Tonight, President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the CPAC 2022 conference in Florida. {Direct CPAC LINK HERE}
The address is anticipated to start at 7:00pm Eastern. RSBN Direct Rumble LINK
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It seems like a small indicator, but Republican Nick Howland flipped a Jacksonville City Council seat in a special election seen as a “big test” for both parties in Duval County, Florida. Democrats had held the swing seat for the last two elections and lost it this time by four points.
If the Communist Democrats had won the seat, it would have led the newswires at CNN and MSNBC. Alas, they have a case of the sads.
Former Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortes hits the center bullseye with this explanation of what is currently taking place. {Direct Rumble Link}
As Cortes outlines, the massive inflation, massive gas prices, massive economic pain for the middle class are all directly an outcome of Joe Biden energy policy, economic policy and congressional spending/mismanagement. WATCH:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exhibits the classic pathological traits of an abuser, refusing to allow his victims to question his authority. It really is quite remarkable, and we are not saying that in the figurative sense, we mean it literally. Think of an abusing spouse who is finally confronted by his victim after their family intervenes to confront the situation. The parallels of the dynamic are remarkable in the context of Trudeau’s effort.
During his public remarks earlier today when addressing his victims, Trudeau takes the classic abuser stance and claims outside influences have poisoned their minds and provided “misinformation and disinformation” against him and his government. He demands that members of Parliament respond to the victim’s protests against his authority by supporting his need for more powerful tools against anyone who would challenge him. The Canadian government must keep their victims isolated and weak.
All of Trudeau’s heavily ideological remarks are couched with passive aggressive tones and linguistics. He claims it is not his fault the people rose up in protest to challenge his unilateral COVID mandates; however, now that they have, the government must punish them as a result of their challenge in order to restore the peace that he provides. The remarks are classic abuser obfuscations. WATCH (prompted 2:30):
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Psychologically, this is a profoundly unstable and insecure little man who is filled with fear. This type of personality disorder needs a very small echo-chamber of sycophants to remain mentally and emotionally functional.
If individual members of his government or the stenographers in the Canadian media start to question him critically, he will collapse very quickly.
Taking a page from the J6 playbook, today interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell confirmed that local, provincial and federal law enforcement will use the intelligence they have gathered to target and arrest any Canadian citizen who supported any of the protests.
From the outset, the nervousness, agitation, breathing and body language of Steve Bell reflects a highly agitated person who is barely able to retain his anger. If you’ve ever been close to an angry person as their central nervous system starts to overload, there is a physical rage that starts to surface as twitchiness, shaking and fidgeting. Timing the moment of their explosion then becomes important. Bell shows all those indicators of rage instability in this presser.
Bell noted cameras, photographs, video surveillance and geolocation systems will be used to assemble information on all the attendees to the protests, and anyone who came into the areas will be hunted by law enforcement for many months and years that follow in order to prosecute and arrest them for non-compliance. His visibly unstable remarks seem intended to create fear and anxiety purposefully in the Canadian people. WATCH (prompted):
Within the presser, Steve Bell said 47 arrests were made Saturday bringing the total arrests to 170. Police added helmets and batons to their gear on Saturday, as they faced a “barrage of resistance, shoving and vitriol.” Bell says the officers have shown “unparalleled discipline, restraint and the utmost professionalism” in the face of “aggressive” behavior from the protesters. Asked about an incident that occurred on Friday with police mounted on horses, Bell said, “There were two members of the protesters who did collide with the horses, they fell down, they immediately got back up and started again to engage in their protest and demonstration activity.”
NOTE: before getting to the heart of the biggest headline, I just want to note that when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks in French, she says things she never repeats in English. The French language Canadian audience hear a much stronger declaration in the framework of government action, including language that says, “The Canadian government, and the heart of Canadian democracy is directly being attacked by foreign groups.” Freeland does not say this in English, only in her French delivery.
During her prepared remarks today, a very happy Canadian Finance Minister declared that federal law enforcement (RCMP) has begun working with financial institutions to de-bank Canadian citizens, cancel insurance policies, remove access to credit cards, cancel mortgages and freeze the assets of Canadian citizens. When you watch the segment highlighted below, keep in mind the RCMP is the Canadian equivalent of the FBI.
When asked specifically about Canadian citizens who donated to crowdfunding platforms GiveSendGo and GoFundMe, and whether those people will be targeted under the Emergency Act, Minister Freeland giddily affirmed those people are the actual targets, and the de-banking of those individuals is underway. This includes the seizure of digital currency and crypto-wallets.
In the earlier part of her remarks, Freeland noted that social media posts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc.) are being used as evidence against the targeted names identified within the donor lists. Tech platforms have provided people to work with Canadian federal officials, as they identify and cross-reference the donor files to their social media identities. WATCH:
Again, not a word about the coronavirus, covid mandates, or government action related to the pandemic. The totality of the Trudeau administration effort is in weaponizing a narrative of protests against the government to achieve a raw and brutal power grab. The Emergency Act is being used as a tool for political power.
Quite remarkable how openly they admit what they are doing.
Let us speak clearly and concisely about what is happening in the macro housing market. Today, the Commerce Department announced an unexpected drop in U.S. housing starts. However, the rates of permit applications for future building remains strong. So, what’s going on?
First the report:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in January as many parts of the country experienced freezing temperatures, but a surge in permits suggested a rebound in the coming months was likely amid a severe shortage of homes on the market.
Housing starts dropped 4.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.638 million units last month, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. […] Single-family building permits surged 6.8% to a rate of 1.205 million units. The supply of previously owned homes on the market is at record lows, which should keep builders busy. (more)
Inflation is crushing the middle class. The current housing market and real estate, overall, is being kept hot by institutional investors – Wall Street firms who shifted from paper assets to hard assets approximately 14 months ago. The macro housing market, and the financial mortage market that underpins home sales, is now a massive hedge system.
On a macro level, traditional real estate market dynamics are no longer the biggest factor. As overall inflation hits the middle class disproportionately, single family home sales are now back to being part of a betting system within the investment divisions of major banks and financial houses; only this time, they are not using the bond market or mortgage backed securities. They are using physical control over the hard asset itself.
Kraft-Heinz has announced the next wave of anticipated inflationary prices for their products. The announcement, and the timeline they provide for the price increases, is exactly in line with our prior estimations.
Prior CTH outlines on the path of inflation for this specific company are HERE (Dec) and HERE (Jan). Keep in mind, depending on the size of the buyer or wholesaler, and depending on the terms of the contracts for purchase, generally speaking, terms are net payment in 30, 60 or 90 days based on 180 day contracted price agreements which include rebates to retailers.
(Reuters) […] “The company expects inflation to be in the low-teens percentage range for 2022, with higher levels in the first half than in the second, said Chief Financial Officer Paulo Basilio.” (link)
Both Proctor & Gamble and Kraft-Heinz provide the best data points to predict future retail grocery inflation. Based on their previous notifications, we can now see that Kraft is anticipating the March – July rates of increase to remain approximately where they have been (20 to 30%) and then stabilize in the last half of the year bringing the yearly average into the “low teens.” This timeline is what we predicted back in October.
The prices we will see at the grocery stores will rise again in the spring (this is the backside of the inflationary cycle), continue through mid-summer, and then price increases should likely level off at the end of summer this year. Between the price today and the price at the point of leveling is approximately a 20% increase.
Representative Kathleen Rice holds New York’s 04 congressional district. She announced today she will not be seeking reelection in 2022. Rice becomes the 30th House Democrat to announce they will not seek reelection. [Casualty List Here] Her district was not being touched by the NY redistricting. The Democrat Communists know a massive backlash is coming their way.
(New York) – Rep. Kathleen Rice (N.Y.) said Tuesday that she would not seek reelection, becoming the 30th House Democrat to announce a planned exit from the chamber ahead of what could be bruising midterm elections for their party in November.
“As I turn to the next chapter of my own personal and professional story, I do so with profound thanks to the community leaders, colleagues and staff who have lived our shared commitment to service with courage and humility,” Rice, who has represented New York’s 4th Congressional District since 2015, said in a statement.
I support this “BIG PICTURE” sentiment and delivery.
… The battle has just begun.