Fox News Host Maria Bartiromo has been one of the key media figures who has taken the time to understand the granular details behind the government surveillance operation against Donald Trump. Today she was fired up about the latest court pleadings from special counsel John Durham and she delivered a rousing introduction for her show. {Direct Rumble Link} Enjoy:
Against the latest court filings by John Durham, highlighting the tip of the political surveillance iceberg, I have been asked to re-post the deep dive into the totality of the scale of the iceberg. I will add some of the latest information into the outline to show how it all connects.
Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; instead, what they did was take the preexisting system and retool it, so the weapons only targeted one side of the political continuum.
Together they recalibrated the domestic surveillance capabilities, the internal spying systems, so that only their political opposition would be targeted. This point is where many people understandably get confused.

In the era shortly after 9/11, the DC national security apparatus was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose.
What Barack Obama and Eric Holder did with that new construct was refine the internal targeting mechanisms so that only their ideological opposition became the target of the new national security system. This is a very important nuance to understand as you dig deeper into this research outline.
Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01. DHS came along in 2002 and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the ODNI was formed. When Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived a few years later, those newly formed institutions were viewed as opportunities to create a very specific national security apparatus that would focus almost exclusively against their political opposition.
The preexisting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dept of Justice (DOJ) were then repurposed to become two of the four pillars of the domestic national security apparatus. However, this new construct would have a targeting mechanism based on political ideology. The DHS, ODNI, DOJ and FBI became the four pillars of this new institution. Atop these pillars is where you will find the Fourth Branch of Government.
President Trump reacts strongly to the vindication provided within Special Counsel John Durham’s court filing:

The vindication is good. However, unfortunately I suspect the ‘I told you so’s‘ are likely all we are going to get from John Durham.
For a reminder, see video below:
The same people who told us to appreciate saving $0.16 on our July 4th BBQs last summer are now taking the official position there is no massive food inflation. [DATA HERE]
Those skyrocketing prices you think you see at the grocery store are not real. Those announcements of forecasted price increases by the food producers, well, those are not real either. So sayeth the United States Dept of Agriculture (USDA).

In their update to the USDA pricing forecast and analysis dated January 25, 2022, the USDA claims: “2021 retail food price inflation continued at same pace as 2020 but varied among food categories.” Oh, but it gets even more stupid:
“USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) researchers project that prices for food-at-home, or food purchased typically from grocery stores or other food stores, will increase between 1.5 and 2.5 percent in 2022, lower than the 3.5-percent increase that occurred in both 2020 and 2021. Forecasts for all food categories for 2022 are available in ERS’s monthly Food Price Outlook data product, updated January 25, 2022.” (link)
If there was ever an argument that every single institution in the U.S. government was corrupt, manipulative and ideologically bent, this claim by the USDA would be a case study in the supportive evidence.
Apparently, if you are to follow the outlook of the USDA – and reconcile their institutional hypocrisy, Joe Biden increased the rate of food stamp assistance by 25 percent for some unknown reason. Because according to the Dept of Agriculture, “Retail food prices increased by a mere 3.5 percent in 2021, equal to the rate in 2020.”
3.5% ?
You just cannot make this up.
We have been tracking the issue of U.S. port congestion, supply chain crises and the White House supply chain initiatives since they first surfaced last fall. We finally have full data to review, and what we see is very disturbing. Not only was the White House supply chain effort a fraud, but they also manipulated the port system to give a false impression of the U.S. economy.
Let’s start with the latest issue.
For several weeks, we have been trying to figure out why the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), our nation’s busiest and most valuable port, had delayed their reporting for December.
Normally they update their container statistics and port efficiency/productivity results between the 10th and 15th of the month. However, this month the data was delayed by several weeks.
When we finally grew frustrated and asked the POLA about this ridiculous delay, they responded January 25th, saying: “Good morning. Data from one vessel has delayed final numbers. We plan on releasing numbers today or tomorrow.”
The POLA justification and timing seemed odd, and their explanation seemed fishy. One container ship manages to delay the entire POLA result? However, this morning after checking and seeing still no result we realized what was going on.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the U.S. 4th Quarter GDP result (link). The value of imported goods is a deduction to the U.S. GDP. If the biggest port in the U.S. holds back their import cargo data, the resulting information cannot be deducted from the GDP. Missing data gives an artificial outlook for the GDP. Put another way, the 4th quarter GDP is inflated by the missing deduction.
From the position of the Biden administration, there is a perverse economic motive to keep all those import cargo ships from arriving.
Would the Port of Los Angeles intentionally hold back data in order to help the White House give a false and more optimistic impression of the U.S. economy? At first blush it might seem a stretch, but then – as if on cue – a few hours after the BEA made the public release, suddenly the Port of Los Angeles released their December data. In politics timing is never coincidental.
A Gallup news survey [DATA HERE] indicates that eight out of ten Americans expect higher prices and continued rising inflation, as the working class can see the through the smoke and mirrors of the Biden economy.
Overall, there are multiple datapoints that show the economic quagmire that is taking place right now. Gasoline continues to rise in price, as oil costs continue to skyrocket as an outcome of Biden energy policy. Food store prices have only just begun to show the higher prices that are built into the replenishment process.
Newly arriving goods overall are at a much higher price that previous inventory. The 30, 60 and 90-day terms of purchase order fulfillment are now reflecting the cumulative cost increases at every stage in the supply chain. Inbound prices to retail are still climbing. This is an economic quagmire created by inflation that cannot be avoided.
Fuel, food, home energy and home prices overall are rising. As a result, durable good spending has contracted. CTH has pointed out this dynamic for almost five months; however, the actual data is difficult to extract, because the scale of government spending in 2021 has clouded all of the economic indicators.
The official government inflation statistics at 7 to 9% do not accurately reflect the real inflation being felt by consumers, which is in the 25 to 40 percent range for highly consumable products. If you look around your local community, it is not difficult to see that working class Americans have modified all of their spending priorities to deal with the food, energy and housing inflation that cannot be avoided.
Look carefully at this tweet from Catherine Herridge at CBS. Notice anything?

Emphasis mine:
“#Durham filing reveals his team learned for first time, this month, the Office of the Inspector General had TWO cellphones for former FBI General Counsel who is central witness in Sussmann case, “the Government has been working diligently to review their contents.””
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has known about the Durham probe of Michael Sussmann for how long? And specifically, the criminal case against Sussmann revolved around the central witness, the point of contact with former FBI General Counsel, Jim Baker. Yet the OIG said nothing to John Durham about their possession of Baker’s phones until this month?
Think about what that tells us?
Earlier today Senator Ron Johnson held a roundtable hearing with some of the most prominent medical and scientific voices against the vaccination mandate. The full 5-hour hearing video is available HERE on Rumble and posted below:
The hearing starts at 40:45 of the video: “A group of world-renowned doctors and medical experts provide a different perspective on the global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long term.”
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson moderated a panel discussion on COVID-19 today titled “COVID-19: A Second Opinion.” The roundtable discussion included a group of world-renowned doctors and medical experts to provide a “different perspective on the global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety.” [Video coming soon]
During a segment of the presentation, Attorney Thomas Renz gave testimony {Direct Rumble Link} on behalf of whistleblowers inside the medical system who have access to vaccination data that is withheld from the general public.
Mr. Renz outlined data of adverse reaction to the vaccinations including a rate of miscarriages that increased 300% over the five-year average, a rate of increased cancer over 300%, and an increase in neurological issues over 1,000 percent (from 82,000 yearly average to now 863,000 in one year with the vaccines). WATCH:
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Mr. Renz testified that all of the institutional medical establishment officials are aware of the data; however, the medical and scientific community have suppressed the adverse vaccine information in order to continue the policy of mitigating COVID-19 through vaccination.
The medical tenet of the patient consenting to health protocols after reviewing all the information, commonly referred to as “advise and consent”, was manipulated to avoid a vaccine hesitancy in the targeted population, us.
Neil Oliver notices the subtle tidal shift that seems to be happening as more and more people are realizing the unscientific government COVID regulations having very detrimental consequences.
Perhaps it is the open proclamations of the medical establishment to chase a seemingly never-ending series of booster shots. Perhaps it is the malleable definition of what it means to be vaccinated. Perhaps it is because people are seeing a greater futility in mandates; or perhaps it is because the COVID passport consequences are now being followed to their natural conclusion.
Whatever the reason, the fickle tide has changed and now many leaders are left naked to their policy. WATCH: