Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 9, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

For some time, there has been suggested that pages from Ashley Biden implying that Joe Biden molested his own daughter had been floating around. Project Veritas was approached with it but Ashel’s lawyer would neither confirm nor deny that the diary was real. So nobody was willing to go there without confirmation that she had actually written this diary. Then the FBI has raided Project Veritas people in search of this diary that was allegedly stolen. This would make it seem that the allegations are possibly true so Joe was more than sniffing little girls’ hair, which is strange enough. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert had the cuts to post the excerpt on Twitter posing this very question. If the diary is fake, there there is no basis for the FBI to be raiding people’s houses in search of the diary.

Biden is collapsing in the polls and his approval is down to 38%. If this turns out to be true, I can’t imagine anything more likely to lead to sheet political chaos in 2022.

Armstrong Economics Blog/The Hunt for Taxes Re-Posted Nov 9, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Biden’s Wealth Tax is going to be very dangerous. For now, it is called the Billionaires’ Tax which means all assets are to be taxed worldwide. That will include the stock market, real estate, rare art, comic books, classic cars, jewelry, and collectibles. This new tax would apply solely, for now, to people with at least $1 billion in assets or $100 million in income for three straight years. These standards mean that just 700 taxpayers would face the additional tax on increases to their wealth.

Liquid assets, such as stocks, will be subject to the Billionaires’ Tax so they will pay this wealth tax on top of income taxes when they sell them. Bezos sold $2 billion worth of shares claiming g to link this to climate change but it certainly made sense to do this now. The way this tax will work is that they will be taxed only on any increases in value and take deductions on losses. Under current law, those assets get taxed only when they are sold. Therefore, this is like a property tax.

The problem will be that the Billionaires’ Tax would also face an additional tax on nontradeable/nonliquid assets such as real estate and business interests once those assets are sold. During the first year of the proposed tax, the billionaires would also owe taxes on any built-in gains that predate the tax.

The Billionaire Tax will be for Everyone

They passed the Income Tax in 1913 swearing it would only apply to the rich. Once any tax is created, it will NEVER be rescinded and as such it will always be expended the same way they keep redefining who is actually the hated rich. Nancy Pelosi said on CNN that the tax would raise $200 billion to $250 billion. This is nonsense and it presumes a constant bull market. This will never pay for the spending of Biden claiming it will not raise the deficit. This simply means that that additional taxes such as the global minimum tax and increased enforcement dollars for the IRS would still be needed to help close the gap. The easy way is to just redefine the rich.

Clinton’s tax hike redefined the rich by changing the brackets. They could even impose a tax based upon vaccination or not. The Supreme Court will no longer defend the people for fear that Biden will try to stack the court when his report of that is delivered December 15th. Biden is just the placeholder and he will sign whatever is put in front of him.

There is absolutely no need for this infrastructure bill whatsoever. Help Wanted signs are everywhere. Just end the COVID exaggerated restrictions and the economy would bounce back,

Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 8, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Now the USA Today/Suffolk University survey showed just 37.8% of Americans approve of Biden’s performance in office. A whopping 70% say the US is headed in the wrong direction. The outrageous discussion of handing $450,000 up to $1 million per family that came to American illegally and their children were separated into juvenile camps has so many people really upset.

A dated report from the University of Indiana published in 2009, suggested that the ENTIRE lifetime earnings of an American was $900,000 at a minimum and if they had a bachelor’s degree, that could rise to $1.8 million. The Biden Administration is proposing at least $450,000 per family up to $1 million is an insult to all Americans who pay taxes. What the Biden Administration is proposing is to hand tax-free half the lifetime earnings of the basic American for illegally coming to the United States, to begin with. No other country in the world would act in such an irresponsible manner.

Biden is a placeholder. There is no way he will ever run for election in 2024. His handlers are doing what they want to do and they could care less about Biden’s reputation or legacy. They have usurped the power of the Presidency, imposing vaccine mandates that were never submitted to Congress proving this is a dictatorship – not a democratic process. The United States has undergone a political coup and Biden is so not with it, he did not even know that his “Build Back Better” agenda was drafted at the World Economic Forum and was not his original idea.

Biden has no idea what is really going on and calling it his Build Back Better agenda as if he is the one the came up with this just proves the United States is now being run by a foreign organization. Historically, this has been the scenario that typically leads to military interventions to remove such corrupt political influences.

Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 8, 2021 | Sundance | 574 Comments

We are witnessing a very specific type of electoral frustration caused by officials within a system attempting to stop a communist style fundamental change by taking action within the same system simultaneously collapsing through the actions of the communists.

Joe Biden’s approval rating has collapsed to the lowest level in history {data here} ,which would normally cause a pause amid the political operators.

However, in this new era, where collapsing the U.S. economic and social system is the objective, the polling is irrelevant.

The Obama plan to use Biden as a disposable figure was designed for one specific four year term of maximum damage.

The polling is irrelevant.

Evidence of this purpose is found in the White House telling businesses to continue operating as if the vaccine mandate is legally authorized, despite a court ordered injunction against it {data here}.  We are in a post-constitutional system now where the traditional checks and balances are ignored.   This is a very Machiavellian approach being deployed against the American people.

The U.S. borders are unsecured, and illegal alien hordes are intentionally welcomed.  Again, by design.   Simultaneously, the U.S. military is likely to be put into a crisis position by thousands of critical servicemen rejecting the mandated vaccine {data here}.  Yes, another element of the design.  Saul Alinsky taught the designers how to overwhelm and collapse the system, they are doing exactly that.

The recent off-year election showed millions of Americans rejecting the crisis they are having to deal with.  Yet again, the radicals collapsing the system and creating the crisis do not flinch.  Election losses this year and into the 2022 mid-terms will do little to halt the onslaught.  The communist network operators have all been simultaneously triggered and activated.

These outcomes are akin to implanted terror cells that lay dormant for years and suddenly begin detonating their devices.  There are explosions everywhere, except these are not suicide vests, these are pre-planted deployments.

Education networks pushing CRT {BOOM} radical teachers unions unfazed.  Transportation and supply chains {BOOM} environmental activists unfazed.  Communication networks and social media tools for organizing {BOOM} big tech unfazed.  Legislative branch {BOOM} congressional representation unfazed.  Judicial branch {BOOM} courts ignored.  Justice Department {BOOM} DOJ and FBI unfazed.  It’s not only direct assaults, the collateral damage is the intended primary target.

Inflation is skyrocketing as a direct consequence of the design {Boom} middle class is collateral damage, the communists don’t care.  Food and gasoline prices climbing creating massive pain for consumers {BOOM} the communists shrug – no biggie watch us shut down more pipelines.  Major health impacts from forced vaccinations that were not appropriately tested {BOOM}, they don’t care – vax harder, vaccinate kids.  The collective program is designed to create maximum destabilization of all systems simultaneously.

Nothing within their plan requires the approval or consent of any representative body in Washington DC.  COVID is the tool to “fundamentally change” the way the United States exists.

Joe Biden is a disposable front-man for the people organizing the objective, so they don’t have to worry about political damage. The Biden term was designed for a single set of four-year rapid advancements for the Democrat Socialist agenda. The Biden poll ratings and favorability, or lack therein, do not factor into the plan of action; those issues are irrelevant.

Those behind the executive branch; those controlling Joe Biden; are harnessing and weaponizing power; a power dynamic created by fear and enabled by COVID narratives writ large.  Meanwhile, the legislative leftists are attempting to ensure the new systems they create under the guise of COVID-19 are never in a position to be withdrawn.

That’s the bigger picture.

That’s what they mean by “Build Back Better“.

The FIRST STEP in defending against this onslaught is to stop excusing it by saying they don’t know what they are doing, or any version of the incompetency argument.  They know exactly what they are doing.

Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 8, 2021 | Sundance | 278 Comments

Last week in an event to promote ‘environmental justice‘, Kamala Harris emphasized the priorities of the Biden administration when she held an event to highlight how trees are racist.  This week Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wanted to promote ‘construction and logistic equity‘ while emphasizing the priorities of the Biden administration, so Buttigieg declared that roads and bridges are racist. WATCH:

Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 8, 2021 | Sundance | 307 Comments

Gaige Grosskreutz was one of the attackers of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha Wisconsin last year.  After giving testimony earlier today attempting to paint himself as a victim of Rittenhouse, the witness/attacker admitted today in during cross examination he was shot only after he threatened Rittenhouse by pointing a gun at him inches away from his head.

While the prosecution hoped Grosskreutz’s sketchy testimony would assist their case, the actual testimony supports the defense claim of Rittenhouse acting in self defense after being attacked by a mob.  The crushing admission is below (prompted to 08:10) WATCH:

The prosecution case just collapsed.  Rittenhouse, now 18, is charged with homicide and attempted homicide for shooting three people during the Kenosha riots as the mob attacked him.  Rittenhouse shot and killed 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum, 26-year-old Anthony Huber, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz.  All of the people shot by Rittenhouse were attacking him at the time.

Posted originally on Rumble Glenn Greenwald  Published September 30, 2021 1,308,838 Views

Rumble — When former Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie reported in June that there was evidence suggesting FBI foreknowledge of the January 6 protest at the Capitol, if not active involvement, the corporate media mocked him and others who took it seriously for being deranged conspiracy theories. But now, the New York Times just reported that the FBI had at least one informant at the Capitol on that day. On the latest SYSTEM UPDATE, Glenn Greenwald speaks to Beattie about what do know now about involvement by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. They also discuss whether concept of “right” and “left” are changing radically.

Posted originally on Rumble Glenn Greenwald  Published November 2, 2021 42,257 Views

Rumble — For the last 9 months, Democrats in politics and media have insisted that 1/6 was the worst attack on American democracy since the Civil War, that it entailed crimes of sedition, treason, insurrection, and attempted murder and kidnapping of elected officials. Yet thus far, not a single American has been charged with any of those crimes. If Democrats believe this narrative, why are they not enraged at the Biden DOJ?

Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 7, 2021 | Sundance | 163 Comments

Florida Senator Rick Scott appears on Meet the Press with the insufferable Chuck Todd, to answer the DNC questions posed by the toad.   You don’t need to put yourself through the strain of the entire ‘gotcha’-framed Q& A; however, in the first three minutes Senator Scott proclaims he will work and fund the re-election campaign of notorious DeceptiCon Lisa Murkowski.

Senator Scott is in charge of the National Senatorial Republican Committee (NRSC), the organization that collects the donations from the Wall Street machinery.  As a consequence, the NRSC will fund Lisa Murkowski’s reelection campaign despite the base of the party wanting to get rid of her.  WATCH:

The professionally Republican are annoying.  Thune replaces McConnell. Barrasso replaces Thune, Scott replaces Barrasso.

A pox on their cocktail club, mahogany desk and Corinthian leather wing-back chair lifestyle.  :::spit:::

Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 7, 2021 | Sundance | 126 Comments

TechnoFog has a good outline on the background of Igor Danchenko and the DOJ/FBI team effort to avoid undermining the Steele Dossier. {SEE HERE}  The accurate analysis ends with the following question, also posed by Sergei Millian: “Why was the DOJ/FBI covering for Danchenko“?

To my friends in the truth media, the answer is inside the information previously released {See Here} which we have covered for a long time; and which the righteous media (Mollie Hemmingway, Lee Smith, Kimberley Strassel, etc) are hopefully only a few weeks away from outlining.

The DOJ/FBI coverup, which included being purposefully blind to the 2017 Danchenko revelations, was not done to protect Danchenko. It was done to protect Andrew Weissmann and Robert Mueller.

Yes, the FBI and DOJ knew the primary subsource for Christopher Steele, Igor Danchenko, disavowed the material in the dossier and undermined it in January of 2017 and again in June 15, 2017, as everyone is noting.  Yes, despite that knowledge Mueller/Weissmann applied for a FISA renewal on June 29th.  However, there’s a date a year later, all the way into July of 2018, when the DOJ and FBI claimed that Danchenko was speaking truth in their affirmation to the FISA court.

THAT is in 2018.

Why would the same DOJ/FBI officials who knew the dossier was junk in early 2017 lie to the FISA court in 2018?

ANSWER: Because they were not protecting Danchenko, they were protecting Robert Mueller.

Robert Muller was appointed by institutional preservationist Rod Rosenstein in order to cover up the era of government abuse and political weaponization by corrupt and highly political FBI and DOJ officials.   Robert Mueller was as much the Special Counsel as Joe Biden is the current presidency; which is to say they are figureheads, avatars, public faces to activity that is really underway by those behind them.

When Mueller appeared before congress, the public got their first-hand look at how disconnected he was from any actual involvement in the investigation that carried his name.  He knew virtually nothing about the two year investigation, because he was a title in name only.  The real players charged to throw a bag over the corrupt activity preceding their appointment was the team led by Andrew Weissmann.

When Andrew Weissmann and crew entered the DOJ to effectively run the Trump-Russia investigation, their purpose was to: (1) continue what was ongoing; and (2) coverup all that came before.   AG Jeff Sessions recused himself, and DAG Rod Rosenstein became the co-dependent enabler for the Weissmann crew’s needs.

During a June 2020 Senate hearing, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein openly admitted to being nothing more than the rubber stamp for every request.  Rosenstein approved every request, signed every authorization and agreed to every scope expansion Andrew Weissmann put in front of him.  There was nothing Rosenstein ever denied the Weissmann crew.

Team Weissmann, under the authorities of a blank-check special counsel, effectively ran Main Justice top to bottom for two years.  When you accept the framework Rosenstein later admitted was in place, then you understand that anything blocked from DOJ/FBI release (see Nunes pleas) was blocked by Weissmann Inc; and everything that ever came out of the DOJ/FBI was released by Weissmann Inc.   Reread that as many times as needed until it sinks in.

Back to the question about why the DOJ/FBI were protecting Danchenko by not exposing the lies that John Durham is now making public in his indictments.

To wit, I would reference you THAT specific moment in July of 2018 when Team Weissmann wrote a letter to the FISA Court that was increasingly distrusting of what they were seeing and hearing within the justice system:

Look at how the FISA was used by the Mueller investigation to continue its weaponization throughout 2017 and even into 2018. In July of 2018, long after the source material was debunked, the special counsel office was still telling the FISA court the predication for the FISA application and subsequent renewals was valid.

Drive this point home.  This is a key to understanding the scope of how weaponized the Mueller team was.

In July of 2018 the special counsel resistance group was lying to the FISA court in order to protect the cornerstone document that permitted them to weaponize the intelligence apparatus.

This letter was written July 12, 2018. It is NOT accidental that only a week later, July 21st, the special counsel released the FISA application under the guise of FOIA fulfillment.

Aside from the date, the important part of the first page is the motive for sending it. The Mueller team running the DOJ is telling the court in July 2018: based on what they know the FISA application still contains “sufficient predication for the Court to have found probable cause” to approve the application. The resistance unit running the DOJ is defending the Carter Page FISA application as still valid.

On page #8 [Source Document Here] when discussing Christopher Steele’s sub-source, Igor Danchenko, the special counsel group notes the FBI found Danchenko to be truthful and cooperative.

This is an incredibly misleading statement to the FISA court, because what the letter doesn’t say is that 18-months earlier Danchenko, also known in the IG report as the “primary sub-source”, disavowed the content and informed the FBI that the material attributed to him in the dossier was essentially junk.

By July 2018, the DOJ clearly knew the dossier was full of fabrications, yet they withheld that information from the court and said the predicate was still valid. Why?

It doesn’t take a deep-weeds-walker to identify the DOJ motive.  In July 2018 Robert Mueller’s investigation was at its apex.

This letter justifying the application and claiming that current information would still be a valid predicate therein, speaks to the 2018 DOJ needing to retain the validity of the FISA warrant.  The the DOJ needed to protect evidence Mueller/Weissmann had already extracted from the fraudulently obtained FISA authority.  Protect the ‘fruit of the poisoned tree’, that’s the motive.

In July 2018, if the DOJ-NSD had admitted the FISA application and all renewals were fatally flawed, Robert Mueller/Andrew Weismann may have needed to withdraw any evidence gathered as a result of its exploitation. The DOJ in 2018 was protecting Mueller’s poisoned fruit.

If the DOJ had been honest with the court, there’s a strong possibility some, perhaps much, of Mueller evidence gathering would have been invalidated… and cases were pending. The solution: mislead the court, ie. lie, and claim the predication was still valid.

That’s the bigger issue.  Forget Danchenko and go there.