When it comes to professional media men who wear pussy hats and practice pearl-clutching as an artform, no one is better at the subtle intricacies than Jake Tapper.
In this interview, the CNN host asked Secretary Anthony Blinken why the U.S refused to condemn Elon Musk after it was discovered that Musk ordered the Starlink satellite system taken offline to stop Ukraine from attacking Russian ships. Jake is furious, very angry, and he is not happy with the response from Secretary Blinken.
With the BRICS alliance expanding, seven members of the previously existing G20 trade group are now members of the BRICS group. The influence of the G20 is diminishing and the BRICS group is gaining strength. This is the context for the modern era geopolitical dynamic that is taking place.
The G20 is ideologically anchored by the U.S. and EU as part of the western alliance. However, the BRICS group have started to cleave away from the “western worldview” specifically on the issue of energy development. We have talked about this dynamic quite a bit.
As a result of the increased influence of the BRICS group, specifically as an outcome of the U.S, EU and Australian weakening as a result of fundamentally changing their energy use at the altar of climate change, the western alliance is losing economic strength, and the BRICS team are gaining strength. The addition of Saudi Arabia to the BRICS team has boosted the BRICS control of traditional energy products.
The global shift in power is happening very fast as the climate change agenda is pushed by the U.S, EU and Canada. Issues that impact the G20 are no longer unilaterally controlled by a singular worldview. Now inside the G20 there are competing interests as a global realignment takes shape.
Within this dynamic, the attendees of the G20 summit were unable to construct a joint declaration that condemns Russia’s activity in Ukraine. Instead, the group had to modify their language to get all of the G20 nations, including Russia, to agree to the statement. China, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Argentina are in alignment with the worldview of Russia. Although the Russia allies dislike the hostilities, there is a general understanding that Russia was being threatened by the U.S. pushing NATO expansion. Actions have consequences, and the leadership of the BRICS+ group align sympathetically with the justification that Russia presented.
With the latest poll in Iowa showing President Trump with a commanding 51/14 lead over Ron DeSantis, the people in control of the DeSantis operation are now lowering the bar to say a second-place finish is good enough to continue.
Team DeSantis has essentially camped out in Iowa for the past several weeks, pulling all their resources from other states as the polling for their candidate has consistently gotten worse.
The goal of reboot 4.0 was to focus heavily on Iowa and to a lesser extent New Hampshire. However, after weeks of campaigning in Iowa, the polling has only gone backward. DeSantis has lost half the support he originally carried as the Florida Governor tours the state.
(Politico) – […] “We believe it’s already a two-person race,” a top DeSantis campaign official granted anonymity to discuss strategy told POLITICO. “But the reality is, on the ballot there are other choices, and our goal is to get this down to a two-person race on the ballot, especially as we head into South Carolina and beyond into March.”
Speaking ahead of DeSantis’ weekend trip to Iowa, the official said “a strong second-place showing gives us an opportunity to go in[to] New Hampshire and show success.”
Expectations-setting is a tried and true element of every campaign, and DeSantis’ team remains bullish about his ability to make up ground. But coming four months before the first votes are cast in Iowa, the sentiments from the DeSantis campaign official reflect the yawning gap that’s emerged between the Florida governor and former President Donald Trump in both national and Iowa polls.
DeSantis’ operation has looked to Iowa as a springboard. Shortly before the first primary debate, the head of his allied super PAC, Never Back Down, privately told donors that they anticipated a win in the state. (read more)
With the increased desperation and the retreat of big donors, the DeSantis operation really needs the Bush network to step up big for the Fox Business Debate scheduled this month at the Reagan Library in California. Dana Perino has moved into position.
After declaring a “Local Health Emergency” to ban the carrying of firearms in/around Alburquerque, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham explains her position by saying the rights of crime victims supersede the constitutional rights of all New Mexico citizens. Victimhood defines the constitution now.
Additionally, the Democrat Governor announced that her oath to uphold the constitution is not absolute. {Direct Rumble Link} WATCH:
I guess an argument could be made that we should all be getting used to the insanity that surrounds the Democrat worldview, but this is just remarkable in the extreme. This is a test for the people in New Mexico. It will be interesting to see how the citizens react.
The first discussion of this moment appeared on Twitter, where several people were caught off guard by how President Trump seemed to become emotional as he discussed our great nation and the damage that is being done to it. From Twitter, the video segment started to be shared and quickly became viral.
After eight continuous years of constant attacks, simply because President Trump demands we put America First, the recap of his speech focusing on how great our nation really can be started to hit a core nerve in the otherwise indefatigable candidate. The American people know how much Donald J. Trump loves this country, and watching the man in the arena fight for all of us is something quite remarkable, and yes, emotional.
We have all experienced that moment, it comes from deep inside, that moment when the knot we keep buried begins to surface. That moment when we look away from the face in front of us…. that moment when the callouses we have developed on the inside start to fail… We all know this feeling, this moment… WATCH [6:00:49 Prompted]:
President Trump has something behind him, something holding him in the gap. He has the power and favor of the purest truth around him, and he has the support of a grateful nation.
Massive numbers of Americans, far more than the corrupt system operators would like to admit, are standing with President Trump as our gloriously imperfect vessel to destroy all their schemes.
It is the most remarkable moment in history as one man stands the gap and fearlessly faces down the combined effort of decades of political corruption.
It truly is inspiring.
As we discussed yesterday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem appeared in Rapid City to introduce Donald Trump during the rally. Governor Noem delivers her full-throated endorsement for President Trump. WATCH:
Interesting subtext from Politico to fill in some additional information. “Noem has a warm relationship with the former president, not to mention a direct line to him. Corey Lewandowksi, Trump’s first campaign manager who has had an on-again, off-again role in advising Noem, will be on the plane to Rapid City with Trump on Friday at the former president’s request, he told POLITICO.”
Add the Lewandowski element to the overall analysis and data. {Go Deep} Lewandowski has some zipper problems, but he’s otherwise pretty astute to the schemes in the background. It’s interesting that President Trump would want to hear from Lewandowski ahead of Noem, and bring him along to the rally.
This is one of those judicial court rulings that needs to be bookmarked because the judicial panel outlines exactly what the Biden administration and Govt officials did, in their blatant violations of the First Amendment. [SEE pdf HERE]
The Fifth Circuit court of appeals outlines how the Biden administration totally violated the first amendment, by forcing and coercing social media and other organizations to ban speech, block opinion and censor information they determined was against their interests. Any time a progressive democrat claims their leadership would not destroy this nation, simply put the appellate court ruling back in front of their face and walk away.
The panel decision modified the injunction against federal officials to now read:
Defendants, and their employees and agents, shall take no actions, formal or informal, directly or indirectly, to coerce or significantly encourage social-media companies to remove, delete, suppress, or reduce, including through altering their algorithms, posted social-media content containing protected free speech. That includes, but is not limited to, compelling the platforms to act, such as by intimating that some form of punishment will follow a failure to comply with any request, or supervising, directing, or otherwise meaningfully controlling the social-media companies’ decision-making processes.
At the government’s request, the Fifth Circuit stayed the order for 10 days to give the government time to petition for a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court. Almost like bait, the Fifth Circuit is seemingly hoping the insufferable & ideological Lawfare operatives in the DOJ will take this decision higher.
This, THIS RIGHT THE F**K HERE, is exactly what you, me, and everyone with a logical brain was talking about back in 2020 and 2021 when the various state governors were using “Public Health Emergency” declarations to rule by unilateral fiat and remove constitutional and legislatively enacted rights.
THIS STORY, happening right now in Alburquerque, is a direct and specific outcome of NOT PUSHING BACK in ’20/’21 and allowing governors to take control without legislative approvals. The governor has just declared gun possession unlawful, under the auspices of a Public Health Emergency.”
Folks, they are testing the waters, and there needs to be an immediate lawsuit and injunction.
(Via AP) – ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of gun violence.
The Democratic governor said she is expecting legal challenges but felt compelled to act in response to gun deaths, including the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.
Tonight President Trump is holding a rally in Rapid City, South Dakota and it is widely anticipated that Governor Kristi Noem will endorse him for the 2024 nomination. Livestream Links Below. President Trump’s scheduled remarks will happen sometime around 7 to 8pm Eastern.
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The Ron DeSantis and Jeff Roe strategy was pretty simple. Push all other states to lower concentration and focus extremely hard on Iowa. All resources were shifted into Iowa for Ron DeSantis and the Florida governor almost moved his entire family there to campaign heavily. DeSantis has promised to campaign in every one of the 99 counties in Iowa.
That said, a weird thing keeps happening. The more that voters are exposed to Ron DeSantis, the more they pull away from supporting him.
This is something I shared last year when I said DeSantis was going to run this year.
The issue is honesty and authenticity, DeSantis has neither. As you read this Ron DeSantis is trying out the latest control script against Trump by saying he would have done a better job in the spring of 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic, and he would have fired all of the NIH, CDC, FDA and NIAID health advisors in U.S. government, including Anthony Fauci.
The problem with that campaign talking point is that it’s pure nonsense, and every intellectually honest person knows that. DeSantis would never have done anything any different, because no one had any concept of what this COVID-19 issue was really all about. DeSantis is using hindsight and armchair quarterbacking, and that comes out as pure fakery – because it is. DeSantis has no honesty or authenticity. That’s not going to change, and Iowa voters are seeing it up close.
The latest polling from Iowa State University shows this problem in real time. [LINK] AMES, IA — Donald Trump far outpaces other Republican presidential nominees in an Iowa State University/Civiqs poll, which surveyed 1,128 registered voters from Sept. 2-7. The results are the first in a five-part, monthly poll intended to track shifting voter perspectives before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 15, 2024.