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Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Iran takes Americans hostage to make money. If you doubt that, here’s a top terror leader saying it. “Do you want to solve the sanctions problem?” he continued. “Our naval forces should take 10 or 20 Americans as hostage every month. For each one of them, we should get $1 billion. If we get $1 billion per week, and the year has around 50 weeks. That’s at least $50 billion.”

Allan J. Feifer contributor to American Thinker: First, a couple of quick facts should remind us that America isn’t quite so familiar anymore, and there are American subversives afoot: About seven million people have died globally from Covid-19, with almost 700 million more sickened. Given the broad debate on the origins of Covid, it grows increasingly clearer that the Wuhan Lab, and the Chinese military with support from our own country, are complicit. The American middle class shrank due to government policies following the takeover of the economy during the pandemic era. This is entirely different than the issue of the disease itself and flies in the face of Biden’s claim that Bidenomics triumph—nearly half of Americans would have trouble coming up with $500 for an emergency. On an average day, about 140 people die in the U.S. from fentanyl, more than from any other drug in history.

Michele Gama Sosa is The Daily Caller opinion editor: . . . should Americans ever trust our government at all? In the case of the United States, the answer is a resounding “no.” Anti-government sentiment, from the presidency to Congress and even the military – something Americans might find shocking today considering how much respect the military has commanded since the World Wars – is hardcoded into the national DNA. Americans historically had very negative attitudes towards anything associated with secular authority – an attitude consistent with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, whose rights are God-given.

Vivek Ramaswamy Tweet: Fact: the climate disaster death rate has *declined* by 98% over the last century, even as carbon emissions have risen. The average person is 50X less likely to die of a climate-related cause than in 1920. Why? Fossil fuels. An inconvenient truth for the climate cult.

Mark Tapson contributor to Frontpage Magazine: These progressive mothers (and feminist fathers too) see themselves as burdened or challenged with children whose “toxic” nature terrifies and disgusts them. No one in America is “suffering” under a patriarchy, as Hahn puts it, but too many sons are suffering for being treated by their feminist parents as a potential societal threat. It will take those boys years and maybe decades to liberate themselves from the indoctrination, if they escape it at all, or they will reject it (and their mothers) in a backlash that swings too far. Either way, it’s damaging and tragically emblematic of our feminized culture’s fear and loathing of masculinity.

Jay Valentine contributor to Gateway pundit: The difference between Republican and leftist ballot harvesting is leftists manufacture ballots – Republicans only chase them. That’s why leftists are wild with joy Republicans adopted ballot harvesting to win the 2024 election.

Albert Veltman contributor to American Thinker: Brett Baier is not qualified to moderate the Republican debate on August 23 in Milwaukee. Mr. Baier had a much-publicized interview with President Trump a month ago. This interview amply demonstrated Baier’s antipathy towards the President. Most of the time he appeared to be cordial towards the President, however, when Trump brought up the topic of the stolen election, Baier became abusively hostile and interrupted his guest incessantly and would not let the President talk.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Techno Fog: Trump’s DC Judge – Evidence of Bias

Judge Tanya Chutkan’s unfairly harsh treatment of Defendant Trump. This past week, the Government submitted a proposed protective order in its DC case against Donald Trump. It was broad, proposing the Court restrict Trump’s ability to communicate any exculpatory evidence to the broader public during the 2024 election: all materials provided by the Government could only be used by Trump and his attorneys “solely in connection with the defense of this case, and for no other purpose.” That request was made to Obama-nominated District of Columbia Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversees Trump’s DC case. For context, that case undoubtedly involves hundreds of witnesses, terabytes of information, and millions of pages of documents. Typically, Judge Chutkan would allow for at least one week for Trump’s team to file a response. (the Court’s local rules allow 14 days to respond to motions). How do we know that? Because we went through Judge Chutkan’s other cases where a protective order was disputed – more on that below. Curiously, however, Judge Chutkan decided to demand an expedited briefing and hearing schedule – against the reasonable requests of Trump’s attorneys, who requested just a little bit extra time. Here’s the timeline: . . . […] Judge Chutkan’s history suggests that she is specifically targeting Trump, . . . […] As you can see, when the scope of a protective order is disputed, Judge Chutkan typically sets out a reasonable schedule and allows for a defendant to have one week to respond to the government’s proposed protective order. It’s also her standard practice to conduct a hearing on the protective order weeks after it is submitted.

Greenfield: Where is Hillary’s Indictment on the Same Charges as Trump?

On December 12, 2016 (or D12), the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign endorsed a call by Christine Pelosi, the daughter of then House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi, as well as other electors to receive an “intelligence briefing” on how “Russian interference was performed to help Donald Trump get elected” from Obama’s Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Hillary Clinton and her senior campaign officials were aware that they had concocted the lie that the Russians had gotten Trump elected, outsourced it to a former British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, who produced the infamous Steele dossier, and distributed it through the FBI and were exploiting it to subvert the Electoral College and hijack the presidential election. The Clinton campaign was endorsing a move to influence members of the Electoral College to set aside their duty and corrupt the electoral votes.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S STAFF & SUPPORTERS

Silverio: Trump, Mar-A-Lago Aide Plead Not Guilty To New Classified Docs Charges

Both Trump and Walt Nauta, a valet for Trump at Mar-a-Lago, pleaded not guilty to charges alleging they plotted to obstruct justice by “conceal[ing] information from the FBI and grand jury,” according to the superseding indictment. While Trump did not show up to the 10-minute hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard, his lawyer, Todd Blanche, entered a not-guilty plea for the former president.

Murray & Cohen: Atlanta-area prosecutor expected to seek more than a dozen indictments in Trump case

Willis, a Democrat, has been eyeing conspiracy and racketeering charges, which would allow her to bring a case against multiple defendants. Her wide-ranging criminal probe focuses on efforts to pressure election officials, the plot to put forward fake electors and a voting systems breach in rural Coffee County, Georgia. Trump acolytes who took part in each of those schemes believe they will face charges in Georgia next week, people familiar with their thinking said. Trump also believes he will be charged in the case, CNN has reported. […] Willis has been reportedly weighing racketeering charges in the Trump case. RICO is a statute the district attorney has spoken fondly of and used in unorthodox ways to bring charges against teachers as well as musicians in the Atlanta area.

(Updated) Revolver.news: 46 extremely damning seconds just changed everything about January 6th…

The intrigue, controversy, and theories surrounding January 6th remain, and now it’s all about to heat up even more thanks to a bombshell 46-second clip that has sent shockwaves through the bogus narratives pushed by both the left and the GOP establishment regarding the events of that fateful day. This recently surfaced footage comes on the heels of yet another explosive revelation, from Fox News, of all places. Just before Tucker’s firing, he interviewed the former Capitol police Chief Sund, who personally vindicated all of the most disturbing questions we have been asking about January 6. The footage never aired on Fox, but it was recently leaked to the public. Newsweek: . . . […] Chief Sund had an immediate feeling that something was off. With the majority of his life spent in law enforcement, he possesses a keen professional instinct to sniff out rats from a considerable distance. The Newsweek piece goes on. In the leaked footage, Sund goes on to say . . . […] And if that weren’t bad enough, things take a really chilling turn for the worse. In fact, we’re about to take a plunge into some very dark waters. As you likely know, many are convinced that J6 wasn’t merely a “cover-up”; it was an orchestrated incident. Revolver’s own Darren Beattie aptly dubs January 6th the “Fedsurrection,” and those who hold this belief have valid reasons.

(8/10/2023) TUCKER ON TWITTER: Ep.15

Tucker re-tapes suppressed interview with former Capitol police chief…“Someone’s gonna find out what’s behind all this”…

Mr. Sund makes it clear that higher-ups wanted the Capitol to be overrun with protestors. He begged for assistance all day from multiple agencies (and Michael Flynn) and was denied support. The Department of Defense even sent extra protection to generals’ private residences, while leaving the Capitol wide open until 6pm, when the National Guard finally showed up. Incidentally, he agrees that Ray Epps’ actions were “suspicious as hell.”

Watch the explosive 55:20 minute interview: https://www.revolver.news/2023/08/tucker-re-tapes-suppressed-interview-with-former-capitol-police-chief-someones-gonna-find-out-whats-behind-all-this/

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/NEW WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

(Follow-up to yesterday’s article) The Right Scoop: Watch the Ben Shapiro video that Youtube just demonetized…

Here’s what Shapiro says about the video: “Ironically, YouTube has suppressed monetization for Episode 1 of my new YouTube series, Facts, because it “discusses New World Order, which is a non-monetizable ‘conspiracy theory’ under [YouTube’s] Dangerous Acts in ad-friendly guidelines.” “Except nothing in the video is a conspiracy theory at all.” “Watch for yourself and get the facts about who is controlling ad revenue on YouTube and all of the largest Big Tech platforms–including this one.”

Read more/Watch the 9:26 minute Shapiro video: https://therightscoop.com/watch-the-ben-shapiro-video-that-youtube-just-demonetized/

REPUBLICAN U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY

Fleitz: Fight Over New FBI HQ Part of Larger Debate on Draining the Federal Swamp

The FBI HQ relocation proposal is a fraud. As of now, House Republicans have removed funds from the FY 2024 budget for the controversial $3.5 billion proposed relocation of the FBI’s Washington, D.C. headquarters to a new complex at one of three locations in the D.C. suburbs of Virginia or Maryland.

Some House Republicans want to keep the FBI headquarters at its current location and view the relocation proposal as unwise and wasteful. Others want to downsize, defund or eliminate the Bureau – and not to reward it with a sprawling new headquarters complex – because they believe it has been weaponized against conservatives. There also is growing support by Republicans to save money and depoliticize U.S. government agencies by decentralizing them and moving most of their personnel out of the “Washington swamp” (the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area) to locations across the U.S. […] Current and former FBI officers have told me FBI leaders are misleading Congress and the American people about their proposal to relocate the FBI headquarters to Maryland or Virginia for two reasons. First, . . . [NOTE: The proposed new FBI Headquarters will be larger than the Pentagon]

Aoraha: Top Republican tears into ‘damning’ photo of Biden with a Hunter-linked aide on Air Force Two – while they were flying to Ukraine to demand prosecutors drop Burisma investigation

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik slammed the image of the then-Vice President with Amos Hochstein, Biden’s current special presidential coordinator, which was taken on December 6, 2015. Hochstein was allegedly in communication with Hunter’s associates at Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings when the first son was serving on the firm’s board. Biden was threatening to withhold $1billion in US aid if they did not fire their top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. He was sacked three months after the December 2015 trip to Ukraine. Hochstein still works in the Biden administration. A damning Republican Senate report in 2020 said he repeatedly warned that Hunter’s position on the Burisma board would spark conflict of interest allegations.

Duffy-Alfonso: Comer: Oversight Committee To Subpoena Biden Family Over Alleged Influence Peddling Scandal

“We are going to subpoena the [Biden] family,” Comer told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, adding, however, that he does not have a specific timeline for the subpoena because the committee wants “to talk to about three or four more associates first.” “We’ve been communicating with a couple of them,” Comer continued. “We’re trying to bring them in just like we did Devon Archer for a transcribed interview. If they don’t come in voluntarily, then they’ll be subpoenaed.”

FAUCI LIED. PEOPLE DIED.

War Room: Dr. Naomi Wolf: “There is an increased risk in cardiac related mortality from the vaccines”

Watch the 7:11 minute interview: https://rumble.com/v36cofc-dr.-naomi-wolf-there-is-an-increased-risk-in-cardiac-related-mortality-from.html

GP Assistant Ed.: WAYNE ROOT: A Covid Vaccine Nightmare Story Everyone Needs to Hear. The Next Person Crippled, Disabled, or Dead Could Be You!

I’ll soon write a column about 65 friends, acquaintances, and business associates of mine…people I personally know…who have died or suffered serious illness since being vaccinated. The numbers are piling up. These are not coincidences. It’s a pattern. Studying a pattern like this used to be called “SCIENCE.”

In the meantime, I have one up-close and personal story that every American needs to hear. Last week I went out to dinner with one of my best friends (let’s call him Mike). He told me the story of his own sister, who was badly injured and disabled by the Covid vaccine. He then informed she’s a big fan of mine and watches my Real Americas Voice TV show every Saturday. He said she’d like to talk to me and share her story. We spoke yesterday. Here’s her story. Let’s call her Jane. She is an accomplished female CEO. Jane runs a medical organization that helps children. She wanted to stress to me how healthy she’d been before getting the vaccine.[…] The facts are out. The CDC’s own internal report shows over 117,000 excess deaths among American children since the vaccine. CHILDREN. That’s more excess dead children in two years than all the US soldiers killed in the Vietnam War in a decade. Life insurance companies report more excess deaths among working age Americans since 2021 (the year the Covid vaccine began) than at any time in history. What do working age Americans have in common? The Biden administration forced them to take the vaccine, or lose their jobs. Ed Dowd, the former Blackrock money manager, who analyzes numbers for a living, says the disability rolls have grown by millions since the vaccine. MILLIONS. That’s why there is such a severe shortage of employees.

CHINA: AMERICA’S MORTAL ENEMY

War Room: Dr Shawn Rowland: Healthcare Industry & The Threat Of Cyber Attacks On Our Hospitals

Watch the 8:55 minute interview: https://rumble.com/v361w6d-dr-shawn-rowland-health-care-industry-and-the-threat-of-cyber-attacks-on-ou.html

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE MILITARY

Berrien: ‘Where Have You All Been?’: Gold Star Mom Slams Tapper, Media For Silence On Biden’s Botched Withdrawal

Kelly Barnett, the mother of Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover, had noted in the past that her son had served in Afghanistan twice before he was murdered in the attack. She said he had told her he was concerned “the moment that he landed and saw what he saw. His words were chaos, no communication, lack of leadership. He said he never [saw] anything like it.” “He told me, Mom, I now know that the command cares nothing for us,” Barnett had stated. “My son, these 12 others left this earth thinking that their command cared nothing for them.” […] “We need the country to come together,” she continued. “I want justice for my son. He fought and he died for this country, not for conservatives, not for liberals. He fought for all of us. My job as his mom is to make sure that we come together and make sure this never happens again.” Tapper protested, “We’ve been covering the story of the botched withdrawal since it happened. And it’s just heartbreaking.” “You have said that the Biden administration lied to you about what happened that day,” Tapper said. “Tell us more about that. What did they tell you that was wrong?” “First off, . . .

Read ore: https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-have-you-all-been-gold-star-mom-slams-tapper-media-for-silence-on-bidens-botched-withdrawal

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CHILDREN ARE THE TARGET OF THE DARKNESS AFFECTING OUR NATION

Tapson: Feminists’ Fear and Loathing of Their Own Sons

HuffPost Personal recently posted an opinion piece titled “I Took My 15-Year-Old Son To See ‘Barbie’ Because I’m Worried He Could Become Ken,” which at first I understandably took to be satire. But no, progressivism is often simply a parody of itself, and that is the case with this HuffPost piece. Beyond its unintentional entertainment value, however, it’s a revealing look into the mindset of feminists who wrestle with the misfortune of having borne one or more male children instead of daughters with whom they can bond over their shared oppression under the boot heel of – ugh – men. The author is Wendy Besel Hahn (pronouns she/her), a writer and editor and the 51-year-old mother of a 15-year-old son. Her HuffPost article is full of virtue-signaling about her compassionate activism, Trump-hating moral superiority, and determination to raise a feminist son, but it also betrays an underlying, misandrist panic that her son’s very nature is toxic and must be exorcised out of him. […] One question that looms large over this depressing essay is, Where is the son’s father in all this? No mention at all is made of him or any male adult role model in this teenage boy’s life: not a father, a grandfather, an uncle, a trusted teacher or pastor, no one.

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

Kekatos: Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, a record-high number: CDC

This is a 2.6% increase from 48,183 in 2021 and the highest number ever recorded, according to provisional numbers released in a new report from the federal health agency. The greatest increase was seen among adults aged 65 and older, which was up 8.1% from 2021, and the second highest increase was in those aged 45 to 64, with a 6.6% rise. There also was an increase among those aged 25 to 44, but of just 0.7%.

Guggenheim: IRS unable to locate millions of tax records, watchdog says

The IRS lost track of millions of sensitive individual and business tax records that should have been transferred from a closed agency facility in California and is also unable to locate thousands of records that were stored at a facility in Utah, according to a new watchdog report.

As part of a review of the IRS’ mandatory storage of old tax records in microfilm backup cartridges, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report released Thursday that it found significant deficiencies in safeguarding and accounting for millions of tax records that contain sensitive taxpayer information.

Miller: Dems across the country defecting to GOP: ‘Democratic Party has become unrecognizable’

Five Democratic state lawmakers have defected to the Republican Party so far in 2023, part of a growing trend experts say is caused by red states becoming redder and blue states becoming bluer. Ten state lawmakers switched parties in 2023, and six of them switched between major parties, Politico reported. Out of those six defectors from major parties, five switched from Democrat to Republican. Just two state lawmakers changed political affiliation in all of 2022. […] Overall, 173 state lawmakers have switched parties since 1994, and 83 of them were Democrats who switched to the GOP. Just 23 switched to the Democratic Party from the Republican Party.

Pope: Blue State That Pushes Green Energy Delays Closing Power Plants Amid Blackout Concerns

The California Energy Commission (CEC) voted Wednesday to delay the closure of three gas-fired power plants in Southern California due to concerns that doing so prematurely could elevate the risks of blackouts, according to The Associated Press. The CEC made the decision to extend the life of the plants through 2026, rather than by the end of this year as initially planned, so that they can be available to stave off blackouts during periods of elevated demand and emergencies, according to the AP. The plan to delay the closures still needs approval by vote from the California State Water Resources Control Board, which could happen as early as next week, according to the AP.

INTERNATIONAL

Carr: Moment seven officers drag ‘autistic’ girl, 16, kicking and screaming from Leeds home for committing a ‘hate crime’ after she told female cop ‘you look like my lesbian nana’

The mother posted: ‘This is what police do when dealing with autistic children. My daughter told me the police officer looked like her nana, who is a lesbian. ‘The officer took it the wrong way and said it was a homophobic comment [it wasn’t]. The girl’s mother says: ‘She’s made a comment in her own house, she hasn’t said anything to you.’ The mother repeats ‘she’s autistic’, to which the officer responds: ‘I don’t care.’ The girl then makes some noises, which her mother explains was her punching herself in distress. The officers remain in the hallway as the mother shouts out: ‘You’re going to remove her for what, she said the word lesbian? Her nana is a lesbian, she’s married to a woman. She’s not homophobic.’ A male officer intervenes, saying a homophobic comment had been made to his colleague.

Koren: Finnish Grandmother Is Back In Court Facing ‘Hate Speech’ Charges For Tweeting Bible Verses

The enormous implications of Päivi Räsänen’s case for fundamental freedoms have triggered international outrage. n 2019, Päivi Räsänen did what any one of us might do — she tweeted at her church. Her tweet was simple and peaceful. She questioned the choice to sponsor a local pride parade. She questioned, was this befitting of their Christian faith? And she attached a scripture passage to the tweet. Räsänen will be headed to court for the second time on criminal charges of “hate speech.” This longstanding member of the Finnish Parliament, medical doctor, and grandmother has faced onerous prosecution for four years at the hands of Finland’s government for a tweet. Subjected to 13 hours of police interrogation, authorities dug into her past, charging her with three counts of “agitation against a minority group” for the tweet, in addition to a 2004 church pamphlet and 2019 radio appearance. Bishop Juhana Pohjola of Finland’s Evangelical Lutheran Church also was criminally charged for publishing the pamphlet, which discusses a Biblical-based understanding of marriage and human sexuality. Their charges carried with them tens of thousands of euros in fines and even the possibility of a two-year prison sentence.

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