Political Chaos of 2022


Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM Re-Posted May 17, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong
Thank you very much for the information you provide about what is going on according to the worlds economy and the scary development we are witnessing in the world.
A while ago I think i saw that you wrote something like that the globalists will not succeed to put through the “great reset”.
Do you have any new information or thoughts about this case?
DB
Norway

ANSWER: Bill Gates’ divorce is more than what it seems. There was a real issue where his wife did not approve of his grand agenda. I cannot stress enough that GATES IS A VERY DANGEROUS MAN. He seeks to control the world and force it to conform to his visions with the primary focus on climate and population. He has outright supported the cancel culture. All you have to do is pick up the rug to see where the dirt is hidden. He controls the media. He even provided grants to the BBC, which all my friends in Britain have totally lost all respect for since they began taking money from Gates.

Nevertheless, ironically our greatest hope is Russia and China. They will not yield to Gates and his agenda, which Klaus Schwab is marketing. Even the audits of the polls in Arizona. Just look at the press coverage. They are so against it and in every breathe they proclaim it is a lie. If they were true Americans, then they would welcome a real audit for once and let the chips fall as they may. They are desperately afraid of exposing fraud. Arizona might not be able to unseat Biden, but they could recall the Senator and change the course of the Senate.

CBS reported: “Although every state has certified its results, the Republican-controlled state Senate in Arizona has undertaken a full hand recount and audit of the ballots and voting machines in Maricopa, the state’s largest county, a move that has been frequently praised by the former president. President Biden won the county, a longtime Republican stronghold, by 45,109 votes, and he won the state by 10,457 votes. At the same time, Democrats also picked up a U.S. Senate seat from Arizona.” Simply because the states certified their election results, there has NEVER been a full audit to prove or disprove the election.

NBC News reported the bizarre statement that “the unprecedented election audit contact voters could amount to illegal voter intimidation.” I am not sure how voters are intimidated 6 months after they voted. CNN just called the audit: “The most absurd conspiracy theory yet in the ongoing Arizona recount.”

You can also claim nobody would ever rig a horse race, so why test horses for drugs at the Kentucky Derby? I find it a sad state of affairs when they are so afraid of an actual audit. One would think that an honest reporter would want to PROVE that Trump was wrong by such an audit. But perhaps they fear the audit, for they too know the game was rigged?

Indeed, what fools these mortals be to think that they can conquer the world. They will fail, for China and Russia will not support their agenda. They also remain vulnerable to assassination. Schwab is 83, so I do not see him making it to 2030 or even beyond 2024.

Look, Domino Joe


Posted orginally on GrrrGraphics MAY 16, 2021 AT 8:37 PM

All Eyes On Arizona, The First Domino to Drop!

President Trump easily won his reelection in a landslide, but the Democrat Socialists arranged to steal it away. Sleepy Joe Biden mostly hid in his basement and when he did make campaign appearances he could barely draw a handful of people. A lot of Democrats despised him. He was one of the most corrupt candidates in history. He was also the oldest and most befuddled.

Yet he supposedly garnered more votes than Barack Obama. Huh? That couldn’t possibly happen. Biden was not at all as popular as Obama. Biden was a terrible candidate. He performed miserably during the Democrat’s debates. He finished 4th place in the Iowa Caucus and 5th in the New Hampshire primary. Then it was decided by insiders that Biden was to win his party’s nomination. He was the one that could be most easily controlled and counted on to carry out the globalists’ agenda. The powerful globalist insiders stole the Democrat nomination and then the presidency for Biden.

What can be done about it now? For starters, what Arizona is doing. It’s up to the states to conduct forensic investigations into the Democrat’s voter fraud. It now appears Trump won Arizona by a very wide margin. He won the other key states as well. All states need to investigate the corrupt voting that took place during 2020 presidential election. Domino Joe needs to fall.

Otherwise, the elections will be permanently stolen in favor of Marxists.

—Ben Garrison

Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier, Commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley AFB, Colorado, Relieved From Duty After Questioning Creeping Marxist Ideology in Military


What makes this man a national treasure and hero is not just his military service, but his willingness to outline one of the true cancers -Marxism- that is undermining the military ability to function.  It is likely Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier knew what he was saying would mean his targeting and elimination, yet he said it anyway.

(Military.Com) A commander of a U.S. Space Force unit tasked with detecting ballistic missile launches has been fired for comments made during a podcast promoting his new book, which claims Marxist ideologies are becoming prevalent in the United States military.

Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier, commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, was relieved from his post Friday by Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of Space Operations Command, over a loss of confidence in his ability to lead, Military.com has exclusively learned.

[…] Earlier this month, Lohmeier, a former instructor and fighter pilot who transferred into the Space Force, self-published a book titled “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military.”

“Irresistible Revolution is a timely and bold contribution from an active-duty Space Force lieutenant colonel who sees the impact of a neo-Marxist agenda at the ground level within our armed forces,” a description of the book reads. (continue reading)

It is interesting to compare and contrast the military reaction to Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier: “Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a Command Directed Investigation on whether these comments constituted prohibited partisan political activity,” against the lack of military reaction to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Trump impeachment instigator) who was clearly undertaking “partisan political activity.”

If you consider the 2020 election was a usurpation by elements of the United States government in coordination with political intelligence operatives and leftist organizers; then any action that might uncover the election fraud is now a risk to the entire framework of the U.S. government.

♦The Insurance Policy Theory –  The majority of the U.S. military rank and file are patriots; America-first nationalists with a patriotic outlook toward the United States as a constitutional republic.  The majority of the military also come from red states.  This is an identified risk to the Obama objective of fundamental change.  Additionally, thanks in large part to a purge during the Obama era, the majority of the flag officers are not in alignment with the rank and file.   This sets the stage for a problem….

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday ordered new steps to tackle the threat posed by extremism in the ranks of the military, including updated screening questionnaires for recruits, a review of the department’s definition of extremism and efforts to prevent veterans from being drawn into violent movements.

The move follows a 60-day stand-down across the armed services that Austin ordered to allow commanders and troops in every unit to discuss how to confront the problem of white supremacist or other extremist ideology within the military. The Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump thrust the issue into the spotlight, as some of the mob were former or current members of the military with links to ultra-rightwing groups.

In a memo Friday to top officials and commanders, Austin said the department was still reviewing the results of the stand-down but he had decided to move ahead with “several immediate steps.”

Under Austin’s instruction, the Pentagon’s top lawyer and other officials will review and update the department’s definition of “prohibited extremist activities” for all service members. Critics have said the Pentagon needs to take into account how extremism has evolved in the digital era, and how some adherents engage in more loosely formed networks.

The secretary also called for updated screening questionnaires for potential recruits to gather information about current or previous extremist behavior ”to ensure that only the best qualified recruits are selected for the services,” according to the memo. (read more)

It is well known and accepted that most of the rank and file military come from Red States, and/or the Southern U.S. region.   This has been a reality in the military for as long as I can remember.   Again, this is a problem if the government is going to need to weaponize the military against the citizens.  Hence, they need to quantify the issue in advance.

[HISTORIC NOTE:  This is not the first time the Pentagon has undertaken such an assessment.  In the aftermath of the Chinese regular army refusing to turn their fire on the protesting students at Tienanmen Square (remember, the Mongolian divisions were called in); the world noticed.  The U.S. Pentagon did a similar internal assessment.]

♦ My prior warning with the examples and citations of data to back-up my prediction are HERE and repeated below:

Considering the specific examples over the past few years, I would argue the Democrats are positioning for use of the military in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act -or- by an expressed act of congress.

Following the evidence to its logical conclusion is simple.  The political apparatus of the DC state has framed a fraudulent narrative that “insurrection” against the federal government is an ongoing possibility.

Toward that end the U.S. military national guard troops have been sent to Washington DC indefinitely (current deployment extended through May).

If we consider there is a reasonable argument now surfacing about states choosing to nullify federal laws; and when you consider the likelihood of additional election audits discovering wrongdoing; it is not a stretch to see the insurrection narrative as a proactive assertion to support the deployment of active military against any state, officeholder or entity, who would be non-compliant with the government narrative.

Would this violate the Posse Comitatus Act? Quite possibly, yes; it would depend on whether congress passed an expressed act authorizing military troops against specific action.

When we consider that most of the constitutional checks and balances have been deconstructed or usurped by hardline leftist action; including the weaponization of the intelligence community, and specifically the FBI as a federal law enforcement agency; we are left to recognize that any Posse Comitatus violation would likely be supported by a leftist and aligned media arguing that the military is needed in order to stop a rebellion of states.

If my suspicions/predictions are correct, this would explain exactly why there has been a recent uptick in the visual politicization of the military; including empirical examples of emboldened U.S. military leadership openly engaged in domestic political advocacy against Tucker Carlson.

The marching of the U.S. military through the Capitol building to the offices of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene would be another orchestrated optic sending the same political message.

These are not examples of the military “woke” community advancing political correctness, instead these are examples of advanced politicization of the military (in an open context) in preparation for domestic political use.

The “insurrection narrative” is then considered a seed planted to blossom later in support of the overall agenda and defend against exposure for any election operations.

One of the data-points highlighting future intent was clearly visible and seemingly overlooked by almost all media.  It happened when Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman first became a political whistle-blower against the office of President Trump.

It was not the details of the Vindman accusation that stood out, though that was the aspect the media focused on.  What was more concerning was the lack of action by the Pentagon after Vindman compromised his position as an advisor to the commander in chief.

2019 – When we consider that Lt. Col. Vindman was carrying out what he believed to be his role; and when you overlay his military purpose; and when we accept Vindman was assisting CIA agent Eric Ciaramella in constructing his dossier to remove President Trump; and when we stand back and look at the aggregate interests involved, including Vindman’s divided loyalties toward a foreign power; and when we consider there was ZERO push-back from the ranks of military leadership, specifically the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and when you accept Vindman was simply allowed to return to his post inside the White House – where he remains today; well, the alarming aspect increases in direct proportion to the definition of the word: “coup”.

I would encourage all readers to think long and hard those factual data-points.

Despite his admitted usurpation of President Trump policy, Vindman was sent back to his post in the NSC with the full support of the United States Department of Defense.

The onus of action to remove Vindman from the NSC did not lay at the feet of the White House and National Security advisor Robert O’Brien; upon whose action the removal of Vindman could be positioned as political.  The necessary obligation to remove Lt. Col Vindman resides purposefully with the Dept. of Defense.

The Pentagon could easily withdraw Vindman from his position at the National Security Council; yet, it does not…. and it has not.   WHY?

There is a code within the military whereby you never put your leadership into a position of compromise; ie. “never compromise your leadership”.

In this example, President Trump cannot remove Vindman from the White House NSC advisory group due to political ramifications and appearances… The Joint Chiefs certainly recognize this issue; it is the very type of compromise they are trained to remove.  Yet they do nothing to remove the compromise.  They do nothing to assist.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was the majority (#1) source for the material CIA operative Eric Ciaramella used in a collaborative effort to remove President Trump from office.  Let me make this implication crystal clear:

The United States Military appears to be collaborating with the CIA to remove a U.S. President from office.

The Pentagon has done nothing, absolutely nothing, to countermand this implication. The Secretary of Defense has done nothing to remove the conflict that Vindman represents within the National Security Council.  The Joint Chiefs of Staff have done nothing, absolutely nothing, to diminish the appearance of an agenda toward the removal of President Trump.

This is not a complex issue.

No-one in the foreign policy group is going to take any advice or opinion from Vindman.  No-one is going to allow him to engage in material of a sensitive or confidential nature.  Lt. Col. Vindman has compromised himself; and therefore eliminated any usefulness to his prior assignment.  Yet his command does nothing? (more)

That was the alarming lack of action from the Pentagon everyone seemed to overlook.  Why did senior military leadership not remove Vindman from his post at the White House once he clearly compromised his ability to carry out his duty?  Their lack of action was stunning when you consider their primary obligation.

Fast forward to 2021 and now a very political military officer, General Russel Honore’, is appointed by Nancy Pelosi to be in charge of the military deployment around Washington DC.

When you consider the political ramifications of the military supporting a false narrative, this is more than just another data-point.  Then the military openly attacked the position of Tucker Carlson based entirely on political ideology.

The increased frequency of the military being politicized is what leads me to believe this phase is all just a public relations pre-positioning.  I fully expect to see the standing U.S. military deployed against any state who stands up against unconstitutional federal demands…  That will be when the U.S. military is held as a compliance activation against any rebellious state.

Bottom line… The American electorate are being positioned to accept deployment of the U.S. military against U.S. citizens, under the guise of insurrection and/or a public threat.  That is why we are seeing so much willful politicization of the military.

Under this premise the activity by Liz Cheney, and other Intelligence Community connected actors, starts to take on a new perspective.

Election ballot audits would be a very real threat….  And the media is certainly acting like state election audits are a very real threat.

Posted originally May 16, 2021 | Sundance | 71 Comments

Sunday Talks, Swamp Gatekeeper Chris Wallace Interviews Decepticon Deep State Implant Liz Cheney


Posted originally on the Conservative tree house on May 16, 2021 | Sundance | 129 Comments

Liz Cheney’s intense focus on President Trump doesn’t make much sense, until you put together her priority within the 2020 election.  There is a strong argument to be made that Liz Cheney is an operative working on behalf of the Deep State interests.  The Deep State is the larger network of Intelligence Community (IC) officials who control all the institutions within the federal government.  {Go Deep}

If you accept the IC controls almost all functions of government; and can comprehend the checks-and-balances are no longer in place because the intelligence apparatus has effectively dismantled them; and then overlay the likelihood that Cheney is operating on behalf of those IC officials; then her laser focus against President Trump makes sense.

The 2020 election could not be manipulated, to the extent now demonstrably evident, without some elements of the intelligence community coordinating the effort.  That said, President Trump continuing to draw attention to the issue then becomes a very significant threat to discovery of the coordinated operation.  This would explain why Cheney is so intent on attacking President Trump and his discussion of “The Big Lie.”  In essence, Cheney is helping the IC to cover-up their activity.

Cheney could not be useful to the House conference because her priority was/is covering up fraud within the 2020 election.  That is why she focused exclusively on attempts to isolate, marginalize and ridicule President Trump.  Cheney’s connection to the Deep State community is her loyalty.

Sunday Talks, Representative Elise Stefanik Discusses Her Role as House Conference Chairwoman


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 16, 2021 | Sundance | 36 Comments

While ousted GOP Chair Liz Cheney runs to Fox News’ Chris Wallace for her interview (more on that later), her replacement Elise Stefanik appears with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the priorities of the House Republican Conference, and her perspective in the new role.

Stefanik defends the policies and results of the Trump administration and appears to understand the priorities of the MAGA base.  Stefanik accepts that election integrity and voter confidence is the priority in advance of the 2022 mid-term election.  Additionally, Chairwoman Stefanik supports the Arizona ballot audit taking place in Maricopa County and is prepared for the attacks against her and the GOP policy.

Are you Ready for the False Flags that are Coming Our Way ?


Posted originally on BitChute at 05:00 UTC on May 16th, 2021. by Spirit2all

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Turning Out the Light When the Bankers Leave Town


Armstrong Economics Blog/Banking Crisis Re-Posted May 17, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

I have written before how a friend of mine who is very senior at one of the investment banks in New York called to see if I would go to dinner. I thought he was here in Florida to catch a breath of fresh air and relax outside of what use to be called the Big Apple, but is now only called the Arm-Pit of the World thanks to COVID.

I can attest that the major banks, despite what they are saying, are abandoning both New York and London. In Europe, the long-standing hatred between France and England spans countless generations. France is seeking to punish the English by denying them access to EU markets. This has led bankers to start to shift their top talent to the EU because once the nut-case Boris Johnson decided to destroy Britain to Build Back Better, taking instructions from Gates and Schwab, there is now no going back. I have stated at conferences there were meetings I had in the EU where I was not allowed to bring a Brit because it was assumed they are just biased.

The Financial Capital of the World is moving. It will eventually end up in China post-2032. We have the worst possible politicians systematically destroying the West all for this Great Reset.

Lara Logan Describes the Modern Manipulation of Media – As Soon As You Write Something Important Enough To Be Suppressed, You Become a Target


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 15, 2021 | Sundance | 33 Comments

Journalist Lara Logan gives a very lengthy and insightful answer to a question posed by Jan Jekielek of the The Epoch Times.  This segment is well worth watching, especially for the CTH audience who have been around since our original very lengthy Benghazi Brief was published.   Stay with it… it is all worth hearing.

President Trump Endorsed South Carolina GOP Chairman Drew McKissick Easily Wins Reelection Over Lin Wood


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 15, 2021 | Sundance | 115 Comments

President Trump endorsed Drew McKissick three times for South Carolina GOP Chairman.  With that level of support and a track record of success McKissick easily won the GOP election by a vote of 582 to 239.   McKissick steered the Republicans to victories in the 2020 election gaining back a congressional seat (Nancy Mace) that the party had lost two years earlier, keeping the U.S. Senate seat (Graham) and flipping five Democratic-held state legislative seats to expand the GOP majority.

COLUMBIA — With the backing of former President Donald Trump, South Carolina Republican Party chairman Drew McKissick easily secured reelection for a third two-year term May 15, fending off an eccentric challenge from attorney Lin Wood in a race that grew increasingly combative over the course of a seven-week campaign. (read more)

President Trump – “Congratulations to Drew McKissick on a great win today in his re-elect as Chairman of the Republican Party of South Carolina. It was a great win against a strong and talented opponent. The Republican Party of South Carolina is in good hands and we will continue to go on to victory as we have had in the past two Presidential Elections!” (LINK)

~ The Heartbeat of MAGA ~

The MAGA coalition is the most diverse, widest and deepest part of the entire American electorate. President Trump’s army consists of every creed, color, race, gender, ethnicity and orientation. It is a truly color-blind coalition of middle America patriots and middle-class voters that cuts through the political special interest groups.

No Republican will ever hold office in the next decade without the blessing of President Trump…. [This Remains True]

President Trump Remarks on The Maricopa County Voting Result Database Being Deleted, Or Was It Always Assembled Off-site


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 15, 2021 | Sundance | 157 Comments

Earlier today President Trump delivered remarks on the Maricopa EMS system (not voter files, but actual voter results) database being deleted.  However, it should be noted there are growing suspicions the database was not deleted, but rather the results files were always connected to an external database and that is what the Board of Supervisors are really trying to hide.

PRESIDENT TRUMP – “The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED! This is illegal and the Arizona State Senate, who is leading the Forensic Audit, is up in arms. Additionally, seals were broken on the boxes that hold the votes, ballots are missing, and worse. Mark Brnovich, the Attorney General of Arizona, will now be forced to look into this unbelievable Election crime. Many Radical Left Democrats and weak Republicans are very worried about the fact that this has been exposed.

The DELETION of an entire Database and critical Election files of Maricopa County is unprecedented. Many other States to follow. The Mainstream Media and Radical Left Democrats want to stay as far away as possible from the Presidential Election Fraud, which should be one of the biggest stories of our time. Fox News is afraid to cover it—there is rarely a mention. Likewise, Newsmax has been virtually silent on this subject because they are intimidated by threats of lawsuits. One America News (OAN), one of the fastest growing networks on television, and the “hottest”, is doing a magnificent job of exposing the massive fraud that took place. The story is only getting bigger and at some point it will be impossible for the weak and/or corrupt media not to cover. Thank you to OAN and other brave American Patriots. It is all happening quickly!”