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Institutional Fear and the Excavation of the Rabbit Hole

I shared with readers last year that if CTH felt confident DC engagement would lead to positive results, I would take you on the journey.  Having spent so many years inside the rabbit holes of the DC intel matrix, We The People deserve to fully understand just how this corrupt system operates.  Well, as promised….

When you mention sensitive intelligence and the whereabouts of corrupt evidence that could expose the state of our weakened Republic, one of the first things you notice is that almost everyone in DC is afraid—both personally and institutionally—to acknowledge it.

The Deep State relies on this fear.

You can find this fear promoted in the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer when he said in January 2017, “when you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday to get back at ya.”

Schumer said this two weeks before Donald Trump first took office, aiming to drive home a key point – the DC intelligence system is built to go after anyone who threatens the interests of those overseeing it. Basically, if you try to take on DC corruption, there are guards in place ready to take you down.

President Trump, you, me and all Americans spent the next several years watching that dynamic play out in real time.

After a long stretch of exhausting research, endless digging, and getting lost in the rabbit holes created by the IC, you eventually figure out how to face the fear they stir up. The real issue isn’t the fear held by those providing the information—it’s the fear carried by those who receive it and are tasked with acting on it.

Taking on the intelligence community requires two key things. First, a fearless person in a position of authority who can stand strong against the intense manipulation they may unleash. Second, a strategy that makes telling the truth a personal mission.

The IC have a pattern in their targeting; they repeat previously successful tactics.  An effective strategy -to get beyond the fear and gain support from the Executive- is to predict how the IC will eventually target them if they take no action.

In the example of retrieving and making public the Inspector General Michael Atkinson transcript as a datapoint to expose the IC corruption, the strategy was to reinforce how intelligence community would use the same approach to target IC leadership, if no sunlight is provided.

In essence, if you don’t go see what they did, review the past event, put it into the context of what it means, well, they will repeat that attack against you.

This might not get the person in power to take immediate action; after all, the information provider is basically predicting something that would be remarkable for them to encounter if it happened.  The only thing the information provider can do is to tell the location of the evidence, emphasize why it is important and then predict what will happen if the underlying corrupt activity is not exposed.

Thankfully, the “Seven Ways from Sunday” group are predictable.

Corrupt officials control us by manipulating our love of country; so, we must expose them by using their predictable hatred of it against them.

What followed a few months later was an IC targeting operation that was essentially a duplication of what took place before.  Suddenly, the previous reference point takes on an entirely new perspective.  Yes, it becomes personal:

[SOURCE]

That’s the backstory.

♦ Additionally, last year you might remember that DNI Tulsi Gabbard moved the National Intelligence Council (NIC) out of the CIA.  This was done specifically because the covert nature of the CIA was used by the NIC members to manufacture political intelligence.

Any resulting NIC analysis, much of which was fraudulently shaped by politics, could not be easily challenged because the covert nature of the CIA protected the authors (analysts) and their constructs.

Both Eric Ciaramella and Julia Gurganus worked inside the CIA on the NIC analysis that framed John Brennan’s Russian Interference narrative in January 2017, known as the fraudulent Intelligence Community Assessment. Eric Ciaramella was also the anonymous CIA whistleblower in 2019 for the impeachment effort.

The opaque nature of the CIA was used by NIC analysts as a fabrication tool, one of the “ways” Chuck Schumer described.

When DNI Gabbard and CIA Director Ratcliffe worked together to remove the NIC from the CIA, the bad actors within the IC game lost a strategic and political narrative tool.

The Intelligence Community embeds were angry and started leaking stuff to allies in media (WSJ, WaPo, Politico and NYT). The goal was to undermine Tulsi Gabbard at every step, using every resource and doing whatever it took.

However, DNI Gabbard stayed on mission despite the IC trying to also penetrate the concentric circles around the Office of The President with their bulls**t narratives.

♦ Last point, the current “Trump supporters” who try to undermine ODNI Tulsi Gabbard are either: (1) brutally naïve, (2) easily manipulated, or (3) working intentionally to retain the Intelligence Community control system that DNI Gabbard is dutifully deconstructing.  A shockingly large number of popular voices are part of group three.

Think about it in very commonsense terms.

DNI Gabbard is digging, declassifying and releasing information that exposes what very bad people have done against President Trump and our nation. The outcomes of her patriotic activity flow steadily from her office.  Everyone can see them.  So, what exactly are the motives of those who want to undermine Tulsi Gabbard?

Keep it simple, don’t reconcile bad behavior.

From 2020:A new Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is planning to deploy technology originally developed to counter Islamic State propaganda in service of a domestic political goal” …..“The group, Defeat Disinfo, will use artificial intelligence and network analysis to map discussion of [opposition] claims on social media. It will seek to intervene by identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country — in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against [their opposition].”

[…] The initiative reflects fears within the Democratic Party that Trump’s unwavering digital army may help sustain him … as it has through past controversies, even as the economy craters … and Trump suffers in the polls.  “It’s often said campaigns are a battle of ideas, but they’re really a battle of narratives,” said David Eichenbaum, a Democratic media consultant who is a senior adviser to the PAC. “Today those narratives spread quickly online.” (source)

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Joe Kansas
Joe Kansas
March 27, 2026 12:30 pm

Ironic that Tulsi was trashed as a Russian asset and kicked out of the Dem party for daring to oppose Obama’s regime change war in Syria.

Now scum on both the right and left are accusing Trump of being a puppet of Israel. Joe Kent is the new Vindman. Tucker Carlson has morphed into Rachel Maddow. Sad!

Observer SC
Observer SC
March 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Reply to  Joe Kansas

You have been repeatedly corrected … Tulsi did not get kicked out, SHE LEFT the commie party because of HRC’s lies and other baloney.

Clayton Bigsby
Clayton Bigsby
March 27, 2026 2:01 pm
Reply to  Observer SC

🤣 ….yeah it was kinda fun to watch!…..THEY/THEM “Couldn’t handle her Truths” ….
it was about a 10 year process…..

R Iacoveo
R Iacoveo
March 27, 2026 2:52 pm
Reply to  Observer SC

He’s a troll. He thinks it sounds more derogatory to say she was “kicked out.”

TLHoward.
TLHoward.
March 27, 2026 3:29 pm
Reply to  Joe Kansas

I am wondering if Kent was intel puppet all along, even in his run for Congress, or if his perfidy is recent. Also wondering what he gets out of it?

Just a bunch of money?

A future promise of donor dark money from the usual sort such as Soros, et al for another run for office?

What???

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:00 pm
Reply to  TLHoward.

Yes, NW Portland Bernie Bro Kent was a carpetbagging deceiver from the beginning. Some of us knew that at the time. Many would not believe it at the time.

CZ
CZ
March 27, 2026 5:03 pm
Reply to  Stu

Bathhouse friend on NW Portland Ted Wheeler?

gulfaddict
gulfaddict
March 28, 2026 2:37 pm
Reply to  TLHoward.

My opinion…Kent like Tucker are the extremes of the no new wars both individually for their own reasons. Kent was interviewed by Tucker because it props up Tuckers stance about wars. Both are trying to get PT attention and this aint easy.I do not believe that either is an enemy of PT . Look at how MAGA factions have criticized PT over Epstein, over Bondi an Patel. These are not enemies either they are trying to get PT back to being focused on the MAGA agenda and trying to drown out the enemies surrounding PT. You have to admit that Tucker and Kent have gotten past the gate keepers and Tucker has been to the WH since….so I will wait and see but it isn’t surprising that the propagandist are trying to convince you that Tucker Kent are the enemies ….Hasn’t Bi BI undermined PT and the US in a really seriou way?

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srs
srs
March 27, 2026 4:34 pm
Reply to  Joe Kansas

Joe Kent is a total loser.

Jaye
Jaye
March 27, 2026 12:40 pm

Huge influx of Whinging Trolls on many conservative website …that simply do not pass the smell test. Dozens of screen names, but all have the same narrative. They are an organized tsunami. Their only sign of life is when you take them on and expose the corruption of h their mocking bird posting, you get a down tick.

They endlessly repeat the exact same theme …..nothing is going to happen…… wake me when someone gets arrested ……nothing will change ……. all faux Stockholm Syndrome malaise

These Whinge Trolls are not there to engage; ;only to demoralize . Slay them at the source. De fang them with a curt dismissal. Leave them out hanging to dry up.

Dan Patterson
Dan Patterson
March 27, 2026 12:44 pm
Reply to  Jaye

Whining. The trolls are whining.

Whinging is an elitist Britishism affectation. I know, I am an a$$hole for bringing it up…

Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon
March 27, 2026 1:05 pm
Reply to  Dan Patterson

Thankfully, “whining” is not “winning.”

Brilliant response from Wordman in 3…2…1…..

Clayton Bigsby
Clayton Bigsby
March 27, 2026 2:07 pm
Reply to  Bruce Gordon

Even The Quality Learing Center knows THAT ……🤪

Constant Peg
Constant Peg
March 27, 2026 1:58 pm
Reply to  Dan Patterson

Nothing elitist about it, it comes from the Northern form of whine (first time I heard it was in the NE of England). It perfectly sums up the approach of the recruits to McChrystal’s online counter-narrative army, ‘to complain peevishly (another brilliant word).

Note also the, ‘have you heard about x’ approach, this time used against Tulsi, in ‘have you heard about the news that Tulsi is quitting, or the variant, ‘has anybody else heard the news that….’ These approaches are deliberately formulated to cause doubt and fuel concerns, the ‘seems some people don’t like dissent (classic 180 degree projection of the leftist) as a response to being challenged is also an indicator to watch out for, as is, I’ve been a supporter since….’.

I’m sure some concerned posters here are genuine, but too many ‘new’ voices seem scripted in their approaches and responses, which leads me to the wonderful conclusion that this site is seen as a critical support resource for MAGA. I’m proud that my few words a week help to sustain this entity, that’s causing the DS enough of a problem for them to target it.

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Deplorable_Infidel
Deplorable_Infidel
March 27, 2026 12:49 pm
Reply to  Jaye

“wake me when someone gets arrested ……nothing will change”

Due to our legal system, arrests come after the exposure and investigations have been completed. Due to the extent of the corruption, the system could probably use 50x more sincere and honest investigators and prosecutors. This is not even addressing the issue of a corrupt and partisan judiciary to contend with on top of that.

Psalm4610
Psalm4610
March 27, 2026 1:31 pm

That’s a huge problem.

Prosecutors have become 21st century bounty hunters and with IC they have an inside to private information that should be constitutionally protected.

There are few honest prosecutors. They use their protected position to stair-step into political appointments, , elected office, judgeships, and sometimes all the way to the SCOTUS. If they perform on their leash they are rewarded.

I can only imagine the bounty on PDJT.

Sydney Powell’s book, License To Lie told us about the protection of prosecutors.

I cannot recall what the protection is called but a prosecutor can’t be held liable.

That would be a good article for to explain to us.

Blind no longer
Blind no longer
March 28, 2026 8:54 am
Reply to  Psalm4610

I remember when Sidney used to post here.

gulfaddict
gulfaddict
March 28, 2026 2:53 pm

Yep …but she was labeled by some here as a coward….and by some a nutcase because of her revelations.

WD Kirk
WD Kirk
March 27, 2026 5:02 pm

Prosecutors, judges and…….. the third leg of that wobbly three legged stool is the so-called news media, spewing their liberal, woke, partisan garbage for the masses to consume and digest. I believe in freedom of speech but I have zero tolerance when it comes to blatantly lying and deliberately misleading people in order to support corrupt politicians/ political parties and their self-serving agendas, including abortion, open borders, fraudulent voting, welfare fraud, just to name a few of the Left’s favorite passionate sicko projects.

drip, drip
drip, drip
March 27, 2026 1:08 pm
Reply to  Jaye

Seems eliminating the ability to constantly change your name would be a start. One person had three that I counted.

IS
IS
March 27, 2026 1:13 pm
Reply to  Jaye

When in doubt run in circles, scream and shout…

Dee in Fl
Dee in Fl
March 27, 2026 1:51 pm
Reply to  Jaye

Not a troll been here for years, you must admit that for the last 40 years no one has gone to jail or lost their total credibility for anything. You can’t blame most of us for feeling that way we are basing our feelings on facts of the past, who has gone to jail?

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joan
joan
March 27, 2026 2:12 pm
Reply to  Jaye

The problem is – the people who are saying “nothing will change, nothing will be done about it, etc.” are right!!!

bara.ex.nihilo
bara.ex.nihilo
March 27, 2026 7:19 pm
Reply to  joan

Isn’t it true that all propaganda must have a sliver of truth in it??

Jeff
Jeff
March 27, 2026 2:33 pm
Reply to  Jaye

Yes!!!

Humpty Dumpty
March 27, 2026 3:40 pm
Reply to  Jaye

They do that because it works on people. Most people are fools, but no so here.

I have noticed lately how many people are still wearing masks. We are 6 years out. Why have people not asked the question if I wear this mask, but I still get sick maybe the mask is not working as I was told.

We have all these problems as a country because people do not question authority and cannot think for themselves. As the left would accuse Rush of making “Mind Numb Robots” They are the ones that are making mind numb robots and they are doing it deliberately.

JoAnn Leichliter
JoAnn Leichliter
March 27, 2026 4:37 pm
Reply to  Humpty Dumpty

In normal situations, people wear masks when they are infectious and do not want to pass it on to others. You see it a lot in Asia, for instance, and have for decades. In the U.S., people seem to think these simple masks will prevent your getting a disease, which is not what they are intended to do.

Teag
Teag
March 27, 2026 4:58 pm

It’s definitely a cultural thing in Japan…my highly educated Japanese friends cannot even tell you why they wear a mask out in an empty cemetery, other than it’s always been that way. Of course if you’ve ever been on a commuter train in Tokyo you can understand why people might want to wear a mask then.
I shop locally at 2 grocery stores and there are 3 women who have worked since before the COVID debacle whose faces I’ve never seen.

steph_gray
steph_gray
March 27, 2026 6:11 pm

I guess none of them ever learned about the mosquito and the chain link fence.

Humpty Dumpty
March 27, 2026 7:06 pm

I suppose the couple I saw today, both must have been infected, and I am sure they were happy I was wearing underwear to protect them from my farts.

One of many articles that say that masks don’t work.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/approximately-zero

More to the point, there are still a lot of healthcare institutions suggesting and requiring masks, those signs are right next to no fire arms sign as you walk in. Both are lies. Fire arms save lives and masks do not prevent disease.

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Montbellver
Montbellver
March 27, 2026 6:10 pm
Reply to  Humpty Dumpty

That made me burst out loud. Had to run by the pharmacy today. I was the only one in the parking lot not to mention on the way. Rural…as I was leaving here comes a mask wearing, singing dingbat out in the fresh air…good grief I can’t take it anymore, these people are 🌰!

bara.ex.nihilo
bara.ex.nihilo
March 27, 2026 7:20 pm
Reply to  Humpty Dumpty

We are the second or third generation who was taught to “Trust the Experts…especially with fancy titles.”

Todd
Todd
March 27, 2026 5:49 pm
Reply to  Jaye

I’ve been waiting for the perp walks to start for a decade. I hope you are right and they start soon. Starting to wonder if we can even manage something as simple as making it mandatory to prove citizenship to vote.

gulfaddict
gulfaddict
March 28, 2026 2:48 pm
Reply to  Jaye

You are ridiculously blind so you put everyone who doesn’t like how things are being played out into a category….Troll….well I am here to tell you I am not a troll but an independent thinker who has the ability to make up my own mind and will express my own opinions so “wake me up when the arrest happen” is justified. If you keep alienating MAGA who are of a different opinion …well you are part of the “division” cult. How do you like being labeled? Many years ago CTH had a diverse group of independent thinking people …what happened?

searkreb
searkreb
March 27, 2026 12:41 pm

Thanks again Sundance.
If a corrupt, powerful organization whose job is to lie, steal, misdirect, and create confusion needs to hire people to carry out those pre determined values who would you hire for this occult organization?
Christians who have morals against such actions?
Atheists or agnostics who don’t believe in anything but are plyable?
satanist/death cult who believe exactly in those foundations?

which group does someone like Mike Pompeo fit into?

Mike G.
Mike G.
March 27, 2026 12:53 pm
Reply to  searkreb

He fits into a similar, if not the same, category as Mike Pence. They are both touted as having Evangelical beliefs that direct their decision-making.

IS
IS
March 27, 2026 1:06 pm
Reply to  Mike G.

And therefore they are so very righteous and honorable —eg how dare you question their oft-remarked virtue and forbearance. They can have religious fortitude yet still be in the wrong side of the argument. Using the evangelical trope as a cover becomes so tiresome.

Laura Susan
Laura Susan
March 27, 2026 9:28 pm
Reply to  IS

Amen! When I hear someone refer to Pompeo as a solid brother in Christ, I sneer inside.

gulfaddict
gulfaddict
March 28, 2026 3:06 pm
Reply to  IS

Pence and Pompeo dont even come close to the…. religious fortitude but may be just wrong category….Those 2 are just traitors and only self interested. Even after direct scathing criticism by PT FOX still entertains both on their shows. Pompeo is Deep State lower than dirt , Pence is the establishment darling. Boy has he been quite as of late.

Psalm4610
Psalm4610
March 27, 2026 1:33 pm
Reply to  Mike G.

True believers understand those types as the ‘scribes’.

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:16 pm
Reply to  Mike G.

Both wolves in sheep’s clothing

Buckwheat
Buckwheat
March 27, 2026 8:32 pm
Reply to  Mike G.

I sold used cars for a bit. Anytime someone walked into the dealership to possibly purchase and started the conversation “ I am a Christian”. They were the most difficult people to deal with.

Your Tour Guide
Your Tour Guide
March 27, 2026 9:07 pm
Reply to  Buckwheat

I lean towards counting my fingers after I shake their hands. The words and actions are two different things.

Also: Sundance stating how the intel agencies follow the same play book. Amen.

But the playbook that’s been followed in almost every single instance in smearing Trump and
others is this.

  1. Accuse someone of doing something.
  2. Manufacture ( or do edited word/ article searches) evidence to frame them with.
  3. Call up “respected” noted public figures/ journalists. Bribe them (probably) to support the lie.
  4. Once the first “respected” person does so, the pile on begins. Repeat the lie frequently, fervently.
Infidelicious
Infidelicious
March 28, 2026 1:22 pm

Sad Sal Alinksky still an influencer decades later.

Hoo vol
Hoo vol
March 27, 2026 12:57 pm
Reply to  searkreb

Lie first, two-faced, totally self-interested politician.

Teag
Teag
March 27, 2026 5:00 pm
Reply to  Hoo vol

I place bill Barr in that same group.,.what a disappointment he turned out to be.

gulfaddict
gulfaddict
March 28, 2026 3:08 pm
Reply to  Teag

If you had been reading here you would have known Barr was DS scum from the get go.

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:15 pm
Reply to  searkreb

Well Pompeo bragged about his lying and murdering skills while running the ……… , sticks knives in VSG’s back, and currently is CEO of a Ukrainian investment bank. So he’s part of the group taking the broad way to destruction.

Dan Patterson
Dan Patterson
March 27, 2026 12:41 pm

These are excellent and useful details about a system most of us already know is rotten.
Thank you for making the effort to educate everyone!

SoldiersMom
SoldiersMom
March 27, 2026 12:42 pm

TG’s commitment to her military then her political oaths are genuine & unwavering.

We need many more just like her. That is what it will take to reclaim our Republic.

May God protect her & please send plenty of reinforcements. In Jesus name, Amen!

huecowacko
March 27, 2026 1:19 pm
Reply to  SoldiersMom

I suspect TG is tied for #1 on their “hit” parade.

Nancy
Nancy
March 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Reply to  huecowacko

We pray for her! God please protect Tulsi!

Pe7rot Conservative6
Pe7rot Conservative6
March 27, 2026 4:47 pm
Reply to  SoldiersMom

Where are the Whistleblowers?

Joan Carsey
Joan Carsey
March 27, 2026 12:46 pm

All I am seeing is negative news, although I know what is happening is positive. Something has infected almost every outlet I used to read. Zerohedge is particularly devilish. Revolver is turning negative. Keep the faith.

Raised on Reagan
Raised on Reagan
March 27, 2026 1:51 pm
Reply to  Joan Carsey

Agree, ZH has turned into a Reddit style craphole lately. Not even worth opening these days.

Abelard
Abelard
March 27, 2026 2:15 pm
Reply to  Joan Carsey

So true. Folks that I had “conditional respect” for are simply fabricating easily debunked narratives, then doubling down on them. It’s scary.

searkreb
searkreb
March 27, 2026 2:27 pm
Reply to  Joan Carsey

Well Ben Shapiro (who was totally anti trump) is fully on board.

So from a different perspective some see Tucker et al being against more forever wars a problem and some see Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro calling for full scale war as the problem.

Clayton Bigsby
Clayton Bigsby
March 27, 2026 3:57 pm
Reply to  searkreb

It’s all so convoluted and dynamic…I’ve NEVER cared for loudmouth Mark “mp” Levin nor obnoxious schmuck Shapiro….and now Tucker is becoming REALLY ANNOYING….. bordering on unbearable….
The fact that ALL of our online resources’ existences, are tied to (monetization) …. clicks, eyeballs …..(and COMMENT SECTIONS) SHOULD be a tell, that all of us need to be very discerning & cautious which bandwagons we decide to ride…

Clayton Bigsby
Clayton Bigsby
March 27, 2026 4:32 pm
Reply to  Clayton Bigsby

….and I likely don’t need to point out….2 things can BOTH be true at the same time…

  1. DJT is against getting involved in endless wars and other peoples problems…..AND
  2. IRAN’s REGIME was (and is) a very belligerent, bellicose defiant DANGEROUS bunch of religious fanatics practicing a devout demented version of an eschatological religion….for which a nuclear weapon is seen as an accelerant to realize their prophecies…. AND THUSLY, NEEDED TO BE STOPPED.

PERIOD. for the good of Humanity…not just us, or Israel and the local Gulf nations.
EVERYONE.

Meow4me2
Meow4me2
March 27, 2026 8:45 pm
Reply to  Clayton Bigsby

Thank you for pointing out common sense. Why others can’t see that, I don’t understand.

Mr. Boring
Mr. Boring
March 28, 2026 10:07 am
Reply to  Clayton Bigsby

Amen !

Infidelicious
Infidelicious
March 28, 2026 1:26 pm
Reply to  Mr. Boring

Amen .
The “common sense” answer.
God wins.

Ron Zee
Ron Zee
March 27, 2026 3:18 pm
Reply to  Joan Carsey

Agreed. I have seen the turn on Zerohedge. It seems they are cutting and pasting from the MSM these days. I felt like I was reading a Reuters article a couple of days ago. I didn’t find any credits at the end but the bent was definitely discernible.

Your Tour Guide
Your Tour Guide
March 27, 2026 9:10 pm
Reply to  Ron Zee

It must be spreading. Hadn’t thought of the source, but a long time friend, Trump supporter has
been playing EEyore lately. Said person sends me Zerohedge articles on an ongoing basis. Refuses
to get aboard the Treehouse.

Clayton Bigsby
Clayton Bigsby
March 27, 2026 3:39 pm
Reply to  Joan Carsey

SO TRUE…..I’ve rotated out of MANY SITES since MAGA started (think Drudge 🙄 as poster child)
….Treehouse has been THE ONLY CONSTANT …. Truth doesn’t change.

logboom
logboom
March 27, 2026 12:49 pm

“Natering nabobs of negativity “

The Gipper Lives
March 27, 2026 1:01 pm
Reply to  logboom

Good Safire line. Didn’t help Spiro, though.

IS
IS
March 27, 2026 1:09 pm
Reply to  logboom

Psy-ops writ large. Wear you down. Don’t believe your lying eyes, just what we forecast

Douglas Volpi
Douglas Volpi
March 27, 2026 7:17 pm
Reply to  logboom

Spiro Agnew. (sp)?

Your Tour Guide
Your Tour Guide
March 27, 2026 9:12 pm
Reply to  Douglas Volpi

The only national politician who’s hand I’ve ever shook.

At the Ohio State Fair, when I was 12. Didn’t know the guy from Adam.

BucknutGuy
BucknutGuy
March 27, 2026 12:50 pm

“The real issue isn’t the fear held by those providing the information—it’s the fear carried by those who receive it and are tasked with acting on it.”

So many people in the world, not just in government, carry the fear that they might actually have to DO SOMETHING when they would rather keep their heads down, collect their paycheck and go home after work to whatever their life entails. This is not abnormal, but it makes those who are willing and able to act, the real change agents this country needs.

Which is part of what makes your work, SD, so exemplary.

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flyoverdeplorabley
flyoverdeplorabley
March 27, 2026 12:51 pm

I hope Tulsi proceeds with caution around Rick Crawford. I don’t trust him.

CountryClassVulgarian
CountryClassVulgarian
March 27, 2026 4:43 pm

Director Gabbard has so far displayed great judgement and discernment.

Tim
Tim
March 27, 2026 12:56 pm

Maybe the waterlogged ground is drying out slowly and I’ll take that as it happens.
Draining the swamp takes a dredge operator like Tulsi.

thedoc00
thedoc00
March 27, 2026 12:57 pm

Interesting thought in light of the Fraud Task Force effort just kicked off by VP Vance.

2-weeks ago Rick Grinell resigned from the Board of the Kennedy Center.

What about an Intel Community Reform Task Force reporting to the ODNI Tulsi G, lead by Rick Grinell. No congressional approval needed.

Last edited 20 days ago by thedoc00
jane
jane
March 27, 2026 4:31 pm
Reply to  thedoc00

Wiles hates Grinell.

BruceG
BruceG
March 27, 2026 5:23 pm
Reply to  jane

Grenell.

Douglas Volpi
Douglas Volpi
March 27, 2026 7:19 pm
Reply to  jane

Wiles isn’t President.

Diceanna
Diceanna
March 27, 2026 10:06 pm
Reply to  Douglas Volpi

She trys…

CattleDog
CattleDog
March 27, 2026 1:00 pm

Makes you wonder if the recent leak of Kash Patel’s personal photos and other information was really “Iranian” hackers.

Raven
Raven
March 27, 2026 2:05 pm
Reply to  CattleDog

Two interesting and enjoyable movies to watch that show just a glimpse of how dirty the “intelligence” borg is, and how their “six ways from Sunday” is accomplished.

‘Reds’ with Bruce Willis

and

‘Arlington Road’ with Tim Robbins

Shar
Shar
March 27, 2026 10:11 pm
Reply to  Raven

Red is my very favorite action comedy. Ever.

miguel
miguel
March 28, 2026 12:26 am
Reply to  Raven

Really. Cant find a movie called Reds with Bruce Willis.
Found one with Warren Beatty

Citizen of the Former Republic
Citizen of the Former Republic
March 27, 2026 2:19 pm
Reply to  CattleDog

I’d check to see how many “Iranians” work for the Federal Bureau of Instigators and the Clowns In Action before moving on to checking real Iranians.

Lorraine kenter
Lorraine kenter
March 27, 2026 1:05 pm

We need to stay strong to protect Trump and most important to protect the USA from enemies Domestic as well as foreign.

umr_engnr
umr_engnr
March 27, 2026 1:06 pm

I was thinking today “Why does the Laura Loomer lady have any pull?”, “Why would anyone care what she thinks about Mrs. Gabbard?”. If she was working on behalf of the intelligence community things start to reconcile. Makes me wonder how many “influencers” are domestic propaganda operations highly compensated by our tax dollars.

Beentheredonethat
Beentheredonethat
March 27, 2026 1:46 pm
Reply to  umr_engnr

These “influencers” are simply the digital version of Walter Duranty, the NYTimes reporter who lied to the American public about Stalin’s dismal failure in the Soviet Union. And, he won a Pulitzer in the process!
The lies haven’t changed, only the transmission media.

I avoid social media like a bus station toilet seat.

ibid
ibid
March 27, 2026 3:40 pm

I think I just heard an echo of David Rockefeller’s voice in 1991 at Baden, Germany?

Douglas Volpi
Douglas Volpi
March 27, 2026 7:22 pm

EESSCH

Raven
Raven
March 27, 2026 2:08 pm
Reply to  umr_engnr

The group, Defeat Disinfo, . . . will seek to intervene by identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country — in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against [their opposition].”

I’m guessing Mz. Loomer is one of the paid “users” working for Defeat Disinfo.

Lorraine kenter
Lorraine kenter
March 27, 2026 1:08 pm

We need to stay strong to protect the USA as well as Trump and his allies.
And God bless John Fetterman!

Lorraine kenter
Lorraine kenter
March 27, 2026 1:13 pm

And protect Trump and Fetterman against the political scum who seek to destroy these them.

American
March 27, 2026 1:10 pm

“The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty” -Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 13 November 1787). 

taspok
taspok
March 27, 2026 1:49 pm
Reply to  American

On target.

bara.ex.nihilo
bara.ex.nihilo
March 27, 2026 7:34 pm
Reply to  taspok

Human nature does not change.

Lorraine kenter
Lorraine kenter
March 27, 2026 1:11 pm

God bless and strengthen Pres Trump and his supporters

Psalm4610
Psalm4610
March 27, 2026 1:14 pm

Well, these last paragraphs explain Tucker, Megyn, Candace , Joe, etc. possibly Levin.

Genie
Genie
March 27, 2026 1:17 pm

“…3.4 million influencers across the country…”

I can barely influence my dog on occasion. Nevertheless, I plan to add “influencer” to my well-padded resume.

trialbytruth
trialbytruth
March 27, 2026 7:44 pm
Reply to  Genie

You have influenced me to do the same. i have followers , both cats.

Biffstir
Biffstir
March 27, 2026 1:20 pm

If you appreciate the work and risks that SD has done/continues to take, don’t be afraid to throw some fiscal support his way. He can’t do it on sunshine and good intentions alone 😉

Bessie2003
Bessie2003
March 27, 2026 1:20 pm

Am going to adopt the approach to assign all voices declaring themselves ‘Trump Supporters’ yet going against the digging and disclosure of Tulsi Gabbard’s actions are most definitely in group three until they prove they are really in group one, brutally naive or even worse in group two, easily manipulated.

Makes life simpler, as the old Dale Carnegie course taught, assume the worst then work toward the better, desired outcome.

Last edited 20 days ago by Bessie2003
CountryClassVulgarian
CountryClassVulgarian
March 27, 2026 5:00 pm
Reply to  Bessie2003

I like it. I just call them CONservative Inc and leave it at that.

American
March 27, 2026 1:21 pm

Reuters reports it was Iran that did it, all by themselves. But inquiring minds have their doubts.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/breaking-doj-confirms-iran-backed-hackers-have-breached/

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:20 pm
Reply to  American

Reuters lies and misinforms.

Lorraine kenter
Lorraine kenter
March 27, 2026 1:22 pm

God bless Pres Trump and his supporters-including the bravely independent John Fetterman!

Longshoreman
Longshoreman
March 27, 2026 1:27 pm

Miss Loomer has the knives out for Tulsi. I’m thinking she falls into category 1 or 2 referenced above. Most likely category 1 but nothing is as it seems in that rathole known as DC. Someone she listens to, if that person exists, needs to tell her to back off.

She does some good stuff but she’s a pit bull and if she starts barking up the wrong tree the IC will let her rip. Not good for Tulsi

IMHO as it stands now I’m rooting for a Rubio/Gabbard ticket but as always I give them all the fish eye

srs
srs
March 27, 2026 4:40 pm
Reply to  Longshoreman

Yes, Loomer is 100% on some things but with others she gets an agenda in her craw and becomes intolerable.

Longshoreman
Longshoreman
March 27, 2026 4:52 pm
Reply to  srs
Observer SC
Observer SC
March 27, 2026 1:27 pm

I have always loved Tulsi Gabbard, even though she was a Dem… she is a straight shooter. I was absolutely ECSTATIC when she joined President Trump on the 2024 campaign trail. ODNI is perfect for her, she is fearless!!!

Let us hope she has enough time to reveal all the dirt.

Frankiezee
March 27, 2026 1:33 pm

I have a question for any Treepers here. Who exactly runs the Deep State? There has to be a Leader who calls the shots as to when and whom to attack. Someone had to tell Comey when and whom to attack.

Raised on Reagan
Raised on Reagan
March 27, 2026 1:54 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

Satan.

bara.ex.nihilo
bara.ex.nihilo
March 27, 2026 7:46 pm

While that would obviously be true, Satan would never stoop so low as to give lower level peeps instructions such as you suggest.

He would send one of his Strongmen to do such work.

Barb
Barb
March 28, 2026 8:45 am
Reply to  bara.ex.nihilo

The fact that you say Satan has boundaries says to me you clearly do not understand his DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSIVITY. for sure, he’s all about the DIE part.

R Iacoveo
R Iacoveo
March 27, 2026 3:15 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

It’s a good question and one I have always wondered about myself. It would go with the obvious: Who has the money to do it? I think it’s possible there is some kind of coordinator of chaos, fed by multiple commie funders, and it’s the funders who really call the shots. I can think of many candidates who have the money and the inclination to do this.

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:25 pm
Reply to  R Iacoveo

The children of Roth appear to be quadrillionaires so there’s always funding sources.

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:24 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

The bible describes delegated authority being given to powers, principalities, thrones and dominions, in other words spiritual forces that direct and influence the humans who have authority. They do not need to hang with the same humans forever, they can move on when appropriate, for example, when their hosts expire.

jane
jane
March 27, 2026 4:38 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

Well, Trump 2016 campaign slogan was “Throw her in jail”. No doubt that scared the bejesus out of Hillary. Then Trump did nothing to Hillary and got ramrodded by the democrats. Seems Trump didn’t learn the lesson.

Sie hassen dich
Sie hassen dich
March 27, 2026 5:10 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

Globalist billionaires. Their names remain hidden, or their agenda would be exposed. Just consider all them as being anti American. It’d much easier.

Diceanna
Diceanna
March 27, 2026 10:11 pm
Reply to  Frankiezee

As Sundance says; All worms…No Apple.

Barb
Barb
March 28, 2026 8:49 am
Reply to  Diceanna

And now the Big Apple has one ravenous. nauseating malevolent worm named Mamdani.

LongBoarder
LongBoarder
March 27, 2026 1:37 pm

One question always nagging in the back of my mind…How do we know the information our lion of a President is receiving from the IC is FACT! All important decisions are made on the best information possible based on truth-fact. Truth has no agenda. How does President Trump decide to go ahead with an Operation Epic Fury based on this “factual” information/sources? Remember, Bush’s weapons of mass destruction/Iraq decision? I know there will be “unknown unknowns” but think back about Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and now Ukraine? The powers that be are trying to destroy President Trump/MAGA because “Trillions are at stake” and mix this in with players having their individual agendas inside the administration, allies’ agendas(e.g. Israel, EU) not to mention our mortal enemies calculating our demise. A.I. psyops is another concern. At best its blurred, but we don’t even know who/what the “lesser evil” is when making decisions…I ask God every day to guide our president and his administration and especially protect US Troops…

Raven
Raven
March 27, 2026 1:49 pm

“Last point, the current “Trump supporters” who try to undermine ODNI Tulsi Gabbard are either: (1) brutally naïve, (2) easily manipulated, or (3) working intentionally to retain the Intelligence Community control system that DNI Gabbard is dutifully deconstructing.”

I suggest a 4th option —

The current “Trump supporters” who try to undermine ODNI Tulsi Gabbard are not and never were “Trump supporters.”

There is a long list of people we thought were with us, who proved us wrong with a knife to the back.

Stu
Stu
March 27, 2026 4:26 pm
Reply to  Raven

Joe Kent is the latest

CountryClassVulgarian
CountryClassVulgarian
March 27, 2026 6:59 pm
Reply to  Raven

You are right Raven. I forgot that most important option.

bara.ex.nihilo
bara.ex.nihilo
March 27, 2026 7:49 pm
Reply to  Raven

This reminds me that God exposes such persons at His appointed time.

Raven
Raven
March 27, 2026 1:53 pm

“… in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against [their opposition].”

Users. Like Tucker. Like Candance. Lake all the people who are willing to make freakshows out of themselves at the cost of our republic.

StanH
StanH
March 27, 2026 2:10 pm

At first it’s a trickle, then a torrent.

It’s a start.

MAGA!

magadonian03
magadonian03
March 27, 2026 2:12 pm

Profile in courage: Tulsi Gabbard

mymotherthecar
mymotherthecar
March 27, 2026 2:34 pm

At what point do elected officials lose their immunity? (Might make for a great ballot measure.) May they be sued into oblivion.

Why don’t we, since the gop won’t, get better measures on ballots in all 50 State’s? It is up to ourselves to get this done.

We could start with

No humanuar
No $ for non citizens
No cameras in business’s
Must pay 100% of $ earned from a individuals data.
DOGE each State.

(Relying on the Gov to end corruption is not a good idea.)

PS Make land lines great again!

casualita
casualita
March 27, 2026 3:10 pm

“narrative” is a euphemism for lie.

TLHoward.
TLHoward.
March 27, 2026 3:32 pm

Once they knew we didn’t crush nuclear capability of Iran, Trump, realizing whoever comes behind him might never confront Iran, had to act. I would have hated him if he hasn’t, wouldn’t YOU???

Do you want an Iran full of missiles that can travel even further than the ones we’ve destroyed, a cache of uranium much larger than what we buried last time out?

Is that what you want left to kill your kids and grandkids or to subjugate, imprison them?

Lisa32686
Lisa32686
March 27, 2026 3:39 pm

Blessings to Sundance & Tulsi!
Xoxox 😇😇👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻

History Lover
History Lover
March 27, 2026 3:57 pm

Dilley strikes me as being in either #1 or #2 of those three groups. I really hope he isn’t in group three.

RedTXDawn
RedTXDawn
March 27, 2026 3:57 pm

Congratulations Sundance! No risk, no reward, glad you’ve taken the risk! Thank You🇺🇸

badger52
badger52
March 27, 2026 3:58 pm

Tulsi sees and reads the water. She sees where to guide the board.
I will continue to pray for her physical safety.

Bubby
Bubby
March 27, 2026 4:10 pm

If the IC wants to get rid of someone like President Trump or one of us they will use the corrupt DC District Court to assist in prosecuting false charges and jailing the target without a concern like they did to the J6ers! Unlike us President Trump was a billionaire and could afford to legally take on the Feds and their limitless resources aka our tax money!!! He did and he won!!! So President Trump was able to withstand the Federal illegal Judicial assault!

If that doesn’t work the IC in collusion with the DOJ/DC District Court will send a FBI hit squad on an early morning no knock warrant raid hoping the homeowner believes they’re being involved in a home invasion and will arm themselves giving the FBI the opportunity to take them out. Remember the Mar-a-Logo warrant authorized the use of deadly force!!! PTL President Trump wasn’t there!!! Sounds cynical but then I am!!!

jane
jane
March 27, 2026 4:27 pm

I’m scared all right. In three years all the MAGA stars in the Trump admin disappear. Gabbard, Zelden, Hegseth, Bessent, etc.

srs
srs
March 27, 2026 4:34 pm

I have gained a tremendous amount of respect for Tulsi Gabbard.

I do worry at times how far they might go to try and derail what she’s doing.

At some point, enough gets exposed that nothing they do can put it back in the box.

iwasthere
iwasthere
March 27, 2026 4:34 pm

Hopefully McCrystal will fail just like he did in Afghanistan.

L.E. Joiner
March 27, 2026 4:38 pm

Reporter Lee Smith says of Tulsi Gabbard that “her priority is not to advance the president’s Iran policy, but rather to undermine it”:

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/joe-kent-out-tulsi-gabbard-next

Are you saying Lee Smith is attempting to sabotage what TG is doing to bring sunshine into IC darkness? Is she against the President’s Iran policy?

Mrs.Feeling
Mrs.Feeling
March 27, 2026 7:20 pm
Reply to  L.E. Joiner

This was posted a few days ago.
Sundance reminded us of the actions Tulsi has taken, MAGA all the way and under threatening conditions.
And not to focus on some statements that may be taken out of context by a reporter.

Ma Kettle
Ma Kettle
March 27, 2026 4:40 pm

So, what exactly are the motives of those who want to undermine Tulsi Gabbard? These individuals are controlled by self will.

We are out here being spoon fed and micromanaged information at such a deceitful level, that the whole six ways by Sunday is just an exercise in desensitization for subliminal obedience.

But the closer some are to the truth, they are able to see what only a handful out of the millions can ever comprehend. The other hundreds of millions are lulled nicely and put to bed into a trance of the deceivers making and design, with a life of distraction, vice and intellectual laziness. And maybe the truth seers are just out here busy leading GOD fearing lives of love and spiritual growth with family and friends.

The armor against all those involved in this controlling game of make pretend is F.A.I.T.H. Not faith in the fact it’s going to get better and they will see the evil of their ways and change because that’s never going to happen. GOD isn’t going to strike them dead or change them in any way against their own free will to make the world better either. And since we are so worthless in their eyes, so as to ever hope to correct them ourselves, what does it boil down to in the end? Let me know, otherwise, I’m still learning, but supernatural faith, a gift from God.

I believe deeply they believe, that what motivates them is exactly what motivates us pretty much. I think I’m right and so do they. But I do not define myself politically. And they do. And only one of us is right in the end that truly matters. I mean REALLY matters. And only time will tell.

Using your faith to see human behavior through the eyes of GOD, as instructed to us, to learn about, very much aided by that great big holy book gives your soul a life of consciousness of truth, but only as far as you never think you are smarter than it, graduated from it or better than others for knowing it. Very important keys to heaven, I’m thinking.

So the simple answer to Sundances question about motivation for the bad actors involved is that in the absence of GOD in their lives, faithlessness emboldened their propensity to sin greater and greater. NO GOD, NO HEART. NO CONSCIENCE. Certainly NO RULES. NO COMMANDMENTS. No compass, no guide, no direction. Just willful sinfulness that adds nothing good society but everything bad. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, littered by bullies of every race, religion, generation and political alignment.

Simply put, the third person killed the fourth person not long after the departure from Paradise. And the beat goes on.

How do you serve in the preservation of truth and justice? That’s the compass, the guide, and only the truth of a person’s character and soul.

CountryClassVulgarian
CountryClassVulgarian
March 27, 2026 5:23 pm

“Last point, the current “Trump supporters” who try to undermine ODNI Tulsi Gabbard are either: (1) brutally naïve, (2) easily manipulated, or (3) working intentionally to retain the Intelligence Community control system that DNI Gabbard is dutifully deconstructingA shockingly large number of popular voices are part of group three.”

I’ll take all of the above, Alex.

Pe7rot Conservative6
Pe7rot Conservative6
March 27, 2026 5:40 pm

Aside #1: an Insider mentioned how many CIA agents are wealthy. True?

Aside #2: how has Ratcliffe remained uncorrupted?

Rob
Rob
March 27, 2026 5:59 pm

Lee Smith’s turn has been the most surprising.

maxxheadroom777
maxxheadroom777
March 27, 2026 6:08 pm

Why is PDJT playing ball with these creeps? They hate him as much as he says he hates them.

If Mr. President Trump determined for the remainder of this term to dismantle the corrupt intelligence community and restore clean accurate no-nonsense elections–city-county-state-&-federal–he would go down in history for sure as the man who saved the Constitutional Republic of The United States of America. Hands-down. No-doubt. So why not?

Barb
Barb
March 28, 2026 9:04 am

Once burned twice learned. President Trump is doing the things he can do, the hard things for us and for the future. It’s the Brer Rabbit tar baby he’s avoiding being pulled into. Focus focus focus. Thank you President Trump for not trying to swallow the ocean and thereby drowning in *good intentions!*!

maxxheadroom777
maxxheadroom777
March 28, 2026 12:38 pm
Reply to  Barb

Six months’ worth of those huge campaign style rallies to focus on clean elections–city-county-state-federal–would probably do away with most of the corrupt bureaucrats and make the ones remaining behave. How? By electing Representatives and Senators who are focused on the Will of The People who elected them, not the lobbyists and special interests. Crooked elections are THE problem at the root of all the other problems in U.S. government. Rally-rally-rally May thru October and see what a difference 6 months can make.

Constant Peg
Constant Peg
March 27, 2026 6:14 pm

Talking of the, ’Conservative’ influencers, it’s interesting how many have been outed as anything but, almost seems to me that Team Trump are deliberately stripping away these parasitical entities in preparation for something. In the last administration they were left largely untouched and although used to support the last campaign were clearly being identified as DS vectors for disruptive attacks, designed to weaken and fragment the base.

Montbellver
Montbellver
March 27, 2026 6:15 pm

Sunlight is the best disinfectant! Thank you Sundance for your perseverance in not only hopping in rabbit holes but patiently explaining!