My post yesterday regarding the DoJ/FBI investigation of two of Devin Nunes’ top lawyers sparked a response from a former FBI agent—as sometimes happens here. You’ll recall that the investigation in question was a full criminal investigation that featured the use of grand jury subpoenas to obtain personal information regarding the two staffers (including Kash Patel) who were involved in Nunes’ investigation of Russia Hoax abuses—especially the fraudulent FISA applications that were submitted against Carter Page. Because of various procedural irregularities it’s apparent—failure to notify Nunes—there seems little doubt that the purpose of the investigations was to obtain personal information that could be used to pressure Nunes into backing off from his investigation. In fact, DAG Rod Rosenstein and Chris Wray had threatened to launch exactly such investigations in a meeting with Nunes and Kash Patel—unless Nunes backed off.
"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." ~ Robertson Davies. The more I study and follow great sources like you, the better my "reality goggles" function. Excellent work.
Trump 2024 He and only he can take on the Swamp. He made a lot of mistakes but, having been through fire that none of us could have withstood, has, in my opinion, made him the only person for the job. He was played by people whom he thought were committed to common welfare but he found out differently from Jeff Sessions, to McMaster, Kelley, Mattis , Pence and on and on.
Step 1: Fire Christopher Wray
Step 2: Prosecute the FBI agents and DoJ lawyers who used evidence they knew to be fabricated to spy on innocent Americans and on the elected President.
The Power of the Bureaucrats can only be limited by someone who is not owned.
The entire federal government is now working against average people. It is spending trillions on things that are wasteful ($200,000 on Starbucks espresso makers) or downright cruel ($2.3 million to inject beagle puppies with cocaine) or things that actively march us into WW3 ($100 billion to Ukraine) while average Americans who are struggling for a few dollars in the gig economy have 87,000 IRS agents sicced on them for $600 Venmo payments. And when people speak out against it, they are censored on social media. If they show up on Capital Hill to protest, they have the entire federal law enforcement apparatus brought down upon them. The entire thing has to go, imho.
There is a way to do this - and it doesn't involve any kind of violence. All we have to do is have one President who will instruct the IRS to follow the letter of the law on the income tax. The income tax is technically voluntary. So a President could use an EO to make the income tax truly voluntary. If you want to pay $3 million to inject hamsters with steroids so they can fight each other (yes that was really in the omnibus) then you send in your hard earned money to the IRS. BUT if you would rather spend your own money how you choose then you could opt out entirely. And if the government simply decided to print dollars to make up for any lost tax revenue, you could opt out of the inflation tax as well. Without an income tax, you could use anything you liked as money. You could use BTC or gold or anything else you wanted and the government couldn't rob your money of value.
We have a rogue intelligence community. The FBI and DOJ clearly pursue their own interests with little concern about consequences. They will make and break politicians to further their own interests.
One nice thing is that the FBI and DOJ are just two of the many rogue agencies and interests in the country. The tech companies comply with them....to a point. The Army is its own beast with its own interests, just like the other armed services. The DOD has its own interests that are not always aligned with the Armed Forces. The CIA serves itself as well as other interests. Wall Street still largely controls the elected officials and the foreign policy, but even it is at odds with itself and other financial interests.
All of this means that there are so many competing interests that even when they are slightly aligned, the self-interests of the institutions and the individuals inside will often subvert the plans of other players. It is not separation of powers as designed by the Constitution, but it is at least some check on extreme endeavors. Because of that, Bill Gates can cause a lot of things to happen, but will ultimately run into friction. Likewise, George Soros can spend billions controlling a lot of things, but must be very frustrated that he can't just buy the result he wants.
The British Empire had a similar set of competing interests, internal and external, that eventually failed with WWII and led to the last 77 years of decline. As much as I think that things will fall apart in the next few decades, I take some comfort that we might be able to muddy through without complete failure and collapse Mad Max style.
Even noting (and daunted by) an insider's view of the FBI brass' shift toward a "devil may care" attitude on predication in light of an ever-expanding "national security" tack, I am curious why the Bureau would pursue a grand jury subpoena when National Security Letters would get them the info they sought. I recall a panel 15+ years ago when FBI's General Counsel advised that our clients should treat NSLs the same as they would a GJ subpoena in terms of breadth/scope. The subpoena step would just seem to raise additional, "unnecessary" predication questions of how developed facts applied to the essential elements for a specified federal crime. Don't do litigation or criminal, so I readily admit my limited understanding here.
It is as clear as daylight that the IC Deep State is running this country for the benefit of Oligarchs. We are not a constitutional democratic republic anymore. The nation has become a giant money laundering operation where wealth is transferred from the middle class to the Oligarchs and their impoverished serfs. Pointing out these facts is classified as either “misinformation” or “domestic terrorism”, depending upon the needs of the accusers at any given point.
"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." ~ Robertson Davies. The more I study and follow great sources like you, the better my "reality goggles" function. Excellent work.
Trump 2024 He and only he can take on the Swamp. He made a lot of mistakes but, having been through fire that none of us could have withstood, has, in my opinion, made him the only person for the job. He was played by people whom he thought were committed to common welfare but he found out differently from Jeff Sessions, to McMaster, Kelley, Mattis , Pence and on and on.
Step 1: Fire Christopher Wray
Step 2: Prosecute the FBI agents and DoJ lawyers who used evidence they knew to be fabricated to spy on innocent Americans and on the elected President.
The Power of the Bureaucrats can only be limited by someone who is not owned.
The entire federal government is now working against average people. It is spending trillions on things that are wasteful ($200,000 on Starbucks espresso makers) or downright cruel ($2.3 million to inject beagle puppies with cocaine) or things that actively march us into WW3 ($100 billion to Ukraine) while average Americans who are struggling for a few dollars in the gig economy have 87,000 IRS agents sicced on them for $600 Venmo payments. And when people speak out against it, they are censored on social media. If they show up on Capital Hill to protest, they have the entire federal law enforcement apparatus brought down upon them. The entire thing has to go, imho.
There is a way to do this - and it doesn't involve any kind of violence. All we have to do is have one President who will instruct the IRS to follow the letter of the law on the income tax. The income tax is technically voluntary. So a President could use an EO to make the income tax truly voluntary. If you want to pay $3 million to inject hamsters with steroids so they can fight each other (yes that was really in the omnibus) then you send in your hard earned money to the IRS. BUT if you would rather spend your own money how you choose then you could opt out entirely. And if the government simply decided to print dollars to make up for any lost tax revenue, you could opt out of the inflation tax as well. Without an income tax, you could use anything you liked as money. You could use BTC or gold or anything else you wanted and the government couldn't rob your money of value.
We have a rogue intelligence community. The FBI and DOJ clearly pursue their own interests with little concern about consequences. They will make and break politicians to further their own interests.
One nice thing is that the FBI and DOJ are just two of the many rogue agencies and interests in the country. The tech companies comply with them....to a point. The Army is its own beast with its own interests, just like the other armed services. The DOD has its own interests that are not always aligned with the Armed Forces. The CIA serves itself as well as other interests. Wall Street still largely controls the elected officials and the foreign policy, but even it is at odds with itself and other financial interests.
All of this means that there are so many competing interests that even when they are slightly aligned, the self-interests of the institutions and the individuals inside will often subvert the plans of other players. It is not separation of powers as designed by the Constitution, but it is at least some check on extreme endeavors. Because of that, Bill Gates can cause a lot of things to happen, but will ultimately run into friction. Likewise, George Soros can spend billions controlling a lot of things, but must be very frustrated that he can't just buy the result he wants.
The British Empire had a similar set of competing interests, internal and external, that eventually failed with WWII and led to the last 77 years of decline. As much as I think that things will fall apart in the next few decades, I take some comfort that we might be able to muddy through without complete failure and collapse Mad Max style.
Even noting (and daunted by) an insider's view of the FBI brass' shift toward a "devil may care" attitude on predication in light of an ever-expanding "national security" tack, I am curious why the Bureau would pursue a grand jury subpoena when National Security Letters would get them the info they sought. I recall a panel 15+ years ago when FBI's General Counsel advised that our clients should treat NSLs the same as they would a GJ subpoena in terms of breadth/scope. The subpoena step would just seem to raise additional, "unnecessary" predication questions of how developed facts applied to the essential elements for a specified federal crime. Don't do litigation or criminal, so I readily admit my limited understanding here.
It is as clear as daylight that the IC Deep State is running this country for the benefit of Oligarchs. We are not a constitutional democratic republic anymore. The nation has become a giant money laundering operation where wealth is transferred from the middle class to the Oligarchs and their impoverished serfs. Pointing out these facts is classified as either “misinformation” or “domestic terrorism”, depending upon the needs of the accusers at any given point.