Interview on the State of the Union


Armstrong Economics Blog/Opinion Re-Posted Jan 4, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Political Prosecution of  Julian Assange Rejected by British Judge


Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law Re-Posted Jan 4, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

A British judge rules against the abuse of political prosecution of  Julian Assange which has become standard in the United States and Congress refuses to ever investigate. The mere fact that this case has made it to court let alone gone on this long is an example of political prosecutions that are a disgrace to the United States. Assange was indicted in 2019 by the Department of Justice on 18 counts, alleging 17 forms of espionage and one instance of computer misuse crimes connected to WikiLeaks’ dissemination of secret U.S. military documents provided to him by ex-U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Assange denied the charges and claimed the documents exposed war crimes and abuses by the U.S. military in Iraq.

When they took my lawyers away and threw me in contempt on an 18-month statute for 7 years, my lawyer Richard Altman’s parting words to me – “You should have run.” Richard said I should have run to Britain and they would have had to put on a case there to extradite me back. When you are a political prisoner, you realize how corrupt the US legal system really is.

My judge Richard Owen had dementia. He would sometimes forget who I was. There is no possible way to confront a judge on such an issue – they all protect each other and deny you a fair trial along with any hope of Due Process of Law. (OWEN-Life Tenure for Federal Judges Raises Issues of Senility, Dementia – ProPublica)

Tampering with court transcripts is considered a serious crime. Court Transcripts are required by law to be sworn by the court reporter. None of my transcripts are signed and none comply with the law because Judge Owen would change whatever he liked. I had even written to Dorthy Heyl, the SEC attorney, and said what is the point of going to court? Just make up a transcript say I confessed to whatever you wanted even the murder of JFK and everyone will believe it because it is a court. She never responded. Even when I got to the Supreme Court and they ordered the government to explain how I could be held in contempt for 7 years on an 18-month statute, they had to release me. Judge Castel admonished the press says how could you think this man is innocent. He went on a berating quest against the press. He removed all of that from the transcript as well to hide what he had done.

It was a tremendous victory for all to have the case against the political prosecution of  Julian Assange denied. Unfortunately, Assange needs to be pardoned by Trump – NOW! The Department of Just Us will hunt him down and arrest him in any other country he visits. They will be ruthless and they refuse to consider that they are ever wrong or traitors to the Constitution. Due Process of Law does not exist in the United States. They have corrupted the courts all the way to the Supreme Court. The United States will not survive long-term without the rule of law.

Mitch McConnell & Nanci Pelosi’s Homes Targeted


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest Re-Posted Jan 3, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Protesters left Pig Heads and fake blood at the homes of both Mitch McConnell and Nanci Pelosi with graffiti “Where’s My Money.” These people have no idea that this is not going back to politics as usual.

Did Biden Avoid Hillary Because Her Emails Were in the Hands of Wikileaks?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 4, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Wikileaks released more documents. They seem to contain the Clinton e-mails.

https://file.wikileaks.org/file/?fbclid=IwAR24zxFa_AUjjLHgJMjNZIWF6Zm0qmxdesCTMoizoZ1AWazOLrJ4lSUGmzo

https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clinton-emails/

Anyone finding gems, let me know. Now you will understand why Biden has avoided Hillary and passed over on her for any position.

Tired of Lies


Armstrong Economics Blog/Conspiracy Re-Posted Jan 4, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

I find it amazing that a priest would deliver a sermon like this in Church. He is right. My cousin who just died was denied a funeral. I could not even buy flowers for there was no viewing. Another friend’s parent was denied Last Rights. This is getting to clearly be a Communist Revolution where religion was shut down and banned. They are doing the very same thing here under the pretense of defeating a virus with a kill ratio no worse than the flu.

Pelosi wins Speaker of the House


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 3, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Nancy Pelosi won another term as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Sunday, but it was a much closer election as the 117th Congress began. The California Democrat, 80, will hold the position for a second consecutive two-year term and fourth overall, having previously been elected in 2007, 2009, and 2019. However, the vote was far from unanimous. Pelosi won 216 votes to the 208 votes for the Republican challenger Kevin McCarthy. The interesting part is that two votes were cast for other candidates and three lawmakers voted present. That really brought the numbers to 213 as opposed to her 216. The mere fact that the Democrats hold 222 seats to 212 Republicans implies that Pelosi did not win all the Democrats. It appears that the Democrats begrudgingly voted for her simply out of party politics. The question is, she is expected to behave herself under Biden, but if Trump pulls off a miracle, will she go ballistic?

The Data Analysis confirms FRaud in Georgia that everyone refuses to look at


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 3, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

There has to be a serious special prosecutor to investigate the Georgia election.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan Ridicules Electoral Challenge


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 3, 2021 by Sundance

It is worth remembering that Speaker Paul Ryan blocked republicans in the House from issuing subpoenas in 2017 and 2018 for the election fraud against President Trump.  It is also worth remembering that Paul Ryan’s leadership PAC funded democrat Conner Lamb in the 2018 mid-term election after Ryan announced his intended departure.

Paul Ryan has always been the type of DeceptiCon who could get the CPAC audience to stand and cheer for him only minutes after passing a massive omnibus spending package to support President Obama.  Thus the UniParty maneuvers are always present; including when Ryan said: “I am not going to defend Trump – not now, and not in the future.”

Today former House Speaker Paul Ryan rises in opposition to those who challenge the transparent ballot fraud within the 2020 election.  Ryan likes his elite globalist status:

PAUL RYAN – “All our basic rights and freedoms flow from a fidelity to the Constitution and rule of law. This principle is not only fundamentally American but a central tenet on conservatism. Under our system, voters determine the president, and this self-governance cannot sustain itself if the whims of Congress replace the will of the people. I urge members to consider the precedent that it would set.

“Efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral College and sow doubt about Joe Biden‘s victory strike at the foundation of our republic. It is difficult to conceive of a more anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the results of state-certified elections and disenfranchise millions of Americans. The fact that this effort will fail does not mean it not do significant damage to American democracy.

“The Trump campaign had ample opportunity to challenge election results, and those efforts failed from lack of evidence. The legal process was exhausted, and the results were decisively confirmed. The Department of Justice, too, found no basis for overturning the result. If states wish to reform their processes for future elections, that is their prerogative. But Joe Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate.”  (read more)

If there is one constant in an ever-changing universe, it is how the DC indulgence crew stand firm beside each-other and protect the interests of the UniParty.

The Big Club members will do anything to retain their affluence and influence.

Jim Jordan and Mo Brooks Discuss Electoral Challenges and Vote Ballot Fraud in Key States


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 3, 2021 by Sundance

House representatives Jim Jordan and Mo Brooks appear on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the House challenge to the certification of electors.  Within the interview Ms. Bartiromo asks Rep. Brooks to give examples of known ballot fraud and Mr. Brooks walks through known ballot fraud in three states.

The House effort is to challenge the 2020 election ballot issues in key states, and draw attention to the county election offices who violated their own legislative houses.

Representative Mo Brooks transmits a clarion call to ALL AMERICANS for support and reminds everyone to contact their representatives and demand action to deal with this fraud:

…”How it plays out, quite frankly, is dependent on the American people … to the extent they contact their Senators and Congressman and demand honest and accurate elections, then we are going to win this fight on January 6th.  But if the American people do not rise up; if they don’t contact their senators; if they do not contact their congressman; demanding that their congressmen and senators do the right thing for our republic, then we are not going to win on January 6th”…

Sunday Talks: Ted Cruz Discusses January 6th Challenge to 2020 Electoral Certification


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 3, 2021 by Sundance

Senator Ted Cruz appears on Sunday morning to discuss the process of challenging the electoral college certification with Maria Bartiromo (CFR).  Senator Cruz (TX) discusses his recent decision to assemble with several GOP Senators after Senator Josh Hawley (MO) announced his intent to challenge the certification.

Within the interview Senator Cruz notes the Supreme Court has deferred any election challenge to the legislative branch; which -in his view- should have been permitted to be argued in the court.

However, setting aside political motives for a moment, the two legal and legislative issues discussed within the conversation (Guarantee Clause and Electoral Count Act) highlight a constitutional framework that does sit outside the judicial branch for resolution.

The main question is… does the legislative branch still have enough strength within the institution to follow the constitutional process?  THAT is the element where the unknowns exist.

On one-hand we see a corrupted DC body, infecting all institutional processes – across all branches of government, that has allowed severe corruption to take hold.  On the other hand, thanks to the foresight of our founding fathers, the process for rectifying that corruption still exists.

[Article IV – Sec.4] The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

The Guarantee Clause” – “At its core, the Guarantee Clause provides for majority rule. A republican government is one in which the people govern through elections. This is the constant refrain of the Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton, for example, put it this way in The Federalist No. 57: “The elective mode of obtaining rulers is the characteristic policy of republican government.” [citation]  “The Clause requires the United States to prevent any state from imposing rule by monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, or permanent military rule, even through majority vote. Instead, governing by electoral processes is constitutionally required.”

Additionally, The Electoral Count Act or the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is a US federal law stating procedures for the counting of electoral votes by Congress following a presidential election. It was enacted in the aftermath of the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden. In that election, several states submitted competing slates of electors and a divided Congress was unable to resolve the deadlock. [citation]

Essentially, the Electoral Count Act (1887) requires states to complete their certification of electors to congress by a certain date.  The conversation prior to the November 2020 election surrounded whether the COVID pandemic would interfere with the deadlines for state elector certification given the massive numbers of ‘mail-in’ ballots; and whether the counting of them would break through the deadlines imposed by the Act.

A combination of The Guarantee Clause (constitution) and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (law), establishes the framework for some to argue a fraudulent 2020 election result can successfully be challenged during congressional certification on January 6, 2021.  Thus five state legislatures -under Republican control- have sent dual-sets of electors to congress: Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Let us be clear… There is little framework for this type of constitutional issue. This is  uncharted territory, and consequently there is no body of law or case study upon which to apply a historic reference.   However, that said, the issue of Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, producing a report about foreign election interference could be a fulcrum issue upon which “The Guarantee Clause” of the constitution may apply.

Here’s where it gets interesting….  The Guarantee Clause puts the jurisdiction in the hands of the political bodies, executive branch and legislative branch, to decide the merit of any state vulnerability in their election outcome.   There is little, if any, place for the judicial branch to play a role.

In Luther v. Borden (1849), the Supreme Court held questions involving the Guarantee Clause nonjusticiable, meaning that any remedy for a violation would lie with Congress or the President, not the federal judiciary.

Nearly one hundred years later, the Court sweepingly declared that the guarantee of a republican form of government cannot be challenged in court. Colegrove v. Green (1946). (citation)

The federal government, not the state government, ultimately holds the responsibility to protect the entire United States from foreign interference within the Guarantee Clause. This would seem to apply to foreign election interference.  “[B]ecause protection against invasion or domestic violence is normally available only from Congress and the President, the structure of this section suggests that the political branches have at least the primary duty to carry out its obligations.”

If DNI Ratcliffe produces a report (prior to January 6th) that outlines foreign interference in the election; and if the argument can be made the states with the contested (dual sets) of electors were subjects/targets of that interference; then a foundation to nullify the electors from the contested states is laid in congress.

In this approach the electoral nullification argument would appear to rest on The Guarantee Clause; where the state election outcome was not valid – as it is not representative of a republican form of government, and the majority vote requirement was manipulated.

If this type of legislative challenge was to take place, there is little precedent for the judicial branch to be involved except to qualify what role The Guarantee Clause would/could play and to what extent the nullification arguments are constitutionally valid.

Again, this is all uncharted territory.  However, there are people claiming this process could work to keep President Trump in office.   The disqualification of the contested state electors under this argument would ultimately fall upon Vice President Mike Pence who is also President of the Senate and in charge of the January 6th electoral vote certification.

There is a lot of “if-this-then” etc within this framework, and all of it ultimately is predicated on congress challenging the election; and VP Mike Pence then deciding which electors would be certified or nullified; that seems to be the main argument.

Support for this approach would be enhanced if the Ratcliffe report was published prior to the January 6th assembly.  Which begs the question: why is DNI John Ratcliffe taking so long to produce his report?

Last thought… I have absolutely no idea if this can work, I am just summarizing a set of theoretical arguments that have surfaced.  Remember, we all want the best outcome for our nation and nerves are frayed…. let us be kind to each-other in fellowship.

“One nation, under GOD“…