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A federal court ruling likely to drop this month should provide a good indication as to whether America still has a fully functioning First World justice system. The case, involving an investigation from New York Attorney General Letitia James into the supposed mismanagement of controversial news outlet VDare.com, has received zero media coverage so far, despite it being as crude, brutish, and nakedly political as James’ other lawfare campaigns (notably against former President Trump and the NRA). In fact, it’s arguably worse, as it was clearly designed to dox VDare’s writers and volunteers and bankrupt the tiny outlet out...

It’s no secret that the Democrat Party, also currently known as the Federal Government, is opposed to an armed citizenry. And as someone who has been shot at, I understand that not everyone should own a gun. But it is telling that those in favor of total disarmament always look past the motivations and the mindset of the shooters in question. One could argue that the uptick in violence across the country is the result of a decline in behavior and expectations and the blessing of criminal behavior by state and local authorities. When societal norms break down, violence is...

Damn it, Janet (Yellen)! So much for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s proclamtion that inflation is transitory and would subside to under 2%. April’s core inflation (PCE Deflator) rose to 4.7% YoY. Despite M2 Money growth crashing to -4.6% YoY. Today’s Fed Funds Futures data is pointing to another rate hike or two. With Core PCE at 4.7%, the Taylor Rule suggested Fed Funds Target rate is now 10.57%. So, The Fed is only about half way there.

On Wednesday, March 8 of this year, the holding company for the federally-insured Silvergate Bank announced it was winding down the bank. It had little choice but to do so. It was experiencing a bank run and had incinerated its reputation by focusing on deposits from crypto companies, including those majority-owned by indicted crypto kingpin, Sam Bankman-Fried. According to testimony from the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Martin Gruenberg, before the Senate Banking Committee on March 28, “in the fourth quarter of 2022, Silvergate Bank experienced an outflow of deposits from digital asset customers that, combined with...

If you haven't already read it, on Sunday Dr. John posted a thorough account of the Feds' favorite false flag operation with Biden* sends in the Feds to stage a right wing racial hatred event. This will be a relatively light post, as there is little I can add to his analysis. But there are two points I have to add: First, I found it curious that when I looked up Patriot Front (PF) on a few search engines, it did turn up some video results, but nothing in print. All of the latest results are from 2022. I even...

Far-right group Patriot Front took to the streets of DC to march towards the US Capitol in the latest appearance of the white nationalist front. Approximately 200 people advanced along the National Mall on Saturday, flanked by police to keep the extremists separated from a small group of counter protestors. According to its website, the white nationalist group claims its 'activism' is intended to assert 'cultural independence' founded in 'our European race'....... A leader of the group previously stated on a podcast in July 2022 that the organization aims to 'make the men who will make the nation'. 'We're creating...

Support for Joe Biden is plunging deep into the toilet and his handlers have decided to take action. Since he’s losing the confidence of minorities, why not stage an event meant to foment racial hatred? The Great Uniter Biden spoke at Howard University yesterday, looking to stir anger: President Biden was slammed by critics Saturday after denouncing white supremacy as the “most dangerous terrorist threat” to the nation during a graduation address to students at Howard University “Stand up against the poison. White supremacy … is the single most dangerous terrorist threat in our homeland,” Biden declared to a heavy...

On Saturday, members of the Patriot Front, a group that leftists have labeled as white supremacist, marched towards the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 150-200 members of the Patriot Front were out in khakis and blue T-shirts again. They were all wearing masks while being escorted with police. The group invested in several flags for today’s march including “Reclaim America.” It would be interesting to discover who paid for the travel, the flags, and the uniforms.

Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages. Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe were used by Mauricio Garcia, 33, and posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity....

Federal agents are probing whether the Texas mall shooter who killed eight people Saturday afternoon held neo-Nazi views, according to a law enforcement official. The feds are scanning the gunman Mauricio Garcia’s reported social media accounts which spouted off white supremacist and neo-Nazi views as they attempt to figure out a motive for the massacre, the official told The Associated Press Sunday. During the twisted shooting, Garcia, 33, also wore a patch on his chest with the acronym “RWDS” which stands for “Right Wing Death Squad” – a popular phrase among white-supremacy groups, according to the official who spoke on...

An ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to "kill" officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was previously the supervisory special agent in charge of Homegrown Violent Extremism for the FBI New York Field Office's Joint Terrorism Task Force, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News. Jared Wise was arrested in Oregon this week, charged with four misdemeanor counts. After he entered the Capitol and exited through a broken window, an FBI affidavit alleges, Wise yelled at officers outside the Capitol. "You’re disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo. You can’t see it," he...

WASHINGTON (TND) — Billions of dollars have been spent over the past few decades to arm federal agencies with more agents, guns, ammunition and military-style equipment. Founder of Open the Books Adam Andrzejewski joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat Friday to discuss the issue. “Here's what we found in the books, we found in the latest audit that 103 federal agencies had purchased guns ammunition and military-style equipment,” he said. “What's interesting is that only 27 of those federal agencies are traditional law enforcement agencies. We found 76 traditional paper-pushing regulatory agencies.” Andrzejewski’s investigation found some alarming statistics when it...

Americans are worried that a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could end up compromising essential freedoms, further centralizing monetary policy, and making the country’s currency vulnerable to hacking, according to a recently published Fed survey. In January last year, the Fed published a white paper on what a CBDC could look like. It asked for public comments on issues like potential risks and benefits a CBDC can have on the country. On April 20, the Fed released the responses in nine documents. Here are some of the various answers and concerns expressed by respondents, some of whom were named,...

Matthew Graves just received a court summons. As the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Graves is rarely on the receiving end of a legal inquiry. In fact, Graves’ hand must be tired from signing thousands of criminal indictments, sentencing memos, and plea offers related to his ongoing investigation into the events of January 6, 2021. Just this week, the FBI arrested two more individuals on minor offenses, giving Graves’ overstaffed office more fresh meat for the Justice Department’s vengeful retaliation against Americans who protested the certification of Joe Biden’s election that day. No investigative technique is too invasive...

Many people have charged that the Jan. 6 “insurrection,” if any such thing took place at all, was the work not of Trump supporters who were on hand at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but of Leftist plants in the crowd, directed by feds who were avid to frame and destroy Trump. Now the defense attorney for one of those supposed “insurrectionists” is charging that our corrupt and politicized federal law enforcement agencies had a large number of undercover informants in the crowd that day. If his claim is substantiated, it should put the Left’s “insurrection” fantasy definitively to...

Peter Schiff appeared on Real America with Dan Ball to talk about the bank bailout, the unfolding financial crisis, the Fed and inflation. He said this is a sequel to 2008 and like all sequels, it’s going to be worse.Dan started the interview by referencing Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s assertion that the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank was caused by “deregulation.” Peter said this deregulation “exists in the fantasy of her mind,” and pointed out that banking is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the world.It would be much safer if it was regulated by free...

Dozens if not hundreds of government operatives infiltrated the protests at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Below is an ever expanding list of government operatives The Gateway Pundit and others identified working inside the massive Trump crowd at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Gateway Pundit continues to add to this list as we learn more about the planned and choreographed #FedSurrection. INCIDENT 1: The FBI infiltrated the Proud Boys — and their informant exonerated the Proud Boys of any conspiracy. In July 2022 TGP contributor Cara Castronuova released whistleblower documents, text messages, and audio transcripts...

Patriot Front is a white supremacist group that may or may not be another proxy for the Deep State. While the group is clearly an actual white supremacist organization, it’s unknown to what degree the Feds have infiltrated them. One thing seems certain: They’re targeting Trump supporters in an effort to discredit them through association. The group makes headlines every time they appear at conservative events, and while they’re generally ridiculed by patriots, their presence is used as another tool for corporate media to disparage the right.

Federal spending jumped from $4.45 trillion in 2019 to $6.21 trillion in 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That is a 40 percent increase in four years. The pandemic supercharged the federal budget, and spending and deficits are expected to continue rising unless policymakers pursue major reforms.What is all the new spending since 2019? The answer is surprising, as shown in the two tables below. The main drivers of the recent increases have not been the largest three programs—Social Security, Medicare, and defense—but rather rapid growth in numerous other programs.Table 1 shows CBO spending for 2019 and baseline estimates...

Pete Santilli drops bombs on January 6th narrative. Santilli says the FBI facial recognition confirms majority of initial capitol breachers were federal agents.