Seas of blue, red rinos too: There was no full list of the politicians FTX gave money to, and the full amounts. Until now.
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The Termites Are In The Woodwork
I will start by saying that right now I don’t believe a word of what is being said by any branch, part, or employee of the Federal government — nor should you. Until it is confirmed by a reliable and reputable source, don’t trust it or them.
Have balloons been used for intelligence work before? Yes, pretty much since those wacky French brothers got things going on this side of the world. Did the Chinese float three across the U.S. under Trump? No. That story is deflating fast, but not fast enough.
The Coup We Never Knew
Did someone or something seize control of the United States?
What happened to the U.S. border? Where did it go? Who erased it? Why and how did 5 million people enter our country illegally? Did Congress secretly repeal our immigration laws? Did President Joe Biden issue an executive order allowing foreign nationals to walk across the border and reside in the United States as they pleased?
Since when did money not have to be paid back? Who insisted that the more dollars the federal government printed, the more prosperity would follow? When did America embrace zero interest? Why do we believe $30 trillion in debt is no big deal?
When did clean-burning, cheap, and abundant natural gas become the equivalent to dirty coal? How did prized natural gas that had granted America’s wishes of energy self-sufficiency, reduced pollution, and inexpensive electricity become almost overnight a pariah fuel whose extraction was a war against nature? Which lawmakers, which laws, which votes of the people declared natural gas development and pipelines near-criminal?
Was it not against federal law to swarm the homes of Supreme Court justices, to picket and to intimidate their households in efforts to affect their rulings? How then with impunity did bullies surround the homes of Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas – furious over a court decision on abortion? How could these mobs so easily throng our justices’ homes, with placards declaring “Off with their d—s”?
Since when did Americans create a government Ministry of Truth? And on whose orders did the FBI contract private news organizations to censor stories it did not like and writers whom it feared?
How did we wake up one morning to new customs of impeaching a president over a phone call? Of the speaker of the House tearing up the State of the Union address on national television? Of barring congressional members from serving on their assigned congressional committees?
When did we assume the FBI had the right to subvert the campaign of a candidate it disliked? Was it legal suddenly for one presidential candidate to hire a foreign ex-spy to subvert the campaign of her rival?
Related: Democrat-run El Paso, Texas, is clearing out large migrant encampments from downtown streets ahead of a scheduled visit on Sunday by President Joe Biden.
I Hope They Hold Out Until January 6th
In Overnight Vote, Buffalo Guy Elected Speaker Of The House
Kevin McCarthy has lost again, in the 8th round of voting.
And a 9th.
From Jordan Schachtel: Hearing that McCarthy is now offering major concessions to House Freedom Caucus in exchange for his seat. The “what’s the plan?” uniparty roosters are about to have major egg on their faces. He’s going to give up the farm BECAUSE THEY HELD THE LINE.
Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
January 6 Panel Withdraws Trump Subpoena
“The irony here cannot be avoided. “
Greenwald: For years, U.S. officials and their media allies accused Russia, China and Iran of tyranny for demanding censorship as a condition for Big Tech access. Now, the U.S. is doing the same to TikTok.
Down The Primrose Path
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Tucker Carlson: Zelensky shows up to DC looking like a strip club manager and demanding money. Our aging leadership class will give him billions from our crumbling economy pic.twitter.com/aIvgiQvkJ0
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 22, 2022
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But wait, there’s more!
Plus $3.6 million for “Michelle Obama Trail”, while expressly prohibiting funding “from being used to improve border security”. Unless it’s in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman.
In other news of the week, let’s check in on that $2T spent to free Afghanistan…
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It’s a “done deal.”
Congressional sources tell The Dossier that there is a strong enough appetite in Congress, given the unanimously pro-war Democratic voting bloc, and the significant amount of Republicans who support the perpetual funding of the Zelensky government in Ukraine, to pass a bill by the end of next week that will deliver tens of billions of dollars into Kiev’s coffers.
Rampant Corruption in Arizona
As mentioned in this previous post, today’s conspiracy theories almost always become facts two weeks to two years later: Evidence from the Citizens
#ToldYouSo
How on earth did we get to this point?
Please show me how Tucker Carlson is wrong.
“Her father already works for us.”
A truly wild moment yesterday from the House Financial Services Committee, where they laugh about the revolving door from Congress to the banks.
Liz Cheney, Not Beaten Enough
Hit me baby, one more time: Liz Cheney says she’s “thinking about” running for president.
House Cleaning
BREAKING: Liz Cheney Destroyed In Wyoming GOP Primary
From her concession speech…
Their political careers did both end at age 56
— Jason Tower (@jktower) August 17, 2022
Local background here: Voter turnout in Natrona County spurred by votes against Cheney
The Trial Of Donald Trump
Leftists are out for blood, and Republicans are backtracking on their support for Trump. The upcoming show trial.
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They’re not wrong. A majority of Americans say the U.S. government is corrupt and almost a third say it may soon be necessary to take up arms against it, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.
A Winning Right?
Donald Trump seems to have changed American politics. And the Stalinist show trial continues.
Down The Primrose Path
NATO will defeat Putin if means killing every last Ukrainian;
Martin asked, “Is the U.S. giving Ukraine enough to just hold the line? Or are they giving them enough to actually take back lost territory?”
“I think that we and the other countries are giving Ukraine enough to take back lost territory,” Petraeus said, “but again, that does remain to be seen.”
New equipment is not much use unless the Ukrainians can effectively employ it in combat. The U.S. has sent thousands of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, but when American veteran Mark Hayward arrived at the front in March as a volunteer, he found they were useless. “They couldn’t even turn the things on to tell whether they worked,” he said.
There were not enough batteries to power them.
The War Parties
It appears Canada isn’t the only country with a stupid party.
Update: The coming disaster.
A related morning meme.