|
Posted on 11/30/2025 9:00:00 PM PST by ransomnote
Many come here to read dispatches from the War between Good and Evil, to red-pill and encourage.....and to pray and give thanks to the God who fights for us.
Q has reminded us repeatedly that together, we are strong. As the false "narrative" is destroyed and the divisive machinery put in place by the Deep State fails, the fact that patriotism has no skin color or political party is exposed for all to see.
3038 Mar 12, 2019 2:55:14 PM EDT
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 4fe510 No. 5643022>Decide for yourself (be free from outside opinion).
>Decide for yourself (be objective in your conclusions).
>Decide for yourself (be true in your own beliefs).
>Decide for yourself (be open to following the facts).
>Decide for yourself (be strong in defending your beliefs).
>Decide for yourself (be resistant to blindly accepting fact-less statements).
>Decide for yourself (be free)
Those who attack you.
Those who mock you.
Those who cull you.
Those who control you.
Those who label you.
Do they represent you?
Or, do they represent themselves (in some form)?
Mental Enslavement.
The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding ‘mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought (breaking the chains of ‘group-think’), but, more importantly, aid in the construction of a vehicle (a ‘ship’) that provides the scattered (‘free thinkers’) with a ‘starter’ new social-networking platform which allows for freedom of thought, expression, and patriotism or national pride (the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment).
When ‘non-dogmatic’ information becomes FREE & TRANSPARENT it becomes a threat to those who attempt to control the narrative and/or the stable.
When you are awake, you stand on the outside of the stable (‘group-think’ collective), and have ‘free thought’.
"Free thought" is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma.
When you are awake, you are able to clearly see.
The choice is yours, and yours alone.
Trust and put faith in yourself.
You are not alone and you are not in the minority.
Difficult truths will soon see the light of day.
WWG1WGA!!!Q
In the battle between those who strip us our constitutional rights, we can't afford to let false divisions separate us any longer. We, and our country, will be forever made stronger by diligently seeking the truth, independence and freedom of thought.
Where We Go 1, We Go All
.
President Trump says land strikes on drug traffickers will start soon:
We're going to start doing those strikes on land, too. You know, the land is much easier. It's much easier.
We know the routes they take. We know everything about them.
We know where they live. We know where the bad ones live.
We're going to start that very soon, too.
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik railed against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, accusing the lead Republican of siding with House Democrats to “protect the deep state” in a social media post.Stefanik, a member of Johnson’s leadership team, has voiced outrage that a provision she is advocating for to bar illegal weaponization by the intelligence community could be stripped out of a year-end defense policy bill due to Democrats’ objections. The New York Republican said she would work to defeat the legislation if Johnson did not reverse course and stop “getting rolled” by Democrats.
Our GOP fighting for our MAGA agenda . . . except Speaker Johnson? What a shock! /s
We have to trust our captain; I hope a land war will not be the result. It is obvious that Prez Trump is agitating for a regime change; hopefully Maduro will not go to the extreme.
| |||
Today’s tome...maybe more later
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/belgium-brussels-puts-up-faceless-nativity-scene-to-avoid-offending-muslims
Belgium: Brussels puts up faceless Nativity scene to avoid offending Muslims
Meanwhile in Belgium, Muslims were very offended by Nativity scenes because they consider images with faces haram, so public Christmas cribs must now be completely faceless.
This is what total surrender to foreign Islamists looks like.
The installation raised next to the Christmas tree that adorns Brussels’ Grand-Place this year, titled “Fabrics of the Nativity,” has drawn criticism. While it includes the traditional figures of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, it replaces classic sacred imagery with life-size dolls dressed in recycled textiles. The figures have no faces, only patchwork patterns in beige and brown. According to organizers, this was meant to create “an inclusive mix of skin tones.” Critics argue it strips the nativity of its spiritual meaning and turns it into a political statement.
[Still going on!!!]
https://gellerreport.com/2025/12/slaughter-in-syria-muslim-terror-militias-wage-brutal-campaign-of-execution-kidnapping-and-cleansing-of-alawites-as-world-ignores-their-pleas.html/
SLAUGHTER IN SYRIA: Muslim Terror Militias Wage Brutal Campaign of Execution, Kidnapping, and Cleansing of Alawites as World Ignores Their Pleas
Alawite Families Face Daily Murder, Kidnapping, and Ethnic Cleansing
“WE ARE BEING ELIMINATED”
I have been inundated with anguished messages from Syrians pleading for the world to acknowledge a brutal reality: Alawites are being hunted and murdered in the streets with impunity. “We are suffering a Holocaust,” one wrote. “A 60-year-old man was killed in broad daylight on the coast simply because he is Alawite, and Al-Jolani justified it—even though the killing was filmed.” Others echo the same heartbreak: “The Arab, Islamic, and Western world has abandoned us. Our hope is in you—help your Alawite brothers.” These are not abstract geopolitical warnings; they are desperate cries from a people facing sectarian extermination at the hands of the same jihadist factions whose supporters stormed the White House grounds just days ago. What they are asking for is simple and human: to be seen, to be heard, and not to be left alone in the face of a massacre the world refuses to name.
https://slaynews.com/news/google-founder-ex-wife-big-tech-elites-klaus-schwabs-useful-idiots/
Google Founder’s Ex-Wife: Big Tech Elites Are ‘Klaus Schwab’s Useful Idiots’
The former wife of one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful elites has just blown the whistle to expose the true “culture” that controls Big Tech from the shadows.
The stunning new insider account is sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley after Nicole Shanahan, the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and once a central figure in elite progressive philanthropy, publicly dismantled the culture that drives Big Tech’s political influence, globalist activism, and ideological enforcement machinery.
Shanahan, who previously moved in the highest circles of Democrat megadonors, Davos-tier foundations, and six-figure philanthropy networks, is now openly calling the system what it is.
She warns that Big Tech is rigged, weaponized, and controlled by a small cluster of unelected elites pushing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) agenda under the guise of “philanthropy” and “science.”
“…the whole model is broken… the whole model makes everybody worse off…” she said, describing the philanthropic and political ecosystem that wealthy tech families were pressured into funding.
[Euroglobowarpigs]
https://slaynews.com/news/top-nato-admiral-western-allies-plotting-preemptive-strikes-against-russia/
Top NATO Admiral Admits Western Allies Are Plotting Preemptive Strikes Against Russia
Global power brokers are inching the Western world closer to a catastrophic conflict as NATO officials now openly admit the alliance may fire the first shot against Russia.
In a stunning escalation, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of NATO’s Military Committee, warned that the alliance could soon abandon its long-standing defensive posture and move toward preemptive attacks on Russian targets.
The revelation is a dramatic shift that risks plunging Europe into a full-scale war engineered by globalists who have been agitating for direct confrontation for years.
Dragone told the Financial Times that NATO is now reviewing options that would allow the bloc to strike before Russia does, declaring:
“We are studying everything […] On cyber, we are kind of reactive.
“[The questions are] legal framework, jurisdictional framework, who is going to do this?”
For years, Western leaders and their media allies have portrayed Vladimir Putin as waging a “shadow war” across Europe, pointing to fires, unexplained explosions, sabotage of undersea infrastructure, cyberattacks, and alleged airspace violations.
Some incidents, including a blaze at a Ukrainian-owned warehouse in East London and severed Baltic Sea cables, have been immediately pinned on Russia despite limited public evidence, allowing NATO governments to justify new escalations.
Now those incidents are being used to rationalize aggressive new doctrines that would allow NATO to strike first.
https://slaynews.com/news/trump-backs-calls-revoke-citizenship-naturalized-criminals-get-them-out/
President Donald Trump has declared that he “absolutely” supports calls for naturalized citizens to have their citizenship revoked if they are convicted of crimes in the United States.
Trump Backs Calls to Revoke Citizenship from Naturalized Criminals: ‘Get Them Out of Here’
Trump made the remarks on Sunday while indicating that his administration’s emergency halt on asylum processing may last far longer than originally signaled.
He is suggesting a sweeping shift in immigration policy following last week’s deadly attack on two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump made clear that the pause on immigration from third-world countries could extend indefinitely.
The block was instituted after an Afghan national allegedly gunned down two West Virginia Guardsmen stationed near the White House.
“We have enough problems. We don’t want those people,” Trump said, adding there was no time limit on the moratorium.
While the administration initially described the freeze as a rapid response to the shooting, Trump’s comments indicate the policy could evolve into a broader crackdown targeting what he called 19 “crime-ridden” countries.
He also said he would “absolutely” pursue denaturalization of immigrants convicted of crimes, if presidential authority allows it.
[Stolen election gave OR another leftist lesbian governor]
https://slaynews.com/news/democrat-governor-vows-arrest-federal-agents-held-accountable/
Democrat Governor Vows to Arrest Federal Agents: ‘They Will Be Held Accountable
Oregon’s top Democrats are escalating their standoff with President Donald Trump’s administration, vowing to arrest federal immigration officers for conducting lawful deportation operations inside the state.
Gov. Tina Kotek and Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the threat after weeks of unrest in Portland and increased federal activity aimed at removing criminal illegal aliens.
In a video posted to Instagram, Kotek accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of carrying out “violent actions” and “stoking fear in the name of immigration enforcement.”
“I believe, as you do, in the rule of law and keeping our communities safe,” Kotek said, before framing ICE operations as a threat to “immigrant and refugee communities.”
“The ongoing violent actions of the Federal Department of Homeland Security are unacceptable, going after Oregonians and stoking fear in the name of immigration enforcement,” she continued.
Kotek then suggested the state is preparing to criminally charge federal personnel.
“No government agency is above the law,” she declared.
“I fully support the AG and local DAs who have put the federal government on notice.
“Oregon is monitoring all ICE actions closely.
“We will investigate misconduct, and if a federal officer breaks Oregon law, they will be held accountable, just like anyone else.
“I will not tolerate reckless or unconstitutional behavior in our state.”
Her comments follow a November 25 letter from Rayfield and three county district attorneys, Multnomah County’s Nathan Vasquez, Washington County’s Kevin Barton, and Clackamas County’s John Wentworth.
The letter was sent to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/kurds-in-iran-want-a-separate-kurdish-state
Kurds in Iran Want a Separate Kurdish State
In Iran, the Persians constitute a little more than half of the population. The rest are Kurds, Azeris, Baluchis, and Arabs, all of whom chafe under Persian control. There are fifteen million Kurds in Iran, who constitute nearly 17% of Iran’s population. Now with Iran suffering a historic drought that may lead to the forced evacuation of the ten million people in Tehran, with its military weakened by the 12-day war with Israel, during which Iran’s 100-billion-dollar nuclear program was obliterated, and its ballistic missile stores and production plants were also devastated, and with the crushing defeats of its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas, and the overthrow of Iran’s ally Bashar Assad and his regime in Syria, the government in Tehran is in a weaker position today than it has ever been in since the beginning of Khomeini’s regime.
[Not his business]
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/pope-leo-the-only-solution-to-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-the-establishment-of-a-palestinian-state
Pope Leo: ‘The only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the establishment of a Palestinian state’
Pope Leo, the first American pontiff, just dropped a bombshell en route to Beirut:
“The only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the establishment of a Palestinian state. We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution.”
Speaking to journalists on the papal plane from Turkey to Lebanon, the Pope doubled down on the two-state solution despite Israel’s current rejection.
As pope of Rome, Leo ought to have some knowledge of history and Islamic theology. After all, he makes pronouncements that appear to emanate from knowledge of both. But he clearly knows nothing about the invention of the “Palestinians” in the 1960s, or about Islam’s theology of jihad. As such, he should keep silent on issues regarding them. On the other hand, every other leader in the Western world is just as ignorant, and they all keep talking, so the pope might as well join in.
[Been so for decades]
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/new-report-pakistans-madrassas-are-a-breeding-ground-for-jihad-terrorism
New report: Pakistan’s madrassas are a breeding ground for jihad terrorism
New report: Pakistan’s madrassas are a breeding ground for jihad terrorism
Pakistan’s schools are saturated with anti-West, jihad ideology, and no one has kept track of who is funding them, and the extent to which their Salafist indoctrination has proliferated. In an era of open-door migration, the news of Pakistan’s madrassas being breeding ground for jihad violence is disturbing. With unvetted migration, no one knows who is entering America and other Western countries.
Students in Pakistani madrassas come from states “with emergent Islamic extremist groups. These include students from China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.” According to the Economic Times, since the 1980s, madrassas have proliferated in Pakistan. There are now some 30,000 in the country. As for funding: “U.S. and Arab funding transformed them into recruitment hubs for Islamic volunteers to fight Soviet forces in neighboring Afghanistan. Many future Taliban leaders were educated in these institutions, where some teachers endorsed the anti-U.S. ideology of al-Qaida.”
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/israel-syria-tensions-rise-after-idf-raid-on-al-jamaa-al-islamiyya-turned-deadly
Israel-Syria tensions rise after IDF raid on Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya turned deadly
The military is considering an expanded operation in southern Syria if it finds that Syrian government forces were involved in gunfire at soldiers during an arrest operation in Syria’s south early Friday morning, Channel 13 said in an unsourced report.
According to the network, the Israel Defense Forces could transition to conducting fewer arrest operations against terror operatives active near the border and instead increase airstrikes to eliminate targets.
Kan news reported that Israel has identified that some of those planning attacks against IDF soldiers and the Druze community in southern Syria work for the Syrian government’s intelligence forces. It was unclear from the report to what degree they are involved with the government and whether their actions against Israel are known to Syrian authorities.
[DOCTOR?!]
https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/saudi-terror-suspect-rants-at-victims-in-court
Saudi Terror Suspect Rants at Victims in Court
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen is a Saudi national who worked in Germany for years as a doctor. Last year, at a Christmas Market, he drove his car into people strolling though the market, swerving it into one victim after another. A total of six people were killed, and hundreds injured, some of them severely. Now he is on trial in Magdeburg. He has screamed and ranted at witnesses throughout the trial. More on his behavior during the court proceedings can be found here: “Saudi terror suspect who killed 6 and wounded hundreds at German Christmas market rants at witnesses and victims during historic trial.”
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen ranted at witnesses on Thursday, causing great consternation amongst victims at his historic trial after days of confusing and outrageous outbursts.
Yesterday, victims and witnesses began speaking about their ordeal at the bloody Christmas market in Magdeburg. Al-Abdulmohsen, the Saudi national who worked as a doctor in Germany for years, is accused of driving his vehicle in a zig-zag pattern through the market to kill as many people as possible.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/jordan-others-were-probing-doj-and-fbi-conduct-when-jack-smith
Jordan, other lawmakers were probing DOJ conduct when J6 prosecutors seized their phone records
A former representative suggests that the timeline raises questions about whether Smith’s subpoenas served a dual purpose—to investigate Jan. 6, as Smith was appointed to do, and to keep tabs on the oversight probes into agency conduct.
ouse and Senate Republicans targeted by former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s subpoenas were gearing up for significant oversight of both the Justice Department and the FBI when their phone records were seized.
This raises questions about whether the subpoenas served a dual purpose—to investigate Jan. 6, as Smith was appointed to do, and to keep tabs on the oversight probes into agency conduct, one former representative whose phone records were seized by Smith suggested.
“They were trying to spy on us to see what we were doing,” former Rep. Louie Gohmert told the John Solomon Reports podcast. “And also, I think they were looking for anything that they could use to come after us, or hold over our heads, because, you know, you can intimidate the people that are coming after you.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/trump-hints-charges-dems-viral-video-do-what-has-be-done
Trump hints at charges for Dems in viral video: ‘Do what has to be done’
Though Trump did not name any particular target for charges, his comments come amid backlash against the Democratic lawmakers who participated in the video, which preceded an attack by an Afghan national on two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump this week appeared to endorse bringing charges against a group of Democrats who appeared in a viral video urging military personnel to ignore “illegal” orders from the president.
“There are laws that impact our Nation. Read Title 18, Chapter 115, Section 2387, ‘Whoever with the intent to interfere, impair, influence the loyalty, moral[e] or discipline of the military and Naval Forces,……to be fined or imprisoned up to 10 years.’ Commander Kirk Lippold, U.S. Navy, Ret,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “This is right on point. DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE!!!”
Trump’s post refers to the United States Code, which assigns the penalty.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-judiciary-republicans-request-fbi-data-alleged-cartel-activity-tribal
House Judiciary Republicans request FBI data on alleged cartel activity on tribal lands
The letter is part of the committee’s probe on the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, including how the open border policies impacted crime rates in Native American territory.
ouse Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Wyoming GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman sent a letter Monday to FBI Director Kash Patel, requesting information on how the Biden administration’s open border policies led to alleged cartel activity on tribal lands.
The letter is part of the committee’s probe into the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, including how the open border policies impacted crime rates in Native American territory.
The letter comes after Patel testified earlier this year on how crime on tribal lands is a major focus for the bureau, which has renewed its efforts to investigate thousands of violent crimes committed against Native Americans.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/trump-invites-netanyahu-white-house-again-israel
Trump invites Netanyahu to the White House again: Israel
Netanyahu has visited the White House five times this year.
President Donald Trump has once again invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, the Israeli government confirmed.
The pair spoke over the phone about the ongoing efforts to end the war in Gaza on Monday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke this evening with US President [Trump],” the prime minister’s office confirmed. “The two leaders stressed the importance and obligation of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, and discussed expanding the peace agreements.”
“US President Trump invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to a meeting at the White House in the near future,” the office added.
https://libertyconservativenews.substack.com/p/dojs-new-2a-rights-section-prepares
DOJ’s New 2A Rights Section Prepares First Lawsuit Against a Blue-State Gun Law
For the first time ever, the DOJ will sue a state to expand gun rights.
The Department of Justice’s newly created Second Amendment Rights Section is preparing to file its first-ever constitutional lawsuit — targeting a high-profile blue-state gun law that federal attorneys say blatantly violates the right to keep and bear arms.
According to senior DOJ officials, the case will challenge a state’s sweeping “sensitive places” statute that effectively bans concealed carry across almost all public areas, including parks, mass transit, churches, restaurants, medical offices, and even some outdoor venues.
Critics have labeled it a backdoor handgun ban disguised as “public safety.”
The DOJ’s lawsuit is expected to drop within weeks — marking the most aggressive federal defense of gun rights in modern history.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/rfk-jr-appoints-former-acip-chairman-martin-kulldorff-senior-hhs-post
RFK Jr. appoints former ACIP chairman Martin Kulldorff to senior HHS post
The department said Kulldorff, who is an epidemiologist who previously worked at Harvard Medical School, will be the chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices chairman Martin Kulldorff has been appointed to a senior role in the department.
Kulldorff was one of the first eight members Kennedy appointed to the advisory panel in June, after he accused the former members of holding “persistent conflicts of interest” that made it “little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.”
The department said Kulldorff, who is an epidemiologist who previously worked at Harvard Medical School, will be the chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
“Martin Kulldorff transformed ACIP from a rubber stamp into a committee that delivers gold-standard science for the American people,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement. “I’m glad to welcome him to my team to help develop bold, evidence-based policies to Make America Healthy Again.”
https://aflegal.org/press-release/america-first-legal-stands-with-trump-administration-asks-the-court-to-allow-president-trumps-deployment-of-the-national-guard-to-continue-in-washington-d-c/
America First Legal Stands With Trump Administration, Asks the Court to Allow President Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard to Continue in Washington, D.C.
America First Legal (AFL), alongside co-counsel Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit urging the Court to immediately stay the district court’s order blocking the continued deployment of National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. — a decision that would reverse dramatic progress in restoring public safety and undermine the public interest. This filing follows the brief AFL filed in September, emphasizing to the district court how the National Guard’s presence has served the public interest.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/now-steve-witkoff-jared-kushner-meeting-putin-moscow/
NOW: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Meeting Putin in Moscow Peace Talks
Donald J. Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Moscow for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
While fulfilling his agenda before the meeting with the US envoys, Putin spoke about Euro-Globalists disturbing the peace process in Ukraine.
Europe’s only goal is to PREVENT Trump from achieving peace through negotiations — Putin
‘They have no peace agenda. They are warmongers’
If they want to go back to the reality on the ground, then they’re welcome’
The meeting in the Kremlin will last as long as needed, and only Witkoff and Kushner will be present today from American side.
[NO MORE $$ TO UKRAINE!]
https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/house-conservatives-move-to-block
House Conservatives Move to Block December Ukraine Package — McConnell Furious
America First lawmakers say “no more blank checks” as GOP establishment melts down.
A full-blown GOP civil war erupted on Capitol Hill Monday as House conservatives moved to block a new December Ukraine funding package, triggering what aides described as a “rage spiral” from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his establishment allies.
With Congress returning from the shutdown chaos and facing a December funding pileup, the Biden administration is once again demanding billions more for Ukraine. But this time, the America First flank is drawing a hard line — and the old guard can’t stand it.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate GOP leader who has become the loudest Republican advocate for endless Ukraine funding, reportedly flew into a fury when he learned conservatives were coordinating to kill the bill.
Staffers described him as “enraged,” accusing House members of “sabotaging national security.”
But the real issue is clear:
McConnell has lost control of the Republican base — and he knows it.
Poll after poll shows Republican voters overwhelmingly oppose more Ukraine spending. Even independents and Democrats are souring on the war. Meanwhile, McConnell and his donor-class allies continue pushing an agenda totally disconnected from the voters they claim to represent.
ThankQ foldspace!
I held off on pinging out this post
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4355407/posts?page=272#272
And the Obambi library today
So very sorry to hear that, cibco. Hang in there and we’ll pray for your return to reasonable and more lasting good health.
* * * Rogue offshore weapons development * * *
MarQ
X22 Trump Is In the Process Of Freeing The World From The [DS] Grip, Liberation Day Is Approaching – Ep. 3787
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
