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Makes me wonder how many here are paid to deceive...?


The Demoralization Brigade is trained in Fifth Generation Information Warfare.

They know that if you can destabilize/demoralize a sufficient amount of any opposational population or group, you can render it's ability to resist your agenda null and void; the demoralized population/group will fall to infighting, discord, fracture and various different factions, all fighting each other.

They attempted this for the last 10 months with the specific target of getting the American public - especially MAGA & American youth - to TURN ON TPUSA AND ERIKA KIRK, thereby HALTING the move of the 18-24 segment of our society to Trump/MAGA by a stunning 40%+ from 2018-2024, so they can begin attempting to REVERSE IT.

Some have accepted payments for the double-duty of not only trying to massively influence the 2026 primaries/midterms away from Trump/MAGA by trying to neutralize TPUSA; they've also gone on to the much more daunting task of getting as many people as possible to turn on TRUMP/MAGA as well.

As Trump literally reshapes the country after 130 years of it being run by a hidden shadow government he is exposing and destroying and preparing to prosecute, the Blackpill Brigrade is out there every damn day furiously and with increasing desperation trying to get you to turn on him, not trust him, not trust anybody around him.

Even as he's make the declassifications from the very tippy-top of the federal Executive Branch he's now successfully taken effective control of, The Usual Suspects are out there screaming BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT, and trying to get you turn on the people making the declassification disclosures to you.

Guard your mind.

Protect your emotions.

Be careful who you follow.

You are a target for constant information warfare, whether you are willing or even able to recognize this or not.

The Good News is, a lot of these unregistered foreign agent talking-point-readers are about to be taken off the board for what they tried to do to TPUSA and Erika Kirk.

They will fully and richly deserve everything that is about to happen to them.

They're gonna wish they hadn't taken all that sweet, sweet foreign cash to engage in demoralizaton operations against their fellow Americans.

Kash and others followed the cash.

These people are stupid.
 

Mitch Vexler's Alarming Exposé: Unveiling the Depths of Property Tax Fraud and Its Legal Ramifications​

Paralegal Practice Essentials
May 08, 2025

In a compelling video titled "STOP: The Biggest Financial Collapse of Our Lifetime | SHOCKING Court Response," Mitch Vexler, a seasoned real estate developer and president of Mockingbird Properties, sheds light on what he perceives as a systemic property tax fraud perpetrated by the Denton Central Appraisal District (DCAD) in Texas. This exposé is not just a critique of local governance but a clarion call highlighting potential nationwide implications for property owners and the legal community.


Mitch Vexler's Alarming Exposé: Unveiling the Depths of Property Tax Fraud and Its Legal Ramifications

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Doug Casey's Take
Nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.


Jul 31, 2026 Doug Casey's Take
Matt and Doug discuss a sudden influx of about 49,000 Moroccans into Spain’s small enclave of Ceuta, questioning how the territory can house and feed them, whether NGOs and Moroccan authorities facilitated the crossing, and how Spain or the EU could respond given asylum rules and limited enforcement. They compare the event to past mass-migration episodes in Europe and the U.S. The conversation shifts to Anthony Fauci’s Senate testimony, Rand Paul’s questioning, Biden’s blanket pardon, and allegations of profiteering and lack of accountability. They then review controversy around Nolan’s film The Odyssey, arguing DEI casting choices may have been used subversively while still praising parts of the movie. They also cover U.S. border-device searches and debate whether expanding conflicts around Iran, attacks on energy infrastructure, and U.S. involvement indicate a slide toward World War III, including nuclear or cyber escalation.

The Camp of the Saints
 
No point in feeding them, give them rubber rafts and give the Spanish rifles...
 
Mary T Media

Note: Mary T talks about the dangers we face with T's decline. It's a hit piece on T. If you believe T was sent by God to save America you may be highly incensed if you watch or listen. It's a podcast so there is nothing to see, best to listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Jul 31, 2026 Mary Trump Daily Podcast
Mary Trump joins Wajahat Ali and exposes Trump's psychological decline, billion-dollar grift, growing desperation, and why she believes he's becoming more dangerous as his power begins to unravel. #wajahatali #marytrump

Mary Trump SHOCKS With Dire Trump Prediction
 
Note: Does not paint T as a saint. Nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Donald Trump was always this corrupt.

Jul 31, 2026 #donaldtrump #Corruption
David Cay Johnston--a Pulitzer wining journalist and Trump biographer--explained to SiriusXM radio's Dean Obeidallah that Donald Trump has always been this corrupt. As he noted, Trump is the greatest conman ever--and David noted he has study conman throughout time! David added about Trump, "nothing comes close to this."

Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Donald Trump was always this corrupt.
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England

Names and contact details of more than 100,000 police officers leaked on dark web after hack​

Computer hackers have leaked the full names and contact details of more than 100,000 police officers.

The cyber criminals have allegedly uploaded the information onto the dark web.

It is believed they have infiltrated computer systems belonging to the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the National Crime Agency (NCA).

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...k-web-after-hack/ar-AA29iW1U?ocid=socialshare
 

Trump's 'economic revival' falls flat as donor's factory closes up shop​

President Donald Trump's promises of an "economic revival" and a return of manufacturing have once again fallen flat, with a new Washington Post piece documenting the closure of a factory in "Trump country" owned by a prominent Trump donor.

Per the Saturday morning piece, the Conn Selmer plant in Eastlake, Ohio, just east of Cleveland, shut its doors for the last time at the end of June. Located within a 61-year-old building, the plant was a subsidiary of the Steinway Musical Instruments company until its acquisition in 2013.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/eco...y-closes-up-shop/ar-AA29dpR9?ocid=socialshare
 

Donald Trump ridiculed as 'entire head of hair' flies off in viral Marine One moment​


Donald Trump has been mercilessly mocked after powerful gusts left him enduring an embarrassing moment while exiting Marine One on Sunday.

The 80-year-old president was filmed departing the presidential helicopter and heading toward Air Force One to fly back to the White House from New Jersey. Trump was observed gripping both handrails as he descended the steps of Marine One.

Upon reaching the ground, fierce winds abruptly lifted his notorious blonde comb-over upward, revealing a substantial section of his scalp. Trump's hair kept flapping in the breeze while his head remained visible as he proceeded toward his presidential aircraft.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...arine-one-moment/ar-AA29nMI6?ocid=socialshare
 
BOOM!


RFK Jr. sat on CNN and said something that should not have been controversial. He said the government’s first duty in any future pandemic is to protect constitutional rights. Not balance them against expert opinion. Not temporarily suspend them. Protect them.

Dana Bash reacted as if he had just committed a category error. She told him she did not want to “allow” him to say things that were not entirely true. Allow. That is the word she chose. Not “challenge.” Not “disagree.” Allow.

Watch that moment carefully and the entire posture becomes clear. This is not a journalist testing a claim. This is a gatekeeper deciding which premises are permitted on air. The substance of Kennedy’s argument ... that the last response got almost everything wrong ... barely registered. What registered was the unacceptable suggestion that rights might rank above the public-health machinery.

That is the scandal that never ended. A large part of the media and the expert class still treats constitutional rights as optional equipment that can be powered down whenever the right people declare an emergency. They do not say it in those words. They simply act as if the Bill of Rights is a set of guidelines that apply only when the experts find them convenient.

Bash’s performance was not an outlier. It was a clean demonstration of the surviving mindset. The lockdowns are over. The mandates are gone. The emergency declarations have expired. But the assumption that experts outrank rights never left the building. It just learned to speak more politely until someone like Kennedy forced the issue back into the open.

The Constitution was not written as a suggestion for calm weather. It was written to restrain power precisely when fear is highest and the people in charge are most certain they know better.
(article below)
 
I see.

Musical instruments, hey? What percentage of young people play ANYTHING...other than, say, their phone?

What percentage get any musical education (exposure, at least) in gubbermint skeulz? SOMETHING had to be removed, to make room for the oh-so-important Drag Queen Story Hour.

Businesses fail in bad times and good. Studebaker locked up their US plants in 1964 - the launch of the go-go 1960s. American Motors was discarded by French automaker Renault, and purchased by Chrysler for a song, in the height of the Reagan Revolution.

Those are just off the top of my head. Every industry has failures, from changing markets (who buys typewriters, now?) to poor management (Diamond Shamrock's alkali plant, 15 miles east of Eastlake in Fairport, Ohio, closed in 1979 after a bitter strike, and Diamond's decision to focus on retailing petroleum, and exit the industrial chemical markets).

Can't blame this one on tariffs. You CAN say that it was a damn-fool thing for Trump to say, when he had no clue what he was talking about...
 

Fuel, Terror, Rare Earths, and Frameworks of Insecurity

A major component of recent and very misguided Western celebration over what it deems to be a major “turning point” in the NATO war to fragment the Russian Federation (using Western proxy Ukraine as pretext) is represented by the former Minister of Defense’s drone strikes on Russian energy...
oliverboydbarrett.substack.com
 
More adults are moving in with their parents as the U.S. affordability crisis deepens

Aug 4, 2026
With inflation and rising costs, the affordability crisis is prompting some adults to consider rooming with their parents. CBS News' Jericka Duncan spoke with a 34-year-old woman about her decision to move back home.

2:10
 
Doug Casey's Take Nothing to see. Best to listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Aug 5, 2026 Doug Casey's Take
Geriatric Leadership, Executive Power, AI Manipulation & Crisis Investing: Gold vs. the Tech Mob
Matt and Doug discuss the death of Rep. Kay Granger and reports she spent her last six months in assisted care due to dementia, using it to broaden into concerns about geriatric U.S. leaders and Congress becoming increasingly irrelevant as power centralizes in the executive, drawing parallels to Rome. They cite a new-book interview where Trump reportedly claimed he is the most powerful leader in history, criticize his unchecked circle and erratic communications, and note polling suggesting he’s indifferent to losing midterms because he’ll rely on executive actions and pardons. They cover a $1.3B Texas migrant detention facility (about $250K per detainee) and allege Trump profited from related stock before a no-bid DoD contract. Other topics include Missouri voters rejecting income-tax elimination, the Pentagon’s interest in tactical nukes, trade bans affecting drones/robotics, SpaceX’s looming lockup expiration amid $10T market-cap hype, AI-written publishing scandals, and government-grade camera-footage manipulation tech. They close with a bullish stance on gold and select gold/oil stocks as a way to insulate against instability.

The Most Powerful Man Who Ever Lived
 
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