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Eagle Pass, Yemen & Goodnight Nikki
Enjoy the ‘peace’ while it lasts as next week begins the official political primary season and the ‘extreme’ weather season. This isn’t the type of extreme weather that the WEF crowd fears (that’s the stuff 50-100 years from now based on models and people that haven’t been right their entire lives), just the run of the mill stuff that affect us plebs like ice storms and subzero temps.
The primary season should be anything but exciting (at least at the poll booths) as Trump locked up the nomination 6 months ago despite public theatre to the contrary and pearl-clutching by our nation’s journo and political elites.
And those stalwart defenders of Democracy, Biden and the Dems, aren’t even having a primary season as the DNC forbid it. ‘Democracy’ for thee, but not for me.
When it comes to Democracy in America we have, ‘A Tale of Two Movies’.
In the first, Biden and the Dems (and their henpecked media sycophants) are doing everything they can to cherish and preserve Democracy.
Let’s call this movie a blockbuster studio tentpole work of fiction with no script.
In it, former President Trump appears as a ‘Godzilla’ like figure crushing civilization under its feet. First, he led a massive rebellion backed by crack ex-Navy SEAL armed to the teeth who stormed the Capitol, murdered every Democratic Congressperson and single handedly stole the suitcase with the electors and declared himself, ‘President for Life’.
Dems were forced to mobilize like the hearty band of rebels against the Death Star or the US after Pearl Harbor and heroically repelled this act of sedition (presumably ‘the’ act not being Trump tweeting ‘go home’ during the Jan 6 protest).
In the real-life documentary version, the same erstwhile team that considers themselves ‘Defenders of Democracy’ have been engaged in a malicious series of lawfare, weaponization of law enforcement and active disregard for Democratic and Constitutionalist principles as they’ve done everything in the power to destroy the precepts of Democracy in order to defeat, imprison or kill their chief political opponent - Donald Trump.
Their motto if you will, has become, “We had to destroy Democracy to save it.”
No level of media suppression, distortion, or falsehoods can obscure the reality that the most flagrant breaches of our Constitutional tenets have emerged exclusively from one political faction.
From the soft coup known as the Russia Collusion Hoax, to spying on Trump while President, impeaching twice, orchestrating the Jan 6 riot, bringing 5 novel and groundless cases to now attempting to disenfranchise half the population, they certainly have a different definition of ‘Democracy’ than we do.
A few things will become abundantly clear in the next week or two.
One, Nikki Haley is and always was, a complete media fabrication that never had any real support. It’s been glorious watching everyone from the Koch brothers, to CNN and other donors/journalists pour their hopes, dreams and $60 million dollars into a campaign that was DOA from day one.
Not that it was all Nikki’s fault. The Republican electorate has had a taste of global peace and domestic prosperity with Trump and there’s no amount of lipstick you can put on this pig to make the conservative voters want to crawl back into bed with another warmongering statist.
In addition, this election is different than any other in that Twitter is now owned by Elon Musk and information is free to flow again.
Vivek, the most intelligent and articulate candidate in this race, has been shredding Haley and other George W. Bush-type candidates with his sharp intellect and tongue.
The beginning of the end was Vivek calling attention to her allegiance to Boeing and her total inability to answer questions posed to her, whether the topic focused on the Civil War or immigration.
But most of all, it was Nikki herself. As I wrote several months ago after the first debate, any Republican candidate endeavoring to run a campaign reminiscent of Reagan's era, believing it to be akin to 1980 or another period when institutions and media enjoyed greater trust, is likely going to get their head handed to them.
The American people, and mostly those on the Right have been bludgeoned, victimized and attacked for close to 8 years now (I know it’s much longer, but it was always done in a much more elegant and fair manner). There is serious anger out there and if you’re going to ignore the lockdowns and mandates, the Fine People Hoax, Russia Collusion hoax, Drinking Bleach hoax, Whitmer kidnapping hoax, Jan 6 and all the other regime/media orchestrated nonsense, then you’re going to be rightfully seen as a UniParty puppet which is exactly what Nikki is.
In fact, the majority of the current regime and plenty of other elitists out there would probably be just as happy if not happier with a Haley Presidency as a Biden Presidency.
After all, there’s not that much light between the two candidates positions and if a Haley won as a Republican, the powers that be could trot out the same old, ‘See? A Republican won. Democracy works. It really is a fair system” all the while running the same playbook we’ve seen over the last 3 years of endless immigration, rampant inflation, and never-ending wargaming and Federal spending.
Speaking of voting, as I keep repeating, the number one thing we should be doing right now is solidifying the election and voting process. Red States should be taking extraordinary (or in most countries, just sane) procedures to guarantee fair and fraud-free elections.
In Argentina recently, it took them less than 24 hours to count 27M paper ballots and have a winner in a very tight election.
In America 2020, swing states took days and even weeks to count a couple million ballots with machines. Our elections are less secure than many 3rd world countries.
This is by design.
House Speaker Johnson and the rest of the Repubs should be passing bills left and right calling attention to the severe structural weaknesses in voting security.
This should have been the #1 priority since they regained the House in 2022.
As voting ramps up, the criticality of this issue will increasingly dominate the discourse.
The hornets were out last week attacking Elon Musk for calling attention to these matters.
His chief crime? Letting the world know that illegals are not prevented from voting in our elections.
This set the internet ablaze with Agitprop ‘fact-checkers’ and corporate media who did their best to contort the facts and explain “Akshually, it’s illegal for illegals to vote.”
Sure. And it’s illegal for them to be here as well. That hasn’t stopped the Biden Administration or anyone else from giving them a whole host of benefits including free housing, education, healthcare and plenty of other goodies.
Here’s Stephen Miller with the killshot.
The reality is our voting processes are intentionally weak and corrupt. That’s the only explanation that makes sense. And it’s done by one party who relies on the votes of illegals, dead people, mail-in ballot and all other sorts of mischief to stay competitive.
The bottom line - there is no excuse not to have Voter ID, paper ballots, and to be able to verify one’s vote after its been cast online to act as a certification measure.
Votes should be counted within 24 hours as they are in every other country and as they have been in America throughout history.
For more on our voting woes, see last week’s article here.
Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass is shaping up to be a historic State challenge to Federal incompetence and corruption.
In the biggest Federal/State conflict in years (and long overdue), Texas Governor Abbot finally had enough and ordered the Texas Military (yes, Texas has a military) to take over Eagle Pass and enforce the border and evict Federal Border Agents who interfere with the efforts.
Deployed under ‘Operation Lone Star’, the Texas forces seized control of Shelby Park, a public space where Border Patrol agents typically processed illegals crossing the Rio Grande.
Texas forces denied Border Patrol access to the park and a 2.5-mile stretch of the border, hindering their ability to apprehend illegals and respond to emergencies.
The Justice Department sued Texas over blocking access, arguing it violated federal jurisdiction and impeded border security. The Supreme Court is now considering the case.
The Federal filing confirmed that the TX National Guard “has deployed armed soldiers and vehicles to block federal gov from accessing the river” in Eagle Pass, & TX informed them no BP agents will be allowed to enter Shelby Park “in any operational capacity”. This is a significant escalation by Texas after Feds fought to remove TX water barriers and razor wire, & DOJ is suing TX over its new border security law. This is potentially setting up to be the biggest state vs federal fight in a very long time.
Here’s the DOJ filing to the Supreme Court.
Texas also deployed a floating barrier on the Rio Grande, which the Fifth Circuit Court previously ordered removed. The Border Patrol under orders from the Biden Administration have also destroyed or dismantled other measures Texas has deployed to slow the invasion of illegals across the Rio Grande such as makeshift fences and wire.
When we see Mayors Adams of New York and Johnson of Chicago crying about the burden of illegals, it’s important to remember the numbers and context. NY and Chicago have seen at best 100,000 come their way (after earlier virtue signaling their ‘Sanctuary City’ status and begging for more).
Eagle Pass sees numbers like that every month.
There have been millions this year alone that have poured across the Texas border.
The Federal Government has spectacularly failed in one of its most fundamental roles, and then consistently lied about it on a daily basis to the American public.
Kudos to Texas for reaching a breaking point and decisively taking control of the situation.
By fortifying the border and transporting undocumented immigrants to those 'blue' cities quick to label Texans as racists, Texas confronts the colossal financial and human toll of handling millions at its borders.
The implications of these actions are profound. While notably quiet in mainstream media, this scenario may well be a defining moment in history, akin to Fort Sumter, poised to be chronicled as a critical turning point in historical records.
Taiwan Download
Tomorrow’s presidential election includes three candidates, one of whom — Lai Ching-te, the favorite and the current vice president — China would clearly like to see lose. Lai’s party, the Democratic Progressive Party, has historically favored independence.
If Lai doesn’t win, this will likely mark the beginning of the end of Taiwan independence. It likely won’t come with any shots fired as I’ve argued in the past, as China merely needs to slowly do to Taiwan what it did to Hong Kong.
While I’m rooting for Lai as it’s important to remember China is the enemy of the free world and a bad actor at its core, it’s equally important to remember that a Lai victory makes a China-Taiwan war much more likely.
And gun to head the timing of which would likely be this spring/summer as weather conditions are optimal for an invasion of the island and it would come at a time before the potential election of Donald Trump as President.
If China is going to move kinetically (and I still think the odds are low as they don’t have to), they will do it while Biden is President as his pathetic incompetence and the DEI-fication of the US military has made it a conflict that China can likely win for the first time in history.
The current attacks in the Red Sea and other shipping lanes by the Houthis have the implicit blessing of the Chinese. There’s a reason no Chinese vessels have been attacked to date. China knows the US has its hands full elsewhere and can likely march right in and take over Taiwan with minimal effort. It’s unclear we would even respond as we haven’t even been able to handle simple things lately like withdrawal from Afghanistan, failing to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or countering the Houthi pirates.
The deterrence factor is gone. Weakness invites further aggression.
And by a large factor, Joe Biden is the weakest most pathetic President in US history.
The Chinese are salivating.
Epidemic Institutional Rot
Nothing to see here, just an epidemic of incompetence and corruption across all institutions as we’re firmly in the power/extraction stage of legacy frameworks.
The latest example - the SEC’s laughably botched approval of a Bitcoin Spot ETF.
After months and months of wrangling and negotiations, the SEC finally capitulated and approved the ETF in pure clownworld fashion.
Wednesday evening was the expected decision according to the Agency timeline schedule and an announcement would be made either greenlighting or delaying/denying the ETF approval.
Come 4pm, the SEC tweeted out this message (yes, many agencies do use the world’s most important and widely followed news platform to release their announcements):
Cheers and applause erupted in CryptoLand and the price of Bitcoin spiked from $46 to $49K.
There was only one problem, The SEC never sent that tweet.
According to the Agency, their Twitter account had been compromised because they failed to employ even the most basic cybersecurity measures.
Remember, this is the agency responsible for grading and disciplining companies for cybersecurity breakdowns.
Even SEC Chairman Gary Gensler himself had to jump on Twitter and Tweet out, “That’s not us!”
This is just one example of the epidemic of institutional incompetence and fraud that has been pervasive over the past 3 years.
Let’s not forget:
the massive train derailment and toxic chemical spill in Palestine, Ohio
the Maui wildfires clusterf*ck
Fern Hollow PA Bridge Collapse
collapse of an entire section of I-95 near Philadelphia
the worst period of flight delays and cancellations in history.
or hundreds of other industrial accidents.
A recent study showed the US is averaging one industrial chemical accident every two days!
This week alone we saw doors falling off airplanes mid flight and two NYC subway trains derail.
I mean, did anyone think this wouldn’t possibly happen when we appointed a Small town mayor as Transportation Secretary who’s one defining characteristic was that he was gay?
To be fair, it’s not just Mayor Pete. This is a systemwide failure we’ve seen.
A complete collapse in Border control and the resulting invasion by 10 million or more illegals.
A complete loss of trust in public healthcare due to their lies and iatrocide during the Covid pandemic.
A complete collapse in military recruitment due to the DEI-fication of the US military and perceived weakness here and abroad (and resulting eruption of worldwide conflicts).
The sad truth is most of these institutions aren’t savable.
Vivek has the right idea. Cut 75% of agency staff Day One and then completely re-architect and restructure the rest.
If Elon could do it in a complex and important machine like Twitter and barely skip a beat and have an overall vastly superior product within 9 months, certainly the Federal government can do it with 75% of the lifetime drones working there.
Install ‘private sector’ controls and feedback incentives. Real KPIs, 360 degree reviews, bonuses based on clear milestones and benchmarks with country aligned values.
That should buy us another 5-7 years to re-instill American pride and productivity before a deeper wave of restructuring is necessary from the AI wave.
Yemen
The recent escalation in Yemen to combat pirates, terror and Islamic Jihad is a solid example of once you go down a really dark path, you’re options become more and more limited and the decision tree quickly becomes “least worst option”.
On the morning of January 12th, 2024, the US and British militaries launched extensive airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen. This was a retaliatory action in response to a series of unprecedented attacks by Houthi rebels on international maritime vessels in the Red Sea. These attacks included the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, posing significant risks to US personnel, civilian mariners, and international partners. The attacks jeopardized trade and threatened freedom of navigation in one of the world's most vital waterways.
The US and UK forces targeted over 60 locations across 16 sites, aiming to hit command centers, weapons depots, launch systems, production facilities, and air defense radars.
A couple weeks back, we noted the financial mismatch between $2M American missiles needed to shoot down $2000 Yemeni drones. I’d hate to see the bill for last week’s attacks.
According to U.S. Navy Officials, over 15 F/A-18 “Super Hornet” Multirole Fighters launched from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) participated in tonight’s Air Operation against the Houthi Terrorist Group over Western Yemen, with well over 100 Precision-Guided Munitions from Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missiles to AGM-88 HARM Air-to-Surface Anti-Radiation Missiles being Utilized.
Sounds like about a $1B worth of equipment and manpower were utilized. For all this, 16 targets were hit and 5 terrorists killed. That’s right, 5!
Let’s see how long we can keep up this ‘tit-for-tat’ response.
The sad truth is this is only necessary because Biden has lost the respect of the entire world. Walk softly and carry a big stick means you can use deterrence to avoid these types of encounters. But deterrence no longer comes into play due to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the last 3 years of incompetence.
And when deterrence is dead you lose the ‘fear’ factor. And allowing these pirates and terrorists to shut down global shipping lanes and attack American vessels with impunity for weeks gave a big green light to the Houthis and every other sh*tbag Islamic Jihadist group out there that it’s open season on Americans.
PS: Keep an eye on Poland. Right now it’s the most important battleground in Europe.
Gonzalo Lira - “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.”
Even for this America First hating administration, this is a new low.
The Gonzalo Lira case is a perfect example of if you check the box, we’ll help you. If you don’t, you’re already dead to us so might as well let a foreign country imprison and torture you to death for a made up crime.
We saw that in the Brittany Grimes case.
She checked all the right boxes, Black, female (maybe even a trans - bonus check).
When she was arrested in Moscow for drug paraphernalia Joe Biden dropped everything and gave up the world’s most notorious arms dealer and terrorist for a WNBA player that wouldn’t start on a good men’s high school team while simultaneously leaving American Marine Paul Whelan who had been imprisoned for years already to rot.
At least Whelan is still alive.
Gonzolo Lira, an American citizen and journalist was imprisoned back in July for reporting on the war and the deep corruption among the Ukrainian ruling class.
Arrested in July, Lira said he was "arrested for my YouTube videos," adding: "My crime was making videos critical of the West and their proxy regime in Kiev—and how they are destroying Ukraine."
Even his indictment from Ukrainian prosecutors pointed out he was arrested for discussing publicly known facts that portrayed the Ukrainian government in a bad light (as if they need any help with that).
At any point, Biden could have demanded his safety or release. We’ve sent more than $100B to the Ukrainian Money Laundry machine and the kleptocrats running the country are still demanding tens of billions more.
Instead, Biden watched Ukraine openly torture and murder an American civilian without so much as a word.
Political alignment is really everything these days.
Toe the line or support the Admin’s goals and you can break the law with impunity.
See Tony Fauci, Hunter Biden, James Clapper Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, and James Comey.
Be on the ‘other side’, and they’ll manufacture a crime to put you in the Gulag or murder you.
Those are the tenets of a 3rd World Marxist Banana Republic.
On a separate but related note, the Justice Department and Regime Media continue to mimic ostriches when it comes to how Congressmen and Washington elites who make $150K a year suddenly become Decamillionaires after a few years in office. Is there another explanation that makes sense? Imagine if we had a real press corps. Seems like a story there.
Then again, once they receive their money, they’re also pretty damn savvy at managing it.
Wall Street high-IQ autists who train for this their entire lives and are the best in the world can’t seem to match the returns of US politicians.
And here are the returns of some of the biggest and best hedge funds in the world.
The Queen of this is of course Nancy Pelosi. She’s the best to ever do it.
Here’s her recent trade in Nvidia (NVDA).
She purchased approximately $5M worth of NVDA calls a few weeks before the US Secretary of Commerce made a decision allowing NVDA to sell certain chips in China - a huge boon to their bottom line.
The fact that US law enforcement doesn’t blink at insider trading by Congress but will go to the ends of the Earth to do a pre-dawn raid on a grandmother who took selfies at the Capitol and seek a decade long sentence tells you all you need to know about the collapse of integrity and due process in our nation currently.
It’s good to be the Queen…
What I’m Reading and Watching….
This is a bit off base for most of my readers, but the Katt Williams - Shannon Sharpe interview has lit Black Twitter and fire and some of it is worth watching. While some of it will go over the head of most readers unless you’re familiar with the history of black comedians, the key takeaway is Katt (who is much more intelligent in many more ways than I ever realized even being a fan of his comedy) is confirming and describing a cabal in Hollywood that many suspect exists.
He talks about the deal with the devil that many of these celebrities made, where they sign an actual contract with Satan and the Hollywood Cabal that worships him who are then granted the keys to the Palace and have their careers ‘fast-forwarded’ by the powers that run Hollywood versus those who refuse to ‘sign’ and are either marginalized or left to climb on their own.
One positive note is that the democratization of distribution channels produced by the internet and social media has dramatically weakened the power of these ‘gatekeepers’.
In the days of only a handful of network or cable channels and studios, it was a lot easier to allocate success and power by these demonic elites. Now that anyone can create and tap into their own audience on social media, it makes it a lot easier for those who refuse to make a pact with the devil to
I know this sounds sensational and ridiculous. But I’ve seen and heard enough personally to know it exists.
Which ironically, actually improves the case for God being real for those who are still skeptics.
Because if the devil is real, then you better believe the big guy is as well.
Here’s the full episode.
Just one of many money quotes from Katt: “I’m a Pro Black non-racist. I love black people, but I don't love them more than other people...”
Good article by Victor Davis Hanson on Biden ‘destroying Democracy to save it’.
Only five percent of 8,000 Arab respondents called the murder rape attack on October 7 “illegitimate”.
File this one on know the enemy you’re dealing with.
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-782004
Kevin O'Leary, "Mr. Wonderful" went on CNN and absolutely DESTROYS Letitia James' case against Trump: “Every single real estate developer everywhere on Earth does this…Who lost money? Nobody! If you’re gonna sue this case and win, you gotta sue every real estate developer everywhere...so I don’t think this thing will ever survive appeal…This doesn’t even make sense.”
Here’s a noteworthy article from New York Times (I know, puke) Opinion writer Bret Stephens trying to explain to his fellow Times employees and other braindead liberals why Donald Trump will win in 2024 (presuming a fair election).
You know panic is setting in on the Left when even the Times is admitting Trump is the better choice.
If paywalled or you’re repulsed by the thought of giving the NYT your email for a free look, here’s a PDF of the article.
Great video of the last 2 minutes of Bret Weinstein’s appearance on Tucker’s show.
Bret hits many pertinent topics including the Covid lunacy and explains how the shot has killed at least 17 million people.
Best of Twitter
Memetic Warfare
Parting Words
The Zippo lighter, originally an everyday object, gained profound significance during the Vietnam War as U.S. soldiers began engraving personal messages on them, reflecting their sentiments about the war.
Initially popularized for its durability and reliability in World War II, the Zippo lighter in Vietnam featured engravings ranging from sarcastic comments to anti-war expressions. These lighters served not only as practical tools but also as deeply personal items, offering a window into the internal views and emotions of soldiers facing the challenges of war.
This one hit hard.
