February 06, 2025
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Henry Ward Ranger
Henry Ward Ranger
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The Morning Report — 2/5/25 
Good morning kids. The big story this morning remains not only President Trump's Gaza plan whatever it is or whatever it might actually be and the reactions to it. First of all, regardless of whatever my personal feelings are towards the so-called "palestinian" residents of Gaza, and whatever Trump's intentions and feelings are, to forcibly or otherwise coerce/induce them to leave for other pastures, greener or otherwise, would be considered as "Ethnic cleansing" and as such from an international relations standpoint as well as a PR standpoint would be and should be considered as a non-starter. He has also suggested turning Gaza into a Riviera on the Mediterranean where the inhabitants would flourish, if only they'd give up trying to annihilate Israel. If only, if only. As many have speculated, Trump putting these schemes down and also claiming the US will own Gaza is his way of laying down an opening bid as if this were merely one of his signature deals, wherein the other side will accept perhaps something a bit less and then everyone comes out a winner. Unfortunately I think this betrays on his part a rather naive if not uninformed knowledge of the region and its history, and to me this is kind of shocking. Unless what he is hoping for is merely a reaction by enemies foreign and domestic that he can point a finger of blame at and expose the problem. Look, I love the guy and I think as far as America, Israel and our real allies are concerned he does indeed have their and our best interests at heart. But this whole scheme is nuts to think it actually would work out.
Fortunately, on many other fronts both here and abroad, the steamrolling of the anti-American Left continues, with much rending of cloth and wailing from the usual suspects.
With that, I'll give you the headless chicken cognitive dissonance of the Democrats with these two headlines. Here's the shot:
of course, when all else fails, there's always Impeachment! Pfft
Good morning kids. The big story this morning remains not only President Trump's Gaza plan whatever it is or whatever it might actually be and the reactions to it. First of all, regardless of whatever my personal feelings are towards the so-called "palestinian" residents of Gaza, and whatever Trump's intentions and feelings are, to forcibly or otherwise coerce/induce them to leave for other pastures, greener or otherwise, would be considered as "Ethnic cleansing" and as such from an international relations standpoint as well as a PR standpoint would be and should be considered as a non-starter. He has also suggested turning Gaza into a Riviera on the Mediterranean where the inhabitants would flourish, if only they'd give up trying to annihilate Israel. If only, if only. As many have speculated, Trump putting these schemes down and also claiming the US will own Gaza is his way of laying down an opening bid as if this were merely one of his signature deals, wherein the other side will accept perhaps something a bit less and then everyone comes out a winner. Unfortunately I think this betrays on his part a rather naive if not uninformed knowledge of the region and its history, and to me this is kind of shocking. Unless what he is hoping for is merely a reaction by enemies foreign and domestic that he can point a finger of blame at and expose the problem. Look, I love the guy and I think as far as America, Israel and our real allies are concerned he does indeed have their and our best interests at heart. But this whole scheme is nuts to think it actually would work out.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CBS Mornings,” White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz stated that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal is “going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions, if they don’t like Mr. Trump’s solutions.” And that other realistic solutions have been lacking. . . . . . Waltz continued, “I think it’s going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions, if they don’t like Mr. Trump’s solutions. So, that’s what we saw, and I think that is just living in the commonsense, practical reality of this awful situation that’s going on in Gaza and has been going on for quite some time.”Sadly, what seems to be lacking is Waltz's understanding of history. Let me break it to you gently Director Waltz, the rest of the region has had a solution for 1500 years: It's called finishing Hitler's Final Solution, also known as Mohammed's Initial Solution! To be charitable to Trump, Waltz and company, I'm sure they know this, but the real solution to the problem, is recognizing that the problem itself is Islam. Even if you move a couple million Gazans, you still have 1.5 billion muslims seeking to kill every Jew and other infidel on the planet so as to create an Islamic caliphate that encompasses the entirety of said planet Earth. The estimable Robert Spencer and others have written and spoken of (When they've been allowed) of the Ummah, or worldwide Islamic rule. This is preached in every Mosque and madrassa on a daily basis. Unless and until you can at a minimum get the Islamic world to renounce this and its views on Jews and infidels, You can build Rivieras out the wahzoo and it won't mean a damn thing. Look at Bali in Indonesia? Look at Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain. And look at Beirut circa pre-1975. The fate of all the others will ultimately be Beirut, not because of the bombs and shells from the IDF defending itself or God-forbid avenging yet another October 7 assault/pogrom which would be bloodier by orders of magnitude. It would be at that behest and by the hands of subsequent generations of Mad Mullahs itching to purge non-Islamic western corruption. See Iran post the Shah and Afghanistan post the Red Army's defeat. You can destroy and rebuild cities. A tyrannical, genocidal bloodlust going back nearly two millennia is quite something else, Mr. President. Gazans don't want the Riviera. They could've had it decades ago. If what you wanted to do was just expose this ugly truth to the world, this whole Riviera and/or mass relocation dog and pony show IMHO has fallen flat and could come back to bite you. We'll have to wait and see.
Fortunately, on many other fronts both here and abroad, the steamrolling of the anti-American Left continues, with much rending of cloth and wailing from the usual suspects.
With that, I'll give you the headless chicken cognitive dissonance of the Democrats with these two headlines. Here's the shot:
‘So Pathetic’: Long-Time Dem Operative Says Dems Fear Trump’s Success As They’ll Have Nothing To Sell To The PublicNow here's the chaser!:
Former Biden Campaign Official Thinks Solution To Dem Woes Is To Trot Out AOC, Far-Left RepOf course, when all else fails, call for mass violence in the streets and assassinations of Trump, his cabinet and everyone of us.
On Monday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sat down with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday evening to talk about the executive actions of President Donald Trump and his apparent targeting USAID. Raskin did his best to whip up an extreme amount of fervor and practically radicalize the left's base into protest and possibly violent action against their ideological and political counterparts. It was thrilling and exhilarating to see hundreds of people show up on just a couple hours notice that we were going to have a press conference outside of [US]AID today. So there’s tremendous popular fervor here, and that’s giving everybody a lot of confidence and showing that we’re not afraid of these people. They might be attempting a coup against America, but we’re going to stop them, and we’re going to use every means available to us.Maybe pre-placed pallets of bricks, fired FBI agents who can team up with Antifa and BLM stooges to hunt team Trump down in their homes and "get in their faces" as Maxine Love Canal Waters urged back in Trump's first term.
of course, when all else fails, there's always Impeachment! Pfft
“Injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America,” Scumbag, degenerate, sub literate, prehensile tail-louse-foraging, CAIR-Linked Congressman Al Green Tries to Impeach Trump Over Gaza PlanAs for Jamie Raskin and his ilk, Cancer IS as Cancer does. Hopefully with Pam Bondi now AG and Kash Patel running the FBI, we can put the screws to all the traitors and actual insurrectionists that turned this nation inside out over the past 8 years and more. No it's not retribution, Lefties. call it restorative Justice against the crimes you committed and projected onto us. Let the terrible swift sword be wielded early often and mercilessly. Lots of other goodies, from the Trannie madness taking a beating courtesy of Trump as well as continued success in sealing the border, rounding up and shipping out the illegals and much more in the links. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Lloyd Billingsley: Resolving the homicide of DHS whistleblower Philip Haney needs to be on the top priority list.
Resolving the homicide of DHS whistleblower Philip Haney needs to be on the top priority list.
- The J6 hoax rolls on.
Senators, the J6 Prison Choir Were All ‘Political Prisoners’
- Christopher Rufo: Every era has its grifters, gurus, quacks and frauds. This is an American tradition, from the snake oil salesmen to the pyramid-schemers to the New Age prophets of the 20th century. One might be tempted to dismiss them as ethically compromised men, duping the gullible for personal benefit, but they’re something more than that: symbols of each generation’s hopes and anxieties. The past decade’s examples, who sold us on critical race theory, transgender medicine and other insanities, are no different.
New Age ‘prophet’ Ibram X. [Krement] Kendi revealed as just another fraud after country emerged from BLM-induced mania
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Daily Tech News 6 February 2025
Top Story
- The biggest breach of US government data is underway. (Tech Crunch)
What Tech Crunch means here is that decades of government malfeasance is being brought to light.
And they hate it.
- The biggest heist in American history: DC is just waking up to the Elon Musk takeover. (The Verge) (archive site)
What The Verge means here is that decades of government malfeasance is being brought to light.
And they hate it.
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February 05, 2025
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 5, 2025 [TRex]
[Photo: Dark Hedges, Bregagh Road, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
This is the Wednesday night ONT.Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM | Comments (462) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Humpday Cafe
The Troll's Tongue, Odda, Norway
1,100 meters high, it says right here
I mean right here. I meant I wrote that.
I have no cite except my own authority.
The Troll's Tongue, Odda, Norway
1,100 meters high, it says right here
I mean right here. I meant I wrote that.
I have no cite except my own authority.
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Quick Hits
Xis $550,000 check from USAID is in the mail, I'm sure
Shock: Deep State parasite Billy Kristol, who literally is on the payroll of the Deep State, says he prefers the Deep State to actual elected, responsive representative government. Who could've guessed.
JD Vance
@JDVance "No one voted for Elon Musk." (They did however vote for Donald Trump who promised repeatedly to have Elon Musk root out wasteful spending in our government.)
Xis $550,000 check from USAID is in the mail, I'm sure
Pete HegsethCIA Director Ratcliffe -- what sweet words those are -- announced that he offered buyouts to the incompetents and traitors at the CIA. Trump is warning that tomorrow is the last day to accept his generous offer of eight months pay in exchange for voluntarily leaving the government. Because after that, he's just firing people, and they can collect unemployment like Non-Governmental Peons have to do.
@PeteHegseth BREAKING: In December 2024, the @USArmy had its best recruiting number in 12 years. In January 2025, the Army hit its best recruiting number in 15 YEARS. BOTTOM LINE: America's youth want to serve under the bold & strong "America First" leadership of @realDonaldTrump
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The Trump administration warned federal workers Tuesday that the "majority" of government agencies will be downsized and that a buyout offer extended last week will not be renewed. The so-called "Deferred Resignation" program offers more than 2 million federal employees unwilling to comply with a return-to-office mandate about eight months of pay and benefits if they resign before midnight Thursday. "There will NOT be an extension of this program," read an email to government workers from the Office of Personnel Management.A new book is pushing the lie that Kamala Harris really wanted to do Joe Rogan's show -- she's not an idiot who's afraid of embarrassing herself without friendly editing, you see -- but Joe Rogan spurned her every effort, because he wanted to rig the election for Trump. Christian Toto reports that not only is Joe Rogan saying this is a lie, but also that the "authors" of this book never bothered to even ask him for comment on the defamatory lies they were publishing about him. Rogan's theory is that her young aides lied to Kamala about Rogan not being interested, because, in their stupid hyperideological woke view, going on Rogan would "normalize" and "platform" him, and they objected to that.
"We have all the receipts, by the way," Rogan added. "Of course, I have a whole list of conversations that took place ... I think it's someone trying to cover their ass for the fact that she never did it, and if she did do it, it might have had a positive effect. [If] we got along great, and [it improved the] 'young male vote' things could have been different."I think he's wrong about that. I think Kamala Harris is a deeply stupid woman who at least has the sense to know she cannot survive a long conversation without a friendly editor to knit her word-salads into something palatable. This is actionable. Part of your defense to a defamation lawsuit is claiming you had no malice. But part of showing that you didn't have malice is going through normal journalistic processes. Processes like "reaching out to the target of your hit piece for comment." The authors of this defamation didn't bother doing that, Rogan says.
"[The authors] supposedly talked to 150 different people [about] what happened with her coming on the show. They didn't talk to us, and which is kind of crazy. They didn't even ask. But they said things that just weren't true." Rogan said on his Jan. 4 episode.I didn't feel like covering the Carlos/"Karla" situation so I'm glad Ed Driscoll did. The transgender pretending to be a woman "starred" in what I'm told is one of the worst movies of all time. Hollywood really wants to go bankrupt, so they showered 13 Oscar nominations on this piece of shit -- one shy of the record, and two more nominations than The Godfather got -- to say f*** you to all normal, mentally-healthy people. That much you know. What you might not know is that someone in the nasty media went digging through this transgender's old tweets to cancel him, and found him saying Forbidden Truths like, get this, George Floyd was just a "drug addict" and "hustler." St. George?!!? How dare you, sir! So now, after elevating this no-talent nobody for Woke reasons, they're now cancelling him for Woke reasons. Film critic Armond White:
Instead, the trade press has attacked Gascón for social media posts uncovered by a renegade freelancer, Sarah Hagi, who identifies as a black Muslim and who is Canadian but writes hit-pieces for U.S. media. The trade press has heroized Hagi for exposing dated "racist tweets" by Gascón. Gascón's posts ranged from criticizing Black Lives Matter and questioning the credibility of the George Floyd scandal to what Hagi claims were endorsements of Adolf Hitler. So a Muslim in a hijab attacks a trans performer who identifies as a woman yet doesn't kowtow to all the liberal pieties. It's an almost humorous fulfillment of the prediction that the Left will eat itself.... But the unserious Hollywood trade press remains trivial. Variety went for standard left-Hollywood accusations. Daniel D'Addario wrote a piece on the Gascón affair, with a headline calling Gascón "the Donald Trump of Oscar Season." D'Addario mentions President Trump nearly as often as he mentions Gascón. A former television critic for Time, D'Addario uses prejudiced phrases -- "the politics of prejudice emanating from President Trump," "our current, entertainment-obsessed president" -- even digging-up the Obama birth certificate controversy and the tired comparisons of Trump to Hitler. D'Addario practices code phrases the same way that Gascón's old tweets, according to Hagi, issued "dog whistles." Variety and the Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap betray their own integrity by waging industry vendettas against Gascón and Trump as if both were infidels to the DIE (Diversity, Inclusion, Equity) cause. What makes this fracas serious is the underlying media mania for cancellation and censorship -- of a performer and a president. It's an extension of the angry zeal that has overtaken the media in general, from legacy publications to the internet upstarts that all mistake partisan activism for journalism. The idea is to effect the revolution in gender and identity that is part of the social transformation progressives demand be installed in our language and thinking. The Academy's endorsement of Karla or Carlos Gascón has exposed the trade media, transforming it into a medium of spite.They can all go, literally, to Hell. Boycott their garbage movies. Not another dime. Speaking of mentally-ill garbage people with no moral center who are no longer culturally relevant: Kanye West stripped his current wife/consort down to the skin and showed her naked, much-altered body to the press corps. Note this clip contains nudity. He really wants us to believe he's so totally over Kim Kardashian that he's had a plastic surgeon cut his current consort to look just like Kim Kardashian, and has her exposing herself in public just like Kim Kardashian. I get it, dude. You're totally over that skank. It's so obvious. And speaking of media figures with absolutely no remaining credibility or audience: Andrea Mitchell has finally left MSNBC. I imagine she'll be doing some podcast collabs with Jim Acosta, Chuck Todd, Don Lemon, Jennifer Rubin, and all the rest of the Unwanted.
Project Veritas
@Project_Veritas CASE DISMISSED in Ashley Biden Diary Matter The US Attorney in SDNY has dropped the case against Project Veritas journalists who were raided and persecuted for investigating the diary of Joe Biden's daughter. After years of threats, no charges will be filed. From the very start, this was a bogus investigation that exposed the shameful lengths the former administration would go to live up to Joe Biden's line that "no one fuc*s with a Biden." The Biden DOJ acted like criminals - surveilling our newsroom, confiscating dozens of devices, forcing us to spend millions to defend ourselves against our own government. This unconstitutional attack set a dangerous precedent that the courts were unwilling to stop. It is good that the new administration put an end to it, and they should act to hold those responsible accountable. No American journalists should ever again be targeted for their work.
Shock: Deep State parasite Billy Kristol, who literally is on the payroll of the Deep State, says he prefers the Deep State to actual elected, responsive representative government. Who could've guessed.
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Trump Signs EO Banning Federal Funds for Any School or College That Lets Men Play In Women's Sports
Promise made, promise kept.
Collin RuggThe stagecraft below is impeccable. No notes!
@CollinRugg JUST IN: President Trump signs executive order banning men from competing in women's sports. This is Trump's fourth executive order involving transgender people since taking office. "With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over," Trump said, commenting on his "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" executive order.
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Federal Judge Orders Clapped-Out Snizzmonger and Melon-Belly Fani Willis to Turn Over All Communications With World's Saddest Cuck-Clown Jack Smith
Biden's DOJ had fought this every step of the way.
Leave the maggots no stone to hide beneath. Let the light sear them.
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over communications between ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith and the president's Georgia antagonist, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, in what a legal watchdog group has called a case of collusion. The order from U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich followed the end of Smith's 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and Smith's own resignation from his special prosecutor role. Judicial Watch had sought the communications in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit but has been stalled by Smith and Justice, claiming that disclosing any information would hurt the prosecution. Friedrich, based in Washington, said since there no longer is a case, turning over the documents won't jeopardize any case.
... Judicial Watch had been seeking communications between Smith's office and the Fulton County district attorney "requesting or receiving federal funds or other federal assistance in any form relating to the investigation" of Trump and others in the 2020 election case. The group also sought any other communications between the two. The stalling angered Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, who said, "President Trump truly needs to overhaul the Justice Department from top to bottom. It is a scandal that a federal court had to order the Justice Department to admit the truth that their objections to producing records about collusion with Fani Willis had no basis in reality."
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Pam Bondi Orders Pause in DOJ Funding of Sanctuary Cities
NewsWire
@NewsWire_US U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to order federal funding freeze for sanctuary cities -- Fox News
Right Angle News NetworkA Fox News article from a couple of hours ago reports on Bondi's plans, including a funding freeze for sanctuary cities.
@Rightanglenews BREAKING -- Attorney General Pam Bondi has frozen federal funding to 220 sanctuary cities.
She's also ending Biden's (illegal) moratorium on seeking the death penalty, and working to give "justice" to 37 families who lost loved ones to the vicious murderers Biden pardoned.
EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi will issue several major directives on her first day leading the Justice Department, including orders to combat the weaponization of the legal system; make prosecutors seek the death penalty when appropriate; and work with the Department of Homeland Security to "completely eliminate" cartels and transnational criminal organizations, Fox News Digital has learned.
Bondi issued a directive regarding "zealous advocacy." Bondi said DOJ attorneys' responsibilities include "aggressively enforcing criminal laws passed by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions on behalf of the United States against legal challenges."
"The discretion afforded Justice Department attorneys with respect to those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute their personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election," the memo states. "When Justice Department attorneys refuse to faithfully carry out their role by, for example, refusing to advance good-faith arguments or declining to sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers," the memo continues. Bondi, in the memo, states that "any Justice Department attorney who declines to sign a brief, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Trump administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Justice Department's mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination."
Bondi is set to establish the "Weaponization Working Group," which will review the activities of all law enforcement agencies over the past four years to identify instances of "politicized justice." The working group's first reviews will include prosecutions against Trump led by former Special Counsel Jack Smith; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg; and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the civil fraud case against Trump and his family.
The working group will also review any potential prosecutorial abuse regarding Jan. 6, 2021; the FBI's targeting of Catholic Americans; the Justice Department's targeting of parents at school board meetings; and abuses of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act. ... Bondi said Joint Task Force Vulcan, which was created to destroy MS-13, and Joint Task Force Alpha, which was created to fight human trafficking, would be "further empowered and elevated" to the Office of the Attorney General. Those missions are expected to expand -- specifically Vulcan's -- with a new focus on destroying Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang now designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
And as for illegal migrants, Bondi has directed the DOJ to pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities. Bondi also has directed the DOJ to identify and evaluate all funding agreements with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that provide support to illegal aliens. She is also directing litigating components of the Justice Department to investigate instances of jurisdictions that are impeding law enforcement, and directing they be prosecuted, when necessary.
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Update: Sweet Karoline Announces That DOGE Is Working to Cancel Those Fake $12,000 Per Person Per Year Politico Premium Subscriptions
One of Andrew Breitbart's big issues -- which I think my old friend Mike Flynn (the writer/politico, not the general) brought to his attention -- was the fact that the left has turned the government into their political action committee. The left gets funded by anti-American billionaires, yes, but it mostly gets funded by the American taxpayer, as Marxist infiltrators in the government use excuse after excuse to direct money towards leftwing organizations.
They also hated the media, obviously. I hope they're looking down and enjoying this.Posted by: Ace at 02:11 PM | Comments (501) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Mitch McConnell Falls Down Steps in Senate, Again
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell as he exited the Senate chamber on Wednesday, though he did not immediately appear injured and walked away under his own power. McConnell, who stepped down as GOP leader in January, was assisted onto his feet by Sens. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Steve Daines (R-MT) and then walked to a Senate lunch. He had just cast a vote for Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development when he tripped. The episode is the latest brush with injury for McConnell, who sustained a cut on his face and sprained his wrist in December at another Senate lunch. In 2023, McConnell, 82, was hospitalized for a concussion and later had multiple freezing episodes in front of the cameras, apparently as a lingering symptom of the concussion.People talk about Trump's ego and yes, of course he has a big ego. But at the same time, you have these ancient men and women who just absolutely refuse to leave power because they are convinced the world cannot wheel 'round the sun without their assistance. He's staying in partly because his advisors, who get rich from peddling his influence, urge him to stay in. They know they have no future in the new Republican Party. McConnell is their only, and last, meal ticket. Same as with Biden and the Biden Crime Family. I saw someone call for the destruction of McConnell's entire fundraising and lobbying apparatus. They didn't explain how this would work, but one idea comes to my mind: Let it be known that any corporation or PAC employing a McConnell staffer is persona non grata in the Trump administration and Trump will take action opposite to what their clients are paying them to lobby for. That would fix their britches.
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As USAID Is Shut Down, Politico's Checks to Its Employees Are Delayed.
This May Not Be a Coincidence -- USAID Is Funding the Anti-Trump/Anti-Conservative Propaganda Mill Politico.
Before getting to that: USAID's website now announces to all of its "workers:" You're fired. Well, a few will be kept around for high-priority projects, but the rest are now terminated.
This May Not Be a Coincidence -- USAID Is Funding the Anti-Trump/Anti-Conservative Propaganda Mill Politico.
Fathomless corruption, fathomless!
While USAID poured money into censorship outfits with the sole goal of deplatforming conservative outlets and organizing advertising boycotts to drain us of any revenue, they were also paying taxpayer money to leftwing outlets. I'm serious: I want a class action lawsuit against the government.Before getting to that: USAID's website now announces to all of its "workers:" You're fired. Well, a few will be kept around for high-priority projects, but the rest are now terminated.
On to Politico. Apparently they charge a huge amount of money for a "Pro" subscription, and USAID was paying a ton of money to buy these very pricey super-subscriptions. Why does someone working for USAID paying for Peruvian transgender comic books need a super-expensive subscription to Politico to follow the day-to-day micro-news about the DC bureaucracy? Is their job wasting taxpayer money, or is their job political activism? ZeroHedge:
On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST). For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents' school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming. Thank you for your service.
According to government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico - which laundered the Hunter Biden '51 intel officials' propaganda during the 2020 election - received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various US agencies during the Biden years. In one instance, roughly $500,000 was spent on 37 Politico 'pro' subscriptions. Of note, Politico was sold to German media giant Axel Springer (which also owns Business Insider) for $1 billion in 2021, meaning US taxpayer dollars have been flowing to the German media giant to prop up their US propaganda rags.
zerohedge
@zerohedge So 90% of "subscribers" to left-wing publications like Politico are fake and "taxpayer funded". And then using fake subs to artificially pump up revenue, Politico gets to sell itself to German propaganda giant Axel Springer for $1 billion.
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Wednesday Morning Rant
Narrative Control
I had interesting experience this past weekend due to a combination of serious technical problems, scheduled upgrades and unrelated equipment failures. After getting the Humpty Dumpty that my home technology had become back together again, I essentially came up from scratch as far my "smart" TV (one of the unrelated failures) is concerned. Everything was fresh and new, with no background and the algorithms had to guess at what I might want to watch.
The upshot of this is that I got to see something fairly unusual for most people who use the internet regularly: a clean slate. No search history. No cookies. No IP address trends (that changed, too). No logged in user. Newly-configured Smart TV on a new account with no activity history. So when YouTube (in this case) came up, it had to guess. The basis for YouTube's guessing, in the absence of other data, is the trend. What's popular across various categories? Show the new user some popular stuff and see what he clicks on.
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
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The Morning Report — 2/5/25
I hope Pam Bondi and Discipline will follow the money and prosecute with extreme prejudice wherever it leads, now that she has been confirmed as the new AG!!
The other Yuuuge story this morning is what President Trump said during his meting with Bibi Netanyahu regarding Gaza. Ho Lee Fook!
To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist. Again, I give credit to Trump for at least putting this out there and taking a blowtorch to the abject failures of Foggy Bottom in its support of the irredentism of the fake "Palestinians" and their enablers around the world and here.
This is who you have to deal with . . .
Butt, Butt Queers for "Palestine?!" Long distance def dedication to them! "Qom fly with me, off the Tehran Hilton roof." To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist. Nation building begins at home: How about forcing all the Democrats to leave California. Or to prevent them from infecting normal America, abolish their party, remove them from government and turn to restoring its former lustre. And talk of California seceding is once again making news. Meh, cut the shithole coastal cities loose and we get to keep the farmlands, forests, watershed and at least one port. The rest can go Gaza itself. Have a great day. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
The reaction of some U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) employees when the Dept. of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came to their Washington D.C. office last week is raising more questions about the shadowy agency. Contractor Kristina Drye, who is employed at USAID described to ABC News a scene reminiscent of the kind of mad scramble historically witnessed when a corrupt government has fallen and officials are desperately trying to get rid of evidence of wrongdoing. Drye described USAID employees taking down pride flags and removing books that she felt might be “incriminating” as well as how “no one was talking” as DOGE team members began their review of the operations of the agency that sends billions of taxpayer dollars abroad for a variety of reasons ranging from disaster relief to funding regime change. She described her concerns over DOGE setting up automatic transcription of USAID employee Google meets and how, over the weekend, she lost access to work computer. USAID’s Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy Brian McGill were both placed on administrative leave after denying system access to DOGE employees who were eventually able to gain access to the secure systems in order to conduct their analysis. Such actions seem out of place considering that USAID employees and managers have had since early November to anticipate the incoming Trump administration and the anticipated arrival of DOGE. Hiding flags and books and attempting to prevent access to the systems that track secretive government payments lend more strength to the concerns about fraud expressed by Elon Musk than they do to claims that USAID is operating with full transparency and accountability. President Trump ordered a 90 day pause in foreign development assistance via USAID while the DOGE team reviews that agency’s efficiencies and consistency with the new administration’s foreign policy objectives.
I hope Pam Bondi and Discipline will follow the money and prosecute with extreme prejudice wherever it leads, now that she has been confirmed as the new AG!!
The other Yuuuge story this morning is what President Trump said during his meting with Bibi Netanyahu regarding Gaza. Ho Lee Fook!
Trump said he would deploy US troops to the territory “if it’s necessary” and that he imagined “the world’s people” occupying an “international unbelievable place” that would be regarded as “the Riviera of the Middle East,” with some Palestinians permitted to resettle there. Netanyahu all but endorsed the idea, saying: “I think it’s something that could change history and it’s worthwhile really pursuing this avenue.” The Israeli leader said “[Trump] sees a different future for that piece of land that has been the focus of so much terrorism, so many attacks against us, so many trials and so many tribulations. “He has a different idea, and I think it’s worth paying attention to this.” Trump, who frequently denounces prior US military interventions in the Middle East, did not lay out a timeline for either the proposed US occupation or the relocation of Gaza’s residents, but he presented the overall plan as a well-considered “strong recommendation” to bring peace to the region. “I’ve studied this very closely over a lot of months, and I’ve seen it from every different angle,” Trump said. . . . Egyptian and Jordanian leaders have already rejected Trump’s request that they take in Gazans. But Trump claimed Tuesday that he believes Amman and Cairo will agree to do it, and that Gazans would be thrilled to relocate. “Gaza is a hellhole right now,” he said. “It was before the bombing started, frankly, and we’re going to give people a chance to live in a beautiful community that’s safe and secure, and I think you’re going to see tremendous outpouring of support.” The president made a series of escalating remarks about Gaza throughout the day Tuesday, and said in the Oval Office before the press conference that he thought residents “wouldn’t want to go back” after being relocated.“I do see a long-term ownership position,” Trump said at the press conference when asked about the potential US takeover. “Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent, in a really magnificent area that nobody would know.”First of all. the notion of deploying US Troops here is insane. No, just flat out no. Even if this idea of remaking Gaza into a new Riviera had a snowball's chance in hell of sucess (which it doesn't) US boots on the ground is a line in the sand of a region already soaked in American blood, particularly in Beirut which at one point was a Middle Eastern Riviera until the same ideology turned it into Gaza 25 years ago. While I appreciate Trump's support for Israel, and that it's good to both think out of the box if for no other reason than to force people to see things they may not want to, and to force the hand of your opponents. That said, this is all well and good on President Trump. But the real problem is, as we all should know by now is ISLAM itself. Unless and until the majority of Muslims openly reject the main tenets of their so-called religion, that is the submission and or death of unbelievers, particularly Jews, then while we may have gained some time and some measure of security, I'm afraid the past 1,500 years or so of history means we will have more innocent blood spilled in the name of Mohammedanism. With the exception of pre-Jimmy Carter Iran, the Arab and broader Muslim world despite being awash in petrodollars, have spent the past 77 years primarily focused on one thing, eradicating the State of Israel and then going on to finish the work of Adolf Hitler by killing every Jew on the planet as is their prime directive stated in pretty calligraphy. The best perhaps we can hope for, if/when the dust settles in Gaza and its residents return is the permanent removal of their terrorist/Islamist/Anti-Semitic government. Elections have consequences and remember it's Gazans that keep voting for the terrorists and Jew-haters. Purple thumbs and/or Dominion voting machines notwithstanding. And that's because they do not want to live side by side with Israel. Kudos to Trump for calling out the complete delusional failure of Peace Process Incorporated.
To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist. Again, I give credit to Trump for at least putting this out there and taking a blowtorch to the abject failures of Foggy Bottom in its support of the irredentism of the fake "Palestinians" and their enablers around the world and here.
This is who you have to deal with . . .
Hamas tortured and executed terrorists within its ranks who allegedly had gay sex, shocking documents show — as sources added some male Israeli victims of the Oct. 7 massacre were raped in captivity. The Iranian proxy terror group had a running list of recruits who were found to have failed Hamas’ “morality checks” by having same-sex relations — and they heavily paid the price, according to documents recovered by the Israel Defense Forces and shared with The Post. The documents reveal the “crimes” that were allegedly committed by 94 Hamas recruits — lumping together “homosexual conversations,” “flirting with girls without a legal relationship” and “sodomy” in with serious allegations of child rape and torture.This has kind of a Colonel Kurtzian hypocritical splendor to it, all things considered, no? Continuing...
It is unclear what happened to the recruits identified as “unacceptable” to Hamas, but homosexuality is illegal in Gaza and can result in years of prison — and even death.
Such was the case with former Hamas commander Mahmoud Ishtiwi, who was executed in 2016 after he was accused of having gay sex.
Ishtiwi’s confession and apparent testimony of the brutal treatment he received was included in the documents shared with The Post.
Butt, Butt Queers for "Palestine?!" Long distance def dedication to them! "Qom fly with me, off the Tehran Hilton roof." To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist. Nation building begins at home: How about forcing all the Democrats to leave California. Or to prevent them from infecting normal America, abolish their party, remove them from government and turn to restoring its former lustre. And talk of California seceding is once again making news. Meh, cut the shithole coastal cities loose and we get to keep the farmlands, forests, watershed and at least one port. The rest can go Gaza itself. Have a great day. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Contractor Kristina Drye, who is employed at USAID described to ABC News a scene reminiscent of the kind of mad scramble historically witnessed when a corrupt government has fallen and officials are desperately trying to get rid of evidence of wrongdoing. Drye described USAID employees taking down pride flags and removing books that she felt might be “incriminating” as well as how “no one was talking” as DOGE team members began their review of the operations of the agency that sends billions of taxpayer dollars abroad for a variety of reasons ranging from disaster relief to funding regime change. She described her concerns over DOGE setting up automatic transcription of USAID employee Google meets and how, over the weekend, she lost access to work computer.
USAID Employee Describes Scramble When DOGE Team Showed Up Last Week
- Glenn Reynolds: Philosopher Eric Hoffer once wrote, “Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.” As President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency get on with their business of trimming waste, fraud, abuse and graft from the federal budget — a business that is vitally important, given the government’s parlous financial outlook — they need to keep this in mind.
Smashing the ‘rice bowls’ — how elites are lashing out at Trump and Musk’s reforms
- Another progressive court policy decision at war with separation of powers.
Montana Supreme Court Declares State Constitutional Right to ‘Stable Climate System’
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- AMD shares slid 5% on the market after annual results revealed a 14% increase in revenue and a 92% increase in net income. (Thurrott)
Because analysts were expecting even more.
Maybe at some point greed stops being good.
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Box turtle says hi. Police dog tries to administer CPR as part of a competition. As a paramedic, he makes a very good boy. Dog meets his favorite Muppet Elmo. Shoes transform from heels to flats. Border collie teaches little baby how to play fetch with him. Rabbit mating ritual. Story of my life. Tyger, tyger, burning bright...
Box turtle says hi. Police dog tries to administer CPR as part of a competition. As a paramedic, he makes a very good boy. Dog meets his favorite Muppet Elmo. Shoes transform from heels to flats. Border collie teaches little baby how to play fetch with him. Rabbit mating ritual. Story of my life. Tyger, tyger, burning bright...
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"Around Ten" Murdered as Gunman of "Unknown" Identity Goes on Shooting Spree in Sweden
Bear in mind, a man burned a Koran in Manchester, UK, and was immediately jailed. Rape gangsters remain free, but the guy who burned a book is already in the clink. The man burned the Koran, it turns out, because his daughter had been killed in what is delicately being called "the Israel conflict." In other words, Hamas murdered her.
The new definition of "Unknown" is Everybody Knows.
Around 10 people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country's deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called a "painful day." Police said the gunman was believed to be among those killed and a search for other possible victims was continuing at the school, located in the city of Orebro. The gunman's motive was not immediately known. "We know that 10 or so people have been killed here today. The reason that we can't be more exact currently is that the extent of the incident is so large," local police chief Roberto Eid Forest told a news conference. Forest said police believed the gunman had acted alone and that terrorism was not currently suspected as a motive, though he cautioned that much remained unknown. He said the suspected gunman had not previously been known to police.We'll see. The fact that they haven't released his name yet tells me it's not Sven or Bjorn.
.. Ali Elmokad was outside the Orebro University Hospital, looking for his relative, not yet knowing if he was among the injured or the dead. "We've been trying to get hold of him all day, we haven't been successful," he said, adding that he had a friend who also attended the school. "What she saw was so terrible. She only saw people lying on the floor, injured and blood everywhere."Some draw a connection between this latest mass murder and the burning of a Koran publicly. But I know that can't be right, because authorities swear they have no idea of what the motive could have been, and they never lie to protect Diversity, which is Our Strength. The man who burned the Koran was shot to death on the streets of Sweden a few days ago. John Sexton notes that while the Swedish authorities haven't arrested his murderer, they did convict his friend of offending Islamic Extremist sensibilities.
Police said it was still going through the crime scene and had searched several addresses in Orebro after the attack. Late on Tuesday, police vans and personnel were still outside an apartment building in central Orebro that had been raided earlier. "We saw a lot of police with drawn weapons," said Lingam Tuohmaki, 42, who lives in the same building. "We were at home and heard a commotion outside." Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said it was the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.
"It is hard to take in the full extent of what has happened today -- the darkness that now lowers itself across Sweden tonight," he told a news conference.
The last time I wrote about Sweden, just five days ago, was to highlight the murder of an anti-Islam activist named Salwan Momika. Momika was shot to death last Wednesday and so far no one has been arrested. He was infamous in the Muslim world because he had publicly burned the Koran a few times, specifically to make the point that Islam was not compatible with the modern world. His murderer seems to have proven his point.
Advertisement But there's more to the story because Momika and another man were also on trial for the burning of the Korans. He was supposed to be sentenced on the day he was murdered and a few days later his fellow defendant in the case was found guilty.
Bear in mind, a man burned a Koran in Manchester, UK, and was immediately jailed. Rape gangsters remain free, but the guy who burned a book is already in the clink. The man burned the Koran, it turns out, because his daughter had been killed in what is delicately being called "the Israel conflict." In other words, Hamas murdered her.
A man has admitted a racially aggravated public order offence after setting fire to a Quran which was live-streamed on social media in Manchester. Martin Frost, 47, was filmed holding a flag of Israel before tearing out pages of the Islamic holy book and setting fire to it in Manchester on Saturday (February 1), a court heard. He had publicised the event online beforehand, and it was streamed on social media, Manchester Magistrates' Court was told. The 'trigger' for his actions was the death of his daughter in the Israeli conflict which had affected his mental health, the court heard on Monday (February 3). Frost, of Barkway Road, Stretford, Trafford, pleaded guilty to a single charge of racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment or alarm to Fahad Iqbal, by displaying some writing, sign or other visible representation which was threatening, abusive or insulting thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress.The UK will now enact Islamic blasphemy laws, making it a crime to "offend Muslims." The Telegraph:
"Our Strength" is certainly putting up a lot of Wins. David Strom comments:
Angela Rayner is planning to create a council on Islamophobia and is lining up a former Tory minister to lead it, The Telegraph can reveal. The 16-strong council will help advise on drawing up an official government definition for anti-Muslim discrimination and will provide advice to ministers on tackling Islamophobia, according to sources. Dominic Grieve, the former Conservative attorney general and a prominent Remainer, has been "recommended" to chair the council within Ms Rayner's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) as a politician who has been actively involved in tackling Islamophobia. He chaired the Citizens' UK Commission on Islam, which aimed to promote dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim communities, and wrote a foreword to a controversial all-party parliamentary group's report in 2018 that set out a definition of Islamophobia, which the Labour Party adopted. The definition has been criticised for being so widely drawn that it curbs free speech, amounts to a de facto blasphemy law and stifles legitimate criticism of Islam as a religion.
The original paper on which the anti-blasphemy laws are likely to be based specifically calls out people discussing the Muslim rape gangs as bigots. Having rapists roam the streets is an unfortunate fact of life, but calling them and their culture out is beyond the pale. I can't figure out whether Labour's obsession with placating Muslim extremists in Britain is due to fear, a desire to pander to an important constituent group that keeps them in power or some combination of the two.More Unknown assailants are plaguing Sweden with a series of bomb attacks. There have been 27 bombings in the first 27 days of the year. Sixty bombings in the past two months. In Sweden.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admitted that his government has lost control over a burgeoning wave of violence sweeping the country, amid escalating public concern. The acknowledgment came during an emergency meeting where Kristersson announced the acceleration of new legislation targeting juvenile involvement in criminal activities. The beginning of 2025 has seen bombings carried out at an average of one per day, leading to 27 bombings by January 27 -- including several in residential communities, the Nordic Times reported. "Sweden is in the midst of a new wave of violence; it's primarily the bombings that are increasing, with almost one occurring every day," Kristersson told reporters on Thursday. "It's abundantly clear that we do not have control over this wave of violence; otherwise, we wouldn't be here," he added. In 2024, there were 317 total blasts reported by police, which has coincided with a troubling escalation in gang-related conflicts. According to the Swedish prime minister, gang violence is now affecting entire communities, showing "total indifference" to the consequences in residential areas. The Swedish Police Authority estimated in 2024 that 1,700 under-18s were active members of criminal networks. In response, the Swedish government will bring forward planned legislation that will grant police more powers to detain children under the age of 15 in some circumstances. Originally due in the summer of 2026, the law is now slated to come into effect as early as 1 October this year. Nevertheless, Kristersson described these criminal issues as "inherited" over a long period, suggesting that resolving them would be a project that extends through the entire decade.It's ironic that Diversity, Which Is Our Strength, keeps shooting us and blowing us up. It's a sad thing when Our Strength keeps killing us.
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FBI Stops #Resisting Trump's Order and Turns Over List of Agents Assigned to Political Persecution of J6ers
FBI officials were threatening to resign or simply refuse to comply.
No wonder they wanted to keep the information secret. The FBI under the Criminal Wray and Merrick Garland devoted one seventh of its entire workforce to tracking down the J6ers and putting grandmothers in jail for years. One seventh. If one seventh of the organization can be detailed to political persecution, seems like the FBI could afford to lose one seventh of its staff. CNN:FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with a list of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation. The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, in a Friday memo with the subject line "Terminations," had given FBI officials a noon deadline Tuesday to submit the names of thousands of agents and analysts. Bove previously ordered the firing of eight senior FBI officials, including those who oversaw cyber, national security and criminal investigations. More than 5,000 names were submitted, sources said. There are more than 13,000 agents and 38,000 total FBI employees.Ed Morrissey comments:
The mind boggles at the concept that one-seventh of the FBI workforce went into investigating a riot at the Capitol, for any period of time. Was it worthy of investigation? Absolutely. Should violent protestors have been charged and prosecuted? Absolutely. Should every seventh employee of the only federal law enforcement and counter-intelligence agency have been dedicated to that purpose? Come on, man.Sorry this post is late. I realized I had a doctor's appointment fifteen minutes before the appointment and had to run just to get there late. Update: Nine FBI agents are suing, arguing that they shouldn't have to obey the orders of the duly-elected president. They want to hide the names of the J6 persecution squads.
Moreover, the complaint asserts, since being pardoned by Trump, "leaders of the January 6 riot and others have tagged FBI agents who worked on the investigation and prosecutions of those rioters." The complaint notes that "Violent threats against FBI agents who have carried out lawful orders in relation to January 6th or subsequent investigations have been a consistent problem for the FBI for years." The plaintiffs further assert (citing "credible press reports") that they anticipate a "mass, unlawful termination of Bureau employees who had any involvement in certain investigations related to President Trump, including Jan. 6 cases, and the lawful search of President Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago." They reference a questionnaire directed to certain FBI agents regarding their work related to J6. Ultimately, plaintiffs assert that they believe Defendants "intend to publicly disseminate the names of those employees who responded to this survey, and/or those employees who the Defendants plan to demote, transfer and/or terminate based on this survey, and/or publicly disseminate employees' responses to the survey questions outlined above." They request that the court enter an order prohibiting the DOJ and the federal government from disseminating their personal information and rescind what they refer to as "unlawful termination orders."
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