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I was watching Dan Wooton this morning who is a Royal Watcher in the U.K. He announced this morning that The Daily Mail did the research and has confirmed that The President is a direct descendant of James II of Scotland and is the 16th cousin of the King. Watch the heads explode now.
Everybody is a 16th cousin of everybody . . .
You failed to see the humor in it. What a pity.
Maybe Mike did…..
“Of course!” 🤡 Since my ancestors once immigrated from Europe, if the necessary records still existed I’m sure that I, too, would be “royal.”
I am definitely not a 16th cousin of George Floyd. Or any cousin.
By marriage, prolly.
Not everyone is a direct 5th cousin of Elvis like I am. None removed.
I am not his cousin but did see him in Vegas.
You can identify as his cousin now, this is a thing.
You might even get some benefits or a trophy- give it a whirl.
I’m so old I saw him at the Mobile County Fair in the mid 50s.
Actually, if you are a Christian and believe the Bible, which I am, we are all descendants and related to Adam and Eve!
Question. Who did Adam and Eves sons marry?
Where did they come from?
You are correct, sir!
My Sis is the family historian and genealogist.
Her research found we are close cousins to Eartha Kitt.
Not to mention the James boys.
Scary what you may find.
Oh! I Love This. The No Kings crowd will go wild.
I wonder, considering this revelation, will King Charles make President Trump a honorary peer of the Realm.😀😀
Wooton suggested The Duke of Turnberry.
👍 Perfect! I was thinking the same thing myself😂😂
Too funny.
He’s a Stewart.
If the UnGlorious Revolution were to be undone, he’d be in the line of succession somewhere. Ha ha ha ha ha.
I’m not sure I’d admit this. That family tree has no branches!
I thought all our President’s went back to Landless, including Obama, except for Van Buren? This is fascinating..
Sorry, but this popped a song into my head. Hear something on the radio once, and ten years later something makes me think “what was that song about royals? Kinda catchy.” Hah!
Does Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) fit in here, somewhere?
Kash is motivated recently, bringing the smoke.
Just keep looking until you find the underhanded financial connection between this “Governor” and the fraud. You know it’s out there – waiting to be found. “Once a scumbag, always a scumbag.”
Good job!
This bum Walz set up a anti fraud committee that cost tax payers for them to do nothing. Now the bum is trying to take credit for it.
Dan Bongino on ‘Trapping Snakes’ Inside FBI (Video)
Former Deputy Director of the FBI Dan Bongino joined Sean Hannity’s podcast, Hanging Out with Me, and discussed his time at the FBI, his cancer diagnosis, the Russia hoax, UFOs, government secrets, and more.
As for his time in the FBI, Bongino noted, “We walked into a mess. You had like, level A problems, which were like…you had to fix this right away or something’s going to go boom.”
“Then you had level B and level C. D, E, and F got handled by someone else and, you know, people out in the field and up into the DAD level. If it made it to your desk, it was like an A, B, or C problem….C is a pretty big deal.”
“But the problem is, as you’re dealing with those problems every day in the FBI, there were two FBIs trying to help you solve the A, B, and C problems, and that’s FBI 1 and FBI 2. Like, there’s two FBIs? Yes, there were two FBIs.”
“There was the FBI of like bust your ass. You know, VCAC agents, Violent Crimes Against Children, white collar agents, Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force. And some of these guys, I was just honored to be in the room. They were like, we have this TFO, Task Force Officer, down in Miami. This guy, uh, his first name’s Joe, I won’t say his last name, obviously.”
“This guy’s been on the job 38 years. You know how many violent criminals are off the street because of this guy and the agents he works with? I mean, he’s a TFO, but the agents were like that too.”
“And then you had this other FBI which were— which was populated with, to say, unfortunately, snakes is being nice.”
“And here’s the problem, Sean, it wasn’t always obvious which FBI they were in.”
Isn’t it Kashs job to figure that out and get rid of the “other FBI snakes”.?
Reevaluate, dig into their records, shake out the scum, read their social media, etc.
They are the FBI, if they can’t detect the snakes in their own house how are they going protect us???
Start over if you have to. Jeez.
I reckon so
— spit —
The shells. They got him for the shells. For all the crimes he committed, they got him for the shells.
https://tweet.com/nicksortor/status/2049186311878176996?s=20
POS was knee deep in Russiagate and the stupid shells are the hook?
Our FBI is so cool, maybe they can I.D. Comey’s fingerprints off the seashells’ photo?
I wonder if Comey the weasel ever wrote anything, anyway, anywhere that shows he referred to someone that was murdered as being 86d?
They got Al Capone for tax fraud. So what? Prison is prison.
Only if Comey has syphilis
…does someone like to play shell games…?
Another reverse UNO.
🙂
Whitmer did the same thing, I think it was a little decorative object sitting beside her in a video she made.
Calendar blocks i beleive.
Winamins keep coming!
I would hope Croatia could somehow get LNG or oil to landlocked Hungary. New pipelines?
Hungary just appointed an LGBT activist to run their education department.
Will that drive price up even more?
It creates a firm ally.
Getting one thing done was one more than Bondi! Let’s set the bar higher!!!
It takes A LOT of data collection, over time,
to assemble a good case.
[ someone could also see it as a continuation of what was started… team work … ] ; )
p.s.
given the litigious society,
‘a good case’
often lies in the eye of the judge(s).
p.s.
remember the series of ‘no standing’ or other technical verbiage / legalese,
that (temporarily) stalled multiple election integrity cases?
Mysterious!
pardon my ignorance but who is this guy?
I believe it’s the Middle Eastern “Q”, only thing missing is “2 weeks”.
Trust Abdul Sessions.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
PSA: if your car has a digital display rear view mirror with a “vanity mirror” function/feature, then it can see you.
I used to think the swamp was millions of people. Nope, it’s the same 250 people 250 times.
And most of them are married to each other just with different names so they can’t be easily connected to each other!!! That’s how the deep staters/swampers keep their spouse unrecognized to avoid discovery of rampant conflict of interests!!!
Like an incestuous pit of vipers.
Comey’s daughter thinks she is going to sue the DOJ. Can they afford two trials in the same family?
I have a system when I can use it. If anyone ever says anything negative about President Trump or this administration I block them on Twitter. They still show up, but they are red “blocked.” I maybe have unblocked one time. I mark my enemies that way. When there is a long line of them in a row, I just block all of them I can until my fingers get tired or I get bored.
Well, isn’t this fun the swamp demons being drug into the light.
They just indicted Comet a second time for his “86” photo! They need to scoop up Whitmer because she definitely had a “”86” behind her when she did a video.
This is perfect timing after the recent 86 attempt.
Wouldn’t love to have seen Comey’s face when he saw it in relation to the timing?
I can hear him saying “THAT BASTARD!!”
During his first term……..
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1317887947304280071
This is a weak case that will go nowhere. He claims he happened upon the shells on the beach. 86 is not well defined other than to get rid of. Another waste of time.
Comey was deeply complicit in the vast RICO cases against President Trump, the Machiavellian fixer, and this is it? I doubt it will impress a grand jury.
Unfortunately, each time they indict him unsuccessfully it takes a little of the weight away from his real crimes.
Maybe not…. it may depend on other evidence collected on him, not the least is the bull$#it claim that he “found it on the beach”. His lies may be used as proof of knowledge of his crime. Stay tuned.
Time for public service to end
nice catch
Lock the witch up.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/25/april-25th-2026-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-461/comment-page-1/#comment-12547368
This bothers me tremendously as a suspicious cat with all hairs standing. Anyone else notice these posts leading up to Saturday assassination attempt on this board?
By a poster Gary Cooper.
I generally believe that you can “connect” anything at all, ex post facto … 🤷♂️
The C&C morning post was a good read today…
LOVELORN FROGMEN ☙ Tuesday, April 28, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS
(Why Iran is lovelorn for a buyer; why the National Science Board is lovelorn for a chair; and why the Loveland Frogman was lovelorn for a tail. And more…)
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/lovelorn-frogmen-tuesday-april-28
From C&C article above:
Excerpt:
DOGE tried to defund the NSF. Congress gave the NSF its budget back. So Trump pulled his classic Apprentice maneuver. Just… boom. You’re fired [fired them all]. It’s a move that has left the scientific community reeling, mostly because they now have to figure out how to pay for their hummingbird diversity studies without using our wallets.
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Related article (with bias):
Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-fires-board-members-scientific-research-group.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.FmpX._03qlju8J0LY&smid=url-share&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Since Congress passed these funds maybe use them for something … scientific … within the DHS.
So China, about those rare minerals…
If it is mined carefully then I am happy for the people in the region. They deserve it.
As a reminder
FBI Probe “Arctic Haze”: James Comey used Daniel Richman to leak with the intention to trigger the appointment of a Special Counsel: Rod Rosenstein assigned Robert Mueller!
Last August, on the direction of President Trump, DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified “Arctic Haze” investigation [1] and stripped “security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence professionals who have abused the public trust by politicizing and manipulating intelligence, leaking classified intelligence without authorization, and/or committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards.” [2]
Following his firing by President Trump, Comey used Richman to leak memoranda of his meetings with Trump, sparking a media frenzy. Comey later admitted under oath that he intended these leaks to trigger the appointment of a special counsel. The strategy worked. The day after NYT citing Comey’s memo about President Trump’s request to drop Flynn investigation [3[, AAG Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as SC. [4]
[1] FBI-HJC119-SL-000001-000266_Redacted_FINAL.pdf
[2] DNI Tulsi Gabbard auf X: „Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right. Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold. In https://t.co/23DUNuVAi0“ / X
[3] Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation – The New York Times
[4] Comey, Classified Leaks, and the Media: Newly Declassified FBI Memos Reveal Coordinated Effort to Target Trump – New Heritage Community
I Ordered the Wine
A Secret Service agent took a round to the vest. The guests took the wine. A coordinating producer counts the bottles.
A champagne flute hit the floor of the International Ballroom at approximately 9:47 PM. Then a second. Then the sound that I have since been told was a 12-gauge shotgun, which from inside the ballroom sounded like a heavy door slamming in a parking garage. Then the Secret Service moved. They moved the President, the Vice President, the First Lady through the east corridor in under ninety seconds, which is protocol, which is practiced, which is the one part of the evening that worked exactly as it was designed.
Everything else was improvised.
I know this because I ordered the wine. 94 tables. Two bottles per table. 188 bottles of a Willamette Valley pinot noir that the Association selected in February after a tasting committee spent three meetings debating between Oregon and Burgundy. Oregon won. The budget was $14,200. I signed the invoice. I can tell you the vintage. I can tell you the distributor. I can tell you the per-bottle cost because I negotiated it down from $89 to $76.
What I cannot tell you is how 147 of those bottles left the building during an active shooter evacuation.
https://gothburz.substack.com/p/i-ordered-the-wine
“Cheers!” 🍷
Secretary Doug Burgum
@SecretaryBurgum
🚨 @USGS has found that the Appalachian region of the U.S. contains enough lithium to replace 328 YEARS of imports!
Cont…
What about Antimony? If there is plenty of Antimony in Newfoundland it is Greenland and maybe Maine.
Lots of antimony about to be mined in Alaska by an Australian/American company named Nova.
Plenty of others are also exploring/developing antimony assets.
Lithium is NOT in short supply. Many explorers have abandoned lithium due to influx of supply and depressed prices outlook.
e.g. there are some old shuttered gas wells that are being exploited for lithium in the brine that’s pumped into those wells. PLENTY OF LITHIUM, once the supply chain catches up in about 12-24 months.
They found lithium within igneous rocks (old volcanic activity, very hard rock) in western maine.
The exploration tools these days are amazing.
p.s.
lithium mineral is an ingredient for batteries, aerospace and medical services
p.s.
some other country just lost some long term economic leverage over the u.s.
( finding it, is one step, property ownership, mining / refining are other several steps )
The real issue with “mining” is not “finding the stuff.” The trick is to mine it economically. So that you actually make a profit once all the bills are paid.
…while also not creating an ecological mess and / or restoring foliage after (open, or underground) mining… [ which is a part of the economics, in the u.s. (but, maybe not in the c c p…) ]…
p.s.
if it was not tricky finding the stuff,
then maybe it would have been found years earlier ?
I do not know
The above post reminded me of then TN and NC had those horrendous storms, there was speculation about the ‘contents’ of the grounds and home areas that got hit with the unprecedented rain and mud slides…loss of lives and property…making the areas uninhabitable…?
I have way too much time on my hands…I recently watched the video on geoengineering.org regarding “Dimming”. and climate control..it was long, almost two hours…and since October in my IL ‘hood, there have been chem trails every day all day almost…it used to be in the mornings on Thursdays or Fridays…with rain about 36 hours later…I have even seen those trails in the sky, at like 0300, when the clouds are higher there for making them visible…
My question is this….How is there money for all that jet fuel at this time when airlines are raising prices and or cutting routes?
Funny, you stated exactly what I was thinking as I was reading that post.
Thank you for saying it. 😉
FBI raids 22 Somali-linked sites in new Minneapolis rampant fraud probe
The coordinated raids at Somali-linked businesses highlight an intensifying federal crackdown on suspected misuse of taxpayer money and deepen tensions between the Trump administration and Minnesota officials.
The investigation could expose additional criminal charges, further scrutiny of state oversight of aid programs, and renewed financial pressure on Minnesota after recent threats to withhold federal funding.
The Department of Homeland Security told Newsweek the searches targeted what it called “rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayer dollars,” though officials released few details about potential suspects or programs under review.
The Justice Department confirmed that FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents served 22 search warrants, stressing the operation was tied to fraud allegations and not immigration enforcement.
A DHS spokesperson told Newsweek, “The American people deserve to know how their taxpayer money was abused. No stone will be left unturned.”
Minnesota has previously been the focus of major federal fraud prosecutions involving public assistance programs. In earlier cases, prosecutors charged dozens of people — many of them Somali Americans — with orchestrating schemes that siphoned millions of dollars from a federal program intended to provide meals to children.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-raids-22-somali-linked-sites-in-new-minneapolis-rampant-fraud-probe/ar-AA21VWcG
From the way back machine…wisdom spoken…a young Donald Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f88CZN-639M
Ronald Reagan, famously, “saw it in him” when he shook Trump’s hand. (Reagan always was “an intuitive …”) This interviewer, maybe, saw it, too.
Because one key thing about Donald Trump’s entire personality is – when he sees something that needs doing and that ought to be done, he’s going to do it.
He earned vast amounts of money, but, unlike so very many others, he never did it for the money. He did it for the customer. And, for those who had entrusted their money to him. (Did it always work out? Of course not. But you knew to bet your bank on him.)
Want proof? Spend one night in a Trump™ hotel. “You’ll be back!”
And that’s why, when a “Lawfare prosecutor” accused him of “bank fraud,” the very bankers who he had been dealing with laughed. Would they do business with him again? “In a heartbeat!”
Dear God, what do we actually have here? An honest … billionaire?! 😱
Impedance Mismatch: (1) “DC.” (2) “Honest.”
Logical, Well-Deserved Flow: (1) “Honest.” (2) “Billionaire.”
Random Thought:
Ever notice how many of the No Kings protestors are also the “We Wuz Kings and Queens” crowd?
I’m sure you meant Kangz
may all Treepers have a relaxing good evening.
Live long & prosper.
Although this particular photo is probably “engineered,” the American desert this time of year is spectacularly beautiful. During the brief periods when the “merciless climate” is agreeable, the plants are stupendous enough to make up for all of the year.
You, as well, bjorkdream
This is a fantastic sunset.
Thank you.
Tironianae 🍊🍊 Z. – Ultra Verbum Vincet
@Tironianae
🚨 BREAKING: Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who Biden FIRED for exposing rampant DEI in the Pentagon, has just been confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary of the Air Force
WHAT A COMEBACK! 🔥
Cont…
Promises made, promises kept.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/donald-trump-kept-this-amazing-promise-to-a-loyal-serviceman/
Still waiting for my energy costs to be cut in half.
Excellent!
Eye candy.
Right on!
Oh yeah I remember him Quite a handsome guy.
Quality Learing Center…😁
https://twitter.com/RogerSunderlin/status/2049111991881433480
https://twitter.com/RogerSunderlin/status/2049111991881433480
Comey indicted again
https://www.justice.gov/
Virginia Supreme Caught refuses to block the lower court:
“We have a BREAKING NEWS update on the Virginia Gerrymandering referendum with @KenCuccinelli
as the VA Supreme Court upholds injunction halting redistricting vote certification. In simple terms, the Virginia Supreme Court has decided to keep a “pause button” pressed on the results of a recent special election that would redistrict the map while the lawyers continue to argue over whether the rules were followed correctly.”
More details….
I’m so happy. We are going to get a pert walk and mug shot of Comey.
OOoooh!!! Delicious 😀
Hope he is in chains when he is arraigned.
Give him the leg irons and waist irons like done to Peter Navarro!
But…it was by the book…
Too bad the warrant has nothing to do with his coup d’etat role!
The warrant stems from his arrogant and therefore stupid 86-47 (Kill #47, i.e. President TRUMP) picture on his social media accounts.
“A threat to kill the president of the United States.”
Maybe the warrants for the attempted coup d’etat will be coming! (?)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/breaking-arrest-warrant-issued-james-comey-read-indictment
Wisconsin teacher placed on leave after social media post advocating to ‘make Americans great assassins again’
A Wisconsin teacher was placed on leave following controversial comments in which he said he was “not impressed with recent presidential assassins.”
Kaukauna High School social studies teacher Patrick Meyer suggested that the four men who successfully assassinated a U.S. president — John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and, Lee Harvey Oswald — must be rolling over in their graves after recent failed attempts to kill a president.
“I am not impressed with recent presidential assassins. It’s f—ing embarrassing! Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald must all be spinning in their graves! MAGAA (make Americans great assassins again)! Sad!” Meyer said in a since-deleted post on X, appearing to mock President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again, or MAGA, slogan.
The Kaukauna Area School District released a statement on Monday saying it had been made aware of the post and that Meyer, who has worked as a teacher in the district for more than 20 years, had been placed on administrative leave.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wisconsin-teacher-placed-on-leave-after-social-media-post-advocating-to-make-americans-great-assassins-again/ar-AA21RWrj
“Teacher! … Leave those kids alone!”
For you young ‘uns out there:
I was reading a bit today on the snip of Ilhan Omar reading World War “eleven” for II. The standard bull crap news taking up for her was it wasn’t a substantive error because she quickly said a few seconds later, “oh, I meant 2”.
Actually, no, noone when reading World War II would ever say eleven even if the I’s looked like eleven. And especially from her several phrase lead up to it of internment, etc. You either know it as second nature or you don’t, she didn’t.
In the event that ABC does not cancel Jimmy Kimmel’s show and the Disney Corporation backs up ABC in that and everyone just forgets about it and nothing happens to Jimmy Kimmel’s show for his weird comment about the lovely Melania being an “expectant widow” and he continues on, dispensing drivel and nonsense and his weird, evil idea of “humor” without any harm to his career or his show maybe that’s a GOOD THING to remind everyone not to bother watching anything on ABC or any Disney channel presentations.
Furthermore, as the weeks and months go by, Jimmy Kimmel blathering on, the fortunes of the Disney Corporation begin to crater as an inexplicable absence of customers for Disney products becomes apparent. Masses of people cancel Disney cruises and they just don’t show up at any of the Disney parks. They don’t want to buy any homes in Disney residential developments.
As the shareholders begin getting rid of their stock and the ticker moves downward, the executives are still clueless and Jimmy Kimmel continues on with much merriment as he churns out more garbage to pollute the atmosphere, laughing at his own jokes all the way to the bank, until finally – poof! – there is no ABC and no Disney Corporation!
even made his own noose, as I recall
even bought his own sammich!
Catherine Herridge
@C__Herridge
Consciousness of Guilt Behavior: If the @comey case gets as far as discovery, his contemporaneous texts, emails and other communications will likely reveal his intent and unfiltered response to the public backlash over his Instagram post.
Comey took down the Instagram post the same day, claiming he believed “8647” was political speech, not associated with violence.
Cont….
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 HOLY CRAP. A DEVASTATING line of questioning from Rep. Brandon Gill totally exposes abortionists for who they are
Cont and video linked…
…it is uncomfortable for p p p so called intellectual$, to talk about what they do to innocent children…
(… 3 minutes of truth …. out of 50 years … )
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles now has an official X account:
for those not on X it says
“I’m joining X to share occassional updates about the work we do at the White House. We are relentlessly focusing on advancing President Trump’s agenda and delivering on promises to the American people. I welcome different viewpoints. Follow along for insights and information.”
Not on X so thank you.
THIS SAYS IT ALL
“The United States strenuously objected on Monday when the United Nations gave Iran a vice-presidential role in a month-long conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).”
UN competing with NATO for the title “Most Clueless and Useless Organization.”
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/04/28/u-n-gives-iran-seat-nuclear-non-proliferation-panel/
In another PA Court Case….
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Keystone Victory
@KeystoneVictory
🚨BREAKING: In a massive win for election integrity and transparency, the PA Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that cast vote records (CVRs) are indeed PUBLIC RECORDS!!
Cont…
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 OMG. Ugandan Mayor Mamdani just stunned New Yorkers by all but ADMITTING DEFEAT, begging for a state bailout due to the budget crisis
He’s also DELAYING the city budget
“We need new revenue!” 🤡
You got SWINDLED, NYC!
He can’t pay for free sht!
Video linked….
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Related article:
‘Crisis of historic magnitude’: Mamdani says State should help with multi-billion budget gap
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mamdani-state-help-new-york-city-multi-billion-budget-gap/6495407/?
The spoiled narcissist ruins the city, blames everyone else then wants those he hates to bail him out.
NO.
Hmm, I seem to remember some posters here claiming that he was the new way forward, and we oldie critics just didn’t get the way the young people wanted something fresh. Well, they got something fresh, and steaming and stinking, not new, just the same crap all the other people got when they embraced Communist ideology.
We see this problem right across the West. Free stuff available – we just need the rich to pay more. Well New York, you voted for an idiot because you too are idiots. Nothing in life is free, and the rich can always take their money and leave. SMH how gullible people are.
WOW
Pres and King and ladies are just entering the ballroom for tonight’s dinner
First Lady Melania in a KNOCKOUT gown with a sideswept upper panel
WOW
A must see
(did I remember to say wow?)
What’s Charles One-e-lev-en having for dinner?
Hopefully not Schumerburgers.
LOL!
Rep. Omar was just saying…how popular a name for a King…Charles has been…since we have already had 110 before the current one!!!
😂 🤣 😂
Ken Silva
@JD_Cashless
The SPLC disclosed today that it’s former informant “F-9”–who was a member of the National Alliance and worked for the SPLC for 20 years–has now flipped and is a witness for the DOJ.
Cont…
SD et al: There’s more but here’s a partial transcript of the Jackie Heinrich interiew Sunday. T covered just about every topic highlighted here in last 15 years.
Here’s a snip it
During the April 26 phone interview, the discussion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) became a central topic as President Trump used the shooting at the WHCA dinner to advocate for the reauthorization of Section 702, which was set to expire the following Thursday.
Here are the specific parts of the conversation regarding FISA:
The Argument for ReauthorizationJacqui Heinrich initiated the topic by asking if the shooting—carried out by suspect Cole Tomas Allen—drove home “the importance of having these tools to protect our country.” Trump responded by linking the incident to the need for “clean” reauthorization (meaning renewal without additional privacy reforms).
Historical GrievancesWhile pushing for its current use, Trump reiterated his long-standing complaints about how the tool had been used in the past. He specifically mentioned:
Privacy vs. SecurityTrump suggested that Americans should be willing to trade certain liberties for the “safety of our nation,” a notable shift from some of his earlier rhetoric. This stance put him at odds with some conservative lawmakers in Congress who were pushing for warrants to be required before searching Americans’ data within the FISA database.
Connection to the ShootingTrump wasted no time in framing the shooting outside the Washington Hilton as proof that “far-reaching government surveillance powers” are a mechanical necessity. He argued that to prevent such attacks, intelligence agencies need the broad reach provided by Section 702.
(Also his case for claiming consequential status)
President Trump: “Really, if you’re a consequential president, you’re in much more danger than if you’re not a consequential president.”
I haven’t been able to get a full transcript but he touched on a few other treehouse frequent topics
additionally Jackie talked and was heard by POTUS on the different elements of what is actually up for FISA review and what is law not needing renewal.
More than two hundred years ago, our Founders were wise when they created the “Bill of Rights.”
I flatly(!) disagree with the President that “the protection of the Country” is, somehow, a justifiable reason to defy these fundamental principles. Because they are not.
A “country” actually consists of “its citizens.” Yes, “an incoherent bunch of misfits!” But protection of these citizens must start … and end … with “these citizens.” On their own terms. In their own homes.
“That(!) was our Founder’s wisdom.”
It seems China tried to pull a stunt regarding the Panama Canal by threatening the economic security of the nation of Panama and this joint statement has been released by the State Dept:
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/joint-statement-in-support-of-panamas-sovereignty-between-the-united-states-of-america-bolivia-costa-rica-guyana-paraguay-and-trinidad-and-tobago/
It is a link to the text of a statement that was jointly released today by the govertnments of the United States of America, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago. Basically acknowledging anything to threaten the security of our hemisphere is non-negotiable by the nations in this hemisphere to support each other, in this case, Panama
Q STORM RIDER
@_Qstormrider
🚨 BREAKING: In a stunning vindication of President Trump’s tariff strategy, American tomato farmers are seeing the positive benefits of tariffing Mexican tomatoes.
Cont and Video linked….
Roy K. Altman
@RoyKAltman
For the first time in history, the Arab Gulf states saw and recognized and made clear in public what they had been making clear in many instances in private, which is that there is only one evil destabilizing regime in the Middle East, and it’s not the Jewish state.
It’s another Muslim country, an evil regime in Tehran that must be dealt with.
And they, not just the UAE, but Saudi Arabian, Bahrain, and even Oman, are in talks with Israel to pipe oil away from the Strait of Hormuz, Bahrain, Kuwait as well, up to Israel, a revolutionary game changer that would change the face of the Middle East perhaps forever, linking Israel through oil and natural gas production in the Gulf states.
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Hany Girgis
@SanDiegoKnight
🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ just sued Cloudera for rigging high-paying tech jobs against American workers.
They created a fake internal email that bounced every U.S. applicant’s resume …then claimed “no qualified Americans applied” to fast-track foreign visa holders for green cards.
This is deliberate discrimination, plain and simple.
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Civil Rights Division Sues Cloudera for Excluding U.S. Workers from Applying to High-Paying Technology Jobs
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/civil-rights-division-sues-cloudera-excluding-us-workers-applying-high-paying-technology
I’ve been impressed with the aggressiveness of the DOJ since Blondie got the boot.
Overton
@overton_news
He just put the Deep State on notice.
Dan Bongino says he and Kash Patel made so many important changes at the FBI that whoever comes in next and tries to reverse them will leave a massive paper trail.
He then dropped a major hint for what’s coming:
“That Comey indictment, if you think that was the end, you’re out of your mind.”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran….
@DOJ, check out this A-hole’s performances of the iconic Hendrix song, “Hey Joe”, in which he invariably rants about President Trump. I once observed him do it at Prospect Park in Portsmouth, NH several years ago, and walked out, probably the only person in the crowd who objected.
“Free Speech,” or incitement to political violence?
“Hey Steve Earle, where are you going with that guitar in your hand?”