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Pull the trigger. Declare the Democrat party a domestic terrorist organization and a criminal RICO enterprise. That includes going after democrats whom claim they are “republican” (uniparty).
I’m in favor of declaring both wings of the uni-party vulture a domestic terrorist organization or at least engaged in criminal activities. Can we also throw in the Cee Eye A, the FeybeeAye, and many a judge too, please?
Elon is projecting again.
Elon is absolutely correct again.
Since time is very short until the GOP intentionally throws the midterms, every effort to shutoff the funding of illegals needs to happen now. Would seem deportations should be pretty easy, especially in places like Minnesota, if every invader that had anything to do with or received money from the US government through some scam was sent back to whatever 3rd world dump they came from. If it happened before the midterms, the GOP might have a harder time intentionally losing in some areas.
…and he has been…. most of the time…….
Your remark may be your personal opinion. Your name belies anything you have to say about .. Liberty.
Liberty lover? NOT!!
Dear Liberty Lover,
For those who attend Short Attention Span Theater, I remember not that long ago Elon attempted to throw President Donald J. Trump under a train because he thought his own gravy train was in danger. BIG PUBLIC TANTRUM.
I also mentioned once that since he wants to go to Mars so intently, I was very much in favor of him leaving RIGHT NOW. No time like the present, they say.
When he does voice an intelligent opinion, held by millions prior to his announcement, he is called a genius. I just call him Baphomet Boy.
Just because some don’t agree with you, clearly it does not mean you are incorrect.
Thank you for your candor and Happy New Year.
He’s a lib, don’t waste your time
I find that a truthful statement has no political party. I am no liberal and I 100% agree with Liberty Lover that Elon Musk is in the habit of seeing which way the wind blows in order to manipulate events to his own benefit.
A conversation is never a waste of time when it is civil.
Thank you for your service and Happy New Year!
truthful statement? Or personal opinion for certain folks is that their so-called truth is (THE) only true one, …
(for those who hold i)t?
Am I to understand that because you are opposed to the comment that a certain observable personality trait of our subject Elon Musk is a negative attribute, that everyone can disregard that observable personality trait?
On accounta you don’t approve the comment?
Thanks for the conversation. Always interesting to hear your thoughts.
Happy New Year and may your football team win their *********Bowl game.
I did not at any time says ‘disregard’ whatever Elon’s trait of a negative attribute that others hold, nor do I at any time even so much as indicate disapproval of his statement other than say it is his personal opinion. What makes yo think commenting on another’s statement, even if it is true is political? Or has to do with politics?
Since you “100% agree with Liberty Lover that Elon Musk is in the habit of seeing which way the wind blows in order to “manipulate events to his own benefit”, which most people would similarly deem to be a negative in someone; yours is definitely pointed at someone who is widely known; yet without context.
Elon is not just a general someone. What is to approve or disapprove of that? You are free to think and decide what you believe or disbelieve and live accordingly. Do others who do not see into what you apparently observe about Musk as such or such/negative or even positive have to answer to your perception because they take it as your personal opinion; that they are disregarding what you personally deem observably ‘true”?
Liberty is a two-edged sword. True liberty among people does not limit another’s personal opinion, nor does it require that an individual regard their personal judgment of a trait as an objective truth simply because they observe it as negative.
Freedom to hold and express opinions is essential for the intellectual and moral development of individuals and society. Even if an opinion is widely accepted, it should not be suppressed, as truth is best discovered through the free exchange and confrontation of diverse viewpoints. The suppression of opinion, even if it is considered false or harmful, deprives humanity of the opportunity to test and refine truth through debate. Even if an opinion is widely accepted, it should not be suppressed because the suppression of any opinion, regardless of its popularity, risks depriving society of the opportunity to test and refine its beliefs through open discussion. The argument is not that all opinions are equally valid or true, but that silencing them—especially when they are unpopular—undermines the pursuit of truth and the collective good. A widely accepted opinion may still be false, and history shows that many once-dominant beliefs were later proven incorrect. The danger lies not in the opinion itself, but in the assumption that it is infallible, which can lead to intellectual stagnation and the suppression of dissenting views.
Personal opinions are not absolute truths because they are inherently subjective and often based on emotions, personal experiences, or values rather than verifiable evidence.
While everyone has the right to express an opinion, that right does not imply that the opinion is correct or should be treated as fact. For example, a statement like “I think John is a thief” may be framed as an opinion, but if it implies undisclosed defamatory facts, it may still be actionable in a legal context. Similarly, opinions that are presented as facts—such as “the earth is flat”—can be harmful when they are treated as truth, even if they are not objectively verifiable.
However, the right to express an opinion does not mean that all opinions are equally valid or should be treated as such in public discourse.
Some opinions, while protected from suppression, may be unreasonable, harmful, or based on flawed reasoning; as in an opinion that promotes discrimination or violence may be legally and ethically indefensible, even if it is widely held. The key distinction lies in whether the opinion is a personal belief that cannot be proven true or false, or whether it implies a false factual claim. The First Amendment protects opinions, but not statements that are defamatory or based on false facts.
Moreover, people often engage in confirmatory thinking, where they seek evidence that supports their existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence, which reinforces the danger of treating widely accepted opinions as absolute truth.
This bias often lead leads to overconfidence and resistance to change, even in the face of new evidence.
Social conformity also plays a role, as individuals may change their opinions not due to new information, but because of group pressure or the desire to fit in. The free exchange of ideas (especially those that challenge prevailing views) is essential to prevent the entrenchment of false or harmful beliefs.
while personal opinions are not absolute truths and should not be treated as such, they should not be suppressed simply because they are widely accepted. The value of open discourse lies in its ability to expose opinions to scrutiny, challenge assumptions, and allow for the refinement of beliefs through reasoned debate.
Suppressing an opinion, even if it is popular, risks reinforcing error and stifling progress.
Because I am (opposed by your estimation) to Elon’s “negative’, that observable trait you deduce Elon possesses, that I should be drawing other’s attention to not NOT disregard what appears to be Elon’s “observable, negative” trait?
Why not talk about Elon Musk’s tangible significant contributions to humanity and global progress through transformative innovations in all that he has done? He has not been immune to criticisms, legit or otherwise.
Somehow not inserted after :
“I did not at any time say quote : your words ‘disregard’ whatever Elon’s trait of a negative attribute’ (that others hold), nor do I at any time even so much as indicate disapproval of his statement other than say it is his personal opinion.
What makes yo think commenting on another’s statement, even if it is true is political? Or has to do with politics?
Since you “100% agree with Liberty Lover that Elon Musk is in the habit of seeing which way the wind blows in order to “manipulate events to his own benefit”, which most people would similarly deem to be a negative in any one; yours is definitely pointed at someone who is widely known; yet without context. Even if directed at some unknown, a ‘nobody’, whether or not we have facts or knowledge of the person, it is unbecoming/uncharitable and definitely a negative trait.
That’s right, Denise.
Elon knows what he’s doing. Too many people here fall for it.
Elon loves projecting because he knows he’ll get attention from it, case in point.
Your remark makes no sense.
Musk is 100% correct about the gigantic money magnet. We the People who pay for this money magnet with our hard earned working dollars need a gigantic tax refund. Perhaps a class action lawsuit against the government officials and the DNC needs to be filed by a people’s LAWFARE group.
the larger portion of our share is inflation, not taxes. but they screw us hard with both.
The phone # on the website for Sweet Angel Daycare in MN goes directly to Walz’ office. I called it and verified!
“We the people who are FORCED to pay for this money magnet…” sounds so much more truthful. How many of us would willingly do that if given the chance to decide about giving our money to any of this mess? Not the majority that’s for sure.
I get it that we are a representational republic but when your hired employees don’t listen to your instructions and do what they want instead to better themselves only, measures need to be taken to fire them. We so need to do that.
I wish this were true, but I don’t see them voluntarily leaving even if the money magnets are turned off.
Either they find another way to scam taxpayers, they throw themselves on the mercy of food banks and other public benefits, or they decide to work, even if still under the table.
Most illegal aliens are fully aware that they are successfully taking over by out producing Americans, they are now in numerous positions of power such that they can steer the direction of the monies, and even with the current level of encroachment by brutal and violent gangs the US is still far safer to live in than most of their home countries.
They’ve got us by the hairs and they know it.
It’s time we slap their hands. Hard.
Cuff them, and get them the hell out. The clock is ticking…
All you have to do is debank them.
Truth.
Pull the trigger?
Require banks to verify legal residence and visa status prior to opening an account or making a deposit.
I don’t like it. Not at all.
But it hangs there in the air, temptingly.
We all know it can be done, probably in under a week with an Executive Order citing a National Emergency.
Don’t the banks buy enough lawmakers to get what they want – like usury interest on credit card debt?
Who would they agree to have to verify the legality of a pile of taxpayer $ ?
yes, it will always revert to this kind of corruption when you have a device to counterfeit, i.e. national bank, i.e. federal reserve.
https://alfrancis.substack.com/p/our-bondi-beach-attack
They just get violent. The cells have long been here.
Will or can Musk be MAGA’s Soros? That is, using his bazillions to counter Soros?
Absent people continue to vote. More ballots than people has been proved many times over.
Time to declare a complete national emergency, adjourn CONgress, arrest the Autopen judges and others, and start rounding up ALL illegals and sending them back to Mexico and Canada, where they came from?
Long..loong…..very looong overdue…NE/ML… is only solution..after what we seen with BONDI/PATEL theatrics…..btw … .right after VSGPDJT/Z talks Z sent 91 UAV drones toward VVP residence.(all destroyed by Russians)…..
The Russian press thoughtfully discusses the situation after recent diplomatic talks. Interesting reading.
https://www.rt.com/russia/630182-after-trump-met-zelensky-and-called-putin/
Lord Jesus Christ, our God,
Lord have mercy. You set the boundaries of nations and guide their times according to Your wise and loving plan.
You command peace and bring wars to an end.
Look with mercy on Your world.
See how those in power stir up wars, spill innocent blood, and force mass migrations, ignoring the borders, peoples, and cultures You intended nations to respect.
Change the hearts of rulers and elites.
Turn them from pride, violence, and injustice.
Give them repentance and the fear of You, so they stop the bloodshed and the scattering of peoples against Your will.
Protect the innocent caught in conflict or exile.
Guide the nations toward true peace, where each can honor You in the ordered diversity You allow.
O Prince of Peace, stretch out Your mighty hand.
Restrain the wicked plans of men.
Bring righteousness and calm to the earth, so we may live quiet, godly lives.
For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
now and forever.
Amen.
Yes, it seems the powers of Darkness are gathering for a final push. They really know they are doomed but all they hope for is to push that back a little. Too many folks talk about their “share in hell”, refusing to accept the Righteous One. A millennium of Peace will be the final test of this earth someday, at the literal Second Coming of Christ.
and the beat goes on……..War goes on……..judges keep blocking all PT tries to do….
so much corruption everywhere………nothing being done to hold anyone accountable…….
crooked Congress ..all of them………………..
FBI still a joke ……..DOJ useless …….and so ends 2025…..
it`s my hope that …We the people finally can act like we really have had enuff…….
so very much talk …so little action…
end mini rant…..
“mini rant” is “on target”…
“so much corruption everywhere………nothing being done to hold anyone accountable…….”
<and the beat goes on……..War goes on……..judges keep blocking all PT tries to do….>
La de da de de…la de da de da 🙂
DOJ staff needs a complete overhaul.
Good rant.
Only We the People can fix this….🇺🇲
..in this point… after 9 yrs of MAGA movement only m*l*tary action is solution …..or it all will end up as TEA PARTY…..
And a grand rant it twas, me friend!
Chill. Results are incoming 2026! No worries God is in Charge!
Gracias Dios!!
thank you -bjork..
Well we had better focus on the upcoming elections and making sure we do everything we can to get out and vote, get others to vote and most importantly oversee the election process so it is as open and fair as it can be. So far not much has been done to change how we vote and how the votes are counted and it doesn’t look promising that anything much is going to change by November. Somehow we have to prevent the cheat and protect our votes without the changes we need in our election process.
Therefore, we have to get every message out on the successes for the Trump administration over the last year and we must get out and vote in larger numbers than ever for a midterm. If we aren’t successful in doing our job and hiring the people who support America and Pres. Trump, then what happens after is on us.
It blows what is left of my mind that off-year election turnout is always extremely low.
President Trump will be back on the campaign trail, ginning up enthusiasm.
bjork..we like/love your mini rant..
Substack gets captured……Australia and Great Britain intend to destroy Substack
Isn’t that what they are doing to the entire internet in those countries?
Yes, all in the name of protecting children.
Ah yes, for the children. That was the boogeyman cry of the left for so long in this country.
Sometimes they do switch it up a little. Didn’t they mandate those poison death shots to protect grandma?
The Nancy Pelosi ism.
Despite her rhetoric, many of the major laws passed under her leadership, such as the Affordable Care Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, contain few enduring policies directly focused on children.
Federal spending on children has declined as a percentage of the budget, and that the national debt more than doubled during her tenure as Speaker; burdens future generations.
When she announced recently that she will not run for re-election, the main question was “What about the Children, Madam Speaker?
Retrospectives started pouring in on everything. From her role in passing Obamacare to her skill in stock trades. But tributes have been noticeably missing on one theme.
Pelosi often stresses: that “we’re here for the children,” as she put it while surrounding herself with children in a 2007 photo-op on first becoming Speaker. There are good reasons why.
In his recent valedictory, Pelosi’s successor Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) could offer only generalities about that legacy: “For the children, as she often says, Speaker Pelosi has lived out the bedrock Jesuit value of working for the greater good.” He did no better in listing her “giant and historic legislative accomplishments,” touting specifically the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), Inflation Reduction Act, and American Rescue Plan Act. Those laws include few enduring policies focused on children.
Passed during Pelosi’s first stint as Speaker, Obamacare expanded taxpayer subsidies in all directions, yet its most prominent “children’s issue” may be a guarantee of coverage for “adult children” under their parents’ policies. The law’s broader legacy includes increasingly expensive workplace coverage. “The average cost of insuring a family of four through the workplace has nearly tripled since 2005,” according to the Milliman Medical Index.
Those growing costs compound the housing affordability crisis plaguing young adults. Large numbers live with their parents well into their 30s, contributing to historic lows in birth rates and a continuing drop in children. As Newsweek recently put it, America is “running out of children.” Pelosi’s San Francisco home is the epicenter, with children under age five in the Bay Area plunging by 38 percent since 2005. According to the 2020 Census, San Francisco has the fewest children of any US city.
Crafted during Pelosi’s second stint as Speaker, the American Rescue Plan Act notably included a massive expansion of the child tax credit, which Democrats hailed as transformative for children. In promoting the expanded benefit, Pelosi boasted “As I always say, the three most important issues facing our Congress are our children, our children, our children.”
But the expansion was temporary, and provided the credit for the first time to nonworking parents, effectively reviving work-free welfare checks eliminated on a bipartisan basis decades ago. Even Democrats balked at extending it, and it expired after just one year. As Sen. Joe Manchin, then a critical swing Democrat, put it in opposing an extension, “There’s no work requirements whatsoever. . . . Don’t you think, if we’re going to help children, that the people should make some effort?”
The subsequent Inflation Reduction Act included no major policies identifiable with children. Instead, it was panned by liberal advocates for rejecting new entitlements to child care proposed by President Joe Biden. “An important group of Americans was lost in the text of the final legislation: young children,” they lamented.
Liberal children’s advocates might find other faults. A federal paid leave program for parents failed to materialize. Food stamp expansions tilted toward childless adults, not children. And while spending is not the same as effectiveness andstates pick up many education, health, and welfare costs for kids, Eugene Steuerle and Urban Institute colleagues note federal spending “on children in 2023 was 9 percent of all federal outlays.” That is “projected to decline to 6 percent over the next decade” as spending on seniors continues to soar. Meanwhile interest on the ballooning national debt is “expected to grow from 11 percent to 17 percent.” One headline summarizes the result: “Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future.”
That bankruptcy has been decades in the making, and both parties are complicit. But the burden of soaring debt may be Pelosi’s greatest legacy for children, contradicting promises she made on becoming Speaker.
Back then she pledged “Congress will commit itself to a higher standard: Pay as you go; no new deficit spending.” Instead, her eight years as Speaker saw federal debt explode by over $14 trillion. The financial crisis and pandemic contributed, but that’s surely not the “new America” she promised future generations, which would “not burden them with mountains of debt.”
That may explain something missing in Pelosi’s own retirement announcement. In a slick six-minute video, she describes her love of San Francisco, long House service, and billions delivered to favored projects and constituencies. The video briefly displays a beaming Pelosi surrounded by children on first becoming Speaker. But in 800 words reflecting on her legacy, it’s telling that Pelosi doesn’t once mention the group she regularly calls the most important: the children.
SOURCE : https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/12/13/what_about_the_children_madam_speaker_1153229.html
We are in a war with our supposed “allies”. They are trying to keep the scales tilted. 2026 and 2028 election cycle is likely to be just as critical as the last. If the other side even gets a glimpse of power, the things we see going on in the UK, will be quickly applied here.
Western Europe is not our ally. There is no “special relationship” with England (that train has left the station). Russia is not our enemy. Ukraine is a diversion play (no really cares about Ukraine). Israel is another diversion play. NATO is well-past it’s “sell by” date. The UN is pointless (please move it out of the US). China and Islam are true the enemies.
Spiritual war!!!
Don’t blame Substack. Blame the tyrants who rule those countries.
Fines, fines and more fines……
We need a law that fines EU for fining American companies.
Make them pay damages and a fine.
President Trump proposed this very thing .. the problem is the president knows that he would loose the resulting law suits brought via the US Federal District Court by EU Members and US Companies.
These “fines” are baked into the tariffs.
Good idea. Every time an American company is fined for free speech, fine the EU or AUS or whomever the same amount for interfering in American rights on open social platforms that are available on the internet which isn’t owned by any country. . No American needs to be suppressed because of their rights.
Let those countries ban the sites completely if they don’t like it and see what their citizens say about it. The people won’t be happy that’s for sure.
This very same shakedown by the EU “Government” and Individual Member Governments has been occurring since at least 2009 and also includes charges of violating “anti-trust” laws.
The companies involved rarely go to court and settle, without admitting guilt.
Then after 1-2+ years … the very same charges are brought vs the very same companies. It’s has been a very profitable shakedown racket for the EU and Members for quite some time. Note: India, China and other Asia Nations use the same shakedown methods.
Now consider if companies are easily willing to negotiate global settlements at these levels …. just think of the value for their REAL profit margins as well as how they also use the US Consumer to help make up their losses … just as the Pharmaceutical Companies.
That’s why the EU is in collapse.
We have a Bad Attitude.
Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence so Moscow’s negotiating stance will change
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-tried-attack-putins-residence-so-moscows-negotiating-stance-2025-12-29/
I would consider that to be “fake news.” I am quite sure that this residence is extremely well protected. And, that “Moscow’s negotiating stance” would not actually be changed by any such incident.
These are simply the realities faced every day by state security forces. Everywhere, everyday.
When Russia engaged in its military operation, it was in it for “the long game.” An attempted terrorist attack isn’t going to substantially change that.
However, I do know that many, many people want Moscow to “aggressively” change its “stance.” To fuel their image that Russia is the ultimate enemy of the world. Unpredictable, impulsive, and feckless.
Spot on. The Euro Tyrants desperate for war with Russian in order to distract their citizens from the economic disaster that is going to hit them.
Yes, Reuters is notorious for reporting “fake news”.
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The story is being reported on RT, also.
I’ll try to get a link in a few minutes.
According to circulating reports, Sergei Lavrov stated that approximately 90 long-range drones were sent into the Novgorod region during the past 24 or so hours.
Some were sent into an area near the Valdai residence of President Putin.
All of the drones were intercepted by Russian air defenses without causing damage or injuries.
Mr Lavrov asserted that retaliatory strikes had been planned and that Russia would revise its position in peace negotiations, though it would not withdraw from talks with the United States.
Leader of the Ukraine Ellensky dismissed the accusation as “a lie”.
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Here is a link to the RT coverage.
The story is developing, so there may be more coverage as the day goes forward.
https://rumble.com/v73m2gu-when-you-go-after-the-leadership-thats-all-out-war-michael-maloof.html?e9s=src_v1_cmd%2Csrc_v1_ucp_v
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Moscow Times coverage. A dissident Russian paper from outside of Russia. I try to balance the propaganda by reading both sides. Here is their view. Remember they are anti-Putin. RT is pretty much pro-Putin.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/ukraine-launched-drone-attack-on-putins-valdai-residence-lavrov-claims-a91576
Here we go again. They reportedly get close to a peace settlement and Zelensky’s puppet masters pull the football away again, provoking the Russians and getting the peace negotiations off center one more time.
The USA needs to get tough and really pull out this time if the peace talks fail again. No more support money or militarily for this war. Give Putin the green light to do what he needs to and get it over with. Putin gets his agenda finished and does not respond to the EU war machine. Without the USA it seems unlikely the EU and UK could go very far attacking Russia at that point anyway, but who knows. That will be on them..
Call their bluff and get out Pres. Trump if they don’t settle up.
The SMO will be over when President Putin says it’s over and he doesn’t need a green light from anyone.
As soon as Kupiansk and Slaviansk are fully captured they’ll swing up to Kramatorsk and once Kramatorsk is secured things should wind down.
The EU and UK aren’t capable of sustaining a war with Russia and the US isn’t going for it.
It will be over soon.
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According to TGP, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has called citizen reporter Nick Shirley a “White Supremacist” for his reporting of Somali Daycare Fraud.
No, it is Tim Walz who is a White Supremacist, for exploiting Somalis for his political gain and that of his cohorts. The financial gain in the form of kickbacks leading up the Democrats’ pecking order is only beginning to be revealed.
Tim Walz damned well knows that it won’t be very long at all before his name surfaces in all of this. Because, let’s face it, this sort of fraud does not take place without official government protection – which means, generous bribes. Anyone, at any time, could have walked by like this reporter did and simply looked in the windows to see no one there.
But, no one did. And there is a very simple reason why. A reason that will immediately and criminally involve this Governor among many others. He knows this. One of the jigs is up.
P.S.: I’m sure that these funds had Federal sources, which means that the conspiracy will begin to spill out of Minnesota to include Federal agencies and [many …] other States. Probably, all fifty. Fraud is a lucrative crime.
The Democrat Plantation. Somalia is a center for human trafficking, known otherwise as modern slavery, where women and children are bought and sold for sexual slavery, servitude, and forced marriage, according to the State Department. This story is so ironic, that the Democrat Plantation in Minnesota has been bringing in more Africans to live and work there, and the daycares are empty. Tim Walz is the local ramrod.
“He don’t plant tater
He don’t plant cotton
An’ them that plants ’em is soon forgotten
But ol’ man river he just keeps rollin’ along.”
There was a bust in 2023, some people trafficking skulls, organs, and stillborn bodies.
“In Minnesota, the sale of human remains, including bones and skulls, is currently legal, allowing for the purchase of such items through shops and online retailers like Skulls Unlimited.
However, a proposed law introduced by Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville) aims to criminalize the sale of human remains for profit by classifying it as a felony under new state law.
The bill, which passed the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee, would define “human remains” to include the calcified portion of a dead human body but exclude isolated teeth, cremated remains, and hydrolyzed remains.
Exceptions to the ban include sales for law enforcement search and rescue training, emergency management exercises, and incidental sales tied to real estate transactions.
Whatever in the hell does that mean?
Selling property that used to be a cemetery?
Or what?
The legislation does not restrict the donation of human remains for medical or educational purposes, nor does it prohibit recovering reasonable expenses related to funeral or cremation services.
While the proposed law targets the commercialization of human remains, it does not directly address trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal, which is defined as the recruitment, transportation, or receipt of individuals through coercion, fraud, or deception for organ removal.”
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Human trafficking includes the buying and selling of human beings for the purpose of organ harvesting. Was this activity also imported into Minnesota from Somalia? Perhaps someone should ask Tim Walz how many Somalis he personally owns, or bought on behalf of others? The Democrat Plantation has strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
George Webb covered some of that sort of thing in the videos he did about Boelter.
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More Hopium for the MAGA masses….
Earlier photo.
“Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China’s contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of local authorities”
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world-news/article/320331/Monument-honoring-Chinas-contribution-to-Panama-Canal-torn-down
That strikes me as rather petty . . .
So?
If there should be a monument it should be dedicated to the French for starting the canal in the 1880s after spending almost a billion in francs. After they gave up, the Americans later devised the successful train and lock system using new modern industrial technology. And throughout, tens of thousands of mostly black workers (some Chinese) died in the process from accidents and Yellow Fever.
Back in my day, there were a few statues of this great American. And in the Canal Zone Schools, we were taught about him. A lot.
A far more prominent American, an American…oh and did I say “American”?…related to the Panama Canal:
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-army-doctor-made-the-panama-canal-possible-by-killing-mosquitoes/
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-doctor-who-made-the-panama-canal-possible/
China can take their chopsticks and well you get my drift.
I want my canal back!
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1955/march/digging-big-ditch-pictorial-section
We used to rappel off of some really high cliffs that were alleged to be the remnants of the old French attempt. And after we got hot and sweaty, we would jump off the other rocks, 50 feet up…into the part of the Canal.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end….
Moral of the story? If you want something done right, get an American to do it…..
The ingenuity of the american engineers is unparalleled. Reminds me of the story Sundance posted about american workers and how they saved the coal miners. “Dirty Fingernails” is how I remember it.
I can’t believe someone here wants the French to get a statue 😂
Do enjoy seeing the Statue of Liberty in NY harbor?
The face and posture of the liberty statue bears an uncanny resemblance to a 1797 painting of satan.
Can’t recall the artist.
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Gorgas was definitely a hero and he never gave up fighting the bureaucracy which didn’t believe him that mosquitos were the vector. American head engineer John Stevens, though, steadfastly stood by Gorgas and gave him all the resources he needed to eradicate Yellow Fever despite the Washington crowd (including President Roosevelt) complaints of wasting money on mosquitos.
The French didn’t start the canal.
It’s a very old canal that was dug out and improved.
The Panama Canal as well as other canals worldwide appear on old, old maps.
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Exactly. “Without a party to support him.”
President Trump has us but we don’t seem to have the knowledge or the wherewithal to help him fix this. We are not a violent people like the dems or illegals and unfortunately that’s the only thing the other side understands.
While the Uniparty makes DC the equivalent to an open, unguarded bank vault, while more and more of the residents live off the gubmint, they will need to collapse the ordinary US citizen taxpayer with asset and income confiscation.
We all have a big stake in this situation.
“open, unguarded bank vault” only for illegals, Democrats and Uniparty types e.g. Senator Graham!!!
SILVER
This current dynamic in the silver market seems huge with great impact for 2026.
On January 1 China’s new silver export restrictions goes into effect, the silver paper price and psychical price have divorced, the paper market has lost control of the physical market, the physical market is taking control of the assets
It’s been reported JP Morgan over the last 14 years has been both tampering down the silver market while at the same time accumulating silver and now has 750 million ounces of silver.
Elon Musk as said “this is not good”
What happens after Happy New Year?
“Starting January 1, 2026, China is implementing new, stricter silver export rules requiring government licenses, restricting exports primarily to large, state-approved firms, and potentially limiting global supply for industries like green energy (solar, EVs) and tech, leading to anticipated higher prices and supply chain disruptions, as China aims to secure its own strategic reserves”
Allegations and legal actions confirm that JPMorgan Chase engaged in a multi-year scheme to manipulate precious metals markets, including silver. The bank inherited massive short positions from Bear Stearns in 2008 and used illegal trading tactics like “spoofing” (placing large orders and canceling them before execution) to influence prices while reportedly accumulating physical silver.
Inherited Short Position: Following its acquisition of Bear Stearns in March 2008, JPMorgan inherited Bear’s significant short position in silver futures, which market commentators suggested was used to suppress prices.
Illegal Trading: From at least 2008 to 2016, JPMorgan traders used spoofing to manipulate prices and defraud other market participants.
Physical Accumulation: There are market theories that during this period of price suppression, JPMorgan was simultaneously buying large amounts of physical silver, becoming a major holder of the metal. Reports from late 2025 (future date in snippet) suggest the bank eventually closed its short position and went net long on silver
There Are NO Blue States
Lex Greene
The simple truth is, there are no BLUE states in the USA. There are only a handful of BLUE cities, all of them run and controlled by democratic socialists, and all of them on the verge of total collapse from gross mismanagement.
https://newswithviews.com/there-are-no-blue-states/
if this is true, why can’t the majority take back those cities and change the landscape to red all the way. More to this blue state deal than is obvious. It’s concentrations of population that make the difference.
Because they are more populous than most states. They have the numbers not the states. It’s why the Democrats want to scrap the electoral college, which was meant to give smaller states some power in elections.
Los Angeles County has a larger population than 40 individual U.S. states, making it the most populous county in the United States. It ranks eleventh in population among the 50 U.S. states, only less populous than California and a few other large states like Texas and Florida.
Some of the big blue blobs in AZ and NM are just huge counties that are sparsely populated –Coconino in AZ is the big blob in the Northern section-only 145K people BUT the home of Flagstaff and its commie little University. The other big blob to the east and part of NM is the Navajo Nation which is Federally subsidized and incentivized to vote Democrat. So it is less impressive than it looks in some areas.
And, the blue arc that starts up in MD and goes to Alabama/ Mississippi can be referred to
as the “black belt”. A lot of it was created by amazing racial gerrymandering.
That big blue section in upper eastern NC is mostly Black African Americans.
Gotta admit, Hawaii certainly counts as a blue state.
Massachusetts and Connecticut, too.
Even in the worst communist hell holes, there are still some of us who bleed red, white and blue!
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Ukraine (or whomever) gone crazy. Attack aimed at Putin. 90 drones?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/kremlin-says-ukraine-tried-to-attack-putins-residence-peace-deal-stance-under-review-5963777?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1
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edit: another source
https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/29/lavrov-threatens-ukraine-after-alleged-drone-attack-on-putins-residence
U.S. Crime Sanctuaries
Lex Greene
In August of 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report listing the “illegal and unconstitutional” States and Cities that have declared themselves a “sanctuary” for criminal activities in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Criminal codes.
In every case, these “crime sanctuaries” are committing acts of “sedition and treason” against the United States and all legal American citizens. In every case, they threaten the safety, security, peace, tranquility and national sovereignty of the USA.
In every case, these states and cities stand in direct violation of 18 U.S. Code Chapter 115 Part I – TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES.
https://newswithviews.com/u-s-crime-sanctuaries/
They are guilty. Now what? Who is going to do anything to force them to obey the law?
They do it with impunity, and both their determination and hubris grow with each passing day.
if a flash election were held today for governor of MN, Tim Waltz would easily win. No way you say? Yes way. The same fraud that is scamming billions of aid dollars is also scamming hundreds of thousands of votes every election cycle in that state. Waltz would easily win. This is what we are up against.
Only Trump out-votes the fraud and not even in MN. Everyone else writes gushy concession speeches.
Of course he would win, there is no real competitor yet. What I’m worried about is even after fraud is exposed, Tim WALZ will stay in the race and win because there are just too many democrats who just vote D, and too many others who just sit home for elections and don’t care..
Why the pro-life movement fails without a Christian worldview
https://www.theblaze.com/align/why-the-pro-life-movement-fails-without-a-christian-worldview
Motion Hearing right now on Utah v Tyler Robinson.
LIVE HEARING: Charlie Kirk Assassination Trial — UT v. Tyler Robinson
They’re talking about sealing documents and no telling what all else.
I’ll try to find some decent coverage when it’s over.
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Alrighty.
Robert was covering the J5-6 Pipe B kid and the Minnesota fraud and has switched over to the Robinson hearing.
Robert, who is independent, will provide a synopsis of the hearing after it’s over explaining the procedures.
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Nick Shirley Responds to Tampon Tim Saying He’s a White Supremacist
https://rumble.com/v73la3k-nick-shirley-responds-to-tampon-tim-saying-hes-a-white-supremacist.html?mref=1wxk5&mc=ehuil
Script writers are in overdrive. Peace is in sight, but, that can’t happen.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/29/russian-foreign-minister-claims-ukrainian-drones-attacked-putin-s-valdai-residence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/29/ukraine-war-russia-us-zelenskyy-trump-security-guarantees-latest-news-updates
https://protrumpnews.com/were-saying-merry-christmas-again-white-house-rips-washington-post-over-article-worrying-about-christmas-messaging/
You really do not hate the media scum enough. Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, the Son of God. Our Republic was founded by men of God, based on Western Christian values. The West is the greatest civilization Mankind has ever known since it predicates rights given by God,” Trump counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka wrote.
Gracias Dios
How to become a millionaire/multimillionaire? Get elected to Congress, easiest way there is in the country!!! Don’t have create anything new, don’t have to own or start a business and the benefits are all Cadillac quality!!!
and the theft is easy.
And the quantity isn’t $20s, $50s or $100 bills!! It’s hundreds of millions into the billions!! How could that happen? So Federal spending has absolutely no controls once it’s appropriated??? Who knew???
These NGOs that pay protestors should lose their non profit status!!! JMO
Mr President,
After the de-funding of NPR and PBS, when will they be required to change their name? They are no longer “public” funded right?
I would like to see both of them return to being what they used to be, and deserving of public funding. I am not opposed to the principle of either organization. But I refuse to accept – or, pay for – what they willingly allowed themselves to become.
They were not always that way. At one time, they did very good things, and I felt back then that public money was being well and creatively spent. I want that back.
You’re losing sleep over THAT?!?
@amuse
@amuse
NYC: Socialists in New York City passed COPA forcing property owners to include Democrat NGOs in the sale process.
Cont…
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
It’s actually happening
New York passed The “COPA Act” and will force sales of certain personal properties to the government and NGOs
New York Councilwoman Vickie Paladino actually speaks out against it and confirms they will steal homes
Cont…
The Somalis are going to be all over this.
“FLASHBACK: If Somali fraudsters can’t rely on a Democrat judge to vacate a jury’s guilty verdict they simply start bribing jurors.”…..
https://www.independentsentinel.com/the-secret-to-sudden-wealth-being-somali-in-minnesota/
FTA “Tim Mynett, the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, has been involved in a venture capital firm called Rose Lake Capital. Recently, the firm has removed details of its senior officers and advisers from its website, including several former Obama administration officials and Democrat Party officials. Sudden Wealth Additionally, their sudden wealth has raised eyebrows.Omar (D-MN) went from nearly broke to being worth up to $30 million in just a year. At the same time, a massive, up to $9 billion fraud scheme involving the Somali community in her district unfolded in Minnesota. Of the nearly 90 people charged to date, three had direct ties to Omar.According to her latest financial disclosure in May, the couple’s net worth surged 3500% in just one year; their net worth is now anywhere from $6 million to $30 million. Her husband Tim Mynett’s venture capital firm alone, according to the filing, is worth between $5 million-$25 million.”
What ventures did Rose Lake Capital invest in that grew his/her net worth by $30 million??? Shades of corrupt Nancy Pelosi’s trading success??? Add the Democrat Party corruption to death and taxes as three things in life that are certain!!! JMO
These Infographics are terrific!
Infographic: Tim Walz and the Somalis
What happens if you combine Somalis with good old Democrat Corruption?
Putting aside the catastrophic Somali variable…
Someone needs to audit Tim Walz.
He had to know.
https://directorblue.substack.com/p/infographic-tim-walz-and-the-somalis
Minnesota daycare center phone number goes right to office of Gov. Tim Walz
https://www.wnd.com/2025/12/shock-right-now-man-calls-fraudulent-minnesota-daycare/
We don’t owe Somalis anything. We don’t owe Indians or any foreign invader anything. We are certainly under no obligation to be nice. Whatever covenant the dems and Rhino’s made with these savages Americans don’t have to honor.
I served during “Blackhawk Down” this is 2.0, they are here now, they have openly declared war and actively building their forts “mosques”.
Europe was disarmed for this. We still have a chance. We are Americans, rise up and meet them. Make them uncomfortable. They miscall us “racists”. It’s not. We aren’t afraid and we’ve identified a true threat. They are incompatible and in a Christian country.
We know what they do to Christians when they have the numbers and are enabled.
Wake everyone up
Sgt. this old nam vet thanks you for your service…………..
and I concur 100 percent with your post……………….
Your beautiful pictures became that much nicer. And thank you for your service.
A big PSA from our friends at TLD…please read, oh the facility is in Minneapolis:
https://thelibertydaily.com/counter-medicines-other-items-recalled-feces-contamination/
FDA website, also linked by TLD:
https://www.fda.gov/media/190382/download?attachment
44-page list, with over 1800 products listed (and in no particular order… ) Wonder if any of the canned goods got shipped out of state — would the out-of-state vendors be responsible for checking all those SKUs?
Another source HSI Homeland Security Investigations, (a part of ICE) going door to door in Somali-land, Minnesota.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ice-targeting-massive-suspected-fraud-in-minnesota-5963848?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1
I don’t believe anyone in our government knows how to do an audit, the IRS excepted.
Fraud is the product. Not the food.
What would FBI and Minnesota government officials have done if one guy with a cell phone had not actually done what any of them should have? Answer: nothing.
I don’t need to ask why millions and billions of dollars were flowing to “day care centers” that, obviously, no official anywhere ever walked into. I know what corruption and bribery looks like.
Likewise, in only a few months, “DOGE” uncovered (sic …) billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and mismanagement. What would have happened if this pseudo-agency had not been unleashed? Answer: nothing.
We see that our nation has “unfathomable national debt.” So, how much of that money was pure-and-simply stolen? Specifically, by the very people who were legally responsible for it and for monitoring it?
Don’t bother to answer. I already know . . . “Houston, we have a problem.”
Upon finding out that the Georgia election was IN FACT fraudulent as were other states in addition to actblue and Somali money laundering we are in a state of emergency. Everything must be put on pause and a national emergency needs to be declared.
For four years our nation was run by usurping criminals. Penalties need to be among the severest in recorded history. The military needs to implement martial law/shooting violators until it is set right up to and including another Term for President Trump.
Thank you for your service and your insights.
Happy New Year
The Walz are closing in on Gov Walz.
(I couldn’t resist, couldn’t happen to a more feckless socialist Democrap)
This is what there side of the “walls are closing in” narrative looks like. Hopium
Kenya Linked To Minnesota Fraud As FBI Expands Its Investigation – AfricasNow
“According to investigations, the proceeds from this operation were invested worldwide, particularly in Kenyan real estate.
According to investigations, more than Ksh32 billion (USD250 million) was stolen from programs designed to feed hungry children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This makes the “Feeding Our Future” case one of the largest ones in U.S history.
Court documents have since revealed that part of the millions which were siphoned were channeled into the purchase of high-end assets in Kenya, including swanky apartment buildings in the Eastlands area and the coast.”
I am calling B.S. on the poll that promotes a drop in approval for the Trump Administration’s deportation platform.
What a bunch of politically motivated manipulation hog wash.
Are you kidding me, right now??????
The only President in the history of this country to make wholesale removal of illegals top priority is NOW losing support? I think not.
Carry On President Trump and Happy New Year to the legal citizens of the United States of America!!!!
I see a new line of toiletries in some entrepreneurial future….we can call it “Minnesota Hog Wash”.
To my friend Colkitto:
Regarding the re-emergence of a longtime poster of predictable histrionics who vanished and has probably re-appeared, assuming a new identity, or, multiple ‘personalities’, how about you give a wink when you see one? 😉
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/12/28/cutting-through-the-fog-and-conflict-within-current-u-s-republican-politics/comment-page-3/#comment-12302736
MTG is airing all her MAGA Grievances with the NYT!
The last one is the most interesting.
Greene says she didn’t like ‘MAGA Mar-a-Lago sexualization’
Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The New York Times in an interview released this week that she “never liked” the “sexualization” of women she said goes on at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
“I never liked the MAGA Mar-a-Lago sexualization,” Greene said. “I believe how women in leadership present themselves sends a message to younger women.”
“I have two daughters, and I’ve always been uncomfortable with how those women puff up their lips and enlarge their breasts,” she added.
The Georgia Republican’s comments were part of wide-ranging conversations the outlet had with her over the past two years, during which she outlined her break from the president.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong,” Greene told the Times. “You just keep pummeling your enemies, no matter what. And as a Christian, I don’t believe in doing that.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665161-greene-trump-maga-mar-a-lago/
This is a woman scorned.
I was gonna say. When you got it, flaunt it!
Rings True to me.
Epstein = Managed international intelligence and arms trafficking networks for the CIA
Infographic: Top 10 New Epstein Insights From Mike Benz
Following the 1975 Church Committee reforms that exposed and constrained CIA domestic operations, intelligence activities increasingly moved into private sector entities. Epstein’s role at Bear Stearns exemplifies this shift—using investment banking as cover for intelligence finance, asset recovery, and facilitating off-the-books operations beyond congressional oversight.
Epstein’s official role at Bear Stearns involved recovering assets for wealthy clients—a perfect cover for moving illicit funds, laundering intelligence money, and facilitating transfers that couldn’t appear on official government books. This explains his rapid, unexplained ascent to youngest partner despite fabricated credentials.
https://directorblue.substack.com/p/infographic-top-10-new-epstein-insights