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Churchill quipped that, “democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Our system has plenty of flaws, but parliamentary democracy is so much worse, and the Israeli flavor of it, party parliamentary democracy untethered from regional representation, and controlled by an all-powerful judiciary is even worse. The way the Israeli system currently works is that the two old dominant parties, the conservative Likud and the leftist Labor, disagree on two fundamental issues… 1. Labor wants to destroy the economy by controlling it at every level. Likud wants to...

Watch the video first: AI Video Primer (4 mins) "THE ILLEGITIMACY PLAYBOOK / THE DEMOCRACY FILES: A PRIMER 🚨 I will be using this thread to track all drops, so bookmark it. I spent most of yesterday backing everything (now 312 gigabytes) up in various sources and getting the materials out to others. I also produced an AI video (above) to explain the whole thing to others are not on 𝕏 - feel free to distribute. Here's the primer: USAID, the foreign aid agency, had a democracy office. Inside the agency, it was called DRG. Officially, DRG administered "democracy assistance."...

Your window to prepare, even with the basics, is closing. For those tracking the indicators that an event is increasingly likely, you know that it is now undeniable that something is brewing. It has now reached the point to where national governments are now overtly telling civilians to make preparations, however basic. As part of my career in the US intelligence community, one of things I supported was Counterintelligence threats to Continuity of Government (COG) and Continuity of Operations (COOP). Something i can say for absolute certain is that once governments signal that their citizens need to prepare, those preparations...

Inside the “confidential” midterm playbook from a group founded by Obama lawyers—and the plans being promoted to progressive lawmakers for grand juries, ballot battles and election confrontations. A fourteen-page election guide marked “CONFIDENTIAL” offers a detailed look at progressive preparations for the 2026 midterms, mapping confrontations over federal intervention, criminal investigations of election officials, ballot counting and certification. Protect Democracy’s guide for state legislators lays out seven scenarios extending beyond Election Day. Among its proposals: - Educating community members to “reject improper prosecutions when serving on grand juries”. - Immediately framing investigations used to enforce unlawful demands as intimidation intended...

When the divers ducked beneath the surface, they knew their target: a mysterious iron cauldron at the bottom of England’s River Wear. They had no idea how the vessel had ended up there, though they were fairly certain it had been underwater for hundreds of years. Their mission was to recover it from the watery darkness and bring it back to the surface. After freeing the artifact from debris, the divers secured it in thick green netting inside a metal cage. Team members on a recovery craft above then slowly pulled it up into the late morning sun. It arrived...

No one could have seen this coming. Hassan Bennett was arrested in a 2006 shooting where one person was killed and around was wounded. The wounded man accused Bennett of being one of the shooters. Four trials followed. By the fourth trial in 2019, some of the witnesses recanted, blamed the cops, and Bennett became the poster boy for police misconduct. He protested against the police in Philly and became a darling of pro-crime activists. Hundreds of Philadelphia police officers are facing backlash after they were accused of controversial posts on Facebook. Protesters called for action Friday at a “Rally...

A man was detained by Los Angeles police after pulling a knife during a confrontation inside a Wendy’s restaurant in Northridge on Wednesday. Video from inside the restaurant shows a man in a baseball hat confronting a couple who were eating a meal. The man who was eating then stood up and confronted the other man before eventually pulling out a knife in a threatening manner. “You gonna stab me?” the man in the hat can be heard saying. The scene then turned even more chaotic as expletives were shouted and chairs were thrown before both men went outside. A...

A batch of mailers sent to Texas households ahead of the November midterm elections may be connected to an Illinois printing company whose owner and his son have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump-aligned groups and Republican committees, CBS News reports.The flyers, which appeared to come from a transgender advocacy organization, have been linked to Three Z Printing, an Illinois company. U.S. Postal Service records show the company holds the bulk-mail permit used to send the flyers to more than 1 million Texas addresses.According to the United States Postal Service, the company — dubbed Three Z Printing —...

In the Substack immediately preceding this (Did “DataRepublican” just single-handedly save our nation? ) I lauded DataRepublican’s ongoing exposes of a color revolution / coup d’etat / seditious conspiracy against our Constitutional Republic — one that is currently “baking in the pre-midterms / pre-2028 election oven.” Her series, “The Democracy Files,” is still being rolled-out on X. IF YOU CARE ONE WHIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD REVIEW “THE DEMOCRACY FILES” TO DATE, AND FOLLOW ALL FUTURE INSTALLMENTS. As I’ve watched the excerpts from Zoom meetings amongst the conspirators, it occurred to me that they come across...

The U.S. Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) website was targeted by a hacker or hackers just days before the November midterm elections. The outage disrupted the agency’s electronic filing system, preventing electronic filings while leaving the public’s access to previously submitted campaign finance reports unaffected. An FEC spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller that the agency’s IT staff are working to restore service. The spokesperson emphasized that the public can still access previously filed reports through the FEC’s online database. “At this time, we can point to the status update posted to the FEC’s website that the electronic filing system is...

Several years ago, when I headed marketing at a major public university, a colleague suggested we needed our own “moonshot” to stem the tide of declining enrollment. I took the question seriously, given the catastrophic demographic “cliff” American higher education will soon endure, and then offered up the kind of moonshot I’m sure he didn’t expect. Namely, a national campaign funded by the higher education industry to encourage the growth of families and reverse the baby dearth that has left the U.S. procreating below replacement levels. This was no doubt a long-term strategy, and quite an expensive one at that,...

Hundreds of ballots were found piled in an open hallway at a Skid Row homeless shelter where more than 1,100 voters are registered, a California Post investigation found. The ballots were spotted at The Midnight Mission, a downtown LA homeless shelter offering meals and mail services, where 1,160 voters are registered. The Post authenticated a photo of the ballots and independently confirmed the scene during a visit to the shelter on October 13. The discovery comes four months after the California Post exposed 7,600 voter registrations linked to homeless shelters and service providers across Los Angeles, including facilities that don’t...

What's happening? Two high-speed ​trains have collided in Spain, causing the ‌suspension of the line connecting Madrid to the southern Andalusia region, rail operator Adif said At least 64 people have been killed in the crash, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha said The trains crashed just after 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) and the cause of the crash and full details of casualties are still being determined It's the second major deadly train crash this year, after an accident in January between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line killed 46 people The crash comes at...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles. The ruling is the latest roadblock to the Trump administration’s effort to extend handpicked acting U.S. attorneys beyond the 120-day limit set by federal law. The strategy was designed to bypass confirmation by the U.S. Senate — something that generally requires a degree of bipartisan support. Essayli “is unlawfully serving as a ‘de facto’ United States Attorney,” U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright wrote. The order won’t take effect until the court rules on the government’s motion for a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced stronger bilateral cooperation with Mozambique in strategic sectors, adding that bilateral trade nearly doubled between January and August this year, during a meeting in Moscow with his Mozambican counterpart. “Trade and economic interaction is getting stronger. Our trade nearly doubled in January through August,” the Russian head of state said as he opened the meeting with the delegation led by Daniel Chapo, on the sidelines of the 8th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit, on Tuesday. Quoted in statements released by Russian diplomatic channels, Putin said the two countries shared a commitment to...

Democrats are outpacing Republicans in early ballots Registered Democrats so far represent a larger share of early voters in the midterms than Republicans, having cast roughly 45% of early ballots compared to 31% cast by GOP voters, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab data. Another 24% of Americans who have voted early are not registered with either party. This data is only available for the 27 states that have a formal party registration system, and signifies only the party with which a voter is registered, not the candidates selected on their ballot. Experts caution that Democrats' higher turnout...

CORPUS CHRISTI — President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the arrival of 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to be refined in Texas as he swung through the state on another round of campaign stops for Ken Paxton and other Republicans.Speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi, the president said the shipment was a sign of an upswing for Americans as many face stiflingly high gas prices and have grown weary of the war in Iran. The U.S. “is making an absolute fortune because of the situation in the Middle East,” Trump said. He reiterated his promise that the war,...

Oh look, the snowflakes are melting again. President Trump's planned 250-foot-tall arch would cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost's 3-D analysis found. On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK. https://t.co/uWuEsJcpGW— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 27, 2026They made a 3D rendering!! TDS TO THE MAX. 🤡 Trump wants to build a big beautiful arch. And yes, that's making liberals mad for some reason. They even analyzed every single grave or monument that would be touched briefly by the shadow of the arch, then added up...

A residential cruise ship halted operations in Cambodia on Tuesday amid soaring fuel costs, leaving passengers in limbo after the U.S. company that operates it ordered them to disembark. Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said in a news release that it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship that launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, three years ago and promised passengers “an unparalleled lifestyle of luxury and exploration” as it toured the planet. Cabins on The Odyssey were for sale or rent. According to the company, the ship can accommodate 650 residents. A...

For those of us who have spent our lives trying to dismantle this endlessly destructive paradigm of patriarchy, it has become increasingly clear in recent months that something more terrifying is afoot. The wheels are off the cart. We are in the midst of a chaotic, demented acceleration of the most violent and cruel aspects of this system which has evolved into what I am calling Psychopatriarchy. Psychopatriarchy is a reaction, a backlash against the progress we have made on all fronts: women’s rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, workers rights, trans rights etc. It has birthed an authoritarian fascist reality,...