Thomas Massie Discusses Creation of New House Subcommittee to Investigate the Fourth Branch of Government


Posted originally on the CTH on January 7, 2023 | Sundance

Part of the successful negotiations amid the 21 congressional holdouts to the McCarthy speakership, was a pledge to create a subcommittee styled after the Frank Church committee.  The purpose of the subcommittee would be to investigate the intelligence apparatus of the U.S. government and the conflicting intersections created by the unconstitutional surveillance state.

It appears from a review of the 6-page framework [See Proposal HERE], the subcommittee will fall under the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary Committee which will likely be chaired by Jim Jordan (R-OH).  The framework of the committee as it is surfacing would be structured to have investigative authorities into U.S. intelligence operations, Homeland Security, FBI and DOJ-NSD activity.  Thomas Massie will likely be a member of the committee and appeared with Tucker Carlson to discuss. {Direct Rumble Link} – WATCH:

Readers here are very familiar with how the intelligence and national security interests have risen to control almost every institution of government.  CTH has deeply outlined how these intelligence departments and homeland security systems have enmeshed to control the executive, legislative and judicial branch of government.

What this committee appears to be motivated toward, and what Massie is outlining in that interview, is the process of going into each of the purposefully created information silos (CIA, DHS, ODNI, FBI, DOJ-NSD etc), reviewing their operational missions, extracting the evidence of their activity and then cross-referencing with unconstitutional outcomes.

The subcommittee has a noble goal; however, the success or lack thereof will ultimately come down to the personnel choices on and in the committee itself.  Additionally, and this is a major hurdle, the subcommittee is going to run head-first into the Senate Intelligence Committee obstruction and disinformation system.

The operational mission of the current Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), is entirely to stop any government action that might impede, investigate or attempt to remove the Fourth Branch of Government the Senate has created.   The SSCI, the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Dept of Homeland Security will target this House Subcommittee, the members, the staffers and their families, with extreme prejudice.

WASHINGTON DC – A proposed subcommittee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government — a key demand of House conservatives who delivered Speaker Kevin McCarthy the gavel — would be given sweeping investigatory powers that include explicit authority to review “ongoing criminal investigations.”

The language of the proposed “select subcommittee,” which would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), also gives the panel power to access any information shared with the House Intelligence Committee. That panel typically receives the highest-level classified intelligence and briefings of any committee in Congress.

Both provisions appear to have been added during final negotiations between McCarthy and a band of hardline detractors that briefly denied him the speakership. An earlier version of the proposal made no mention of ongoing criminal investigations or the Intelligence Committee and limited the probe to the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. (read more)

I’m not sure, heck, check that… I’m absolutely certain the House members putting this committee together have no clue the scale of opposition they are about to run into.  The institutions of the United States intelligence apparatus, both foreign and domestic, will destroy anyone who attempts to confront them.

Hopefully the committee will consist of unmarried men or unmarried women, without families, and without attachment to any lifestyle they would wish to retain.  The more progress any subcommittee would make, the more they would be at risk.

Last point, knowing the stakes involved, I have no trust whatsoever in the motives of Thomas Massie.

Kevin McCarthy Succeeds on 15th Ballot, New House Rules Package Will Be Determined Monday


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 7, 2023 | Sundance

California Representative Kevin McCarthy finally succeeded on the 15th ballot during the overnight hours of Friday to Saturday. Mr McCarthy ultimately prevailed with 216 votes after six conservatives switched their votes to present. This lowered the threshold for a majority vote and essentially reversed their prior opposition. Their change followed 14 other holdout Republicans who flipped their votes to McCarthy during the 12th ballot and Andy Harris (R-Md.), switching to McCarthy on the 13th.

After Speaker Kevin McCarthy was sworn into office, he delivered a speech to the entire House.

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McCarthy & the Real Political Crisis


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 6, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty, you said 2023 will be chaotic in politics. What is going on with McCarthy I guess is what you were referring to at the WEC.

Thanks. Your forecasts are always amazing

DK

ANSWER: What is taking place with McCarthy is precisely what the model has forecast. He lost the 11th attempt to elect him on the third day of voting. This is right on schedule. It is 19 intervals of 8.6 since a similar event took place in 1859. Back then, the fight was over slavery and the House voted 44 times to pick a speaker between December 5th, 1859, to February 1st, 1860 (1860.087) and settled for a freshman William Pennington (1796-1862) of New Jersey. Ironically, I raised my kids in Pennington, NJ which was founded by his father William Sanford Pennington around 1643.

This fight over McCarthy the press is loving it but it’s going over the heads of everyone. This is about resisting the inherent corruption in Washington for McCarty is just the Republican counterpart of Pelosi and it will be business as usual. Both parties are pushing us to civil war and from a cyclical turning point, it was at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861 (1861.279), when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. That began the US Civil War and cyclically we are right on schedule. Thus, the Civil War began 1.192 years after the speaker’s election. Cyclically, that aligns up with 2024 and the ECM turning point.

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We are looking at a serious fight that is reflective of the deep division in this country over the direction of the nation. The BBC reported that McCarthy’s team had threatened political retaliation against them if they did not fall in line, in the weeks leading up to this deadlock. You must understand, the Speaker picks who is on what committee. John Boehner who was the 53rd Speaker from January 5th, 2011 – October 29th, 2015, retaliated against Ron Paul removing every Republican who supported him from any finance committee. It is a UNI-Party that people do not understand exists. McCarthy is no better than Boehner, who I also did not support.

Welcome to January 2023

Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama Attempts to Fight Matt Gaetz in House Chamber, Video


Posted originally on the CTH on January 7, 2023 | Sundance 

Republican Representative Mike Rogers (House Armed Services Committee Chair) was furious when Kevin McCarthy came up one vote short in his effort to become Speaker of the House on ballot #14.

While McCarthy tried to convince Florida Representative Matt Gaetz to change his vote, Mike Rogers came into the picture to fight and had to be physically restrained.  The event was captured on C-SPAN camera.   Video at 01:20 Prompted:

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Sinaloa Drug Cartel Battles Mexican Military After Arrest of El Chapo Son, Oviddio Guzman-Lopez, Video


Posted originally on the CTH on January 6, 2023 | Sundance

How many months ago did CTH start saying ‘watch Mexico’? Having said that, what is unfolding right now in the battle between the Sinaloa cartel and the Mexican military is fraught with unknown variables and hidden U.S. interests.

Use the example of the U.S. manipulating Ukraine as the reference point for what is happening in Mexico right now with Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau scheduled to visit Mexico City in four days for the North American Summit.

It’s all sketchy. Do not formulate opinions because we have no idea how many peas and shells are being maneuvered by U.S. intelligence and national security state interests.

We are told the Mexican military arrested Ovidio Guzman-Lopez, the son of El Chapo, who it is claimed to be running the drug cartel Culiacan, Sinaloa state. Some form of Mexican or U.S. military unit, contractor or federal office with guns and big juice then transferred Ovidio Guzman-Lopez to Mexico City where the summit is supposed to take place.

The Sinaloa cartel has now begun a rampage of revenge across the Sinaloa state attacking, police, government buildings, transportation, airports and planes, setting vehicles ablaze and setting up roadblocks. At least seven Mexican security force personnel are reported to have been killed in clashes where the government was trying to retake control.  Eight civilians are also reported dead.

The battle between authorities and the Sinaloa cartel has seen the gang’s members open fire at army planes in an attack on Culiacan International Airport, with one seen using a 50-caliber sniper rifle to aim at jets.  The cartel has given the Mexican government a deadline of three days to return Guzman-Lopez before they declare war on the entire government and begin killing state and federal officials along with their families.

Should be a great North American summit, eh?   Again, just like the Ukraine issues as they unfolded, take nothing for granted, accept no media premise as promoted and question everything you might read about the events.  When U.S. political and intelligence interests are involved; ultimately, we have no idea who is doing what – and why?

Fox News began broadcasting events on Jesse Waters television show tonight. {Direct Rumble Link} – WATCH:

The cartels goes scorched earth on Mexico. They are officially at war.

UPDATE – Video Livestream – 10pm Installation Effort #14 for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Fails, Effort #15 Commences


Posted originally on the CTH on January 6, 2023 | Sundance

The House is scheduled to begin the effort for the installation of California Representative Kevin McCarthy at 10:00pm ET.   It is unknown whether the 14th ballot effort will succeed or exactly how many representatives are still in DC for the activity.   The livestream is below:

UPDATE:

  • Round 14 fails for McCarthy by one vote.  232 votes cast. McCarthy got 216 – one vote short of majority.
  • Representative Mike Rogers (AL) tried to fight Matt Gaetz and had to be restrained. (LINK)
  • GOP tried to adjourn.  Voice vote failed and failed counting of yeas and nays.  House cannot adjourn.
  • Republicans now go for round #15

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“Liars Know How to Figure” – House Adjourns Until 10pm Tonight, When Next Speaker Vote Will Be With Fewer House Members Present


Posted originally on the CTH on January 6, 2023 | Sundance

Our dear friend Sharon always reminds us, “Those whose motives are based on deception, will always find an audience willing to be deceived.”  That, my friends, is the current status of the Republican party watchers and one of the primary reasons this little corner of the internet, The Last Refuge, was formed.

We accept things as they are, not as we would wish them to be and never as we would pretend them to be.   Pretending is an endless quest akin to convincing. Those who operate in the world of political pretense expend an exhaustive amount of energy in constant vigilance against those who speak plain truths.

The House of Representatives has adjourned until 10pm tonight, when another vote will be taken, as outlined by the design of the Kevin McCarthy supporters.

Why adjourn?  Why return at 10:00pm on a Friday evening?  Simply, because the McCarthy team is counting on several House members (mostly Democrats) not being in attendance for the quorum, facilitating a lower threshold of the vote to achieve a majority.

435/434 members present = 218 votes needed
433/432 members present = 217 votes needed
431/430 members present = 216 votes needed
429/428 members present = 215 votes needed
etc.

(Washington DC) – […] McCarthy got an additional jolt of energy on the 13th ballot when Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), another previous opponent, also flipped to support him. He still fell short of the necessary majority of those voting present, however, with six GOP members remaining in the no camp.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), a moderate and key McCarthy ally, said the chamber hoped to adjourn after the thirteenth ballot to allow allies of the California Republican to sit down one-on-one with his remaining dissenters. As to whether their opposition comes down to McCarthy himself, he said: “We’re gonna find that out.”

And lawmakers then followed suit, voting to adjourn the chamber until 10 p.m. That will tee up a potentially decisive ballot late Friday night.

McCarthy, speaking to the press, said he would have the votes needed for election when it came back into session. (more)

Video at 01:27:

McCarthy Fails Again on Ballot #12, But Picks Up 14 Votes From 21 Holdouts


Posted originally on the CTH on January 6, 2023 | Sundance

The twelfth ballot round ended up with Kevin McCarthy receiving 214 votes of support, fourteen more than previous ballot rounds.  McCarthy needs 218 votes to succeed (if all members are present).

The following group of 14 Republicans changed their vote to support Kevin McCarthy on the 12th ballot:

Rep. Dan Bishop (N.C.), Rep.-elect Josh Brecheen (Okla.), Rep. Michael Cloud (Texas), Rep. Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.), Rep. Paul Gosar (Ariz.),Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna (FL), Rep. Mary Miller (Ill.), Rep. Ralph Norman (S.C.), Rep.-elect Andy Ogles (Tenn.), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Rep.-elect Keith Self (Texas), and Rep. Victoria Spartz (IN) all voted to support Kevin McCarthy.

The Holdouts are:

Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Rep.-elect Eli Crane (Ariz.), Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Rep. Bob Good (Va.), Rep. Andy Harris (Md.) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (Mont.)

aka “The Magnificent Seven”

Video, Day #4 of House Effort to Elect Speaker – 200 Republicans Willing to Give up Their Congressional Responsibility


Posted originally on the CTH on January 6, 2023 | Sundance

Day #4 of the House effort to elect a new speaker will continue today with no one asking why only 20 members want to change the rules.  The rules are problematic for 20+ members who have refused to vote through eleven ballots for McCarthy, which begs the question.  Why do 200 republicans accept giving McCarthy all the power to determine legislative business?

The House returns to session for what is expected to be McCarthy’s 12th attempt to win the gavel. According to Politico“the GOP leader and his leadership team convened a conference call Friday morning to update members on the status of negotiations, hours after he appeared to gather some momentum late Thursday by hashing out specific concessions to hardline members of the GOP conference — offers that his allies were hopeful would move votes in his direction.

But enormous uncertainty lingered Friday morning, as members of the freedom Caucus had yet to commit their support to McCarthy and a handful of other holdouts continued to signal their opposition to him. Absences on the GOP side of the aisle could scramble things further, with McCarthy backer Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) predicting at least three during Friday’s likely balloting.  WATCH:

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Tucker Carlson Asks Why Does Everyone in DC Want to Demonize, Attack and Eliminate the House Reform Group


Posted originally on the CTH on January 5, 2023 | Sundance

During his opening monologue tonight, Fox News host Tucker Carlson outlines the attacks against those opposing Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker.

Tucker Carlson asks why the visibility of democracy in action ends up with DC insiders claiming the American political structure is going to collapse just because Kevin McCarthy is not being anointed as House Speaker.   Those in opposition to McCarthy are deemed as Russian operatives, domestic terrorists and corrupt sketchy voices belonging to various shady patriotic movements that have threatened the domestic tranquility of the nation.   WATCH:

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