Something New – FBI Director Chris Wray Provides Actual Details About FBI Investigation – Video Segments


Posted originally on the CTH on July 24, 2024 | Sundance

Whoa, this is a little unexpected and catches Suspicious Cat a little off-guard.  FBI Director Chris Wray actually answers some detailed questions about the attempted assassination of President Trump and the ongoing investigation.

Beware of voices who are saying we should not be paying attention.  I am providing some segments below so we can all catch up. WATCH:

“8 Cartridges” – “No other suspects”

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Jim Jordan gets specific in the next segment:

Drone Recovery in vehicle, with controller – Flight of the drone took place between 3:50 to 4:00pm around the area, approximately 200 yards from the stage – Approximately 11 minutes of drone flight, with livestream –  Three explosive devices in both the vehicle (two) and residence (one) – There were receivers with devices and the suspect had the transmitter – Receivers were not turned on, they were in the “off position” – Encrypted platforms relate to social media networks on suspects phone, Signal, Telegram, encrypted messaging apps.

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F**king Congress breaks to take votes !!….. Grrr….

FBI Director Chris Wray Testifies to House Judiciary Committee on Trump Assassination Effort – 10:00am Livestream


Posted originally on the CTH on July 24, 2024 | Sundance 

Today, FBI Director Christopher Wray will face questions about the FBI role in the attempted assassination of President Trump and their investigation in the aftermath.

To date, despite the significance of the event, no official press conference with the heads of Secret Service, Dept of Homeland Security or the FBI have taken place.  There have been ZERO official press conference where USSS, DHS or FBI would answer questions.  In the absence of this protocol, which is intentionally missing, congress has stepped into the role of the media and trying to get answers.  It’s all sketchy; all of it.

Director Wray appears before the House Judiciary Committee today at 10:00am. Unfortunately, given the long history of the FBI claiming they cannot speak due to never-ending ongoing investigations, I do not anticipate much substantive progress. We are all very frustrated. Livestream Links Below.

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Hungary Being Pushed out of the EU?


Posted Jul 24, 2024 By Martin Armstrong

The European Union has revoked Hungary of its right to host the next summit. The EU supposedly has a rotating presidency of council to maintain the appearance that each state has an equal say in the direction of the bloc. The truth of the matter is that the unelected elite in Brussels control all of Europe and will silence dissenters, as Hungray’s Viktor Orban recently learned.

The next EU summit was to take place  August 28-29 was slated to be Hungary’s opportunity to share its ideas for matters like foreign policy with the rest of the bloc. EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell planned a “formal” council meeting on the exact dates of Hungary’s summit to undermine the country’s voice in the bloc. Now, Borrell is revoking Budapest’s ability to host the next meeting and moving it to Brussels.

“We have to send a signal, even if it is a symbolic signal, that being against the foreign policy of the European Union … has to have some consequences,” Borrell told reporters. His reasoning is that Brussels vehemently disapproved of Orban’s “peace mission” after he met with leaders in both Russia and China this July. Borrell believes “all member states — with one single exception — are very much critical about this behavior,” adding that he believed it was “appropriate to show this feeling and to call for the next foreign and defense council meetings in Brussels.”

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Simply put, Orban wants to end the war in Ukraine, which is completely against the narrative of those in Brussels who want to promote the idea of Russian aggression to promote an escalation in war“My job is to convince them to shift from the pro-war policy to a pro peace policy,” Orban said. “They believe that they can destroy the military [of the] Russians … but I don’t believe this at all, because I know the Russians, I know the Soviet Union, I know the Ukrainians. I’m belonging to a neighboring country. I know the whole context. It’s impossible to find a solution on the battlefield, we will lose every day thousands of innocent people,” Orban told CNBC, also adding that “human life is the most precious thing we can lose,” citing the thousands who have already died in this endless war.

Add to this the trade tensions between Ukraine and Hungary. Hungary and Slovakia are exempt from the EU ban on Russian crude oil. These landlocked neighbors are to receive oil through the Druzhba pipeline, but Ukraine has prevented these nations from receiving shipments. Lukoil may be the main supplier using this line, but Russneft, Tatneft, and Gazprom also utilize this line, leading Ukraine to intervene.

“The EU sanctions, which we have disputed on several occasions, and which in this case have again been shown to have a greater negative impact on Slovakia and the EU than on Russia itself, clearly state that Slovakia has an exemption for oil imports until the end of the year,” Slovak Juraj Blanár explained in a joint-statement he made to the European Commission with his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szijjártó. “It is strange that a country aspiring to be integrated with the EU is seriously jeopardising the energy supplies of two member states,” Péter Szijjártó commented. Will the European Commission side with its members or Ukraine? What is the benefit of being in a “union” that does not support you in any form?

Szijjártó said that Ukraine should forget the blocked €6.5 billion in EU aid as they will not vote to help Ukraine as it threatens their energy supply. Hungary has been demonized by Brussels for blocking additional aid to Ukraine, with neocon Borrell still pushing to send Ukraine €1.4 billion by the beginning of August. There is no European Union. There is a European authority within the pretend union that controls all members.

Who Really Controls Your Access to Politicians? The SWAMP!


Posted originally on Jul 24, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

QUESTION: Marty, I watched Rep. Anna Paulina Luna interrogating the questionable Secret Service Director Cheatle. Paulina accused her of perjury. She says that Garland probably told her to stonewall. Pailina is your representative. Why has she not asked the Inspector General to investigate your case with all the evidence you presented in the Plot to Seize Russia? It seems with Hillary sniffing around the presidency, if she is really gun-ho, she should be championing what you have uncovered.

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ANSWER: Let me explain how Washington really works. The UNELECTED bureaucrats run the show – NOT your representative. They stand guard, and you will NEVER be beyond them if it is an issue that they do not want to raise. I doubt that Paulina is even aware of who I am, and I live in her district. I have been in contact with the bureaucrats who surround her, but that is as far as you ever get unless THEY approve of whatever issue is discussed – not the politician. So, without 10,000 letters stuffing her mailbox, the bureaucrats (SWAMP) guard the gates, and you will never get past them, for their real job is to defend the SWAMP!

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I voted for Paulina. I think she is smart and has a fire in her belly, as they say. But the bureaucrats that form a ring around your access to any representative are there to DEFEND the SWAMP – not democracy as they claim. This is true for Democrats and Republicans. The UNELECTED bureaucrats are the ones who stuffed Trump’s cabinet with people like John Bolton. Our current political system will crash and burn from its internal corruption driven by protecting the SWAMP at all costs. Bolton did everything in his power to keep waging endless wars to overthrow Russia. You will never get to anyone in Washington unless the bureaucrat who guards them likes the issue. They are the ultimate filter in this corrupt political system.

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Stand Down Let it Happen

The Secret Service clearly stood down, and Paulina was correct that it was Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is already in contempt of Congress, who told Director Cheatle not to answer questions. Garland had gone after Trump and had a conflict of interest with Victoria Nuland and Blinken. It is NOT that they are Jewish, but that they all claim that Russians persecuted their families. They use the antisemitism attack on anyone who dares to question what they are doing. I have plenty of Jewish friends. What are the odds of three people claiming Jewish heritage in the Ukraine region and their families being persecuted by Russians?

There have been plenty of Jewish high level people in Washington. None of them claimed personal injuries by Russians. Remember Henry Kissinger, America’s first Jewish Secretary of State, who advised Nixon on opening China.  There was James Schlesinger, who became America’s first Jewish Secretary of Defense. Then there was Arthur Burns, who was America’s second Jewish Chairman of the Federal Reserve and presided over the collapse of Bretton Woods. Herbert Stein was America’s second Jewish Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. There was also  Casper Weinberger, who was OMB Director and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Oscar Straus was the first Jew appointed as Secretary of Commerce by Theodore Roosevelt back in 1906. Herbert Hoover appointed Eugene Meyer as the first Jewish Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1930. The mere fact that all three are Jewish is not the issue. They are raising the shield of antisemitism to prevent anyone from investigating their personal conflict of interest, and with Garland in contempt and instructing Director Cheatle to hide the truth, our country is on a serious rise because of these three individuals.

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This is what I mean: The unelected bureaucrats control the country—NOT the people, not even our politicians. This is the REAL SWAMP that is by no means the people we elect. It is far more sinister than that, and it runs much deeper – hence the Deep State. These people are always there and remain regardless of the administration. Why is Garland in contempt of Congress? He knows only the DOJ can criminally charge him, and he controls that. He has directed all the prosecutions against Trump. Now, Garland is apparently telling Director Cheatle to stonewall and commit perjury. Only he can prosecute her. This is a giant conspiracy, and they still will never tell the truth about the SWAMP’s assassination of JFK more than 60 years ago.

This smells like JFK all over again!

Secret Service Tells President Trump to Stop Holding Outdoor Rallies – NBC Reports President Trump Has Agreed


Posted originally on the CTH on July 23, 2024 | Sundance

According to multiple reports, the Secret Service told President Trump to stop holding outdoor MAGA rallies.

That part doesn’t come as a surprise, not because of any security risk, but because in the manufactured optics of the 2024 election Team Chicago cannot maintain the illusion of massive Kamala support. The contrast is against their interests.

Also, when you understand the game -especially the IC role within the game- the outlet pushing the story makes it even more obvious.

WASHINGTON POST – Secret Service officials encouraged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events with big crowds after the assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pa., according to people familiar with the matter.

In the aftermath of the shooting, agents from the Secret Service communicated their concerns about large outdoor rallies going forward to Trump campaign advisers, three people familiar with the matter said.  The people familiar with the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions. (more)

NBC, the cable PR firm for the Harris campaign, is now reporting that President Trump has agreed and acquiesced.

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We will wait and see if this reporting is accurate.  However, don’t overlook the potential Alinsky factor in this type of Deep State shaping.  The IC sets the stage via USSS for a game of isolation, ridicule and marginalization.  Psychotics and Narcissists love playing these head games.

Now she’s gonna say, “he’s scared.” 

Vivek Ramaswamy We are Running Against a Deep State Machine – Not a Democratic Candidate


Posted Jul 22, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

Tax Code Change for Emergency Retirement Withdrawals


Posted Jul 22, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Low-income Americans are in such dire straits due to the elevated cost of living that lawmakers are making changes to the tax code. No, naturally, the politicians are not voting to decrease taxes for those who can barely get by. Instead, they’re permitting Americans to pull a mere $1,000 out of their retirement accounts without penalty.

Those withdrawing emergency funds from a 401K will need to explain their hardship to their employer, but employers do not need to approve the withdrawal. The government will tax the $1,000 if it is not paid back within three years and no additional emergency withdrawals may be taken out until the money is paid back in full.

The economy is shifting into a world of haves and have-nots as the middle class diminishes. A January 2024 survey found that 60% of Americans had less than $500 in liquidity, with only 12% possessing over 12%. The debt vortex is unforgiving and all too many Americans have become trapped in a cycle of perpetually servicing new debt, similar to our Federal Reserve.

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A Vanguard study found that 3.6% of the 5 million retirement accounts on record made an emergency withdrawal in 2023, moving upward from 2.8% the year prior. Bank of America and Fidelity reported similar findings last year on a quarterly basis. These people may be subjected to a 10% tax due to the early distribution because chances are they will be unlikely to pay back the funds. Credit card debt has reached a historic high in the US among every income level, so this last resort option has become unavoidable for many.

This program is an insult to the American people who contribute to our system with nothing in return. These same people who do not have a mere $1,000 for an emergency are paying into the giant Ponzi scheme that is Social Security with each paycheck. They must pay for Medicare and Medicare even if they will never use the services. They’re likely subject to an income tax depending on their state regardless of income level.  If accounting for a population of 335 million, the average American has paid about $522 in taxes toward Ukraine alone. The US is paying about $1,700 per month per illegal migrant welcomed in by the open border policy.

Then Uncle Sam comes around every April and gives the lowest paid Americans a tax refund check, failing to acknowledge that they preventing those Americans from earning interest on that money that they desperately needed. It is a grand lie that the socialist-leaning politicians care about the working man when their social programs and handouts guarantee tax increases on everyone. It is a shame that those attempting to do right by society and not leaning entirely on government assistance are punished by our tax code.

FLASHBACK – The Hedge


Posted originally on the CTH on July 21, 2024 | Sundance

You don’t have to always agree with the datapoints, but don’t discount them either. As I wrote at the time.

The JP Morgan 5 Year Strategic Plan 2024 – Considering that CEO Jamie Dimon would review this type of document and give direct approval, and considering the recent statements of political strategic advocacy by the CEO of JPMorgan {SEE HERE and SEE HERE}, this 2024 -albeit familiar sounding- prediction, was, well, rather curious:

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Subtle… like a brick through a window. 

Who are the MAGA Technocrats recommending for Treasury Secretary again?

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November 2023 – How badly did the high-finance and multinational trade groups want to eliminate the threat President Trump represented?

Badly enough to support organizing all elements of the leftist electorate to vote for Nikki Haley in the Republican primary.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon made this suggestion at The New York Times DealBook Summit to discuss the 2024 presidential election.  WATCH the first minute:

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There are trillions at stake….

Watch Crypto!

If you thought the Palantir Tech stakes were high (Thiel), and that tech position is framed around a digital id, just imagine the stakes in Crypto and the U.S. Government.

Who is Crypto’s biggest advocate in congress?

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Technocracy meets high finance.

Deals are being made…

JP Morgan positioning themselves on both sides of the ledger.

Just sayin’

Carry on.

Germany Bans Conservative Voices


Posted originally on Jul 19, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced that the nation banned conservative Compact Magazine for allegedly inciting hatred. Authorities raided properties in Brandenburg, Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt to confiscate evidence and assets.

“This magazine incites hatred against Jews, against people with a history of migration and against our parliamentary democracy in an unspeakable manner,” the minister said, calling the publication “a mouthpiece of the far-right extremist scene.” Conservative politicians are calling the move “a serious blow to the freedom of the press.”

Now, why do we never hear the term “far-left extremist” mentioned in the news? Every conservative politician receives the “far-right extremist” label to invoke hatred and fear. Every news outlet across the globe is calling this ban a first step in outright banning “far-right extremist” views. Compact was associated with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the only German party against open borders, climate change, and ongoing funding of external wars.

Governments globally would like to stifle conservative voices. There is no place for dissent in this increasingly tyrannical world. Germany has sent 35,000 of its own troops to die in Ukraine for a war that does not involve the German people. They plan to open a headquarters of sorts to help direct the war in Ukraine from Germany. Women have been asked to conscribe to the war efforts. They have decimated the agricultural sector through their green agenda and want to de-platform the thousands of farmers who have attempted to protest throughout the year. Crime is at a 15-year high, and the population is rising to unsustainable levels. They demand that the media remain quiet on all of these issues.

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Governments have become the judge and the juror. They are creating an underground culture of dissent and disorder among otherwise law-abiding citizens who simply wish to see their nation restored. Socrates sees Germany descending into a recession that will bottom in nominal terms in 2028 but will extend into 2030. They will increase their efforts to silence those who disagree with the direction of the nation as the economy turns down.

Wolf: Steve Bannon Imprisonment Parallels To The First 6 Months Of 1933 Germany


Posted originally on Rumble By Bannons War Room on: July 10, 2024 at 06:15 pm EST