Thomas Paine: American Philosopher, & Revolutionary
From 1776 through the formation of The Constitution I helped create America. Now I have returned to help save America. American Patriots must join together, speak out in free and open discussion to fight the “woke” anti-American mob, and further the cause of FREEDOM.
Things Are Moving Quickly
July 13, 2024 – former President Donald Trump nearly assassinated at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. As of this writing, it has been reported that the FBI scrubbed the roof 2 days after sealing off the crime scene, the shooter’s body has been cremated (within 10 days) and the story has been removed from the news cycle. We may never know what happened. See details HERE
July 21, 2024 – President Biden dropped out of the race.
In a virtual bloodless coup, Vice President Kamala Harris is immediately promoted by the Democrat Party and their Propaganda Media Complex as the heir apparent.
August 22, 2024 – Kamala Harris formally nominated as presidential candidate at Democratic National Convention.
August 27, 2024 – Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, files revised indictment in response to Supreme Court decision of July 1st, which conferred absolute immunity of the President for official acts committed while in office. [1]
September 5, 2024 – Hunter Biden suddenly changes his plea to guilty in his tax evasion case in Los Angeles. [2]
September 6, 2024 – Judge Merchan delays Trump’s sentencing hearing from September 18th to November 26th. [3]
September 10, 2024 – ABC “moderators” conduct a prosecution of Trump to aid Kamala Harris in the so-called Presidential Debate.
Let’s review.
The coup d’ ètat
In my previous post, I briefly described the circumstances surrounding Joe Biden’s sudden announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race on Sunday the 21st of July. His inner circle and the Propaganda Media Complex had been lying and covering up his dementia for years, and all it took was “one bad night” at the Presidential Debate on June 25th to convince the party elites that he had only a minimal chance to win re-election, or at least to make it look like he had won, for them to scramble into “Plan B”. Whether it was Nancy Pelosi, as many have suggested, or their Supreme Leader, Barack Obama, who forced the issue, it was a virtual palace coup d’ ètat in the making.
And just like that, the party that has been warning Americans that Trump was a “threat to our democracy” disenfranchised 14 million Democrat voters who overwhelmingly supported him as their nominee and now they are telling you to vote for her to “save our democracy” after committing perhaps the most egregious violation of democratic election process in American history.
It would be one thing if Biden had recently been diagnosed with a terminal disease, but his inner circle and many party elites knew of his dementia a long time ago and have been lying about it for years. The closely guarded cover up has been perpetrated on the American people for virtually the entire time. Optics is everything, and they needed a new candidate. The first in line was his Vice President, Kamala Harris. She was then regarded as the lowest rated VP in history with a “combined approval” rating of 38%. [4]
Harris’ combined favorability includes the top two bars, “Very favorable” (16%) and “Somewhat favorable” (22%), just four days before Biden dropped out of the race.
The DNC machine was in desperation mode and they quickly shifted into damage control and an immediate overhaul. Their problems were significant, but never underestimate the ability of the Democrat Party to fabricate an effective scheme.
Under advice and council from their Supreme Leader, no doubt, Barack Obama, they would just go ahead and replace Biden and not worry about any backlash. The Propaganda Media Complex would take care of that. The coup was “all systems go”.
Joe was gone and Kamala was in. In a virtual roll call of party delegates conducted on August 2nd, 12 days after Biden’s announcement, Harris was formally chosen as the Democrat presumptive nominee. The media blitz was in hyperdrive.
The entire country will be bombarded 24/7 with campaign ads designed to make their low-information voters forget all about July and that one ‘bad night” in June. They will actually expect all of us to forget Biden’s disastrous administration and fall in line with their vision moving “forward”. The party that just destroyed democracy will try to make you think they are saving us from a dictatorial Trump so they can rule us instead.
The DNC Convention Pumps Up the Ticket
Just two weeks after being certified as the Democrat nominee, the DNC Convention took place in Chicago. While tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters were marching in the streets outside, the Democrat Party was conducting their formal nomination process and riling up the delegates by bringing out the big guns, Bill and Hill, and the Obamas. There were rumors of performances by Beyonce and Taylor Swift, which turned out to be false hype, much like the Harris – Walz ticket itself.
As expected, Harris gained a spike in media generated enthusiasm following her official nomination at the DNC Convention, and her 37-minute acceptance speech on the final night, August 22nd.
At some point, the “honeymoon” may end and the real world will be upon Democrat voters, so one would hope.
On the other hand, I’m pretty sure they don’t care or even need to worry about actually winning the election. They have a plan for that too. That’s an entirely separate argument that deserves a lengthy investigation. Didn’t we go through this before? Last time they just prosecuted their main leader. Next time we might all be in legal jeopardy for daring to question their absolute rule.
Jack Smith Chimes in with Revised Indictment
As you may be aware, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a ruling in the case Trump v. United States, whereby it was decided by a 6 – 3 majority that former Presidents can never be prosecuted for actions taken related to the “core” powers of their office, and that there is at least a presumptive immunity for broader “official” acts. The decision effectively grants immunity to former President Trump against all charges related to his “official” acts, while leaving the door open for charges that can be restricted to his private conduct.
The decision, rendered on July 1, 2024, returns the case to the lower courts for re-evaluation to determine which of his alleged actions can be classified as “private”. [5]
On the heels of that decision, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has revised his indictment accordingly wherein prosecutors did not drop any of the four original charges but simply “retooled” it and adjusted descriptions of how Trump attempted to subvert the 2020 election process. [6]
The reworked indictment infers that Trump had no constitutionally assigned duties regarding the post-election transfer of power, but defense lawyers argue he maintains the right to communicate with his Vice President, Mike Pence, until the successor President is inaugurated, as well as his ability to interact with the Justice Department. The case is currently back in the courtroom of Judge Tanya Chutkan and undoubtedly will be delayed until after the November 5 election. If Trump wins re-election, he will have the power to dismiss all federal proceedings against him.
Hunter Biden Changes His Plea
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Hunter Biden was scheduled to appear in court in his tax evasion case on Thursday September 5. In a complete surprise, he arrived to enter a guilty plea that precluded the trial entirely, just as jury selection was about to commence. Essentially, in an effort to spare his family (wink, wink, Joe Biden) of being exposed about the details of their nefarious international business deals (bribery, influence peddling, and money laundering), he was suddenly confronted with the hammer- drop and entered what is known as an “open plea”, whereby a defendant pleads guilty to all the charges to avoid the trial, leaving his fate in the hands of the sentencing judge.
What brought about this sudden change of heart?
Why wouldn’t his defense team negotiate a lenient deal rather than put him forward at the mercy of the court?
Fox News Legal Contributor and former Assistant U. S. Attorney, Andrew McCarthy has suggested it made no legal sense for Hunter’s lawyers to just stand up and declare that he was changing his plea to guilty.
The case is likely to result in a prison sentence when the hearing comes up on December 16, 2024.
Oh wait. Why is that date important?
If the trial had gone on for some weeks, or longer, the verdict and sentencing hearing would likely be delayed until after January 20, 2025. Isn’t that when Joe Biden leaves the White House?
Who in their right mind would want to bet me their last dollar that Hunter Biden does not get pardoned by daddy on his way out of the presidency? Remember that time Quid Pro Joe said, “nobody fucks with the Bidens”?
Judge Merchan Delays Sentencing
Judge Juan Merchan, a judge who clearly should have recused himself from the case The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, due to a conflict of interest whereby his daughter works as President of Authentic Campaigns, a fund raiser and media consultant for the Democrat Party [7], and was obviously biased in his conduct and rulings during the trial, has decided to delay Trump’s sentencing hearing from September 18th to November 26th to avoid the appearance of election interference.
Trump was convicted on May 30, 2024 by a jury selected from a dominant Democrat pool of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his “hush money” trial regarding reimbursements to his then lawyer Michael Cohen. The case has been in limbo for several months after the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity due to testimony from Hope Hicks and others that exposed what could be claimed as “privileged” information protected by the Constitution.
Many critics argue that the entire case was comprised of novel legal theory that interjected federal election laws into a twisted interpretation of perfectly legal non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Nevertheless, the Democrat-controlled Department of Justice under almost certain direction of President Biden, accused of prosecuting his political opponent, soviet style, now has the talking point narrative of labelling Trump as a “convicted felon”, which was the intended objective.
Merchan’s four-page letter reads, in part, “Adjourning decision on the motion and sentencing, if such is required, should dispel any suggestion that the Court will have issued and decision or imposed sentence either to give advantage to, or to create a disadvantage for, any political party and or any candidate for any office.” The sentencing therefore is dependent on the outcome of the November election. If Trump wins, the sentencing will not be necessary because the case will be dismissed.
The Rigged Debate
On Tuesday the 10th of September, former President Donald Trump squared up against Vice President Kamala Harris in the first, and likely only, presidential debate between those two, watched by over 67 million voters.
Many are saying that ABC News Moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, were obviously assisting Harris during the live debate, as they fact checked Trump at least 5 times and allowed her a “free pass” as she dished out 21 lies and misrepresentations (more on that in a moment) per Breitbart. [8]
Before the debate even started Muir issued the first lie of the night when he stated, “No topics or questions have been shared with the campaigns.”
Getting to the actual debate, Muir set up the first question by saying the voters No. 1 issue is the economy and the cost of living, then asked Harris, “Do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?”
Harris opened her dodged “answer” by saying, “So . . . I was raised as a middle- class kid and I’m actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America . . . “
Never mind the fact that Trump has a well-defined economic plan and her plan includes government benefits such as more affordable housing for low and middle-class workers, paid by increasing taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations, just posted to her website a few days before the debate. In other words, she thinks the government can just keep spending more money, a shout-out to the Inflation Reduction “Creation” Act of 2021 that she cast the deciding vote on, and follow Obama’s agenda of income redistribution. Let’s not hold our collective breaths waiting for her magical formula to decrease housing costs during inflationary times.
From there the debate turned into an endless attack on Trump, much of which was completely false and neither moderator bothered to correct her or ask her any follow up questions. She didn’t really answer any questions with substance or provide any clues to her well-guarded policies.
I knew she wouldn’t bomb as badly as Biden in the June debate, and had to admit on first reflection, that she presented herself fairly well while putting Trump on defense for much of the night. But after sleeping on it, I began to realize Trump had some pointed moments, such as his closing statement when he asked, rhetorically, if you’re going to do all these wonderful things, why haven’t you done them already? (paraphrased) Initial polling indicates Harris delivered a stellar performance and the Propaganda Media Complex took the immediate opportunity to lavish praise on their newest darling. But during the next day, her accompanying boost in favorability started to look as phony as the entire production when reports were made public that a survey of independent voters revealed 60% were leaning Trump, while only 30% leaned Harris, and rumors circulated that she was wearing audio earrings.
Left wing claims this has been debunked, but those earrings look identical to the Nova H1 Audio earrings. Perhaps Kamala wouldn’t mind submitting the ones she wore for inspection. If they are not Nova’s, she should be eager to prove they are not.
Among the live “fact-checks” that Linsey Davis cut Trump off with, she claimed that “there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it is born”, but in fact, Minnesota’s new law, passed in 2023 and signed by Governor Tim Walz, not only permits abortion with “no limitations at any stage of pregnancy”, but also repealed the 1974 law that limited abortion, including the measure that protected born alive infants from being left to die. It is factual that Minnesota law no longer requires that reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice be taken to preserve the life and health of the born alive infant. Instead, only “care” is required, which the bill’s author described as “comfort” care (as opposed to lifesaving treatment). The language applies to any babies born alive, not just those who survive abortion. [9]
Maybe the NBC explanation relies on the definition of the word “kill”, versus the very real option of neglect. Trump did not offer any rebuttal as the moderator quickly turned to Harris for the next question.
On another occasion, David Muir quickly responded to Trump’s claim that crime had dramatically risen during the Biden administration by interrupting him with skewed FBI statistics that don’t include many large city data to say, “as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country”, inferring that crime has decreased since Biden took office, then failed to allow him to defend his claim. The very next day the Bureau of Justice Statistics released statistics that reveal true crime rates.
John R. Lott, Jr., President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, which tracks crime rates by surveying a quarter million people in 150,000 households, found that the FBI relies on state and local police department data, and that in 2020 97% of police departments were reporting crime data but by 2022 31% were not reporting at all and another 24% were reporting incomplete data. Furthermore, the victimization data found that aggravated assaults fell by 24% under Trump while rising 55% under Biden; robbery, which fell by 6% under Trump, rose 63% under Biden; rape, which was flat under Trump, is up 42% under Biden. [10]
It’s not so much the “facts” that are disseminated by the Propaganda Media Complex, as it is a problem of acknowledging who is communicating those “facts” and what political advantage do they gain by skewing them? That is why I often say it is not only the Democrat Party that must be destroyed, but also the power of the mainstream media.
When it comes to Harris’ many lies, she blurted them out as if she knew there would be no challenges. Among the most egregious, easily debunked claims, she said:
- Trump said neo-Nazis in Charlottesville were “very fine people” – he never said that and it has been debunked by numerous outlets including the uber-liberal Snopes.
- Project 2025 is the Trump agenda – Trump has repeatedly stated he has nothing to do with it and hasn’t even read it.
- Trump said Putin “can do whatever the Hell he wants” – Trump never said that to Putin and to highlight her hypocrisy, Putin has done whatever he wanted to do, including invade Ukraine, during Biden’s term.
- Trump said that he “wants to be a dictator on day one” – Trump never said that.
- Trump said if he wasn’t elected there would be a “bloodbath”, implying he would start a civil war – entirely out of context. Trump was referring to the auto industry in metaphoric terms if Mexico was to become a main supplier of Chinese-made cars exported into the United States, a devastating impact for U.S. automakers.
There are 16 other “whoppers” that Harris delivered, all designed to make the viewer think she was thoroughly researched, knowing ahead of time that the moderators would not dispute her claims. This is how Democrats and their Praetorian Guard, the Propaganda Media Complex, disseminates misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies, with the full expectation that their own supporters and the low-information, disengaged voters will accept everything they say as gospel. They don’t even care that opponents will attempt to dispel their claims because they know they can ridicule, vilify, shame and criticize all opposition as “conspiracy theory” hillbillies and deplorables. When you control information, you control the social consciousness.
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FOOTNOTES
[1] Tucker, E. & Durkin Richer, A. ; Feds File New Indictment in Trump J6 Case, Keeping Charges Intact but Narrowing Allegations ; AP ; August 27, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/trumpjack-smith-jan-6-186c874404912578e44d5781c8267e2d
[2] Fitzpatrick, S., Gregorian, D., & Wall, K ; Hunter Biden Enters Guilty Plea in Federal Tax Case, Avoiding Trial ; NBC News ; September 5, 2024
[3] Scannell, K., del Valle, L., & Herb, J. ; Judge Delays Trump’s Sentencing Until After the Election ; CNN ; September 7, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/judge-delays-trumps-sentencing/index.html
[4] Favorability of Vice President Kamala Harris in the United States as of August 2024 ; Statista ; Updated August 17, 2024
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1172346/share-us-adults-favorable-opinion-kamala-harris
The “combined approval” rating is broken into two categories; very favorable at 16%, and somewhat favorable at 22%.
In contrast, her approval ratings were 11% somewhat unfavorable, 44% very unfavorable, and 7% “don’t know”, as of July 17, 2024, just 4 days before Biden’s announcement.
By August 17, just 2 days before the DNC convention, her numbers had improved to 27% very favorable, 19% somewhat favorable, 7% somewhat unfavorable, 40% very unfavorable, and 6% don’t know.
[5] Howe, A. ; Justices Rule Trump Has Some Immunity from Prosecution ; SCOTUS Blog ; July 1, 2024
[6] Sneed, T., Rabinowitz, H., Cohen, M., Polantz, K., & Collinson, S ; Special Counsel Files Reworked Indictment Against Donald Trump in January 6 Case ;
CNN ; August 27, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/trump-superseding-indictment-january-6/index.html
[7] Cohen, M., Breaking Down Trump’s Attacks on the Daughter of the Judge in his New York Hush-Money Trial ; CNN ; April 7, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/06/politics/trump-judge-daughter-attacks-explainer/index.html
[8] Mastrangelo, A. ; 21 False Claims & Hoaxes by Kamala Harris That ABC’s Debate Moderators Did Not Fact Check ; Breitbart News ; September 11, 2024
[9] Stark, P. ; Let’s Check the Facts: MCCL’s New Ad and the Truth About Abortion in Minnesota ; mccl.org ; April 26, 2024
[10] Dinan, S. ; Data Backs Up Trump on Crime Increase, Violence Up Under Biden-Harris Administration ; The Washington Times ; September 12, 2024