Puppet Masters
It was a giant 'two-fingers up' to the globalist establishment and endemic corruption of not just our government but of our society. We hoped it would signal a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign and domestic policy.
"No Mas" to more creeping totalitarianism at home.
"No Mas" to the weird intersectionalism and messianic Just War interventionism of the Baby Boomer generation.
Finally a coherent political statement from the latch-key Generation X; ready to assume the mantle of political power and tear down the rotten edifice of the world's financial and political behemoth sucking the life out of humanity, one rehypothecated dollar at a time.
Sadly many of us, including myself, were wrong. Two and a half years of the most cynical Russophobia supporting an obvious and ham-handed coup operation against Trump has left the country more divided today than it was in 2016 when he won.
Bolton this week signaled support for military intervention in the South American country to oust embattled President Nicolás Maduro, a move that would pose a challenge for Trump, who has so far indicated a preference for and campaigned on scaling down existing military conflicts and avoiding new ones.
While Trump has said all options are on the table for Venezuela, Bolton has become the public face of any military effort. On Friday, Bolton met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Pentagon to discuss the situation in Venezuela.
Yevhen Fedchenko heads the Western-sponsored "Infowars" operation, which attempts to whitewash pretty much all of Ukraine's sins as distortions amplified by "Russian disinformation." And he's become so discredited that even US/UK journalists covering Ukraine have made him a figure of fun at this point.
If the US Embassy had limited Fedchenko to describing "the difference between journalism and propaganda," it wouldn't have been a bad interview. Because, after all, perhaps a propagandist is the best person to describe the variance between the two concepts.
An executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday says the property of anyone who owns or operates or engages in "significant" transactions with Iran's metals sector will be seized by the US under sanctions laws. Likewise, anyone accused of materially assisting, sponsoring or supporting anyone who is sanctioned will have their property blocked as well.
The blocked property "may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in," says the executive order. The sanctions apply to property inside the US, or in possession or control of any US person.
Comment: If Iran was such a threat, those nations that have proven their willingness to work towards cooperation and some semblance of peace, like Russia and China, would not be willing to trade with them:
- The JCPOA one year after US withdrawal: The US and Iran flex their muscles
- Russia, China, India and Iran: The magic quadrant that is changing the world
- China slams Washington's decision on Iranian oil sanctions
- Iran switches to the "grey market" vowing to continue selling oil despite US sanctions
- Mossad sez Iran threatening to attack US military targets 'somewhere in Middle East', so Pentagon sends over more aircraft carriers and bombers
Carlson's biting comments came during his Tuesday show, where he replayed the now viral clip of Sims confronting a protester he repeatedly calls an "old white lady" who was silently praying outside a Planned Parenthood in the representative's home district in Pennsylvania.
The video was originally published on Twitter by Sims, who implored "righteous opposition" and "push back" against pro-life protesters who "prey on young women," "use white privilege," and are "racist, classist, bigots."

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a joint news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 28, 2017.
"The situation is serious, it was obviously provoked by decisions made in Washington," Dmitry Peskov told journalists, commenting on Tehran's decision to suspend a part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
"President Putin has repeatedly told that such ill-advised voluntarist steps, which lead to unreasonable pressure on Iran, would cause repercussions, we're facing now."
Comment: Russia is not the only party concerned about Iran's latest moves:
French Defense Minister Florence Parly told BFM TV on Wednesday that nothing would be worse than Iran withdrawing from the deal, adding that France, Britain and Germany were doing all they could to keep the accord alive. However, she warned that if Tehran does not uphold its part of the deal, it could result in sanctions.And Israel must stick its nose in of course, in the mad idea that Iran is gunning specifically for them:
Germany said it regrets the statements made by Iran and urged Tehran not to take any aggressive steps. A Foreign Ministry spokesman added that Berlin is keen to keep the nuclear deal and intends to abide by its commitments, as long as Iran does the same.
Speaking on behalf of the British government, UK junior foreign minister Mark Field warned that there would be consequences if Iran stopped meeting its commitments under the nuclear deal.
He added that the UK remains committed to working on sanctions relief, and called on both Russia and China to pursue this goal as "diplomacy continues." Field said the British government believes the deal is broadly working towards keeping Iran's nuclear program peaceful, and that he hopes to visit the country in the near future.
Meanwhile, Theresa May's spokesman said the prime minister is extremely concerned about Iran's decision, and urges Tehran not to take any escalatory steps. While British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called the announcement an "unwelcome step".
China also responded to the news on Wednesday, with their Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang saying that the agreement should be fully implemented and that all sides have a responsibility to ensure this happens.
Earlier on Wednesday, Iranian President Rouhani announced on national television that a gradual scale-down of the country's commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal would begin in 60 days, starting with a refusal to dispose of excessive heavy water and enriched uranium. Rouhani also said the move was a reciprocal response to the US' withdrawal from the agreement.
The deal with Iran was signed by the EU and other world leaders to offer Tehran relief from sanctions in exchange for voluntary restrictions of its nuclear industry. Last year, the US broke its commitments under the deal, restored and extended sanctions, and attempted to prevent countries around the world from buying Iran's oil.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel will make every effort to prevent the development of nuclear weapons by Iran amid the news that the latter may pull out of some of its commitments under the nuclear deal.Israel vowed to continue harassing Iran at every opportunity, as it sees Iran as the biggest obstacle to its dominance in the region:
"This morning, on my way here, I heard that Iran intends to pursue its nuclear programme. We will not allow Iran to achieve nuclear weaponry. We will continue to fight those who would kill us", he said.
Israel has long criticized Iran over its nuclear operations, with Netanyahu openly opposing the international deal and previously accusing Europe of appeasing Iran on the issue - evocative language that harks back to European nations' initial failure to confront Nazi Germany.
During a 2018 speech at the United Nations, Netanyahu presented what he considered proof that Iran still sought to obtain nuclear weapons, despite the 2015 agreement. The presentation consisted of an aerial photograph of the Iranian capital, marked with a red arrow pointing to what the Israeli leader said was once a secret warehouse holding nuclear-related material that had since been moved. Iran responded to the presentation by calling it an "arts and crafts show."
"Many people seem to assume that the only intelligence collection that occurred was a single confidential informant and a FISA warrant. I would like to find out whether that is in fact true. It strikes me as a fairly anemic effort if that was the counterintelligence effort designed to stop the threat as it is being represented."Here is what he meant. There has been a lot of discussion on the Right about the FBI's use of a confidential informant, an England-based college professor named Stefan Halper, to spy on some Trump campaign figures, including the sometime foreign policy volunteer advisers George Papadopoulos and Carter Page. There has also been talk about the FBI's use of a FISA warrant, a court-approved permission to wiretap, against Page.
There was also speculation about other possible FBI surveillance, but the Halper operation and Page FISA case were the only ones definitely known. So Barr was saying: If the FBI really took the Trump-Russia matter seriously, if they thought it was a threat to the republic, would that be all they would do? No other wiretaps or other surveillance? No other confidential informants? Nothing?
Given that Barr was already looking into the question, his phrasing suggested he suspected there was more.
Comment: Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft adds background and validation to York's premise:
Democrats and Deep State dirty cops have claimed for months that there was no spying on the Trump campaign. Now we know without a doubt that there was not only spying, but the dirty cops in the Deep State attempted to entrap Trump team members through this spying. We also know without a doubt that Obama was in on it. ...
For starters we know that Obama spied on numerous people for years while he was President. Obama took the US Intelligence community and corrupted it. He used the US intelligence apparatus to spy on anyone and everyone and especially his enemies. We put a list of the many individuals and entities Obama spied on that we know of here.
We also know that Hillary's long lost emails were found in the White House. This was reported by Judicial Watch in April 2019 -Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch announced that Bill Priestap, former Assistant Director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division admitted, in writing and under oath, that the FBI found Hillary Clinton's emails in the Obama White House - specifically the Executive Office of the President! The FBI also admitted that almost 49,000 Hillary Clinton emails were reviewed as a result of a search warrant for emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop.We know that Susan Rice, Obama's former National Security Advisor, left an email on the last day that she and Obama were in office that confirms Obama was in on it. Senators Grassley and Graham sent a letter to Rice asking about this email -
"Ambassador Rice appears to have used this email to document a January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting between President Obama, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. In particular, Ambassador Rice wrote:"President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities 'by the book'. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book."Rice and Obama must have felt guilty about their crimes because they sent this email in an attempt to cover up their illegal actions. Unfortunately, nobody is buying it. We also know that Obama, in essence, told incoming President-elect Trump in the Oval office that he was involved in the Deep State coup. Obama did this inadvertently by advising Trump not to hire General Michael Flynn. ... Obama had to know about the coup in order to make this recommendation to Trump months earlier but the media only thought about using this to discredit both Trump and Flynn. Now its coming back to haunt Obama.
In March 2019 Deep State coup participant James Clapper said to CNN's Anderson Cooper:"If it weren't for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller's investigation. President Obama is responsible for that, and it was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place..."
Finally, if Clapper hasn't said enough, former US Attorney Joe DiGenova was on the radio yesterday and he said point blank says that Obama knew about it all - Obama was in on it. It was a sham. The Mueller investigation was a sham. Obama spied on the opposition party.
DiGenova's interview is pertinent, factual and spot on.
The decision was announced by Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. The committee was poised to vote on a contempt citation against Attorney General William Barr over failure to present the unredacted Mueller report and other materials, that have been demanded through subpoena. Boyd wrote in the letter:
"We are disappointed that you have rejected the Department of Justice's request to delay the vote of the Committee on the Judiciary on a contempt finding against the Attorney General. Accordingly, this is to advise you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials."The White House defended Trump's move, stating that the president had "no other option" besides invoking executive privilege, as he faced "blatant abuse of power" from the committee's chairman Jerrold Nadler.
Comment: More from BPR:
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders: "Faced with Chairman Nadler's blatant abuse of power, and at the attorney general's request, the president has no other option than to make a protective assertion of executive privilege."See also:
The Justice Department warned Nadler on Tuesday that if he moves forward on the vote, a request will be made to President Donald Trump to do just that.
In a letter to Nadler Tuesday evening, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd said the panel's demand was "unreasonable" and urged a delay in the vote, according to NBC News. "If the committee decides to proceed in spite of this request, however, the Attorney General will advise the President to make a protective assertion of executive privilege," Boyd wrote in the letter.
With the Judiciary Committee voting 22-12 to hold Barr in contempt, it will have to go to a full vote in the Democrat-controlled House.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was noncommittal on whether she would proceed with a vote to hold Barr in contempt.
"Let's hope that they can make their own accommodations before that," the speaker said Tuesday night while speaking to reporters off the House floor, a reference to the Trump administration.
But Pelosi said at a Washington Post event that she believes Barr should be held in contempt, according to The Hill.
Trump charged in a tweet prior to the vote that Democrats are the ones obstructing justice by targeting Barr, who is now investigating the circumstances that resulted in Mueller's Russian collusion probe.
"'The real "Obstruction of Justice" is what the Democrats are trying to do to this Attorney General,'" Trump tweeted, attributing the quote to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee - Jordan made the comment during an appearance on Fox Business Network.
- Denied the unredacted Mueller report, Nadler schedules House vote to hold AG Barr in contempt of Congress
- Breaking: Nadler will subpoena for full unredacted Mueller report today
- Crazed Democrats begin subpoena process for Mueller report & Trump aides

Former FBI Dir. James Comey • US AG William Barr
Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau should investigate two presidential campaigns and if, in so doing, any rules or laws were broken.
In light of this, the fired former FBI director apparently has decided that photos of him on Twitter standing amid tall trees and in the middle of empty country roads, acting all metaphysical, is no longer a sufficient strategy.
No, Comey has realized, probably too late, that he has to try to counter, more directly, the narrative being set by the unsparing attorney general whose words in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week landed in the Trump-opposition world like holy water on Linda Blair. Shrieking heads haven't stopped spinning since.














Comment: Could we be watching John Bolton's last stand?