As noted yesterday, a simple COVID relief bill for American workers is really not a big problem… except it is… because the DC system is not structured around simply helping Americans first. The legislative machinery is owned by K-Street and multinationals who pay for the outcomes they alone create.
A people’s president, Donald Trump, cuts through the chaff and countermeasures:
President Trump wants congress to re-write the $900 billion COVID bill to provide $2,000 per person instead of $600 per person. In essence Trump is asking for a stand alone COVID relief bill for $2k/person, then drop the $600/person payment out of the pork-laden COVID relief bill and start that economic relief bill over.
This is not a hard issue to resolve. The only reason UniParty congress is fighting Trump is because the lobbyist and foreign government bribes are part of the $900 billion and will not pass the scrutiny of public opinion if standing alone. Once you see the strings on the marionettes you can never return to that moment in time when you did not see them.
Heavy sigh…
CTH often describes the background DC motives with the phrase: “There are Trillions at Stake.” Here we provide a reminder of what that really means, and how DC politics is not quite based on the ideas that frame many reference points.
With people taking notice of DC politics for the first time; and with people not as familiar with the purpose of DC politics; we end up within two different references. Perhaps it is valuable to reset the larger frames of reference and provide clarity.
Most people think when they vote for a federal politician -a House or Senate representative- they are voting for a person who will go to Washington DC and write or enact legislation. This is the old-fashioned “schoolhouse rock” perspective based on decades past. There is not a single person in congress writing legislation or laws.
In modern politics not a single member of the House of Representatives or Senator writes a law, or puts pen to paper to write out a legislative construct. This simply doesn’t happen.
Over the past several decades a system of constructing legislation has taken over Washington DC that more resembles a business operation than a legislative body. Understand this dynamic and you understand how politicians become multi-millionaires on much lesser salaries; and why ‘We The People’ are insignificant and annoying gnats to their business model. Here’s how it works right now.
Outside groups, often called “special interest groups”, are entities that represent their interests in legislative constructs. These groups are often representing foreign governments, Wall Street multinational corporations, banks, financial groups or businesses; or smaller groups of people with a similar connection who come together and form a larger group under an umbrella of interest specific to their affiliation.
Sometimes the groups are social interest groups; activists, climate groups, environmental interests etc. The social interest groups are usually non-profit constructs who depend on the expenditures of government to sustain their cause or need.
The for-profit groups (mostly business) have a purpose in Washington DC to shape policy, legislation and laws favorable to their interests.
They have fully staffed offices just like any business would – only their ‘business‘ is getting legislation for their unique interests.
These groups are filled with highly-paid lawyers who represent the interests of the entity and actually write laws and legislation briefs.
In the modern era this is actually the origination of the laws that we eventually see passed by congress. Within the walls of these buildings within Washington DC is where the ‘sausage’ is actually made.
Again, no elected official is usually part of this law origination process.
Almost all legislation created is not ‘high profile’, they are obscure changes to current laws, regulations or policies that no-one pays attention to. The passage of the general bills within legislation is not covered in media. Ninety-nine percent of legislative activity happens without anyone outside the system even paying any attention to it.
Once the corporation or representative organizational entity has written the law they want to see passed – they hand it off to the lobbyists.
The lobbyists are people who have deep contacts within the political bodies of the legislative branch, usually former House/Senate staff or former House/Senate politicians themselves. The lobbyist takes the written brief, the legislative construct, and it’s their job to go to congress and sell it.
“Selling it” means finding politicians who will accept the brief, sponsor their bill and eventually get it to a vote and passage. The lobbyist does this by visiting the politician in their office, or, most currently familiar, by inviting the politician to an event they are hosting. The event is called a junket when it involves travel.
Often the lobbying “event” might be a weekend trip to a ski resort, or a “conference” that takes place at a resort. The actual sales pitch for the bill is usually not too long and the majority of the time is just like a mini vacation etc.
The size of the indulgence within the event, the amount of money the lobbyist is spending, is customarily related to the scale of benefit within the bill the sponsoring business entity is pushing. If the sponsoring business or interest group can gain a lot of financial benefit from the legislation they spend a lot on the indulgences.
Recap: Corporations (special interest group) write the legislation. Lobbyists take the law and go find politician(s) to support it. Politicians get support from their peers using tenure and status etc. Eventually, if things go according to norm, the legislation gets a vote.
Within every step of the process there are expense account lunches, dinners, trips, venue tickets and a host of other customary financial way-points to generate/leverage a successful outcome. The amount of money spent is proportional to the benefit derived from the outcome.
The important part to remember is that the origination of the entire process is EXTERNAL to congress.
Congress does not write laws or legislation, special interest groups do. Lobbyists are paid, some very well paid, to get politicians to go along with the need of the legislative group.
When you are voting for a Congressional Rep or a U.S. Senator you are not voting for a person who will write laws. Your rep only votes on legislation to approve or disapprove of constructs that are written by outside groups and sold to them through lobbyists who work for those outside groups.
While all of this is happening the same outside groups who write the laws are providing money for the campaigns of the politicians they need to pass them. This construct sets up the quid-pro-quo of influence, although much of it is fraught with plausible deniability.
This is the way legislation is created.
If your frame of reference is not established in this basic understanding you can often fall into the trap of viewing a politician, or political vote, through a false prism. The modern origin of all legislative constructs is not within congress.
“we’ll have to pass the bill to, well, find out what is in the bill” etc. ~ Nancy Pelosi 2009
“We rely upon the stupidity of the American voter” ~ Johnathan Gruber 2011, 2012.
Once you understand this process you can understand how politicians get rich.
When a House or Senate member becomes educated on the intent of the legislation, they have attended the sales pitch; and when they find out the likelihood of support for that legislation; they can then position their own (or their families) financial interests to benefit from the consequence of passage. It is a process similar to insider trading on Wall Street, except the trading is based on knowing who will benefit from a legislative passage.
The legislative construct passes from K-Street into the halls of congress through congressional committees. The law originates from the committee to the full House or Senate. Committee seats which vote on these bills are therefore more valuable to the lobbyists. Chairs of these committees are exponentially more valuable.
Now, think about this reality against the backdrop of the 2016 Presidential Election. Legislation is passed based on ideology. In the aftermath of the 2016 election the system within DC was not structurally set-up to receive a Donald Trump presidency.
If Hillary Clinton had won the election, her Oval Office desk would be filled with legislation passed by congress which she would have been signing. Heck, she’d have writer’s cramp from all of the special interest legislation, driven by special interest groups that supported her campaign, that would be flowing to her desk.
Why?
Simply because the authors of the legislation, the originating special interest and lobbying groups, were spending millions to fund her campaign. Hillary Clinton would be signing K-Street constructed special interest legislation to repay all of those donors/investors.
Congress would be fast-tracking the passage because the same interest groups also fund the members of congress.
President Donald Trump winning the election threw a monkey wrench into the entire DC system…. In early 2017 the modern legislative machine was frozen in place.
The “America First” policies represented by candidate Donald Trump were not within the legislative constructs coming from the K-Street authors of the legislation. There were no MAGA lobbyists waiting on Trump ideology to advance legislation based on America First objectives.
As a result of an empty feeder system, in early 2017 congress had no bills to advance because all of the myriad of bills and briefs written were not in line with President Trump policy. There was simply no entity within DC writing legislation that was in-line with President Trump’s America-First’ economic and foreign policy agenda.
Exactly the opposite was true. All of the DC legislative briefs and constructs were/are antithetical to Trump policy. There were hundreds of file boxes filled with thousands of legislative constructs that became worthless when Donald Trump won the election.
Those legislative constructs (briefs) representing tens of millions of dollars worth of time and influence were just sitting there piled up in boxes under desks and in closets amid K-Street and the congressional offices. Legislation needed to be in-line with an entire new political perspective, and there was no-one, no special interest or lobbying group, currently occupying DC office space with any interest in synergy with Trump policy.
Think about the larger ramifications within that truism. That is also why there was/is so much opposition.
No legislation provided by outside interests means no work for lobbyists who sell it. No work means no money. No money means no expense accounts. No expenses means politicians paying for their own indulgences etc.
Politicians were not happy without their indulgences, but the issue was actually bigger. No K-Street expenditures also means no personal benefit; and no opportunity to advance financial benefit from the insider trading system.
Without the ability to position personal wealth for benefit, why would a politician stay in office? The income of many long-term politicians on both Republican and Democrat sides of the aisle was completely disrupted by President Trump winning the election. That is one of the key reason why so many politicians retired immediately thereafter.
When we understand the business of DC, we understand the difference between legislation with a traditional purpose and modern legislation with a financial and political agenda.
Lastly, this is why -when signing legislation- President Trump often says “they’ve been trying to get this through for a long time” etc. Most of the legislation passed by congress and signed by President Trump in his first term is older legislative proposals, with little indulgent value, that were shelved in years past.
Example: Criminal justice reform did not carry a financial benefit to the legislative bodies, and there was no financial interest funding the politicians to pass the bill. If you look at most of the bills President Trump has signed, with the exception of a few economic bills, they stem from congressional construction many years ago.
When you understand that any changes to this system will not be accepted by those who command power and affluence; when you accept their willingness to deploy government institutions around themselves in order to protect them from you; and when you realize they will use every system, including the ballot counting machines, to stop the American people from disrupting this corrupt system of self-aggrandizing elitism; you start to realize the diminished options for removing them from office…
Swamp wants the Covid relief exactly like Swamp wanted the TARP relief. A malleable funding source.
They want it joined to the Omnibus so the 2 become a single Bill that lives on into the future until another Budget gets passed.
SwampCritters can rescind, redirect, transfer, whatever they want in the future by voting for it.
This whole budget thing is a huge smoke screen to provide funding “wedges” for future manipulation.
Trump is trying to get the best deal he can for Americans, but he’s hamstrung by the Swamp Critters.
His move to kick it back to Congress was brilliant. Makes them fund something significant instead of insignificant. Congress thinks it is a situation of Adding additional debt. Trump meant to re-allocate the proposed funds in favor of America. That’s not what Congress will do. That gives Trump another chance to send it back and run out the clock until after 20 Jan 21.
This is Brinksmanship, Power, Control, Counterpoint, being played out in front of you.
Swamp wants 970 Billion (~1 T) to play with as a slush fund. They want it for as long as they can get it.
Conjoining Covid to the Omnibus now is Exactly The Same as conjoining TARP to the Omnibus in 2007.
Splitting off Covid Funding is the intent of Trump. Hope he does that. Or else we’ll see another Trillion/yr of debt added on to existing debt, in order to fund the Swamp Kickbacks and Influence game.
I’m done with Republicans.
PDJT is the only reason I’ve ever registered as one.
Eff em all. Except PDJT, he’s a national hero.
Interesting that Sundance has the picture of COC Donohue with Pence wrapping his arm around him- things that make you go hmm.
To his credit Sundance called that early on.
Unfortunately Pence may be a creature of the swamp!
am someone who has been dealing with the public since I was 21(am now 83) dealing with young, old, rich and poor..a lot of rich as it turns out..anyway, I have gone by intuition
a lot..and something about Pence makes me uneasy…just a feeling I have..just a feeling!
Half a century less experience than you, but have the same feeling. Can’t put my finger on it, but he bothers me.
On please! Give me a break with all of you folks and concern trolling.
Well instead of criticizing, why don’t you share what positive things you know about Pence that would make everyone feel better?
Pence was also cheated by the 2020 election fraud. So he has real skin in the game. His legacy is wrapped up in this and so is his calling from God. He worked long and hard for his campaign and also for President Trump.
So, we must remember that President Trump was not the only victim of the election fraud, Vice President Pence was too. This should be enough for incentive for him to fight for justice.
he’s got nice hair!
Yes he does!
What’s with you? I too have concern and it’s name is Flynn.
I’ve felt the same way from the beginning.
Agreed. But I sure hope you’re wrong. The Republic is at stake. We’ll soon know what Pence is made out of. I remain hopeful because President Trump needs Pence in this fight.
It’s amazing how all of the things I called here long ago, like swamp creature Pence, best buds with do-nothing Sessions who recused himself for no good reason, was once called trolling. Same for my expose’ on Barr and my prediction that all of the slow-walked investigations would lead to absolutely nothing.
I’ll repeat my common sense depiction of the extreme size of the deep state swamp: it’s every government employee, politician, and lobbyist at EVERY level of government who wouldn’t give up their job or influence even if it was in the best interests of the nation. What huge percentage would that be?
Trump had no chance unless he had vetoed everything… which would then have been overridden.
Every single one of us had better hope to high heaven that VP Pence is a Christian, God honest, US Patriot. Derived from our own US Constitution, VP Pence has plenary power on January 6, 2021 should we have to wait that long for a resolution to this travesty of what has been called an “election” in what is ALREADY a Banana Republic. The Dims, aka the communists, have ALREADY bent us over and . . . use your imagination. We are ALREADY done unless this:
The end game for saving our Constitutional Republic is at hand. Our VSGPDJT runs the game now and he is betting everything on VP Pence. Unless China Joe concedes before we get to 6 January 2021, VP Pence has plenary power over this disputed election because he is the President of the Senate and he holds plenary power over the counting of the electoral votes.
Definition: A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. It is derived from the Latin term plenus.
So pray, Patriots. Pray for VP Pence. Pray that he will do the right thing to save our Republic. The man you want to be suspicious about holds your future in his hands unless China Joe concedes.
We should all be waking up every day excited as all get out that our founding fathers had the intelligence and the foresight to design our Constitution and our Republic as they did. We are tested NOW. Faith and Virtue will determine whether or not we regain our Freedom unless China Joe concedes (which could happen but it won’t be nearly as much fun).
I plead with you again: Pray for VP Mike Pence. Faith, Virtue, Freedom.
President Trump selected Mike Pence because he saw in Pence virtuous qualities. He chose Pence without pressure before he was elected. I suggest President Trump’s decision to select Pence be given the consideration, weight and appropriate merit it deserves.
I personally was sold on Pence when I saw him debate Harris. If Trump is our Lion Pence is a white Tiger. He chewed up Harris during the debate. There is no doubt he is aggressive.
As far as the Flynn matter, I don’t hold it against Pence. The administration was side swiped. It was a concerted effort with media and Obama admin taking bites. It was coming from all angles. Even Flynn, who is a seasoned fighter, got slammed. WHO could have imagined AMERICANS would do whatever they could to sink other Americans. The Obama administration was full of anti Americans- citizens who hate us and their country. The incoming 2016 administration was perhaps naive – they didn’t understand Obama is Satan on earth.
So well said, MissMolly. I thought VP Pence did us all proud in that debate with The Ho. This is a war on many levels. It has been an extraordinary civics lesson for which I am very grateful. It has reminded me that I am a lifelong Conservative, always from an early age embracing those ideals. Thank you, Mom and Dad. And with that reminder has come a resurgence of awareness in my connection with a higher power which has brought both strength and a profound sadness that I was not always present in my own life. In short, this absolutely is a magnificent time to be alive, God Bless VP Mike Pence, God Bless our beloved VSGPDJT, and God Bless America. We’ve got this, you guys. We’ve got this. Pray and then pray again. Prayer is powerful and it works.
All the women that dated Ted Bundy (and survived) all when interviewed thought he was the NICEST guy ever. Yet he wasn’t.
You yell at people that disagree and claim they are concern trolling. I see people like you as apologetic no nothings. You don’t know Pence. You claim to know why Trump picked Pence. Really, how is that. You know deals are cut etc. Pence was and is a F up. He as govenor of Penn screwed up the HINI in his State.
did you do the same like many here and back Sessions to the end,.. Barr,… Rosenstein,… FBI etc etc.
You like poor debaters hang your hat on one thing to prove your point. THE DEBATE that is all you have.
Where is Pence now.
Is it true he is scheduled to be in the MidEast on his Schedule for 1-6-20. Do you know.
Pence is politician by Trade, What is his background in business, etc. do you know. Or just prattle or paid to prattle.
Look in the mirror
He was the governor of Indiana not Penn (PA). He was elected in 2013 and his term would have run until 2017.
English apparently isn’t your first language. For you: ???
This is so not nice.
The problem with this type of paranoia– yours– is that u (and others) r effectively calling PDJT… a gullible idiot, which BTW is what the dems say too.
To “drain the swamp,” restore equal justice under the law, preserve the Constitution and save the Republic… is a monumental task in which the fate of the nation really does hang in the balance… yet many are convinced PT had/has NO plan/strategy… and has stupidly surrounded himself with a bunch of traitors…. which means he can’t tell the difference between friend & foe.
How can YOU possibly have faith in a leader you believe is so gullible and clueless that he doesn’t even know the true character of the VP he chose himself and with whom he has worked closely for the past 4 years? Seriously.
I believe the POTUS is an excellent judge of character and is a master strategist. I believe Trump DOES know who his friends & foes are. I don’t believe he has been duped by any of them.
Certainly, Donald Trump the businessman had a robust intelligence network outside of Washington and government agencies. I’m sure these sources still feed him information that no one else is privy to – certainly not our federal “intelligence” agents or media. I’m confident there is a great deal going on behind the scene and the President has a plan in motion to deal with the Swamp.
if that’s true, how come trump has been so wrong with so many of his selections?
e.g. barr, sessions, wray, etc.
Reply to Kare508: You said ” I believe the POTUS is an excellent judge of character. . . .” So reconcile Michael Cohen
Patrick Byrnes says President Trump is the opposite of the way he is portrayed by the MSM: President Trump is wicked intelligent and too nice.
What about the fact that Vice President Pence was a victim of election fraud? Trump was not the only target. Pence is not on the sidelines in this crime, he was a direct target. Pence has no future without backing Trump. The RINOS will never accept him for standing with Trump for 4 years; and the Trump Party (us) will never accept him if he doesn’t stand with Trump. We are the GOP now so if he doesn’t stand with Trump he has no future. But not only that: And worse, his own family will never understand if he lays down and allows himself to be cheated of everything they all have worked for and sacrificed so much for.
Analogy is good to show how people can be one way on the ouside and one way on the inside. BUT IT IS NOT APPLICABLE HERE:
You’ve left out the most important fact: VICE PRESIDENT IS A VICTIM OF THE ELECTION FRAUD not some politician standing on the sidelines. He was cheated. Everything he and his family worked for and sacrificed all for nothing if he doesn’t fight.
LIGHT BULB ON TIME!
Onward!
you can be both a nice guy and psychopathic killer. in fact, i believe most of them have been.
Agree with your wise assessment… except the last phrase of the last sentence. Obama isn’t satan on earth.
Agreed. Pence was magnificent in that debate. I was really impressed.
Also, I must add (again) that Vice President Pence was a victim of the crime of election fraud just like President Trump, so Pence has real skin in this. Pence is not on the sidelines. He was targeted directly when they targeted President Trump.
I would hope Pence gets a full class on the vote fraud, from none other than Sidney Powell. From her laying out the exonerating evidence for Flynn, and against the FBI and DOJ, I know she has the best understanding of it all.
Actually, MissMolly, Pence was not Then Candidate Trump’s first choice. In fact, he wanted others (Christie, for one), but was *advised* (coerced?) by swampsters to choose Pence.
False. It is more likely Melania urged President Trump to select Mike Pence. This decision was made BEFORE TRUMP Had the GOP albatross around his neck. There was a 90% chance that HRC would be coronated and the GOP would happily continue in their quest for power and wealth for the next 8 years.
https://meaww.com/melania-made-trump-choose-mike-pence-as-vice-president-because-he-wasnt-ambitious-book-influence
From your link:
Consider the source – WP *journalist*
I’ve also read that Karen Pence can’t stand either one of the Trumps..
Karen Pence has always annoyed me greatly. She looks and acts less than mediocre. She would not be a stand-out at a high school mothers club. And yet she has a holier-than-thou and ungrateful attitude and demeanor. She never seems to appreciate the applause from the people applauding for her husband at these events. She can barely find the energy to turn her lips up a little in the corners. And there is no excuse for her lackluster clothing and hair. These people have assistants. It looks to me like she is playing a part and is simultaneously trying to get the message across to whomever that she is not really “with” these people (President Trump, First Lady Melania and the deplorables.)
I agree.
Well said.
Pence is very close friends with Paul Ryan. Pence and his wife were given an envelope at the George Bush funeral along with the Clintons, the Obamas and other traitors. Pence was involved in the actions that almost ruined General Flynn’s life.
People think President Trump makes mistakes by picking the wrong people for jobs in the White House. Actually, the President keeps questionable people close to him for good reason. The art of war in action. Our President is a very astute man, do not underestimate his ability to judge people.
Ok, so politicians are the dirtiest of the filth. So to appear clean amongst filth means …….
Please do not say there are good ones, if by some chance there is it would be an outsider, like Trump.
Every day the last four years has confirmed just what excrement resides in our government.
Have some research –
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-24-situation-update-dec-24th-pence-fails-declass-priority.html
Do you even live in this country? For you: ??
Wise words spoken from the mind and heart of a Christian patriot.! Thanks.
What in the hell are you talking about? You should catch up & stop posting utter idiocy. ?
Why are you ridiculing and calling a person’s post “utter idiocy”?
U r right, Mario. There is no 2024.
Trump will not run again for President in 2024. That’s ridiculous. It IS now or never. He certainly knows that. He knows what the stakes are for the nation and for himself, his family and the Trump corp he spent a lifetime building.
The truly evil left… intended to destroy Trump in 2017 by accusing him of being a traitor conspiring with the Russians. They framed him in 2016 believing HILLARY was going to win.
PDJT must win … MUST! The stakes could not be higher for the literal survival of the Republic and western civilization… and himself & his family.
The left/dems/rinos/globalists/CCP… fully intend to destroy Trump under a Biden regime, using these NY cases to do it… and they SAY SO repeatedly.
Let’s not forget: Vice President Pence was a victim of election fraud just like President Trump. He’s not on the sidelines. Pence has actual skin in this. The crime was committed against BOTH President Trump AND Vice President Pence.
That is odd because there won’t be any fair honest elections in 2024 if Biden/Harris got in and they for sure wouldn’t let another Republican in power. The first order of the day will be to make all kinds of laws and put all their people in place preventing any Republican from ever getting back in the white house.
MEMO: OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS
The questions with Pence have always been there for me ever since Flynn.
nothing we can change..on Jan 7th we will all KNOW
To be fair, not even Flynn OR President Trump looked good. Nobody did. I can only assume it was in the thick of battle, and decisions must be made quickly,
Ditto
Everyone (except DJT) seems to have their purchase price. So if Pence does have a price, I am sure DJT knows exactly where that is and he has already calculated that into the equation. That’s what he does. He forecasts and projects in advance. He’s minimum 2 steps ahead of everyone else, even on Pence.
Pence has shown us nothing. I have always thought him to be the rat in the WH. I hope not, but I would not be surprised if he was. I don’t trust him.
I’m mostly the same, except my Congressman voted against the monstrosity. He is a keeper.
What an intelligent analysis of the situation!
Most folks just don’t pay attention to the budget shenanigans that Congress uses. One of the most egregious is the corrupt Omnibus gimmick, that then is combined with avoiding the normal appropriations process.
Thank you for this reminder.
IF only the President had “Line Item Veto” , which was proposed many decades ago. Just imagine what may have been accomplished. While there are some in both houses of Congress who, I believe are constitutional conservatives, they are a “super MINORITY”.
Congress is a cesspool.
“This whole budget thing is a huge smoke screen to provide funding “wedges” for future manipulation.”
As always. CONgressional bills are nothing more than payoffs and extortions:
Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets Hardcover – October 22, 2013 – by Peter Schweizer
Instead of working for the people the “Government” has started to work for itself – and decide what is good policy, for itself. With the people only being an inconvenience.
With the source of Government income being tax dollars this is very worrisome, as its basically hijacking a country. Not taking into consideration this temporary period of “quantative easing” i.e. printing extra money, which can’t last forever.
Well, we have to think of something. Sure looks like pre revolutionary France. Every institution from crown, to judges, to politicians corrupted and the people enserfed. They had to literally dismantle everything and take thousands of heads, then have a battle of Left vs. Right.
Can we skip ahead have a bloodless Trump-poleon Bonaparte fix all this but stop before the march to control the rest of the continent?
As long as the First Estate goes as well.
Why am I now no longer appalled by the events of the French Revolution?
You should be.
The French Revolution was truly evil in many ways. It was not like the American Revolution.
At this point Karen, who cares how we get rid of the swamp and their followers. The swamp and their followers have this destruction planned for us.
France made the mistake of enshrining Mob Rule instead of Rule of Law.
A “pure democracy” is Mob Rule. A Constitutional Republic places Law above Mobs or Officials.
I don’t know what happens after Law has been prostituted by those sworn to uphold it.
Probably a scary thing to behold. Let’s hope it doesn’t go that far. We are about to find out.
Thank you, Cowboy. Mob rule is chaos… similar to what BLM, Antifa & the “peaceful protestors” treated us to, every day, for several months during a pandemic.
“I don’t know what happens after Law has been prostituted by those sworn to uphold it.”
Sure you do. It’s called the Obama administration, and the “Insane Left” he made of the Democrat party.
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The federal government never was supposed to be able to get this out of control. The states, via their legislatures, have the power to fix all of it, whether for something such as the fraudulent 2020 election, or a convention of states to pass needed constitutional amendments (e.g. line-item veto, or limits on block grants or bureaucratic regulations.) Problem is that they don’t want to. The states themselves are no longer all that responsive to the people. Large urban centers and money from elsewhere have corrupted both state and local governments.It’s a lengthy bottom-up process, and in part people have been “asleep”. Election officials. School boards. Town councils and mayors. Prosecutors and local judges. State legislators… Where are these voices.
This is one of the truest comments I have ever seen on this site.
Exactly.
Where are those voices…
Probably all attempting to comment on FakeBook or Twatter.
We need Trump to pull a Teddy Roosevelt and take down the corruptocrats, trust bust big tech and big media and lead us into the American century.
He’s all we’ve got. I fully support him and pray he will fight for us.
I need a donation site for Trump only that doesn’t go to WinRed now that “Red” means Communist China.
I’ve been looking for the same thing, Falana! Cannot find anything that doesn’t say “WinRed” which I refuse to donate to.
I was told that WinRed only handled the credit/debit card donations. Would writing a check avoid them completely?
I sent several hundred until I realized I was probably supporting the GOP which I never intended to do. Now I donate to Sydney Powell and Lin Woods #Fightback foundation.
The Swamp (Congress, Senate, Lobbyists, Governors, etc ) see America as a Crop to be Harvested.
The purpose of Livestock is to be shorn, bred, slaughtered, sold, worked, or Fkd. That’s how they see America. Livestock. Crops. They are the Farmer and You are Not.
Where this goes isn’t clear, but if it keeps on going the way it is/has gone, it won’t be pretty.
Government does NOT fear the people. That is how you know that you live under Tyranny.
Yes, and this reality is exhausting, frightening and depressing.
I pray the President & patriots pull this off… the EASY “rule of law” Constitutoonal way – the proper and civilized way.
The HARD way is truly terrifying (& should be) and most of us are not prepared psychologically, physically, mentally for another Revolution or Civil War inside our own borders. It certainly will not be pretty.
Biden will likely invoke the Insurrection Act and the MSM, uniparty, other institutions will use the bully pulpit against us.
The alternative will be to accept our fate, walk quietly, single file … into the transport vehicles and cattle cars leading to either our extermination or forced reprogramming. Sounds nuts but the left/globalists/CCP will NOT take a chance with a major push-back by those if us that demand our freedom. They likely will move quickly to impose and enforce … whatever the hell they have planned for us. We will truly NEED leaders. Blog comments and mere protests w/a few thousand patriots will not be enough.
The swamp is now openly mocking us. We need to rally around the flag and take the mountain. I will be happy to contribute my hard earned dollars to whatever party emerges that espouses Pres. Trump’s policies.
The party of McConnell et al is dead to me.
No more political parties. They just take your money to market the person who can say “what you want to hear” just to get elected. Think AOC. The only way to end the swamp is to take them out by force or by not sending taxes money to Washington, DC. Either way, it will be by force.
I am a huge fan of President Trump. That doesn’t mean l haven’t been totally bewildered by some of the decisions he has made. I always understood that he was his own man, listened to advice but ultimately made the decision. That is why I couldn’t understand his choice of advisors with regard to this COVID. WE all knew that Fauci and Birx were lefties and had no intention of working with President Trump. Why did he pick them. The fact he was advised to doesn’t mean he should have picked them. There were plenty out there who would have done things differently. We have listened to these other experts all year and we know things would have been different had they been advising. He must have known pretty early on that Fauci, Birx and others were working against him but he persisted in defending them. The same can be said of people heading up most of the Agencies. Yep, looking back, things could have been so different.
The President has made some questionable decisions. From the gate he’s surrounded himself by one disloyal group to another. His constant , I think- are his family. I wondered if he felt boxed in by pre and post impeachment, then the China virus, One thing after another. Constantly being advised not to do things that were probably ( in his mind) against his natural instincts.
Some of Pres.Trump’s success may not be in the draining of the swamp, but the exposure of it.
POTUS would need to devolve down to personnel recommendations from various State Republican Parties before he could hire competent MAGA staffers and appointees.
While I wish Trump had been more aggressive with Covid truth-telling, I know why he did not. He would have been absolutely killed on the issue every single day.
Why did he not address the nation with the truth about the COVID scam?
Pharma and MSM were all in for lockdown and vaccines. As to his “appointments”, As to PDJT’s appointments, Mitch wouldn’t recess the Senate so PDJT could make some.
He rightfully left it up to the States. Most red State were cautious, but not crazy lock down caution. Blue States went totalitarian and purposefully destroyed small businesses.
I cannot and will not fault President Trump for being willing to enter the morass we have been seeing unfold before us. HE is the greatest most patriotic president we have ever had. He had to work with CDC bureaucrats who he knew would stab him in the back if they could. Why do you think he gave daily reports when the China virus was winning. You are beginning to sound like Joebama. Do you even live here?
Patriots’ complaints about POTUS’s appointees and his positions on Covid have some merit. Don’t forget, the complainers may also believe that DJT is the greatest president of out lifetime and may rank with Washington and Lincoln. We have cause to worry that good America will be lost to the cabal and oppression.
Please be kind to one another, Treepers. It is time to be strong against the evil ones.
I don’t know, but I always thought POTUS did that to wake us up to the medical INDUSTRY!!! THAT is something that has to be dealt with!!!
He delegated that choice to VP Pence, if I’m not mistaken. The vice president’s choices of the “big names: in the public health field was understandable.
What I don’t understand was that President Trump correctly saw the the WHO, and did the right thing by cutting them off. Remember though, he almost went back on that.
He has made some bad choices of personnel. Probably because that’s all he had to choose from. What isn’t apparent is why he has stuck with some of those choices long after it became glaringly obvious how bad they were.
There is nothing wrong with voices our “concerns” with some of his decisions.
Anthony Fauci is a liar, a hack, and a fraud. He’s still there, working for the president. I have heard a couple of times now, that it is VP Pence keeping the frauds in place.
This is not necessarily malevolent, but it is still a very bad decision, and it continues to be extremely harmful to America.
Yes Fauci, Birx and Redfield all could have been, and should have been, removed from the task force.
Didn’t anybody close to the president love him enough to insist on getting those cancers out of there?
Well, I have been following closely all that has gone on for the past 4 years.
IMO, Trump– and he refers to himself as Trump– has been truly masterful strategically, tactically, & on offense… in everything except the defense of himself and “draining the swamp.” On the latter he has been playing, almost exclusively, on defense.
Yes, PT manages to… escape… these seditious coups but none of the seditionists are ever brought to justice which is extremely dangerous to our survival as a free people under the Constitution. They cannot be permitted to escape justice. Nor can our elections be nothing more than an illusion either. Its unfathomable what has been … permitted these past 4 years, in front of our face, not hidden but boldly deceiptful and criminal.
Jan 20 is THE deadline. Jan 6 is probably the real/actual deadline… so 10 more days to wait to find out IF … our nation, freedom, God-given rights will be preserved.
I can’t seem to focus on anything but this. Our lives, jobs, future really are on the line in dramatic, life altering fashion. I am a Realtor by trade. Part of the globalist plan –and they do have a plan– is the end of private ownership. We will all rent everything in the future but “be happier.” That’s Just ONE of many changes coming our way IF biden is sworn in and the globalists/CCP win this battle. 10 days.
70% of the time I am sure our President/patriots WILL save the Republic even though we have consistently lost every attempt so far. The other 30% i feel depressed b/c if we lose, so many of our fellow citizens r totally brainwashed or complicit in the demise of the USA. I dread the prospect of any fight – brother against brother, father against son, mother against daughter.
I echo your obsession with the situation — either we will survive as a genuine a Constitutional Republic with elections we can believe are mostly accurate or we revert to the natural state of humankind, subservient to whatever tyrant/tyranny we are born in, mostly grinding poverty, endless work, early death.
The same here. I think he made his job much harder than it needed to be because he didn’t get rid of all the political appointees by Obama. The Civil Service laws make it nearly impossible to get rid of the underlings, but the heads could have been replaced AND the departments pared down to the point of not being able to bully Americans. Force those lifers to get private sector jobs and pay taxes out of their hard-earned income. Make conservatives out of a lot of them besides!
He could have reorganized and eliminated areas and departments which is permitted even under the civil service laws. He could have done a RIF (Reduction-in-Force).
I think the national government needs to be splintered and the various agencies and departments taken outside of Washington D.C. and spread throughout the country.
Was going to post this to a comment someone made earlier, about there being about $590 billion still in the previous allocations for the covid-relief that has not been used.
Here, Utah’s junior senator Romney says the government can’t just be giving citizens $2,000, as that would cost around $500 billion. Duh! That money is already there, easily ready to be distributed, so sounds like the politicians have already earmarked those funds for off the books special projects?
https://electionwiz.com/2020/12/26/mitt-romney-says-2000-checks-for-americans-are-too-expensive-we-cant-just-have-free-money/
It is sad that the majority of the hoi polloi are ignorant of such things, but every once in awhile a congress type speaks, or tweets the truth about who writes these bills like Massie of KY did months ago. Maybe this is why my states embarrassment, liz cheney (U), donated $$$ to Massies primary challenger before KYs primary.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/508976-cheney-battle-raises-questions-about-house-gops-future
And wasn’t Massie’s primary challenger one Lin Wood?
Imagine how many congress critter family members must now sit on foreign corporate boards where all those billions of foreign aid are going? Foreign aid kickbacks, it’s what’s for dinner in the swamp. Ain’t that right, Hunter?
https://rumble.com/vc76dr-intense-restaurant-owner-blockades-health-inspectors-car-in-protest.html?fbclid=IwAR1xMRoKHVESJISYLDqEpBMMsaSJLSuOeypDzFz5-jSbAl2DZG0AmZjC2vI
Sad when the only conceivable option left for so many law-abiding business owners is to burn the city down… the authorities have absolutely no answers
Does anyone know the name of his restaurant?
Bread and Barley in Covina, CA
This is just the beginning. He should ask the cops, who’s gonna pay your salary when the tax base is destroyed. They just don’t get it. “I’m just doing my job” is gonna get a lot of people in deep sh— , soon!
And rather similar to the way “I’m just following orders” got the world in trouble last century…
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343027900740734976?s=20
‘Attorney Sidney Powell Releases 270 Page Document on Massive 2020 Election Fraud Involving Foreign Interference’
https://wpcdn.zenger.news/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/24190822/2020-12-23-Sidney-Powell-Team-Binder-ZENGER-NEWS.pdf
Note the heavy Iran content in that. And here’s a smear effort by Iran:
Iran behind supposed “Proud Boys” voter-intimidation emails, Feds allege
10/22/2020
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/iran-behind-supposed-proud-boys-voter-intimidation-emails-feds-allege/
Heavy sigh, indeed ?
If we have to do this make the money only for the U.S.A, not for any other country, take out all the pork, ALL OF IT.
but, most of all, just end the lockdowns, that makes things so simple, people can get back to work, we don’t need to keep spending money we don’t have and badabing badaboom.
things can finally get closer to normal. The only thing they are trying to do with this bill is to break America’s economy, simple, blame it on Trump, sway the corruption even further.
and that’s how Bejing Biden would enter office
I agree, The pork needs to go, but open up and let Americans do what they do best, make money and work. However, I do think they need the $2000 to get them through the few months it will take to get rolling again. The big problem is the Democrat controlled States where the Governor will not allow them to open.
DT has grand opportunity right now for forcing function: Call out Congressional members to pick a side. Main Street with clean Covid Bill or K Street filled Pork Bill; who supports what! Name them and the Deplorables will light up appropriately.
There is much wrong in Congress, due to Lobbying. We need to go back to the days when DC Lobbyists wore cheap suits and worked out of their bedrooms. Before they could bribe and intimidate congressman. Before 1971.
Here’s how to fix that:
Thanks for stating this info so clearly and so succinctly. It really opens my eyes to what is hidden behind most legislative hoopla and jive talking. I won’t be able to look at these porky pie bills without understanding where they come from [and who is getting the benefit] in the same way again. Sundance you are a gift that never stops giving.
BRAVO!!! Sundance, this is superb!
Our US CONgress IS THE largest money-laundering operation in the world…let’s face it. They receive $ 174,000 in just salary, doesn’t count benefits and pension, which we all pay for. And most leave multi-millionaires, with few exceptions.
Many of us have known for awhile how corrupt politicians are…PDJT’s move to highlight the corruption is actually brilliant. It opens up the entire operation for the country to see.
I believe there was $ 590 billion left over from the last wuhan virus bill…that would fund the money to Americans. The heck with the rest of the pork.
And while we are at it, let’s defund the Chamber of Commerce…Donohue is another weasel working for foreign entities.
Just want to mention another aspect of Party, Representation, and Monetary Disbursement that never get the attention it deserves. Every elected member of Congress is given a monetary quota, seeking donations for their respective Parties (RNC, DNC, etc,)… What additional weight does this requirement carry? How does this requirement help the citizens they represent? Just asking for a friend…
It is true! Republicans and Democrats have lost their way! President Trump is the only person who will call out the swamp! Special interests cost the American taxpayer trillions and President Trump has opened the people’s eyes and that is why the media, big business, and most politicians hate us! When they call President Trump names, they are calling us supporters names! They only want our vote, they could care less about us as American citizens!
I’m not a fan of the government giving out money, even if that’s $2000 to me personally. It is magical thinking to believe that value is created from nothing without price. Only virtue creates value, and the Democrat core philosophy is virtueless value. The whole idea of “stimulus” is fantastical. There is always a price.
That said, if the government is going to be burning trillions of dollars, I’d rather they distribute it uniformly rather than to their special interests. The Democrat party is also the party of total corruption. Too many Republicans are complicit. Trump’s $2000 is also cheaper than the Uniparty’s stimulus.
I don’t need the money. My kids are all employed and stable. They don’t need the money. However, I’m not going to rip up the check if it does come because I know that at some point, we’ll be paying it back.
Last time, about half of it got donated to Christian missionaries and organizations. Probably be the same this time.
Spend it on local businesses.
It’s plain enough to see (if one bothers to look) that members of Congress don’t represent the American people — they represent the “global(ist) community.” The concept of “America” is anathema to them; they care only for the “haves” (themselves) and the “have nots” (everybody else).
It would be nice if we could just be done with the COVID fiction. But nooo….
We have to keep shuffling forward, in our shackles, while Anthony Fauci, supreme overlord, cracks the whip.
How many times does it have to be proven that the elites don’t believe any of this themselves?
Can’t we just stop?
BEVERLY HILLS RESTAURANTLA SCALA SENDING NYE INVITES …It’s a Secret, But Not Reallyhttps://www.tmz.com/2020/12/26/beverly-hills-restaurant-la-scala-new-years-party-speakeasy-invite/
Americans can stop this crazy nonsense at any moment they choose.
However, 2020 has been shown by VSGPDJT that this is the Year of the Moron!
He has UNMASKED them all.
Dog sniffing out Covid –
i at first thought pence was a weasel for not requesting the contested states to send valid electors,but maybe PT told him not to,with this omnibus and stimulus bills,if pence had sent the request talk in the msm would have all shifted to how PT is trying to steal the election.PT wants the uniparty exposed and these bills do just that.$2000 to americans period end of story,now who’s gonna vote yes and who is gonna stab the people in the back??
A simpler reality is that the beltway establishment wanted the pork. To the extent any money was allocated for individual relief, it was there as a shield for the pork.
Sundance: “It’s Simple Really, President Trump Asks Legislative Branch to Use COVID Relief to Help Americans No-One Else”
This is brilliant!
If Trump did that it would be wise liken to the wisdom of King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived.
Unfortunately, wise men are not immune from snake bites.
Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Republic: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives and that has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Monarchy: A form of government in which one person reigns, typically a king or a queen. The authority, also known as a crown, is typically inherited.
Communism: A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy. Often, an authoritarian party holds power and state controls are imposed.
As joe Biden showed me foreign aid to countries is nothing more than a money laundering scheme for Washington politicians.
I’m not impressed with the vitriol and hateful replies expressed here by many new participants. There is a way to disagree respectfully.
159 million Americans received the previous stimulus checks. At $600 apiece, that would total $95 Billion dollars. Being generous and adding the other $365 Billion in small business loans, that still leaves another $440 Billion dollars being called Covid Stimulus money. That tells you that this bill wasn’t intended for the American people, but was clustered together for a massive bail-out….. being sold as stimulus money for the American people. Concerning the additional money for unemployment benefits? It wouldn’t be necessary if the state-level draconian restrictions were lifted and the economy was allowed to roar back to action.
It just means Pence is not an anti-vaxer. We must not read sinister things into that.
I am anti-vax. You are anti-vax. But Pence is not.
Most Americans are not anti-vaccine, although many of us are.
I also don’t eat pork but I don’t think it is wise to read red flags into those who eat pork.
I highly doubt President Trump will take the vaccine though. That was one of the reasons I perked up with interest for him when he first ran in 2015. I almost died from the Swine Flu Vaccine; and every cat I had vaccinated died of the very disease they got the vaccine for within a short time of getting it. The other 26 cats were never vaccinated and lived many of them until age 22. Then there was my friend whose baby got vaccinated and he became unable to walk immediately after. He did, however, gain back his ability to walk within 2 years. So for me it is personal experience no conspiracy involved. I saw it for myself and experienced it in my own body.
Experience is the best teacher. But we should not read sinister into people who do take vaccines. I feel they are naive but not bad or sinister. They just don’t know what a Russian roulette vaccinations are; and I do.
So … US Legislation is now the equivalent of a “Timeshare” pitch.
It all sounds WONDERFUL when the salesman tickles your ear … then you go broke paying for a pig in a poke
The Swamp owned Fake News Mainstream Media lost half their credibility with the Russia hoax and the rest covering for Ballot Fraud Biden.
So only Marxist Democrats and their RINO toadies give credence to the perfidious progressive press.
And they only pretend to because they have to please their socialist masters.
As long as President Trump knows that at least half of America (probably much much more but the massive Democrat voter fraud threw out as many millions of Trump votes as they manufactured Biden votes, so we may never know) has his back he is invulnerable.
what’s so special about $2,000? why not $3,000 or $6,000 or $60,000?
what’s trump’s rational for this number vs. any other?
for that matter, why do we ever give any money to other countries?
We loved our our commander in chief who gave the salute upon return from Walter reed and promised to lead. this week with bill Barr gone we want the leader of the free world to save the free world. In my view best solution is call special election in disputed states in person,paper ballots , signature match ,no voting machines. End this mess!! A big march on Washington Jan 6 sows solidarity but accomplishes little, and few hours of debate in Congress after some brave GOP rep objections with support of tuberville also accomplishes little, because would unlikely bring the 5 or 6 dem defections needed to give trump majority vote in house and we must win majority house vote before there can be the one state one vote event where trump wins, and the GOP house reps must show up in person can’t vote remote due to Covid. This is too risky ,I think we need decisive action now , call special election in contested states, trump in his own judgment can decide there is too much appearance of fraud to continue on with this mess
Alas correctly, the UniParty Deep are absolutely confident of the apathy and complacency of the US population.
Why else would they ever consider wiping our faces in the corrupt transfer of US taxpayer’s $s to foreign cesspits for transfer to their elites, when Cv money could be circulated at home?
Because they know they can ….. their arrogance is breathtaking… it’s justified by their past experience with the US sheep herd.
Very informative. If I may add, As the money dried up in swooped China.
Very good summary. Without a doubt this is how most political systems around the world run. And why most people dont understand it.
so it’s pretty clear to me:. the secret police spy state ONLY USES ITS CRIMINAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL SURVEILLANCE POWER to attack POLITICAL ENEMIES.
there is no doubt in my mind that the FBI and other cointel agencies could have solved this bombing and had at least one or two in custody already
these powers aren’t used to protect citizens you see. they are used exclusively for the manipulation of political power. period…
and just so you know…I would still have the same exact position on these powers if they were used “lawfully”. the entire premise and scope is just too much minority report esque for a free and open society.
I would like someone to ask these defined the police bozos how they feel about it now..with a bomber on the loose.
this will end badly
There is a way to fix this. And it is the one and only way.
Every single person that reads the CTH knows what that way entails nad knows for a fact that it is the only way to save our Republic and our Freedoms.
My children, grandchildren and great grandchildren know this. The only question is WHEN?
Finally it is time for President Trump to go to the real people of America. Have you noticed he’s not asked us to do anything with him until now, leading up to January 6th?
DJT and his team have done everything. Us folks have done little, while showing great restraint. POTUS has asked us for money (which I don’t have). POTUS asked us in some particular states to vote for certain candidates. But some of those are dubiously not MAGA. What have Republicans done for Trump? There are plenty of competent MAGA men and women to recruit and appoint and staff, but they will be found well below the corrupt cream that is at the top now.
Now I’ve heard that the nation won’t wake up until we’re all staring into the precipice. I’ve been looking ever-steeper downhill since Jimmy Carter. But now we’re living next door Mao’s and Stalin’s police state, with civil war ready to spread worldwide.
There’s a core of MAGA Trumpian Republicans inside every State. Does DJT know who they are? Will he authorize these local MAGAs to run a slate of ONE candidate for every State, County, and Local office? Will President Trump, either as Leader of the Party or as sitting President, ask us the people to vote these slates against every incumbent in both parties?
Will Donald Trump do the thing that actually works? Every two years we can have a completely new House Of Representatives!! (Yes, maybe there’s a dozen keepers.)
Why didn’t Donald Trump stop protecting the Uniparty Republicans This Election Cycle?Maybe there’s a good reason, I don’t know. Today, the Uniparty is still protected by him. DJT must be leader of the people, if we are to take decisive action against incumbents.
Freedom is where each person has liberty to choose to do the right thing. Lord Jesus Christ, save a people for yourself, O Lord.
How can we citizens obtain a list of the sponsors names, state and party of all the pork in this outrageous rape of the taxpayer???