Steve Bannon On Matt Gaetz Withdrawal From The AG Nomination: “Next Man Up”


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on Nov 21, 2024 at 6:00 pm EST

President Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for U.S. Attorney General – The Deep Swamp Smiles


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

The nomination of former Florida AG Pam Bondi for the position of U.S. Attorney General is a big mistake; not for the corrupt background of Bondi that we presume President Trump is not aware of, but rather for the background of Pam Bondi the Deep Swamp is almost certainly aware of.

Within the background story of state AG corruption and unlawful activity, Pam Bondi is very easily leveraged, blackmailed and controlled.

I presume at this writing that President Donald Trump is completely unaware of what Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi did during her time in office.  The Florida Governor at the time was Rick Scott, who could most certainly corroborate much of the background, albeit now with layers and layers of serious political ramifications.

If you followed the story around the Trayvon Martin shooting and the subsequent arrest, jail and trial of George Zimmerman, you probably know the majority of what Florida AG Pam Bondi did.  However, it was almost 12-years-ago now.  So, for those who don’t remember here’s the story.

On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford Florida, George Zimmerman fired one shot into the heart of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, fatally killing him.

The Sanford Police lead investigator into the shooting was Chris Serino; the Police Chief was Bill Lee, and the local prosecutor was Norm Wolfinger.

Detective Chris Serino questioned and investigated George Zimmerman, who used a traditional “self-defense” justification for the shooting.  Eventually the case went to trial and the same “self-defense” justification was used in court.  Despite what you might have heard in the media, it was never a “stand your ground” defense.  It simply was not needed.

In addition to questioning Zimmerman, Serino documented two eye-witnesses to the shooting.  One woman in an apartment who saw the initial encounter between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, and another eye-witness, a man in an adjacent apartment who saw and partially recorded, the entire confrontation as it unfolded on the pathway approximately 20 feet from him.

The second witness called 911 and described in real time what he was seeing.  Trayvon was straddling George in an “MMA style” position and slamming Zimmerman’s head into the sidewalk.  During the 911 recording you can hear Zimmerman calling out, “help me; somebody help me.” [NOTE: Both of those witnesses as well as the recording were later buried but came out at trial.]

After a thorough investigation, all of the statements by George Zimmerman were corroborated by the eye-witnesses, the forensic evidence, the audio recording, and all the physical evidence found at the scene.  Detective Chris Serino gave his investigative report to Police Chief Lee along with the recommendation that Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense was valid and justified.  Serino and Lee then consulted with prosecutor Norm Wolfinger who reviewed the evidence and agreed.

ESSENTIALLY: Zimmerman was looking for Trayvon, who appeared from the bushes (Witness #1) punched Zimmerman in the face, and then the fight went down the sidewalk to where they ended up on the ground (Witness #2).  After Zimmerman was screaming for help, getting his head slammed into the concrete, he pulled a pistol from his belt and fired one shot into the chest of Martin.  All witnesses and evidence supported this series of events.

Detective Chris Serino had the responsibility to tell Trayvon Martin’s father, Tracy Martin, his findings from the investigation.  He played the audio from the 911 call as part of his explanation to Tracy Martin and his girlfriend Alicia Stanley.

Alicia Stanley worked in the corrections department and was not happy. Ms. Stanley was essentially the only mother Trayvon had ever known.  Sybrina Fulton from Miami Gardens was presented as Trayvon’s mother later on; however, Trayvon had not lived with Sybrina for almost 10-years.

As a corrections worker, Ms. Stanley was eventually put into contact with a Florida “civil rights lawyer” named Benjamin Crump.  After some back-and-forth positioning and discussion, Crump decided to champion a wrongful death case for the Martin family against George Zimmerman, the City of Sanford and the Sanford Police Department.

Benjamin Crump hired a PR firm run by Ryan Julison to create media pressure.  Using his civil rights contacts, Crump requested support from groups like Al Sharpton, Dream Defenders, and allies in the DOJ.  That approach led to AG Eric Holder and eventually President Barack Obama.

Additionally, having worked previously (2007) with Florida prosecutor Pam Bondi in the Martin Lee Anderson case, Benjamin Crump called the now Florida Attorney General Bondi for support.  The detective (Serino) sided with George Zimmerman.  The Police Chief, Bill Lee, agreed with Serino and the evidence.  The local Sanford prosecutor (Norm Wolfinger) refused to bring a case against Zimmerman based on the evidence.

…. Enter Florida AG Pam Bondi, who told Florida Governor Rick Scott a special prosecutor was needed for her friend Ben Crump.

Police Chief, Bill Lee, was removed from authority; then the local prosecutor, Norm Wolfinger, was removed; eventually the lead Detective, Chris Serino, was removed.

No prosecutor in Florida wanted to touch the case because the evidence against Zimmerman just didn’t exist.  However, Florida AG Bondi replaced the Sanford officials with State investigators working for a new “special prosecutor” Angela Corey, out of Jacksonville.

District Attorney Angela Corey (pictured above right) was Pam Bondi’s campaign manager.

Martin family attorney’s Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks then began creating a fabricated case construct to sell to the media.  The PR firm led by Ryan Julison provided the initial media contacts and narrative distribution of the fabricated case.  The majority of that fabricated case still exists in the public psyche despite all of the truth that came out during the trial of a transparently innocent George Zimmerman.

Pam Bondi was part of that fraudulent prosecution architecture. In fact, without her origination the state case against Zimmerman was non-existent.  Everything told about the Trayvon Martin shooting was a lie, including his age, the “skittles and iced-tea” story, this background criminal record, Trayvon’s known drug use, and just about everything else.  It was all an entirely manufactured Lawfare case, pushed to a compliant media.

None of the witness statements were ever in the media. None of the (full context) 911 call evidence was ever in the media. None of the images of George Zimmerman’s face and head were ever in the media.  None of the corroborating forensic evidence was ever in the media. None of the accurate pictures of Trayvon Martin were ever in the media. Nothing.  It was one big, fabricated Lawfare operation headed by Benjamin Crump and Special Prosecutor Angela Corey.

However, it’s actually worse.  The State Prosecutors and Benjamin Crump claimed there was an “ear-witness”, witness #8 at trial, a mysterious Trayvon Martin “girlfriend” witness they refused to identify but swore she heard Zimmerman threatening and attacking Trayvon Martin.

At the trial you saw witness #8 as Rachael “that’s retarded sir” Jeantel.

This was the state star prosecution witness used to construct the case against Zimmerman, and she was protected and isolated until the very last second when she was called to the stand at trial.

Except there was an immediate problem, Jeantel was never an ear-witness, she was never Trayvon’s girlfriend, she only had cursory knowledge of Trayvon when he infrequently visited the neighborhood in Miami Gardens, and she never authored the supposed statement attributed to her; heck, she couldn’t even read it, and she was NEVER Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend.

Everything about Rachael Jeantel as a witness was entirely fabricated by Ben Crump and Angela Corey.  They literally put a fabricated witness on the stand.  Attorney General Pam Bondi knew all about it, in real time, as the false witness was being created and flown back and forth from Miami to Jacksonville in order to try and get some form of story aligned.

Let me be very clear.  Florida AG Pam Bondi knew that her special prosecutor, Angela Corey, and her friend, Benjamin Crump, had manufactured an entirely false and fictitious witness against George Zimmerman.

Everyone, including AG Pam Bondi, was willing to put a transparently innocent man into prison; even to the extent of manufacturing a witness; in order to achieve a racially equitable political outcome that would assist their careers.

And don’t forget, throughout this entire time – George Zimmerman was kept locked in jail, pending trial.

This same Pam Bondi is the person President Trump is relying upon to clean out the corruption in Washington DC’s Main Justice system.

Pam Bondi is the person who is going to stop “weaponizing” the justice system?

Think about it.

Many of you are probably reading this aspect of the story for the first time.  However, what we do know with as much certainty as we knew going into the George Zimmerman trial, is that every element of the Deep State knows exactly what Pam Bondi did in Florida with that case in 2012 and 2013.

The Intelligence Community and the people who control the DOJ know every single detail of that corrupt Bondi timeline, complete with emails, call logs, transcripts, text messages, strategy meeting notes and more.

They know all of it, and they will leverage that as blackmail (and more) against her just as soon as President Trump starts to think Pam Bondi is going to make a difference.

Wrongful prosecution by the State, on the scale of manufacturing false witnesses, does not have a statute of limitations.

In 2016 President-elect Donald Trump did not know his Nat Sec Advisor Mike Flynn was an unregistered foreign lobbyist for Turkey.

In 2024, I highly doubt President-elect Donald Trump has any idea what attack vectors a completely compromised Pam Bondi carries into the AG role. Including her being a registered foreign lobbyist for Qatar.

We shall see…..

AG Nominee Pam Bondi and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles – Ballard Partners Law Firm, Lobbyists


Posted originally on the CTH on November 22, 2024 | Sundance 

It would appear that President Trump’s campaign co-chair, and current selection for Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, was the link that pushed Pam Bondi to become the next Attorney General nominee.

From the Associated Press:

[…] Bondi worked as a lobbyist for Ballard Partners, the powerful Florida-based firm where Trump’s campaign chief and incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles was a partner. Her U.S. clients have included General Motors, the commissioner of Major League Baseball and a Christian anti-human-trafficking advocacy group.

She also lobbied for a Kuwaiti firm, according to Justice Department foreign agent filings and congressional lobbying documents. She registered as a foreign agent for the government of Qatar; her work was related to anti-human-trafficking efforts leading up to the World Cup, held in 2022.

Bondi also represented the KGL Investment Company KSCC, a Kuwaiti firm also known as KGLI, lobbying the White House, National Security Council, State Department and Congress on immigration policy, human rights and economic sanctions issues. (Source)

You might note, Pam Bondi and Mr James Rubin are the “key personnel” on the foreign agent registration notification.  In his current role working for Joe Biden, James Rubin heads the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center.

June, 2024 – WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States and Poland on Monday launched an international operation based in the Polish capital whose mission is to help Ukraine counter Russian disinformation.

James Rubin, a senior U.S. diplomat responsible for countering disinformation, and Tomasz Chłoń, a Polish diplomat tasked with the same mandate, took part in a ceremony inaugurating the new Ukraine Communications Group.

The group, which begins its work Tuesday, will include representatives from 12 countries including Canada, France, Germany, Finland, Italy and several other NATO members as well as Ukraine itself, Rubin said.

[…] “The group is to confront the deceptive narratives about Russian aggression against Ukraine and to work for an honest representation of reality in the global information environment,” Poland’s government said in a statement. “This is a strong signal of our shared determination to continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.”

Rubin, who heads the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center, said Warsaw was a logical location for the center given the many officials who pass through the Polish capital going in and out of Ukraine during the war.

The Global Engagement Center works to highlight disinformation by what it considers hostile states. Rubin said it has already had some success in debunking Russian disinformation campaigns. (read more)

James Rubin, who served as a diplomat in President Bill Clinton’s administration, now in the Biden administration, was married to Christiane Amanpour from 1998 until 2018. {Source} In their New York apartment they had a favorite artwork depicting the attack on the World Trade Center.

2010: “A massive painting that I got in Iran, a few years ago, by Farideh Lashai, a friend who is also Iran’s pre-eminent abstract-expressionist painter. It gives me joy every time I walk in my door.” {source}

So, Pam Bondi was working for Susie Wiles as a Ballad Partners lobbyist for Qatar, together with James Rubin who works for Joe Biden to combat Russian disinformation and support Ukraine as the head of the U.S. State Dept Global Engagement Center.

There is no UniParty, nah.

Nothing to see here folks, move along…. move along.

Say hello to our next U.S. Attorney General.

Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles and President Donald Trump

Facts don’t care about our feelings.

Pam Bondi?


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

Pam Bondi?

For U.S. Attorney General?

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The woman who as Florida Attorney General, conspired to put a transparently innocent man in prison.  A man she knew was innocent.

Pam Bondi, the enabler of Benjamin Crump.

Pam Bondi, the co-conspirator to corrupt Jacksonville District Attorney, Angela Corey …. Who was Bondi’s friggin’ CAMPAIGN MANAGER!

I can’t right now….   GO READ THE ARCHIVES HERE

I’ll be back after a cool-off walk.

I support President Trump. But this is ridiculous.

Pam Bondi to end political corruption? A joke!

Zelensky Responds to His Use of Long-Range Missiles


Posted originally on Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

Zelensky, when asked about his actions leading to World War III, switches from English to Ukrainian and claims that since North Korea sent troops into Russia, this makes it World War III. But all the West behind Ukraine does not. He also glosses over the fact that he has invaded Russia and that the North Korean troops are defending Russia – they did not invade Ukraine.

He sold Ukraine for a handful of silver. In August 2024, Ukrainian forces invaded the Kursk region of Russia in what some war analysts predicted was another cross-border raid against Moscow. However, within days, it became very clear that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had intended to stay in Russia. This begged the question: Why did Ukraine decide to invade Russia? On whose orders was this operation carried out? Zelensky with no military experience, or the American Neocons?

Ukrainian officials were initially very cagey about their reasoning, which made it seem that this was an operation directed by Antony Blinken from the White House. Zelensky was put on the spot to explain this operation. He said Ukraine decided to invade Russia, hinting that the reason behind his choice to invade Russian territory was quite contorted. He said:

“It is now our primary task in defensive operations overall to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counter-offensive actions.” He continued: “This includes creating a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory — our operation in the Kursk Oblast.” 

Zelensky went on to explain that the “coming weeks will be crucial for our diplomatic efforts with various partners in Europe, America, and the Global South,” suggesting he was taking orders from the West.

“We’ve already expanded and will continue to expand the circle of those who support a just end to this war. It’s essential that Ukraine enters this fall even stronger than before.”

Whether or not the decision to invade Russian territory was the right choice for Ukraine or was it just a move to try to force Putin the attack anything in NATO remains to be seen. This only emboldened Russia’s allies, as we have seen with North Korea sending troops and weapons. The allies of Russia are of the opinion that this is a war against the West – not just Ukraine. While some originally thought those would boost Ukraine’s future negotiating position by bringing the war home to Russia, that theory has been discredited now with the green light with long-range missiles from the USA, the UK, and France. This has merely put Putin in a position where he must now respond forcefully. In response to these new strikes with US and British long-range missiles, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that they had entered “a qualitatively new phase” of what he termed the “Western war against Russia.

Any idea that this was somehow to create peace is just absurd. Trump had vowed to end the war, so the Neocons had the senile one approve it, and the Ukrainian puppet responded with an immediate attack. As far as defending inside Ukraine, Zelensky has banded that for this operation into Russia. On October 25th, The Washington Post reported that Russia had taken back roughly half of the territory captured by Ukraine in Kursk, and it had expanded its rescue for the Ukrainian Russians living in the Donbas.

Zelensky 4 days Ago Wanted Peace – Message from Ukraine


Posted originally on Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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COMMENT: Thank you for telling the truth. We are watching our country be destroyed, and Zelenskyy has suspended all elections, so we have no right to even vote on the future of our country. I do not believe his election was fair. My family is intermarried with Russians, as so many here. I was at Maidan when your McCain was pushing us for war. I don’t know what to do. We have no choice but to flee our country because Zelenskyy will destroy everything and sell it to Blackrock. I wish the world would listen to our plight. We were so happy when Trump won. We thought we would get peace at last. I do not know your neocon people or why they want war and we suffer the price.

DZ

REPLY: I am sorry for your future. You are correct. It is best to leave. The Western press and those brainwashed into hating Russians refuse to even look at the timeline of events. Yes, John McCain was there egging on war and promising America was with you. I can’t image if a Russian stood on the capital steps in Washington and said overthrow our government and Russia would be with us. But it is always different when the shoe is on the other foot.

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Victoria Nuland installed her hand-picked, unelected government and then instructed them to attack the Donbas to draw Russia into this war. They called it the anti-terrorist movement that had to be crushed, which was their cry for a right to vote and separate. That used to be called democracy, but that word is reserved only for their actions, not opposition.

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That was the Minsk Agreement, and Chancellor Merkel admitted publicly that they negotiated in bad faith. Why would anyone ever again honor any agreement with the West when our leaders lie to us, the people, and to the world?

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To get Putin to invade, the day before, Zelensky said he would rearm Ukraine with Nuclear weapons, and 2 days before that, Kamala Harris publicly stated that Ukraine should join NATO.

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When I reported in the first few months, 100,000 Ukrainians had died, the anti-Russian propagandists claimed I was putting out Russian propaganda. I said my info came from Ukraine. When the head of the EU gave the same number of military deaths, Zelensky made her take it out, claiming it was classified.

Ukraine 1.1 Million Dead

The real number of deaths from UKRAINIAN sources is 1.1 million, I am told, and AGAIN, this comes from Ukraine – not Russia! In fact, a local TV news operation reported the real number, and Zelensky again made them take it down as he did with the head of the EU. They suddenly reported it was a typo. The Neocons are completely destroying Ukraine, and they have ZERO regard for Ukrainian lives as they will with Americans or Europeans.

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I am sorry for your loss. The Western media has so brainwashed people into hating Russians that they are blind to the exploitation of the Ukrainian people by the Neocons who could care less about Ukraine. All they care about is killing Russians.

This is what we are all supposed to die for—their war games.

Putin Launches Mass-Production of Nuclear Shelters for his People


Posted originally on Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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Russia has begun mass production of mobile nuclear bunkers. This is in response to Ukraine’s use of Western US and British missiles to attack deep inside Russia to destroy its conventional capability so NATO can launch an invasion by March/April 2025.

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This has coincided with Mr Putin’s change of Russia’s doctrine to lower the threshold for using nuclear weapons to include the use of conventional weapons by Ukraine. Russia’s defense ministry said Ukraine attacked an ammunition stockpile in the Bryansk region using missiles supplied by the US military’s MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).

Russia has also ordered the production of its mobile nuclear bunkers to protect citizens. They are shelters capable of protecting people from the light radiation of a nuclear explosion and radioactive contamination of the surrounding environment. These are known as “KUB-M” and will protect 54 people for 48 hours from the air shock wave and light radiation of a nuclear explosion; penetrating radiation and radioactive contamination of the area; high-explosive and fragmentation effects of conventional weapons; falling debris from building structures; dangerous chemicals; fires. Unlike traditional, stationary bunkers, mobile bunkers are built to be easily moved from one location to another, often on vehicles or trailers. They can be equipped with advanced shielding, air filtration systems, and other necessary survival equipment to withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear event.

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The Western press keeps putting out the Neocon and NATO propaganda that Russia will never fire a nuke and Ukraine can win the war. But this is all a smoke screen for NATO will invade Russia, and they are using Ukraine as our Hesbolla, the same as Iran is using Lebanon. Zelensky claimed he invaded Russia to force Putin to peace. But they had a peace deal. Boris Johnson ran to Kiev and instructed Zelensky he was not allowed to sign a peace deal, and now far more than 1 million Ukrainians have been killed so Europe can invade Russia.

Just as Robert McNamara said about Vietnam and the Weapons of Mass Destruction that did not exist in Iraq, what if these people are wrong AGAIN? There goes Europe! Not a single European leader cares about their own people.

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Either the Ukrainian people rise up and take their country back, or Putin needs to nuke Kiev to show the world he is serious. Otherwise, we are sleepwalking into World War III. Our press will NEVER write a single word for peace. It is always Putin is bluffing. What if you are wrong again?

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Kiev was just shut down after Biden gave the go-ahead to use long-range missiles. Hm. If this was to win the war, then why flee Kiev? They know Putin will respond forcefully against Zelensky. Russians get nuclear bomb shelters, and we get Fake News – Don’t worry – he’s bluffing.

How to Stop Zelensky – NOW. Trump You Better Listen!!!!!


Posted Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

COMMENT: Hi Martin,

In an effort to put the brakes on the Ukraine escalation, perhaps Trump will announce that if the escalation doesn’t immediately stop, then Zelensky and others, such as those in the illegitimate Biden regime, will be tried for war crimes.

Regards,

FA in Arkansas

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REPLY: They should be charged with war crimes. It is the act of war itself that benefits NOBODY. The best a soldier can hope is to come home alive and intact. They get NOTHING from war. I lost most of my high school friends to Vietnam. McNamara admitted before he died that they were wrong back then as well. What did they die for? Strip clubs in Vietnam today?

What these people are doing is outrageous. Boris Johnson killed the peace deal, and now over 1 million Ukrainians have died for that. He and the rest are trying to beat Hitler’s death record for the Guinness Book of Records. Zelensky is also firing British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia. These people are desperate for World War III by December.

Trump & RFK had better come out and make it known, or we will see a major war into 2026. (1) inform Zelensky all money will be cut off, including for all his government employees and their pensions, (2) he will put a ban on any investment in Ukraine, and BlackRock will not be able to give him hundreds of billions to line his pockets for rebuilding, (2) pull all funding from NATO, (3) impose trade restrictions on any European nation that supports war against Russia and funds NATO.

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Otherwise, Europeans should not bother to buy a grave plot. Your leaders will all flee to Miami with Zelensky, and there may not be anyone left to bury your ass. This is nuclear war, not selective bombing, as in World War II. Hitler wants Europe, not destroy it. He stole art from everywhere, and he didn’t bomb Paris because he thought it was a pretty city. He left the monument standing like the Colosseum. With nukes – it’s all gone.

NATO is telling your weak leaders that Russia will never fire a nuke so they can use Ukraine to destroy Russia and then walk in and rob everything as the spoils of war. These Neocons have NEVER been one single person since World War II. As McNamara said – “We were wrong!” NATO does not give a second thought to what would happen if they were wrong. They are risking the lives of humanity for their personal hatred. NATO should be put on trial for war crimes.

FBI Arrests Homeless Man In Bomb Plot Against U.S. Stock Exchange


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

According to breaking media reports the suspect, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, was homeless.

Yet somehow, he found the resources to travel from Florida to New York and assemble the contents of a device that would be used to bomb the New York Stock Exchange.

NEW YORK – U.S. law enforcement on Wednesday arrested a homeless Florida man and charged him with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange after an undercover employee recorded him saying, “I feel like Bin Laden,” federal officials allege.

The suspect, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, took steps to set off a bomb outside the stock exchange on Wall Street in lower Manhattan, according to an FBI affidavit. The affidavit was filed in support of a criminal complaint charging Yener with attempting to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce by means of an explosive.

Yener has been assigned a federal public defender in the Southern District of Florida whose office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a statement regarding his defense.

Yener’s motives remained unclear. The FBI said that besides making the comment about Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader and mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the United States, Yener also described an attempt to join right-wing militias and expressed general anti-government sentiment, saying: “This country is due for a revolution.”

The FBI had been investigating the suspect, described as unhoused and living in Coral Gables, Florida, since February after receiving a tip he was storing bomb-making schematics in a storage unit, the FBI said. FBI agents found bomb-making sketches, timers, circuit boards and other electronics.

In conversations with at least three undercover employees, Yener said setting off an improvised explosive device would lead to a “reboot” or “reset” of the U.S. government. (read more)

“Energetic material that can become combustible when subjected to heat or friction”…  Ring a bell?

President Trump Announces Matt Whitaker Will be U.S Ambassador to NATO


Posted originally on the CTH November 20, 2024 | Sundance 

For some reason I imagine Whitaker’s physical stature as a small part of this decision-making, perhaps just a bonus. “Peace through Strength.”

President Trump has selected former Acting AG Matt Whitaker to be his Ambassador to NATO.  In this role, Whitaker will quickly be taking on the task of positioning President Trump’s remarkably different foreign and national security policies at the forefront for NATO to accept.  Not a small challenge, given the nature of the Ukraine-Russia conflict sucking up all the NATO oxygen.

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VIA NPR – […] Trump has long criticized defense spending by other NATO member countries, arguing that the U.S. was shouldering an oversized burden while many European allies failed to pay their fair share. His pick for ambassador is likely to take on that stance, sparking some consternation across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States’ NATO allies.

After Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, NATO countries pledged to move toward spending 2% of their gross domestic product on defense by 2024. According to data released in July 2024, 23 of the 31 member countries are estimated to have hit that target, with the U.S. contributing 3.38% of its GDP.

Whitaker, 55, has no experience in foreign or military affairs, but he did work in the Justice Department during Trump’s first term in office, initially as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and then briefly as acting attorney general after Sessions was pushed out in 2018.

He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa during the George W. Bush administration. Whitaker has deep roots in Iowa; he grew up there and played football at the University of Iowa. (read more)

We can reasonably assume that Matt Whitaker’s phone and communication is now under intercept/surveillance by the U.S. Intelligence Community.