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Link to Stillwater’s Prayers Post: The Still Hour
Link to Stillwater’s Prayers Post: The Still Hour
Praying !
🙏 🙏 Amen🙏🙏
SO SAY WE ALL!!
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏 Praying for President Trump and our country 🙏 🙏🙏
My advice to college students:
Whatever you do in life, always give 100%…
Unless you’re donating blood 🙂
Chuckle, chuckle…
AMEN
LORD
Please Grant U.S. WISDOM and GRANT U.S. the GIFT of DISCERNMENT of The Information.
LORD
PLEASE Than Grant U.S. The Fortitude to CORRECT The NATION to IT’s CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS and CORRECT IT’s Course.
LORD
Protect the Warriors in OUR CAUSE and REMIND U.S. to BE JUST.
AMEN
I heard a saying long ago that has stuck with me:
Regarding our LOVE for the Lord we should live like He is coming at any moment. It may be that as we turn the corner, we may find ourselves in His very presence.
But regarding our WORK for the Lord, we should live like He is not coming for three hundred years.
Amen!
Amen !
So very often in the Holy Word of God are we shown that there exists a two way relationship between the Most High and the people.
I am especially reminded of 2Chronicles 7:14.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their son, and will heal their land.
Mind you, the term shall is imperative.
The if/then nature of our relationship with Almighty God is supremely hopeful; if only I do this (obedience to Him) then I am guaranteed His most favorable disposition.
He already loves us beyond measure. After all, for He so loved the world that He sent His beloved Son – a willful separation of Father and Son – for our eternal joy!
IF we accept Him as Savior, Redeemer. His sacrifice, His spilled blooded has paid for our offense.
Let us continue in seeking Him, to follow after Him, to serve Him, to our utmost.
For always remains if we do, then does He bless abundantly from His grace.
Hallelujah
… forgive their sin …
Oh how I despise auto correct.
The more they fight against God, the greater my faith in God becomes.
Amen
Amen!
Amen. Go God beat the devil.
THE GAME PLAN
Sundance @TheLastRefuge2
“Trump will not find perfect solutions. He will find OPTIMAL solutions. We cannot ask for more.
Trump has stood by and watched Perfect murder Good for 8 years – maybe longer. He’s not gonna do it.
He’s going to deliver the best outcome possible, and he’s not waiting for us to feel relaxed about it.
Best presidency ever! Just hang on. More winning is coming, but a lot of people are going to scream that it’s all over at EVERY turn.
The best way through this is to define viewpoints, not people, because people will shift as they change position and velocity in Trump gravity.
Bash the neocon, warmonger, and dopey globalist positions – not the people who are going to hold them one moment and come loose from them later.
Trump is Jupiter moving through the asteroid belt. He is going to pull people into his orbit.
A few will get slung off into space, but most will come along for the ride of their lives.
I am ON the Trump Train for good, even if I scream that I want off and can’t take it. In the end, I only want to scream “TOO MUCH WINNING!!!”
Unseen1 @unseen1_unseen
Here is the game plan that the forces against Trump will be using for the foreseeable future.
They will attempt to get you to make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Be it the freedom clowns and spending, the immigration hawks with H1B visas, the peace doves with timing, the cultural warriors with total bans of DEI/CRT, the neocons with war fighting, or the swamp dwellers with draining the swamp.
All of them will attempt to get you to believe on whatever issue is the issue of the day that it doesn’t go far enough or do enough.
They will try to make you think that some sub issue of that issue is more important and should be handled first, that since the issue hasn’t been handled yet it won’t be, that we can’t do more than one thing, that so and so is a plant to stop the draining of the swamp, or that because it wasn’t 100% Trump lied. On every single issue, one or more groups will attempt this strategy.
You can’t allow them that power over you. If Trump secures the border and deports 2 million, don’t allow them to reduce that good by them saying well he didn’t deport 2.5 million, so he failed or lied.
You can’t allow them to use the perfect to void out the good in the coming months.
They will try. They already have with the CR and the H1b visa debates. It works, that is why they use it.
You have to keep it in the front of your head on everything about to occur that half a loaf or hopefully in most cases 7/8ths a loaf is better than no loaf.
Do not allow them to gaslight you into thinking the good is the enemy of the perfect.
In the real world, most things are never perfect, but if we try real hard, we can get plenty of good accomplished in the coming 4 years.
Ukraine frontlines update……
Military Situation In Ukraine On February 10, 2025 (Map Update)South Front
Cold War II ❄️ Russians Crossed The Loknya River 🌊 New Anti-Drone Defense 🛡️ 🚁 Military Summary 10.02.2025 👆👆Rumble
Hamas threatens to postpone next hostage release, claiming Isr
ael has broken terms of ceasefire deal | CNN
lClaims of Israel not allowing aid and still shelling refugees.
Qatar and other countries denied the temporary shelters being provided to Gazans by Israel.
PA says two women, one pregnant, killed by Israeli fire in West Bank; IDF probing | The Times of Israel
👆 👆
according to article…they were trying to leave…sitting in car
Things that make you go..hmmmm🤔🤔
President Trump said it today.
Saturday High Noon.
Release them all or pay his price.
MOAB Incoming
Puzzle🧩🧩🧩
I listened to his presser today.
And President Trump said he
didn’t know why they were
threatening to postpone release.
💁♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤔🤔
Are the same advisers giving him the
1 million dead Russians BS – the same
people who are telling him…they don’t
know..why?
Qatar and other countries stepping up and
attempting to send aid and temporary shelters…
.but Israel won’t let the shelters through?
No mention of Israel troops killing 2 women…
and one was eight months pregnant…during ceasefire?
Something doesn’t add up….. 🤦♀️
All Roads Lead To Langley….
spouting doubt
while posting doubt
Asking questions……
I don’t trust Langley.. 😎
No more than that…..
💁♀️ 🤷♀️
Need a Job? Gaza Checkpoint To Be Staffed By 100 American Ex-SOF Contractors
UG Solutions, a relatively obscure U.S. security firm based in Davidson, North Carolina, has embarked on a mission to recruit nearly 100 U.S. special operations forces (SOF) veterans to operate a critical checkpoint within Gaza during the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
[…]
If you want to check it out, you can do so here:
https://ugsolutions.co/
UG Solutions is offering veterans a daily rate starting at $1,100, accompanied by a $10,000 advance.
The job also comes with an employer-provided $500,000 accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy.
https://sofrep.com/news/need-a-job-gaza-checkpoint-to-be-staffed-by-100-american-ex-sof-contractors/
reuters
Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
UG Solutions – a low-profile company founded in 2023 and based in Davidson, North Carolina – is offering a daily rate starting at $1,100 with a $10,000 advance to veterans it hires
[…]The document said the contractors will be armed with M4 rifles, which are used by the Israeli and U.S. militaries, and Glock pistols.
The rules of engagement governing when UG Solutions personnel can open fire have been finalized, the spokesperson said, but he declined to disclose them.
“We have the right to defend ourselves,” he said.
He declined to discuss how the company won the contract.
https://www.reuters.com/world/inside-us-security-firms-risky-gaza-mission-2025-01-30
President Trump stated in the presser on the plane on the way to the super bowl that he did not know how much longer we could wait.
Now we know.
FAFO, PDJT’s patience is at an end, and So is everyone elses.
Let them see what hell on earth is,…he already said there is no place for Hamas, in the new GAZA, and they haven’t got the hint.
Now, blow them off the face of the earth, thdey are skum, and there is no place for them..
May the Ultimate Judge pass judgement on these corrupt judges here in America. 🙏
The evil is revealed.💰👹
Help us cast It out! 🙏
For me the puzzling part about these judges is that they surely know they will be overturned, their reputation in shatters as being not only incompetent but also corrupt, and most likely they will be removed. So…why would they do it?
I guess I am naive and have too much self-esteem to play that role…but, to think about it I guess a lot of politicians, newscasters, etc. do exactly the same thing. Personally, I couldn’t sleep or face my family and friends.
Because they have got away with doing it for years and think they still can.
I think they do it because they fancy themselves moral resistance fighters, instead of the putzes they actually are.
the underlings consider themselves resistance fighters
because they do not know any better and have bought in
however
the leaders are corrupt as hell
They romantacise their resistance, and actually equate themsekves with those who operated the undergroynd rail road. Liberals ALWAYS glom onto the self-esteem bullhite, thats their emotional button .
Of coarse they are actually facillitating human trafficing, but they don’t see that.
There is money involved. These people bear watching for the rest of their lives.
Follow the money, always follow the money.
Which from stricktly a pragmatic sense, shouldn’t be very long. Let God sort em out.
They view themselves as advancing/protecting the revolution.
They don’t care if their decision is overturned, and they have no reason to believe they will be removed.
If they hapoen to be removed, they know the Swamp will take care of them as heros of the revolution. Their faces will be on t-shirts like Che Guevara.
Is their reputation really shattered? Or is this the kind of action that gets you invited to Democrat fundraisers/ posh conferences and celebrated as part of a Resistance(TM)? They revel in this kind of stuff.
Good point. Liz Cheney has not backed off from her Hate Trump/Hate Americans attitude and speech despite getting clobbered in an election, being exposed as a being miserable and a liar, and losing influence on a national stage.
My opinion is that once you are in the District Club of Corruption then you can never leave. You are owned.
that’s because you are ethical
I suspect they are attempting to give upper management or
“offsite management” (wink wink) time to get rid of the evidence.
Or, remove tag codes and descriptions to make it difficult to
ascertain what is what.
Bought and paid for.
When it makes no sense, it’s always about money.
Perhaps they understand they are front man pawns. If they ain’t got this, they ain’t got nothin’.
I think the pay and benefits for a judge are better than for an activist, so they do that instead.
The summation of the comments here are clear.
These judges are morally and financially corrupt.
Have you considered that you may be completely wrong and 4gypsybreeze may be right?
President Trump is pro-Israel, and that’s that.
He may not support every action by that government, but he’s pro-Israel.
A lot of people don’t seem to get it.
What kind of humans hold hostages?
Pro Israel or Pro Zionist?
Agree! Hamas indoctrinates their children that killing Jews is holy and that war against the Jews and resulting bloodshed is glorious! JMO
Golda Meir – “When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.” So far this hasn’t happened!
Hamas propaganda. Israelis and all Jew are still traumatized from Oct. 7th killing of innocent Israelis by Hamas and their Palestinian helpers who also raped women and children, disemboweled and dismembered them, and burned children in front of family members. Most of the hostages have not been returned and most are probably dead.
But yeah, let’s feel bad for the Gazan’s who willingly support and promote this barbaric behavior.
They’re minions of the evil one. They are possessed There is no hope for these demons, and the only way is to rid the earth of them. “It is what it is”, as the saying goes.
They are dead men walking.
Blessings to Stillwater, Maquis and Dutchman!
❤️🤍💙🙏🙏🙏
Blessings to our country’s warrior king, and his crew!
May God strengthen and protect them on this difficult path! 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you all for keeping The Refuge seekers focused on the IC and Judiciary.
The more they scream or pout gives us the strength to stamp out their communist ideology.
God Bless You All..
❤️🇺🇲🦉👍
Dems set up Whistleblower website:
….” “Whistleblowers are a vital part of Congressional oversight to hold the administration accountable,” states the Senate Democrats’ whistleblower website, which was established on Sunday. “If you would like to submit a whistleblower complaint, you can submit it here….
…..Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) released a statement about the whistleblower portal on Sunday, saying that “whistleblowers are essential in helping uncover fraud and abuse in the federal government.”………
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-start-platform-government-whistleblowers-response-trump-admin-doge
Here’s the link to the complaint website:
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
Shame we can’t report their own criminal malfeasance on that.
But you can!
See Mollie’s , below.
Noice!!
Why not?
Find a way to spam that site with reports of their own criminal activity.
Need a dead-letter email box and phone number – use the phone number of the nearest Democrat campaign office.
Post your spam from a coffee shop or university public wifi. Use a laptop, not your phone.
Big Balls incoming…😂
Several did.
Why can’t we overrun it with our own complaints? Bringing to the attention to everyone who reads it how crooked individual judges are, exactly who and what is getting money down to which dept and if you can dig far enough down to which person. It’s the opposite of what the are wanting but it will make someone filter the website constantly or leave it for others to wake up and question.
Why not… I have submitted 3 reports already.
Molly Hemmingway has a thread on x doing the same.
Flood their site with reports of DEM corruption!
wouldn’t it be amusing if most of the complaints go against the democrats
They are.
Excellent! How about the one with Jeffries saying, “we’ll fight them in the streets.”
Don’t leave out Kweisi and his special brand of racism.
Aren’t they just pitiful?
I hope this backfires bigly.
Imaginary whistleblowers, imaginary whistles, corrupt referees…this play looks kinda fun from out here in the cheap seats😹
https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1889025266644873621
Just for a minute, please consider that President Trump attended the SuperBowl after having three assasination attempts in how many months.
He’s got BigBalls.
Another elderly representative had an incident in the Capital:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14383193/Shocking-video-shows-76-year-old-Democratic-Rep-John-Larson-freeze-mid-speech-House-floor.html
Gerontocracy x Kakistocracy x Compromise = Ziombies.
I have often wondered what kind of neurological agents have been fed to people like Bill and Hillary (especially Hillary), Biden, Kamala, Pelosi, Warren, and several others ? Fetterman (he seems to be better now), and wonder how many individuals not in the public eye are controlled 6 ways to Sunday
I am astonished that Fetterman survived. There is no “bolt out of the blue” worse than “a stroke.” He was grievously injured.
Is it really Fetterman? The neck thing is gone too
You’d think they’d hurry up and get RFKJr. in office, because this kind of thing seems to be on the rise.
I thought (but could be wrong) he had an absence seizure or TIA. Is he vaccinated? Maybe not everyone got saline?
…”everyone got saline?”…Just what I’ve thought all along.
pass a term limit bill and this problem will more likely right itself.
Any organization needs three kinds of people to be able to sustain itself.
It needs young people that are not accustomed to imaginary boundaries to keep a fire burning and expand the boundaries of the organization with new ideas so it will grow.
It needs middle aged people to support the young people to provide financial support and confidence they need to move forward.
It needs old people to provide guidance and keep the fire from getting out of control.
Our government is filled with old people smothering out the flame.
This is the freakiest, weirdest thing I have seen so far.
A woman is arrested for taking down the American flag at a park, throwing it in the mud and raising the Mexican flag in it’s place
Yeah, they’re just looking for a better life.
My ass.
https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kcso-arrests-woman-videotaped-raising-mexican-flag-over-hart-park/article_8050bffa-e4e4-11ef-9274-7327b912a42b.html
They love Mexico so much, why aren’t they there?
That’s what I have always thought about “professional Puerto Ricans” such as AOC and JLo- “and yet, you are here”.
There cannot be any argument for her remaining in America.
Rebel Deep State
You have posted this before. Once was enough.
I enjoyed it. Thanks Mac.
I had never seen it until today and I’m here every day and read most of the comments.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/democrat-congressman-we-need-street-fight-stop-president/
Nasty fake name cretins like him make me queasy.
Hakeem Jefferies is even worse. Ick.
Helping herself first?
GOOGLE has caught some flack from Citizen Free Press and others for still calling our gulf the Gulf of Mexico, (with Gulf of America in parentheses), so I just checked at 12:50 AM on GOOGLE EARTH and it is now officially Gulf of America on their maps!
Yep, even easier just look at any Google Map (of your hometown or anything), zoom out until you see the Gulf, and there it is, Gulf of America.
CNN’s Erin Burnett gushes over Zelensky.
This is waaaay over the top.
She’s been a grade-a ditz since her CNBC days.
Video is now found in the dictionary for the entry “cringeworthy.”
Ick I feel soiled watching that.
I got through 4 seconds. A Time for Us as background music. Yuck….
I guess Erin Burnett isn’t moved by all the ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine killed by Urkaine’s Azoz Nazis with American IC support triggering the invasion by Putin or the millions that have died since then? Just another soulless media twit!!!
CONFIRMED: Former DNC Donor/Fundraiser Says Joe Biden’s Presidency ‘Was for Sure Obama’s Third Term’ (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/confirmed-former-dnc-donor-fundraiser-says-joe-bidens/
Lindy Li’s full interview with Shawn Ryan is here. The thing about it was there was the uncomfortable insistence that the open secret be kept because she had a friendship with Ashley Biden and she loved the Bidens. They typical “feels” over facts tendency. As I was watching the interview I was pretty angry about what she was saying, frankly. Worth the watch, but Li’s on my watch list to be sure.
Sure, she ultimately did come out with Biden’s condition, but the woman did not come off as someone I would find likable to me.
1:44:40 min
Whether you would “like her” or not is irrelevant. She bluntly spoke the truth. A very well-done interview, which stated openly what all of us already knew.
When Trump conducts an interview “in the Oval Office,” it is extremely obvious that he is there. Likewise, it was obvious that Biden never was. (You can interpret “he is there” in many ways …)
!!!
…..” Tom Homan says DOJ has seemed to have identified those who leaked the details of ICE raids, and they originated from FBI
Homan says they will “lose their job, their pension, and they’re going to go to jail.”………
Its leaking classified info, AND I should think a betrayal of an unwritten code of LE, that you DO NOT do this, BECAUSE it puts lives in danger.
Remember when there were a string of police officer ambushes? Those who leaked this, should be SHOT.
If you are trusted with top secret clearance, placed in a position of authority that allows you to supersede basic American rights, given information on the basis that can be trusted; and your breach of this trust involves the escape from control of individual who have are a threat to American lives and their safety, and this act is intentional, then you and anyone who influenced you should be punishable by the most severe form of punishment.
If they ever let Kash Patel get to work, the caterwauling heard from FBI HQ is going to be such sweet music.
IDK I might want noise-cancelling headphones for that.
Put them in the front line of the next raid. They can be a shield to protect our law enforcement.
I posted this on another thread, apparently I dropped part of the link:
Wyoming: Jackson Newspaper Gives Community A Heads-Up During Active ICE Investigation – A Jackson newspaper announced that an ICE raid was taking place Friday in Jackson Hole, while it was still occurring. One former ICE official called it “bullshit” and a breach of safety and trust. Another said the media is going to report what it thinks is news.
investigation/“It is unclear whether the FBI agent who notified Carr of Friday’s operation was a leak or was following FBI protocols that may differ from ICE protocols.
If it’s correct that ICE only gave Carr’s office four minutes’ notice, that speaks to a rocky relationship between the two agencies, according to Mechkowski.”
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/10/jackson-newspaper-gives-community-a-heads-up-during-active-ice-investigation/
They should feed FBI false info, so news reports say the raid is HERE, and then they raid THERE.
should be considered a treasonous act and the people spies.
Consider demanding restitution as well.
Hours and hours of planning went into this, the planners were unavailable for other work that would have given value to the taxpayer.
After watching this video with Theo Von, it’s easy to see why President Trump is so popular with gen Zers.
Watching it brought me to a new realization of what a huge potential he has to be a strong, positive character influence on young people.
This is one of the best discussions I’ve seen him take part in. He was apparently encouraged to do it by Barron, who’s a fan of Theo’s podcast. I’d heard him thank Barron for the advice, and now I can see why.
Their getting together was facilitated by Dana White, and the President seems very relaxed and at ease.
It was done last fall, just before the election. It’s comfortably casual, just two guys talking. And Theo calls him Donald, in a way that conveys a kind of personal man to man respect.
The video is about an hour long.
Donald Trump is a nice man.
Bannon plea deal…😎
Lawyers for former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon are reportedly in talks with prosecutors regarding a potential plea deal in a case accusing Bannon of defrauding donors in an effort to build a border wall, according to several reports.
As part of an agreement made with the district attorney and the court, Bannon will reportedly plead guilty and “not receive a sentence that includes jail time,” Bannon’s defense lawyer John Carman said, according to Reuters and Law360.
“It is anticipated that Mr. Bannon will plead guilty tomorrow under an agreement with the district attorney and the court that he will not receive a sentence that includes any jail time,” Carman explained.
Bannon, who serves as the host of the War Room podcast and who is the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, was previously charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for alleged “money laundering and conspiracy” in an alleged effort to deceive donors “who contributed more than $15 million” to an effort to build a border wall during President Donald Trump’s first term as president, according to Reuters:
Bannon had previously pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled for March 4, and a pre-trial conference is scheduled for Tuesday before Justice April Newbauer in New York state criminal court.
During a recent interview, Steve Bannon expressed that he was “highly confident” that he would not be going to prison again.
Bannon, who previously worked in the first Trump administration as a chief strategist until he left in August 2017, later rejoined Breitbart News until his departure in early 2018.
In October 2024, Bannon was released from prison after he had served a four-month prison sentence for failing to comply with a subpoena from the Democrat-run January 6 Select Committee.
What will happen to the disabled veteran who started the Build the Wall? I would gladly give another donation but no one asked me if I felt frauded the first time or regretted the donation or if I wanted a refund. Why didn’t anyone ask these questions?
President Trump should pardon the disabled veteran, too. He’s been in prison far too long!
If I were Bannon, I wouldn’t trust them to make a truthful deal any further than I could throw them.
Gulf of America!
This should be good.
Abdullah – just another blood-sucking parasite, like his neighbor next door who visited last week.
America first … and only.
https://truthsocial.com/users/suejeanne/statuses/113983808987275781
Copy of map from Google Maps – Gulf of America – posted on Truth Social –
amazing!
RE: President Trump signs EO in support of 2A.
I hereby submit my conditional apology. My apology is predicated upon both the President and AG Bondi keeping allegiance in every respect to the signing.
Time will tell.
Patriots, stay at the ready.
Thats a particularly passive aggressive, bullshyte way of saying you doubt PDJT and Bondis committment, in this case to 2 A; how dare you question PDJT’S Commitment?
Heck, I was put off by his presumption that we are at his beck and call.
Passive-aggressive condescension is no way to make friends.
Evening Maquis,…good to “see” you!
You too, Dutch, always looking to see my Brother here, you always do good work.
Back at you, my friend! You add a whole dimensiin to Trump rallys, where I would not consider going elsewhere, to watch them..cheers!
👎 😛
rrick, I’m going give you the benefit of the doubt and suggest that you take a stab a saying what you are trying to say in a more direct way.
It sounds like you don’t think Donald Trump will be true to the EO on 2A he just signed. The same man who had the balls to stand at the superbowl and salute after having been shot for sacrificing his life, fortune, and sacred honor; a second attempt made, and openly risking additional attacks every day. Did I get that right?
What’s really sad is that an EO had to be signed at all.
The often hot tempered raging Quebecers are not going to react kindly to Trump’s recent tariff announcements.
Quebec exports 2.9 million tonnes of aluminum to the U.S., representing 60 per cent of the country’s needs… In 2023, Canada exported more than $20 billion worth of iron and steel to the U.S. and $15.2 billion worth of aluminum.
Read more at:
https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/provincial-
Montreal Gazette link
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/provincial-politics/article745312.html
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Canada has started running commercials on U.S. tv stations, similar to tourism commercials in sound and feel, about how it is a wonderful neighbor and trade partner, so important to “jobs”.
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Indeed they have, here in British Columbia our family laugh at the pitiful attempt at conciliation.
I regularly run into smug Canadians that deride your President etc.
Ontario’s automotive industry may be in serious trouble.
Oh well.
Cheers!
It sure will cut down on the Snowbird count here in Florida.
One can only hope.
If only Trudeau hadn’t mocked President Trump while he was in the air after leaving their face-to-face meeting in the first Trump administration. It teaches a lesson one will never forget.
the unintended consequence of this is that the higher prices will
hurt small companies in the US that rely on competitive
pricing just to survive in competition with products made
in China, India, etc.
The tariffs will be subsidized by the exporting countries. They can’t afford to lose the market share.
How much of it is Chinese metals?
My List of rotten Judges Just Keeps Getting Longer And Longer
Angel Kelley
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Paul A. Engelmayer
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
James Emanuel “Jeb” Boasberg
Chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Colleen Constance Kollar-Kotelly
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
John James McConnell Jr.
Chief US district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
George Augustine O’Toole Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Loren Linn AliKhan
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
John C. Coughenour
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Amy Berman Jackson
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Beryl Alaine Howell
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Amit Mehta
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
David O. Carter
U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California
Michael J. Aloi
U.S. Magistrate Judge West Virginia
John D. Bates
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Reggie Barnett Walton
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Rudolph Contreras
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Its good you are keeping a list, somebody should.
Why is Michael Aloi on the list?
John C. Coughenour
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Exceptionally well-respected here in WA. If you are also tracking specific rulings made by each judge, might you kindly post the one(s) pertaining to Judge Coughenour that got him a place on your list? Not asking for the entire Order(s), just a case name or docket number would work.
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Second nationwide injunction against Trump on birthright citizenship.
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If you were to ask most of the DC Bar, they would tell you Judges Hogan, Lamberth, and Sullivan are exceptionally well respected there in DC.
The more the DS needs to have these folks in place, the deeper they are hidden and the more they build up the “respect” factor.
Cases in point – James Comey and former Judge Eric Holder.
The hidden ones are now being forced to break cover, en masse.
Any day now, some zinc supplier to the US Government is going bring an action to get a judge to disallow the penny order. And the judge will do it, defying common sense and costing the taxpayers $84 million a year, by judicial decree.
I kid you not.
The final curtain pull.
We have seen it being pulled, bit by bit.
FBI, corrupt. FISA court, corrupt. DOJ. Corrupt. Secret Service, was corrupt. Congress, corrupt, NGO’s, corrupt, US agencies, corrupt.
Now we are down to the judiciary and the churches.
And the judiciary is hitting the pool with really fantastic belly flops for all to see.
Dim-o-crats can no longer align with the “he’s Hitler b.s.”
The insane corruption and pouring of tax dollars down the toilet is glaringly revealed.
Anyone who argues/fights against the elimination of spending waste, and the perpetrators, aligns with thieves.
The rampant criminal element in the fedeaucracy is revealed. There is NO defense. Prosecutions need to be initiated.
These same stolen dollars are continuing to be spent on the organized screeching chorus, and their crowds for hire.
Chutkan.
Don’t forget the ones that went after PTrump in NYC and Georgia and Florida.
From time to time during my career, attorneys got a “one time pass” to request recusal of a judge assigned to a case. Don’t know if that might apply here. Possibly yes, except … the replacement judge might prove worse than the one being recused? And honestly, given all the entanglements coming to light, not sure anymore if there is ANY judge who would not have a conflict of interest!
“A Federal Judge” is not “The President.” It’s as distinct as “Article 2 vs. Article 3.” The Constitution does not contain the word, “unconstitutional.” It did not give Article 3 the power of review nor consent.
The President is the nation’s ultimate law enforcement officer. His powers are “plenary,” with a few very specific exceptions, “within his domain.” And, these things are “his domain.”
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See Marbury v. Madison, 1803. Supreme Court agreed that it would not force SecyState Madison (under Thomas Jefferson) to hire Marbury (as had been intended by John Adams), but also established Supreme Court as the arbiter of the constitutionality of the other branch’s laws/actions. What Madison refused to do was “illegal” under a law passed by Congress, but the law passed by Congress was unconstitutional.
I wonder what a senior policy advisor makes?
It doesn’t sound like a position that adds value for America’s children’s educations.
New Math: adds means subtracting
Let’s start by eliminating the Circuit for “The District of Columbia.” Such a district cannot help but be a purely-political mouthpiece and cudgel for a purely-political, artificial city. All of the cases arising within the District can be handled round-robin by the States from which the District was originally carved.
duplicate comment.
Mike Benz and Tucker Carlson chat about how USAID undermines and overthrows legitimate governments…
https://youtube.com/shorts/V-V30bH8FIE?
Start with our OWN government.
They do discuss the US government in depth.
Trump-style leadership by Sec. Hegseth
Thanks to Media Hysteria, 19-Year-Old Elon Musk DOGE Staffer ‘Big Balls’ Lands New Role at State Department
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/thanks-media-hysteria-19-year-old-elon-musk/
They seem to imply that a 19 year old can’t handle computer technology or something.
Bwahahaha…..10 year old youngsters can work with computers better than I can and I worked with computers my whole career.
JD Vance: Expect This Breakneck Pace for the Next Four Years
https://www.westernjournal.com/jd-vance-expect-breakneck-pace-next-four-years/
How Obama and McConnell Bipartisanly Screwed the Farmers of Illinois and Kentucky
Any day now, a federal court decision could strip 454 farmers in Kentucky and Illinois of their land rights, potentially allowing the government to seize over 70,000 acres of America’s farmland without compensation.
This decision would affect thousands of people, endangering the livelihoods of families who’ve worked these lands for generations, and supporting local communities and economies.
Only President Trump can intervene to prevent this.
If 70,000 acres is hard to visualize, picture the total size of Salt Lake City, Utah, Knoxville, Tennessee, or Tampa, Florida.
Now picture that one day in 2013, a new dam was activated and it immediately flooded a series of highly productive farms totaling the size of one of those great American cities.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/how-obama-mcconnell-bipartisanly-screwed-farmers-illinois-kentucky/
2 LEVELS of perceiving the World : The WAY GOD SEE’S the World and the way beings at lower level of Consciousness perceives the world.
1st level is “a tooth for a tooth, and an eye for an eye”. The old Jewish law was at this level.
2nd level is SURRENDER TO GOD … really, stop and admitting you DO NOT UNDERSTAND the universe or God, and PRAYING and MEDIATING on the way GOD sees you and everything else.
Therefore part of the 2nd level is “resist not evil” … move above that 1st level, hand your perceptions back to GOD and you become an extension of God’s Will flowing through you. And the HIGHEST LAW is “LOVE”, because GOD created everything and is in everything , and if you are not “perceiving LOVE”… stop and pray and mediate to perceive “GOD’S LOVE” … not your limited ego love (I love those that love me and hate those that hate me). Beings moving to the 2nd level see people at the 1st level as stuck in ego thinking and acting (seperate consciousness). We all make up GOD … and if one part of GOD is fighting against another part of GOD … that state of conscious will fail.
Trump seems to be operating at this 2nd level of conscious, surrounded by people that are at 1st level of conscious. When Trump speaks he tries to convey this 2nd level … and the rallies “feel that NEW WAY” … it is activating something deeper in them. And in YOU if you listen to this “deeper level”.
Humanity has the choice, move to 2nd level or die! It really is that simple. Dog eat dog … or be KIND and LOVING to those that are “spiritually sick and in need of DEEP HEALING”. To lay down your life (in GOD’S LOVE), to move to 2nd level, and transend Death.
I have been waking up around 2-3am and feeling this “wonderful feeling” flow through me, and then sit in chair and mediate on GOD. So, not sure I should “post” anything when I’m in that type of state. By 11am in morning I’m more “normal” and joke around and stuff. But at 3am-4am I sort of feel that a “higher part of me speaks” and I am surprised …It is coming from me, but seems much more knowledgable than me. So I’m coming to grips with this.
I don’t mean to offend anyone, and I will I guess “pray about it some more”. I see the LIGHT at 3am but then see regular Sunlight during the day. 🙂
“The night” can be a precious time . . . If you are awake, get up and enjoy it. (Quietly. Others are sleeping.)
Awashed in Awe. Feeling as if you’re in that palpable dimension you with no control over the timing.
I’ve often wanted to get up and start recording those profound thoughts you may never access again.
Bukele Puts Thousands of El Salvador’s Prisoners to Work in Exchange for Reduced Sentences
https://gatewayhispanic.com/video/bukele-puts-thousands-of-el-salvadors-prisoners-to-work-in-exchange-for-reduced-sentences/
“Keep shaking that bush, Luke”.
“Shakin the bush, boss, shakin it!”
This is revealing especially with this mixed crowd. This demonstrated to me most Americans have their priorities in the correct place. This told me most Americans believe in America and for which it stands….Don’t Tread on Me.
Football is very American a sport that I loved, I haven’t watched a game since they knelt.
But the crowd showed; Our flag is still there.
It’s simple, really: “If you don’t place [your_country] first, no one else on Earth ever will.” They’re too busy placing [their_country] “first!” 🤡 As they should be. This is not rocket science.
As the inflight magazines used to say: “In life, you don’t get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.”
Well, I think that this was a very unkind and tactless thing to do to her. However, if you are a celebrity, that comes with the meal. Especially if you are one who states an opinion.
There are aa lot of guys who just don’t like making their favorite sport all about celebrities and celebrity gossip.
They don’t care about her opinions, they just care that she’s being given VIP treatment and featured so heavily.
Other players have girlfriends and wives.
She was crushed, sometimes no more weight is needed and can backfire like a late hit.
Oh my! The fans were unkind!
Swift is 35, her expiration date has long past for being a cutesy little teenager.
Article that fills in a few blanks on members of the DOGE team. Of interest — there are five lawyers. Of further interest: team now totals 30 people. More being sought for full-time, salaried positions. Application included if you’re interested. A lot of bright people read here.
DOGE Application Form Released by Elon Musk: Here’s How To Apply online
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk’s cost-cutting squad.
JMO.
There is no such thing as an “independent agency” of the Executive Branch of the federal government.
ALL agencies that wield executive authority are under the president’s jurisdiction. Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution: “The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States.”
President Trump’s oath of office demands he “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
As such, it doesn’t require of him to do the same for the unconstitutional administrative-state’s rules, acts, declarations, interpretations, agreements, regulations and even some laws that the un-American globalists have enacted over the past century, slowly eroding the freedoms and rights of the American citizens and states defined in the “original Constitution and the legally approved amendments.”
President Trump is following his Constitutional oath and duty by immediately discharging and disbanding the unconstitutional Executive Branch departments, processes and / or personnel. His employees will follow his lead.
Yup, the legislative and judicial branches have been unconstitutionally stealing the Executive Branch’s powers for the past century with help, along the way, from the globalist presidents in the Executive Branch like clinton, bush (both), o-bummer and biden.
The globalist presidents would just unconstitutionally relinquish the Executive Branch power by not challenging the overreach from the legislative and judicial branches. That sad period of America’s history, ….. when the failed presidential guardians of the Executive Branch were derelict in their duty to protect the Constitution,….. is over.
President Trump is bringing the Executive Branch back into Constitutional Compliance based on the oath he took. He can do it without asking any stinkin’ congressman, senator or jurist. Any stinkin’ congressman, senator or jurist that tries to stop him are, themselves, acting unconstitutionally and can be charged.
President Trump is The Executive Branch: lock; stock & barrel.
The Constitution of America’s Constitutional Republic rules, not the unconstitutional administrative-state jabberwockies.
MAGA isn’t just our motto, it is our duty.
He also has the ultimate law enforcement duty, eloquently stated as: “He shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Therefore, if he even suspects that a crime is being committed – such as “fraud,” “embezzlement” – he has the Constitutional duty to do something about it. “As he sees fit.” The one thing that he is not permitted to do is: “nothing.”
The Constitution does not contain the word, “unconstitutional,” and it proscribes no “power of review or consent” upon his powers by any other Branch, except in very specific situations. (This is not one of them.)
Finally, we have a President who fully recognizes the powers and the duties of the Office, and is boldly exercising them. We have not seen this since Andrew Jackson – also an “outsider.”
Here, we have “Judges” who think that they are the President. The Constitution does not agree.
By their 110+year plan to destroy the USA the lynch pin being The Constitution and Bill of Rights with the three Branches of Government; Executive, Legislative and Judicial …for checks & balances.
President Trump in my opinion is taking us back per 1913 before all of these extra-constitutional agencies that have glomed onto the body politic, like a parasite diminishing our rights and our lives.
President Trump is attempting to diminish or destroy these agencies from the FED to The Patriot Act etc. It’s imperative that we stick with this great man as he tries to kill the beast.
Please Lord watch and keep us.
President Trump is plugging all the holes in the massive bucket called the U.S. economy.
We the People, the American citizens work very hard to earn a decent living and provide for our children. We are by and large a very, very generous people. Our hard work has made us the piggy bank for the world.
While Americans work hard and play hard, our standard of living has declined steadily. This appears to be organic. It is not. It is purposeful. It is being done by bad actors who do not have our good in mind.
President Trump and team are putting a stop to that purposeful managed decline.
We have been abused by people who do not have our good in mind. Bad actors have been skimming off of our generosity and scavenging off of all of our hard work. It is obvious that we have been used and abused as suckers.
The skimmers and scavengers are being exposed. We also have over-regulators who have been attempting to hog tie our economy. They are being exposed as well.
How do We the People get to the Golden Age? We just keep doing what we have been doing. Working hard to provide for our families. The Golden Age is attained by simply shedding the skimmers, scavengers and over-regulators.
We are simply returning to Common Sense in an age where common sense is not so common. The Golden Age is an age of Common Sense for the common man.
Returning to common sense. What a Revolutionary idea?
Ex South African who came to America with a few dollars and a suitcase speaks.
He has made good by working hard.
https://x.com/Ann_Lilyflower/status/1888444266994598396
I worked with a young man some 25 years ago whose family had to get out of South Africa.
I was working in the oil field where back then everyone talked smack.
I had some fun introducing that blond, blue-eyed African American to people who at the time were calling themselves African American.
Lara Trump coming up this morning on Sid Rosenberg and Friends, WABC Radio New York City. Lara, to host her own weekend show on FoxNews. Also, Judge Jeanine Pirro scheduled.
https://wabcradio.com/#
What time is it?
It is time to : Declare the national democrat party a national security threat as a result of their two coups d’état against our Constitutional Republic …… and, for 4 years, protecting the unconstitutional actions of the illegally certified, communist biden administration, ……. in addition to the ongoing crimes exposed by the D.O.G.E. effort, ……. not to mention the democrat’s blatant, daily, law fare obstruction of justice.
Patriots will be coming around to that idea.
It is just commonsense and the right thing to do to Make-America-Great-Again.
Uniparty. They were all in on the con.
This is probably why we went from shutting down USAID to Rubio taking over some of its functions under the State Department.
It sounds to me like PDJT is getting hammered by evangelicals.
How Christian Groups Are Responding to Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
EXCERPTS:
Evangelical and other Christian charities have not been spared these cuts. Among the organizations that lost funding are such Christian behemoths as World Vision, International Justice Mission, Samaritan’s Purse, and Catholic Relief Services, which at $476 million, was the largest USAID recipient in 2024.
“It is our understanding that life-sustaining essential emergency supplies are exempt from the stop order,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, in a statement to TIME. “However the details of the waiver process are not yet clear.” He added that his organization, which receives less than 5% of its international aid budget from USAID, would continue to fund the projects, which are in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia.
Some of the organizations have supporters inside the Trump Administration or the State Department and are trying to use back channels to find some clarity on the future of USAID and the projects it funds. And there are others who are calling on the President to reverse course. “If President Trump understood that evangelical Christians wanted secure borders, he’s absolutely right,” says Soerens. “If he understood that evangelical Christians wanted refugees shut out who had been thoroughly vetted, who in many cases are persecuted Christians, then he got that wrong.”
https://time.com/7212791/usaid-christian-foreign-aid-freeze-evangelical/
I believe some of the humanitarian actions will be restored and funded. Both Rubio and Pres. Trump said that I believe and more than once. They have to unravel which ones are legitimately using the money to help people and who are not before aid will be restored. That might take a little while.
I know for fact that a lot of evangelicals really don’t know what is going on politically, in that they may truly believe Catholic Charities is doing good works, for instance.
IMO, just because they believe in “helping refugees” come to the United states, that doesn’t mean we in the United States have to fund it.
Since the president has put one of these people in the White House this is going to be an uphill battle.
And a lot of them are NOT Trump supporters or MAGA.
That is a fact. My estimate is a 50-50 split, I know they were very divided on Trump in 2016.
We know Time is a propaganda outlet. I would discount their lies.
That’s why I posted direct quotes.
I don’t understand why we are giving taxpayer money to religious organizations. My church is not getting any money from the government, the money we have and spend comes from the members of the church giving to the church. Whenever the government gives a church money, then the government owns the church!
Boo hoo.
If you make your living off of getting government funding then you run the risk of getting that funding cut. The American taxpayers should not be treated as a bottomless funding source. Americans are suffering financial hardship but seem to be expected to be forced to give and give to “do gooders”.
These “christian” organizations need to get their money from their churches and not from people who don’t want to be forced to pay for their good cause especially when these people think that they should have a GUARANTEE of money for a lifetime.
Let them go knock on church doors for money, shake down local people for money, or get a job in the private sector and use their paycheck to donate to their “good cause”.
People in the private sector have to suffer financial losses due to fluctuations in money flow but no one seems to care or notice.
The hubris of these people to think that government (taxpayer) money is a guarantee.
I have pointed out before that there are organizations that have a christian organization in their title but are not any part of that religious organization.
I noticed here Catholic Relief Services are listed as the biggie. I don’t recall having heard that name before.
Can any of the Catholics here give us a breakdown on the Catholic charity programs?
Former CIA Agent John Stockwell Talks about How the CIA Worked in Vietnam and Elsewhere
How the CIA planted stories in US media/Washington Post etc
The secret wars of the CIA – John Stockwell
https://libcom.org/article/secret-wars-cia-john-stockwell
Five rogue judges now have tried to block the Trump activities in helping cut govt. waste and fraud. Amy Berman Jackson just upheld a case that prevents the firing of an Obama holdover at Office of Special Counsel. This is going to have to be addressed pretty quickly somehow. Forcing the Supreme Court into the mix is a necessity and soon. Will this be a win for the Presidency or not? It’s very obvious on the surface it is a violation of the Constitution and of SC rulings already made. Will the SC uphold their own decisions? The drama continues. What will team Trump’s legal minds do now?
“Andy Jackson” had a very efficient idea of “how to deal with courts” … 🤡
“Article 2” confers plenary powers and responsibilities upon “one individual.” The document does not even contain the word, “unconstitutional.”
They might have to still pay him for a while, but it doesn’t mean they have to let this clown in the building
Yes. If all else fails then just pay him to sit in an empty office. Remove him from the case docket and give him a ball of yarn and some knitting needles.
If he cannot make rulings that help Team Anti-Trump then there is no reason to bribe him. He becomes worthless to them.
So make him show up for work… desk in the broom closet… 30 minutes for lunch…
Any nation that needs a leader/POTUS to ok the use of plastic straws….
Is no nation under God.
Trust God
Fear not.
Data Republican’s new 19 post thread: “THE UNIPARTY UNMASKED – They Believe They Are “Democracy”
The seven NGOs in the chart below, in my view, represent the Uniparty. Each of these organizations receives substantial financial support from USAID or the Department of State.” …
“To understand how these NGOs connect to democracy, let’s take a look at what AI says about the purpose of each one:
International Republican Institute (IRI) (EIN 521340267) – Promotes democracy by training political parties and leaders, primarily supporting U.S. foreign policy interests through a Republican-aligned lens.
National Democratic Institute (NDI) (EIN 521338892) – Advances democracy by fostering political participation and governance reforms worldwide, aligned with Democratic Party priorities.
Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) (EIN 521943638) – A coalition of democracy-focused NGOs (IRI, NDI, IFES) that supports electoral processes, civil society, and governance reforms globally.
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (EIN 521344831) – Acts as the primary funding hub for democracy promotion efforts worldwide, distributing U.S. government grants to NGOs supporting political and civil society development.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) (EIN 521527835) – Strengthens global democracy by providing technical assistance for election security, integrity, and voter participation.
Internews (EIN 943027961) – Supports independent media and press freedom worldwide, shaping democratic discourse by training journalists and combating disinformation.
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) (EIN 521398742) – Promotes democracy through free-market economic policies, advocating for business-friendly governance and anti-corruption initiatives.
Solidarity Center (EIN 472130723) – Advances democracy by supporting independent labor movements and workers’ rights, often partnering with unions to promote political engagement.
Note what they all have in common? They are all dedicated to advocating democracy.
And they have redefined “democracy” to mean themselves…”
The thread continues, recommended reading.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1889172190282821690.html
Laundries …
Ouch, eh?
In many of our lifetimes. I am right now looking at a 1990, $100 bill. It takes $247 now to buy what it bought in 1990.
Interestingly, online inflation calculators only go back to 1913……now isn’t that special.
11 Signs That A Recession In The U.S. May Have Already Startedhttps://citizenwatchreport.com/11-signs-that-a-recession-in-the-u-s-may-have-already-started/
All the more reason to end USAID.
The middle class in America is being forced into an impoverished lifestyle, even though they go to work every day.
Clarion is right the middle class is no longer.
What is sad is the people who went to college and are working everyday often have less to live on then those who don’t work but live off the taxpayer.
Death to “Discretionary” Budgeting, January 31, 2025 26 min read Download Report
Summary: Washington has managed to shirk its duty to perform responsible budgeting for decades thanks to the trend of declining interest rates and low inflation. Those times are gone. An enduring rise in the cost of financing the national debt, coupled with large structural deficits and public concerns about the cost of living, will make it increasingly difficult for officials to continue treating fiscal problems as an inconvenience. Finding a solution to this looming crisis is a leadership opportunity both for individual legislators and Congress as a whole, which badly needs to earn back the confidence of the American public.
Key Takeaways:
Despite the considerable amount of energy and political capital expended on fiscal year 2024 appropriations, the result was nowhere near fiscally responsible.
Several types of discretionary spending have long been exempt from counting toward spending limits—that needs to change.
Congress must move beyond the broken “discretionary” budget system and enact reforms to the federal budget as well as to how the CBO tracks federal spending…
Ditch and Greszler, “The End of Business as Usual.” An enduring rise in the cost of financing the national debt coupled with large structural deficits and public concerns about the cost of living will make it increasingly difficult for officials to continue treating fiscal problems as an inconvenience. Finding a solution to this looming crisis is a leadership opportunity both for individual legislators and for Congress as a whole, which badly needs to earn back the confidence of the American public.
Link: https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/report/death-discretionary-budgeting
NEW: Trump roasts a HuffPost reporter, tells him he thought the outlet had died.
Daniel Greenfield: The Judicial Coup Against Trump – There is no way to make meaningful reforms without challenging judicial supremacism
“Whatever one conceives of the role of the federal judiciary, it is not wielding executive authority. And that is what federal judges are effectively doing by vetoing a broad range of publicly supported policies on the thinnest of pretexts.
There is no way to make meaningful reforms without challenging judicial review or more properly judicial supremacism, but nonetheless it’s clear that the crisis is approaching sooner than anyone expected.
The judicial coup returns us to the fundamental question of who runs the government: elected or unelected officials, by way of the question of what powers the judiciary has and what powers it does not have.”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-judicial-coup-against-trump/
Robert Sterling
@RobertMSterling
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
Can’t believe I typed that entire rant and forgot to mention I don’t want to leave a 25% tip on the touchscreen.
https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1889100153841205725
My insurance agent told me jiffy Lube and Valoline share data with the insurance company.
Everybody wants to be an informant. Why is that?
Kickbacks…
Interesting opinion piece about DJT’s position on Gaza… I do wish he’d flesh it out more…
President Trump’s Gaza Plan Might Just Work
Trump’s Gaza “Riviera” could be a “Switzerland of the Middle East”—a secure, tax-friendly financial hub with banks, tourism, and investment to drive regional prosperity.
“This blueprint obviously would need adjustments, and negotiations among many parties (not least the Palestinians), and presents risks, both physical and financial. And after our experience in Iraq, few Americans are in favor of nation-building.
Nation-building, however, is not really what this is about, so much as city-building. Los Angeles has three times the area of the Gaza Strip and twice the population. The area is small enough that it could be secured, particularly given that it is surrounded by Israel on two sides, Egypt on a third side, and the Mediterranean Sea on the fourth. Israel and Egypt are strong US allies and have a vested interest in seeing a peaceful, prosperous Gaza Strip. Egypt and Israel are also beholden to the United States for the vast financial and military aid we have provided to them for decades.
So rather than creating a new “Riviera,” President Trump would be well to consider creating a new “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Given his extensive experience as a real estate developer, Trump sees the potential the land, location, and people there have to offer. He seeks a solution to what has been an intractable geopolitical problem. The poverty and desperation that the Palestinian people have seen over decades of failed policies on the part of their own governments and those of their neighbors and the West necessitate a new and completely different approach. We finally have a president with the vision and nerve to give it a shot.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/11/president-trumps-gaza-plan-might-just-work/
Wasn’t Beirut/Lebanon much like this until………..
Good point.
Very good point.
In The Old Days, When I flew For Pan Am as a Flt. Attendant, we used to always try to bid for Beirut Layovers. The Paris Of The Middle East!
I understand that even Kabul was quite nice (50s-60s).
How wonderful, Melanie to have had those experiences!
The glory days. Flying 1st class Pan Am was very special!
Yes it was WONDERFUL! I don’t even recognize todays planes. Everyone was then dressed to the nines and had impeccable manners. I wouldn’t be a Flt Attendant today even if I was much younger. Such Abuse!
My barbers family emigrated from Lebanon to British Columbia when he was four.
He is a wonderful family man and the current information he passes to me bears little resemblance to the nonsense MSM consumers receive.
Cheers!
Over 65,000 Federal Workers Reportedly Accept Trump Administration Buyout Offer
The 65,000 figure follows the offer extending to workers in the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, a federal judge in Massachusetts is set to weigh in on the buyout option on Monday, triggered by a federal workers union lawsuit.
The White House also confirmed this figure.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/10/over-65000-federal-workers-reportedly-accept-trump-administration-buyout-offer/
Now that the judge blocked it, these people will likely find themselves out of a job.
Every President in the past 40 years has offered federal employees a buy-out.
No federal judge ever stopped one!
If these judges keep blockong attempts to clean out the corruption,nothing will change.Very frustrating