Treeper Question:
“Dear Sundance, could you please write an article that explains the policies that differentiate a GOPe RINO Establishment SIG/Bushie from an America First MAGA Patriot? It would be most beneficial to have a “litmus test” that can be easily used to compare candidates.”
At first blush this might sound like a familiar question that many would disregard. However, let me emphasize a key point often overlooked. The more severely you stop pretending, the more you realize the value of “litmus test” questioning. When you ask a certain type of question in front of an audience, things opinions can change very quickly.
Additionally, when you know the questions that hit the pretending triggers the hardest, then you know how to create the most uncomfortable situations for professional politicians and people in general who rely on their ability to obfuscate language. Lastly, when you know the material well enough to speak of the non-pretending dynamic in a way that doesn’t allow a pretentious lying response, it scares the heck out of the Alinsky/Lawfare tribe.
Brutally honest questioning is very valuable. That said, let me provide a few situational questions that will immediately reveal who you are talking to.
Litmus Question #1: Please, can you tell me your opinion of Robert Mueller?
If the (Republican) respondent replies with any positive about the character, action, purpose and intent of Robert Mueller in the role of special counsel, you can immediately qualify the respondent as a participant in the fraud. There is only one honest response about anything Mueller. Everyone in DC knows Mueller was the coverup operation. No one, not one single person, in Washington DC does not know Mueller’s intent.
Litmus Question #2: Was the 2020 Election manipulated?
If the (Republican) respondent replies with a long-winded answer, implying that some form of electoral manipulation might have been possible, you can immediately qualify the person as a participant maintaining fraud. Pretending out of fear or favor is still pretending.
That’s it. Look them straight in the eye, stand your ground, tell them you can see exactly who they are – then stop talking. The discomfort in the room will always lay heaviest upon the shoulders of the deceivers. You will likely be able to hear a pin drop. The Truth Has No Agenda.
Also, one larger part (with multiple aspects) of the political dynamic is very important to keep at the forefront of your mind. In all the important ways that matter, you know more about the subject matter of corruption within politics than the politicians you might question about it.
You know more than any Republican member of Congress and/or their staff, research team or investigative group. You know more about all of it in the large picture and the granular details than they do. It does not matter what their position within the DC system or what committee they sit upon, you know more.
You, the person reading this, knows more about intelligence system corruption than any member of the intelligence community Gang of Eight that sits in charge of oversight. YOU KNOW MORE, than any person in any DC silo, and that is by design.
What people do not understand about DC is that only the entities within the DC system are permitted to engage in accountability. Meaning, in the world of Republicans, Congress (or any other institution) cannot accept information from outside their silo operations.
Put simply, if a Republican congressional staffer does not originate the raw material evidence that highlights a corrupt activity, then the evidence does not exist. Only the people within the silo system are permitted to discover information that targets any other silo participant. This action/sequence is by design.
The Republican participants in DC will tell you that process is in place to ensure that no goofball material or evidence comes into the system. However, in reality the purpose of this rule is to block any negative information from permeating the silo system. The silo construct protects the silo inhabitants, and no detrimental information or crowdsourcing of evidence is permitted by allowed to be used by Republicans.
The Democrats do not hold themselves to this standard, and again this is part of the design.
The Democrat Party system exists to assemble power. The Republican wing of the system exists to assemble money. Democrats want power. Republicans want money. The policy of Democrats drives their donor activity. The donor activity of Republicans drives their policy.
When Senator Chuck Schumer wants Republican votes to secure policy wins, he buys those votes from Mitch McConnell. When Senator Mitch McConnell wants Democrat votes to secure policy on behalf of the corporations who fund his team, McConnell sells policy (amendments) to Chuck Schumer.
Re-read that prior paragraph to understand how Schumer in majority gains policy victories, and Schumer in minority gains policy victories.
Democrats want power (policy), Republicans want money. This is the nature of two wings of the UniParty and the core reason why people are starting to see how legislative policy shifts left regardless of which party is in power.
In order to maintain the process of gaining affluence, the Republicans within the silo system have rules that block information from reaching them. This is best described as the technical process that creates a Republican system of intentional willful blindness.
The Republicans do not want to be holding specific evidence of corruption because they cannot sell that; ergo, it has no value. This is why Republicans do not factually construct any oversight mechanisms. (See: Fast and Furious, IRS targeting, Benghazi, Spygate, Govt weaponization, etc).
Instead, the leadership of the Republicans writes out a list of what topics are valid for conversation and what topics are not. Republican members then stick to the guidelines of the topics and nothing more.
In this era of great pretending, make them uncomfortable by not participating.
Thank you, Sundance. So much understandable stuff to think about.
Two Scriptures came together in my thinking overnight:
“Evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse….” II Timothy 3:13 (and the whole chapter….)
and
“Men’s hearts will fail them for fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth…” Luke 21:26
There are floods of both evil and fear, which then generate further floods for some….
It was interesting to see Andrew McCabe literally vomiting his own fears on TV — fears that POTUS Trump might do to him and his friends what has been publicly, under-bright-lights, done to POTUS Trump for YEARS now.
Talk about lack of self-awareness. Although hopefully there are grounds for the situational awareness in his manifested panic. That would be just fine with me.
Amazing times.
Andy committed the punishable crime of sedition. He was fired in disgrace before his retirement date and he initially lost his retirement but word on the street is it was later reinstated, who reinstated it. He should have had it revoked.
He knows what he did and in a system of accountability what can occur to him and the whole seditious lot involved in the illegal political spying and then the counter measures deployed to hide it (cover up), those crimes are federal hard time in the grey bar motel.
He’s sweating it with uncertainty.
This is good.
“This is good.”
Yes, it is.
He ought to rat em’ all out!
In olden times McCabe would’ve been drawn and quartered or boiled alive. Sometimes the old ways are the best.
The Sons of Liberty would know what to do, tar and feather with a ride out of town on a rail.
Why does everyone leave out: ….and then dumped in a ditch at the edge of town, urinated upon and left to die?
T&F’ing was NOT fatal, IIRC there was not one recorded death.
Like being put in stocks and pelted with rotten food and insults, T&F’ing was a physical punishment, it was an extremely HUMBLING experience, and few public officials that were T&F’d ever returned to public office.
They use pine tar, because it can be heated enough to liquefy, at a temperature that is not hot enough to actually burn the skin, much like candle wax.
However, it is extremely sticky, so removing it after, without removing some skin is very challenging.
The T&F’ing was only part of it, as mentioned, then placing them on a rail ,(6″x6″x20′ beam, supported by a bunch of mens shoulders”) and carrying them around for all to see, as they cling to the beam makes them look absurd.
Actually, most of the time they are best ….
Heads of those punished for betraying the King were stuck on pikes, that lined the road leading to the castle, as a warning.
Old school worked pretty good
McCabe is a f***ing criminal.
And yet O’Keefe surfaces info all the time; hacks happen more often than one might think; whistleblowers do come forward.
I think what SD means by Silos is that the Deep State has evolved an architecture (or call it presence/ubiquity) such that the movement of information is controlled/managed by DS operatives on both sides of the exchange – or in the middle when it comes to arbitrating (e.g., court, administrative processes). This, in turn, means that accountability is controlled by the Deep State depending upon the information flows it permits.
The media, were it doing its job, could assist in blowing this all up. But it does not. And so, obviously, the problem runs broader (as do the solutions).
Well put.
The media is really the accountability part that changed.
By the same token, it is the evolution of independent media that may offer us at least a fighting chance at salvation. There are self described “progressives” and classic liberals that provide validation to what right wing nutjobs like you and I know to be true.
Glenn Greenwald is a perfect example. He has been stellar at fighting 4th amendment abuses of the 4th branch, he brought us Edward Snowden at extreme risk to himself. Jimmy Dore, a hard core lefty has long been outspoken about RussiaGate, Clot shots, FISA abuse and other causes we hold dear.
Were it not for the concerted effort by the Blob controlled media, Trump would still be in the White House and our country and the world would be in far better shape. And I think some of the figures in independent media are playing a role in what should be a landslide come November.
Right next to my hometown of Huntington Beach:
Hi neighbor!! 🙂
Costa Mesa was represented!
IMHO, the media has been completely co-opted by the “security” branch of the government.
I trust almost nothing they say any more.
If an alphabet talking headbot says the sun is shining, at this point I just assume it’s nighttime.
Yup.
The same media that has been hammering away assisting the Lawfare crowd with their attacks, while ignoring how many House and Senate members had sexual harassment claims paid on their behalf.
It changed during the Vietnam War and has never returned to objective journalism. Independent media have sorta changed this. Hence the brazen attempt by the Democrat/Marxists to control and censure information on the internet. The D/Marxists are relentless and see themselves as our enemies.
By “…””changed” read as… I wonder how many “life details “ the IC data crunchers sifted that finally gave them “volume control” & track selection speed tempo mood control?
If you’ve amassed terrabits of data & you endlessly search it – you’ll find the “dirty laundry” of key influencers..
You make an interesting point, but I now question how long that the media and “newscasters” were “managed” by “gubermint” directives. The value of a free press is to enable diverse and conflicting views to be exposed for public review. How far back does that attempted influence go???
Plausible denial. That’s their escape, their shield.
“………….the movement of information is controlled/managed by DS operatives on both sides of the exchange….”
It comes across to me that many people in the DC swamp do, in fact, know what’s going on, but for the preservation of their own tender behinds, when they speak publicly it’s only about “official” information.
Soft as medicated cotton, those tender bums..
The MSM and legacy folks are part of the silos- it’s where the silo masters go to get the permitted info into other silos or out to the public.
We tend to think Democrats weaponized the government, which they have, but forget to include the MSM. They have weaponized the media to repeat the lies, omit the truth and assassinate anyone the Deep State chooses as their enemy.
I believe it started in the 1960’s. I go back to a book about the Kennedy family called Camelot. The author escapes me but it helped me understand the structure. Not just media but also the publishing industry.
You have made some valuable comments about an apparent “web of the Uniparty”. IMESHO, the “control” of Congressional members is key, and much of that could be the result of assets like Epstein or “dark money” that has a hook set into it. I recently wrote my “Rep” about he/she/it voting twice to renew FISA 702. IMESHO, there was absolutely no justification for voting for that, and I want an explanation of he/she/it supported it. The reelection of PRESIDENT TRUMP will represent to first phase to regain integrity into the “gubermint”. There will need to begin a major effort to hold Congress to correctly support the Constitution, and to get appropriate departments realigned to fulfill their mission statements responsibly.
I look forward to the future retirement of mcconnell and charlie schemer.
“I know your deeds, That you are neither Cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So because you are lukewarm – Neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Rev 3:15-16
I’ve always thought Sundance’s description of our current unrepresentative/unresponsive government as being a collection of independent silos was a brilliant discovery of his or a God given coincidence but no matter how! I did a search for silos to try and find the beginning and first reference I found was on 9/11/20 ” Dannehy, very familiar with the DC national security networks; and carrying a top-secret clearance level; had a role to play where she reached into compartmented silos, retrieved information, conducted interviews and then sent the raw data along with summaries back up the investigative pipeline.” The next one was on 9/27/20 “When I wrote on September 2nd that we need to focus intensely on winning the 2020 election, my focus was based on accepting this inherent reality. Regardless of what AG Barr may want to do – he has defined evidence and consequence through the prism of political silos. Finally on 7/24/21 revealing the Fourth Branch of Government to us We The MAGA People his explanation of the silo effect became full blown “It was during this process when I discovered how information is purposefully put into containment silos; essentially a formal process to block the flow of information between agencies, and between the original branches. While frustrating to discover, the silo effect was important to understand because comprehension of communication networks leads to our ability to reconcile conflict between what we perceive and what’s actually taking place.” Now I could be all wrong on this?
I raise the silos here because when politicians of both parties, Federal bureaucrats, Lawfare/DOJ/FBI/IC type thugs who participate in the Fourth Branch are interviewed by the corrupt leftist state run msm one must understand that the questioning doesn’t meet Sundance’s “litmus test”! The soft ball questions only provide answers from the “silo” they are contained in. That’s why there is the Lawfare war against President Trump and his associates/lawyers, news organizations like OAN, podcasters like Infowars, or any individuals who ask questions that pass Sundance’s “litmus test”!!! There is war on keeping “Truth” in its own very “silo” not for public consumption but to protect those who are destroying the country and the Republic as founded!!! JMO. Godspeed Sundance.
Well said. Yes.
Sometimes I feel like the thing that is always sticking up. But I have nagging thoughts that the “silo” metaphor was used to either justify or excuse the failure of the intelligence community to prevent 9/11.
And here is something I learned last week. although I have been trying to encourage people to look seriously at Justice Scalia and the US v, Williams majority opinion. I did not know till last week that there are two Scalia quotes concerning Citizen impaneled Grand Juries that can not be misunderstood:
Scalia, the Grand Jury
The Grand Jury Belongs to The People — Antonin Scalia (1992)
https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=36330
And in Section 18 of the text of United States v. Williams, Justice Scalia says:
We The People are the Fourth Branch of Government, and we have been so thoroughly brainwashed that hardly anyone can believe it. Yet we have the power to haul any government actor before us, put them under oath, and question them concerning anything that we please, even if we are citizens of Harding County, New Mexico – 2024 population 627.
I am no scholar, and if I am wrong, it would make me happy if you point it out since it will mean you read and are thinking about what I said.
The federal government is required to use grand juries for all felonies, though not misdemeanors, by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[
‘Thus, citizens have the **unbridled** right to impanel **their own** grand juries and present “True Bills” of indictment to a court, **which is then required** to commence a criminal proceeding”.’
This quote does not appear in Scalia’s decision in US v Williams ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/504/36 ). I don’t know where State of the Nation got it from. In paragraph 22 of Williams, Scalia says, “Given the grand jury’s operational separateness from its constituting court” which to me implies that a person would be required to ask a court to constitute a grand jury.
If it’s not there, then someone is exercising or propagating information for a civil war scenario.
OK — that’s all well and good.
So we empanel a grand jury, subpoena documents and people to testify, and we are ignored.
Who is going to enforce the subpoenas?
Interesting, I see this as related to jury nullification, it is the essential right of citizens to be able to reject prosecution from a tyrannical government.
If you can’t destroy the truth, contain it.
The term “Silos” goes back at least to 9/11 and government agencies were prevented from sharing intelligence info between each other.
I recall the term being used in the 1990s.
I think Mueller was much more than a coverup; I think Mueller was in place to scour and to destroy lots and lots of Obama evidence of all the Obama corruption, Holder corruption, et al.
Sessions was a total fail.
Things can and do serve multiplr purposes.
IMHO Mueller teams primary task was to set up PSJT for Impeachment; either by catching jim in a Perjury trap, and/or by pushing so hard that PDJT Fired them, which would then be portrayed as a reprise of Nixons Friday night massacre, and be portrayed as Obstruction of Justice, for firing a SC that was investigating him.
In the process, it also enabled them to maintain control over the Justice Dept. insuring that instead of having a “wingman” A.G. the DOJ was constantly thwarting him, and covering up their previous and ongoing coup attempts.
Sounds like we need another second party to replace one of the existing ones.
While it is too late for the 2024 elections, this might be a good time to start a MAGA party, with a view to 2028.
It took awhile for the Republican party to supplant the Whigs.
I doubt it will be possible to truly reform the Republican party. It is too deeply attached to the Uniparty vulture.
I thought that, and seriously considered registering as A1st, (which btw if your going to give the party a name, and your thinking long term, AmericaFirst really works better than MAGA).
Then I did some basic research on “What is a political party, how are they formed and structured, how do they function.?”
I submit most people, and particularly those who blithely say (largely an understandable emotional responce, based on disgust with the R party) ‘We should just startca MAGA party!” have no clue whats involved in starting a political party, how its structured, what it does and how it does it, etc.
PDJT looked hard at this, even briefly joined the Perot party.
So have Kari Lake and many other smart, politically savvy people with far greater actual investment than any of us armchair warriors.
American Political parties are, theoretically inherently representative Democracy in action.
Precinct Captains are selected BY the people in their precinct (THAT SHOW UP!) who vote for them.
The district chairs are similarly elected. Counties have Conventions every two years as do States, where County Chairs and Executive Committees and State Chairs and Executive Committees, respectively are elected, again by THOSE WHO SHOW UP.
Similarly, State representation on the National Committee is by selection.
What unites the party is its PLATFORM, built of different planks which are policy prescriptions for various areas of Public Policy, basic positions on what the Government should or shouldn’t do; if you ascribe to the platform of the party, you register to vote, you work to get the parties ENDORSED Candidates elected.
As an Endorsed candidate you endorse the policies of the platform, and agree if elected you will work to see those policies enacted, IN EXCHANGE the Party endorses you, which “allows” you to run AS “A REPUBLICAN”
And, your eyes have already glazed over, but you are going to to “start a new party”,…RIGHT!
The crucial point is, if you read the Republican party platform, going back many years, EVERYTHING in PDJT’s AmericaFirst, MAGA agenda is RIGHT THERE in the party platform.
Less taxes, less regulation, strong military, secure border, secure elections including voter I.D., aggressive pro-America trade policies, even pro-life, its all there.
The thing is, while the base really believes and wants those things, the RINOS that have insinuated themselves into control positions don’t, and only campaign on them every four years, and then ignore them.
So, we HAVE a Platform an unanimity of agreement with the Base, and even up to mid-management on these policy prescriptions, and a clique in leadership, for whom the platform is an anethema that they thwart at every opportunity.
WE since waking up (Tea Party) focused mainly on Elected PUBLIC officials (“Primary the bastards!”) before understanding the real power ISN’T with elected PUBLIC officials, its with (also elected) PARTY officials.
We also focused too much attention on NATIONAL figures, not realising the real power of the Party is mostly vested in STATE Party officials.
If you want to MAGA, with AmericaFirst doctrine, rather than wasting time with “starting a new party” or Texit, or Convention of the States, or registering as unaffiliated, cause THAT will show em! how about attending your monthly Republican Party meeting, and voting the bastards out that are working counter to the party platform, the RINOS.
I’m AF AF!!
I am an A1st, MAGA Republican, and as such we have a clear platform based on our A1st Doctrine, and I only vote for candidates that are committed TO that platform.
One sure way to fail is to not try.
Haley Barbour of MS is a prime example of it.
I was just asked to be precinct captain of my area. Yowza! Admittedly, we have no representation in this rural county; so I might be a shoo in by default. I was floored to be asked and am a bit nervous. I’ve been reading all I can about this since this morning at church. Any thoughts from anyone that has experience would be greatly appreciated.
Get a copy of the State party by laws, and study it a lot.
Seek out other MAGA Precinct Captains in your State, for advice.
Congrats!
I agree, the official platform of the Republican party has always been substantially MAGA, going back at least to Goldwater.
But my concern is that the folks who control the purse strings of the Republican party also control the candidates’ true allegiance. If they covertly agree to the GOP/International corporations agenda, they will have the official and financial backing of the GOP.
If they don’t, they won’t, which is one reason why it is so difficult to primary out entrenched RINOs.
My thought is that it might be easier to bypass the GOP and their financial influence on candidates by starting a new, MAGA/America First party, which would only accept financial contributions from individuals, not corporations or PACs.
The large number of donations from small donors to President Trump’s campaign shows, in my opinion, that there are MANY Americans who are angry at the rigged game run by the Uniparty, and are hungry for a real change.
If you can think of a way to eliminate corporate/PAC money and influence within the Republican party, great!
The structure already exists, so why reinvent the wheel.
But I can’t come up with any way to exclude corporate/PAC money, power and agenda from that already existing structure.
Hence, my suggestion for a new party.
If you notice, in the recent surge of donations following his conviction, PDJT got 30% of the first $40 mil. from ‘small donors’, and then he went to Silicon valley fundraiser, and left with $117 million.
Point being while both Sanders and PDJT,’s populist campaigns have shown that small donors CAN assert themselves, we are not going to win by excluding the big donors.
Money is just a tool with which to excercise power, and it has its limits.
In the primary for Governor, Kari Lake spent maybe 1-2 million (IIRC) and her RINO opponent spent $30 million,…and KL smoked her.
Money IS certainly part of it; the RNC funnels $ to the State R parties, which can then spend unlimited amounts to help a candidate, with “party building” and “GOTV” efforts in the Candidates district,..OR NOT.
Similarly, the RNCC, is the Congressional piggy bank that likewise can funnel or withhold UNLIMITED funding for House and Senate Republican candidates.
And of coarse the DNC and DCCC can do similar, for the Dem opponent.
Hence if Mitch or McJohnson, or the leaders of the State R party decide you are not a team player, or whatever and they withhold that $, so you can not at least keep parity with the Dem opponent, you WILL lose.
Lawn signs, targeted radio and TV ads, GOTV efforts, really DO make a difference, especially if your opponent has them, and you don’t.
Still, rathervthan building a party from scratch just tear out the relatively few rotton timbers, and replace with strong MAGA.
The reason it is so hard to primary out entrenched RINOS, is because the State R party Executive Committees control the party and they will direct that “splitter” candidates be recruited, they will discourage PDJT from endorsing, they will starve the MAGA candidate of $ or party support, and if the MAGA candidate, despite all of that wins the primary, the R party leaders will intentionally throw the election to the DEM, rather than letting the MAGA candidate get it.
And yet, WE are supposed to have qualms, that the RINOS DON’T have, and so “vote for the RINO, because otherwise the Dem will get in!” even though they never “vote for the MAGA, so the Dem won’t get in.”
Or so some abused conservatives that just can’t bring themselves to leave their abusers, keep argueing.
WRT TEXIT: The Texas Nationalist Movement had a very large contingency at the Texas State Republican Convention in San Antonio. Most of the objectives were realized, including a change in the chairmanship to someone who is willing to give Texans a vote on the issue, via a referendum, something that the establishments has been fighting against for many years now. The fact that they are fighting it so hard should tell you that they know what the outcome would be should there be a vote: YES!
Also, the two planks calling for a referendum on Texas independence that were added at the 2022 convention were retained, with some modification.
news . tnm . me /texit/texit-updates/new-texas-gop-platform-pushes-for-state-sovereignty-independence-referendum/
Momentum is building.
So, this is that whole “Texit” thing,..right?
Was it you or another posting about this the other night, and finished with “You can not vote your way out of tyranny.”
Absurd, since as you point out any process for Texas to seccede would involve a LOT of voting.
And, to what end? IF you (the MAGA base in the State of Texas) CAN wrest control of the State Republican Party Executive Committee AWAY from the Bushie RINOS, and replace with MAGA patriots, then Texas doesn’t NEED to Seccede.
And if you can’t, your efforts to seccede will be aboutxas effective as a fart in a hurrucane.
The leadership will fight ANY attempt to wrest power from them, so their resistance is NOT a kind of “reverse endorsement” confirming that seccession is the way to go.
Spider gears are out in the transaxle, due to years if no lubrication.
And, because the car won’t go, you propose rebuilding the engine.
You don’t have the resources to rebuild the engine, but even if you DID,…the car wouldn’t go anywhere.
Well put.
The best time was right after 2020. The republicans’ failure to stand up for their voters should have been the proverbial “straw.”
Should have been started in Dec 2020.
What about simply changing the name and charter of the Republican National Committee to the America First Committee (AFC). Remember the RNC will be under the control of President D.J. Trump for the next four years after January 20th, 2025. The committee would be charged with finding and only supporting America First Candidates. There could still be a Republican Political Party, but it would be mostly, and eventually American First Candidates in all offices. This sounds to me to be an easier path forward than starting a new political party.
Thank you so much for this.
The Truth Has No Agenda
Amen to that!!
Speaking of the inner workings of government, there was a fascinating series of 10-minute scenes that aired on Facebook in mid-2018 in a documentary series called “The Swamp,” by Matt Whitworth. It featured several Republican congressmen, including David Brat and Thomas Massie, who openly discussed why DC is so broken, about the Uniparty (though they didn’t call it that yet), and how the lobbyists run everything, and committee assignments are doled out by how much fundraising you bring in. It reinforced what Sundance said about how there were no written up boxes of legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare or other conservative issues that President Trump won on, because the lobbyists didn’t want those things.
I can’t find the original Swamp series I saw on Facebook and Youtube — it seems to have disappeared from the internet. But I did have this article I bookmarked by The Federalist that details much of it. Instead, it seems that HBO produced The Swamp as a similar documentary in mid-2020, but using Matt Gaetz, Ken Buck, and a repeat of Thomas Massie. Looks like they used a different director, but the same theme and format. Anyway, the original really drew me in, especially to see these congressmen talking so candidly about what really happens behind the scenes.
https://thefederalist.com/2018/06/18/6-revelations-swamp-documentary-show-just-dirty-dc/
Here is a trailer from the HBO 2020 (pre-election) version the The Swamp, with Matt Gaetz. It looks like a lot of the themes are similar to the ones in the original 2018 series.
Looks like you can rent this from Google Play.
Thanks, Val! I thought the HBO movie was rentable, but I see no trace of the original 2018 segments that aired on facebook, and were posted to view on Youtube.
Massie just did an interview on Tucker’s show where he discussed this stuff. It’s long but worth watching.
F these crap Weasels… need to be taken to the wood shed
Woodshed?
No.
Not a serious enough response to treason.
I will use question 2 on a state rep election. Unfortunately I already know I won’t be voting for my congressional rep. He’s captured by the military contractors – TN CD7 – Dr. Mark Green. I do have a new potentially decent state rep but that’s still unknown.
As a mid TN resident, I am sorry to read that . I believe PDJT called Green earlier this year to ask him not to retire…
In 2022, if you take off your blinders and look, there were MAGA Candidates and NOT MAGA candidates, both endorsed by PDJT but with very different campaigns and outcomes.
MAGA Candidates, with Kari Lake being an example, ran ON PDJT’s endorsement, Campaigned on Election integrity, Campaigned on NO MANDATES, and campaigned on Parental rights and spoke clearly about abortion.
Kari Lake said when she contacted the Az R party to get their endorsement to run they helpfully gave her name to a bunch of “political consultants” that she then interviewed.
Each one said the same thing; after praising her with name recognition, public trust, etc. they said she was guaranteed a win so long as she did not talk about the stolen election, Covid and avoid talking about PDJT (endorsement).
The RINO Candidates all followed this advice, the MAGA Candidates (like KL) all refuted it, and the advice became a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the 3% of PDJT endorsed candidates that lost in 2022, were the MAGA Candidates running for election (first time) on a strongly MAGA platform, whereas the RINO Candidates won.
My point is, THEY made it clear, by their suppression via MSM and Inet censorship, and by which campaigns the Uniparty apparatus supported and which they undermined, what the differences were;
-Run championing PDJT’,s endorsement, ir running away from it?
-Talk about the stolen election, or avoid it.
-Talk about the mandates,, and even the Vax or avoid it.
-talk about Parental rights, or avoid it.
-talk about Abortion, or run away from it.
So, with blinders off, its pretty easy to discern WHO is MAGA, and WHO isn’t, and we can look at the responce of our enemies.
When they offer a bribe for someone not to run, thats a pretty good sign.
“When they offer a bribe for someone not to run, thats a pretty good sign.”
Again, when sorting out so many things in life, rule number one: “Follow the Money!”
Well done & a good contribution in the discussion of litmus tests.
My next question would be what turned them into RINOs? Money? Extortion? Or are they simply Democrats posing as Republicans who take safe congressional seats away from conservatives and expand Democrats’ power? I firmly believe the latter.
RINOs are true Republicans, Republican doesn’t mean what you think it means.
Thank you.
If we start down that road, we end up getting mired in mud.
Definitions of liberal and conservative, Republican and Democrat have all changed over the years, but while we are having learned historical discussions, the war progresses.
Gay used to mean happy, and a fag was a cigarette, so what.
Found in the bin… 🙁
Yeah, I saw that it immediately went to moderation.
I assume the AI screener was offended at those two words I used there at the end, and since I might have been calling someone a cigarette or happy, it tossed me into moderation.
Oh, but we’re supposed to worry about Skynet? I just ain’t seeing it.lol.
Please explain.
All of the above. I do believe some believed all along in the liberal agenda, and just sought out a ‘reliably Republican’ district or State to run in, or they found themselves in, and said what would get them elected.
Look at Romney, for instance marching with BLM; his Dad was the same, a Rockerfeller Republican who fought to undermine Goldwater.
And, I think a lot of them just get caught up in the whole beltway mentality.
All three.
The people who control our elections with money and influence pick candidates they can reliably control. The candidates mostly know what is up when they are chosen to run.
Then you have the blatant inserts from the Intelligence agencies.
a good metaphor for the GOPe’s constant sellouts and deals is a few months ago, that twink got caught taking up the rear end in a hearing room. that’s congress 24/7 – constant screw job. except we’re the ones getting screwed and not by choice.
Didn’t even get a dinner and flowers, first.
Nothing about the “pandemic”?
Nothing about the single most impactful event that has taken place in any of our lifetimes?
How about “was there actually a pandemic in 2020?”
Is sars-cov-2 any more dangerous or deadly than the seasonal flu?
Are there multiple safe, effective and cheap treatments for coronaviruses?
Are the “vaccines” safe or effective?
Are the “vaccines” causing deadly side effects on a grand scale?
Will you commit to opposing any sort of lockdown for any group of people if any government agency ever again declares a ‘pandemic’ ?
If their answers to any of those questions are NOT:
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
….then they FAIL the test and can’t be trusted, because they are either incompetent or dishonest, both of which are disqualifying.
Yup.
Look at the subjects/positions they most censored; the plandemic and the stolen election.
Kari Lake said the R party put it out that she was running, and a bunch of the standard R party consultants came acalling.
They all said the same thing.
After telling her with her name recognition, trust factor etc. that she was a shoo in, each would say;
“So long as you do NOT mention Covid mandates, or say anything about the 2020 election being stolen!”
As her motivation for quitting broadcasting and running for office was largely the Stolen election and Covid mandates, she kicked them all out, called a couple of lifelong friends, and proceeded to set up her own campaign and staff it, all without any professional help, very much like PDJT did in hus first run.
Point is, Election integrity is definetly one, but you are NEVER going to get an in office elected official to say the election was stolen, because that means THEY stole theirs, as well.
Covid still seems a viable test question, although they DO seem to be starting to try to admit to errors without responsibility.
A third might just be to ask them straight up ,”How do you feel about PDJT?”
“Do you endorse him for President in 2024?”
Pay attention to whether their answers actually come out to be a Yes or a No. I asked a local candidate, “I don’t have time to help any more Republicans who lose gracefully. What are you going to do WHEN they steal your election?” He started well by saying thanks for the tough question, and went on to give me a strong, forceful non-answer.
So I expect him to win the local primary (unopposed) and then lose, and I will neither help nor care when the inevitable result happens.
Dear DC Republicans,
Are Democrats foisting toxic ideologies on America evils to be dealt with or, are they your ‘friends across the aisle’?
That is one litmus test that doesn’t fail.
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap… I’ll add 2 (b). Thank you sir.
Question 2. (a) Was the 2020 Election manipulated?
Question 2. (b) If so what was the most significant factor?
Maybe it would be helpful to list the proven MAGA Congressmen and Senators.
It would be a short list.
So if your congressman or senator is not on that list, you don’t give them the vote? I think I will no more just vote a straight ticket.
Knowing what you know now, and knowing they are obviously running against a Democrat, and so if you do not vote for them and don’t of coarse vote for the Democrat either, it still does increase the liklyhood of the Democrat getting the seat, would you vote for;
-Liz Chaney
-Mitt Romney
-Mitch McConnell
-Mike Johnson
-Name any RINO Traitor
SOME here would, I know.
As for me, I will chew off my fingers before I will use them to ever mark a ballot for a RINO, again.
Yes. I prefer to be stabbed in the front instead of stabbed in the back.
And as Rep. Massie pointed out in his interview by Tucker Carlson, they want to be liked. The entrenched pols use that desire to pull in the newly elected.
Also, John Peter Altgeld, who was a Progressive Democrat Governor of Illinois from 1893 to 1897, his progressiveness notwithstanding (or perhaps due to his experiences), made an interesting observation in 1904.
Titled: “A Good Fellow”
When a young man of respectable parentage, fair education, good character, and honorable ambition, comes to the legislature of his State to represent a constituency, and begins a public career which he hopes will make him famous and bring glory to his family, he is at once sought by the lobbyists and the other older members who are schooled in corruption, and made to understand that if he would succeed in politics he must be a “good fellow.” On all sides he is flattered, directly and indirectly, and in most cases he yields to these seductive blandishments of his newly-found friends, and they take him under their protection and proceed to have a good time. He is invited to little dinners, to play cards, and to various other diversions; wine is free and cigars are plentiful. When he loses at the gaming-table he is given a loan of fifty dollars, and another, and another, until he is deeply in debt; but he is told not to worry about that. There are easy ways of making money with which to recoup himself. Fromm that moment the young man is doomed. He is in the power of the corruptionists, and must vote as they direct. In a short time he is a full-fledged boodler, hungry for money and ready for any iniquity.
In other cases, when it is found that a man cannot be enticed along a line of dissipation, he is approached in a different way. He is told that there is a great future for a man of his ability and acquirements, and that he can wield a powerful influence and earn large fees if he will be but tactful and not make himself obnoxious to the ruling faction of the legislature. He is promised the chairmanship of committees, is assured of future political promotion, is offered an interest in various schemes, and all that is asked in return is that he be “a good fellow.” Too often the young man yields. He accepts the flattery as being simply the appreciation due to a superior man. He becomes inflated with a sense of his own importance. He grabs at the promised promotion, and is seized with a hunger for money; and then he is lost. He may last longer than the man who indulges in physical dissipation, but the moral dissipation is the same in both cases. Self-respect, noble aspirations, honor and manhood die, and only the wreck of a blighted life remains.
These two examples illustrate conditions that are only too common in American politics.
We all like the pleasant and agreeable good fellow, but the “good fellow” in politics is a different specimen of humanity.”
We still see this today; one only needs eyes to see and know what to look for.
Two starters:
(1) Term limits. You may serve no more than two terms. (At least, “consecutive.”) And you may not merely “switch houses.” You must be entirely removed from politics for a period, and then be obliged to re-earn(?) your way back in.
(2) Maximum age limits.
Simple Constitutional Amendments.
It is a historical fact that there is less turnover in the US Congress than there was in the Soviet Politburo at its height.
The “Brits” have thrown out their entire Parliament and replaced it in two weeks … no “job security” there!
In our system as it now stands, it is far too easy to “get in power, and then remain there forever.” This should not be permitted.
If you have (1), then (2) is unnecessary. Health, not old age, is an issue. The biggest age problem is on the other end with ignorant, gullible, naive 18-26 year olds voting without ever having adult responsibilities.
Just wanted to point out that the word Altgeld in German means “Old Money”.
As it stands now, while there are supposed to be “3 seperate but equal branches of Govt.” they are NOT equal.
One only ONE is term limited, while the other two are NOT.
Rather than trying the impossible of imposing term limits on the Legislature which must write this new law, and never would, or imposing it by Constitutional amendment, further bastardising that altready shredded by Amendments document, how about just repealing the 22nd and 17th amendments.
Putins effectively been President of Russia for,..20 years?
Orban just got elected to 3rd 4 year term,..
By limiting our POTUS to two terms, we handicap him.
Btw, 17th subtley released Senators from being recalled by State legislatures, and is perhaps more of a game changer than the 22.
Your passage says Peter Altgeld noted in 1904, but it seems he died in 1902.
Written just before his death and published posthumously in “The Cost of Something for Nothing.”
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”
–Frederic Bastiat, Physiology of Plunder, 1848
Bastiat’s famous candlestick makers’ petition
http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html
We still see this
“Either force or corruption has been the principle of every modern government.”
–Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1796
“It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order; and those who have once got an ascendency and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means for retaining their advantages.”
–Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1798
“What an augmentation of the field for jobbing, speculating, plundering, office-building and office-hunting would be produced by an assumption of all the State powers into the hands of the General Government!”
–Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 1800
I am always gunning for a Non-participation Trophy!
One more question I would want answered is”How do you characterize the events of January 6th and the subsequent actions of the congressional democrats and the administration?”
This is an OIG report date Nov 2004 and Unclassified in 2005. The report is a summary of investigation of the failures of the FBI leading up to 911.
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/0506/chapter5.htm
The report partly blames the lack of sharing information between intelligence agencies and lack of sharing information within the FBI. There is even reference to limits of FISA court information between agencies.
Basically, part of the report is blaming the silos without using the term “silo”.
It seems to me the report points to some sharing of information but how is not clear. So whoever the few are that have access to the shared info are the ones who would have massive control. Here is where I think Lawfare, FISA, Soros, MIC and Deep State in general work. With silos, even the upper management of US agencies can be kept in the dark.
Of course we all know this got fixed by more spying on Americans.
“The history of FBI abuse goes back decades.”
–Garret O’Boyle, FBI Whistleblower
FBI Whistleblowers Speak Out on House’s Vote on FISA
“FISA was born out of what essentially should have been deemed illegal wiretaps.”
Thanks again Sundance. Related to the topic of discerning alignment via a question, I would like to sincerely ask you your thoughts on a very real possibility:
What are we to make of President Trump’s possible choice of Marco Rubio as his VP?
In many columns and pages, you have chronicled the multiple failure points of Senator Rubio…his service within the corrupted Intelligence committee, and his non-MAGA compromises. I fear this could become another massive moment of fatally poor judgement.
I do not think that will fare well
I’m hoping that the Rubio hypothetical is only about fundraising. God forbid Trump picks a bunch of RINOs again.
Transparency makes it harder to create narratives.
The method is the narrative of intrigue.
The less is known, the more is speculated.
Many of the election fraud deniers say, “it wasn’t enough to matter.” It should be that “1” is enough to matter.
Get Trump donors, NeverTrump fanboys, and/or TDS deniers say…
“Aww shucks, so close… not enough to change the outcome… think to the future…”
The uniparty wants horse-races. Landslides make plausible deniability announce itself.
NeverTrump’s Latest Attempt To Dismiss Election Concerns Is Particularly Dishonest
The idea is that it’s written by conservatives, for conservatives. We recognize the people who are watching [Morning Joe and CNN] are probably not the people we’re primarily interested in.
If they want to convince voters outside their bubble, they should try far harder than they did with this report.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/19/nevertrumps-latest-attempt-to-dismiss-election-concerns-is-particularly-dishonest/
I have another question:
Who stopped the ballot counting in five swing states in the early morning hours of November 4, 2020?
Fox News..
In what media outlets were these reports of ballot count interruptions first reported? Is this information still publicly available, and has it been verified as accurate?
This is the type of information that should be readily available to help refute the claims of those who still believe the election was all on the up-and-up and that cheating never took place. This is especially true for those of us who do not live near any of those swing states.
We had cell phone footage taken by poll workers that were told “Everyones going home” and then they filmed as SOME came back.
This was all detailed in TGP, and in State Legislature hearings at the time.
Yes, the MSM memory holed it, but it WAS and I believe still is available.
I don’t keep the links because anyone that needs proof, at this point is in denial, and I have better things to do with my limited time on earth than to waste it argueing with idiots.
But hey, if you want, go ahead.
Too long to list.
They didn’t interrupt.
They stopped and started again.
Four More Years. [Pause]
The same uniparty from 2022. Just guessing.
AZ-8 Candidate Abe Hamadeh On Arizona Corruption:
“Everyone knows we have a very compromised System”
https://rumble.com/v4m2rck-az-8-candidate-abe-hamadeh-on-arizona-corruption-everyone-knows-we-got-a-ve.html
I have for so many years been frustrated at how the Rs just talk and talk about justice in these obviously criminal acts (Fast and Furious, etc) and thinking, “it’s all a show” and they must also be benefitting from the corruption somehow. All of them in bed together… one big orgy at our expense!
I read a lot of the comments here. Seems like everyone wants a solution that will permanently correct all the evil nonsense we hear going on within our government and throughout society.
news flash……it’ll NEVER happen
things will just get worse.
oh ye of little faith
why don’t we just leave it to God (who is, of course, thoroughly in control).
Just live your best life. By all means, continue to be aware of the evil. If life offers you a chance to make a difference….do it.
otherwise, just relax and let God handle it.
“why don’t we just leave it to God (who is, of course, thoroughly in control).
Just live your best life. By all means, continue to be aware of the evil. If life offers you a chance to make a difference….do it.
otherwise, just relax and let God handle it”
~~~~~
Exactamundo 😎
Here’s another one; do you find the jury liable for the guilty verdict for Trump?
If they, like Sean Hannity, apologize the jury for knowingly convict an innocent man they are RINO.
Conservatives support: (Memorize this list of fundamentals)
Liberals believe in:
Litmus Question #1: Please, can you tell me your opinion of Robert Mueller?
* “Severe Conservative” & Swamp Creature Andy McCarthy has shamefully entered the chat *
Thank you for making political corruption crystal clear. CTH has become the only source of news that I trust. If it’s not discussed here then I don’t even read it or pay it any mind.
Heres one thing about publicly stating the election was stolen, BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
Read that sentence above a second time if necessary, and see if the problem does not become self evident.
ANY elected official that publicly questions the integrity of the elections, is throwing doubt on THEIR election.
Perhaps this is ONE reason why many already elected officials joined in on the “most secure in History” chorus?
New candidates, running for office for the first time, like KL, etc. were vocal in saying the election was stolen, and making election integrity a campaign issue.
R candidates running for reelection, who WERE reelected,…not so much.
The unspoken question hanging over them, should they speak out,…
“Hold it, your saying the election was stolen from PDJT, but YOU were elected, or should we now say SELECTED, in that
same election!”
right over the target.
“the dog that did not bark” I remember a famous crime being solve on this premise. In this AGE OF GREAT PRETENDING…silence is quite telling.
God Bless America
The thought of a civics illiterate popular vote to TEXIT is terrifying. We live in a cultural climate incapable of reading the letters to the editor that are now called the Federalist Papers. To stake our future on TEXIT is the dream of wicked men like KochLanders who resent the Constitution’s ability to call their business ethics in question. Human nature is not remedied by TEXIT.
I have much more respect for Democrats than the GOPe. Democrats stab you in the chest, and you know that they want to do it. Establishment Republicans lie to you and tell you they are working for you, then they stab you in the back. They are truly scum. This includes those in office, their staffers, and the faux conservative media, like FOX News and their cohort, Dan Bongino, and all their ilk.
Thank you, Sundance! I believe that is one of the reasons they want to put Steve Bannon in prison! Bannon states that any candidate for office or for a post in the Trump administration who does not believe the 2020 election was stolen, should not be voted for or selected!
This gentleman in Wisconsin must have read this post! It’s interesting at how the committee members take offense and assume he is accusing them of accepting bribes, when he clearly states the money would be better spent by educating the public on the bill that is coming up for a vote!
https://truthsocial.com/@Hotgovernment/112592270484329748
Two simple questions to out the quislings. Brilliant. Thank you!
1) Please, can you tell me your opinion of Robert Mueller?
2) Was the 2020 Election manipulated?
Many of us, myself included, are really very SIMPLE people at our core. Writing something out as clear and plain as this is INCREDIBLY helpful.
My 3 question litmus tests for are they MAGA/NO MAGA for just the ‘average’ people I encounter, developed about 3 years ago, still works.
You know, a new nieghbor or coworker, and you want to know if THEY are, without telling them YOU are, because you don’t want your own personal WW.
1) Have they ever worked at a job with a sign listed # of days since last accident.
2) Like/approve of “self-driving cars”.
3) Bic or Zippo
I suppose there are MAGA who approve of self-driving cars, I have just never met one.
Certainly, there are MAGA that have never worked in hazardous jobs, or some not MAGA that have, but its a pretty good test.
And Bic or Zippo,.?
Again while there MAY be some cross over either way, overall it seems pretty reliable.
My experience is that cumulatively its very accurate; try to find someone that has never worked, likes self driving and Bic, and is nevertheless MAGA.
Or, someone that has worked, hates the idea and uses Zippo, that is leftist.
Pretty rare species, either way.
For me, there is one simple question (as sundance alluded to) “What is your view on 2020 election?”, the answer tells all I needed to know.
Okay, got it. But–it was obvious to anyone watching the muller witch hunt testimony that mueller himself knew nothing. He looked as clueless as Joe Biden looks every day. Something seems fishy about that to me. If he was the coverup, which I agree with you on, why was he so clueless on on answering questions that should have been on the tip of his tongue. And why (I have asked this question of you a dozen times), did Trump invite Mueller to interview for FBI director when it was against the rules for him to accept? An FBI director cannot serve for more than 10 years. Hussein got an exception for Mueller the first time so another exception for him by Trump the second time doesn’t make any sense. I think Mueller knows his goose is cooked and we have been watching an elaborate scheme cooked up by Trump and the few patriots that surround him to capture all these crooks. That’s what I think. After all, we all have see the video a hundred times where Trump said to the cameras “I caught them all”. What’s up with that Sundance?