Posted on 08/30/2026 4:59:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
While we were spared another one of those ironically dubbed, ”summers of love,” the lawfare war continues, and with some interesting developments.
Summer’s almost over. Have you noticed how peaceful it has been compared to the last few years? This calm is particularly remarkable since ICE activity is at an all-time high and the mid-term elections are right around the corner. Dismantling USAID certainly put a crimp in these orchestrated demonstrations. But there was more behind the cutback, notes Jeff Childers at Flopping Aces. He credits Secretary Scott Bessent’s close examination of nonprofit organizations being used as conduits to move illicit funds to support political terrorism:
On July 16, Bessent spoke at a State Department event organized by Marco Rubio. “Increasingly,” he said, “legitimate nonprofit and charitable structures are being exploited as a mechanism to conceal the movement of illicit funds to support political terrorism.” Then he dropped the hammer. “In the fall, the United States designated four far-left Antifa extremist groups abroad as foreign terrorist organizations.”
In January, Chris Rufo interviewed Bessent. “When you see these protesters, someone is financing them,” Bessent explained. “There are safe houses. When you see the 300 people with the same laser that they’re using to blind DHS agents in courthouses in Portland, someone bought those lasers.” Meaning, a left-wing NGO. If that isn’t a threat, I don’t know what is.
Rufo asked Secretary Bessent, “There are 501(c)(3) nonprofit groups funded by left-wing dark money, that are organizing -- or at least at arm’s length encouraging -- criminal activities. Is the Treasury looking into this? Is it something you have authority to crack down on, and what can we expect?”
Note Bessent’s answer: “Yes, yes, and yes. So these groups that are engaging in this -- we have the
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The JBS’s “conspiracy theories” turned out to be true.
The JBS’s “conspiracy theories” turned out to be true.
The folks behind these 'rent a horror' acts are much worse than we thing....glad to see we're not letting the corrupt press cover for them any longer.
Fair enough. Print yours off, too.
Never leave home without it.
It is okay. With TDStards, not so much.
I never really considered that angle. Thanks for the uplifting laugh.
LOL good point
I liked some of their ideas but disliked others of their ideas. One quote that I remember about the Vietnam war:
“Why fight them in Vietnam (communists) and help them everywhere else.”
Thanks for highlighting this outrageous and terrorist activity against law enforcement
You’re right. Lots of this stuff is just layers of sound strategy... and it’s working.
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