When reviewing the conversation, I note a lot of this sentiment…
KT Says – “Trump staffing? He hasn’t even won. Harris polls are rising as long as she’s kept on teleprompter (like Biden in the basement) is working. The assassination attempt on Trumps life is already waning and will be forgotten by election date. Wisconsin’s road map to steal ballots in counties will work unless”….
Second similar:
MimiNP56 says – ...”As informative and fun as these posts have been, we cannot be distracted by them. Trump has not been elected, yet. We need a gameplan to get him elected. The post on the ballot issue in Wisconsin is a great example of the beginnings of such”…
You guys know I really respect, cherish and appreciate Treepers. CTH is a website about a conversation. I consider myself a steward and host for the topics. The point, the purpose, the entire reason for CTH to exist, is the ¹conversation.
That said, did you ever consider that these Trump-2025 posts are not only about the intent of staffing a second term with a much more effective strategy. Perhaps, just perhaps, the primary takeaway from reading each role, responsibility and challenge, is to understand just how f**ked up it is.
Every outline is the honest scenario of what exists in Washington, DC. There is not a single pretense being retained. No one knows the scale of corruption that exists by both intent and stupidity. I can count on two hands the number of people inside Washington DC who understand the scale and scope of the problem at the root cause. That’s not a disposable talking point just for emphasis. That’s the truth of it.
Every what I would call “solid” elected representative that I have talked to; those who look carefully at the evidence, details, documents and citations; resigns their job – generally within a year of our conversation.
The point of telling you this? These representatives exist and operate within a system they do not even understand.
If the people in DC don’t fathom the context of the problem that is literally outside their door, then how do you think the American people can grasp the skills needed to defeat the problem? Think about it.
Whether Donald Trump wins or loses the November 2024 election, the reality of what needs to be done remains. The reality of the corruption within each DC silo and the Intelligence Community manipulation that flows into all three branches of government exists with or without any Presidential election.
These outlines are not about Trump staffing 2025; that is a small part of the purpose. The overwhelming intent is to put a detailed, granular level context, on every single position within the system.
¹Many years ago, when the U.S. Government started using social media to expand online influence operation (2012 Arab Spring), I saw where this was going. All of the public conversation on the internet would need to be controlled. Everyone would be funneled to the control mechanisms of Social Media.
Go look at the arc-of-history for all online activity by DHS.
(Q) What are they doing? (A) DHS is controlling the public conversation.
Now you know why I always say, “the conversation is the point.” Perhaps, slow down a little and understand how much effort is put into keeping that conversation possible.
This complicated communication stuff; the stuff that is critical for people to comprehensively understand, just isn’t easy to understand.
Love to all,
Sundance
This may be a silly question, but why are all the comments flagged? I thought I had mistakenly flagged a post, but ALL of them are already flagged. New or did I just miss that previously?
Ok. Maybe I did something wrong. Thank you.
No worries.
I don’t either.
I think it is a sensitive mouse thing. I only see a flag when moving my mouse around. Welcome!
All are pre-flagged on my Android phone. Been that way for at least the past few weeks.
I am using my phone. It’s just weird. Thank you, though, so I know I’m not crazy!
Welllll
🤭
Exactly. If you click on the flag the comment is flagged, not as it just sits there benignly on the side as an option.
🙂
I got a message that my comment was awaiting approval when I am not new here.
I corrected my we are Fu**ed to blurb it out and reposted.
I didn’t even get that. Mine simply disappeared.
The red flag is the button to flag. The post, it doesn’t mean the post has been flagged.
Funny, as it has been this way for years.
Not on my phone.
No. The flags haven’t been red before and when I hover over it, it says, “Post has already been flagged”.
In that case, that particular comment was previously flagged. If the comment has not been flagged, a long white text on black background explains the use of the button. I think you just got lucky when you looked.
Indeed, Sundance’s software is kind enough to hide the extraneous buttons from our view, unless our cursor (pointer) is hovering over the comment. Both the link and flag buttons are handled the same way.
That flag is there as an option. If it was flagged it would say flagged.
It does! When I hover over the red flags, the comment is: “This post has already been flagged”
Always shows flagged when using your phone!!!!
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It’s line spacing.
why does the last picture of Trump, posted in this article, say Posted in 2025 -Term 2, Treehouse Campfire. 🤷♀️🤔
I believe that is the categories you will find the articles filed under
I think they are links, nothing more. However, I love the picture of the sheep standing at the gate, pushing to get through the closed gate…all the while there is NO fence on either side of that closed gate. Ain’t life wonderful? Blessings.
“These outlines are not about Trump staffing 2025; that is a small part of the purpose. The overwhelming intent is to put a detailed, granular level context, on every single position within the system.”
Some suggest that the following is the context, and all granular details can be understood as churning minutia within that context:
The deindustrialized US, profoundly and irreversibly corrupted and weakened by DIE now in full-Marxist metastasis, depleting its military, blighting its populace with coerced genetic manipulation injections, forcing its economy and middle class further down on a false climate pretext combined with policies driving high inflation and crushing debt, destroying its cohesiveness with immigration flooding, and accelerating its sovereign debt past the point of no return, is pushing for direct major war which it is not capable of winning because it is deindustrialized and militarily depleted and weakened.
Last two elements in bold, because this is the rail leading to the coming pivot to vassal state under a “Multi-Polar Global Governance” (aka global totalitarianism).
Everything happening is in this context, including the granular political theatrics of individuals jockeying for position in The District of Corruption (DC) as they desperately try to keep their heads above water in the churning pool of fellow Machiavellian sharks.
This would all be a highly entertaining marvel to behold, except for the fact that this is the nightmare reality we wake up to every day, in our digital panopticon.
(Or not: Many are blind to all this, many choose willful blindness because the reality is too distressing.)
US military condition:
https://thelibertydaily.com/congressional-panel-warns-that-american-military-is-no/
US accelerating sovereign debt:
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_93933f16-55c4-11ef-931a-7f6b58e338ae.html
(On the last linked point about $5 billion added to the debt per day: This is the equivalent of a fully-equipped large automotive assembly plant. For context. If you’ve never toured one, you should, this will open your eyes to what $5 billion really means.)
My habit is to post contrarian opinions. Not to disrupt but to trim where I think generalization overcomes ground truth.
This “all the plebes are idiots” meme simply defies the reality I know. When I intersect with retirees in my community, my kids and their friends, the golf leagues, the high school/college long-term friends, the random meetings when I visit the local base for a haircut, family relatives, retired shipmates at annual golf trips or annual reunions, exchanges on the dozen and one military and contractor blogs, retirees working one or two days a week at Home Depot, the guy in the HOA who thinks you purloined his recycling bin, the young kid who works in a restaurant, the young kid a parent asks me to advise on whether to enlist/commission or not, and on, and on- there is plenty of conversation and information exchange. It takes a little effort, some common experience, to expand these. But the opportunity is always there. There are going to be differences of opinion. But folks are more in touch with the big picture than many think. The differentiator in much of this, IMO, gets down to circumstances (self interest; which some unfairly link to character) and values. But it’s there. This “we know truth and everyone else is an idiot” is a mindset that will lead to bad decisions.
The military reference you provided is weak IMO (for what it doesn’t cover; the conclusion is correct but the article itself is a strawman) – having spent a good part of my adult life in that world.
Industrial base concerns are not something novel, they have been around for a long, long time – as has the MIC. It inherently changes, like it or not, as technology, global geopolitics, national economies and social fissures change (i.e., influences on how national wealth is invested). When I attended a service graduate school back in the 90s, there were concept papers (flowing out of future war fighting scenarios) and research and development projects on technologies that are now being fielded. It takes time. There is even now the next set of new tech, responding to future projected needs and expected threats, in the pipeline. This goes on, quietly, often classified, all the time., so you don’t hear about it. And neither does the mass media.
The article isn’t leavened with discussion on the top down flow of national security policy to national defense strategy to military strategy/force structure to individual Service capabilities/requirements definitions – and the FYDP. Point being that those control processes are in place. They have been operating all along. Unequivocally, politics (keep the locals employed, “military bad”, greed and especially ideological promotions) have perturbated the whole colossus. But the process is still in place. Still executing Still moving the ball forward.
The article is correct about force structure concerns. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out there are problems with both recruiting and retention when the Navy offers up to $380K bonuses to Hornet aviators who screen for department head or Air Force bonuses to combat experienced F-22 pilots that have grown from $400K to sometimes $700K in the last three years. That does not automatically mean the aviators who continue to serve aren’t capable or can’t get the job done in any circumstance. It means the resources don’t match the requirements as identified in combatant command OPLANS and CONPLANS.
DIE/Woke in the military is a recent issue that certainly needs to be ended. That is entirely political leadership – the Obamas of the world stepping in and recalibrating promotion priorities as well as ideology trumping national defense when it comes the appointment of senior civilian leadership and the bureaucracy – that’s the problem, but it is also built into our democracy/republic. Operational control ultimately flows from the executive branch. The Milleys of the world aren’t the issue. It’s the executive and the Congress. I worked for a guy for a while who went on to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He benefitted from, and had the power to change, the very things he suddenly complained about once in that senior position. Never, ever spoke a word about it; until tapped to be JCS daddy rabbit. Obama/Executive. Congress. Fix that. Tall order. The rest will fall into place over time.
Apologies for the following sarcasm: I can’t begin to recount the number of times I read commission recommendations over the course of a full career as referenced in the article. The wording varies but the recommendations are largely the same – with occasional nuances such as carrier warfare is outdated. Wash, rinse, repeat. Streamlining. Multipliers. Combined warfare. Coalition warfare. BRAC. etc. etc. Take-away? Nothing new here. What has actually unfolded? Something between worst case and best case. But no one really has a standard for measuring progress/regression.
When you get deep into this stuff, it’s not so easy to figure out where the solutions fall. I was involved with some military communication development matters that inevitably led to NSA involvement given who has to approve what in that world. The NSA guys were no one’s fools. Their technical papers were very precise. The problem was different teams would surface at different times – these projects can sometimes takes years before initial fielding – and team priorities would change. One instance I can recall when this happened landed up costing over a billion dollars in new requirements. This “stuff” is inherently complex and overlaid with all sorts of overlapping authorities. It’s not always ideology.
From where I sit, there is a good deal of irony on my outlook. I cannot, in good faith, strongly recommend service to my friend’s kids. But I also won’t jump off the cliff thinking that serving warfighters aren’t capable or cannot get the job done. I worked with a SEAL team during one deployment. Talk about unique human beings! Your military is quite capable. Ask any submariner on a blue/gold crew how good they are at what they do! At the end of the day, those nuclear weapons sit at the back of all of this – something that, regrettably, always leaves the US in a position to settle an argument – even if it includes are own immolation.
Thank you for bringing a dose of reality into the discussions about the military and Intell agencies. There are highly competent and dedicated people who work in both the military and civilian side of the government who take their oath to defend the Constitution seriously. These people deal with highly complex issues that have no easy answers. Too often the commenters on these pages ignore this reality an instead focus on those who are there only to push a political agenda even to the point of violating their oath of Office and sabotaging the nation. As I see it the real problem is in the political leadership and those appointed by the politicians are no longer patriots but instead ideologs intent on taking over the government, abolishing the Constitution and seizing power forever. The real salvation of the nation does not lie with soldiers, airmen, marines,and sailors, nor analysts at Langley or the Pentagon and agents in the field. Right now it lies with the American Voter. Voters need to first demand honest elections and be willing to inflict the harshest penalties on those who would compromise election integrity or stand by and watch fraud happen. Then only vote for candidates who are honest, patriot’s, have ethics, and believe in the Constitution. Then term limit them because “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
Unfortunately the democrat party has been taken over by Marxist and Neo-Nazi Globalist who have made a deal to overthrow the Constitution the enslave the American people. They see victory within their reach and have decided now is the time to act after decades of plotting and scheming.. They maintain strict control over their party. That makes voting for any democrat for any office this election tantamount to treason.
Well said.
The Democrat and Republican parties, and the Green and Libertarian for that matter, have been taken over by Marxist and Neo-Nazi Globalists who have made a deal to overthrow the Constitution and enslave the American People.
FIFY
So concise Dutch!
Nice post and so you are to blame for the Littoral Class ships?
I hope that was sarc.
100%.
Nice post- genuine.
Great comment, Phillip. Thank you.
Interesting how almost none of the media observing aspects of the weakening military, acknowledge the effects of the shot mandates.
Neither the direct harms, nor the effect on recruiting and retention.
There is a lot of information suggesting this is a major aspect. Anecdotal as well as substantive evidence.
Example:
https://rumble.com/v1lbl6l-army-ltcol-theresa-long-md-full-testimony.html
Lt. COL Theresa Long, Army Flight Surgeon:
~21:55…22:25…> :
“… The impact of relentless coercion, intimidation, threats, abuse of authority, and blatant disregard of bodily autonomy and religious freedom, has directly resulted in devastation of medical readiness, in the form of failed recruiting, retention, mass resignation, forced separations of personnel that hold critical Military Occupational Specialties, in addition to the attrition due to vaccine-induced medical injury. Despite the totality of this devastation to our force, senior leaders and officials at the highest levels will not pivot from this self-inflicted castration of our national defense.”
Since then, the shot mandates were rescinded, but the damage is done, the DoD never admitted fault, they could do it again, and potential recruits know this.
Some suggest the weakening of the military was actually one of the goals.
Thank you for this post. I read most comments on this site and see so many people comment about the dire shape our military is in based on what they read, not what they have experienced. I had a long career with a defense contractor and I worked for many years with brilliant patriots that developed amazing technology. That technology is still in use and working. Your comment about our submarine services is spot on, both passive and kinetic. They don’t need a politician to tell them what to do. They are highly trained and I would and do trust my life with them.
Before I go, I would ask that commenters read down replies before commenting. It would do away with some of the fluff I see and save everyone time. God Bless you all, especially Sundance and Ad Rems.
Awesome comment! So chilling and so clear.
-Right in front of us
-Behind the US President’s back
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1olhCU.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=147&y=7&s=654&d=550
(Pelosi rips up Trump’s speech; while Pence applauds)
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I agree that the bigger problem is not the election but rather the elimination of the “deep state”.
Those who would profit from the deep state do not necessarily need their preferred candidate to win, but it would allow them to focus on their goals rather than spend resources subverting a hostile white house. And let us also not take our eyes off the ball, the goal for those with clear vision is not socialism, that is just a carrot, a ruse for the rubes. The goal has been and will always be expanded governance until it is global.
Walz says “One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness”. This sentiment motivates not only almost all of those on the left but many on the right as well. Pure rubbish, a bastardization of Acts chapter 2.”Sharing” under the threats of fines and imprisonment is not sharing, and it d*mn sure isn’t charity.
Our Republic was originally designed for a moral people, unfortunately it will not work for a vast portion of our society today. I would argue that since the progressive wave in the early 1900s our government has been set on a track of corruption that inevitably has brought us to this point.
The only peaceful way to stop this madness and set our society on a moral path is to fix the deep state.
The only true fix for the deep state is to cut off the money. And the money is really f**ked up.
With each passing day I am less optimistic that Trump can effect the changes needed for the fix, but I pray that God would use him as an instrument to at the very least initiate the events to support the sea of changes needed.
Regardless how long it takes it needs to be done for the sake of those with their whole lives in front of them.
MAGA existed before the escalator ride, and it will exist after.
NOT in any way downplaying what PDJT has done, in growing and solidifying the movement.
As great as he is, and as much TDS as he evokes from our enemies, we and they ain’t seen nothing yet.
The MAGA movement isn’t going away, which means it is on the ascendency and will continue to grow, spawning a whole new generations of leaders.
“You ain’t seen nothing, yet!”
not convinced of that.
there is just as good of a chance that if President Trump was dead right now – all of us would be in shock and crippled. and the Uniparty would mold together to create a united ticket moment and thn won the election and drilled us with laws and policies (at the right amount of heat where people that live off the land dont sweat but people stuck in the machine get nailed to death).
I get the always learning on the positive side cause its the same of some fool always leaning on the negative side… I think depends on where the person is in life and how much the Machine is touching them
Shocked and crippled? We’ve come this far, we won’t be crippled. We were in the trenches before Trump came on the scene. We will never surrender, that’s why our mascot is the Wolverines.
I dunno.
The folks in Butler who did not panic and stampede from the field did not seem to be crippled.
They seemed steadfast in support of President Trump and America.
Seems to me that people believe if President is re-elected the waters will part and he will cure all. This is not possible in 4 years. Yes, President Trump will be able to start the process but the rest of the heavy lifting would happen if/when a like minded President followed him for 8 years. This is what the sewer people are afraid about and that’s why they and their ilk of marxist dems will do anything to stop President Trump. Who is that bearer, I don’t know. It looks like JD Vance has been selected but will he be? That’s the question.
The situation reminds me of Patrick O’Donnell’s book The Indispensables. Understanding the mindset of those brave patriots, including some who wanted to back down due to fear, is a modern lesson in humility. Years of grave tyranny and oppression surrounded the Colonists, but a few souls started planting the seeds for the American Revolution. The small plans, light skirmishes, secret meetings and critical communication led to years of pivotal and impressive victories.
I see alot of that today, with The Deplorables up against the mammoth empire that is the Deep State a.k.a. The Blob. There have been some setbacks, but also many successes, so keep that in mind. Have to appreciate MA, NH and ME heroes, who cobbled together a makeshift Navy and surmounted successful raids. (The Boston Tea Party was only one of several). Others were making progress on the business front, using their wealth and influence to weed out traitors and fortify positions. It is a fantastic read about heroism, planning, difficulty and moral courage. The big picture is a bit overwhelming, but the best way to eat an elephant is one “granular” bite at a time.
One person sows, another waters, but the harvest is the Lord’s.
We each have a role to play, if we but listen to the Lord and follow His leading.
Deport a large amount of illegals so that people will know it can be done. Citizens and future illegals will know.
Stop the majority if not all of their free stuff. Self deportation will occur.
Do something about election fraud, automatic registration without proof of citizenship is a start.
Eight to a dozen important things is a start. Will give hope to many.
Nobody with any intelligence expects a complete defeat of swamp etc… in 4 years.
Decide on person to be next MAGA President.
We’ll have to take back the enforcement power from the Communist enforcers to achieve a modicum of success on the three bulleted goals in your post. Else, nothing will happen. PDJT can do his part in the executive branch of the federal government but state, local and private sector action is up to us.
My position is as long as we, generally, go along to get along for a paycheck and a pension, nothing will change. By following the Communist’s edicts and supplicating to their enforcers, and supporting them financially, we, as a population, strengthen their grip on our way of life.
We must, fundamentally, change.
I read some really good posts upthread about the military industrial complex and the patriots in it. I submit that every patriot who builds devices and equipment to further the goals of the Communist, either domestically or abroad, is supporting the Communist.
Being from heavy industry myself, I know what they do and know how it provides a really comfortable and secure life. That’s strong enticement to continue to act in a way that supports the status quo, these days Communist ideology, regardless of their personal perspective on politics or morality.
We have to change. It’s up to us. There’s no comfortable way out of this. There never is. Ever. And you’re precisely right, the ‘swamp’ as you put it won’t be defeated in four years, or my lifetime.
It’ll take generations unless there’s a bloody revolution which defeats them. History has recorded many such conflicts over the centuries. It’s nothing new, though perhaps new to us living through it. Life has been pretty comfortable so far, though Corey Comparatore’s family, David Dutch, and many others might take issue with that assertion of late.
God bless.
Those are your wishes and wants? How will it ever get done? We cant wish anything. It doenst work.
How do you eat an elephant?
The next bite is the election. Then the next, and the next. If we simply don’t give up, we win. It will simply take hard work and perseverance.
This is a war of attrition, until the Lord calls us home.
thank you sir!
I would not characterize the blissful ignorance of our leaders are as “Kinda Funny”.
I’d call it “Tragic”.
Why not write about what the Trump campaign strategy is to get him elected?
Putting the cart in front of the horse is premature. These articles would be best presented AFTER (and IF) Trump wins in November, which gives nearly 3 months to form his cabinet and other personnel.
Disagree – if you think Kamalaland is waiting till after the election you’re mistaken.
As Sundance mentioned most are ignorant, and it it’s important to have the conversation now so we can all know what to anticipate beforehand.
I’m thankful for the insight into JD Vance before he was selected because I really like him and can feel the euphoria of his selection based on my feelings, but there is that nagging “what about” in the back of my mind that will keep me watching him more closely than I would have before.
Knowing what would be ideal selections (in his view) gives me something of a target to shoot for. If someone is selected that doesn’t meet the criteria we can know what to expect (or not).
Thank you Sundance for your insight on these matters.
“There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.”
Sigh………
I’d rather have Trump and his campaign reading these articles now, than after any election. He needs this guidance, whether he thinks so, or not!
The campaign’s focus is to get Trump elected, not to contemplate what the makeup of his potential administration would be.
I haven’t heard any details of the strategy to accomplish that.
Wrong. If his staff can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, we’re done. They have to plan now. Recall the chaos during the transition when he was elected the first time. That resulted in many of the problems he encountered. This has to be a priority now.
There is NO way that Trump isn’t already contemplating and choosing staff. And why would they broadcast that information? Trump and his team will hit the ground running so they dont waste precious time.
Separate the campaign from the post-election staff.
Then maybe you can reply intelligently to my post.
I think you have answered your own complaint.
The campaign process is as crucial as the staffing selections, but they are two separate issues.
Sundance is looking at the latter issue in these posts.
Reading these staffing posts hoping to find ideas to address campaign issues seems to be a waste of your time and effort.
Both are important issues, to be sure, both must be addressed now.
Sundance is only one person and can only do so much.
Perhaps you may find some ideas that address the campaign on some other website?
Maybe share some of your own ideas on the subject in this website’s open thread?
“I haven’t heard any strategy for a way to deal with that.”
Thats a piss poor argument, just like “I haven’t seen any changes, so the 2024 election will be just like 2020, they’ll steal it again.”
If you want the best analysis, or breakdown of PDJT’s campaign plans for staffing his admin., go to the ENEMY, which have been spying it out and reporting on his plans.
Axios and Politico both have articles on how he has a team of headhunters, and even names who is in charge.
Both the 4 years he was in, and the 4 years since the steal, he has been making his “Santa Clause list” of who ia naughty and nice.
He has around 7,000-10,000 positions to fill, and he is NOT going to go in blind, THIS time.
You, and others who replied to my comments, have missed the point.
Yes, planning now for post-election positions is great, but the campaign has to get him elected first.
I’m not interested in reading Axios or Politico, and those references aren’t going to help find what I’m look for.
You haven’t heard because you refuse to listen. You are blind because you refuse to see. You are foolishly confused because you refuse to think. Please see yourself out Troll.
I ain’t no troll, Bruce boy.
Typically, the first 18 months are crucial to an administration, although PDJT’s first term defied tradition, as he continued to “rack up” accomplishments right thru to the election.
He demonstrated an amazing capacity/ability to get his admin to accomplish multiple things at once, getting hostages returned, abraham accords, meeting Kim, etc.
And that was with a McConnell dictated Cabinet,..if he comes in with an army of wolverines dedicated to MAGA, I think many will be shocked with how mmuch can be accomplished in 4 years.
IF WE (MAGA) can manage to take operational control of ONE State R party Executive Committee, thereby getting a MAGA controlled State Government, the leverage that would give us would multiply what PDJT can do, many-fold!
thank you Sundance for your patience and neutrality when writing about
a unrelenting abyss. Your words of LIGHT dispel the evil. May God Bless
you warrior and keep you sane and safe. Peace be with you always.
As an old lady (birthday today), who is blunt, sharp tongued, balloon popper, I read several comments in the comments. I make comments that are sometimes obtuse or contrarian or inspired. I am not perfect. I am a learner and seeker of truth. I found those particular comments to be somewhat alarming for Treepers.
Perhaps those who follow polls for their positions and commitments might be more calm by the polls today or even yesterday.
I may not want to be so well trained or informed because, once I learn something I can’t unlearn it and then I become responsible for the truth I know. I don’t like knowing just how corrupt and evil the govt is…but it what it is (as Rush used to say). Contrary to what smart people may think, the polls are not what we fight. This is serious business and it not pretty and in order to restore the constitution and the republic we are going to get dirty, nasty, smelly, messy, and we better get ready to get mean. I have little patience with bone headed nah sayers.
None of the rules from 20 yrs ago apply. This is completely different. Thank you Sundance for the information, and how to’s. Ain’t pretty, but facts. These outlines are some of the most important work you have brought to us. I for one, am appreciative. It helps to know what to look for, how it all works, solutions.
Blessings and thank you again.
”I may not want to be so well trained or informed because, once I learn something I can’t unlearn it and then I become responsible for the truth I know. I don’t like knowing just how corrupt and evil the govt is…but it what it is (as Rush used to say). Contrary to what smart people may think, the polls are not what we fight. This is serious business and it not pretty and in order to restore the constitution and the republic we are going to get dirty, nasty, smelly, messy, and we better get ready to get mean. I have little patience with bone headed nah sayers.”
Thankyou for putting into words what I am unable to.
“…in order to restore the constitution and the republic we are going to get dirty, nasty, smelly, messy, and we better get ready to get mean…”
With the threats released by Jaime Raskin recently, plus the Biden interview where he flubs, because of Sundance I can now understand they are ssetting a new narrative for unleashing violence. I would assert that they may be willing to create a CW. It aids in fulfilling the globalist purpose of taking down the US.
My expectation is that it will be worse than the summer of love 2020. A form of blackmail: vote for us and we will bring peace?
Your words are a reminder, a clarion call to ensure we are prepared for such a thing physically and emotionally/heart.
In addition, I am considering that should it get to such a place, it will not be short lived.
It is the long haul and the endurance required which will determine if we can get the restoration of our nation.
“My expectation is that it will be worse than the summer of love 2020. A form of blackmail: vote for us and we will bring peace?”
You nailed it, B.E.N. To me, these are fightin’ words. I hate blackmail, and I don’t bluff. It’s going to take considerable intestinal fortitude, and the solution will be undertaken by many who feel they don’t have much to lose which will make their efforts that much more intense. Without further mincing words, I will not quietly watch this country and my grandchildrens’ futures go down in flames. Period.
“A form of blackmail: vote for us and we will bring peace…”
Yuri Bezmenov described this strategy in detail. Spot on!
Happy birthday. 🙂
Thank you.
Happy Birthday! Keep on keepin’ on. Opposition to tryrany is a duty.
Thank you.
Well said fellow Leo. And Happy birthday. August 7th here.
Happy Birthday to you. And thank you.
”I may not want to be so well trained or informed because, once I learn something I can’t unlearn it and then I become responsible for the truth I know.”
Lot of that going around…
Tragically
Great Post!!
Happy birthday and this old cranky lady agrees with you.
Thank you.
Its because most people arent understanding that the election isnt the focus. that the awakening of people until it reaches critical mass to force a confrontation is the goal.
using the election as a tool to get there.
The image of the sheep pretty much sums it up…big sigh
Indeed!
Only thing missing in the picture is a 54″ “Boob Tube” on the other side of that gate.
Thank you Sundance. Keep talking it through! Everything is so f’d, we need to remind ourselves of the actual purpose of these Presidential appointed posts. Everything has been so skewed out of alignment, we’re facing a D.N.C. Fantasy.
https://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-karaoke/fantasy-t24137.html
Knowing that a few people in DC know about the depth of the deep state, are silent and quit is sobering to say at least.
I guess we can only hope they are white hats who will surface in PDJT’s next term.
Having read what Sundance has said, I want to point out that staffing was a major obstacle in President Trump’s first term, and winning first and worrying about the rest of it afterwards is exactly what happened in 2020.
If you will recall, Obama was predicting that Donald Trump was going to have hiring problems.
They tell you what they are doing.
The more input on staffing now, the better.
Trump’s 2016 “hiring problems” … clarified by 1 FILTHY word: McConnell.
If Trump can overcome the 2024 cheat … that 1 filthy “word” will be irrelevant.
Well said Sir. My take on the comments are that some people are feeling completely overwhelmed by the size of the obstacles placed in front of DJT. Speaking from personal experience, it can sometimes feel like the fix is always in and there’s nothing we can do. This leads to cynicism and despair. In these moments I have to recognize it, fight it, and come read some posts in the CTH. Meaning, I am not alone in this fight, and we cannot give in to evil. Just my opinion of course.
It can be discouraging, because the fix IS always in. But if you step back and look at the big picture – and remember that PDJT has not broken a promise yet – you can see in the headlines of conservative sites that WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS, particularly in the area of cleaning up voter roles (case in point: Virginia). There are many instances, if you look for them, where the efforts of patriots working at the local level are paying off!!!
Additionally, patriots like the great Mike Lindell and Jay Valentine are diligently working on real solutions that involve tremendous technology as well as common sense!
if you want an eye opener listen to Tucker Carlson’s latest interview with Geoff Shepard from the Nixon White House. This interview was mind blowing, in one sense, but not at all shocking except how far back it goes. When RFK says the CIA killed his uncle I’m on board. Sometimes I wish I could “unsee the strings” it makes me sad.
We have it. We just need to use it properly instead of subverting it.
It’s the rule of law.
INMO…I thoroughly enjoy SD’s POV on all matters..👍.. these staffing suggestions included.. probably the biggest benefit I see from DJT ‘s getting into politics… into Presidency was the exposure of the swamp and all the creatures there in…I grew up in the 30’s to present and could never imagine this happening to my America ☹️
🇺🇸💪😀👍
As I type this I see Ozempic Mike Pompeo. Does he not have anything better to do than get six figures commenting on Fox like Karl Rove?
Sundance, thank you for all the information on the corruption in DC, it just hasn’t been covered elsewhere and is the root cause of many of our problems as a country. The discussion on staffing for the next Trump term, should it happen, is very educational and much appreciated. It’s frightening how few people in leadership positions even understand the problem, here’s hoping they see and take to heart your information.
Keep it up Sundance. You are providing unequaled analysis and thought leadership.
Per Sundance, ” I can count on two hands the number of people inside Washington DC who understand the scale and scope of the problem at the root cause.”
I spent several years working with Congressional staff and met a Senator and a couple of Congressmen in a couple of instances. I worked directly on one joint Congressional committee on the Senate side.
My impression is that most of the work is done by 2-3 key staff for each Senator and Congressman. The same holds true on Congressional Committees.
In addition, they often also hire contractors to support the work being done.
I was a mid-level functionary who worked for GAO. I saw how things worked on Capital Hill.0 y
I saw how the sausage was made. That was 30 years ago. I can’t imagine how much more political things have gotten since then.
The bottom line is that most Senators / Congressmen and Women are figureheads. Some are a bit more hands-on in areas where they have a strong personal interest and/or something that might get lots of press coverage. But the key staff are the ones who do the work.
Incompetence has become a serious problem: Lifeguards were watching the finish line of a swimming competition instead of noticing a Serbian swimming competitor drowning in the lake in Texas. If true, This is bad. Too much monkey mind? Too little ability to concentrate on the task at hand? No one held accountable EVER? And the attempted Assassination of Donald Trump is disappearing like a snow cone on a hot sidewalk. Good grief!
What Sundance says is especially for those who have common sense, are taking time to pay attention and want to use their critical thinking ability.
After reading Sundance post, it makes me wonder if “the people” can ever fully fix the problem? Seems to me the states are the only option. Smaller entities (mostly) where a smaller group of people can have enough influence to slowly starve DC and turn the ship around. It may come down to just 5 or 10. States, so fervent in their desire to change things they refuse to uphold any DC mandate. Complete civil disobedience. After watching covid compliance, my hopes were lessened to a great degree and they haven’t risen at all.
Is this more than appearance?
Something is up, they are using the PCR test to see if you have an infection now. As we know, all the PCR test does is to replicate, whatever infection is present. Logic tells us, the only reason for such an action is to show allot more people with infections. But why, because they want to show a surge, in the total number of people with infections, requiring Antibiotics. The real reason for the artificial surge in prescribing Antibiotics is because they are being given to the illegal aliens. And, the real reason they are cutting VA Vets back on access to them when needed?
Buy your own antibiotics to keep them in your medicine cabinet in case they are needed. Don’t wait until you are sick.
Medications should be stocked up ahead just like foodstuffs. I don’t know why people wait.
Jase Medical can provide medications, like Ivermectin, that might be in short supply or difficult to get in case of a supply chain issue.
I said this earlier, one issue at a time and fix it. Take a key brick out of the dam so it leaks enough that over time it will collapse. After one, do two, keep that up.
What I hear is talk, if the FBI were handicapped what would happen? If Congress had to achieve not talk, what would happen?
Budget, just one budget that is passed without foreign aide, or fluff for illegals.
To see how big it is and how absolutely corrupt it is sometimes makes me discouraged that it can be turned around. To think that I’ve been one of those frogs in the boiling pot for many years makes me sick.
I think I realized during Obama’s term something was really really wrong but President Trump opened my eyes and I wasn’t afraid to see the truth about our government.
My biggest fear is there are so many people who still don’t want to see it.
Well stated. It is abundantly obvious that we need to re-elect President Trump for any of the staffing issues to come to bear, however, we do need to understand the silos, and what each position can and should bring to the fight against the IC and their system of corruption.
As Oat Willie said, you had to have been around in the sixties, “Onward through the fog”!
I think I may stop asking ‘Who is John Galt?’
“Every what I would call “solid” elected representative that I have talked to; those who look carefully at the evidence, details, documents and citations; resigns their job – generally within a year of our conversation.”
Wellp, mebbee you should stop talking to them and talk to the representatives that aren’t solid instead 🙂
It’s hard enough to find a decent candidate to replace those solid people, even after I’ve vetted them before the primary. Dag nabbit! After they’re elected 3/4 of them lose their spots and show us leopards can indeed lose their spots.
I think examining the underlying psychology of that observation would be a worthwhile discussion.
Why do people, apparently, of good conscience, when faced with the stark realities of ‘the swamp’ in a environment of clear understanding, pack it in? Why do they leave instead of stay and fight?
OTOH, why do some, like PDJT, when faced with similar revelations, choose to stay and fight?
We can ask the same question of ourselves about our choices. Why do we do what we do?
Introspection is healthy. 👍
Funny that I was commenting on a different site in an article about racism and discussed how kids are raised without being taught the thought to even look at themselves constructively.
Nowadays most people in the environment we were discussing would rather blame their problems on “oppression” from school age throughout the rest of their lives and never utilize any introspection whatsoever. It’s much easier and doesn’t involve dealing with any cognitive dissonance one might develop.
I took it upon myself to come to a conclusion on why that may be. My conclusion was that introspection is racist therefore I am racist and need to check my White privilege 🙂
As to your question on why do people pack it in: All I can say is that at times I have bandied about the idea as I sometimes feel overwhelmed.
The gall danged globalist controlled collectivists of all types constantly throw so much out there simultaneously in their attempt to create chaos and confusion that on their surface seem important to fight, it takes far more time to filter out what is frivolous and what is truly important. However I have managed to stay in the fight.
I may take a day or two off for a mental health break, but I can’t stay away for 3 reasons:
As for others? I’m not sure. However I do see many buying in to those people who for whatever reason, be they decent or nefarious, post demoralizing, demeaning and defeatist content. I call that the “3 Ds” of a ‘concern troll’ 🙂
Unfortunately many are too wrapped up in being accepted and are swayed when confronted by numerous commenters promoting: “Wowsy wowsy woo woo. It’s useless.” This applies especially to the “Your vote doesn’t matter.” crowd.
Peer pressure is a thing. Even with intelligent adults.
BTW. Sorry to take so long to get back to you. I usually just post my comments and never look back. However, for some reason I saved a link to this one and just remembered about it. So I decided to see what kind of responses it garnered. Yours was well worth a response:)
I just realized your question about ‘packing it in’ was referencing elected officials. Why do they pack it in?
I think there’s a few reasons:
Perhaps they bit off more than they can chew when it comes to dealing with the machinations and corruption they encounter.
They have been paid off or offered some other lucrative employment elsewhere.
They have been blackmailed.
They feel they are ineffective and they may well be. Perhaps they know things we do not.
They are afraid and covet their safety. Politics, in my way of thinking, is no place for the timid.
Anyway, that’s a few reasons I can come up with off the top of my head.
Have a good day 🙂
I get it Sundance. With you 100%
Trolls come here too.
i believe a big problem is most folks and some treepers even think that there are decent people still in DC, there is not.
Trump would only be the second person to have won the election after being a former POTUS. It’s a long shot. Is he the best person for the job, without a doubt. the Leftists have pulled some magic shenanigans, and are not even at the Convention yet. The fraud apparatus is in full swing and they have new methods.
“the primary takeaway from reading each role, responsibility and challenge, is to understand just how f**ked up it is.” We are completely f&*ked.
The natural thing to do to combine these two into a Question then
– Win the election first, then it matters
– If trump wins who should person be in postiion X
A question in form of “who should the persion be” : lets ask WHO is / or should be in charge of election integrity and what should that integrity organization look like Federally and in each state. Who or what is the construct that allows us to count every LEGAL vote?
Then again if that is a conversation / not concrete at this point then it would be reason to worry more about “lets get elected first”.
To me its not clear what that person / organization looks like in charge of election integrity and “anti ballot harvesting” or “if you cant beat them join them in ballot harvesting”. Perhaps others have a better idea. I hear pieces but its hard to see any structure or organization safeguarding the elections.
I hear plenty about the Democrat ballot harvesting organization though and what they are doing to undermine election integrity. That process seems to be running just fine and ironically though that is a “clandestine” operation, that operation gets more coverage than counting every LEGAL vote.
Or it could be my perception.
“No one knows the scale of corruption that exists by both intent and stupidity. ”
God does. The book of 2 Kings may be especially relevant to this point.
Keep The Faith!
Perhaps a useful analogy.
There are those who drive automobiles, have a licence and are “fine” as drivers, however they have absolutely no clue HOW the car actually ‘works’; they turn the key/push the buttin, it starts. Push this pedal it goes, this one it stops,..
And there are those, also good drivers but they can give you a 2 hour lecture explaining every aspect of HOW the car works.
During “good times” i.e. when all operating systems ARE operating, and the driver is driving “in civilisation” and has AAA for towing,..the first category of driver is fine.
However, if they ever have the car stop running, when they are out in the middle of nowhere, with no cell phone coverage, etc. than even a fairly routine and minor roadside repair being beyond them, may prove fatal.
Our Country is out in the middle of nowhere, and broke down.
A simple driver won’t cut it, we need mechanics who know how the thing works.
Thank you, Sundance. One can have more than a single work stream on the planning board at a time. Short-sighted to focus on the election alone.
Thank you Sundance, sometimes I want to shriek at those still focused on election, not seeing that “We The People’ need to step up to rejuvenate the unity that the vision of our founders had, giving ALL of us governance and the power to suppress the bureaucrats and tyrants that destroyed every nation prior to this miraculous country where dignity and a voice for every person was an imperative…as authorized BY GOD.
Thank you for that humor and that PATIENCE.
Too often I need to follow YOUR example.
Trump is not a savior or a narcissist, he is a patriot, a father, a leader and a role model.
I ‘hope’ this is on topic as it is a contribution to the education you are trying to provide.
Daily Signal has a video with Victor Davis Hanson ‘He Got What He Deserves’ the meltdown of Tampon Tim.
Victor points out the gift that is the running team and how Trump can use almost bull et rapid fire on policies, steering clear of long winded grievance.
Most importantly invite Kamalice to a friendly debate , one on her friendly turf, one on his, so that when she cowardly refuses her strategy to stay in the basement to wait out the 3 months won’t work as it did for Biden
And due to Vance’s real service he is hitting it out of the park going after the Stolen Valor
Two of my comments I do not think were off topic, but they are nowhere in sight.
Before I add to the ‘inbox’, I will see if they show up after a bit.
did you have web links in your comment?
if so, how many?
3 or more often will send your comment to the spam folder, then it requires the eyes of Ad Rem to have a look and maybe clear the comment
3 or more was traditionally a de facto way of identifying probably spam
Also, sometimes it’s helpful to close your browser and reopen it, or clear the cache and refresh.
I’m amazed at page after page and paragraph and paragraph on most conservative sights, (including this one!) focused on useless details and intellectual back patting while missing the real crisis at hand. None of this endless pontificating about Trump’s staff will mean a thing if the Democrats, once again, steel an election! All of our energies should be concentrated on investigating, any and all methods the Left will use to invalidate our best laid hopes and plans and neutralizing them.
We need to energize conservatives to “FIGHT” this coming attack on our elections and democratic processes. It happened at least twice before and there is no denying the fact it will probably happen again.
There is no future after the election to apply our hopes and wishes if it is taken from us again!
The hope of success is, largely, dependent on the ability to focus and not get lost in the minutia that seems to fill internet page after page.
We are too busy counting our winnings before the horse race is even begun.
Hmmm…
I’ve been wondering why solid Conservative Montana US Representative Matt Rosendale decided to not run for re-election.
Perhaps he was someone who was enlightened by Sundance?
I like to include myself among those who “get” what you are saying/doing.
It’s an impromptu system of government.
Sole purpose: Squelch Liberty at any cost.
We need more sand!
Thank you Sundance!