Posted originally on Aug 1, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
Newly declassified documents reveal that George Soros assisted Hillary Clinton in creating the Russian collusion hoax in an attempt to discredit Donald Trump and deceive the American public ahead of a presidential election. Special counsel John Durham’s 2023 report has been largely declassified and now reveals the link between Soros’s Open Society Foundations and the Clintons.
Leonard Benardo, the senior vice president at George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, and Clinton foreign policy adviser Julianne Smith openly discussed their plan to discredit Donald Trump by linking him to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and demonize both men.
“During the first stage of the campaign, due to lack of direct evidence, it was decided to disseminate the necessary information through the FBI-affiliated…technical structures… in particular, the Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect companies, from where the information would then be disseminated through leading U.S. publications,” the classified annex said. “The media analysis on the DNC hacking appears solid…. Julie [Campaign Advisor] says it will be a long-term affair to demonize Putin and Trump. Now it is good for a post-convention bounce. Later the FBI will put more oil into the fire,” Soros’s employee stated.
The report added, “HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] approved [Campaign adviser Julie’s] idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections. That should distract people from her own missing emails.”
The plan? “The point is making the Russian play a U.S. domestic issue… In absence of direct evidence, Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect will supply the media, and GRU [Russia’s Main Intelligence Directive] will hopefully carry on to give more facts,” the emails from Benardo stated.
Durham noted that Clinton and her campaign began to leak lies to the media around July 2016. Clinton had hoped that the scrutiny would cause the FBI and other intelligence agencies to investigate allegations, further defaming Trump’s character to the American public. Durham wrote that “it is a logical deduction [REDACTED] [Julianne] Smith was, at minimum, playing a role in the Clinton campaign’s efforts to tie Trump to Russia” and stated it is undeniable that there was a clear plan to sway public perception ahead of the election.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, declassified the Durham report and accused the Obama Administration of fairly investigate the situation when there were intelligence reports “showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton’s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means.” The reports of Clinton’s wrongdoings were hidden for years. “History will show that the Obama and Biden administration’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against President Trump,” Grassley stated. “This political weaponization has caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the biggest political scandals and cover-ups in American history. The new Trump administration has a tremendous responsibility to the American people to fix the damage done and do so with maximum speed and transparency.”
FBI Director James Comey, under the guidance of former President Obama, hid the Clinton e-mail scandal from the public. On July 5, 2016, Comey announced that the Clinton email scandal investigation had concluded and Hillary was innocent. His only critique was that Clinton was “extremely careless,” although his initial speech draft used the term “gross negligence.” In the same speech, Comey declared that his agency was keenly focused on investigating GOP nominee Donald Trump for colluding with Russia to sway the election. The FBI also obtained intelligence reports in 2016 showing communications between Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention, and “two different individuals who worked for the Soros Open Society Foundations.”
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch met former President Bill Clinton on the Phoenix tarmac in a clearly suspicious meeting a few weeks before Comey’s announcement.
“Under Comey’s leadership, the FBI failed to perform fundamental investigative work and left key pieces of evidence on the cutting room floor. The Comey FBI’s negligent approach and perhaps intentional lack of effort in the Clinton investigation is a stark contrast to its full-throated investigation of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, which was based on the uncorroborated and now discredited Steele dossier. Comey’s decision-making process smacks of political infection,” Grassley stated.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz launched an investigation that determined foul play. “The initial [REDACTED] report suggested that then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and then-FBI Director James Comey were interfering in the Midyear investigation to help the Democratic and Republican candidates, respectively.”
“By way of forming a consensus relative to the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, leading the Democratic Party (DP), sanctioned use of all administrative levers to remove possibly negative effects of the FBI investigation of the business of the Clinton Foundation and the email correspondence of the State Department. Based upon information from Wassermann Schultz [sic], the FBI does not anticipate any kind of direct evidence against Clinton, as there was timely deletions from the email servers,” the report said. “The political director of the Hillary Clinton staff, Amanda Renteria [PH], regularly receives information from Loretta Lynch of the Department of Justice, on the plans and intentions of the FBI. Active work is being done on clarification mostly with potential witnesses: the primary witnesses are a number of computer specialists in the Clinton private circle. They represent the only tools which may be used in this matter. Therefore, the threat is minimal…”
This is groundbreaking corruption and a direct attack on American democracy by Obama, the Clintons, Comey, Soros, and everyone who aided them or turned a blind eye to the corruption that they knew had occurred. This is far larger than simply defamation—the Democrats backed by foreign influence (Soros) attempted to manipulate the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential Election. Their plot failed and the people prevailed. If this blatant disregard for democracy is overlooked there is a grand chance it could reoccur. The people on both sides of the aisle should be absolutely outraged that politicians and intelligence agency believe they have the right to decide on our leadership.
Posted originally on Aug 1, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
Joe Biden’s proposed IRS army has been dismantled. An astounding $80 billion was granted to the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act to militarize the tax agency against US citizens who are expected to pay for government mismanagement. The Inflation Reduction Act had hidden provisions to hire tens of thousands of new agents, but the trend has officially reversed.
There were around 102,100 IRS employees when President Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025. During his first six months, the agency declined to 75,700 employees, or a 26% reduction. June 2025 saw a steep decrease of 26,400 workers, as many stayed on through the most recent tax season. Layoffs continued in July, although the exact count has not been published at the time of this writing.
The Oxford Academic published a study in February 2025 that found that the IRS generates $12 in revenue for every dollar it spends on auditing households earning above the 90th percentile. Audits of below-median-income taxpayers yielded $5 in revenue, and this is the demographic most likely to be hunted by the IRS as easy prey. They do not have the same resources and outlets to maximize tax benefits, and study after study has shown that middle America feels the brunt of the tax burden. On average, the study found, $1 spent on audits in general initially raises $2.17 in revenue.
Did people actually believe that the IRS needed 87,000 new employees to target the 600+ billionaires living in America? There is no loose change in taxes, the higher you go up in income. Yet, some politicians believe that the economy will suffer due to the reduction in the tax police.
The US government slashed its IRS annual budget by nearly 20% or $2.5 billion from $12.3 billion for FY2025 to $9.8 billion for FY2026. America has not seen faster or larger budget cuts to the tax authority in modern history. The IRS may be collecting less revenue BUT the people are NOT the problem. The government continues to spend in perpetuity with no end in sight, budgets are a mirage for the public. For you see, the government could NEVER collect enough in tax revenue to cover its spending—plain and simple. Reducing government spending in general is a small step in the right direction.
Posted originally on Aug 1, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
Wages in America have been unable to keep up with inflation. A new report by the Atlanta Fed found that 40% of America’s workforce now earns less than the inflation-adjusted cost of living, which is primarily affecting the lowest earners. Wages outpace inflation in thriving economic conditions, but we are amid a wave of stagflation.
The Wage Tracker data found that 57% of the US workforce experienced pay increases that did outpace the cost of living, but the remaining 43% are facing a decline or stagnation in lifestyle. Nominal wage growth was 3.4% from June 2024 to June 2025 while inflation was 2.7% for that same period, meaning that pay has outpaced inflation by a mere 0.7 percentage points. Last month, the three-month average annual growth in the Atlanta Fed Tracker was 4.2% or 1.5 percentage points above CPI. Real wage growth adjusted for inflation was around 0.7%, adding about $9 per week extra for the average American.
Low and middle-income households reported feeling the brunt of the price increase, with 76% of lower and moderate-income respondents declaring that their financial well-being is in jeopardy as the essentials are rising rapidly in comparison to pay.
Electrical engineers saw the highest increase in wages with a 6.3% rise, followed by legal and marketing with an increase of 5.1%, and project management at 4.6%. Physicians and surgeons saw the highest increases amid COVID, but that pay growth trend has not continued as they are earning only 0.8% more this year on average. Driving (1%), software development (1.4%), and logistic support (1.7%) were among the slowest growing categories. Naturally, many of these professionals were already earning a living that outpaced any inflationary gains.
Wages were outpacing inflation as of early 2024, a stark turnaround from the historically high inflation felt in 2022. It is of no surprise that over half (52%) of Americans reported that they believe their income is not rising to meet inflation, with only 11% of respondents feeling that their wages are surpassing inflation. Northwestern Mutual’s 2025 Planning & Progress Study also found that 51% of US adults believe inflation will continue to rise in 2025. In comparison, only 25% believe prices will come down, while 24% believe it will stagnate.
Again, 57% of the workforce is experiencing a rise in pay that has outpaced inflation. The problem here is that low-wage earners lack the ability to increase their value at their place of employment. Companies are routinely outsourcing these roles to third-party nations like India where lower wages are sufficient to meet the cost of living. This risks an increase in the welfare state that ends up trickling down to the taxpayers.
Posted originally on CTH on July 31, 2025 | Sundance
The FBI, CIA, ODNI and DOJ declassified the annex to the John Durham investigation of the origin of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. The declassified annex was released today by Senator Chuck Grassley.
First, the basic outline. The John Durham Annex outlines how the CIA received information in mid-2016 from a “credible foreign source,” talking about Hillary Clinton’s campaign working with the FBI to manufacture a Trump-Russia conspiracy, as an October surprise.
Beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2016, Russian hackers gained access to the email accounts and main accounts of the Soros Foundation/Open Societies Foundation who was working with the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
What the hackers discovered was a trove of information showing how the Clinton Campaign was constructing a smear job against Donald Trump with the manufacturing of a fraudulent Trump-Russia conspiracy. The emails and communication showed the Clinton Campaign was directly working with the FBI to create the smear.
A CIA source gained custody of the Russian analysis of the information. The information was then shared with the CIA, who evaluated the Russian framework as “authentic” and “valid.” The CIA then shared that information with the FBI, who said the information was “unreliable.”
Obviously, the FBI held a conflict of interest because the information received outlined their misconduct. So, the FBI claimed the information gained from the hack was false and likely Russian propaganda. However, the CIA deemed it credible because it was clearly happening in real time.
Additionally, this information was then used in the summer of 2016 by CIA Director John Brennan to brief President Obama on what the Russians knew about the Clinton Campaign working with the FBI to create this false political narrative.
Part of what the Russians knew from their intercepts was that President Obama would not support the Clinton campaign directly, but Obama had instructed Attorney General Loretta Lynch to assist Hillary Clinton’s efforts. Lynch would work with FBI officials to exonerate Hillary Clinton from her email server scandal and then greenlight the FBI to assist with the Trump-Russia smear.
The 29-page annex then goes into details about who was communicating with whom and what the joint Clinton-FBI agenda was. The information inside the Durham Annex is remarkable in that it shows the planning of the Clinton Campaign to use Fusion GPS and the FBI to smear Donald Trump with the false Trump-Russia narrative.
The declassified Annex has two central components. First, it walks through the evidence against Clinton and the FBI organizing the operation. Second, it then takes a rather remarkable look at how the FBI manipulated the information around Carter Page to support the Clinton/FBI operation.
All of the information contained within the declassified annex is not entirely new; however, the clear and compelling evidence it provides highlights the operation as it unfolded. Obviously, the DNC and the people running the Open Societies Foundation (Soros) knew what the Clinton campaign was doing; they also knew the FBI was assisting the Clinton campaign.
The term “special services” in this context is the FBI.
Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect would then push the Trump-Russia narrative into the media. That’s exactly what happened.
I strongly suggest everyone to take the time to read carefully the 29-page declassified Annex. The entire outline of the operation to discredit candidate Donald Trump is within it. [SEE HERE]
CIA Director John Brennan then briefs President Obama to tell him the Russians’ are aware of the op.
The Obama administration then begins making moves to target Russia, as both an enhancement to the Clinton operation and as a defensive move to protect themselves from discovery as the operation continues.
I made this graphic in 2017, and it has withstood the test of time.
‘Trump-Russia’ was a manufactured op by the Clinton campaign that was supported by the FBI and President Obama.
Posted originally on CTH on July 31, 2025 | Sundance
There may be a valid explanation for what I am about to briefly note; something akin to Nellie Ohr being the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, such that she is a target therein, but don’t get your hopes up. The Occam’s Razor within this specific example is that DC interests (current FBI, CIA, DNI and DOJ) are controlling the protection of the coverup operation.
Keep in mind, according to DNI Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe the current redactions to the declassified John Durham Annex, were determined by current Intelligence officials. Here’s the example/issue.
On page #5 of the declassified report [DIRECT LINK HERE] Durham notes an issue with the transcription from Russian to English of the source information to the CIA giving the U.S. intelligence service a head’s up on what Hillary Clinton was doing. However, notice the 3-line redaction at the bottom of the second paragraph.
You can tell from the visibility of footnote #14 and footnote #16 that inside the redacted sentence is footnote #15.
As customary in these releases, the IC reviewers make mistakes. We look at the bottom of the page and find they forgot to redact the footnote that pertains to the redacted sentence.
Footnote #15 references “Nellie Ohr report of 4 March 2016.” That means the redacted sentence is referencing work product and analysis done by Nellie Ohr about Trump’s reported ties with Russian Oligarchs.
Why redact that?
Why protect Nellie Ohr with a redaction to avoid attribution?
♦ Additionally, if you are reviewing this part of the Durham annex, keep the following in mind.
Glenn Simpson from Fusion GPS, hired Bruce Ohr’s wife Nellie Ohr, in late 2015 to work on the Trump opposition research project. That oppo research effort evolved into the Christopher Steele authored dossier after the DNC and Hillary Clinton hired Fusion-GPS in April of 2016.
“Bruce Ohr testified that Fusion approached his wife for a job and that she began working for the research firm in late 2015″. [link]
Simpson’s wife, Mary Jacoby, visited the White House on April 19, 2016, the day after NSA Director Mike Rogers shut down contractor access to the NSA and FBI database on April 18, 2016.
The wife of Glenn Simpson (Fusion GPS), Mary B. Jacoby, with years of Russia-angled reporting –including Donald Trump– visits the White House on April 19, 2016. The next day, April 20th, the Clinton campaign hires Fusion GPS to conduct the opposition research on Donald Trump, surrounding Russia. [WH Log Link]
I will try and put the Durham Annex into a timeline to help people see the bigger picture.
Posted originally on CTH on July 31, 2025 | Sundance
President Donald Trump signed an executive order today reinstating the Presidential Fitness Exam. After the remarks with the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and executive order signing, President Trump took questions from the press pool. WATCH:
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