CBO Projects National Debt To Eclipse $54 Trillion In A Decade

U.S. Debt on Pace to Top $54 Trillion Over Next 10 Years – MSN/NY Times, 2024/02/07

The United States is on a pace to add nearly $19 trillion to its national debt over the next decade as the mounting costs of an aging population and higher interest expenses continue to weigh on the nation’s fiscal outlook, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.

An aging population? The population is always aging. If anything we have a ton of illegal migrants that Democrats are trying their best to integrate and keep them here.

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The projections for the nation’s finances come as Congress faces another deadline next month to agree on federal spending legislation to keep the government running. Lawmakers are also engaged in a heated debate over providing more aid to Ukraine and Israel and whether to expand the child tax credit and restore expired business tax breaks.The budget office projected that the annual deficit will grow to $2.6 trillion in 2034 from $1.6 trillion this year, adding $18.9 trillion to the national debt during the decade. By then, the debt is projected to surpass $54 trillion.

Interest rates have surged to two-decade highs over the past year, making borrowing costs an increasingly significant contributor to the national debt.

From 2024 to 2034, the United States will spend more than $12 trillion alone on interest costs. Starting next year, net interest costs will be larger as a share of the U.S. economy than at any time since the federal government started keeping records in 1940, according to the budget office.

Ultimately, no one knows what the future will be. The best practice is to plan to balance the books every year. Of course the debt rise when balancing the books is NEVER practiced.

Whistleblowers Warn Congress About DNA Fragments In Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

This story is a couple of months old.

Congress Warned About DNA Fragments in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine – The Epoch Times, 2023/11/14

Members of Congress on Nov. 13 were warned during a hearing about the DNA fragments that have been detected in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Robert Malone, who helped invent the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that the companies used for the shot, was among the witnesses testifying to a hearing in Washington convened by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

The vaccine includes a DNA sequence called Simian Virus 40 (SV40) that was not disclosed to at least some regulators. The sequence leaves behind residual DNA that could cause problems, Dr. Malone told the hearing.

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There’s a possibility the fragments are causing the unusual types of cancers that have appeared following the rollout of the vaccines, he added later.

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Dr. Kimberly Biss, an obstetrician-gynecologist, told the hearing she was also worried about the impact of the vaccines on unborn children, given how miscarriages have risen among her patients.

The full hearing is below.

Sen. Paul Uses Heimlich To Save Sen. Ernst From Choking Incident

Some of these are older stories… but I am just tagging them for possible future use. This happened a couple of months ago.

Rand Paul Saves Joni Ernst’s Life with Heimlich Maneuver – Breitbart, 2023/11/30

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reportedly saved Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) life on Thursday after administering the Heimlich maneuver.

The choking incident occurred while the lawmakers were having a Senate GOP lunch at the U.S. Capitol. According to attendees, Ernst was choking on food but is now okay.

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Enrst has publicly acknowledged the incident on social media, writing, “Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!”

It is good for everyone to know how to do basic life-saving techniques like the Heimlich maneuver and CPR.

Sen. Smith (MN) Profits Greatly From Suspicious Stock Trade

U.S Senator gains 40% in three weeks since suspicious stock trade – Finbold, 2023/11/28

Numerous lucrative and oftentimes strange investments made by various U.S. members of U.S. Congress and Senate have lately been at the center of increased public scrutiny. Perhaps most notably, the discussion has led to the introduction of the ‘Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act.’

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One such trade was made on November 8 when Senator Tina Smith, a member of the Committee on Health, invested $250,000 in a small company called Tactile System (NASDAQ: TCDM). Over the following weeks, the trade only became more interesting as the firm’s shares entered into a significant rise, making it one of the more successful investments in a company that was, at that time, under $10.

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Tactile System is a healthcare stock based in Senator Smith’s home state of Minnesota that makes devices for treating venous ulcers, lymphedema, and chronic swelling.

Since the Senator made the investment, Tactile Smith has experienced a significant rise and is approximately 43% in the green, as pointed out by Quiver Quantitative, an X user known for tracking suspicious trades conducted by U.S. elected officials.

Apart from TCDM’s significant rise since the investment and the timing of the investment itself – just after the stock price dropped suddenly from more than $12 to about $10 = it is interesting to note that the company has received millions of dollars in government contracts, despite its relatively small size.

See how it works? Congressmen should not be allowed to invest in individual companies – since they are able award contracts to those same companies.

Since the government (read tax payers) is the main customer of this company, this senator is enriching herself with our money. This is not right or proper.

Congressional Hearing On The COVID Vaccine, Injuries, and DNA Fragments

Congress Warned About DNA Fragments in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine – Epoch Times, 2023/11/13

Members of Congress on Nov. 13 were warned during a hearing about the DNA fragments that have been detected in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Robert Malone, who helped invent the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that the companies used for the shot, was among the witnesses testifying to a hearing in Washington convened by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

The vaccine includes a DNA sequence called Simian Virus 40 (SV40) that was not disclosed to at least some regulators. The sequence leaves behind residual DNA that could cause problems, Dr. Malone told the hearing.

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Dr. Kimberly Biss, an obstetrician-gynecologist, told the hearing she was also worried about the impact of the vaccines on unborn children, given how miscarriages have risen among her patients.

The full hearing is below. I haven’t watched the entire hearing, but at around 22min, they show a chart of data from the FDA and CDC with the number of adverse events from various drugs since 1996. Then the video feed is lost for 10 minutes.

Sen. Menendez Charged With Being An Agent Of Egypt

Prosecutors: Menendez Was an Agent of Egypt – Newser, 2023/10/12

More trouble for Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey: Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against the senator to accuse him of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt. The superseding indictment, filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, accuses Menendez of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people to register with the US government if they are acting as “an agent of a foreign principal.

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The Guardian previously detailed some of the allegations specific to Egypt: Menendez allegedly obtained details from the State Department about people working at the US embassy in Cairo, then turned over the information to Egyptian officials.

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The new charge comes just weeks after the Democrat and his wife were accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars, and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen who wanted the senator to help and influence over foreign affairs. The couple have pleaded not guilty, and Menendez has rebuffed growing calls for his resignation.

The hits keep coming for the New Jersey senator.

DC: Democrat Congressman Carjacked

Democratic congressman suffers the consequences of his actions – The Spectator, 2023/10/03

Monday night, Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar was carjacked at gunpoint in Navy Yard, a Washington, DC neighborhood just blocks away from the Capitol building. Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg said that three men held up the congressman. Police recovered the vehicle, a white Honda, but are still tracking down the suspects.

Cuellar is the second member of Congress to be the victim of random violent crime this year. In February, Democratic representative Angie Craig was attacked in an elevator at her Capitol Hill apartment building by a homeless man who demanded to be let into her home to use the restroom. The man punched Craig and grabbed her around the neck, but she escaped after throwing hot coffee on him.

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Cuellar and Craig have rhetorically opposed the Defund the Police movement, but also both voted for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a sweeping overhaul of policing in America that would have removed qualified immunity from police officers and “redirect funding to community-based policing programs,” according to NPR. Local police departments that did not comply with the new policing standards laid out by the bill would “lose access to federal policing funding,” said Vox. The bill ultimately did not become law, but on the local level, Democrats have installed progressive prosecutors and shrugged at rising crime.

The article also mentions other crimes that have occurred in Democrat led cities who supported defunding the police and lenient sentencing of criminal behavior.

If you look at Portland and San Francisco, who began undergoing this a while ago, the lawlessness enabled in these cities seem to be the early stages of a controlled demolition of these cities and their economies.

Senator Invests In Fund That Profits From America’s Decline

Senator On Finance Committee Places Bet On Market Downturn: A Look At His Bearish ETF Purchase In July – Business Insider, 2023/08/02

A member of Congress could be raising red flags and pushing forward calls to ban trading activity by lawmakers.

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Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE) is once again betting against the performance of U.S. stock markets, with an ETF purchase he made in July.

A new filing disclosure shared by CongressTrading on Twitter revealed that Carper bought shares of the ProShares Short QQQ ETF (NYSE:PSQ). The ETF is an inverse ETF seeking to outperform the Nasdaq 100 Index by going short the leading market index.

Carper bought two stakes of $1,000 to $15,000 in the ETF according to the filing, with a trading date of July 13 listed.

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Trades by Carper often draw attention given his role serving on the Finance Committee and serving as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness.

He is investing in a fund that profits when the American economy loses. I know there are investors who are like vultures waiting for things to tank. It’s a different story when someone involved in making legislation has a hand in steering the economy downward in order to benefit himself.

Senator Raul Paul’s Kentucky Office Destroyed By Fire

Fire Destroys Sen. Rand Paul’s Office in the Middle of Night – Independent Journal Review, 2023/07/21

Firefighters in the city of Bowling Green were dispatched to Paul’s downtown office in the city at around 1:45 a.m. local time, the Bowling Green Daily News reported.

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The damage was widespread and led the building’s roof to collapse, meaning the building is likely a total loss.

In all, 31 firefighters worked to put out the fire. The cause of the blaze is not known.

Didn’t see this in the major news cycle too much. I wonder if what’s below had anything to do with it.

Rand Paul’s Office Building Catches Fire, One Day After Referring Fauci for Prosecution – Becker News, 2023/07/21

The Government Is Trying To Change The Way We File Taxes

H&R Block, tax firms allegedly sent Meta info on tens of millions of taxpayers – NY Post, 2023/07/12

Three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, a group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday.

Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer shared with the social media giant.

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Their report said highly personal and financial information about sources of taxpayers’ income, tax deductions and exemptions was made accessible to Meta as taxpayers used the tax software to prepare their taxes.

That data came to Meta through its Pixel code, which the tax firms installed on their websites to gather information on how to improve their own marketing campaigns.

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Taxpayer data was also shared with Google, through its own tracking tools — though the firm told lawmakers that it never used the information to track users on the internet, according to the report.

Let’s just take this information slowly. People can get in a huff pretty quickly about privacy and finances. Who is the report from? It’s from Congressional Democrats, to the IRS, DOJ, and FTC. When have Democrats ever been interested in fighting privacy and corruption issues?… unless it’s politically motivated… Way at the bottom of the article is this.

The Democrats say their report serves as an argument for the creation of an electronic free-file system for submitting tax returns that would be run by the government, which the IRS is piloting.

The IRS plans to launch a pilot program for the 2024 filing season to test a “direct file” system and help the federal government decide whether to move forward with potentially implementing it in the future.

So let’s get all of the cards on the table. This issue of privacy seems like a scheme to usher in the government changing the way we file taxes. They have been studying this already and claim there is interest where people would rather give their info directly to the IRS instead of a third party company. I don’t trust the government… give me the third party professional company. The government does too much already.  We have used H&R Block for years with no issues.  Now all of a sudden, there an issue – coincidentally at the same time the government wants to take over the process of filing taxes.

FBI Admits Seth Rich Is Linked Directly To The 2016 DNC Email Server Hack

… in court paperwork filed last week.

What was that about a botched robbery 7 years ago? And they still have the laptop.

The leadership has turned the FBI into a total joke of an agency…

Huddleston v FBI & DOJ – Court Listener, 2023/01/13

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As indicated in the Motion to Clarify, the existence of Seth Rich’s work laptop has been known to Mr. Huddleston for some time. And Mr. Huddleston fully expected that laptop – like almost any other laptop – to contain information of some kind. The real surprises are as follows:

• • After years of denials, the FBI has finally admitted that Seth Rich is directly linked to the “hack” of the Democratic National Committee email servers in 2016.
  • The FBI has been in possession of a report about Seth Rich’s work laptop for nearly five years, yet purportedly it did not discover that report until after Mr. Huddleston filed his Motion to Clarify.
  • The FBI had yet another technique, heretofore undisclosed, for hiding records from FOIA requesters.

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The FBI’s belated disclosure of the existence of the forensic report (and the related chain of custody forms) raises new questions about the adequacy of the Bureau’s search, its good faith in prior disclosures, and the lawfulness of its attempt to shield all information relating to the work laptop from public disclosure under FOIA.

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It is worth remembering Special Counsel Robert M. Mueller’s declaration that Seth Rich played no role in leaking DNC emails. Mr. Mueller made that statement in single, conclusory paragraph in his investigative report. See Special Counsel Robert M. Mueller, “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election” (hereinafter “Mueller Report”) March 2019, U.S. Department of Justice, p. 48.

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For that matter, nobody on Mr. Mueller’s team bothered to examine Mr. Rich’s personal laptop contents. See Fourth Declaration of Michael G. Seidel ¶137 (Dkt. #37-1). The FBI conducted the investigation on behalf of Mr. Mueller, see Sixth Declaration ¶22, and it now appears that the investigation was deeply flawed and perhaps an outright sham. No wonder the FBI has tried for more than five years to keep this scandal under wraps.

Just to spell out why this is important.

The government KNOWINGLY lied about Trump and Russian influence on the election. They knew what was on the laptop… they knew Rich was guilty, but continued to blame and hound Trump based on those lies.

Their normal plan is to lie and create a false narrative… the mainstream news outlets run with the false narrative… which effects how people viewed Trump and how people voted in elections. Years later after the lies have done their damage – the truth is revealed.

These are lies that changed the course of this country – and possibly the world.

This may be what they were trying to cover over with the recent Biden docu-drama. I knew something was coming. Whenever the mainstream media carries a negative story like Biden and the classified documents, your antenna should go up.

The Final House Count Is 222 For The GOP

It’s official: GOP will have 222 votes in the House as Boebert recount ends – Hot Air, 2022/12/13

No need to quote from the article. Just noting the final tally. 222 seats for the Republicans, 213 seats for the Democrats.

Democrat Congressman Looking To China For Green Energy Supplies

Dem Rep. Auchincloss: ‘We Want to Import Chinese Inputs, Especially in our Clean Energy Supply Chains’ – Breitbart, 2022/09/22

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said that “We want to import Chinese inputs, especially in our clean energy supply chains, where we know that they have critical inputs for us.”

It was a matter of time before we got to this point. Destroy the United States’ capability of energy production, and now buy from China – who has absolutely no interest in global warming, climate edicts – except to destroy other countries.

We welcome Chinese economic development. It’s good for the global economy. Having said that, we are also going to fiercely compete. We’re going to compete on ideology. We do not accept their state-dominated, authoritarian view of how civil society should operate.

(snicker…) Who does he think he is fooling what that line?

South Carolina: Democrats Urge Their Senate Candidate To Quit The Campaign

SC Democrats call on their party’s US Senate nominee to quit – Associated Press, 2022/09/08

The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.

The calls for state Rep. Krystle Matthews to withdraw just two months ahead of the general election came Thursday in reaction to leaked audio published by conservative activist group Project Veritas of Matthews speaking to one of its members, without her knowledge.

Sitting in a restaurant, Matthews, who is Black, is heard saying that she represents a “mostly white” district, adding, of white voters: “I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. … Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids.”

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In a statement, Matthews acknowledged her voice on the recording, calling Project Veritas a “satirical MAGA Powered news outlet.”

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On Thursday, Democrats including gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham said he concurred with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who in an op-ed published online called Matthews “toxic.”

including myself, would be up in arms calling for that member’s immediate resignation,” Bamberg added.

You know it’s bad when Democrats publicly tell her to quit her campaign.

Biden’s Inconvenient Truth… Democrats Spent $44M Boosting MAGA Midterm Candidates

Democrats spend millions on Republican primaries – Open Secrets, 2022/07/15

Political groups and nonprofits aligned with the Democratic Party have spent nearly $44 million on advertising campaigns across five states’ Republican primaries to boost the profile of far-right candidates in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maryland.

Democrats strategy is rooted in the belief that these candidates — many of whom spread unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from former President Donald Trump — will be easier to defeat in a general election.

Democratic spending has helped secure Republican nominations for candidates in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Sample ad paid for by the Democrat Governors Association attacked moderate Republican Richard Irvin in Illinois – in order to boost the far right candidate Darren Bailey. The DGA paid three times as much for ads as Bailey paid himself.

Question: How do you justify the speech saying that MAGA is the worst threat when your party just spent $44M building up those same people?

Don’t take the bait.

They are trying to make the MAGA the primary issue instead of feeding your family, and heating your home. They lose on the economy. They tried abortion and climate… not working.

Stay focused on the economy, energy, and whatever are your true issues for the midterms.

Georgia Interim Senator Shows Why It Pays To Be In Federal Government

How Raphael Warnock Doubled His Income Since Joining the Senate – Washington Free Beacon, 2022/08/29

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) more than doubled his income since joining the Senate last year, with most of his half-a-million-dollar haul coming from outside employers and book deals, according to his financial disclosure records.

Warnock disclosed a total income of $532,781 in 2021, a significant bump from the $221,602 he earned in the year before his election. Less than half of his income last year came from his Senate salary, which was $164,816. Ebenezer Baptist Church paid him an additional $120,964, including a $7,417-per-month housing allowance. Penguin Random House also paid him $243,750 as an advance on his memoir that was published in June, and he received $5,750 in speaking fees.

Warnock’s spike in earnings comes two years after he accused his predecessor, former Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, of “us[ing] the people’s seat to enrich yourself.” The income is likely to feed the perception that holding public office is a means to enrichment given how many lawmakers find a way to leverage their positions—over time—into multimillion-dollar fortunes. Warnock’s 100 percent income increase shows how quickly that can happen, as he’s doubled his take-home pay in just two years.

Should we just take it as part of the gig, or do people have a problem with this?  There should definitely be a problem of hypocrisy when he used the argument as leverage against his opponent.  The church income definitely is interesting. Does he really need a housing allowance?

Massive Errors From The 2020 Census Benefit Democrat States While Undercounting Republican States

Census errors will distort elections, funding for next decade – Washington Times, 2022/08/10

In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census.

All but one of the states overcounted is a blue state, and all but one of the undercounted states is red.

Those costly errors will distort congressional representation and the Electoral College. It means that when the Census Bureau reapportioned the House of Representatives, Florida was cheated out of two additional seats it should have gotten; Texas missed out on another seat; Minnesota and Rhode Island each kept a representative they shouldn’t have, and Colorado was awarded a new member of the House it didn’t deserve.

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The Census Bureau has not explained how it got the 2020 census so wrong. This is particularly troublesome because the bureau reported an error rate of 0.01% in the 2010 census — an overcount of only 36,000 people, a statistically insignificant mistake.

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The original census reported that Florida needed only 171,500 more residents to gain another congressional seat. Yet the survey shows that Florida was undercounted by over three-quarters of a million people. The bureau also said that Texas needed only 189,000 more people to gain another congressional seat. The survey shows that Texas was undercounted by 560,319 residents.

Minnesota, according to the original census report, would have lost a congressional seat during reapportionment if it had 26 fewer residents; the survey shows the state was overcounted by 216,971 individuals. Similarly, Rhode Island would have lost a seat if the Census Bureau had counted 19,000 fewer residents. It turns out that the state was overcounted by more than 55,000 individuals.

When cheating is a way of life… you invent new ways to perfect your craft.

Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Wins $8.2M Defamation Lawsuit

Roy Moore wins defamation case against Democratic PAC, jury awards him $8.2M – Fox News, 2022/08/13

A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid in Alabama.

Jurors found the Senate Majority PAC made false and defamatory statements against Moore in one ad that attempted to highlight the accusations against Moore. The verdict, returned by a jury after a brief trial in Anniston, Alabama, was a victory for Moore, who has lost other defamation lawsuits, including one against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

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Moore, a former Republican judge known for his hardline stances opposing same-sex marriage and supporting the public display of Ten Commandments, lost the 2017 Senate race after his campaign was rocked by misconduct allegations against him. Leigh Corfman told The Washington Post and said Moore sexually touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. Moore denied the accusation.

Yeah… great for Moore. At the end of the day, mission accomplished for Democrats – since he did not get elected. This is a repeated strategy for Democrats. They can’t win on making America better, so they do tactics like this.

NY Times Allows Sen. Schumer To Give Approval To Editorials

Bari Weiss: New York Times Editor Wanted to ‘Check with’ Chuck Schumer before Running Tim Scott Op-Ed – National Review, 2022/08/11

On a recent episode of her podcast, journalist Bari Weiss informed her guest, Senator Tim Scott (R., S.C.), that during her stint at the New York Times, an editor instructed a colleague to “check with Senator Schumer” before running an op-ed on police reform he had submitted.

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At the time of the op-ed submission, Scott was spearheading the effort to pass a police reform bill in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The bill, which would have denied federal funding to departments that refused to ban the chokehold, ultimately stalled — an outcome Scott blamed on Democrats, who he claims wanted to use the issue of police brutality as a political cudgel more than they wanted to offer solutions.

Scott is right on his claim about Democrats not solving problems. Chauvin’s knee-on-the-neck tactic is legal in one place – Minneapolis.

As far as the NY Times and Schumer… I know the Times is generally liberal – I didn’t think Schumer was allowed to perform editing duties.

Congressman Has Cell Phone Seized By FBI

Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry says the FBI seized his cellphone one day after Mar-a-Lago raid – Fox News, 2022/08/09

Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania says that the FBI has confiscated his cellphone.

Perry, in an exclusive statement, told Fox News on Tuesday that while traveling with his family earlier in the day, he was approached by three FBI agents who handed him a warrant and requested that he turn over his cellphone.

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“This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone. They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish. I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress,” Perry said in his statement. “My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.”

Ridiculous… but these people are playing for keeps. They have a lot of people and a lot of money.

U.S. House Rep Walorski (R-In) Killed In Car Crash

Indiana Rep. Walorski killed in car crash, her office says – WFYI Indianapolis, 2022/08/03

Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car accident in her northern Indiana District, according to her office.

“Jackie’s husband, was just informed by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s office that Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Walorksi, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. She previously served three terms in the state’s legislature.

Walorski, 58, was born in South Bend and lived near Elkhart, Indiana. She and her husband were previously missionaries in Romania, where they established a foundation that provided food and medical supplies to impoverished children.

Terrible to hear. Good to know hear that she was a Christian that is now home with the Lord. We never know when our time is up.

Some details…

Congresswoman Walorski, three others killed in Elkhart County crash – WSBT South Bend, 2022/08/03

The crash happened about 12:30 this afternoon on State Road 19… between Nappanee and Wakarusa.

Police say a northbound car crossed the center line… hitting the vehicle Walorski and two others were in.

Zachery Potts and Emma Thompson were in the vehicle with Walorski and also died.

Potts is the St. Joseph County Republican Party Chairman… and Thompson worked for Walorski.

Biden, Pelosi, Taiwan, and China

So what’s going on with China, Taiwan, House Rep. Pelosi, and Biden?

Apparently President Biden leaked details about Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan. China got wind of the trip and huffed and puffed – stating that there will be retaliation for Pelosi’s visit. Pelosi went to Taiwan anyway – even though nobobdy knows why. China has initially responded in this way.

China Imposes Economic Curbs on Taiwan With Sand, Fruit Bans – Yahoo News, 2022/08/02

China halted some trade with Taiwan in retaliation to the high-profile visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island.

China’s General Administration of Customs said in a statement Wednesday that some fish and fruit imports were suspended due to excessive pesticide residue detected “multiple times” on products since last year, as well as some frozen fish packages that tested positive for coronavirus in June. The Ministry of Commerce said in a separate statement it banned natural sand exports based on provisions of related law, but gave no further details.

Beijing has often targeted Taiwan’s agricultural industry for punishment over political issues. Many of southern Taiwan’s fruit-producing regions are typically bastions of political support for President Tsai Ing-wen’s Democratic Progressive Party, which advocates for Taiwan’s formal independence.

So here is what I am seeing. Pelosi, Biden, China are all on the same team.

This is probably a set up to do the Asian version of Ukraine/Russia with Taiwan/China. It may not be exactly the same, but I am expecting aggressive activity towards Taiwan.

Biden leaked the trip details… China makes threats… Pelosi goes anyway… now China has a reason to act against Taiwan. In the end, China gets what they want. All of the actors have played their roles.

In case you are not aware of why Pelosi would be in cahoots with China, the Pelosi family has big money invested in China.

Beijing Nancy: Pelosi Shifted Her China Stance as Her Family Scored Beijing Deals – Breitbart, 2022/01/26

Schweizer explains that Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, “became a partner investor in Matthews International Capital Management, a pioneer in the Chinese investment market.”

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The Pelosi family has had millions of dollars invested in just this particular operation, Schweizer notes.

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The Matthews fund is not the only Pelosi family business opportunity tied to China. Pelosi’s husband was involved with multiple limousine services, including one that catered to the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Global was not the only limousine service that Pelosi’s husband invested in and profited from. “The Pelosis also bought a stake in another limousine service, City Car Services (CCS), which Wolfington’s son apparently ran,” Schweizer writes. “SEC documents show Paul Pelosi as a member of the board of directors of CCS.”

You get the point. One thing leads to another and now they have big money in China – money which would evaporate pronto with one wrong move. So they will do what China tells them.

Pandemics And Vaccines Are The Fauci’s Family Business

Fauci’s Wife Insisted on COVID-19 Vaccine Trials For Children – The National Pulse, 2022/07/27

Anthony Fauci’s wife – who is also head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center – authored a paper detailing how to enroll children in COVID-19 vaccine trials.

The study – “Enrolling Minors in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials” – was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and was published in the journal Pediatrics. Christine Grady, wife to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci, and four co-authors collaborated on the paper to “propose recommendations for when and how to enroll minors in vaccine trials for the coronavirus disease 2019.”

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The unearthed paper comes amidst controversy over Fauci’s decision to fund research on “killer” bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Additionally, Grady’s prominent role in supervising the ethics of NIH research and policy appear to present a conflict of interest given her husband’s role in shaping America’s COVID-19 response and vaccination guidelines.

When the wives maintain their maiden names, it masks the conflicts of interest and the family ties for many who profit from the American taxpayer. Did I mention profit?

REVEALED: New Fauci Financials Reveal $800K Investment Windfall in 2020, Over $10M Net Worth – The National Pulse, 2022/01/15

Previously unseen financial disclosures reveal Anthony Fauci’s household net worth totaling over $10 million, including a nearly $1.8 million gain in investments held by the National Institutes of Health official in 2020 alone.

The financial disclosures, made available to the public by the office of Senator Roger Marshall, reveal the Fauci’s family sizable net worth is derived from several sources including government salaries, investment accounts, and federal benefits.

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“During the pandemic year of 2020, their household income increased by $1,782,807 — including federal income and benefits of $868,812; outside royalties and travel perks totaling $119,626; and investment accounts increasing by $794,369,” notes an analysis by transparency watchdog OpenTheBooks.

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The investment account of the controversial National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director, who’s funded researchers explaining how to “profit” off of pandemics, totals nearly $8.4 million. Fauci’s wife, Dr. Christine Grady of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has separate investments worth $2.1 million.

It’s very easy to see the conflict of interest of selling vaccines to governments for riches with no risk to their wealth. They don’t spend any of their money and end up enriching themselves and enriching Big Pharma executives. It is quite the racket.

References: BREAKING: Sen. Marshall Proves Fauci Lied by Obtaining Previously Unpublished Financial Records – Senator Marshall, 202/01/15

Public Financial Disclosure Report – Anthony Fauci – Senator Marshall, 2022/01/15

Amazon Admits Giving Ring Doorbell Footage To Police Without Consent

AMAZON ADMITS GIVING RING CAMERA FOOTAGE TO POLICE WITHOUT A WARRANT OR CONSENT – The Intercept, 2022/07/13

RING, AMAZON’S PERENNIALLY controversial and police-friendly surveillance subsidiary, has long defended its cozy relationship with law enforcement by pointing out that cops can only get access to a camera owner’s recordings with their express permission or a court order. But in response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the company stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone without either.

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Although Ring publicizes its policy of handing over camera footage only if the owner agrees — or if judge signs a search warrant — the company says it also reserves the right to supply police with footage in “emergencies,” defined broadly as “cases involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any person.” Markey had also asked Amazon to clarify what exactly constitutes such an “emergency situation,” and how many times audiovisual surveillance data has been provided under such circumstances. Amazon declined to elaborate on how it defines these emergencies beyond “imminent danger of death or serious physical injury,” stating only that “Ring makes a good-faith determination whether the request meets the well-known standard.”

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Matthew Guariglia, a policy analyst with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told The Intercept he encourages any Ring owners concerned about warrantless access of their cameras to enable end-to-end encryption — an option the company declined to make the default setting after being urged to do so by Markey.

More at the link. I prefer wired security myself because in my opinion – anything wireless is hackable. Unfortunately I probably will have to give in to wireless security. I plan to educate myself before jumping in.

Senate Report: China Tried To Infiltrate Federal Reserve And Kidnap Economist

China Tried To Plant Spies Inside The Fed And Kidnap Economist, Investigation Finds – The Daily Caller, 2022/07/26

China has carried out a sustained, decade-long economic espionage operation to infiltrate the U.S. Federal Reserve, according to a report released Tuesday by the Republican staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Chinese operatives have employed both bribery and coercion to garner influence with employees of the Federal Reserve system in attempts to get them to provide sensitive information about the U.S. economy to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the report shows.

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In one instance a Fed employee was detained no less than four times during a 2019 trip to Shanghai, and Chinese officials threatened his family to coerce him to give them sensitive macroeconomic data on the U.S. economy, according to the report.

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Much of the behavior of concern to the committee was related to connections between Fed employees and Chinese talent recruitment programs, where foreign academics, scientists, engineers, finance experts or others with valuable technical know-how are offered lucrative postings in China, The Wall Street Journal reported.

China seems to be at war with the U.S. Is anyone aware?

Report: HSGAC Report – China Threat to the Fed – Senate Committee On Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, July 2022