/p/flu-or-flu-related-mortality

“Why does the CDC estimate deaths related to seasonal flu?”

pgroup2

So it can calculate how much to charge for each flu shot that doesn’t work.

duchess01

EVENING PRAYERS
A Powerful Evening Prayer for Peace and Serenity
Dear Lord,

As the day gradually transitions into the comforting embrace of night, I humbly come before you, seeking the precious gifts of peace and serenity. Please, dear God, enfold me in your tranquil presence, and help me find respite from the storms that may be raging within my heart and mind. Grant me the serenity to gracefully accept the things I cannot change and the courage to change what I can. May your divine light shine upon me as I seek rest and tranquility, knowing that your unwavering love and guidance are my constant companions.

Amen.
_________________________

A Powerful Evening Prayer for Strength and Guidance

Dear God,

In these twilight hours, I turn to you, my unwavering source of strength and guidance. As I reflect upon the dayโ€™s challenges and triumphs, I seek your divine intervention. Grant me the courage to face the uncertainties of tomorrow and the wisdom to make sound decisions along the way. I earnestly request that your radiant light illuminate my path through the darkness, and may your steadfast strength be my refuge in moments of doubt and weakness. Lord, help me navigate lifeโ€™s complexities with unwavering faith in your unwavering presence.

Amen.
__________________________

A Powerful Evening Prayer for Gratitude and Thankfulness
Heavenly Father,

As I pause to contemplate the events of this day, my heart brims with profound gratitude for the countless blessings you have graciously bestowed upon me. I thank you, dear Lord, for the boundless love of my family and friends, for the opportunities that have enriched my journey, and for the valuable lessons Iโ€™ve gleaned from lifeโ€™s experiences. As I lay down to rest, may my heart overflow with thankfulness, recognizing that your grace continually sustains me and that even in the challenges, your love remains unwavering.

Amen.
____________________

https://strengthinprayer.com/powerful-evening-prayers/

holly

Thank you duchess.

patfrederick

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg HOLY SMOKES. SCOTUS Justice Sam Alito asks ACLU lawyer “what is a man and a woman?” and they DON’T HAVE A DEFINITION.

Alito’s response is perfect.

ALITO: What does it mean to be a man or woman?

ACLU: We do not have a definition for the Court.

ALITO: How can a court determine whether there’s discrimination on the basis of s*x, without KNOWING what s*x means?!

Omg, you can’t make this crap up. Seriously.

TheseTruths

pgroup2

It might be the Thomas court but it’s also the Alito playground.

๏ปฟ  :wpds_lol: ๏ปฟ

patfrederick

and I’m good with that…LOL

K1tt7-fzn

James O’Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
1h
BREAKING: U.S. Secret Service Agent Assigned to VP JD Vance Leaks Sensitive Security Information to Undercover Reporter.

Escotto is a holdover from the Biden administration and stated that he voted for Joe Biden, while expressing opposition to ICE & the Trump administrationโ€™s immigration policies. โ€œI hate that [ICE] sh*t.โ€

Tomas Escotto, a current U.S. Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vanceโ€™s protective detail, was recorded on hidden camera providing an undercover journalist with sensitive security information, including protective formations, shift schedules, travel plans, & real-time locations.

The Secret Service agent detailed how the Vice President is physically surrounded, described multiple daily shift changes, & disclosed advance security procedures.

In addition to past movements, the agent revealed future travel plans, sometimes days in advance. Escotto even sent images from Air Force Two while onboard with the Vice President.

Despite acknowledging that he signed paperwork prohibiting the disclosure of sensitive information, the Secret Service agent repeatedly shared details with someone he believed was a casual romantic interest.

While the safety of the Vice President and his family was always our top priority, what OMG uncovered raises serious questions about operational security, protocol compliance, and oversight within the U.S. Secret Service.

Our team coordinated with the U.S. Secret Service ahead of publication, redacted sensitive operational details at their request.

We were just informed Tomas Escotto has been placed on administrative leave with his clearance suspended and access to agency facilities and systems revoked.

patfrederick

what’s with the “administrative leave” crap? can’t they fire the idiot? arrest him for putting the VP’s life in danger?

TheseTruths

It looks as if he’s completely off the job with no security clearance. I’m sure they have procedures they have to follow and that they don’t want to do anything that would jeopardize a case against him.

IMO this is close to as bad as it gets, and I consider this guy to be a danger to Vance, Trump, and the United States.

patfrederick

I’d rather he was sitting behind bars.

pgroup2

Patience, my sweet. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๏ปฟ

pgroup2

There’s a collective bargaining agreement [group employment contract]. Since we [USA] started allowing public sector unions to negotiate working conditions beyond the protections in the Bill of Rights, the PSUs have added all sorts of conditions.

One of which is a set of minimum steps needed before firing someone. ๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ˜  ๏ปฟ

Gail Combs

Worse thing that ever happened was allowing public employee unions. I have read it can take as long as 2 years to fire someone. That is why you have them watching porn on government computers during working hours with no firings.

pgroup2

Where do I apply for a job with that working condition?

/s

Gail Combs

Any Demonrat politician’s office.

cthulhu

By way of contrast, The Fiancee once worked as manager of a cubie farm. She finds out that one of her problematic, low-performing people has been watching porn on company time.

Her company had extensive Federal contracts, and — unfortunately — some of these contracts had provisions that essentially made her company a “mandatory reporter” for child porn. So when she was discussing this guy’s termination with HR, it was determined that HR was going to have to review this guy’s downloaded porn stash to ensure that there was no kiddie porn on it.

This took days. While there were no illegal minors involved, there was over 100 hours of video — mainly anal.

I guess the moral of the story is, it could be worse — you could be mandated to watch unenjoyable porn on company computers on company time.

patfrederick

it would seem endangering the life of someone it’s your job to protect would be an automatic boot in the ass out the door.

barkerjim

https://omega4america.substack.com/p/data-center-madness-may-determine

Data Center Madness May Determine The Next PresidentData centers are the cutting issue in every swing state and Texas – we are in the middle of it

barkerjim

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/seeing-truth-in-the-age-of-information-38b

Seeing Truth in the Age of Information OverloadHow the health of your perceptual filters shapes the health of your reality

duchess01

You Wonโ€™t BELIEVE What Just Happened in CUBA!!!

Dr. Steve Turley – 01/13/2026

TheseTruths

COMER: “As a result of Bill Clinton not showing up for his lawful subpoena…we will move next week in the House Oversight Committee markup to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress.”

Comer noted that not one Democrat showed up today. IMO it looks as if they had a good idea that Clinton would not be there. Comer also said the vote to subpoena Clinton was unanimous in the bipartisan committee.

Some info on being held in contempt of Congress
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10974

What is criminal contempt of Congress?
Criminal contempt of Congress is a process by which the House or Senate can seek to hold a witness accountable for failing to comply with a committee subpoena. Under 2 U.S.C. ยง 192, it is a misdemeanor criminal offense to “willfully” fail to comply with a valid congressional subpoena for either documents or testimony “upon any matter under inquiry before either House . . . or any committee of either House of Congress.” Whereas the House and Senate originally used their own legislative powers to enforce subpoenas, Congress chose to criminalize subpoena noncompliance in 1857. By the 1930s, both chambers were relying on criminal contempt as a chief method of subpoena enforcement.
What are the penalties for being held in criminal contempt?
A witness suffers no direct legal consequence from House or Senate approval of a contempt citation, though a variety of political consequences may flow from being held in contempt. If the individual is prosecuted and convicted, violations of ยง 192 are punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 and imprisonment “for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.” The federal sentencing guidelines also inform the severity of the penalties. Former presidential adviser Stephen Bannon, for example, was convicted of criminal contempt of Congress in 2022 and sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay a fine of $6,500…
What is the process for holding someone in criminal contempt?
Criminal contempt of Congress is a unique criminal offense; as a result, its enforcement process is different from that of traditional criminal violations. That process is established in 2 U.S.C. ยง 194. Under that provision, when a committee reports to the House or Senate that a witness has failed to comply with a subpoena, “it shall be the duty” of the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House to “certify” the facts of the contempt “to the appropriate United States attorney, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action.” Although the statute does not expressly require approval of the contempt citation by the committee’s parent body, both congressional practice and at least one judicial decision suggest that approval by the committee’s chamber may be necessary. As a result, the process of holding an individual in contempt generally includes a vote of the committee reporting the matter to the full House or Senate, followed by a vote of the full chamber to direct the certification of the matter to the U.S. Attorney.
Who enforces criminal contempt?
Like other federal criminal offenses, the contempt statute is enforced by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Congress may not act as a “law enforcement agency,” and thus it must rely on the executive branch to prosecute violations of federal criminal law, even when the offense is committed against Congress itself. Congress’s reliance on DOJ to prosecute criminal contempt charges represents the key weakness to the use of criminal contempt as a subpoena enforcement mechanism against executive branch officials. Although 2 U.S.C. ยง 194 explicitly states that it “shall be the duty” of the U.S. Attorney to present an approved contempt citation to a grand jury, DOJ has not interpreted the statute as creating a mandatory duty, asserting instead that it retains discretion over any individual contempt referral from Congress. Since 2008, the House has held ten individuals in criminal contempt of Congress. Of those referrals, the DOJ sought the indictment of two.
What justification has DOJ provided for its decisions not to seek indictments?
Both Democratic and Republican administrations have generally been unwilling to prosecute current or former executive branch officials for criminal contempt of Congress when the official was acting under direction from the sitting President in denying Congress access to the subpoenaed information. The majority of these declination decisions have involved claims of executive privilege, with DOJ repeatedly concluding that the contempt statutes cannot constitutionally be applied to an executive branch official who is protecting the President’s claim of executive privilege. The DOJ position, however, does not require that a declination decision be tethered to a claim of executive privilege. The Department has argued that it “retains traditional prosecutorial discretion regardless of whether the contempt citation is related to an assertion of executive privilege.” Pursuant to this asserted discretion, a U.S. Attorney may, based on any number of reasons, leave a congressional citation unenforced…
What is the status of the various criminal contempt of Congress citations approved by the House over the last four years?
The House has approved six criminal contempt of Congress citations since 2019. In four instances (involving Dan Scavino, Mark MeadowsWilliam Barr, and Wilbur Ross) the DOJ declined to present the citations to the grand jury, and the criminal matters ceased. In the other two instances (concerning Peter Navarro and Stephen Bannon), the DOJ sought and received an indictment. Mr. Bannon was convicted and sentenced in 2022, but his sentence has been stayed pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Mr. Navarro’s trial is scheduled to begin this September.

PAVACA

“A strongly worded letter.”

pgroup2

“Don’t shoot I surrender.”

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duchess01

Is [DS] Planning An Armed Civil War? Muslim Brotherhood Comes Into Focus, Clean & Swift โ€“ Ep. 3817
 January 13, 2026  x22report

https://x22report.com/is-ds-planning-an-armed-civil-war-muslim-brother-comes-into-focus-clean-swift-ep-3817/

Conspiracy no more, the Dโ€™s in Mass want to limit miles people can drive because of climate change. Biden/Obama forces electrical prices higher, Trump is now bringing the prices down and AI data centers will be powered separately. The [CB] awakening has begun. Sometimes you need to show the people the truth. The world is changing, Trump has shut down the money supply around the world, the [DS] is in a deep panic and soon the people of Iran will take back their own country. As the [DS] criminal syndicate falls apart are they planning an armed civil war? Trump admin designates the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, other chapters to follow. In the end the Patriots have full control, once the chaos begins the patriots will round them all up, it will be clean and swift.

Ep 3817a โ€“ [CB] Awakening Has Begun, Sometimes You Need To Show The People, Tick Tock
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3817a-cb-awakening-has-begun-sometimes-you-need-to-show-the-people-tick-tock/

Ep 3817b โ€“ Is [DS] Planning An Armed Civil War? Muslim Brotherhood Comes Into Focus, Clean & Swift
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3817b-is-ds-planning-an-armed-civil-war-muslim-brotherhood-comes-into-focus-clean-swift/

duchess01

Pam Bondi Truth NUKE!!
Doug In Exile – 01/13/2026

duchess01
duchess01

BREAKING: โ€˜They Will Payโ€™

OfficialACLJ – 01/13/2026

TheseTruths

Libs of TikTok:

TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

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What do those women look like? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
Someone needs to infiltrate the group and expose the whole thing.
I can’t remember if there are laws against doxing agents. If so, then IMO every member of the group should be charged.

patfrederick

doxing endangers agents–if it’s not illegal–it outta be!!!

Gail Combs

Looks like it is illegal. I hope they toss the book at these SOBs

Wolf Moon

Put these women in cells with the illegals.

END OF PROBLEM.

Gail Combs

18 U.S. Code ยง 119 – Protection of individuals performing certain official duties

(a)In General.โ€”Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal information about a covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person, publicly availableโ€”

(1)with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person; or

(2)with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person,

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

Other possible laws:

18 U.S. Code ยง 372 – Conspiracy to impede or injure officer 

18 U.S. Code ยง 111 – Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers

18 U.S. Code ยง 115 – Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member

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scott467

Wymyns.

Just imagine what kind of nasty, meanspirited, hateful person would actually do something like this.

This is what wymyn have become. Just hateful, horrible people.

This is exactly why the MGTOW and Red-Pill movements began.

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K1tt7-fzn

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Sanpepi

Nice ๐Ÿ‘

K1tt7-fzn

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
5h
American lives in a small town in Minnesota

She says ICE was at their grocery store arresting an illegal and the entire store cheered and clapped

Donโ€™t listen to the paid activists, American citizens want illegals gone

โ€œICE was just in my suburb at our local grocery store while I was there, and they were grabbing somebody. Nobody in the grocery store stopped them from doing their job. Everybody was clapping and excited about ICE being there. People are hooting and hollering, you know, chanting for ICE. 

You gotta love small towns in Minnesota. Honestly, we are so f*cking stoked โ€” Excited that ICE is in Minnesota. Really excited.โ€œ

K1tt7-fzn

Vigilant Fox ๐ŸฆŠ
@VigilantFox
2h
Rand Paul blows Joe Rogan away with a โ€œcrazyโ€ story about natural immunity.

Paul tells the tale of a 102-year-old woman who went to the hospital.

Doctors thought she wasnโ€™t going to make it. To their shock, she survived.

During that visit, something remarkable happened when the doctors tested the woman for Spanish Flu antibodies.

โ€œThey decided to test her for antibodies to the Spanish flu, because when she was six months old, her mother was coming across the Atlantic. Her mom died from the Spanish Flu. She got it โ€” survived. They tested her 100 years later. She still had antibodies to the Spanish flu,โ€ Paul revealed.

โ€œSo [natural] immunity lasts a long damn time.โ€

ROGAN: โ€œWow. Thatโ€™s crazy.โ€

Wolf Moon

This story is 100% compatible with a “teaching post” that Robert Malone did about immunity recently. This was a GREAT post to understand natural immunity vs. vaccine immunity.

https://www.malone.news/p/pathogenic-priming-and-influenza

gil00

No reason given.

๏ปฟFormer Arizona AG Mark Brnovich Passes Away at 59

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/new-former-arizona-ag-mark-brnovich-passes-away/

Valerie Curren

Jab?

gil00

Good question.

Valerie Curren

๏ปฟ ๐Ÿ‘ ๏ปฟ

duchess01

BREAKING: Obama and Brennan Get The BAD NEWS they’ve been DREADING!

Doug In Exile – 01/13/2026

duchess01

???

Iran MASS KILLS Civiliansโ€ฆ Trumpโ€™s Revenge Was INSTANT and BRUTAL

Business Basics – 01/13/2026

PAVACA

TradeBait2
Thank you so much!

There once was a “President Billious”
Who also went by the name “Willious.”
His feet are of clay,
Alack and a-day,
May he now be called, “Clinton-ilious.”

On the serious side —
Thank you for the series on the signers of the Declaration of Independence. SO much more engaging and informative than the lessons in 8th grade Civics class!
Looking forward to more of the new series.

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duchess01
singingsoul1

God be with him – Rip

Valerie Curren

Amen

duchess01

AMEN !!!