Dec 21 2024

Bannon: “When Does Accountability Day Start? January 20th, 2025”


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: Dec 20, 2024 at :7:00 pm EST

Dec 21 2024

Sheriff Mack Has A Warning For Governor Hobbs And Mayor Gallego


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: Dec 20, 2024 at :7:00 pm EST

Dec 21 2024

Steve Bannon Talks With True MAGA Patriots From Around The United States


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: Dec 20, 2024 at :7:00 pm EST

Dec 21 2024

Sen. Ron Johnson: Nobody Can Justify This Increase In Spending


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: Dec 20, 2024 at :7:00 pm EST

Dec 21 2024

Kids for Cash Documentary


Posted originally on Dec 21, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

Dec 21 2024

Japan Fighting the Market Blaming Speculator not Its Policies


Posted originally on Dec 21, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

Japan Yen 10000 2024

Japan is cascading into a serious debt crisis. Even Japanese finance officials have come out and been shocked by the fall of the Japanese yen back to retest the lows of 1990. They have been urging the Bank of Japan to intervene in foreign exchange and are naturally blaming speculators. Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato came out and stated:

“As we are alarmed by recent currency market developments including those driven by speculators, we’ll take appropriate action against excessive moves.”

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In every government, they will always blame speculators and never their own policies. The mere fact that Kato has publicly made this statement demonstrates that the currency market is rather alarming, and the government is very concerned about the collapse of the Japanese yen. Currently, the dollar is trading at the 151 level. A year-end closing above 148 will warn that the dollar can rally substantially in the 200 to 250 zone. A close BELOW 147 would imply we could see the yen consolidate into 2026, but then it would resume a decline into 2027. Japan did conduct an intervention into the FOREX market buying yen last July to support its currency after fell below 161 per dollar level.

The BOJ’s rate-setting meeting concluded, suggesting that the U.S.-Japan interest rate differentials may not narrow as fast as previously expected. They did confirm that a former employee’s theft of over 1 billion yen from customers’ deposit boxes did not help with confidence overall.

Dec 21 2024

It’s Official – Tom Cotton Replaces Marco Rubio on Gang of Eight, New Senate Intel Committee Chairman


Posted originally on the CTH on December 21, 2024 | Sundance 

John Thune has announced the new Senate Republican Committee Chairs and Members. [WEBSITE]

Within the announcement, the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is Senator Tom Cotton.  This puts Senator Cotton together with Democrat Vice-Chair Mark Warner.  This appointment also puts Tom Cotton on the Intelligence Community “Gang of Eight.”

A position within the Gang of Eight comes as a result of holding one of the following eight positions: 1. The Speaker of the House, 2. The Minority Leader of the House, 3. the Majority Leader of the Senate, 4. the Minority Leader of the Senate, 5. the Chairperson of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence, 6. the minority leader from the same committee; 7. The Chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee and 8. the minority leader of the same committee.

In March of 2016 an exclusive list of politicians, top tech executives, billionaires, donors and influence agents gathered at a secretive meeting with key leaders of the Washington DC UniParty.  The meeting was to discuss their plans to destroy Donald Trump.  The meeting took place at the exclusive enclave in Sea Island Georgia.

Over time, almost every single member of the Sea Island Group who attended that weekend meeting have detonated themselves in an effort to try and take down President Trump.  Just as the axiom ‘never trust a never Trumper’ has been proven true repeatedly, so too is the sentiment ‘just wait, if they attended Sea Island, they will eventually expose their intent to destroy Trump.’  [READ HERE]  Senator Tom Cotton was an attendee!

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced the Senate Republican Conference committee assignments for the 119th Congress. The assignments have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next Congress.

Agriculture

John Boozman, Arkansas

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

John Hoeven, North Dakota

Joni Ernst, Iowa

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi

Roger Marshall, Kansas

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Jim Justice, West Virginia

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

John Thune, South Dakota

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Appropriations

Susan Collins, Maine

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

Jerry Moran, Kansas

John Hoeven, North Dakota

John Boozman, Arkansas

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi

Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

Katie Britt, Alabama

Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Armed Services

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Joni Ernst, Iowa

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Kevin Cramer, North Dakota

Rick Scott, Florida

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

Jim Banks, Indiana

Tim Sheehy, Montana

Banking

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Katie Britt, Alabama

Pete Ricketts, Nebraska

Jim Banks, Indiana

Kevin Cramer, North Dakota

Bernie Moreno, Ohio

Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania

Commerce

Ted Cruz, Texas

John Thune, South Dakota

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Todd Young, Indiana

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

John Curtis, Utah

Bernie Moreno, Ohio

Tim Sheehy, Montana

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Energy

Mike Lee, Utah

John Barrasso, Wyoming

Jim Risch, Idaho

Steve Daines, Montana

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Jim Justice, West Virginia

Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

John Hoeven, North Dakota

Environment and Public Works

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Kevin Cramer, North Dakota

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

John Curtis, Utah

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Pete Ricketts, Nebraska

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

John Boozman, Arkansas

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Finance

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

John Cornyn, Texas

John Thune, South Dakota

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

James Lankford, Oklahoma

Steve Daines, Montana

Todd Young, Indiana

John Barrasso, Wyoming

Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Roger Marshall, Kansas

Foreign Relations

Jim Risch, Idaho

Pete Ricketts, Nebraska

Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania

Steve Daines, Montana

Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

John Barrasso, Wyoming

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Ted Cruz, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

Rick Scott, Florida

John Curtis, Utah

John Cornyn, Texas

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Susan Collins, Maine

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma

Roger Marshall, Kansas

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Jim Banks, Indiana

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

James Lankford, Oklahoma

Rick Scott, Florida

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Bernie Moreno, Ohio

Joni Ernst, Iowa

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Judiciary

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

Ted Cruz, Texas

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

Katie Britt, Alabama

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Intel

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Jim Risch, Idaho

Susan Collins, Maine

John Cornyn, Texas

Jerry Moran, Kansas

James Lankford, Oklahoma

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Todd Young, Indiana

Marco Rubio, Florida

Aging

Rick Scott, Florida

Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania

Jim Justice, West Virginia

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Budget

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Roger Marshall, Kansas

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Pete Ricketts, Nebraska

Bernie Moreno, Ohio

Rick Scott, Florida

Indian Affairs

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

John Hoeven, North Dakota

Steve Daines, Montana

Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Joint Economic Committee

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Rules

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Ted Cruz, Texas

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi

Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

Katie Britt, Alabama

John Boozman, Arkansas

Small Business

Joni Ernst, Iowa

Jim Risch, Idaho

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Tim Scott, South Carolina

Todd Young, Indiana

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Ted Budd, North Carolina

John Curtis, Utah

Jim Justice, West Virginia

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Veterans Affairs

Jerry Moran, Kansas

John Boozman, Arkansas

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Kevin Cramer, North Dakota

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Jim Banks, Indiana

Tim Sheehy, Montana

Ethics

James Lankford, Oklahoma

Jim Risch, Idaho

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

[SOURCE]

Prepare For Battle!

Dec 21 2024

Short-Term Funding Mechanism for Govt Spending Passes House


For those who walk the deep weeds of internecine politics, we notice there is an influential component of the Sea Island group still at work within the GOP.

The same Republican “conservatives” who voted to suspend the debt ceiling issue for Joe Biden (Chip Roy, Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace et al), refused to stop the issue of the debt ceiling from surfacing during the Donald Trump administration.

At a certain point we must accept there are elements within the republican apparatus who intend to disrupt President Trump even though they present a false face.

The short-term spending bill has punted the issues of government funding into March 2025. The package passed 366-34, with the support of 196 Democrats and 170 Republicans.

The good news is that most of the hidden non-spending aspects were removed in the much shorter CR extension. The provisions which shielded the administrative state, approximately 1,000 pages of self-interested regulation, were removed. However, the debt ceiling conflict will rise again and could potentially present a problem because they will be attached to future legislative negotiations on Trump policy.

The House “Freedom Caucus” is essentially the voice and mechanism for the Sea Island group to disrupt MAGA plans and President Trump’s economic priorities. The Debt Ceiling is their legislative weapon, a false front technical issue to hide the Freedom Caucus intent. They justify standing against Trump by saying “fiscal conservatism”; but in reality, their history shows their vitriol only extends outwardly when Trump is in office.

The Sea Island multinational and banking group (traditional GOP control elements) are the financial backers of these anti-Trump schemes. The origin of their corporate opposition comes from the way they make money, which is not in alignment with the policy of President Trump.

The same group of influential hedge fund managers, billionaires, multinational corporations, banking groups and political operatives on K-Street who do their bidding (Chamber of Commerce, Club for Growth etc.) are/were behind the effort to lift Ron DeSantis. It is easier to reference them simply by saying The Sea Island Group. This is why we see the same names, the Ron DeSantis supporting politicians, voting against the proposals of President Trump.

They do not support the operational intentions of Donald Trump (economic nationalism), and they use “conservative principles” as the justification for their opposition. Quite simply, it is a ruse. I am sick of watching these Deceptive Conservatives create arguments amid the republican base of MAGA support who do not follow the convoluted mechanics of how they use legislation and votes (cloture) to carry out the objectives of the billionaire donor class. CTH was founded in part on this issue. We have outlined these masks for a long time.

(Via NBC) – WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Friday evening passed a short-term bill to avert a government shutdown … The vote was 366-34, with all opposition coming from Republicans and one member voting present. It capped a tumultuous week in the House that foreshadowed how the new Congress in January might deal with a mercurial Donald Trump back in the White House. A two-thirds vote was needed because the bill came to the floor under a fast-track process.

The legislation now heads to the Senate which must pass it before 12:01 a.m. to avert a shutdown.

The package funds the government at current levels through March 14, and includes $100 billion in disaster aid and a one-year farm bill — while stripping out a debt limit extension demanded by President-elect Trump earlier in the week. (read more)

These funding fights always break down to accepting a crap sandwich amid a buffet of horrible ingredients.  They always suck; however, President Trump’s pragmatic optimal solution approach has always been to plough through it with as little of the crap ingredients as possible, while rapidly positioning to have the benefit of his economic policy as fast as possible.

Lastly, understand this with direct seriousness. The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) wants the Debt Ceiling fight. It is a tool they can use so they can impede the economic agenda of President Donald Trump. This same HFC will -eventually- work to STOP the Musk and Ramaswamy DOGE effort to remove the tentacles of big government.

The HFC are anti-Trump, and they will stand aghast shouting “muh principles” when you point it out; they are, unfortunately, assholes.

Dec 21 2024

Another Debt Ceiling Debate, Another Govt Funding Charade, Another Looming Govt Shutdown


Posted originally on the CTH on December 20, 2024 | Sundance

If the government “shuts down” but nobody notices, is it really a shutdown?

After a group of 38 republicans aligned with almost all democrats in the house, the effort to raise the debt ceiling and fund government failed.

Unbeknownst to most, the debt ceiling was suspended in Jun of 2023. As a result, Joe Biden and congress could spend on Ukraine without worry about the debt ceiling being a hurdle. The UniParty suspended the debt ceiling with a purpose.

Starting Jan 1st, 2025, the debt ceiling issue is scheduled to return. National debt will be whatever it was when the debt ceiling was suspended plus whatever spending Biden and the UniParty did since June of 2023. A new debt ceiling is estimated to be hit by June of 2025 or earlier.

President Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson -using the CR as a vehicle- to push the restart of the debt ceiling back for 2 years. This would allow for continuance of the tax cuts that President Trump wants to make; plus, economic drivers like no tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, a 15% tax bracket for companies who build, invest and manufacture in the USA.  Expanding the economy is the goal.

Our government considers tax cuts as government spending. So, if congress does $4 trillion in tax cuts, the government considers that $4 trillion in additional spending.

The debt ceiling reinitiating next year will make President Trump have to figure out how to pass the tax cuts without going over the debt ceiling and triggering a default.

By not moving the non-existent debt ceiling back two more years, the 38 “true conservatives” stopped the American people from getting more of our money returned via tax cuts and they keep more money in the government.

DOGE was planned to come in under the Trump plan to reduce the size of government at the same time ultimately addressing the issue of the 38 conservatives.

WASHINGTON DC – […] Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) told a gaggle of reporters outside of the speaker’s office that the bill they plan to put forth would likely be similar to the Donald Trump-backed version that failed on the House floor by a wide margin Thursday evening. She said the vote was planned for 10 a.m.

“I think we’re very close to a deal,” she said, adding that it’s “very close to President Trump’s plan yesterday.”

Johnson and House conservatives are huddling in his office Friday morning as a government shutdown deadline looms in less than 24 hours. Separately, House Democrats are scheduled to have a closed-door meeting later in the morning as they wait to see what happens next. (more)

https://twitter.com/JohnStossel/status/1870127238953197713
Dec 21 2024

Why Admit Now? – Wall Street Journal Interviews 50 Biden Staff and Officials Who Outline Cognitive Decline


Posted originally on the CTH on December 20, 2024 | Sundance 

The Wall Street Journal triggered a lot of attention with a lengthy expose’ article [SEE HERE] sourced from 50 members of the Biden administration who mostly admit: Joe Biden’s cognitive decline was obvious early in the administration and rapidly worsened in the last two years.

The article outlines what most of the non-pretending group already knew, Biden was selected by Team Obama specifically because he was easily controlled by a group of insider staff allowing the Obama agenda to continue with Biden as the avatar for it. Heck, they even created a soundstage and fake Oval Office backdrop; but we are not supposed to mention that reminder, are we?

WSJ – […] Presidents always have gatekeepers. But in Biden’s case, the walls around him were higher and the controls greater, according to Democratic lawmakers, donors and aides who worked for Biden and other administrations. There were limits over who Biden spoke with, limits on what they said to him and limits around the sources of information he consumed.

[…] This account of how the White House functioned with an aging leader at the top of its organizational chart is based on interviews with nearly 50 people, including those who participated in or had direct knowledge of the operations.

[…] The president’s slide has been hard to overlook. While preparing last year for his interview with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents, the president couldn’t recall lines that his team discussed with him. At events, aides often repeated instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage, that would be obvious to the average person. Biden’s team tapped campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, a Hollywood mogul, to find a voice coach to improve the president’s fading warble. (read more)

The media can never recover credibility over this issue, they willfully and purposefully lied and helped the White House cover up the issues.

So, the question is, why now?  Why tell the truth now?