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Nope! They never ever surrender. Change course. Go slow for a time. Morph. The surrender word is not in their vocabulary except when associated with unconditional and applied to an adversary. So it bears recalling Schumer's words from 2019: “Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” in speaking to Rachel Madcow I mean Maddow. Schumer was understating, now they've tried every trick in the book save a Ukie drone. Going to be one heck of a ride.

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JHUM's avatar

They will never surrender. They’ll amp up voter fraud. And wait for an October surprise.

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ML's avatar

“Mainstream Dems turns out to be the lunatic fringe.” Truer words…and I know some of them: they’re family members! Great post. Taibbi isn’t exactly a fervent Trump supporter either. Hope he’s right…

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

I read the article very early yesterday and there were already over 600 comments. It's amazing how many nutters tried to shift this onto Trump claiming he orchestrated this. These people are truly mentally ill and creepy..

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Mark Wauck's avatar

It's the paranoid style.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Thank you, Mr. Hofstader! ;o)

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Yancey Ward's avatar

I don't think this will be the only attempt at taking Trump out. The next one will be better planned. They are busy beavers

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Its Just Me's avatar

If they (the Deep State) try again, they're pretty stupid and playing with gasoline.

Which makes me think you're right.

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johnycomelately's avatar

It’s pretty obvious the Democrats were being cautious in the Mid East conflict and were holding Bibi back to some extent. The left can’t come to grips with the Gaza genocide. Heck even Ukraine was limited in its use of Western long range missiles.

They’re surrendering to the war mongers, the only way the neocons can get their Mid East war is if left rolls over. Looks like I’ll be stocking up on iodine pills.

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Marie's avatar

I wonder if President Trump has a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago ? The intel community can overhear conversations in anyone's home with their technology. Also regarding Biden, I discovered a lot of people are not aware that for most of his Presidency, Biden would go back to Delaware each night. When Trump went to Mar-A-Lago just one time for a weekend, the MSM blew up at his "wasteful spending of taxpayer money."

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Marie's avatar

Remember, in 2017 after Trump got in the White House, I think they did a "renovation" which was actually a complete sweep for listening devices, etc. Thanks for your great story !

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Brother Ass's avatar

Another sign that the tide may be turning, I’ve heard of people losing their jobs over incendiary social media posts after the assassination attempt (eg., saying the shooter should have had better aim, etc.)

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DJL's avatar

The Intelligence Community has been quiet of late. They stand to be one of the biggest losers in a Trump presidency. Too bad branding is illegal, as those 51 signers of the laptop propaganda letter should all have a 'T' branded on their foreheads.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Let's hope so.

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DJL's avatar

Apparently not good enough. They've been stripped of their honor and exposed as enemies of the republic. I suspect they'll be treated much differently in a second Trump presidency when they're stripped of their security clearances. Let them try and make a living in DC without a clearance.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

I believe, given their clandestine activities and operations under the cover of secrecy they may have a mandate to intensify their malicious activites against the people they are openly calling domestic terrorists...you and I and all the other decent Americans who want a country that is just and fair not driven by hate.

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Steghorn21's avatar

They are the lynchpin of the Deep State. If Trump doesn't remove the top tier of each agency on Day 2 of his presidency, he won't succeed.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Yes indeed, VS. That's just the beginning. Whole departments need to be stripped back or even eliminated.

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dissonant1's avatar

And all unaccountable.

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nano storm's avatar

If a losing proposition on its way to surrender like the Ukraine can continue causing Russia the grief it does I wouldn't let my guard down regarding the democrats, deep state or the globalists. The only ones more dangerous than those with nothing to lose are those with everything to lose.

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

Don't forget the donor class influencing this too.

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Steghorn21's avatar

A lot of people are going to be jumping onto the winning bandwagon over the next few months. Elon and Ackman are all in. Let's see who else clambers aboard.

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Its Just Me's avatar

Thanks for that, Cassander. He's in the same class as Romney, Ryan and Cornyn.

Prime reasons why I despise the Republican Party almost as much as the Dems.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

There will always be disgusting people like Flimsy Graham, sadly. He's disingenuous to the max and a loathsome creature.

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Thanks for the link. You can see a similar dynamic at work in the frequent comments by Don Jr. His regular theme is, we gotta keep the RINO/Neocon GOPers under wraps. We've got problems at home to address and don't need more wars. I have no doubt that that reflects Trump's own thinking--including in his first term. The hope is that that general attitude would have been sharpened into a clear focus by the experience of both his first admin as well as the Zhou regime. He talked the game of draining the swamp, but now he has no excuse for not fully appreciating what a clear and present danger those people are to the American Republic. His SCOTUS appointments are, by and large, doing their part of the job. They need big time help now from a POTUS who can take control of the Executive branch and bring Congress into line and away from their worst shenanigans.

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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/karen-kwiatkowski/deep-state-is-nervous/

I've been reading Karen for a while and I think she's very much in line with your writing as well. Many are saying the DS will try again, if that should happen I fear all hell will break loose and Zhou's statements about needing F-16s to take on the government was and is telling so much about how far they plan to go to hang onto their power.

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Its Just Me's avatar

Thanks for the link.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

You are welcome.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Some of that will work well with the new post I'm working on.

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Its Just Me's avatar

I still think the prospect of election mischief is a real threat. One of the best things for Trump would be a blowout where it's be impossible to manufacture more votes than actual voters. Perhaps that already happened in 2020, more votes than voters, I don't know.

I don't think the courts will be as tolerant if Trump and Team are prepared with solid legal work in the face of obvious fraud.

I'm not taking his reelection for granted.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Yep. Their last line of defence will be to accept a Trump victory then neutralise him as they did in his first term. How far that works will depend on a) how much Trump has learnt, and b) what kind of backing he has. He seems to have attracted some big hitters in terms of funding, so maybe the backing is there for him really to take on the DS. As ever, we shall see.

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Its Just Me's avatar

If they try again and succeed, they will reap the whirlwind, to quote Schumer.

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MikeinFL's avatar

Following the latest from Jay Valentine on detecting the fraudulent registrations, I'm still bothered by the disconnect between his team and the RNC folks who think they can get enough ballots to overcome any dem shenanigans.

https://omega4america.substack.com/p/ilegal-aliens-invisible-to-all-current

Here's Jay's comment below the article: "The grifter class, regardless of party, is about advancement and self-preservation. Thus, they are never going to do anything that turns visibility into exposure.

Trump is probably going to lose all the major swing states - Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Minnesota - due to ballot mills we are currently watching today. Sorry to say, there is not much more that can be done."

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dissonant1's avatar

This problem has been in plain sight (really for four years now). What has the RNC done to mitigate this elephant in the room over that period? Really boggles the mind and makes one wonder.

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Steghorn21's avatar

The RNC is like the England football (soccer) team: in their hearts, they don't really want to win.

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Its Just Me's avatar

Or, like the Harlem Globetrotter's hapless opponents.

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