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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Two Towers, he wrote a scene in which the tree-giant Ent named Treebeard prepared to battle against the evil wizard Saruman for his part in the wanton destruction of Fangorn Forest.“Wizards ought to know better: they do know better. There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men bad enough for such treachery.” This quote came to mind as I reflected on the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. For two weeks now, a growing number of congressional Democrats played the part of pawns in a well-funded, highly coordinated campaign...

The 90 second video from Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Chrissy Houlahan, and Maggie Goodlander looks innocuous at first viewing. A few elected officials, all veterans or national security professionals, appear on camera and remind American troops that they must refuse unlawful orders. The script is familiar. Every recruit learns some version of that principle. Yet context matters. These same lawmakers have spent months describing President Trump’s actual, ongoing orders as unlawful. They released their message in the middle of live litigation over those orders. They did not speak in hearings or white papers but in a...

Several congressional Democrats filed police complaints over social media posts from President Donald Trump calling for them to face arrest and even punishment by death after they advised U.S. service members to defy illegal orders. At least three lawmakers — Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) — said they contacted U.S. Capitol Police and filed complaints about Trump’s threats, which they said has undermined their personal safety and the safety of their offices. Though the complaints are unlikely to result in any further action by Capitol Police, it marks an escalation in the tensions simmering...

More mush from the wimps. Donald Trump is very bad, because mumble mumble mumble.Even by the pathetic standards of congressional Democrats, this is unusually idiotic. Note what they don’t say. They say that the American military is being “pitted against” their own countrymen, and they say to service members that “you can refuse illegal orders…” …but they don’t say, even once, even in a pretty clear hint, precisely what illegal orders Trump has issued. He’s being vaguely bad, so you don’t have to obey him. The serious version would look like this: On [date here], the president of the United...

President Trump woke up this morning in an absolute rage after learning six congressional Democrats were calling for members of the military and intelligence community to commit treason against America. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Senators Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mark Kelly of Arizona, along with Representatives Chris DeLuzio of Pennsylvania, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, and Jason Crow of Colorado, posted a video on Tuesday essentially ordering these professionals to betray Trump and implement a ‘soft coup,’ rendering him powerless to carry out his policies. They said the Trump Administration is pitting the military...

Nov. 18 should henceforth be recognized as far more dangerous than Jan. 6 ever was. Far more shocking. And an actual attempt at fomenting an insurrection, a coup. The “Nov. 18ers” should be forever shamed and discredited. Rather than hundreds of unruly Trump supporters strolling through the Capitol building, many of whom were subsequently incarcerated for doing so, we have just witnessed six sitting Democratic lawmakers openly urge members of the military and intelligence community to defy direct orders from the president of the United States. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) posted a video to social media Tuesday morning in which...

Six Democrat lawmakers released a viral video urging troops to “refuse illegal orders.” The clip, led by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, warns that “threats to the Constitution are at home.” Conservatives erupted, accusing Democrats of pushing the military to defy President Trump. War Secretary Pete Hegseth hit back instantly, dismissing the video as “Stage 4 TDS.” Democrats insist it’s about law, not politics, as they push bills to curb Trump’s war powers. The showdown has triggered a fierce debate on loyalty, legality and military obedience

🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller just accused Congressional Democrats of demanding INSURRECTION, after they asked members of the Armed Forces and Intelligence Community to rise up against Donald Trump This is unbelievable. "We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship." MILLLER: "Democrat lawmakers are now openly calling for insurrection." (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) I'm Senator Alyssa Slotkin. Senator Mark Kelly. Representative Chris DiLuzio. Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander. Representative Chrissy Houlihan. Congressman Jason...

In its efforts to find every anti-Trump story line it can, the PBS News Hour is touting members of the military who are seeking outside legal advice about whether the missions assigned by the Trump administration are legally justified, starting with the drug-boat bombings. Brett T. at Twitchy cracked: "It seems as though PBS got a press release from 'The Orders Project,' an outfit run by a former Army lawyer. We're sure it's nonpartisan." It's part of the National Institute of Military Justice, founded in 2020 to question the legality of military matters through pro bono legal consultations. Is it...

🧵🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: International actors are involved in the State Department led color revolution 🚨🚨 This is not speculation; it’s straight from a recorded call. Ex-USAID employees describe how, before January 20, they moved internal groups off government systems and into encrypted Signal chats, then quickly linked with foreign partners and NGOs after the inauguration. This attempt at creating a color revolution isn't new news; this part was already reported in NOTUS earlier this year. But what's not reported is the international aspect. One participant explicitly frames it as "a global anti-authoritarian movement," connecting U.S. officials with "colleagues from around...

One of the better posters/commenters on X is the aptly-named @DataRepublican, who does some great work digging into data, crunching numbers, taking big nests of snakes and laying them all out straight, and uncovering things that just generally make the left uncomfortable. DataRepublican has outdone herself on this thread. Let's look at a few highlights. First, the opening post: [X post at link] DataRepublican writes in full: Ex-USAID employees describe how, before January 20, they moved internal groups off government systems and into encrypted Signal chats, then quickly linked with foreign partners and NGOs after the inauguration. This attempt at...

@SenRonJohnson The records that were made public yesterday were not obtained from an agency — they were obtained through a whistleblower. We need more whistleblowers who want to see the integrity and credibility of @TheJusticeDept and @FBI restored. I am concerned that the partisan actors burrowed into these agencies are sabotaging the efforts of the Trump Administration

By criticizing the secretary’s policies publicly and casting aspersions on his fitness for the office he holds, these officers are flaunting both fundamental leadership principles and long-established military tradition. Trump derangement syndrome and its variant, Hegseth derangement syndrome (HDS), continue to infect an undetermined number of victims in the military. Like the original affliction, this new strain is a debilitating malady that deprives the aggrieved victim of the ability to think and act rationally. Like the sufferers of TDS who warn the country that Trump is politicizing the justice system by investigating and prosecuting some who have opposed him, the...

[H/T grey_whiskers]Deep State prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are leaking again – this time they are trying to defend Letitia James.A top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia is refusing to charge corrupt New York Attorney General Letitia James.According to MSNBC, Elizabeth Yusi, a senior prosecutor who oversees criminal cases in the Norfolk office, is claiming there is ‘no probable cause’ that Letitia James committed mortgage fraud. TGP has extensively and exclusively reported on Letitia James’ mortgage fraud via Joel Gilbert: Big Development: Is Letitia James Guilty of Mortgage Fraud? Mortgage Fraud Alert: Did Letitia James Marry...

“Jon Harrison will no longer serve as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy," the Pentagon told Politico. "We are grateful for his service to the Department." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday reportedly fired chief of staff to the Navy Secretary Jon Harrison, who helped pull off the reshuffle of the service’s bureaucracy.The Pentagon did not state why Harrison was fired, but it comes after the Trump administration warned of major trimming of the federal government amid the shutdown, and the same week the Senate confirmed Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao. “Jon Harrison will no longer serve...

On today's Morning Joe, MSNBC analyst and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius admitted that the people on the boat that the U.S. military fired on in the Caribbean "were associated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. I'm sure they're terrible people doing despicable crimes." And while he first said that they "appear to have been drug smugglers," he later flatly described them as "drug smugglers." Even so, Ignatius suggested that members of the military should consider disobeying the orders of President Trump, the Commander-in-Chief, to fire on such boats.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Reveal CIA Sabotage Operation at HHS Against Trump | RFK Jr. LIVE Now... Benny Johnson 2:25 / 4:02

Over 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services employees signed a letter calling for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to resign as HHS Director. For the first time in decades we have an HHS Director who puts people before Big Pharma and these grunts want him gone. At least they’ve identified themselves! The disgruntled employees posted their petition on a page they created they titled ‘Save HHS.’ If they were honest people, they would have called it ‘Save Big Pharma.’ These people are wicked partisans who want to load up children with the COVID vaccine despite its well-documented dangers! They...

Leaked Training Catches Anti-Trump Operatives Plotting Bureaucratic Sabotage The secret playbook to infiltrate agencies and recruit insiders - without anyone noticing. Meet the shadow campaign quietly preparing to make a second Trump term ungovernable. One Million Rising. Their method? Strategic non-cooperation designed to infiltrate government agencies, recruit insiders, and block President Trump’s agenda from the inside out.. Targeting the Machinery of Government... In their own training materials, organizers talk about identifying “pillars of support” for so-called “autocrat” Trump.. In practice, that means: Recruiting federal workers in key agencies to slow walk, obstruct, or decline implementation of Trump era directives. Encouraging...

President Trump sent shockwaves throughout Washington, DC after making Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting IRS Commissioner. Now, we may know why. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump removed Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long from the position and installed Bessent. Long had been in the job for less than two months. As a consolation, Long was awarded the U.S. Ambassadorship to Iceland, not exactly a plum position. But it was either Iceland or the unemployment line. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Long was booted from his position after he refused to hand over certain taxpayer data on suspected...