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Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Was Willing to Break the Law Just to Destroy Trump​

Victor Davis Hanson examines Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Trump’s strategy toward the regime, the political stakes of the 2026 midterms, and the growing influence of Caitlin Clark on the WNBA, on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

Hanson and Jack Fowler also discuss Trump’s tensions with Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney, arguing that Canada’s economic, immigration, and defense policies are increasingly at odds with the United States.

The episode also dives into New York politics, highlighting Letitia James’ pursuit of Donald Trump and his associates. Hanson discusses how Trump’s legal battles revealed a broader politicization of the FBI, CIA, IRS, and other institutions, and warns that the Left’s “victim-victimizer” worldview has created a system of political and cultural double standards.

00:00 Show Intro and Agenda
05:59 Canada Tensions and Trade
20:21 Iran Pressure and Midterm Stakes
48:20 Wrestling Memories
54:30 New York Lawfare
01:16:50 Modern Medieval America

 

Trump's Treasury Just Went To War With The British Virgin Islands​

00:00 The White House posted a TV screen with a 17 on it
02:59 A 5pm emergency order, and elections that might not happen
05:44 Everything everywhere all at once, mirrored back
08:36 Military trucks in Ireland and a $100 million club in the BVI
11:43 Podesta's already gone, but it still has to play out
14:01 The last straw: McDonald's, Ray Kroc and a million sealed indictments
17:45 Channel four means 4chan
20:54 Biff, the Mandela effect and 88 miles an hour
22:32 Every poem in the book is code
25:27 The firewall between the script readers and the ones you can't see
29:30 You can't just execute them — you have to take the soul
33:31 Starmer, Burnham and conscription for everyone but Muslims
34:40 Ratcliffe's C-17 to Moscow and the push for World War Three
39:00 Canada was never a real country
40:18 Mark Carney Meme Day
43:50 The greatest president in history, or a moron
46:12 Careful who you turn on: the Pentagon's paid influencers
51:04 If it gives you a dopamine hit, stop and think
53:29 You fell for that. And that. And that.
 
I think we're on the cusp of some BIG changes...



The damning email obtained by King Solomon through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

CONFIRMS:
The Central Intelligence Agency conspired and succeeded in the overthrow of the United States government on November 3, 2020.

In a stunning exchange, CIA Director Mike Morell turns to fellow Director John Brennan and asks if he would join in toppling the United States government during the November 3, 2020 election. Brennan not only agrees—but also expresses his gratitude.

CIA Mike Morell: “Can I add your name to this list? Will be adding Leon Panetta, Sue Gordon, Jeh Johnson, George, Lisa Monaco, and Mike Rogers. And working on adding Dan Coats, Mike Rogers (HPSCI), and Tom Bossert. And lots of other IC career folk.

“Trying to give the incapacitated vegetable, particularly during the debate on Thursday, a talking point to push back on Trump on this issue.”

CIA John Brennan; “Ok Michael, add my name to the list. Good initiative. Thanks for asking me to sign on.”

——————

It wasn’t just 51 former intelligence officials who were involved. The Central Intelligence Agency itself was actively involved as well, and its director, Gina Haspel, approved it.

* @DavidCariens was informed about the Hunter Biden “intel” statement by a CIA employee.

* David Cariens was read the text from the statement by a CIA Employee.

* David Cariens was asked to sign the statement by a CIA Employee.

• @JaniceCariens is retired CIA (1995), and she was also asked to sign the letter.

* Mike Morell testified that such action by a CIA employee would be unethical and inappropriate.

Here are the names of the 51 intel officials who overthrew the United States government.

1. Jim Clapper
2. Michael Hayden
3. Leon Panetta
4. John Brennan
5. Thomas Fingar
6. Rick Ledgett
7. John McLaughlin
8. Michael Morell
9. Mike Vickers
10. Doug Wise
11. Nick Rasmussen
12. Russ Travers
13. Andy Liepman
14. John Moseman
15. Larry Pfeiffer
16. Jeremy Bash
17. Rodney Snyder
18. Glenn Gerstell
19. David Buckley
20. Nada Bakos
21. Patty Brandmaier
22. James B. Bruce
23. David Cariens
24. Janice Cariens
25. Paul Kolbe
26. Peter Corsell
27. Brett Davis
28. Roger Zane George
29. Steven L. Hall
30. Kent Harrington
31. Don Hepburn
32. Timothy D. Kilbourn
33. Ron Marks
34. Jonna Hiestand Mendez
35. Emile Nakhleh
36. Gerald A. O’Shea
37. David Priess
38. Pam Purcilly
39. Marc Polymeropoulos
40. Chris Savos
41. Nick Shapiro
42. John Sipher
43. Stephen Slick
44. Cynthia Strand
45. Greg Tarbell
46. David Terry
47. Greg Treverton
48. John Tullius
49. David A. Vanell
50. Winston Wiley
51. Kristin Wood

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel:

“Since its inception in 1947, the CIA has a legal mandate to never interfere domestically, especially with PARTISAN POLITICS.

“And this letter shows that Gina Haspel’s CIA broke that mandate. That legal mandate did just that and her employees went out and had signatories added to a letter that they knew it contained false information.

“And there better be a whole host of subpoenas going out to Gina Haspel. Her leadership team and everyone of those people that have now been on the email chain adding signatures to that letter.”
 


American “Nobody's talking about this, but 2 men were murdered outside a gay bar in Arizona by an Islamic extremist. And even though one of the victims was a pro-Islam queer for Palestine, the shooter didn't spare him”

The Muslim was also caught carrying a list of other LGBTQ businesses. He had a note at his residence showing the attack was motivated by hate toward the LGBTQ community

Before liberals say he wasn’t a practicing Muslim, the man’s cousin has already confirmed he was

The shooter’s cousin told the Arizona Daily Star he was a practicing Muslim that prayed five times a day

One of the men who was killed was a “Queer’s for Palestine” protester and actually spent his time making homemade Palestine flags to bring to protests

And then a Muslim shows up to kill him because he’s LGBTQ…..

A true chickens for KFC moment….
 
Unrolled at link... worth a read:

Trump Decode... a thread...🧵 What Trump did today will be studied for decades... not because it made headlines, but because it silently rewired the very architecture of global power...

Trump did what no President ever could, or would dare... he reached into the core of the world’s hidden command structure and pulled a keystone loose... in a single stroke, he signed into action a move that didn’t just address crime or restore order in Washington, DC... it struck at the legal heart of the Unholy Trinity that has ruled for generations... you have to see this...1/

 
Bottom Feeder said:
you have to have an account on XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Y'know, I do like that Elon bought twitter, but it sure is a pain in the ass to even just look at anything on there.

If they just had some f'ing consistency in the way it works, it would be better.

As it is, one post or vid on there will embed, but others won't.

Of the ones that do, some can be seen while others need to be opened in a new tab.

Of those that need a new tab to play, some will play fine, but others have no sound and no volume control visible.

Others open yet another new tab, but play muted.

When I try to adjust the volume on those, yet another tab opens with the vid in a different format.

Then beyond all that, God help ya if you might want to read a few responses on there.

Twitter has always been a hot mess as to how it works, but it's gotten a lot worse since Elon bought it.
 
Bottom Feeder said:
you have to have an account on XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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It's painless to get an account folks... So get one!!

X IS where the news is... sure there's a bunch of ne'er-do-wells here and there... just like here in fact!

Can't help it if you can't view for whatever reason you choose to employ, but that IS where it's happening.

You can always join Faceplant for a 'balanced' viewpoint I guess?

X runs much better than before. Lest we forget there are MILLIONS of lines of code involved in X and sifting through it is fraught with pitfalls. Who knows what the liberals left as landmines??

At first it was a kluged mess, but now that GROK is up and running they're improving everything possible. GROK also sifts through code looking for mistakes, pitfalls, stuff that shouldn't be allowed.

YMMV but that's my experience!
 
Goldhedge said:
I think we're on the cusp of some BIG changes...



The damning email obtained by King Solomon through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

CONFIRMS:
The Central Intelligence Agency conspired and succeeded in the overthrow of the United States government on November 3, 2020.

In a stunning exchange, CIA Director Mike Morell turns to fellow Director John Brennan and asks if he would join in toppling the United States government during the November 3, 2020 election. Brennan not only agrees—but also expresses his gratitude.

CIA Mike Morell: “Can I add your name to this list? Will be adding Leon Panetta, Sue Gordon, Jeh Johnson, George, Lisa Monaco, and Mike Rogers. And working on adding Dan Coats, Mike Rogers (HPSCI), and Tom Bossert. And lots of other IC career folk.

“Trying to give the incapacitated vegetable, particularly during the debate on Thursday, a talking point to push back on Trump on this issue.”

CIA John Brennan; “Ok Michael, add my name to the list. Good initiative. Thanks for asking me to sign on.”

——————

It wasn’t just 51 former intelligence officials who were involved. The Central Intelligence Agency itself was actively involved as well, and its director, Gina Haspel, approved it.

* @DavidCariens was informed about the Hunter Biden “intel” statement by a CIA employee.

* David Cariens was read the text from the statement by a CIA Employee.

* David Cariens was asked to sign the statement by a CIA Employee.

• @JaniceCariens is retired CIA (1995), and she was also asked to sign the letter.

* Mike Morell testified that such action by a CIA employee would be unethical and inappropriate.

Here are the names of the 51 intel officials who overthrew the United States government.

1. Jim Clapper
2. Michael Hayden
3. Leon Panetta
4. John Brennan
5. Thomas Fingar
6. Rick Ledgett
7. John McLaughlin
8. Michael Morell
9. Mike Vickers
10. Doug Wise
11. Nick Rasmussen
12. Russ Travers
13. Andy Liepman
14. John Moseman
15. Larry Pfeiffer
16. Jeremy Bash
17. Rodney Snyder
18. Glenn Gerstell
19. David Buckley
20. Nada Bakos
21. Patty Brandmaier
22. James B. Bruce
23. David Cariens
24. Janice Cariens
25. Paul Kolbe
26. Peter Corsell
27. Brett Davis
28. Roger Zane George
29. Steven L. Hall
30. Kent Harrington
31. Don Hepburn
32. Timothy D. Kilbourn
33. Ron Marks
34. Jonna Hiestand Mendez
35. Emile Nakhleh
36. Gerald A. O’Shea
37. David Priess
38. Pam Purcilly
39. Marc Polymeropoulos
40. Chris Savos
41. Nick Shapiro
42. John Sipher
43. Stephen Slick
44. Cynthia Strand
45. Greg Tarbell
46. David Terry
47. Greg Treverton
48. John Tullius
49. David A. Vanell
50. Winston Wiley
51. Kristin Wood

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel:

“Since its inception in 1947, the CIA has a legal mandate to never interfere domestically, especially with PARTISAN POLITICS.

“And this letter shows that Gina Haspel’s CIA broke that mandate. That legal mandate did just that and her employees went out and had signatories added to a letter that they knew it contained false information.

“And there better be a whole host of subpoenas going out to Gina Haspel. Her leadership team and everyone of those people that have now been on the email chain adding signatures to that letter.”
Click to expand...

Didn't that happen long before 2020?
 
Goldhedge said:
It's painless to get an account folks... So get one!!

X IS where the news is... sure there's a bunch of ne'er-do-wells here and there... just like here in fact!

Can't help it if you can't view for whatever reason you choose to employ, but that IS where it's happening.

You can always join Faceplant for a 'balanced' viewpoint I guess?

X runs much better than before. Lest we forget there are MILLIONS of lines of code involved in X and sifting through it is fraught with pitfalls. Who knows what the liberals left as landmines??

At first it was a kluged mess, but now that GROK is up and running they're improving everything possible. GROK also sifts through code looking for mistakes, pitfalls, stuff that shouldn't be allowed.

YMMV but that's my experience!
Click to expand...
My point is that they've made it more difficult to view a tweet and sometimes have made it completely impossible to do so.

Didn't used to be that way.
 
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