Attempted Assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks Flew Drone Over Trump Rally Site on Day of Shooting – 2 Cell Phones, Laptop and USB Drives Being Reviewed


Posted originally on the CTH on July 19, 2024 | Sundance

The FBI are in charge of the investigation of Thomas Matthew Crooks; that does not inspire any confidence.  However, it does explain the seemingly controlled leaking of information to the various media sources in order to keep the eyes of the public exactly where the investigators want them.

In every article and investigative detail that is leaked to media, remember the origination source of that information is coming from the FBI.  Top men.

The latest information to leak out includes revelations the FBI is going through 2 cell phones, a laptop and some USB drives belonging to Thomas Crooks.  From the same sourcing they are saying that Crooks conducted online surveillance of several public officials for several months [NY Post Article].

In addition, the Wall Street Journal is sharing that Crooks flew a drone over the venue of the Trump rally earlier in the day in order to scope out the best place for attack.

SUMMARY – In addition to bringing explosives, a detonator, a ladder, a range finder, a backpack and an AR15 rifle to the rally, while finding a way to sit atop the counter-sniper position, the 20-year-old without a social media footprint apparently had air superiority.

(Via Wall St Journal) […] The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump’s near assassination.

Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.

[…]  The use of the drone was just one way in which authorities have said Crooks planned his attack. Crooks, described by friends as very smart yet withdrawn, began researching the site shortly after the Trump campaign announced the rally on July 3, and registered for the event on July 7, officials said. He visited the farm show grounds a few days later to scope it out.

On July 13, officials said, he returned with a pair of homemade bombs that appeared to be designed to be set off by remote control, as they were fitted with a receiver like the kind used to set off fireworks remotely. Investigators found the rudimentary explosives in Crooks’ car parked close to the grounds, along with a ballistic carrier, or vest, with three, 30-round magazines in it, an indication that he might have wanted to cause greater carnage. (read more)

The details the FBI are leaking, essentially a narrative they are intentionally constructing every day, is essentially trying to give the appearance of gross incompetence as an explanation for what happened.

We appear to be watching the FBI create and sell a ‘mistakes were made’ narrative every day.

I’m not sure the public is buying it.

STAND DOWN – Let it Happen


Posted Jul 15, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
911

I have often explained that when I was in “civil contempt,” they tried to break me and prevent me from talking to my lawyers. They threw me into the “HOLE,” which was the most secure facility in the country alongside the terrorists from the first World Trade Center attack. They told my family I was not there, and my lawyers had to go to the judge to say the Bureau of Prisons lost me.

The Hole MCC

So I can tell you the FIRST crew of terrorists drew the World Trade Center on the wall of their cell with planes going into them after being given art materials by BOP (Bureau of Prisons) Rec guy, Mr. Kumb. That was several months in advance of the 911 attack, which was REAL – there really were terrorists who flew the planes into the buildings. However, the government ALSO knew, and they STOOD DOWN and allowed it to happen. That is what they just did with this attempt to kill Trump. Yes, I have warned that this would happen. Trump poses a major threat to the Deep State. This time, he will appoint his own cabinet – not one hand-picked by the Deep State, which is why he started firing people who were stabbing him in the back to protect the swamp.

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It’s not that I am clairvoyant; it’s just their standard playbook. They always have a patsy who is a loner, and they always use their middle name, like Lee Harvey Oswald. When you hear three names – it’s a patsy (Thomas Mathew Crooks). Nothing the media will say can be trusted, for they just read the scripts handed to them by the DEEP STATE, which has everything to lose.

The excuse they gave to the court that the BOP lost me made it sound like I walked down to the most secure facility in the USA, if not the world, knocked on the door, and asked if I could come in and play with the terrorists. The judge merely said – good job, you found him. They did this to prevent me from talking to my lawyers when they took all their money and threatened to throw them in prison with me on contempt of court.

2000 2 7 TR Tapes

They stripped my lawyers of all the tapes I had of standard, recorded phone lines when you are trading with various institutions. On those tapes were pleas to me to join them in market manipulations that included everything. They even paid bribes to Russian officials to recall all the platinum for a pretend “inventory,” as well as silver manipulations and various financial markets, including US bonds. They had even stuck a $500 million loss on trading bonds into my account using my money for the weekend – parking losses.

SEC World Trade Center WTC7

Amazingly, the government then claimed that all the evidence that would have thrown the bankers in prison and exposed the entire manipulation of markets was conveniently destroyed in the World Trade Center attack – 911. The government will not produce anything to this day, claiming it no longer exists.

Stand Down Let it Happen

All the conspiracy theories that whip up all sorts of scenarios are meant to discredit anyone who repeats them. They knew about 911, for I was there, which was the buzz in MCC (NY Metropolitan Correctional Center). Then, we were all locked down for months, and we were not even allowed to take a shower unescorted. Only one person is out of a cell at a time—anyone who they did not want to have a public trial always committed suicide – i.e., Epstein.

There is NO WAY this kid could get that close with nobody knowing. They had to have known. This is the standard playbook – create a patsy and let it happen. Trump is WAY TOO much of a threat. Installing his own cabinet will revise the Deep State like never before.

They stuffed Trump’s cabinet with all Washington power people. They all stabbed him in the back. He now knows the game, and this time, he will select his own cabinet. That is the biggest threat to the Deep State in American history. The choice in the 2024 election will be TRUMP or DEEP STATE & WAR. Please, Mr. Trump, make sure who is near you. They may try again.

Crooks Outsmart Secret Service

Barrasso and Blackburn Confront U.S Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle as Questions Mount About Trump Assassination Effort


Posted originally on the CTH on July 18, 2024 | Sundance 

Seemingly lost amid all of the discussion of Senators John Barrasso and Marsha Blackburn confronting U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the RNC convention last night, is the obvious question, why was Cheatle even there?

Did she meet with President Trump and offer an apology for what the USSS is positioning as a gross collapse of simple security procedures; or was Director Cheatle simply trying to save her position.  We don’t find out answers to the baseline question because the politics of the event are the paramount prism for the Barrasso and the Blackburn promotion of their confrontation.  I loathe all of them.

Here is the video of the incident which ends with the insufferable Barrasso and Blackburn politicking.  In a video posted on social media Wednesday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over the assassination attempt on former President Trump. WATCH: 

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Why these insufferable dolts just cannot start with the first and obvious question, is very annoying.

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The details which were made during a briefing with the FBI, say sn*pers first spotted Crooks on *the roof* at 5:52 p.m., 20 minutes before the first shot.

11 seconds after the first shot which happened at 6:12 p.m., sn*pers located Crooks.

15 seconds later, Crooks was shot dead according to ABC News.

Timeline:

5:10 p.m. Crooks first identified as a person of interest.

5:30 p.m. Crooks spotted with a rangefinder.

5:52 p.m. Crooks spotted on the roof by USSS.

6:02 p.m. Trump takes the stage.

6:12 p.m. Crooks fires first shots.

Crooks k*lled 26 seconds later.

…’They tried to bury us, not knowing we were seeds!’

Russia Raises Taxes to Fund War


Posted originally on Jul 15, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

Russia 5 Rubles

The people always lose in times of war. Vladimir Putin is looking to the Russian civilians to help fund the war that has lasted far longer than anticipated, thanks to Ukraine having backers with deep pockets. The flat tax rate of 13% that Putin implemented when he took over for Yeltsin in 2001 is being ratified for the first time I nearly 25 years.

Families earnings under 2.4 million roubles ($27,312.14 USD) will maintain the 13% rate. Those earning between 5 and 20 million roubles (>$227,592.80 USD) will face a flat tax rate of 18%, while those earning between 20 million to 50 million roubles (%$568,982.000 USD) will face a 20% tax. The highest earners bringing home over 50 million roubles annually will be taxes 22%.

Now, this is still a light rate of taxation compared to what we see elsewhere. Still, people and businesses alike are displeased. The corporate tax rate will rise by 5% from 20% to 25%. The government expects to generate an additional 2.6 trillion roubles in revenue once the tax is implemented next year.

Russia’s Finance Ministry believes that 2 million people, 3.2% of the working population, will see a rise in their taxes. Taxes on investments will not change. “The changes are aimed at building a fair and balanced tax system,” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, adding that the additional funds would bolster Russia’s “economic well-being.” He said the tax hikes will help fund social spending, including state child support and Russia’s pension fund.

It is almost unheard of for a nation to maintain the same rate of taxation for two decades. The flat rate was big selling point of Putin’s success and popularity among the Russian people. Yet, wages in Russia have also risen at the fastest pace in over five years, with a 7.3% uptick in 2023. Russia is expected to spend at least 40% of its budget on the war in Ukraine. Russia now must prepare for a prolonged war as NATO has become heavily invested and has backed the country into a tight corner.

Neocons Usurping American Foreign Policy & Assassinations for Regime Change


Posted originally on Jul 18, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

Reagan in quest of peace

I can tell you that when Regan was elected, the Republicans were beside themselves. When I asked: What’s the problem? They said: “You don’t understand!” They explained that they would have to “train” him because he was a “governor” and not one of them from the swamp. The Neocons tried their best to prevent Reagan from even meeting with Gorbachev. They told him “you can never trust a Russian!”

Had Reagan listened to the Neocons, the Berlin Wall would never have fallen. The Neocons simply converted their hatred of communists into hatred of all Russians.When I went to dinner at Mar-a-Lago in March 2020, Trump said he wanted to pull the troops out of Afghanistan because he was tired of writing letters to their families claiming that their child died for God and country. As I said, he asked what we were doing there. I got to see that Trump was human and was concerned for the soldiers who were dying only because of the Neocons, like John Bolton. Bolton constantly wanted to convert the United States into an imperial power that dominated the entire world with his endless wars. This is why Russia and China see us as a vile “imperialistic” world power assassinating leaders and overthrowing governments – regime change. These UNELECTED Neocons abuse the power of the United States and turn the world against us.

Bolton John Neocon

Let’s make this very clear about Bolton. John Bolton was a fervent supporter of the Vietnam War, yet he managed to avoid combat through a student deferment followed by enlistment in the Maryland Air National Guard. He is always willing to send American boys to their deaths but sought a deferment for himself. Bolton openly supported the United States’ interference in other countries under his philosophy that, somehow, we have the right to carry out regime changes worldwide. That is precisely what got JFK assassinated by the CIA because they were engaging in regime change, assassinating leaders, and he wanted to terminate the CIA. Just look at Project Northwoods, where they tried to kill Americans and blame it on Cuba to justify an invasion. These Neocons are a threat to the United States and will sacrifice your children as well as you to win this game of power.

Nixon drops Secret Service NYT

Questions remain about Nixon and Watergate despite four decades of literature from historians, journalists, academics, and politicians. Who ordered the break-in at the DNC headquarters on June 17, 1972? What was erased from the infamous 18 ½ minute gap? How much did Nixon know about the cover-up? But more importantly, what most people do not know is that Nixon, who had confronted the CIA and told the direction “I know who killed JFK” when he left office, Nixon REFUSED to accept Secret Service protection and hired his own security out of his own pocket. Interesting. Perhaps Nixon knew far more than the government ever allowed to be said in public.

Massive Cheers, Applause and Chants of “Fight, Fight, Fight” Greet Peter Navarro at the RNC Convention


Massive Cheers, Applause and Chants of “Fight, Fight, Fight” Greet Peter Navarro at the RNC Convention

July 17, 2024 | Sundance  July 17, 2024 | Sundance 

Peter Navarro left federal prison in Miami earlier this morning and flew to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to deliver a speech on the “injustice” within Biden’s America.

When Navarro walked onto the stage at the RNC Convention the entire audience erupted in cheers, applause and chants of, “fight, fight, fight.”  A smiling Navarro seemed genuinely moved by the audience appreciation as he begins to deliver his remarks.  WATCH:

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A 20-year-old With a Ladder, a Range Finder and an AR15 Walks into a Trump Rally….


Posted originally on the CTH on July 17, 2024 | Sundance 

… and sits on top of a counter sniper shed.

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Feel free to continue the conversation.

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Patel: Are We Gonna Rely On FBI And DOJ To Run Assassination Investigation When They Framed Trump


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: July 16, 2024 at 07:00 pm EST

Moscow Calls on Pentagon to Ask NATO to Back Down


Posted originally on Jul 16, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

Goose stepping

Russian Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov has attempted to reach out to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin once again to remind the Pentagon that NATO is backing Russia into a corner. NATO held a summit that concluded by providing Ukraine with an additional $43 billion in aid. The call between the two leaders of defense “emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.”

Belousov is now calling Austin directly instead of going through multiple channels. Not only in the Kremlin concerned with the rapid funding on this ongoing war, but they are aware of the inevitable global conflict that will erupt instantaneously if Ukraine enters the NATO alliance. NATO has pledged an “irreversible path” to membership once Ukraine manages to crack down on corruption. Article V!

“NATO once again very clearly confirmed its essence. It is an alliance founded in an era of confrontation with the aim of continuing confrontation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We see in fact that the alliance’s military infrastructure is constantly and gradually moving towards our borders. … All of this will require us to take thoughtful, coordinated and effective responses to deter and confront the alliance.”

This would be akin to if America’s enemies COLLECTIVELY began arming Mexico and Canada, supplying both with endless funds, military equipment, and support. Troops are waiting for commands in neighboring countries. NATO chose to enter this war to fight Russia through Ukraine. “Are you sure you want to begin a world war?” Russia is all but politely asking the United States who can control this narrative as they control the resources behind it.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also commented on the assassination attempt of Donald Trump by saying that the Neocons and liberals are attempting to commit suicide of American democracy. The “dissolution of the United States does not look like such an impossible prophesy any longer,” Zakharova said. Donald Trump’s vow to end the war in Ukraine undoubtedly has put his life in danger. The Neocons simply cannot let one man foil their attempts to conquer Russia.

KIM Questions the Assassination Attempt – It Does Not Add Up


Posted originally on Jul 17, 2024 By Martin Armstrong