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The word “insurrection” has been liberally applied in the press to describe the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot that ended with intrusion by demonstrators into the Capitol Building. If the word “insurrection” can be applied there, then how about to the current efforts of federal bureaucrats to insulate themselves and their chosen policies from the control of newly re-elected President Trump? In this post on October 1 (title: “The Greater ‘Threat To Democracy’ — Part III: Democrats Rule Even If Republicans Win”), I discussed multiple instances of efforts within the Biden administration to insulate its policies from getting changed...

China has emerged as the most prolific intelligence threat to U.S. having engaged in corporate espionage, intellectual-property theft, and personnel information breaches going back decades. A naturalized U.S. citizen who immigrated from China has been sentenced to four years in prison after conspiring to act as a agent of the Chinese government, highlighting the broad reach of Beijing’s security service and strategy of co-opting immigrants for intelligence gathering, according to the Justice Department. The plea agreement and court filings announced Monday show China’s Ministry of State Security – the Communist-run country's intelligence service – used operative Peng Li as a...

Hal Lindsey’s book “The Late Great Planet Earth,” written in 1970 (first edition), sold over 40 million copies. Gullible Christians got sucked into Lindsey’s soon end-of-the world poppycock. As time has passed without his version of Armageddon taking place, we can now objectively analyze where Lindsey went wrong: • Lindsey (p. 54, 181), like other dispensationalists, placed the beginning of the end with Israel becoming a nation in 1948. He thought all prophecy would be fulfilled within a 40-year generation (Matthew 24:34). But 1988 came and went, proving him to be a false prophet. (This should be adequate proof that...

Joe Rogan argued that the establishment media that once was friendly to President-elect Donald Trump has since been engaged in a years-long "psy-op" to convince Americans he is dangerous. "The Joe Rogan Experience" is one of the world’s most popular podcasts, and Rogan is seen as having been one of the key players in the 2024 election, for interviewing Trump and then endorsing his bid for the presidency in the 11th hour. The podcaster has since mocked the media for losing their credibility with voters and alienating lifelong liberals like himself. On Thursday's episode, with comedians Shane Gillis, Mark Normans,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) FINISH THIS SENTENCE: “OH LORD, I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR __________________.”

Hearst Magazines, the publisher of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Esquire, has fired around 200 employees — most of whom work at the company’s iconic headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), the union which represents thousands of media professionals, told the news site W42ST that the total number of layoffs amounted to 197 people — 67 of whom were members of the Hearst Union bargaining unit. The union also told W42ST that “most affected workers are based at Hearst Tower” on 8th Avenue and 57th Street on Manhattan’s West Side. Hearst Tower, which rises nearly 600...

The outsourcing of duties to private contractors allows the government to distance itself from the child-trafficking operation proliferating right under its nose. At a high level, the movement of minors across the U.S.-Mexico border is easy to understand. Children arrive at the border and are moved to where they have “family.” Like most U.S. government bureaucracies, the process is much more complex, fraught with incompetence, and no one can be held accountable. Massive government contracts doled out to private military contractors and nonprofits hide the sheer ineptitude of these policies. The common thread of these programs is they are being...

Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Seth Magaziner revealed Friday that he was swatted with a fake bomb threat — after similar phony police reports targeted at least five members of Connecticut’s Democratic congressional delegation and at least 10 of President-elect Donald Trump’s high-profile nominees. “I was recently notified of a bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home. We are safe and there was no evidence of a bomb on the property,” Magaziner tweeted. “We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Providence Police Department for their effective response.” The threats targeting Connecticut Democrats were “all signed...

The United Nations has been looking for issues deemed larger than the perennial conflicts of traditional geopolitics. It created the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 to acquire the authority to run the global economy so as to “save the planet” and “equitably” share the benefits of “sustainable” (i.e., limited) development. It holds a massive conference (over 65,000 attendees) towards the end of each year staged as if governments were adhering to UN mandates. The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in the FCCC series concluded Saturday (Nov. 23) in Baku, Azerbaijan. It ran a day over the...

California is where freedom goes to die. Its annual legislative orgies consist of politicians stealing billions of dollars for special interests and finding exotic new things to ban. In 2024, California Democrats finally banned plastic bags to ensure that anyone who isn’t shopping with a car or with a bag can’t buy more than a handful of items in a supermarket. They also made national news for trying to set the Constitution on fire by banning memes. And just for the hell of it, they also banned octopus farming.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an incident involving an elderly man shooting the suspect in the buttocks after he started attacking a female victim. On November 25, around 10 a.m., deputies were called to the 8900 block of Bluegrass Drive for a domestic disturbance. The man told police that Nathaniel Brooks, 32, was pushing, punching and slapping the female victim. The man called 911 and retrieved his handgun, according to court documents. Brooks continued to attack the woman and the man shot him in the buttocks with no intention of killing him, officials reported. The...

As in a dystopian suicide orgy, Westerners have staged their own downfall, defying common sense, loyalty to civilization, and love of family. The myth of Laocoön is tragic. In vain, he warned his countrymen in Troy against opening the gate to the colossal wooden horse left behind by Greek invaders. However, he was blinded by the gods who then had him killed by giant sea serpents. So, it is not as if it has not been foretold. As a matter of fact, it has been the subject of countless essays, speeches, and novels. We cannot plead ignorance. In retrospect, the...

The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned in anger at local officials has died in a car crash — while being “pursued” and investigated by other law enforcement, according to reports. McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon — just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers stunned the small town by resigning. When he crashed, the newly elected mayor “was being pursued” by a Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy, the investigating coroner said. “The pursuit not related...

Israel is examining the launch of a “pilot program” that could see US private security firms replace the army in northern Gaza to “accompany food and medicine convoys” for Palestinians who remain in the devastated region, according to a report by Israeli daily Globes. Among the top competitors for the multi-million dollar contract are Constellis, the direct successor to infamous mercenary company Blackwater, and Orbis, a little-known South Carolina company run by former generals that has worked with the Pentagon for 20 years. Officials say the pilot program for north Gaza aims to “prevent Hamas or other gangs from taking...

The narrative that the Democrats constructed in order to charge Trump and his supporters with insurrection for what happened at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 is crumbling under the weight of evidence contradicting it. The story was that after losing the 2020 election Trump tried to overthrow the government by instigating a mob to invade the Capitol and prevent the certification of the electoral victory of Joe Biden. The evidence now shows that prior to Jan 6 Trump authorized the use of 10,000 National Guard troops to defend the Capitol. Last week, Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General...

Arnold Schwarzenegger's LA home was swarmed by police on Thanksgiving Day after a prankster claimed a bomb had been placed in his mailbox. The LAPD rushed to the Terminator star's mansion after a prank call claimed the device had been planted - but upon inspection of the mailbox and surrounding area, no bomb was found, per TMZ. Officers spoke with the 77-year-old's security team who said it would be 'virtually impossible' to plant a bomb at his home given his extensive camera surveillance and 24 hour protection.

A Texas daycare worker has been arrested after security footage allegedly revealed her to be carrying out a horrifying pattern of abuse against several toddlers. Catherine Guziejka, 44, is accused of physically assaulting a total of six two-year-old children more than 100 times over the course of several months. She faces six counts of injury to a child with the intent to cause bodily harm, The alleged abuse at Punkin' Doodles Day Care in Lindale, Texas, 200 miles north of Houston, has been described by authorities as 'calculated and deliberate'. It was only uncovered after a daycare employee reviewed security...

Tren de Argua gang members tied to the apartment takeover in Aurora, Colorado were reportedly arrested in a major drug and firearms bust in New York City. This comes after there has been heightened concern over the gang's activity in the United States. Two gang members tied to the apartment takeover, Denyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, were taken into custody during an early morning raid in the Bronx. NYPD as well as US Department of Homeland Security agents nabbed the two as well as 13 other suspected gang members, per the New York Post. 15 total...

The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria’s largest cities and an ancient business hub. The push is among the rebels’ strongest in years in a war whose destabilizing effects have rippled far beyond the country’s borders. It was the first opposition attack on Aleppo since 2016, when a brutal air campaign by Russian warplanes helped Syrian President Bashar Assad retake the northwestern city. Intervention by Russia, Iran and Iranian-allied Hezbollah and other groups has allowed Assad to remain in power, within the 70% of Syria under...

Open Source Intel @Osint613 Syrian rebels say “today is the day, no mercy for these [Assad regime] criminals” ********* This video is a must see for the Pallywood production. Laughs guaranteed! ******** These Syrian rebel forces are moving into Aleppo and have already freed ISIS members from prisons there. Bashar Assad is in Moscow w Putin, and might not return to Syria. These Sunni forces are backed by Turkey. So this is Sunni Turkey versus Shiite Iran and Putins Russia. Israel has destroyed Hezbollah. It turns out that Hezbollah was a major support for the Assad regime. Executive summary --...